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The Alaska daily empire., 1925-05-20
Sec. Weeks Improves;
Takes Automobile Ride

WASHINGTON, May 20.-Secre-
tary of War Weeks has improved
from his recent illness and took an
automobile ride today.
Secretary Weeks intends going 10
New England in view Of an opera
ton for gall bladder.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-05-20
Men, Clad in
Barrels, Parade
For Relief

SEATTLE, May 2O.-Second Ave-
noon when 20 prominent young
business men paraded clad only In
barrels with signs which said "Give
all clothes possible to Near East
Relief"
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-05-20

less last years disastrous fire rec.
ord is to be equalled. he said.
Southern California, deficient in
rainfall. will not have this dry grass
hazard. but If excessive dryness
should continue 1t too will present
a problem, the federal official de.
clared in commenting on the state.
ment that both excessive drought
and excessive rainfall bear fire men.
ace.
Last year the government spent
$991 900 in California for fire pre-
vention and protection. There were
1857 fires, Of which 81 per cent
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-05-20
u. S. Senator Cummins
Suffers Sharp Attack

DES MONIES, May 20.-United
States Senator Albert B. Cummins
is suffering at attack sof bronchitis
Physicians said there
we're no alarming symptoms. Sen
ator Cummins IL q yetfs Of age.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-05-20
tentative Price on
Seattle Line Fixed

SEATTLE. May 20.-A tentative
price for the Rainier Avenue car
line was fixed at a secret meeting
|of the City Council yesterday after.
noon at which Walter Brown. Man.
ager of the company was present.
Another meeting Of the Council will
be held today with Brown.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-05-20
Girl Suicides
Because of
Quarrel ,Uith Boy

VANCOUVER, Wash, May 30
Grace Allway. aged IA, suicided last
night by shooting herself in the
head with a rifle. Her parents be-
lieve the tragedy was the result Of
a quarrel with boy friend.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-05-20
English Pound Goes
To New Level Today

LONDON, May 2O.-The English
pound today reached $4.86 3S. This
is attributed to the restoration OF
the gold standard and firm support
OF America and England
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-05-20
Stubbed Toe in
Dark; Cussed Baby;
DiuOrce Granted

SEATTLE, May 20. = Be-
cause his wife cussed the
baby when she stubbed her
toe in the dark, Adelbert c.
Burnell, carpenter, has OBJ
tanned a divorce. here. from
Pauline Burnell. The couple
wed at Cordova April IS,
1923. 4 -.,s..
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-05-20

Miss Edythe Sterling earned her
right to play thrilling parts in
"Wild West" moving pictures when
she knocked Walter Binyon. oil
promoter, to the floor of the lobby
of a New York hotel, resenting a
remark made on elevator. She
claims he drew a pistol during the
ensuing battle which resulted in
Binyons arrest. Miss Sterling was
formerly the wife OF Art Accord.
who also portrays Western charac.
ters In motion pictures.
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-05-20

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lContinued ON Page 3svea.l
The Alaska daily empire., 1925-05-20

Sc0atiaesd o. PaSs seveal
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-10
For a Foolish Girl

Dear Miss Ice: am a college student
and have been in love with a girl OF the
town where l attend school. Unfortunate
~ IL seems as though at that time she en-
ioyed the society OF several Of my frater-
nifty brothers better than she did mine
saw me In company with other girls she
said IL was only then that she realized that
she cared for me. At times she did thlngs
of such nature that really cut me 10 the
heart. such as kissing another fellow In my
Now that I have come away TO work
through the summer months ana nave
more or less forgotten her, she has writ;
teb se 0 Te letter. ta hers ana am ad Il
don't write will lose her friendship when
I go back to school next fall, don
care for her as much as l did. How
should l write II do
GEORGE COLLEGE.
I think the girl has shown her
self uIH very foolishly No girl
worth cultivating or caring for will
deliberately set about to wound or
hurt any one. II she thought to add
you to her string by playing upon
your jeaousy and keeping you al
ways on the anxious seat, l certainly
wouldn't let her get away with it.
am sure, George. that there are
much finer girls in your college town
than this one. But II you really
want the friendship of a silly girl,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-10
Girl Reporter Befricnds
Mrs. H.zck in Cumberland

the station I replied. I was really
not staying" anywhere.
II know where you can get
good room for 81 a week-right in
the house where I am"
I did not haye the 81, and I hest
tated.
1.-THE landlady requires some refer
ence, but I'll vouch for you" she
continued.
Her BOOMING House
At o'clock, 1 went back to her
office and went with her to her
rooming house.
But you do not even know my
name" I said You do not know
where 1 come from or what 1 have
done to get into this sad state
She ignored my remarks and asked
a pointed question. I admitted that
I did not have the necessary 81.
II have" she said, land tomorrow
is pay day."
At that she had little more than
the "a and the surplus she spent on
our supper.
mo, DO not want you to spend
your money" she said to me. You
will need Your money for break
fast"
Her name is Sara Roberta Getty.
She works for the morning paper in
Cumberland. After dinner 1 went
back with her to her office.
My 81 room was just as comfort
able as the one in Wheeling, and
the landlady was infinitely better. I
was there several days before I told
her I had been a convict.
When I did, she seemed a little
shocked, but she made no move to
get rid of me.
Several days passed. and I had
called times without number on
every merchant in town. There was
no job for me.
owed Sara a good deal Of money.
She had risen to my need with the
calm, casual air of helping an old
friend out Of a temporary scrape.
I wanted to pay her back as I
had wanted few things in my Me.
But / was penniless.
One Thing
There was only one thing to do.
told her I was sure I could get a
job in New York If could only reach
the city, She gave me the money.
But suppose I should turn out
badly and never return your mon
ey," I said to her just before I
boarded the train.
She smiled, and I continued: cit
would be an awful blow to your
faith in humanity and, besides, you
would lose the money"
mo-" she said, 81 would not lose
the money" I wondered what she
meant.
you see" she explained, TT give
10 per cent Of all I earn either to
the church or to charity, or to help
somebody. So if you do not send
this back, will consider it part of
the 10 per cent.
"And, as for my faith in human
nature, it is not so easily cor
rupted.'
At that moment the train steamed
in. I boarded it and we were OF,
while Sara stood on the platform
and smiled her illumined smile after
me.
To this day she does not know
who am, though she writes to me
as Elizabeth Sprague.
Only yesterday received one Of
her bright, breezy letters, and l
think that I shall answer It soon,
over my real name.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc)
NEXT: I land in New York with
43 cents.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-10
HIKER HEARS STORY
OF INDIAN SURVEY

forty miles long and forty feet thick.
The peculiar thing about this oolitic
or Bedford stone. as it is usually
called, is it's softness when first re-
moved from the ground. This soft
ness permits of carving of the stone
with any design desired. Another
perculiar quality is that the stone
hardens in the air, 50 after quarrying
the carving is done, the stone
allowed to harden and a lasting
memorial is built. Some Of the finest
fronts of the finest buildings in the
world are built Of this stone" he
concluded.
Deciding to visit the stone country
faced toward the little village Of
Oolitic and the city Of Bedford.
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By Winnifred Mason Huck,
Former Representative to Com
gress From Illinois.

~ DID not want another job
in Pittsburgh. 1 only want
ed to get out Of town. Some
thing of the real humiliation thai
an ex-convict undergoes every time
his past catches up with him suf-
fered during the interview with the
hotel man who discharged me.
I was craving pastures new.
Why chose Cumberland Md,
for the next episode 1 have never
known. Perhaps 1t was fate.
I arrived there at Sin the eve
ming. There was no Y. w. C. A. and
the people at the station had vague
ideas concerning boarding houses.
l found a cheap restaurant with
for a dollar.
In the morning 1 started out to
look for work. I looked all DAY.
And the next morning I started all
over again 1 applied in 10-cent
stores, restaurants and shoe stores.
Funds Low
Days passed. My funds were very
low. counted my money and
found that could not spend another
night III tho h9tel. But I was still
chance Of my landing a job in a
shoe store I had visited the day be-
fore.
1 ate a discreet breakfast--dis-
Greet, financially-and stepped out
with the assurance which a good
nights sleep always brings.
My spirits were as low as my
finances. / began to wonder whether
the city Jail was comfortable.
If 1 did not get work that day I
would eat my last bit of change, go
to the police station, tell them was
broke and ask what they were going
to do about it.
l shivered at this thought but I
meant to follow it.
And I considered what / might
have done, If I had been really a
thief, just released from prison.
With a background of shoplifting
or pocket picking, however good my
present intentions were, l might
have found temptation too strong for
me.
That afternoon, as I walked the
Cumberland streets and wondered
where the next twenty-four hours
would take me, / saw newspaper
office.
Feeling Reckless
I was feeling reckless, and ]
| thought why not?" I would make
q trial.
In, one Office, was advised to &c
back to house work, because that
was the thing 1 knew
The advice was good, but I had
had the experience, wanted as a
maid and wished variety.
The editor was kind, but when
told him was just out of jail, a
chilliness came over him, for which
after all, ne could scarcely be
blamed. He may have had expert
ence in trying to reform sinners.
In the other newspaper office, they
had nothing to offer me, but the
editor gave me a file of their papers
| and told me to look through the ads
There, were none that I had not
already answered,
J. thanked him and turned to go
my heart haevy. Then little WON
an at desk in a corner spoke to
me.
Where are you staying?" she
smiled.
well, my bag is at a hotel near
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-10


The first year of married life is
uphill for lot Of people. 1t is the
time of adjustments to each other,
when perhaps, they have come from
entirely different homes and habits.
But it isn't the hardest year. There
comes a time along about the third
to the fifth year. when Mary thinks
she will scream if John runs his
tongue around mis- teeth after break
fast once again. And John feels like
leaving home forever every time
Mary taps her fingernails on any
thing.
Then they both jump to the con-
clusion that they've fallen out OF
love, and go roaming around look
ing over into the green pastures OF
other matrimonial helds and deciding
they love some one else better. What
they need is a vacation-not d.
vorce. And not a long vacation
either.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-10
Disconnected

Dear Miss Lee: I am 10 years old and
tented. I've been good TO my hubby out
he is 80 cold TO me. Comes IN ana goes
out without saying word. II ne says
ANYTHING IL is a short answer. -.
we have not lived to, ourselves since
better than my husband. u love my baby
and cannot leave for that reason, he says.
He'd get the child. Am ] doing my hus..
band wrong living with him when DON
love MIN DISAPPOINTED BLOND.
1 should think a year old baby
would keep you too busy to get dis
contented. That is apparently what
is the matter with you. You've
grown tired Of marriage because you
have too much time to think about
yourself and your abuse. Try Civ
ing more time to your baby and
husband, fixing up your room, and
keeping your baby and yourself
looking fresh and sweet, and he'll
get over his surliness. Wouldn't
you be surly if you knew he was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-10
OLD soHOOLHOUsEs TO GO

BIZ Times Special
MARION, Ind, Aug 1o.-The ''lit-
tie red schoolhouse" will be no more
in Green Township after Tuesday,
when Ward NJ. Kilgore, trustee. will
sell six abandoned school buildings
at auction. Completion OF the new
100000 consolidated grade school
building north Of Point Isabel made
this possible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-10
COMPANIONS SOUGHT

Police today were searching for
two companions of 14-year-old boy,
who was caught in the Hoffman
Sporting Goods Company, s34 E..
Washington St., Saturday. Police
say the lad had taken a rife and
$40. Carl Hoffman, owner said the
other two lads fed. The lad is held
in the detention home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-10
The Tangle
LETTER FROM LESLIE PRES
COLT TO RUTH BURKE
CONTINUED.


The whole thing worked out splen-
didly, Ruth, with one or two bitches
which were smoothed out with little
trouble. Jack played up to me beau
tifully. I never knew he was such
a good actor before. Every little
while I get view of an entirely new
Jack--a man I do not know at all.
He doesn't seem to have the ca
pability of bringing out any playful,
ness in me. I am always serious
when l am with him. Perhaps If 1
had played more with him he would
be happier with me.
/ remember a woman friend Of
mine who was much older who told
me when I was first married: Don't
ever let your husband come to re-
gard you as he looks upon the oat-
meal and cream and egg that he eats
as matter of course because it is
filling and he can eat it in hurry
before catching the car.
Rather make him understand you
can be and usually are the cham
payne and sweetbreads and troubles
that are served at dinner when the
work is done and he settles himself
down for 81 good time"
] presume / am the three minute
egg and oatmeal that Jack consumes
every morning, and he has come to
think l am quite as monotonous. In
the future I will try and be gayer.
Come over and help mo to do 1T,
Ruth. You are a much gayer woman
7 than 1, and l am sure that Walter
loves you for it.
Mr.. Sartoris sent his wire to the
. house, and Jack pretended to be
! grouchy because it had not been
cent to the Office. I, suspecting moth
: ing, explained, and was almost ready
! to quarrel with him because he
would not accept my explanation.
Z Finally he clinched matters by
!. saying that none Of our friends
!. would come on such short notice,
y and ended by making me wager,
I which would amount to several hun
dred dollars, that the people I in
! vited would not accept.
OF course they did accept, and
said they would be delighted to come.
b When sgd turned up on the after
{ noon Of the dinner, Jack and I took
/ him to the Travellers Club with US,
while I was all unsuspecting that
everything had been planned by the
three men beforehand.
After dinner Mr. Sartoris asked
&, me where would be the best place
to go and dance, and I suggested
new place which had just been
opened. AS soon as we were seated
he asked me to tango with him, and
! while we We're out on the floor he
(. began to tell me about his early life,
and how his mother had betrayed
his father and his wife, himself.
He had not finished the story
when the music stopped and we
stepped through the door to bal
I cony., I became so interested guess
we did stay out there under the
moonlit sky a little longer than con
( ventiopality would approve. We
were just about to go in, and had
impulsively extended my hands in
sympathy, and they were warmly
clasped in his, when I heard some
one say: Leslie, do you not think
we should better be going homer"
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Inc.)
NEXT-Letter from Leslie Pres
colt to Ruth Burke
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-10
GIANT GARFTsH CAUGHT
BIZ Times Special

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. 10
A giant alligator garfish, six feet
two inches long, twenty four inches
in circumference and Weighing $50
pounds was on exhibit here today
after it was caught Sunday in the
Wabash river by George Russell. 1t
took six bullets to end its life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-10
write her a note absolutely FREQ
from the personal equation.
Over a Shorn Head

Dear Martha Leo; I have been married
Two years Ny husband and I loved each
knew he did not liked bodied hair l told
MIN 4 was going % bob mine and he did
not pay much attention 10 me 20 1 hohbcd
my hair and since then he doesn't speak 10
me, am heartbroken now and 1 atili
love MN. Please tell me what 70 Do.
think you are being rather silly
both Of you. II your love isn't
strong enough to weather a small
blow like this. don't know what
you'll do when you meet some real
crisis. II you had pretty hair and
he loved IL he doubtless feels ugly
because you cut II off and Is trying
the only way he can think Of 70
punish you. II you are foolish
enough to take this seriously and
moan around about Il, he'll keep Il
up. If you are blythe about Il. he'll
soon see that probably you look as
well with your hnir off and are just
the same girl that he loved.
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looking around for another mate and
generally making trouble for both
of you? Stop thinking about other
men and concentrate a little more on
the one you have.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-10
Past as a Convict Prevents
Her From Securing
Employment.

winnifred Mason Huck. former Con-
gresswoman and the first woman to
preside over the House OF Representa-
tives. got herself sentenced to prison.
GuNtless of any crime, she sought
answers to the questions
Are our prisons humane?
Can girl, crushed by her fellow men,
regain her place in society?
This is the twentythird story, writ
ten for The Times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-10
TOO MUCH CRITICISM

Governor jackson Defends Younger
Generation.
Bv. United Press
BATTLE GROUND, Ind, Aug. 10.
The younger generation is the tar
get of too much criticism, Governor
jackson declared in an address Sun
day at the close of the Battle Ground
Assembly.
Boys and girls need better home
training and instruction and less
carping criticism" he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-10
Lee Says----------
MAKE UP TO THE OLD
E5ATE-NOT 4 NEW ONE

Remember the dog who dropped his perfectly good bone for
the reflection of it he the water and lost both2 That
what lot of and do who exchange old wives and
For
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-10
FOUR STATES
Will. DISCUSS
C0NSE TON
Indiana to Be Host For Big
Gathering in
October.

Clifty Falls State Park, near
Madison, will be headquarters Oct.
Is and IS, for a conference Of four
States, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois
and Ohio, on development of con-
servation projects. The conserva-
ton bureaus of each State will be
represented. Forestry, fish and
game and State parks will be
subjects for special consideration.
Indiana will come forward with six
division chiefs representing the de-
partment of conservation, in adj
dition to the departments director,
Richard Lieber. Geology, forestry,
entomology, lands and waters, fish
and game and engineering will be
represented by the Indiana delega-
ton.
Jackson to Speak
Governor Jackson has been SEIZED
uled to make the address Of well
come. Governor William J. Fields
Of Kentucky also is expecting to
attend Governor Small of Illinois
has not decided whether he can at
tend the conference, but has directed
Cornelius R. Miller, head Of the de-
partment of public works and build
ing, and w. j. Stratton, director of
the Illinois department Of conserva-
ton, to arrange for the States rep
resentation.
Ohio Delegate
Governor Vic Donahey of Ohio has
appointed Edmund Secrest, chief for
ester Of Ohio, to attend the confer
ence. Other delegates will be ap-
pointed later.
This will be the first regional con-
ference upon conservation growing
out of the suggestion made by the
National Conference on State Parks
at Skyland, Va, last May. IT is ex-
pected that other groups Of States
will hold similar regional meetings,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-10
SOAPS
TALCUM POWDERS

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40c Djer-Kiss Talcum Powder ..22o
25c j. a ]. Baby Talcum .......19o
Mary Garden Talcum .......... .24o
25c Mavis Talcum Powder .......lec
$1.00 Mavis Talcum Powder .....7Ae
Csc Blue Rose Tale .1oo
25c b. & b. Baby Talcum .......10o
SOC Pinaud's Lilac Tale .........90o
25c Boncilla Tale ...............19c
Colgate's Talcum Powder ...1bo
Chez Tui Tale ..........S5 $50
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Sign Near Gosport Tells of
of Ten O'Clock Line'-
Dated 1909.

Note-Nell Gordon of The Times. STAFF
on foot and with the assistance OF mo.
florists who give her lift. A story OF
her experience appears in The Times
each dav
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TONES
DYSPEPSIA
REMEDIES

LII OF FL OLA
REMEDIES
75c Bellans .................... .bDo
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soc Stuarts Charcoal Tab
lets .X4c
6Oc Pape's Diapepsin Tablets. .S0c
coo Fairchilds Ess. Pepsin ....45c
$1.00 Fairchild's Ess. Pepsin -. .S4c
81 20 Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Isle
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NEXT-Letter from Leslie Pres
colt to Ruth Burke.
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Describe Formation

1.-THE rock formation lies in the
shape of boomerang and reaches
from Spencer through Bloomington,
Evening star., 1925-12-05
G.. & @. MAKES PLEA
FOR RAIL MERGER
Officials Fight Move of N. & w
Before I. C. C. to Take Over
Virginian Lines.

An attempt to show that the public
interest would be served best by a
combination of the Virginian Railway
with the Chesapeake and Ohio-Nickel
Plate System was begun yesterday be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission by officials of the Chesapeake
and Ohio. That railroad is opposing
the pending lease Of the Nirg'inian to
the Norfolk and Western system,
which has been completed except for
the commissions approval.
W. ]. Harahan,, president, OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio, described the
situation which he said made the
leasing OF the Nirginian undesirable,
and was supported by subordinates.
who discussed the traffic and engi-
neering aspects OF the situation. The
Norfolk and Western was logically a
part of the Pennsylvania system, he
said. and the Eirginian. which par
allelS the Norfolk system. should be
turned over to the Nickel Plate group
Of roads so that competition might be
maintained at Hampton Roads and
into Southern territory.
Likewise he said that combination
of the Eirginian with the Chesapeak
and Ohio would ~ 'ni@h the most di-
rect route to the West for coal pro
duced in Virginia and West Virginia.
The Norfolk and Western could only
give such a Western outlet by eX-
pensive and unnecessary construc-
ton