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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-05

/ then went to baseball head
quarters in the clothes I was wear
ing. Spring training was starting
and I reported for duty. On the
18th Of April an earthquake rocked
the Pacific coast and bounced mo
right out OF a job. Baseball on the
coast, like all other business, was
IN q. bad way and I found myself
out of a Job, without ever having "A
chance. One exhibition game was
All 1 ever pitched before was
dismissed at Tacoma.
There I was, stranded Ia a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-05

In 1906, the year Of the San
Francisco earthquake, received
an offer to play with Tacoma, at
that time in the. Coast League. ]
The decision was entirely up 20
my father and mother. As they
were willing, consented to go
north and sent . wire accepting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-05

It looked like q rag. II I'd
slept In il for q month, il couldn't
have looked any worse. And to
Jelly sa HNa mes ~ W en- sr s sat
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-11-17

tried it, 1t has taken my pains away
and my nervousness. lam glad to say
that | am one of the '98 out of l00'
that it has helped. recommend it
when | can, as | know it is good for
Women's troubles. | will answer any
letter that any woman writes to me
| know the Vegetable Compound has
helped me and hope it will helm
Others, - Mrs. CHARLES r, SHuE
r. F. D. 2, Lititz, Pa.
IS out Of every 100 women who take
this medicine for the ailments for
which it IS recommended are bene.
fitted by it They have said 80 in an
s~erlng a QUESTIONABLE sent to them.
For sale by druggists everywhere.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-11-17

siderlng a program OF clean living
In the high school, or the employed
boys In their brotherhood meeting.
II would bring back his own play
days to see the youngsters at their
games In the boys department. It
might impress him favorahly to see
the earnostnoss OF the men who
were using part OF their spare time
to studying In the night school.
AS he went about the building he
would observe a friendly spirit,
good fellowship and a democracy
that included everybody, II he
CHANGED to come In when fore
mems night was on he would see
men from all the factories in town
there TO hear speaker OF national
prominence. II It were a Tuesday
night when he paid his visit he
would see the basket ball teams ar
rayed in combat before a delight
ed audience OF the younger folks
from the factories, II he stepped In
for supper on a Thursday night he
NON4hAIl taNh IS 4l'dl AllS pl4t VI tllt
preachers Of the city, and he might
be surprised 10 observe the cosmo-
politan type OF the company he was
in.
"He might see new arrivals COM
Ing to work in the factories being
welcomed and fitted up to a room in
which 10 live. He might also see
young men being advised and en-
couraged by the secretaries in mat
ters that could only be dealt with
In a personal way.
after seeing these things at first
hand the observer might conclude
that the Y. NJ. c, A.. was the big
gest service club in the city. It
might appeal to him that it was
Christian in the best meaning OF that
term and that It was useful because
1t was practical"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-11-17
BARNES PICTURES
VISIT TO !. NJ. CA
General Secretary Submits
Monthly Report 10 Directors

A visit 10 the Young Mems
Christian Association is pictured by
General Secretary Clarence II.
Barnes in mis- monthly report sub
nittod to the board Of directors
last evening, experimenting the re-
port Mr., Barnes says the member
ship campaign just closed was the
most successful ever held, that the
educational program has been ex-
tended and broadened until now 70
men are receiving night school In
Bttuction, the boys department is or
ganized on club basis embracing
Boy Scouts, Pioneer groups, Hi-Y
club, Bible classes and Employed
Boys brotherhood.
The Industrial program. Mr..
Barnes states. is larger than ever,
and the next foreman's night will
be December 3,
The basketball league will play
it's second game this evening. Meet
ings are being held this week to Or
spnlze men and girls bowling lea
CUES and all the activities Of the
physical department are on larger
scale.
Mr., Barnes report Is as follows;
70 the Board OF Directors,
Gentlemen:
If ! could picture TO you In this
report the really interesting aspects
Of the activities OF the Young Mems
Christian Association, it would in
crease your pleasure in having a
part in this organization. Better
still, I wish that each Of you might
see for yourself the boys and young
men as they come to the Christian
association building to take part In
its activities. A casual observer
would see group Of bremen, off
duty, coming in during the morning
for games ana exercise in the gym
rssium; he would see and hear
noisy group of school boys rush in
to the boys. rooms as soon after
school as they could reach the build
ing and race for the locker room
10 dress for a sym class; later he
would watch the dignified appear
ance OF the business and profession
III men as they saunter in for hand
hall and volley ball Returning early
after his evening meal the observer
would be put to 1t to keep check on
the employed boys on their way to
the gymnasium; the squads OF
basketball players from the indus
trial league in for practice; the stu
dents going to their classes in the
night school; the dormitory men
coming to get their meal or pay
their room rent; the bowling teams
on their way to the alleys and the
other men coming in TO read or
use the game rooms.
Il say that Is what one might OBJ
serve on the surface. If he were Of
an inquiring turn of mind he might
observe that the men and boys he
saw were evidently not all protest
ants and certainly not all gentiles,
ana plainly many were foreign
horn. He might ask himself in the
How Come?
As he asked himself the ques-
ten he would probably prefer to get
tAa answer himself and he might
taLe little more time to look
.'.uuI and make his observations q
little loss casual. Going into the ply
seal department he would see a
good deal OF enthusiasm in the lock
t.r room and under the showers and
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-11-17
Factory GIRL
ONE or The SO
VIII Answer Letters from
Women asking about Lydia
E. Pinkhan's Vegetable
Compound
Lititz, Pa -- II was very nervous
and suffered for a long time with

pains IN my back
and side. ! was
employed in a fac.
tory and for about
three months ] did
no work at all.
There were two
women who told
me about Lydia E.
Pmkham's Vege-
table Compound.
/ didn't believe
what they told me
of fret br,& oIloat
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-06
COSTS FOR FILM.
EXTRAS RUN
HIGH
Wages Are Low, but Coast
Producers Find Total Ex-
pense Is Huge
By COPELAND G. BURG
international News Service /.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. Six mil
lion dollars for extras.
That's the sum Los Angeles mo
ton picture studios pay annually
| for extra actors in screen produc
tions. 1t represents the amount
| paid for the hiring of thousands OF
| men, women and children required
as atmosphere" in mob scenes
and "fiIl-ins."
The extras usually are paid from
S. to 7.50 daily and seldom receive
more than SIS a day for their SER
vices.
They work only three or four
times week ordinarily, and their
life is not particularly, an easy one,
for their work generally calls for
their appearances at night.
Only Living Wage
The pay they receive is not
decent board and room. but con
stantly the studios are begieged by
hundreds of extras, burning with a
desire to act. In long lines they
may be seen moving to the various
studios, night after night, filled
with the never-fading hope that
some scene will attract a director
or producer who will cast them in
an important role.
And like the light in the window
on the hill, reckoning them always
onward, is the past record of stars
in pictures today. Scores Of the
leading. actors and actresses have
come up from the extra crowds.
From bathing bit parts of less
than five years ago many actresses
today pick and choose roles they
will consent to play at fabulous
salaries; their faces are strewn
through magazines and newspapers
their names twinkle in brightly.
colored electric signs.
Gain Fame
Gloria Swanson, a former Mack
Sennett bathing girl, is one OF
these. SO are Betty Compson, Flor
ence Vidor and Marie Provost And
also Phyllis Haver and Bessie Love.
The late Thomas III. Ince was for
ever peering into the faces of extra
actors searching for a star. Annual
~ he spent thousands of dollars in
the development of extras who
showed promise. Ince discovered
Charles Ray, one.time extra, and
made him very successful cinema
actor.
Lloyd Hughes and scores of other
actors first saw the movies as mob
screen players, later they did bits
and finally were cast In roles Of
Importance.
Chosen by Agencies
Extra workers In the films are
not, as usually believed. selected
by the producers, directors or
the studios. They are supplied by
agencies, which have no other
business.
When a director needs 10000
extras he merely places an order
with an agency, in the same man.
ner one orders vegetables OF
dougllnute. The agencies receive q
commission from each extra, and
enormous profits are reported to be
made each year by the extra.fur.
niShing concerns.
Descriptions of the type OF men
and women desired are furnished
to the agency briefly.
zone hundred soldiers, fifty farm
hands, 100 men and women, in eve
ming dress; 1000 prizefight fans and
ten old men," are typical orders
Often character actors are
needed for small parts. These are
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-06
Dagger GirI'' Bandit
Under Arrest In
Japan
BY International News Services.

TOKYO, Aug. 6.-American
may have its bobbed- hair"
bandits but Japan lays claim
to having the first dagger
girl" bandit.
Tami Sakalxibara, a demure
maiden of twenty-five, is in
jail at Nagoya, charged with
highway robbery. She has been
identified, the police allege, as
the dagger girl" who, during
the last three months, has
robbed a score of men in
Nagoya and other cities Of
Japan. Her method was to
approach an intended victim on
the street with q. bewitching
smile and, after a few minutes
conversation, draw 3 dagger
and demand his money.
To avert suspicion from her
depredatiohs, Tami- worked al
waitress in q Chinese restau-
rant.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-06
AIDE TO KEEPER OUT At
U. S. zoo PARK NEEDED

Who wants to spend their work.
ing hours at the Zoo and become
acquainted with the animals?
The Civil Service Commission
announces there is a vacancy in
the position Of assistant keeper.
Applications will be received until
September 8. The entrance salary
for the position Is LAO a year.
The duties Of the assistant will be
to help in the care of the mann.
mails, birds and reptiles, including
the preparation of food and the
feeding of the animals. The appli.
cants win be rated on their physi-
cal ability and their training and
experience. Full information AMI
application blanks can be obtained
at. the office of the Civil Service
Commission, 1924 F street north.
west,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-06

and West to meet, and they can
meet in spite of what the English
poet says" declared Zumoto, ''the
East must become stronger and
get more virile qualities. On the
other hand the West must con-
descend to adopt little of !, tie
meek and weak, you may call
them, virtues of the East. II one
goes up a little and the other
comes down little, / have no
doubt they can find a meeting
ground.
Japan, seventy years ago, was
forced to open her doors and as
soon as we did we realized that
the first business we had to do
was to become as strong as the
West in order to be on an equality
with them, and during the last
half century we have d9ne our very
best and now we have succeeded
to some extent.
China Awakening
China is beginning to feel what
we felt and there are riots in
Shanghai. I do not mean to say
that riots are good things. The
Chinese themselves will regret
them, but the spiri. that prompt sd
the outbreaks is a right one.
have always said there Is every
hope for China coming out all
right If we give her time, and this
thing of the riots, If we consider
1t calmly apart from the damage
they are doing to our interests and
the loss of life, we cannot but
welcome, not the riots, but lie
spirit that prompted them"
Zumoto further predicted that the
time will come when a similar
spirit will awake in India and the
world will have to restore to In.
dia her birthright."
There is in India, according to
Zunoto, a race that is the brainiest
of all the peoples of the earth,
that possesses latent qualities
awaiting development. The awak-
ening of India, however, may not
come for another century, in zu.
moto's opinion.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-06
VETS RENEW ATTACK ON
CARTER IN RESOLUTIONS

Public Printer George H. Carter,
target of the ire of union printers
and war veterans, was again at
tackled last night, by the District
department of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, meeting in the Ma.
tional Guard armory.
A resolution adopted by the
meeting condemned Carter for
discharging without notice" a
large number Of ex-service men,
last March.
Delegates to the V. r. w. IA
tional encampment, to be held at
Tulsa, Okla, August 81 to Sep
TENDER. 4, were Instructed to OBJ
tain national expression against the
ruthless and violent manner in
which the Public Printer has mis-
treated ex-service men in the
Government Printing Office
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-06
SEES new ERA
To CONE IN
CHINA
Journalist Believes Riots Mark
Beginning of National
Awakening
By LUTHER A. HUSTON
international News Service

TOKYO, Aug. s. However re-
grettabIe the recent outbreaks in
China may be from the standpoint
of damage to life and property, the
fundamental spirit underlying them
is right and commendable, in. the
opinion of Motosada ZuInoto, vet.
eran Japanese journalist.
Zumoto contends that the
Chinese riots are an indication of
China's long expected national
awakening. They may mark the
beginning of an era in which China
will play a different role in the
affairs OF the world. They may
herald the day when a new virility
viii manifest itself in the national
life of the Celestial Empire.
~ think, in order for the East
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-06

obtained from casting companies or
agencies.
A few Of these actors are well
known at the studios, and personal
calls for their services are made.
They often receive as much as $50
for their playing in few feet of
cRlluloid.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-06
ANNUAL NovENA DATE
FOR URSuElNE CHAPEL

The annual Noveha to Our Lady
OF Prompt Help. in preparation. for
the Feast Of the Assumption, Will
be held in Ursuline. Chapel. SO
Fourth street northwest, August n
to is.
Devotions at 1880 D. M. daily will.
consist OF the Novena prayers, fol+
lowed by benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament The Reverend Henry
=O'Keefe, OF the Apostolic Mission
House, will speak each evening &
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-06

NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-The mys-
terry in the disappearance OF
Dunder, the black cat, heiress to
$4,000, was solved when, mewing
pitifully, 1t appeared in front of the
undertaking establishment where
lay the body of Mrs. Elizabeth
Brehm, Dunder's mistress.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-06
Fist FoiIs Kidnaper

NAHANoY CITY. Pa, Aug. g.
An old-fashioned American ''b1st
in the jaw" ended strangers at
tempt to kidnap tllree-year-old Leo
Myers. jrt, today. Warned by the
boys playmates, his. father ran out
of his home and saw a man about
to put Leo into machine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-06
CITY ISSUES CALL FOR
MORE PoLICEWoMEfJ

More policewomen are wanted by
the District of Columbia govern
ment.
Applications will be received by
the Civil Service Commission until
September 10. The entrance salary
is 81, 500, increasing i'm three years
to $500. Examinations are 20 be
held soon for the vacancies which
are now filled by temporary APP
pointees.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-06
Rreadwinner, II, EnIists

EAzLETON, Pa. Aug. Ode
scribing the boy as the only wage
Garner in a family Of eight children,
-year-old Frank Agrestea's
father pleaded for his release from
the army, shortly after Frank en-
listed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-06
24o chieagoans See Pore

ROME, Aug. nUs=Pope Plus today
granted an audience to 240 Holy
Year pilgrims from Chicago led by
AIonsignor kiely,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-02
GOVERNOR And
DRAIN TO SPEAK
Legion Announces Dedi-
cation Program June II.

James A. Drain. national COM
mander American Legion, land Gov
ernor Jackson will be principal
speakers at dedication of the first
unit of the Indiana War Memorial,
June II, according to the program
announced today by Legion officials.
A short parade from the Indian
apolis Athletic Club to the new
headquarters building at Meridian
and st. Clair SITS, at 1:30 p. m. will
precede the ceremony.
Other. speakers will be Mrs. o. D.
Oliphant of New Jersey, president
of the American Legion Auxiliary,
and George Dobson of New Jersey,
chef de chemin de fer, Forty and
Eight Prayer will be offered by
the Rev. Joseph Lonergan, national
Legion chaplin.
|. Musical programs will be given by
the Police and FIreman's Band and
the Newsboy's Band.
Bids for excavation work for the
main memorial building to be erect
ed in the block bounded by Yer
mont, Meridian, Michigan and Penn
slyvania. SITS. have been advertised
and Will be received in about sixty
days. Work will be begun as soon
as possible, Legion officials said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-02
WABASH RIVER
IS INSPIRATION
FOR PRISONER
Going to LeavenWorth, Man
Calls on Muse of
Poetry.

The Wabash River, recipient of
numerous fiowery tributes, was the
inspiration of an attempt at poetry
by James W. Longmire Of Indian
apolis. who wrote the following on
his way to the Federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth, Kan.
Longnire, sentenced to a year and
day on 4 charge Of illegal sale of
narcotics. was among thirteen Fed
eral prisoners who were taken to
Leayenworth recently.
Good-by. good-by. dear old river.
Hearts in fiutter and lips a-Quiver.
Many a day on your banks we spent.
Sun all aglow like the Orient.
We've got to leave you for a while,
All in vain we look Just TO see smile.
You can speak Of the Missouri with its
But as Tor me IN take the old Wabash.
On the banks Of the Wabash tits IA
We can Sit and listen by the light of the
No more on its bank will we sit and pom
Until we return from away down yonder.
few have a year and some have more
Not heart among US that doesn't feel
So fades the dear old Wabash.
Let the tears come thick and fast.
All eyes peer for another leok
AS the tears TALL with a splash
So Ralph must take our message.
;, A warning we must send.
just try and be real righteous.
Or many days and nights you'll spend.
So RalRhh Is nov returning to the scene
On the bright ard sunny shore of the
old Wabash.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-02
Lee MAY NOT
Be RETURNED
Tennessee Loath to Give Up
Suspect.

Ralph Lee, charged with the muir
der last July Of Abner Peek, grocer
living near the Speedway, will not
be returned to Indiana for trial, it
was indicated today in a letter re-
ceived by Prosecutor William H.
Remy from R. A. Mynatt, attorney
general Of Knox County, Knoxville,
Tenn. Lee is held there on charge
of highway robbery. He escaped
from Jail at Franklin, Ind, on eve
of his trial. Mynatt wrote he was
sorry he could not cooperate in re-
turning Lee.
Mynatt informed Remy, however,
that If Lee is not convicted he will
be turned over to Indiana authori-
ties. Least penalty Lee can receive
in Tennessee is fifteen yeas, My
matt said
Claude M. Morley, county investi-
gator, wrote Knoxville officials two
weeks ago asking that Lee be re-
turned and may appeal to Governor
Jackson for requisition papers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-06-02
india A'S DEBT
PER CAPITA is
Low FOR 1923
Bureau Of Census Gives
Figures for All
States.
BIZ Times Special

HU 1tfteS Special
WASHINGTON, June with a
net per capita debt of only 81 cents
Indiana at the end Of 1923 had by
far the lowest State debt of the
forty-eight states according to re.
ports made public today by the
bureau Of the census. The average
per capita debt for all the states
was $8.72, an increase of 60 cents
over 1922 and nearly double the
pre- war total. Indians total debte is
given as $t,545,615 New York S
States debt at the same time was
S1S1, 100000 or 1857 per person.
During 1923 Indiana spent $28, 621,-
1913 for all governmental costs, a
per capita average of $685.. For
the nation as a whole the cost of
State Governments was $11.95 per
capita.
Since 1915 costs Of State Govern
ment in Indiana as well as else
where have shown a steac--' increase.
In 1915 the average for the whole
country was about SIS per person
compared with the 1923 figure of
nearly $12.
Indiana for 1923 collected more
revenue than was spent, the collec-
ions from taxes and other revenues
being $50, ,299 or $1,3O0,oOO in ex.
cess Of costs.