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, 1926-08-18
GREATNESS

"Sef-made is "selfreiant" grown up. Confidence is the
father of achievement while independence and initiative are
achievements hand-naidens. Never was a self-made man
made by reliance on others, by outside influence or good luck.
1t was making the most of his own resources that took
Lincoln from rail splitting to the white house; pull" did not
raise Carnegie from stokeboy in a iron furnace to builder of
the greatest steel industry in the world; Thomas Edison did
not become the greatest inventor of all time by patiently wait
ing for the inventions of others; Henry Ford is not the nations
weathiest manufacture because he waited for others to expert
ment with the low-priced automobile, and Columbus did not
tarry in the courts of Europe until others set sail for the
lands beyond that western horizon.
Every man is the creator of his own destiny. He is provid-
ed with certain physical talents at birth, environment may add
o detract from those talents during the period of adolescence,
but once out in the world it is EVERY man for himself"
Self-reiance is the ever-avalable and omnipotent weapon
of life while reliance OF others is ifes shackles.
Great achievements came from great minds, great minds
from great thoughts, and great thoughts from a true respect
for ones own ability.
, 1926-08-18
THE AUGUST MOON

When the wood was an aisled cathedral in the light of the
full August moon the locusts requiem for the days began. Re-
spouse comes from the crickets and the heavy phlox is the
luminous shrouded spirit of dysa which have bloomed and
gone. The prophetic katydid is the voice of Ecclesiastes in
realization, resignation and acceptance. The days are made of
running water. All is dew on a poppy petal, a touch of moon
light on a cobweb, the cry of a swallow far overhead, the
flight of a mallard in the wind, the dropping of yeallowed leaf.
In the profundity of the night, heavy with the odor of the
nicotiana, the requiem from the white oaks makes it evident,
wistful, and good.
, 1926-08-18
WHAT WE NEED

There are many things we need in Cody, but a few are vital
and outstanding above all others.
We need stability-the will power to determine what is
right and determination to see that only that which is right
prevails.
We need a spirit of unanimity-the ability and willingness
to agree upon what we want and then go after it and get it.
We need aggressiveness-for without aggressiveness, indo-
lence and stagnation will be our lot.
We need loyalty we will be neriching commercial interests
at distant points and impovershing our people at home.
Some communities thrive and grow because of their natural
advantages. Others are made only through the logged energy
and perseverance of their citizenship.
Ours will be what we make it, and we should make it all
that we can.
, 1926-08-18
' inventive and industrial gen.

ally inventive and industrial gen.
ius.
Mrs. Clemmington Carson, of
New York, swan from Dover to
R~amsgate, in the rough Channel
water. twenty-five miles in 6 hours
and 20 minutes. 1t was a fine
performance, but a $500 put-put
boat would do better.
Nancy Hanks a powerful woman
might have beaten Mrs. Carson's
swimming record. Instead. she con-
tributed Abraham Lincoln to write
the Proclamation, and that was
more useful than it would have
been for her to swim from Paris
down the Seine, past Gibraltar into
the Mediterranean, through the
Suez Canal IN to China.
, 1926-08-18

The Presidents statement on
prosperity was confirmed by great
corporations. The big steel COM
pany in the last six months earned
more than s92. 100000 General
Motors more than s93, 900.
Thus in net proof it is one single
automobile concern eclipses the
great steel company, biggest in
dustrial unit in the world.
, 1926-08-18
Fair With Hen.

Bold He:- will you marry
me?"
Shy She:- "Yes-but at this
time I think 1 should tell you that
/ am a somnambulist."
Bold He: "Oh that's alright
you al go to m church you want
to-and I'll go to mine"
, 1926-08-18
Reflections by Panne.

1 have been drinking
The summer sunshine
And gazing at the ocean
And thinking of the restfulness
OF life; and wondering why
Men struggle So
When at most we live and die.
, 1926-08-18
Quick Service

Excited Tourist CATER smash)
up) "Run-sonny-run. Run like
everything and bring the nearest
DOCTOR"
Farmer Boy That's him
Hereunder the car"
, 1926-08-18

People who think are scarce, but
people who think they think equal
our census figures.
, 1926-08-18
MEXICO'S NEW WAR.
GAMBLERS AND GROWERS.
THE GOLD STANDARD.
AMERICANS WORTH $3.50 EACH.

AMERICANS WORTH $3.50 EACH.
The world will watch with in
terest this battle between the Mex
lean Government and the Catholic
Church, first of it's kind in many
years.
The cessation of all religious
services in Mexico will undoubtedly
cause turmoil and distress among
all classes. Mexican Indians es-
pecially will resent being deprived
of services which they believe es-
%sential to their spiritual welfare.
The Christian religion was forced
upon them originally by Spanish
conquerors, and much bloodshed
in many cases accompanied the
process.
But the Indians are now devout
Christians, often more earnest in
their faith than people of European
extraction.
The price of cotton goes up
good news for cotton GAMBLERS,
not such good news for cotton
GROWERS. The price goes up
because much rain means harm to
the growers crop. The cotton
gambler makes his money whether
1t rains or scorches.
Why men GROW cotton, when
they might GAMBLE in cotton.
would be hard to understand, but
for the fact that men enjoy pro-
ducing something, apart from profit
Agassiz was too busy to make
money"
The Rev. Laura B. Gaylor of
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, tells the
Universalits Sunday School Associa-
ton that some Bible tales are out
of date and horrible. That story
about Elijah calling she bears to
eat the children that had made fun
of his badness she could not bear.
Many things in the Bible shock
you, but that is the fault of peo-
pie whom the Bible describes truth
fully.
That story about the angels that
NO"A AL ihlpol -ahI .
and the manner in which some of
the natives would have received
them, shocks any normal mind. But
the duty of the Bible, like that of
a newspaper, is to tell what hap
pens.
HI. G.. Fokker, brilliant flying
man from Holland, manufacturing
planes here, has insured his life for
100000 and pays a high pre-
MUM because of the risk. This
particular filler is worth many times
$2,0O0,000. He built the machine
in which Commander Byrd, fine
young American naval officer, flew
over the North Pole, with the fl
nancial help of Vincent Aston, Ed
sci Ford and John D. Rockefeller,
Jr.
Mr.. Fokker ought to be working
for the United States Government,
and it ought to insure his life for
$4,000, 00O-if money made any
difference.
The Presidents statement on
prosperity was confirmed by great
corporations. The big steel COM
pany in the last six months earned
more than s92, OOO,O 900, General
Motors more than 500, 900, 900.
Thus in net proof it is one single
automobile concern eclipses the
great steel company, biggest in
dustrial unit in the world.
Lord B~eaverbrook doubts the
gold standards value, calls it a
financial medicine often fatal to
the patient. Europe turns against
the gold standard, for the reason
that this country HAS the gold.
They forget that we also have
THE GOODS for which gold is
spent.
All the gold in creation wouldn't
help us or keep us where we are
if we didn't have mills, factories,
farms, mines, oil wells, and especi-
, 1926-08-18
Consistent.

Gushing She:-"I understand he
is very fond of children"
Cynical He:- "Yes-Quite right
and like Edison understand
he is an advocate of -four hours
sleep e night enough"
, 1926-08-18

Women's clothes are almost as
funny as mems would be if the
men had the nerve.
, 1926-08-18

Talk is cheap. That is why they
call it the gift of CAB.
, 1926-08-18

Upon regaining her speech a wo-
man said Where is my husband?'
This was only natural.
, 1926-08-18
Blonde Bess Opines

blonde Bess Opines
Red Grange is the only athlete
/ know of that trains on hard
drink and gets fit. He's carrying
ice again, 1 hear"
, 1926-08-18

A handy short synonym for ses-
quicentennial would be one hun
dred and fiftieth anniversary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-14
SON SEEKS TO BREAK
FRANCIS JONES' Will
Charges Brother and Others Con-
spired to Get Control Of
$4,000, 900 Estate.
By the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, July IA "A petition; to
set aside the will Of Francis w. Jones,
former president of the Melba Manu-
featuring Co.. involving approximately
$4,000 900, was filed yesterday In the
Federal District Court by attorneys
for his son. Walter E. Jones. Of
Phoenix, Ariz. Charges that his
brother, Albert g. Jones. with others.
had the win fraudnlently executed.
while the father was not Of sound
mind. are made.
Waiter e. Jones was bequeathed
SO 900 with the provision that should
he or any other legatee contest the
will his legacy would become null
and void. The other brother. Albert,
was named principal beneficiary.
The bill sets forth that had not the
WIN been executed the two brothers
would be equally entitled to possession
Of the estate, and charges that Albert
q. Jones conspired with Sanford =.
Coons, q physician, and others, TO
fraudulently secure the larger portion
Of the estate by taking advantage Of
the manufacturers condition.
other defendants named include: A
nephew, Earl Jones. and q niece,
Violet Jones, both Of San Francisco.
and Sanford Il. Coons, Chicago, who
received $4,000 in trust for his
daughters 81 M
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BULLETS.
STAY Z IN CHICAGO
Gunrnan and Genna chieftain
SIainFour Wounded IN
New York Streets.
BY the Associated Press

by the ASSOclateQ ffbee.&t is8%ssss m
CHICAGO. July 14.--Gang warfare
resulted in two deaths in different
parts OF the city early today.
Jules Portuguese. 24-year-old convict
ed gunmah, and once before a target
for gangster bullets. was taken for q
ride" and his bullet riddled body left
by lonely road IS miles from Chi.
cago.
More than 500 found on the body
and the four bullet wounds in the
head indicated to police that the vic
tim had been killed IN the traditional
gang fashion.
Joseph Ciccone. 81. said to be a high
lieutenant In the thinning ranks of
the notorious Genna gang, was called
to the door of his home shortly after
midnight and shot and killed. The as
sailants, who were said to be only
youths. escaped after an exchange of
shots with q policeman.
Ciccone's wife and six children were
with him when the door bell rang and
he opened the door to face the fusil-
lade.
There were no clues I'm either case
as to the identities OF the slayers
Portuguese first was linked with
gang warfare in connection with the
murder Of Dion O'Banion, gang chief
tain. in November, 1924. Last Fall he
was wounded as he walked the streets
by d volley from passing automobile,
and in December was held with q com.
panion for completely In the hold.up
OF a New York jewelry salesman. He
KaSlcaptllredat that time with $780,.
600 In diamonds on his person. Con.
5vieted, lle.was released on writ pend.
tng review Of his case. and was ar.
ceafed weapons. $500 - -
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THREE BALLOONS
IN RACE NOT seen
Only One OF Four Which Left
Chicago Last Night Has
Been Sighted.
BY the Associated Press.

~ the Associated rress.
CHICAGO, July 1A--Sixteen hours
after the ascension OF four balloons
In q national distance race. omcials o.
the event here were without intorma-
tion 40 TO the whereabouts Of three
OF the bags. One OF the tour which
get out from Grant Park - O,ciock
last night passed over soufnern
IHinots early today.
Absence OF news - CONSIDERED py
the: National AeronautIc Aascciali0n.
under whose auspices the race = nsin,
q syn indicatlVe q recoEd grsaklns'
amd. no concern was expresseos loF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-14
FOUR SHOT IN NEW YORK.
Prisoners Friends Attempt Rescue in
Streets.

NEW YORK, July 14.--Detectives
Thomas Hammill and Henry Hoffman
of the fence squad and two OF four
prisoners they were taking to police
headquarters in an automobile were
shot yesterday In "A desperate attempt
by ave or six unidentified men to res
cue the prisoners in Twehty-first
street. The four wounded men are in
Bellevue Hospital. The detectives will
recover. Hamnili received scalp
wound and his right arm was broken
by two bullets. Hoffman received a
flesh wound in his left side.
The two prisoners are Peter Bfanco,
rs years old, who was wounded under
the heart, and Doninick Bianco, his
brother. They are In the Bellevue
prison ward charged with felonious
assault. The other two prisoners in
the car with, the detectives escaped
during the fusillade, in which 1t was
said not less than forty shots were
fired by the detectives and gunner.
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FOUR TRAPPED in CAR
DIE IN FOREST FIRE
Women and Children Victims.
Hundreds Of Blazes Reported
in Northwest.
al the Assoeiated Press.

t5Y the A8eOC1Nsr0 =
CALGARY, Alberta, July 1.-TWO
women and two children were purnsa
~ death yesterday when a closed
sutomobfie was trapped by a forest
fre an 4. road between Banff, Alberta
and windermere, B, G. rs
Thls brought to nine the list OF
- = lilies IN q wave of heat, ngntninE
and Are that struck the racine
Northwest Friday, and which con-
tinued today without noticeaDie
abatement.
~ the Associated Press.
SPOKANE. wash. July the
tinder-dry forests OK Wasnlnston'
Tashn and Montana were dotted today
,,sth hundreds OF roaring nres, IN
,,,.nv sections the flames have been
Famed by high winds, spreading over
large areas.
Eyery mountain in the Kanilksu ma
.,.,,,sl forest looks like q volcano, ac-
rorlIinr TO Il. j. Jost. aifplane forest
1890. with great clouds OF smoke
,..,isnr mn Between 40 and 30
l,ght,slnr ,fires were started yesterday
y. ta &c, T,oeiir d,Aiene section Of north
49,, TseI1c rangers reported.
I 6kanoran. Wash, reported q 100
!. cSe Are IA q valuable watershed on
sc ~, creek and blaze covering 1000
s .s 81 miles north Of winthrop.
i \ ares are said to be burning
= She f,l,eian forest. One hundred
IA az new nres were reported from
Newport, Wash.
Men were sent TO KRlispeli, Mont,
iasf NIGHT from Spokane and Misaoula
~ combat 1e5 biazes in the Blackfeet
~ finr,ai forest. Flames have III many
Il, ~ noes been brought under control.
Bilf me extending over 1900 acres y
sim aid Is Sc threatening GIanlnR
Nnflnno1 rark. s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-14
Eldridgea Error BIames Sergeant ~
For Nearly Hitting Minister With CIR

spector Harrington. He Was sum-
inoned before inspector q. M. Brown
EOf the Traizac Bureau tor aE explaElAt
ton.
Sergt Harrington vas IN q
dilemma H0 ives certain that he had
not ben m the vicinIty of Eighteenth
ana X streets yesterday afternoon,
and he was even more positive that
his atitoniObile was Of the touring
variety ana rot = ssilinAnig roads Z
So DC h6xAn an investigation eIld'
learned from Dr. KsasglSsWOrth that:
tale uumDeE he haA @tvan Director
Taldfidge Mae pfete1ed ~ the letter
rs. dsnofIna that the machine was
the propeffv az q automobile dealer. {
The minister had eknr lla2Ized III his
report fihak the letter 5kecNdeeiE
TIT figures 81
Tie lfnfIie df,5S1t6x took tn MI
xiS0nE1 d ilky FOR lise liacofTsEk recOiai;II
lfH a. tie ni,i51bex Gii1 Sel'Ek Stats
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-14
NAY EXPOSE
GIRL S MURDERER
Form Clue IN Hunt for Per-
son Who Dismembered
Body ii Boston.
By the Associated Press.

BOSTON. July, 14.Police today
called upon newspapers. to aid them
in the solution Of the mysterious
murder OF an attractive young 4 m-.
an whose dismembered body awaited
Identification In the city Titorgue.
A reconstructed picture OF the
girls face was printed In The news
papers In the effort at Identification.
The police are seeking the driver
OF large blue sedan seen near the
cemetery wall In the Matfapan dis
trict where the body was found yes
terday morning. The car was oh
served at the spot shortly after mid
night Tuesday. Efforts also are be-
ing made to trace the slayer through
makers OF the cardboard boxes
which. together with q bnrlap bag.
contained the parts OF the body
L The lgiris Aad Been.R Victim Of an
dIlegals operation before her death,
declared. DR. Timothy
I.eanyyn mIedtcaie examiner. said the
dismefliberfnent had been done by.
some one. skilled IN surgery.
SLAYER SEARCH FUTILE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-14
SLAYER SEARCH FUTILE.
Police without CIue in Killing o
Movie House Pianist.

MoNTICELLOs n. r.. July H.
state palice and local authorities. at
the end fof q. foursday search. reported
little progress in their effort TO 10.
cate the slayer Of Nina vilona, pianist
In New York movie, house, whose
body. clad In q bathing suit. WA
found beilSath 3 pile or stones In
Neyerxink River. near here last sat
urday. -
Search hiss been .direcfed Tor q
"sandy-hair,ed youth OF about co." de-
scribed by fishermen as having been
seen near the spot where the body was
found on the day Of the murder. The
woods within q radius OF 10 miles have
been combed without avaii.
Mrs. Vilona Hall or Fort L.auderdale,
Fla; q sister Of the slain woman, Il
expected to arrive here today for .
conference with Sheriff Fletcher e.
Rhodes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-14

Police sergt. Joseph d. Harrington,
the DISTRICTS genial hack inapeCtOE.S
was III not water Tor neveral hos1ES
today until he hnd explained to the.
satisfaction Of Police Department n.
ilciaIs that ne WIS u victim ot ii
clerical. error iii the part of Traf-
dc Director Al q. IEidridge
According 10 setRk Haxxineton.e
story. III indignant rlefgyxInll. Rev.
II MawlseWorti1. 1916 street.,
complained to Mr. Eldridee 4llak q
s.oiafnilEy fOad skerl almost ran him
down teterday afternoon nS&r
Eighteenth and X streets and t}nt1
LIS occupants rave him A. tie.
sniclSeT IL lie Gei u n fek " M had
noted The niiiiilsr and rave II fo NEfs
Eldsidise with Quset that tlik
driver ~ NI0 GIFTED
a 41il ksis AZ thu fen6fs.S eh05x<N Sk
M Nv N',Isl1f - <6t<,<3 3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-14
WALTER JOHNSON FATHER.
OF ANOTHER BABY GIRL
Base Ball Favorite Boasts Fifth
Addition to His Family.
Mother Doing wei.

waiter johnson, the pride, Of the
washington bali club and the boast
OF base ball fans the country over. to-
day laid aside his wonted modesfy
and INDUCED in . wholesome amount
Of Dragging all his own. his VIE
Ia If night presented HIM with q baby
Girl weighing, Z pounds 8 ounces.
The storlk arrived with the infant
1T 6:53 o'clock at Sibiey Memorial
Hospital. Both mother and child are
reported doing well.
Walter, lii addition to- being the
dean OF the base hall realm, q CHAM
pion hurier and the Big Train, now
ID fond parent cf ive children. three
boys and two girls.
Mrs. johnson III the daughter OF
former Representative Roberts of Ne.
ivskaexE s59S \ f4ss 81 35ss sss IN IA
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.S-5I VICTIM BURIED
At NAVAL ACADEMY
g
Ensign {. w. Egbert Laid 10
Rest at School Which
Graduated Him.
special Dispatch g me star. !.

II
n ANNAPOLIS. MD, July Ia. The
remains OF Ensign Edmund w.
Egbert, II. isl. Navy, who lost his lie.
when the S.51 sunk on Block Island
last September, were inferred this
morning In the naval cemetery, oppO-
site the Naval Academy. where he
cOmpleted hts foursNear course IN
June. 1898. s. Is
Previous to the ceremonies at the
grave. services were conducted In
calvary M. II. Church, Annapolis, iii
which Ensign Egbert was married to
Miss tempo Russell of this city just
after HIS graduation.
4 DR. Robert W. H Weech, pastor,
conducted the services 1T the church
and 4hosesak the grave weFB led ~
Chaplain sydney II Evans Of. the
Naval Academy. ! IS
Attending the services were the
widow and Mr.. and Mrs. George w
Egberts parents, and Thurstofi Egbert,
brother Of. the deceased 0fllcer, the.
parents and brother coming from New
York. n
The funeral cortege was III cl,arr&
sof Ensign James Al reenwald. ana
there was an escort OF seamen, head
ed BY the Naval Academy hand. The
lpailbearers, ell fellow students Of
Egbert, were Ensigns w. II. Wady
brook, s. y. Nelson. "A s@ w. Morgan:
AZ. M CiextOn, p. N.n DockWeiler and
N. -. Kraft.
Torpedoman Is Buried.
1COREOIaIk Va, Iiiy IL Op9:
! Robert II. wills: torpedomaT. f1rst
class. who went TO HIS death on the
|ilI' lated submarine Ssh was buried
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Did NOt Lille Appearance.

D1u MOI Lake kAppc6rAHCes
ST left the store, but he followed
me up the street and engaged in con-
versation again and then a man in
UNIFORM came up and todd me that
the man was all right and that he
was his brother"
Finally, Mrs. Hamilton said, she
was persuaded to go and look at the
house, on condition that taxicab
driver go along. She said that she
did not like the appearance of the
client" and mentioned his strange
look about the eyes which seemed
bioodshot," but she finally agreed
to go.
The time of the arrival near the
cemetery boundary in Virginia,is fixed
at about O'Clock last night by Mrs.
Hamilton. There, over her protests,
the taxieab driver was dismissed, Re.
luctant to accompany the man, she
said she went distance to get a
sight of the house" which she has
not seen yet.
Arriving a short distance of the
gravel road, she was forcibiy thrown
to the ground; and there, she said,
ensued the four-hour fight which end
ed when the two unidentified rescuers
came up.
4 Signs Of Struggle Seen.
The warrant was sworn out after
this recital.
Mrs. Hamilton took detectives to
the spot this morning where the fight
occurred. Grass and shrubs had been
trafnpled down. There was evidence
of prolonged struggle. Detective
Icrivener, rllmmaging about in the
Erass, uncovered mans comb, evi.
IDENTIFY recently left there. which he
win seek to identity. Detective Kelly
found a fountain pen,
Mrs. Hamilton then went to the
house. where she stayed all night on
the porch.
Inmates of the, house identified her.
They said they were attracted by her
screams about / o'clock this morning.
but that they feared 1t was a gypsy
fight down the road and refused to
open the door. They gave her per-
mission to stay on the porch.
Spent Night in Chair.
On q small piece Of bed-clothing,
Mrs. Hamilton lay down and attempt.
ed to sleep. Then she got up and
sat in small rocking chair until the
street cars and buses started rum
washington and reported the occur
renee to the police. n
Detectives Kelly and Ecrfvener ar
rested Gorby on description at the
sightseeing automobile establishment
at First street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. where he is employed. Mrs. Ham
ilton identified him.
Police are now attempting to locate
the two rescuers. not knowing whether
taxicab driver viii be interviewed this
afternoon.
A jurisdictionai question a. 70 the
scene Of the attack may arise. The
spot Is less than $50 feet west Of the
Arlington Cemetery in q strip which.
ii II understood, Is Federal property.
IN that event. the state of Virginia
viii have no Jurisdiction and the proH'
ecution mus - handled ~ diktr
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WRITER'S GET WET.
Correspondents Zip Canoe and suf-

Correspondents Tip Canoe and suf-
FER Ducking.
4 PAUL SMITHS, n. IL, July IL tfD
Excitement reigned here for few
iiinutes today when a. III. Kirchofer
washington correspondent OF the BUT
falo News, and Leonard Smith, Al
bany correspondent Of the New York
Evening Post, tipped over in a canoe
on lower st. Regis Lake.
Fully clothed, they chung to theii
capsized craft, shouting for help, and
were rescued by g power boat:
II The correspondent who are here
with President Coolidge, were hall
mile from shore and In deep water
when the accident happened