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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24
His Beard Too Close
When Tire Blew Out

Probably the first man to devise
fluid to make automobile tires pune
ture proof was A. L. Dyke of st.
Louis, pioneer In the automobile In
dustry.
The earliest automobiles had single
tube tires, made by bicycle tire man
ufacturers and glued to the rims Of
the wheels. They punctured with ease
and frequently. When that happened
1t was necessary to stop, pry off the
glued tire, stick rubber bands in the
hole and glue them there, put the tire
back, glue 1t to the rim and wait for
the glue to dry.
Dyke brought out a sticky substance
that could be squlrted into a tire in
place Of air. But an Illinois physician,
who wore a beard, was inspecting a
tire thus filed when 1t blew out. he
threatened to sue Dyke for the loss
Of his beard, for 1t had to be shaved
of.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24

To the people Of the United States
there Is only one White House Not
that 1t is the only house painted
white, for 1t isn't. But the residence
Of the President and the First Lady
Of the Land" first called the execu.
tive mansion, haseong since come to
be known everywhere as the White
House.
1t is at the White House that the
President maintains the executive
Offices where he directs the opera
tions OF the Government. In his cam.
paign for election, Mr.. Hoover prom.
ised If called to this high office by
the people, to bring about a more
efficient operation of the Government.
In his inaugural address, he con.
firmed this promise and Immediately
upon assuming office, he began to full.
fill his promises.
Among the first moves he made to
show that he was going to give a
business-like administration was to
see that the White House was ade-
quately equipped with telephones. An
order was issued for the installation
Of a telephone on his personal desk
which was something no other Presi-
dent has had.
Then II was brought to his atten-
tlon that other desks in the executive
Offices were not supplied with tele.
phones and he Immediately gave or.
Gers to remedy this condition II
then developed that the telephone
private branch exchange system serv.
ing the White House was not of sufii.
c!cnt size to take care of the in,
creased number of telephones.
Before new switchboard could be
installed. it was necessary to provide
4 larger room in which to place the
new equipment. Since other Office
8 &c was needed the President gave
orders TO excavate under the present
ONCE building to provide another
floor which will be used for Offices
End file rooms. II Is in the new
sgaCe that the switchboard and asso
Gated apparatus. the terminal frame
and storage battery equipment tC
serve the White House and executive
otiices will be installed.
This new switchboard will be
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24
London. Wall Street

Lombard street the principal bank
quarter of London. takes It's name
from the Lombards. Italian goldsmiths
and money lenders who settled there
in the Twelfth century At that time
they were commonly called "long.
boards" and the thorouGhfare was
called Longbord and LOngebred. A
century later II was called LANCE
meaning LONG hrook'S-and
this title Is still maintained for the
place where Il was situated.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24
Earned Hia Tin"

Tipping was not unknown 100 years
ago, one may see from the following
article that appeared in a Pittsburgh
paper in 1928:
"Mr. Beale received from Philadel-
phla on Monday last an entire load of
oysters, principally in the shell. The
wagner was laden exclusively with
oysters. He was II days only on the
road and he received 500 carriage.
In consequence of his expedition
and his attentive and careful man.
agement Mr.. Beale paid the wagner
$3S more than the amount usually
received for the amount of lading."-
Detroit News.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24
Only One Requirement
Insisted On for Book

The affable salesman In New York
book stores are seldom surprised at
any request-the public demand be-
ing what It is. But one of them re-
ports that the other day he had re-
quest from a dignified little old lady
that-to use his own words-"knocked
him for a row Of bookshelves."
Il want book-any kind of book
with a jacket that is green, with
red in it." the little old lady said. She
insisted 1t could be q cook book or
one about the home life Of the bee or
South pole exploratlons-anythlng as
long as its jacket was the color
scheme she described.
"She wanted It," the salesman ex-
planned, ito match the decoration of
her new reading lamp. Can you beat
it,"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24
-
r. Horse Racing Old Sport

Horse racing has been called the
sport of kings" because 1t has been
one Of their amusements since the
earliest dawn of civilization. Tho
Times l of the Eighteenth Egyptian
dynasty left a papyrus letter telling
of his conquest of Mesopotamia and
pridlng himself upon the acquisition
Of the racing horse (the Arab and
being the first to introduce him in
Africa. Somewhat later the records
tell Of King Solomon buying horses
from Egypt and paying as much as
$1,000 for some Of them. Among the
Greeks horse racing was introduced
into the Olympic games in the thirty
third Olympiad (64S B. c..
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24
No Snakes in Green Isle

The Biological survey says that
there are no snakes native to Ireland
and never have been, so far as there
are authentic records. This is due to
Its geographic position, isolated as 1t
is from the region in which these
vertebrates originated and which they
now occupy. A few attempts have
been made to introduce harmless spe-
Giles, but as yet its records show none
established on the island. This may
be due to a lack Of proper environ
ment, climate, disease or other abnor-
NAL condition. The showroom or lag
worm, a legless lizard which super
ficially looks very much like a snake,
Is native to Ireland, and may account
for some of the snake records of that
country.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24
BreathleSs

The teacher WIS telling story to
the kindergarten and Interest was In
tense.
80 that night the wicked red fox
came and stole a chicken. The next
night he came and stole another
chicken. And the next night he came
and stole another chicken Anl"--
dramatic pau"c 'What do You sup
pose happened the next mighty"
"Oh, tcrr,a@" g. ,vA lc.tr. "Dld
he sit nro;hrr ch;% NJ"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24
Historic English Ports

The Cirque ports were originally
FIVE seaport towns on the coast of
Kent and Sussex, England, called in
early times "the FIVE most important
Ravens In the kingdom" They were
enfranchised by Edward the Comics
sor. William the Conquerer subse-
quently granted them the privilege of
an almost Independent state, under
command of q warden, with a court
at Dover castle. The five ports were
Sandwich, Dover, Hythe, Romney and
Hastings. Winchelsea and Rye were
added later. Up to the reign of Henry
VII their chief function was the sup
ply of the comtry's naval contingent.
Dating from the revolution Of 1858
their privileges were gradually abol-
ished, the lord warden's Jurisdiction
ceaslng in 1885.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24

An article published In the Chris
tian Advocate says: AT the begin
ming of the Nineteenth century the
commercial metropolis of the United
States occupied only the lower end
Of Manhattan island. what Is now up
town being still made mp of spacious
farms and country estates, including
the little village of Harlem. The ac-
tual measurements Of the city proper
are given as three miles in length
(from the Battery to Fourteenth
street,. one and half miles In width
and eight miles In circumference"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24
Safe Delivery

A Melbourne man recently tele-
graphed from Sydney that he was
about to leave by train for home. The
message put up a stiff contest. and
had the passenger walked from Spen-
Ger street would undoubtedly have
won the race.
He took a taxi Tin my opinion, an
unfair advantage) and beat the wire
home by clear ten minutes. BE was
explaining to his wife that the tele-
gram should have reached her the
previous evening when his small
daughter spoke up: Daddy should
have brought his telegram with him
those silly people might have
lost it."-Sydney Bulletin.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24
Man and Fish

A fsh's fear nf man Is born, Car
negie institutes bulletin suggests, by
the fact that lie approaches from
above, direction from which the fish
has learned to expect attack by birds
or other enemies. When q man walks
on the ocean floor In divers dress, fish
large and small display the greatest
curiosity. Even the fierce barracuda,
after noslng the diver In friendly and
indulsitive fashion. must he pushed
out Of the way and goes without show
ing undue resentmcnt.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24

Big business which Is ever on the
alert for speedier methods OF opera.
ton now does not hesitate In trans.
acting affairs by telephone across the
Atlantic-so much so that the volume
of transatlantic telephone calls con.
tinues to increase and has at times
overloaded the radio facilities, Off.
,'ials of the company state.
To overcome this condition a short
wave channel has now been provided
supplementing the long wave channel
first placed In service between the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24
Chinese Superstition

There are towers In Shanghai where
men watch for fires. When one Is
discovered the fire-bell is rung When
the old custom house was built n
large clock was placed In its tower.
For some weeks after this clock be-
gan to strike the hours there were
very few II any fires
The Chinese said II was because
the firegod thought that every time
the clock struck there was a fire an
nounced. so he could rest without
helping. All these things seem ride.
ulous to us but are very real to the
Chinese.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24

Loss Of sleep is worse than starva-
tlon so far as its damaging effects
upon the body and mind are con-
cerned. If you keep regular hours
there should be no difficulty about
sleeping If there is, find the cause
before 1t undermlnes you.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24

United States and Europe in 1927
In addition, further transatlantic radio
channels are being planned and &C
cording to Walter S. Clifford, president
OF the American Telephone and Tele
graph Company, plans are under way
for the establishment of a short wave
channel between the United States
and the Argentine which should main
tain the initial requirements for tele
phone communication between the
two countries.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24
NoRsEcK GARAGE.

AUTHORIZED FORD SERVICE STATION
using genuine Ford parts.
automobile repairing, tires. tubes and
accessories.
AUTO and stationary electric plants service
Postoffice address. Rockville, Md, R. F.
d. 4.
Phone, Sandy Spring 1l6 F IA; resi-
dence. Sandy Spring ll6 F 81.
c. E. FORD. Proprietor.
Successor to Donald Bowie,
l6-f
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24
b'S Reduction In
Clothing.

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-05-24

We invite you to open an account with US.
The Washington times., 1929-11-11

mon sense keen feeling of civic duty, and deep moral
fiber permit the failing of those engaged in helping
ferret out crime?
President HOOver's national commission now making
searching investigation of the whole structure of our
Federal system of Jurisprudence would do well to devise
methods for obtaining higher caber of grand jurors
to restrict their autocrac power and to curb the yran
nlca power of judges in contempt proceedings
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan, is au.
thor OF bill now pending which would curtail the power
OF judges in contempt 1t is much needed Iegsa
ton and should have wide support.
The bill would make it impossible for the same Judge
both to challenge and adjudicate an alleged contempt
when it was not in his immediate presence and when
involved personal issue touching his character or
reputation, exercise of power It would permit the
defendant to be tried by another judge
Such law would have applied in the case of The
Times reporters. For Justice PeytOn Gordon who SEN
fenced them to As days in JAIL was District Attorney two
years ago at the time that survey was made by
high state official revealing that Washington was rum.
ridden.
1t was this report that was being printed by The
Times when Mr.. Rover, who two years ago was as
sstant to Gordon called upon The Times to submit its
evidence to the Grand Jury.
Facts brought out by The Times not only indicated
that ROvers office lax but that GOrdons had been
Just as lax two years ago. in other Words that there
have been at least two years of continuous axness and
lawlessness.
The Washington times., 1929-11-11
RESIDENT HOOVER, earnestly DESTROYS of bring
ing about rigid observance of the prohibition

RESIDENT HOOVER, earnestly deslrOus Oh Drlng-
ing about rigid observance of the prohibition
law, declared in his inaugural address that
ustice must not fail because the agencies of enforce
ent either delinquent or ineciently organized"
He further declared that "of the undOubted abuses
which have grown up under the Eighteenth Amend
ment part due to the failure of many state and
local officials to accept the obligation under their oath
of office zealOusly to enforce the laws"
How applicable these sentences to conditions now
istent in the District!
Justice is failing most wOefuy in Washington when,
as The Washington Times pointed out speakeasies and
bOOtleggers continue to fOurish-and apparently with
out much fear of police interference.
And justice is failing because the chief enforcement
agency, the District Attorneys office is both delin
quent and inefficient.
And the undoubted abuses that have grown up in the
District under the Eighteenth Amendment are partly
due to the failure of District Attorney Leo A. Rover to
accept the obligation under his oath of office zeaOusy
to enforce the prohibition law.
Why should it have been necessary for The Times to
prod Mr.. Rover the sleeping watchdog, the snOOzing
guardian of the peoples safety and security, into
hvty in the matter of prohibition law enforcement?
And why should it have been necessary for The
Times to demand action his part before he summoned
Senator BroOkhart before the Grand Jury to testify
garding that wild Congressional rum party?
The Washington times., 1929-11-11
C. Rum Ridden and Mr.. R0UerZs To Blame
No Acted When

And why did Mr.. Rover fail for two whole days even
to accept the detailed evidence of law breaking gladly
offered by the city editor of The Times?
There has been evidence Of speed or zeal on the
part of Mr.. Rover to enforce the prohibition law.
On the other hand, Mr. Rover has resOrted to legal
qubblng and hairsplittng, harassing reporters who
furnished him tips speakeasies and bOOteggers, and
finally getting them jailed for As days.
Our entire judicial system is wrong when public
spirited newspapermen, rendering distinct service by
pointing to violations of law, thrown into jail while
the aw-breakers themselves permitted to go SCOT
Free
1t is just such wrongs this that President Hoover
probably had in mind when in his inaugural address
he said TO reestablish the vigor and effectiveness of
law enforcement must critically consider the entire
Federal machinery of justice. There is belief
abroad that by invoking echnicaties subterfuge and
delay the ends of justice may be thwarted by those
who can pay the cost"
And how absurd that existing law should permit
Grand Jury automatically to bring about the falling of
three reporters who refused to testify quite to it's liking
despite the fact that virtually all the essential test
mOny they possibly able to give. already be-
fore the jury in writing!
President Hoover, in his inaugural address, men,
toned the necessity of selecting higher type of uries
How urgent is this need!
Would % persons of real intelligence, average COM
The Washington times., 1929-11-11
CHINS UP!
BY Herbert kaufman.

THE Mauritania after twenty-five years of transatlantic
leadership isn't discouraged by temporary demotion
second place.
Instead of compaceny accepting trashing at the hands
Of the Bremen the former champion is busy plan
ming geback continuing how to of its previously
squandered to step the speed engines which
OF their vitality when the broom from masthead
an ocean liner refuses to recognize age handicap
and maintains faith in its prowe despite the newfangled
ideas Of younger ship generation any physically unpaired
human being who discounts his immediate prospects because
there working years behind him than ahead Is
poor piece Of trpe, by contrast
The game is until the last card of Ingenuys
deck has been payedand the final chip the stack is bet
There are more in Tomorrows deck than Yesterday
dealt Progress opportunity invention and generally In
creased knowledge, take of that
The world grows richer hourly the wages of ine-
gence cOrrespOndngy advance For every you've
missed, there are two better in the offing.
Pocket blows fatal unless the shock skaters
backbone and paralyes resolution
Imagination is bully and exaggerator of consequences
The peaks of fear magnified anthills No.
body falls far his doubts.
Don't toss head and heart into the discard because
misbet cleaned your till.
The faculties talent experience with which Won made
that money, are ready to restore it.
So why preconfess failure with every creative asset
intact and qualified for production?
The market for clear thinking and reliable performance is
prepared quote your stock par provided you don't de-
precae your efficiency by advertising decline in self
assurance.
Lock your troubles in dusbn and dress an attractive
window Remove the crepe band your converse
ton and q smile your sleeve
Nobody cares rap what you have in the bank. We're
only interested know you deliver the same grade
of goods and furnish much fervor precision and enhu
asm you previously supplied
Let commonsense morbidty diagnose your case and
you find organic trouble grounds for divorce from
indefinite utility
We've all had our ups and downs-where is the notable
career without its of defeat and recession?
Adversely also tripines for Jim Hill but they didn't
halt his railroad lines
Half of the greatest fortunes Of America
or another pruned back to the roots truth told
there's hardly dominant in the country which
at least once felt the mat Of insolvency brush balance
sheet shoulders
Bankruptcy the penalty of not wrestling hard enough
the crucial moment.
And miss is as good as q mile to wit and grit
Go back to the scratch again-right about face.
"Cet back 70 the match again-strike q new pace"
GcopxEEha b DAILY and Hsrhsrt XAarnAAA
The Washington times., 1929-11-11
They Had It In New Zealand.

HEN Nature really breaks loose strange things happen
/" In New Zealand recently they had REAL earth
quake such as this country has see and let hope
never will see.
The gigantic rock above its size made clear by the
beings standing on it, hurled through space and flung
100 yards by the earthquakes power thrown the length
more than two ordinary city blocks
landed New Zealand homestead utterly wipng out
the house. Several dead lie under this rock which becomes
their tombstone.
The earthquake reduced the level of lakes one place
hurting enormous rocks into big river it turned the river
aside permanently from it's regular course
While admrng Natures marvellous powers let hope she
VIII be KIND enough not to demonstrate them here among
in the New Zealand fashion. =
The Washington times., 1929-11-11
Ubiquitous Gambling Dens

CRIPPLED World War veteran taken for 500 in
gambling den in this city which raided after he
Informed the police.
The man who regards himself sport might say that the
soldier squealer and all that sort of thing these
gambling dens rule, operated without human con-
deraton and from the selfish standpoint of profit no matter
what sorrows follow
If all gambling could be confined and women who
could afford to lose the evils might be mgated but gambling
losses fall most heavily upon those least able to lohepess
wives and children dependent upon fathers for support
Suffering and miseres from gambling farreacng and
widespread and the gambling den which takes money
and known to be unable indulge in gaming
public menace and those who operate deserve the
punishment. -:
The Washington times., 1929-11-11
THE MARRY GO-ROUND

gruntled wife can't help think
ing what a sympathetic bus.
band" her lawyer would make.
This country is going IAN.
tique!" Its furniture goes as
far back as Queen Anne, its
architecture dates back ia
Colonial days or the eariy
Spanish, and its morals, it's
love-making< and its manners
appear to have been revived
from the Stone Age.
A nln may not need any
womaps shoulder to weep On.
He may be strong enough "a
The Washington times., 1929-11-11
By Helen Rowland

when she blows the Star-dust Of
desire into q mans eyes, so
that he can't see where he's
going when he's heading for
matrimony.
The most wearisome task Of
a woman'S life. these days, is
waiting for the marrying idea
to penetrate the top-soil Of o
mans mind sufficiently to
take root.
Some men struggle out Of q
love-affair, others crawl out
Of it, and others Just check
out" Of 1t with perfect non
chalAnce.
The Washington times., 1929-11-11

bear his own burdens, keep his
troubles. to himself, do his
own cooking and mix his own
cough medicine. But he must
have somebody to help him
admire himself, believe in him
and amuse him! And only q
woman can do thatI
Divorce was once Just an
antidote for domestic suffer
ing: but now it is becoming q
prescription" which some
women have filled and re-filled
periodically, like . Spring
tonic. Z
Nature Is good 10 women.
The Washington times., 1929-11-11
Love Is Enough

I LIE, without the one man or
IL the one woman who loves
you and understands, is like
chatting over the telephone
with nobody at the other end
Of the wire.
Just as we always leave some
thing behind In every hotel
room we vacate, so we leave
something Of ourselves behind
in every marriage we abandon,
and q few Of our illusions in
every love-affair we check out
Of.
There are times. when . dis