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The Washington times., 1923-07-23

CLlSu' AOu' LOO, JlHI'
Now listen, all of
you, for I've something to say.
1 believe in Neal. I'm ready to
back up that belief with all am
and all have. Pat, you sold the
Paradise today at a loss and to-
morrow I'm going to pay off the
option with the 100000 you got"
Never think I don't trust you,.
Alanna," declared Pat.
I waived it aside. 1t didn't
matter. / had something to say
that did matter.
you shall have every cent of
that money back again. I'll pay
it all If it takes lifetime"
Anne, have you gone mad?"
cried Jim when 1 declared I'd pay
back the sixty thousand dollars
that had disappeared with Neal.
why mad?" I. asked, with the
bitter feeling that he and Pat
and Jeanne we're all arrayed
against me there in my own liv-
ing room and that it was bat
tlefield where I had nothing on
my side but a memory of Neal
and the need of suffering any
thing to establish my belief in
his honesty.
How could you pay back sixty
thousand dollars in a Year," de-
manded Jim.
"And why should you then,
Alanna?" asked Pat. otis not for
you to do more than you did
when you got the forty-eight hour
option from old Tompkins. IT'S
not for you to do more than
you'll do tomorrow when you
face him again and get me the
right to buy the strip of land
which saves my word and the
credit. of my firm
Don't be silly, dear" smiled
jeanne.
"I was never more in earnest
in all my life,'' 1 said quietly and
wasting no strength on loud or
flowery declarations. None Of
you believes in Neal. I won't let
myself be bitter about it. You
don't know him as I do. If he
comes back tomorrow or next
day or next month, TIL not have
to pay back the 100000. Neal
will do it. If it was stolen from
him, he'll work himself to a
shadow to make it again."
You're a brave woman, Anne"
cried Virginia suddenly, coming
and standing by my side. You
anger me often. But 1 admire
you. And so I'm going to try
once more to make you see things
as they are. Neal has run away
with 100000 intrusted to him for
business purposes. You don't
want to acknowledge that's
thievery.
But Pat broke IN almost ten
derby.
"a BRAVE WOMAN"
"'Tis a brave woman you are
Anne Harrison, as jeanne has
said. IT'S proud am to see you
stand by your own. But tits not
fair nor just nor needful that you
should think a second time about
the chivalrous offer you were just
after making. The money is
naught to me-now that I have
it. The land is everything. And
that you have saved. IT'S enough
and plenty, Alanna. More you're
not to do"
Listen, all of you" 1 demand
ed. getting to my feet and lean
ing against the back of a chair,
as I stared over it at the three
who were ranged against me even
while they strove to prove their
admiration for me- ''Yol1 all he.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

when was the seat Of the
United States Government re-
moved to Washington?
2-When was the Tombs, the
New York prison, built?
3-When was Nevada admitted
to the Union as a State?
when did ACKNOWLEDGMENT
reign as King Of Babylon?
5-When was the University Of
Heidelberg founded?
ANSWERS to these queries will be
printed tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
By Charles G. Norris,
Author Of Nation-Wid Reputation
and Writer of Popular
Novels.

anu Wr1Gcr OF FOpuAdE
Novels.
A ND that, too, might have
"A been Philips fate had he
never met the bare-legged,
bobbed-haired, roguish little figure
washing her clothes down by the
willows. He unused upon the triv-
talities tat shape the destiny Of
human lives. If he had not met
Marjorie, he knew he would have
gone back to Rosemary the day
after he had kissed her, and would
have asked ne~ to marry him.
Marjorie her brown throat
and red lips, defiantly glazing at
him from her scrubbing,-had
caught his eye. and from that mo-
ment she had had all his love.
1t was hard to think OF her as the
same Marjorie he knew so WE'LL
the same girl.-now wife and
mother,-who had smiled so family
I'D at him from above the evenly
spread sheet that covered her that
sitting afternoon the baby had
been born! He might have mar
ried Rosemary and it was possible
he might have been as happy with
her as he was with Marjorie; but
even supposing the married part
Of his life had been the same, he
was better satisfied with the pros
poets the city held for him: the
future contained bigger possibih-
ties. richer ami more vital than
any that seemed to lie in store for
Harry on his TIDY fruit ranch.
Growing Up.
The early indications Of unusual
beauty ne had observed in Lucy
on his last visit were now being
richly confirmed His small sister
had passed her fifteenth birthday
and was begging hard to be al
lowed to put up her hair and
lengthen her skirts. Her bright
glory of soft spun golden hair, her
eager blue eyes. her delicate rose
tinted coloring, were a rare COM
bination in any girl. She sug-
gested to Philip a sun-ripened
peach that had been allowed to
hang upon it's branch until it had
reached the full splendor of per-
feet maturity. She had been born
in the shadow of the fruit, had
been nurtured in the same soft
air and mellow sunshine, and had
captured some Of the same lus-
cious, delicate bloom.
On the train, going back to the
city, he found himself specializing
about his sister. With such
beauty, it was inevitable she would
marry young; IN two or three
years she would be confiding her
heart to some callow local swain,
and surrendering her bloom for
the rest of her days to the merci-
less rays of the sun in Pleasant
Valley. She would become burnt
and freckled,- spending her life
where she was horn, watching the
seasons crops follow one another
endlessly, living and dying a
rancher's wife. It was only fair
that Lucy shoull have her chance,
and it occurred to him an excel
lent idea would be for his mother
to send her down to the city for
a visit to him and Marjorie. It
would be an easy matter to ar
range for her to meet a different
tyep OF young man from the coun-
try boys she hal learned to know
In the Vacaville High School
whose highest form Of relaxation
was hanging round Tom schnei-
der's pool-roons and playing the
money-in-the-slot machines in Raw
BENEFITS Cafe. He smiled AS he
thought of how popular would he
her unusual beauty, her gaietv.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23

a C n e, re d
spots, a n d
that impos-
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thing which
n o { a c e
cream, mas
sage, or face
powder c an
cover up or
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
The Ancient AthenGeuna

THIS was place in ancient Athens sacred to Pallas
Athena, where poets and philosophers recited their
compositions. Rome also had such assembly place.
which built by the Emperor Hadran in the year 1875
The Washington times., 1923-07-23

green n1Oire, lays claim to distinction by
a panel in TERED effect and collar of
crisp Orgdndy.
If the material is not PIGided, the
Pdrisienne giUeS that effect by stitching,
Which resembles the gallon, as in the al
pGca tOpcOat to the right.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23

reports from France are that the nelU
modes are eLnbOrdteLy embroidered and
are made of brilliant fabrics. In the
mode at the left the frOck and coat make
a complete costume, and both are en-
brOidered.
The frOck in the centre, of turquoise
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
The NebuLdr hypothesis.

PROPOSED by Hersche, in 1911, this hypothesis
supposes that the universe formed from shape
less of nebuous matter The spectroscope later
disclosed many nebular aggregations in the heavens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
CHILD HEALTH MEET PLANNED IN DETROIT
Annual Child Health Association
 Convention Opens October 15

NEW YORK, Oct. 13-By As sociated Press )-Many phases of child health work wilyl be discussed by national authorities when the American Child Health association holds it's annual meting at Detroit, October Is to IT.
 With Herbert Hoover. president of delegates will strive to make even more effective the efforts expended since the organization came into be- ing last winter. according to Court enay Dinwiddie. it's general execu- tive. The association was formed by the merging of the American Chlli Hygiene association and the child health organization of America.
 Among the subjects to be taken up are Problems of State and City Child Health Officials" Community Programs for Child Health" and "Tne Workers in Health Education; What doctor the teacher, the nutritionist and the nurse will be discussed by leaders in these respective profes- sionS.
 pr. Arnold Gesell of Yale univer- sity will preside at one of the sec ond day sessions of the meeting when there will be an address on The Psychological Background of Health Teaching" Among other dis- cussions under the general head of Practical Methods of Teaching Health to Children" will be one deal ing with habit formation. one on and one on teaching health to older children The question of lowering the present infant mortality rate also will be discussed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
COMMISSIONER IF SHIPP| |NC SOUGHT FUR MOBILE PORT.
Need To Be Emphasized To Congress Because Of Heavy
 Volume Of Business

MOBILE Ala. Oct. 13.-(Special Leased Wire. .)-Recomm that a shipping commissioners office be established at Mobile will be made to the next Congress when it convenes by D. B. Carson. commissioner of navigation, United States department of commerce. MT. Carson, who was here Saturday, stated. Mir. Carson urges that the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and other civic organiza- proposed bill as soon as it is intro duced and get the Alabama delega- tion to work for it's passage.
 MT. Carson stopped off here en route to New Orleans to inspect ter minals and other shipping facilities at the local port. He will return later and deliver an address. While in the city the commissioner was the guest of his personal friend, John A. Jackson, assistant traffic manager of the Gulf, Mobile and Northern rail- road.
 MT. Carson said yesterday during the 1922 calendar year Mobile, in-' cluding, for customs, Pascagoula, ranked second in the southern group of ports comprising the districts from Maryland to Galveston inclu- sive in the volume of lumber and wood products handled. This port handled. according to statistics fur
  such products last year This amount is divided as follows: Southern vel low pine. 127,SS7, GOO; gum, 5,051,000; oak, 3,203,00 miscellaneous lumber and timber, slaves. shocks, shingles, heading and other items, 3.22S,000.
 During the same time over 1000 men were signed on and discharged from vessels at Mobile before collec- tor of customs, acting -ss- shipping commissioner, it is stated. MT. Car son said the volume of thb work alone warranted him in asking Con- gress to authorize the office of shipping commissioner here. He said this number is exceedingly in excess of the number of men handled at many other ports which have com missioners. A shipping commission CT, Mir Carson says, acts in semi official capacity in the arbitration of disputes which arise during a voy- age. in securing a payment of sea mems wages. seeing that they have the full protection of thei law, both at home an dabroad, and discharge various other duties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
AMERICAN IS CLAIMANT TO HUNGARIAN THRONE
Poses As Great-Grandson Of The
 Late Kaiser

BERLIN, Oct. 13.-That an Amer ican has become claimant of the throne of Hungary, sc long the po- .litical football of Central Europe. is asserted by Budapest paper, Bilag, according to report received here today.
 The Americas name is said to be Rudolf Betsare Hayne. He claims to be the son of an illegitimate daugh- ter of exCrown Prince Rudolf and Baroness Bethara, and this. if true, would make him the great grandson of the late Kaiser, Frand Joseph.
 His mother, according to the pa per. declares that she was educa ted at her home in Hungary and that later she went to America to live Soon afterward she married an American factory owner named Hayne, according to the story
 If her story Is true her son would be the nearest descendant of the late Kaiser, who ruled so many years, Hungary. also, having never abol- ished the monarchy, which was united with that of Austria, the di- rect Hapsburg descendant would, it is said, have the strongest claim to the throne.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
SLAYS HIMSELF WHEN BESET BY CRIME OF YOUTH
BlackmalI Gang Forced Him To Give Fortune Rather
 Than Reveal Secret

JRVINGTON, N. J., Oct. 13.-The tragic story Of man who erred in his youth, paid the penalty, and then set out to regain the respect he had lost, only to succeed and have his early folly once more brought to life was unfolded yesterday when the prosecutor began an investigation into the motives tha, prompted the suicide On September 26 of Mayor Edward R. Folsom of Irvington.
 Mayor Folsom's life reminded those who heard it's history of Jean val jean.
 It was in Hammondsport, N. l., that the story had it's beginning. It poverty and love. Folsoms family was poor. The girl hn loved was the daughter of the wealthiest man in the town and her father refused to accept the lowly youth as his son-in- law. The boy was desperate. He forged the wealthy mans name to several checks and later was caught red-handed robbing bank.
 His sentence was 10 years at hard labor in Auburn prison. But the late Theodore Roosevelt, then governor, pardoned him after three years had been served, in response to a peti- ton of Hammonsport citizens. headed by the girls father.
 Folsom and the girl were married then. They decided to move away and start life anew. They came to Irvington, where Folsom established a business, won his way into many friendships and prospered. He was elected mayor and his work Tn civic and church affairs was praised by all who knew him.
 Then came the dark cloud that cast a shadow over the man who had erred in his youth. Some one '(his son says the prosecutor has their names) who knew his past confronted him with the facts and demanded blackmail. At his death it was believed the mayor had little left of the fortune he had built up through hard work. It was said he paid s25,000 in the past l2 months alone to keep the secret. The blackmail began about three years ago.
 And on September 26 he died. At first it was believed that he died from an overdose of a sedative. then it was learned he was suicide. The investigation unfolded the facts of his life, and his wife, who has been with him and has known of all trials since he was released from prison, declares she knows those who took bie fortune for his secret
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
CITY RETIREMENT FARLEY WILL BE HELD M ATLANTA
To Study Engineering As- poets Of TaIluIah Falls
 Project

ATLANTA Oct 13.-(By Asso- ciated Press)--A study of the en- gineering aspects of the water power projects at Tallulah Falls, Ga. near this city, is expected to be made by visitors to the annual convention of the American Society for Muni- cipal Improvements to be held here November 12 to 16. The falls, one of the states beauty spots. was har messed several years ago and now furnishes hydro electric power for the industries of this section.
 The reading of papers, and general discussions of subjects relating to en- gineering, city zoning. transporta- provements will take up most of the time of the meeting. The society has membership of between 1.500 and 2,000, composed largely nGf engineers. contractors, city and county officials and supply men. It has never met twice in the same city, the purpose of the society, according to its officials. being to disseminate by personal con- tact, as well as by publication, infor- nation and experiences upon the best methods tG be employed in the man. agement of the municipal depart ments and construction of municipal works.
 All of the officers of the organiza- tion, including W. w. Horner of St. Louis, president, are expected to be in attendance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
NJ ANTI # WISH. TOLE RATED, SAYS PRESIDENT
Coolidge Shows Interest In Making Palestine Home
 land For Jews

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-President Coolidge in message today given to Rabbi Wise for transmission to the American Jewish Congress, meet ing tomorrow in New York. declared his administration would refuse sanction or tolerance to any anti Jewish discrimination in the matter of immigration or any other matter"
 Rabbi Wise said that the President asked the congress be informed that he sympathized with it's general aims and purposes and earnestly wished it Godspeed.
 Mr. Coolidge also declared himself according to Rabbi Wise, to be par ticularly interested in the efforts pf American Jews to aid in the building up of Palestine under British man date as a Jewish homeland
 The Presidents statement relative to Jewish discrimination, was made Rabbi Wise said, when told that it was felt in Jewish circles that the immigration restriction bore espe- cially hard upon Jews and that in some east European countries pro- spective Jewish emigrants to Ameri- ca were not fairly dealt with by American consular representatives. Mir. Coolidge was quoted as saying that he felt sure that a careful in vestigation would reveal that these alleged discriminations were unreal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
NEW MINES REPORTED

SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 13.-(By As sociated Press.)-Mning activities in the Portland canal region of British Columbia and southeastern Alaska have been greater during the past summer than ever before in the his- tory of the district, according to ad- vices from various sources reaching Seattle. A dispatch from Hyder, Alas ka, center of the area, says new and important discoveries had been made during the season more prospectors are in the field than ever before, and development work is being carried on extensively.
 Especially important finds were made in the Texas Creek and Chika- men Valley sections. both in Ameri- can territory, where silver-lead ore running more than s100 tG the ton in silver content was said to have been uncovered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
Coming C0ngress
INDIANAPOLIS FINDS A WAY TO CURB SPEEDING
Jail Sentences, Heavy Fines And
 Loss Of Automobiles Dreaded

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. 13.-By Associated Press.)-Jail, sentences, heavy fines and loss of their automo- piles are proving effective in reduc- ing the mum CT of speeders in Indian apolis. The plan, introduced a short time ago by Judge Delbert o. Will meth. has resulted in a general let down in speeding throughout the city, according to police officers.
 Judge Wilmeth works on a scale. First offenders are fined a set amount for whatever speed t.ley are convicted of having made, but do not have to pay if they relinguish their machines for a certain huber of days. For exampe. a person convicted of driving 25 miles an hour is fined s5 and costs. On payment of the costs and turning in his license plates and drivers certificate, the fine is sus- pended. In five days the offender again may drive his car.
 The faster a person drives, the heavier the fine and the longer he must be without his car. There is only one recourse from state farm sentence upon conviction for second offense. That is through the higher courts, to which number of appeals already have been made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-14
CARRY ON" FIGHT FOR PROHIBITION, CONFERENCE PLEA
tcontinued From Page one)

declared that the prohibition amend ment was in the constitution to stay and urged q national movement to make it more completely effective.
 Modification is nullification," said Rabbi Wise. Only two courses are open to the citizens of this republic with respect to the eighteenth amendment. The one is repeal and the other enforcement. The enemies of the amendment have neither, the courage to undertake it's repeal nor the decency to acquiesce in enforce ment."
 Solicitor General Beck came in for criticism by Rabbi Wise because of recent speech. which. the speaker said, pleaded for law enforcement. but at the same time by "innuendo" protested against prohibition as an interference with personal habits. Appeals To Churches.
 Dr. Earnest Cherrington, general secretary of the Anti-Saloon league, declared the present exigeucy re- quired the churches ito finish the job and solve the liquor problem" Wayne B. Wheeler. general counsel for the league, urged work at the polls to elect "dry" officials, and said the league would fight harder than ever ito finish the task so suc- cessfully prosecuted for 30 years"
 representing the 1dCL-Ilnu com mittee of the conference, the Rev. F. Ernest Johnson of New York present. ed statistics showing that recent years registe. an apparent increase in liquor violations.
 ''The increased drinking seems to be more marked among the young and unmarried people," sad Dr. Johnson. adding there had been a constant and significant increase" in arrests for drunkenness and
 That labor leaders. fearful of los- their voice in favor of prohibition, was asserted by the Rev. Charles Sickle of New York. who said that although President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor once had urged against liquor in connec- ton with thelabor movement, he now was advocating beer and wines He also asserted that the great mass of working men favor prohibition. Dut could not express their views through their local unions, because of doml- nation by those interested in the liquor traffic. Other speakers today included Mrs. Henry W. Peabody. Boston; Mrs Raymond Robbins and Bishop William F. Mcdowell.
 Afternoon and evening speakers Sunday will include William Jen- nings Bryan, Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania; Mrs. Mabel w. Wille- brandt. assistant attorney in charge of prohibition prosecutions; Governor Trinkle of Virginia, former Gov Henry J. Allen of Kansas. and Sena- tor Glass of Virginia.