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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17

Miss Helene O'Brien entertained
Wednesday evening for her father
and mother. Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
O'Brien, 1902 L, Raymond St. in
observance OF their twentieth we'd
ding anniversary. About twenty-five
guests were present.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Newell Morris
and daughters Dorothy and Kathe-
rine are leaving Sunday to spend
their vacation in the East While
in Philadelphia Mr.. Morris will give
a recital. Upon returning to Indian.
apolis the early part of September
he will open his studio at 1898 N.
Delaware st.
Evening star., 1924-06-20
AYERS NAVY IS RULED
BY BUTTERFLY SET"
Britten Tells Coolidge Select
Ring" Gets Promotions by
Seniority, Not Merit
INVESTIGATION IS SOUGHT
Officers on Outside" Declared Dis
pleased by Situation.

Charging that "a select ring of
oughly dominated the Navy" and
protesting that promotions are made
by mere seniority" rather than real
merit" Representative Fred A. Brit
ten of Illinois, ranking Republican on
the naval affairs committee, has
written to President Coolidge urging
an investigation.
If the practice of thus serving "all
the military and social plumS" is not
stopped so that merit and capacity
can be rewarded by. promotion, the
selection up" provisions of the law
should be repealed so that young
officers may not longer be deceived,
he says.
Promoted. Grounds Ship.
Representative Britten reminds the
President that within orty-eight
hours after his approval for the rank
of rear admiral one of the six lucky
officers ran his battleship aground.
The letter follows:
Some nine years ago, when Con-
Gress learned that the naval pluck
ing board had pulled straws to de-
termine which officers were to be Sc
lected out of the line of the Navy, it
enacted a law which 'plucked' that
board and substituted for existing
law. provision for selection up
in the Navy.
1T was the thought of Congress
that promotion by seniority was
wrong in principle and that selection
would provide an incentive for ad-
vancement which. in turn. would pro-
mote ambition, thrift, constancy and
efficiency in the Navy.
I'm other words, an opportunity for
promotion ahead of his class was to
be given the ambitious progressive,
superior minded young officer.
Saved From Laggards.
"The laggard would no longer hold
him from his rightful promotion
earned by hard work and natural
capacity to do big things.
"On last Saturday six new rear ad-
mirals were recommended in the re-
port of the naval selection board and
Immediately approved by you.
With the exception of two cap
talns who had been previously passed,
the SIX promotions are taken from
the hrSt ten captains on the list, and
by a peculiar circumstance, the four
captains passed over are graduates of
the War College, while the six cap
tains selected for rear admirals have
never been to the War College.
Within forty-eight hours after his
approval for the rank of rear admiral
his battleship, the West Virginia.
aground.
Three on Duty Here.
Another noteworthy circumstance
is that three of the six captains pro-
NOTED are a t present assigned to the
department in Washington
Il think that the Navy, generally,
has already indicated its disappoint-
ment in some of the selections for
promotions, and that it feels that
real selection up does not prevail.
1T is unreasonable to assume that
the senior ten captains are each and
every one of them superior to the re-
manning $50 captains eligible for pro-
motion. and it will be impossible to
convince the Navy and Congress that
real merit and not mere seniority has
been rewarded.
Selection boards are too often
composed of the same members who
sat in preceding boards. and this fact
may work against the best interests
of Selectiye system.
For the past five years it has been
Evening star., 1924-06-20
TREATIES WITH FRANCE
ON MANDATES effective
Pacts Refer to Togoland and Cam
eroons, Former Possessions
of Germany.

The state Department has received
word from Ambassador Herrick, at
Paris, that ratifications have been
exchanged with the French govern
ment of the treaties regarding Togo
land and the Cameroons, known as
the mandate treaties.
The territories are former German
colonial possessions, now under French
authority by mandate as provided in
the treaty of Versailles.
Since the United States is not
party to that treaty nor member
of the league of nations. it was nee
essary that American recognition of
French authority in these territories
be provided for in special treaties
between the United States and
France.
In the negotiations of those treaties
the Washington government took
care to assure an open door policy in
the former German possessions,
which would give American nationals
equal rights with the rights enjoyed
by the nationals of the nations with
which the United States was asso-
ciated in the war.
Evening star., 1924-06-20

Young men and women are quitting
the farms at the rate of about a mill
lion year
Evening star., 1924-06-20

quite evident to me that a select ring or
Washington line officers have thor
oughly dominated the Navy, and nave
assigned to themselves (and to their
friends) ALI of the military and social
plums.
THE Naval Academy, London and
Paris embassies, command or the
fleets, special European assignments
Mediterranean cruises and top-side
Washington appointments have been
jealousy parceled out to those in the
butterfly set and to none others. and
l might say that this condition is
not too happily received by the officer
aboard ship, who is on the outside
looking in.
IF merit and capacity are not to
be rewarded by promotion, then Con-
gress should repeal the selection
up" provisions Of law so that young
officers may not longer be deceived
by the delusion that their personal
advancement rests largely with them
selves.
Il am sure that an inquiry by you.
my dear Mr.. President, will result
in benefit to the Navy"
Evening star., 1924-06-20
RICH BIGAMIST LOSES.
v. St. j. Mayo Faces One to Three
Years in Prison.

NEW YORK, June 20.-The convic-
tion of Virginius st. Julian Mayo,
wealthy motor radiator manufacture r
of New Haven. Conn, on charge of
bigamy was unanimously affirmed to-
day by the appellate division of the
supreme court.
Unless an appeal is granted, Mayo
must serve prison sentence of not
less than one nor more than three
years. He was convicted May s. 1922,
but was released on certificate of
reasonable doubt pending an appeal.
Mrs. wilhelmina Meyer Mayo of
Newark, y. j., who preferred the big
amy charge in 1919. alleged that Mayo
married her in 1904, while he was
still the husband of Mrs. Florence
Weeks Mayo of Scranton. Pa
Evening star., 1924-06-20
Col. Burgess Assigned.

Col. Harry Burgess, Corps of En-
gineers. stationed. at Fort Sam Hous-
ton, Tex, today was assigned to duty
as commandant of the big engineer
ing station and school at Fort Hum
phreys, Va, to take effect September
1. He will relieve Col. James A.
Woodruff, Corps of Engineers, sched-
uied for other duty.
Evening star., 1924-06-20

In the hands of the alien property
custodian Of q total of 1884 900 to
holders Of imperial German govern
ment treasury notes. The Attorney
General claims that the United States
has a prior lien on these funds.
The plaintiffs and the amounts or
dered paid to them by Justice Staf-
ford are: Equitable Trust Company
Of New York. 100000; Securities Cor
poration General, $3.50, 900; Hallgarten
& Co, 100000; Knauth, Nachod &
Evening star., 1924-06-20

Kuhne, 100000: Republic Trading
Company. $17s.0Oo; American National
Bank of st. Paul, $65.o0o: August
Heckscher, $25,0o0; Anna Thalman,
$11 900; Jacob Kaufman, $4,000; w.
G. Hilken, $4,000; Abraham l. Gar
bat, $1,000.
Evening star., 1924-06-20

that he died at F'reedmen's Hospital
an hour later.
1t was reported by the police that
Howard was seated on the window
sill and fell backward, sustaining a
fracture Of the skull and injuries 10
left leg. thigh and back, Il fence pal
! ing punctCring his leg
Evening star., 1924-06-20
Killed in Two-Story Fall.

While washing a front window on
the second floor of an apartment
house at 1892 v street this morning,
Howard Hansbrough. colored, fifty
FIVE, fell and was so seriously hurt
Evening star., 1924-06-20
STONE NOTES APPEALS.
Taken From Eleven Decisions of
District Supreme Court.

Harlan F.. Stone, Attorney General
of the United States, has noted ap-
peals from eleven decisions of Jus
tice Stafford of the District Supreme
Court ordering payments from money
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-20

Today is circus day in Americas,
and the rising generation is in the
zenith of his glory, for, let it be
known that the big Sparks Circus
invaded our percincts at an I'M
seemingly early hour Sunday mora
ing for a days stay on the old ball
park grounds. Mgr. Chas. Sparks
seems to have cornered the foreign
markets in sensational trained wild
animals as was evidenced in the
lengthy street spectacle this morn
ing for it contained cage after cage
of splendid specimens. Another
commendable feature was the I'M
usual fine display of horses and the
neat appearance of all participants,
but both have long been a feature
Of the Sparks Circus.
Three rings and a large steel
arena are required for the two
hours program and they were oc-
cupied at all times by truly sensa-
tional features. The performance
is given a proper start with an ori-
entail spectacle called can Egyptian
Fantasy" and it is especially ellbo
rate in costuming and gorgeous Ell
fects. Featuring Karl Mosher,
contra-tenor and Lucille Aumanr
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-20
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tits myself he's hunting at Tor
tuga. my lord" said Blood. But,
I'm thinking that while he's about
it, I'd best be looking after Jamaica
for King William. He laughed,
with more mirth than he had used
in the last two months. Set a
course for Port Royal, Jeremy. and
make all speed. Wen be level yet
with NJ. de Riyarol, and wipe off
some other score at the same
time"
But you are not equal to it,
damme!' cried his lordship ANY
one Of the Frenchmans three ships
is a match for both yours, my man. ~
In guns-aye." said Blood and
he smiled. But there's more than
guns that matter in these affairs.
II your lordship would like to see
an action fought at sea as an action
should be fought, this is your op-
portunity."
"Rivarol carried in his hold the
treasure plundered from Car
tagena, amounting to forty million
livres. He has gone into Port
Royal with it. Whether he de
feats me or not, he doesn't come
out OF Port Royal with it again.
and sooner or later that treasure
shall find its way into King VIII
liam's Golfers, after, say, one-hfth
share shall have been paid TO my
buccaneers. Is that agreed, Lord
Willoughby?"
His lordship stood up. and shak-
ing back the cloud Of lace from his
wrist, held out a delicate white
hand
Captain Blood. 1 discover great
ness in you, said he
Sure it's your lordship has the
fine sight to perceive it," laughed
the Captain.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-20
FRANCE IS FAR
BEHIND j. 5. IN
USE Of AUT 0S
Turkey Prosecutes Her Dis
tinguished Novelists - Cock
tails Get Black Eye
BY MILLION BONNER
NEA Service Writer

LONDON, Oct. 2O.-The French
make some very fine autos and they
hold annually a gorgeous auto show
in the Grand Pals in Paris and
Frenchmen are conspicuous among
the speed-fiends in auto races. But
as a nation they are miles behind us
when it comes to general and po-
pular use of gas-propelled vehicles.
Part 0 fthis is probably due to
the war and wreck it left. Par is
due to the conservatism of the
French peasant farmers and Of the
shop-keeper class. At any rare, in
all France in the present year there
are only 676,383 machines. as aga
inst 200 in 1894, 17,1O7 in 1904
and 1O7, 535 in 1914.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-20

There isn't any payday for labor
ing under a delusion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-20

than a mile from the straits lead
ing into it. which the fort com
manded It was two hours and
more since they had brought up
thereabouts, having crept thithec
unobseryed by the city and by NJ
de Rivarol's ships, and all the time
the air had been aqaiver with the
roar Of guns from sea ind land an
nouncing that battle was Joined be
tween the French and the defenders
OF Port Royal, That long. inactive
waiting was straining the nerves
of both Lord Willoughby and van
der Kuylen. Blood faced them
smiling confidently IT'S This way
now there's nothing at all to be
gained by precipitancy, and a deal
to be gained by delaying, as | shall
show you. ! hope Sure. it'll be
time enough to go forward when
the fort has shot it's bolt j." He
broke on TO listen. AYE, was
right, The fires slackening. Ho
tHeF6, Jeremy
Came the padding of feet along
the decks, the creaking Of blocks
and the hosting of sail The helm
was put over hard. and in a mo-
ment they were moving, the Eliza
beth following, ever in obedience
to the signals from the Arabella,
whilst Ogle the gunner, whom he
had summoned was receiving
Blood's final instructions before
plungiag down to his station on
the main deck
Within quarter of an hour they
had rounded the head and stood
in to the harbor mouth. within
saker shot of Riyarops three ships,
to which they now abruptly dis
closed themselves.
Where the fort had stood they
now beheld a smoking rubbish
heap. and the victorious French
man with the lily standard trail
ing from his mastheads was sweep
ing forward to snatch the rich
prize whose defences he had shat,
tered
Blood scanned the French ships
and chuckled The Victorieuse
and the Medusa appeared to have
taken no more than a few scars;
but the third ship the Baleine,
listing heavily to larboard so as
to keep the great cash in her star
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-20
ADVENT OF AIR
FLIVVER PREDICTED

GERSFELD, Germany, Oct. 20.
(By the Associated Press.) - The
advent of the air flivver is predict
ed by experts studying lessons from
the national air glider contests held
here. Sailplanes with auxiliary
motorcycle engines of eight to II
horsepower surpassed the motor
less gliders in every respect.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-20
DIVORCES USELESS; FLAT
SHORTAGE IN VIENNA

VIENNA, Oct. 20. - (By the
Associated Fress.) - Vienna still
struggles with problems arising
from housing shortage, and every
now and then some new phase of
the situation draws public attention.
Just now it is the question of ac-
commodations for divorced persons.
Apartments are so scarce that in
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-20

Mayor Hylan and KS New YORK
police are not the only ones who
are setting themselves up as censors
of what people shall read and of
what they shall see in The theatres.
Turkey has just shown That she is
up to. date by having a prosecution
against the distinguished Turkish
novelist of Constant.noplc, Hussen
Rahmi Bey.
The prosecutor general urged cen
domination of the book Am ! mad?"
on the groud that it ,4ae dotrinen-
tai to public morals ana could not
be read in the family.
The author defends himself on
the ground of realism. The court
unanimously held that the high NO.
raj purpose Of the author was to
fay present-day Turkish society.
Il therefore, dismissed the com
plant.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-20

Prima Donna, all Of the vast re-
sources OF the circus in horses, elc-
plants, camels and zebras lave
been drawn upon to the fullest eX-
tent, while the three rings, stages
and hippodrome track are occupied
by premier dancers, oriental
musicians and a large chorus max
ing it ring true to title. At this
junction a number of thrilling wild
animal displays take place includ-
ing Frank Woske's bengal tigers,
Steve Batty's original "Tarzan Of
the apes" lions, Madam Dororny's
leopards and a mixed group of polar
bears and great dane dogs. These
are followed in rapid succession by
many other entertaining features
There isn't any paVdav for labor
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-20

great many cases divorced couples
are compelled to go on living un-
der the same roof, A man in such
circumstances recently went to
court to compel his former wife
to move away as he wanted to
marry again. The judge ruled she
should go.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-20

The cocktail has just received two
black eyes, one from the English
and one from the French. In Eng
land group of doctors recently de-
clared that the cocktail was bad
business for the human organism
and ridiculed the idea that it was
stimulant Of a healthy appetite
The French attack was Of a diff
rent order. The committee of the
Academic Franchise, which is com
piling the standard dictionary Of
tion Of admitting the word Geek
the language, had before it the cues
tail, which is universally un Ter
stood in all the best and many of
the worst bars in France. Buc the
committee sternly decided that the
word meant nothing and even in a
French form was alien to the Ian
guage.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-20
CHAPTER XVII

he Ii HUI OF III
ARABELI.A
1t was the afternoon Of that
same day. and the two buccaneer
ships rocked gently with idly flap
ping sails under the lee of the long
spit Of land forming the great nat
ural harbor of Port Royal and less
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-20

Our experience is that pride goetb
with a fall.
The Washington times., 1924-03-07
and here. too. the Prince of Orange

and here. too. the Prince of Orange
came to live.
Once to know old Dutch delft
Is never to forget it. The knowing
OF 1t is not a difficult matter, once
1t Is explained and one has contact
with genuine piece as an object
lesson. In the first place, old Dutch
delft Is a pottery, not a porce'
lain.
Pottery is always opaque. while
porcelain is always translucent.
Break a pottery object and it will
be seen that it was formed OF q
baked clay base glazed or enameled
over with a substance that has
given it a coating which does not
seem to be incorporated in sub
stance with the base.
Break a porcelain object and you
will discover that all the way
through it appears of a translucent
substance. Old Dutch delft Of the
earliest sort was composed Of a
soft, friable, reddish clay base.
Dutch delft Of the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries had a body
base Of yellowish or pale-brown
color.
These bases, instead of being
glazed, were coated with an enamel
like slip. Tin entered into the
composition of this coating and this
tin-enamel gave it a surface densely
opaque. with a metallic feel but
without the metallic lustre, for in.
stance, OF the maiolica wares OF
Italy and Of Spain. The surface
Of old delft Is absolutely different
from the glazed surface Of porce-
lain, Of modern pottery.
The modern delft of today Ia not
to be confused with the old Dutch
delft. The Dutch ware made today
which passes with the old name
is a glazed ware and not, like the
old, an enameled ware.
In modern so-called delft one can
see through the glaze and old Dutch
delft presents a completely opaque
surface. Then one finds the colors
of the decoration of old Dutch delft
to have run, neither under nor over
the enamel surface but into the
enamel.
This is because. the colors were
put upon the article while the
enamel was still wet and fixed in
1t during the liquefaction and fix.
ing Of the surface coating in the
firing Of the piece In the kiln.
Blue was the earliest color used
in their decorations. followed by
purple, green. yellow, brown and
red. More about old Dutch delft
anon.
THE CoNNo1ssEUR.
The Washington times., 1924-03-07

shed, The Literary Digest gathers the gems of gaety
that make people laugh. The cream of these is
printed celuloid and rushed to your city that you
may enjoy them in your local motionpicture theater
new edition is issued weekly. Look for the sign of
FUN from the PRESS. Produced by The Literary
Digest Distributed by w. W. Hodgknson Cor
poration.
The Washington times., 1924-03-07
Of AUTO
BRAKES BY
EXPERTS
Engineers and Bureau OF
Standards Will Cooperate
at Public Trials Today.

A public brake demonstration will
take place this afternoon at 2
o'clock at Third street northwest,
between Pennsylvania and Maine
avenues, under the joint auspices of
the Washington section of the So
ciety of Automotive Engineers and
the Bureau Of Standards.
Purpose Of the test Is to familiar.
ize the general public with the ne.
cessity of always having the brakes
of their automobiles in proper con.
dition. Tonight at the meeting of
the Society of Automotive Engi-
neers, DIR. James, of the Bureau of
Standards, will deliver an address on
brakes and brake mechanism.
The Washington times., 1924-03-07
FISH TURNS TABLES IN
WHALE-JONAH INCIDENT

BANGKOK, Siam, March IA
paradox stranger than the swal-
low that whaled Jonah occurred
here recently when a Siamese fish
erman swallowed a fish. Unlike
Jonah and the whale. both of whom
recovered. the incident resulted in a
double fatality.
1t is an ancient Siamese custom
to hold a captured fish in the
mouth while the hook Is rebated.
While the fisherman was doing SO.
the fish slipped down his throat
and stuck. He strangIed before
aid could be fetched.
The Washington times., 1924-03-07
HOLLAND DELFT
HAS CHARM
Of OWN
Dutch Makers of Ware So
Quantity Ar istic They Gave
Name to Whole District.

No faience has crept more will
lingly into literature, says Gardner
Teall, than this to which the quaint,
quiet little city that lies between
The Hague and Rotterdam has lent
its name. Here William the Silent
dwelt and there he met his tragic
death. Here in the little church
is the tomb of Admiral van Tromp
The Washington times., 1924-03-07
MARY SLOW IS QUICK
TO ASSIST JOHN QUICK

MILFORD, Conn.,, March t.
Mary Slow, Of Burnt Plain road,
led from the town courtroom here
the other day Harry Quick, the
man for whom she traded her own
name in marriage. Police took a
vast amount Of liquor from the
Quick home along with the hus.
band.
Mary Slow went voluntarily and
pleaded with the court for a con.
tinuance without bond, and her nus.
band was assigned to her CUSTODY
until trial comes. '
The Washington times., 1924-03-07
Ex-KAIsER HANGS UP SAW.
AND TAKES DOWN HOE

DOORN. Holland, March 1.-THE
former German Emperor is cur.
failing his wood-chopping activities.
and has started making ready his
yard and garden for spring.
Nearly every day recently he has
worked among the rose bushes and
other shrubbery on his estate near
here, cutting away the vines of
last season so as to make space
for the bloom Of 1924.
Other improvements on the place
include alteration Of the old con-
servatory, which stands a short
distance from the house.
The Washington times., 1924-03-07
SCANDINAVIAN STATES TO
FORM PEACE COUNCIL

STOCKHOLM. Sweden. March z.
"A conference Of representatives of
Sweden. Finland. Denmark and
Norway has adopted a proposal to
promote cancellation in international
disputes an recommended by the
Assembly Of the League Of Nations.
It aims at forming q permanent
Cancellation council to which the
countries will be obliged to refer
disputes that cannot be solved dip.
lomatically or are precluded by pre-.
vious treaties from being settled
by arbitration or the court Of in.
ternational justice.
The Washington times., 1924-03-07
Hairpln Made Her Invalid.

DUNKIRK, N. Y, March For
the last five years Mary, the six.
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John j. Shuhart, has been an in
valid. An X-ray photograph re-
vealed a hairpin, 31a inches long,
in the tissues near her right thigh.
The pin was removed.
The Washington times., 1924-03-07
To Improve Wire Systems.

The American Telephone and
Telegraph Company and associated
companies have provided a budget
OF $27,O0O,000 for improvements to
both telephone and telegraph sys-
TENS during 1924.