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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-30

REPRESENTATIVES of the Wash
ington Rapid Transit and Capital
Traction Companies agreed today
before the Public Utilities CONF
mission that closer cooperation
was needed to provide proper ser
vice IN the District Of Columbia.
The undercurrent Of opinion IN
dicated . willingness on the part
Of the North American Company,
new owners Of the Washington
Rapid Transit Company, 70 unity
the bus lines in the District 80
that service, without harmful conl-
petition, could Be given.
Companies Get Toe tIle
Irifst intfnationa III voluntary
cofhbinA tion Of the Efforts o. the
Ec0n1Daries came when George
Hoover legal rep tatlNe at kno
bus aIaIiy, asked the commissions
Tor 4 continuance aE today's public
hearing.
Mr.. Hoover said that officials Ot
the two companies could get to-
getIler In conference and form .
composite petition to be filed IA
place Of several petitions now pend.
ing before the commission.
John III. Hanna, vice president oI
the Capital Traction Company. Inn.
mediately expressed the desire Of
his company to confer with offi-
Gals Of the bus company and pro-
posed that the petition Of the street,
car company for permission to rtk
3. bus line downtown on Sixteenth
street, be postponed.
Hearing Is Put Over
When the two companies indie
Gated their willingness to play
ball." 1t was evident that the come
mission would appreciate the sub
mission of a cooperative plan and
postponed further testimony until q
date to be decided upon later VIII
liam Mex. Clayton also said he
would approve OF a p0stponement
Today's petitions from the WASH
ington Rapid Transit Company in.
Guided besides q request for an exs
tension OF the bus line to Lang
fellow street instead of Buchanan
street on the Silver Spring route
q, request for the amendment OF two
paragraphs, approving the operation
of the line.
The bus company asks that local
passengers may be carried In the
District Of Columbia as authorized
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-30
Floods Near Warsaw

WARSAW, Dec. 30.-The Vistula
River is rising rapidly and land
above Cracow is already reported
under water.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-12-30
ZaYas slightIy IMPROVED

HAVANA, Cuba, Dec. Sex.
President Zayas is slightly improved
from his brain fever attack, MS
physicians said today but his re-
cnYerY Is doubtful.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-14
SPOT ED EFFECT OF
DOCTORS SMART IDEA

Frank Irving Fletcher. the adver.
Using expert, said in an address in
New York:
Advertise, but advertise in the
right way
AT an important political meeting
me other night the chairman had
just introduced famous orator and
NE orator had just got up full steam
When an attendant tiptoed from the
wings and whispered something in his
ear.
Friends, excuse me. said the ora.
To-, but is Doctor Pillsbury il the
houseT -"
a pompousiooking man in a front
seat rose. 80
Doctor Pillsbury. you're wanted on
the telephone.
In a deep and impressive silence
me doctor pushed past a dozen pnirs
of legs, and then as he vent fin
loeihg down the aisle the orator said
from the stage:
4 have doctor brother. friends
ana he, too, used to advertise In This
way when he was starting out.n
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-14
HOBBIES
BY THOMAS ARKLE CLARK

CAN Imagine nothing more dread
full" a distinguished politician is
quoted as saying, than a man without
Il hobby or recreation"
AS I understand a hobby ii is some.
thing outside of a mans regular bust.
ness, something disconnected with the
regular routine of everyday work in
which he finds pleasure and entertain.
ment For instance, Chambers is an
engineer of my acquaintance who
makes his living building bridges and
Installing electric light plants, ana es-
tablishing pumping stations. He is
much concerned every day with plans
and estimates, and calculations. His
business is very much mechanical.
His hobby is books He has one Of
the finest libraries, and one of the
rarest, in the large city in which he
lives He would cross the continent
or make a trip to Egypt to pick up
beautiful and unusual book His
friends say he is crazy over The subject
Of books, but he is in fact only an
enthusiastic bibliophlle who is kept
Interested and alive ana vo,,+,,s,,, ~
cause az his bobbv ~ hoe ~ ~, ),
be bored Win leisure ~ - - ~ -. y
sick when he is away from home. for
he always has an interesting or
rare hook with him or his ayo o,,t 81
a new one
.Iohnson's hobby Is golf ua 49,.
a desk nm aav IN hnsr az ~ '' - -
concerned y5fb so11tn, 80; g'-'e s y L
ppsbipr tba business v.itb n.b;.s -, -, =, :,
eonnacted r.. 81, - ~ i'e !
ularly NJ wopi5 800 ,a $50 Fl
crow stala - an. - -. e,..'e'il' g
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-14

OPTIMISM is a good thing; the ma,
who is always sure that troubla
is ahead makes a pretty gloomy conn.
panion, but the one who negIects Tho
blessings of today In a mad rusb -.
the pleasures of tomorrow isn't getti,,
the most out of life.
All along the roadside as we were
driving from Terre Haute to st. Louis
an enthusiastic camera company look.
ing for business has placed signs at
various intervals Picture aheado-
with suggestion that you get out the
camera. The intention is, of course
to put the observer upon the alert. 10
have him ready for what is coming
1t Is good business, I have no doubt
and possibly good psychology.
There was no effort made to call the
attention ST the mOtorist to the beau.
ties Immediately before him. no en-.
phasis upon the present, but always
upon the future. 1t was the picture
ahead for which we were to look, ana
this admonition drew our attention
away from our immediate surround
ings. 1t is far better to enjoy today than
to be restlessly eager for tomorrow.
The picture before US is often more al
Turing than the picture ahead If we
would only give our attention to #.
Porter had a very good situation
when he got out of college, with an
opportunity to become an active
partner in q business which promised
satisfactory returns. He was not
quite satisfied. however, he went at
his work rather indifferently, sure that
there were other opportunities better
than the one which presented itself to
him. 1t was the picture ahead which
drew his attention away from beauty
with which he was surrounded
He left this business within a few
years to take up real estate, in Which
he was sure there was a great oppof-
tunity. He gave up the real estate
business just about the time he was
getting well established to take CON
troll of an oil prcject which promise5
immediate and unlimited wealth He
Is into something else just now but
no better off than he was thirty years
ago when he was selling dry goods
He has never been able to appre-
ciate the chances about him; during
all the years he has been looking for
the picture ahead and. metaphoricaIg
he has roll of films in his camera
that has never been shot.
Every man should look ahead
should try to see where he is going
and what chances of advancement Of
development, Of opportunity there are
The pictures ahead are not 70 be
neglected, but it is to those iuma
diately about us to which we should
give most attention.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-14
CHAPTER v
In Which the Bag of Nuts Is
Found by Accident

II was the desk that saved Drum
mond, and with him Ted birmingham.
Flat on their faces, their arms cover
Ing their heads, they lay on the floor
waiting, as in days gone by they had
waited for the bursting of a too-near
crump. They heard Ginger Martin,
as he Numbered round the room, and
then-suddenly II came.
There was a deafening roar, and a
sheet of fame which seemed to fiji
the room. Great Jumps Of the ceiling
rained down and the big roll-top desk
cracked in pieces and spllntered into
matchw0od, fell over on top OF them
But II had done It's work II had borne
the full force Of the explosion In their
direction. AS desk its day was past /.
It had become a series of holes rough
~ held together by fragments Of wood.
so much Drummond could see by
the aid Of his torch. with the ex-
ploslon all the lights had gone out.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-14

aud FOR a while he lay pressed against
Ted birmingham trying to recover his
wits His head was singing Ike IA
bursting kettle: his back felt as II It
was broken whore a vast lump OF
ceiling had hit him, But after moving
his legs cautiously ana then his arms.
he decided that he was still alive. And
having arrived az that momentous con.
cluslon the necessity for prompt action
became evident A bomb hurstin- in
London is not exactly q private affair.
Are you all right, Ted?" he NUT
tered hoarsely his mouth fun Of plas-
ter and dust.
4 thi0a Sc. old man. answered Jer-
inghau and prlmmond heayed
sigh OF relief u got a whack on the
back Of the head from something"
Drummond scrambled to his feet.
and switched on his torch. The
wreckage was complete, but II was
for tile third member 0f the party
that he was looking And after mo
ment or two he found him. and cursed
with vigorous fury that BODIED I'll fer
the person who had thrown the bomb.
II lie ever met him.
For Ginger Martin, being either too
frightened or too ignorant had NOT
done as be was told. There had been
ao desk between him aud the bomb
When lt tarst. ana what was left of
him adorned a corner. There was
nothing 10 be dome the unfortunate
crock would never asain burgle a safe
And the only comfort 70 nrummond
was THAT death must have been aaso-
lutely instantaneous
Poor devil" he muttered. "Some
we Is going % pny for this.
And then he felt birmingham clutch
inc his arm.
Its blown 3 hole Ia ths wall. man
Lock"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-14
THE BOX ELDER

EATFER found the little box elders
growing thick as hair in the moist
ground along the banks Of the Yer
million when he made the trip from
our house to the strip banks along
the river to bring back our winter sup
ply of coal 1t took two days to make
the trip. but money was scarce then
and the surface coal was cheaper tfan
we could buy in the village and served
our purpose very well.
He brought back the little trees
wrapped in wet paper TO keep their
roots moist and we placed them Guy
about the house with the hope tAat
some day we should have shade W.
had moved to the prairie from q iliA-
Der country. There was not Tree
within six miles, and we missed TT
oaks and the elms and the hickory
trees with which we had been sur
rounded in our old home,
There were other little trees WIZ
the box elders-maples, and sycamoEes
and elms, and tiny oak tree any
these we planted, too, but the 4
elder fiourished best and made saa
most outrageous promises. It's grew
ing was like the gushing fritndsa 81
a new-found acquaintance THAI Naae
and grows stale as time goes on
grew up quickly, its ieaves sa'ss.a@
out at the first indication Of si-
only TO turn black when an untNless
ed frost nipped them.
The oak and the elm were cons
tive. They developed SLOWLY
was nothing impulsive about
leaving out but when Their
came we, knew that all summer
late into the fall we should have
ure and comfort in their shade Hl
the leaves of the box elder
scarcely out when they began T. ~
yellow and to drop of and 70 y
the yard in an unsightIy way is9
was no stability 10 the box ei3e'
promised well. but it was 2 great "a
appointment. .s
The oak tree was sturdy and nela
It's ground against conflict ana o
position. It was like a man with ~
ciple who is not moved by wind or ~
doctrine. The elm tree was
and courteous: ii swayed win
wind. but it never lost its poise
box elder resisted storm ana eo"-
for little while and then broke
was soft. eharacterless. as some
-. ,,,,+~clra5 IN fts growth bt
environment and yielding to the A
enoss which swayed il.
The tree was ike a man acting u
impulse, broken by every vino
temptation, without definite princ'l.s
of growth or action. grown gnaF.s
and old and diseased before his ti.-s-
worn out when it should e at lis 0es-
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-14

Ike the slit In a letter box. For a
moment or two they remained there,
staring at him. then they disappeared
also. and seemed to become part of
the door And 1t was just as he was
moving toward this mysterious safe to
examine 1t closer that with a sudden
clang, another opening appeared-one
much larger than the first. He stopped
involuntarily as something was thrown
through into the room-something
which Missed and spluttered.
For a moment he gazed at It IN
comprehendlngly as It lay on the floor
then he gave a sudden, tense order.
ION your faces-for your lives !"
His voice cut through the room like a
knife. Behind the desk, you fools
It's a bomb 7"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-14
aIT,s a eoMel"

BYNOPSlS.-To a gathering OF
anarchists In Barking, London
suburb, Eaboleff. foreign agita
tor, tells of the operations Of a
body Of men who have become a
menace to their activities. He
says they are masked and wear
long black cloaks and are acting
without the law. He Is inter-
rupted by the men he 10 describ-
ing tthe Black Gang. who break
up the meeting. sentencing some
Of the participants to condign
punishment and carrying away
others. a memorandum found
on ZaboleR gives an address In
Hoxton. which the leader OF the
attacking party considers of i'm
portance Sir Bryan tombstone.
director Of criminal investiRa-
ton. hears from Inspector Nc
Iver. sent 10 arrest Zaboleff the
night before, Of his discontinue.
lie had been seized and chloro-
formed and his raid frustrated.
Hugh Drummond. man OF leisure,
tells tombstone Of seeing the kid
napers and their victims He be-
comes an unpaid agent Of the
police, under McIver. william
Atkiusom ostenaibly pawnbroker
and money lender. really Count
IRdowa, director Of anarchy in
England, does business In an
other London suburb A mys-
terious stranger invades the
premises. Drummond attempts
TO burglarize the premises 10 get
evidence. Zadowa lays trap
for Drummond and hts burglars.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-14
Well, that was a narrow es-
cape. Evidently Zadowa is a
dangerous man. What's Drum
mond's next move?
lTo BE CONTINUED !
Had Learned Something

woman called at studio for 3
sitting. The photographer made two
negatives and promised proofs for the
following day.
The next day her husband called for
the proofs, hut the photographer
showed him ouly one. The husband
said My understanding was that
there were % be two proofs.
Il did make two sittings of your
wife replied the photographer. "but
IN one she held her lips apart and
showed the end Of her tongue"
My goodness. gaSpea the husband
"let me see thar one. Y didat know
there was an end 10 It,
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-14

talks about nothing, he thinks about
nothing, he is interested in nothing
but his business. When meet him on
his vacation, as l sometimes do, he is
concerned with nothing excepting how
things are going at home. He wants
his letters daily and is unhappy If he
IS away from the telephone or the tele-
graph station. If we go out for a walk
he begins at once to talk business. He
Is growing old and irritated and worn
before his time, because he has no
hobby He Will have a miserable old
age because he has no recreation to
fall back upon when he gives up his
work
TO- 1925. western Newspaper Union)
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-14
The Generous Uncle

secretary Lawson Purdy of the
marty Organization society. said in
brilliant address in New York.
rs poor mustn't be pauperIzed-
mustn't be made to think. I mem
mat they're entitled to charity by di-
Vine right
once there was a hale old fellow
whom charity had pauperized abso.
luteiy For Is years he bsd baan III
ing N idieness on IS week, donated
py chs rich ladies q the village
Well. he died finally. ana then If
was found that he had left a will In
this will be bequesthed bis S. wasE
10 bis niece in Ireland
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-14
CHAPTER IV-Continued

Once again the three men stood mo-
tionless. listening intenHy, but the
sound was not repeated. Absolute 81
lcnce rclgned, broken only by the noise
Of their own breathing. And at last.
after what seemed an intermlnable
pause Drummond switched on hts
torch again The passage was empty;
the door Of the inner office was just
In front Of them Almost he was per
Suaded that he must have made a mis-
take-t that II had been his lmagna
tion. He peered through the keyhole
the room was In darkness. lie turned
the handle cautiously; the door gave
10 him; and still with his torch held
well In front Of him. he stepped into
the ROOM turning the light into every
corner. Not trace OF anyone; the
inner office was absolutely empty. He
flashed the light all round the walls,
as fur as he could see there was no
other door-not even a window. Con
sequently the only wny out was by
the door through which they had Just
entered, which was obviously impos-
sible for anyone to have done without
his knowledge
1T is all right" he muttered turn
ing round 10 the other two Must
have been my mistake Now then.
Ginger. lets tackle the big desk first"
"A he spoke he moved into the cen.
ter Of the room his torch lighting up
the blk roll-top desk.
"Rlght-ho, guy'nor Keep the beam
on the keyhole-"
The crock bent over his task, only
10 straghten Up suddenly us ali the
lights went on
yer id fooll" he suarled switch
'em off Ii alu't safe"
Il didn't put 'em onr" snapped
Drummond
Nor l." said birmingham.
For moment or two no one spoke
then Ginger Martin made Wild dive
for the door But the door which
had opened SO easily few moments
before now refused to bulge though
he tugged at Il, eursing horribly. And
after while he gave 1t up, ami turned
on Drummond like a Wild beast.
you've trapped ne, yer -- swine.
I'll get even with you over this If |
swing for IT,"
But Drummond. TO whom the pres.
ence of actual danger was rs meat
and drink, took not the slightest no.
tice. His hrnin ice-cold ana clear.
was mo"inE rlIdly II had not been
mistake. he had heard yoices-yolces
which came from that very room IN
which they now were. Men had been
there men who had got out by some
ether way And Ginger Martin was
trapped aH 81 them. More out of
thou-1flcSsness than anyth,n. else. he
bruSH ~ The swearing crook aside with
the back 1T his hand much as one
brushes away a troublesome ay. Ana
Martin feeling as Il he'd been Kicked
il the mouth by a horse. ceasef IL
swear
Il was uueauny jeyllish Tie room
empty, save for them. suddenly flooded
with light, Hut by whom? Drum
mond felt they we're being Watched
Bug BY whom? And then suddenly he
heard Ted Jernlngham's Voice, low ana
tense
There's a man watching us. Hqsh
can see his eyes, In that biz safe
door"
Like fash, Drummoud swung
round. and looked az the safe Tc6
was right; he could see the eyes him.
self and they We're fixed 80 him With
an expression Of malignant flry.
througL . kind Ct opening that looked
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-14
Explaining the Boosters

"Oue yhius c8n't understand re-
marked Jones to his nelghbor. Smith
as they walked home one evening. els
what has happened 20 all the booster.
that used To iufeSt this town. Smith
laughed, That's easy to explsin." he
resied "It's Ike this. All the boost.
ers who haven't sold thsir real estate
have hrsaSht snmA"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-14
Copyright. 1880

Horizontal.
1-Heretltary classes into which the
society of India IN divided
officiating members of an electrical
machine
ia solemn appeal to god
Railways 13-You and me
Ian American poet
ia cooking vessel
Ito exist IS--A vegetable
2O-PertRinin9 to the navy
ga falsehood
GA Iaymnn 25-A beam
28-Assistnnce
ga mistake
20-Parts of the feet
So vocabulary
3l-Rested on the feet
34-fo giFe financial assistance to
SS-A fruit ga small dog
41-An assistant
42-An organ of hearing
43-FiOwers of certain kind
45--Came together
48-Pnrt of the verb "to be"
47-BelOnging TO him
4S-TO pierce so as TO draw off a LIQUID
SO-Street fabbr.)
5f-A seasoning
52-Oid S4-sOyed
b5-One who mikes loans
Vertical.
IA pdfr 2-Therefore
3-To pierce so ms to draw on a liquid
A public school in England
5--TO cut of
Go pay back
shaped like an egg
S--A number a-Egt,er
1O--Siumbers 1l-To scoreb
IA beak 10-AtmOsphere
21--Diwcrent
22-oppOsed 20 "vyenther"
24--Tiut or shade
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-14

ga certain color
ga color
GA gardeners implement
3I-Certain weapons
ga group of horses working to%
gether
33-A means of propelling a boat
35-Indlstinct
36-Kinds of poems
3Z-MOre moist
3D-Assumed studied attitude
40-PRrt of a flower
43-A cereal grain
44-A wise mnn 47=Possessed
49-A writing implement
5I-Another form of al"
5S-DOctOr of divinity (abbr.)
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-14

HOW TO SOLVE A CROSSWORD PUZZLE
In white
word which will All the white
white the black below in
Ahhreaons initials
in the iOns.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-14

Solution of Last Weeks Puzzle.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-11-14
ALONG
LIFE'S TRAIL
BY THOMAS ARKLE cLARv
Dean of Men. University of IlliBo;,
PICTURE AHEAD


90. 1925, Western Newsuaper no. IT
New Britain herald., 1925-06-19
THINKS MISS POPE
 WILL GET FORTUNE
i'll-c Cleon Says He's Confident Her Lngagcment Contract
 Will Stand.

Chicago, June 19 lPe-Chief Jus tee Harry olson of the municipal court ho has been the chief figure ln the prosecution Of William D.. Shepherd accused of causing the death Of William \. McCHntock. de- clared today that regardless of the outcome of the Shepherd trial, "1sa- belle Pope, (McClintock's tinance) {. will come into possession of the Me Clintock fortune"
 Judge Olson said Miss Pope even- tually would be declared McClin- tock's lawful heir on the ground that shepherd obstructed and held back the wedding contract.
 That wedding contract will be held binding in my judgment" he said, and when it is, Isabelle Pope will receive all inc personal prop erty, one-haIf Of the real estate and 3 life interest in tne other half of the real estate. All except about s2oo hoo Of the estate will go 10 her. She will receive the fun rights of a widow.
 Tt Has out o' inc kindness of her heart that she gladly agreed to di. vide the es'ate with the other heirs"
 Testifying at the trial. Miss Pope admitted that the prosecution of Shepherd vas preliminary to an at tempt 10 break NcClntock's will, in which he made shepherd chief bens- frisrv.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-19
BLOCKADE EFFECTIVE
French Warships Begin Their Patrol of Moroccan Coast in War on
 RifTians.

Csras, June ls PA blockade of the Moroccan coast by French and Spanlsh v3rships to prevent arms and munitions reaching Abd-EI- hrlm, he warning leader of Moroc- can tribesmen, became effective st 5 o'clock 'nis morning. The French and SranIsh governments reached an agreement last night regarding de- ais.
 There will be no supreme com alm but the French and Spanish .a,a units participating in the Iockale viii take instructions from rIr respective admirsls. French rips mny enter Spantsh zone ports rI vice versa. The blockade extends
 om Nogador on the Atlantic coast Q AIhucemas Bay on the Mediter- 4ucan. embracing the entire north ru coast Of Morocco.