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The Washington times., 1931-01-23

LONDON, Jan. 23.-That the
next war will be fought in the
air is a foregone conclusion, and
the British government, is max
ing every effort to make Britain
as invincible in the air as she
was on the seas before the great
war.
Secret tests Of several types
are being made by the air
ministry to find successors to
airplanes which although only
two or three years old are con-
sidered out of date. :,
The famous Southampton
flying-boat is to be scrapped, and
preliminary examinations OF its
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Britain Secretly Testing
New Type AirpLdnes

successor has been narrowed down
to four planes.
The new flying-boats are:
A Saunders-R Roe flying boat, fit
ted with three Jupiter "9"
engines.
A Blackburn Sydney, with three
Rolls-Royce Fl" type engines.
A Vickers Supermarine South
ampton Mark 10, with three Jagu-
ar "6' engines; and
A Short Singapore II, with
four engines of the Rolls-Royce
"F" type.
The Blackburn Sydney being a
monoplane, is altogether a new
type of machine for the Air
Force. The others are biplanes.
The Washington times., 1931-01-23
Board designations
Accented bu Wheat

Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat,
yesterday accepted the resignation
Of Attorney C. F. R. Ogiloy as
chairman of the grievance COM
n1ittee of the District bar and the
resignation of j. Wilmer Latimer,
former judge of the Juvenile
Court, as a member of the COM
nittee.
The Washington times., 1931-01-23

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"Sirnply Wonderful"
Mother Praises

Little Minnie came home from
school sneezing and coughing. l
had never seen herwith such a cold,
and / was scared! l put her to bed
andgave her some Smith Brothers
Syrup. l can tell you it was sim
piv wonderful. Within an hour her
throat felt better, she slept well
and in the morning she was fine
andspry again. Mrs. E. Austen,
2523 University Ave-. New York.
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The Washington times., 1931-11-23

has to watch her step, to keep
from skidding into a foolish
marriage.
The most dangerous Of these
is that bitter moment. when q
girl realizes that she is not
going to get the man she
WANTS. That moment when
she faces the fact that his
selfiShness or his ambition or
some other woman makes him
unattainable, and when she
is sorely tempted to marry
the first man who comes along,
just as a consolation prize"
And there is that tragic
moment after a glorified love
affair, when she finds herself
lightly and carelessly thrown
over by some gay philanderer,
at whose feet she has been cast
ing emotional pearls. And then
she desperately wraps her
vanity around her and rebounds
into the arms Of some innocent,
luckless bystander, whose mid
die name she scarcely knows.
There is that perilous moment,
when a girl. is flirting with
thirty, and has waited overtime
for Prince Charming to come
riding by; when she is tired Of
being a perennial bridesmaid,
and foolishly tempted to close
her eyes and say Eyes" to the
faithful old Spare Tire" who
has been patiently begging her
to marry him, for years.
And there is that weak
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soon appear: Elsie Robinson
ed, was not enough.
People weren't satisfied with
this amiable but negative sort
of behavior. They. wanted me
to do things. Definite, and
often diSagreeable and difficult
things. They demanded that I
Take Sides. And if I didn't
take sides, they got mad at me.
So, still adhering to my
"peace at any price, did the
things they wanted. Took
sides.
"It's all right" I said to my
self, as did so. "This is just
a temporary concession. I'll
let them think I'm interested
to keep things pleasant. Then
they'll stop nagging at me and
let me alone, and I'll be able
to do as I please"
Fibbing and FuSsing
And I really believed what
I said. honestly thought I
could keep my life pleasant
and placid by such tactics. Of
course it involved a certain
amount Of fibbing and pretend
ing. Indeed, to be quite exact,
1t required constant fibbing
and fussing. For somebody
was always being hurt or Of
Tended. Somebody was always
making demands. And I was so
sorry for them. And so afraid.
Fear-that was really behind
1t all, Of course. I was really
afraid Of people, though I
wouldn't come right oIt and
acknowledge that shameful fact
to myself. I was 7fraid Of
peoples anger. I would do
anything rather than have that
anger turned against me.
It wasn't good nature. nor
pity for people. nor affection
for them. nor even love Of
peace. that made me give in
to their demands. It was fear.
But it took me q long time
to realize this.
! didn't realize it until I
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson

found that, in spite of all my
lies and cowardly concessions,
I was in hot water all the time.
7 COULDN'T FIND PEACE
AT ANY PRICE" The more
I gave in and took sides, the
more had to give in and
take sides. Presently my whole
time was spent in doing what
various people wanted me to
do. I no longer lived my own
life. no longer had my own
opinions. I was ev3rybody's
football.
AND EVEN THEN PEOPLE
WEREN'T SATISFIED!
For if I agreed with one per-
son, another person despised
me. And it was manifestly i'm
. possible for me to take sides
with everybody
AS A CONSEQUENCE WAS
CONTINU ALLY IN HOT
WATER. IN TRYING TO AVOID
TROUBLE; I HAD MULTI.
Piled TIA THOUSANDFOLD!
I HAD MADE ENEMIES OF
ALL THE PEOPLE WHOM
HAD DECEIVED. MOST OF
ALL I HAD MADE AN ENEMY
OF MYSELF.
In the Red
7 was like a business man
who goes into the red" a little
every week, but refuses to face
the fact and so goes on and on
until finally there comes the
big smash. I had been going
into the red, year after year,
sacrificing my honor, my self.
respect, my dignity, my right
to privacy. . lin short, surren-
dering my every essential right
as a human being IN ORDER
TO HAVE PEACE, AT ANY
PRICE. And now I was COM
pletely in the hole
And so I started to tell the
truth and to live the truth. I
decided that if telling the
truth meant a row, I'D HAVE
MY ROW IMMEDIATELY AND
GET IT DONE WITH, IN
STEAD OF WAITING UNTIL
1T ACCUMU LAT ED MALI
CIOUS COMPOUND INTER
EST.
So did. And it works. I have
peace now.
But I do not have It "at any
price," I pay indeed a very
large price for my peace. I
no longer am as popular as I
was. I have lost many who
claimed to be my friends. They
say hard things Of me. They
say I've grown stuck-up. .
mean. .Stingy. cold. And this
would have hurt terribly once.
It still hurtS-Some. But the
peace I have is worth it all.
For I'm at peace with myself
AND THAT IS THE ONLY
PEACE THAT COUNTS.
Copyright, 1881. King Features
Syndicate. 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
HE FEARS CAMERAS,
NOT SNAKES.

be called beautiful if did not know that the markings
and bright colors were those of a serpent
It is true that THINKING makes things good bad, and
makes them beautiful or hdeous7 Who tel7 We know
only how feel.
In India other countries things most feared often
made objects veneraon and worship tropical countries
where poisonous serpents abound natives hesitate to kill
lest they should make an enemy the serpent relatives
The Cobra de C0ppeO hooded snake of India has long
BEEN worshipped sort Of divinity.
And the tiger also has been worshipped.
Men worship such animals barbarans worship blood
thirsty tyrant kings. They worship them through fear.
Those that have made profound study of religion believe
that religion started large extent in fear rather than in
gratitude Primitive religions pay much attention to demons
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Democrats wO-Thirds
Rule "Unfair'
Bv Claude G.. BOUers-

adoption was waged with bit.
terness for a full day and a
half.
Year after year, after con-
ventions have adjourned, we
have heard the proposal to
abrogate this undemocratic
rule, and then, silence; ST.
lence until another conven-
tion is approaching. In 1904
we were almost rid of the
rule. After the nomination
Of Parker he sent the "gold
telegram" which threatened
momentarily to throw the
tumultuous convention into
a riot, and Champ Clark,
presiding and noting the
danger, adjourned the con-
vention until a later hour
without a motion or a vote.
Soon a delegation from Ken
lucky entered his room, de.
termined to recall the nomi-
nation of Parker.
How many votes will
you rule is necessary to
withdraw the nomination."
he was asked.
II would rule that the
nomination having been
given on q two-thirds vote,
it will require a two-thrds
vote to take it away"
How many votes would
you rule are necessary to
abrogate the two-thirds
rule?"
1.-THE two-thirds rule hav.
ing been adopted by a ma
jority vote, I would rule
that a majority vote can
abrogate.
But more conservative
counsels prevailed and moth
ing was done.
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These are woman's weakest
moments, when she ought to
be put in a strait-jacket to pre-
vent her from making a fool Of
herself and wrecking her own
life and that of some innocent
bystander.
It takes about all the love
that you can feel or hold, in
order to weather marriage hap
PLY. And it's not fair to
short-change yourself or the
other fellow.
Copyright, 1881, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-11-23

deadly OF aII POISONOUS rep"
tiles. A prick Of those fangs,
a drop Of the fatal poison
sent into your blood and death
would come soon.
The native Of India holding
two of these deadly snakes
fears them not at all. He
knows them-or thinks he
does. He knows how to seize
them, with a hand that can
flash to its position back Of
the snakes head more quickly
than the snake can move.
But this native, not afraid
Of snakes, to which he is accus-
toned, is much afraid Of the
camera taking this picture, and
shuts his eyes tightly when the
man prepares to press the but
ton.
Everybody looking at the
head of this snake, scientifi-
cally seized, fangs showing,
jaws distended in rage, says
How hideous, how monstrous,
how repulsive."
Why does the head Of a
snake seem 50 hideous to us,
why do we instinctively hate
every snake?
Is it because the snake really
IS ugly7 It it not rather be-
cause we inherit from ances-
tors going back thousands Of
generations our fear and
hatred of all reptiles?
The third picture from the
top, showing the side Of the
snakes body, would probably
The Washington times., 1931-11-23

A S surely as the time for
II the Democratic national
conventions roll around the
perennial problem Of the
two-thirds rule bobs up to
disturb the serenity Of the
faithful. There was never
any possible justification for
such a rule under any pos
sible Interpretation of democ-
racy. The clever, uncannily
clever, politicians who sur
rounded Andrew Jackson
had their reasons for insist
ing on the adoption Of the
rule; and these reasons re-
lated to party conditions at
that particular moment and
had nothing whatever to do
with party principles.
There was no suggestion
of a two-thirds rule for the
adoption Of a platform. As
the time approached for the
convention Of 1882 there was
no possible doubt as to the
nomination of jackson for a
second term. His popularity
with the people was unprec-
edented. But the Admin
istration forces had their
favorite for the second place
on the ticket and made no
secret Of their choice Of Van
Buren.
There were severe stric-
lures on the Administra-
tion's exertion Of pressure to
determine the vice presi-
dental nomination and the
claim was made that the
utmost exertions Of the
President would be neces-
sary to force the nomina-
ton Of his favorite. It
was a magnificent gesture
of the Jacksonians to say:
every well; no one shall
be nominated by a mere
majority, two-thirds will be
required.
And so it was.
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You Can't Buy Peace at any Price
I started active life as one Of
thsoe "peace-at-any-price" per-
sons. Anything to avoid a row,

and keep peo-
pie happy.
K eepin g
people happy,
that seemed a
slight order.
s urely if I
were consist
emily polite
and pleasant,
did nothing to
annoy, an d
stayed out of
brawls, that
should kaen
people happy.
But this, it
soon a.nnear.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
MARRY-GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland

moment, after a hard day at
the office, when her nerves are
stretched to the swapping point,
and she feels that she can't
stand the managers picking or
the daily grind another instant!
You know! That moment,
when the lure of a home and
a delft-blue kitchen and a
little free time to go window
shopping tempts her to sink
into the arms Of the stodgy,
middle-aged Boy Friend with
the kind heart and the triple
chin.
Last but not least, there is
that moment, which comes SO
often at the height Of a success
full woman's career, when she
has a prescient vision Of the
bleak day, when her friends
and her teeth and her illusions
will be falling away, and she
will find herself lonely in the
midst of all her achievements.
This is the insidious mo-
ment, when an otherwise sane
woman calls down the laughter
of the gods, by clipping with a
playboy or walking to the altar
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said "There between Christianity and all other religions
whatever the distance of infnity."
We have got away from snake worship tiger worship all
the mysteries and horrors of voodooism.
But still are plunged to neCks in THE WORSHIP
OF GOLD. That also is sort Of FEAR WORSHIP"
Il isn't much that love gold for what DO,
thst we fear the harm that from LACK Of gold.
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Jefferson and
The Two.Thirds Rule

We have always opposed
the two-thirds rule on prin-
ciple. It is impossible to
reconcile it with democracy
the rule of the majority.
jefferson was one Of the
most voluminous writer's of
all time, and one may search
in vain through all he wrote
for a justification of any
two-thirds rule. But his in'
sistence on the rule Of the
majority thickly sprinkles
his pages.
In his first inaugural ad-
dress he said:
absolute acquiescence in
the decisions Of the majority
the vital principle Of repub-
lies, from which there is no
appeal but to force, the vital
principle and the immediate
part Of despotism."
In a letter to Madison, he
wrote:
"It is my principle that
the will Of the majority
should always prevail"
And in his first inaugural
he reiterated, and amplified:
"All will bear in mind the
sacred principle that though
the will Of the majority is in
all cases to prevail, that will,
to be rightful, must be
reasonable; that the minority
possess their equal rights,
which equal laws must pro-
tect."
The equal rights Of q
minority in a convention are
these:
The right to present and
urge the nomination Of any
man it will.
The right to a thorough
and respectful hearing and
serious, thoughtful considera-
tion.
The right to a fair vote to
determine the will of the
convention.
But not the right to
thwart the will of the ma.
jority when once disclosed.
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WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Oh, no! IT'S only Destiny or
Fate
Fashions our wills to either love
or hate. -Lovelace.
The secret Of happiness Is
not in doing what one likes.
but In liking what one has to
de. 7Barrie.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23

Depend upon it a lucky guess
is never merely luck-there is
always some talent in it.
Austen.
Great things astonish us, and
small ones dishearten US. Gus
tom makes both familiar.
LA Bruyere.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Under the
Majority Rule

~s4NJ
The irony of it all came
home to Van Buren in the
convention of 1874, when on
the first ballot he received
the majority Of all the votes
cast for the presidential
nomination. He had thir-
teen votes to spare under
the majority rule, but he
lacked thirty-two votes un-
der the two-thirds rule; and
thus, through the two-thirds
rule, the minority was able
to thwart the will Of the
majority.
It is possible that the war
between the States would
never have been fought but
for the two-thirds rule Of
the Democratic convention
in 1860. Whether the elec-
ton Of Douglas would have
prevented the war, as many
believe, or not, the pro-
longed and bitter struggle
in the Charleston conven-
ton, which adjourned with
out making a nomination,
intensified the sectional ami
mosities.
Under the majority rule
Douglas would have been
nominated on the first bal
lot when he received 145 Of
the 252 votes, and he held
his majority through fifty
seven ballots. He rose to
151, but even that left him
seventeen short of the two
thirds. The highest vote
polled for any other candl-
date during these fifty-seven
ballots was sixty-six.
This Is the
Record
Except when the party
fight has been bitter, no can
didate attaining a majority
on any ballot has failed to
receive the nomination. Van
Buren, in 1874; Douglas in
the first convention Of 1860;
Champ Clark in 1912-this is
the record. There is so little
of real democracy in the
two-thirds rule that the con-
ventions normally have acted
on the tacit understanding
that any one receiving a ma.
iority of the vote cast shall
have the nomination.
Principle is not on the side
Of the two-thirds rule; only
the strategy Of allied minor
tiles. And always it has
made for contentious that
have contributed nothing to
the prospects of the party at
the polls. These bitter con-
tentions began with the very
proposal in the convention of
1882 for the fight on ths
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Wrong in
Principle

The two-thirds rule has
been a source of trouble to
the Democrats for a hun
dred years. 1t remains the
rule, because when the mat
ter of its abrogation is
brought up partisans Of
candidates think in terms of
individual ambitions and
prospects and not of prin-
ciple. 1t was wrong in its
origin; it has been destruc-
tive at times in operation;
it is wrong in principle.
It is an astonishing thing
that the party of Hamilton
applies to its conventions
the rule Of the majority,
while the party of jefferson
clings to a rule through
which the will Of the ma
jority may be set aside.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
More Snakes
range Snakes. WHY Do We Dislike Them?

The snake in these three pictures is called by nasura't'
P'Russells viper
Is other name is the "daboia" and is Of the most
The Washington times., 1931-11-23

devils ps and monsters Of evil that they dreadmuch less
attention to God believed to be beneficent Indifferent
Napoleon said during the expeditions to Egypt The
religion Of Jesus is threat that Of Mohammed is promise
It is only just however to Napoleon to recall that he also
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Continued from page one)
stationed, there was dissatisfact-
ion among the soldiers because of
the poor and meagre rations and
the suspicion that the officers were
selling food supplies that should
have been given to the soldiers.
Missouri River Deckhand
Several of the men deserted, Joe
among them, Working their way
as deck hands on the Trevor, bound
for the farthest navigable point on
the Missouri, Joe and five other
deserters came up the river, bound
for the far West and adventure.
Adventure met them halfway. and
the plans Of Joe and the Trevor
were changed with disconcerting
suddenness. Held fast by a hid
den sandbar, a snag that was once
the branch Of a tree, ripped into
the bottom of the steamboat which
was bucking the current with all
the power Of her engines. Impaled
on the snag the boat at length
broke in two, but not before the
heavy gold ore stamping machin-
cry on board and part of the con-
traband cargo Of whiskey was got
ten ashore. Stranded like the boat
the six young deck-hands turned to
wood chopping. The life was one
OF adventure. The country warm
ed with Indians, many of them I'M
friendly. They resented the in
trusion of the whites. One Of the
choppers was killed. Joe escaped
by swimming the Missouri. The
others disappeared. Joe remain
ed. There was an abundance Of
wild game. He was wood-chopper.
plainsman, butcher perhaps that
gave him his name and cook.
During the last few years of his
life he spent much time In his gar
DIN In which he took great pride
He was one Of the builders of old
Fort Peck ear Lismas, and lived
g it merely a memory. He made
peace with the Indians, taking
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-03-27

a mate from the tribe. His wire was
called Steps-on-Joe, but she was
known to be a faithful and indus
trious helpmate. She died a re"
years ago. Two of their four child
rem died. Mrs Walter Clark ano
Mrs. Rosie Looking are the sur
viving children. There are also
several grandchildren.
Shadow of Fear
For more than sixty years there
hung over the life of Joe Butch the
fear that one day he would be ar
| rested for deserving. He did not
disclose that his name a Cham
berlain, and it was only a few
years ago that his friends, knowing
that he was a Civil War veteran,
induced him to apply for a pension.
Finally he told his story and the
pension was granted him, being
made retroactive to March II, 1925.
He received $3.50 back pay.
His lifelong habit of s%eclusion
chung to him to the last. He could
seldom be induced to go far from
Frazer. He did go to the celebra-
ton at Fort Union in 1925, know
ing that some of his old time
friends would be there. Another
time, a year or two ago, he was
almost persuaded to make a trip
west, but refused at the last min
ute. Andrew Hammond, one Of the
four wood choppers who disap-
peared after the Indian raid, had
become a millionaire lumberman
of Oregon and California. Hearing
thae Butch was still alive and
still living neal the site of the
steamboat wreck, he wrote, invit-
ing Joe to come to the coast. Any
thing Joe wanted was to be his,
but Butch would not go. The next
Christmas Hammond sent Joe a
check for $3.50 "to buy a cigar"
For n who had endured the I'M
cunt of hardship he had, Joe Butch
was in remarkable physical con-
his hearing, eyesight and
other faculties being excellent.
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Rev. VIM. G.. Johnson, Pastor
A review of the last quarters
lessons at the Sunday school hour
at 10000. Morning worship at II
with sermon by the pastor. Young
peoples meeting at 6:45: Why
Christ is a Worthy Master. Leader
Garnet Montgomery.
Sunday evening services at 1880,
beginning a week of services to
be held each evening at 1880.
Special attention Is called to the
Family Service to be held on Fri
day at 800. The families of the
church and congregation are in
vited to attend this service in full
strength, parents with their child
rem sitting together. This will be a
favorable opportunity to present
your children for baptism.
A general and cordial invitation
to all is extended for the services
each night from Sunday to and in
Guiding Friday. The pastor will
preach, but you can help with
prayer for a deepening of spiritual
life of all. Pray for the pastor,
christians and non-believers.
Ladies Aid will meet on Thurs
day afternoon with Mrs. w. B. De-
Witt and Mrs. w. I. Burnison as
hostesses.