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The Washington times., 1925-09-28
BY FAY KING

God bless the guys that write
travel books.
1t gives us folks that never
EXPECT to go. anywhere chance
to be every place, without the
trials and tribuIatiOns Of travel
on a small bank roll and limited
time.
Only a minute ago when the
telephone rang / had TO hop off
an island about the size Of period,
in the Pacific. to answer the
call.
The nice thing about travelling
in books and on maps Is that you
can be away and at home at the
same time.
When I hear the believing Of
the big ferries pulling out for
foreign shores. feel like . TEL
low traveller.
When you really take q trip
and you get back you may never
go anywhere again, but as long
as there is another travel book
you haven't read you've got an
other trip in store and you can
start any time.
I've gone around the world with
guys that walked most Of the
way, and / have made the grand
cruise with birds who were en-
tertained by the dignitaries OF
every country. .
I've been through the diamond
mines of South africa and the
gold mines of the KlOndike. I've
toured Greenland and the Tropics.
The Washington times., 1925-09-28
Ready for Barbecue

The annual fall barbecue OF Wash
ington Council, Knights of Column
bus, will be held tonight at 1850. at
Keane's, Eighteenth street and Ben.
ming road northeast.
The Washington times., 1925-09-28
God Bless the Guys That Write Travel
Books" for They Make 1t Possible
for Her to Go Globe Trotting.

Crossed the Alps and the des-
erts.
Parched for water and fIoun-
dered on fish.
Been shipwrecked and battIed
bandits.
When things got too exciting
all / do is shut the book until ]
feel drawer.
/ never get seasick or fOOtsOre,
only more satisfied to be home in
reality.
Tasmania and Newfoundland
seemed like suburbs to me. And
believe me when / was touring
Turkey the voice of our iceman
yelling up the dumb-waiter was
a happy reminder that home YVES
not so far away as IL seemed.
The more 1 read Of other coun-
tries and customs the better
Hike my own. But it's nice to
know where and how the other
fellow lives, and maybe he feels
the same way about II.
James Birch, jr., at Burlington,
N. j., sometimes sends me '"The
Log" the official magazine of the
CircumnavigatOr's Club. Every
member Of the club has been
around the world. 1.-THE Log"
has taken me on many q fine
trip.
just because / never actually
get very far doesn't discourage
me q bit. Travel books have
made me feel like a COsmopOiite,
and consider myself a CircuLn-
MAPigatOr!
The Washington times., 1925-09-28
BRITISH LAUNCH
GREATEST OF
WARSH|PS
Nelson" Considered Final
Word in Naval Efficiency.
Carries 9 16-lnch Guns
BY r. A. WRAY
international News Service Staff
Correspondent

Correspondents
WALKER ON TYNE, England,
Sept. 2S.-The Nelson, the most
powerful warship afloat, has just
been launched here. Her sistership'
the Rodney; is now building at
Birkenhead.
These two ships represent the
only two battleships now under
construction throughout the world.
They typify the last word in naval
efficiency, and at the same time
they will be the last battleships
constructed in any shipyard in the
world until the period set apart
among all nations under the Wash
ington convention for the cessa'
ton of battleship building.
The Washington agreement I'M
posed limitations. These new ves-
sells will not exceed $4,000 tons in
weight. and they will not be as big
as the four British battleships I'M
der construction and subsequently
scrapped under the Washington
convention, but nevertheless they
will be the most formidable fight
ing ships in existence.
Notwithstanding all limitations,
the best brains in England have
been busy on these ships, and it 10
safe to say that no vessel in the
world will be capable of tackling
| them.
Their fighting strength is such
| that they carry nine guns OF the
16-inch caIiber. These weapons
are something like seventy feet in
| length and will fire projectiles OF
one and one-fourth tons weight.
The original dreadhaughts OF
twenty years ago fired projectiles
of just One-quarter of this weight
and at that they were thought to
| be miraculous-so the fighting
strength of the present ships can
be clearly recognized.
The total brOadside fire of the
ships will be ten tons Of metal,
which can be fired twice a minute.
| Twenty tons of metal a minute
that is the big noise" that the
Newcastle constructors are to put
| into the water.
Their speed has not been dis
closed, except that it exceeds any
battleship taking the water before.
In naval circles it is put at q
knots.
In defense, all the lessons of Jut-
/ land and other battles of the late
war have been taken into account
and the Nelson and the Rodney will
outstrip anything else afloat in their
resistance to gunfire and torpedo
attack. Both have the double
skin" which was added to the Re-
nown, Repulse and Hood battle
cruisers to resist torpedoes, and
both contain many other novelties
about which nothing will be said.
Naval people call them the
Hush Hush" ships in construction;
the "Dash-Dash" ships in defense
and the Smash. Smash" ships in
attack.
The price of each will range be-
tween thirty.three and thirty.four
million when completed,
The Washington times., 1925-09-28
LEAGUE NAMES
MISSION To
N0SUL
Gen. Liadoner, Of Esthonla,
to Investigate Charges Made
Against Turks
BY international News service

GENEVA, Sept. 2s.-Mosul was
the chief question before the
League Of Nations council To-Day
when it met for the last time
during the present session.
Responding to British demands
the council appointed General LA
doner. Of Esthonia, as special
commissioner to proceed to MosuI
to investigate British charges that
Turks are deporting Christians from
Mosul. General Liadoner win have
two aides.
The final report on MosuI Is not
expected until early next year and
therefore the proposed December
session Of the League council has
been postponed. The nexs session
will be held in March at Madrid.
The Washington times., 1925-09-28
PASTOR IN DIVORCE CASE
QUITS CHICAGO CHURCH

CHICAGO, Sept. 28.--Doctor Carl
d. Case, pastor Of the First Baptist
Church. of Oak Park, today was
preparing to depart for jackson.
vile, Fla, there 70 rest and seek
to forget the publicity of which he
has been the center as a result of
being named in the divorce suit
of Albert r. Leland, one of his
flock.
Doctor Cases farewell sermon
was followed by a demonstration
from a packed church, punctuated
by much weeping and assurance
Of faith and good win.
He chose as his text THE Christ
We Serve" and neither in it nor
in his prayers did he more than
mention the fact he was leaving
his passionate.
Although his resignation has been
accepted, Doctor Case will have
the title of advisory pastor at full
pay for a year.
The Washington times., 1925-09-28
MARRIAGE GOLD" SENT
TO STRAITS SETTLEMENTS

NEW YORK, Sept. 28.-"Mar-
riage gold" to the extent of $1,000.
900 is being shipped to the Straits
Settlements by group of New
York banks. The gold is in United
States coins, which are melted and
used for adornmeDt and dowry pur-
poses in parts of the Far East.
Such shipments usually increase
at this time of the year, which is
known as the marriage season"
The Washington times., 1925-09-28
DINNER WATTS
z YEARS FOR
WIDOW
Woman Refuses to Explain
Why She Left London Sud-
denly and Mysteriously
By JOHN PAGES
international News Service

MONTE CARLO, Sept. 28.-Twelve
years ago in luxurious mansion
in the millionaire's row Of London,
an American widow suddenly
jumped I'm from the dining-room
table and without finishing her
meal walked out Of the house. For
twelve years the Wondering re-
mains of that dinner have waited
on the table for Mrs. Jannette
Oliver Vetch to return to her home
at No. / Hyde Park Gate, Ken.
sington road. Taxes have been pald
regularly on the mystery house, but
its mistress. who finally was found
in Monte Carlo, has never returned
What caused Mrs. Vetch TO aban.
don her home2 The international
News Service sent me to Monte
Carlo to ask her when she expects
to return to her London house.
I found Mrs. Vetch wandering be-
tween the gambling tables in me
ricbly.appointed Monte Carlo casino
A Mystery at Eighty:six
Tall. every slender, but still
straight as a soldier despite her
eighty-siy years, MRS. Vetch -
known to every habi :ue Of the
worlds greatest gaming rooms. Her
red cloche hat, decorated with q
white ribbon, and chicken feathers,
tobbed stiffly when ] introduced
myself $50,
for anything you say about my prl.
yate life,'' she replied to my first
question. Her attention was sud.
denly distracted from me by catch
in a glimpse of the British consul.
In few minutes he was the tar.
get for a presto, staccato mono
iogue, fired, by the wildly gesticu-
latinT woman. 1 later asked the
consul about Mrs. Vetch.
mo one knows where Madame
Vetch actually lives" he replied.
Every day for the last three
months she has come to the con.
sulate to demand a passport. She
assured me that II King George or
the Duke Of Connaught were in
Monte Carlo, she would obtain her
passport Immediately. Finally. /
was able to give her the papers to-
day, but she is still staying on.
Mrs. Vetch is one of the three
or four eccentriques who add to the
quaint atmosphere of Monaco. On
the French national holiday, July
ID, and on Armistice Day, she bor-
QSTGQ neT nat With ulIIc IldkS VI
all the allied countries. She made
the rounds of the Casino gambling
rooms bringing smiles to the lips
of even the losers by her singing
of the national anthems of the
allies.
"She tells me she is furious now,
however, because the London news
papers are raising so much fuss
about her mysterious flight from
her Hyde Park home in London
twelve years ago."
"Will you give me formal in.
PRODUCTION to Nine. Vetch" / begged
the consul.
The British government repre-
sentative accompanied me through
the spacious roulette room, and
finally we found Mrs. Vetch watch.
ing the little ivory ball.
Angry at Publicity
Mrs. Vetch didn't wait for the
Introduction. but brandished under
my eyes copy of London news
paper, crying:
Its abominable the way people
are talking about me-. II l. want
to leave my home empty for twenty
The Washington times., 1925-09-28
Emma Goldman Bows
to Fashion and
Bobs Hair
By international. News Service

LONDON, Sept. 2S.-Emma
Goldman is gradually bowling to
convention.
Like Queen Elizabeth Of Bel
GUM, she has been unable to re-
sist the onward tide Of short
haired fashions and Emma has
had her hair shingled.
Emma made her debut with
shingled hair at a first night
performance in a West End
theater and gave the first.
nighters something to talk of.
Her attendance Of a first night
is indication enough that the
Emma of today is not the fire.
eating Emma of old
The Washington times., 1925-09-28
ALL LOVERS ARE
CRAZY, MAN
WRITES
Teacher Held in Jail Sends
Letter to Coolidge De-
handing Release

POTTSVILLE, Pa. Sept. 2S.-
.'Am being held in confinement here
for making love to a girl. This is
contrary to the Constitution Of the
United States guaranteeing freedom
to all Americans, which charter of
liberty you have sworn to uphold.
Everybody who is in love becomes
q fool for the time being, and I
have been no more Of fool than
any Of my fellow beings. Please
order my immediate release. .
This is the letter Alexander Bi.t-
ner, school teacher, sspt to Prsei.
dent Coolidge from the county
prison here shortly before he was
taken temporarily to the county
asylum.
Doctor DierschedI, Of the county
Jail, pronounced Bittner insane, but
the former teacher protested vigor-
ously against being sent to an
asylum and was permitted to write
letters to Governor Pinchot and
other officials as well as President
Coolidge.
Before going to the asylum Bit.
ner filed his will giving his estate
which he valued at $4,000 900 to q
sister living at Hazleton. Among
Bittner's other actions were mess
ages sent to a granddaughter Of
John D. Rockefeller and Ethel Clay
ton, moving picture actress, making
proposals OF marriage.
Bittner got into trouble when he
tried to marry the sixsyear old
daughter of Joseph Buehler, of Port
Clinton, where he was residing.
Bittner il q university graduate
and friends say oyerstudy has
brought about alteration Of the
mind. They say he will recover
normal mentality at the asylum.
The Washington times., 1925-09-28
BRITISH DRY DRIVE ON
; IN MANCHESTER OCT. 1o

LONDON, Sept. 2S.-The much
heraIded prohibition drive of the
United Kingdom Alliance win be
opened in Manchester on October
10, at which many prominent, poll
ticians, social workers and church
men will speak.
Meetings will be held throughout
the winter in twelve of the largest
cities in England in support of
prohibition.
The Washington times., 1925-09-28
SHERIFF WANTS JUSTICE
TO TELL ABOUT GRAFT

Justice of the Peace Upton Per.
rell, Of Bethesda, Nd, was last night
called upon by Sheriff Clay Plum
lner, Of Montgomery county, TO
make public his charges which he
threatens will turn the county
upside down.. perrelI Is being held
under bond on q charge OF en-
bezzlement, and Saturday night de-
ciared that IL prosecuted ne would
expose wholesale corruption in the
county.
Sheriff Plumner indicates that
unless Perrel1 makes his charges
specific he will cali him before the
grand jury IN an effort to force
him to reveal any information that
he may have.
The Washington times., 1925-09-28
GERMAN TARIFF DUTIES TO HURT u S. TRADE WITH NATION
PENNY IS REMOVED
AFTER 9 YEARS IN LUNG

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2S.-One
day nine years ago Maurice Polin,
a shoemaker, was paying with hts
children on the parlor floor Of his
home and essayed the role Of
magician, making coins disappear
by thrusting them into his mouth
when the Riddles turned their
backs. During Ine performance
Polin was seized with q coughing
spell. He spit out the coins, and
when he counted them he found a
penny was missing.
Doctor Louis H. Clerf, with q
bronchoscope, recently removed the
missing penny, covered with z
thick tissue. Polin Is still in the
hospital, but is on the road to
recovery.
The Washington times., 1925-09-28
THIEF WHO STOLE
IEMELRY IS SOUGHT

Police today are searching for the
thief who yesterday cut a screen
at 4O9 Butternut street northwest,
and made away with a number Of
pieces Of jewelry.
The theft was reported to police
by William o. Byrne, who sets the
value Of the jewelry at SIS.
The Washington times., 1925-09-28
WEST END CITIZENS
70 OPEN SESSIONS

The first meeting this season of
the West End Citizens Association
will be held at o'clock tonight In
Corcoran Hall, George washington
University, Twenty-first street. be.
tween @ and III streets northwest.
Plans win be. made for the actiVi-
ties Of the winter.
william p. ferbst viii preside.
The Washington times., 1925-09-28

years, it's nobody's business. I'll
not answer any of your questions
about my private life
DO you like Monte Carlo" !
inquired.
Certainly. It's much more ag-
gressive than Hyde Park. And the
climate is far superior to London. !"
my banker settles all the bills
for the London house." continued
Mrs. Vetch, who had now become
very friendly and for a moment
had apparently forgotten her de-
cision not to discuss the London
house. MY banker sends me what
ever money / need herew
mo! No. wont tell you why
left London. Neither will tell
you how left it. The newspapers
are inventing ridiculous stories
about this. But I'll tell you /
had more than my dessert to eat,
when / rose from the table to take
a long voyage. You know Monsieur,
love long journeys.
Next winter, am going to
take a trip all by myself to Madras
where have relatives.
In Court Society
When 1 was in London I had q
brilliant position in court society.
You see, here are the portraits Of
the King and Queen" And she
opened a little locket.
"And here is my husband dressed
in a generals uniform. / always
keep small British flag in the,
locket with his picture. He was
English, you know" Mrs. Vetch
took a small silk emblem from the
locket and waved it vigorously over
her head. The crowd, which had
deserted the roulette tables and had
gathered about us, cheered.
Mrs. Vetch drew herself up stiffly
and her eyes darted fury at those
about her. The crowd melted back
to the tables. The interview was
over.
The Washington times., 1925-09-28
ADVERTISEMENT

Prices realized ON SWIFT q Company
sales Of carcass beef in Washington,
p. c., for week ending Saturday, Sep
ranged from i1.0O cents to 1900 Gems
per pound and averaged 1889 cents,
per pound.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-24

urally led to conditions favoring
speculation in Ignite lands, accord
ing to the university professors. In
a report to be issued late this month
by the state geological survey de-
partment in collaboration with Dean
+. J. Babcock, "Dean of Ignite at
the state university, who has con-
Quoted experiments to determine
the heat content of the state re-
source.
Prof. L. j. Dove, assistant state
geologist, presents figures on the
valuation of Ignite lands. The cost
of mining in certain areas, distan-
ces from markets, and depth and
character Of deposits are factors
which enter into these valuations, ne
said.
Little tendency has been manifest.
ed yet by the owners of coal lands
to ask higher price for coal lands
than for non-coal lands, except where
such areas are close to heavy pro.
ducing mines, according to Prof
Dove. There are more sellers thar
buyers at present. The range il
from $40 per acre up, with $40 to $5(
the average, with lands adjacent t.
large mines increasing in value
steadily, he declared. Royaltie
ranging from five to seventy fiv
cents are asked on some leases &C
cording to the nature of the leas'
contract. The smaller figure is tn
more common.
The price will be more or les
controlled by the following factors
said Prof. Dove; accessibility, guam
tity and quality of coal. competition
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-24
COMMON PEST
HELPS TO FIND
Ignite MINES
Brings Speculation in Lands
Containing Goa, But Not
TO Great Extent

Grand Forks, N. D., March "a
Mottle-faced gophers and badgers,
common pests in North Dakota farm
areas, "discovered' this states lig-
mite resources, according to Off
GERS of the state geological survey
at the state university here and pro-
fessors Of geology at the state
school.
When these burrowing animals
first brought to the surface "blos-
SOM or weathered coal, they caused
investigation which resulted in find
ing the numerous veins Of Ignite,
in which the total deposit is now es-
timated at 100000 100000 tons. Civ
ing North Dakota one third of the
total deposits Of coal in the entire
country.
More than $4,000 square miles are
believed to be underlaid with the
raw fuel, according to surveys and
drillings of the state geological sur
vey and mining engineers. Furthe,
districts are being added annually.
The result Of these findings nat
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-24
THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE

knowledge of coal content, cost OF
mining and marketing, demand and
artificial and legal restrictions.
Much space is to be given over to
mining costs in Prof. Doves report.
The range of costs at different
mines is very great, the element OF
management being an additional
factor. Both underground and strip
ping methods are being employed,
according to the location of the bed
relative to the surface. Underground
mines are opened either by shafts
varying from 35 feet to 200 feet in
depth, by slopes or inclined tunnels
or level drift or tunnel from side
hill. In the latter the coal is pull
ed out usually by horse, mule, or
mine cars pushed to the dump by
men. One general type Of layout
is used below the ground. Whether
single or double entry is used, the
rectangular and pillar plan Of room
! prevails. From one foot to four
| feet of coal is left up for roof and
both pillar and roof are "robbed" on
leaving the room. Oyerlying ma
terial is invariably too weak for Q
roof and when roof coal is robbed,
the surface soon caves in, leaving
the area too pitted for subsequent
farming.
Where the coal is comparable ir
thickness and other conditions are
similar to those in Indiana and Hi
nois, including the wage scale, thu
latter states still retain the advan
tages because of being closer to thu
market for supplies, the professor
| said.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-24

lost in the haze of the past and are
increasingly difficult to locate and
identify but members of pioneer So
cietics and historical associations
are doing their best to locate and
identify these places. Recently there
was discovered on little coulee
which runs down into the Cotton
wood creek "A group of granite boul,
ders which are worthy OF carefu'
study. These rocks, scattered in the
bottom Of the grassy hollow and on
the slopes of its sides, bear mes
sage, which if it can be interpreted
will add an interesting page TO
North Dakota history.
son these stones, half covered
with clinging moss and lichen, are
the chisled names Of half dozen
people who according to the best
Interpretation of the weather worn
inscriptions. probably died in the
vicinity Of this little valley. The
names are so faint and moss cover
ed that Il more extensive exam ma
| ton than has yet been made will be
necessary before it will be known
| who they were and perhaps it will
never be known what their destina'
tion was or how it happened that
| their names, rudely but deeply cut
on these rocks were placed there
with these words Died 1876"
| "This was years before the first
white settler was in that part OF the
country. Only rowing white hunt
ers and traders and military parties
had then ventured out on these prai
ries and it is probable that it was
cavalry scouting party that los
these men, for in one place on TIT
largest rock and near the date il
the abbreviation; ~. ). e. To-
United States Cavalry.
mo date except the year ha
been deciphered, no regimental mum
Der to help us fix their identity, n,
: clue or hint of their difficulties
! which may have been binding storm
or soaring prairie fire. Or the lit
tie party may have been overcom
by the jealous prairie warriors an
> put to death and the rude inscrip
tions cut in their memory by com
rades who found them later. TIL
only hint we have of this bit Of his
tory is the story told by some farm
ers in the vicinity, that years ag
a man was searching along tn
bank Of the Cottonwood creek fO
some soldiers graves with the name
: cut on some stones nearby. Nc
{ knowing of these inscriptions II
information was given the .searche
. and he passed on without flndin
the place he was looking for. An
all these years have passed withol
, any serious effort being made
identify the names or search o,
{ the story partly recorded on the:
: prairie boulders.
o Representatives of the state hi
: torical society are making a close G!
> animation of every scrap Of info
nation available to try and pie,
q out the story and preserve it,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-24
Simple Way To
Take Off Fat

Can anything be simpler than TAX
i,lk q convenient little tablet four
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reduced to normal? OF course not.
Just purchase box Of Marmola
Prescription Tablets from your
druggist for one dollar, and start
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no starvation dieting or tiresome
exercising. Eat substantial food, be
as lazy as you like, and keep on
getting slender. Thousands of men
and women each year regain healthy
slender figures by using Marmola
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druggist, or send direct to Marmola
Co., General Motors Bldg, Detroit
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