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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-11

Picnic Party
Mrs. U. E. Russell, Sunday
School teacher at the Ley Memo
rial Methodist church, is giving
the members of her class de-
lightfui outing and picnic at Bay
view park this afternoon.
To Hold Meeting
There will be a meeting of the
Key West Realty Board on Fri
day night. beginning at o'clock,
at Meltzer & Navarro's office 10
discuss matters pertaining to the
coming referendum on the pro-
posed bridge building.
Many Tampa Passengers
The steamship Governor Cobb
leaving last night for Tampa had
a large number of passengers on
board. Many of those leaving on
the boat were arrivals here on
the train from the north.
Mallory Due Saturday
The steamship Henry r. NAL
lory Of the Mallory Steamship
Company, will arrive in port on
Saturday night from New York en-
route to Galveston. The steamer
win bring passengers only.
Steamer Pecos Arrives
The steamship Pecos of the Nal
lory Steamship Company arrived
in port last night from New York
with a load of freight for Key
West. The steamer is en- route to
Galveston, and after discharging
freight at that port will return to
New York.
Arrives With Freight
The steamship Louisiana Of the
Gulf & Southern Steamship Com-
pany, arrived in port yesterday
from New Orleans with q load of
freight for this port. The steam
er was consigned to G. =. Smith.
egent Of the Mallory Steamship
Company here, who is also agent
for the new company.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-11
Arrive. With Freight
Personal Mention
)

Miss Eloise Johnson, after
spending several weeks visit in
Key West with relatives, was a
passenger leaving over the East
Coast yesterday afternoon en-
route 10 her home in West Palm
Beach.
Miss Ethel Lowe was included
in the passengers leaving yester-
day afternoon over the East Coast
for Miami where she viii spend
several weeks visit with relatives
and friends.
Alma West, little daughter of
MIR. and Mrs. John A. West, was
an arrival here yesterday after
noon over the East Coast from
Miami. and will spend several
weeks visit here with relatives.
Charlie Collins was among the
passengers arriving In the city
yesterday afternoon over the East
Coast from Miami.
John Page, employed as lines
man with the Key West Electric
Company. who had been spend
ing q while visiting in Miami and
other sections, has returned to the
city.
Leslie Russell. who had been
attending the military training
camp at Fort Barraneas, Pensaco-
la, Fla, returned to the city yes
terday afternoon over the East
Coast.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-11

Angora, the capital of Turkey,
with about $4,000 inhabitants, but
practically no theatres, cabarets,
dance halls or other places OF
amusements.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-11


even the long forgotten Past comes forth
from It's grave for his inspection through
the labors of archaeological first in
the form of news. To this end, thousands
of trained observers, writer's and editors
are, at his command whenever he makes a
trining investment at the news-stand.
But news has another aspect. Ii is that
great department of vital, vivid infor-
nation we call advertising. advertising
started as news. Here, for example, is a
yellow, frayed copy of pref Revolutionary
newspaper printed by B. Franklin" and
Containing the Freshest Advic&s, Foreign
and Domestic" and it cannot escape
notice that six of its twelve columns are
devoted to paid announcements. As in
Americas first newspaperAJo Camp
bells weekly letter these advertisements
were largely the local news ofthe day.
1t is certainly news that, AS one adver-
tisement states, Elizabeth Ball, who was
carried off by the Indians in the month OF
June, 1896, from place near Mr.. Browns
mill lin Conecocheague, desires tn acquaint
her parents that she is now in a convent in
Montreal" it is no less news that large
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-11

The little republic of Andorra,
located in the heart of the Pyre-
necs, has no army, no taxation,
and no automobiles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-11

r. & o. S. S. Miami, Captain AL
bury, will sail for Havana at $50
tomorrow morning with passen-
gers and u. S. mail.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-11

Charlie Collins was among the
passengers arriving in the city
yesterday afternoon over the East
Coast from Miami.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14

headed for their motor car, the engine
Hadley's army did not stop to parley
or inquire, but opened fire and three
OF the men fell, the fourth fleeing In
the machine, only to DO captured a
summoned from the nearest city by
Mr.. Hadley by telephone. All the
loot was recovered.
That was a good, clean job. If there
were more men like B. f. Hadley Of
Hadley, Mich, there would be fewer
gang robberies. The thieving frater-
nifty. depending upon ready guns and
speedy motor cars. relies upon the In
effectiveness Of the average person.
Ordinarily nobody would give heed to
them. But the long record of bold
robberies in this country, in large
cities and in small towns, has aroused
a new sense of curiosity, and when
with that curiosity there Is coupled a
smart executive ability trouble for the
lawbreakers is likely to follow.
Score one, at least, for the publica-
ton or crime news in the papers. For
1t was unquestionably the printing OF
robbery items that evoked in Mr.. Had.
ley the sense of the unusual and the
sinister when the four men from
Ioledo drove up to the bank doors
Here Is presented an aspect of crime
publicity that changes somewhat the
reaction caused in some minds by the
constant stream Of types which tell
or laWbreaking in every form.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14

actors. and this went for 1875 as
strong as for 1926. VIII there be a
village bootlegger? Usually there Is
one-often Of French. Canuck extrac-
ton. specializing In spirits Of high
wine" and other simple. yet kicking.
potables. Probably Henry will not
provide for this character, but he will
be there.
What will be done about narrow
mindedness and intolerance and igno-
rance? Even radios and Scopes trials
have not eliminated them. In other
words, the great manufacturer must
consider the phrase the quaint beau
ty and simplicity OF early New Eng
land life'' with a number of strong
reservations. His idea is a pretty one
and II he can put 1t over, more power
to him. None the less, granted GER
tain physical settings. certain physi-
cal and mental characteristics will fol
low.
Modern New England villages are
by no means little paradises, but they
have outlived and outgrown many un-
desirable features. Pure ennui is
often as potent a cause of evil as any
thing else. In this connection the
statement Is made in the public press.
Just what the 800 villagers will do
for a living has not been revealed"
Relaxation is already arranged for.
There will be old fashioned lancers
and quadrilles to dance. old-fashioned
tiddlers to listen to. old-fashioned lark
pies to MUNICH. and something" to
ride around in. And. of course. the
oxen must be fed. Perhaps the an
swer to What will they do for a liv-
ing?" will be Tourists
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14
One Gone, Another Going.

AT almost the same time that the
new Silver Spring underpass was
opened to traffic beneath the railroad
tracks, in final elimination of a dan.
gerous grade crossing, the District
commissioners gave their approval to
bill for the cure of dangerous
crossing in Brookland, at the inter.
section Of Michigan avenue and the
same line of tracks. The former of
these lies in Maryland, the latter in
the District. Both have for years
been extremely dangerous places. and
numerous accidents have occurred at
them. Now one is gone and if the bill
which the Commissioners have lust
approved Is passed by Congress, the
other will soon be corrected.
1t Is essential that every one of
these death traps in and around the
Capital should be cured by CARRYING
the highways over or under the tracks.
Whatever the cost. it should be paid
by the communities and the railroad
companies. Eventually the intersec-
ton Of tracks and streets or roads will
come to be regarded as an abomina-
ton. In the laying down of new
streets and Of new rail lines no grade
crossings can be tolerated
Tho new Silver Spring underpass
cost $14< coo, and required about thir-
teen months for construction. Had
the work oeen undertaken ten years
ago it would have cost less and would
not have taken so long for compile
ton. Delay in the starting of these
corrective works is highly expensive
to all who contribute to the payment
Of the bill. and costs the community
in lives.
This Bfookland crossing is now the
worst in the District. 1t is on a
much-used highway. leading into a
rapidly developing section. BY the
time the bill for the execution Of this
work is enacted into law, with all the
speed that can be displayed in its
consideration, the travel over Michi-
gan avenue will have increased, and
the risk to life will have become
greater. If the viaduct that is pro-
posed is built in record time fully
a year must elapse before the work
is finished and the travel over the
safe route begins The present prayer
is that no accident will befall during
that period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14
New Inheritance Law Marks
Change of Times in Britain

hands with our fur-clad ancestors. !"
for, lin a great, modern city, surround
ed by the evidences of mems creative
genius. it is startling to think of q
body Of legislators dealing with a Gus
tom that barbarous tribal chieftafns
had adopted in order to preserve the
continuity of undisputed family lead
ership and tribal existence"
A query as to what effect the
British action Will have upon Eng
lands colonial possessions arises in
the mind of the Baltimore Sun, for
there will now be fewer Younger
sons without land at home to live
on The Sun continues: "One might
indeed, regard the change in the law
of succession as a suggestion that
England admits its era of great Co
lonial expansion to be at an end. But
the changes are that the real reason
for 1t was a widespread recognition
of the injustice hitherto suffered bv
the younger children. whose father
had not thought to make a will for
their protection"
The Duluth Herald believes primo
genlture was one of the foundations
of English power, for the disinherited
with small resources, went into the
army. into public life, into trade, into
the colonies, and they extended Brit
ish power everywhere" But the
Herald declares that ''the new prac
tice, which is better, points toward
a real human brotherhood, something
better, far better, than rights under
an accident of birth"
The changed position of woman
under the new law especially i'm
presses the st. Paul Dispatch, which
refers to the old provision that she
could not inherit land. unless left to
her by will. eff she had any brothers
or the sons of brothers" The Dis
patch continues: There was a pur
pose in that harsh provision when
knights roamed around the country
clad in steel and brandishing swords
and lances. Every baron had his
land as a gift from the King, on con
dition of rendering military service
and. in turn, had his own retainers
holding land from him on the same
terms"
1.-THE old life Is passing" says the
Binghamton Press, land the conquest
Of modern commerce is nearly com
plete."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14
Hadley's Hunch.

Hats off to b. f. Hadley, telephone
same name In the State of Michigan,
who was sufficiently sharp of vision
and judgment TO suspect the motives
Of four strangers in a motor car. Mr..
Hadley evidently reads the papers.
lie knows something about the ways
of the modern bandit. So when these
four men stopped their car in front
Of the bank and entered, he had a
bunch that they were on q crooked
errand. For the bank at Hadley,
Mich. Is a small affair, like the town.
1t deals with only few customers,
and those are all well known, resi-
dents of the immediate neighborhood.
When strangers enter the bank in a
squad there is reason to suspect that
they are up to something more than
borrowing money, changing large
bills, curtailing notes, or getting ref
erences as to the credit of others. So
Mr.. Hadley quietly did a bit of tele-
phoning rounded up a posse of citi-
gems with guns, and awaited develop
ments. Even while he was assem-.
bling his forces the window shades of
tho bank were drawn. Soon came the
sound Of a shot. In a few minutes
cut came the strangers on the run.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14

is called a plural of courtesy, but 1.
now in common use.
q. What is straw bail?-M. D. r.
A. Straw bail signifies bail offered
; by persons not possessing the necas-
sary property qualifications, but will.
ing to swear that they do possess
them.
Q. Has the State of South Carolina
| ever granted a divorce?-C L. P.
A The State Of South Carolina has
| not legalized divorce, nor has g. de-
cree of divorce been granted In the
State of South Carolina since ita for
| nation.
| O. What is the value OF farms in
| New York State2-I n. T.
| A. The New York State College OF
Agriculture says that the value OF
New York farms Is estimated at near
ly $4,000, 100000.
@. Where are the Pitt and Umzi
| Galleries?-W. G s.
| A. They are in Florence. The Pitt
! is the second largest palace in the
world Both are now used as art
galleries, The Palazzo Pitt was he
| gun by Brunelleschi and completed
| by Ammanato. 1t houses d wonder
| tul library as well as a n1agnlfiCeu'
art collection. The Galleria Degh
| Cffizi also contains one of the chief
art collections of the world. It was
| founded in the fifteenth century. The
| River Arno separates the two palaces,
| which are connected by a covered gal
| lery over the Ponti Vecchlo.
O. Can a son wear the medal given
his father by the Loyal Legion Of
the United States"?-G. c.
a. The medal given TO a commits
| stoned officer of the Civil War bears
a ribbon Of red, white and blue. with
a red center. The ribbon attached
10 the medal worn by the son Is rcd,
white and blue, with blue center
This is the mark of distinction
O. Under what circumstances did
an English judge rule that one Wit
ness and a circumstance were equal
to two witnesses?-H. A
A. In the trial Of Algernon Sydney,
friend of William Penn, Sydney was
executed for taking part in the Rye
House plot. The law required two
witnesses. It was found that there
was but one: whereupon Judge JET
freys made the ruling. The circu1-
stance against Sydney was that ho
had written an unpublished manu-
script against monarchy.
@. What does the title "SinEh'
mean in the names Of ruling families
of Indta?-J. Z. T.
A. II is mere title meaning mon
and is not a family name
@. Whom did Corot, the artis-,
marry?-P. V.
A. He never married but was De
votedly attached to his sister and his
mother.
Ask Uncle Sam about IL through the
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The Euening Star. All knolctedge tho
Government Is gaining through re
search aud Investigation Is dpdildble
10 uou Don't hesitate to make Jour
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bring pou the Information gou need
This service is for all readers OF The
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asking Address your trGnts to The
Euentno Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Hosbtn, Director, Wash
tngton, ID. C..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14
Measuring Moonbeams.

Now science has set out to measure
the dram" of moonbeam. The most
delicate measuring instrument known,
one that is graded to register one
four-trillionth of an ounce, is to be
used by Columbia University for this
purpose in order to test the Einstein
theory. That theory requires that
gravitational impulses travel at the
speed of light. or more than 10000
miles per second, while other astrono.
mers hold that gravitational impulses
have an infinite velocity.
Several fifteen pound dictionaries
belonging to the office In which this
newspaper Is published fail to dis
close the meaning of dram" in this
particular connection, but II 1t resem-
bles in any way the potent dram"
of our forefathers. 1t may safely be
said that a moonbeam Is just about
the strongest thing there is. A ray
from Old Sol has plenty of pep. but
the thinner. paler one from her who
illumines the night is Natures orig
inal artistic and efficient spotlight.
Let the scientists toll on to find out
exactly what a moonbeam will or
will not do. Lesser minds already
know its miracles; have known them
for cons past and will know them for
ages in the future. One tenuous beam
falling in the right place. whether it
be lovers lips, childs curly hair,
range Of mountains, snow, a sheet of
water. a garden, the tip Of deer's
antler or a rising fish, can for an in
slant render radiant the universe.
Humanity is we'll content with the
Pale Goddess work, no matter what
its dram may be proven to be. Grav-
ity may or may not work instan-
taneously. Moonbeams do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14
Sees Filipino Labor
Equal to All Demands

Gov. Gen. Wood has no doubt as to
the amount Of Filipino farm labor
available for developing rubber plan
tations in the Philippines. He says
in his annual report that Philippine
labor is adequate to meet all demands
wherever 1t Is we'll treated and rea-
sonably we'll paid. He alludes to the
heavy labor emigration from the over
crowded provinces to Hawaii, where
approximately 100000 Filipinos have
gone. He says there has been trouble
with Filipino labor only where fair
wages were not paid. where housing
and health conditions were poor and
no amusements were provided. This
does not refer to American estates
here. Americans have never had
difficulty in getting Filipino labor.
The terms they offer are better. For
that reason others who are also en-
gagged in agriculture In the Philip
pines oppose allowing Americans to
get more foothold. When they do 1t
will mean that others will have to
adopt q moro reasonable attitude
toward the men who toll.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14
An Automotive Already.

Henry Ford now plans to erect, and
probably to populate, village near
Sudbury. Mass, which will preserve
the simplicity and quaint beauty Of
early New England life" Henry al
ready owns the famous Wayside Inn
at Sudbury and Is getting more fun
out of it than a base ball manager
with an outfieId that can bat 400.
Three hundred persons are to live in
Fordville, it is announced, and are to
pursue life much in the manner of
early colonial times. In order that
| their seclusion may be as strict as
possible, the village father Is to spend
the cost of about 1,183 of his new
models in rerouting the Boston turn
pike.
Plans include not only homes, but
| sawnlills, wool-carding mills, grist-
mills, barns and other centers Of tenn
| ing activity in keeping with the at
| mosphere of the inn and Of the period
| Henry plans to revive. Even details
| of the interiors Of the homes will be
| carefully supervised. while OK teams
| are to draw the hand-hewn timbers
If Mr.. Ford should perfectly and
consistently perform this job of carry
| ing civilization back a century or two,
| he would probably offer additional evil
dence that the good old times" are
surrounded by sentimental aura
which would i'll bear dispersion. The
New England villages of those days
we're quaint; true, but they were in
| sanitary Their sawmills gave honest
employment: their cider mills often
undid all the good. In those days
every sideboard possessed constantly
refilled decanters Of New England
rum, Of whisky and Of other stimu-
lants. Builders who could not get
men to work for them for love or
money were known to consummate
their projects by Offering each man a
| dram" for every plank carried and
nailed.
Will Henry reincarnate the village
| fathers, the traditional Board of See
| lectmen," at least one Of whom was
always against everything? Will there
| be village miser, he of the stern
| foreclosures win there be a village
idiot or two? Few New England ham.
! lets are complete without these char
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. Wasn't "Uucle Toms Cabin" orig.
inally published in Washington
newspaper?-F. f.
A. Uncle Toms Cabin" first ap-
peared in 1852 In the famous anti
slavery newspaper, the Washington
National Era, which was established
by Gamaliel Bailey In 1S47.
Q. What States produce the most
hay?-J. r.
A. In 1924 the three leading hay
states were New York, Wisconsin and
Iowa. New York was first with q lit
tie more than seven million tons.
Q. What are the principal imports
Of the United States?-R. J. T.
A. Sugar cane, raw silk, coffee
crude rubber. news print paper. copper
cotton goods, mineral oil, furs and
manufactures of furs, other hides and
skins, wool, including mohair. jute
and manufactures of tute, gems, wood
pulp, tin, fertilizer, unnanufactured
tobacco, vegetable oils, Oil seeds
wooden goods. flax and hemp and man.
ufactures of both, raw cotton, fruits
and silk goods.
Q. Who was the "Danbury News
Man"?-W. J.
A. James Montgomery Bailey, who
Founded the Danbury, Conn. News In
1870, for which he wrote humorous
sketches Of commonplace happenings
Q. Please tell about the Dead Sea
and why 1t cannot be traveled.-M. A.
A. The sea TO which you have
reference is the Dead Sea extending
from the Gulf of Akaba to Hermon In
.'alestine. This sea, which IS the
lowest body Of water on earth. is .292
feet below the Mediterranean. 1t is
led by the Jordan and other streams
but has no apparent outlet, all loss OF
water being by evaporation. II is
estimated that 5000, 900 tons OF water
flow into the Dead Sea daily. 1t is sur.
rounded by cliffs and barren marshes
and is supposed to have been caused
by a great fault in the earths crust
Of volcanic origin. Volcanic action
is still occasionally reported and
masses Of rock, and asphalt are oc-
casionally thrown up. Its area is "a
square miles. 1t has been navigated
and there are nearby villages.
@. Why was Marie Antoinette
known as The Bakers Wife?-S. D.
VI.
A. The Baker" and The Bakers
Wife" were names popularity given to
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette be
cause they gave bread to the starving
mob at Versailles on October 6, 1883.
G. When did Robert N Harper en-
ter the banking business in Washing
ton?-M NJ H.
A. He organized the American
'2"nE in 1903, and was it's president
for seven years. When he sold his
interest in this institution he organ
lied the private bank of Harper &
Co, which was merged with the Dis
trict National in 1909.
Q. When was the Terra Gotta
wreck TT. c.
A. This wreck, on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, occurred December
80. 1906, at sag pm.
Q. How many homes in this coun-
try are equipped with radios?l
W. II.
A. Estimates place the number of
radios now in American homes at
100000
@. Why is the plural verb used with
the singular ''you"?-A. r. n.
A. You" was formerly the second
person plural, and was used with the
plural verb in addressing a king 1t
correspondent to the kingly we" 1t