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The Washington times., 1927-03-18
DISTRICT LAWS
TO De CODED

For the first time In it's history
the District of Columbia viii have
a complete code of laws. by The end
of this year. it was announced today
by Representative Roy e. F'itz,
gerald, of Ohio, ck:' irman OF the
House Committe ON Revision of the
Laws.
The laws re1lt ng to the District
of Columbia have been for many
years in "a most chaotic ard IN
satisfactory condition" Representa-.
tive Fitzgerald said. No one in
the District, ldwyer or judge, has
been able to proceed with any Ger.
tainty that he knew what the law
was.
II Thine and money have been
wasted and new trials rendered
necessary due to failure In discover
ing the pertinent statute law in
| time
/ Representative Fitzgerald pointed
out that some of the District laws
are British statues in force in
Maryland In 1901, which never have
ben complied or piaexed.
Sixty of the ancient laws have
been dug up by lawyers of the Dis.
! trict at various ,Ime5 and have
been held applicable he said.
| The code is being prepared at an
| estimated cost of Sa5,000, by two
special attorneys, under supervision
of the House committee and Chief
Justice Walter l. Mccoy. Of the Dis
| trict Supreme Court. and with the
Incorporation of othcr justices of the
| local court and m smbers of the bar,
1t W Il be presented to Congress this
/ winter.
The Washington times., 1927-03-18

If'iers who were killed 1t Rnenos
Aires recently.
Flags on the transport viii he
hal .nIasted when the vessel passes
the yauban, off San Juan, Porto
Rico. bearing homward the hodies
+ OF the two aviators. Capt. C. r.
Woolsey and Lieut.. y w Benton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-08
Less Lawmaking, Says Gov.
Richie tOMaryland Assembly

Governor Richie of Maryland senses public opinion
feCy when he urges the Maryland General Assembly in
session, down awmakng pointing out that the
average American is now hedgd around by legal enang
ents that he is becoming unwtngly and unwingy law
breaker
Including the laws of Congress- State legislatures city and
town councils there hundreds Of thousands Of enaCen
that inhb Of them useless and The de-
Neopmen Of the automobile has added to the long list and
the automobile regulations Of the various cities and towns
conflicting that automobile in constant state
of befuddlement and despair.
80 and tantaZng have become laws and regua
lions every conceivable subject that good citizens DESTROYS
of unfolding the laws of their country become indifferent
cpt to paramount statutes governing society and essential to
the permanent maintenance Of order and protection OF lives
md properties.
Governor Richie dn tell the Maryland legislature though
that the Of lawmakers get into the mght and to
make places for themselves in the political responsible
Tor this ;nicton upon the public Of flood of laws and
regulations What would become of politicians statesmen and
new laws they instrumental in getting through?
Maybe statesmen will take the hint and try to make
regulations for themselves in the repeal Of good many
obsolete and unpopular laws Governor Richie wants to be-
come President that he may have hand in wping out or
tearing to pieces the Volstead act and the constitutional
amendment which authorized it,
In the District Of Columbia not suffering from
many laws other cities because Congress- usually
Cerned in national matters has been Indifferent to legislative
4nactments here We however governed by regular
milky way of traffic and parking laws and regulations many
OF them nebulous as that misty patch OF stars in the
heavens.
The laws and regulation have in the future
recognized necessary for the good of society WHOLE the
more violation and disrespec there will be- We will indeed
Become nation Of awbreakers Judges courts and lawyers
and spend the most of lives in courts defendants
witnesses.
considerable part Of our population now consists of
lawyers but in the Of these learned professional
men, it has been estimated that bright lawyer lived
thousand years DID, and devoted himself to constant study
national State and city laws he would not be able get
smaering of all statutes and would in the end 60 crazy
trying to interpret them With this true how about the
ordinary citizen who seeks to avoid the legal pitfalls that yawn
Tor him at every turn?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-08
SEEING COLORS = = By Garrett P: servss

the spectral band? Does 1t appear
to you divided into clearly dis
tinguishable spaces or regions, each
corresponding to a distinct, though
unnamed, color? If it does, then
you are right in affirming that
you see all the colors that any.
body else sees, though only two
agree in the impression they make
on your sense of vision with that
which they make on the senses
of others.
Test Yourself
Partial color blindness is not a
very rare phenomenon, and since
it has great practical Importance,
in some cases involving public
safety. ! suggest that those who
find themselves affected in this
way-and sometimes the affection
is only temporary should not
only test themselves by determin.
ing how many different color inn
pressions they really perceive and
what are their relations with the
colors seen by everybody. but also
contrive cross-tests to ascertain
whether the unnamed" colors, or
impressions, perceived by DIFF.
ferent color.blind persons accord
among themselves.
I understand that the colored
wool test, long employed in cases
Of color blindness has been dis.
credited Of late. Colored lanterns
have been substituted in railroad
tests, but a prismatic spectrum
would seem to be unobjectionable
for Self.testinS,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-08

please oblige one of our I'M
known friends with an article on
color-blindness. Most people think
color-blind person does not see
any colors. That idea is altogether
wrong. The lens in a camera is
color blind; it only sees light and
shadow. But not so the lens in
the human eye. Though color.
blind, 1 see all the colors of the
birds and flowers, the sky, the
sunset, just as you do, but |
cannot name the colors. When l
was a boy l liked to draw horses,
and we children had a box Of
water colors. One day l got a
notion to paint my finest horse.
How proud / was when showed
my picture to my sisters, but
they laughed aloud at my GREEN
HORSE! Then, there are differ
ent degrees of color-blindness. My
range is white, black, yellow and
blue, and other colors ] am un.
able to name.-P. F., Chicago"
HoLoR blindness is a rather
" mysterious subject, still re-
curing a good deal OF inVeStlga"
ton. Your statement is interest
ing as describing the impressions
of one who knows himself to be
color.blind. You say you see all
the colors that are visible to a
person of normal vision, but that
you are unable to name" any of
them except yellow and blue, to-
gether with white and black.
This seems to mean that your
yellow and blue accord with what
everybody calls by those names,
while there is no accord between
the rest Of the colors that you see
and those seen by other persons
and named red. green, orange, VIC.
let, etc. 1t also indicates, as you
say. that ''the term color.blind
is not exactly correct"
Not Blindness
Indeed, the phenomenon, as you
describe it, is not blindness at ali,
but only variance. or difference,
of visual impression. When you
painted your horse in the picture
green. of course. the color to you
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-08
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL

Copyright, 1927, New York
Evening Journal. Inc.
Registered U. 8. Patent Office.
The Great Emperor

TTAVE you heard of the who rHcd the
4 greatest empire in the world in all time?
He reigned hundred years ago and he arrested
the progress Of the world might stop the hands of
clock
He born in nomad tribe but steadily rose until he
became ruler of the largest number Of people under
single authority.
He the most feared of
He Genghis Khan who ruled half the world and
lied the other half.
The people of Cathay called him the Perfect Warrior The
Turks of Central Asia spoke of him The Mighty Mansayer
The Mohammedans called him the Scourge Of God Others
called him Master Of Throne and Crowns His birth
Temujin which Finest Steel and he is known
to Genghs Khan.
He made mighty Instead Of warning with kingdoms
he annhated countries He not only captured cities
often oberaed them that the grass grew their sites
Rivers diverted from their and when he had
passed wolves and ranged fertile lands The
human lives he took stagger the imagination The the
World War would third Of it. Whole cviza-
lions consumed by him The survivors Of nations lived
after his passing in the shadow Of the tomb
Harold Lamb, in the magazine "Asa gives an excellent
history Of him and calls to recollection this most dreaded
of all monarchs.
Roger Bacon said that undoubtedly his subjects were
soldiers Of Antichrs and Frederick Of Germany wrote
Henry III England hahey probably the descendants
the ten tribes of Israel The Pope called the Council
Of Lyons partly Of stemming the Monpo con-
quests.
There nothing supernatural about Genghis Khan but
he simply example of successful warrior He did no
good in the world but is illustration of the amount of
harm cruel and wicked can do.
Of all conquerors including Julius Caesar Napoleon and
Charemagne and the like, Genghis Khan was the most
potent
The above facts condensed from the article nv Mr.
Lamb in the magazine referred to-
Copyright 1897 by The Mcclure Newspaper syndicate,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-08
World Moves

. Got your arplane license plates?
Rules for air travel like those long effective on the land
And the become operative inor over-the United
States with the year.
The Department Of Commerce orders that arshps must
display license numbers carry lights at night pass other air.
craft to the right keep 800 feet from other flier
Drivers and mechanics will have to undergo tests
particularly operators Of carrying vehicles Such
conveyances will be carefully inspected.
only yesterday that predicting the regua
zion Of sky traffic and specializing about the conduct of the
future anyways
( Now the aerial tRffic cop is in order.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-08

question you might try the expert.
ment that have just suggested
with the spectrum. Normal vision
shows seven clearly distinguish
able colors in the band, viz: red,
orange, yellow, green. blue. indigo
and violet. Now. looking at bright
spectrum. count the number of
different hues that you perceive.
Two Of them you would at once
name" your familiar yellow and
blue; but how about the rest Of
the space ordinarily covered by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-08
By ELSIE ROBINSON

Unconsciously the swain gives
the girl the impression that he
earns much more than he does
and when they are married grief
follows quick and fast.
In other cases, far too fire.
quent, the man deliberately lies
to the girl. He tells her of auto.
mobiles, fine home. servants and
trips to Europe that he will
provide her with when as a mat
ter Of fact he is a shipping clerk
making about SIS or $40 a week
Usually the young girl falls for
this line Of lies. and now and
then an older woman, perhaps a.
widow, will be a victim.
"It Is astonishing how many
wealthy widows, or at least we'll
TODD widows, will listen( to the
love lies Of designing men,
especially young men. They
marry them and soon after come
to the divorce courts for relief.
1T seems almost as though a
widow with any money or prop.
erty is unsafe from designing
men. We. have many cases TN
this court where young men have
married widows old enough to be
their mothers, If not grand
mothers, just to get their hands
on the fortune, that the deceased
husband left. And, sad to re.
late, the designing men usually
accomplish their purpose before
the divorce or annulment case
reaches the courts.
II am diffident about giving
advice, but my warning 10
widows. who have been left snug
fortunes, lis to be wary indeed
OF the man. young or old. who
wants to get married"
All Of which IL Big Medicine
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-08

ing the pie knife into Mama =
best chocolate cake. II worked
all afternoon to make this for
you, dear. because I knew how
much you'd like little taste OF
home cooking. You do, don't you?"
do l? Lead me to it," yodels
her enraptured swain, all smoked
up with vision of Bessie in
bungalow apron, stirring up per-
petual orgies of chocolate cake.
"And this little dress-don'
you think it's pretty she coos.
'I had the best fun making it.
I'm just crazy about sewing.
Isn't it awful the way some girls
waste their money on ready made
clothes when they could make
the same thing at home for half
the price? OF course, like 10
look smart but-You don't think
it looks homemade. do your" she
queries with a worried look.
"Gosh, I'll say I don't. It's a
VOW the now thoroughly be.
dazzled young man yelps.
And Bessie. who has just paid
the third installment on her SIS
"home made" product, purrs con.
tentedly to herself.
So they are married. And in
Just about month he's calling
her bluff and she's telling him
he's tight wad.
AS for this widow business
Well. maybe they come innocent
and trusting in some climates
But most Of those I've met are
Just about as guileless as good
bear trap.
And yet. in spite of these Ia
inevitable facts, Cupid is still GO
ing strong. And IL Romance
doesn't bunk you, oil stock will.
So why worry over q few pink Tbs?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-08

appeared to be that common to
horses (some tone Of brown.
In other words, according to
your account. when you look at
spectrum of sunlight you should
see as many different colors ar.
ranged in a hand as anyone else
does, only two of these yellow
and blue) being the same as those
seen by other people.
But, are you certain that you
see as many colors as one who is
not color blind sees? To settle that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-08
QUESTIONS OF
ETIQUETTE
Mrs. Cornelius Beeckman.
Paying the Carfare
EAR MRS. REECKMAN.

OJ AAR GkAO S0A40AO
NEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ II meet a young man
know and he is going the same
way as ! am and we both take a
street car part of the way is it
proper for him or for me to pay
my fare? Also. if l meet him
down on the street car corner
should l expect him to pay my
fare? B, L, B.
A girl should never expect" a.
man to pay her. fare unless she
is accompanying him at his invita-
ton to some place of entertain
ment. When girl meets young
man on the street and they enter
a street car together she should
quickly and automatically get out
her car fare and pay her own
fare. There should be no heslta-
tion about this, and no drawing
back.
However, in such a small matter
as a carfare if the young man
starts to pay her fare before she
is able 10 get it out OF her pocket.
book she should not embarrass
him by making a scene"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-08

RUNNING VIII 1dE BALL UNTIL SOMEBODY STOPS
YOU, EVEN THOUGH YOU HEAR THE UN1PIRE'S
HORN BLOWING, INDICATING THAT SOME RULE
HAS BEEN VIOLATED"
The tendency of the average stop running when
ever good excuse offers Running hard work STOPPING
rs EASY.
Some stop when they shouldn't because the unpres horn
watch the clock and because is watched it has any
good news for them
Red Grange says 81 h0Ue knOuUn of runners stopping at
the sound of the horn, beieGing that play had been
halted. IT they kept running they might go to a
Touchdown and the score WOULD count too, the defend
ing side at fault.
"That is lOhy say that the ball carrier should rever
stop until somebody brings him douUn Find out after
wards Ohdt It is all about There penalty for cross
ing the goal line With ball your OOn team com.
haitted the foul"
Nearly all young people interested in football and adj
nire Red Grange they would in their daily work the
advice he gives football they would reason to thank
Bed Grange and this column for quoting him.
.t NEVER STOP RUNNING stop trying.
Keep going AHEAD, gaining ground fighting that which
You are supposed to fight That's the road success in foot
ball or in real Gfe
II Red Grange says also
'NeVer let opposing player OhO carries the ball
OOe in the direction of goal though you
think thistle has blOWn, that violation of the
rule nuIies his advance Bring the opponent MOVING
tOard goal DOWN. and find afteruuord whether
Or not he had any right to be moving that uUny."
Keep running and fighting, KEEP TRYING keep moving,
and in the right direction
Don't listen for to STOP but watch an oppor
nty to get farther ahead That's the right policy for
ball and everything else KEEP ON RUNNING
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-08
LISTEN, WORLD!

and is guar.
anteed to give
the husbands u
t h | s country
S o m q uncom
for t a b lie mo.
nlents. But how
a b o u t t h e
wives?
T h 9 90 d
judge has most
tactfully omitted
to pin the An.
anias badge on
the ladies but
the sad fact is
that when II
comes to high,
wide and hand.
some prenuptial
fabricating Billy
has nothing on
Bess.
Eyes, I just
adore cooking, "
gurgles Bessie,
daintilv plungs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-08
WHY does the
w marriage

WIZ @ assr sRs
knot unravel so
easily?
Because men
and women lie
to each other
b Q fore mar
rage" says Su-
perior J u d & e
George H. Cab.
aniss.
"Too m a n y
husbands, young
and old. start
m arrie d life
with a lie," says
Judge Cabaniss.
"They court the
girl and give
her boxes of
candy and silk
stockings a n j
things like that.
that cost more
than the man
earns in a week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-08

than right, and ''snappy" than
bank president! He is always
there with the ''clever comeback"
and the barbed shaft!
And NO thing is too sacred, or
too holy or too delicate to escape
his "scintillating witt.
And 10, the Bromides gather
around him and sing praises and
paeans to his wise-cracks. And
the f1at.heads and dim-wits re.
peat his platitudes one to another.
And he saith in his heart, "Be.
hold, have ARRIVED! All
praise to the great god. BLAH,
For verify, verify, have got them
going"i
EELAHs ,-Mn&...
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-08


Life?
Behold. it is the CYNIC!
For, 10, a cheater may play
with marked cards. and CRATER
may borrow thy moneys: but a
Cynic stealeth thine illusions and
robbeth thee of thy vanity. When
thy cup of joy is full he is al.
ways at hand to jog thine elbow!
Yea, he seeketh to magnify him.
self by belittling all others.
He weareth a ribbon upon his
eyeglass and an ingrowing sneer
upon his lips. He looketh down
upon the world as from Great
Height.
He is puffed up with false wis.
dom and filled with bitter quota.
tions-from Bartlett.
Unto him, all things beautiful
are Childish" and all things
noble are foolish. All love is but
"glorified sex-appeal," and all 70.
nance is "the bunk!
Yea, in his eyes, all women are
Of but two varieties:
Those who fill him with bore.
don-and those who fill him with
applesauce.
Those whom he calleth gold.
diggers those whom he
calleth 'dumbbells''.
Those who are husband.hunters
and those who are passing
amusements.
Those who pet. and axs frivo.
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lous-and those who think and
are poisonous"
Those who ought to be kissed
and those who INSIST upon being
kissed.
And in all the world, he defyeth
Diogenes or any man, to find a
woman who is both honest and
interesting!
Verify, verify, she that weddeth
one of these pronounceth her own
Life Sentence!
But be of good cheer. my Daugh.
ter. For the Cynic seldom we'd
deth; he is too busy being
FUNNY!
Yea. he would rather b Sfunny.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-08
SAYINGS OF
MRS.SOLOMON
BY Helen Rowland.

Portrait of a Cynic
no to, my Daughter. What is
U the smallest form of Human
Life?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-08
keep On RUNNING"
---Red Grange

Red Grange greatest football player says NEVER STOP
RUNNING WITH THE BALL UNTIL SOMEBODY STOPS
YOU, EVEN THOUGH YOU HEAR THE UN1PLRE'S
HORN BLOWING, INDICATING THAT SOME RULE
HAS BEEN VIOLATED"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-08

That You John? This Is Sam.
What Are You Doing This Evening?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-27
PROH| ATTORNEY
DENIES CHARGES
Claims Contempt Count Is
Mud Singing, Insinuating.

Emphatic denial that fraud was
perpetrated in the Supreme Court
was made Wednesday by Ethan A.
Miles, who, with Jesse Martin, In.
diana Anti-Saloon League attorneys,
were charged with misleading the
court through false statements" by
Jacob Morgan, local attorney. Nor.
gan declared the Anti-Saloon League
attorneys were guilty of contempt
ible conduct" in a liquor appeal of
Isaac Levy and Morris Assael.
Assael and Levy were found guilty
Of violating the liquor law in a
county court, appealed to the APP
pellate Court, were defeated and
were recently denied a transfer to
the Supreme Court. Morgan made
the charges in brief asking the
Supreme Court to reconsider q Pc
tition to transfer the case to the
higher court from the Appellate
Court.
Morgan declared he presented an
assignment of errors in the case
when he asked to have it transferred
10 the Supreme Court, and that the
Leagues attorneys made misstate-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-27
Deaths

-, Susie Williams, so. 4345 E. Washington.
fbrod tumor
Fro Baker. A.. 617 Blackford. chronic
myocarditis.
carcinoma.
Hester A. Mitchell 80. 1927 Ludlow
chronic myocardits.
Jacob Adams. 65. Els N. Capitol, lobar
pneumonia.
no FREQ Payton. rs. Long Hospital. acute
Edward Volney Arley: 76. city hospital
lobar pneumonia.
Carrie Lucille. Fields. 40. 141S Mill tu-
berculous enteritis
Mahalia Raiston, IS. $50 N. Miley. ar
teriOsclerosis.
John H. Rogers. so. 5914 University.
chronic myocarditis
Alice Collinsworth, 63. Methodist Hospi-
tai. carcinoma.
Madison Coleman. go. city hospital dia.
Ida May Springer. 60. 1929 Central. cere-
bra hemorrhage
Glen Rauser 35. city hospital pulmon-
airy tuberculosis.
Hattie Coffman Holt. 80. 2546 Broadway
angina pectoris.
William A. Johnson. 65 Methodist Hos
pltal chronic nephritis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-27
Only Powerful
Medicine Will End
RHEU MATISM

1t matters not whether you have had
agOnizing pains from rheumatism for 70
Years. or distressing twitchings for 20
weeks. Rheuma, While harmless is
strong enough and mighty and power
iul enough to drive the rheumatic pol
sons from your system and abolish all
misery or money back.
All druggists sell Rheuma with guar
antee of perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. A large bottle is mex
pcnsiyc. and after you take the small
dose as directed twice a day for just a
Few days you should know that at last
YOU have obtained a remedy that does
'elieve your suffering and will conquer
'heumatism.
For over fifteen years Rheuma has
hcen sold and recommended by the best
druggists in America. 1t has released
thousands from agony, pain and despair
md should do the same for you.-Ad-
tertisement