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The Washington times., 1925-02-24
By Garrett P. Serviss

Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics Of Popular
Interest.
ga FRIEND and myself have
"A had an argument over
last months light bill, he claim.
ing that it should have been no
more than the bill from Novem-
Der s to December 8, and hold
ing the opposite view on account
of the days being shorter turing
the period between DECEMBER
and January s. How can !
wv. r., Brooklyn. /"
nv HE gas or electric company
might remind your TREND
that there il one more
night between December ana
January 6 than between NoveTn-
Der and December 8, and thus
Justify their increased bin with
out pressing the other argument,
to which you have called ntten'
ton. But the latter IL by lar
the more interesting. When
nhenon1enon of nature produces
extra demands upon the pocket
book It IL apt to receive dc.
gree Of attention that it would
not get IL it had to depnd upon
its attraction as curiosity.
studied by geographers, astrono-
mers, and such wise uncomtner-
cial persons.
You are, of course, right about
the greater length Of the nights
during the second than during
the first period. 1nasmucn as
the earth chooses to sail around
the sun, with its North ~Folo
sticking over at a constant anGls;
like the mast Of a water-logged
bark. we have perforce to put ur
with the Inconvenience OF long
nights and short days when the
Pole leans away from the side
where the sun Is. ~,
We have a very pretty niue
rule for calculating the relative
length of day and night at differ
ent periods of the year and In
different ATTITUDES, but good al
manacs generally save US the
trouble. Since mathematics, how
ever, is to many of US the very
The Washington times., 1925-02-24
GARPETT P. SERVISS TELLS OF
NIGHTS AND LIGHT BILLS

s;mnle Formula Shows What Gas or Electricity Should
N''Np'o Proportionately Cost Each Month
The Washington times., 1925-02-24
ELSIE ROBINSON
By 7. E. Powers

have dropped out of the runningf You can
go with one of the girls, cant you? And
you can ask that girl and her sweetie up for
another night, can't youH And then, when
you've prepared something especially luscious
on that chatting dish, you can ask them to
bring along another man and make it a
foursome G'wan! l don't need to tell you
how to play the game. You'll play it fast
enough, when you realize that this squatter
of yours has posted location notices on
property HE NEVER INTENDS TO DE-
VELOP.
els that true?' Yes, dear, it is true and
the woods are full of other lads with the
same bright idea. Why do they do it9 Be-
cause they want the comforts Of home and
feminine companionship without any of the
dscomforts of responsibilities, Maybe that's
selfishness. Maybe it's brains. But at any
The Washington times., 1925-02-24
Mr.. BudlOng's Shirts

Delilah bobbed Samson Mrs. Budong FABRICATED within
husbands lavish apartments from which he would evict
hurled forth his shirts bearing written of de-
waiting world below Crowds gathered watch
fight between reporters whom Mrs Budlong addressed
the srtta messages and MIR. Budongs eleven detectives
The detectives seemed poweress their employer
the merrment which Mrs Budongs hunger strike provoked
Mrs Buildings unique exposals Of the
peccadoes of the she took love- honor obey
Aesop Jack Kearns might dope the moral
Don't START anything uOth a WOMAN unless you
be a MOUSE.'
The Washington times., 1925-02-24
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
az nR. FRANK CRANE.
Time Savers

BY DR.. FRANK CRANE.
LMOST all modern inventions are eventually Tor th
'purpose-of saving time.
- z n Forbes IN his column gives us an interesting
The Washington times., 1925-02-24
LISTEN, WORLD!
Il T ism that expect fellow to marry
me, just because he treats me to a

n 1911 CudI 1 CAPcCU q 1CAOW W AdAAy
me, just because he treats me to
u chicken sandwich in a cafeteria,
says Mabel, rubbing the cold cream into
her chin with careful rotary motion, but
when you've. been going with him three
years straight and never looking at any one
else, don't you think it's time he dropped
few hints about matrimony2
''You see, it's this way. l met Mr..
Blake just after l took my first job down
at Worthington s. He was a floor walker
and I had the ribbons I'd never worked
before-I was only just out of high, and,
believe me, 1 felt as if God had smiled at
me when Blake stopped and said good morn
ing. That was six years ago, and for the
first three years he didn't unbend much. l
didn't notice him much, either. He was
good ten years older than I, and / was
pretty busy at home, with mother being sick.
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-01-15
The Majority Model

"Yes, my friends" said the theo- logical lecturer, some admire Moses, who instituted the old law; some, Paul, who spread the new. But af- ter all, which character in the Bible has had the largest following?" As he paused, a voice from the back bench shouted: "Ananias!" s!"-Colum- bia State.
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-01-15
GOV. BONE PREDICTS
 ALASKA STATEHOOD


 Bone, Governor of the Territory, now here on furlough.
 Alaska is slowly getting ready for statehood" said Governor Bone at the National Republican Club. As yet we suffer from lack of population which would initiate against us with Congress undoubt- edly. There has been no material gain since the 1920 census, although there has been a steady growth. We believe that with the development ot Alaska's natural resources and the onward march of industry there Will be an incidental jump in the popula- tion in the next four years which may warrant a demand for state hood."
 Six hundred thousand square miles in area, Alaska has only 6O,OOO lnhaO- itants, of which one-half Is made up of Indians and Eskimos and one half of whites.
 Alaska, according to it's Chief EN- ecutive, is now beginning to come face to face with serious political problems. One is the enfranchise- ment of the Indians. Governor Bone believes this may call for some ac- tion by Congress, imposing an edu- cational test. For the most part these new voters are illiterates, in tellectually but poorly equipped to exercise the right to vote. Nor are they owners of any considerable property and the white property owners in the southern part of the State feel quite as badly about this new emancipation as did the South ern whites when the negroes were enfranchised.
 Natives Voted in Blocs
 "This is particularly true in cleo tions where questions of taxation or the choice of legislators are concern ed," said Governor Bone. "They are freouently voted in blocs by bosses of their own race and this is bitter lv resented by persons whose prop ertv may be affected by legislation. We have small legislative body, composed of only eight Senators and sixteen Representatives"
 The Alaskans feel that their terri tory, with it's tremendous hoard of natural wealth, has been the neg lected stepchild of Uncle Sam long enough, according to the Governor.
 "Alaska," he said, lis the least understood civilized commonwealth On the earth. It is not the vast up heaval of snow and ice that it is generally supposed to be. It has an equable climate and is an inhabita- ble, ard even an inviting land. Its ports, with one exception, are open z.oar round that there Is
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-01-15
GIVING THE INDIANS A
 CHANGE
(FrOm New York Times.)

from one of eXtermination to one ot friendly aid during the last hundred years is excellently shown in re- view of the first century of the h. dian Bureau just issued by the Board of Indian Commissioners. Warfare has given way to education, destruction to protection. IrloeS that a hundred years ago were In state of naked savagery are now en- loving the benefits of modern clVlll> zation. This change is indeed great though it was slow in coming, haV- ing mostly taken place during the last few decades-and there is hope that never again will the Indians be treated so shamefully as they were during the first half ot the last century. The record is one o1 broken promises, of rapaclty and or greedy violence on the part ot the white men until quite recently. Even today there are still interruptions individuals possessed of the old iron tier idea that "the only good lnulan is a dead Indian," who would like 10 rob the Indians of what remains to them of their birthrlght. AgalhSC these the Indian Bureau and the var ious non-governmental assoclatloh' for the protection of Indians nave had to make constant tlght. OPoh inc Indian Bureau necessarily has fallen the brunt of this work, ana to it's credit be it said that during the last twenty-five years it has done all that was in it's power to pro'e'' and help the Indians.
 There is now before the countf! q nrob,em which will require the co'ii- bined wisdom of the Indians them. selves, of the Government ana oA educators and missionaries to solVe' This is, how to adjust the lnolall +o his modern environment. Almost all the Indians are now in contact with our civilization. The young s+ors have been educated m our school and speak English. In Vh'S nrocess they have necessarily oee'' weaned away from their trloal co'- toms. Experience has shown that in too many cases what we nave given them is not a substitute for what they have lost. They are fac, ed with the double task-first or competing economically with the white man, and second, of finding a social and spiritual place in the white mans world.
 Of the two the former is perhaps the easier. Indians can and nave been taught to become good farmers, mechanics, carpenters, plumbers and members of other trades. Too or ten, however, they are unwilling to leave their tribal groups, as they
The Alaska fisherman., 1925-01-15

 turn to the reservation are even iso- lated from their own people, To provide for adjustment requires un- usual thought and care.
 This has raised the entire question of the advisability of breaking down the Indians own traditions and cul- ture. Among the tribes of the South west in particular is this a problem. There the Pueblo Indians had we'll developed civilization of their own before Plymouth or New York was discovered Today these Indians have their own strongly marked culture, and produce pottery and emhroider- ies which have a commercial as well as an artistic value. The same IS true, to lesser degree, of their neighbors, the Navajoes. In the de- sire to "Americanize" these native Americans, there has been a subtle but persistent effort to break up their tribal organization and in par ticular to undermine their religious life by interfering with their cere- monial dances. Most efforts in this direction have been in a spirit of benevolent ignorance of the fact that the Indians culture is intimate ly bound up with his religion, and that the religion is expressed out wardly by the dances. A few indl- viduals have attempted to bring pressure to break up the religious fife on the ground that some ot these dances were immoral" Such persons would undoubtedly be as tonished to learn that many Indians look upon our own dancing as gross ly indecent,
 For the whole Indian problem there is no general solution. Different tribes in different regions must be handled differently. The principal need is for greater tolerance on all sides. The Indian Bureau has come in for much unjust criticism. Well- meaning people have shown an amazing lack of understanding of the Indians own life. Some of the associations bent on helping the h. dians have been unwise enough to cndeavor to instill in some of the Indian tribes false ideas that they are being persecuted. Others have circulated malicious falsehoods about the Indian ceremonies. Few have paid any real attention to the h. dians' own plea-that they be left alone, to live their own lives without interference from those who would destroy their culture or make them change their religion. In shaping the future Indian policy of the Gov- ernment, this aspect of the case de- serves especial consideration.
Evening star., 1925-03-19
SEES EARLY ENTRY
into WORLD COURT
Senator Capper Says Next
Congress Will Put u. S. in
Lead in Peace Plans.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PRINCETON, y. j., March 19.-The
United States Senate will take prompt
and favorable action regarding the
proposed world court when it con-
siders that question again, Senator
Arthur Capper of Kansas predicted in
a speech at Princeton University yes
terday The Senator is a new member
of the Senate foreign relations com
mittee.
He expressed his pleasure that
President Coolidge has announced
his purpose to invite another inter
national conference to take counsel
for further scrapping of war para
phernalia."
The Senator said that America
thereby lis going into the promotion
of world peace sincerely and prac-
ticaly," and that t,s recent Congress
demonstrated Amerisas peace policy
by avoiding both Linguistic big arma-
ment appropriations and the weak
ening of adequate defenses. The
American policy is to foster peace, to
encourage mutual understanding and
to cooperate without political al
lianCes in the restoration of world
stability and prosperity, he declared,
adding:
ut is entirely in keeping with our
best traditions that we should take
definite leadership in world counsels
TO evolve an international code that
will outlaw war and participate in
a tribunal where disputes between
nations may be adjudicated accord
ing to the principles of justice rather
than left to the hazards of high eX
plosiyes and poison gas"
However he said. in the present
state of world affairs. "pacifism is as
foolhardy as fanatic jingoism is
dangerous" Therefore the President
and Congress should choose a com
defense appropriations.
Not a dollar needed for adequate
defense was withheld. nor was a dol
lar spent for jingoism,' he said.
Evening star., 1925-03-19

Harris, George S. Frazier and G. L.
Dant were appointed H. committee to
take up with the Board of Education
the matter of using the basement of
the Fairbrother School for recrea-
tional purposes. The Southwest Boys
Band Will be granted the use of the
basement with the consent of the
school board. Martin Wiegand was
appointed vice chairman OF the com
mittee on education to act for DR..
Miller Thompson. +. T.. Hammill
was elected to membership.
Evening star., 1925-03-19
SUNDAY LAW GIVEN
CITIZENS APPROVAL
Southwest Association Also Backs
Effort to Uphold Zoning
Lew for Capital.

The Southwest Citizens Associa-
ton, meeting in the Fairbrother
School, Tenth and f streets south
west, last night, reconsidered its
action on the Jones Sunday closing
law. The bill was approved at the
January meeting, but, after consid-
cradle discussion in the February
session, when it was claimed that the
previ Gus meeting was not legal, being
held on other than a regular meet
ing night, the matter was brought up
for reconsideration and tabled. Pres
ident George NJ. Yeatman ruled that
the first action was legal and the
bill was approved last night.
Favoring the Zoning Commission
under its present status, the associa-
ton voted to support the efforts of
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions in employing counsel to defend
its existence.
President Yeatman, Richard f.
Evening star., 1925-03-19
Commissions Are Granted.

Commissions in the officers Reserve
Corps of the Army have been issued
TO Frank H. Edmonds, 915 Fifteenth
street. as a lieutenant colonel in the
Sanitary Corps; to Fred Lind, War
Department. as a second lieutenant in
the Field Artillery; to Charles b.
Hamilton. 1860 California street, as
a first lieutenant of Infantry, and
John Andrews, Congressional apart
ments. as first lieutenant in the
Medical Administrative Corps.
Evening star., 1925-03-19
Bravery in 1899 Honored.

Silver star citations have been
awarded to Lieut.. Col. Daniel Van
Noorhis, United States Cavalry, at
the War Department, and to Maj.
Henry X. Love, Quartermaster Re
serve. at 1910 Mintwood place. for
gallantry in action in the Philippine
Insurrecton in 1899.
Evening star., 1925-03-19
Hair-BOb DeUOtees
Suffering Pain of
:ShingIe Headache
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, March 19.-Devotees of
the hair bobbing fashion now are
complaining of "shingle head
ache" This is nothing but a form
of neuralgia, medical men say.
caused by sudden removal of hair
from the tender nape of the neck,
which is thus exposed to the
blustery March winds.
Hats which fit close and very
low at the. back are said to be an
effective safeguard.
Evening star., 1925-03-19
Cotteral Urged for Appeals Bench

Appointment of Federal Judge John
H.gCotteral of the Western District of
Oklahoma to one of the vacancies in
the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
was urged on President Coolidge to-
day by Senators Harreld and Pine,
Republicans, of Oklahoma
Evening star., 1925-03-19
VETERAN HOTEL MAN DIES
Louis Setback Succumbs at Louis
VILE at Age of 73.

LOUISVILLE, March 19.-Louis
Setback, 73 years old. who started in
his youth as a bellboy here and in
later life became one of the city's
outstanding hotel men, died here last
night. He had been i'll for more than
a year
Evening star., 1925-03-19
Two designations Accepted.

The resignation of Lieut.. Adolph E.
Schmidt, Naval Medical Corps, and
that of Ensign Wilbur L. Mellon,
T. S. NJ, have been accepted by the
Secretary of the Navy, to take effect
at once.
, 1925-01-12

Publication
TT is hereby made known that the
/ Horse Carriage and Boat Taxes
for the first half year 1925 will be
received by the Director OF Police
in Christians5ed and ~FrederIksJod
from January 70, 1925 to February
10. 1925, both days included, after
which time me list Of arrears will
be transmitted to the same autho-
ritv for further measures.
Each debtor Of tax will be sub
iect to a fine of Francs 100 if the
tax be under Francs 300 and
Francs 200 if the tex be Francs
$500 or above, besides the ordlna-
ry levy expenses.
The tex lists will be distributed
by the Police and are to be filled
out in conformity with the Ordln-
ance of February p, 1898, and re-
turned to the respective Police Oil
ces within As hours for the towns
and 4 days for the country dis
tricts.
Government Of the Virgin Islands Of
the United States, St. CroiX, December
22, 1924.
H. H. HINES.
Actg. DeSpatchjRg Secretary
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-13
SANTA FE AND ENGINEERS
AVERT STRIKE BY CONFAB

A wage increase agreement avert
ing the threatened strike of engine
men on the Santa Fe coast lines was
signed in Los Angeles Sunday by
company officials and representatives
of the railroad brotherhoods.
Tht agreement grants the men their
demand for a 5 per cent pay increase
and will result in an additional an
nual payment of approximately $780,
600 to engineers, firemen, hostlers
and hostler helpers on Santa Fe lines
west of Albuquerque.
The wage increase is retroactive to
September 1, 1924, while such changes
in working rules as were agreed upon
will become effective March 10, next.
The agreement remains in effect un-
til December 81, 1926 subject to can
collation. thereafter on 80 days notice
by either party.
According to the union officials,
the count of the strike ballots showed
88.7 per cent of the engineers and 95
per cent of the firemen in favor of
quitting work if their demands were
not met.
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-13
FOREST SERVICE ROADMAN
BITTEN BY A MAD SKUNE

E. A. Potter, aged about so, EN-
ployed by the forestry service on the
stretch Of forest road south of town
was brought to Winslow early this
week for Pasteur treatment. Mr.. Pot
ter was bitten by skunk which later
proved to be hydrophobic. DR.. Spran-
kle is giving the treatments, one each
day, the eighth to be administered
Friday.
Mr.. Potter lives in tent at the
construction camp with his daughter
and grandson. The daughter and lit
tie boy occupied the only bed in the
tent and the man slept on a blanket
laid on the floor They were awakened
one night last week by a prcwling
skunk, which dogs had chased into the
tent. The animal was supposedly
driven out of the tent, but instead it
had hidden behind box under the
bed The old man, hearing it later
raised up on his knees. with his arms
on the edge of the bed, and peered
under, trying to locate it. The skunk
jumped at Mr.. Potter and bit him
severely. Winslow Mail.
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-13
POETESS WORE COPPER
GOWN AT INAUGURATION

A "copper-mesh Arizona gown was
worn at the Inauguration of President
Coolidge by Miss Sharlot M Hall,
Arizona presidential elector, who
bore the states vote for Coolidge to
Washington. The metal is from Ari-
zona Fnones, while the fashioning, on
the base of a dark afternoon suit,
was made in Phoenix by Mrs. Susan
nah Patton, who is almost as much of
an Arizona pioneer as is Miss Hall
The idea and the material came from
the Arizona Industrial congress-, to
serve as an advertisement of the
states greatest product.
Miss Hall is noted as a poetess of
the southwest and was Arizona his
torian during the latter years of the
territorial period. Following the in.
auguration she will make a lecture
tour of the northeastern and middle
western states, filling engagements
with a number of college and women's
organizations, and also will make a
number of addresses on the Pacific
coast next summer.
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-13
is FIRST WOMAN u. S. COM
MISSIONER IN THIS STATE

Mrs. Nellie 7. Bush of Parker took
the oath of office last week which
made her the first woman United
States commissioner in Arizona.
Her induction into office was fol-
lowed by the warning from Mrs. Bush
that she will exercise the maximum
of power carried with her office to
discourage boctlegging, violations of
the Mann act and trafficlSing in stolen
automobiles.
The acceptance of the appointment
of United States commissioner by
Mrs. Bush is continuation of public
service which began four years ago
when she was elected to the legisla-
ture. She served two terms in that of
flee, being elected on the democratic
ticket each time
Mrs. Bush is a graduate Of Tempe
Normal school, having later studied
law at the University of Arizona and
at the University of California. She
has been a practicing attorney for
The Coconino sun., 1925-03-13
ED HARRINGTON RE-
ELECTED PRESIDENT OF
ARIZONA PRESS CLUB

With more than two score Of news
papermen from various sections of
the state in attendance, the second an
nual business meeting of the Arizona
Press club was held at 1870 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at the office of the
Arizona Republican, Phoenix Ed
Harrington, of The Arizona Republi-
can, president of the club, presided,
and George Comparet, editor of the
Arizona Gazette, was acting secretary.
Mr.. Comparet outlined the purposes of
the club and briefly sketched the
achievements. attained by the associa-
tion which seeks to maintain close CO.
operation and friendship between the
writer's. The annual dinner and So
ciability tours to the various portions
of the state are among its activities,
he recounted.
Mr. Comparet declared that the
membership of the Arizona Press club
has doubled within year and re-
ported that 25 new members affiliated
with the club at yesterdays meeting.
Nearly every newspaper in the state
was represented at the meeting by
one or more writer's of its staff. At
the annual election of officers Ed
Harrington was unanimously re-elect-
ed president The following were
elected vice president in their respec-
tive districts Fred S. Breen, Flag
staff, northern district; T. w. B. An
derson, Miami, central district, and
T. T. Smith, Tucson, southern dis
trict.
Resolutions were passed at the
meeting commencing the work of
those who served as officers for the
past year. The meeting was adjourn
ed at o'clock to permit the writers
to participate in the golf tournament
at the FL Molino Golf club.