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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-26
John Coolidge Meant
Nothing to Stately
Butler

An austere butler classified
John Coolidge, son Of the
President, as d gate crasher
when he forgot his admission
card to Miss Lydia Archbold S
dance Wednesday night, it has
just been learned.
When John appeared at the
door Of the stately Archbold
home on reservoir road, where
Mrs. Anne Archbold was enter
tanning the younger set at a
small dance in honor of her
daughter, he told the butler he
had forgotten his card.
''Name, please?' the butler
said.
John Coolidge"
"Sorry but your name is not
on the list" the unsuspecting
butler replied. And in order
to gain admission John had to
persuade the butler to call Miss
Lydia to the door.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-26
D AVIS ASSANS
ARMY HOMES

By Fred }. WALKER

A new shot in the War Depart.
ment's fight to secure suitable liv-
ing quarters for the Army was
fired today by Secretary OF War
Davis, in an appeal to Congress for
legislation.
Forty thousand American sol.
diers are living in, snacks. Married
officers with children are being
lodged in houses which would be
condemned In any progressive
American municipality, ne said in
a statement released at tho War
Department
Davis asserted that the cost OF
the building program, already APP
proved by President Coolidge would
be practically met by the sale OF
surplus real estate now owned by
the department
The situation has become so bad
that, altogether apart from the
unnecessary discomfort and hard.
ship imposed upon the troops. the
structures has become an extraya-
gance. All the money the War de-
partment can spare Is not suffi-
cient to preserve these old l.Uild-
ings from further continuous de-
terioration. We are throwing good
money after bad"
Davis explained the 90 per cent
increase in the size Of the Army
since 1915 had forced the use of
temporary wartime structures and
pointed out that a comprehensive
building program had been disap-
proved and one embracing hare
necessities" had been adopted in
its stead.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-26
BL0CKA
0FENTRE
C(lAST IN
VIEW

WILMINGTON, N, q, Dec. Is.
Backed By the order Of President
Coolidge that every available re-
source Of the Government must be
employed for prohibition enforce
ment, Gen. &. G. Andrews, As
|sistant Secretary. Of the Treasury,
started plans here today to lay
down = blockade Of ships, guns
and men around the southeastern
and gulf coasts to crush liquor
smuggling.
Havana the Center
With Havana recognized &c the
main source ,Of supply for snug
glers. who are pouring vast
amount or whisky into the south.
east, Andrews prepared is sail this
afternoon on the coast guard cut
ter MOdoc for first hand view OF
rum running operations.
The survey Will complete An
drews picture Of eastern and
southern smuggling. Later he will
make q personal tour Of the Next
can and Canadian borders, and the
Pacific coast that a comprehensive
national program may be drafted
for his war on rum.
Upon the results Of the southern
inspection to carry the Govern
ment party to Charleston, Savan-
nah, Jacksonville. Tampa, Key
West and Havana, will hinge
reccn1nf ations To be made BY
Andrews for strengthening the
southeast dry fleet and land forces.
Plans Pact with Cubs
In Havana, Andrews viii confer
with high Cuban officials relative
to the negotiation of a rum treaty
between that country and the
United States, The preliminary
steps already have been taken and
It is expected that the pact viii be
concluded within q few months.
The agreement win be similar
to that entered into with Canada.
Andrews learned from coast
guard and customs officials here
that since the Governments sue
cessful drive against New York's
rum row, smugglers have trans
ferred the bulk Of their operations
to the South and Gulf coasts.
Thousands Of gallons Of liquor
are being run into Florida through
the Everglades sector, both from
Cuba and Nassau in the Bahama
islands.
Aliens Struggled.
Government forces guarding this
district are declared to be made
Quate to prevent big volume Of
smuggling, not only OF liquor but
aliens and narcotics. Thousands
OF aliens, principally Orientale.
have reached the United States
via Cuba and Mexico In the last
few months.
Soon after the first Of the year
a general mobilization Of the Coast
Guards seagoing patrol is expected
in Southern waters. The fleet viii
he backed up by q land army OF
customs and prohibition agents.
Recommendations as to methods
Of reinforcing the Governments dry
army in the Northeast already have
been laid before Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon and will be carried
out in full force upon Andrews re-
.slrn to Washington. after the New
Year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-26
100000 FARM FAMILIES
TO BE REPRESENTED HERE

Leaders OF farm EXAMINATIONS and
cooperative associations represent.
ing more than 100000 farm families
will gather in Washington for the
three-day session of the midwinter
meeting of the National Board OF
Farm Organizations. February /
according to an announcement to-
day by Secretary Charles w. Hol-
man.
The meeting will begin with sep
arate board meetings called by the
Farmers Educational and Co-opera-
tive Union Of America. the National
Cooperative Milk Producers FEEDER
alton and the Pennsylvania State
Grange. which are associated mem
bers of the national board.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-26
gHgAnD1to gzgm8
Sa1zzzSSt-9 By BILL PRICE esreu Us 81 oei.ce
GOING. GOING! GONE.

Christmas comes but once year,
And, of course, brings wholesome
cheer.
With its pleasures, safe and sane,
Pm Iodth to haze dear YGlettde
1Udne.
Welcome gifts have touched as
right,
And turkey has gtGddened appetite
What q pity, then, it hath
The bird, meGn--fts aftermath
For turkey, served on Christmas
bill,
Is trottin0, daily tTotting still:
On the menu holding StoGy,
Day By day IN every scay.
CdmoufldOed as turk entree,
TIL, lcith the gear, it fades array.
But not before (oh, dreaded coupD
The turkeys ghost toddes through
the soup!
EDWIN I. SLOPE.
Mrs. BIabber-HOw can you tell
If your husband wins in poker
game?
Mrs. Nutt-When he wins he
puts his pants under the pillow.
When he loses he puts them on u
chair. HOFFMAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-26
SHALL SANTA CLAUS CON
TINUE TO BE A MAN?

(Women of advanced thought
are now cutting up" because
Santa Claus is a man. They
say "he" should be a woman.)
What II this violent protest
Against Santa being a male
When the Job would better suit
nifty, modern female?
Why should Santa wear whiskerS,
Big boots and North Pole Shirts?
Why shouldn't "he" be a woman
With rOlI-tOps and very short
Men are getting entirely too uppish,
They think they are lit" In all
Santa would still be Santa even II he
Did bob his hair and wear ear rings.
Why make kids believe that Kris
KringIe
Will always be a jolly old male?
Down with this mOnstrOus myth OF
man
And let us have Santa who Is q
female.
MARMALADE MIKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-26
NORTH CAPITOL CITIZENS
ARE TO HEAR FENNINC

The North Capitol Citizens Asso.
citation meets Monday night at 1880
o'clock in the Sunday school room
OF the United Brethren Church,
North Capitol and r SITS, to elect
officers for the coming year.
Commissioner Frederick A. Fen
ming will deliver a short address
and the entertainment committee
will offer a program
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-26
INJURIES FROM FALL
FATAL TO WOMAN. as

Mrs. Annie d. Mitchell, IS years
old, 2140 N st. NJ W., died at
Emergency Hospital early this
morning from injuries she received
more than three weeks ago when
she fell in her bedroom AZ her
home. a1
In the fall she fractured a hip
and received internal injuries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-26
Xmas Play for Children

An entertainment for children of
the primary Sunday school Of the
Church of the Good Shepard will
be given this evening in the gym.
nasium of the church, starting at
7 o'clock. A Christmas play will
be the feature of the entertainment
which will also include visit from
santa Claus.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-26

YOU CAN
eff could do the kind of things"
Wake up my friend, you can!
There never were invented strings
To hold down any man.
If you are conscious that you're here
You're able to make good;
But first you'll M 6e to strangIe Fear,
Let that be Understood.
You'll have to EFappIe Demon Doubt
And tear him from your brain:
You'll have to blot Disaster out.
And pOleaX Pride and Pain.
You'll have to constantly patrol
The City of your Mind,
Communicating with your white Soul,
Leaving dead Dreams behind.
And when you've fought the win
ming fight
O'ercOme your fOemen Ill,
You'll know you can do all that's
right;
You can do What You VIII!
GENE BLOSSOM.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-26
Harvard Club Concert

Collegiate society gathers tonight
for the Harvard University Instru.
mental Clubs concert in the ball
room of the Mayflower Hotel. Ban
ners representing all of the col.
leges present will be shown and
Harvard yells will be given.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-26
Yale Players Here

The Yale University Dramatic As
sociation will present out O. Luck, .
war comedy by Tom Cushing, at
the Wardman Park Theater to-
night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-26
AN AFTER CHRISTMAS
SENTIMENT

Dear Biu: We toelconle pour
column,
Long may live old Heard and
Seen
But right noto some Of as .poNld
1elc0nle
A big roll of long green.
JUMBO JAKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-26
congressman's Brother Dead

Congressman Sol Bloom of New
York is in Peoria. ILL.,, to attend
the funeral OF his brother. Henry
4 Bloom, a business man of that
ely.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-26

word Of eight letters here will
show.
Carefully con the lines below:
First" and "secOnd" are ever abid-
Ing with youth"
Third" and Fourth" make half of
life" fOrsOOth;
Fifth" and sixth" are always in
Time"
While Seventh" and eighth" are
spent with each Dime"
Whole h . season of gIadness and
cheer
Which IL at present right here.
N, SMITH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-26

The only successful Gnttd0te
for much talk Is more talk.
col Mitchell guilty." Sure,
the "ktcker" Is GIOGys guilty.
The boss iCdnts yes men"
"EconODlU promotes Eft
ciencJ," says Secretary Wilbur.
That's right, The man a1ho has
no oVercoGt is bound to move
fast on q cold ddu.
FRED VBTTER.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-11-06
IN OUR SELF-SERVE GROCERY
OPERATED BY BEN ADLER

containing a complete assortment of Ma
be given as attendance prizes Saturday. E
will receive coupon. The lucky numbers
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08
Finding New Power

Although their progress is slow and
unspectacular, scientists are making
logged attempts to discover a way to
make artificial fuels which will replace
the diminishing supplies of coal and
oil. The process they seek to perform
in their laboratories, according to
Popular Mechanics Magazine, is the
marvellous one that nature uses every
day in storing up energy in leaves
and plants by converting waste mate
rial into wood, etc, under the action
of. sunlight. Solution Of the riddle is
being sought In California by DR.. Her
man A. Spoehr and a staff Of research
workers. A years consumption Of
coal at the present time represents
the accumulation Of 100 years, he
says.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08
Arctic Veterans

The arctic is simultaneously releas-
lng its hold upon two gallant veterans
of many battles with fee and. berg.
The revenue cutter Bear, 80 long the
warder Of the sealing feet, is not to
end an icy grave In the Boring sea,
and ROAD Amundsen's Maud, commit
ted to the drift Ice In 1922. instead Of
following Stefanson's Karluk to the
bottom, has been released from the
clutch of the ocean north of Siberia
and is now. on her way to Nome.
Aniundsen will deem 1t a Riece Of
gold fortune second only to me saliva
'tion Of the bold mariners of the air
who shared his recent fight from
Spitzbergen. No ordinary ship Of
steel can endure unscathed what these
hardy boats of sheathed oak have en-
countered and Observation-Disclosures
Public Ledger.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08
Giant SaIt-c Cellar

The Palestine government proposes
to erect a plant for the recovery of 80
odd billion tons Of salt from the Dead
sea-a giant salt-cellar of apparently
unlimited capacity-and very soon
huge chemical factories and ware
houses will be established round the
lake, and the peace and quiet Of cen
turtles will give place to the c~easeless
whir of wheels.
It is remarkable that one of the
most desolate spots in the world
should suddenly acquire such tremen-
dous economic Importance. OF all the
billion tons of salt In the Dead sea,
only about ten tons Is common salt.
The remainder consists OF salts of
potassium and magnesium, an album
dance Of which will make Palestine the
richest potash country in the world.
In appearance this strange sea chal-
lenges the Mediterranean with it's clar-
Ity and blueness, but SO deathly still
are its waters that they have earned
1t Its grewsome name.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08
Japanese Women Lawyers?

japanese women will be allowed to
practice law In the courts Of the EN-
pire If a advocated by the
woman suffrage party receives the ap-
proval of the next diet session. Dis
GUESSING the proposed bill, which would
put women barristers on the same
plane as the male members of the bar,
one Of the leaders of the woman suf-
frage party said: Women have
proved to be good doctors and they
are certainly better fitted to deal with
crimes and home problems than men
because they understand them better.
The argument that women are o SEN
timental is ridiculous"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08
Hunting in Siberia

Hunting is still of considerable eco
nomic Importance over large parts of
Siberia, particularly in the tundra and
the forest regions. In some localities
it is the chief means of livelihood.
while in others it supplements fishing
and farming. Sparse population ia
vors the survival of f%ur-bearing ami.
mails, but the supply is decreasing as
the country becomes more thickly set
tied. In consequence of the increase
in the number of hunters and the more
intensive methods of hunting fur-bear-
ing animals ar killed faster than they
multiply.
This destruction has led the Rus
sian government to restrict the hunt
ing Of wild animals and birds. Animal
sanctuaries have been established. 1t
is difficult, however, to enforce hunt
ing laws over such a vast territory
inhabited by SO primitive a people.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08

Edwin Fairfax Naulty of New York,
for many years a student of the
earth's movements says that the
Hawaiian islands are gradually rising
from the sea and that within a genera
ton the group, now containing 6,454
square miles, will be equal in area to
Japan. The fact that Japan's area.
including the japanese portion of the
island of Sakhalin. is 1883 square
miles, indicates the Importance of Mr..
Naulty's prediction.
If this forecast be confirmed, Nature
will have restored a lost Atlantis in
the mid-Pacific and placed under the
domination of the American flag vir-
gin territory more than three times as
large as the state of Kentucky. Addi-
ton Of 10000 square miles Of habit
able land to the earth's area would be
one of the most remarkable develop
ments In cosmography known since
recorded history began. Louisville
Courier-JournaI.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08
Bully Got a Lesson

As a train neared Cleveland, a tall
mar was ~aggressively bully-ragging
the porter because he had been un-
able to pick out the passengers trav-
cling bag by his description of 1t. Billy
Evans, baseball umpire and sports
writer, was present and finally ex-
pressed a desire that the b~rowbeating
cease. But the tall man only talked
louder. Evans got up and walked
back to be faced aggressively by the
talker. $50 you've come back to set
tie this, have your he blared at
Evans. SWELL. now you're here, what
are you going to do about it? What
are you going to DO. ehY' Evans an
swer was an instantaneous short
armed cuff with the open hand which
Jared the takers head about three
feet. But 1t settled the argument.
Sometimes a fist can settle things
more effectively and efficiently than
yards of conversation. - Capper's
Weekly.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08

How did the story of Hercules and
the three-headed monster, Cerberus, at
the entrance of Hades stagger the
youthful imaginationl What strength,
what daring right at the mouth of the
eerie underworld Yet from British
East Africa comes a news dispatch
with the story of a native chief who
braved a blazing and splitting leopard
barehanded. Hercules story after all
is but mythology, but Murigo was
TrImu's In reality. Leopards had been
raiding the kraals. Several of the
chiefs subjects had been killed. One
morning the alarm was given and
Trimu, sever feet tall and a giant In
strength, ran from his hut and, seeing
the leopard mauling two natives,
tackled him with his bare hands and
tore him to pieces. The natives of
British East Africa apparently exer-
else due common sense when they elect
their chiefs.-Pierre Van Paasen in
Atlanta Constitution.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08

swell how arGethangs going On here;
these days7" asked, the picture ,enlarg
er who visited tHa..hamlet sufficiently
often to be mildaOSinterested N. the
happenings therHsH
Blooming, siESg boomingp trium-
phantly replied the landlord Of the tav-
ern at ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Fully three
times as many motor cars pass through
here nowadays rs did last summer,
we've got a couple of right lively d.
vorce suits going 81 at once. there are
fully twice as many prisoners in the
1ail as this time last year, and Deacon
Pennypincher is aIafly talking about
painting his Ho6seTAKansas City
Times. "a
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08
Beyond Pardon When He
Laid Failure to Wife

Once upon a time there was a man
who didn't amount to anything and he
was arrested for encumbering the
earth and taken before the judge.
my son." said the judge In his kind
way, you're not worth a darn. Not
even half a darn. But I'm going to
give you another chance. I'm going
to set you up in business and see what
happens. If you succeed even In a
small way within a year, I'll spare
you"
Well, the judge kept his word and
the man began to conduct a business.
At the end Of a year he was broke,
and again he was taken before the
judge.
"You see," said the man. Il trusted
people and they didn't pay me. It
wasn't my fault"
your judgment is rotten" said the
judge; "but you seem to have a good
heart. I'll try you again."
At the end of the second year the
mar was broke again and again he
faced the judge.
II just had hard luck" he explained.
II bought my goods when prices were
high and then hard times came along
and prices dropped and I couldn't
make a profit. Expenses ate me up"
"Well, WELL" said the judge; "luck
has much to do with it, and it's no dis
grace to have misfortune. Many men
r knocked out by circumstances and
yet contrive to win in the end because
they have the right stuff In them.
You get one more chance"
The one chance wasn't enough. The
man hadn't a cent at the end Of the
year.
"What nowf" asked the judge, and
his voice was hard. eDid you trust
too many people this time, or was luck
against your"
1T was my wife's fault" said the
man. "You see, She"
"That's enough" said the judge. He
turned to the head knocker who stood
near and said: "Just take him out
and knock him in the head. When a
man begins to blame his wife for his
failures he's Observation-Disclosures
Sun
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08
GIRL HAD RETAINED
PROBLEM nv MIND
Educator Tells of Remark
able Feat Of Memory.

A western edition. college professor
and publicist, speaking of remarkable
memories that he had observed. says:
1--WE known SOME good memories.
One was that Of a western congress-
man who knows fifty thousand people
In his home state and can recall every
meeting with every man. l have heard
Blind Tom and Blind Boone, musical
prodigies who could reproduce the
most difficult composition played in
their hearing. I've known AL Hicks,
the Montana stock inspector, who
knew six hundred stock brands, their
owners, their range and every vent
and road brand they had ever used.
But ! think the most remarkable mem
DRY feat was hat of a negro girl stu
dent In a high school where / once
taught.
II had a class In advanced algebra,
and in the textbook was a long list Of
problems on which we worked for
weeks. For examination / assigned
any two problems on a given page,
each student to make choice for him
self.
One especially difficult problem In
three unknown quantities had re-
quired a whole blackboard for its So
luton. Only II boy, the class
prodigy, had mastered 1t.
When this negro girl, who wrote a
beautiful hand but was particularly
dense In mathematics, handed In q
fauitless solution Of thisShardest prob
lem, l couldn't see how she could have
done 1t without cheating.
Ellen" / said, why did YOU Sc
lect this one?"
Because l could do 1t best, SIR"
she affirmed.
Though I couldn't believe 1t, finally
/ said, "well, If you did it once. you
can do 1t again, here in my Office"
I watched her as she wrote steadily,
rapidly, without erasures or hesita-
ton. Soon she handed me the paper /;
I couldn't have done it any better my
self.
swell, you did it, and you get your
grade and an apology" I told her.
but surely you didn't work 1t out as
you went along9"
"No, sir, / just remembered it." was
her surprising response.
Remembered it?"
eyes, sir. Don't you remember that
Harry Thatcher wrote 1t on the board7
Well, sir, l just remembered 1t, and
there 1t isl"
Those other prodigies were doing
the things in which they were inter-
ested, with which they were in love.
But this negro girl, knowing and car
ing nothing for mathematics, had
nevertheless memorized all these
strange figures and their intricate re-
lationships, In which she was not in
terested; and to my mind her memory
feat was greater than all the others.
youths Companion.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08
Bandits Buried "LOOt''
Awaits Lucky Finder

About one hundred thousand dollsrs
In gold dust and currency lies buried
in q certain Colorado gulch and has
been there since 1854. The currency
was wrapped in oiled silk and the dust
was placed in tin cans. This treasure
was inferred by Jim and John Rey-
nolds, leaders of a gang Of outlaws
which terrorized three states during
the closing years of the Civil war. By
adding murder to highway and stage
robbing, they so incensed the citizens
of Park county that a posse went forth
to exterminate them. 1t was while In
hiding from this posse In Geneva
gulch at the junction of Deer and Elk
creeks, which flow into the Platte
river, that the Reynolds brothers,
without informing the other bandits,
hid their loot.
The exact spot selected for the
cache was an abandoned mine tunnel.
A nearby tree was suitably marked,
and the brothers fed with their gang.
One was killed by the posse. Jim Rey-
nolds and four others were killed in
a bunch some weeks later. Finally
there was but one left alive, John
Reynolds. He was shot while attempt
ing, with Albert Brown, to raid a
ranch. Brown carried him to a place
Of refuge and Reynolds. realizing that
he was about to die, told Brown about
the buried wealth and how to find it.
In addition, he drew a rough map of
the locality which has descended
through photographed copies to the
present day. Having done this, Rey-
nolds being full Of bullets, gave up the
ghost.
Yet, though men have been search
ing for this treasure for over half a
century, it has not been found. Forest
fires have swept the gulch and the
old tunnel undoubtedly has caved In,
burying within its embrace the loot
hidden BY Jim and John Reynolds in
the brief pause of a flight from a
posse.-Josiah NJ. Ward, In Adventure
Magazine,