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Evening star., 1924-01-20
CHAPTER III.
The Second Herd North Of 30.


nsd ! did 1dnsaa not live in a big city until I
ract that ] always worked alone. had
never sought counsel in my opera
tions, is subject of frequent COM
ment. To me this is not strange.
Always ] have had to work out my
problems alone
The hard side of life, the tragedies
that leave their imprint upon the
faces OF city dwellers. were old stor-
les to me long before 7 had become
t"enty-one l never had any boyhood
IN the sense that the ordinary boy
does today. circumstances forced me
into cutting out my own way when
most boys are flying kites and play
ing marbles.
Though 7 may not show these
things in my facet haven't any gray
hairs or wrinkles-memories of those
early days can never be erased from
my mind. ! lived the life that most
boys imagine they want to live when
they read dime novels.
When I was but four or five years
old my father, who was a millwrigf1t,
picked up. the family and moved to
Sherman. Tex. That was n Wild Geo
ton of the country then. 1t was not
easy to earn living for wife and
five children. He heard OF prospects
We migrated to Henrietta. Tex There
my life Feally started All nv reroI-
'~ctiors date back to Henrietta.
In 1880, when | was ten years old.
nay father took sick. 1t was necessary
for me to go to work. I went to live
with big cattIeman named Jim Cur
tis at Cambridge. Clay county, Tex.
That was not far from Henrietta. In
fact .Camb bridge soon. thereafter prac-
tically ceased % exist. The two towns
We're bitter rivals.
Cowboys Steal Post once.
One night band of COWBOYS rode
Grwn on Cambridge and stole the
posi- office. which they brought back
anc established at Henrietta. Nv
mind is haZy on the details, OF this
but for years l remember the fact
OF, Henrietta having stolen the post
office from Cambridge being a matter
Of bitter controversy
Jim Curtis was a big-hearted. very
Kind man and so was HIS family. I
did the chores and ran errancs for
the ranch. 1t was there that I faced
my first tragedy.
One of my duties was TO go down
to the town and tell Mr.. Curtis when
dinner was ready-dinner was served
at IL o'clock. At that hour the cow
boys were usually in town and AL
ways in or around the saloons. They
were rough. shooting fellows.
In the spring one day Mrs Curtis
told me to go down and tell her hus-
band that dinner was on the table.
I went to the regular saloon gather
ing place, but he had just left I just
missed him in two or three places,
leaving word at each.
He was around here while ago
with Van Rice" a. cowboy told me.
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G.. u. SCORES ON TRACK: |
RAY WINS THRILLING RACE

EW YORK January l9The Blue and Gray figured
the Fordham University
Armory tonight the feature OF which thrilling
which William Goodwin Of the New York Athletic pushed
Joie Ray the only to lose by the
getoWh
of arabic
C..
NETT
G., the
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fight %
.>"w. that's worth some, hing. That
man is Interested in those two men.
But how did he ge5 interested: He
had been reading the newspapers. of
course. That particular bit Of gossip
had attracted him. Naturally, II It
attracted him ii caught the interest
OF others. 4 tip like that is worth
following.
notwithstanding what has been
said about building up false interest,
let me tell YOU that is mighty hard
thing to do. The writing men can
spring ali the stuff they like that
they want to. and We may DO all w.
can to keep IT going. but unless the
public reacts 10 II the builr-up in
terest will soon die out. Real inter
est persists and grows. That's the
stuff to put your finger on.
Says Papers Show the Way.
Take. for instance, the Dempsey
Carpenter fight Nearly every fight
man In the country had a feeling that
such a match would not be even: that
Carpenter was too light. Others
might have given Dempsey a better
hght, but the public wasn't talking
about others. They wanted to see
Carpenter. The affair had an inter
national tinge. I don't see how any
body could have failed to see from
the very start that Dempsey and Car
pentier would be a great attraction.
The gossip had headed that way and
there was no way of stopping It,
even If we had tried
Why. We tried for two years to get
Carpenter over here before he finally
came. When the French government
put its foot down on the proposition
toward the end of the war, even that
did not kill the interest.
AS | say, the newspapers do X all.
a man in any line of business can
find chance for success in the news
papers every day IL he will only read
them with care and with common
sense. Gossip is the clue to public de-
sire and In a city the newspapers
furnish the only way we have of
getting at 1t.
In the klondike and along the Yu-
kon all the big gold strikes were the
result of gossip.
What did YOU hear up north?' we
would ask of strangers in those days,
and we went by what we heard-it it
was straight talk.
What did you see In the news
papers?" we ask today.
The wise man pays attention. The
unwise one simply reads and forgets.
was taught to think straight in a
hard school, as will now show.
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CHAPTER MY Secret of Success.

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ToMoFrors why PronaotfnE Fights
Il Real sport.
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The tan has been handicapped by aggrvsd attitude
world conspng against him he yet prove worthy of
make good either
fall on what he shows this year. :
Evening star., 1924-11-09

address at a recent meeting OF the
Bryon p. T. A. Officers, who were
elected at the previous meeting. were
installed. A committee was appoint
cd to cooperate with the Lincoln
Park Citizens Association in the mat
ter of installing electric lights in the
Bryon School. The new principal Of
the school, Miss Sheads, made brief
address, and there was a musical pro-
gram. The officers are: President,
Mrs. Dalrymple; vice president. Mrs.
Galliher secretary, Mrs. Alice P. Draper,
and treasurer, Mrs. Henry. The presi-
dent and the treasurer were reelected
from last year.
The Benning P. T. A was organized
Wednesday by Mrs. Andrew Stewart
and Mrs. J. N. Saunders from the
District Of Columbia Congress OF
p. r. 4. Ofifficers for the year were
elected and the work Of the organiza-
ton started Mrs. S. W. Gibson was
unanimously elected president
Evening star., 1924-11-09
MAIL TRUCK ROBBED.
Driven Away and Abandoned
While Driver Was Absent.

A special delivery truck Of the Post
once Department. in charge OF James
E. Freeman, disappeared from a point
in front Of 922 Fourteenth street yes
terday while the driver was deliver
Ing a package. Report of its disap-
pearance was made to Federal agents
and the local police, and two hours
after the truck disappeared it was
found abandoned near Rhode Island
avenue and Ninth street
Examination Of the truck made it
evident that 1t had been in an acci-
dent after being taken from Four
teenth street, but was only slightly
damaged. Three Of the II packages
the truck contained had been stolen.
One Of tho missing packages con-
tanned dress suit, its contents being
known because it had been mailed
COD.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-04

president for some time. he confded to friends that in that position he had worked harder. longer and more steadily than in tho days when he made saddles. delivered bread or worked in his Bremen restaurant.
 President Ebert has always adhered to his original pledge to the republic that ir hard work. plus loyalty and application 10 details. political and otherwise, would hold the republic to- rcthcr. he would give the best that was in him. Thus the mere passing of smother milestone in his fife made no difference. Continuing his lifetime custom he was into his days work long before official Berlin was even sipping is morning coffee.
 Early rising is habit acquired by President Ebert as q youth when hs labored 12 to 14 hours daily as an ap- prentice in q saddisr's shop. Later. in his cagcrness to help the working classes. he became intereste cd in d CO., operative bakery move ment and often was at his task of delivering bread at , o'clock in the morning.
 Although he does not appear in the news of Germany as prominently as the chancellor and some other o1f-
New Britain herald., 1924-03-04
Famous Od Recipe for Cough Syrup Easily and sbrapiy made af home, buf it beats them all Tor
 quick resulls.
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Thousauds of housewives have found that they can save two-thTds 0i the money usnallv spent for cough prepaid lions. bv using the wcll-knoWn old recipe for making cough syrup at home. it ia simple and cheap but fl has no equal for prompt rcsults. IL takes right hold of cough and gives immediate Telifi. usually stopping an ordinary eough m Z4 hours or Ices.
 Get 2ia ounces of Piuex from any druggist. pour it into pint bottle and ada plain granulatcd sugar syrup to make a full pint. If you prefer. use clarified n1oiassrs. honey. or corn syrup. instead of sugar syrup. Either way, u tastes good, keeps perfectly. and lasts . family a long time.
 It's truly astonishing how quickly 1t acts. penetrating through every air rasssre of the throat and lungs-loos. .ns and raises the phlegm. soothes an1 beaIs tbe membranes. and rradnallT hBs ,prelv tbe annoying throat tickle and dreaded cough disappear entirely. Nothing better for bronchitis. spasBodic eroup' hosreene=s CT bronchial asthma.
 pirsx is . special and hisitiv cnnefn- grsted compound of genHine SoTHag nine pvtrset khovn ilfe uo-ld oyer for its hnaliug effect rn thr rnemhraufs.
 Aveid dissppnintment lv askjng vafr druggist for "21a ounce= Of PfneT' Nith full directions and d0t't s.eaT,t auFihing slse. Guaranteed to gire ahsoinie saiis- fsffian sr moHev rrmnptir ruuded. Tie Pi2cE Co. It. WayBe. lD4.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-04

Inc abandoned areas. however. both the flies and the antelopes remain. and keep alive tho fatal disease or- ganisms. If a human ventures into the regions he is very likely 10 be come infected.
 "One interesting fact developed in Il most interesting way by British na- turalists who sf udiCd the tsctse ny problem. is that the flies are relatively long-iivd. They live about q year and once harboring the disease Ur- ganism, preserve their power oI in- faction 10 tho end. The approximate life span of the flies when free was determined by patiently catching thousands or them. marking their legs. much as cattlcmen ear marks his animals. and releasing them. ~ intervals later thousands of flies wtrr captured in the same locality. The marked individuals continued to ap- pear among the captives, healthy and active. for the better part of 3 year.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-04
FLY AND ANTELOPE
 BATTLING SCIENCE
These Two Possess Secret of
 Sleeping Sickness

Washington, D. C., March 4.---The assertion that has recently come from Germany that the German Colonial society has n successful remedy for the hitherto incurable sleeping sick ness" of tropical Africa, but will not make it known unless Germany's pre-war colonies are restored, turns attention to one of the most dreaded Of known maladies.
 Tt is hardly too much 10 say that fhe sleeping sickness, and the tsetse fly which play an important part in causing it, have done more than mountain ranges, mighty rivers and most other natural features to affect, divert and hold back development in Central Africa" says a bulletin from fhe Washington, b. C., headquarters of the National Geographic society.
 "The Boer and British settlers Of South Africa had no tsetse problem" :" continues the bulletin, until their pioneers had pushed on toward the tropics. Then their cattle, bitten by flies, sickened and died. With the further opening up of the hot coun- try the tsetse fly was introduced to the world as tiny insect more destructive Of domestic cattle than the ravening lions that operate in some Of the same territory.
 sleeping sickness Challenged Cn-
 tral African Future
 "when Europeans came into con- tact with the tseese fly in some Of the more southern fly belts his de-
New Britain herald., 1924-03-04

cials none. not estr hs enemies. has ever accused President Ebert of loaf. ing on ihc prcsid, ntiai job. On the other band he is given credit for nav ing patched up innunierable party controversies which had reached the breaking point and is said to have handled with skill several government crises. with in the days after the fall Of the former kaiser threatened to disrupt tho republic.
 Ebert was one Of the six who form cd the first provisional government Of the republic. He became the first president provisionally February H.. 1919. when he was chosen by the Weimar national assembly. < presi- dential election was scheduled for 1929. but this was postponed because Of the unsettled conditions and Ebert, who had made good. was requested by coalition of several parties 10 remain in office until 1923. This hc agreed to do.
 President Ebert cares little for public show CT entertainment and finds his greatest pleasure in hard work--work which he nov hopes will result in general good for Germany and it's people.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-04
ENGLAND URGED TO COLLECT.

London. March i..--Thc Association of British Chambers or Commerce has sent letters to thn premier foreign secretary and chancellor of the cx- cteqnpr calling attention to the amount Of the debts die from France. Italy anI other countries. The association asks the government to approach France and Italy with q view Of obtaining q payment on ac- count. pending settlement of the debts on q fair basis.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-04
GERMAN PRESIDENT
 5 YEARS OF AGE
Observes Anniversary Quietly on
 FebTuaTy4

Berlin. March 4.-1'riedrich kbert, prp sidcnt or Inc German republic. on February celebrated his 53rd birth day anaiy, rsarr. but t1 him # was just another day in his life and in that 0i tho republic. His early life was one of hard work and it continued when he lrc1rnr the first chief executive of the r, public. Tn fact. after he had been
New Britain herald., 1924-03-04
rox TERRIERS REIGN

London. March 4.-- England's most popular dog is not. as one might sup pose. the English bull dog. but the fox terrier. Of the 600 dogs Of sll breeds exhibited at recent London show. more than a hundred were smooth or wire haired fox terriers. .seaiyhams were second favofites.
New Britain herald., 1924-03-04
GREENLAND DISPUTE NEAR END

Copcnhagcn. March 4.--Ncgoiia- tions betwecn Norway and Denmark relative to the sovereignty of Green land are likely tp result in friendly settlement Of the dispute. according
New Britain herald., 1924-03-04

10 the Poliiikcn. It is expected that Norway will acknowledge Danish SOW ereignty of Greenland. subject to non interference by Denmark with Nor wegian enterprises in the waters Of Greenland and East Greenland.
Evening star., 1924-03-19
The Norris Resolution.

The Senate is to be congratulated
upon passing the Norris resolution
yesterday, which proposes a radical
! change in the date for the assembling
Of a newly elected Congress and the
| Inauguration of President of the
United States. 1t is a departure from
the plan of the fathers, abandoning
the theory hitherto held that time
must elapse between the election and
the functioning of Congress to let
party passion which may have been
aroused in the campaign abate and to
allow 1.-The country to cool off" Mod
ern conditions have also materially
shortened the time necessary when
the Constitution was framed to COM
municate election results throughout
| the republic and to enable the new
congressman to get conveniently to
the Capital from the states most dis.
| tant from Washington.
In the opinion of sixty-three sena.
tors who voted for the resolution to
submit the proposed constitutional
amendment to the states for ratifica-
ton, it is a desirable change. Only
seven senators held the contrary view.
! The resolution now goes to the House,
requiring also two-thirds vote in that
body for adoption. 1t would be well
| if the House could expedite action SO
| that the amendment could be sab
| mitted to the states before this session
{ closes, that the legislatures, many IT
/ which convene in January, could COZ
slider it's ratification early in the com
| ing new year.
| Under the proposed plan a Congress
elected in November would assemble
in January, avoiding the lapse OF
thirteen months, as is now the case
/ before functioning. 1t abolisfes the
so-called "short session." in which leg
islation is often hastily enacted with,
out due consideration. In case the
| choice of President is thrown into the
House the Chief Executive will be
| elected by a Congress fresh from the
people.
| The resolution Of submission having
been thoroughly discussed in the Sen,
| ate, the great deliberative body" il
can be reasonably expected that the
| House. boastful of it's expedition, car
| make good its claim and act at once.
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age was not equal to the individual

age was not equal to the individual
courage of the premier.
The rest of the world has long recog.
nized that what Poincare now pro-
poses to do was the right and neces.
sary thing to be done, and there Is no
reason to doubt that Poincare has
been equally alive to the necessities Of
the situation. But French public opin-
ion was not ready for so drastic pro-
gram, and probably would have re-
manned unready but for the debacle
of the franc. The French people had
so long been fed on promises of repara-
tions that they could not bring them
selves to accept the hard way of ruth
less economy and burdensome taxa
ton. But when the franc fell in value
almost to the vanishing point it was
brought home to them that rehabilita-
On problematical German payments.
There are two main parts to the
Poincare program. He proposes first
to reduce administrative expenditures
to an absolute minipum, involving
even curtailment of rebuilding the
devastated regions. Then he will in
crease taxation by 20 per cent. In this
way it is proposed to balance the bud
get and stabilize the currency. 1t is
a heroic remedy, but in the end the
French people will profit by it. And
when the time comes that Germany
begins the payment of reparationS, as
it inevitably must come, France will
find herself financially among the
strongest nations of the world.
Evening star., 1924-03-19
Third Party Rumors.

Revival of reports that Senator La
Toilette is considering the launching
of a third party for the presidential
campaign is attracting attention in the
national political field. His decision, it
is explained, will be contingent upon
the kind of platform the republican
national convention writes next June.
Il it is too conservative for his liking
he is described as being willing to
head a movement for presidential
ticket, his platform to be framed along
his well known views which have been
classed as radical. =
In some quarters it is suggested
that possibly Senator La Toilette by
this threat to organize third party
is really more intent upon throwing
a scare" into the republican conserva-
tives over their platform than any
thing else. 1t is incredible that the
republican convention could adopt any
kind of a platform which would be
entirely acceptable to Senator La Fol.
lette unless they should let him write
1t himself.
So the republican party is likely to
go about setting its own house in
order, to adopt progressive" for.
ward-looking platform at Cleveland
and then to let the third.party pro-
moters rock along in their own fash
ion.
Evening star., 1924-03-19
Switzerland as a Marine Power

That old joke about the admiral of
the Swiss navy has long since lost
its SAVIOR. But it may be revived by
the announcement that the federal
authorities of the Alpine republic are
discussing measures to permit the
Swiss flag to be flown on the high
seas. For Switzerland, barred COM
pietely from the ocean, nevertheless is
seeking to build up a merchant ma
rine. 1t wants to carry its own goods
In its own bottoms. So it is looking
about for merchant navy, and there
fore wants to establish the right to
float the national emblem from the
masthead and have it recognized by
all the powers of the world.
Having no seacoast and no navy
and no mercantile fleet, Switzerland
lacks maritime laws. During the war
merchant ships that carried food sup
plies to Switzerland displayed the ma
tional colors of that country, as a
measure of protection. But that was
an emergency occasion, and it's pass
ing leaves the government at Geneva
in a quandary as to how to establish
the flag on the high seas. And there
is a further question in the case. If
Switzerland develops a merchant ma
rine will it not need a navy to protect
It? So that the old jest about the
Swiss admiral may after all gain some
point.
Evening star., 1924-03-19
Urges Public Support
OF Rogers Proposal
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The newspapers have given very
little space to a discussion of the
Rogers bill for the reorganization
Of our foreign service; partly because
we are not desperately interested in
matters foreign just now, and partly,
/ believe, because we have as a ma
tion a somewhat vague though ex-
alted idea of what an important part
our foreign representatives play in
international! affairs. We idealize our
foreign service officers is good-look-
ing men who fly from place to place
in handsome limousines, who are al
ways on hand to do anv ffag-raising
stunt. protect outraged Americans,
and who in their leisure moments
sit in the shade of some fine old
castle and sip fine liquors by the
quart and by the hour.
say this is our fdealtzed cinema
idea of what our secretaries, min
listers and consular officers are like.
And like such popular characters
they are just about as true to life
as any other Of the film likenesses-
are earnest. hard-working. competent
men; and they are just as represent
ative of the best In American life as
any other typical Americans. They
undergo many more % priyations prrd ions, shan sdnn
Gated American-both financially,
socially and otherwise.
AS one Of those who have been in
the work. liked it, and are anxious
to see the service keep pace with
American politics and industry, I be-
lfeye the Rogers bill offers verv
distinct and necessary change in our
foreign system Succinctly. the bill
aims: I'd To provide q living salary
ing all necessary qualifications, lack
private means, and are therefore
prevented now from making of the
service a career; (2) to make the
Evening star., 1924-03-19
The Borah Warning.

There was timeliness and sound
pronounced in the Senate yesterday
by Senator Borah when he told his
colleagues that the nation is growing
restless as result of the neglect of
essential legislation incident to the
Senates grand jury" pursuits.
To arrive at the judgment Of the
senator from Idaho called for no ex-
traordinary intuition; no abnormal
keenness of the senatorial ear held
close to Mother Earth. The popular
reaction against a, course of procedure
which, viewed most generously, places
such emphasis upon a series of investi-
cations as to disregard the legislative
needs of the hour is written plain for
all to see.
The nation demands that justice be
meted out for any dishonest or dis
honorable acts of those intrusted with
the administration of its affairs. But
! it demands further that there be no
masquerading Of partisanship under
of needed legislation.
BY this time last year the Senate
had completed its business and gone
home. Today the legislative program
has barely been opened. a big ma
jority Of the supply bills, needed laws
dealing with the coal and railroad
problems, tax reduction, the world
court, the soldier bonus, all remain to
be disposed of, together with a score
of equally important if less discussed
measures.
The Senate is warned that the pub
| lie will view with disfavor either a
failure to act upon these problems or
action taken without due deliberation.
1t is warned that it is impossible to
devote most Of its working hours to
| journeys along byways leading from
| the straight road of the oil investiga-
/ ton and at the same time legislate. 1t
will doubtless heed the warning of
| Senator Borah, tear itself away from
| the insidiously fascinating pastime of
| developing negligible scandal and ap-
| ply itself vigorously to the basic job
| for which it was elected.