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The Washington times., 1926-05-07
Diring Room Calculation

HE was parked on the east
side Of Twelfth Street this morn
ing. your honor Another truck
was parked on the west side OPP
posite to him there wasn't room
for q baby buggy to get by.
Much traffic
.sYes: sir-It was quarter past
eight, and that's d busy time IN
that section. There was q traffic
lam half block long In each
direction
Boob: 1T was delivering y
cheese, your honora big cheese
TRAFFIC jam and cheese call
it an order Of Barbecue and
charge him S.. Mr.. Clerk.
The Washington times., 1926-05-07
With the
Abb Artists
IA Cross Section of the
!. Daily Grind in Judge
Hits Court
Read EN- and Weep
BY DONALD McDOUGAL
AnttSpeed Serum

He was hitting so miles an
hour fran Branch Avenue to the
bridge at / o'clock this morning,
your honor. He crossed Mime
sofa Avenue about five seconds
before q Buick roadster got
there"
The court: 1T looks like an
epidemic of major traffic viola.
tinos is breaking out in the Dis
trict. Yesterday we had a lady
in here for running SIS miles an
hour. and Monday we had Il
cases of driving while drunk.
t,I'm going to give you q pre-
scription that win cost you SIS,
and is to be taken in one dose.
IF that doesn't give the desired
effect. I'll have to order you into
the isolation ward. on strict
diet, and daily calisthenics with
q croWbar.''
II don't think I'm as sick as
all that, your honor.
'sYou will be IL you're brought
in here by q traffic nurse again.
y
The Washington times., 1926-05-07
A Turn for the Worse

at was Is feet behind him when
ne turned left out OF Park Road
without any signal and started
down Sherman Avenue at 30
miles an hour. He got half q
block lead on me while I was
remounting.
Boob: II generally hold my
hand out when make q turn,
THAT isn't often enough.
ct was thoughfle
And expensive. =
Eve been driving 10 years, and
this Is the first time I've heen in
trouble"
you're a dolIar-a-year man.
Eight and two
The Washington times., 1926-05-07
More 81 the Same

HE admits that he ran away
after hitting the other car. your
honor. That wasn't to avoid re.
sponsibility for the collision lit
was because he felt worried about
s half.pint of whisky he had
under the seat. But he's been
sentenced for that by another
court.
SIN fixing the penalty, ASK
YOUR honor to remember that the
defendant has spent 81 days IN
Jail waiting for trial.
zone hundred dollars or 80 days
more
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at the wheel, who had thrown the
vessels nose about, thus letting the
blow glance from her side.
1t was a miracle that the propeller
blades had not been broken or bent
80 badly as to disable us; why they
were not even injured no one can tell
it was simply the luck that has al
ways followed this vessel since Capt.
Andersen came aboard.
WAS standing on the gun platform
gazing down INFO the blue water and
waiting to catch n glimpse of the body
az 1t rose, when suddenly dark
shape glided swiftly under the ships
bow.
At first I thought It was onry my
imagination, an after effect of the az
element. but another followed, th4n
another, and soon from every side
specter-like forms were darling
swiftly and silently here and there,
sometimes showing a fash of white
as one turned on it's side.
They We're giant sharks drawn by
the floating carcass as steel is drawn
by a. magnet. Like the vultures which
wheel and circle in the western sky
far beyond the reach of human
sight, watching for the death of some
poor. thirst -smitten, desert brute, so
these vultures of the sea quickly
gathered about the dead whale.
| watched them silently fasten to
the animals side. tearing away great
cup sha ped chunks OF DIubber and
shivered as | thought of what would
| happen to Il man If he fell overboa ri
among these horrible. white-eyed sea.
! ghosts.
Within three minutes Of the time
/ when the whale had been drawn 10
the surface over 20 sharks, each one
accOmpa MED by its little striped pilot
| fish swimming just behind its fins,
We're biting at the carcass.
Copyright. 1920
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turned out and climbed to the bridge.
both wearing oilskins and sou-westers
to protect ourselves from the driving
spray
1t was II o'clock before we raised
another spout, bait this animal was
blowing frequently and the great
cloud of birds lowering about him
showed that he was ION feed.
He was running fast, but seldom
stayed down long. his high sickle
shaped dorsal fin cutting the surface
first in one direction, then in another.
but always the center of a screa ming
flock of birds which sometimes swept
downward in "A cloud, dipping into
tie waves and rising again. the water
flashing in myriads of crystal drops
from their brown wings.
As we came close we saw that the
whale was in school of sardines, the
fish frantically dashing here and
there, often jumping clear out of the
water and causing their huge pursuer
a deal of trouble to follow their quick
turnings. But he managed his 1.-the
body with wonderful rapidity. and be-
fore the fish left him many yards be-
hind was blowing after them. mis-
great tail sending the water in swirl
ing green patches astern.
We were going at fun speed and
came down to half when a hundred
fathoms away but we could not take
it slow for the whale was running
directly from us. AS he rose about
80 fathoms ahead and turned to GO
down. his back came into view and
Just behind the fin large white mark
was visible.
That's a harpoon scar" said An
dersen. 1T is a bad sign. He may
give us a run for 1t, after ALL"
The engines We're at dead slow now,
for the whale had surely seen us and
might double under the water, coming
up astern. Andersen was ready at
| the gun, swinging the huge weapon
slightly to and fro. his feet braced
every few seconds calling to the bo's'n
aloft, "Miye masu ka?" do YOU see
him?
We had been waiting two minutes
! Git seemed hours) when the bo's'n
| shouted:
He's coming. He's coming. On
| the port bow"
In a second the water began to swirl
| and boil and We could see the shadowy
| form rise almost to the surface, check
| its upward rush and dash along par
allel with the ship.
Dame Ono good), dame, he won't
come up" exclaimed Andersen. mo
| sukoshi "a little more) speed, mo
sukosri speed. Dame, dame, he's
leaving us. Half speed, half speed"
Never shall 1 forget the intense ex-
| element of those few minutes! The
huge, ghostlike figure was swimming
along just under the surface. not five
feet down. aggravatingly close, but as
well protected by the shallow water
armor as though it had been of steel
Andersen was shouting beside me-
| He won't come, dame, dame. Yes
now. now Look out. l shoot,
! shoot"
In the mirror of my camera l could
! see the enormous gray head burst
! from the water, the blowholes oper
and send forth a cloud of vapor, and
the slim back draw itself upward, tn,
! water streaming from the high fin as
| 1t cut the surface. Andersen's las
| words Were drowned in the crashing
| roar of the gun.
BEFORE we could see through thu
= veil of smoke we heard the sailor,
| shout. "Shinda!" (dead), and the mex
instant the black cloud drifted ava,
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After bout an hour another hump
back appeared beside him and to-
gether they seemed To be enjoying to
the fullest extent the game Of tag
they We're playing with us. Once the
larger of the two threw himself clear
out of the water. showing even the
tips of his tukeS. and fell back with
a splash which sounded like the muf
fed clap of two great hands. Again
he thrust his head into the air and
whirling about. | caught him with the
camera just before he sank back out
of sight
For over an hour the game of tag
continued. but once. when the whales
had been down an unusually long
time. the captain SWING the vessels
nose into just the right position and
they appeared close beside the star
board bow.
The roar Of the gun almost deaf
ened me and instinctively | pressed
the button of the camera. but a wave
had thrown the steamer into the air
at just the wrong time and the har-
pooh struck the surface several feet be-
low the whale. Both anima rs went down
churuinc the water into foam. and
when next we saw them they We're
close together. far astern.
x
A SHORT time afterwards. while
was below. sudden stopping and
starting of the engines proclaimed
that another whale had been sighted
and the chase already begun.
Pushing away the hatch which COW
cred the entrance To the hold. | swung
up the steep ladder to the deck above.
Sure enough big humpback was
n 81
now and then rolling on his side and
throwing his great black and white
fin into the air.
The captain swung the boat in a
long circle each time the animal dis
appeared and il seemed almost Ger
tain that we would at last he near
when he came up. And SO it hap
pened. for when we had almost de-
SPARED of getting shot the man in
the barrel shouted. Hes coming,
right below US"
Looking down into the water
could see the Ghostly form of the
whale rising to the surface with ire
mendous force just in front of the
bow. There was no time to stop the
ship and the animal burst from the
water half under the vessels side
! started back. shielding my camera
from the spout. and. stumbling over
a pile of chains on the deck. slid al
most to the forecastle companionway
Scrambling up. l jumped to the rail
and snapped the camera al the huge
body partly hidden by the boat.
The whale seemed daZed by his
sudden appearance under the steamer.
and rolling on his side. went down
only few feet, reappearing 10 faith
oms away. Sorenson. who had held
to the gun. Steadied himself. swung
the muzzle about. and taking DELHI
crate aim. planted the harpoon
sQuarely behind the fin.
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Sounds to Control Fires.

THE use of sound waves as fire en-
tinguishers and weapon in war
fare is called a possibility by Howard
Coonley, civilian director for the Chem
zeal Warfare Service in the New Eng
land district.
1T is possible in time that the tone
wave of every building in ii great city
could be ascertained and at a central
fire station Il tuning fork would be set
up Mr.. Coonley says. In case of
fire the tuning fork would he vibrated
and III a few minutes the fire would
be eXtinguished.
THAT sounds eXtrava giant, but
many of you will live to see it done"
Experiments. he said. had already
been conducted on his own house
The reason why the vibrations would
not shake the house into a mass of
ruin was that the adjustment would
be just enough ont of tune.
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Coming Era of International Good Will
Predicted by Raymond, Paris Prophet

| republican form of government will
| finally be established.
Great storms will ravage the north
west coast of France. The Depart
ment of the Finistere and the Brittany
coast in general will particularly suf-
fer from Incorporate weather. The
| countryside near Lyon will he dam
| aged by electrical storms. a trans
| Atlantic liner will find itself in acute
| danger Several railroad accidents
| will occur in Italy on the Florence
| Turin route. and others in France, the
United States and Spain. A number
of slight earthquake shocks will be
felt in the southea stern part of the
| Pyrenees. and others in the south of
Fra nee. particularly in 1927.
Anti Fascist demonstrations will
occur in Rome, Turin, Milan and
Genoa. Mussolini will resign in 1926
or 1927. and the national group will
share the reinS of government with
the Socialists. The Italian Ira will
rise in value.
Gen. Primo de Rivera, the Spanish
dictator, will be extremely popular in
his country. "A political assassination
will create a big sensation. Strong
military detaChmentS will continue
their stay in Morocco. although the
campaign will end this Winter. 1t
may he recalled that Prof. RAYMOND
last year. stated that Spain would
continue TO be in difficulties in Mo.
rocco. He further predicted that 1t
VIII be forced 10 relInquish its present
armed influence in the country, and he
! satisfied with a commercial arrange
ment. wherein the Riffs will he given
a measure of independence under
| French control; and that the League
| of Nations will play n important role
| in this settlement. England closing its
| eyes to the arrangements in return for
| certain concessions on the part of
| France.
| Several airpanes will endeavor to
| cross the Atlantic. and within the
next three years. a regular aerial
| postal service viii he established be-
tween France ana the United States.
The helicopter problem viii be solved,
and adopted by the army.
The League of Nations will receive
great moral assistance in 1927, as at
that time representative of the
United States, Germany and Russia
Will attend the sessions. which after
1927 will assume the functions of
world legislative body in matters of
peace and war.
All in all. the coming year is the
precursor of an era of peace and good
will. when an entente between the
peoples of the earth viii repay them
for the sufferings and hardships that
have followed in the wake of the
World War.
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Infriated Whale CHARGES Craft Pursuing It in the No

rafting wheels ground in a few faith
oms than We saw the line slack and
then slowly rise. Faster and faster IT
came, the water dripping in little
streams from its vibrating surface.
In a few seconds the whale rose
about 80 fathoms ahead and blew, the
blood yelling in great red clots from
his spout holes. He lay motionless for
a moment and then swung about and
swan directly toward the vessel.
At first he came slowly, but his
speed was increasing every moment.
When almost opposite us. about 30
fathoms away, suddenly, with ter
rife slash of his tail. he half turned
on his side and dashed directly at the
ship.
Full speed astern," yelled the gun
ner, dancing about like a mailman.
Hell sink us; he'll sink us!'
The whale was coming at tremen-
dous speed, half buried in white foam,
flashing right and left with his enor-
nous hukes. In an instant he hit us.
We had half swung about and he
struck a CHANGING blow directly amid
ship, keeling the little vessel far over
and making her tremble as though
she had gone on the rocks; then
bumped along the side, running his
nose squarely into the propeller. The
whirling blades tore great strips Of
blubber from his snout and jaws and
he backed off astern.
Then turning about with his entire
head projecting from the water like
the bow Of a submarine. he swain par
allel with the ship. AS he rushed
along i caught a glimpse Of the dark
| head in the mirror Of my camera and
pressed the button. An instant later
| the great animal rolled on his side,
| thrust his fin straight upward, and
| sank.
! 1t had been his death struggle and
| this time he was down for good. As
| the water closed over the dead whale |
| leaned against the rail trembling with
excitement. the perspira ton stream
| ing from my face and body. Ander-
sen was shouting orders in English.
Norwegian and Japanese. and cursing
| in all three languages at once.
X
| T THINK none of US realized until
then just what a narrow escape
we had had. If the whale had struck
sQuarely he would have torn such a
| hole in the steamers side that her
sinking would have been a matter Of
| seconds. The only thing that saved
her was the quickness of the man
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and the native populations will be
will not go to war with Turkey over
the Mosul problem, but will accede to
the decision of the arbitral court.
whereby Turkey will have sovereignty
supervision of Great Britain. which
power will obtain the economic ad-
vantages desired. including a percen-
tage on business interests.
Among other countries in the Near
East, Persia will come very much to
the fore economically and politically.
Bolshevism will continue to unsettle
the country. but its power will be of
short duration. A form of monarch
ical government will continue in
Persia for another 10 years, when a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03

Roy Chapman Andrews is one of
the generations leading explorers
and naturalists. He has been de-
scribed. in fact. as the outStand-
ing figure in big business eXplora-
ton, because of the magnitude on
which his expeditions are con
Quoted.
His latest achievement was as
the leader of the third Asiatic eX-
petition of the American Museum
of Natural History of New York
which set forth in March. 1921. to
explore the interior of Mongolia.
Returning recently with dinosaur
eggs and skulls Of mammals.
which. it is estimated. had been
preserved millions of years. Mr..
Andrews announced that his dis
CoVerieS indicated that Asia Was
the cradle of human life and esti-
mated that human culture there
antedated European culture of the
same type by 10000 Years.
Previously Mr.. Andrews headed
an expedition To North China and
Outer Mongolia. He has had eX-
citing adventures in abundance on
other travels and voyages. eSpe-
Cially upon one which he made for
the purpose of studying whales.
1t is with these experiences. pre-
Ceding in time others referred TO.
that the present article and one TO
follow deal.
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1880. In 1927 or 1928. he will marry
a young woman belonging to the Eng
lish nobility. There have been many
ConjectureS as to why the Prince of
Wales has not Yet married. Accord
ing to Prof. Raymond the real rea son
is that he has ever desired to live an
Independent life. unhampered by the
trammelS of ma trimony, or even of
royalty. This. in a manner, explains
his democratic disposition.
The British dominions will he rent
by revolutions between 1926 and 1927.
and an English army will be organ
lied to combat them. These troubles
will finally be decided by arbitration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-03

stable power when financial promises
made in the past have been complied
with. America will then come to the
aid of Russia with a long-term loan.
Thirsty Americans will be particu-
larry gratified to know that strict
prohibition is soon to be a thing of
the past, and that by modified
amendment light wines and beer will
he permitted. This is merely mat
ter of months.
Prof. Raymond has as good as solved
the famous Daudet case. wherein the
French Royalist leader has accused
the police of having shot his son.
when the latter became implicated in
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GREAT BRITAIN WILL NOT co TO WAR WITH
PROBLEM"

an anarchist plot, and then, having
discovered his real identity endeavor-
ed to make it appear that the youth
mad committed suicide in a taxi. Ac-
cording to Prof. Raymond, young
Daudet had been shot in the shop of
the clandestine bookseller whom he
was known to have visited, and then
placed in the taxi, where suicide was
simulated. This bears out the theory
evolved by NJ. Leon Daudet. the boys
father, who has been fighting in the
French courts for the past two years
to clear the memory of his son.
Prof. Raymond forsees the death
in 1925 of several men of world
prominence, including an American
financier, another capitalist in Ger
many, and a statesman in France
The Prince of Wales will succeed to
the throne of Great Britain before
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It was a beautiful shot, and the
whale went down without a struggle.
The quiet which followed the deafen-
ing explosion was broken only by the
soft swish of the line running out
from the winch and the men going to
their places.
I was leaning against the side al
most weak from the excitement of the
las. few minutes when Sorenson, a
pleased grin on his sunburned face,
turned and said: Il didn't miss him
that time, did I? He. never moved
after | fred
Four hours more of chasing first
one and then another brought the
vessel close to q humpback and again
Sorehson sent the harpoon crashing
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The Honor System.

1t was proposed to establish the
honor system in a large penitentiary.
The matter was put 10 the prisoners
themselves, it being figured that they
would know better than any one else
they could play the game
honorably. II was put to a vote.
Hey, Muley.' said one tough citi-
zen TO another. did Yer vote for the
honor system
You betcher life. kid; four times"
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the lens Of my camera with the other,
| awaited the temperance OF whale
that had gone down on the starboard
side.
Suddenly the gunner shouted,
There he comes" and pointed over
the bow where the water was begin
ming to smooth out in a large, green
patch about 80 fathoms away.
Before I could focus my camera
the whale had burst into view. send
ing his spout Is feet into the air.
Evidently he saw us, for he was down
again in a second. only to rea ppear
several fathoms astern. Time after
time he showed himself, never near
enough for a shot, but keeping me
busy exposing plates.
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~ REAT numbering SWellS of
gray water rolling out Of
7 the fog from the wide sweep
of the open Pacific We're the
picture / saw through the
round, brass bound frame of a port
hole.
1t was the last of May but the
cold of Winter still hung in the sea
air, and even when we steamed in
toward the foot of the mountains
which poked their tir-Clad SUBMITS far
up into the mist clouds, | shivered in
my heavy coat and tramped about
on deck 10 keep warm.
Finally. when ne were right under
the towering mountains walls. we
swung abruptly into smooth water.
and We We're quietly plowing our way
up river-like Barclay Sound. which
from the west coast cuts into the very
heart of Vancouver Island.
Tied up to the side of the pier was
the ship Orion. She was typical of
all steam Whalers. had been built in
Norway and made. under her own
steam, the long, stormy passage across
the Atlantic to Newfoundland few
years of work there and she started
for the Pacific around the Horn. beat
ing her way northward to the scene
of her present work at Sechart.
The Orion had not gone TO sen that
morning. for the fog outside made il
useless to hunt: even if the ship could
have kept her bearings in the mist it
would have been impossible To see the
spout of a whale, or to follow il if
one were found.
The crew were all ashore and
met Capt Ralcom, an alert young
Canadian and one of the few sue
cessful gunners who were not Nor
wegians. He offered at once to take
weather cleared. but said we would
see only humpbacils. for the blue
whales and fnhacks had not vet APP
peared on these hunting grounds.
l went aboard with ;he captain at
10 o'clock and turned in on tho mates
bunk The cabin was small. but not
uncomfortable. and it was not long
before l was asleep. | did not even
hear the ropes being cast off in the
morning and only walked when the
boy came down to call the captain.
X X
WE were we'll down the sound when
w I came on deck. and were steam
ing swiftly along among little islets
half shrouded in gray fog. Fifteen
minutes of driving at full speed and
the gray curtain began to thin; soon
we ran out of it altogether.
There was not n big sea running,
but the little Orion was dancing like
a cork. Baicom said. 1T is calm
weather SO long as she keeps her
decks dry and with this rather duhi-
Gus comfort | settled down to get
used to the tossing as best | could.
Everything was intensely interest
ing to me, for it was my first trip
on a steam whaler. Already a man
had been sent alOft and was uncon-
cernedly swinging about with glasses
at his eyes watching the water ahead
The engineer had just finished tell
ing about a big fellow that few days
before had come up in front of the
ship and swan toward it with his
enormous mouth wide open, when the
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into the lungs, killing at the first shot.
Some time afterward / visited the
Japanese whaling banks, famous
among all deep-water sailors. There
! went aboard the Hogei Maru No. g.
as the guest OF Capt. y. +. Andersen.
THE ship got under way at o'clock
the next morning. and within
half an hour was pitching badly in
heavy sea. AT Andersen and /