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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-12

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-12
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Some books are drenched sands
On which a great souls wealth
lies all in heaps
Like a wrecked argosy.
Smith.
Imitation is the sincerest flat.
tery.-Cotton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-12

Poverty and eccentricity are
very bad bedfellows.-Byron.
In bringing up a child think of
its old age.-Joubert.
Virtue itself often offends when
coupled with bad manners.
Middleton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-12

With a good income, ducky
little apartment, a snappy little
car, and plenty of good clothes,
good friends, and good times, why
does she so often annex a man?
Does SHE, too, seek an alibi
and a ''rest cure?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-12

This is a little startling; but,
after all. if It is true Of the Busy
Business Man, 1t may be true also
of the Tired Business Woman.
Why does a successful modern
business woman exchange her
freedom, her independence and
the attentions of a lot of men for
the inattention of just ONE?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-10-12

After all. ''My husband thinks,
says, wants, will or won't Is as
good an alibi as MY wife won't
let mev'
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
DepIore Coal Strike

Upwards 10000 midnight
operators upon
press reports indicate shortage
Regardless Of the of of
shutting
is of society.
At this particular the life the country maximum
production in all lines be required time to the
the inability labore
Precedent established
strike 1904
that
The people at large
intelligent actually
disturbance had been the
through bureaus, position
ground
but advices
the proceedings
always Isl n
spreading other Industries, majority
0 btuninous geoaL
trusted that the difficulties
in fall
which threatened shake the empire very
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02

sympathy hepfuness States originated the doctrine
Of the open door Secretary Hay
Chnaof counteractng efforts to dmemer
the country of foreign influence
would the realization OF our
with foreign conrol OF
all the other present outward
signs of inferio national status.
political unicaon and genuine exercise
thought tradition 1t may Oe
anable ony through Yet Americans are Tor
and welcome it, We have done what we couu
it. All ask that the natona
and international Responsiveness
protecton OF
lives and property respect for treaty engagements e
which domestic ana 1oresn
which China can JUSTIFY TO
limitations her sovereignty.
Are the Canton for such results or are n
merely animated by prejudice the Boxers were! are
thew intent chiefly the Red nternaonsts ae
The Cantonese look for Inspiration 70
Yatsn and the early Chne
China much commend usel
greatly to Americans chief troubles economic rather
would simply aggravate tnen'
nonalsm emphasizing duties anu
onnounies rather might be the repupcs
to and beyond he Wall.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
GAS WAR
(The Davenport Times. J

Uncle Sam always unprepared for ALL nearly ALL of
peace up
the O IS
be caught mapping in the
America employment Of
contemplate
to be
the necessity
appears.
This stand that merits the believes
this Without
making products peace
pufey objects.
Geneva wanted the United
are
hypocritca
willing to
high meaningless
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
Record Breaking Age

Records being
breaks all records beach,
travels all
records by driving nearly
hour.
u Steel primarily
exchange Thursday
by selling than
The Arizona legislature
from special session without
in the call by governor
In this highly appears
the of
AS long efforts make exempifd ordinarily
in SPORTS directed ampication
civilzaion@is
by nterruptng
should a
worlds general knowledge utility The said
Gar with launch.
The Arizona legislature record, might
failure observe the spirit
influence
the
Arizona has broken the mineral field profed
to benefit
IS
tieim
tD, better s VI s4 st aals@ 4f44tf NJ
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
Important Decision

farreachng Importance of
the
the Esch bill
railroads.
siderng the problem establishing
OF
will be satisfied valuation
will matter the of
the
of until
established
making
woud that the
of thessu when
to
profits per provided
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
what's The Use

George S. Bryan tells how durins'
The exhibition at Chicago in 1895,
Edison visited the fair and saw
everything in the electrical; line. One
day, while downtown, he happened
to see the "shingle" of an electric
belt concern-a belt you put around
YOU, to cure any ailment you hap
pen to be troubled with. Thinking
that perhaps there was something in
the application of electricity that was
rev to him, he went up to the Of
flee. A very pert young lady inn
mediately inquired what she could do
for him.
well" began Edison, II wanted
to know how those belts worked,
and I thought might learn by
coming up here
"certainly," said the young LADY,
taking up a belt. You see, the
current of electricity goes from the
copper to the zinc pia;e and then
Just Il moment" said Edison,
politely. did you say tie current
went from the copper to the zine
rlate?"
Il certainly did. Then, as I was
saying"
gust one moment" interrupted
Edison again Eet me understand
this. You say it goes from the coo-
per to the zinc, but l always thought
Ii was the other way around; It
went from the zinc to the copper"
"Well, it doesn't"
But are you sure?' Edison asked,
smiling.
"Well, maybe you know more about
electricity than l do" snapped the
girl. as she threw down the belt
and e:lared at the Wizard"
"Perhaps do" Edison admitted
as he turned and left the place
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
More Truth Than Poetry
By James j. Montague
TO A MOCKING BIRD

used to wonder why the bards
Who sung the trifling skylank's praise
Expressed no very high regards
For your far more exalted lays
For long 1 used to wonder why
So many of them sang about
That feeble minstrel of the sky
And left you out.
Beside your notes, the nightlngale's
Which oft in Europe I have heard
Are but the inharmonious walls
Of a poor weak, apprentice bird
I wondered what peculiar whim
Made countless major poets ply
Their pens in deathless songs to him,
And pass you by.
But now I know. That urge for song
That stirs within your slaty breast
Through all the day and night along
Gives neither of us any rest.
love to hear your silver trill
Out yonder in the woody deep,
1t moves me to the core, but still
One has to sleep.
No bard can rise to glorious flights,
Nor ever pretty verses make
Whom for a half dozen nights
Relentlessly you've kept awake.
There is no songster I have heard
Whose music your can even touch,
You beat them all but listen bird
You sing too much!
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
Sixteen Years Ago

Mrs. II. A. Strodthoff and Mrs.
S. w. French returned last
night from visit in Bisbee.
Mrs. e. c. Piper left yester-
day for a visit of some length
with friends in Guaymas.
Mrs, John Doan left yesterday
for visit with relatives in
Dallas.
S. S. Badger went to Bisbee
yesterday and today will take
part in the golf match on the
Warren links.
Today the Copper City Baseball
league will open the season with
a game between the city and
the Copper Queen teams. The
lineup of the city team will be
Doran, c.; II. Ames, p.; Aaron,
1b; Lawhon, 2b,; Robinson, S.;
Galbraith, 3b.; w. Ames, IT,.
Orrison, CT; Blumenthal, rf The
c. @. team will be Kelly or
Ramos, C.; Walters, p.; STILES,
1b.; R. Ramos, 2b.; Shannon, S.;
Carlisle, Sb.; Molino. IT,; Pearson,
cf,; Nelson, rf.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
With Other Editors
AN AMERICANS HOME
(Chicago Tribune.)

Lberys caoonis Ralph Barton lin this weeks the
world Abner
rocking chairs
think, making
is
in
rebuked His bill should prohibit the rocking
think
the
be the
prohibiting it. If they like thing, if
comfortable, a
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02


railroads on will
involved
While the interstate commission is
publish inferentialy
that question whether valuation that
accepted the correct valuation which to base
The entire question
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
S1lAKB8
TnnrGHTs a. TnIL

Only 3S out of every 100 Americans
work for living, statisticians re-
veal What! 100000 bootleggers!
The figures may be mislead-
ing, though. Among the 81 who
cont work for a living there should
lie listed several Pullman porters
and press agents, who only &c
the motions. The
of workers used to be
larger That was before 50 many
people TOOK to the water, for a liv-
ing. There's one man, how
ever, We are sure works for a liveli-
hood-he follows the Prince of Wales
around and counts how many times
he falls off his horse.
The new Pullman sleeping cars
lave passenger bedrooms Is thi~
e Gevice whereby the Pullman COM
pany hopes to lower the cost of
travel?
A Connecticut professor spends his
spare time on street corners in New
York ana London taking notes or
reople and things. We wonder how
many bets he has been offered on
the ponies.
The ten chief causes OF crime
were named by New York crime
commission the other day. However.
the commission overlooked the man
who tells you he takes q cold bath
every morning.
A financier has set aside fund
to combat sleeping sickness. Now if
another rich man would just como
along with IN appropriation to find
why nobody sleeps any more.
.(Copyright, 1927, NEA Service, Inc.)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
CHINESE NATIONALISM
New York Herald Tribune.

New York Herald Tribune)
"I thank nationaism marched Shanghai
Boah Friday
naonasm march Peking,
constituting in
iare somewhat dubious stamp
Moscow" it Chinese natonalim
is intended make China nation
of
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
Abe Martin

Mebbe tn fear o. muck rakin'
biOgraDhers I'll cause a lot o. ole
cOdgers t. stay in ther class. Radio
annOuncers are gittin' t. be jest like
temporary chairmen-they seem
fergit who tn audience is waitin' t.
hear
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
His Health Demanded 1t

In pre-Volstead days somewhat
befuddIed guest appeared at the
desk of one of our fashionable hotels
and demanded that his room be
changed.
"l'm sorry" said the clerk humor-
ing MIN. but all of our rooms are
taken
'Mush nave another room" in
sisted the guest
Haven't got it, said the clerk.
Whats matter with the room you
have now?'
well if you mush know" ex-
plained the dissatisfied guest, "ish
on fire."
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
House BrOken

"How are you getting along vIt.t
your girls folks?"
Great! They're already beginning
to treat me like one of the family.
Last night I got bawled out for
using the guest towel. Life.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
IIn,r To Tell Them

Perplexed salesman: There is
lady out front who has bought lot
of garden seeds. She wants to know
how she can tell the plants from the
weeds when they first sprout in the
spring"
rcssimistic Boss: Tell her to
watch the neighbors' chickens They
will not touch a single weed"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
Pluckcd From the Plains
For Henven's Sake

A maiden lady was aroused ono
night to find Il man i'm her room.
She neither tainted nor screamed. In
stead she indicated an armchair and
said: "Sit down there, sir. l want
to talk to you"
An hour later there came a frantic
ring on the telephone at police
headquarters and voice said:
There's burglar in Miss Spinster's
bedroom at number 1918 Blank street
Send the police at once, for heaven 3
sake!"
"All right" answered the ser"
geant, ''is this Miss Spinster speak
ing?"
Mo- came back the anguished
voice, this is the burglar"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
NJ ChiIdren Wanted

Eyes, we have. our troubles" COM
rlained park policeman the otheG
day. For instance, there's Mrs. -,
who has donated q marble bird bath
only yestisrdy She Scalled me over
and told me it was for sparrows and
not to allow any other birds to
bath in it!-New York Sun.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
And HnNY

"How long did it take you to,
learn to slIate?"
"Oh, several sittngs' - Christian
Science Monitor.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02

A wealthy but rather stingy man
was looking for a birthday gift for
a friend when he discovered a beau
tiful vase, nroken into many pieces,
lying in a shop window. He gave
the merchant fifty cents for it anc
instructed him to wrap 1t up and
mail it, thinking his friend would
imagine II had been broken in the
mails. A few days later he received
this note from his friend expressing
his appreciation. Thanks for the
beautiful vase. So thoughtful otI
you to wrap mp each piece separate
ly."-The office Cat.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
Listen Sometime

No is lovely a she's in the golf
just ahead him.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
Rough

"It takes a lot of grit to run it,"
Pun what?"
'The sandpaper business.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
The Exception

Directly indirectly every must pax tax-unt
bOOtegger.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-02
Misprint
Misprint

"Women Headline
Probably "ounces"
Copyright 1927 by the Bell Syndicate, Inc)
New Britain herald., 1927-04-07

by Pacific & Atlan'ic)
Love won't be denied, contends
Mrs. Them Tibbetts. Canaan,
Ne. The law said mo" when
Mrs. Tibbetts, who is 81, ex-
pressed desire to we'd Willie Buzz
zell, IA. So now she and Willie's
brother. Elmer, who is II, want
to be married. They we're re-
fused license in Portsmouth, N.
II. Above is Mrs. Tibbetts and
Elmer. She's divorce and has
a child 5 wears old.
New Britain herald., 1927-04-07

Try Pacific & Atlautic)
Here is Theresa Moser, Jersey
City, gazing raptly at an ancient
montrance of great beauty. The
holy object is said to contain
splinters Of the original cross
carried by the Savior. Miss
Moser has received an offer of
100000 for the relic which is
admired by all who behold it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-02

Mud and plenty Of It. Trench
mud. And plenty of it.
That's what you will find in
Garry On Sergeant"
Rather guess that you will de-
eide that Bruce Bairnsfather had
something to do with the title as it
sounds that it has something to do
with Old Bill, All and Bert.
These are the individuals, you
recall. who lived with much sue
cess in THE Better Ole
Since trench life no longer eX-
lists for Old Bill and the rest of his
gang. it is rather nice to get the i'm
pressions of the man who created
these characters" after the trenches
have vanished.
Since the man who gave birth TO
Old Bill and the others. he has been
i'm America many times. To lecture,
to draw and to have his books pub
lished.
His latest, Garry On Sergeant"
was born in that part of the publish
ing world in indianapolis, known as
the Bobbs- Merrill Company.
Lately we have heard a great deal
about "dirt farmers" now we hear
some more about the 'eX-residents
of the mud"
1 rather like that expression
Since the mud days" BairnsfatheI
states that IT have met eX-residenta
of the mud in all parts of the con
tinent and in scores of different
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-02
PeroViCh Case

In 1905 Vuco Perovich was con
Nicted of murder by an Alaska jury
and sentenced to hang.
In 1909 President Taft committed
the sentence to life Imprisonment.
with the condition that he should be
lodged in such jail or penitentiary
as the attorney general might desig.
nate.
Perovich was first sent to Wash
ington and then to the penitentiary
at Leavenworth, Kan. In 1920 he
petitioned the District Court of Kan
sas for a writ of habeas corpus on
the grounds that his sentence had
been committed from death to life,
and that he had been removed from
the Washington Jail to the Leaven-
worth penitentiary without his con.
sent and without legal authority.
The district judge granted the
petition and ordered his release, up
on which an appeal was taken to the
Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court has decided
that the President had a right TO
commute the sentence whether
Perovich consented or not; that his
removal from the Jail to the
penitentiary was in strict accordance
with the law and that ne must pc
turn to prison and complete his term.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-02
The Bishop and the Ambassador

churclman with open eyes is Bishop Francis
J. Mcconnell of the Methodist church
This country, he says, is about to witness an
other wave of "red hunting.
There are evidences that he is right Our
amable ambassador to France Myron Herrick, has
given the red hunters their cue limiting, as dlplo
mats do at portentious information in his posses
sion, he declams over the graves OF our dead IN
France that the United States will tolerate the
spread of Bolshevism to its shores Still limiting
of things too terrible to tell he asserts that we won't
sit quietly by while band of men presumably
Rooshians) attempts with 1endish ingenuity to in
iect fatal poison into our citizens and to under
mine institutions which have brought comfort and
happiness to our continent"
Too bad Charles Lindbergh had left for London
before the ambassador made that speech He
might have kept Herrick too busy to utter it. Now
that the pictures have arrived, it is plain just bow
busy the ambassador during the boys visit
Bolshevists. Reds. Just how many have we in
the United States. Not enough either Russian or
American to engage the Boy Scouts Of America in
real battle! All, says the ambassador, the soviet
government doesn't fight that way; sit secretly sends
against us the germ of loathsome maady instead
of dispatching armies"
Forgetting for the moment the fact that under
the Constitution and the law, it is entirely permss
Bile to spread such germS-Dy which is meant IDEAS
how far have the advocates Of communism got in
this country?
i1or far enough to engage the Boy Scouts in
man-toman joint debate! There are fewer now than
there ten years ago.
They just don't count in the American scheme Of
things.
Doshevism and communism not actual
things in this country. They names to throw at
persons who sometimes rise to protest against po-
litical economic or social conditions.
And here is the irony hidden in Herrck's
speech The father of young Charles Lindbergh
"Bolsheyst"-that is, he was of those at whom
that term was thrown. He progressive Re-
publican Congressman-a radical, great friend of
Senator La Toilette. He was Nonpartisan Lacquer
in the days when excited reactionaries charg-
ing all members of that party with being Bolshevsts
Actually, he was merely hard thinking hon
est Swedish-American with modesty and a courage
that he passed to his son.
No harm ever came from permitting Congress-
= man Lfndbergh to talk. None can come from per-
hitting the ratte-braned radicals to talk
Indeed this wise bishop of the Methodist
church says, good will grow out of their talking for
talking is safety valve.
Let's call the next red hunt off before it starts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-02
Too Much Food?

Over-production is the reason generally given
for the unproftableness of agriculture.
Too much food Too much wheat for bread Too
many vegetables too much fruit. Cotton and wool
too bountiful. Meat going to waste Farms being
abandoned. State forestry departments working
with the national forestry department to reforest
lands which grew crops The farm population
of all the country actually growing less The farm
ers and the farmers children drifting to the cities
Intensive farming, it is said produces more food
than the cities, even though overgrown need
Yet bread is 10 cents Loaf where formerly 1t
was cents or less, Bacon is so to rs cents a
pound, where formerly it was % cents Lamb is so
cents pound, where it used to be a third of that
Beef long ago ceased to have cheap cuts and the
chuck and liver in the class with steaks. And
steaks are getting to be in a class by themselves
with patrons of hotel banquets. Apples are and
10 cents apiece Oranges ditto regardless of season.
Cucumbers two for quarter. Lettuce same. Straw
berries in season, % to IS cents box. Butter Go
and cheese 40 cents upward
And it goes.
And what is the result? Fewer people eat meat
Fewer people eat fruit Fewer people eat vegetables
Less milk is drunk Less cheese and butter con.
sumed The pick of the market goes to the people
who are rich enough to be able to disregard food
COSTS The great Of buyers are frozen out. The
income will not meet the prices. The population
stints on its eating. The cigar store goes into the
sandwich business. Coca cola takes the place of
soup. The city population goes on a diet-a semi
starvation diet, if the doctors and hygienists would
tell the truth.
But the farmer does not get the high price That
is the trouble. Any production for him is over
production
In the old days at the gates of Paris every farm
cart had to pay toll it's produce. That is the
trouble-one trouble-with our farmers (and city
people, too) There too many people taking toll
Of his produce The railroad takes toll, the jobber
takes toll, the landlord in his rent for stores and
stalls takes TOLL the city delivery system and credit
take toh the wharf companies take toll and the
wholesalers, jobbers and retailers take toll.
1t is the old faacy of selling less of commod-
ty to feweripeople at higher price, instead Of sell
ing more of commodity to more people at a cheap
er price.
If the goods were cheaper people would
buy them and there would be less talk of over-pro
ducton. And if the farmer got reasonable proper
ton of the retail price he would be self-respectngly
prosperous.
One remedy, at least, is in bridging the gap be-
tween producer and consumer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-02
Throw On The Light

1t would be unfortunate if the State Board of
Charities, now charged with the duty of investgat-
ing the treatment Of D. c. Stephenson since his i'm
prisonment, showed any inclination to hold their in
~stgation in secret.
There has been too much secrecy since this
former political dictator of the State went to cell
for murder
There has been too much secrecy since he first
belched forth his declaration that he could prove,
by documents grave political corruption.
= The people have been made suspicious by the
actions of those in authority For months every eff
fort seemed to have for its purpose the keeping of
Stephenson away from public gaze and the locking
of his lips.
His charges now are grave. They would prob.
cite one, had It been for the very suspicious
manner in which he has been treated.
The change in prison rules, hastily made at the
bedside of one of the trustees of the prison. which
made it impossible for newspaper men to see steph.
enson at the time he said he wanted to talk did
more to convince the public than could anything
Stephenson might have said
Now he says that conspiracy exists to forever
close his lips. He says that there are politicians
and high-Kl officials who would be glad to attend
his funeral. He says that he is being brutay pug
shed.
The State Board of Charities is asked by the
trustees of the prison to make the inquiry Let be
hoped that this body will not make the mistake of
other officials and give semblance of secrecy
to the probe.
The people want the facts. They are not in
erested in Stephenson, the convict They are inter.
ested in knowing whether he is ready to confess. -