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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-09
Salient Facts

More than 100000 ostriches have
been slaughtered in South Africa
because of the scarcity of the de.
mand of the plume market.
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This Day in History

IN July g. 1872 party of fifty sought thirty vic
~ tins Of serious coal England This party,
in the midst of their unfortunately by
explosion
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OlCIs to War on Rats

TWO Of owls have shipped from Diego Calf to
Lord Howe Island in the South where hoped the
birds will relentless of rats offending the
eleven inhabitants of the island.
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LIS brother Joseph was married and his happi-
IL ness made Napoleon envious. Junot, his close
friend, was in love. The pair wandered through
the Jardin DIES Plantes. Why not marry, thought
Napoleon, settle down to a placid life, and give
up all thoughts of military fame?
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He who had been so fiercely ambitious took on
pathetic dstaste of effort. He went to the
theater with his friends and sat sullen and in
attentive through the gayest of plays. But love
as well as failure to blame for his melancholy.
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lie was fond of Desiree Clary, Joseph's sister
IL in-law, and he wrote and asked Joseph to
intercede with her for him. But Desiree turned
down his marriage proposal. Never mind,
better days were ahead for him
CONTINUED Monday
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FEWER BOST ON
DRUG ADD|CTS
BY international News Service

BY International News Service
BOSTON, March 4. - The drug
addict. whose mysterious actions
and stealthy movements, movie
producers and play writer's have ever
slorified in weaving stories about,
appears to be. dwindling in numbers
with the passing of the use of in:
toxicating liquor. Such IL the opin-
ion of Sergt. Robert Caverly, head
OF the narcotic division OF the Bos.
ton police department.
In reviewing his activities in
suppressing the use OF drugs since
the passing of the Volstead act,
Sergeant Caverly finds that the num-
her of persons who have become ad.
dicted to drugs in that period has
been much smaller than in years
previous.
Sergeant Cayerly is now sponsor
ing a movement among police of
Greater Boston to from a metro
politan bureau where police reports
on drug users will be centralized.
During the past year there have
been 200 arrests in Boston for illegal
sales of dope" The sale of mar
cotics. police investigation has re-
vealed. is moving from the city to
the suburban communities. Thee
the dope peddler feels safer. because
the police of smaller places have not
the information concerning narcotic,
dispensers that Is available in the
records of the city police.
There are about 1000 drug addicts
in Greater Boston today, according
to Sergeant Caverly. OF those who
sell it, so per cent are addicts. 1t
has been found that SO per cent of
those arrested for violation of the
narcotic laws have criminal records.
Nearly all of them have committed
larceny or robbery, for statistics show
they will do anything to get money
with which to buy more dope" to
satisfy their craving.
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Three TOSHARE
RING IN WILL

PHILADELPHIA, March 1.-THE
will OF Mary A. w. Shaw, filed for
probate, directed, in disposing Of
the $4,000 estate. that each of her
three children should have ring
and in each ring thus made should
be mounted a diamond, the three
stones to be taken from . ring she
bequeathed for that purpose.
1T is my desire that each of my
children shall have a ring made and
have the diamonds bequeathed to
them in the ring I love mounted in
the ring in memory of me- is the
way the mother phrased her re-
quest.
The children whose names fol-
lowed the request are: Edward H.
Shaw. Arthur d. Shaw. and Agnes
Shaw When the stones have been
removed from the ring Agnes will
become its poSsessor
Two sisters. Ella ". Eddy and
Carrie Payton. were remembered
with various personal tokens. The
residue of the estate goes to the
children. The testatrix explained
in the win that she did not leave
her husband, Frederick Shaw, any
thing because he was already pro-.
vided for. and she believed he
would concur with her wish that
everything go to the children"
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Mother Child Center
Plans Benefit Recital

The colored Mother-Child Center
of Washington will give benefit
recital, presenting Miss Abbie Mitch.
ell, soprano, at Fifteenth Street
Presbyterian Church, Fifteenth and
r Streets Northwest, Monday,
March 81. at s o'clock.
Mrs. Alma J. Scott, president Of
the Center, and Mrs. Naylor Fitz.
hugh, secretary, are arranging the
program.
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Good used cars offering miles Of un-
used mileage are priced within the
power or possession of every wage
eafner-cOnvince yourself by reading
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about. Here was life in the raw
Here was q cross section Of life
raw, bleeding, barred to the wisS
eyes Of the wise beholderS.
And up before them. under the
battery Of slitted eyes that were
sophisticated, morbid eyes, pryine
eyes. unfriend1y eyes, hating. doubt,
Ing, curious. greedy, dissectsng eyes
sat this woman accused of q crime
that Is q timeless tragedy that be-
longs to any age.
And yet, the one aim. the one
object Of these minds turned with
searchlight persistence upon her, Il
to fasten her and her crimes upon
the times she lives in.
Ruth Snyder, say they with prac.
| teal unanimity, Is q product OF to.
day. Because she lived In o timed
house. u. On q timed street, upon
timed foods, timed music, timed
thinking, Ruth Snyder, In commune.
ton with a man, Henry Judd Gray,
who looks precisely ike his name,
only grayer. Is being held answer.
able for the alleged crime Of havins
either done ay hand or aided and
abetted the murder Of her sleeping
husband.
All Of which. in the opinion OF this
humble scribe, is timed stuff and
i nonsense.
/ The murdsrers Of the Cain and
Abel age. the Othello age, III ven
ture. were not actuated by motives
30 very different from those which
actuated murderers Of the Gray
and Snyder age.
The cardinal passions Of lust and
greed. love and, hate that actuated
these two unhappy people are as
timelegu az the act Of murdes
itself.
Mrs. Snyder u = victim Of the
age she lives In.
No wonder Ruth Snyder Kicked
over the traces. Sociological reasons.
Forty.nine houses like hers In the
same street.
Pretty little houses. but they
weren't cave-shaped. and they were
snug and heated and gay with
cretonne and fed via radio with the
best in music ana oratory and en-.
tertainment that the day had Ia
offer.
In these little biscuit.tin houses
women couldn't grow furiously old,
with faces as wrinlEled az prunes.
They kept young and say and eager
and avid after life, Life captured
and held its youth longer. Women
weren't toothless hays at forty.
Looks Is Years Younger
Poor dearsl Ruth Snyder, as she
took the chair today. looked. ten
years, fifteen years younger than
her actual age. So did most Of the
hundreds Of women who jammed
the courtroom TO behold her.
And 90 I say again, timed stuff
and nonsense!
The last shred Of decency has
been stripped from these two people
whose lusts and greeds have gone
to make this Roman holiday IN
Long Island City, where the trial il
being held.
They have "squealed" on each
other.
Honor, even among thieves. has
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gone overheard here.
Ruth Snyder has squeaIed on
Henry Judd Grayl
Henry Judd Gray has squeaied
back!
She states, sitting there In a wit
ness chair that becomes a chair OF
horror as she recites the proceed,
ings Of that night, II had no hand
in that murder"
He says, In is alleged confaS,
sion. ''my hand was guided by hers
In that murder" or words 70 that
effect.
Pushed Back With Red Hands
She says with her own lips that
seem irrevocably soiled even in the
saying. there was blood on my
robes that night from Gray pIlsh,
Ing me back with his red hands.
he says. In effect. the blood FOR
the murder rests on her!
He says. she says. He says.
Back biting. Back Swapping.
snarling. Flying at one another'a
threats. Crying out from under
the fear oe blame. These two. who,
for some delirioua. unexplainable
reason, consorted only q few short
weeks ago, in the name OF love.
Schoolgirls. psychologists, dra'
matists answer ma thiss
What botanical sport Of human
attribute that would be- horrible had
II happened to only one of them
has created this twin manifestation
Of human indecency?
The indecency of disloyalty.
Henry Judd Gray, who, as you
see him In the courtroom, has
neither force nor initiative, nor
even the capacity for malice, his
somehow, elsewhere In hIa jelatin'
Gus makeup. the capacity TO bite
the hand ho has 50 recently
It Is as II your trusted dog 81 q
lifetime had turned and dug his
teeth into you.
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To BE
S500,00O,000

New assurance Of a substantial
tax reduction in the December Con-
gress was furnished at the Treasury
today with the announcement that
back tax collections for the fiscal
year ending June 30 Unexpectedly
heavy.
New estimates fixing the back tar
collection ct S0,000.000 were fur
nished to Secretary Mellon. The
figure win exceed the original esti.
mates by over $40, 900 900, according
to C. r. Nash, Deputy Commits.
sioner Of Internal Revenue.
The rapid progress In cleaning
up old tax cases and the assurance
Of considerable collections as the re.
suit Of current business guarantees
Q surplus June 80, Of well over
$500, 100000, and an income tax col.
lection for the year Of over 2,200,.
100000.
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Ruth Snyder, who. whatever the
moral Of the situation as applied 70
our social scheme, ct least put her
faith and her trust and the largsss
Of spirit and body and heart that a
woman has to give the man she
loves, turns when their hour strikes,
az II has struck so tragically for
these two. against him, repudiates
him.
Not a nice picture.
It, somehow. because of ita rarity.
no doubt, seems to supply q new
dimension In mans capacity Tor
inhumanity to man.
It = too rare TO feel concerned
about.
But in this specific instance It Is
none the less horrible.
Honor among murderers.
a phrase, however, this last, -
be used Wariiy.
Charge for the murder Of Snyder
has not Yet been liked.
That Snyder was murdered in
bed, either by Gray or Mrs. Snyder
u technically accepted, but which
OF them actually did the deed. or
whether both Of. them did 1t to-
gether, IL the question upon which
hangs the decision that q slowly
being ground out BY the min 81
State.
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CONTINUED from rage 81

NgnNAWN~A AkSAA &@1O ~
Snyder ana Henry Gray versus the
State q matter Of the Snyders, the
Grays, and the State.
It's a-matter Of the Snyders, the
Qrays versus the State and a fol-
de-rol.hey-de-dey.
Belongs to the Masses
And so, for the days Of this trial,
20 that the succuient tragedy may be
served up to the public Is delec-
tabIy e. q steaming roast OF beef
In its red gravy, experts have been
called out to help make the holiday
truly Roman. No longer is the
Snyder Gray-State kind Of murder
trial matter for straight reporting.
Murder In the name OF morbid
curiosity has become part Of the
required and highly desired curricu-
Ium Of the university OF the masses.
And n order that the university
Of the masses may have q faculty
par excellence to instruct them, out
have crept solemnly from their iairs
ivory towers" libraries. workshops,
and clustered studies the wise men
OF sociology. philosophy. and ORA.
natice.
Mrobid Eyes Look On
When Ruth Snyder took the stand,
= dear delight OF philosopher took
q long and none too amiable Guutnt
81 her. The dean Of the American
theater sized up her shownanship.
PlayWrIghts built up immediate
acasf0ldings Of scenario and plot
around the figure Of the prisoner
IN tbs witness chair.
Obi twas at the animals fair. ell
right. The wiseaeres were out and
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aio..-oa, a 49, FLANK 9, STEWARD
then at 18th and p Streets. This
year the school moved to It's new
quarters ct 1888 y Street N, w.
Steward School offers complete
Secretarial Course and Supplement.
tary Courses In Accounting. The
school IL enjoying an eyer-increaa-
ing attendance from year to year
and those who graduate from It are
fully equipped with the necessary
foundation and experience for q
successful career In their chosen
life's work, The faculty Of the
Steward School numbers twenty,
and these instructors and professors
are truly accomplished IN their re.
spective courses. The Steward
School y known as 1.-THE School
Of Friendly Service and In keep.
ing with their guiding motto they
have instituted d Public Service or
Employment Bureau under the di.
rection Of q Vocational Counsellor
whose duty e u to attend to the
employment needs Of the public
as well az those Of the student
body Of the school. Mr.. Steward
has been ever active as the head
Of this large educational institution
and Il IL due In q large measure
TO his supervision that the Steward
School is as progressive as 1t u
today.
Mr.. Steward 10 q member Of the
Masonic fraternity and devoted
worker in matters OF civic interest.
For detailed information regard.
ing the Steward School zee the
ssyVhO'B WhO's Directory ON next
% the last page of todayss Times
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PFiceS realised on Swift q Company
sales % carcass beef In Washington. y.
c., for week ending Saturday. April 30,
1897, on shipments sold out, ranged from
1890 cents Ia 1900 cents per pound and
averaged 1885 cents per pound,
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For detailed information regard.
ing the Steward School zee the
s.WIlO'B WhO's Directory ON next
20 tile last page .of todayss, Times
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WHO'S
WI1O''
BY GERALD GRIFFIN
introducing
FRANK c. STEWARD
OF Steward Schools

Frank C. Stew.
ard was born in
Marshal, MINI,
on August 1, 1872.
and after several
years Of service
in various schools
a n d universities
of the country he
settled In Wash
in gton, D. c.,
April is, 1918. Mr..
Steward 10 mar.
ried.
Shortly after
coming to Wash
ington in 1918,
Mr.. Stowa ard
opened the Stew
ard School with
The Washington times., 1927-10-07
COMMON SENSE
By DR.. Frank Crane

rENATOR GLASS stopped argument recently between Mr.
McAdoo and Mr. Richie they discussing Prohibition
~ by the remark:
Anyone thinks Eighteenth Amendment
will be repealed the years What has Prohibition
do with the Presidential election anyway? Let those Demo-
who agate modification the Vostead Act
do by voting for Congressman Congress- the Presidents
must vote any such modification"
Criticism has often been passed the parties be-
they have made the wet and dry campaign issue
1t has business being issue We dry country
posed because Congress has voted and the Legislatures off
the States have ratified it.
We continue be quasdry country because there
dry Congressman than
q Prohibitonists quit having
national and concentrated their efforts eecg dry
congressman will be mistake whenever they quit that method
Criticism the AniSaoon League
dictates officers the This
dcaon however simply that insists that the who
enforce these
and reliable There is nothing uneha dangerous in
organization that is formed for securing good Of
ficials and trustworthy.
This is free country Elect enough wet Congessmn and get
enough wet Legislatures and repeal the Voead law
the Constitutional Amendment any time want to-
This is representative Government. republic and not
democracy The will Of the people determined by the kind of
kind people drys you
change things
Prohibition
method than this contrary scheme of
No much individual localities and
the Prohibition Amendment going statute
long duly selected lawmakers stay YOU,
that amendment taken off the statue books
kind Of lawmakers That is the gist Of the whole MATER
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By ELSIE ROBINSON

sengers. and from inducing or
permitting porters in its service
to receive gratuities."
They point out that tips are
bad in every way. While the sum
received from tips seems large in
the aggregate, the individual
porter receives only 4 small por-
portion of that amount. And that
little is bought at . very great
price.
No company should expect q
man to sacrifice his self-respect
in order to earn his living" they
protest. Give us a wage which
will make such degradation un.
necessary"
That's forward step in our
civilization. and we should honor
these colored men for having
taken 1t.
A man may do great many
harmful things to himself. He
may eat too much, drink too
much. work too hard, take danger.
Gus risks-but there Ii hardly q
risk which he can take which viii
be as harmful to his character
and career as the practice of
taking tips.
When a man takes tips or con-
tinuously receives favors, he cuts
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SECRETS OF
HEALTH
by DE-. g. a. Q. Rcd

VoU will think 1t strange that
= should speak Of danger
arising from the most exalted
emotion in human life. At first
blush, it sounds like an absurd
paradox. But it is true! Let me
explain somewhat In detail:
Throughout the first seven to
nine years of life the dominant
factor in the child's life should
be the mother, and however de-
sirable IL may he for q child to
more so for 1t to have, TO start
off with, a mother who knows
her business. No child grows up
quite normal when for some rea-
son the father has to play the
mothers part In these early
years.
The danger of cramping the
child's individuality by q wrong
expression OF the maternal in.
stinct Is eyer-present. To begin
with, a mother can do her chill
dren much harm by narrowness OF
u
vision or by holding wrong values.
Some mothers have only one
idea for the children--happiness.
A mother who has never learned
that life means q struggle, fac
ing the Hill and the wind to get
to the top, will unfit her children
to play their proper part in life.
Again, some mothers are con-
stantly pressing their children
into a mold, Of which they have
formed picture In their minds.
1t may be a picture of the
mothers mother. the mother her.
self, or the father. A child ought
to grow up like itself and not
like someone else. The natural
: bent OF child liz often surpris-
ingly different from anything else
in the family. Many mothers
feel that they cannot bear to see
their children developing on new
and unfamiliar lines, and try
to bend its character to meet the
family pattern.
A third danger IL that the
{ mother will fan to do ) very hard
hut necessary thing. That il to
make continual Establishments to
the ehild's growth. She must in.
evitably feel pang when the
child ties it's own shoeIaceg for
the first time. Some working
women say that it il q relief
when their children become indie
pendent. But the relief is only
to their over,burdened lives and
pockets. Deep down they can.
not help feeling sad.
When families were larger,
children had better chance of
growing up unhampered because
there was always another child
coming. Now that q mother says,
after her second child, IL am not
going to have another baby" she
tends to keep the younger de-
pendent on her as long as pos
sible., The younger child is no.
toriously the spoiled one, and IL
every family Is to. be limited to
two, half the population is going
to be spoiled.
To take pleasure in every step
Of the child's growth requires
constant reimbursement and is
very difficult. IL the mother
caanot make this adjustment she
had far better for the child's sake
send II away. A mother who will
not let go, because it hurts her,
will defeat everybody who Is try
ing to help the child grow up.
A moderated child feels inferior
and inadequate, and, though Il
may compensate with boastful.,
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plague of the Itching Palm Is
spreading insidiously. DO yop re-
member when your mother
smacked your small person for
accepting a nickel in return for
some service from the neighbor.
and told you that mice children
never take money? You remem-
bered that episode. For years You
had q healthy horror of accepting
favors, or asking help.
Indeed, this attitude toward
accepting charity" or taking tips
was one OF our American traits
OF which we were extremely
proud.
But graft is losing Its ancient
horror. We not only condone
''bakshish.'' but often we actually
expect it and feel abused II it
isn't Forthcoming.
DON'T DO IT!
Don't accept tips or presents. "
Think long before you accept
favors or ask help. Remember
that every time you do so you
have mortgaged bit of yourstls
to the person from whom you
have accepted the favor.
DON'T LET ANYONE PUT Al
PLASTER ON YOUR SOUL.
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Mr.. Rockefeller Sings
But would Etc Sing Foreveri

At fagraing the lawn of the Catholic Rectory near
his Pocantco Hills house. John D. Rockefeller spoke of the
excellent work done the neghborhood by Father Dneen
the Catholic priest and then Joined in singing The Star
Gpangled Banner. =
Mr. Rockefeller likes to sing and hear singing would
he be content to begin singing and singing through ALL
ETERNITY in better world?
Probably not Heaven probably would not be heaven to
Mr. Rockefeller if he couldn't make oil wells spout where
spouted before and the money for useful scientific
benevolent and other enterprises.
It to be hoped that Immortality will make provision
for man desire to DO something Even bird stops singing
sometimes to hunt for