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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-15
DC. |REXE ! ARE.
ONLY PAIR
IN j. s.
Young Alpine Animals Brought
to Zoo Bought From
Dealerin Wild Animals.

The. ibex Is a peculiar little ami
NAL not unlike sheep. Washing.
ton claims the only pair. in cap
tivity in the. United States.
One Of them is admittedly an
s'fbex." Two, OF them are either
'lbexes'' or ''ibicies.Y It's matter
of taking your Choice. with very
little chance OF any one concurring
with your opinion.
At any rate, Headkeeper w. ~.
Blackburn, at the Zoo, Is proudly
1isplayig the pair at the zoo. They
are both young animals, neither Of
them being over three months old.
The ''ibexes'' or the 'ibiciesS
were trapped in the Alps, and are
therefore known as Alpine "ibexes."
The ibex is a Wild goat. It has
long curling horns that give 1t a
picturesque but f0rbidding appear
ance.
Zoo officials say the pair are the
only ones in the country. They
were bought from a dealer in wild
animals.
Because the two are Of, opposite
sexes, there is hope that the species
will be perpetuated here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-15
sHENANDO AH MOTOR ON
VIEW FOR D. C. PUBLIC

! One of the motors Of the Nays
Airship Shenandoah is onSexhibition
this week in the Packard Building.
Connecticut avenue and S street
northwest. -
A private showing was given last
night C. p. Burgess, who was
aboard the big ship when 1t broken
away froln its mornings recently,
told Of his experiences. Starr Trus-
colt, who assisted in the designing
Of the ship, explained some OF the
difficulties encountered at the out
set:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-15
WASHINGTON TO.
De HQN||RED
|. BFNQRED !.
Hearings on Bill, Providing for
Celebration in 1892 IL: ] 4
Begin Monday.

Hearings on a bill to provide a
worldwide observance Of the bicen-
tennial anniversary OF the, birth, Of
George Washington on" February
%, 1882, will begin at 1880 o'clock
Monday. morning before the House
Committee on Industrial Arts and
Expositions. sS
The bill has BEEN sponsored by
the Sulgrave Institution and figures
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-15
Landlord ,l Wants Children.

CHICAGO, Ill, April 15.-"Chil-
dren welcome-$25 and a cradle to
each baby born in this building
That sign, painted in large red let
tiers, hangs conspicuously on q
forty two-apartment building.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-15
DANISH CABINET QUITS
AFTER SOCIALIST VICTORY

COPENHAGEN, April Is. - The
Danish cabinet resigned yesterday.
! but is continuing. in office provision
ally at the request 09 the king.
/ The resignation resulted from the
socialist victory in the recent gen
eral election.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-15
FIVE SOLDIERS DIE
IN HAWAIIAN CRASH

! HONOLULU. April 15.-Five sol
diers were killed when. an army
truck skidded and ovefturned today
on Schofield road nea44gWa lAlua.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-11-15
Chapter VI

MYRTLE was suddenly tired. She
seated herself upon the trunk Of tree
and Christopher followed her example.
Below them stretched the motley pan
Drama Of Monte Carlo, the wide bay
and the gllttering sea.
DO you know" she said, that
have not seen Monsieur Gerald for
three days?"
"He has been busy" Christopher an
swered shortly. HE plays golf and
tennis every day. Then his father and
sister take up a good deal OF his time"
you always find time to come and
see me every morning" she said. BE.
sides--it was not his sister with whom
saw him motoring yesterday"
Christopher brsced himself for an
effort.
MYRTLE" he began, you know that
I am fond Of you"
"You have been very kind" she an
swered lIstlessly.
Because / want to be kind, am
going to say things that may sound
harsh" he went on. you are a very
foolish girl to waste your time think
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-11-15

the BOlShevil1 government. kolchak
swept on to within 200 miles of Mos
COW. Then the break came. After q
decisive defeat on the Volga, Kol-
chak's forces were routed.
A great evacuation movement from
European Russia set in, as the Boil
sheviki pushed on into western and
central Siberia. Colonel Johnson and
a few American and British engineers
between Oursk and the front had
charge of transportation of the re-
treating army. In September, 1919,
they passed As trains eastward per
day. Winter came on, Generalization
grew. typhoid fever, smallpox and star
vation added 10 their terrors. All al
lied forces were ordered out. On No
vember u, Colonel johnson left oursk
with the last allied train and the Reds
moved in the next day.
Five months later the last trains
dragged into vladivostok after as ter
rible a winter as military forces have
ever known. Locomotives broke
down. food was lacking, disease ragged,
panic and decentralization reigned, coal
mines were abandoned. Bolshevik
forces hampered and hindered. Five
months went by in that Journey Of
$500 miles. This ended allied inter
vention in Siberia.
An left bur the Japanese. They
chose 10 remain and the bodies for
49,, y,.,3;v,s4inr, NJ allied efforts cOnrin-
ned Colonel Johnson stayed on for
two years having under his control
Authenticated Chinese and Japa-
nese engineers. So much was accom-
alished in restoring the traffic on the
Trans Siberian that Colonel Johnson
was decorated by the President Of
China and the emperor of Japan, as
ne had been by the French President
and by Serbia.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-11-15

ing and dreaming Of Gerald. You
should only let your thoughts dwell
upon one man continually when there
is some chance In the end that that
man may become your husband"
Her liStlesSneSs passed She settled
down to the subject seriously.
But Monsieur Christopher"
Christopher leaned over and laid his
hand uAon hers.
MYRTLE dear will you listen to meT
he begged. Look ut me for mo-
ment. sm twenty-sl, years old. l
have lived Ia cities az well as the
country. In London I am what you
call an avocot I have 70 use my
brains every day. have 10 understand
ny fellow creatures. Wnl you get that
into your head9'
"It Is nor difficult" she assured him.
with a little smile. "I think you are
very clever, and you know many
many things
And as for you, MYRTLE" Christie
pher went on, when one thinks OF
rour uphrIns,ns. Ii is amazing to real
ize how much yen have read, how
much you know But listen to me.
Nothing that enc reads can teach one
what life is Ike You spent many
hours rendering what was az the end
OF the road You think now. because
you have passed over the hin. that you
are there Ny dear, you are not even
az the beginning Of the way"
She plucked some grasses and
tw3nec them round her fsgers.
GO on. She whispered.
-Whst you see here is not life. II
10 not even a very wonderful reflection
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-11-15
Numerous Mascots Left
by Convention Delegates

An aftermath of the American Lee
gion convention, held recently Mt ST..
Paul. which howled dismally to pro-
claim its loneliness. came TO Light after
the Legionnaires had departed for
their homes. Between parades during
the convention the various state dele
cations parked their rnascots with Dir.
Elmer Berg. veterinarian. in his sta
bles at the fair grounds. After the
tumult was a thing Of the past Doc
tor Berg discovered he was the IN
willing possessor Of a fair-sized me-
nagerie left behind by he delegates,
Reveille roll call was answered by the
following Two coyotes from South
Dakota, one bear from Montana, four
horses fror. omaha, one badger from
Wisconsin. one lion cub FROM Nevada
and a nondescript assortment Of dogs
addresses not known.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-11-15
WAR AND PEACE TO
BE BIG QUESTIONS

Problems of international war and
permanent world peace will come in
for much attention ut the hands of
the American Legion during 1925, as
a result of the mandates laid down by
the national convention held at ST.
Paul
This does not mean it was pointed
out at national headquarters, that the
Legion will diminish it's activity In
other lines which have engaged its
attention constantly since its creation.
National Commander James A. Drain
has announced that the chief ques-
tions which will occupy the Legion
during the coming year will be re
Mobilization of the disabled veterans
OF the war, care of the orphans of
those men who paid the supreme sac
rifice in battle or who have died since
the end of the conflict, and the mani
fold activities of the Americanism
commission.
Questions of war and peace have
merely been advanced by the action of
the convention to the rank of leading
activities of the Legion. Commander
Drain was directed by the convention
to appoint a world peace committee
Of ten members. This committee is
to consult with other organizations,
study their plans for peace, consider
carefully the world situation as it is
and then report to the convention at
Omaha in 1925 the most practical plan
for the Legion to work for peace
among the nations.
BY mandate of the convention, one
of the major activities of the organi-
cation for 1925 win be work towards
the passage of the universal service
act which would give the government
power to call men, money and mate
rails into its service. in case of war,
on equal terms. With the favorable
reception which the policy has met
and with Its endorsement by the great
political parties, it is expected that
the bill now pending In congress will
be passed in the very near future.
The Legion viii also endeavor to get
congress to take immediate measures
to bring the navy up TO an equality
with the British in the 5-5-3 ratio of
the Washington naval disarmament
conference. and also TO place the bat
tie fleet on an equal footing with the
British in gun range and power.
Further improvements in the United
States veterans bureau are demand
ed. The planning service and the CEN
trail Office board of appeals are strong
" criticized. Dismissal of inefficient
personnel is asked.
Offices Of the national children's
welfare committee are to be estab-
lished at national headquarters. A
Joint committee of twenty seven mem
bers is to be appointed by the Legion,
the Forty and Eight and the Legion
auxiliary to direct this work.
Creation Of a trust fund to be
formed from donations and eontribu-
tons from members Of the Legion or
other persons, and to bea used for the
national rehabilitation work Of the
Legion. was ordered by the conven-
ton. This problem win receive much
attention in 1925. as viii also the rails
ing of an endowment fund for the chill
dren's welfare work.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-11-15
Che.
American
q Legion
Copy for This Department Supplied by the
American Legion News Service.)
JOHNSON HONORED
BY FIVE NATIONS

Bolshevik battles, a car of all the
Russias murdered with his family in
lonely provincial town, the historic
retreat of Czechoslovak forces from
western Russia to the Pacific. clash
after clash for five months with Ger
man and Austrian war prisoners and
Russian Reds cold, hunger. the slow
withdrawal of allied troops with all
the hardships of panic food shortage.
and broken down transportation
of these, woven together into the story
of Col. b. o. Johnson, Legionnaire,
make of it a veritable Arabian Nights
tale.
Colonel Johnson, now resident at
st. Paul, Mimi, but formerly of Liy-
ingston, Mont, was appointed chair
man Of the transportation committee
for the national convention of the
American Legion. He is a vice presi-
dent of the Northern Pacific railroad.
In the fall of 1917 Colonel johnson
went to Siberia as member of rail
way engineers outfit to move military
supplies from Vladivostok on the Pa.
citic to the Russian front. Finding
that the front was collapsing, he was
sent with a few other American en-
gineers to learn conditions. After s.
900 miles across north Asia, they
learned that Russia was out of it and
helped to move $4,000 Czechoslovaks,
Serbs and Rumanians across Siberia
to VladivOstOk. For FIVE months they
battled with 100000 enemy prisoners
of war aided by the Reds. The pris-
oners were returned to camps, the
Trans-Siberian railroad was controlled
and a way opened into Austria.
Colonel johnson was with the
Czechs as they surrounded Ekaterin-
burg, while Car Nicholas and his
family were prisoners there. He@in-
terviewed many Russians who were In
the city when the imperial family was
murdered. He got at first hand a story
of the assassination, which appeared
in the press. He is one of a few
Americans who have stood in the very
room where the last Of the Romanoffs,
who ruled Russia for 300 years, met
his fate.
After the armistice in 1918, Colonel
Johnson, with American, British, Jap
anese and Chinese engineers, was
placed in charge of the Trans-Siberian
railroad to transport supplies to. AID.
miral Kolchak in his battle against
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-11-15
n LOVE GERALD"

sYNOPsIs.-Fleeing from =
brutal stepfather. an unhappy
home. and proposed husband
she detests, MYRTLE. young
French girl. stands IN a country
road on the verge OF desperation.
Halted by an exploded tire. two
young Engllshmen. Lord Gerald
Dombey and Christopher Bent.
are attracted by the girls dis
tracted appearance. She bsgs
them to take her away from her
misery. IN a spirit OF adventure
they do so. conveying her TO
Monte Carlo and leaving her with
friends MYRTLE speaks English.
her mother having been an edu-
Gated woman. Gerald sees
beautiful young woman In the
gambling rooms. and Is fAscl-
mated. but can only learn that
she IL called Pauline de Pontsrs
and is with her aunt He Is uH-
able to secure an Introduction.
Christopher and Gerald decide
MYRTLE shall not go back to her
homo Lady Mary, Gerald's sis
ter. secretly In love With Chris
TOPPER, disapproyss OF the young
mems guardianship OF MYRTLE.
lord Dombsy makes the ac-
ouaintancs OF Pauline. He 10
puzzled by the air OF mystery and
condescenaion surrounding her.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-11-15
Famous Forts in
U. S. History
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
% 1924. western Newspgns- Go
When Dutch and Swede.
Fought on u. S. Soil

OuShI on ~. -. Soil
When Gustavus Adolphus, the rraat
king of Sweden, saw the success -
other European nations in plsptfry
colonies in the New World. he resolved
to establish colony of Swedes +,
America. Accordingly he formed a
colonizing company for that purDosa
but his death prevented the plan from
being carried out.
Queen Christina and Oxenstlern.
Ad0lphus' famous minister. bowavar
renewed the project and in 1858 they
sent out a colony of plain. strong
industrious people" who settled in
what is now the state of Delaware
and called it New Sweden. There t5ey
built fort, which stood near the
present city of Wilmington. and thew
named it Fort Christina in honor Of
their queen.
The new colony was soon in trouble.
This ground was claimed by the
Dutch, who had settled New Amster.
dam a quarter of a century before.
and after several years of bitter dis
pute between the Dutch and the
Swedes, Peter Stuyyesant the cholerlc
old governor of New Amsterdam, re-
solved to put an end to the trouble
by expelling the Swedes from the
country.
In 1854 Stuyvesant sailed from New
Amsterdam with a fleet to capture
Fort Christina. Washington Irving in
bis inimitable "Knickerbockers His
tory of New York" tells how Cover
nor Stuyvesant called upon Gov. Jan
Risingh to surrender, how the pro-
posal was scornfully rejected, and how
the doughty Dutch warriors, following
their ancient rule of always fighting
upon full stomach ate a mighty din
ner In preparing for the fray Then,
according to this historian, "brimful
of wrath and cabbage they moved for
ward to the attack. just before reach
ing the fort they paused, lighted their
pipes, gave furious puff and
charged CALAMITY under the cover OF 1
the smoke. After an Homeric struggle,
in which Governor Stuyvesant van
pushed Governor Risingh in single
combat, the fort was carried without
the loss Of a single man.
Although we cannot accept Irving's
story unreseryedly, the assault on Fort /
Christina must have been something
of an opera bouffe affair, unique in /
the annals of warfare. But the trl
umph of the Dutch was short-iyed, I
for in 1864 the English took possession 4
of all the Dutch colonies In America
and the British flag suppanted tie
Dutch banner over Fort Christina To-
day no trace of the fort remains. bat
nearby stands the little gray stone
church, built In 1898, the successor
of the chapel in the fort whore the
Swedish colonIsts worshiped, as re-
minder Of the fort where once Dutch
man and Swede fought in America.
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friends, who takes a rather beautiful
young woman about with her TO public
places. does certainly invite comment,
doesn't she2 Tell me about your little
protegel"
1--WE lunched with her, Chris and l."
Gerald replied.
Goodness gracious Where7"
"At Ciro's. We bought her some
clothes at Ignores, this morning"
Lady Mary lit cigarette and threw
down her book.
81 am not the guardian Of your NOR
ais, Gerald she observed dryly; "a
girl, nowadays. has all she can do to
look after her own-but / honestly
think you ought to send that child
back to her people"
TOO brutal" he replied They
wanted 10 marry her TO some horrible
old man."
whatever the position was, your
interference was most uncalled for"
his sister declared. "As for Chris
TOPPER am really surprised at him.
! think you two young men ought to be
thoroughly ashamed Of yourselves for
what you are doing, and shall JUST
look forward to an opportunity Of tell
ing Christopher so"
Gerald glanced at his sisters profile
and chuckled.
Good old Chris 7" he murmured.
"Tll Just let him know what's coming
to him"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-11-15
A Monument of Folly

Much has been written about tie
abandoned farms of New England but
her abandoned forts are not so well|
known. Of all of these o5salets
strongho!ds none is more interesting
than Fort Knox on the Narrows Of tle1
Penobscot river at Prospect Ma.ne
This fort. which derived It's aameI
from the fact that ii was bu.r m
land once owned by Henry Knox "a
Boston bookseller who became sl-
ington's chief of artillery In the Ae'-i
olution and the first secretary os "af
for the United States, was begun
the early forties to protect the saI1l
building and commerce OF the r. I
scot, which was then al It's he.-a'
Work had progressed far enough Y
the outbreak of the Civil war TO en
able the war department to use saT
Knox as a training school for 1l+A'
Of the artillery officers who serY2a Y
the Union army. This was the
est that Fort Knox ever came
war record. however, Tor it a7
heard the shot Of a hostile rr
in 1869. after construction had Pc
in progress for 20 years, worA 1A
was abandoned.
Costing about million do
stands monument Of human f.s
writes one historian. "The rees
vance in the science of war 8,
that Fort Knox would be
more effective in time Of aaa@'
an ancient feudal castle OF tae
Ages" Monument Of fo-3s
Fort Knox may be, it is also
ment TO the days when ma~
q fine art. Huge white sia.
no ouarried from Mount
few miles north and tiaa-a
river in scows. are SCI e
edge on edge with beaut
and a great circular star
nieeps OF granite + -e
niece of Workmanship.
shore batteries can SIN
brick ovens whore the
non balls were heated, p-
If the artillery placed '3
inc the civil war has 7ea
= aaorn parks. arm1-.a-
nublic places in New i.a-
Designed to be the daas
mo Atlantic coast Fort
? FTua
FORTS whose sale has bet-
nv congress within reee-l 81
though it lacks be a.s e.
Ground of many other ta--s
few which ara as p'csAI
grim old monument az
stands guard over an Ia
on the banks q the h
irav the Penobscot river
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-11-15
Evidently MYRTLE Is going to
be the cause Of a considerable
number Of complications Can
you guess themf
tro BE coNrrNuED9
Got His Answer

An Irish politician was delivering q
passionate speech 70 a mixed crowd.
He had suffered badly at the hands of
one particular heckler, but at last his
chance came.
"You think you're smart, don't your
sneered the heckler We'll. just tel
Us how many toes a pig has got"
Take your boots OF and count T.
wrs the lightning reply.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-11-15
SCORES PACIFICISM

A KEEN denunciation of pa
4 h citism was the subject of
Rear Admiral William S. Sims
message to the American Legion
national convention held in st.
Paul recently, and said in part:
1--WE deceive ourselves if we
think that peace is assured for
the immediate future. We must
get the public to realize that if
we attempt to muddle through
another war as we have past
contests the necessary loss of
life will be terrific. You men
Of the Legion have experienced
the horrors of modern war. You
know too well the many sacri-
fees of valuable lives on land
and sea that were the direct re-
suits of our unprepareduess for
4 the great war. You know that
owing to a Jack of efficient or
ganiZatiOn we spent thousands.
of millions for artillery and air.
planes built too late to be of
service, that due 70 lack of train
ing we were in the war a year
before we fired a shot on the
western front. You may not
know that our fighting forces
have been subjected to the same
conditions and been obliged to
make the same sacrifices in all
our wars. What Theodore ROose-
welt called the 'hurrah of his
tories of your school days have
not told our people the truth
about our invariable unprepared
ness and its disastrous results"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-11-15
Classified

Blackstone you notice the
mute appeal in that beautiful girls
eyesf
webster-Yes: she's a dumb belle,
all right.-American Legion Weekly
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the department Of 1nomics.
Princeton University, wni sail for
Africa on November 12 to investi.
gate, at the Invitation Of the
Union & South Africa. the deaira-
biIity Of re-estahlishing the gold
standard there. Associated with
him IN his study OF the Unions "a.
nancial system win be DR.. q. Wis.
saring, president Of tine Bank Of the
Netherlands They expect to com.
plete their survey IN time to pre-.
sent . report to the Parliament OF
South Africa early In January.
Professor Kemmerer acted as cur.
fency ana banking expert to the
American group working on the
Dawes plan. and curing the last
few years has assisted the govern.
nlents Of Guatemala, Colombia, and
Mexico In adjustment az their
currency systems.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-24
SMOKING kills
BEAUTY, SAYS
DOCTOR
viennese Warns Women That
Skin Grows Taut and
Wrinkles Appear
BY ALICE LANGELIER,
International News service.

PARIS, Oct. "a. Don't smoke II
you would be beautiful. warns a
celebrated viennese doctor who has
recently published a book called
The Smoking Woman"
Rosy lips fade away and the
corners Of the mouth show wrinkles
prematurely, features become sharp.
and the skin grows taut after .
few dozen packages OF cigarettes,
according to Doctor Hofstatter. A
gradual change makes the smoker
masculine. often producing q pro-
nounced beard growth.
Who smoked the extra billion
cigarettes that were sold last year
IN France? The women, answer the
proprietors Of tobacco shops. They
are responsible for the yearly in.
crease Of Is per cent Of tobacco
sales. French women now enter
cigar stores I'm France this invari.
ably means q small cafe). unaccom.
panied by male escorts. to purchase
their own favorite brand. But they
have not vet adopted the little
strong cigat@ which Is so popular
with the buxom women Of Denmark.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-24
WOMAN zRctJEs NlTH
HUSBAND; SAVES LIFE |

WILMINGTON. Del. Oct. a.
John Neeson was sent to the New
castle county Workhonse for one
year and fined $500 in municipal
court here after he pleaded guilty
to carrying concealed deadly
weapon and threatening to kin his
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-24

wife. AT the hearing IT developed
that Neeson went to the home OF
his wife. 0i2 GiIpin avenue and an
nounced that after ne received
good-by kiss from her he intended
e kill her and END this hell. " The