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The Kevin review., 1924-02-28

SIemp Will be Questioned

Washington.-C. Bascom Slemp, sec
retary of President Coolidge, will be
called as a witness in the oil inquiry.
This was made known by Sen
ator Walsh, who has taken the lead in
pressing the investigation. Mr.. Slemp
visited Palm Beach last December at
the time former Secretary Fall and
Edward B. Mclean, publisher of the
Washington Post, were there and he
probably will be asked if he talked
with them about the oil scandal.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28
Firpo Knocks Out Lcdue

Buenos Aires.-I.uis Angel Frpo
knocked out Farmer" Lodge in the
15-round bout here. The knockout
was terrific right to the body, fol-
lowed by a left to the jaw. Lodge
had to be carried to his corner. The
fight was marked by frequent clinches
was seeking to protect himself against
Firpo's mighty right, which the Ar
gentine used almost exclusively.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28
FLATHEADS WANT STORY
WRITTEN FOR P0STER|TY
Indian Legends Should be Preserved
AS American History Belief
of Federated Tribes

X Representative of the con-
X federated tribes of the Flat
X head Indians at council held
X near Medicine Tree, the upper
X Bitter Root valley, recently,
K adopted resolutions asking
writer's and publishers of Amer
n lea to write the history of the
X Indian nation. The resolutions
state that the Indians have le-
X gends which, as American his
tory, should be preserved.
The officers of the council
which passed on the resolutions
K are as follows: Martin Charlo, =,
K chief of the Bitter Roots; Sa- }
K piel Michel, chief of Pend (,
K d'Oreilles; Courville Dupuir, ,
k of Poison, chairman of the J
K council Thomas Burland of ,
K Poison, secretary; Joseph }
Pierre and Oenesa Grandeur =,
+ of Arlee; Max j. Barnaby, !
Pablo and Basil Felix of Arlee. ,
( The interpreters were Octave }
Courture, Frank Kirkpatrick J
and Louis Dominick Finley of J
( Arlee. ,
A A. A A A a A A A u a A a A A Il
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28
Japs Demand Cabinet vuit

Tokio.-More than 10000 Japanese.
at mass meeting here adopted reso
lutions demanding at once the resigna,
tions of the members of the KiyurI
ministry and then paraded the Streets
passing before the Peers club. Police
reserves were called out, but the dem
onstration was orderly.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28
Filler Killed in Crash

Houston, Texas.-One flier was
iuries when an airplane crashed at
Ellington field here. The dead man is
Capt. John S. Ansley, 2S years old, of
the 111th aero squadron, T. N. G. He
was plotting the machine, accompanied
by Frank J. Woods, technical sergeant
Of the squadron, student flier, who
was not seriously hurt.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28
Egypt Renews Tomb License

Cairo, Egypt.-The Confess of Car
narvon has been granted a new con-
cession for the excavations at Tut.
Ankh-Amen's tomb by the Egyptian
government. according to information
here. This, it is believed, may permit
the resumption of work at the tomb
by Howard Carter, who has been act
ing for the countess.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28
Germans Like Popcorn

Berlin-Popped corn, first intro
duced into Germany when the Ameri-
can soldiers were in Coblenz, is being
sold on the streets Of Berlin this win
ter. Under the name 'chnee flocken,"
It sold readily for holiday decorations
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28
Ford Subscribes to Farm Aid

Minneapolis, Minn.-Th Ford Mo
tor company has subscribed 100000
for stock in the new S10,0c0,000 service
corporation to extend financial aid to
the agricultural northwest, e. w.
Decker, president of the Northwestern
director of the corporation, announced.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28
To Pull Tonqs' Teeth

Fresno, Cal.-Abolition of tong wars
in the United States and establish
ment of system of tong schools will
be Considered at convention of the
Bing Kong Tong which has been called
to meet here April 3, according to an
announcement by Yick Fun, secretary
of the Fresno division of Toxic.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28
Poincare Sustained

Paris.-In test vote in the senate
the Poncare cabinet was sustained,
$50 to 1874. In the chamber of depu-
ties that clause of the fiscal bill which
suppresses the government monopoly
In matches was abolished by 365 to 1S8
after it had been made question of
confidence.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28
Beaverhead Will TRY Beans

Farmers in 10 different localities of
Beaverhead county will try bean rails
ing this summer to find out whether
they are adapted to this climate
Hand-picked Great Northern seed
beans, adapted for cultivation on
either dry or irrigated land, have been
ordered.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28
Lauuh Causes Death

Reading PA hearty laugh re-
suited in the death of Emmett Crowell,
GA, in a theater here. With neighbor,
Crowell was enjoying comedy and
laughed uproariously. Suddenly he
slumped in his seat. He was taken to
a hospital where physicians pronounc-
ed him dead.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28
Nonpartisan LEAGUE Ruled Off

Bismarck, n. D.-The Nonpartisan
league faces the probability Of being
denied a separate column on the
North Dakota presidential primary
ballot, March 16, according to a ruling
announced by the attorney generals
office. The decision was based on the
fact that the Non-Partisan league has
no national platform and national
political organization"
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28
Crime Wave Hits Billings

Billings, Mont.-Police are combing
fhe city for suspicious characters, fol-
lowing on the heels of crime wave
which started in the shooting of Ken
meth Oliver, a taXi-driver, and attempt
to burglarize a safe and number of
house burglaries. Seven suspects are
under arrest.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28
Will SAFEGUARD Tut,s Tomb

London.-The Cairo correspondent
of the Exchange Telegraph says that
Tutankhamen's tomb will be reopened
by the director general of antiquities,
to safeguard the contents.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28
100000 For Oil Cases

Washington.-Wit discussion or
a record vote the senate adopted the
house resolution appropriating $780,
900 for prosecuting oil lease cases.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28
WOULD CHARGE MURDER
IN ALL AUTO FATALITIES

Chicago, Ill.-Three rules are
, recommended by the American
: Society of Engineers, as funda-
! mentals of a national code of ,
automobile safety. They are: :
Jail and license forfeiture for
drunken drivers trial for muir J
der of drivers responsible for +,
fatal accidents; and careful /,
physical and mental examina- +,
tions of all applicants for IL }
cense.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28
Lusitania Awards Aggregate MiIIior

Washington. - Fiftyseven Ameri-
cans will receive approximately ST.
100000 under the first group of awards
by the mixed claims commission on
claims growing out Of the sinking Of
the Lusitania.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28
Messenoers Robbed Of sag 600

Vancouver, B. C-Bandits held UP
messengers of the Imperial bank on
Granville street here at high noon and
sbtained $4,000.
The Kevin review., 1924-02-28

Z The newest town in the world
: has just been christened "Coal-
strip" 1t is the name of a new
, town at the southern terminus
: of the Rosebud branch of the
Northern Pacific railway, tap
ping the extensive coal fields in
: the Castle Rock country, 40
miles south of Forsyth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-11
The Salvaging Of II umanity
in Washington
Bv BILL PRICE.

The courts having approved the merger Of the financially
crippled Casualty Hospital with the Emergency Hospital
these two wonderful institutions for the saagng OF hui
anity now go under the efficient management which has
made the Emergency Hospital splendid benefacor Of man.
kind It was notable piece Of civic work which has con-
tnued the services Casualty Hospital to the ILL., afflicted
and injured of Washington. The who accomplished
this propose go still further and give to the combined in
uons the things they really need for enlarged usefulness
to human beings
The municipality maintains fire department for the
salvagng Of property police department for the protection
of the community but alienation of suffering the saving Of
lives are left to privately conducted institutions which should
but do not receive liberal municipal aid and support The
small appropriations allowed by Congress to the Board Of
Charities for hospital work are insufficient to pay the costs
Of the work
In institutions like the Emergency Casualty Hospitals
financial deficits inevitable. AS the fire department
spends the cang Of fire alarms do the abuances Of
Emergency and Casualty to succor the injured or sick
No questions asked to whether patients able to
pay They given prompt medical surgical attention
by stafs Of able and they can not pay the
costs are charged off to charity The ambuances know
color creed Poverty and wealth the footing
Services Of that sort not be measured In dollars and
cents It is impossible that they be made profitable
The community needs these institutions before
and it is proud that its best citizens willingly give their time
and attention to their management without thought Of
enumeration It is the call Of the heart the touch that makes
all brothers
Emergency Hospital is situated the northwest section
Of Washington Casualty Hospital in the northeast miles
apart The arrangement is ideal one for quick at
tenon to emergency Emergency Hospital the
proper institution absorb the other Standardization and
economies will be brought about under the management
When institution overcrowded is often the pa
ents may be diverted to another There is woeful lack
Of hospital space Washington, and pity that
expansion can not be made.
The officials Of Emergency Hospital will shortly begin
drive the city raise 100000 the pressing needs
Of the two institutions When the call goes out every thought
full and will stand ready to contribute to that
fund.- which will be expended in meeting accrued debts the
building Of nurses quarters and the furnishing OF
equipment and facilities the fund could be made 900
to permit Of the construction CT additional quarters for pa
tients it would be fine.
There many worthy things which Washingtonians
give generously gladly but Of them appeal more strongly
than this one.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-11
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
Quaint Old TOuun of Nuremberg
BY TEMPLE MANNING.

~ ERHAPS the most pictur-
esQue large city of Germany
Il is Nuremberg, where live
most of the famous German toy
makers. 1t has yielded less to
modern conditions than Berlin.
Hamburg, Dresden and Munich,
and many of the old customs are
zealously preserved.
In the Middle Ages It was re.
nowned for the singing contests
at which gathered the great
singers from all over Europe.
Wagner's one comic opera, yet
the opera which contains some OF
his most sublime music, is THE
Mastersingers Of Nuremberg"
and deals with one of these con-
tests.
AS you ride through the narrow
streets with the tall and topheavy
houses on either side, most of
them dating two or three CEN
turtles back and still serving as
tenements as they did In those
days, 1t Is difficult to believe you
are In the twentieth century.
The bridges across the river still
are encumbered with houses on
either side of the driveway, just
as London Bridge used to be be-
fore the British cleared these
shanties away as nuisances.
The castle. frowning upon the
city, 10 equally medieval. It's fur.
nishingS are untouched, ana Il
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-11
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
SNnanlinQ Up the Sales Tax.

ZElQ w tEle Sales T0X.

T is not bad idea to up the points in favor OF
the Sales Tax and keep them in our minds.
The Sales Tax is the simplest Of taxes. 1t col
lects itself. It requires complicated bookkeeping
All that is necessary to add per cent at the
end Of each bill
The Sales Tax is painless tax. The who pays
twenty-five dollars for overcoat would have no OBJ
lection to paying twenty-five dollars and twenty-five
cents or If he bought automobile for thousand
dollars he would not seriously object to paying thou
sand dollars and ten dollars
The Sales Tax would reduce the present army Of job
hoders-the increasing horde of enemies of the
American business man who shopping into every
body business and doing their best to exasperate and
annoy the generals of prosperity. /
The Sales Tax would reduce graft. 1t might be diff
cult to the charge of graft against the present tax
collectors but is not very difficult to that they
have magnificent opportunity for grating and have
no right to put too much of strain human nature.
The Sales Tax would not be tax upon the poor
tax upon the rich; it would be tax upon everybody,
which is the only honest kind of tax there is
The Sales Tax might exempt farm products and small
business enterprises, say under $4,000 year. In this
every would favor because he would be
exempt and the rich would favor it because he
would have something definite and understandable to pay
and would not be treated by his government though
he were crook
The Sales Tax would be collected all of the time auto
matcally AT present the income tax is collected at
the end OF the year when diSurbs every mans bust
ness The income tax collector around and dig
up your reports for five years back
The Sales Tax is not experiment; it has been tried
in Canada and works we'll there and also in the Philip
pines and other countries.
Copyright 1894 Mcclure syndicata)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-11
HEROINES OF HISTORY
ant Girl Who Became Ruler Of Ru..;n
By MARK STUYVESANT,

; Killed on the very day Of their
marriage In the siege of the city.
Martha was sixteen when she
met Prince Menchikoff. Her charm
and unusual mentality won his
admiration. He became her pro.
tector, and through him she came
In contact with the great of the
land. People of the nobility were
her associates. Eventually she
met Peter the Great and so re-
markably had she progressed that
she won his instant regard.
Somewhat cold.bloodedly Martha
transferred her allegiance from
Prince Menohikoff to Peter. After
their association had gone on for
eight years he married her. Thus
the girl Martha passed out of
existence and Catherine Alexieona
came into being.
When she had been Peters con.
sort but a year ne died. And the
people. who knew her TO be hu.
name and Just, proclaimed her
sovereign OF the empire.
Upon the death of Peter. she
set about completing the grand
designs he had commenced. She
ordered all gallows taken down
and all instruments of torture
destroyed. She was 90 popular
with the Russian people that she
became known as Catherine the
Kind.
Copyright 1874. by Neuapapav
Feature sesviea. Ina.S
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-11
THE MOON-A CHILD OF
MOTHER EARTH
By Garrett p. Serviss,

The moon is apparently
dead planet from all accounts.
But, considering its close prox-
unity to the earth and its slight
difference Of distance from the
sun, why should it be a cold, icy
planet any more than the earth?
suppose that both planets get
about an equal proportion Of
heat from the sun, unless when
the moon is hidden behind the
earth~-L. J. H., Jersey City"
X%OUR question is one that
has no doubt occurred to
u many others, though 1t is
never discussed, as far as 1 have
seen, In any astronomical books.
1t is quite natural to suppose
that, both being at the same
mean distance from the sun, the
moon and the earth should be in
a similar state as to temperature.
They are quite surely composed
OF about the same kind of ma
terials, although the moons den
sity 10 only three-fifths that of
the earth. Yet the surface of the
moon is apparently a desert
waste. specifically scorched dur
ing the lunar day, and fiercely
cold-bitten in the lunar night. AS
far as Availability is concerned,
there could hardly be stronger
contrast between two closely
neighboring worlds than that
which exists between the life
teeming earth and it's dead
child"-the moon. And the state
ment that the moon is the earth's
child is by no means a mere play
Of fancy, for 1t is based upon the
very probable theory that the
moon was formed from a portion
of the substance, or body, Of the
earth separated off ages ago by
the effects Of tidal friction.
We come back, then to the
question why these two closely
bound and genetically related
globes, basking side by side in
the sunbeams, differ 50 widely In
their physical conditions The
basis Of the answer is found In
their great difference Of size and
mass. The moon has a diameter
OF only Elsa miles while the
earth's diameter Is 1913 miles. AS
a ball, the earth is therefore
forty.nine times larger than the
moon, while owning to difference
of density, it is S1.5 times more
massive, or heavier.
You may wonder what this has
70 do with the temperature OF the
moon. You will see in q moment.
The mass ana size Of the earth
are such that the force Of gravity
on its surface is a certain
amount, which we measure by the
velocity which it imparts to q
falling body in a. secord OF time.
Now. on the moon, with It's
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-11

"HE tale Of the peasant girl
become queen has appealed to
u the imagination OF writers
throughout the ages.
Seldom has II been founded
upon fact. But that such ro-
nance Is by no means impossible
as actuality is proved in the story
of a little Russian girl, born
Martha, with a surname too un.
important to be noted after 200
years, who died Catherine
Alexieona, empress of Russia"
When Martha was three years
old the poverty.stricken home of
her parents--country people--was
broken up by the death of her
father.
Her mother had taught her the
elements Of reading and writing.
And when she became nurse to
the children of a Lutheran clergy
man she improved her slight
stock Of knowledge by reading
the books she found in his library
and by attending eagerly upon,
the conversation about his table
FINALLY he allowed her to listen
a the teachers employed for in.
struction of his children and un.
der their guidance she made rapid
progress.
The death OF the clergyman
again plunged her into poverty.
AZ way out she married a
gwsdiEh soldisA But he was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-11

contains the most famous torture
chamber In Europe.
Much has been written of the
Ingenious tortures Of the Spanish
lnqulsitors, but nothing quite so
diabolical as the Iron Virgin Of
nuremberg can be found In Spain.
The Iron Virgin still stands in the
castle, though II Is at least u cou.
pie OF centuries since she had a
victim.
This is an iron figure a little
larger than man, fashioned like
q nun. 1t opens and the victim
ls placed inside. The front half
OF the figure contains sharp
spikes 20 placed as to fit, when
the statue Is shut, into the eyes
and the stomach Of the victim.
When the figure was completely
closed the prisoner inside was
dead, impaled on these spikes.
inc Germans merrily sell small
s,a,,ettes which are duplicates
or this interesting maiden.
A more agreeable survival 10
the bridal cup of Nuremberg.
This 10 a framework containing
TWO cups. one above the other and
s"'neing on pegs. At Nuremberg
weddings 1t is still the custom
Tor the bride and bridegroom to
quar- from these Joined cups. The
tradition Is that the first who
empties the cup without splitting
uop VIII rule the household.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-11
Looking at the News
All Kinds, Some Comment.

Alexander Hamilton would rub his eyes today When
mestc and the Revolutionary War debts Of the States aggre
gated about eighty million dollars
New York States government alone will cost 100000
next year nearly twice the debt which staggered the young
republic.
Of Stars has diameter of 400000000 miles, while
worlds diameter is only 5000 miles Nor we boast Of
the size Of The Milky Way has millions OF stars
beside which sun is but a candle
Still do fairly well for provincials The other night
Mr. Nightingale Of the Westinghouse Electric COMPANY at
Pittsburgh sang for his mother in Manchester England
$500 miles away, and she heard him distinctly
# you plumber recent tomb you're grave robber but
you plumber very old tomb you're archeologist.
Tuts pursuers all Psychologists According to Hoyle
Tut should have had his brains and other organs removed and
the cavities filled with Spices then been packed in salt and
soda for seventy days and finally washed and wrapped
thousand yards of linen.
Egyptians used to worship their That's why
they embamed and unless this generation utterly hopeless
It regards this expedition profane.
break into Westminster Abbey 60 behind the high altar and
drag forth the body Of Edward the Confessor7
The Boston Tea Party helped England lose her American
colonies but Sir Charles Hgham coming from London
China 1000 years and introduced into Europe in the
sixteenth century when sold high fifty dollars
pound.
Coffee started Abyssnia round the Mediterranean
In the fifteenth century Mohammedan opposition
which clased it Intoxicating and took Turkey BY storm
It entered Europe in 1850 and in 1854 Franciscan monk
took plant Rio de Janeiro starting in Brazil the greatest
coffee business in the world We drink the most coffee and
Great Britain the most tea
One Of ce-consus has been shot In the leg by Mexi.
soldiers This recalls the late lodging period Amer
history when Mexcans continued to shoot Until final
N it got to be such poor sport they quit In disgust
back to bull fighting.
1t seems to be lese majestic for anybody the public
service question Secretary Hughes Russian views The
War Department investigating Captain Paxton Hibben
the Army Reserve Corps who favors trade relations with
Moscow Hbben used to be in the diplomatic service went
through the World War; and later served with the Russian
relief expedition.
Lady Terngton recently elected Parliament kissed
by many of her male constituents This Is not surprising to
ns, % American politics largely game Of postoftce.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-01-11

smaller size and lesser mass, the
force Of gravity is only one-sixth
as great as on the earth. And,
in consequence of this relative
feebleness of lunar gravity the
moon has to go without any per-
cepttble atmosphere. It never
could have had an atmosphere
comparable with the earta's be-
cause the molecules Of the gases
that constitute atmospheric air
have so high a velocity of vibra-
ton that it would require q
greater restraining force than the
moons gravity can exert to keep
them permanently connected with
the lunar globe. Lunar gravity
cannot keep under it's control
particles moving with a velocity
exceeding about a mile-and-a-half
per second. But the molecules CT
hydrogen have a maximum
velocity of IA miles per second,
those of nitrogen miles per sec
ond, those of oxygen 1.S miles per-
second, and those of water-vapor
20 miles per second, so that, even
If the moon had been provided
with an atmosphere like the
earth's to start with, 1t would
have lost it by the gradual
escape of the component gases.
If it had been endowed with
oceans at the beginning the
water would all have skurried
away into space as fast as il
evaporated, whereas on the earth,
with a gravitative force six tines
stronger, all atmospheric gases.
except free hydrogen, are held
permanently, and the evaporation
Of the oceans simply forms clouds
Of water vapor which cannot get
away, but being condensed fall
again in the shape Of rain.
The lack Of sufficient force of
gravity prevents the moon from
having an atmosphere, and the
lack Of an atmosphere in turn
prevents the moon from retaining
the solar heat in the manner in
which it is retained by the at
mosphere of the earth. So, al
though the bare rocks Of the
moon almost blaze superb sally
IN the unrestricted sunshine
poured down upon them, vel they
radiate away the heat into the
airless space above them so
rapidly that it cannot accumulate.
and penetrate deep into the sur.
face.
AS soon as the shadow of lunar
night descends the rocks become
cold and the lunar night Is so
long that the cold must reach an
intensity unknown anywhere on
the earth.
Think Of these things the mex:
time that you gaze at the moon
as she so smilingly silvars our
landscapes with her soft brush Of
light.