Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-02-06

than he. The judge wore it dur
ing the entire evening, Poor Tom
Dobson was PANIED to finish. A
"Swede" impersonated him and
was asked ii he was offered $780,
900. as bribe. The "Swede"
said he was. Asked if he took the
money, the house went wild when
the answer promptly came: 81
ban did"
A jury found Col. Forbes guilty
as charged Also his associate,
j, w. Thompson. 1t was out. five
hours. The case attracted nation
wide interest. There were sew
eral reasons why the people Were
interested. The funds he was al
LEGGED to have dabbled in were re,
garded with more sacredness by
the people than the funds of the
church or charity-they We're
funds for wounded and sick ex-
soldiers. His appointment was
made solely on account of the per-
sonal friendship Of President
Harding for Mr.. and Mrs. Forbes.
The people thought he abused the
president S confidence and friend
ship. The name of the Presidents
sister was mixed up with Mr..
Forbes. The people resented that,
1t was readily seen that Morti-
mer's venom toward Forbes was
on account of Mrs. Mortimer. All
in all the verdict of the jury was
the verdict that one would expect.
Col. Forbes is a bright map, and
could have been a most useful
man, but he lost the road. Why
do so many able men lose the
way9 After all, Tennyson was
right:
"Howe'e it be it seems to me
/ TITS only noble to be good;
Kind hearts are more than coro-
nets,
; And simple faith, than Norman
4, blood"
~&essssa
j The week Col. Forbes was APP
pointed head of the Veterans
Bureau the Seattle papers said the
ICol. was from Seattle, the Tacoma
: papers said he was from Tacoma,
the Spokane papers said he was
/, from Spokane, and the Vashon
: island paper said he was from
/. IVashon island. The week he was
convicted the papers of Seattle
Tacoma, and Spokane all agreed
that this paper was right at first
: They now say he, was formerly
from Vashon island" All right
: Colonel, we still claim you
and still believe you are as good
, man as thousands who walk the
} streets of these cities as free men
r 1t seems of your type there are
, two classes-the caught and the
: uncaught. You, belong to the for
/ mer. The latter is more numerous
Some of the reformed Advent
{ lists predict to-day will be the enc
of the world. 1t will be to many
: who die to-day. In 1S43 the Mill
critics set the day for the world
to end. The song was:
In eighteen Hundred forty three
| / do expect my Lord to see.
While riding in his buggy on thu
] day set for the 'Lord to come,
William Miller died. For him, a
least, the prophecy was fulfilled
Now comes a prophecy made by
Mary Ellen White many years a
go that on February 9th 1925 tn,
end of the world would occur
I AT the time this is written, tn,
1 News Record doesn't know wheth
er the prophecy will be fulfilled OF
] not. Friday of this week I'VE I
( know. How absurd is such teach
ing as Mrs. White'sl The unbe
lever will hoot at such predic
( ton. The believer in the biblt
4 will quote the words of Jesus
For no one knoweth the day no
j the hour when the Son Of MAJ
4 cometh- :"
4 With such statement as that o
the Great Teacher, good peopl
( all over the world will try to
Live each day as though it wer
| the last
Y And make each day a critic o
( the past. "
| ss%ss~ss
The ground hog saw its shadow
8 But we should worry if we do hav