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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06

A. Has something to do with
eggs, we think.
IS. Reverse Of "slow."
~. Chamber of Commerce"
in not more than two letters.
4S. The word just ahead Of
''Trovatore."
40. often used with "fro."
81. Often used with ''he," to
denote tittering.
So. Fifty per cent Of popular
college yell.
SIS. A little more stern.
81. Position of gentleman whose
chair has been suddenly removed.
So. First two letters Of annals.
Guess that:
So. e., the poor Indianw
so. What us wise guys call the
Associated Press.
60. Bun" with the middle
letter missing.
81. Supposed to be a country
in western Asia, but we doubt It.
SO. How stupid Horace wrote
''Tokyo."
20. II Mrs. johnson was the
mother of Dorothy and Henry
Johnson, what was Dorothy to
Henry?
VERTICAL.
2. Alternative OF spelling the
child.
8. Easiest way of spelling
eighty"
4. A little girl of poor parents
had three aunts. Aunt Myrtle
was in moderate circumstances,
Aunt Emma was downright poor
and Aunt Emily was filthy rich.
After which aunt was the Httls
girl named?
S. From which great oaks ars
popularity supposed to grow:
Z. First Tor LAST half or ma
ma" dolls cry.
s. Preceded by cay" this
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
May Be True

six members Of Congress, in
carefully prepared speeches on
the floor OF the House. today
branded their constituents back
home as "dumbells who wouldn't
know rain IL they saw It, let
alone knowing enough to come
in out OF it." They told Con-
gress that they owed their com
stituents nothing and could have
come to Congress II they had no
constituents at all.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
us. To DEFRAY
ALL costs OF
WARS
By URA LYRE,

Capitol Correspondents Of the End.
of-the-W World Edition Of The Tlmes.l
Amid scenes Of ponnp and en-
thusiasna unprecedented In the
legislative history Of the Repub.
lie, the Senate today voted ths
United States into fun member
ship in the League Of Nations,
thus bringing to q victorious
conclusion the long fight that
has been conducted by Senator
Hiram johnson toward this
humanitarian end.
At the last minute, just as the
Senate was about, to set the seal
OF approval on the ratification
measure, q reservation was pro-
posed by Senator Reed DemO Of
Missouri, whereby American
membership was conditioned On
this governments being permit.
ed to bear the entire cost OF
maintaining the League.
BOrah en- Job.
This was adopted with such q
whoop that 1t inspired Senator
Borah, Rep.) OF Idaho, to pro-
pose another reservation, which
was also adopted. The Borah
reservation follows:
q Provided, however. that
in the event the League Ia called
upon to suppress disorders any
where in the world by armed
force, 1t is understood and made
a condition OF this agreement
that the United States shall
ALONE furnish the men, money.
guns, ammunition, ships and
other impedimenta Of warfare,
used in quelling this trouble, AMI
in addition thereto shall pay TO
the other members of the Lea
que whatever amounts Tin CASH
they consider adequate compen-
sation for this privilege thus ac-
corded the United States.
Continued Somewhere.l
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
GARNER WANTS HIGH
PROTECTIVE TARIFF

'What this country needs and
must have Is q high protective
tariff" Congressman Garner Of
Texas, told the House today in
an iHmpaaei0ned GRAFTON.
He declared that he had always
been in favor Of the Mellon tax
bill just as it was brought into
the House and nad introduced
his tax plan, not with any hope
Of its being adopted, but merely
as means Of calling public at
tention to the far more desirable
features or the Mellon plan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
PEPCo GIVES THREE s
MILLIONS TO PEOPLE

All of the 100000 Inn.
pounded fund of the Potomac
Electric Power Company will be
distributed among consumers,
the company having decided to
decline its share of this fund.
William F. Ham, president of
the company, in turning over all
of the money to the people,
made this announcement:
1--WE want the good will Of the
public, and are willing to pay
for it. While we believe we are
entitled to all OF the So, 00O, 900,
we also believe we can get much
good will be declining to share
in any Of it."
Line forms on the right.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
smashes Cider Press

| "I am going to smash up all
my homemade cider presses and
winemalxing apparatus" Con-
gresham John Philip Hin OF
Maryland, announced today. i
denounce anybody who makes
cider or wine in his cellar as
an enemy Of the republic and
as a. moral leper who should be
abhorred by all good people.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
FRANCEPAYSWARDEBT
u. S. Joins League Of Nations
Would Happen
Before the End
Of the World

What kind Of newspaper
would be printed just before
the end of the world?
On this page The Times
depicts the news articles that
Its reporters believe would
pKessage the end OF the world.
As far as we know. there 10
not q line of truth on the
pages Of the End-of-the- World
edition.
It is presented in the spirit
of good nature, and has no In
territorial sting toward anyone
or anything.
Editor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06


Senator Burton X. Wheeler.
word will give a cowboys name
for his horse.
9. What il a man after being
completely barbershopped?
liz. Small, sometimes, but al
ways powerful in The Times
es. Used after the name. II
you've been to- school long
enoneh.
IS. First name Of New FORKS
81. what one must never do
to q strange lion.
e4. Hello! We meet again!
IS. Who's reading this, any,
81. Variant of "Ah, thereE
what no! and the like.
So. Synonym for ''finis,"
spelled backward, without the
final letter.
Now we know you're looking
for Vertical Twelve and -Four.
teen, and anything else we
may have omitted. What
more do you want for three
cents? Gosh. some people are
unreasonable!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
MUSIC
Al Swan-Like Ending

IInphonIes md soda-popI

SyTnph0nie9 ana e0da-p0pt
America being. genial while u
hearkems to hfgh-brow mteicg
new washington Hippodromo last
evening.
It was . typIcally American ocono
Of this year, 1895.
ssMusiC OF the future" they called
This fanfare Of Music ch q a.
IL NAV be-heId q tkrong bfeathleeS.
Al they vigorously appiauded the
fifty-nifty eaxophone players ot the
National Capitals new aymphonld
jazz symposium. ~.
History can relate no greater TIL
,aYnph for the arts Of the hour.
Al thousand players in All. kl1LF
drums to give it substance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
VoIstead for Licker

Former Congressman Andrew
Volstead today denounced pro-
hibition as "a lot of bunk"
II don't know who started all
this fool prohibition stuff" he
said. "but I consider 1t an absolute
infringement upon the rights of
free citizens. don't propose to
abide by it. / know my rights. :"
FOREMAN Of composing room wants
first file on soft job, or what have
you. LIGNUS. v. IRONHEAD.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
Fall EuIogized

The Senate halted in it's DELHI
erations today to hear an eulogy
o. ex-Secretary of the Interior
Albert b. Fall by Senator
Thomas ]. Walsh, his erstwhile
colleague.
'sAr. FALL" said Senator Walsh
- my ideal OF a public SER
Yants"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
Agrees With Darwin

William Jennings Bryan, erst.
while opponent Of the theory Il
evolution, today told the Amer1.
can Society Of Anthropolog1sts
that he is convinced that Oar
win was right.
II am fully convinced" he
said, that 1 am q lineal de-
scendant Of the anthropoid ape"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
Now You Tell One

Rabbi Abram Simon, Marcus
Carney and the Right Reverend
Michael Curley, Archbishop of
Baltimore, today called a mass
meeting to. raise funds for the
purchase Of sheets for poor but
deserving members Of the Ku
Klux Khan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
ANTHOLOGY
Emil J. McPopOpOpOpouIos.

L4AAA Oe MIA VAsSNSO1essAeS
Emil J. McPopopopopoulos.
fifty-eight years old. died &C his
home. 1929 K street northwest,
early today. Relatives said death
was due to a heart attack, but
everybody in the neighborho0d
stated that Mr.. McPopopopo pou-
los had been slowly poisoning
himself with homemade liquor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
6LANTON FOR REDUCING
DISTRICT TAX RATES

Congressman Thomas L. Blan-
ton today broke his accustomed
tactiturnity and admitted to an
interviewer that he believed the
District tax rate is entirely too
high"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
GEN. MITCHELL AGAINST
AEROPLANE BUILDING

Brigadier General William
Mitchell. assistant chief of the
army air service, today advised
Congress to stop wasting it's
money and time on airplanes and
to build battleships.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
SOCIETY

The writer Of this went
eleven hours without food
in order to make the end
Of the world edition with
this sensational story and
tainted at her desk.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
Ooh, "a Ia!

Despite the high wind today
sixteen young curb-lizards de-
serted their posts along f street,
raised their hands and eyes
piousiy, and went home to read
the reports Of the Bureau Of
Crop Estimates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
What Next2

Senator Medill Mccormick of
Illinois declined an appointment
to the Court Of vt. James today.
He explained he did not think
lame ducks should be given poll
teal preferment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
New Big Four

Formation Of an athletic big
Four. which viii include
Georgetown, Catholic Univer-
sity, Maryland State and Vir-
GINA has been completed. The
schools are bound, by the
terms Of the agreement, to play
each other in every line Of
sport. Officials Of Georgetown,
where the idea originated, were
highly elated when the plan
went through. A love fest with
coaches Of all four colleges at
tending will be held at the New
National Museum. Curly Byrd
has agreed to do the publicity
work for the big Four" gratis.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06

WANTED sixty grandmothers,
preferably cripples; to be glori-
fled in the 1926 edition Of the
Follies. Apply Florenz ZIegfield.,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06

Here something under the SOL children patudes to
contrary crossword puzzle already worked out for
saving pencils and tepers Predgesed as it WERE
Many Of the words above have before appeared
new type of puzzles. But grow garruous. The key:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06

OPTION ON FORD CAR
Stalled near District Bldg.
Three-day option, SIS. Call
Tex. lososs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06

For obvious reasons this
paper does not print serial
stories.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06

Ex-Attorney General Harry A
Daugherty appeared on the SEN
ate floor today, arm in arm Wltn
Senator Burton X. Wheeler.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
THE WEATHER

Officially the Weather
Bureau says it viii be fair
and warmer, but we have
40 confidence in these re-
ports.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14
SHEPHERD CASE
CLEWS SOUGHT
Search for Poison Source
Leads to Texas.
Rn United Preaa

BU United Press
CHICAGO. April 14.-Galveston,
Texas. is being searched for clews
that may throw light on the death
of Mrs. Emma McClintock, it was
revealed today by the State attor-
ney's Office. Mrs. McClintock. who
died sixteen years ago., was taken
Ill in Bay View. Texas. while she
was assisted by William d. Shep-
herd. former Indianapolis man in
building a summer home.
DR.. William C. Fisher Of Calves
ton has been asked to examine his
records to determine whether he
ever gave medical attention TO Mrs.
McClintock. Bihcloride Of mercury
was found in Mrs. McClintock's
body.
Shepherd is in jail. charged with
the murder Of Billy, his ward. Cniet
Justice Olson OF the Municipal
Court holds that Shepherd plotted
Billy's death to secure the McClin.
took fortune. and asked that the
bodies of Mrs. McClintock. Billy's
mother, and DR.. Oscar Olson be ex.
humed. He said he suspected poison
in their cases.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14
EMPLOYERS GET
LABOR WEAPON
Frisco Contractors Plan Is
Held Lawful.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON. April IA de-
.cision which gives employers a new
weapon in fighting organized labor
was handed down by the Supreme
Court Monday when it approved the
American plan"-a device resorted
to by San Francisco building on
tractors for fighting the closed shop.
This device was declared to be a
violation Of the antitrust laws by
the District Court. The Govern
ment brought the case. But the
Supreme Court reversed that view
and held that the American plan" is
American.
The contractors association intro
duced the use of permits for certain
indispensable building supplies such
as cement, lime. plaster and sand.
No builder could obtain these sup
plies except by permit. Every dealer
~cooperated. The condition on which
permits we're granted to contractors
was that the latter employ the open
shop arrangement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14
w. S. FRYE TO
BE ON BALLOT
Election Board Decides He Is
Not Disqualified.

Notwithstanding contention in po-
litical circles that w. S. Frye, can
didate for Republican nomination
for mayor, is disqualified because he
maintained residence in Warren
township outside the city prior to
March 1, this year. the city election
board declared today his name will
be placed on the ballots.
Il was advised condiates for
mayor are required to have lived
in the city only sixty days before a
primary" said Frye. I have com
piled, and established my residence
inside city limits March l."
Frye said he has been a resident
Of Indianapolis for thirty years, ex-
cept for a short time.
Leaders of the campaign of John
L.. Duvall, another Republican
aspirant, have made unsuccessful
efforts to have Frye withdraw.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14

1919 and 1920, Tracy rendered
notable service by conducting a com
%prehensive study of city and county
budgets. He was president of the
Little Theater Society and engaged
for a time in the insurance business
here.
Tracy left Indianapolis to became
secretary of the Philadelphia City
Club. Funeral services were to be
held in Philadelphia today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14
COURT LAW Is DEAD
Kansas Institution Was Center of
Much Strife.
Bv United Press

BN nftcd TfesS
TOPEKA, Kan, April 1.-THE
Kansas industrial court law, held
unconstitutional in part by United
States Supreme Court. has practi-
cally been wiped out by the de-
cision.
During it's existence IL was the
cause of bitter strife between cap
ital and labor. Alexander Howatt.
mine union leader. served nearly a.
year in Jail because he defed its
orders.
The employers began their fight
against the industrial court when
the latter undertook to enforce an
order requiring the Wolf Packing
Company of Topeka to Increase
wages.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14
METH0DlSTS OF
STATE GATHER
Annual Conference Opens at
Anderson, Ind.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
ANDERSON, Ind, April IA
Ministers and lay leaders of the
Methodist church gathered here to-
day for the eighty-second annual
conference Of the churches of north
ern Indiana.
Six hundred ministers and more
than a thousand laymen were ex-
pected to attend. The sessions will
be held at the First Methodist
Church here. with Bishop Frederick
Leete OF Indianapolis presiding.
Examination of undergraduates
and candidates for the ministry was
held before the conference board of
examiners as the first work Of the
conference.
District superintendent were to
confer with Bishop Leete this after
noon and the first big meeting of
the assembly will be held tonight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14
SON BORN TO HEIRESS
Mrs. DeIIora Noriss, Mother, to Get
S38. 900. 900 Estate.

BID IHTItu FfGSS
CHICAGO. April 14.-Another
member Of the group Of richest
babies in America appeared Monday
when a son wa sborn to Mrs. Dellora
Angel Noriss, heiress to the $685.
900 900 John w. Gates estate.
Mrs. Noriss and her husband, Les
ter Norris, have another child, a Is.
months old daughter, who won a
prize in the central States fair baby
show last year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14
SPREAD.
| ALL OVER FACE
|Itched and Burned Badly.
Cuticura Healed.

was troubled with blackheads
and pimples which soon spread all
over my face. The pimples were
hard and very large, and itched and
burned so badly that l could not
sleep. My face looked awful.
II used several remedies but
they did not help me l read an adj
vertisement for Cuticura Soap and
Ointment and sent for a free sam
pie. 1t helped me so l purchased
more, and after using about four
cakes Of Cuticura Soap and one
and a half boxes Of Cuticura ONT
ment l was healed" (Signed) Miss
Mary Osaben, $40 Ohio Ave, Kan
sas City, Kans., July rs, 1924.
Use Cuticura to healitching skins.
Soap ac. Ointment 2s and bOc. Talcum e6e, Sold
everywhere. Sample each free. Address;
"outieura Laboratories. Dept. II, Maiden, Mas"
&&g- CuticurA Shaving Stick use.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14
Mems UNIONS

Athletic union suits, full
cut. from n material that
Is serviceable and comfort
able; worth soc; three
suits for
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14
Health Division Moves

Division of Child Hygiene Of the
city board of health. which has had
it's central office on the fifth floor of
the Baldwin Block. has moved it's
eadquarters to Room 400 Meridian
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14
Third Annual Tournament
in City Gets Under
Way.

T~7ARL KITCHEN. IA. Of lie
f. North ST., won the first
- district match in The Indi-
annapolis Times third annual city
marble tournament, Monday, at
Benjamin Harrison School No. 2,
no N. Delaware St.
District Journeys started off with
a lot Of enthusiasm. Wilbur Gard.
ner, IA, of Gil N. New Jersey St,
vas the runner-up in the finals.
Bessie Nelson, 90 N. Capitol Ave.
the first girl who entered the con-
test. played in the semi-finals.
Kennard Ong, last years champ,
refereed several of the games.
Today at 3 p. m. the second dis
trict game was to be held at
Austin II. Brown School No. 6,
701 Union st. Wednesday there
will be a game at Irvington
School, No. Z, E. Washington st.
and Ritter Ave.
Boys and girls under Is. who
live in the neighborhood Of these
schools may play in that district
although they attend another
school.
Games will be played from Mon
day to Friday Of every week until
the city finals. Other games this
week will be Thursday at Oscar G.
McCulloch School No. S, e12 W.
Washington St, and Friday at
Thomas d. Gregg School No. IS,
Michigan St. and Beville Ave. All
games begin at 3 p. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14
EXC. OF C. WORKER DIES
4. r. Tracy Had Been Secretary OF
Civic Affairs Body.

Robert Emmett Tracy, former sec
rotary Of civic affairs committee of
the Indianapolis Chamber of Com
merce, died Sunday in Philadelphia
following a short illness, according
to word received by friends here
Monday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14
City Manager Discussed

City manager form Of government
was discussed by Indianapolis Chris
tian Ministers Association Monday
at Y. NJ. c. A. Outline OF move
ment was delivered by the Rev. c.
NJ. Duncan Of Chicago. director of
Methodist Hospital Advance move
ment who recommended that all
Christian churches should favor the
plan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14
Paving Approved

Plans Of county commissioners to
pave Sixty-Fourth st. from Spring
Hill Rd. to B%ellefontaine st. under
the three-mile law have been APP
proved by the board Of works. This
will provide a connecting link be-
tween the Spring Hill Rd. and State
Rd. No. I.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14
STILL KAISER'S SUBJECT
Bill Says War Lord Not Free From
Allegiance Oath.

BIZ United Press
LONDON, April 14.-In one Of the
few direct communications to the
outside world authorized by the for
mer German Kaiser since his exile
in Doom. Wilhelm Hohenzollern to-
day informed the United Press that
he was not supporting the presiden-
tial aspirations of General linden
burg. and inferred that he had not
released the former field marshal
from his oath of allegiance to the
throne.
Wilhelm chung to his imperial
title, referring to himself as This i'm
perial majesty"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14
Looks Like a Hot
Summer, Boys
Signs of summer:

NIBTIs OF SUIIIIIeT.
Frank Morgan, 52S Massa-
chusetts Ave, told police a
three-speed, twelve-inch electric
fan, valued at SIS, was stolen.
Chief Yoeman, United States
Naval Reserve, II e. North ST.,
reported two canoes. valued at
$50. taken from the serve
boathouse under Casino Gar
dens. The letters ~. S. N. r.
F." were painted on each canoe
The manager Of the Gardens
told police he saw some boys
take one OF thu canoes and
paint it green.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14
Imported Ties

These fine woven ties
are regular $500 values
and carry the genuine
Swiss imported label.
Wonderful values. Buy
all you want ............
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-04-14
READS ON RAILROAD
Bedford Man In Serious Condition at
Hospital.

BIZ United Press
BEDFORD, Ind, April 14.-If
William G.. Cook, 20. RECEIVERS he
will find a better place to read a
newspaper than a railroad track.
He is near death in a hospital
here having been struck by a train
on the Baltimore and Ohio line ear
Loogootee.
Evening star., 1925-01-09
DEATH MASK Is TAKEN
OF ARCHBISHOP MOELLER
Cardinal Hayes to Be Celebrant at
Requiem Mass-Brothers of
Prelate Assist.

By the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, January "a death
mask was taken Of Archbishop Henry
MoelIer yesterday by Clement j. Barn
horn, noted sculptor, who was a per-
sonal friend of the prelate.
Preparations for the funeral OF the
archbishop, who died Monday night
following a heart attack, were near
completion. Patrick Cardinal Hayes
Of New York will be celebrant of the
solemn high mass of requiem and
Archbishop John ]. Glennon OF st.
Louis will preach the sermon. Cardi-
nal Hayes will be assisted by Right
Rev. Bernard Moeller. chancellor OF
the Cincinnati archdiocese, and the
Rev. Ferdinand J. Moeller of the
Evening star., 1925-01-09

Jesuit Order. st. Louis, brothers of
the dead prelate.
Pietro Fumasoni- -Biondi, apostolic
delegate at Washington, D. c., will
attend the funeral.