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The Washington times., 1926-11-09
HARPooNING WHALES FROM A FLYING MACHINE.
ATTENTION, PLEASE, UNCLE SAM

Poor Mr. Mrs Whale interested in the sky they
look at it. They little about the sky and the
things that happen above Uncle Sans Government
about flying machines and the thing that THEY might
Along the of the water the whale goes blowing steam
and water to show where he is
Along through the air. above the ocean, comes the flying
machine scoong low Down the great harpoon and the
live whale becomes dead whale You will notice that to the
end of ropes attached to the harpoon there buoy
floating balls When the whale is dead surface boats
along these floating balls collect the whales and tow
them to whaling ship, where they reduced to OIL
This is sad story for the whales and it is highly i'm
proved method of fishing
Some Of these days that large fat extremely prosperous
gold whale named Uncle SAM feel the blow Of
harpoon the air He hasn't the whales In fact
he INVENTED the flying machine.
But while he invented it, he hasn't known enough to adopt
It or employ it.
If he isn't careful he will know of these days. exactly
how this whale felt when the harpoon down. THAT'S
ALL.
The Washington times., 1926-11-09
DR.. FRANK OR u S
DAILY EDIT ORAL
What People Want
~ %. TRANK CRANE

nNE Of LIES little jokes that John Milton got fty
dollars for Paradise Lost and Anne Nichols gets
five million for able Irish Rose.
Everybody admits that Paradise Lost great work
Of art
It will be spoken of by the learned when Able and Rosie
are forgotten these many years.
But the basis upon which financial rewards are dis
tributed is the degree which product fills mmed
ate want Of the people.
More people want laugh than to read work of art
Hence and wherefore Miss Nichols takes her place
account holder in New York bank
With the right of public taste this article has
nothing to do.
The point that the road financial supply
ing public want
In the South there lives gentleman named Amedio
Obici He is known The Peanut King Of the World
Starting with pushcart peanut stand he worked his way
the presidency of the fvemilondolar Planters Nut
and Chocolate Company In which he the principal stock
holder
To Mr.. Obici recently inquiring reporter who
desired to learn the secret of his success
His reply began with honesty and ended with wisdom.
My he said, shke every other is due TO
luck But then you have have what people want they
won't buy it,
The last words explain the first.
Luck usually visits those who have what people want
The secret of most successes-whether drawing
comic page acting the stage, inventing new machine
selling breakfast food writing articles the
1t IS producing what the people want.
Ihey may not know they want t-that is the work OF
adVerng-but unless the product meets real need the
resulting success will never be very pronounced
copyright 1895 Mcclure Newspaper syndicats1
The Washington times., 1926-11-09
Municipal Ownership of D. G.
Street Railways

Now comes the suggestion that Congress may trying to
solve street railway problems turn to municipal ownership
as the only way out.
Ten wears ago this realizing and diff
ficut questions involved street railway companies
handling the Washington field urged municipal ownership as
the definite thing Congress could for without long
legal wrangng the courts There ism question as to
the right Congress- under its powers to order the District
to take railways operate
them as ONE system.
The right of Congress compel the railway companies
to merge mighty doubtful question doubtful that Con-
oress at the coming short session. will NOT do it,
And Congress isn't going pass law for municipal owner
ship either only Congress afraid Of the big interests
any question touching Government ownership but would
be pressed by combined railway and electric light
ing interests Of the country not to approve municipal owner
ship here.
pal ownership They have not yet gotten from the courts or
from the Public Utilities Commission the big valuations OF their
properties they struggling for # they finally obtain
valuations far in Of those allowed by the utilities COM
mission valuations that would pay them to sell out to the
municipal government private interests they might not
put strenuous fight in Congress against municipal owner
Ghip.
The street railway situation ripe from the rail
much vet to be done to get big valuations passed upon by the
and possibly agreed to by the utilities commission
We have an interesting situation the North American
Company of New York concern investing in public utilities
stocks owning little than third OF the voting stock
o the washington Railway and Electric Company relatively
small part Of the stock of Capital Traction and
virtually all the stock of the Washington Rapid Transit Com
pany's bus line
IN violation antmerger law is expressing profound
willingness bring about of the street railway lines
Presumably merger would put that company practically
IN control Of the merged concern.
The officials the railway companies do not
pose accept merger under these conditions It evidently
plan keep control Of the two companies merged
company hands Of Washington stockholders With them
the issue at present is home rule.
In this little "insde fight the carridng public has no
part It is merely permitted to furnish the shee for cor
poration treasures should at least appreciate the honor
The Public Utilities Commission to be inclined to
gradually turn the light street railway affairs There
vet much for us The commission is urged to dig
deeper put the facts before the public which, after all
furnishes the golden juice that operates transportation
companies.
The Washington times., 1926-11-09
WHY WIND BLOWS By Garrett P. SerViss

earttss surface ana the differences
iii heat absorbing power between
water and land, and between vary
ing portions Of the surface, a.
mountains, valleys, deserts, Tor.
ests, etc, inevitably produce great
variations Of air temperature.
Due 20 EartIl's Form
On broader general scale such
difference arises from the spher-
ical form OF the earth, together
with the fact that 1t Is rotating
about fixed axis, situated in the
mean, at right angles to the direc-
ton of the sun. Thus q broad
belt of the earth on each side Of
the equator ID always more or
less under vertical sunshine, ana
is kept warmer than those parts
of the earth that lie north and
south Of it. On the other hand,
around both poles are regions
where the sun never rises to q
great elevation in the sky.
The general effect (which is all
there Is room here to speak of,
is that warm air Is continually
rising along the equatorial belt
and cold air flows In to take its
place from both north and south.
Thus the great mill Of the winds
is kept going. But a thousand
local and variable influences in.
tervene to produce the special eff.
fects notice at different times
in different places. The rotation
of the earth itself plays a part in
determining the direction of the
winds. Every mountain every
river valley, nay, every glen nest
ling among the hills has its SAY"
more or less effective, in the
government of the viewless winds.
"A breeze came wandering from
the sky,
Light as the whispers of a dream"
But it, too. was Of the airy
children Of the sun.
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a READER asks what causes
n the wind to blow. This" he
says, may be a silly question. but
It has always puzzled me. Is it a
power pushing the wind before it,
or is 1t power drawing the wind
after it,"
Instead of being silly" this is
one of those fundamental questions
that open the way to a whole world
Of knowledge. Anybody who fol-
lows It up will soon find himself
deep in the science of natural
things. Meteorology begins with
the study of the causes of the
wind.
The chief cause lies in differ.
ences of temperature in adjacent
parts Of the atmosphere. On a
still day you can start a small
wind by building a bonfire. The
fire heats and thus expands the air
around 1t; the expanded air. being
lighter bulk for bulk than the
cooler air. rises through the latter
for the same reason that heated
water rises from the bottom OF a
kettle. The rising Of the warmed
air leaves room below for the I'm.
heated and consequently heavier
air to press in from all sides. This
sweeps over the ground as little
breeze, drawing in toward the fire.
The rising air above the fire is
likewise a breeze blowing verti.
cally.
The inflowing cool air, as It
reaches the fire. becomes itself
warmed and in it's turn rises. leav-
ing room for more cool air to press
in below. Thus. il the fire is
large, hot one, which continues to
burn for a long time, 1t may create
a very noticeable inblowing wind,
by a kind of suction" Newt.
owing to irregularities OF the SOIL
or other variable causes affecting
the movement of the air over the
ground, it will probably happen
that some ofs the inblow,1g
air is more or less diverted from
a direct course toward the heated
center. and the result will be that
The Washington times., 1926-11-09

own and every 25.cent piece he
gives her.
A man always wants to know
what makes the wheels go
round; he is always taking his
watch or his gun or his automo.
bile apart, to "see how it works"
But woman doesn't care how
the washing-machine or the patent
dryer works. just so it WORKS!
A man could never sit all
through the process of a ''perma-
nent wave without trying to
find out the scientific reasons
for the 'permanence."
But a woman can go under
the surgeons knife, and never
be quite sure what he cut or
where he cut it out just SO the
pain stops.
A man is always hunting for
a woman's hidden motives" the
psychology of her acts" Why
a woman does things has been
the eternal question thata has
tormented him for ages.
But a woman only wants to
The Washington times., 1926-11-09

your conduct suddenly
You. yourself, will hardly feel 1t
coming, and to the rest OF the
world 1t will be most amazing
demonstration.
People will think that you have
suddenly developed a new attitude
under an unusual situation.
HE must. have gone crazy to
do a thing like that"' they'll say
if the act is ignoble.
Or, if the act IS admirable
they'll say: Wasn't it wonder
full how Bill rose to the emer.
gency? ] wonder how he made
UP his mind so quickly"
They'll see that act as some.
thing unrelated to the rest OF
your life. But they'll be wrong.
No act which you may commit
is unrelated to the rest of your
life. You may suddenly act in
an unusual manner, but that act
has been roofing and seeding for
a long time in your character
before it burst into flower.
The world may not have per-
ceived it. You, yourself. may
not have realized it-but 1t was
there all the time, waiting for
its hour.
William Bolitho has written a
remarkable book about this
theme. 1t is called MURDER
FOR PROFIT" and tells the
story OF five men whose mass.
murders were so fiendish that
they became history. 1t Is a
book to curdle the blood and
raise the most resolute hair, but
its full horror does not lie In
The Washington times., 1926-11-09
INVITATION
CUSTOM
MRS. Cornelius BeeckmanI
DEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:

nEAR MRS. BEECkMAN:
~ A young man friend of mine
is TO be married next month. l re-
ceived an invitation to the church,
and as do not think | will be
able to attend, should l send
note thanking him for his klnd
thought of me. and also congratu-
lating him? Just how would
word the note?
The invitation came as q sur
prise more or less, as his station
in social life is higher than mine.
A READER.
1t is not necessary to acknowl-
edge wedding invitations, when
the invitation Is to the church
only. 1t is only when the invita-
ton includes an invitation to the
reception or wedding breakfast or
supper that it is necessary to an
swer it. Therefore. although 1t
would not be necessary for you TO
write a note of acknowledgment
for the invitation, it would be
proper and gracious of you 10
write your friend a note OF con-
gratula ton. In the note sell him
how delighted you were to receive
the happy news of his coming
marriage, and offer him your
heartiest congratulations and every
wish for happiness. | am sure
that he will be delighted TO have
this friendly note FROM you
The Washington times., 1926-11-09
GOSH. j cANT TAKE
THIS TTAHe APART!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

There was the case of Tropp.
mann, that yellow spiderish"
young man who made himself the
emperor of an inner dream King
dom and killed a whole family to
provide himself with funds for
his extravagant fantasy. That
dreadful pit in the file at Pantin,
which Troppmann filled with six
mangled bodies. was not the
result Of a sudden burst of blood
lust. 1t was the result OF all Of
Troppmann's life. of his every
desire, of his smallest decision.
"A life that goes to goal, hor.
ribie or high, is interlocked In all
it's hours" says Bolitho. "You
cannot by analysis divide the life
of a sensualist into two parts,
separated by the loss of his vir'
ginity, nor that of a man-wolG,
Troppmann. by his first kill. Be-
meath such a salient act hang
countless private thoughts which
are it's roots, from which no
roughness can pluck it."
You'd better read that book. 1t
will throw a deep light into that
which is making in your own
life. Today, as you sit at the
desk or bend over the mixing
bowl, you are deciding what you
are going to do next year. Life
may do some unex. ted things
to you, but there will be nothing
abrupt or mysterious about your
reactions to those accidents. You
are preparing that reaction,
NOW. You are determining your
own future courage or coWardice,
honesty or falsity NOW.
/ Think about 1t. :" -
The Washington times., 1926-11-09

Man, the Inquisitive Sex
MEN are infinitely more curious
wi than women.
Oh yes. they ARE! If you don't
believe it, count the crowd be.
fore a display.adVertising window
some bright afternoon. Whether
they are demonstrating a new
baby-food or gentlemen's patent
suspenders, there will be at least
10 men to one woman, watching
to "see what's going on"
Woman is perfectly frank in
her curiosity, while man cam
ouflages his with that "I'm-only'in.
terested,in-your.welfare" attitude,
which every man nobly assumes
when he wants to know what's
in his wife's letters.
When a woman wants to know
what's in the pink-scented en-
velope she finds in her husbands
pocket she deliberately opens 1t
and reads it. But a man sidles
casually around back of his wife's
chair, and snatches glances at
her mothers letters over her
shoulder.
AS long as her husband gives
her all the money she wants,
the average wife does not care
what he does with the rest OF it.
But no matter how many millions
he may have, the average man
wants. to know what his wife
does with every dRllas q her
The Washington times., 1926-11-09

COME day you
~ are going to
do a Strange
Thing
1t may be a
heroic act
An amazingly
wise or gener-
Gus deed
Or it may be
som lie sudden
despicable base
ness
S o me d ! s.
loyalty or cruel
ty, a lie. a foul
smear Of vulgar
ity-cowardice--
) Or some stu
pid, trivial
c aper W h ! C h
will C h e a p e n
ur W h o ! 9
life
Whatever 1t
is, 1t is going to
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The Washington times., 1926-11-09

know how to Make q man do
the things she wants him to do,
or how to make him stop doing
the things he shouldn't do; and
she doesn't care why he does
them.
No woman ever snoops into 4
mans office desk, as q man
snoops into her kitchen refriger.
ator. She doesn't want to know
how he runs his business but
he is nightly concerned to know
how she's running the house.
A woman goes on asking the
same three questions all her life.
do you love me? WHY do you
love me? Where have you BEEN3
Hence her reputation for curl
osity!
But she is curious only about
the things that concern her
heart and her happiness. while
a man is curious about EVERY
THING, from why the wheels
go round, to why God made him
so wonderful
The Washington times., 1926-11-09

other objects. and this heat Ii
absorbed BY the lower air.
Here, then, we have on q large
scale the condition Of things
which we created on b small
scale which our bonfire, namely,
air that is being heated and ex.
banded at the bottom, and thus
induced to rise, leaving room for
surrounding air to press in TO
take its place. You may think
that because the suns rays reach
a whole face Of the earth at once
there can be no room for such an
operation to take place. But for
many reasons this objection does
not hold, In the first place, the
innumerable irregularities Of the
The Washington times., 1926-11-09

whining, or twisting, motion II
impaired To the rising air column
which thus becomes miniature
tornado,
Caused By Heat
Now, this small scale illustra.
ton gives the clue to the gem
eral cause Of all winds. That
cause Is to be found in the heat
which the earth derives from the
radiation of the sun. The suns
rays pass down through the at.
mosphere without directly heat
ing the air. But on reaching the
surface of the earth, their energy
is largely turned into heat, which
warns the ground, the rocks and
The Washington times., 1926-11-09
LISTEN, WORLD!

the actual de-
tails of tn e
murders. terri.
BILE as they are.
1t lies In the
gradual rotting
of the human
C h ar a c te rs. a
rotting W h i c h
ally cul.
inmates in MUIR
derous orgy.
Mr.. b oil / t h o
re v e a Il h o w
m u r d err grew
within t h e s Q
men long be-
fore it leaped
upon the threats
of their victims.
He shows how
their seemingly
in 81 g nj fic a mt
boyish acts all
built to W ar d
49, ..s.. A~A
The Washington times., 1926-11-09
Male Citadel

New uplfolds mans right to be let alone
in his office-especially by one-time wife.
The complaint Of the wife in question that she had been
thrown of husbands place of business dismissed
by the magistrate Lay opinion will uphold the legal decision
the $4,000 year allowance the pays his former
ought to buy peace for him, at least.
The Washington times., 1926-11-09
NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland

Man, the Inquisitive Sex
MEN are infinitely more curious
Ul than women.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-02
HoOn.Danford Wedding

Sunday. Nov. 2S. at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Hoon of Bishop
vile, sumptuous dinner was
served in honor of Rev. and Mrs.
Miles E. Hoon, who were married
at Walnut Hills church in Cincin-
natl. Thanksgiving day. Roses
graced the table, and covers were
laid for the following guests: Rev.
and Mrs. Miles E. Hoon, the bride
and groom; DR.. E. F. Danford,
father of the bride; Miss Lola Dan
ford. Miss Clara Gottschalk and
Frank c. Hoon of Columbus, and
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Clark and
sons of Glouster.
The following concerning the
wedding was taken from the Gin
cinnati Daily Star:
Many friends of the Rev. Miles E.
Hoon, pastor of Camp Washington
Christian church, were surprised
Thursday to hear of his marriage to
Miss Gladys Allen Danford, Glous-
ter, o. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. ]. J. Castleberry,
at Walnut Hills Christian church.
Few persons had been told of the
marriage, and the couple were at
tended by only few friends and
relatives The wedding was the
elimination of romance that be-
gan in childhood. The bridegroom,
a chaplain of the World war, has
been associated with the Camp
Washington church for some time.
The bride is a teacher in the high
school of Glouster,
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-02
Arrested LIN GAINESVILLE

Dana Wallace of near Todds,
Marion township, who broke out of
jail here about month ago, was
arrested Saturday afternoon by
GAINESVILLE authorities, and was
turned over to Sheriff Geo. Kennard
here. Wallace was indicted by the
October grand jury here on a charge
of larceny. He was arrested in
GAINESVILLE for alleged theft of an
auto which it is said he took at
Pittsburgh, and drove to this coun-
ty, where he induced Miss Roxie
Rardin of Marion township to go
with him on a tour of several states,
after which they located in Zanes-
vile. Wallace is 10 years of age.
The alleged stolen auto was con-
fiscated by GAINESVILLE police Satur-
day. After being brought here, it
was learned that Wallace and Miss
Rardin were married Oct. "a in
Kentucky. She returned to her
parents home Tuesday. Wallace is
being held in jail,
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-02
VIM. Greer. Aged 90 Dies

Mr.. William Greer, one of the
oldest and best known residents of
Bristol township, passed away We'd
nesday forenoon at 11:15. at the
home of his daughter Mrs Margaret
Sheridan of Meigs. where he had
resided for some years. Death was
due to paralysis, he having been
first stricken with that disease two
years ago. Sunday night he had a
second stroke, and from that time
on his condition was critical. He
was a son of the late James and
Jemima Brown Greer, and was born
in Bloom township. When IA years
of age he moved to Bristol town
ship where he spent the remainder
of his life. His occupation was
that of farming, which he success
fully followed until his health fail
ed. His wife who was Nancy Hayes.
died seven years ago. They were
the parents of three children-Mrs.
Annie Sheridan. deceased; Mrs.
Margaret Sheridan who resides at
Meigs, and Mrs. Della Dingey of
McConnelsville. He was the last
of family of six. When very
young man he Joined the Christian
church at Meigs, and had been a
member ever since.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day morning at 10 o'clock at the
Meigs Christian church, conducted
by Rev. S. P. Moody. Interment
will be made in the Meigs ceme-
tery
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-02
Death OF VIM. Nichols

! The death of William Nichols
aged II years, occurred suddenly
last Friday morning, at 7:45, at the
county home where he had been ar
inmate seven years or so. He had
been apparently in about his usual
health, when he dropped dead. The
deceased formerly resided in the
Joy neighborhood His nearest sur
iviving relatives We are informed of
are Samuel Wogan, a brother-in-
law, and May Wogan, a niece, both
of whom are at the county home.
Funeral services were held Sun
day morning at 10 O'Clock. at the
county home, and burial was made
in the home cemetery.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-02
Center Progressive Club

Center Progressive club held their
November meeting at Maggie
Thomas with IA members, five
children and one visitor present.
The program was omitted, as it was
the day for election of officers, who
were chosen as follows: President,
Lola Combs; vice pres, Nellie Nor
|ris; sec'y, Glenna Watson; assist.
sec'y, Maggie Thomas and Laura
McMannis; treas, Nellie Morris;
lecturers, Alice Hook and Cora
Norris; press reporter, Hazel Conn.
A dainty lunch was served by the
hostess.
Their next meeting will be with
Martha Reed, Dec. 8, at II a. m. A
Christmas box is to be one of the
features, each person to put in
a present to cost 25c, if they care
to. A miscellaneous program will
be given, and each one is asked to
respond when name is called, by a
recitation, song or anything they
can do
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-12-02

The Rotary Players, with whom
all the theatre-going public of this
community, are acquainted, will
present in the very near future the
sensational dramatic treat of the
season, Her Unborn Child" This
play. although daring in it's theme,
has been handled by it's author, Mr..
Howard McKent Barnes, in such a
manner that there is not a line or
situation that will offend the most
fastidious However, it is play
that every woman and grown up
girl should see. It is a drama of
life from every angle. 1t will make
you think. 1t will help you to re-
.alize the Importance of each welded
couple and their duty to humanity.
You'll enjoy the play. The cast
with The Rotary Players not only
make the story live, but they bring
out the many humorous situations.
You'll get all the emotions from
laughter to tears, from comedy to
pathos and tragedy It's royal en-
tertainment and a great problem
play. To be produced by The Rotary
Players in the very near future,
Watch fer the date.