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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-12
NAVY PLANS AIR
TRIP AROUND
PACIFIC
AirpIane Flight From Homo
lulu to Australia
Projected
By international News Service.

HONOLULU. Dec. 12.-That an
airplane flight from Honolulu to
Australia very probably will be at.
tempted by the United States
Naval Air Service. in conjunction
with the maneuvers Of the United
States fleet In Hawaiian waters
next spring and its subsequent visit
to the AntipodeS, was the opinion
voiced by navy officers at a recent
meeting of the Pan.Pacific Union
held in this city for the purpose Of
discussing plans for a 'round-she.
Pacific flight.
Letters from air officers of both
the army and navy expressed the
belief that such a flight via Pal
myra, Phoenix Islands. Samoa, Fiji,
and New Caledonia is entirely prac-
ticable and within the capabilityo OF
machines now in existence.
1,OOO-MiIe Jump.
The longest jump in this itinerary
is approximately 1000 miles, and
the opinion was expressed that such
distance could easily be negotiated
by present-day machines Of long
distance flying type. Z, .t4
1t also developed that the War
Departments is now working on
airplanes which are expected to do
5000 miles across water, with a
maximum Of security for their. per-
sonnet: such machines will make
the flight from San Francisco or
Seattle to. Honolulu with ease.
sPlans for the establishment in
Honolulu Of a huge airplane repair
plant for army machines, capable If
handling all repair and reconstrnc-
ton work for machines Of the
Hawaiian and Philippine depart
ments have been tentatively pro-
posed to local business men and
Territorial officials and are meet
ing with favor.
1t is probable that the governor
may be asked shortly to set aside
a tract of Territorial land in the
Kewalo district, a new waterfront
area, for such a plant. Space suf-
ficient for large landing and
'taking-off field, as well as for half
a dozen large machine shops, will
be necessary, and the plant will
have to be located directly on fine
waterfront, with immediate access
to ocean steamers.
The plant would mean a great
saving in time and expense both TO
the Hawaiian and Philippine depart.
ments, which must now send all re.
pair jobs, save very minor ones, to
the mainland. It would furnish
employment for approximately 500
skilled mechanics
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-12
STORE IS
. RA|DEDBYD DRY
AGENTS
Pharmacist and Clerk Arrest
ed-Pharmacy Frequented
by Students

The Clifton Terrace Pharmacy,
Fourteenth and Clifton streets
northwest, known as a gathering
place for Central High School
students, was raided by prohibi-
ton agents last night. Two men
we're arrested, and more than fif-
teen gallons of alleged intoxicants
seized.
/, The raid was led by Harry NJ,
Luckett, chief Of the Washington
division Of general prohibition
agents, who stated today that his
office has had the drug store
under surveillance for several
days, and that a purchase Of j.
quor was made there by an agent.
Pharmacist Held.
The men arrested were John, NJ
Thai, pharmacist, 1877 Champldin
street northwest, charged with IL
legal sale and possession, held in
$500 bond, and Samuel Lichten
stein, an employee. 1921 Euclid street
northwest, illegal possession. He
was held in $500 bond.
Superintendent Stephen III. Kra
mer Of Central Hight School, which
Is only a stones throw from the
drug, store declared today that he
was sure the pharmacy had not
sold liquor to his students.
II have been in and out OF there
hundred times" he said, land have
watched the situation like a hawk
because there has been so much talk
Of high school students buying boot
leg liquor. But / Always found the
men at the drug store ready to aid
me at all times, and have no corn
plant to make against them, as far
as my school is concerned.
Luclxett Sure Of Case
''On one occasion, I detected
liquor on the breath of a former
high school student and thought
had made a. case, until I discov.
cred he had left school some time
before. M
Mr.. Luckett said he had no cvi.
dence that the drug store sold
liquor to Students but had an
''opcn-and-shut" case against the
operators OF the store.
"As far as / know, the store did
not sell anything to high school
boys" he stated. II know that
high school boys loGnged around
the store, and had to be chased
out"
The raid was staged shortly he
fore midnight. A large crowd gath
cred to watch the work Of the dry
agents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-12
ADDICT IS
GUILTY OF
THEFT
confesses Stealing Socks.
May Send Him to CaIlinger
for Treatment

Another drug addict was brought
into Police Court today on a larceny
charge after a night in jail deprived
of narcotics.
EIaggard and pale, Melvill Ahmay,
.thirty-three, pleaded guilty to the
theft Of three pairs of socks from
a downtown department store be-
fore Judge Mcmahon. He was ar
rested by Detective T. ". Howes,
He said that he had been s'off
the stuff for some time, but. that
Yesterday q friend" of his gave
him some heroin. He testified that
he started the dope habit when ne
was separated from his wife about
year and a half ago.
Ahmay told the court that his
wife, a nurse, would take him back
II he were given q chance. The
court referred the matter to the
probation officer, and later said hS
would probably send Ahmay to Gal
Iinger H<spital for treatment.
CANGSTER WHO DRESSED
AZ aATNANAM NETC 4N NEApc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-12
ISSPLIT.
0NPDSTAL
PAY BILL
Proposal to Increase Second
Glass Rates Brings Fight
That Divides Parties
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON,
International News 9ePvfeA

The Administrations efforts to
prevent passage Of the postal pay
bill over President Coolidge's veto
today threatened to plunge Con.
gress into a protracted battle over
postal rates. iI @
Voicing demand for higher sec.
ond class rates Administration lead.
ers sought to substitute revenue,
/ raising bill for the vetoted meas,
ure. This procedure, they contend
would meet the objections raised
against the pay increase bill by
the President,
The Senate faces test vote on
the veto as soon a. the Muscle
Shoals debate ends.
1t incidentally will mark the frs
skirmish between the Coolidge AID,
n1inistration and the insurgent.
dominated Senate since the Presi
ltlents overwhelming victory In No
vember. The, Presidents spol j.
men have been busy ever since
Congress convened in an effort d
line up sufficient support to up
hold his veto.
Administration leaders mean
while planned to introduce the sub
stitute bill. with provisions, fol
paying the increased postal pay by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-12
GREENWICH CHANGES
HOUR or NEW DAY

LONDON, Dec. 12.--Many an as
tronohner in this part of the world
is muttering to himself these days
about the way the Royal Astronom-
ical Society is meddling with his
clock. Greenwich has last decided
to recognize midnight, instead OF
noon, as the Zero hour"
Even the coolest OF the profess
sional stargazers cannot recall a
time when the twenty-four-hour day
did not begin, automatically at any
rate, at noon. But now the society
has decreed that on and after the
first of next January. Greenwich
meantime will be reckoned from mid
night, to conform with the civil
method Of calculation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-12
SEVEN KINDS OF CORN
GROWN IN FAR NORTH

EDMONTON, Alberta. Dec. H.
Farthest north for corn has been
achieved at the Fort VerrnilIiorl ex-
perimental farm, $50 miles north of
the international boundary, accord
ing to a report of the Dominion
Department of Agriculture. u
Seven commercial varieties of
field corn were successfully grown
at the farm this year. They We're
Wisconsin No. Z, White Cap.
low Dent, Bailey, Longfe' "
Northwestern Dent, Quebec No
and Canada Yellow The Yields
ranged from 15h tons to the acre
Of the Wisconsin variety to 24js
tons OF LongfelloM.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-12
French Bank Rate Raised

PARIS, Dec. 12.-The Bank OF
France today increased Its discount
rate from s to z per cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-12
& Janice = Contest Ends
IA Sea Of Answers

Boys and girls the Limerick Story contest have given
the Judges plenty Of work and they are hard at It
Manager Mark Gates of hoews Columbia Theater Man
agr Beaus Of the Palace and the Limerick Story Editor have
taken the hundreds Of submitted by the school chill
n Of Washington and they hopeful Of scanning them all
picking the winners that may be made
in the Saturday issue of The Washington Times
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-12
ILLNESS REVEALS FACT
SHE CARRIES A PISTOL

NEW YORK. Dec. IL. Mrs.
Laura Huberich, twenty-seven, Of
l67 FIigh street, Newark, who had
/ become seriously iii in the rooms Of
the Travellers Aid Society, in East
Forty.third street, was arrested IN
charge Of possessing a revolver
without q permit.
She said she was taking the re-
volver to her husband in New
Haven.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-12
WHOLE FAMILY ACCUSED
I'M BURGLARY CHARGE

MILLvILLE. N. r., Dec. 12.-
Charged with burglary and receiv-
ing stolen goods, Robert Green,
his wife, Bessie Green, withfa nine.
months-old child, are in Jail here
awaiting aAhearing before Mayor
Walter II. Felrney.,
Plumber valued at $500, stolen
from stores at CedarvilIe, was re,
Millville, 1t is said. The police are
making an effort TO connect Green
with robberies at Cape May Court
House, Dennisville, Maurfcetown
end other South Jersey points.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-19
THE COUNTRY HOME
BY MRS " Il EELTON

the house or tent where General Foch gave
orders, and where Sir John Pershing coun-
tersigned as your most obedient when our
soldier boys were told to occupy trenches or
show themselves where German cannons
were blazing away, sometimes many miles
distant, to kill or be killed as it happened.
There are said to be $4,000 dead Ameri-
can soldiers in one French cemetery, twenty
thousand not far away in another place in
France.
Not a Britfsher has asked to be tagged
with an American military symbol TO show
his respect for the assistance the Ameri
cans carried to France when the English
general, Haig, said "his back was against
the wall and no help in sight
The Versailles League of Nations accord
ed six votes to England and one to the
United States, and the average in military
honors seems to be in similar ratio and
quality The United States received no
spoils Of war. They claimed nothing, what
they offered and bestowed was free gratis,
and for nothing at all, as a bonus.
These knights, U. S. A., are doubtless
feeling large and sassy after "Knighthood
was in flower" 1t may happen also that
knights of the Bath U. S. A. draw pension
in England, and if so, these may be
something worth having in their private
pockets and their descendants can fix up a
triumphaI design and a knights of the
Bath genealogy that will sound big and
important when the next World War is set
a-going with the help of the League of
Nations.
This craving for English and foreign
titles has been growing for many years past
! and gone. To be a Lady so and so, a
Countess and so, has beguiled many rich
American heiresses into foreign matrimonial
traps.
But this peerage business for American
generals is something out of the common.
1t has been generally understood that
Americans could not seek decorations and
degrees Of nobility in Europe. If l am not
mistaken, they have been forbidden to &C
cept or receive them by Congress.
But times change and men change with
them. Speaking my own opinion, which is
of small avail or influence, as admitted, this
military trio that we're so unpatriotic as to
become Anglicized by being known as Sir
John Pershing, Sir Tasker Bliss and Sir
Peyton March, are superfuous decorations
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-19
q
HOW WE APPLES DO SWIM!

IF any person is in doubt as to the royal
| dignities conferred on Americans who
II served in the World War over in Europe
they should examine Gas l have done) the
whitaker Almanac" a standard publca-
ton long continued and a standard author
ity in Great Britain for the year nineteen
nineteen.
1t has been my understanding that Amer
leans were not eligible to decorations and
titles lover there" but I find in Whitaker's
almanac for the year 1919 under the head
ing of 1.-THE knights of the Bath" some
names that appear to be those of promt-
nent Americans which certainly should not
be overlooked or otherwise disregarded and
certainly not continued much longer
On page 144 (year 1919, General Tasker
Bliss (some Of us are familiar with the
name if not informed as to his greatness)
was knighted by the King Of England. 1t
reads Sir Tasker Bliss, where the chieftain
was thus Anglicized. When King George
pinned metal badge on the suppliant, or
whether General Tasker Bliss knelt down
and was tapped on his breast and told to
rise up as a quasi British subject.
On page 149 (year 1919 we discover
that General Peyton March Omitted States
of America) has been also accolated, and
he has the same order Of knighthood con-
ferred upon him. He should be interviewed
to find out how much superior he felt
'before or after taking" These generals
draw enormous salaries from the United
States treasury. They are uniformed to the
4imit with insignia of the U. S. army. So
1 am asking if they draw extra pay as
Knights of the Bath in Great Britain as
converted Brtishers.
On page $50 (year 1919 we find the
name of General John Pershing, United
States army, now Sir John Pershing.
General John Pershing was our very
chiefest military officer in the A. e. f.
army on the battlefelds of France. He had
figured not largely until he was put on the
front seat "over there" I may be a dull
pated somebody, but I am stating the
honest truth, that I had never heard him
exploited as the biggest figure in army
circles and the bull general in our own
country. His duty on Flanders field ap-
peared to be to find comfortable chair il
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-19
SUDDEN CRAVING
BY Il. AddinptOn Bruce

by H. AQullISlOlI DIu NC
TN answer to an inquiry regarding the
crediblity of the often-heard stories Of
- sudden CRAVING of hair, I would say
that the consensus of medical opinion holds
that such CRAVING is entirely within the
realm Of possibility.
Indeed it is difficult to see how a con-
'trary opinion could be held, in view of the
well-authentiCated character Of some of the
instances reported
Several of these are as recent in occur
renee as the World war, and are vouched
for by medical men themselves. Thus the
Italian physician Lutati tells of a twenty
four-year-old artillery captain whose hair
turned gray during the battle Of the Piave.
In all such cases emotional excitement
is undoubtedly the immediate cause of the
CRAVING. Anything which causes a pro-
found emotional shock-bad news bodily
peril, the peril of some loved one, intense
anxiety, grief, or fear provoked by what
ever cause-may serve to turn the hair sud-
denly gray or white
Even the emotional excitement OF tenn
porary insanity seemingly Is capable of pro-
iucing the same effect. In one unusual
,ase-reported by Landois-a sufferer from
1elirium tremens was so terrified by his
hallucinations that his hair and beard be-
came gray.
But to recognize that sudden craving
may follow emotional excitement is one
thing. To explain why it should follow
emotional excitement is quite another.
Medical science as yet is unequal to this
task.
One medical scientist, to be sure, the
eminent Metchnikoff, once proffered an ex-
PLANTATION, which for a time was greatly ia
vored. 1t purported also to explain the or
binary CRAVING and whitening Of hair with
advance in years.
According to Metchnikott the white
corpuscles of 'the blood, the phagocytes,
may also act as chromophages, or destroy
ers of color. Their chromaphasic power
and range of action increase with age and
under the impulse OF emotional excitement.
Then, he theorized. they become capable
of absorbing the pigmented granuIes of the
hair and digesting them partly on the
spot and partly after carrying them into the
root of the hair Loss Of color, evidenced
by CRAVING and whitening. is the inevitable
result Of this process.
But the Metchnikoft explanation hardly
commands assent today. In the light Of
present day knowledge of the effects of
emotion on the glands of internal secretion,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-19
SELF-REVERENCE
BY DR.. Frank Crane


IF I were asked what trait more than an
! other l would rather see in a child Of
- mine 1 would say-SeIf-Reyerence.
Life is most surely spoiled by thinking
too low of oneself.
SeIf-Reverence is all the more valuable
because It is so difficult to attain, and be-
cause it can be so easily confused with
things that are not good. The line between
SeIf-R Reverence and Self-Conceit may be hard
to see, but there is a line just as there is
between animal and vegetable. You know
a horse is different from a cabbage, even If
it may be impossible to tell to which natural
kingdom some deep-sea organism may
belong.
And Reverence is wholly consistent
with that GROWING grace Of soul grandeur,
Humility. That great Teacher who most
realized His divine quality n as humblest of
men.
1t is SeIf-Reverence that keeps the COM
mandments in the dark.
1t is a thousand times better to be held
back from doing a wrong thing by our self
shame than by the shame Of being found
out.
Se1f-Reverence is the only reliable.
haustless fountain Of womans virtue. No
woman goes down until she despises herself.
Self-Reyerence is as important as rever-
ence for God it is the other half of it.
One who honestly reverences himself must
reverence God, and vice versa.
And the tragedy of the soul is Self
Contempt.
(Copyright, 1924
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-19
MY FAVORITE STORIES

by Iflu D. EOUU
THE OPINION OF ONE IN THE RANKS
That gallant Virginian Fitzhugh Lee, who
first distinguished himself in the Confeder-
acy and, many years later added to his repur
tation as a soldier and civil administrator in
Cuba, loved a good story. Which was nat
ural. But what was more unusual, he par
ticularly loved a story aimed at himself. Here
was one which he delighted to tell-and he
told it with wealth Of local color. too.
At the close of the War Between the States
he chief of cavalry in the army of his
illustrous kinsman, Robert E. Lee. Follow
ing the memorable thing that happened at
Appomattox the young cavalry leader started
on horseback across country Tor his home.
A few miles behind the recent battle lines
he met a lanky North Carolina infantryman
in ragged butternut jeans, who was limping
forward as fast as his sore feet would carry
him. The equestrian who wore a loose cloak
over his shoulders which hid the signs of his
rank. hailed the pedestrian and asked him
why he hurried.
I've been home on Through" said the
foot traveller, but word came that Marse
Robert needed every man he could git, so I
put out fast as I could to jine up with my
command ag'in and help lick the Yanks
once't more
You're too late. then. The troops have
laid down their arms to the forces under
General Grant"
"How's that?" the Carounian demanded
TIE fighting is over. General Lee has
surrendered"
"Oh. shucks, you must mean that dam
fool Fitz Lee" exclaimed the private. He
mout quit. But not old Marse Robert"
And on down the road he went
Copyright, 1924l
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-19
TINE TRT-WEEKLY JOURNAL is

TIME TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL is proud
Of the large number of loyal and help
full friends among its subscribers. Not
day passes but that we have evidence of
the warm and active friendship of these
good people.
We want to make public acknowledgment
to those who are voluntarily obtaining new
subscribers for us, and beginning today we
are going to have a little place so1~ ewhere in
the paper in which we will list the names of
these friends.
We think we will call it the Loyal
Friends Club"
n All it costs to join is to tell some friend
WBout our paper and get his subscription.
What will you get out of it? Welh if our
paper is as good as hundreds say it is, you
will get the satisfaction of knowing you have
done a good service to the friend to whom
you have recommended It,
Want to join?
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-19

of the bunch and opened up IN every
county in the state.
We regret that several of the boys mis-
behaved so badly at the high school enter
tainment the other night that they had to
appear before Mayor Ash We were not
born saint, but always found 1t best to
behave in company If a boy doesn't it
takes him long time to recover from it.
Later-The conduct was not near as
"scarry" as when first reported to us. The
mayor let them off without any fine on
good behavior Kinder like they used to
when people joined the church-took them
in -'on trial for certain length of time
And at the end of this date If the appll-
cants could fill the position all right and
make good christians their names were en-
tered on the church book and good old
song, unaccompanied by any kind of 1nstru-
mental music, and hand shaking was next
in order, making every one present feel
glad they were living. And religion was
free in those days. But it is not so now
When a person applies now 1t is all over
in short order without any delay, espe-
ciaIly if they have money. His name IS
entered and his fees and dues begin at
once, bringing about smiles of joy. Yes
times change as we'll as people. Did you
ever think about it?
The other day when our office neighbor,
Mr.. Joe Forester went to get his Bible or
Testament to have convenient when the
preacher came to read and pray he found
it gone carried off by a thief. This re-
minds us of what we got into many years
ago upon the arrival Of the local minister
who was around reading the Bible and dis
tributing his prayers among the citizens.
Before his visit to our house, however, we
had been a little puny, having partially
lost our appetite, causing us to grow weak
turn pale and take the dry grins. Some
one told us if we would get a quart of pure
apple vinegar, put a handful of rusty nails
in it and take swallow of the tonic three
or four times a day that it would soon
restore us to our natural health, strength
and beauty. This we did, using a stone
pitcher and the Bible for cover to keep
a spider or any other insect from dropping
into our medicine. Well, the near-sighted
preacher in the door unexpected, sat
down and called for the Bible. The cover
to the pitcher was soon in his hands smell
ing strong of the vinegar. He had to hold
it close to his eyes 30 he could see. He
would read, grin and turn mis- face to one
side like he was going to sneeze. Acting
likewise when delivering his short prayer.
Most all prayers for poor people are short
But the scent, Of the extract caused this
prayer to be shorter than common, delIv-
cred in such a manner that we have no
idea the Lord understood any of it. Any
way, the good man was soon in the open,
on his way to town. He never looked back
or returned to our house any more. It
may be that the vinegar settled on his
lungs, or stomach, giving him the sour
belches. Such is life