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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
A Strange Double Killing

Is hard to believe your eyes you read about Lawrence
j. Hight wholesale murderer and clergyman. he admits
that he killed bis wife and supplied arsenic 70 kill another
womans husband, that he and the other woman might be
married.
Added to the two murders confessed comes investiga-
don Of another probable murder, that Of young GIRL
Grace Elliott who played the organ in the Rev Mr. lights
church She died under mysterious circumstances.
What sort Of creatures were they that in cold blood or
under the brutal control Of what they called - great
passion planned, discussed and carried out the double
Innrder9
The clergyman in JAIL Jokes with his guards and takes
Ids plight lightly The woman undoubtedly the mans weak
agent and who administered the poison that be supplied and
. he directed in state Of collapse worrying too late
about her three small children.
hundred questions present themselves AZ you cone-
What HAPPINESS could this and woman have hoped
Cor with two dead reproaGhful faces ever between them?
What curious mind II that suggests Because the
b clergyman he should BE- hanged but imprisoned?"
The fact that Hight clergyman makes the crime all
The more horrible just facilitated his killing because
Of the confidence in him. and increased his miserable inu
over whom he caused to murder her husband
A. regards HER crime there isn't any doubt that three
quarters Of the responsibility rests with the MAN. who may
have murdered young girl several years ago confesses
numbering his wife and supplying the unfortunate
Mrs sweetin with poison with which to kill her husband
How many murders are never known How many deaths
called natural" hide Mdeous crime?
Are some human beings like this murderer Hight killers
BY NATURE2 DO their brains lack Ill compassion that they
able with poison and in cold blood to nct suffering
and death On those that never harmed them7
History tells Of outbreaks q poisoning some time. by
women, some times BY men Is Hight survival Of the old
poisoning class to whom seemed natural without any Feeling
Whatever 70 get d by poison Of anybody standing in the
Gould anything more cold booded dreadful and unbevabla
Be suggested than this spectacle Of the Reverend Mr. HR
whose T U1a @ ana good saying e smother
hin MY wife, and then we shall be marriod"7
y that isn't the climax in murder, what 10
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01

dAlNST the custom OF ORIGINATING the human Dody
~ after death the prejudice seems to be lessening
A conference on the subject was held By dis
tnguishsd Of science religion and other walks ct Lie
recently IN England
Bishop Gore spoke Ia favor 81 cremation and his remarks
we're interesting not only because Of their intrinsic force but
because of his position prelate ia the Anglican Church
According to him the only really logical contention against
cremation was that destroyed Of ascertainng
whether person had died of poisoning From sanitary
could not be denied The strongest position against it j that
Of sentiment The Catholic Church carefully excludes
theological grounds from those upon which Is prohibited
The chiof motive i reverence for immemoria custom
The Christian idea Of the resurrection Of the body does not
IN any way mean the preservation or reconstruction Of re-
ccyery Of the material particles Of the present body although
this idea = implied the phraseoogy Of the Nicene Creed
The movement in favor Of cremation IS part Of the move
ment Of sanitation and against sentiment Sentiment
always holds in connection with the dead and it i very diff
fcut to resist yet the problem Of dsposng Of dead bodies
IN large states il constantly growing more acute.
Those ii favor Of cremation depend upon logic while
those opposed to it governed by sentimental reasons
The conflict between logic and sentiment is universal and
covers every phrase of human takes time to
cOmplh any reform especially when opposition to is
trcnched IA the feelings
AS far the resurrection Of the body is concerned
would be easy matter gather the materials from the
air from whatever place they have been scattered
would from the ground Besides this the fact that the
particles Of matter from the dead body co. in tme to the
construction Of bodies renders literal adherence
bodily resurrection very difficult.
just what the resurrection body viii be is not known It
will be some of clothing for the human soul but
the matter had probably best be left where the Scriptures
put it, which that There spiritual body and there
is natural body"
There be no doubt however, that cremation the
most sanitary and scientific method Of dposng Of human
tcOpyrlsAt 1874 " Meclurs Newspaper syndioaa,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01

cant buy potatoes and shoes and tooth Filings and school
books with It The girl who marries dsposng alone Of
her future but Of the future Of her children
in an office for year two modern girls have DONE
she has learned that the upkeep Of futures rather high She
hasn't greagrandma bful ignorance about the price Of
coal ana and house She knows exactly how much
she and her children viii suffer she doesn use foresight
before she married She knows that the she loves viii
suffer most OF all So she asks Mort what he and how
they'll spend it. And Mort promptly becomes outraged,
grabs the ring and fees
But Why shouldn't the girl with job be a careful in
picking husband the with the jobs Ia picking wife
Isn't she sacrificing much and bestowng as great favor
II accepting him as he in proposing herf And arent
they jointly starting Going Business which should require
quite as much planning and preparation any commercial
vOnturef
How highly would you value man who was willing to
invest MS whole property ia your business without asking
question or demanding any conttactf You wouldn want
him as partner il they offered bonus with him. would
yon9 fool like that would wreck any business sooner ar
later
THEN WHY BE OUTRAGED If YOUR FUTURE WIFE
SHOWED SIGNS OF BUSINESS nTELLIGENCEi
auss syRaieltA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
When We Tackle the Team
FrOmthe Only Spoton Earth
By BILL PRICE.

And now We win tackle the other team from tie sOnly
spot o. earth New York the world championship
and We VIII probably trim them q easily q or boys trimmed
the Yankees.
The tragedy To al New york where HE people think that
human beings ii ali other parts 81 tie country are nothing
but hicks and .rubsa' Ii that baseball team from
Washington should VII from TIE peerless Yankees backed
And there vim hardly IS soul II that great sropcls II
100000 people who Win admit to himself that Washngons
chance against John McCraws Giants " Is the typical
New York view Of everything and everybody from that city,
"a air Of superiority that = manifest wherever you
against denisen 81 that huge city
This psychological stas 81 mind contributes immensely
Ssw so r 6 SnS o If .o = Ss WIN
ore dazzed BY the mighty buildings and the bright lights
g Broadway which hes little that y genuinely good 70
However the average Wahingtonian beginning to load
ss ~ " with psppy gsyohOl0gy that e lives u
does accomplish things that worth while That psychology
hss done much toward giving us winning team tcr patrons
bGs with the thought that had chance and good
This year, for the first year il the history Of Washington
g league oa .S 4 aGf g E O0s CON-
those pessmsc folks who always rdCuled the idea that the
esam would get anywhere in the direction q Pennanve
No team pennant without moral support and
bptmistic backing from the home The human mind
powerfully affected By suggestion The ban player
have the heart taken os d him rs home people srs
bhiIy and unresponsive to his efforts The Washington
eeam warmly and heartily supported this year BY thou
The moral ! plain: Let d root for washington 1t al
Times and under all circumstances do the wins
Fl ts undertakings The outside world is impressed
Ind flock Ia because have the right spirit and
because humanity loves to get On the band wagon
Washington today gives joyous welcome and pays unusual
honors to ALL the members 81 the which gamey
fought It's way to victory Our people, Ia warmth Of heart
express their appreciation that representatives Of this glorious
ety shall have accomplished much under difficulties
The honos besow should be upon the baseball machine
which poughed through all obstacles There win be plenty
81 hero worship Of particular the team but II
TIE WHOLE TEAM that won the pennant The alertness
generahp and pluck Of Harris would have been IN vain the
skill and cool head Of Waiter Johnson would have accomplished
little but for the support got from clever nervy players
we taught the Germans that there are no supermen in the
world Some class above others in particular lines Of
any given field Of effort but ever put
big thing without the loyal support Of live organization
back Of him To the credit Of "BuCly Harris it should be
said that he has recognized this and has uniformly praised
himself The attitude next year viii carry the team
70 high place Harris greatest asset seems 70 be that his
head has not begun to swell
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
GARRETT P. SERVISS OUTLINES
QUESTION OF MASTER STAR
Star Vega Does Not Control Sun, But Merely
Lies in Direction It Travels.

Of q rare gas moving about.
among one another BY virtue Of
forces other than those OF their
mutual attractions.
Grouping Of Planets.
Yet. no doubt. the stellar sya.
tenn 40 d whole ID governed BY
the laws Of gravitation. There
are indications Of systematic mo.
lions, like currents or eddies.
Widely scattered groups Of stars
possess 3 common motion, travel.
ing through space on parallel
lines. The celebrated and most
beautiful cluster, called the Plei-
AIDES, appear to be associated ii
this manner. But, on the other
hand. discordant motions prevail
among many Of the stars forming
the groups which we know -
consultations"
Some OF these. like the Great
Dipper," are falling apart" in
consequence Of the divergent mo-
tons Of the stars composing them.
But while the actual motions Of
the stars are rapid etirne8
more than a hundred miles per
second-yet they are 80 far away
from US that IN the course oe =
human lifetime no star changes
its place In the sky sufficiently
to be remarked except by the aid
Of delicate Instrumental measure
ments.
The idea that the stellar system
visible to US IL not the only one
in existence Il entertained BY many
astronomers. but this IL q subject
that have not room to discuss
here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
LISTEN, WORLD! :=s:s.=::.s .. By ELSIE ROBINSON
utting Marriage On Business Rasis

good match" as is great-granddaught in
1924. And she and her papa and mama did
their darndest to see that she made it. OF
course, she couldn't be quite SO choosy about
it. There was no job waiting FOR great
grandma in the office If she didn't like the
kitchen. It was kitchen or nothing with her.
Which accounts for q lot 81 the feminine
clineing that went right out Of style a. soon
as ladies got chance to stand by themselves
instead Of clinging to something that was sup
posed to be sturdy oak but acted more like
. shaking aspen.
Nowadays If Mabel doesn't like the kitchen,
Or doesn't think that Mort Can guarantee q
decent future for her or her children, she does
something else. AND WHY SHOULDN'T
cEIEN TnrSn 4, : hAark;Rs,I %k;vn. l.,,A ,.a,,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01

when got my breath said to hsrsEay, Mabel says
! what you're loOkin for is Government pension not
husband Ida known you regarding merely as
meal ticket
Their she began cry and said she meaned it that
way, But BELIEVE me was wise to her by that time.
don't need to be blackjaced twice before know some
thing has hit me- So grabbed my ring and beat it. An
take it from they have to chloroform before they
ever get me that near the altar again" f@
You may not admire Morris technique but unless you are
very exceptional young the chances strong that you
agree with his opinion Of the Modern Young Woman Your
particular Modern Young Woman may not have discussed
finances with You in the frank manner with which Morris
Mabel discussed them but she did You would doubt
less react in much the manner Moreover YOU would
feel just vrtuous he does FOR having done CO. Accord
ing to Mort land $3.50 Of his brothers the Female Of the
Species should concentrate on the Male but he entre
oblivious 10 the Kale.
''WH1THER THOU G0EET WILL 60 REGARDLESS
OF WHETHER YOU CAN PAY THE BILLS OR NOT
should be Mabels slogan, according to Her Young Man
But 1t never has been Mabels slogan ia any generation
Great grandma IN 1924 was Just DESTROYS Of making
4 - CcopyraGhA 1asA Enw
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
Annual Surplus
of Animals

TlHE number 81 animals on some
Of the various big.gams
reservations maintained BY the
biological survey OF the United
States Department Of Agriculture
have increased to such an extent
that Il Il necessary to dispose Of
an annual surplus. II appears TO
be most advisable to use the turn.
off from these areas every year
for planting purposes. In the case
OF buffalo, however, there are no
suitable areas Of open range left
IN this country. Some animals Of
this species that are available for
disposition may be used for 0x-
hibit purposes, but most Of the
surplus win probably have to be
disposed OF ~ meat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
Sap and Salt

Hez Heck says: EN- q boardin'
house, tire biggest piece o. pie
goes to the longest arm"
Acquiring riches is eaGi6r than
acquiring responsibility.
Education Il something that q
majority fail to make use Of after
they set it.
Do your work better than IL ex-
pected and your, name viii stay on
the payroll Indefinitely.
Congress ID an arrangement that
does things for the sole purpose OF
Investigating them afterwards.
Science has now discovered that
the reason a CRATES neck IL so
long Is because It's head Is 50 far
removed from lie body.
sa4
Hes Heck says: ''Politics and
farfnin' each consists largely Of
dirt" ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01

the dimensions Of that orbit,
and the duration or time re-
qaired to make the trip? Az
the whole creation is bound.
less. could IL not be possible
that our sidereal universe Is
moving round q still greater
one existing somewhere. bill
lions OF miles away?--L. X.
W EGA, the bright star in the
constellation Llyra. 10 not .
ruling" star for cur sun:
It simply happens to lie very
nearly in the direction in which
the sun. with its planets, 70 travel
ing, at the present time. say
sat the present time" because
We do not know that the suns
path In space u q straight line.
Besides, the exact direction Of
the suns movement has not been
discovered. Various points in the
sky are indicated BY different OBJ
servers as the apex Of the solar
motion, that Ii, the point toward
which the sun - carrying the
solar system. These Joints are
many degrees apart, but tnsy are
all situated In the northern part
Of the sky, and the one which
seems to be the most probable
= lies only q few degrees from
Vega.
But these few degrees say
four or five-would correspond to
a very great distance when the
sun had arrived. with its planets.
at the point Of nearest approach
to Vega. Say that they were
then four degrees apart as seen
from our present position In
space. Since the distance Of
Vega 10 now probably at least
200 900. 900, 900 900 miles. the four
degrees would represent gap OF
about $4,000. 900. 900 900 miles be-
tween Vega and the sun. when
the latter passed nearest to the
star.
That would Be something over
half the distance between the sun
ana the star Alpha Centauri.
which Is known az the nearest
to uB, at present, Of ell the stars
In the sky, But Vega y In
absolute magnitude d Tar larger
star than Alpha Centauri, 30 that
It would shine In the heavens,
when the sun had, carried us
twice as near to It az we now
are TO Alpha Centauri, with ex-
cAodinR splendor, greatly surpass-
ing that OF Sirius, or any other
star. The absolute luminosity of
VEGA Is probably not less than
one hundred times as great as
the suns. II we assume it, mass
to Be proportionally large, It's at
traction lpoHl the sun would be
some 200 times greater than that
now exercised by alpha Centaurt
describing to the latter twice the
SUMS mass); but even then, while
Il might perceptibly alter the
direction Of the suns motion, It
would. by no means, become the
sums ruler or master.
Considering the way in which
the stars are distributed in space,
IL would not be possible for the
sun to deScribe IAN orbit AROUND
Vega" There are too many son-
flIcting attractions IN play. Net
only the sun, but all Of the other
etare. including, Of course, Vega
itaelf. are In motion: and the
speed Of the sun--about twelve
f1iie2 per S6coud--is GLOW Ia com.
pariSor with that OF some OF
the others. Instead Of thinking
OF them as travelling in orbits, OF
a nature similar 70 that OF the
planetary orbits. ne shouId rath-
or picture the stars. in the irnagi-
nation. a. resembling the atoms
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
kkTyHESE modern girls don't think about
thing but money!" sneers Mort
Z =

Collins. "Why loolxit that Jane /
was stepping out with all summer Lucky I
got on to her in time or she'd had me in the
poorhouse. Do you know what she sprung
On me when / asst her to marry met Of
course she said she loved me. And III admit
she gave Hfelike demonstration Of being in
love. But no sooner had she promised to
marry me than she wanted to know what
earnedl Didn't hint around or nothing. Just
asked right out loud How much do you
earn, Mort, an what win you allow me as
my sharei An viii You take out life In
surance at once and put the house in my
namef' Jess like thati Say-you Coulda
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01

rs Vega the ruling star to-
ward which our sun and It's
planets are adyanclngf II We
travel IN 4 great orbit around
Il, could astronomers compute
the dimensions Of that orbit,
and the duration Of time re-
qtiired to make the trip? AZ
the whole creation il bound
less. could IL not be possible
that our sidereal universe is
moving round q still greater
one existing somewhere. bill
lions of miles Away?--L. K"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DR.. FRANK CRANE.
Cremation.

GAINST the custom Of ORIGINATING the human body
after death the pre- iudice seems to be lessening.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-11-11

was disclosed that more than the
three men who fled after firing sew
en- bullets into o Banion may have
been involved in the Staying. A
theory that possibly % men, using
nine automobiles, effectively blocked
traffic in the vicinity of the florist
shop while the slayers escaped in
their automobile, was evolved aftc,
witnesses were questioned.
Morgan A. Collins, police chief, de-
Glarcd the death of OBanion rid
thicago Of its rch-criminal"
II don't doubt that O'Banion was
responsible for ut least 25 murders
in this city" Chief Collins said. 1.-THE
city in general and the police de
rartment in particular can give :
deep sigh of relief"
Often under suspicion in connec-
ton with killings O'Banion never
was tried for murder. Occasionally
when he was named in connection
with a killing he would appear vol.
unfairly.
"Why, | am florist" he would
say. "lf I've ever been in the booze
racket, I'm out now"
He never was known to take a
drink Of beer or whisky, investigators
found.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-11-11
RULING MADE
IN DRY CASE
FAV0RS HILL
Court Holds Congress Intend
ed Treat Homemade Wine
Maker Differently
TO REVISE PRACTICES?

Baltimore, Nov. lin the trial Of
Rep. John Philip Hill, in the United
States Court here today. for alleged
violations Of the Nolstead act. Judge
Morris Soper ruled that the "one-
half of one percent" clause in the
Volstead law does not apply to be-
verages made in the home for home
consumption.
Judge Soper said: Congress seems
to have used the word "non-!ntoNi-
eating" differently in one section
than it did in another. To my mind
Congress plainly intended that per
sons manufacturing cider and wine
exclusively in their homes should be
in class by themselves or otherwise
there is no need for this section
(Section 2D. The only reasonable
explanation for Congress signaling
out home made wine makers is that
Congress did not intend to punish
men for such manufacture unless the
beverage IS Intoxicating in fact.
This opinion seems to be borne
out by an opinion expressed in the
United States Senate in 1919 wher
the Volstead act was being debated
by the chairman of the committee il
charge Of the bill. He expressed The
opinion when this section was addct
to the bill by this amendment thai
cider and fruit juices made exclu
sively for use in the home must be
Intoxicating in fact
The ruling was the result Of ;
lengthy argument yesterday by cOun
sci for Hill and u. S. District AttOr
nev Woodcock.
The government chemists testified
that Col. Hills home made wine haC
an alcoholic content as high as II
percent.
Hills defense was based on the al
.eged ambiguity of section 20 of the
iolstead act which permits the man
ufacture of home made fruit juices
and cider providing they are mon
Intoxicating" but forbids their sal,
to anyone except those who have ;
permit to make vinegar from the eli
der.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-11-11
MRS. D00RLEY
DIES AT HOME
Stroke Suffered on Wednes
day Proves Fatal

Mrs. Julia Doorley, aged Ga years,
wife of George Doorley, superintend-
ent of the city watcrworks, died at
her home, 1877 Fifth street, at
o'clock this morning, after serious
illness Of several days.
Mrs. Doorley. who had been in poor
health for the past year, suffered Il
paralytic stroke on Wednesday, from
VIII ch she did not recover. Mrs.
Doorley had been Il resident of the
city for IL years. coming here from
st. Paul where Mr.. Doorley was SUI
perintendent Of waterworks She
was IA member Of st. Mary's Catholic
church and had wide circle Of
friends. Mrs. Doorley was born in
Milwaukee March 20, 1860.
SurTing are her husband and
three daughters, Mrs. Daniel Egan OF
Chicago, who arrived here Monday
night: Misses Loretta and Blanche
Doorley. An elder brother arrived
from Milwaukee, reaching here but
an hour before her death. Arrange.
ments for the funeral had not been
completed early this afternoon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-11-11
Coolidge Calls
Farm Body To
Meet Monday

Washington, Nov. ll.-Presideni
Coolidge has called the newly-ap-
pointed agricultural commission to
meet here for conference next Mon
day.
The organization Of eight farm
leaders, headed by Robert ID. Carey
of Careyhurst, Wyo., will begin on
that day the task of mapping out {:
program for the permanent relief OF
farming conditions.
Under plans Of the President such
Legislative action as is deemed ne
cessary by the commission in formu-
lating its program will be pushed for
enactment at the coming short SEES
sion of Congress.
Several of the farm organizations
are having annual meetings this
month, and it is expected their rep
rcsentatives on the commission will
bring newly formed views Of the bod
les into the conference.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-11-11

this year she has ben failing in
health.
Mrs. Ditch and Mr.. Ditch were mar
ried in Clinton, Iowa. in 1906, and
surviving are her mother, Mrs.
Laura Duffey OF Rock Island. Illinois;
her husband, +. ID. Ditch, six sisters
and two brothers, as follows: Jane;
Duffy. Freeport, H.; John Duffy, Mo
line, H.; Mrs. p. c. Kruttwell, Des
Moincs, Ia; Mrs. H. NJ. McNally
Rock Island, H.; Mrs. l.. l.. Doyle
Rock Island. H.; Miss Clara Duffy
Miss Marry Duffey, at home.
Interment will take place in Rocl
Island, the body being taken away
from Bismarck on Nov. 4 this even.
ing. accompanied by the family.