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Take Golden Golfer
5000 Years Old
From Tomb

LUXOR, Egypt, Feb. 5.-An
exquisite Golfer, the highest
example Of the ancient Egyptian
goldsmith's art, was removed to-
day from the tomb of King
Tutankhamen, the PEaroah who
, ruled Egypt 5000 years ago.
No date has been set for open
ing the inner chamber Of
Tutankhamen's tomb.
A sandstorm and high wind
today delayed the removal Of
three chariots from the tomb.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05
Train Sped on;' Asks 81, 900

RICHMOND, Va. Feb. Be
cause the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company refused to stop a train at
Philadelphia to enable her to con-
meet with a train for Atlantic City,
and carried her to New York. Miss
Susan C. Noble has entered suit
against the railroad company for
81 200 damages.
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It's Spring, Frog Thinks.

NEW CASTLE. Pa, Feb. g.
8. q. Rahauser saw a frog hopping
around q spring near his home. To
substantiate this report Of the early
spring harbinger he caught the frog,
placed 1t in glass Jar and brought
1t downtown.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-05

plexion, weary
eyes, can all
be traced to q
sluggish flow
of that highly.
important fluid.
bile. Weak bile
m e a n 8 weak
digestion an d
o. tirel-out con.
stitution.
Mrs. M. COnk-
lin, of 90S D st.
N. W., a resi-
dent Of Wash
ington, d. c.,
for t h r 9 e
years, sa y 8:
"On several oc-
casions I have
tainted aw a y
for q. half hour.
e v ry t hing
turn lack,
!
, 1923-10-26

people generally Is that there is
much encouragement for the re.
mainder of Europe in the implied
promise of the Washington govern
ment as construed here. that IL the
debtor nations reduce their military
outlay and work together to achieve
aims OF peace and justice the United
States will not fail to give It due
recognition in connection with the
time and terms OF the payments of
debts owed TO America.
Diplomatic observers in London
are asking IL Lord Curzon's modified
attitude toward the American pro-
posal for rum running searches up
to the IL mile limit, which was an
nounced about the same time that
the British government made Its
plea to the United States for CO.
operation in a reparation settlement,
is not something more than a mers
coincidence. Some of them venture
the opinion that the overseas pre-
, 1923-10-26
NOTICE OF INCORPORATION.

Certificate Of Incorporation Of
Curtis and Graham Drilling com
pany was filed in the office of the
Secretary Of State, Cheyenne,
Wyoming, on September /, 1928.
The object of said corporation is
the establishment and operation of
a business. for the drilling and Dor
ing of oil and gas wells and other
wells, and for the doing of any
and all things necessary or incl
dental to the main object. The
capital stock of said company is
One Hundred Thousand (1O0,-
00O.00) Dollars divided into
One Hundred Thousand
(100,000) shares of tn e
par value of One (1.00) Dollar
each. The term of existence of
said company is fifty years. The
number Of directors is three, and
those who will manage the affairs
of the company for the first year
are j. NJ. Curtis, NJ. S. England
and A. N. Bangert. Operations
of the company will be carried on
in the City of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyoming, and elsewhere,
The principal office of the COM
pany is located at Casper, Wyo-
ming, and the agent in charge
thereof is Frank England.
CURTIS AND GRAHAM DRILL.
ING COMPANY,
BY Frank England, Agent.
! Publish Oct. 20, %, IS, 1928.
, 1923-10-26
Company Chief
Defends Forbes
Against Charge

SEATTLE. WASH, Oct. 26.-Any
suggestion that a contract to con-
struct the American Lake Veterans
hospital near Tacoma had been i'm.
properly obtained by the Hurley
Mason company of Tacoma twas
absolutely false and never had n
foundation in fact" asserted Charles
b. Hurley. president Of the com.
pany, In n statement published to-
day by the Seattle Times.
Mr.. Hurley, who was named in
testimony given this week by Elk
H. Mortimer OF Philadelphia before
n committee Of the United States
senate inquiring into the note Of
Charles r. Forbes while director of
the United States evterans bureau,
said that I'VE yer particularly
careful In this case" because
Colonel Forbes during the World
, 1923-10-26
BRITISH OPINION
Is RESERVED.

LONDON. Oct. 25-By Tho Asso.
ciated Press)-Offlcial British opin.
ion concerning the response of Sec
Rotary of State Hughes to Lord
Curzon's repatriation conference in
vitation r. cautious and reserved
Broadly. however. there ia n feeling
in the government departments that
Americas clear cut declaration
brings an international conference
OF r~eparations appreciably nearer
While the general attitude of the
United States on a reparation CON
ference was already well known, the
British government appears to be
much gratifed to have the Coolidge
administration r state II so specific
ally and clearly on paper.
There is a distinct feeling OF salts
faction ver tho helpful, friendly
tone Of tho renewed offer of
cooperation.
II Is believed hero that Americas
action Will be limited to the par
ticipatlon of an expert like j. p.
Morgan. as in the case of the tech
nical bankers committee appointed
last year. under the supervision of
the PREPARATION commission. It is
held that one OF tho most satisfac-
tory results of the Hughes note is
that it facilitates the re-establish-
ment of such a technical committee
of inquiry TO determine Germany's
capacity and that II France enters
It she will have TO scale down her
original PREPARATION total, which was
the rock upon which last years com
mittee split.
The feeling among the British
, 1923-10-26
Friendship BetDeen President Coolidge and
Shoemaker Lucey Promises to Become
an American Legend.

or; Jincoln's swapping Of stories
around the cracker barrel; Roose-
velt's thousand and one character
istic contacts with the ordinary
folk who kept him in touch with
the beating heart of America
there is nothing incongruous in the
relating OF these and other human
aspects OF American presidents.
The occasion then was this,
James Lucey had written a letter
Of pride and congratulation to- Mr..
Coolidge when the latter sue
ceeded to the presidency. Mr..
Coolidge Immediately addressed an
answer to: Jim Lucey, who would
rather be called a good shoemaker
than the Presidents cobbler, friend
and philosopher" The letter read:
mot often do / see you or write
to you. but II II were not for you
l should not be hero. and l want to
tell you how much 1 love you. Do
not work too hard. Try to enjoy
yourself In your well deserved
lesure OF age. Yours sincerely,
Calvin Coolidge"
Presldent-M Maker
The meaning of Mr.. Coolidge's
saying that II 1t were not for Jim
Lucey he would not have been
president was soon explained. As
q political Influence among the
Irish Republican voters early in
the Presidents political career
Lucey had brought in enough extra
votes TO insure Coolidge's election
to the legislature.
What was behind the friendship
and the "love" took more careful
study to reveal.
It came out eventually as MT.
Lucey stood stolidly before his last
n day In August working away
at repairs on a woman's turned"
shoe. He refused to interrupt his
work merely to talk. 1t glinted
from the lucid blue eyes of the six
ty-six years old man as he occa-
sionally turned from the job to en-
phasize a remark. Even the small
lensed. steel.rimmed spectacles, the
vigorously Numbered blue shirt, the
bristling grey-and-brown m o us.
tache and the firmly set Jaw which
occasionally opened to afford exit
for a good steel nail that was ham.
mered vigorously into the piece Of
hemlock tanned leather. that Mr..
Lucey was molding into n heel that
would "outwear three pairs OF these
n~ew-fangled SORT" seemed to give
fugitive ~glimpses OF the spirit that
sustained the friendship between
president and shoemaker. They
told OF value given for value re-
ceived. Value" and quality" were
words Mr.. Lucey proved ford of
using in speaking of either work or
personalities.
Personal Histories
It developed that the common
synpathies that drew the President
and the shoemaker together were
revealed not only In their common
attitude toward their different Jobs
but e in their personal histories.
Cal Coolidge comes from q line Of
, 1923-10-26
FRENCH ACCEPT
BRITISH PROPOSAL,

PARIS. Oct. 2G.-By The Asso-
ciated Press.GThe French govern
ment is willing that an international
conference Of experts to be named
by the repatriation commission be
called to consider the question of
reparations in conformity with the
treaty of Versailles.
The French government. It was
said. in official circles this morning,
would be most happy IL the govern
ment Of the United States would
name an expert to participate In
such a conference.
1t was announced that Premier
Poincare, in the name of the French
government. already had informed
Secretary of State Hughes that he
would accept az international COM
mission of experts to determine Ger
many's capacity to pay. but that
they must be named by the repara-
tons commission. The British gov
eminent Il was added. has not yet
accepted this condition.
PARIS, Oct. 26.-The German
note sent Wednesday to the repara-
, 1923-10-26

- ERSoNS who subscribe to
the doctrine that even q
lrr7xN cat may look at a king" a
uES42B little while ago ascribed
Importance to an old shoe
maker OF Northampton. Mass. be-
cause President Coolidge took the
trouble to answer a letter the old
man sent him after Mr.. Coolidge
entered the White House.
Others. and perhaps wiser ones.
on the principle that 4 man "is
known by the company he keeps"
T inclined to count the friendship
that was revealed as much to the
favor OF the President as to that
OF the shoemaker.
Endorses Coolidge
A visit to the basement shoemak-
ing shop Of James Lucey on Gothic
Street, just on Main. in Northamp-
ton and a talk with the outstanding.
grey-haired. ~blue-eyed craftsman
will make clear to anyone the rea-
son Mr.. Lucey's firm friendship for
Calvin Coolidge is n OF the finest
endorsements that New England
President could have.
Such a trip will leave the visitor
hrm in the conviction that here is
a friendship founded on the mutual
integrity. honesty. thoroughness
and pride OF work OF both shoe
maker and President. The conclu-
sion will be that II Mr.. Coolidge Is
as good a president as Mr.. Lucey
is a shoemaker; II he has the en-
thusiasm for his Job, the careful
less in choosing the best materials
10 work with and the patience in
shaping them to their most eaec-
tive and reliable uses that James
Lucey has, he will be a very good
President indeed.
ReportorlsI Assaults
At the time the writer talked
with III. Lucey tho shoemaker had
been the objective OF reporters
from half a dozen cities for half
q dozen days. Some of them had
come Haunting ten dollar bills In
his face to persuade him to talk
about his friend. These he had
waved aside with contempt. Others
had come tactfully and spoken as
one gentleman to another. To these
the shoemaker made laconic revela.
lions about his connection with
President Coolidge or had occa-
sionally flooded over with seem-
fngly irrelevant anecdotes bear
ing on the various characters In
Northampton. They had been only
apparently irrelevant, however, for
IN the telling of each one the sturdy
independence and the keen judg-
ment of character possessed by the
old shoemaker were made evident.
The Legend
The occasion for re%portorial as
saults may be told again here, for
quite likely It will be included in
the traditions and histories OF the
personal characteristics OF the men
the American people have called
to be their presidents. Coolidge's
confabs with Luoey the shoemak-
, 1923-10-26

Northampton. and Amherst Is a
short distance away.
To Amherst, early IN the SOS
came Cal Coolidge. Before long
he came to Jim Lucey to get his
shoes repaired. The two often sat
long in philosophical conversation
on the chances OF life. After Cal
left Amherst and began law prac-
hce in Northampton he continued
to go to Jim Lucey's shop-the
same shop in which the latter now
plies his trade. When politics called
the young Coolidge. Lucey proved
an invaluable counsellor. He could
, 1923-10-26
President Cal and "sShoemaker Jim

was the same unquestioning adher.
ence to the best and most thorough
going rules OF conduct that have
made. 30 It IL said. Calvin Cool
idse's reputation In Massachusetts,.
No "cobbIer"
Jim Lucey scorns the name Of
cobbler because to him It means
someone who p%utters at a Job.
There were years when l did no
repairing at ALL" he said. 81 made
, 1923-10-26

rut the time necessary into is,r
ing alternating "a 4 handicnn,
The handicraftsman, concluded ~
Lucey. il dying out The machine.
have done for him. mot that N.
machines are not all rixht. /,
there's = man with brains beh,rs
them to steer them right" he con.
coded honestly. Even an automo-
bile would be no good II You ~
to steer 1t through a swamp"
This brought him to the sub,,c,
Of materials.
I'm a leather man." he s.,.
smiling CONTEMPORARY at yarlor,
other shoe materials that had h..,
offered him for use. you cant A.
a good Job Of shoemaking with an.
er stun. 1t won't stitch right. W,
can't cut II right. And none of /,
Will wear like real good leather.
al Want Leather
"Remember the warf" he
Did they send anything but leath.
er over for the soldiersf OF cours,
they didn't. They wanted ieaths,
I want leather"
His mind returned to the r.l..
ton between shoemaking and sho.t
! repairing. Sometimes / think" hs
said. repairing takes more
skill than making shos,.
t4 OF course Won can IA
~ bad job a,
n m both, and ha
49, charges 4
sa pretty good pnc,
for his work"
He looked at the
nail he had Just
drawn from his mouth. He didnt
smile. though one could see he WA,
pleased. In this respect he showed
throughout the talk the same i'm.
passivity that is generally ascr1bed
to President Coolidge.
Foreign Trade
People send their shoes to mi,
to be fxed even after they leays
Northampton" he said presently.
from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
and other places. A good deal al
my work goes outside tho town and
they send me some awfully nice let
ters. 1 wish I'd kept them"
A good deal of Coolidse's worn
has gone Outside the town" too.
and for the same reason. II v,s
honest and thorough. That Is the
reason James Lucey will give you
and which other Northampton resi-
dents will give you.
And Just as James Lucey does
not expect others to 20 back on
their support Of his work, because
he knows 1t IL quality" work, 80
he has not a doubt that Coolidge
will succeed himself as President
The Next President
"You don't head him or" he said
confidently. Hes alright, and no
body's going to have that Job until
my friend is through with it"
Having said that Mr.. Lucey took
\ piece Of leather Of his bench and
intimated that he was too busy to
talk any more
, 1923-10-26

Each s~eparatist leader now has an
automobile to himself and rides
around Duren and vicinity at will
with the green. white and red flag
flying from the hood OF his car.
The Duren banks are closed, the
directors asserting that they are
not in sympathy with the movement
and hat all currency has been re-
moved for safe keeping. The restau-
rants, all bakeries and most of the
food stores are closed.
One scheme for Kidding the city Of
Republicans is to starve them out
and word has gone forth to tho
country peasants not to bring their
produce into Duren,
BONN. Oct. 26.-The Republican
flag over the rathnus was wrested
from its staff today by the police,
reinforced by civilians. The crowd
in the street tore the banner to
pieces.
The separntists, in the face of
threats from the population, evacu-
ated the building but later re-entered
the structure under tho protection
of French soldiers.
Late in tho day. tho Republicans
holsted another flag over the rath.
aus.
, 1923-10-26
BERKELEY is
GIVEN $4,000
BY RED CROSS

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2e.-Naticn'
al headquarters of the Red Cross To-
day sent $4,000 of It's disaster ne
lief FUND to Berkeley. Cal. where
fire recently destroyed mor than NJ
ty blocks of the residential district.
A total OF se7 900 has now been mhas
available for Berkeley by the Red
Cross.
, 1923-10-26

has . fondly cherished
memento Of It In the copy
of a letter Mr.. Coolidge
had written at that time
In an EFFORT to bring help
to his old counsellor. in
a personal matter. And
he has the answer. ad-
dressed to the Vice Pres
ident, which brought the
required result and which
Mr.. Coolidge turned over
to his shoemaker friend.
OF course. Mr.. Lucey
Is not giving his private
concerns out for pub
location: but he show
ed his visitor the greet
ings and signatures tAst
, 1923-10-26
100 Rioters in
Hamburg Slain
In Street ROW

BERLIN, Oct. 26.-ons hundred
rioters wero killed in the street
fighting in Hamburg Tuesday and
Wednesday. the full reports on the
disorders show. An equal number of
Commentators were wounded
, 1923-10-26

thrifty New England pioneers who
came over In the eighteenth cen
fury and he is like unto them. Jim
Lucey was himself a pioneer who
came over in the nineteenth cen
fury, in 1880 to be exact. Both had
sought with indefatigable energy
and Incorporating integrity to
make their respective inches In the
world.
Lucey said his family vas origi.
nally French.
The Irish Of II
THE De Luceys came 10 the
County Kerry among the Killarney
Lakes SIX hundred years ago. Pretty
soon they dropped the De and now
they are more Irish than the Irish
themselves"
Jim was appointed as a shoe
maker about the time OF the Franco
Prussian war. there in County Ker-
ry. He became a good craftsman.
In 1880 he came to America, first
working in Boston and Cambridge.
then down in Connecticut, but set
ting upon Northampton before
1885. chiefly because II was a col
isge town. Smith College 70 at
, 1923-10-26

pass on practical knowledge. and
they found q common ground IN
their proud insistencs on ethich-
Success Comes
Success came to Coolidge and he
climbed from one once to another.
but though his visits to Lucey's
shop became OF necessity less fire.
quent they continued to be as 10y
ally made. The last ono was In
April Of this year. and Mt. Lucey
, 1923-10-26

proved the correspondence. It was
Significant OF the effects Of the Wis
its OF skeptical metropolitan re-
porters that Mr.. Lucey thought
without Its being requested of Civ
ing proof for his word. Imagine.
II you please. anyone's doubling
Jim Luoey's word In Northampton
But when one becomes n national
figure one must be prepared against
the charge Of lying.
From nrst to last-his good shoe
makers last-ths sturdy depend
ability Of Jim Luoey stood out 1t
, 1923-10-26

miers urged Lord Curzon to adopt
the Hughes suggestion. believing
the United States would then be
receptive TO Great Britain's
overtures from American assistance
in settling European troubles.
, 1923-10-26

shoes. do repairing now because
persons are not willing to pay for
the time and work that go into .
handmade shoe. l made two pairs
for . man last winter and he
thought twenty dollars q pair was
high for them. A man can't make
a living now making shoes by hand
unlsss he charges thirty dollars a
pair. He can't make more than
Eve or six pairs q week and do a
right Job. while the factories make
hundreds of thousands a day."
Aud Lang syne
The old shoemaker paused In re-
grst i've the days that were be-
ginning to go thirty-two years &
when he moved his shop to its pres
emit location. IT had to raise the
house and move It back SIX yards to
get my shop built under It." he ex.
planned. 81 didn't have much mon.
ey. but they trusted me for what I
didn't have. I paid on every penny,
and I own the house now"
No one now. he said, is willing to
, 1923-10-26
ATTENDANCE Of
ALLIES MUST Be
COMPLETE SAID

Continued from Page One.
q natural and inescapabie result OF
the policy followed by the United
States ever since It refused to ratify
the treaty OF Versailles. American
membership en- this commission as
set up under the treaty was an issue
In the treaty ratification fight. and
even the temporary assignment OF
nm American observer to serve
u~nofficially with the commission
was assailed in congress as an un-
warranted interference in the af-
fairs OF Europe. An effort at the
last session to pass n senate reso-
luton authorizing full representa-
ton failed almost In its Inception.
Despite their reticencc. officials
manifestly Ire pleaued that official
notice has been taken of Secretary
Hughes New Haven suggestion and
that British officials Mt least have
seen in it the possibility OF n final
solution.
The position Of the state depart.
ment IS that Mr.. Hughes reply to
the British foreign minister, made
public last night. should be left to
speak for itself ms n re-deflnition OF
the American policy. It is pointed
out that the communication covered
h whole field OF current discussion
on the subject by renewing the
pledge OF the United States to help
in any practical way: by re-er1phn-
sizing the secretary's declaration al
New Haven las December in favor
Of an advisory" solution by Impair
tial experts, and by setting forth
again this governments strong ON
viction that all the allied nations
must participate II the r~eparations
conference proposal is to be crown.
ed with success
, 1923-10-26

DUREN. Oct. fs.-Ths sepnratists
at Duren today began to comman-
deer automobiles belonging to
wealthy citizens not in sympathy
with the Republican movement.
, 1923-10-26
Aud Lang syne

war was associated with the Hurley
Mason company.
, 1923-10-26

CREFELD. Oct. 26,-By The As
ISOLATED Press-.-The ~separatists
chiefs stationed here apparently
have tho idea that the Republican
movement is sweeping through the
Rhineland like wild fire. They as
sert. however, that n number of the
smaller and moro troublesome CEN
ters in the northern area of the
Rhineland must be brought into line.
Herr Muller. in charge here. says
he has $500 adherents who are Gag
er TO take tho field wherever neces-
sary. Ncuss. where a large plant of
the International Harvester COM
pany is located. will be given special
attention.
The Republicans have consolidated
their position in the rathaus here.
erecting additional ~barricades at
street corners.
, 1923-10-26

tion commission viii be discussed
by the commission next Tuesday.
Louis Barthou of France, president
of the commission. will propose to
his English. Italian and Belgian col
leagues. according to q semi-official
note today. that the commission
accept the proposition for the Ger
man representative to be heard.
such procedure being provided for
by treaty Of Versailles.
, 1923-10-26

PARIS. oct. 26.-The German
note ZEN Wednesday TO the repara'
, 1923-10-26
The Mex. President

You don't head him or" he said
confidently. Hes alright, and no
body's going to have that Job untl
my friend is through with it"
Having said that Mr.. Lucey took
\ piece of leather OF his bench and
intimated that he was too busy to
talk any more. 81 [,
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