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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
Explosion Wrecks Shop

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Dec. Il
An explosion today wrecked the
Laura Lewis Specially Shop in the
center of the business district and
shook adjoining buildings. Mrs. ].
M. Rheule, an employee, sustained
q broken wrist
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
Protection for Shoppers

The "shop-lifting squad" which an
nually protects merchants of the city
during the Christmas rush period,
got into action today, under the
leadership of Edward Kelly, head
quarters detective. The squad is
composed of men and women from
all the precincts. %a N5
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
Civilian Club Lunch

The Civitan Club will hold a
luncheon meeting tomorrow 1890,
at the Lafayette hotel. The en-
tertainment program viii be in
charge Of a committee headed by
Clarence i. Harding.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
REMEMBER THIS.

There's lots Of fun in dancing,
Holding closely girls enhancing,
Gayly swirling, madly prancing,
TIL the "wee sna'" hours OF dawn.
But after all it's grinning,
When you're losing or you're winning.
And you've made new beginning,
That your best inner self Il shown.
ROSA s. STREETT.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
Instantly! End Indigestion, Gas, Heartburn, Ac

The moment your stomach rebels.
chew up and swallow a few Pape's
Diapepsin tablets.
For indigestion, Dyspepsia, Gas.
tritis, F1atulence, Heartburn or any
distress in stomach, nothing else
gives such comfort as this pleasant,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01

Limited number Joe III. Holman's
book, "Girls I've Loved" for sale.
le1 pages, 51Sx81S; paper covers.
By mail only, ST 90 postpaid. Joseph
II. Holman g Co., 4O7 Bank Of Com.
merce and Savings, 18th 3 e SITS.
n W.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
CAN YOU BLAME H1M7

Lawyer Ito ratified witnessl---
ibid you, or did you not, ON the
Aforementioned day, Tuesday, JAN
malice afOrethOught, listen at the
keyhole Of the thlrd-flOOr rear
apartment, then occupied as a resi-
dence by the defendant in this
action on Nineteenth street near
Park avenue, and did you NOT also
on the Friday following the Tues
day In January before referred TO
In the year Of 1922 communicate
to your wife the information
tiOn overheard AZ q result Of your
eayesGlrOppinG ON that occasion
with the result that the gossip of
your wife gave wide and far
currency to the overheard CONVERSE
ton before mentioned3 Did you
or did you not? Answer yes or ;
no."
Witness-.HuhP CHICAGO,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
Probationary Permit
For Auto Drivers Is
Planned By Sullivan

Strlcter regulations for the issu-
ance of permits to drive automobiles
are being considered by Major Dan
iel Sullivan, superintendent of po-
lice.
One plan in the mind of Major
Sullivan is the issuing Of probation
airy permits for several months, a
permanent license to depend on the
auto operators record during the
period.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
r O S E TIA.

r o S TIA. 4.
Rosetta, ROsetta, you emile and !
getta
Da thrill, for you FIJI me with passion
and yetta
shakea da feeling right Offa de
chest,
And stick to da monkey, he Iowa
me best.
Rosetta. Rosetta, like you, yOn
BETA;
You sweeter and neater da girl i have
meta:
Your hair she IL rare, and your
voice she IL sweet,
But da monkey he give me da fool
that / eat.
Rosetta, Rosetta, ] write you da letter
To let yOu know that never fOrgetta,
Da smilea you give me, che sweeta
You see,
But you never can marry da monkey
~ and me.
JOE III. HOLMAN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01
Rdhbone Drafting 'Sn7oke Screen, Lap
51HEARDroSEEB{
SaaGzQfH By BEL PRICE G Nl1aalEE...I
MENTAL SUGGESTION.

i started to work a crossword puzzleY
After severe mental effort l needed q
muzzle,
For my thought found expression in
word after word
And being alone / thought / couldn't
be heard.
Where in --- is the word 1 cannot
find?
40 @xaI.isll surely must be going
blind.
Now I've got it; NO 1 haven't. Well
- I'll have to start again, the
whole thing Is jammed."
A gentle tapping came on my bed
room door,
81 trust you'll not use such language
any more"
My landlady was shocked by what /
had said.
"Please excuse me-" said. "T'm
going right to bed"
/ changed my mind. "Once more"
said, II will try.
An. now 1 think I've got it, only
two words shy.
One hour later, the truth / must
reluctantly tell;
/ looked at that puzzle and said,
"Whl you please go to -"
OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01

President Coolidge mag
haze been ION the onq'" IN his
election talks, bat so far he
doesn't seem to haze "gone up
in the air."
y ARIZONA IKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01

harmless corrective, digestive and
antacid.
Millions of the best of families al
ways keep a large so cent package
at hand--they. know its magic and
druggists guarantee 1t.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01

CHRISTMAS IS coming! Do you
know about the Shop-o-scope? In.
vestivate before you inVesti
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-01

Bob Chew was sentenced to
five years in prison for an oil
lease fraud out West. Now he's
got something to chew on.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28

rupted by the war, yet practically no
public attention has been directed 70
the enterprise outside of the imme-
date locality. General Du POnt has
been content TO be a highway builder
without attempting to use his public
spirit as a means for self-aggrandize
ment.
at a time when so many professed
statesmen at the National Capitol are
slashing around blindly at almost any
thing and everything Of a cU~nst1uctIv"
nature, it will be particularly appro-
pirate that in the state OF Delaware
the people attest their appreciation
of the far-sighted and substantial
philanthropy Of such a public-spirit-
ed man as General Du POnt."
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28
SALTS FINE FOR
ACHING KIDNEYS
When Back Hurts Flush Your Kidneys q You
Clean Your Bowels

Most folks forget that the kidneys.
like the bowels, sometimes get sluggish
and clogged and need a flushing occa-
sionalEy, else we have backache and dull
misery in the kidney region, severe
headaches, rheumatic twinges, torpid
liver, acid stomach, sleeplessness and all
sorts of bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney region
begin drinking lots of water. Also get
about four ounces of Jad Salts from anv
good drug store here, take a tablespoon
full in a glass of water before breakfast
for a few days and your kidneys win
then act fine. This famous salts ia
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28

made from the acid Of grapes and lemoD
juice, combined with lithia, and Is "
tended to flush clogged kidneys az
help stimulate them to ACTIVITY
also helps neutralize the ACIDS N ~
urine so they no longer i%rr!tate' 'HO
helping to relieve bladder disorders,
Jad Salts is inexpensive; makes a ~ ~
lightful effervescent lithia water dInJ
which everybody should take now az
then to help keep their kidneys clean 10
A well-known local druggist says
sells lots of Jad Salts to folks VIM Il.
ieve in trying to correct kidney trOD
while it is only trouble. By all III IA.
have your physician examine your
neys at least twice a year.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28

n ETAILS Of the alleged attempt
~ by government agents to frame"
Senator Wheeler were given to the
BrOOkhart committee by W. o. Duck
stein and his wife, the former con-
hdential secretary for Edward B. Nc
Lean and the latter a special agent Of
the Department of Justice. AS q re-
suit the committee ordered that
Special Assistant Attorney General
Hiram Todd Of Nel; York appear and
testify concerning two men who went
to Washington as his agents and who
are supposed, incidentally, to have
stolen the missing records Of CASTOR
B. Means.
In the senate Sterling Of South Da-
kota stood firm as the only n op-
posing the exOneratlon Of Wheeler
from the charge on which he was in.
dicted I'm Montana. This exOneratiOT
will not relieve Wheeler from the ne
cessity of going to trial. for the pro
ceedings will not be dismissed.
Testimony in the Daugherty inves
tigation has resulted in the indictmen
of Tex Richard, Jap Muma and sev
eral other men by a federal grand jur,
at Newark. N. j.. on charges Of trans
porting the Dempsey Carpenter hgh
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28

TTAVING rebuffed the President to
Il this extent, congress was dis
posed TO show greater consideration
Cor some Of his views concerning the
fax reduction bill, probably in order
20 avoid a veto of that measure. The
senate and house cOnferees reached
a complete and unanimous agreement
on n compromise and consented to
abandon the two features to which
Nr. Coolidge had especially objected
che senate amendments On corporation
tav and full publicity Of tax returns.
She amendment taxing undistributed
earnings of corporations also was elm
Enated. The Simmons normal taxes
and surCaxeS and personal exemptions
vere approved. Thus the maximum
surtax is 40 per cent and the normal
income tax rates are , per cent on in
come up to $4,000, 4 per cent between
$4,000 and $4,000, and 6 per cent above
$4,000. The - per cent reduction In
taxes on 1923 incomes was not in dis
pute and stands unchanged. The per
sonal exemption of all heads of fam
Hies. regardless of income, is $500
The treasury recommendation for &
limitation Of deductions for capital
losses TO 1914 per cent was restored
20 the bill; this is estimated to NEAR
additional revenue TO the extent o
S25,OOO,OO0.
The conference report. was satlsfac
cory to the regular Republicans an
Democrats Of both houses, so it wa
evident the objections Of tie dis
RruntIed radicals would be of no avail
Veto of this MEASURE by the Presiden
was not expected by the leaders, d'
spite the prospect Of y huge defc'
due in part TO the soldiers bonu
senator SmOOt said he thought IN
enactment Of the tax bill woul 5
stimulate business as possibly to brir
IN more than the amount of the dehc
sn new revenues after IL is in oper'
4iop for a year or two. Re%presentati'
Green said that the paper deficit
the fiscal year 1925 will be wiped o.
nv the surplus carried from the hsc
rear 1924. With respect to the use
wear 1925 MIR. Green believes Tn
revenues will be greater tina es
mated by the treasury and thai the
will be a marked increase In the use
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28
DUPONT EXAMPLE
OF REPUBLICANISM
CELEBRATION is PLANNED TO
HONOR PUBLIC SPIRIT OF
FAMOUS DELAWARIAN

Washington, May 27.-"Construct-
iveness has Always been one Of the
chal aCteristics OF rep~ublicanism,' as
serts the Republican Publicity asso
citation, through its president, Hon.
Jonathan Bourne, Jr. in this re-
spect the party is but the composite
Of the characteristics of its Individual
members. For that reason, more than
local interest will attach to a cele-
bratiOn planned TO take place the lat
ter part of June or early part of July
at the capital of Delaware as a teSsi-
monial to General T. Coleman Dupont
in appreciation and recognition of his
gift to the public of a state long
boulevard.
Although next to the smallest of
our states in square miles, and often
described as a state which has three
counties when the tide is out, Della
ware has a length of 90 miles. This
is the length of the highway con-
structed by General Du Pont, chiefly
at his own personal expense. With
the planning and construction con-
Quoted by private rather than public
supervision it is altogether probable
that the road will prove to be OF ex-
t,aordinary durability and will stand
for many generations as a memorial
to the public spirit of its builder.
General Du Point is of the family
that is extensively engaged in the
manufacture of powder and numerous
commodities produced in connection
Herewith. His activities, however
have been chiefly along other lines.
t He is known as a coal producer and
the owner of a string of high class
! hotels and of business properties in
! New York City. He has served very
acceptably as a member of the Re
. publican National committee, as chair
G man of his state committee, and fol
part of a term as senator from Della
d ware.
"Many other men of wealth hav,
devoted their efforts to the promOtiol
of public welfare by the establish
ment of libraries, of educational in
: situations, hospitals, art gallerie:
ETC., but General Du Pont seems t
stand alone as one who has devote
10 part of his wealth to the constructiO
of a public highway. Many years ag
he organized a national association
~ financed almost entirely with his ow
e private funds, for the development
as public sentiment in favor of highwa
ID Improvement. An illustrated bro
- chure which he published in cOnne'
4. ton with his g~ood-roads educationi
OF work was by far the most cOmplet
the most instructive, and most beaut
he full work of the kind ever publishe
sti in this or any other country. II
public sentiment he built up in fave
of highway improvement vas vel
fttingly followed by his personal e
-bs forts in the construction of a hig'
he way traversing the length of his hon
.on state.
bI1 indicative Of the character of t
nee man it is appropriate to note that /;
for though General Du Pont has been e
raj gagged in this road construction ente
My prise since 1911, and construction h
been in process during the thirte
III years intervening, except when int
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28
NEWS review OF
Current EVENTS
Congress Passes Bonus Bill
Over Veto and Tax Bill
Compromise Is Fixed.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKAR0


o )NUS for the ex-SOldiers-alias ad-
- iusted compensation-and a reduc-
zion Of taxes TO the extent of about
412.G20,0 GOO during the calendar year
19.7. The country gets both Of these
blessings, according to the fiat of con
gre,a, though just how increased PIX
penaiture is to he adjusted to de
creased ven no expert has yet dis
covered.
On Monday the senate followed the
example of the house by overriding the
Presidents veto of the soldiers bonus
bill and it thus became law. All the
pressure brought by the administration
and the numerous bodies and individ-
uals opposed to the bonus was unavail-
ing. The vote was 80 to %, w more
chan the necessary twO-thirds, the ma
Sority including go Republicans. p
Democrats and 2 Farmer-LabOrites.
:, ; estimated that 3.O38,2S3 veter-
ans will be entitled to the insurance
policies provided by the soldier bonus
eil, while 3S9.583 will be paid cash of
$50 or less. The average certificate
face value is estimated at 1862. The
certificate Is payable in full after
twenty years, or before in case OF
death. Loans may be obtained on the
pol;cip- after two years. The lowest
estimate Of the cost Of the bonus is
chat annual appropriations a%ggregat
Fng $3.50, 1882 will be necessar.
-. H. uropfv-voor nnrie6
There also will be necessary $4,000
900 for administrative expenses tn
arSt year. The Department OF Wa
and other government agencies wer
Feady and preparations for the issr
ance of insurance policies and the pay
ment of the cash sums are bein
rapidly completed. The first issuanC
certificates will be dated January
1925.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28

DRESIDENT COOLIDGE called the
L Republican members of the senate
foreign relations committee to the
White House and discussed with them
the ways and means of giving effect to
his recommendation for American adj
herenCe to the permanent court of in
ternational justice. lie said his posi-
ton wl: unchanged. The result was
that at the request Of the committee
Senator Pepper drafted and introduced
a resolution proposing that the United
States join the existing World court
on the condition that it be entirely
divorced from the League Of Nations.
It also proposes the calling of a third
Hague conference to clarity and cOdify
international law.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28

JAPANESE resentment does not ex-
j tend to the army aviatOrs who are
flying around the world. Last week
the three planes-frst to fly across the
Pacifc-reached Japanese territory
and then made two more hops ALMOST
to Tokyo. Everywhere the %aviatOrs
were received with enthusiasm and
they we're given all possible aid by
the government and the people.
Capt. Pelletier DOisy. the French
man, crashed at Shanghai and his
plane was ruined, but he decided to
proceed with a machine furnished by
the military governor Of Shanghai
Captain MacLaren, the English flyer
was making good progress across Brit
ish India.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28

VXTITHIN ten days after the signing
w of the immigration bilI-assum-
ing that it is signed-Japan will file
formal protest against the Japanese
exclusion clause, and probably will
ask the Hague court or the League Of
Nations to take up the matter. This
is the decision of the Japanese privy
council, which holds the measure fla
gravity violates the commercial treaty
Ambassador Hanihara will be per
mitted to resign" as he undoubtedly
wishes to do. Cyrus Woods, American
ambassador to Tokyo, already has re-
signed and is coming home. His rea-
son is given as the illness of his moth
er-in-law, who was injured in the Sep
TENDER earthquake, but it is known
both here and in Japan that he was
greatly disheartened by the action Of
congress relating to Japanese eXclu
sion.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28

year 1926. He expressed the opinion
that no actual deficit will develop dur
ing the next two FEARS and that con
gross then can provide new financing
methods if necessary.
POLITICALLY both sides will
L share in the benefits from the
tax reduction, but 1t Is likely the
Democrats will get the bigger portion.
The bonus bill was not a party meas
ure. What will be the effect of the
futile veto on Mr.. COOlidge's political
fortunes is debatable. His message
of disapprOval was such a well rea-
soned and cOmmOnsense document
and so politically courageous that 1t
probably will deprive him Of few
votes, and the bonus issue is removed
from the campaign. The vOte-hungry
congressman who insisted on passing
the bill presumably will receive their
reward.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28

films into other states. Scores of
witnesses were heard by the jury.
TIE senate last week passed the
l. GOOding bill which prohibits rail
roads from charging less for the longer
haul than for the shorter haul 10 meet
competition Of water carriers OF mar
ket competition. This is legislation
for which the interlnOuntain states
have been fighting for years. The adj
vOcates of the measure will try to get
action on it by the house before ad-
jOurnment. The Howell Barley bill
which would abolish the railway labor
board, was bitterly fought in the house
and it's friends admitted that final &C
ton on II was unlikely at this session
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28

WHETHER EdOuard HerriOt, radi-
w cal leader, shall be the next
premier Of France probably depends
on the action of the Socialist party at
it's meeting on June .. The question
is whether the party shall %cOllabOrate
with the government or participate.
HerriOt fayOrS the latter. Meanwhile
he and other leaders Of the left have
bepn called into consultation with Pre-.
mier Poincare and President Millerand
especially concerning finances and the
existing campaign against the franc.
Herriot says the latter is "an under
handed maneuver of domestic poll
tics" His ideas on foreign policies
are somewhat vague, but it appears
evident that if he becomes premier he
will move slowly and cautiously in the
matter of recognizing Russia. In all
international matters he pomises to
keep within the bounds of reason.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28

THE triumph of the laborer in
IL Great Britain was Signalized in .
spectacular way in Edinburgh when
James Brown, once a pit boy and now
a miner member of parliament, sat
upon the throne in Hollywood palace as
lord high commissioner and in the
name Of the king declared Open the
annual assembly of the Presbyterian
Church of Scotland. The castle rave
him the royal salute Of twenty-One
runs and the state trumpeters heralded
him as, gOrgeOusly clad, he passed
along the royal gallery; and after the
ceremony, In which he bore himself
with all due dignity. the troops pre-.
sented arm and the entire populace
cheered the little miner.
/. D0LAND, Rumania and Turkey. ac
L cording to dispatches from Buchar
est, are negotiating a mutual defense
treaty by which these powers agree
to give full support to each other in
case. any n of them is attacked by
Russia. 1t provides especially fol-
the defense Of Bessarabia. Poland
and Rumania each guarantee to pui
100000 well trained. we'll equipned
troops into the field against Russia
and Turkey promised 70 throw In 95O
600 men in the Caucasus TO seize
the Batum oil fields. The BRITISH
would be expected to blockade Russi.
In the Baltic and Black seas and +,
supply airplanes. artillery and tank,
to these three armies. Great Britain
Is alleged to be determined to preven
the seizure by the Russians of tn,
t mouth OF the Danube.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28

GERMAN Nationalist. feeling very
" cOcky over the strength they de-
velOped in the elections, demanded. as
the price Of their cooperation with
the middle parties in forming a gov.
eminent, that Admiral o Tirpitz
should be made chancellor. The mid.
die parties refused to promise this OF
discuss it. so the negotiations for
such a coalition broke down. The
Nationalist and the German Fascist
both are opposed to the Dawes plan
and have been trying to enlist enough
votes to reject il. Count Won Etevent.
low expressed the views Of the Fas-
cisti thus: "The conditions Of the
Dawes report deprive Germany of the
t last shreds Of self determination
promised by Wilson" Rejection of the
/ Dawes plan by Germany probably
would bring prompt action by France
despite the change of government, fol
the French Socialists are I'm genera
patriotic and the radicals are only
comparatively radical. They supper
the Dawes plan heartily but they In
sist on Preparations as strongly as doe
nj. Poincare.
In the Ruhr the strike of miners ant
other workers is increasing an
sabotage is becoming general. Man
emergency workers have disappeare
and the authorities fear they hav
been murdered.