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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28
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FORGED On
LICENSE
Gloria SearIes Is Engaged.
BUT Not to Thomas Greene,
as Rockville Paper Reads

Crossword puzzles and other brain
annoying devices were summarily
thrown in the ash can today By
Thomas w. Greene, OF s14 Seventh
street and Miss Gloria M. Searlss
Of 1744 North Capital street, their
multitude of friendsand her parents.
Theirs il . personal puzzle. It's
this:
Why should some unknown person
take out marriage license at Rock
vile using the names, correct ages
and washington addresses OF the
two.
They never met until three weeks
ago, when they began the rehearsal
OF an amateur play with q large
company Of others.
/. Furthermore Miss Searles is en-
gagged to be married, invitations had
been sent out and some wedding
presents received: It's all very an.
noying. You have the word Of Miss
Searles' mother, the twenty-three
year old fiancee herself, and Mr..
Greene.
Who could have done it, and why?
Mrs. Searles declares that the
first she knew OF the marriage ii.
cense, which was taken out at
Rockville on Monday, was when a
friend OF the family called her and
said she had present for the en-.
gagged couple, but noticed ''in this
mornings paper that Gloria had been
o~VAfa %
a Mr.. Greene"
The telephone caller wanted to
know IL the Intended present should
be engraved with g. "G" or the
initial OF the groom announced in
the wedding invitation.
Mrs. Searles treasured her friend
that che had never heard OF Greene
and didn't know him. This was
verified by Greene himself,
Puzzled, Mrs. Searles called the
clerk of the circuit court at Rock.
VILE and verified the fact that q
license had been issued for the mar
riage Of her daughter to Greene.
Mrs. SearleS declared that Gloria
had not been out Of their home ex.
cept forl an hour on Monday when
she went to have her hair dressed.
Apprehension that her daughters
fiancee would hear Of the incident
characterized as dirty Joke
was expressed by the mother.
What effect 1t will have on the
forthcoming wedding was ignored
by the irate mother who declared
that she didn't think the motivt
OF the person who secured the IL
cense had anything to do with the
expected wedding.
After council last night of the
principals to the incident 1t was re
solved that the whole thing is still
a puzzle to them.
who could have done it, and
why?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28
RE- TIRED {. P D.
WORKER ENDS
LIFE
|Desponde1t Over III Health,
w. /. 6ateman Hangs
Himself With Cord

Brooding over his III health, vii
liam l. Bateman. sixty-five years old
4 retired employee Of the Government
Printing office. committed suicide
early today, according to the police,
BY hanging himself with the cord
Of his bathrobe. The body was
found by his sister-in-Iaw. Mrs
EstelIe Halter. with whom Batemar
lived, at 1924 Irving street.
For thirty years. prior. to his re-
tirement two years ago, Bateman
worked in the Government service
! Shortly after midnight, according
to the police. he tied one end Of the
bathrobe cord to his bedpost, looped
1T around his neck, and fastened the
other end to another bedpost.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28
SOUTHERN RAILWAY OPENS
EXHIBIT or MINERALS

Southern Railway Company has
put on exhibition in its city ticket
office, at 1910 H street northwest,
an attractive display of minerals
from the territory served by the
lines of that railway. This ex-
hibit, containing several hundred
specimens, is an index to the mineral
resources of the territory south of
the Ohio and Potomac rivers and
east OF the Mississippi.
Care has been taken to restrict
the exhibit to samples OF minerals
that occur in commercial quaint
ties and substantially every speci-
men shown represents an oppor-
tunity for industrial development.
This is to be a. permanent exhibit
and. while it is of special interest
to the chemist and metallurgist, it
Is open to the general public.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28

amount at least equal in purchas-
ing power to the sums named in
the bill? If it Is claimed that
to do SO would under a fall.
ing cost of living tend to increase
the value of that money as time
goes on, the answer is that at the
present rate of decrease in the
cost Of living it will take a long
time to catch up with what they
have lost by shrinkage OF the
money since the payments began.
Another answer Is that the cost of
living is falling so slowly that we
are not likely to make many mil.
Iionaires out of the retired en-
ployes through the advancement
of the purchasing power of the
pension.
There are some other features
of this retirement bill that I would
like to discuss with you, but ! will
confine this letter TO the ques-
ton of the propriety and justice
of increasing the payments to
cover the drop in the purchasing
power OF money since the con-
struction Of the bill in 1916"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28
MISS WATSON, KANSAS
..MhEAT GIRL" DUE HERE

Miss Vada Watson, the kansas
Wheat Girl" will present President
Coolidge tomorrow with a sack Of
wheat from grain harvested by the
late President Harding while on the
Western trip that ended in his un-
timely death.
The gift is planned as q memorial
to the late President. Senator Cap
per and the Kansas Congressional
delegation have completed plans for
the presentation at the White
House, and will give a dinner in
Miss Watson's. honor tomorrow eve.
ming.
Before returning to her home near
Turon. Kan, Miss Watson viii be
the guest Of the Bankers Club in
New York and Of the Kansas As.
ISOLATION in Boston.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28
A TALE or a THoMAS car.

=.
A Thosnas cat once climbed upon >
fsct'ry chimney high
And gave mighty yOtyl and yaWn
and smiled up 9t the sky
And walked around and viewed the
Admired himself TO beat the hand,
and made himself . show.
He said, 81 am . noble eat. above
the feline race,
No ONE to me can e.er say seat NO
dog can ever chase;
And so he lay down there 70 sleep.
with one eve out for blRdss
He felt that other cats were cheap,
were secOnd-class, or thirds.
nut e the e' hs sssR below I1Te was ~ upon
And into Il tho firemen spit and fan
ned 10 20 . glow,
And warm and ever warmer smoke
- up thru that chimney sped.
Of darlncss overhead.
Our Thomas felt the gentle heat and
stretched hinleeH and purred
reused himself and stirred.
just then blast of thick black
smoke belched out Into his
He sn.sszed and then thought he
would choke. twas such an
awful rlace.
He started to climb down again, but
all the bricks were hot;
He tROtted round the rim and then
got hotter In each spot.
His tail was singed, his wh1eikers
went, and mouFnfuIly he cried.
And with 8 yOwl ali hoarno and
spent he tumbled down Inside.
The moral Of this tale h plain: No
matter where you're ct,
Don't be ~ foolish and Is vain ~
was this Thomas Cat.
GENE BLOSSOM
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28
EPISCOPAL WOMEN ALTER
DATE FOR CONFERENCE

Mrs. W. D. Hurd, president of
the .women's auxiliary of the Episco.
pal diocese of Washington, yester.
day sent rctice to the presidents
OF the parish branches of the post
ponement Of the meeting scheduled
for February 3 because of conflict
of dates.
The February meeting will be held
in the Church of the Epiphany
Thursday evening, February s, Ut
s o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28
coSMoPoLlTANs TO HEAR
LIFE STORY Or MlNTE.

Edward w. Minte, painter and
decorator, ID to relate the story of
his life and career to his fellow.
members Of the Cosmopolitan CltD,
the Franklin Square Hotel tognor-
row at 1880 o'clock.
Mr.. Minte's talk Is one Of q series
of s'get acquainted addresses, de-
signed to familiarize the members
with each others work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28
WHY AND WHITTIER.

elm passing by" Ra1d a wise old guy
and talking about the n0ed OF
while here for a brief space of time.
auPrOunded by good and crime,
remind uO of reparatlon.
From the days Of Adam and Eve
we've had no rcprfave from the
And whether weak or strong, we're
apt TO go wrong, and the Devils
constantly trying to get ne.
IE may seem quIte funny that women
and money are the strongest lures
we contend with,
And suecess and growth seems to he
trying 70 get both, and at the
ftnlah what do we end with?
FROM the time Of our birth TO six
feet Of earth we live, lie, love and
view the same scene,
And as time comes and goes we meet
no on who knows what the future
and just FepaPatjon neane.
OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28
oRIGINAI. STUFF oNLY.

J. S. D., just one Of the many
thousands of fans of this column,
sends as a number of jokes
clipped from some magazine. OF
course, aUe can't use them. We
do not knosUingIy print any con-
tribMti0n that has been taken
from some other publication.
You bright fans 10ko read and
enjoy this column haze the bruins
to compose fine original stuff.
20 ahead and do 1t. Trust to
your 0gUn intellect and nit and
help make the column brighter
and brighter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28

ioIal '..'...''''..-..... .lO'oAe
Please note that only a little
over a third of those retired are
receiving the maximum under the
law, that is to say, $720. Even
these, on the basis Of the present
purchasing power Of the dollar. are
receiving but $453.40 instead of the
$3.50 that the drafters of the bill
expected them to receive. The next
highest number are those receiving
between $3.50 and $3.50. There are
1,731 of these. And the value of
the money is now between S113.36
and $226.70. And so on through
the entire list.
Now. my dear Mr.. Secretary.
don't you think in all fairness we
should combine to insist that Con.
gress raise the retirement amounts
so that the Government will be-
able to pay these retired employees
out OF the employees own money an
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28
Mrs. KincheIce 10 Entertain

Mrs. David III. Kincheloe, Of Ken
lucky, assisted by little Gene Kin
cheloe and Mrs. Duff G. Lewis
violinist, will give an enterta;n
ment at Hamline Methodist Episco
pal Church Fourteenth and Eunsr,
son streets northwest. on Friday
evening at s o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28

terest in grand babies than IN baby
gT0ndsi
A rGIHed man sag to me that him
approve Of ladies' clubs 50 long as
you don't hGUe to dodge them!
Judging from the JeIloUS me see
the son usually shines brightest tchest
accompanied By someone eESc'S
daughter!
J. 81. HOLMAN.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28
CHARLEY CHINK,s CHATTER

All OF the front rosO seats at the
FOllies aren't occupied alice time by
bGldhe6ded men. Some Of them tceGy
toNpeesl
A JelIo1o tell me that Washington
is about to Introduce a club in 4ohicE
private fights 1ctH be held. Me
thought that they had club Kkee
this already called the U. s. Senate
The t1orId tOiII neOer OroU better
until ladies begin taking more in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28

Life is more than idle hours.
More than merely fruits and flowers
More than constant pleasure sought.
More than Joys that can be bought.
Life that really Il worth while
Tries to caubo the sad TO smile.
Wishing only good to gain.
Life that yields the FaFest Joy,
Seeks not ever to destHOy,
Causes never tear or Rroan,
Striving npser for self alone;
but that life IL rich indeed
which supplies anotheF's need,
which in darkness sheds . light,
And in service finds delight.
FLORENCE N. HOAGLAND.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28
Tennis Club Dance

A Tennis Club dance will be
given in the recreation hall Of the
Government Hotels on Saturday
night, 1t is announced by jerry
Galloway.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28
OODOO0OO O0O0O
Am Iheainq
ny home !! e !
econO1ll0lV

AviSit to Al1thra-
cite Econo111ySer
ice will solve that
problem for you.
Heating Experts
will gladly give YOU
free advice on the
proper use Of antl1ra-
cite coal, the cheap
est and best fuel. In
many homes it is not
used the most eco
nonnical way.
Get tlaefacts. Learn
how TO save.
See the approved
coal : saving heaters
and special devices for
burning coal. The
anttracite-Way is the
safe, clean way to
heat the home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28

Down In Georgia lives one VIII Sweat,
Whose name Eeta him no glory;
But WIN perHpires quite freely
Which 10 quite another story.
J1MJAM JAKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28
Dauis Would Raise Workers 4nnu7ies
20 lDr'SEE8.
80 BY BILL PRICE
LINES TO THE LADIES.

AAkNG8O ~ 4AAAz A@TADAA10s
A good orange and a good
WOMAN remain good to the last
squeeze:
A beautiful WonsGN Is a 1Oork
of art and not subsequently an
drtfNl yorker.
Most girls k1sOsO just hotO far
to 90 aOith a man. They stop GO
ing NTH him Whcn he goes broke.
The old fashioned girl with no
mother to guide her Is almost as
much to be pitied Gs the old Gsh-
toned mother Nth no daughter
to guide her.
The average man, being as
putty IN pretty 1UOmGn's, hands,
she s0itI, If she is rise, quickly
shape him to her desires before
he has a chance to get hardened.
F.. j. SCHWAB.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28

The same dentists 1Oho used
to GdVise folks to fill their
mouths with gold teeth 1ao1O
tell 'em that their teeth nsMst
be pulled and false ones put
in TIlNBUCTOO TOM.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28

Some guys BECOME more IN
terested IN di1Os0etT bones
than IN the kind necessary to
meet the high cost of LiUi9lg.
UNCLE ZEKE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28
OH WE'LL, CHEER UP!

II the world doesn't come 20 an end,
Let ne continue our paths serene.
And write all the good things we
know
For grand old Heard and Seen.
III. SMITH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28

BHt II it does come TO IN end,
Who'll tell about Il In rhyme.
When lots Of our favOrite cOntFibs
Won't be having such q good time.
OFFICE GOAT.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-28

/ read q poem on some ghosts,
About which the author raves,
And most appropriately boasts
The c0gnOmen-RObeFt Graves.
CABIN JOHN POET.
The Delta independent., 1925-01-16
Auiafors Get Photos
of Submarine World

The airplane has opened up new
worlds. one Of them is a submarine
world. Aviators dying hundreds Of
feet above body Of water can see
submerged objects far beneath the sur
face. That is why aircraft were the
deadly enemies OF submarines during
The late war, and why Hirplanes are
now used to locate shoals Of Ash.
And the camera, when equipped
with the right kind Of plates and ray
alters, can penetrate the water even
more successfully than the human eye.
objects submerged more than fifty
feet have been photographed from an
ilrplane. Hence it is now possible to
make q rapid Photographic survey Of
shoal waterways Rivers like the Mis-
slsslppi, with ever-shiftinE bars, will
hereafter be made safe by monthly or
weekly mapping from the air. In
earthquake regions. such as southern
Italy and Japan, the changing coast
line, shadows and harbors can easily
be photographed after each new quake.
thus keeping navigation open and con
serving lives Scientific American.
The Delta independent., 1925-01-16

natural game state in the Union. 1t
has 5000 miles of fishing streams,
thousands of acres of lakes, and vast
tracts Of land suitable for game and
fish not used for any other purpose
According to the Fish and Game
department. the annual state hatch
cry capacity is 100000 fish. If
$50 OF these survived it would mean
5000 fish for every mile of stream
every year. Private hatcheries on
the Eastern Slope raise $50 of their
hatch by means of retaining ponds.
Many advance the opinion that
game must give way to civilization
and settlement. Pennsylvania has an
average Of III persons to the square
mile; Colorado has but I. The aver
age annual deer killed in Pennsyl-
vania for three years has been 5000.
Colorado's kill is estimated at 500
Colorado has 20 times more govern
ment land than there is devoted to
game in Pennsylvania.
Take, for example, New York,
whose kills average 5000 deer year
ly; her game almost wholly depict
ed; staged a comeback through COM
mission administration; plants $50
million fish annually. compared with
1S,OO0000 our state department
claims to have planted in 1928 Game
area Of New York is less than one
tenth Of the forest area in Colorado.
Massachusetts,, game exterminated,
later restocked. Increase in number
killed rose steadily until her an
nual deer kill is now 1924. Her
area is one-thirtenth that of Colo
rado
1t is shown in these other states
that the game increase is directly
prop0rti0nate to the amount of pro
lection provided. Arrests in states
where department is conducted under
commission form run very high. Con,
victious in game law violations vary
between 1000 a year and 4.372. Colo,
radios average number of convict
ions during the last four years is
195.
The commission form of admins
trauoH is in effect in the Il leading
fish and game states Of the union
and it is being rapidly adopted by
Others. The above states attribute
/ their tremendous success directly tc
I the commission form of administra.
tion With an efficiently conducted
department, Colorado could easily
become the leading game state of the
nation Considering its 5000 miles
of mountain trout streams and great
exrause Of forest and mountainous
country and thousands of lakes this
state is now one OF the poorest fish.
ing and hunting states in the union
The possibilities Of Colorado as a
! fishing and hunting paradise is un.
limited. We all know that.
The Delta independent., 1925-01-16
-<*%4+44*aI*%*s ~
The Little Path

<*$%+*s+:-::+I* +I*+*S%**%*.s:
Oh, the stones OF the highroad are hard
to the feet
And you're jostled and pushed as you
hurry along.
with never a place to rest on the way.
And never the sound OF song.
Oh. the little path leads from the broad
highway.
And winds along meath the Ieaty
trees
The sun makes a pattern OF light and
shade
And out OF the south comes a vagrant
breeze.
The earth Is soft TO the treadinE foot
And the note OF bird sounds low
and clear.
Tou breathe the fragrance OF flowers
unseen.
And your soul has nothing to fear
Oh. the little path Is narrow one.
Its borders marked by tree trunks
But there's room A-plenty for every
one.
For few there be who come this way.
Elizabeth Whittemore, In New York
Times
The Delta independent., 1925-01-16
Eastern Star
Installs Officers

Garnet Chapter, No. 80, Order of
Eastern Star, installed the new Off.
GERS for conducting the business of
the chapter on Monday, January 5th.
They are as follows:
Ethel Hotchkiss, Worthy Matron !;
T. E. Remley, Worthy Patron; Ferne
Remington, Associate Matron; Kate
S. Piner, Conductress; Ladaska
Dowd, Associate Conductress; Myrtle
B. Tyler, Secretary; Olive NJ.
Stearns, Treasurer; Nora Kendall,
Edith Warner, Edith Decker, Mayme
Ambrose, and Esther Van AIKEN, Star
Points; Jennie S. Welsh, Marshal;
Lena E. Engelhardt, Chaplain; Dora
Hensler, Warden; Mary Schlapp,
Musician. r. c. Van AIKEN will serve
as Sentinel.
The Delta independent., 1925-01-16
Odd Reason for Change

Printers changed the spelling Of a
New Hampshire town, says the Boston
Globe. This town was Incorporated as
Wolfboro, hut printers found lot OF
difficulty with It because the In all
the old-time fonts Is only the width Of
It's stem, there being a projection Rt
the top. when b follows, unless a
hair space" is added, as printers used
to have 1t, the ( is broken when the
form is locked. soon the font OF type
is without whole f. For this reason,
some time In the seventies, the New
Hampshire Publishers association
asked the legislature to have the spell
Ing OF Wolfcboro with an legallzed.
and II was done.
The Delta independent., 1925-01-16
Found the Property.

Found the Property.
Last week Mrs. Ernest Engelhardt
lost a beautiful Gruen wrist watch
and inserted a small ad in the Inde
pendent on Friday. On Monday, the
Clyde Sprott. Mrs. Sam Park also
recovered her handbag through a
small ad in the Independent. They
all read the Independent and one
stands a very good show of recover
ing his property through a small want
ad.
The Delta independent., 1925-01-16
THE ECLIPSE.

On January "a will occur an event
at which 20 million people may have
grandstand seats, an event vouch-
safed to any one community but
once in three or four centuries-a
total eclipse of the sun.
The Delta independent., 1925-01-16

Expert says naval ratio is now 5-3.
/, with the United States at the bot
tom. He would have us look out for
No. l.
The Delta independent., 1925-01-16

It's always hog killing time when
the road hog is at large.
The Delta independent., 1925-01-16

The man who makes the best OF
things never lacks for trade
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-18
Visit the Exposition
Newspaper En-
tsFPFiss Asrn,
and unitsA
Press Service

DACIFIC NORTHWEST MER-
i CHANTS exposition. under way at
Smith Cove, is well worth visit 1t
will impress you with the growth of the
Puget Sound region as a manufacturing
center.
Continued growth of this section of
the country depends largely on its ability
10 branch out into manufacturing, That's
where the money is, No country ever
grew rich and prosperous on agriculture.
or mining-its in making things that
prosperity lies.
Other things being equal, you should
buy products manufactured in the North
west. The exposition will demonstrate
to you that, even now, you may patron
ize Northwest manufacturers for prac-
tically everything necessary in your daily
life.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-08-18
In CiMIizntion's Nn1ne +.

COLONEL SWEENY, Washington
- citizen from Spokane is leading
American airmen in bomb-droppng eX-
petitions against the Riffs, in Africa.
or this precious expedition newspaper
paragrapher writes: They will do good
work for civilization every time they
drop a bomb to convince the Riffs that
Mohammed and his teachings do not
represent the Almighty"
Blow men, women and children TO
pieces in behalf of the Almighty Making
a corner of Africa safe for the Almighty
by tearing human beings limb from limb
Converting defenSeless heather" by
bombing the lives out of them in the
name of Jesus! If your fellow-man won't
accept your concept of God, cut his
throat and, if he won't stand still to be
cut, blow him TO atoms! Progress of
Christian civilization
Nothing so effective in making deuded
sinners love God the Father of all since
the Spanish Inquisition pulled them apart
or slowly roasted them with hot irons.
There should be ~. II. S. on every bomb.
so that when the Almighty looks over
the butchery He cannot fail TO recognize
handiwork of Christian nations in His
name.
However the fact is that France, Spain
and their blood-thirsty American assist
ants are not in Morocco to put down
Mohammed. They are there for terri
tory and trade advantage. Robber nations
do so hate to give up their loot
The devil take those miserable Riffs.
They believe in freedom of religious
worship and persist in fighting for
their own country. II is a time for
every American patriot TO come to the
rescue of Christian civilization in Africa.
There's money in IT,