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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-10
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
LncOgnitO
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE

YNyHE other day honest, Woodworking man was laid
to rest among the snow covered Vermont hills.
His life had been simple, frugal sober. He had
lived the white farmhouse in the little ham
for than fourscore years He paid his debts and
went to church Sunday. He had the respect of the
munity which knew him best.
But not because of these qualities that the whole
world read the simple details of his funeral
It was because he the Presidents father
Chance lifted his straightforward unassumng life INTO
the spotlight
Tt well to remember that each year marks the passing
of of humble with the direct, foursquare
root virtues possessed by Colonel Coolidge.
You read little about them in the papers.
They have advanced IDEAS morality. They keep
of the courts. They not mixed in scandals
They have little news value
Yet they the most important group in the nation
They are the ballast which holds this democracy
have often thought of what queer distorted picture
of the American of the year 1926 A. d. person
distant future would get he based his idea wholly
upon items that appear in the papers.
For newspapers deal largely with the striking and the
unusual.
The average person being honest than dishonest
moral than immoral, law-abiding than law
breaking, reads the instead of making it.
who eats 297 yards 2 feet inches OF spaghetti
and thereby wins $25 prize makes good story
who pays his church pledge and sends his children
college does not.
does something unusual the other something usual
This however is for cutlery. If the time
when it the straightforward citizen who
usual that his dongs featured the papers, there will
be occasionlfor lamentaton. s-1'4+4s III .
The passing of Colonel Coolidge brings the surface ev
of that undercurren of dependable sincere
men, who often overlooked but who give the nation
sanity and balance.
The prince Of this world usually travels incognto.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-10
Our New Official Instrument
For Killing Murderers

Photographs show the official instrument at the
District jail for scOrcng and shocking to death the miserable
criminals convicted Of taking human life In this city.
electric chair told is patterned after the
in Sing Sing Y. Toprevent scorchng the wood Of the
inanmate chair rubber used but nothing will be
allowed stop the scorchng Of the living victim Of the
mandates the law As the electric currents through
him will squirm in intense agony and the smoke of the
burning process will be wildly described by the young
porters who will be present.
And this we call civilization just little advance from the
bonecracng mbearng days of the nquistion and be
slightly humane than the hanging process have
abandoned.
enlightened Congress- made of presumably far
above the average NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. agents they should
be humanized cization-decne to do away with capital
punishment this Capital City Of the nation They hold to
the ageod idea that the murderer shall in turn be murdered
by the State though he be Of low mentality and morals
often of deranged mentality
Illinois retains capital punishment Yet in Chicago human
life is cheap rural dirt The gaows and the electric
chair stop the man killers in Illinois New York
Hen and will read with thrill the stories Of the
shocking death Of the first person officially
the District electric chair, but numbering viii go
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-10

sharply example quickly called to account and
fined on the charge Of attacking Bulgaria But Greece could not
get near the League World when she charged unpro
by Italy bombardng Corfu after an italian
officer had been murdered in Greece. ..
The League and the Court tend prevent between Ut
tie make the undurbed monopoly OF the
great military powers in Europe.
This the Court which the Senate January n voted we
should join Our Judge this Court will put the sanction or
America behind this kind of international justice.
There is still another thing Not only the World Court
elected paid and controlled by the League but the League also
supplies with the law enforce The highest law OF the World
the Covenant Of the League of Nations with its
for and economic boycott and it's mandates de-
Hveng helpless peoples into the hands Of the powers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-10
By ELSIE ROBINSON
Be the Same OF Course
You Won't!

that Gods ana Men are ni lle
Then how absurd sound our
little whimpers: will 1 ever
feel the same again? VIII
ever trust my friends as much
as / once trusted them? WIN
I ever lean as bhndly on God.
as I once leaned on him? VIII
I ever love life as much as
once loved it? Will I ever be as
sure of myself as once was?"
OF course you won't.
But you can, IL you will, feel
in a better, bigger way about
your husband or your wife, your
child or your friend, your God
or yourself. You can never again
feel the blind, implicit faith Of
a child. You have shed that
faith as you've shed your milk
teeth. You'd look smart going
through life with milk teeth,
wouldn't you? And yet you wall
with anguish IL your mind loses
its milk teeth.
The mind will lose it's milk
teeth and nothing you can do
will prevent it. But you can and
win grow a stronger grip on
life. You can replace blind con-
fidence with understanding and
sympathy: You can widen your
childish love into a great human
tolerance. You can sweeten and
deepen your own character by a
realization Of your own weak
nesses. You can think Of God
as a partner instead of as a
trellis upon which you may flop.
1t isn't as easy to think of
life or love or yourself or God
that way, 1t makes you use
your head and stiffen your, spine
and stand upon your own hind
legs. Which is much more tire.
some than being wheeled in a
perambulator. But it's the proud
way to live. and il you have
the spunk of catfish you'll
be glad you can't always feel
the same" 49,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-10
JUST CASUAL
MEETINGS
MRS. Cornelius BeeckmanI

NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ A Says. that young lady
walking with a gentleman and
meeting another young lady is
obliged to introduce the two.
B says that the first young
lady does not necessarily have
to introduce the two.
Who is correct?
II the second young lady had
stated some time ago that the
gentleman in question was not
to her liking, would that make
any difference as to the intro
duction? A. M.
The question of street introduc-
tions depends on whether or not
one stops to talk or how long
one stops. Nowadays the ten
dency is toward fewer street in
productions. just as it is to fewer
restaurant introductions. This Is
reasonable, since such meetings
are usually casual and casual
introductions have not much
point and usually give the i'm
preston Of being forced. So B is
really correct.
If the second young lady had
made the statement that she did
not like the gentleman I GER
tainly should not introduce him,
IL / were the first young lady,
AS a matter of fact the second
young lady has practically made
the request that he be not intro
ducNd to her. And to make such
an introduction would be rude to
both
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-10
SHUT Up And
come ALONG
uNTH ne!

like most 10Ol humans, ne
thought he'd find relief in language.
Now he knows better. Now
he has two big plumbers to foret
instead of one. For Marion is
one of those Adoring Women who
take 1t as a personal grievance
IL their idols prove to have feet
of clay.
IT just worshipped him, Elsie"
she cries. "And now / see it was
all a mistake. He never was
the man ] thought he was. Can
/ ever feel the same to him
again?"
Twin I ever feel the same
commonest cries.
A friend fails us at a crucial
monent-Awill we ever feel the
same about that friend again?
Some big adventure fizzleS out;
we look back on the hot enthuS-
iasms that preceded that ad-
feel the same about life again.
A cruel sorrow or seeming. in
justice falls upon US: we review
the childlike faith we once had
in a friendly Providence and
wonder If we'll ever feel the
same about God again,
We fall down in some crisis
and with Shamed hearts wonder
If wen ever feel the same about
ourselves again.
Will we ever feel the same
again?
OF course not?
r. Why should we?
Nothing that grows can ever
feel again as it felt last year or
yesterday or the preceding
second.
Experience is growth.
All experience is growth, al
though we may not realize it.
Each second we grow away
from something-away from some
old ignorance, or some old trust,
from some old sin or some old
happiness.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-10
NO WELLSN
BERMUDA

HHE little island of Bermuda was
j originally, according 70 the
biologists, a coral reef. Its base
is of volcanic origin. The whole
Of the harbOr, it is believed, Is
the crater Of huge volcano. Al
though it has been plumbed to e.
depth of about Is, 900 fet, the bot
tom has never been reached.
This accounts for the fact that
there are no wells on the island.
There is absolutely no supply OF
fresh water save shat which is
supplied by the annual rainfall.
Fortunately, this is usually volu-
minous.
Every house in Bermuda has
it's own system Of water supply.
The roof of each house is CORFU
gated to catch the rain which Is
then run off through pipes into
a cistern at the side Of the house.
1t is then filtered AMI used for
household purposes.
One of the first things to strike
the eye Of the visitor to Bermuda
is the whiteness of everything in
sight. The houses arc all built
of coral stone. Then they are
cemented and finally whiteWashed.
Inc WIlt0WdSu1IlS pEOCSSS ~ re-
peated several times year and
this is not solely for ornamental
purposes. For as the rain trickles
over the whitewashed roof, it
picks up it's supply of lime. That
is the main source Of lime in the
water.
The entrance to the Bermuda
harbor is rather a complicated
affair. The boat must pass in
and among several islands and
the channels are not sufficiently
wide to permit the passage of
large boat. Frequently the larger
boats must anchor outside the
harbor and send tenders in with
the passengers aboard.
This little island with its coral
houses and coral roads is one of
the few places left which has not
suceumbed to the noise and eff
cheney of railroads and, trolleys,
or even of motor ears.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-10
Restoring the Jewish Homeland

of the National Capital called upon
i've literally for the rehabilitation of Palestine and they
VII generously respond to their quota of $4,000.
The burden of building Jewish Homeland must fall upon
American Hebrews who better afford to support this
undertaking than their brethren in other lands 't.
The Palestinan movement longer devolves upon any
particular group Aside from its political aspects the hui
nanitaan side strongly appeals Jews and Christians alike
giving the homeless Jews of Eastern Europe chance
TO rebuild their lives in land of hope.
takes 500 to transport immigrant from Poland to
Palestine The doors Of all great nations closed to
immigrants The United States with its immigration policy
Great Britain with its labor conditions longer open
the prosecuted Hebrews of unsettled Europe Palestine the
only refuge left
WashngOns share of $4,000 would send Hebrews to
Palestine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-10
.ONCE-OVERS
WHAT Is TIE SENSE ABOUT "sTATIc,?

You complain and and deract from evenings
enjoyment because atc nterferes with what you
to receive the radio set.
Mighty foolish isn't it?
You can't change atmospheric conditions why allow it to
peeve your s-.t, -sl< &c.
You change from station to another restlesy then
become disguised because find anything that fits
in with your particular mood.
You think those who arrange for radio lot of
mutton heads.
Did consider that getting it all for moth
ing?
Are you contributing anything those who try to enter
tain you?
promised that the programs would please you every night
Why not take static and other sorts OF interference
matter of and stop making yourself unhappy and
of sorts with things beyond your controli
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-10

. AhNEEg1 SAEI IA Liz gAUeAAais1S 7 =
Z II ably is wondering how Peggy
Hopkins Joyce manages to 80
right on marrying one man alter
another.
And every woman is wondering
WHY she does II.
a
The things OF this world are
very uneQually divided. And 1t
does seem unfair that one woman
should have five or six husbands
and five or six motor cars, while
another woman hasn't a marriage
certificate or flivyerT to her
namei
But after all Peggy may not
be so much OF a varietist as she
! is an optimist. And an IDEAL
IST!
There is a deep conviction in
the soul of every woman that she
will some time, some day, some
where, find her mate" the Man
of her Dreams! And; given a
high Ideal and bad judgment. she
will go right on hopefully seeking
him from the cradle to the
grave.
At 20 she elopes with the chauf-
feur in that hope-and a. 90 she
robs the cradle of boy Of 20,
with the same hope.
Woman is the Eternal Idealist,
forever burning candles and
swinging incense before sue
cession of idols of clay: And the
more OF an idealist she is the
worse mess she makes of mar
riage-and the oftener she makes
it,
The paragon she is looking for
doesn't inhabit the flesh and OK
ford bags and golf-knickers. So
she is continually marrying her
Ideal" and then waking up with
an awful shock. to find herself
tied up to HUMAN BEING!
Every time one Ideal" runs,
fades or shrinks in the domestic
wash, she finds another and inn.
AGNES she has matched the pat
tern at last. Then she discovers
that she has merely exchanged
one set Of troubles for another
set.
She divorces a Dobbin who
boreS her to death-and marrieS a
Don Juan who worries her to
death. She frees herself from
lump Of protoplasm, and ties her
self to a lump OF egotism. She
detaches a tightwad with glue in
his pockets-and attaches a spend
thrift with holes in his pockets.
She exchanges a 20-year-old for a
40-year- old-and finds that she
still has a baby" on her hands!
And the astonishing thing is,
that, no matter how many men
she has tried and found wanting,
she never fails to find lot more
men eager and willing to go to-
the operating table and serve as
another experiment" Nothing
daunts a. man or makes him hesi-a
tate to undertake the task of
making a woman happy. And the
more men she has made Iniser-
able the more she can find who
seem perfectly confident that they
can succeed, where all the others
have failed!
Husbands are like nasturitums
or gray hairs. The more a woman
gets rid of the thicker they come!
An "untamed woman" is appar-
emily what every man is looking
for-and he never doubts fol- an
instant that HE is the Perfect
Ideal the flawless Being. the
/. Conquering Hero. who will TAME
her! y.
Men ARE brave! X
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-10

WHEN a good man lends money
w to the wicked, he gets sor,
row for interest. -AXionicuS
Too many neglect their own
fields to weed the fields of others.
-Mencius
A gift in the hand is better
than two promises.
La Fontaine
To really understand a man
we must judge him in misfor.
tune. Napoleon
No man believes his creed who
is afraid to have it attacked.
Wendell Phillips
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-10
LISTEN WORLD!

'sWrffaL. ! s sTss
same to him
again Z" W ais
Marion.
Marion's hus-
band has just
committed Bone-
head Act No.
S,O89. He has
told Marion about
The Other Wo-
man. The other
Woman function
ed a long time
ago IN Joe , past
years before he
met Marion. But
while she was on
the job, she func-
toned 100 per
cent. IL; wasn't
an admirable af..
fair and rennorse
has gnawed at
Joe considerably
ever since. So,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-10
Civilization!

In Pennsylvania Jail girl of Is who was about to become
mother became hysterical screamed ratified the barred
To quiet her. gas bombs thrown into her
CELL She became STILL very still indeed, because she died
Officials deputy warden reported
mot excited" by the occurrence
The life of hayward child little perhaps That
she put by cold booded barbaris in this
of Our Lord 1926 is slap in the face Christian
society
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-10

fficia govern HAPPEN to vs. in World
foreign JUDGES
who's nation owe $0oO0OO0ooO
United States refused to join the League or sign the
Covenant believing it abomnabe plot to ensaye mankind
Now judge the World Court is to join u ratylng
everything done under the Covenant which for this Court dis
the whole code of principles and presidents that used to
be called international law.
The United States does not belong il the sys
tenn put there defy the plainly expressed Will Of
the people the peoples duty discipline the Senators
this unwse and needless thing and to IN
str1ct their successors to take America out.
Illinois Republicans have done this IN the OF Senator
Mckinley.
who both voted against entry into this foreign court
have carried the lesson one step further
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-10
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

The fool doth think he is wise,
but the wise man knows himself
to be a fool. -ShakespeaEe
Steep regions cannot be sur
mounted except with winding
paths. Goethe
Who never doubted never half
believed. Bailey
If we had no faults, we should
not take so much pleasure in
noticing the faults of others.
LA Roehefoucauld
Don't prophesy unless you
know. Lowell
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-10


$30o0OoOOOo0 and lent British Cab
The Allies $0oooJoooOo0 to collect pa
why the World Court of the League of Nations is
not real court that it jurisdiction That nations
do have appear. before it instead Of fighting
great assail little helpless nation France
invaded the Ruhr district of Germany 1929 and the assaulted
nation get redress before the World Court The
gets such both nations willing to submit
to and, of course, the assaiant is willing.
of assault the World Court might be brought
in by the Leagues Supreme Council for advisory
opinion But all members Of the Council must unite In such
request Britain France Italy and Japan have
ves going to the World Courts passing the
aggression of his government.
When small nations fight the League checks them
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-10
MEDITATIONS
OF "A WIFE
b Helen Rowland

Why They Marry Peggy
EVERY girl in the country prob
~ ably is wondering how Peggy
HOPKINS Joyce manages to 60
right on marrying one man after
another.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-10

grow to w a r d
s o m e tn ! n gto.
ward new wis
dom, new adjust
m e n t g, n e W
8 ire h, new
h u m iIity, new
hard knocks and
new blessings.
Each second we
lose something
something tha t
was precious as
we'll as some
thing that was
base.
But each new
second we also
gain something
something tn q {
will hurt as well
as something that
will heal.
That's Growth.
T h a is lii e.
That's the stuff
n
The Kusko times., 1926-08-07
Scott Bullitt Opens
 Senatorial Campaign

Tacoma, Aug. .-.6.-Denouncing par ticipation Of the United States in the world court, Scott BuIlitt, of Seattle Democratic candidate for United States Senator, launched his cam paign here last night with s speech before the Woman's Democratic League of Pierce county.
 Builitt declared that Senator Jones defends his vote in favor of the world court ny saving that Reservations have taken away all obligations with the United States except to help. pay it's expenses" That is the best ar gument 1 know of for keeping out of the court" Bullitt said.
The Kusko times., 1926-08-07
2,O00 Fox Farmers
 in Northern Tier of
 States and Alaska

Seattle, Aug. 6-CalIing attention to the fact that Sweden has recently purchased 149 Alaskan foxes by or ders sent by people to fur farmers, Dr. E. w. Nelson, chief of tte Bureau of Biological Survey, says there are two thousand fox farmers in the Northern tier of States and in Alaska, with a total investment of eighteen million dollars.
 The number in Alaska is four hum dred, and this can be increased indefi- nitely under favorable legislation.
 Dr. Nelson points out that if Con gress shall permit the rental of unre- served lands and other suitable parts of the public domain, fur farming will go along with greater strides along the Alaskan coast.
The Kusko times., 1926-08-07
PORTLAND BOATS READY TO
 ENTER ALASKA SERVICE

Portland.-The Portland Chamber of Commerce is authority for the statement that the prospects are bright for the establishment of a combination passenger and freight service between Portland and Alaska. Officials Of the Chamber state that Investigation has revealed that large tourist patronage and much freight is available for the haul both ways and that the promise of the success of such venture is most encouraging.
 Two steamships are said to be avail able for use in connection with the enterprise.
The Kusko times., 1926-08-07
t6l lNDICT
 T'...ooHICAG0 E
4 Judges and Clerks of Election Go to Jail
 for $ Months.

Chicago, Aug. 5.--Judge Wearecke today sentenced four precinct judges and clerks of election to jail for six months for contempt of court, as found on false returns as certified te by the election officer ia tha last April primaries. Already 161 pre- cinct judges and clerks have been in dicted by the special grand jury, as the result of frauds at primaries in Chicago alone
The Kusko times., 1926-08-07
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WOULD
 ELIMINATE SOVIET IDEALS

Philadelphia, Aug e.-The Knights of Columbus delegates to the forty fourth annual convention here today passed resolution authorizing the expenditure of one million dollars for educational purposes designed to elim- mate the politics and ideals of Soviet Russia from their lives.
 Portland, Oregon, was chosen as the next place for holding the convention of the order.
The Kusko times., 1926-08-07
Buys Control Peoples
 Savings Bank, Seattle

Seattle, Aug. 5.-1oshua Greene owner of the big eJoshua Greene building, and president of the Puge1 Sound Navigation Company, today purchase, for $5o0,oeo, the comrolline interest in the Peoples Savings Bank. which includesathe hniIdiage4sias,i sdou- hle northeast cernen.at. Seefsnee avenue and Pike street : 3Fne4ea pitargtock of the institirllt VI be redeuhled H once.
The Kusko times., 1926-08-07
Mobile Proclaimed
 Hero by MussoIini

Rome, Aug. 4.-General Mobile, de- signer and builder of the dirigible Norge, arrived last night in Rome, and today stood on the balcony of Chigi Palace, alongside of Premier Mussolini, as Italy's national hero.
 Premier Mussolini, in brief ad- dress, said some persons had vainly attempted to dim Mobiles incompara- ble glory, but that Mobile deserved the most triumphant honors.
The Kusko times., 1926-08-07
Charged With Murder of Husband',and Choir
 Singer in His Church

Trenton, N. J., Aug. Ex-Governor Moore today declared his intention of going through to finish with the prosecution of Mrs. Florence Stevens Hall, who was arrested at Somers- vile last nlght, charged with the murder of her husband, Rev. Dr. Ed ward " Hall, and Mrs. Elinor Mills, q cheir zineer in her husbands $ church.
The Kusko times., 1926-08-07

Seattle, Aug. e4.-In ms opening address Prosecuting Attorney Colvir told the jury that Gaines hau ,virtu~ ally snuffed out the lire 6fEhTs daugh- ter Sylvia as the~resu3t of strange unnatural affection that existed be- tween her and her father; that their relations were not spasmodic, but con. tinued, and tfor period of time were conducted within the Gaines nome.
The Kusko times., 1926-08-07
Arrested On Charge
 of Attempted M,trder
 By Electrical Device

Bremerton, Aug. 5.-W. G. Walker. foreman here for the Puget Souno Light & Power Company of Seattle was arrested here today, charged with the attempted murder of John Keniston by means of an electrical apparatus placed in Kenisten's home Mps. 4Keniston disclosed, thea alleged plot, claiming that Walker, married man, is madlv is2 love with her.