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SOMETHING ABOUT EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY

Russia has again gone into the egg
business. Before the war eggs were
among the most important of Russia's
exports, the 1913 exports amounting
to 3,4S4 milliards of eggs. or sixty
four per cent of the worlds export.
In Rock Island County, Illinois,
where the Indian took his last stand
east of the Mississippi, a memorial
park is to be established. The park
will cover part of the scene of the
Black Hawk wars.
Probably the most curious restaur-
ant in the world is in Buenos Aires.
The equipment consists of one large
pot about a yard in diameter. and one
large fork with which the customers,
for the sum of five cents, are allowed
a chance of fishing out a chunk OF
meat.
The black bass guards its young
after Matching, and is the only fish
distributed by the New York con-
servation commission known to do
this.
DIlllSl aulilOl LUIS are dlldllS-
ing a fake art exhibition with the OBJ
ject of warning American and Other
tourists of the difference between
genuine works of art and fake copies.
The famous Derby race was found
ed in the eighteenth century by Earl
of Derby, and after 100 years effort
on the part of his descendants, it has
at last been won by the present earl.
The central incinerator of the city
of London, England, is to be harness
ed to a power station, which will gen.
crate electricity for the lighting syst
EN- and the running of a tube railway
and surface cars.
The possibilities of gas for illum.
mating was discovered by Philip Leb-
on, a French engineer of the revolut.
ionary era, who was murdered in 1904,
presumably by burglars who had en-.
tered his house at Versailles.
Ceylon is very nearly the size OF
Ireland. 1t is a separate political en-.
tity, possessing its own constitution,
legislative council and governor. It
is expected that the total value of its
merchandise trade for 1928 will be
upward of s20,OOO,OOO.
The native population of South
Africa, which already outnumbers the
whites by three to one, is growing at
much more rapid proportionate rate.
Tourists spent s136,OOO,OOO in
Canada last year.
The shrew is smaller than
the house mouse, and is one of the
fiercest and most indomitable Of
creatures. The lion is a cowardly
skulking brute besides this wee atom
of fur and vitality that is called the
common shrew
On a small field of about two acres,
there was recently made the largest
find of sapphires ever recorded in
Ceylon, the gems including yellow,
gold, purple and blue stones of 20 to
700 carats, some of them weighing as
much as a half pound.
The largest and most nearly COM
plete library of strictly educational lit
erature in America is maintained by
the United States Bureau of Educa-
ton at Washington.
In Quebec, Canada's oldest city,
taxicabs have just made their first
appearance, taking the place of the
quaint horse vehicle called the cal
oche, so familiar to tourists. ,
The consumption of wine reached
such a high point about a thousand
years before the Christian Era that
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7 Lycurgus, King of Thrace, passed a
Prohibition Act, the thoroughness of
which cannot be questioned. A strict
abstainer himself, he forbade the use
of wine to subjects. and rooted up all
the vines within his dominion.
The Lion, which was Admiral-of-
the-Fleet Lord Beatty's flagship dur
ing the war, is in the hands of the
shipbreakers at Jarrow-on-Tyne.
Liberty is far more easily destroy
ed by those who abuse it than those
who oppose it."-Ramsay Macdonald.
Russia has purchased between $685.
100000 and $4,000 900 worth of cot
ton in the United States since the
first of the year.
CASTOR Doumergue, the new presid-
ent of France, is a Calvinist, which
is similar to being a Presbyterian in
the United States.
The collection of eleven hundred or
so of the original certificates of mar
riages celebrated by John Linton, the
Gretna Green blacksmith, between
1s25-1s54, each signed by the con-
tracing parties, has been sold in Lon
don to a private collector for S1,400.
All men and women alike in Great
Britain who attain the age of twenty
one are o entitled to the parliament
tary vote.
Forty-two per cent of the telephone
equipment in South America is in
Argentina, and the total line length
represents fifty-one per cent of South
Americas total.
Large stone slabs which formed the
core of the Roman roads in England
were in medieval times frequently
carried off for building purposes.
The using of these ancient roads as
quarries accounts for their disappear
ance in many districts.
Three natural rocks bridges of
great size and beauty, occurring within
a few miles of one another, near the
head of the White Canyon, are in
cluded in the National Monument in
San Jaun County, Utah.
Jews ~immigrating from Russia and
other parts into Constantinople are
alleged to be buying up at low prices
banks, building land, and blocks of
dwellings whose former owners have
had to leave the country.
The house of Nance Tinnock, who
frequently acted as hostess to Robert
Burns, has been opened at Mainline,
Scotland, as a home for the aged poor.
A silver penny of the days of Ed
ward l (1272-13O7) was found recent
ly on the top of Large Law, a hill in
Scotland.
During the past three months of
this year the police have discovered
in the province of Saratov, Russia,
more than 5000 secret stills and $500
gallons of homemade spirits.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born
in E~dinburg and Richard Doyle, the
famous Punch artist was his uncle.
The honorary secretary of the Brit
ish War Graves Department says that
the original wooden crosses from the
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hyphen between the fifth and sixth
letters of the word. Otherwise you
should not be a gutter on this excel
lent arrangement of words. 1t is
nicely interlocked throughout and will
give you a thrill of satisfaction to
have solved it.
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Douglas-Contract to be let for the
erection of addition to high school
building.
Salt Creek-Contract let for cop
struction of four-room school build
ing.
Rock Springs-$75,OOO sewer bonds
to be voted upon.
Kemmerer-Contract let ar $40
$50 for construction of county court
house.
Lovell-Standard Oil Company gets
gusher four miles from hree.
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THIS WEEKS CROSS WORD PUzzlE--TRY IT!

The twelve letter words and the
four words of eight letters are in the
puzzle arranged by Mrs. Calvin Poole
this week. We will give you a tip on
No. 1 horizontal. 1t really should not
be used as one word-or at least a
The Washington times., 1925-11-18
ADS HELD BIS.
AID To MASS
PRODUCT
Association Of Advertisers Re-
views Basis Of Modern
Big Industries

Advertising has made mass pro-
duction possible IN the recent past.
and viii continue to do so. but on
a considerably larger scale - she
future.
This Ii the substance Of 90 mes
sage that the Association Of Ma
tional Advertisers 4 pounding home,
IN the course Of its annual conven-
ton, which win conclude today,
after the morning session at the
Mayflower Hotel.
Since the opening Of the conven.
ton. the reliance Of large producers
upon national advertising has been
emphasized. The principle has
been reiterated by several speak.
ers. Last night, ct the assOcia.
tion's annual banquet III the hotel,
Merle Thorpe, editor OF The Ma
TONS Business, brought out this
truth again.
Aside from the strictly business
The Washington times., 1925-11-18

100000 over last, year; General
Grant. 4O,517, gaan Of more than
5000 over last year; and Lassen
Volcano, 1896. q gain OF % over
last year. Tho total number Of
visitors to the national parks Of
California was 3oS.s5e, or II per
cent Of the f,76O.572 visitors to all
of the nineteen national parks.
California's showing in the ma
tionaI monuments is extraordinary,
as with only two Of the twenty
six national monuments in the.
United States, 1t drew One-half Of
the total visitors numbering 31S,-
liz. Muir Woods attracted 93s642
visitors, q gain Of 1900 over last
year. The Pinnacles, one Of the
newest Of the monuments slloSveh
an enormous gain The monument
attracted 1882 visitors, compared
to 8,g73 last year. The two nont.
rnents totaled 157 ,165 visitors for
the season.
These visitors came from every
State In the Union, Porto Rico, the
Philippines, Hawaii and Alaska.
There were twenty-sevep foreign
wide appeal OF these superb scenic
who registered, indicating the world
countries represented among those
attractions.
The Washington times., 1925-11-18

viewpoint. Thorpe, II his address.
deived into the social and ed,ica
tlonal values Of ADVERTISING. re
said:
when the history Of this decade
Il written, describing 81 q WIN. y
superIatives. the tremendous 81
vance III the standards of living
whereby the colmmonest labcrer has
Injuries that kings fifty years agO
did not dream Of, B large chapter
VIII be devoted to this Mttle-under-
stood phenomenon, national adver-
Using"
He declared mass production,
(which IS an economic necessity
in this complex and intensive In
dustriaI period, Ii the greatest
influence which national advertis-
ing imparts.
Strickland w. GiIlilan. poet and
humorist, Of baltimore, made q
humorous speech Greetings 70 the
guests were extended BY Lynn sum.
ner, Of Scranton. Pa. and Roy
Durstin0, OF New York. Carl
Schumann, retiring president, intro
duced p. r Hall, Of st. Louis,
who was chosen yesterday To head
the association.
The Washington times., 1925-11-18
SENTENCED SLAYER OF 3
IS DENIED NEW TRIAL

RICHMOND, Va. Nov. 1s.-Ru-
dolph Ernest Disse. clerk, twenty.
who shot and killed three persons
here July % ana seriously wounded
another, today was denied a writ of
error by the Virginia Supreme Court
of Appeals. He has been sentenced
to die in the electric chair on No
.vernber 81.
Disse was convincted of Staying
Henry Grady Carter, restaurant pro-
prietor, an adnirer of Vivian Peers,
pretty cloak model, who Md spurned
him for Carter. The Peers girl and
Police Detective Harvey Burke We're
the other two slain. Willis Britt,
automobile salesman, was also ssi,f't
but recovered from the wound. He
and Burke were shot while trying to
shield the Peers girl.
The Washington times., 1925-11-18
N|LLYS' PLAN 7
EXTENSION
PLANS
Company Announces That
So, ooo, 900 viii Be Expend-
ed on Betterments

Approximately 50 ,oO0, 900 will be
spent by ys-Over;and in the
next twelve months in new buildings
and improvements, increasing pro-
duction from 1000 to 1880 cars per
day and adding more than II 900
employees to the huge force now
working, according to an announce
ment just released by President
John, N. WHY'S
= The new expansion program, as
outlined by Mr.. WHY'S, will greatly
increase company production and
add to the employment force be-
cause Of the construction OF sew
eraI new units and the revamping
OF others.
Included in the program will be
the erection of an entire new forge
unit which will replace the present
department. This new unit viii be
composed Of a new large building
housing the hammer shop 780 feet
by so and another for the heat
treat which will be $40 feet by go
Company officials declare that the
new forge shop will be the finest
and most modernly equipped in the
Industry, with thousands of dollars
worth OF new machinery and equip
ment installed. Extensive power
house improvements will be made,
including new boilers Of immense
capacity, compressors, stokers and
other equipment.
In addition to the forge shop and
power house improvements, a 800
foot extension will be added to the
sheet metal division, greatly in
creasing the output of this big
part of the WHY'S Overland factory.
Many new sheet metal presses
will be installed here, according to
the equipment program.
In addition. paint and enameling
ovens of the factory will be COM
pletely revamped. which will add
greatly to the plant efficiency. A
huge new machine shop will also
be installed in an Overland build
ing adjacent to the Mather Spring
plant.
Willys-Overland's $2,000,000 ex-
pansion program. coming as a sur
prise to Toledoans, 1udicates the
tremendous volume Of business be-
ing done by the company, which
was greatly furthe red through a
recent general price reduction an
iouncement on all models produced,
followed closely by another cut
from $685. to $685. on the Overland
standard sedan.
Contracts for the new buildings
and equipment will be let within
the next thirty days, according to
Mr.. WHY'S.
The Washington times., 1925-11-18
2,073,684 VISIT
NATIONAL
PARKS
Department Of the interior
Report Shows 75, 900
Gain for Year

Los ANGELES, CAL, Oct. 2s.-
The powerful appeal Of the coun-
try's scenic wonders to motorists is
indicated. in the report of the De
partment Of the Interior on the
number OF visitors to the national
parks and monuments during the
travel year ending September 80.
A total of 2,073,S 84 is shown, an
increase Of nearly $4,000 over last
year. and a gain of SO per cent In
two years.
From the tabulated statements
from the different parks the tour
ing bureau Of the Automobile Club
Of Southern California has segre.
gated the national parks and mon
ument visitors In this State, and
these indicate a tremendous in.
crease.
or the nineteen national parks
iii the country California has four.
The visitors at these up to Sep
telnber 80 were: Sequoia, 46,677, a
gain Of over 12,p00 over last year;
Yosemite. 209,f66. a gain Of nearly
The Washington times., 1925-11-18
THIS WEEKS MOTOR
SERMONETTE
Do Arguments Pay?
prepared by the Public Informa-
ton COMMITTEE Of the Wash
ington Automotive Trade
Association1

Automobile service stations offer
an excellent opportunity to esti-
mate the cost of an argument.
Time is worth so much an hour to
the owners of the shop, and the
car owners expense is not SO diff
cult to calculate.
Recommendation upsets manage
ment, and when the latter is de-
ranged waste begins. Arguments
would be justified if there were
some material gain involved, but
the history Of augmentation at
service station demonstrates shat
so long as time is sacrificed in
the process of arguing it IS better
not to argue at all.
If the car owner is displeased
in any way it is far better for
him to use the time either in
operating his car to some useful
purpose or in having the service
station undo g. mistake. The long.
loss which both parties must
shoulder.
If the car owner Is dead sure he
is in the right, when a difference
of opinion has developed the best
pan 10 u peALL oitt"O q DSLtSA IA's4i
aged shop. II the shop has been
at fault it will soon appreciate its
mistake and take such steps as
are necessary TO regain it's bust.
ness.
Too often neither party is wholly
to blame. This Is unfortun innate,
when not appreciated, because the
argument does not settle anything.
Both parties lose without even the
satisfaction OF victory, however
undesirable such victory may be
from an economic standpoint.
Don't argue. Act! Service hinges
on cooperation. A car owner may
be cooperating in the interests OF
better service generally by taking
his car to a better managed shop.
If genuinely dissatisfied
The Washington times., 1925-11-18
MRS. M. B. SHERMAN
LOSES DIVORCE SUIT

Chief Justice Walter I. Mccoy, in
Equity Court yesterday, dismissed
q suit for limited divorce brought
by Mrs. Margaret B. Sherman
AGAINST her husband. Alpheus J.
Sherman.
Mrs. Sherman charged cruelty
and failure to provide her with the
necessities OF life, alleging that he
had bought her but one hat and
two pairs Of stockings since their
marriage in August of 1928.
Through his counsel, Assistant
District Attorney David A. Hart.
Sherman denied all Of the charges
and produced pictures of other men
which he claims to have found in
his wife's possession.
A fiYe-months-old child was
awarded to the wife, because of it's
infancy
The Washington times., 1925-11-18
GRAHAM BROS.
TRUCK SALES
-~& "AH.M HV
INCREASE
Jump Amounts to los Per
Cent Over Corresponding
Period of Previous Year

Official figures disclose the fact
that production OF trucks by the
entire industry during the first
eight months Of 1926 exceeded the
figures for the corresponding pc
Rod OF 1924 by % per cent, &C.
cording to Mike DeNeane, Of
the Semmes Motor Company, local
Dodge Brothers dealer.
Compared with this sound
healthy gain made by the industry
las whole" explained Mr.. De-
Neane, "Graham Brothers sales in
crease Of los per cent for the first
eight months of this year over
sales for the corresponding months
last year is convincing evidence Of
public recognition of the merit of
their product.
''An annual increase IN sales of
| over 100 per cent is not unusual
with Graham Brothers" Mr.. De
Neane continued. Their sales in
1922 exceeded their 1921 sales by
154 per cent: 1928 exceeded 1922
Uy 1V0 per Cent, eAltl A0%1 -S1ASS Z -
| 1928 by "a per cent. The 1925
growth would logically be expect
ed by anyone who is familiar with
their policy OF giving the greatest
| possible truck value at the lowest
possible cost.
Factory Space Increase
! s'To produce sufficient trucks to
supply. the constantly growing de.
mand has necessitated repeated and
extensive engagements IN manu-
featuring facilities. When. Graham
/ Brothers moved into their new De-
troit factory, July 1 this yean their
4 100000 square feet represented a
| 1g-fold increase in floor space In
detroit in a little over four years
j In addition to this modern steel and
| concrete building, ideally laid out
| for economical manufacture of high
| grade trucks, and to their immense
Inlant in Evansville, Ind, Graham
Brothers have a plant, opened this
/ summer, in Stockton, California, &c
manufacture trucks required by
their dealers in the Pacific cOasi
and the Rocky mountain States. !.
seWithin the few months since
the Stockton plant was opened tbs
rapidly increasing demand in tbs
far western States has Tar ex
ceeded expectations and 1t is under
stood that plans are already Deins
made to increase its size.
Graham Brothers have also
large factory in Toronto, Ontario
to supply the constantly growing
Canadian market for their trucks.
/ Savings Shared
eAs improved facilities and In
creased production have reduced
manufacturing costs the savings
have been shared with the puyel
in the form Of price reductions
But at the same time the truck has
been constantly improved-nevel
has any change been made excep
to give the buyer a better truck
n "The rise of Graham Brothers II
the short period of five years t
the position they now occupy-firs
lin the production of 1h-ton trucks
lis certain evidence that the public
recognizes the merit of their pro
duct.
The Washington times., 1925-11-18
For Those WH0| CARE
WHAT THEIR Money BUYS

Dodge Brothers, Inc. have always built
good, sound long-lived product
They have never built yearly models and
never will
They donot make frequent expensive changes
simply to catch the Whim Of the hour.
On the contrary, they devote themselves
steadfast1y to the Improvement Of car that
has been good from the very beginning
This process. Of Improvement has now been
going on for II years
It's influence on the cars appearance and
performance has been nothing short Of
remarkable.
Always eminent1y dependable, It IS now also
an exceptionally easy riding car.
Always up-to-date, it is now strikingly
attractive.
Style and smartness stand out In every line.
Sheer logic never made the choice more
obvious
Dodge Brothers Motor Car for those who
really care what their money buys.
The Washington times., 1925-11-18
THE PRESIDENTS
ENGAGEMENTS

10 a. m.-Archbishop Creplax,
of Poland.
1915 q. nc on gre man
james A. Gallivan Of Massa.
chuSetts.
IL a. TH.-James r.. Garfield,
former Secretary of the In
terror.
11.3O a. NV. II. Chapman.
associate editor of Export
Trale and Finance.
1916 d. m.-MayOr Tower, Of
New Haven, Conn.
1925 D. m.-ExecIItive council
of the National Federation of
Federal Employees.
1890 D. NV es : IN In ster
choir of Dayton, Ohio.
The Washington times., 1925-11-18
SENATOR NoRBEcK FACES
FIGHT IN HIS OWN PARTY

PIERRE, S. Oak, Nov. b..
United states Senator Peter Nor
beck, of Redfield, former governor
and for years the. leading political
power in the State, faces a stiff
fight in his own party for renomi-
nation.
Governor Carl Gunderson viii
have the opposition OF Verne g.
Ken 1edy.
The Washington times., 1925-11-18

HERBERT C. nj. STEVENS
Mr.. Stevens was formerly chief
engineer, of the Sunbeam Motor
Company Of WolverhaInptOn, Eng
land, and has recently been APP
pointed consulting engineer OF
the OIdsmobiIe organization, it
was announced by /: j. Reuter-,
president and general manager Of
the OIds Motor Works.
Mr.. Stevens is well known
throughout England and Europe
for his long important activities
in the automobile industry, hav-
ing been responsible for the
production Of the Sunbeam, Tai
bot and Darracq group, and uIl-
der Mr.. Stevens direction Sum
bear built the machinery for the
dirigible R-33 which made a sue
cessful flight from England to-
America and return I'm 1920.
The Washington times., 1925-11-18
Fire Damages Auto

Fire damaged the automobile
owned by Frank Donna, 41O1
Brandywine street northwest, ap-
proximately $3.50 early today.
The fire was caused by gas rum
ming over on the exhaust pipe at
the Hill Top filling station, 1852
wisconsin avenue northwest.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-23
Down With Tipping; Up With Wages.

Down With Tipping; Up With Wages.
NEW YORK. Aug. 21.-Hotel and
restaurant workers of New York are
being called by the Amalgamated Food
Workers Union to fight the tipping
system and demand $50 for week of
S-hour days. The union controlled
Broadway's biggest cabarets until the
prohibition enforcement squad put
padlocks on the restaurants doors.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-23
TEACHERS WANT
RESTORATION OF
THEIR COUNCILS
Board of Education to
Act on Petition

MOBILE, Ala, Aug. 21.-Judge Rob
lied teachers OF Chicago, numbering
about 1000, are watching the board
Of edueation's rules committee, which
has a petition from the Chicago High
School Teachers councils to re-estab-
lish the councils on school time. John
A. English, organizer for Chicago
typographical Union No. 16, is head
Of the committee.
The councils which the petition
wants restored were held for 45 min
utes five times during the school year.
They were established in 1913 by the
former superintendent for the assem-
bling of all the teachers in school
to discuss its problems. These coun-
ellis, however, were forbidden in 1924
to meet in school time by Superin-
tendent William McAndrew, on the
ground that the three and three-quar-
tiers hours year consumed too much
school time.
The Chicago High School Teachers
Council is an organization which rep
resents union and non-union teachers.
It's work to maintain the councils is
supported by the Federation of Won.
en- High School Teachers, affiliated
with the Chicago and Illinois Fedora
tions of Labor. The decision on high
school councils will doubtless affect
the elementary school councils. The
Chicago Teachers Federation is there.
fore also interested. The American
Federation of Teachers, which favors
recognition of bona fde teachers
councils, not company unions" is also
awaiting the decision.