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The Washington times., 1926-06-08
What's Doing Today
and Tomorrow


Concert United states Marine Bapd,
Franklin Square, 7.a0 o'clock.
Meeting Barry Farm Citlxene Assoc
ciaticR. st. Johns ~. =. Church. s:1b
o'clock.
concert-UnIted States Soldiers Home
Band, upper bandntand, k:46 o'clock.
Concert United States Marine Band
Walter Reed Hospital $3.50 o'clock
Meeting-C ivitan Club Lafayette
Hotel, $3.50 O'Clock.
Card party aneta CounciL Fythian
Temple. $3.50 o'clock.
Meeting-C0 j. p. Petit Camp, u.
q. wv. ". s21 Pennsylvania Ave. n. W.
3 o'clock.
Flower SHOW American Horticultural
Society. Warrington Hotel. to -
Concert Army hand. Tubercular Hos
Card Party-st Johns Lodge Chap
ter, %. -. 81, .ei u st. NJ W., D. m.
Meeting--Home board. Acacia Chap.
ter. Q. 2. s.. ais Fulton 81. n. W.
TOMORROW
Flower shoMf--Amsrican horticultural
Society. washington Hotel 8 .. m. 20
IL p. m.
study Meeting--on '.Law Of Cycles"
United States Lodge OF Theos6phiste,
100 Hill Building p. m.
The Washington times., 1926-06-08
SONG CHATTER

A kiss in the Dark Until
Tomorrow" is "NObOdy's Bust.
sleepy Time GAL" Save II .or
D Rainy Day"
s.Dinall, > My Girl from the
Old Bermuda Isles" Is The Lone
soonest Girl I'm Town"
Roll EN- Girls" while "I'm
Sitting on Top OF the World" sing.
Ing II Love My Baby, MY Baby
Loves Me-
sEOnaetilnes Il Wonder Whore
NY BABY r. Tonight"
s'Pre Little Baby" .Fith
sBrOWn es eSnliIe 3 Little
Bit,s eemss II Never Stop
Dreanifng u "Paddlin' Madelin
pal 81 M Cradle Days. ''Tie
Ne 70 0nr Apron Strings Again,
fer n Never Knew" that "a Boys
Hsst + His MOtIler.
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The Washington times., 1926-06-08
D {. ESTIMATES
To Be PUBLIC

Lieut.. Col. ]. Franklin Bell today
announced that the estimates of
the Engineer Department to be IN.
eIuded III the 1927-1s2s appropria.
lions are to be made public.
conferences with the Budget
Bureau give Us the impression that
there win be no objection to the
publication OF the needs of the Dis.
trict Government for next year,
said Commissioner Bell.
Colonel Bell declared that In this
way valued information may be oh.
tanned from various sources A. to
the scope Of the proposed estimates.
Heretofore Il has been the policy
to give the newspapers to under.
stand" about how much would b.
included in the estimates, but as
there Is apparently no objection 4
has been decided to give out OIL.
Gals statements.
Practically all Of the department
heads Of the local government have
completed their list Of needs and
submitted them to District Auditor
Daniel d. Donovan. Colonel Bell
said that Major Donovan would
draw q chart showing the trend OF
The estimates and giving such In.
formation as would be Of public
interest within the next few days.
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The Washington times., 1926-06-08
WOMAN REPORTS $3.50
GEM THEFT FROM HOME

Mrs. Bertha Young, OF 371S Thir-
teenth Street northwest, reported to
Detective Headquarters yesterday
the theft Of $3.50 worth Of jewelry
from her home early yesterday
morning.
The missing articles were de-
scribed a. a white gold ring set
with three diamonds, valued at $500 3
z cAnnap rms yalpee ats$aOQ and q.
The Washington times., 1926-06-08
Easy FOR MIKE

Mike applied for ) Job at the
gas works.
s'NNhat can you dos" asked the
foreman.
Almost anything, sor.' said
Mike.
wen. said the foreman, .'cOuld
yOu wheel out . barrow q
GinoIxe?s
sure. snid Mike. 9Th Il mp
s. OIDONO.
The Washington times., 1926-06-08
LISTEN no THIS.

ennt find q street to park II n.
e the rate autos are replacing
horses, the dag acSu come aChen
poae-h horse t0tCs1 sctIl be proud Of
that title.
h0ppeB 70 Ford car II Il cGnIs tn
sudden contGct 4ritb the outer
0Gsis0 Of a banana.
RAJAH IOWALOT.
The Washington times., 1926-06-08
GUESS 1HE L0CATION

GUESS THE LOCATION
a poetess these WIS md she were
long hair.
~ baid-headed nan me made her
prayer.
M turned her down cold for . fIaD-
per quite fair
which made the poetees rave and
pull her hair.
o. he married the fIapper ana rot
along well
Thonrh the poeteae uished him the
pleasures OIL won't tell.
You no doubt fully understand what
her wishes Weres
nat TRUST that none q yen win
take M residence there.
STEAMBOAT STEVE.
70 the first five persons aClso
guess the location referred 20
nb0vs and send u III, spelled
out III full, the Office Goat
iCiH mail one bottle of his SOell-
kNosvn perfume.
The Washington times., 1926-06-08

a novel device for automobile
dash boards registers the sparkling
Of each spark plug when a button
d pressed.
The Washington times., 1926-06-08
VETTERIRMR

The guy a1Ho carries "a chip on
his shoulder should take club
for good measure. He'll find use
Be concise tohem aorittn0 for q
column" 1t is not "Dolitnte.0
Sometimes a. mans matrimonial
Fate Is "the gate" The tndu
ohGmDes her mind.
The guy who gumslOes, snoops ana
shifts
Quite frequently does get hfs biffa.
Bot he who strictly minds his btxx
Win show the world an unscatIled fig,
FRED VETTER.
The Washington times., 1926-06-08

DR.. Bunpus, of East Liver
pool, Ohio, is an osteopath, and
he knows how, too.
The Washington times., 1926-06-08
guy who gumshOes, anoopa and
STATE LINE ADVICE

You may be kidding elizabeth. !"
In New Jersey" but ~ not
Tampa with "Fiorida," ana look.
out for that Maine girl "Anna.
bessacook. " H. SMITH.
The Washington times., 1926-06-08

4 DIETETIC NE PLUS ULTRA
why IL hard -bOiIed egg, my son,
The finest thing to eaf?
Because, when all IL said and done,
II simply can't be beat.
ROY McGREGOR.
The Washington times., 1926-06-08
4 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

"A RECONlNllSNA Y tA1AUN
when yon feel like cyytS', son,
Don't give q rap;
when v04s feel like sigIsisss, sots
DOH't be a sap,
Bnt ait q hustle 1T yottr Frame
Find yourself pretty dame
Ana the sUorId aDon't look the same
on the mop.
ALFRED MICKELS0N.
The Washington times., 1926-06-08

LOST. STRAYED OR STOLEN
Reward for whereabouts Of
one Tom BIanton, Texas bear
cat statesman. Deliver to one
Commissioner fleming.
ARIZONA IKE.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-30
'.Fat, Fair and Forty''
 Not Much in Demand

An American woman, visiting Iur- key with her three daughters, en- gagged an old Turk in conversation. It developed that the Turk was q broker in wives. and the woman, wish ing to have some fun with him, asked. "At what value would you place my eldest daughter, supposing that she were for sale?n The Turk mentioned q sum that was tiatteringly high. And my second daughter?a the mother next inquired. A still higher price was was fixed, age of course, being the standard. The highest price of all was set for the youngest daughter, a little aapper. And now" said the mother, what price for me?a The Turk was no diplomat. He promptly mentioned a price that was equivalent to S1.50 in American money The mother was furious. Never, she said, had she been so insulted. After be- rating the Turk, she walked haughtily away, leaving the marriage broker speeches., and probably wondering what on earth he had done to annoy her.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-30
Pionists' Hand-Stretches

The difficulty of some of Liszt's com positions for the piano is perhaps ex- plained in part by the fact that his own hand-stretch was unusually big. He could easily stretch an octave with his thumb and first finger. Rubinstein also had phenomenal reach. On the other hand. there are wel-known pi- anists today whose natural stretch between thumb and little finger is barely an octave; yet by constant and careful practice and by a wise choice of music for performances, they have established themselves in the estima- ton of audiences. who are rarely aware of the handicap.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-30
Freedom, of the Press C1644)

I cannot praise a fugitive and clols tered virtue unexercised and un- breathed. that never sallies out and seeks her adversary, but sinks out of the race, where that immortal gar land Is to be run for, not without dust and heat Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all lib- critics. And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encoun- ter? Her confuting is the best and surest suppressing.-Milton (Areopa- gitica).
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-30
WISE OR OTHERWISE

When one Is driven to drink he usu- ally has to walk back.
 An ideal woman Is one who is blind to your imperfeetions.
 Intellectual poverty is often the cause for the material kind.
 An obligation of any sort is 6 kind of mortgage on your time
 A mans ideal figure usually has q dollar mark in front of It.
 The sweetest slumber is the kind in- terrupted by the alarm clock.
 Never judge a woman by the com pany she is compelled to entertain.
 It Is impossible to drown sorrow; 1t has been in the swim too long.
 Cowardlce Is a nightmare that troubles some men when they are awake.
 A man never knows the value Of a dollar until he Is followed by a per sistent collector.
 Every time a man makes q fool of himself by acting contrary to his own Judgment he gets mad.
 Any small boy knows more about his sister in a minute than any man can find out in a years eourtship.
 Use a long-handled shovel when you attempt to heap coals of fire on the head of a self-admitted pessimist.- Grit.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-30
Human Brain Much on
 Order Of Telephone

During thunderstorm at Sheffield a man standing near a place struck by lightning lost his speech.
 At Fakenham. in Norfolk. a soldier who had lost his speech after she'll shock in the war suddenly recovered 1t while he was plying his trade as q house painter His ladder lurehed. and with an "Oh p of fright his speech came back.
 Not the eleverest investigator of the brain can tell us the why and where fore of such happenings. but can only say that the mechanism by which the brain, or parts of the brain directs the throat. the tongue. the palate the lungs, to fullll their duties in giving utteranee to spoken sounds is h. f1nitely more complicated than the works Of q watch.
 To the brain come along the nerves from different parts Of the body sensa- tions Of heat or cold or pain or hun ger, to which the brain gives names. From the brain so thoughts which set the organs of speech or action Ia move nenI. All these impulses nave To go through telephone exchanges In the brain system far more complicated than any which give and take calls In a city.
 A sudden violent jar, and the tele- phone exchange is put out of gear. Lines cross. the buzzer sounds q wrong note at a wrong fime, the desk teIe- phone becomes altogether silent
 In the city exchange the damage can be located and repaired; in the brain exchange Il cannot be found. Nobody can say where the damage has taken place. Another jar. and 1t may right itself as mysteriously as it went wrong, but no man can say hoW.-Lon- don Tit-Bits.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-30
Changing Time

"Why does not the curtain riseT' asked the king at the theater.
 Because, your majesty" replied the lord chancellor, because the queen has not finished shaving" And for sooth the lord chancellor was right, because in that day all of the female parts upon the stage were taken by young men-female impersonators.
 When real women went upon the boards in London, in 1899, society was shocked by the terrible immortality of the thing. A change in the attitude of the public occurs with almost every minute. The music that was consid. cred insufferable twenty-five years ago Is hailed today as the basis of new art-Etude.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-30
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

It sometimes takes has-been a long time to find 1t out.
 It is hard work to keep up an aver age that you don't have.
 A good many brickbats are thrown at society by those who cannot get in.
 Knowing when to give and when to withhold sympathy amounts to in- spiration.
 Truth has a startling way of show Ing itself in unexpected guise in un- usual places
 If couple remain engaged long enough. people are as surprised when they get married as if they had never "Rone together" at all.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-30
Evolution Of the Chair

The earliest known examples of the chair were developments of the thrones of the kings and the nobility, who were the only ones to whom this lux ury was allowed. Tables undoubtedly developed from logs laid on other logs. or later, on rough trestles. Needless to say, all examples of these early, crude pieces are lost in the mists of time, as are the ones showing the de- velopment from them to our earliest known examples nf furniture.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-30

Always clean out the chip pan be- fore machining copper or brass.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-30

It's now said to be a great big news story if a day passes without some pedestrian getting killed.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-30
OLD BILL SAYS

A good workman generally has no difficulty in getting a good Job.
 Always clean out the chip pan be- fore machining copper or brass.
 Plenty of good oil In the right place helps to take the kinks out of produc- tion. but it never does any good on the floor.
 Keep the ways of lathes and planers clean and well oiled; frequent wiping with clean waste keeps the machine in the pink of condition.
 A few men like to take credit for all that Is right about a job and blame some one else for all that Is wrong. But they don't get very fars- Popular Sciepce Monthly.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-30
NUGGETS

Neglect Is worse than anything that can cause 1t.
 You can't cheat life, even if you pretend to be a dead one.
 Any society kid can tell you what brand of cigarette a lady likes best.
 The lookup system In some of our courts seems to apply to juries mostly.
 Traffic rules are obeyed now and then, just to show that folks know what they are.
 The world may be playground, but you can't play all the time and remain on top of the ground
 It's now said to be great big news story If a day passes without some pedestrian getting killed.
 When they used to wear their watches pinned to their chests, there was some excuse for broken crystals.
 A newspaper, certainly daily news paper, without an editorial page Is as incongruous as q kitchen without a stove.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-30

Use a long-handled shovel when you attempt to heap coals of fire on the head of a self-adm1tted pessimist.- Grit.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-30

Traffic rules are obeyed now ant then, just to show that folks know what they are.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-30

The lookup system In some of oul courts seems to apply to Juries mostly
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-30

The world may be playground, but you can't play all the time and remain on top of the ground
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-30

Any small boy knows more about his sister In a minute than any man can find out In a years eourtship.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-12-30
BR'ER WILLIAMS

Dis worl' is sich a hot prop . ersiuon ter some folks, dey , oughn't ter pile de Ire on 'sm ia de next one.
 You never know whar or , when you wuz happy till you looks back to de mIleatonea you , left on de road. : Never mind bout de spots . on de sun Clean up de ole worI an make It shine brighter when de sun lights 1t up don't worry bout how long It took ter make de world. How . I'm goin' ter pay house rent in . 1t Is what keeps me busy.-At- , lanta Constitution.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-13

By Pacific 6 At!antirl "0uch.' friend tlapper will cry if she twists ankle with these heels. Mimi Blake demonstrates three-inch cdict on heels Of Dame Fashion at Chicago shoe show.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-13
Ocean Liner Arrires in Sheath of Ice

Head winds, heavy seas, hail and snow marked the liner Franconia's voyage from Liverpool to New York, which ended with decks. davits and life boats encrusted with ice. King Winter had promi- nent place on passenger list The Franconia sails soon on d three months cruise
 Pacific AUanttr1
New Britain herald., 1926-01-13

fly plclna $ Atanliel J. aIousy is believed motive of Nrs. Mabel Mayors hurling of acid in face of Elsa Granger taboveI, star Of "Peprc: BoX Review in San Francisco, Cal. Miss Granger, posaibIs dietigured for life, was lured by wife of her rroducer-emnloyer to hotel room where attack Nas staged.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-13

who carries on his auto license No. 13000, and has done so for six years. McGoldrick declares that since he began using this number he hasn't been arrested or had an accident.
, 1926-08-24
AMERICAN WEST INDIAN LADIES
AID SOCIETY WINS BITTER
COURT FIGHT.

An outstanding case in the life of Vir-
gin Islanders took place here in New
York on Friday. 7th inst, when Mr..
Emanuel Jacobs and his wife Helen, both
natives of st. Thomas, U.S.A., were ar.
rested and held in SIS, 10000 bail each
on a charge of beating a police detectiveq
1t seems that the dete ctive went to
the building at AZ West 10th ST., in
search of prostitutes.
In the basement Of said building lived
Jacobs and his wife.
The detective pursued a girl down
, 1926-08-24
LOCAL

The schooner Resolution" left here
for St. Thomas yesterday afternoon with
St. Thomas, Porto Rico and States mail
and the following passenger -Abra-
nam Nesbitt, Louise Jones and Elba S.
Petersen.
The S. s. Dominica" from New York
is due at Frederiksted at 9 o'clock to-
morrow morning, having 800 packages
and II bags mail for this island.
A mail for st. Thomas for dispatch by
the u. S. S. "Grebe' will be closed to-
day at 2 O'Clock p NJ.
, 1926-08-24
Says ST. CrOiX Wants To Be
Part OF Porto Rico.
Annexed to This Island it Might Become
a Municipality Similar to Vieques
SEEK GOVERNMENT ECONOMY
ECONOMY
GOVERNMENT

Der of the St. Croix Colonial Council.
Berg, who has just returned from Wash
ington, and is enroute to St. Croix had
interviews with President Coolidge.
General Macintyre, Secretary Wilbur,
and Senator Willis, of Ohio, and other
interested in the cause of the Islands.
The reasons why St. Croix wishes to
become a part of Porto Rico and not
remain with St. Thomaa, declares Berg,
is the fact that st. Thomas is chiefly a
naval base with military aspects and
problems, under the present regime of
Naval Government. while Sc. Croix is
purely and solely agricultural. In this
regard Senator Willis Of Ohio stated that
the Naval machinery of the Virgin Is
lands had completely broken down."
affirms Berg.
AS a matter of geography St. Croix
is practically the same distance from
Porto Rico, in a triangular course, as it
is from St. Thomas. And geographical
ly there is no more reason why St. CroiX
should be attached to St. Thomas than
Porto Rico. He goes on to say that in
asmuch as the interests Of Porto Rico
ands st. CrOiX are so closely allied
much good would be derived from the
annexation, both to Porto Rico and St.
Croix. The chief products Of St. Croix
are sugar, %cOCOanuts, onions, and cattle.
with San Juan as the central market,
adds Berg. Poultry raising is a minor
industry but one that can be advanced
to a larger scale.
One indication of the somewhat re-
moteness and e]strangement of St. Thorn
as from st. Croix is brought out in the
fact that a 1879 duty is placed on all
imported goods coming from St Thomas.
The interests of St. Thomas, are so
slightly agricultural and 50 definitely
strategic3I as a marine base that there
is far too little in common, asserts Berg.
A problem that confronts the farsee-
ing people Of st. Croix, he adds, is the
fact that since the United States took
over the islands there has been an
annual deficit in revenues which so far
has been met by the Navy Department.
Each year there is more and more
difficulty in obtaining the deficit and it
is only a question of tine when the
Navy Department will cease giving out
5000. 900 to $3.50, 600 each year. 1t is to
avoid the possible calamity of this day
when the deficit may not be made up
that the CrucIans are trying to put the
island on a paying basis as it was prior
to its having been taken over by The
u, S. A, AYERS Berg.
, 1926-08-24

from the fourth floor from the fire es-
cape where she disappeared from view.
Instead Of making inquiries from per-
sons In the building, he raped on the
door Of the Jacobs apartment and i'm
mediately covered Mrs. Jacobs with his
gun as she opened the door.
Believing the detective, who was in
plain clothes. to be a burglar, Mrs.
Jacobs screamed and her husband pounc-
ed on the detective in panther-like
fashion.
Two police officers who were waiting
outside came upon the scene aud arrest
ed Mr.. & Mrs. Jacobs.
An appeal was made by Claude, the
son Of Mrs. Jacobs, to the Virgin Islands
Congressional Council where they are
both members for assistance, but it fell
on deaf ears.
Later, Claude appealed to Miss Isabel
George, 118 West 135th Street, who i'm
mediately called up Miss Elizabeth Hen
erickson, President Of the A. W. /. La
dies Aid Society, The members of said
organization were notified, and a defense
fund was raised.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacobs were exonerated
In the Washington Heights Court on
tuesday morning, 18th inst, and plans
are being made to institute proceedings
against the police authorities for their
brutality on these two unoffending citi-
zans after the arrest had been made.
1t is rumoured here that the musical or
ganization known as the Virgin Islands
Congressional Band, under the leadership
of Victor Williams of Naval Band fame is
no longer recognized by the said organi-
zatiOn.
According to some of the men, plans
are being made to organize a Virgin Is
land band under the leadership of Her
man Wallace which membership shall
consist of St. Thomians alone.
Mr.. Ashley L. Totten, the Assistant
General Organizer of the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters which is acknowl-
edged to be the greatest economic move
ment in the history of the Negro Race,
has left the City on another lecture tour
in the interest of his organization.
He will visit Pittsburgh, Cleveland,
Detroit, Kansas City, Wichita and st.
Louis.
On his return trip, Mr.. lotion plans
to visit Philadelphia on the invitation of
Mr.. AdoIph SiXto, who is representing
the Virgin Island exhibits at the SesQui-
Centennial Exposition.
Before leaving the City for Richmond,
Ind, Mr.. Amphlett Leader, Postmaster
, 1926-08-24
Notice of Sheriff'S Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given that the un-
~ der igned Sheriff for the Municipali-
ty of St. Croix, Virgin Islands of the
United States, will
AT 3 O'CLOCK P. NJ.
Friday 3rd September 1926,
by virtue Of writ of execution issued out
of the Police Court, in Action wherein
Thomas Edwards was Plaintiff and Viii
liam Simon, Defendant
Sell at public Auction to the highest
bidder the following articles:
I Grey Stallion Donkey,
1 Cart.
at The same time there will also be sold
6 DUCK
]impouuded by James Jackson at his resi-
dence Hill Street No. AZ, and
1 DUCK
~impounded by j. B. Marcus at his Resi-
dence Parcel of Richmond.
The Sale will be held by the Sheriff in
the Fort-Yard in Christlansted, Police
Stable Yard.
Witness my Official signature this .23rd
day of August 1926.
F. COULTER,
Sheriff.
, 1926-08-24

Before leaving the City for Richmond,
Ind, Mr.. Amphlett Leader, Postmaster
at Frederiksted, st. Croix, was enter
tanned at Luncheon by some of the mem
bers Of the official staff of the Brother
hood of Sleeping Car Porters.
Mr.. Leader was in vited TO sit on the
platform with Hon, A. Philip Randolph.
at one of their meetings. but declined to
speak.