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The Washington times., 1928-11-17
Settlement OF Just Claims by
District Commissioners

E inst and valuable law applicable to the District is
~ practically sure passage by Congress this winter
II viii authorize the District Commissioners to settle claims
and suits against the District up to $4,000
THE Commissioners and Corporation Counsel Bride strongly
favor the measure There objection it in House
Senate The bill has passed Senate form and the
House in another Conference agreement and passage are all
that remain be DONE except the signature Of the President
The Commissioners are without power settle claims and
suits The District is compelled to defend in the courts
which there admittedly little defense and at high
cos to both the District and claimants
citizens with indisputable claims against
the District viii time and money go to courts
They submit to the inusices involved the claims are
small Most frequently these under the Borland
law which the courts held be invalid applying to
certain District properties
The Commissioners are often well aware that claims
fair and proper compel claimants the courts In
many claims they nterposed pleas Of the statute Of
limitations cheap method for great municipal govern
ment to be guilty OF.
Where Washington citizens resort to the courts and
judgments against the District Government the judgments
be settled by the District They must be submitted
Congress for appropriations Congress usually
Of these judgments but it refuse to do
may delay authorization OF payment for indefinite time
The wisdom Of settling rightfu claims without litigation
now universally recognized Street railway and bus lines
private business corporations and indemnity
panies the United States Government itself follow this policy
Up to twelve years street railway company in
Washington contested in the courts all tort actions against It,
Financial losses through litigation Of that tremendous
change of policy followed Most claims settled of
the courts Litigation reduced IS per and
accordingly.
This bill makes municipal efficiency and saving and
rights sort Of wrongs to local citizens who have
illegally paid taxes and and entitled to rem
bursement
The Commissioners should be relieved compounding
injustice when District officials canddy admit that citizens
have just claims but you will have obtain your relief
through the courts We have to make adjustment
The Washington times., 1928-11-17
THE SCIENTIST
BY DR.. Frank Crane

TINE scientist used be freak he institution
The meeting of British Association Glasgow
emphasized his position He has gained the of the
public because of his zeal for discovery patience
he IS regarded curiosity tousleheaded and
impractical and wholly person. like who collects
or butterflies but he has established himself the
useful members of
He is longer of place polite drawing
the scientist has magned the drawing dis
appeared.
For thing this meeting has shown
lectures and addresses ineligible to the layman.
of that at
and it is of questions
and employed seeking increasing
efficiency
Industriass
which them properly propitiated.
There still who despise anything useful
Keep science from the merely practical but
well teach by contact with industry.
1t is tool of industry but by cooperating with
both may benefit
Of scientific research be paid yet
allowed certain freedom from the necessity producing profitable
these results industry the
research work.
has relation philosophy and its methods
light the central problems of existence.
which enable
sIct living probability that
he discover how to make composed living
cells
II has religion though would ever 90
as Sir be proved scen
is another life.
will always Of and of
rrep of probability.
syndicate)
The Washington times., 1928-11-17
Why All the Hurry About
Rothstein's Murderers?
Perhaps the Gunman Could 'SETTLE, Z

ONE newspapers exhibit impatience because public aufho
- ties say We know who murdered Arnold Rothsen but
DO NOTHING about IL
Critics say II You KNOW who murdered him. Why don't
you ARREST him7'
Such critics little about methods in these modern
bootleg gunman, BIG MONEY graft and fixing" days
You don't the killer Of Arnold Rothsten hurredy
because that ism how it is DONE The gman that popped
off, gentleman accused Of weching entitled to the usual
''cOurtesies =
And Of those courteses consists in allowing him time
enough dig up the needed to insure his freedom
It should be remembered that these GRATING DAYS
from the of Queens the gunmen Of Manhattan
all the way out to Chicago and points west
Booteggers gunmen shooting gamblers and others do not
take the electric chair seriously and you can't blame them
Everything has its price, including one-way ticket
AROUND the electric chair and beyond And each gunan
he his is entitled to opportunity raise the
price OF that ticket According to modern ethics he should
not be hurried about it too much.
How long will that last?
As long as the people willing to let it last But
probably won't last FOREVER. In Queens the public that
had been robbed by the foot and by the mile its
assessments kicked out bunch Of the Tammany fter
But that only ONE instalment
Possibly the plain Of Arnold Rothstein with the
heavy slug in his stomach and he his grave will help
wake up the citizens.
But it is DOUBTFUL Times are good prosperity Is
booming and after ALL gambler wants to kill another
and the killer wants to settle with the authorities why get
excited?
The Washington times., 1928-11-17
The Odyssey of an Onion
By Herbert Kaufman.

GRAPES from Morocco the Argentne Washington apples
Oregon pums Florida lettuce Mexican tomatoe
Egyptian onions and California Texas potatoes and
pneapples;
aprcothats how Manhaans market basket garden
patches of the world.
New York colossal giraffe constantly stretching further
feeding grounds.
is
all continents American browsing grounds.
We the least for what actually the part
of arder money goes for sprawlage haulage.
Transportation another
dollar the table
We're mileage ogres appette
the date palms of the Sahara to the Imperial
Hotel astronomical Babel If the
of ureen spoke native
languages mingled adle of petite mame so
tending in the list OF appezers
The complex machinery delivery which
daily supplied with fresh suffs involves investment OF
billions
But not a million pauses the in
struments of modern comfort and luxury.
The Twentieth Century imperial
rants could not command that the miraculous tales crowded
the pantry shelf fall upon deaf imagination.
The next time little boy asks for bedtime story read 1t
adventures of which his pudding
recite the sail the upper Nile
to wind pot of Irish stew.
The Washington times., 1928-11-17
Three Cheers for the "Flapper''
She Has Brains and She's Good Girl So Don't
Worry About Her
appreciates III most valuable product which

CALIFORNIA appreciates iii most valuable product which
- il oil fruit. real estate Or climate. but GIRLS
California has made Statewide survey Of elementary
schools and took especial in observing the intelligence
physical perfection and other qualities Of girls Of this period
And this survey strictly accurate, most careful proves
that the girl Of today thing delight and encourages the
country, and not at al thing to criticise.
Walter Morgan chief Of the State Division o. Educ~
tional Statistics that only 661 per cent Of school girls
whereas 928 Of the boys obliged to through the
grades twice
Seven thousand one hundred and sxtyfcur girls exceled
in their sudes against 6951 boys Those girls were able
to complete than the regular Of school work
prescribed for the year
And that isn't all for the boys to worry about. Mr.
Morgans report shows that u grade of the California
than their male classmates studying the things and
meeting the same difficulties.
girl the period free in her movement full Of enthusiasm
rejoicing IN her youth opportunity and EQUALITY s
thing Of beauty and Joy forever.
She Isl intelligent than she because ana
recognizing their mental quality instead Of talking down
to them.
And girls are ADLER than from the athletic point o
view
And as even the bndest Of the blind can testify they are
constantly growing more beautiful
Beauty and intelligence 60 hand in hand increasing
diminishing together
female chimpanzee has very plain face and she Is not
intelligent
The foolish saying Beautiful but dumb is replaced By
"BEAUTIUL AND INTELLIGENT
Your tells IT. and the State Of California
officially, proves it.
cheers the girl her scany clothing
blessing Science says admits the suns violet rays and
builds up stronger bodies.
The Washington times., 1928-11-17

NlHOsE old bathtubs in New
Orleans make you stop and
think and wonder what kind Of
cream puff you are, anyway.
The bathtubs are in the mu-
scum now, but it isn't so long
since they were in the homes
being used by some of the lead
ing hustlers of this nation! They
are made of copper and there are
several designs, but they all look
like enlarged coal skuttles. You
sat on the edge and wedged your
bunions into the bottom while
negro NANNY poured the water
over you with a teaspoon or
maybe an eyedropper. If you got
a quart OF bath you were cer-
tainlv in luck in these hardy days.
Evidently bathing wasn't one of
the lighter indoor sports in grand
pas time.
In fact. as you look over his
equipment, you're moved to
wonder If the old gent ever had
anything that was light and easy.
The bed he slept in with it's rope
springs-the low, narrow bed
room, hot in summer. squeaking
cold in winter-the meager tallow
light-the course, hand woven
cloth that rasped his flesh-the
monotonous food that had to
sustain him between infrequent
arduous trips to the city--the
rare mail--the loneliness and iso.
lation. And this wasn't merely
the lot of the impoverished ne'er.
do-well. The finest in the land
lived like that. The early presi-
dents of our country existed in
style which any enterprising,
modern steVedore would spurn
The Washington times., 1928-11-17
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
-Ry DE-. Louis 3. Bisch-.

No one questions the influence
of the stage. Whether It be
comedy, farce, drama, tragedy.
musical productions or vaudeville,
thousands of people each year
pay good money either to be en-.
tertained or instructed or both,
and as many thousands more
read the current plays in book
form or become interested in them
through newspaper and magazine
comments and criticism.
To be sure, the plays by far
and large reflect the spirit of
the times and managers are
forever trying to figure out what
the people will like, what, because
of their response. will spell a box
office success.
The really great plays-and
these, unhappily. are few and
far between-often are a step or
two ahead of the times. They
stand on their own feet and are
in a class by themselves. 1t is
this latter type of play that really
should receive our best support.
1t is true that after a hard
days work we like best to be
amused or otherwise entertained
and we rather resent any added
I1tw - ny
That is why the movies are so
popular. They make us relax.
They do not as a rule present
problem ideas that challenge us.
They deal for the most part with
love and romance, of which we
never quite hear enough. On the
whole, therefore, motion pictures
are restful.
On the other hand, our emo
tlonal constitutions are not so sim
pie after all. Were we to depend
entirely upon the movies or upon
the stage presentations In the
lighter vein, certain states of feel
ing within us would scarcely, it.
ever, be reused out of the slumber
into which they have fallen.
The shades of feeling that men
and women are capable of are ex-
ceedingly varied. The ordinary
course of our lives may be such
'that these subtle values are never
called forth and exercised.
Therefore we must, at least oc-
casionally, choose a play that will
plumb these submerged places,
thereby allowing us not only to ex"
perience the gamut of the emo
tions, but permitting us as well to
broaden our horizon of thinking.
To put it another way, our emo
tions CAM become stale and deteri-
crate for want of use.
The better PLAYS do not follow
the beaten track and therefore
they are most likely to thrill us in
unusual ways. Plays by such
men as Ibsen, Andreyev, Tchek-
hoff. Hauptmann, Werfel, Shaw,
Galsworthy and our own Eugene
O'Neill, are lasting and telling be-
cause they are fundame ntally true
to life and because they explore
the hidden reaches Of the soul
not accessible through ordinary
experience.
Superficial thinking and feeling
may not place a strain upon us,
but neither do they produce any
lasting beneficial influence. I'm
at one ear and out at the other
is about the way they effect us.
They change nothing in our char
acter because they don't stir up
the bottom.
Real, worthwhile, enduring rec
reation can be enjoyed when we
let more subtle. emotions rise to
the surface. And that's what hap
pens when we read or see first
class play.
The Washington times., 1928-11-17
LISTEN, WORLD!
The Things They Did Without
By Elsie Robinson

with scorn, and yet--how they
and the country throve on 1t.
The marches they made, the
battles they fought. the splendid
dreams they dreamed on their
rigid regime and rough discipline.
Operations without anaesthetic
--babies without twilight sleep.
And we yell our heads off if
the janitor turns on the heat
five minutes late. And as for
having a tooth pulled without
novocaine!
1t makes. you humble to ramble
around the country as I've been
rambling for the last two months,
looking up the traces of those
men and women who built this
big nation and left 1t to us when
they passed on.
WE TALK so MUCH ABOUT
WHAT THEY DID.
WE'D BETTER DotA LITTLE
THINKING ABOUT WHAT
THEY DID WITHOUT.
We're great little doors our
selves-wten we get all smoked
up about something. But l won
der how much courage we have
when it comes to enduring ordt-
nary hardships and privations?
How long would we stand those
bathtubs and beds.
Our bathrooms are wonderful
contrivances now, all dolled up
like the sultan's delight, Colored
tile and taffeta curtains and trick
showers and rugs-BJJT FOR
ALL THAT QUEEN OF SIIEBA
SETTING, ARE THE SHIN
BONES OF 1923 HANGING UP
ANY BETTER RECORDS THAN
THE SHIN BONES OF 1929?
The Washington times., 1928-11-17

find than long skirt on Broad
way.
Go to. Knowest thou man
that possesseth all the virtues
and talents of a good husband?
Behold, some woman hath al
ready clinched him to her side
with hooks of matrimony!
Knowest thou a man with
charming and devoted ways, and
that subtility so dear to the heart
OF woman?
Lo. he Is somebody's husband;
and the sign blazoned upon his
brow readeth Private Property.
Do not trespass.
Knowest thou man who is
not puffed up with his own con-
ceit?
Alas, he is already in woman's
keeping, and safe.guarded with
all her might and her cunning
against the invasions of the hus-
band snatchers.
Knowest thou a self.sacrificinE
man, who 1aboreth hard In the
vineyards and bringeth home
many shekels?
Go to. He is even now the legal
slave of some heavily upholstered
matron, and the humble father OF
five children.
Knowest thou a man that is
steady and wise and modest?
A man that is gentle and gener'
Gus, and understandeth women?
A man that hearkeneth when
woman speaketh. and rejoiceth not
in the sound of his own voice?
A man that is an adornment IN
the drawing room, a comfort IN
the kitchen and a decoration at
the dinner table?
Cast not longing eyes upon him.
0 my Daughter!
For he is already somebody s.
darling"
Yea, he is much married-and
not for THEE!
Verify. verify. all the nice men
are married!
For NO man seemeth desirable
The Washington times., 1928-11-17
Do YOU KNOW THAT

Puffed or foam" rubber has
been developed for use in life
preseTvers, heat and cold insula..
tion, and for stuffins upholstery.
1t Is lighter than sponge rubber,
has greater resiliency, and is per-
meable to liquids.
DIR. Frank G.. Whitmore. director
of the American Chemical Society
Institute at Northwestern Iniver-
sity, claims that mass production
Of molecules will make the United
States the worlds foremost cnemi-
cal manufacturing center.
The Washington times., 1928-11-17
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Match correctly:
I. Philip Nolan Treasure Island -,
g Buck Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the
g. John Silver The Man Without Country
Captain Memo The Birds Christmas Carol.
s. The Ruggles Family The Call OF the Wild
Fill blank:
g. Livy famous Roman -
T. Katydid is insect nearly related to the
g. The Garden of Gethsemane at the base OF MT.
TO- An arc of a circle is any portion of the -.
Do you know:
famous queen of Assyria said to be responsible for
the construction of Hanging Gardens?
49, What President United States was first to visit
foreign country while in offce
its fleetnes foot?
name of the which fish cannot live?
ANSWERS on Magazine Page)
The Washington times., 1928-11-17

An electrical device has been
perfected which records internal
faults in rail so minute that il
they We're on the outside they
could not be seen with an ordi-
nary microscope. Towed over
rails, it marks the faults with
paint.
Treating with caustic soda GER.
tain species of wood which fire.
quentIy produce weak or inferior
! 1cints when glued into doors. furni.
ture, airplane propsllers, etc,
synproves the strength Of these
Joints.
The Washington times., 1928-11-17
Hearst Papers Advocate:

i. An agreement 81 Engtsh-Spedkang peoples to pre-
serre peace Gmong themselves and to promote the
peace of the sUOrld.
q PROPORTIONAL representation in the United States
Senate. no State to hare less than ttOO Senator's.
Legsslat,on to enforce prompt constitutional reap
!. porttonment IN the House of Representatives
g. separate Department OF the Army Of the Macy
and Of the Air Forces, all united under Secretary
] of National Defense.
a. Federal action to the limit Of Federal poers to
abolish literdcy IN the United States under Secre-
tary OF Education.
& Election Of Conoress IN November. Installation
the,lst of January following. Inauguration OF the
President 1st Of January neat after November
election.
The Washington times., 1928-11-17

The way to wickedness is always
through wickedness. Seneca.
Valor consists in the power OF
self'recoVery. Emerson.
NO one can be happy without
virtue Cicero.
Life Is a long lesson in humility.
-Barri4. -,
The Washington times., 1928-11-17
SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
BY Helen Rowland

WHEREFORE, my Daughter,
wv are all of the NICE men
married?
For. verify, verify, there's
reason!
Lo, in the Garden of Love, only
the green fruit and the lemons
remain ungathered; and ripe
and tender peach is harder TO
The Washington times., 1928-11-17
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

The cause of freedom is the
cause of God. -BoWies.
The dream is short, the repent
ance long, Schiller.
y SeIfishness is the only real
atheism: aspiration, unselfishness
the only real religion.
--Zangwill.
The Washington times., 1928-11-17

until the steam-roller of matri-
mony hath passed over him and
smoothed out all his kinks and
his rough edges and splintered his
egotism!
Thus. indeed. doth mans
charm become visible: and to his
WIFE belong the fruits of her
labors.
Selah:
El fronterizo. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz.) 1878-191?, 1928-08-11
Rinen Tn Jefe De
Guarn. Y I'm Obr.

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coah., A
gosto 10.-Hoy a la una v media de
la ma1ana frente la cantina "La
Central" ell senior Coronel Gabriel
Cortinez Cobos Jefe de la Guarni-
cion de la Plaza mat6 a baIazos a
Joaquin Villarreal, conocido tabla-
jero de la localidad.
Seg1n Sc desprende de las pri-
meras averiguaciones practicadas,
ell senior Coronel Cortinez Cobos,
resulto con ligeras heridas, pues
segdn parece rineron eI v ell occiso.
Los amigos v companeros de
Villarreal, han informado que pre-
paran una manifestation de pro-
tesla contra Cobos, Y la vez para
! pedir justicia.
El fronterizo. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz.) 1878-191?, 1928-08-11
NlIEVA MAOuNA AEREA INVENT ADA EN- BA[BUE|lA
POR Ell EFE De Los TALLERES, SR. AzcARATE
SesquiplanO Es Fl NOmbre
De La Nueva
AerOnave
Esta Calculada Para La At
mOsfera Del Vale de
Mexico


MEXICO, Agosto 10.-El Gene
raj Juan F. Azcarate, jefe de los
talleres de Balbuena, ha sido muy
felicitado por las pruebas hechas a.
yer, del sesquiplano de su inven-
ci6n, las que fueron presenciadas
por los Jefes de Ayiacion Y los pllo-
tos americanos que vinieron acom-
pafiando al cadaver de Carranza.
Dicha maquina esta culculada pa
ra la atm0sfera del Vale de Me-
xico, siendo su especial rision OBJ
servar ell bombardeo Y la estrate-
gia del ametrallamiento, pudiendo
desarrollar mayor velocidad que
cualquier otro aparato Y teniendo
un radio de accion de treinta horas
en- vuelo continue.
AL final de las pruebas, que re-
sultaron satisfactorias, sc lie or
demo construir una escuadrilla
completa, reserva de aumentar Ell
n1mero despues de yer los result
tados, de la campafia del Bajio.
El fronterizo. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz.) 1878-191?, 1928-08-11
FONDOS EN- La t.
s0RER|A GENERAL
Superavit De Diez MillOneS en-
Ell Primer Semestre De
Este AfiO

MEXICO, Agosto 10.-Se hacen
elogiosos concentrates sobre la flo
reciente situacion que guarda ac-
tualmente la Tesorerfa General de
la nacion, 81 Sc atiende que, du-
rante ell semestre que acaba de pa
sar, Sc obtuvo un superavit de
diez milIones de pesos, 10 que de-
muestra claramente la pureza con
que han sido manejados los fon-
dos de la Naci6n.
De continuar esa mejoria, Ell
Gobierno Federal estara en- condi-
clones de emprender en- obras de
utiildad p1blica. reducir los i'm
puestos para aliviar la situaci6n
porque hace tempo viene atrave-
sando ell comercio de la RepGblica-
El fronterizo. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz.) 1878-191?, 1928-08-11
FL UNIVERSAL SE
D|R|JE A GALES
LIE Pide Sus DeclaraciOneS Las
Haga Siempre a La Prem
Sa NaciOnal

MEXICO, Agosto 1O.1Con mott
vo de la interview que la periodista
seforita Beckley ACADIA de hacer nj
;efor Presidente de la Repdblica, en-
su caracter de representante de la
prensa neoyorquina, FL Universal
pidi0 respetuosamente al senior Ge-
neral Gales que al efectuar decla-
raciones de esa indole, cuya tras-
cendencia es notoria, 10 haga vali.n-
dose de la prensa nacional v no de
personas extranjeras que, como en-
ell case citado, las envian como ex-
clusivas los Sindicatos de Perio-
distas de Estados Unidos, dandose
la anomalfa de que estas nos ven
gan de ALA Y sean ellos los pri-
meros que las publiquen.
El fronterizo. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz.) 1878-191?, 1928-08-11
GOLPEADO CON
RIFLE; QUEDO
.INCONCIENTE

La noche del jueves anterior, la
policfa tuvo conocimiento de que, en-
las cercanias de la calle veintisiete
V Avenida diez, Sc encontraba un
hombre tirado, al parecer por ha-
bersele disparado algunos tiros.
Cuando la policfa 10 encontro, su
aspecto era mas bien el de un hom-
bre intoxicado. Llevado que fue a
las Oficinas policiacas al volver en-
81, manifesto que su nombre es
Juan Molina, manifestando que
Loreto Sanchez lie disparo tres t.
ros de un rifle, sin hacer blanco
ninguno de los proyectiles. Que
iracundo Sanchez por haber errado
ell blanco, lie propino varios golpes
con ell rifle, dejandolo inconciente.
Sanchez, que fue arrestado aver
en- la manana, tenia aun en- su po-
session un rifle Y una pistola, que
Sc le recogieron. Sc lie fijo una
fianza de 500 hasta el l1nes en- que
comparecera la audiencia preli-
minar.
El fronterizo. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz.) 1878-191?, 1928-08-11
FIERAS EN-
POBLADOS

MEXICO, D. F., Agosto 1O.-De-
finitivamente los habitantes de las
poblaciones del Estado de Oaxaca
que han estado siendo afectadas
por los sismos han abandonado los
poblados para refugiarse en- las
montafias y en- las llanuras. Los
animales montaraces Y fieras de
las serranfas que tambien han SEN
lido los efectos de los sismos, han
abandonado sus madrigueras y ocu-
pado su vez las ciudades y pobla-
dos abandonados por los hombres.
Este case curiosisimo Sc ha regis
trado va en- diversas poblaciones
del Estado de Oaxaca.