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The Washington times., 1929-10-01
HOW MELONS GROW
BIZ Herbert Kaufman

mounting profits of big business reflect economies far
otener exorbitance Manufacture has simply learned
make better merchandise with less material and fewer
operations.
Some corporations are growing stockholders melons in con-
sumers pockets but still Of em rooted in rubbish
heaps and scientific penny pinching
Building grin ducte tubing guaranteed to with
stand eighteen hundred pounds and subzro weather
The makers furnish ffy coupling that any householder
attach in less time than takes to read this far
BY dispensing with threading the pipe wall reduced fifty
per cent Pines always twice thick as and
required but threading demanded the metal which
neither adds strength endurance beyond the thinner points
of juncture,
Now the country will annually while
bringing permanent plumbing within universal reach.
joy additional and radatonlabor will be
continuously industry increase output without
fastening exhaustion of national copper stores
Waste piles everywhere, begin to shrink production
simplify processes and plug the leaks clock and
payroll with improved formulas and devices
Packing folding labelling bottle filling and measurement
are already in charge of automata
Road paving and masonry will abandon manual help
perfected prayers paint brushes join the
buggy whipand electric single layers are rehearsing in
Craftsmen thus displaced will later drift to plants issuing
the very mechanical substitutes that stole their old obust
the application of power to weaving glass
blowing and steel forging promoted muudes OF Nineteenth
Century spnners wagoners smiths and journeymen to
preferable berths and wider outooks.
Efficiency ism robbing people of velihood but dverng
energeproyding opportunity to apply Judgment
ercise intelligence and escape from rutdrudgery
Thrftess practice needless bulk and vermanned STATS
increasingly render account to nvestave budgets and
crosschecking analysis
substances and technques under suspicion of ncom
peence and justify their continued employment
Fibre and chip boards composition doors and moudings
iron window frames patent floors leaps ahead of
Government in conservation programs
shavngs and sawdus earning millions where yesterday
they burning on bonfires
sraws grasses canes sarths and gypsum are undergoing
laboratory instruction as successors to inferior and higher
priced staples.
Robots are taking short cuts that human adepne can
never follow. Gee
And all the equipment and systems present sight will be
living on the dump within another twenty the
Germs who delay their replacement will land there instead
3 by Daily Herbert
The Washington times., 1929-10-01
Auto Casualties Pile Up
Police and Courts Are Again Too Lenient.

TOT many weeks ago the police put effective
paign in this city against speed demons and reckless
auto drivers
The Judges of Traffic Court for while cooperated in
severe for these potential and wreckers
Then the Judges began enient and the poce slowed
down. .
Auto casualties again the increase Taking of life
and nurng of children and adults is once more getting
commonplace.
These conditions must continue in Washington Our
traffic laws may weak and lacking in punch but there
sufficient laws to curb rscesness and destruction Of life
the police force the will again against
the known types of drivers who held down only by fear
of prison bars.
In day recently 81 people killed by automobiles
in the United States.
Congress and public sentiment here viii not tolerate en-
cessive auto staying in this city. ,
The Washington times., 1929-10-01
THIS TYPE OF BRITISH AIRSHIP CARRIED SOLDIERS
FROM ENGLAND TO JERUSALEM

faster the earth grows smaller This picture
shows the inside of "a British vickers troop-carrying
airplane. ~ ...<. ~
In this long flying cabin with sleeping cots hammocks
the airshp crew, hurriedy sent from London to
Jerusalem when che massacres occurred. ~.
It much the number of that important
the effect that would have rong Arabs fully
armed men, fifty two Of them down from the sky in
airrlare. ss~ts >.~-*E H..
MoHAMMED NEVER DID ANYTHING LIKE THAT
This picture although you don't live in Jerusalem and
have Arabs to fear interests because shows how
is changing. ",. ~..,,.
There will be troops marching the ground
like caterpilars. They will flying in clouds, like the
locusts that devoured Egypt.
There will be no heavy battleshps. Anybody fool
enough build and pay for them this country does will
have keep them locked up to protect them from
airpanes and submarines r..-.
War will be in the air and under the water and Heaven
help the nation that lacks submarines and arplanes.
TELL THAT TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN FRIEND
The Washington times., 1929-10-01
MEDTTATIONS OF A WIFE = By Helen Rowland

MANS personal magnetism.
You never read of a he-bank'
robber or second-story man.
whose winning smile or flower
like face or haunting eyes toucheo
the heart of the jury. A boot
logger who gets caught Is never
spoken of as a handsome ana
popular clubman.' But any niue
forgerette or hit-andrun motoresS
who gets into the news is So
ciety favorite. or one Of the beiies
Of the younger set
"why don't you try getting a
companionate divurce?" broke IN
Mrs. Divot. that's always good
for a few columns of superla'
tives!'
Not just ONE divorce. retort'
ed Mrs. Green, that is so 1nsipid.
these days. 1t takes three or four
to put you in the siren class
You've got to prove that you've
wrecked three or FOUR men
lives, before all the rest or them
will elect you a winner!
"IIl tell you!" exclaimed Mrs.
Divot, with sudden inspiration
lets organize, The Good Wives
and Perfect Ladies Association
Then we could hire press agent
to put us over"'
NO good" sighed Mrs. Green
good wives don't make news
neither do good husbands: lfs
the other kind Who set ah the
Advertising 4
The Washington times., 1929-10-01

at least half a column. describing
her slender youthfulness and her
limpid, frightened blue eyes.
"Why is a gold-disger, who sues
some silly old man for damages
or breach of promise, always
.ravishins and young and 'ex-
otto? Why is shoplifter always
smart-lookins and comely? And
what is there about murder and
banditry that always makes a
woman heautiful1
"Crjme doesn't seem to enhance
The Washington times., 1929-10-01
ONCE-OVERS

and the older members of the
family are often surprised at the
ideas evolved by the younger
generation.
There should be every encour.
agement to advance opinions for
argument.
Not that argument should BE-
INDUCED in frequently Tor the
sake of argument, for that Is
being disagreeable'
II is very tiresome to meet
persons who are always alert 70"
argument.
But great deal can be done
~ develop sound logic and
resnect for the opinions of others,
N nsrents would join In these
arguments.
The Washington times., 1929-10-01
Hearst Papers Advocate:

1 An agreement of Enghsh-speaking peoples to. pre-
serve peace among themselves and to promote the
peace of the ,uo,ld .E~'' -.''-
g. Proportional representation in the United States
Senate, State to haze less than taco Senators.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portionment IN the House of Representatives.. ~
g. A separate Department of the Army, of the Navy
and of the Air Forces all united under Secretary
of National Defense.
d. Federal action to the limit of Federal poaUers to
abolish ahteracy the United States under Secre-
tury of Education. :.
s. Election of Congress IN November Installation
the first of January foloacing Inauguration of the
President first Of January merit after Norembcr
election.
The Washington times., 1929-10-01
Pl1in Murder Called Murder, Not Suicidt
Verdict Cooners Jury MCPHERSON Case
to establish definitely that murder

conspicuous spacetO establish definitely that murder
was committed.
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The public will be everlastingy grateful to Policeman
Robert J. Allen chief advocate of the murder theory,
for his persistence in the face OF opposition from his
superiors.
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Allen may be butt-in-sky, he may be publicity
seeker and grandstand player he may be volator of
police regulations, he may be disturber of the tran
guilty of the Police Department. but at any rate ne has
proved himself most valuable watchdog.
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sensible public will forget his shortcomings and
commend him for the remarkable service ne has
rendered.
Oh, for more rebelious Aliens to bark at fleeing
murderers while members of the homicide squad, shut
ting their eyes to unmistakable signs of crime stopping
their to convincing testimony, waiting for news
paper to turn to them star Witnesses supiney
content themselves with stupid suicide theories!
The Washington times., 1929-10-01
en- Arguments

en- Arguments
no you have good natured dis
~ cussions in your home or are
they tinged with ill.feeling when
one differs with another?
II bitterness enters discussion,
you miss a great opportunity to
learn something, to gain new
ideas.
And there will be fewer dis
cussions rather than have trouble.
Young folk who are properly
drilled for debate learn that arsu-
ncnts should be received and an.
sWered on their merits without
uhFsonalities.
u should be the same In the
herse.ss
FANCY discussions are useful
The Washington times., 1929-10-01
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Blessed are the valiant that have
lived in the Lord. Carlyle.
The faith that stands on au-
thority is not faith. ~.
Emerson.
It is much easier to be critical
than to be correct. -Disrean.
Avarice, the spur of industry.
Hume.
The Washington times., 1929-10-01
A GAIN Justice has triumphed! plain murder is
- called murder not suicide.

IA called mur0er-anu NOT SVICIue.
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An aroused public will welcome with hearty approvai
the verdict of the Grand Jury that Mrs Virginia Nc
Pharscn came to her death at the hands of some one
else that she did not strange herself
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The Washington Times is not particularly concerned
over the indictment of Robert j. Mcpherson, her nus
band as the alleged slayer This paper expresses no
opinion as to his guilt or innocence.
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In due time twelve Of his fellow citizens will hear MS
complete defense give him the benefit of reason
able doubt and determine fairly and finally whether ne
is the murderer
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But The Times was immensely concerned over the
possibility that the stain of suicide verdict would
main unjusty on the family escutcheon of the sranged
woman that amazing laxness on the part of the hom-
eide squad would go unchallenged, that murderer
The Washington times., 1929-10-01

There are worse losses than the
loss of youth. -Ingelow.
knowledge is the antidote to.
fear. ; = Emerson.
-
Calumnies are answered best
with silence. -Jonson.
A sound mind in sound body
is thing to pray for.
-Juvenal.
The Washington times., 1929-10-01

would be permitted to go scotfree further endanger
inc society The Grand Jury's verdict removes these
fears.
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How many other murder cases were bungled by the
homicide squad just like this one? Somewhere POSSIBLY
in our very midst enjoying the immunity furnished by
suicide verdict and gloatng the stupidity of the
homicide squad and the gulbility of coroners jury
walks the murderer of Detective Arthur Scrlvener:
Scrivener may be officially suicide but his friends and
the public generally still are convinced that ne was
murdered.
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Our alert Superintendent of Police and our efficient
District Commissioners will need no prompting TO
guard against any repetition of the stupid bungng OF
the Mcpherson case.
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The Times, commissioned by the family of the dead
girl to see that justice DONE is grafied that it was
able-through locating and turning to the Grand
Jury the star witness and through devotng columns of
The Washington times., 1929-10-01

"a girl who stages a hold.up
Or elopes with somebody's per.
fectly good husband or smashes a
few plate-glass windows with her
automobile. may have the profile
of a mud-pie and the figure of
bridgelamp, yet she'll crash right
into the beautiful class, and get
The Washington times., 1929-10-01

Effectiveness the moment she
breaks one of the commandments
or tries to sidestep the laws of the
conventional"
The Washington times., 1929-10-01

He is. And I'm good wife,
rejoined Mrs. Green, but what
publicity does q good wife ever get?
1t is not until a woman does some.
thing shocking or sensational that
she sees herself headlined in all
the newspapers as beautiful. cap.
.tivating, dazzling or dangerous.
Most good wives are starving for
a little spontaneous admiration
and applesauce."
The Washington times., 1929-10-01
Golf Widows

SGK SHALL have to do some
l. thing desperate" said Mrs.
Green, shutting her vanity case
with an impatient snap, run some
body down in my new sport car or
elope with the traffic policeman,
or strike poor John senseless with
one of his own pet golf clubs.
Something sensational
Yes" agreed Mrs. Divot, Its
so Victorian to shoot your
husband with a plain oil fashioned
revolver. But, / thought John was
a GOOD husband
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-27

WRIGHTs EXPERIMENTS

WRIGHTS EXPERIMENTS
Twenty years ago today. on April
q, 1909, Wilbur Wright concluded q
series Of successful experiments with
his airplane In italy. The compare
tive closeness Of this pioneering step
brings home forcibly the rapid strides
that aviation has taken In the 20
years since.
AS is well known. these expert
ments were made at various times
In italy, both by Wilbur Wright and
his brother, Orville, because atmos.
pheric conditions in that balmy cli-
mate were found to offer the least
resistance to mans attempts to con-
quer the air. Several foreign aero-
nauts, concerned chiefly with glider
experiments. had proved this.
It Is interesting to note that at
about this same time, Thomas Edison
made the prophesy that 'sin ten years
flying machines viii be used to carry
mails. They will carry pasoen-
gers, too" he said, "and they viii
60 ct speed Of 100 miles an hour"
During this same year the Wright
brothers delivered Z plane to the
United States government which met
the War Departments specifications,
including tho ability to 50 20 miles an
hour.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-27

the next day ovcrhaued and he found house ny In
the carburetor. That shows you small thing might
make man lose his lNe This fly stuck in the
buretor and nterfered with the flow Of gasoline That
Is what caused the engine to STOP"
Again: there were nine badly wounded marines in
miserable little native village surrounded BY enemy SOL
ders. The only to get them back to base hospital
was by air. and there no open field for . plane to
lard And Iejeune says:
$50 they cleared away the center Of the village and
burned down the shacks and Lieutenant schilt flew
plane In there down the road and landed In this little
space. 1t seemed impossible for him to do It, but he
made nine trips and took out nine wounded under fire
each time he went in and under fire each time he went
out. That act is Of the most sklful and daring
have any knowledge Of"
Whole columns could be filled with quotations Of this
kind It may be hard for to figure out the rights and
the wrongs Of venture In Nicaragua but General Le
jeunes story convnces that the marines did their
part with the utmost bravery and endurance.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-27
IMAGINATION

Imagination Is the younger brother Of genius Chill
dren and poets are its custodans It is the Justification
of all who refuse to acknowledge the dull routine Of
istence To the naginer life is always crowded with
romance and mystery. Such q approaches with
eager the Of the unexpected His motto is
you can never tell"
While imagination belongs primarily to children and
poets there is why all kinds Of people may
not be chld-likc at heart and poets by avocation.
Even those who smile gently or laugh openly at the
whms and fanccs Of the imaginative people must in the
secret Of their hearts, occasionally pause to envy such
happy individuals Drab indeed Is the life Of whose
type was sketched by Wordsworth in the lines:
primrose by the rivers brim
yellow primrose to him,
Apd 1t was nothing more.
For all too soon the imagination OF the child fades
into the common light Of day. Life is austere and
acting. Let be made to yield lending charm
to who hear tongues In trees" and find books
in running brooks"
For those who have lost their chidike imagination in
the face Of lifes realities may still be purchased
Books and music have the power to bring 1t back. The
drama and the cinema speak its eternal message It
even be had without money and without price from
bue-eyed youngster in whose imaturty there is rare
wisdom.
Don't scott at imagination in Others Don't be ashamed
Of 1t In yourself In this prosy world 1t quenches IN
eternal thirst
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-27

"The acting OF today is not only
equal but decidedly superior to that
of the so-called old school" DE Wolf
Hopper.
Bread lines reaching the length
Of Manhattan Island would be seen
within q year II one-tenth OF the
aliens now clamoring for admission
to the United States were allowed to
enter. r."-Senator David A. Reed,
Pennsylvania.
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II speak from experience when I
say that legislation framed In tenn
perature Of 30 degrees is not apt to
be good legislation. ."-Nicholas Long,
worth, speaker Of the House Of Rep
reSentatives.
"There is not law on the statute
books Of any state, or upon the sta
tute books Of the nation. which was
not placed there by the duly elected
representatives of the people" James
w. Good, secretary Of war.
Tne people OF TINS coungry are IN.
nually robbed Of hundreds Of mill
lions Of dollars BY false and mislead-
ing advertisements appearing In
magazines and newspapers."-W. E.
Humphrey, federal trade commits
sioner.
"Any farm bill which fails to carry
some feature to make the tariff effec-
tive must prove appointing to the
farmer. Representative Nelson, Mis-
souri.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-27
A BETTER JERUSALEM
milwaukee Journal)

milwaukee JournaD
The mayor Of Jerusalem has forbidden beagine on the
citys streets modern note sounds In this order This
ancient city IN the heart Of countries that filled with
professional bcssars wants to be respected BY visitors
who come from all the world T16 ban on beeent Win
be hard to enforce in Jerusalem De1Uars are III the
more numerous because Of the throneng visitors from
wsathier countries to the holy city 81 al the western
world But the problem can be solved II western na-
tons realize only little what they Owe to Jerusalem.
we picture the temple cleaning white on the iunlnit
Of NJ Mortat - appeared 70 The ysveftpt ap4 ps
trietic Jew going up to the Passover Here NJ the
greatest and ost sacred place a the wosld Thsy en-
shrned II In hyns that outve III othsTs: IT forrest
thee Jerusalem et tonsus cleavs % the ROOT of my
mouth and my right hand foSget her cunning"
But. aids for more truthful picture must turn to
the Arab beggar. = Otis Skinner presented him In
Kinet" .Alms for the love Of Aahl" Poverty. dirt.
hopelss.ness and eensrations y psofsonai blessings
marx III the ces Of the orient and not n or genefa-
ton win this be corrected But eru7aiem at least can b
made m exception
This city, saered allie q Jew ana Cnr1an enter
ing a nsw upoch Of y history can - np1e modsl
in II 80 They afs thinkik that ~ n Jesusalen
ven - Soehia stspst bgin1 becan1D 4 y ofteuayo
Out Of this mlee oule eoe oenoe 6 so1pCqGblltty 1o
poverty The 6Ght q ~ civjli1atiep - tGrsalem +
Great enough repayment ol hat debt 4 permitted
us Ne make this Jersaien hettr city than even
the p1n1nniot Nho bved 4 eyes kIseu
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-27
Editorial Comment
FUEL OIL FOR CARS
(World's Work.

Motor buses propelled by ordinary fuel oil is what they
are predicting in Philadelphia with its COO nter,rhen
buses and 5000 taxcabs Until now these have zone on
distributing carbon monoxide Just Is Is done IA every
right.
Mitten Management. which owns the Quaker cty's
transportation lines has demonstrated the device OF
Ernest Godward OF New Zealand It Is gas generator
that may revolutionize the automotive industry.
Godward has been trying to get some American con-
cern interested In the thing for several years His a-
paratus consists Of an aluminium pot heated from the
gne exhaust Fuel is drawn from standard carburetor
through the pot and converted into dry Sas There
boiling OF the motor and 800 test has revealed
no accumulation OF carbon In the cylinder valves
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-27
DISPOsING OF OLD AUTOS

Where do all the old automobiles 90 to?
Sooner later after passing through three four
usedcar salesrooms most Of them hit the junk shops
and are taken apart for the value Of their material
scrap But not all Of them
More people than you would think simply abandon old
autos In New York, 70 abandoned were picked up
BY the police In one day. They old. ramshacke
machines whose had simply parked them in the
streets removed their license plates and gone their way
With more than 100000 automobile owners In the
countr:, this sort Of thing might easily become big
problem Yet even in the most runous old auto there Is
still good deal Of expensive steel and other metal The
engineer who can find cheap way to salvase such
material ought to be able to make fortune ...-.
The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-27
Talks '1o,&&
s. Parents
RUNNING AWAY
(By Alice Judson Peale)

When a child runs away from home
it may mean very much or very lit
tie.
It Is perhaps merely the evidence
Of curiosity, or zest for adventure,
but quite possibly 1t is sign that
everything has gone wrong with him.
In dealing with this latter kind Of
difficulty it is Of the utmost impor-
tance to find out the reason. But we
will never get the young culprit to
tell us his motives unless we ap-
proach him with manner free from
moral censure, and with an attitude
of sympathy.
The child who ran away just for
fun will not repeat his offence If he
understands that he has caused us
worry, and learns the very good rea-
sons for our anxiety.
Sometimes youngster who feels
that he is not. getting enough attcn-
ton runs away in order to concen-
trate on himself the limelight he
Graves.
Usually this type of runaway does
AAVI AuAI tC1y 40I, dIIO oAllCC 4CW Q4I
cnts have sufficient self control to
hide the excitement the incident oc-
casions, he repeats his exploit again
and again.
In older children the most frequent
causes for running away ere feelings
of revolt against parental injustice,
and undeserved punishment, or of
being unloved and misunderstood. OBJ
viously heavy handed methods will
only increase such difficulties and the
temptation to run away will be
stronger than ever.
There Is no recipe to cure the Sc
rious runaway. Our wisest course
is TO accept his action for what It is
a criticism of his parents and his
home.
Our job is to find out why he con-
siders us unsatisfactory and to dis
cover ways Of making home life so
interesting and so satisfying that he
will not want to run away.