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The Washington times., 1924-03-04
What Henry Ford's Railroad
Should Teach Public

Henry Ford several years ago. bought the Detroit Toledo
Ironton Railroad about like the New Haven Boston
Maine half submerged bulk running into debt every year
It was the victim of conventional railroad management was
for the Of the stock ckers IN WaH See
method Of trimming railroad for the benefit Of Spectators and
those who get profit collateral out Of the control OF the
The defict n 1920 was more than million dollars He
has Just published the profit and loss account Tor 1875 winch
shows that Mr. Ford has turned loss OF two millions INTO
nrofit of million and half making difference in profits
Of three half millions in gross business OF ten ana
is true that part Of this favorable change due to the
fact Mr. Ford increased the revenue OF the com
pany BY dyerg good deal Of MS o own s Inc
According to his wenown methods he greatly increased
the morale Of the men who operate the ROAD D
of the road reduced the OF its operation His
reconstruction Of the motive power OF the road the
expenses of the operation Of the road Wiser method: OF main
tenance Of equipment saved 100000 in that item in year.
Consequently the cost of operation went down nearly q
Can the railroads of America all be rehabitated in this
way? No. Because the railroads in America will not have
Henry Ford rehabitate them. Henry Ford business
phenomenon There is no way of accounting for him. a.
bundle Of contradictions he sun gener'a species all
himself.
Moreover Mr. Ford could do ONE big road what
he able to do to this little road lying at the front door
Of his factory He would have to be financed and that would
bring the banker into the game He would find that he could
do nothing until the banker was sitting pretty -
There just power in the United States which could do
for all the railroads what Henry Ford has done That
is the power of ALL the people of the United States
sented by the United States Government We venture the
railroads for ten years the results which Henry Ford has
achieved this little road will be achieved by National
Government to the great increase and security of pros
pery and above ALL the security of democratic republic
Private Of railroads in large part respon
be for most of the increase in Of living
But inefficient private management u.s. that evil does
compare with the evil which private management works in
public life through the control and corruption Of poll
thousand corrupted by railroads and the gas and electric
light companies and the telephone and telegraph companies
those great public functions being unwsey operated by
private management for private profit
The Washington times., 1924-03-04

obterate war. For class Of men would never fight
against another class Of the walls Of srangeness be-
tween men were really broken down. The French revo-
ton would have occurred the French aristocras
realized that the French peasants with them in
dreams and appetes The civil would never had oc-
Cured If the South had realized the negro bond of COM
mon humanity Wars cater to the greed of few they
become possible because of the ignorance and fear
the hearts of many.
If YOU DON'T WANT YOUR BOY TO BE KILLED
IN THE NEXT WAR, MARY, BEGIN TO LOVE ALL
OTHER BOYS WHO MIGHT ALSO BE KILLED IN THAT
WAR Begin to understand all other mothers Pluck Of
heart the seeds of hate and stupidity which alone
make possible that next in which your boy may die
The prevention Of ism up to the big in Washing
ton or London, Paris or Berlin. IT'S UP TO YOU. No
POLITICIANS ON EARTH CAN MAKE WAR UNLESS
YOU SUPPLY THE HATE ON WHICH THEY CAN BASE
THAT WAR.
If you really want to keep the enemy from your throat
BILL begin right by learning that he isn't your enemy
Stop thinking of people enemies Stop listening to agta
tors and begin to figure this thing with your own good
sense Stop looking for differences in peopebegn look
ing for similarities. IF YOU DON'T WANT WAR
II! NE, EUROPE IN 1890, STOP STARTING ONE NOW IN
YOUR OWN HEAD IN 1924 If that war comes it will not
be due to the greed Of politicians the vcousness of dip
omas-t will be due to the hate which YOU have fostered
within YOUR soul.
tcNOvrsAA a's% ~ xinS gestures syndicAsA
The Washington times., 1924-03-04

" HID great hysiologis t,
Jacques Loeb, who has just
died. did not succeed in dis
covering the secret Of the origin
OF life. A score Of years ago he
was the center Of much excited
interest, for then some thought
that he had all but put his hand
upon the great secret and was
just on the point Of making liv-
ing organisms out of nonliving
substance.
But Prof. Loeb's aim was far
more modest than that. He was
trying only to produce artificial
fertilization Of the eggs of GER
tain animals, notably sea urchins
and frogs. Indeed 1t was par
heterogeneous Virgin BIRTH which
he sought to induce by artificial
means. and in this he succeeded.
I once visited his laboratory in
California where his then novel
experiments with sea urchins were
under way. The artificial" ele.
ment in the process consisted
mostly in the expert manipula-
ton of the eggs, but beyond Civ.
ing certain natural processes an
opportunity to set to work, there
seemed to be no essential arti.
ficiality concerned.
Eggs that had not been fer
tilted by the male element were
induced to develop and to hatch
out the young, under the in
fluence Of hpyertonic, l. e., over
sailed sea water. 1t was, of
course, chemical action that
brought about the effect, but
It did not go back. and Pro-
fessor Loeb, Of course, did not
pretend that it went back to the
origin of life. The eggs were
already living, and the result of
the experiment to which they
were subjected in the laboratory
was not q creation of life, but
simply the substitution of a nom
sexual for the sexual method of
fertilization. This, however, in
itself was an eye opener and a
great step in advance In the
scientific control" of life forces.
The experiments in the fer
tilizatio Of frogs eggs were more
striking in appearance, because
with these eggs a pin prick had
to be applied to induce the proc.
ess. That was more suggestive
of scientific magic, but in reality
the two methods had the same
basis, viz, the application Of
physical, or chemical, shock to
start the living forces in the egg
on the way of development.
Prof. Loeb also carried far his
experiments In the mysterious
The Washington times., 1924-03-04
blue Monday"

Editor. The Washington Times:
YOU have printed an article
Il cautioned Friday and Satur.
day Replace Monday as Bill .
Day" The substance of the ar.
ticle has nothing to do with the
original meaning of Blue Mon.
day.
If you are familiar with the
landing Of the Pilgrims at PLY.
mouth Rock, you would have
printed this instead. After the
landing. the women gathered up
the soiled clothing and washed
the articles in the waters Of the
Atlantic. After the long VOYAGE
everything was more or less in
bad shape. The day being Mon.
day it was nicknamed Blue Mon.
day. Since then it has con.
tinued to mean wash day" and
not a state Of mental disturbance.
JESSE WILLIAMS,
One of the Pilgrim settlers Of
Pennsylvania.
The Washington times., 1924-03-04


has cooled think Of the driven Austrian and German
peasants, well Of those other millions who died in
conflict which they did not understand and could have
caused.
"They but puppets" we sigh. "Poor puppetsl
The lords pulled the strings that them to their
death"
Yes, that is partly true But only partly Why were
the lords able to pull the srngsf Men who could fight
those fought not easily manipulated bits
of wood paper. There must have been something in
themselves which consented to that NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
thing which the lords could build their schemes
There was THERE WAS FEAR, HATE AND IGNO-
RANCE OF FOREIGN PEOPLES. No matter how strong or
crafty the lord that could never have occurred
all of who involved had not deep dstrust of
strangers.
We're not going to the world from another war by
preaching plans We only war by learning
to be friendly toward each other That's job not for
nations States cities institutions but for each nd
vidual human being First Wen have to blast away the
harpan Of ignorance that lies in each of before love
tolerance strike root WE'LL HAVE TO
LEARN THAT PEOPLE REALLY AREN'T DIFFERENT
Their skins be different their foods or politics or Jobs
or bank accounts may be different BUT IN THE FUNDA
MENTALS ALL PEOPLE ARE THE SAME. We all have
beauty and beastiness within U.S. We all love
our homes our children, wives and husbands We all
take pride good work and honor courage and ceverness
The attributes which make man popular in the Afr.
The Washington times., 1924-03-04
Four Young Murderers Will
Kill No More
Such News Will Discourage the Crime Wave.

Police detectives courts and the public are to be con-
tragedy in New York. in which two bank messengers were
killed and $4,000 stolen
The two Diamond brothers. Morris B. and Joseph G. Dia-
mond John Farina and Anthony Pantano have all been
convicted of murder in the first degree
They all young and might have made sufficient
living decenty and h0noraby They all products Of the
crme wave socalled that after the war; with the
bootlegging that accompanied prohibition.
Typical Of their class one Of them codly said after the
double murder They gave us little trouble so we had
Let other young bandits remember that
men now will soon be in the Of the public execuoners
other words put them DEATH they killed the bank
sengers that had done them no harm.
On this particular the police and detectives did
excellent work. Justice Cropsey the presiding judge ruling
with absolute fairness and mnes applied the law swiftly
That SWEETNESS, in ITSELF is beneficial and it is to be
hoped that lawyers Chcaney accommodating orders
from other courts sympathetic nonsense will check delay
the orderly course Of justice
The newly created gangs of young criminals that give
TaEM decent men, need the lesson that is no" given
All four OF these young men were typical Of their class
Stealing automobiles picking pockets booleggng with trucks
and automobiles stolen for the purpose houp and finally
MURDER. That was the gamut they
good thing for them and others like the Of whom
there are many in this dsorganzed state Of
WHOLE WAY. ''"' l'"O' -'''' 'Ap''' ~ w AnA
It doesn't stop pocketpickng booteggng automobile
stealing and murder There's step after that THE
ELECTRIC CHAIR.
That is very uncomfortable chair The hours spent in the
death house UNCOMFORTABLE hours You die not one
death by electricity but thousand deaths while waiting for
the hour to come
Keep away from the road that begins with little stealing
leads on to bootggng to bigger stealing and killing and
ends with the criminal STRAPPED IN THE CHAIR
There has been more less sympathetic written
about the relatives Of the whose crimes end
That sympathy wasted Mothers fathers and other rea
TONS instead Of giving exhibitions Of mysteries the
when 1t too Late should ask the brother where GOT
the automobiles where he got the MONEY earned what
he did with his time.
Boys properly brought up properly instructed taught the
sacredness OF property and Of @ realize the rights Of others
and do not give the works to other Or if they do
society sezes them and with their medicine their
careers
The Washington times., 1924-03-04
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON LOEB'S
EXPERIMENTS WITH LIFE
BY GARRETT P. SERVISS.

subject of "tropism," which is de-
fined as "the inherent tendency of
living thing to respond definitely
to an external stimulus" The
living thing" may be either a
plant or an animal. The sun
flower (heliotrope) is perhaps the
most familiar in the vegetable
world.
But Prof. Loeb impaired q kind
or fascination to the subject when
ne began to experiment widely
with animals. His idea of how the
actions OF an animal, instead of
being the result of its free and
conscious choice, may be governed
by external stimuli is illustrated
by the self-inflicated fate of the
moth that plunges to a fiery death
IN candle flame.
When the moth, he affirmed,
approaches a candle In such a
manner that one of its eyes is
more strongly illuminated than the
otner, chemical actions are get go.
ing In the Illuminated eve. and
these produce q one-sided effect in
the insects brain, the result Of
which Is that the body muscles
on the one side are more strongly
stimulated than on the other, and
80 the insects flight is, without
It's volition, turned toward the
candle. But when the course of
Tight becomes such that the nIane
OF symmetry passes through the
candle, both sides are equally af.
rected and the poor moth involun.
tariiy plunges straight to destruc.
ton! Sometimes Prof. Loeb
seemed inclined to force this me.
chanical and chemical explanation
OF animal behavior little too far
for general acceptance.
The Washington times., 1924-03-04
LISTEN, WORLD! = By ELSIE ROBINSON

A STRONG movement for peace is under
~ way From press and pulpit come
scores Of schemes whereby people may
be educated into hatred of war. But those
schemes will fail You can't stop wars by
peace. Wars do not spring from a desire O to
fight. They spring from OUR FEAR AND
DISLIKE OF PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT
SKINS AND DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS.
And as long as that fear and dislike continue,
so long as we remain in such hostile ignorance
concerning each other, just so long will we
have wars whenever we re strong enough to
fight.
Even the stupidest of us realize that this
last war was manipulated by those who sat in
hinh and safe HAlanno Mnxu that mr. hrrf orin
The Washington times., 1924-03-04
Copyright. 1924 b.
Star Company.

can jungle make him popular in Moscow or
Berlin, Rome, London or Washington. In
their basic impulses all men are alike-the
capitalist and the laborer are alike; the Con-
gregationalist and the Catholic are alike; the
Yale professor and the ''poOr whites" Of
Kentucky are alike; the Yankee and the
Westerner are alike; the American and the
German are alike; the white man and the
negro, the Jap, the Chinaman, the Indian,
are alike.
This isn't propaganda. It is truth. 1t is
biological truth and psychological truth and
Christian truth. It's the deepest truth on
earth. 1t comes before all other truth. If
we really believe it and act upon it, every
source Of human sadness would vanish. 1t
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-17
Charity Snow, Staged by Elks, Will
Be One of Very Best Productions
Ever Staged Here, Say: Sponsors

Payne, an old time theatrical man
ager and producer, to Il representa-
five of the Imperial Valley Press,
last night after being guests at
q dress rehearsal.
"Of course said Mr.. Payne, 81
knew the Elks would have good
show, Jeancon has been Il friend Of
mine for many years and | have
seen many of his productions, and
never have seen Il bad one, but |
had no idea that you had the
amount of talent and beauty i'll I'm
perial Valley that seems to be
developed in this performance Of
A Night in Bohemia. don I think
that have ever seen Il better look
ing chorus anywhere and that goes
for tho whole crowd -
Many Specialties
The plot permits the introduc-
ton of many speeiaities and Is big
production numbers are being fea-
tured on the program. AS an aaded
attraction a dancing number will be
presented by the pupils of Mrs.
Wooda Blesy and those taking part
Continued on Page Five)
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-17
INDICTMENTS
AGAINST HARRY
TRAW DISMISSED
Uy United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, Dee. l7.-Three in
dietments against Harry L. 'fhaw
of Pittsburgh charging conspiracy,
assault in the second dpgree and
kidnapping in connection with
Thaw's attack upon Frederick Gump
a former Kansas City boy, were
dismissed in general sessions court
today.
Acting District Attorney Ferdi-
nand Pecora recommended dismissal
of the indictments on the ground
that Gump now is married and iiv-
ing in Long Beach, Cal, and does
not wish to press the charges.
The attack upon Gump took place
in Il New York hotel. where Thaw
confined the lad after bringing him
east from Kansas City. Indictments
were returned against the Pitts
burgh millionaire January I, 1917
shortly thereafter, Thaw was found
with his wrists and throat slashed
/ in an attempt at suicide, He was
/ adiudged insane and confined il
Kirkbrides, near Philadelphia, foi
seven years.
When Thaw was found sane by I
/ Jury last spring after Il trial il
Philadelphia, he came to New York
Immediately aud gave bond in con
nection with the indictments whicl
were dismissed today by Justice
JOHN +. McIntyre.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-17

The Elks show, q A Night i'll Bo-
hcmia,' which is being given sole
" for their charity fund, promises
to prove milestone in local anna
teur theatrical productions, accord
ing to those who have been privi-
leg vi 20 get 4 peep at rehearsals.
which have been going on nightly
for some weeks.
The proceeds from the two nights ;
production. which will be shown at
the Palace theator tomorrow and
Friday nights, will be used TO give
Christmas cheer to hundreds of
kiddies in FL Centre and vicinity
who would otherwise not know che
meaning of Christmas, and as a
worthy object, will doubtless re-
ceive the whole e-hearted backing OF
the entire community.
Aside from the charitable aims
of the production, thc show itself,
from an entertainment standpoint,
will provide a hilarious evening of
enjoyment worth much more than
tho price of admission.
"Zing, Zowie, Zip were 4 few
of the adjectives used by Harry d.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-17
Schools Reopen
on December.
%

Boys and girls of devious ages
will be much in evidence the
noxt week. for school closed last
night for the Christmas holidays.
Because of the teachers instl-
tute. which corveI2l this morn
ing and will be in session until
Friday afternoon, school was dis
missed yesterday.
There seems 10 be some con
fusion as to TIL, date ON which
school re-convenes, according TO
County superintendent Goes of
flee. For the benefit CT all who
may be in doubt, the fact is
strc3grl that al schools in the
county reopens Of Monday, De-
cunbcr 20, and will be in session
for three days, Monday, Tuesday
ard Wednesday,. closing again
for New Years Day and the
following day, Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-17
Is ALPINE BOYS
LEAVE; LOCAL
WOMAN LAUDS.

Declaring that conditions at AL
pine hospital, which has been the
scene of a bitter controversy be-
tween the hospital management and
disabled seamen Ior severa. Gays
past. ara much better than in the
average sanitorium, Mrs. c. S
Brooks, wife of DR.. C. S. Brooks of
this city. has sent Il letter 70 the
editor of the San Diego Union,
praising DR.. Liscmer, owner IF the
sanitorium and his staff and de.
claring that the accusations against
him are unjust and unmerited.
Developments yesterday i'll the
ease. which has aroused consider
able interest in Imperial Valley and
San Diego, were marked by the ac-
tion of 16 of the sick men leaving
the hospital, ONE Frederick Rarity,
then declaring that he would rather
be without amy sheiie, or IN Jail
than at Alpine sanitariGm.
The men went to San Diego in a
large truck and upon arrival tnere,
an attempt was made to get than
INTO Mercy hospital. ms was uh-
successful, however, as there were
no Accommodations for them at the
hospital.
They were housed at the Army
and Navy Y. NJ. G. A. overnight,
and today the officials of the Unit
ed States Public Health service,
which has the care of the men,
were endeavoring TO get them per
manently located.
The men being tubercular, II IS
difficult to find a place for chem,
according to San Diego reports, al
though the San Diego Tuberculosis
Society is endeavoring to see that
they are not in want.
The action of the patients in l"av,
ing Alpine hospital, was deplored
by DR.. j. c. Perry, district surgeon
for the United States Public Health
Service, who counscled the men
against taking such action. They
refused TO heed his adTice, however,
and went to San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-17
Cold Wave Menaces Citrus Groves Through Southland
CRAMMER FREED
BY JURY; ONLY
OUT SHORT TIME
HeItville Man Acquitted
In One of Shortest
Trials

1t took JURY less than 10 min
utes to bring in verdict of not
guilty in the superior court yester-
day afternoon, in the case of Joe
GrAmmer, charged with the murder
of Walter Tigrow, at Holtville on
November 2.
The trial was one of the shortest
murder trials on record in the cOun-
ty,i occupying only two days. The
prosecution finished its case yestcr-
day morning, and following the
court g denial of q motion for di-
rected verdict of not guilty, the de-
fellse opened its ease.
All the evidence was in shortly
after / clock. Attorneys argu-
mehts and the court s Instructions
to the jury were completed at }
. o'clock, and the jury retired 1t 5:06.
Less than 10 minutes later they
made known to the bailiff that a
decision had been reached, and the
court was Immediately convened.
There vas little doubt regarding
the nature Of the verdict, as prac-
TRULY dll "ilh tit No'N
expected Grammer to be given his
freedom, the defense having prov
en- an excellent case of selfdefense.
The jury foreman announced the
verdict of not guilty, and after
thanking the jurymen for their SER
vices, Judge Marsh ordered Gram
mer released from custody and dis
missed court.
Grammer was surrounded by man.
of his friends after court and re
eeiyed their congratulations. H
! was defended by Judge R. B. White
law and Attorney Edgar B. Hervey
Tigrow was killed in a quarre
with Grammer over Il sheep which
the former had lost and which he
accused Grammer of taking. Both
men were armed at the time, Tigrow
having shotgun in his hands when
he was struck by the bullets from
Grammer s revolver.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-17
Manager of Famed
AtascaderO Sued
As Bills Pile Up
NY United Press Leased Wire

PASO ROBLES, Calf, Dec, IL
Bankruptcy proceedings have been
instituted against f. G.. Lewis, oil
man and manager of the Atascadero
estates, by nonresident creditors
who claim unsecured accounts of
more than $9,0OO,O0O are due, that
100000 back taxes have not been
paid. and that no interest has been
paid on outstanding bonds against
the estates. Lewis recently sued II
Los Angeles bank for $l6,000,000
claiming breach of contract in con
neetion with the proposed develop
me of Palos Verdes.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-12-17
DIR. StreSemann
Asked to Help
Form a Cabinet

BERLIN, Dee. II. President
Ebert today asked DIR. Stresemann,
l1ader of the National party and
foreign minister in the Marx cabi-
net, to attempt formation of a new
ministry.
StresemGnn, who recently went
to Il sanitarium when the German
cabinet situation ba.ame paiticu-
larly involved, will give his answer
this evening.
Although the Nationalists are
the second strongest palty in the
new Refchstag as result of the
national elections ten days ago,
they represent the right wing Of
parliament and as such have not
the sympathy of the powerful par
ties of the moderate center group.
Stresemann knows it is doubtful if
he can form cabinet that will re-
sist opposition in the Reichstag and
has not been over-anXiouS, jhere
fore, to undertake the task.