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The Washington times., 1925-05-26
WHAD D'YOU
KNOW?

BEES: The Bureau Of Ento-
mology is going to find out just
how busy a bee can be when it
buzzes. Ten colonies of Italian
bees will be taken to the coast
of Delaware for experimentation
as to how far a bee will fly for
food.
AS the countryside has no
flowers that will divert the at
tention of the bees, their flight
can be readily controlled by the
placing of supplies of artificial
food. This honey" flow will be
kept constant and as result
any variation in the flight activi'
ties will be caused primarily by
prevailing weather conditions.
Automatic feeders containing
sugar solution OF known specific
gravity will at first be placed at
distances from the hives varying
from one-eighth of mile to three
miles. There will be ten colonies
of Italian bees, each colony on
scale so that variations in the
weight may be studied. Records
will be made Of the increases In
weight during the day to learn
the hour to hour variation in
the honey income. Records OF loss
of weight by evaporation at night
will give information on the
'ripening" of honey.
The feeders will gradually be
moved to greater distances from
the colonies to determine the limit
of flight and the effect Of dis
tance on the production CT
honey-an economic factor from
the standpoint of the bees and
also from that Of the bee-keeped.
Some feeders loaded with sirup
will be pleced in new and seclud.
ed places to determine If possible
the methods followed by the bee
in searching for new sources and
the time taken to find them.
These and other obscure factors
concerning the behavior of bees
puzzling to bee-keepers since an
tiquity, II solved should prove Of
much benefit to the industry.
VERSE: A. H. Downs, Of Ia
koHna Park sends us a verse which
we fear is intended as q slap at
somebody, we don't know at whom
At the risk of being bawled out
by Bill Price for stealing his
thunder we beg leave to print.
ANCESTORS
Our Doctor Ales Hrdlickap is sure
Found ample proof in India. that in
the distant past,
All men were then, without doubt,
in somewhat different shape.
And that we all, both black and
white, descended from the ape.
Descended from the monkey? Well:
scarcely can refrain
To wonder if these monkey men have
got a BIT of brain.
And as I con his theories DER, I'm
forced to apprehend
That one at least became perplexed
and never did descend.
The Washington times., 1925-05-26

aIn Philadelphia the other day,
q .year-oId boy arrested Tor
repeated theft was taken to the
cellar of the Juvenile Court
Building by his father, at the
direction OF Judge Raymond Mac
Nellie. and given vigorous old
fashioned thrashing with strap.
while his howls reverberated
through the building. The boy
had been sentenced to the Hunt
ington Reformatory, but on the
plea of the youths father, the
court relented and imposed a
flogging sentence, ordering that
the youngster be given a beat
ing until the court could see the
marks"
Sit still. Close your eyes. Now
try quietly to see that picture
lust as it happened. Outside that
building the beauty and power
of a great city was outspread.
There were churches in that city
hundreds of churches preaching
the doctrine of the fairest, kind
est Prophet that ever came to
earth-a Prophet who based his
religion on justice to little chill
dren. There were schools in that
citv and great scientific labora-
tories where juvenile behavior
was analyZed and manipulated.
The wisdom OF all the ages had
been gather in those schools and
laboratories that children might
be better served. There were
wise men in that city-doctors,
psychologists, educators, socla1
service workers who had given
their lives to probing the causes
of miSbehavior.
Outside the building all this
wisdom and power, all this CIV
ilized theory and experimentation
lay outspread, a waiting tool, to
be used by those with jumbled
young lives. And within the
court sat a judge. A judge pre-
sumably enlightened, judge In
vested with the power and dig
nity Of the richest and most pro-
gressive nation on earth--a ma
ton which recently went to war
in the defense Of little children.
And before the judge stood a
naughty boy.
We will not be sentimental
about this naughty boy. We will
frankly acknowledge that fifteen
year-old boys addicted to chronic
theft are a serious menace to
this nation. We will readily agree
that such a boy needs to be re-
strained, disciplined, and that
eyerv effort should be used to
show him the folly of his ways,
the desirabillty of braver, cleaner
ways of living. And we will also
The Washington times., 1925-05-26
GARRETT P. SERVISS TELLS OF
NEAREST STAR IN SKY
Noted Astronomer Visualizes Extent of Space by
Measuring Miles in Heavens

; must be called the nearest star
in the sky. Proxima Centauri is
"red dwarf star" Much has
been said lately about the red
giant stars. but little about their
opposites, the red dwarfs. The
giants are young, but the dwarfs
are old. and their light is fading.
They are the lingering elders of
the sky. Proxima Centauri gives
only one ten.thousandth as much
light as the sun. 1T is in the
last stage before extinction;" but
once it was brilliant with stellar
youth.
Curiously, the next nearest star
known, "Barnard's Star" thus
named after it's discoverer, the
late e. E. Barnarb, is also a
red dwarf, almost extinct. But
yet, like lost soul, it is flying
through empty space with a
speed exceeding that of any other
known stellar object. Like Prox-
ina Centauri, it is too faint to
be seen with the naked eye.
It is in the constellation Ophf-
uchus, in projecting star-strewn
bay Of the Milky Way. For those
who have mounted telescopes it
may be said that it's right ascen-
sion is seventeen hours fifty-three
minutes, and it's declination, north,
4 degrees, twenty-seven minutes;
magnitude 81.
Where Do Stars Go?
It's angular displacement on
the background Of the sky is 1913
seconds per year, while its paral-
lax is O.52 of a second. These
figures make it's distance about
36, 500, 900, 100000 miles, and the
span of it's yearly flight 1,700,-
900, 900 miles.
What becomes Of stars that go
out, like guttering candles, Or
electric lamps when the circuit is
broken? If they are small bodies
revolving around large stars they
may become planets, and develop
life, and inhabitants, and civiliza-
ton, and beauty, and happiness,
and vice, and, all the other va
rious and contradictory things
that spring into being on globes
like the earth.
And so they may flourish for
many millions, or hundreds OF
millions, bf years in their post
stellar existence. But it will be
a waiting existence, waiting Tor
an end, or another plunge into
the cold and darkness Of eXtinc-
ton, when their sun, in it's turn,
goes out. And for body of real
solar dimensions to be extinguisi-
ed would seem to be finality-bu1
we don't know.
The Washington times., 1925-05-26

A BOUT eight years ago star,
"A invisible to the naked eye,
was found to be nearer than the
brilliant Alpha Centsuri. long IA
nous as the nearest star known
to astronomers. But this new OBJ
tect turned out after all to be q
companion of Alpha Centauri, and
so 1t was named Proxima Gen.
tauri Nrom the Latin proximus,
"nearest'). Thus the distinction
that Alpha had enjoyed was not
entirely taken away from it. The
honor, II 1t be such, remained in
the Centaurus family.
Recent measurements on photo
graphic plates at the Harvard OBJ
servatory have confirmed the as
sumed connection Of Proxina with
the Janus.faced Alpha-for Alpha
is a binary star--and furnished
some interesting details concerning
it. The measurements relate to
the proper motion Of Proxima,
and from them the parallax of
that star is derived on the assumpA
ton that Alpha and ProXima havs
exactly the same space motion.
1t comes out at 0"8O-i. g.,
eight-tenths OF a second Of arc,
that of Alpha being three-Quarters
Of a second.
If we take the distance Of a
star whose Darallax is Just one
second as $4,000, 600. 900 miles
in round numbers lit is really
little more, then the distance of
Alpha is about 25, ACC, 900, 900, 900
and that of ProXima about 49,
700, 900 900, 900 miles.
This makes the difference In
distance between Alpha Centauri
and it's remarkable companion
100, 200, 100000 miles, or 1920
times the distance between the
earth and the cun.
Takes a Million Years.
The distance between Alpha
and Proxima had previously been
estimated at 10000 times the dis
tance of the sun from the earth.
On that basis the period of revo.
luton of Proxima around Alpha,
or around their common center
Of gravity, which is probably
quite near Alpha, was calculated
at about a million years. 1t hap
pens that at the present time
Proxima is in the side of it's orbit
which lies toward the earth.
But this is not all the curious
information that has been gath.
cred about what, Tor the present.
The Washington times., 1925-05-26
aThe Good Old l.iOned
LicLsin z

cipIes OF justice and progress Tor
which we stand.
Did the judge say: Let ~
consider the life history OF this
how. What Is his physical con-
dition? What was the physical
condition OF his mother before
she bore him? How much -
his physical inheritance or pres
ent condition responsible TOR ms
nervous instability? What IS ms
environment? Is it actively heIp-
ful to character building? Or ls
it a dreary, unhappy backgroun0
which offers no emotional nour-
ishment for life? What sort OF
q woman is his mother? Is sne
brave, tender, interesting, sympa-
fhetic? Or is she a limp, nervous
nagger. given to small fibs, petty
eyasions which, in the bolder
spirit OF the boy. are translated
into actual dishonesty? What
sort of a man is his father! HOW
much time has he given to study
his boy? How much companion
ship has he given to him? WhaI's
the attitude between father ana
mother? Was there anywhere ~
this boys life true understand
ing. intelligent cooperation, ana
honest, kindly desire to help the
youngster?" 49,
questions? They are not fanciIul,
foolish questions. They are
simply the fair, sensible Ques-
tions which should be asked any
criminal before he is judged 1or
his crime. We wouldn't shoot
cross dog without trying to dls.
cover what made him cross. Ana
here stood something infinitely
more valuable than a dog-a
vonne citizen of these United
STATES. a boy on the brink OF
manhood. with all a mans pride
in him and all q mans power
for GOOD or i'll. Did the judge
ask any of these most necessary
questions before sentencing the
hov? He did not. He found that
the boy had stolen. he mace no
use whatever of the AIDS aVall-
able to prove WHY he had stolen
or how he might be kept from
stealing again. He oisregarueu
the twentieth century entirely
and turning back to the darkness
of the middle ages he cried
'"TAKE HIM TO THE BASE
MENT AND BEAT HIM WITH
A STRAP UNTIL I CAN HEAR
HIS HOwLS AND UNTIL HIS
BODY IS SUFFICIENTLY
BRUISED THAT I MAY SEE
TIE MARKS"
And 1t was done.
The Washington times., 1925-05-26
SAP AND SALT
BY Bert Moses

Where the husband goes out
nights, it gives the wife a chance
to go out too.
All things have two sides except
divorce, which usually has three
and quite often four.
Some men have the reputation
OF being honest, when really they
are not clever enough to cheat.
It is better to lose in the right
than to win in the wrong, but
this isn't a Wall street motto.
Hez Heck says: THE main diff
ference between a leg and a tooth
is that the tooth can be pulled
only once"
A mans logic is no match for
a woman's tears.
If marriage is a failure, widows
and widowers don't seem to know
it.
Folks accustomed to modern
sflats find it quite easy to dress
in an upper berth.
The difference between facts
and conversation Is so narrow that
most Of US don't ssO u.
The Washington times., 1925-05-26
ONCE-OVERS
LACK OF CONFIDENCE.

What is your pet fear?
Few persons live without fearing something.
To lack self-confidence is a serious fear.
You look back, doubt and where your mdity
prevented from taking position that you might have
filled we'll
Even you feel that you ought to start something
which holds prospects of being successful but you hesitate
"for fear" something may up of which lack Of
knowledge may be apparent to Others
unforeseen things might confront you where you would
have to do your thinking, planning and execution
But you wait till you confident of yourself in every
particular, that you make decisions promptly all
occasions and for the best interests of business you
will start.
Good common should give you sefreliance.
The trouble is you don't your brain enough.
Other have their fear of failure have
extrcated themselves from tight positions with credit
themselves. You should be able to do well
The Washington times., 1925-05-26
Waits of the East
Farm, Beg or Die Ultimatum Leaves Many Jews Near
Starvation
Starvation

Human tragedy brought home quckens the heart to pity
and charity At distance heed little the suffering OF
fellow creature though his plight ana recognize our
ability to relieve him.
If man of means found himself in the presence of family
of starving children worthy father out Of work. mother
brave but sick heart and helpless he would be thrilled by
the joy he would bring to that family
It might be difficult to arouse in him the same splendid emo
tion move him to the quick action toward the check
book TOLD merely Of the misfortune that had be-
fallen father, mother and children.
"oh they'll come all right. Somebody will care for
them would quite human way Of dsmsng the matter
But everybody being human would think much the same
way and the stricken family would be left to finish Its mlser
able existence without the aid it deserved
Today hundreds of Jewish families in Russia Poland and
other European countries and in the ports OF Europe South
America and Cuba fighting losing battle against poverty
In Russia and several other countries Europe the
Jew has been bre Of the Of livelihood that has
tanned greater portion Of his for many centuries Com
munism has destroyed the merchant
The Soviet government has told the Jew in effect to farm
beg die he how to farm but IS willing to try
he needs pow and hose but in hundreds Of cases. he is
unable to purchase them.
The Ort Reconstruction Fund backed principally by the
American Jew. struggling to help the unfortunate Iaeite
In his effort to return to the soil From the Fund the
estabng schools where he be taught agriculture
trade.
About twelve thousand European Jews were on their way
70 America oppression and misery behind them their hearts
swelling with hope when Uncle Sam suddenly shut his doors
g immigration and left them stranded in ports Of embara
And there they today in funds exhausted
their old homes longer their own; unwanted all poor
wanted by the cities in which they forced to remain
prevented from going forward unable to back adrt on
flmsy raft in the sea of misfortune
The Emergency Refugee Relief Fund is striving to to-
The rescue Of these Jews
Palestine?
Thousands have found refuge there and hope );
hundreds the way others await the make the
journey All look the Keren Hayesod Palestine Founda
tion Fund.
And the ort the Emergency Refugee and the Palestine
Funds must depend America
Doctor Abram Simon, rabbi Of the Eighth Street Temple
81 fO
present drive for joint Of $4,000 for the O
gency and Palestine causes, all interloCking
0ur duty to these unfortunate people less plain than
would be they very doorsteps There
else to whom may pass the buck. It is up u.s.
The Washington times., 1925-05-26
THE MATRON
OF HONOR
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ I am under the impression
that only a married woman can
be matron of honor at wedding.
Is this correct?
(2) Is there any foolish super
stition or breach Of etiquette for
a bride, who is being married
quietly, to have a married girl
friend or sister act as her brides
maid? e. s. G..
IVES. If the chief attendant Of
the bride is unmarried she Is
called the maid of honor. If she
is married she is called the ma
tron of honor. The word ina
tron" Is usually used to mean a
married woman, and that is why
it has been taken over into the
term "matron of honor"
~ No. Nowadays no discrini-
nation is made between married
and unmarried attendants. That
is, q bride chooses her attend
ants for their closeness of rela
tionship or friendship to her. And
the groom chooses his attendants
for the same sensible reason.
This is, I think, so much more
reasonable than emphasizing the
fact that the attendants are mar.
ried or unmarried. Don't you
think so?
The Washington times., 1925-05-26
Four Per Cent Beer

While our millions being spent to maintain the dry
navy blockade outside New York harbor Canada opens its
breeres across Clair River and invites the citizens
Of the United States to "come over The rush from
Detroit for per beer exces the old gold rush
Kondyke.
navy holds that any ship containing liquor within
hours Of shore is subject to seizure But Deroiter
in minutes and bring back all they want long
as remains bottled up in the human system Canada ap-
pears to be shooting dry navy from the
The Washington times., 1925-05-26
That Japanese Law

In the Hawaiian Islands which United States territory
the Japanese viii rule NUMERICALLY. And quite
naturally japanese children born Hawaiian United States
SOIL feel that they should be able to travel and settle
where in the United States
question i will the various States be allowed to settle
that question will they have settled for them by the
national government.
preventing Asiatic colonization Of United States
territory would amount much the Hawaiian Islands
should prove great Asatc breeding ground shipping the
adult product to the United States.
The question that interests this country not the birth
place of the citizens but the KIND OF CITIZENS.
There is problem involved that should be settled
friendly peaceful way before becomes complicated
The Washington times., 1925-05-26
urTE w A s
LII THRASH

II 2 THRASH y : !
ED UNTIL HIS
HO w LIS RE-
VERBERA T. d p
THROUG III O II T.
THE B UILD Z
ING.
No, you are
not reading a de-
scription Of me-
dieval torture.
This incident, Of
W h / c b tn o 3 e
hoWls were evil
dence. took place
the other day in
the Ju nil e
Court Building
of Philadelphia,
Pa, u. s. A.
Here is the pro-
sale unbiased
newspaper ac-
count Of what
The Washington times., 1925-05-26

There truth in this picture also humor, and what
MORE important there is encouragement for business
and general prosperity.
Fortunately for everybody lovely can't resist
beautiful hat beautiful dress, beautiful ANYTHING
all the money came IN, and none Of it went OUT,
business would be bad trade would stagnate employment
would be lacking
The Washington times., 1925-05-26
LISTEN, WORLD!

readily admit
that this can't
Be done by any
namby painby
se ntirnentalizin
Such b boy needs
much study and
ID firm hand to
control him.
There lay the
city. There sat
the Judge. There
stood the boy.
And now let us
follow the pro-
cedure of this
Judge whom we.
the people Of the
Unite d States,
nav to interpret
the spirit OF our
Christian philos-
ophy, to apply
the findings Of
our scientific re-
search, to adj
niuiater the prin.
The Washington times., 1925-05-26

Beautiful woman is the active agent in the wise and
steady distribution Of money.
She knows HOW to buy WHEN to buy and WHERE
TO BUY She reads the advertisements and judges values
intelligently
Money should be remembered like other good things
in this world, is intended primarily to CREATE HAPPL
NESS.
hat, Dress silk stocking makes young woman
happy, the thing to do is to BUY that thing
The Washington times., 1925-05-26

Nothing is so hard for those
who abound in r1cnes as to con-
ceive how others can be In want.
Swift.
A foundation of good sense and
q cultivation Of Iearning are re-
The Washington times., 1925-05-26
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

quired to give a seasoning to the
retirement and make US taste
the blessing
It is almost as difficult to mako
a man unlearn his errors as his
knowledge. Cotton.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-10-07
Special Schools for Non
Christians in Philippines

"a special treatment can the Nom
Christian peoples be brought up to
the cultural and economic level OF
the Christian population. To give
them the same education as that
of the Christian peoples results sim
ply in drawing off few OF the ablest
of their youth into the general pop
ulation."
MANILA, Oct IA bill providing
for separate schools for boys and
girls in Mindanao and Sulu where
nearly all the inhabitants are Moham-
medans has been introduced in the
House of Representatives by ]. p.
Melencio, son-in-law of Gen. Aguin-
aldo. Coeducation In the elementary
schools of Mindanao has not pro-
duced good results in the opinion
|of Representative Melencio. who be-
|lieves the enactment OF the bill into
law will greatly improve the public
school system among the Moros.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-10-07

MANILA, Oct. THAT special
system of instructions is desirable
for the non-C Christian peoples of the
Philippines. especially for the Moros
who inhabit Mindanao and Sulu and
who are Mohammedans. is the con-
clusion of board Of American ex-
perts, headed by DR.. Paul Monroe, of
Columbia University. which spent
four months In making survey Of
the educational system OF the is
lands.
The board suggested that spe-
cial department of the bureau Of
education be created to take charge
and make a close study Of school
work among these peoples. The
boards report says:
THE non Christian peoples need a
system of education that in many
essential respects should differ from
that developed for the great mass
OF the Filipino people. Only by such
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-10-07
Claims So. Africa
Vas Once Joined
To So. america

SEATTLE. Oct. 7.-Dr. c. W..
Weaver, professor of geology at the
University of Washington, has re-
turned from South America where
he studied the oil fields. He reported
he obtained evidence that South
Africa was connected eight or ten
million years ago and believed that
North and South America separated
at that time DR.. Weaver's evidence
is that fossils of marine animals
were found in the Andes Mountains
which were once embayments which
are similar to South Africa but are
not found north Of the line where
North and South America are sup
posed to have been connected.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-10-07
AWARD
IS PRESENTED
TO PITTSBURGH
Pennsylvania Electric Line
Wins ST., 900 for its
Accomplishments.

ATLANTIC CITY. Oct T. = The
Pittsburgh Railway is awarded the
Charles A. Coffin prize by the
American Electric Railway Associa-
ton in convention here for accom-
plshing more than any other electric
railway in the United States during
1925. The award is a gold medal
and $1,000 in cash donated by the
General Electric Company.
Arthur w. Thompson, president
said that if "the company had not
had faith in it's riders and leaned
heavily on them. we never would
have won" Little more than year
ago the company was in receivers
hands and charter member OF the
"in bad" club. 1t had 20-yeaI
record of deficits, litigation and quar-
rels
The company faced a strike al
most Immediately after Thompson
became president He carried it tt
the public in newspaper ads and =
was settled with mutual good feel
ing.
Thompson then made it plain t
.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-10-07
leu Must Stick
To One Wife in
India, Ruling

LONDON, Oct. THE British
Judge at Bombay, according to Off
cial advices received here, has ruled
that an adherent Of the Jewish re-
ligion. living in India. must follow
the dictates of his own faith re-
garding matrimony and may not
take more than one wife. although
polygamy Is permitted in India t.
Hindus and Mosle-ls.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-10-07
Claims a Hold-up on
Murder information

KELSO, Wash, Oct. 7. State
and County officials have accused
Allan Bynon, Assistant United
States Attorney of Oregon, Of at
tempting to force Cowltz County to
pay $1,000 for information leading
der mystery. The County Commits
sioners have repudiated the agree
ment.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-10-07
Capt. Louis Lane rs Ciren
Thrilling Ride Behind Whale

CORDON "A, AiisKa, Get. Capt.
Louis Lane has arr ed here to
catch the steamer Yukon south
bound lie said whale towed his
small vessel for u and one half
hours, a distance OF 70 miles, at
night through rock k-strewn waters.
The whale broke away three times
before wearing out and was finally
beached on Grecn Island, at fox
farms where 1t is intended for fox
feed.