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The Washington times., 1924-07-31
Az tel Fire Years

M recent number Of the Atlantic Monthly IN article
appeared called, " After Five Years"
II record q the League # Nations since r.
Those who have championed and those Who have opposed
this League have been hot that ~ j. difficult for either
side I'd the exact facts These Will only out after
time has sfted them
50 tar seq the facts il the present
The League never has BEEN and never win be- parti
san question Tor II matter Of engaging the cooperation
Some fory-aeyen OR thO fftythree nations
Of the world united in it.
The League neither does what its prOtagOnists claimed
more valuable than its opponents had supposed; It leB
valuable than ts defenders had imagined.
super state Every nation and particularly those who are
members Of the League, IS jealous Of ts national
sovereignty Is ourselves could b.
the refusal Of the United States to become party
Of it, The miarism Of France and the collapse OF Ger
many have been very largely due 70 this refusal re
participated Ia s discussions would not have been
necessary, for instance for France to assume the i'm
peralistic and intolerant ideas that she has done
s. The League may not be- as it was hoped admirable
and perfect way to end war but it i some way has
prevented BY merely furnishing an opportunity tor All
The League has Influence but not authority That is
it assists the nations to become world minded BY virtue Of
bringing everything into place where the good q a y
4 It Is impossible to live Ia the world without doing
Of two things either cooperating with Or being nde
Every form u activity tends to cooperation such art
letters and commerce Some way should be found to enable
cooperate politically with the other peoples We shall
have to do Of three thngs TO enter the League with
out reservations to enter it with reservations, 70 CO.
operate without entering
1t Is impossible for us to maintain consistent isolation
When the people Of the country have had time enough
seriously to digest the idea Of the League Of Nations they
will decide upon Of these three things No lives
forever not lodge, Johnson or any other Of
the rreconciables Nothing lives forever but idea
There idea at the bottom Of the Leagues benecen
idea which should be welcome the world Il the
idea Of cooperation and that idea viii not die
tCopyr4ght ~ he
The Washington times., 1924-07-31
Sfraining At 4 Gnat and
Swallowing q Camel
BY BILL PRICE.

while run ros into washington BY trains automobiles
ind d cheap and poisonous stut that no
human being should touch prohibition agents leave The
dangerous work 81 chasing rum runners and facing smoke
screens from bopteggers automobiles is Washington police
men while they raid local ROOT gardens and tumphantly
Ssps bs SO PS Wn g oen sn
pocket bottles
This i city d law and order ii. eitissns believe il
he enforcement of al laws 70 The extent necessary
IF punching minor yOatcr VINO may be quenching their
thirst IL such public places root gardens No sensible
man. though can the real good being accomplished III
these 81 raids when the main sources 81 tie supplies
81 rum for this city still open and the wet goods
coming r y sufficient quantities y make eay 70 got
There i nothing dangerous Il nabbing houghtess Citizen
lifting around table y well-ghted root garden y
cbs al laws except that prohibiting tho transportation Of
Nhiskey II his hip pocket He should obey this law too
be gives thought what his example II creating
general spirit Of Iawlesne among those who are obedent
n laws they avoid being For the sake u order
When he + approached by prohibition enforcement officer
md told be i under arrest he offers 40 resstance He has
man to defy Al officer 81 the law, anyhow
There real danger, however IA taCkng automobiles
Tying bootleg supplies II the early morning hours with no
bright lights and human aid Ia sight Yet II Ii that sort 81
violation Of the law that enables say that prohibition
e not enforceable and VIII never b enforced
checked and trivial violations made much Of Nothing but
everlasting psstency and determination Ia bag the big
olators Of the law win impose respect for the law among
those classes which getting wealthy from uninterrupted
Successes as rum runners and regarded kings among real
criminals who hate AL law, all order, and all decency.
there roof gardens cafes restaurants other public
places in Washington where the law deliberately violated
the proprietors II the sale Of whise whore deCenCy
does not prevail the part Of patrons generally officers
e law should not hesitate to act What this city for
rsspectabit II al places q entertainment where our
people gather Il is the duty Of proprors these places 10
pee that disorder does not exist and that rOwdm suppressed
At the time Is their duty to 90 around shifting
glasses customers have poured wisey into them for
their uses.
Prohibition agents fully warranted in watching Ccnd
lions il this city acting when wise Is do 90 they should
not hesitate to make raids there Il evidence that place
g becoming public nuisance and unfit for respectable people
70 visit At the time should be remembered that the
chaps with the hip pocket TASKS have these TASKS filled by
PIG yiclators ct the law who slip their stuff into Washington
~ the dark hours Of night the bOoeggers who bring e IN
are jagged then the hip pocket TASKS cannot be replense
The Washington times., 1924-07-31

TV HE '.Inoonn rocket" continues
to excite remark. and no
wonder, considering that &
Is mechanically the most nearly
practicable suggestion that has
ever been offered as Q means Of
transmitting material body from
the earth to its satellite. And the
idea comes not from q writer Of
fiction but from q factlovlng
scientific investigator who doesn't
propose doing any violence TO
natures laws.
The. principle on which the
scheme rests IL in itself highly
interesting. It IL the principle
OF reaction, which we may find %
difficult to understand, but which
plays an often ungueseed part In
all the occurrences Of life. It II
illustrated BY the kick OF the
shotgun and by the smashing re-
coil 81 the cannon, as well as By
the Whistling rush OF g rocket
inpelled BY the backward thrust
OF the expanding gases
Mr.. u. de Nenith, Me-, consult
ing engineer, writes me suggest
ing that more plausible way"
to send something to the moon
would be by discharging from q
powerful gun ~ composite sye-
tenn OF explosive shells, made up
of q series OF explosive cartridges
OF successfully decreasing size,
each loaded to discharge the re-
naininR system Of shells, and
these Is explode successfully at
PREDETERMINED distances. their
unused momentum, arrested ny
the recoil force on one side, add
ing new momentum TO the re-
naming shell-system Of dimin-
ishing mass; the empty dead
shells, starting back to the Garth.
"The missile contained In the
last (srnallest) shell should be dis
charged at q point where It would
he able to penetrate the sphere
of the lunar gravitation; the mo.
rraentum OF the original discharge
must naturally be equal to the
total ~ all naomentuIns needed
by the successfully diminishing
masses to travel their required
distances"
v The rocket idea, Mr.. de Nemith
thinks. is relatively inefficient
and vague, due to the carloads Of
sIow.burning explosives needed and
u the comparatively low speed
possible. both ihcreasirls the
danger Of being thrown off the
course.
IL the two schemes, the explo-
sive-shelI and the rocket, were put
I'D for competition In the spectila-
tive investment market, and IL /
were multi-nillionaire with Il
forward-loolking crouch. 4 think
that should take my shares III
the rocket. There does not appear
to be any gain Ia the way oe
weight saved, or effective speed
obtained. by the shell method,
ana 1t looks to me far more com.
piicated than the rocket.
Besides. as Professor Goddard,
the inventor Of the rocket. has
pointed out, the lifting power lana
this applies to the explosive-aliell
plan as well e. 20 the rocket IL
due 70 reaction from material fired
The Washington times., 1924-07-31
Broken Neck. How Much?
And Good Coolidge News.

Miss Rosetta Duncan who acts sings and dances for liv
g had her nose and rib Or two broken BY gentleman
the police force in the small town Of Cicero MI ghe tod
about it and did not praise the policeman.
He and his associates the police force have sued her and
her brother for $4,000 For how much would they have sued
had they broken the lady NECK instead 81 merely breanr
her and ribs?
The Government board that lends money to farmers an
nounces interest rate reduction Of per cent from 6%
That will interest Senator La Toilette and W. Davis when
farmers are told that they borrow mortgage money from
the Government ct per cent they win feel that President
COOlidge's administration Is doing well
Most Of them don't know that stock Exchange Oa+ohar
borrow all the per cent time money thew want ~
carry on private speculation from private banks
Two hundred thousand farmers borrowed $68OOOOOO from
the Federal Board last year any farmer wants
money LET him step up and get II ct per cent while the cam
1aign Lasts
The Washington times., 1924-07-31
Salary Graft

Edltor. The washington xlmsss
DLEAsE keep up your fight
against the Joker. s'RecIassi.
ficatlon." Out OF q bureau twhere
am employed Of some 1000
clerks, only the chief clerk and
his assistants were benefited.
Was that the intent o. Con-
gressf
Please do something to get the
law repealed. so as to put the
''higher-ups" back to the salaries
which they were not earning on
July II
It IL q shame that 4 law should
have been passed with no moro
safeguards against graft than
this one had.
A GOVERNMENT CLERK.
The Washington times., 1924-07-31
WORDS FROM THE LIPS OF WISE MEN

MM Az the man be condemned and never grow fat who
M wears two. faces under one hat
He that Is busy tempted BY but one devil be that ii
idle by legion.
He who denies what is just to the man bearing arms
gives up all things to him.
u
learn.
Philosophy becomes poetry, and science imagination, ID
Other mems failings accuse Us Of frailty
The Washington times., 1924-07-31

His heart great the world when there il rs room
in it to hold the memory Of wrong
The cat loves fishes but enough to get her feet wet
ne that feasteth fatterer and slanderer dimes with Two
devils.
Nature never did betray
The heart that loved her.
Wordsworth
Men Of genius often duh and inert in society as
blazing meteor when it descends to earth Is only stone
Grievng for misfOrtunes is adding gan TO wormwOod
The Washington times., 1924-07-31
Whose Pigeon?

Editor. The washington Times:
i'm AM sending YOU the number
\ on the Ieg-band Of 1 beautiful
white pigeon that came to as
several days ago. IL II N. p. A.
~ D. 2oe41. The pigeon may be
valuable. I do not know, but I
am sure the owner would like to
have II back. My telephone NUM-
Der 10 Columbia 7G4b
The Washington times., 1924-07-31
By ELSIE ROBINSON

Mabels just as bad, and she's still IN high
best, either Why, Fred and have almost
taken the food out Of our mouths to make
that home. I've got as nice table hxings
as anyone IN our set, If do say it. OF
course, / don't use them commonly. That's
another thing the children complain about.
If let them have their way we wouldn't
have whole dish or piece Of furniture
left in the house within q week They
don't show mite of gratitude for the way
we've saved to get nice things. Sometimes
I think
But you know the rest. Perhaps you've
made that little speech yourself Or per
haps you've q Helen, Mabel and Jim IN
your house who want Ia uhaul inf fhe
The Washington times., 1924-07-31

best stuff and get the gang in Well suppose they do2
WHY SHOULDN 4 THEYf What did you build that home
for anyway Was it to be haven where children might
grow in happiness and affeconi Or be fancy
mausoeum for lot Of expensive china and chairs Which
is best worth love Of child the varnish
on piano3
When You get right down to brass tacs aren't You be-
ing little piggy with that home of yours dear parent9 All
this grubbng and guarding and growing things are dis
turbed really for the sake Of the home or Is 1t TO
PROTECT SOMETHING THAT'S YOURSf Aren't You
his new horn and won't let Willie play with iti
What's the Of having house that's too good
for the children Of the family to usei What's the
use Of keeping your possessions and your love fssy
wrapped up that they cant stand ! little wear
and dsurbancei And how much right have YOU to com.
plain children forsake uncomfortable home for
comfortable street or cafeY
Copyright lsaA b. king FEATURES sxndkatn me-
The Washington times., 1924-07-31

Mothers fussy that there's no fun bringing any
Of the gang home continued Helen to the other day
Gosh! She raises the roof we get spot anything
Of she doesnt say very much when the gang are
there just gares But after they've gone believe me- We
catch it, It's always the old moan about how she
and dad started $40 week and saved and saved Every
darned chair and dish in that house bought with their
hearts blood you believe And dads just as bad
Koars around we make any Noise and talks about man
not being able to have moments peace in his own house
No fear OF their ever letting forget that m THEIR house
and not ours. Jim and Mabel and feel as If we were
boarders and not star ones, either"
And the very next day Helen 4 mother came IL me-
with HER tale Of VICE.
m just about at my wits end trying to please those
children she complained work my fingers off to make
nice home for them and then they actually act if they
hated the place Every night as supper's over
Helen and Jim want to get out fast as they can CO.
The Washington times., 1924-07-31
LISTEN, WORLD!

C0MEONE asked a well-known woman
- politician why she had never married
~ Because never met man I felt
1 could build up as interesting home
life with as had right in my own home, =
she answered. You see, we had freedom
in my home. So many girls want to leave
their own homes because they are
under tyranny. BUT WE'VE ALWAYS
BROUGHT OUR FRIENDS INTO THE
HOME WITH NO SENSE THAT IT WAS
a HOME THAT BELONGED ONLY TO
THE ELDERS OF THE FAMILY"
Sounds simple, doesn't itg But Just stop
and think about that answer for 4
moment. How do YOUR children feel
about the home in which they are grow
ing upf How did YOU feel about the
The Washington times., 1924-07-31
GARRETT r. SERVISS ON FACTS
ABOUT MOON ROCKET

another Scientist Suggests Huge Gun With Series
Of Shells, But This Seems Impractical
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-22
REVOL YER SEEN
AS M'GRAIL CLEW
Police Turn Investigation to
Gun Found.

Detectives today turned their tn-
vestigation of the shooting Of Dr..
Joseph C. McGrail, dentist, 543S N.
New Jersey St., to efforts to learn
whether a revolver found in q sewer
catch basin at Fifty-Fourth st. and
Washington Blvd. was used in the
affair. circumstances indicated the
gun had been thrown into the catch
basin.
Caliber of the gun is the same as
that of the bullet taken from Nc
GraiTs body at city hospital, where
he died May IA.
McGrail told police shortly before
he died that he was shot by hold
up man at FIJI y-Fourth st. and
Washington Blvd. He walked to his
home after the shooting. The hold
up man and a partner sped away in
an automobile, he said.
Detectives say there was no bullet
hole in McGraiPs coat, but the vest
has a powder-burned hole.
Louis Roudebush, 2234 z. Wash
ington ST., a friend of McGrail, said
that AcGrail asked him several days
before the shooting where he could
get a revolver, Of the caibre found,
according to detectives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-22

OST outhelders have much
M more aiq 5sa ~, in GONG GOING out
on 1t.
That is, it is easier for them to
catch fly balls in which the ball is
constantly in advance of them, such
balls being easier to judge.
That being the case, every out
fielder should attempt to perfect his
play in going back after ball. Com
ing in on the ball is a natural habit.
going back after the ball an &C
quired art.
If a player is equally proficient it
enables him to play a much shorter
field. There is a distinct advantage
in such a style of play, since far
more balls drop safe in front of the
average fielder than are hit over his
head.
I am strongly in favor Of an out
fielder playing a short field. This is
impossible if he is weak on balls hit
over his head.
For that reason alone, I say every
Outfielder should constantly seek to
perfect his play on fly balls on which
he is forced to go back to make a
play.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-22
PORKERS DECLINE
ADIME TO $7.65
Over 10000 Offered at
Local StockyardS,
Hog Prices Day by Day

With receipts 70 5000 and S,4S3
holdovers, hog prices continued their
decline at the local livestock yards
Thursday. Quotations were gen
orally off 10 cents on all classes.
The market was weak. Buyers were
consery alive and were trading eau
tiously. Heavyweights were bring
ing $7.55 and $3.50 Mixed lots were
quoted at the same figure. The best
price paid was $7.65 for only a few
in opening trade. The bulk of sales
were made at $755. Pigs held fair
" steady in the face Of the decline.
They were quoted at IS to 81. sows
Of the smooth packing variety, were
bringing $3.50 to $7.15. Roughs,
accordingly lower, were $6,75 to
$500. Traders were unwilling to
predict Just how long the decline Will
last. But it is certain that prices
will not be stabilized until receipts
are lessened. Receipts a year ago
were averaging about 5000, includ-
ing holdovers and the prices were
around the $7.65-75 figure.
Cattle prices at the opening pre-
dicted a steady market. Steers were
Sill Cows and heifers were steady
at So to $3.50 with the exception Of
lighter stuff which was selling
slightly lower Receipts, 700.
The calf market was steady to so
cents lower. Top price established
was Sill Bulk of sales were made
at $1,000. Receipts, 1000
Trading in the sheep and lamb d.
vision has started on the annual
spring scale. over 800 We're offered
for sale, more than has ever been in
the pens at any time this year. Top
prices were off so cents TO estab-
Hsh a price Of 81. Lamb top SIC.
Traders are looking for a decided
increasefin activity in this market.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-22
WHEAT DROPS AS
BUYING SLACKENS
Current Corn Up on Light
Receipts and Trading,

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, May 22.-Pronounced
irregularity featured the close in
grains on the Chicago Board of
Trade today. Lack o. sufficient
buying power to sustain early adj
vances brought a late slump in
wheat when realizing developed. The
change in sentiment followed re
ports of scattered rains over sec
tons of the belt where badly needed.
Current corn was up tract. oually
on light receipts. Deferred months
slumped with improved weather.
Oats maintained stubbornness and
closed practically unchanged.
There were no sales in provisions
after midday and prices closed
practically unchanged
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-22
Rn NEA Serrice

BIZ NEA Sercice
fall MALL, Tenn, May %.
ID Ill fortune has followed
- c. York, called by Marshal
Foch "the greatest hero of the
World War"
He Is hard at work on his 400
acre farm here, given him by the
people Of Tennessee.
1T will be a long time before I
can get it into shape" he explains.
There is a lot Of work to be done.
clearing and cutting 1t costs me
nearly IS a day fer the feeding Of
my stock alone.
My barn burned down. and I
lost nearly everything I had in
it.
IT cannot get much done around
here because of my right arm Sort
Of rheumatic condition contracted
during the war, caused by expos
ure, 1 guess.
yes. 7 carry insurance, the old
Army kind. Costs me about $3.50
a month. Yes. I could claim dis
ability but l am not"
This man who, almost single
handed. silenced a nest OF thirty
h"e German machine guns. killed
twenty-five and captured 1872 Ger
mans. including IA major. could be
rich today-but his conscience and
deep religious convictions prevent
ed him from accepting movie,
vaudeville and lecture contracts.
He turned down offers that
would have brought him hundreds
of thousands Of dollars and settled
on the 400-acre farm given him by
the people Of Tennessee.
Senator McKeIlar is pressing a
bin i'm Congress to give York the
status and pay of a retired Army
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-22
PREMIERSHIP ASSURED

BY United Press
PARIS, May %. - It is now
definitely established that Edouard
Herriot is to be the next premier Of
France, provided he can form a
cabinet.
The leader of the radical Socialists
To-Day said he would offer ministerial
portfolios to certain Socialists, but
that their Acceptance depended large
ly upon whether the Socialist con
gress voted in favor Of participation
I'm coalition government
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-22
Ohio Blasts Illinois

BIZ Times Special
URBANA, Ill, May 22.-Illinois
baseball title hopes in the Big Ten
went glimmering here Wednesday
when Ohio State defeated the Suck
ers, 8 to 2.
Jack N-~!thers, visiting first
sacker, hit TWO Ahome runs. Ohio
State scored five runs in the third.
Workman pitched well for the win
ners.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-22
SWIM CLASSES SUCCEED
Forty-fve Boys Are Taught Free at
Y. NJ. G. A.

V'orty-five boys have been taught
to swim in free Y. M. c. A. swim
ming classes this week. More than
500 boys are expected to pass a
sixty-foot swimming test before end
of the week.
A total of 1,119 boys are enrolled
in tho annual Iearn-to-swim cam
paign. Additional boys from 10 to
Is years of age may enroll today or
Friday. Twenty-minute classes are
being held every day this week from
~ IL TO D. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-22
Tank WAGON Prices

IIas0Ilne prloes DO not include state
tax Of &c y gallon.)
-Energee pc a gallon:
Puroi. is &c; Red Crown. 1870; Diamond
Gas. 1920; Crystal Pep, pic. Target.
1899: Silver Flash. 23c; Standolind avia-
ton. DC
Crystalline. 1910 a gallon:
Moore Light, 15.5c; Arcite, 1910: Per
lection. 1910: Solvent 35c.
NAPTHA-Lion Power Cleaners. %. &c:
a gallon. V NJ & P. % Be: Standolind
Cleaners. 23.5c.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-22
Swerved, Girl Injured

- Miss Doris Manuel, daughter Of c.
E. Manuel, 900 E. Twenty First ST.,
was suffering today from bruises
about the head and body. She was
thrown from her fathers machine
Wednesday night at Nineteenth and
Bellefontaine SITS, when he swerved
Suddenly to avoid a collision.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-22
BUOYANT TONE
DISPLAYED ON
STOCK MARKET
q :
Tax Bill Agreement Brings
Large Overnight
Buying,
Daily Stock Letter
fBv Thomson & AlcKinnonl

NEW YORK. May 2G-Conference COM
mittees agreement on a tax bill will. with
out doubt be followed by enactment by
both branches of Congress and viii be
signed by President even though IL is not
the bill he wanted. He viii sign it be
cause the people demand a reduction and
this bill deCs reduce.
But as a business stimulant it is not 60
ing to be lasting. Forty per cent on a
half a million dollar income and over will
not change the habit of buying tax free
bonds. The market viii possibly remain
fairly steady for a while. fiuctuating with
in the limits recently established. unless
we have had a chance to determine Just
what, if any. Improvement in business viii
follow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-05-22
Alleged SLAYER Indicted

BIZ United Press
Upton, Ind, May 22.-Robert
Christy, 81, who is alleged to have
killed James Barnett, crippled
school teacher during a quarrel over
payment of $3.50 is in Jail today on
a charge of first degree murder con-
tanned in an Indictment returned
by the grand jury Wednesday.