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GARRETT P. SERVISS TELLS OF
VAST STELLAR BELT
Solar System Belongs to Cluster of Stars Within
Influence Of Milky Way.

that constitute the Milky Way a.
a whole.
The sun appears to be mem
ber of local cloud Of stars, in
cluding the brighter stars that
we see around us, and Harlow
Shapley has suggested that this
local system may be Embedded
in and moving through the gen.
eral star fields Of the Milky
Way" He also says that stars
of the spectral type B down to
the sixth magnitude seem to be
almost exclusively members of
a local cluster or cloud. Bright
er stars of Glass A are also affili-
ated with the same system. In
dimensions and possibly in form,
he adds, it may be compared
with the Magellanic Clouds. But
this statement was made three
years ago, and both observation
and speculation in these matters
now move so swiftly that the
successive pictures presented by
them resemble face in
movie" However, there could
be no better proof Of the fact
that science is all alive and on
the march, frequently at quick
step. One must be alert to keep
up.
In truth, If we could only stretch
our lives out to millions of years.
and impart to our memories a
kind of microscopic quality, the
Milky Way would appear to us as
restless as a whipped ocean.
In accordance with Shapley's great
generalization, we should see gigan-
tic globular star clusters, largely
composed of super-Suns, plunging
into the Milky Way from both
sides, passing to and fro through
it like huge bombs, losing crowds
of sun at each penetration, like
electrons knocked from atoms and
at last dissolving and becoming
scattered broadcast through the
vast system, enriching it with their
stellar debris. For Shapley has
said:
From the present evidence as
to mass, velocity and distribution,
there can be little doubt but that
the known globular clusters pass
to and fro through the star fields
Of the Galactic System. = Every
message must reduce the velocity
anu dlLST LIIS u0
sis that these glObular clusters
are being diverted by degrees in
to galactic regions and gradually
robbed of their stars is upheld
by observation and Is not opposed
to present dynamical theory"
1922.
Intensely interesting in this
connection is the further sugges-
ton that the scattered local sys-
tenn to which the sun belongs
may have originated from one of
these stupendous processes of
disintegration by which was
wrought the destruction of what
was once an oscillating globular
star cluster.
AS to viewing the Milky Way
from the Magellanic Clouds-of
course, it could be done, and even
without telescopes, probably, for
those clouds themselves are Visi-
BILE to us as glowing patches in
the southern heavens. From
them the Milky Way ought to
look not unlike the great oblong
spiral Of the Andromeda nebula
as we see 1t, but covering a much
great area OF the heavens.
The Washington times., 1925-05-29
VIGHANTES
WERE JUDGES

TUIE Montana Vigilantes. who
i delivered that Territory Of
such notorious gangs as Henry
Plummer's in the '60's, were
nothing If not methodical In their
self-appointed task Besides
Plummer's band Of road agents
and murderers, to which a to-
tai OF one hundred and two
deaths alone is credited, the pop
ulation Of the gold fields num-
bered many fugitives from JUS
tice from all parts Of the country.
In many places the lawless ele-
ment was totally superior in
force to the honest citizen group,
which was driven to the estab-
lishment OF q vigilance committee
to protect lives and property.
'vigilantes worked in secret and
as mysteriously as possible,
their principal tools being the
mask and the rope. Some time
during the night a white card,
always exactly seven by nine
inches and bearing the numerals
3-7-77 in black ink, was pinned
on the tent or lacked on the
door of the desperate who had
been sentenced to Punishment
at a secret meeting Of the Wig
ilance committee.
The man who received such a
notice knew whence 1t came and
that it meant, Pack up. and
leave within twenty-four hours
hn
If he had the least glimmering
of sense he also knew the warn
ing was no bluff.
The vigilantes held no public
trials, but If sometimes a mis-
take was made and the victim
appealed for a review Of the
facts through certain channels,
he was certain of q second hear
ing. In such a case 4. a mid
night tribunal was held which
reconsidered and sometimes re-
versed the sentence. More often
it reaffirmed the banishment
with a second pIacard, against
which there was no appeal. II
the warning was diSregarded
the laWless one found himself the
center of a very interested and
determined crowd on the second
night and he did not live to
see the next sunrise.
The vigilantes constituted them
selves judges, jury, and ex-
ecutioners all in one, and their
trials were certainly short.
Whenever a hignwayman or
murderer was caught, the leader
of the vigilante band would say:
"AlI in favor of hanging this
man step to the right of tho
road; those who are for letting
him go step to the left"'-J. r.
Johnston, in Adventure Magazine
for April.
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yE often say we like such and such man because
" "he is human.
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let tie Youagster Fight
His OuUn Battles

!. much in the home. No parent
can possibly think too much about
q child, plan too devotedly Tor
that chiId's interests, take too
great pride in his progress, sur
fer too acutely over his faults.
BUT A PARENT CAN MOST
DECIDEDLY INTERFERE TOO
MUCH WITH A CHILD's
DESTINY.
1t is a child's destiny to be
kicked in the shin il he on she
calls another little darling a
stinker. 1t is likewise a child's
destiny to receive a bite upon the
neck If he delivers q kick upon
the shin. And. the age and
strength of the contestants being
equal, it is good and just destiny.
No home can possibly deliver such
wholesome discipline and training
in punch and poise as children
deliver to each other-IF YOU'LL
LET THEM ALONE.
The parents thar Interfereg with
such vital education is actually
harming the child whom he or
she pretends to protect. He Is
making a coward or a prig Of his
young hopeful-a loathsome lit
tie monster whom every other
right minded youngster win de-
spise.
LET MILLY AND BESSIE
FIGHT THERE OWN BAT
TIES!
but children are so cruel!
There's such injustice amongst
them,' cries a tender mother.
Yes, lady dear, children ARE
cruel and there IS terrific
amount Of injustice amongst them.
But so are adults cruel and there
is also a tragic amount OF In
justice in our social order. How
are these children Of yours going
to learn to meet the cruelty and
injustice which awaits them in
the adult world, II You interfere
with their natural training now?
What sort OF an estimate will
they have OF their own import
.4nce If you avert all the unpleas-
ant consequences Of their con-
facts with their fellow juveniles?
And how much greater suffering
will be theirs IL later on you turn
them loose in a brutal world with
the idea that Gods going to keep
indignant citizens from poking
them in the jaw when they need
poking?
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was A Stinker and Miss Shade
retorted with a brisk kick on
Miss Bekin's shin, followed by a
dirty left on Miss Bekin'S pug
nose. Thereafter the action be-
came too rapid to follow. 1t is
to be noted, however, that Miss
Bekin lost one uncertain tooth in
the fray, but not until 1t had in
flicted considerable damage on
Miss Shades neck. I regret to
record these sordid details, but
you've got to deal in realism II
you're reporting the Younger
Generation.
Now any one who knows Kids
will agree that so far the events
have been entirely normal. But
at this point, Mother Love stepped
in and began to make history.
Mabel went home bowling vio-
lently through the place where
the tooth had been. Had Mama
Bekin been in her right mind
she would have washed off the
howl, filled the gaping molar with
gingerbread and left the rest to
fate, who has competently ref
creed quite a number Of such
scraps. But unfortunately Mama
Bekin decided to Fly to the De-
fense of Her Young. She sailed
forth and met Mrs. Shade half
way up the block. Mrs. Shades
Mother Love was also functioning
on all six They met. The editor
of this paper, being a refined per-
son, will not permit me to print
what happened, 1 disagree with
him violently. bet it would
have boosted our circulation SO
per cent.
Be that as it may, here's the
result Our Street is split in
twain. Half of us are Bekiners,
half Shadeites. Even the fathers
have taken up the matter and
chew their cigars I'm a fighting
manner when they pass. AS for
the kids, anyone can see with
half an eye that they're ripe for
murder and that something Par
ticularly Choice will probably be
pulled off in the vacant lot be-
fore the week is over. And all
because two silly mothers didn't
use the sense God gave a Ply
mouth Rock and let their children
fight their own battles.
This is not merely the story of
Our Street. 1t is the story of
every street in America. AS a
race, we're peculiarly fond Of our
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WORDS FROM
WISE MEN

The ambitious person must rise
early and sit up late and pursue
his design with a constant, inde-
fatigable attendance.-South.
All the good of nature Is the
souls, and may be had IL paid for
in natures lawful coin; that is,
by labor which the heart and the
head alloW.-Emerson.
When the mind has brought
itself to attention it will be able
to cope with difficulties and mas
ter them, and then it may go on
roundly.-Locke.
Expression is of more conse-
Qence than shape. 1t will light
up features otherwise heavy
Bell.
AS knowledge without justice
ought to be called cunning rather
than wisdom, so a mind prepared
to meet danger, If excited by its
own eagerness and not the public
good, deserves the name OF
audacity rather than courage
Plato.
That which we are, we shall
teach, not voluntarily, but in
voluntarily. Thoughts come into
our minds through avenues which
we never left open, and thoughts
go out of our minds through ave-
nues which we never voluntarily
Opened.-Emerson.
The art of meditation may be
exercised at all hours, and in all
places; and men of genius, in their
walks, at q. table, and amidst as
semblies, turning the eye of the
mind tnwards, can form an artifi-
cial solitude; retired amidst G.
crowd, calm amidst distraction,
and wise amidst folly.-Disraeli.
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HoWIE, there's
- a row on Our
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a row on OuE
Street! All be-
cause ten.year-old
Mabel Bekin had
a fight with the
equally aged Mil.
ly Shade. / dom t
know when the
fight started. It
was probably part
of that guerilla
warfare w h j c b
neig h b or b o o d
youngsters carry
on continuously
and which has
no beginning or
ending. At any
rate, it reached
one Of it's clim-
axes last Satur-
day after n o o n
when Miss Bekin
informed M j 8 3
49, lie
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Paying for Dance. Tickets.
TEAR MRS. REECKMAN:
Ancient Speed

THE celebrated ancient city of
Il Alexandria. Egypt, was. built
by Alexander the Great with a
speed that was truly modern. In
just seventeen days the city was
laid out and surrounded by . six
mile wall.
The Washington times., 1925-05-29
LISTEN, WORLD!

youngsters. We
may not be more
fond of them
than are the par
ents Of other
races. but We
identity our lives
with theirs to q
much greater de.
gree. It II q
question whether
the Amer ! ca n
child Is tn o
brightest young
ster on earth.
But there's no
question at all
that he's the
worst spoiled.
BY this / do
not mean that he
is loved or con.
sidered too much
in the home. No
child can be loved
49,
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Who Said 1t

Truth always conforms with
truth, but faIsehOOd agrees
neither with truth nor falsehOOd."
Juan Luis Wives, in "Subidaria,"
gives this as the reason why a lie
is detected so quickly.
"The blood moro StirS
To rouse q lion than to start a
hare"
Big things are more thrilling
than trifles, Shakespeare notes
in Henry ~"
The Washington times., 1925-05-29
Etiquette Of
IntrOductiOns
MRS. Cornelius Beeckman

Etiquette Of IntrOductiOns.
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ am gong to q party soon
and I am rather puzzled about
introductions.
II a girl is seated and is In
troduced to a gentleman should
she stand and offer her hand?
If not, what should be done?
2. If a girl is introduced to
another girl, what should be done:
MARY ANNA.
TN the first place, my dear Mary
Anna, a girl is not introduced
to a gentleman. No matter how
young the girl Is or how old the
gentleman, the gentleman Is in
troduced to the lady.
And when the gentleman is in
tOduced to the lazy and the lady
is seated, she does not rise. She
acknowledges the introduction by
q gracious smile and a bow and
a pleasant How do you do?" or
How do you do, Mr.. Mann?" If
she has caught the name.
Whether or not she shakes hands
depends on her choice. Usually
she does not. But, II she is an
especially friendly and cordial per-
son, and can do it without sug-
gesting a provincial manner, she
may do it.
2. The girl rises and bows and
do you do?'
How to Eat Baked Apple.
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ What is tho correct way to
eat baked apple? A says it
is correct to use a teaspoon. Is
says either a fork or a teaspoon
may be used. FLO KAHN.
luther a teaspoon or a fork
~ may be used. Or, IL you eat
according to the Continental man.
ner, you will use both a teaspoon
and a fork, holding the spoon in
the right hand and the fork in
the left. The Fork is used as a
''pusher"-to guide the operation.
Put both the spoon and the fork
down often, to rest" and to show
that you have ease and grace in
eating.
Paying for Dance. Tickets.
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ When girl asks a man to
a dance given by her club, who
pays for the tickets, the girl or
her escort? RUTH N.
NNHE girl, since she is the host
Il ess, should buy the tickets.
She may take the awkwardness
from the situation by sending her
companion the tickets, with u
little note saying that she is send
ing them to MIN "for safe keep
ing"
Mrs. BeecI1man will be glad to
answer questions ON etiquette
submitted by readorS.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-04
LAWYERS WIFE
LOSES COURT
FIGHT
I barge of Fraud Against Her
Divorced Spouse Is
Dismissed

NEW YORK. Dec 4.-Supreme
Court Justice Phoenix Ingraham
has decided that Mrs. Vivien Ellis
Reilly. divorced wife of Edward J..
Reilly, distinguished Brooklyn at
torney, was not duped into sign
int; deed to certain property oyer
to Mr.. ReiIly's mother, while they
wire still man and wife.
ldrs. Vivien E. Kelley secured a
divorce from her husband over a
year ago before Supreme Court
Justice Aaron j. Levy and a jury.
She, however, brought suit after
her divorce, claiming that she still
had certain dover rights. She
alleged that her husband practiced
fra I'd when he was sad to have
refused to let her read the nature
of the document she signed at the
tin e. She said that she was in
igI Drance of what she was doing.
Justice Ingraham ELECTED the
fact that Mrs. Reilly went to her
hu stands office during regular
bu ,iness hours, when the office
force was present, and signed the
de,d and that the attorneys wit
ne. ses sustained this information.
TIE Judge dismissed the suit against
both Reilly and his mother.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-04

r.fgh Scotch frugality OF the Swedish
people is attested by the fact that
deposits in their savings banks now
reaches the total Of seas, 900, 900, Or
approximately SOB for every man,
woman and child in the countrXa
figure as high as any in Europe.
The first Swedish savings bank
was opened in Gothenpurg in 1920,
or a little over a hundred years ago.
and the following year another was
Htarted in Stockholm. For the train
ing OF children. savings institutions
are now operated in the public
gchools.
1t is in attracting and holding the
deposits of small capitalists that the
savings banks have been most sue
cessful. the average length of their
deposits being over four and half
years, while in other banks 1t is
only little over one year.
The expense Of savings bank man.
agement averages 0.48 per cent,
while in the Others it is IA.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-04
COL. s. { WAR
NEW CHIEF At
WEST POINT
Named Superintendent of
Military Aoademy-GeneraI
BIaden to Philippines

Colonel March B. Stewart has
been appointed by Secretary Of War
Davis as superintendent of the
United States Military Academy at
West Point He succeeds Major
General Fred w Bladen, who was
assigned to command the Philippine
department.
Major John G. Quekemeyer, aide
to General Pershing, was selected as
ccmmandant of cadets at West
Point, the post now held by Colonel
Stewart. who, with. his promotion,
will be made brigadier general.
In the Philippines, Sladen sue.
ceeds Major General James H. Nc
Rae, who becomes commandment of
the Ninth corps area at San Fran
cisco.
Brigadier General Preston Brown.
commander of the First division at
Fort Hamilton. New York. was APP
pointed commandment of the First
corps area at Boston. He succeeds
Major General Andre w. Brewster.
who retires on December 3. Brown
was promoted to q major general.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-04
HUSBAND LOSES SIS. 900
SUIT OVER WIFE'S LOVE

NEW YORK, Dec. "A jury
before Justice Lewis. in Brooklyn,
returned a verdict for the defendant
in the alienation suit OF Arthur II.
Romer against John A. Briggs,
manager OF the DeKalg avenue
branch of the Mechanics Bank.
Romer asked for $25, 900 and
testified that his wife had been
guilty of friendliness with Briggs.
The banker. he declared, had won
her affections from him
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-04
8 THIEVES SENTENCED
TO PRISON FOR 100 YEARS

NEW YORK, Dec. a. Three
youths, each with a previous Grim.
inal record, received long sentences
to State prison from Judge Rosal-
sky in General Sessions on their
conviction Of robbery in the first
degree as second offenders.
They had held UP a Chinese res
taurant on August %, obtaining q
gold watch and $27 from employees
and patrons after lining them up
against the wall with pistols.
Joseph Kopp, described in q re-
port submitted by Edwin Cooley.
head Of the Catholic Probation Blu
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-04
BERLIN PLANS BATHS TO
RIVAL ANCIENT ROME'S

BERLIN, Dec 1.-THE magni-
ficent baths OF ancient Rome viii
b rivalied by baths proposed by
the municipal council of Berlin.
It is proposed to build a bathing
pool, heated and flooded with ultra
violet rays, giving Berlin a Riviera
OF its own.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-04

reau in the Criminal Courts Build.
ing, as the leader OF the robber trio
was sentenced to flat term of
forty years. His confederates.
Joseph Sweeney and Frank Brien,
each received a sentence of thirty
years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-04
BANDITS GET TWO
|. TRucKLoAps OF SILK

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 Five ban
dts drove off with two truck -loads
OF silks from the Majestic gara1as
421 Sinderen avenue, Brooklyn, early
today after holding up and binding
the owner and night manager
The loot was valued at $4,000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-04
YESTERDAYS FINES AND FoRFEITUREs

Louis Louft. ..,....
Guy A. Moore.
Nathan Cayton. 49,.
Jack c. Hoy
Marvin A. May
Ralph H. Meredith
B. M. Richmond.
Michael GorInley.
w. =. Chickering
Henry Porter 80.
J. Ford Cosgriff. ;.
Jerome F. Smith. =.
Xavier b. Collins.
Robt. X. Nevett. -.
Edw. G. Harrison.
Edw. Neil, jr. -.
l.. c.. Painter. 1850
Nathan Miskin -.
Harry Miller 1880.
Charles Young -.
Jack Shesking -.
DR.. Chas. j. Den,as
Nellie Sweet. :.
Fletcher Dixon.
John w. Peachy. j.
stephen I. Sheehy.
Owens Barnes -
Thomas II. Fox. -.
John o. Burress. -.
|. Myer C. Rosendorf
Albert Hall $1,000.
William Coleman ;.
James e. Thomas.
Lewis j. Herr. 80.
Francis Dent 49,.
Thomas Todd. 80.
Saterios Mos.
G. ". Sparrow.
Alice G.. Oliver. III.
George Williams.
Thornton Edwards
A. II. Newman.
Frank Rose.
John o. Gheen.
Edward j. Moran.
C. e. Allison. .....
Jacob Litman $50.
Herbert johnson =.
Andrew w. Gardiner
Mary Fl. Calvert.
Haywood Conner. !.
Preston Webster
Helen Symons ..
Oscar HUMPHREYS. :.
Walter Epps. .,...
Charles w. Hunt
Henry p. Singleton.
VIM. A. Howard -.
Decatur Sullivan.
Walter /. Stanton.
Yolonde Broussard 8.
Earl III. Raymond.
Gordon s. Parker.
Morris Goldstein.
Leo Williams.
Anthony Consoli.
James Hawkins.
Charles Hunt. ....
Anna M. Swami. -.
Bernard Olson ....
George Hibble 1880.
George Galloway -.
Marion "A. Stockett..
Clarence Taylor. u.
Herbert Dixon.
Paul r. Veach. -.
Philip r. Harvey.
r. M. Phillips -.
Fidel NJ. Schaltter.
Norfleet G. Lassiter.
Patrick H. Yancy.
G.. p. Richardson.
David Lazoraf.
E. w. Shaffer
Margaret Reinhardt
r. NJ. Greenwood. =.
Robert A. Reynolds
Charles Shanks -.
Maurice NJ. Grudd..
Harvey p. Belt. 49,.
Philip foyer 1890.
James w. Clark.....
Edward Young 49,.
M. G. Wolford. -.
Major Karl Trusdell
Ernest Drummer 80.
Robert M. Marsh.
Otearl Pickett 49,.
Elmer T. FUR. 90.
Frank Washington
Robert Williams =.
Eugene Thomas :.
Mack williams
Calvin H. Crawford.
Paul Rolf .........
James A. Brown. :.
Myer r. Chidakle.
Otis Clements 49,.
Joseph Wood $500.
Walter b. Russell.
Frank Stewart -.
Roland Dyson .....
Vittoro Lenzi ....-.
Edward E. Loving.
Herman Adler -.
Samuel Spruce -.
Pleasant Higgins.
James r. Anderson.
Zeddie Whittl0
Joe ZanglO ........
John III. Davis 80.
Melvin I lancaster
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08

ant colonel, the nth Engineers. Rail
way, Kilkenny went to France, was
promoted to sergeant, then commits
stoned. From the time Dawes was
promoted to brigadier general, Kill
kenny served as his aide for two
years.
Called to Campaign.
When Gen. Dawes embarked upon
his campaign for the vice presidency
he again called upon the merry
Francis" as he is known to all his
friends, ard Kilkenny became per
sonal manager" for the candidate.
1t was logical. therefore. that Kill
kenny should come to Washington
with the Vice President-elect, as an
official without PORTFOLIO" to smooth
the pathway and put to full use his
wide acquaintance, engaging smile.
his inexhaustible energy and good
nature.
Kilkenny is an enthusiastic wearer
Of the green" and has been back to
Ireland five times to see his father
and mother. who are still living.
He is married, has two children,
and makes his home in Chicago
when he Is not called out on some
mission by Gen. Dawes. He returns
this week to his investment securities
business in Chicago. During his
Washington residence. Kilkenny was
active in St. Patrick's Church, having
been an usher there for years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-03-08

No account of inauguration week
would be complete without mention
of Francis j. Kilkenny OF chicago
graduate of the law school of George
town University, the right-hand man
of Vice President Dawes, and VINO
is well known in this city through
his association with the former when
Dawes was controller of the cur
rency and director of the Bureau of
the Budget.
During the hectic inauguration
period Kilkenny filled his post with
Gen. Dawes in Indispensable fashion,
continuing the services he performed
as personal manager to the general
during the recent political campaign,
and cooperating with h. Ross Bart
ley, the Vice Presidents new secre-
tary, who officially assumed his posi-
ton Immediately after the inaugura-
ton.
Kilkenny has had a picturesque
career since he was discovered" by
Gen. Dawes more than 20 years ago
as a cloak room boy in the Union
League Club of Chicago. The little
Irish boy. with the engaging smile,
had arrived a short time before in
New York from County Leitrim.
Dawes, so the story goes, looked into
his merry eyes, and, seeing promise
there, was influential in obtaining a
position for him as messenger with
the Republican national committee
when Mark Hanna was chairman.
Worked Way Up.
When Dawes, as a young man him
self, was appointed controller OF the
currency under President Mckinley.
Francis Kilkenny came to Wash
ington, and, while going to night