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The Washington times., 1925-10-23

to go to press that night. l
jumped up and began dressing
hastily, explaining that a day
off was utterly out of the qu~s-
ton. Mildred got me some break
fast and I went into town, my
head splitting. There was lot
to be done. / went at it fever
ishly, but my mind refused to
work properly. / didn't go out
to lunch.
About l o'clock Hicks came in,
apparently fresh as daisy.
told him how 1 fe-t, and that
would have to remain up until
1 or Q o'clock that night.
F. stepped over and closed the
door. A moment later l had a
pint bottle of corn whiskey at my
lips, and when / offered 1t back
he told me to keep it.
There's lots more where that
came FROM" he laughed. You'll
need It. And, by the way, Viola's
nuts about you. She says you're
a regular clam when 1t comes to
talking, but a good scout at that.
and she's crazy to fix up another
party. What do you say to a
trip to the Cotton Palace at
Waco over Saturday and Sunday,
after this specials off the press?
Wen have one grand and glorious
time.'
/ mumbled something about its
being great" and wished he
would go. My mind was intent
upon finishing up the flag ends
of the spec al edition, and the
time was limited. Thomas, the
associate editor, was, of course,
helping me, as were the others,
but there were many things
felt must attend to myself,
among them the careful check
ing up of the names under the
hundred or more photographs OF
Dallas Rotarians, most of whom
I knew by sight. worked all
that afternoon and late into the
night, imbibing from my bottle
until it was gone. and then tele-
phon'ng to Hicks for another one.
remained at the office until
after Q a. m, and saw the final
section of the special go to press.
The special proved a big sue
cess. but my trip to the Chicken
Garden" was the definite turning
point that put me on the direct
path back to prison-though I
had quite a long and miresable
journey still ahead.
The Washington times., 1925-10-23

WE were in the elephant coun"
w try Of India. Everywhere
there were elephant tracks. Be-
cause, you know. those big AMI.
mails make regular tracks that
they use. like we use streets and
roads. You can recognize them
at once by their big footprints.
Now the natives told us that
there would be no trouble at all
for us to see elephants If we
would take up our positions back
in the trees by one of these
tracks and wait. So this is what
we did.
1t was getting darker and
darker. ! was afraid soon II
would be too dark. and not Q
trunk had come in sight yet.
was thinking we would have
to try it another day, when sud-
denly we heard a crashing
through the woods. You know,
If a tree is in an elephants way
he will just twist 1t up, root and
all, and clear his way without
giving thought to it.
We held our breath as the big
beast numbered a long. Then she
stopped. looked around and wag-
ged her trunk.
Look at the baby!" gasped
Bobby, unable to control his ex-
citetnent. And I don't blame
him. l could hardly keep from
yelling my surprise myself. For
there trotting beside his mother
was the cutest little baby ele-
plant you ever saw--if You could
call an elephant cute.
Now this baby came running
up beside his mother and sided
up to her and rubbed himself
against her great side just as a
kitten does to its mother We
could hardly keep still.
Then It happened. Right
across this trail, on which the
mother and son were travelling
on their way to get a drink for
supper was a great tree, which
had fallen and one of the limbs
of the tree formed a wedge
where it branched off from the
trunk.
The mother looked at the tree,
stepped over it ard then waited
for her baby son. He got halt
way over the tree, slipped and be-
fore we knew it, there he was,
wedged right in the fork Of the
tree, with his head on one side
and his tail on the other ami his
tummy settling more tightly into
the 'V'' ever minute.
The mother was panicky fora
moment and swayed back md
The Washington times., 1925-10-23
TODAY'S PROGRAMS
WRC

1855 a. m.-Arlington time
signals.
l p. m.-Hamilton Hotel Or
5pm.-"wRC's Foolish Enter
tainers''-George F. Ross and
Ellsworth Tompkins.
SO. m,-BoOk reviews.
700 d. m.-Ino Thompson Ware,
soprano, accompanied by Grace
Stanley Stevens.
71O .. m.-Daily market sum-
maries.
7:2O- Travellers Aid" by
Arthur C. Moses.
7:15 to 7:25 p. m.--Daily market
summaries, under the auspices OF
the United States Department OF
Agriculture.
7:25 to 7:45 p. Unpopular nu-
steal selections by the Mohawk
Male Quartet. Earle r. Gordon,
first tenor; Frank A. Gobel, sec"
ond tenor; Raymond Towers, bari
otne; Clarence Johnson, bass. Miss
Bernice Dorsey, accompanist
WCAP
7:3O to $50 D. Morgan re-
cital by r. Deane Shure. organtst
and choir director of Mt. Vernon
NJ. e. Church, South, Washington,
assisted by the church solo1sts
md chorus, broadcast direct from
the church.
7:45 to 500 p. m.-"Methods OF
Sea and Air Navigation" Captain
!. P. Ault, commander of the
non.magnet1c ship, 1.-THE Car
negie,' of the Carnegie Institu.
ton, presented by the National
Research Council and Science
sos to S:15 p. m.-"safeguard-
ing Your Credit" a talk by
stephen H. Talite, secretary Of
the Associated Retail Credit Men
of Washington, under auspices OF
Retail Credit Mems National AS
ISOLATION.
9:15 to GAS p. m.-Concert by
Irving Boernstein's Wardman
Park Hotel Trio, Moe Baer, con-
Quoting.
GAS to 1000 p.m.-Miss Mabel c:
Latimer, soprano, in a group or
songs.
1000 to 1900 p. m.--Dance
music by Irving Boernstein's
Wardman Park Hotel Dance
orchestra, direct from Wardman
Park Hotel, Washington.
The Washington times., 1925-10-23
DONALD LOWRIE'S STORY Back in Pr
New and Amazing Serial Describes in Detail One Mans
Long But Losing Battle for Freedom, AS Told
BY Himself.

To avoid facing Mildred while
IL marks of whisky were upon
me 1 didn't go home that night
but slept in a downtown hotel. L
telephoned to Mildred as soon as
/ felt she was up the next day,
explaining that a hitch" in get
ting the special edition to press
had kept me at the office all
night. She begged me to come
home Whisky was dominant:
I had taken a bottle to the hotel
room. was half drunk as
talked to her over the telephone.
"No, l can't come home" de-
ciared petulantly. For goodness
sake, stop nagging me. must
go to Waco on business. I'm
leaving this morning. I'll be
gone until Monday. Goodby."
I hung up abruptly and look
another drink. But I knew Mil
bred. She was not gulliblee. She
would not let me go down without
a struggle. She would doubtless
come into town and head me Off
If she could. II was to go on
the proposed party to Waco. as
my drunken mind was made up
TO do, / must get away at once.
! called up Hicks and urged him
to get the party together so that
we could leave before noon.
also got permission to come over
TO his r""~a ana stay until he
could scare up" our companions
and get the car.
Sense Of Honor Shed
Two hours later, with several
bottles Of corn whiskey In the side
pockets Of the car, we were
whizzing south-four Of us-out
for a good time" had imbibed
enough whiskey that morning to
induce reclSlessness and forgetful-
ness. / had thrown off every re-
sponsibility and all sense OF
honor. OF course, didn't analyze
my conduct at the time. How
could do so? I was hilariously
in the first stages of alcoholic
saturation-the dangerous period
Of drinking for me-the period
when my mind goes to prison and
never gets out until my body is
thoroughly poisoned and helpless.
TO BE Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1925-10-23

Suddenly I became a man dy-
ing of alcoholic thirst. The craV-
ing for a drink came over me
like a great, intense heat. My
blood seemed TO start boiling.
NY hands trembled. My mouth
watered. 1 could scarcely wait
until Hicks mixed the four
grabbed mine and downed 1t
In a single gulp, so it seemed.
Then for few moments l had
to fight hard to keep from reich
ing. Had / been with Hicks
alone l should have retired and
had it over with; but I was
ashamed to have our companions
know that a drink had made me
sick. 1 sat there swallowing and
gulping. and presently succeeded
In conquering my rebellious stom-
ach. After that 1 didn't care.
The quart of whiskey was soon
gone. Hicks went out for mo-
ment and returned with another.
Where he got it / don't know.
Suddenly it occurres to me there
might be persons present who
knew me- and looked slowly all
about. Several parties and a
dozen or more couples were pres
ent, all drinking. ! recognized
two or three OF the men. After
all ] was only doing what other
men did-that same old excuse
came into my mind. became
more and more abandoned.
It was close to 5 o'clock in the
morning when Hicks drove up
where I lived and deposited me
on the sidewalk half a block
away. knew Mildred's sensi-
tiveness and feared she might be
up waiting for me. It would
never do for her to see me get
out OF that car, with women in
side. got home and into bed
without waking anyone. OF
course, I didn't get up at my
usual early hour. The first I
knew was Mildred standing be-
side me, looking down into ,ny
face. averted my eyes.
No Time For A Day Off
"oh ! know, Don," she said.
81 can tell when you've had a
drink before you get within half
q block of me. It's too bad.
after all this time; but never
mind. Stay no ne today, and you'll
be all right
1 looked at the clock. It was
$3.50. The special edition was due
The Washington times., 1925-10-23
Foxy Grandpa's Story
A BABY ELEPHANT THAT GOT IN A JAM.

forth nGYvously. I felt sorry fol,
her and wondered II it would he
necessary for us to help her out.
! suggested this to Bunny but he
said:
wait a minute. Watch. They'rA
pretty smart
Smart I should say they are.
The mother climbed over the tree
after she had pulled up q few that
we're in her way end got right be
hind her young son.
She lowered her head until the
broadcast part was fairly aimed
at the baby's tail and then she
gave him a big push. He moved.
Again she lowered her head, took
aim and again she gave hiru q
push, and out he went, scrambling
on all tours and his trunk On the
other side. He snuggled up to
her side, and off down tbs trail
they went.
Some people claim thaS ele
plants are the smartest OF all ami
mails, and believe Them" I said,
climbing down out OF the trSA.
The Washington times., 1925-10-23
ROnping Around
the
Radio Dial
BY Listener-m

The leading feature on WRC's
program last night was an adj
dress by william Green, presi-
dent of the American Federation
Of Labor. Mr.. Green spoke from
the Masonic auditorium. He
gave a very interesting and force
full talk on the labor situation,
tracing the development OF
organized labor since its begin
ming, and also telling US of a mo-
ton picture to be shown through
out this winter, made in the IN
terests of labor and yet contain"
ing a human interest story. This
picture-"Labor's Reward"-wiH
be exhibited free OF charge, ana
the federation hopes to secure
through 1t a wider sympathy ana
understanding.
The evening opened with the
usual market summary, followed
by selections from the Lee House
Trio. This organization furnishes
good programs and last night
played several request numbers.
Another feature Of the program
was a concert by the United States
Army Band, which was unusually
appealing. During this concert 9
cornet solo, Garry Me Back to Old
Virginia" was played for Captain
Nathan Williams at Walter Reed
Hospital, who Is on the verge OF
his twenty-eighth operation.
Commander N. H. Heck, Of the
Cuast and Geodetic Survey, gave
a short talk on Earthquakes
after which we Joined New York
for the Royal Typewriter of music
by the Royal Salon Orchestra
After a very good program the or
chestra closed their part OF the
entertainment with a whirlwinC
trip ND Broadway from Thirty
fourth street to Columbus circle
dropping In at all the leading shows
and hearing all the popular hits
from each.
AS the closing event on WRC's
program, the radio audience made
its first trip to the Spanish VII
lage at 1904 6 street. AS 1t was
their initial appearance on the
air there was some rather
lengthy delays, but Mr.. Broken.
shire's interesting descriptions OF
this new and unusual supper club
filled them most admirably and
added atmosphere to the music by
the Spanish Village -Four.
Ladies and gentlemen, etc.
Your kind attention Is invited to
your headphones at o'clock to.
night, to hear how to safeguard
your credit. Our trouble always
was to get it in the first place.
but we're told it's just as hard
to keep. II all the people we owe
money were, lined up facing US,
like all the boarders in the world
they would reach -. But what
with fur coats, car repairs and
that new super set demanding
lucre, any information on credit
will find a welcome here.
n That organ recital at 8 o'clock
viii probably tickle many q fan,
too. We're putting in a new
coil to get the low notes OF the
solos.
The Mohawk gang will spill
an earful in a foursome at 7:25.
They make many Of US wish we
could swing a Ineaner tenor on
old standbys like Sweet AIDE
line" and Garry Me Back.
The Washington times., 1925-10-23
WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

WHEN did the Yarnasi Indians
w in South Carolina rise
against the English colonIsts?
when was Zenobia, Queen
OF Palmyra, brought captive to
Rome?
3-when was wallenstein re-
moved from command OF the
Austrian forces?
4-When was ancient Carthage
founded?
5-when was the University of
California established?
Answers to these queries win be
printed tomorrow.
ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions
Taunton. Mass. was settled
in 1888.
S-steele founded '"The Taller
in 1909.
S-Charles Warren Stoddard
wrote south Sea Idyle" in 1873.
4-Vicuna Mackenzie, Chilean
historian, was banished from 1851
to 1856.
concluded NaysnahaT -. 1859.
N
The Washington times., 1925-10-23
IN THE HOME

When washing up put a piece
of lemon skin into the bowl. 1t
will soften the water, remove all
traces of the smell OF fish. onions.
and so on, and put fine gloss
on the china.
To keep cut flowers fresh,
place a small piece Of common
soda in the water In which they
are kept
The Washington times., 1925-10-23
submitted BY Betty SHIRLEY, Fillmore Washington, D.

Submitted by Betty SHIRLEY, 1915
HORIZONTAL.
1. Put down. deposit.
4. Attempt.
z. In what way or manner.
10. Perform.
IA. New England state (abbr.).
Is. Bone.
II. Virginia (abbr.).
Is. And not likewise.
10. Elevated ground (abbr.).
20. Possesses.
81. Right (abbr).
%. The night before an event.
"a. Pronoun.
%. Elude, evade.
q. Doctor (abbr.).
%. Review.
80. Periods of time ,(abbr.).
81. Notices.
SO. Fix, dispose, lay.
"a. To appear.
SO. Part of Scandinavian peninsula.
3S. A birds home.
al. Immediately.
AZ, Gained, won.
43. Human beings.
Is. Deface.
46. Upon.
Al. Knocked.
48. Small child.
80. Perform.
50. Only, yet.
Sc. Parent.
81. Printers measure.
So. Masculine.
So. Part of verb to be.
SO. Aloft.
81. Toward.
65. BY, toward.
81. Printers measure.
So. Organ Of smell.
II. A perennial woody plant.
70. Negative.
"A. Receive.
rs. Pronoun.
Is. Contraction Of even.
70. Ban.
80. Metal.
80. Luminous heavenly body.
So. Plague.
So, A number pluraD.
8S. Else.
80. Rob.
90. Horses Of high naettle.
so. Elevated ground.
IS. Largely.
VERTICAL.
/. The white caustic earth from
2. Profession or trade (pluraO.
8, Pronoun.
A. Shares.
5. To mount upward.
8. More than.
8. Billows.
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The Washington times., 1925-10-23

Radiola 20, In beau
tihll desk type cabi-
net. With eight Ra-
donons. $500.
RCA Loudspeaker
Model 100, Pictarsd
Es6OUs. Cone type,
achieving new clar-
ity aud far wider tone
fange. Can be used
with any radio receiv-
CT. . . . $35.
The Washington times., 1925-04-29
CAPITAL SCHOOL
SOON To BE
MODELS
Officials of Other Cities viii
Be Coming Here to Study
System, Lewis Says

The time is approaching when
school administrators in other cities
will be visiting Washington, to
study its educational development,
instead of Capital school men going
elsewhere for similar surveys, Doc
tor william Mather Lewis, presi-
dent Of George Washington Uni
versity. told a gathering of local
educators at the dinner OF the Edu-
cation Association of the District
of Columbia, at Rauscher's last
night.
The dinner was given to celebrate
the passage of important school
measures, the five-year building
program, the teachers salary sched-
ule, and the compulsory education
and school census law
Doctor Lewis declared that no
city the size of Washington has
ever seen such far-reaching school
bills passed in so short a period.
Addresses also were made by
James T. Lloyd, president of the
Board of Education, Superinten lent
Frank w. Ballou, Miss Catherine
Watkins, director Of kindergartens,
and Fred Coldren, Of the Mount
Pleasant Citizens Association.
| Selden M. Ely, president of the
association, which is a branch OF
the National Education Association,
presided.
The committee in charge com.
rrised Miss Caroline Toner, chair
man: Miss Annie Keliher, Doctor
Rebecca Stoneroad, Miss Charlotte
10. Everett, and Mrs. Se1den M. Ely.
The Washington times., 1925-04-29
CITIZENS CALL
|. NEW COUNCIL
/. UN-A|NER|CAN
Iowa Circle Association Mem
bers Say Plan Smacks
Of Tammany Rule

The new Citizens Advisory CounCh,
to be elected Saturday night by the
Federation of Citizens Association
was condemned last night by the
Iowa Circle Citizens Association
meeting in the Northminster Freshly
terrain Church hall
The arSuflne nts OF the association
against the council Were:
''The plan proposed while allow
ing to the constituent bodies the
privilege of nominating the mem
bers. OF The council, places the cleo
ton power in the hands of the fed
Grafton. This is entirely un-Amer-
lean In principal and suggests pos
sibilities of ring rule and Tammany
control ana the worst forms Of cor
rupt city politics.
This plan, as presented and fos-
tered by the Federation of Citizens
Association, appears to be step in
the direction Of a franchise for the
District. We are absolutely opposed
to this, in view of the fact that q
very large majority of the residents
OF the District hold their citizen
ship elsewhere, leaving so few Ac-
tual residents to participate in the
election and therefore in political
control.
We much prefer to leave the adj
ministration of the affairs of the
District in the hands of our Com
missioners, who enjoy the conf
dence of our entire population"
The Southeast Citizens Associa-
ton adopted resolution last night
urging neighboring associations to
support its candidate, Lemuel
Fugitt.
Doctor William P. Herbst, of $500
Pennsylvania avenue, has been APP
pointed delegate to the Federation
to succeed George w. Evans, who
died last week.
The Washington times., 1925-04-29

After hearing the evidence in 1he
case of Mary e. Bowers, charged
with the murder of her brother,
Raymond Cant, Police Judge Harry
r. Thomas yesterday dismissed the
woman, the evidence being that 1t
was a case of self-defense.
The Washington times., 1925-04-29
ARLINGTON 81 .
DELEGATES
SCHOOL
New Building at LeeWay Pack
ed for Exercises Marking
Its Completion

ARLINGTON COUNTY, April 20.
Despite the stormy weather OF last
night. the auditorium Of the recent
w completed Leeway School, to be
known as the Robert p. Lee
School," was packed to capacity by
citizens attending the dedication
services held under the auspices OF
the Leeway Citizens Association,
with the vice president, Charles r.
Kincheloe, presiding.
The invocation was delivered by
the Reverend William F. Wright,
pastor of Mount Olivet Methodist
Church, Of Ballston.
Among the speakers were Pro-
lessor Fletcher Kemp, county
superintendent OF schools, ana
State Senator Frank L. Ball.
Music during the evening was
furnished by the Ballston band, ana
the program included recitation
by Miss Louise Moore and q cornet
solo by Norman Hardy.
The school house will be ready
for occupancy shortly after May i.
At the annual meeting and cleo
ton Of officers of the Thrifton
Village junior government, held in
the parish hall Of Grace Church
last night, Robert Wall was elected
mayor. Other officers elected were
Mildred Hall, town clerk; Dorothy
Hall, treasurer; George Ellen, chtef
of the fire department; Donald
Barker, police chief; Helen David
son. police matron, and conway
Richardson, health officer.
Arrangements for the reception In
honor of the retention of the Rev
erend F. p. Lackey, who for the
past eighteen years has been pastor
of st. Charles Catholic Church, at
Clarendon, in the auditorium OF st.
Charles school tonight, have been
completed, said Mrs. Thomas Crack,
| who is chairman in charge of the
ARRANGEMENTS. She is being as
sisted by Mrs. Margaret Wizeman,
| Mrs. Ella Pyne, Mrs. Alinor Tou-
lotte. Mrs. Virginia Mcdonald, Mrs.
Gertrude McClosKey, Mrs. }. j.
! Mooney, Miss Helen Mooney, MISS
Theresa Kennedy, Miss Anna Bur
rows, Mrs. Anna M. Sp2tes, MRS.
Carolin Beuchert and Mrs. Lucia
Fravel.
Father Lackey was retained
through the efforts OF speclaI
committee from Edward Douglas
White Council, Knights of Column
tus. of which John Cavanaugh was
chairman. Other members were:
Stephen Childs, Thomas Crack,
Charles O'Brien, Jerry Flanagan,
Harley Milks, Berton Toulotte, Ber-
nard Pagan. Joseph Brown, Jack
Spates, Charles McCloskey, Howard
Druckemiller and Thomas Miller.
Mass meeting of the citizens OF
Lyon Park and Ashton Heights
will be held in the clubhouse on
Clarendon avenue tomorrow night
at 8 o'clock, for the purpose Of
considering ways and means Of Inn
proving Cathcart road and Fort
avenue.
After hearing the evidence in 1he
case Of Mary e. Bowers, charged
with the murder of her brother,
Raymond Cant, Police Judge Harry
r. Thomas yesterday dismissed the
woman, the evidence being that 1t
was a case of self-defense.
The Washington times., 1925-04-29
THREE, TO BE EXECUTED,
NERVOUS BUT HOPEFUL

OSSINING, N. Y, April 90
Very nervous, but still hopeful, -
was the attitude today of Morris
and Joseph Diamond, brothers, and
John Farina, who are to die in
the electric chair in Sing Sing
prison tomorrow night, according
to Warden Lewis E. Lawes.
Governor Smith has been appeal
ed to by attorneys for the con-
demned men TO stay the execution.
The three were convicted of the
murder of two bank messengers
in Brooklyn during a holdup.
I'VE are going ahead with our
plans for electrOcutiOn Of the three
men" the warden added.
The Washington times., 1925-04-29
13 FIREMEN OVERCOME
BY FUMES FROM ACID

NEW YORK, April 29.-Thirteen
firemen were overcome and damage
estimated at $4,000 done when
fire today Quilted the three-story
brick building owned and occupied
by the Louis and Morris Bernstein
Novelty Company in Brooklyn.
Acrid fumes from vast quantities
Of boxes and excelsior made entrance
into the burning building almost
impossible. Several heroic rescues
of unconscious firemen were made.
Four trolley lines were tied up
nearly an hour.
The Washington times., 1925-04-29
TOvVNER IS PRAISED
FOR PORTO RICO WORK

congressman Frear and Browne,
insurgent members from Wisconsin,
called upon President Coolidge to-
day and praised Governor Horace
M. Towner's administration of Porto
Rico.
Brown and Frear have just re-
turned from a visit to the island.
While there both conducted per-
sonal Investigations of island af-
fairs. They told President Coolidge
Towner's administration was emf
nently satisfactory in all respects.
The Washington times., 1925-04-29
BRITISH ACTRESS IS.
DIVORCED BY AMERICAN

LONDON, April % --Velmar Dean,
a British revue actress, today was
granted q divorce from Edward
Dolly, an Acct lean dance producer
and brother Of the Dolly sisters. The
grounds were misconduct.
The Judge said Dolly had been
brutal in t,lat he lad been undulv
attentive to another woman in the
presence of his wife.
The Washington times., 1925-04-29
Bandits Rob Credit Union

NEW YORK, April 29.-Eight
members of the Middle Village
Credit Union, meeting early today
in their headquarters at Middle VIZ
lage, Queens, were robbed by five
armed bandits of $4,000 in cash and
other valuables. The bandits fled
in an automobile.