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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-20
Frame Buildings on the Water
Front
Front.

Washington has fortunate In recent years having
few fires the water 'front.' Prevention work Of the District
Fire Department is bearing results The few fires which have
occurred however have been disastrous Losses have
up into hundreds Of thousands Of dolars
The most recent blaze destroyed the offices Of the Norfolk
and Washington Steamboat Company building owned by
the Federal Government and controlled by District authorities
The steamer Midland dOcked the building virtually
ruined
This fire the third Of it's kind this point within five
years The others equally destructive That the entire
water front not burned due to efficient work Of
the fire department.
What might happen at the next fire one comes no one
can tell The fire department might be able control
the blaze The wind along the Potomac at times is terrific
ana could spread blaze along the water front in time
Every new building erected along the front should be Of
eproot construction More should be taken in erecting
these buildings than in putting up buildings in parts of the
city less exposed to wind
Commissioner Bell has announced that the office building
recently destroyed will be rebuilt structure similar to the
one burned down by fire will be erected This appears to be
most UnwiSe -
building will not be erected at this time for two reasons
Es because the District has money erect permanent
STRUCTURE and that with the money derived from the insurance
ON the building only structure like the one burned down can
because might in later years interfere with the general ulan
o. development Of the water 'front.' and might have to be
torn down. ~ ~
We all want beautiful front It will come in time
put 1t may be twenty or thirty years.
In the meantime adequate steps should be taken to fire
PROOF the water front would be better to have no building
IN the place OF the destroyed than to have gructure
may be visited soon by fire and again threaten the
Commissioner Bell should ask Congress for money t erec+
ReTmanent building and take chance that it will conform
with the general Waterfront development
3etter risk the possibility Of tearing down building
tnan to risk fire which might loss of life and
nundreds OF thousands Of dollars damage.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-20
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DIR. FRANK CRANE.
The Soil of Man

INSTEAD of speaking the soul Of man we might speak
of the soil of man.
Our acts, words and emotions are but flowers and
fruits that spring from the kind Of seeds we have been
planting in SOIL
Sometimes you easily see this because the plant Is Of
such rapid growth that there unmistakabe connection
between seed and fruit.
AS for instance the flower Of anger apparent almost
Immediately after seed of oense injustice has been
planted within Other times the growth is slower If
read books of gloom and cyncism by and by we reap
gloomy moods and the expression of cynical ideas we
associate with the ewd and reckless they win our af
fecons and succeed in planting their unclean germs in
our mind it is not long before begin ourselves bear
that kind Of fruit
But besides these seeds which easily trace there
are others that lie deeper There seeds that have lain
long time in subsoi seeds that implanted in
our nature by ancestors.
Much OF crop today has sprouted from the sowing
Of heredity.
The of soil requires good deal of deep blowing
and persistent wedding.
Man is tme-binding animal. That u.s. he comes into
existence carrying the legacy of ages gone He did not
begin at his birth He is the sprout Of tree that was
planted millions Of years ago.
In your nature today there legacy not only from
your grandparen but from forebears from the
middle Of the days Of ancient Rome of the epoch
when human beings were moving savages and still farther
back.
The problem Of life is mere matter of present deci
Son The most important part of the Dig
gng narrowing fertilizing watering and other of
that soil in us from which all votion springs
1t is idle to ask whether responsible hered
y or to claim that not to blame for the soil of
which composed The problem before us is not one
OF settling responsibilities, but Of doing what
insure our happiness and wholesome growth.
1t our inward soil is and barren must enrich it.
If it full Of the seeds of perverson we must weed them
out
And it is we'll to keep in mind if we are plagued by
many weeds that only the soil that grows strong weeds
capable OF growing beautiful flowers and wholesome fruit
'C0pvlghr 1874 by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicae)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-20

piled, and Anticosti Is again full
of wild life.
This vast island is a dangerous
obstruction to navigation in the
st. Lawrence, and is given a wide
berth by the ocean liners going
to and from Montreal. AS the
st. Lawrence river freezes over
in the winter time the ocean
steamships transfer their port
from Montreal to, Halifax. The
Gulf of st. Lawrence is a most
dreadful place in winter. Thick
fogs give place to snowstorms.
The dangerous coast of Anticosti
is studded with lighthouses, and
about one.third of the population
of the island are lightkeepers and
their families. This does not pre-
vent many a fisherman from be-
ing wrecked on its shores. There
are no roads across the island,
nothing but trails, except for a
few miles around the MenIer
estate.
Copyright. 1894. by Newspaper puaAars
Syndicate. Ins.l
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-20

AVpACS VA GOpu1HE AUBCEeSt.
we find that their motion IL some
what obstructed even by trans
parent bodies, such as water or
glass, while they are absolutely
stopped by solid, OPAQUE sub
stances. Yet they are borne by
the ether. If the ether gets in,
apparently, it cannot carry the
waves with it.
More than that, the obstruction
varies with the wave length of
the light. The short blue waves
suffer more interference in glass
or water than the long red waves.
Now, this is important for our
consideration, because the radio
waves are exceedingly long, from
which fact we logically NAV CON
clude that they should be able to
pass without much obstruction
through even the densest and
most opaque substances. With
out much obstruction, yes but
surely not without some obstruc-
ton. And IL there is some OBJ
struction, then we see a reason
why radio prefers to travel over
the earth's surface rather than
through the ground. OF course,
the ground acts to establish cleo.
trio reimbursement, just as in the
case OF ordinary telegraphy.
Effect of Atmosphere.
If you take a piece of any
metal which is impenetrable to
light, and slice or pound it out
thin enough, light will pass
through it. We may suppose
that the walls Of houses and
masses Of matter up to a certain
thickness are, in like manner.
transparent to radio waves, be-
cause the quantity Of resistance
diminishes with the diminishing
thickness Of the obstructing mat
ter,
There are circumstances which
indicate that even varying states
OF the atmosphere have a strong
effect upon the transmission Of
the radio waves. There is an I'm
mense field for Investigation here,
but only those corners of 1t which
promise a money return will be
touched.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-20
CHOCOLATE ISLE" = By TEMPLE MANNING

r F you were suddenly asked to
locate Anticosti, could you do
Il it? It's a huge island as big
as the State of Connecticut. It Is
not much more than a thousand
miles from New York city and
1t has population Of $50 per-
sons. 1t is sometimes known as
the chocolate island, but not be.
cause 1t produces chocolate.
To do away with mystery, Anti.
cost is located in the Gull Of st.
Lawrence, and It belongs to the
Province Of Quebec, It was dis.
covered by Jacques Cartier in
1884 and was named by him AS
sumption. It was ceded to Great
Britain by France in 1853 and in
1774 became part Of Canada.
The island is thiclIly wooded,
and Deing uninhabited save for q.
few score fishermen sQuattinK at
the two harbors, Ellis Bay and
Fox Island. It simply teemed with
wild animals, including bears,
foxes, wolves, deer. etc. u was
q favorite hunting ground Of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-20
SAP AND SALT

Women. have many more occa.
sions to say mo" than men.
Beauty cuts more ice in court
than evidence.
Failures in early life often do
you more good than harm.
The direction Of the wind al
ways seems to favor the polecat.
Knocking is a sign of weakness,
whether done by a man or a gaso-
line engine.
The right thing is generally the
thing that sets you back more
than you want to lose.
Neither a business man nor a
preacher can speak the truth bold
ly and hold his trade.
To be a hero nowadays you
have to hire a press agent whose
salary costs more than the hero
ism is worth.
Hez Heck says: THE one weak
ness o. landscapes 10 that you
can't raise hogs nor corn on EN-"
Copyright. 1894. Premier Syndicate. Ino.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-20

~AVUAO <AoUAOAAVAACN anu WEAOCE OH
Referring to the recent hear
ing of the radio by workmen in
a tunnel, why should it be re-
garded as surprising, If the Her
tizan waves are, as we suppose
is the case, able to pass through
anything? What proof has been
given that wireless" passes
around the earth and not through
it?-Inquirers.
r DO not see any reason why
radio" should not be heard
Il in a tunnel or in a deep
mine, provided that the nearer
has a receiving apparatus. In
any such situation the waves
could reach the hearer through
the air. Whether they would
similarly affect one placed far
down in the earth without any
aerial connection whatever with
the surface, is another question,
and one that can not be answered
by practical experiment. The
oretically, as you say. and prac-
tically, too, as far at least as such
distractions as the walls of build
ings are concerned, the waves
seem able freely to penetrate
matter.
Nevertheless, there Is evidence
that they prefer the aerial route.
even IL they are not confined to
1t. In long-distance communica-
ton it is the general belief the
waves follow the curvature Of the
earth's surface. This bending
round the globe is not ascribed to
any retroactive effect OF the air.
but to a series Of reflections Of
the waves produced by their en-
countering what might be called
an electric mirror formed in the
higher levels Of the atmosphere
by layers Of perpetually ionized
air.
Nature of Waves.
But there are many puzzling
circumstances which keep the in
ventors of such hypothesis on
the Jump. However, only philo-
sophical minds, which long to
know the how and the why Of
things, are much disturbed over
these difficulties; while the
worldly-minded person is satis-
fled II, practically, the trouble
can be overcome. He doesn't
care how the waves go provided
that they get there. This is
what he calls getting results"
But the results that the thinker
seeks are of. deeper nature.
Consider this fact: The Hertz,
or radio, waves are assumed to
be conveyed as vibrations in "the
ether" and the ether is assumed
to penetrate all matter. AS re-
cent studies in the composition
Of the atom have shown that
matter-even the solidest-is
mostly empty space, there is, or
that account perhaps, so much
the less difficulty In understand.
ing how the ether may be able
to penetrate it so easily-to blow
through 1t like wind. as some
have said.
Obstruction Persists.
Yet, Notwithstanding its appar.
ent perfect penetration by the
ether, matter certainly does offer
opposition to the passage of
ether waves. These waves COM
prise sevral kinds, such as light,
heat, ETC., characterized by their
various wave lengths, or fire.
quencies.
In the case Of the light waves
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-20

TRAINEDIN

men and mechanics in piano fac.
tories.
These men, to the number OF
143, have received the necessary
training under supervision of the
bureau, in various districts of the
country, practical instruction hav-
ing been given them through mr.
rangements with the Veterans
Bureau. in leading schools and
manufacturing establishments.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-20
What Makes a Good Citizen?
Every GOOD Quality Helps, Especially Wise
Discomfort.

Mr. Homer hurry, student of the Will Mayfed College
marble Hill, Missouri, writes:
In one OF college have been considering
me meaning and purpose of education We have reached
efficient citizenship next problem is to decide mon
tnose traits that are essential to efficient citizen
below ys o %e mare are asking 6s you to fill on the blanks
sentlal in an efficient citizen"
. Mr. hurry sends blank lines to be filled in with
"a good citizenship" quality
How would you fill in those lines? You would NOT of
as follows: ~ " ""O"'
Absolute integrity.
2-Tireless industry
3-Careful attention to the rights of others
Good sportsmanshp in all your dealings
o-The spirit Of give and take and fair play etc. ETC.
First-D1SC0NTENT and the power to express it.
=. The dscontented man. with INTELLIGENCE back of his
Charles Kingsley wrote To be scOntented Nth H..
UtOLne discomfort, and be ashamed uUith the nohI
Urtue.' - "'
The good citizen should be disconnected with conditions
under which the majority have too little and the few have
The good citizen should be ashamed Of government ever
asngy planning to protect dividends with few plans for
projecting poverty with Supreme Court decisions declaring
unconstitutional law that would protect children from ex
ploltation by the child labor hyenas.
Quality No. in the good citizen might be called AN OPEN
M; MAND inc good citizen is the man that new
ALWAYS been done isn't the MOST important thing That
Snmg is helping somebody to do well the thing that has NOT
The man that encourages the inventor Of useful new
machine flying machine, telephone wireless the man
who has his mind open and ready receive truths and
to encourage the bringer of good citizen
why DO we respect the Apostles? Because they in
tegent enough to receive and proclaim the holy truth when
they met it.
You can write down the other good citizenship qualities
yourself You won't half an hour if Won take penc
and paper and write out four five dozen Of them
AS to the conclusion reached by Mr. hurry and his
clates that the aim Of education should be efficient
citizenship that depends entirely what you by
The purpose Of education is to IMPROVE THE HUMAN
RACE When they teaching people read IN France
before the Revolution, the important thing make
good citizens for Louis XVI but to make THINKERS that
would overthrow Louis XVI and put republic his place
Education from the Latin EducO which means ito
lead out"
The purpose of education is bring out" or lead OUT
the qualities in the person that is being taught.
Too many educators think that education ITO JAM
AND CRAM READY-MADE IDEAS INTO THE YOUNG
MINDS" That's false
More harm has been done by false education that imposes
FALSE IDEAS youth than by anything except neRoCt
OF education in the last five hundred years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-20

Quebec, including the fishing
rights. AS the island is 1876 miles
long by 80 miles wide, this gave
him quite an estate. He built
himself g. castle on 1t, warned off
the sportsmen and converted It
into a gigantic game preserve.
Unmolested, the animals multi.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-20

sportSmen Of Quebec for years
until the wild life was almost ex.
tinct.
About twenty-five years ago
Menier, the French chocolate
manufacturer, who had become
1aDulously wealthy, leased the
entire Island from the Province Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-20

A RECENT report Of the
"a United States Veterans Blu.
- reau says that the bureau
mas completed the training of
many partly disabled veterans to
TAKE positions a. band and or
cnestra musicians, music teach.
ers. organists, pianists. singers,
piano tuners. photograph repair
men, piano and phonograph sales
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-20
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON WAY
RADIO WAVES IMPINGE

They Are Conveyed in Ether and Penetrate
the Most Solid Substance.

Famous Astronomer Writer on Scientific TOPICS Of POI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-20
By ELSIE ROBINSON
oOp1rasA. 1884. ~ star Company

breast adventure wings its way and dreams
arise like rainbow tinted mists. Yet, when the
adventures have past and the dreams have
vanished, the soil remains, deep, fruitful,
comforting. So, finally, we who spurned it
and forget it, creep back to it again to sleep,
like little children.
So marriage seems to me the soil Of souls.
Compact Of commences. Small gritty parti-
Giles of humdrum life Yet, rooted in it, what
rich harvests come to life! We bear not
only children, but our own lives widen and
grow strong. New birth comes to ourselves.
Each day our roots delve deeper into the
mystery of eternal truth and love.
But this can only happen if we under
stand what marriage really is If we regard
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-20

The very commences Of the soil is the significant
thing about it, We apt to associate power with ex
traordnary grandeur and excitement BUT here is the most
Sun ays it, storms plough it, seed time and harvest work
their desire upon it, yet keeps councils It is still
1t Is constant But from its stiffness spring the songs Of
trees and BIRDS the thunder Of waters the whispers
lovers and the shouts of 1t is constant but from its
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-20
LISTEN, WORLD!

MARRIAGE does not seem to me Com
N munion. Rather it seems the richest
soil Of experience in which life may
root and grow.
There is nothing more remarkable on
earth than the soil beneath our feet, and
nothing more significant Within it lie not
only the rudiments Of our food, but the seeds
of all our pomp and power, our dreams and
delights, comfort and peace. That sod you
hqd within your hand is the greatest miracle
of creation. 1t embraces all miracles. A
geologist may tell you that it is composed of
minerals in varying proportion. But it is
the vision of men enter into it and emenate
from it. 1t is the concentrate Of all that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-20

.- ~ @S al ehu Ill lsei1, as a romantic ad-
venture will remain sterile and disappointing as the soil
would if regarded If flinch from its discom-
forts or rebel against its monotony will reap no harvest
But we yield ourselves to it fully and hopefully burying
heavy with golden fruit. For marriage is but one ex-
preston OF the mystic cycle of life and death and life again
And the cycle of the seed revoes and through the
soil does the cycle Of the soul find progress in the
soil of marriage -
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-21
"Wired Wireless"
Successful in Mines

Springfield, ILL.,, July 20 "a. p. by
MaiD-Possibilities of the establish
ment of communication between UNI
foreground mine workers and the sur
face through the development OF the
line radio. or wired wireless" Is CIV
en- further impetus as the result OF
tests conducted in several Illinois
mines.
The wired wireless" utilities troll
ley wires, mines tracks. compressed
air and water piping. and similar
conductors for voice transmission
/. is reasonably sure to withstand
severe disturbances occasioned by
mine explosions or caveins. accord
ing to j. J. Jakosky, engineer OF the
department of the interior, who Is
making a special study of the matter
in tests conducted In q coal mine
400 feet deep, no difficulty. was ex-
perienced on the surface In receiving
radio messages from a set mounted
upon a mine locomotive. as long as
the apparatus was in the vicinity OF
the metallic carriers. Experiments
show that the range in the average
coal mine IL only q few hundred feet
when no conductors are present. but
may be several thousand feet when
operating In the proximity to metal
carriers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-21
WHEELER WILL
RUN AS MATE OF
SEN. LAFOLLETTE

Washington. July Ex-senator
Wheeler of Montana, who won ma
tional distinction by his conduct OF
the Senate Daugherty investigation
accepted the vice presidential NOM
ination of the La Toilette indepen-
dent ticket today and Immediately
began his campaign with a broad
side against the political affiiiations
of Calvin Coolidge and John w.
Davis. Il am a Democrat, but not a
Wall street Democrat" he said in a
letter formally accepting the NOM
ination rendered him by the group
of La Toilette leaders in conference
here.
THE Democratic party" he con-
tinued. had wantonly abandoned
an opportunity for great public
service, and both 1t and the Repub-
lican party had ignored the unor-
gained millions who are the victims
of the present economic disorders.
Senator Wheeier's acceptance and
his denunciation of the two old line
parties were embodied in a letter to
William H. johnson of the Machin-
lists Union. heading a committee
sent to him by the conference of
La Toilette leaders to receive his re-
lay to the formal tender of the vice
presidential nomination voted yester-
day. The letter follows:
WheeIcr's Letter
After careful consideration ] have
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-21
The Prize Cup
League Women Voters

Washington, d. c.. July 20.-Wo-
men voters Of Maine are banding tor
gether to capture vote-betting laur-
in the coming November election.
They are out to win the prize sill
yer loving cup. offered by the Ma
tional League Of Women Voters 10
the league In the state which records
the greatest proportional increase In
the vote of 1924 over the vote cast
In 1920.
Miss Bella Sherwln. president Of
the national league, has Just been no.
titled by Mrs. ]. H. Huddilstpn, pres.
ident of the Maine league. that Maine
has entered the race for the national
cup. In accordance with regulations
governing competition for the cup.
Names get-out- the-vo plan has
been received ut national headquaf-
tiers. Clergynen, teachers. school
children, motion picture operators,
radio broadcasters, telephone girls.
newsboys, milkneIi, saleemen, librar-
ians and faxi-drivers have been en-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-07-21
PERSONAL MENTION

Mrs. John Downs OF Hinckley was
IN town on business Saturday.
Mrs, Jonathan Laurison is quite Ill
a, her home on the River road.
Fred A. Williams was business
caller in Madison Saturday.
Mrs. Halle Lewis passed the week
end at her home in Clinton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eaton Clayton Of
Waterville were business callers in
Uwn Saturday.
A, percival Wyman OF waterville
vas business caller in town Satur-
day
Miss Isabel Dionne. proprietor OF
The Novelty News Stand, returned
from Waterville Saturday.
Miss Hazel Dyer OF Portland has
been a. guest of Miss Ruby Dyer NJ
the home OF her parents.
Mr., and Airs. Charles E. Mcintyre
went to Pen,aquid Beach Saturday 70
pass a two weeks vacation.
Miss Margery Pillsbury. who mas
eeen the guest of DR.. and Mrs. STAN
ley NJ. Cover. returned to Lining
ton Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Wills OF Lew
III Mass. who are on an auto camp
ING trip were recent guests OF Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Rowell.
George Jones and Miss Maud
Rouillard went to Old Orchard, Sat-
urday, where they will be guests OF
Mrs, Howard Belliveau.
Mrs. Lillian Melanson has returned
iirom Bangor. where she went to at
tend the funeral OF her niece, Ger
uude Doucette.
Mrs. Andrew Mathews and daugh-
ter Mildred. went to Portland Satur-
gay to visit her sister law, MRS
Jehn Casey.
Muriel and Merrill Cover are AT
Lmington. where they are guests OF
,aeir grandparents, Mr.. and MRS.
aames F. Pillsbury.
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Dyer OF
Portland and Peaks Island. were
week end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Al
len Dyer.
Miss Zaidee Trip returned to
Fairfield Saturday after being a
guest at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs
Allen Dyer Of West Front street.
Mrs. George Davis. eSho has been
me guest of her mother. Mrs. Charles
~reen. returned TO her home In Win
"fop, Mass, Saturday.