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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-08-29

called The Speedwell Tire Co.,
and l think I bought it, books
and stock, for ten bucks and
a bottle Of rye.
LincoIn's Picture
Just what I was going to do
with it, I had no idea-but I
felt that you couldn't go wrong
on ten bucks for a half.million-
dollar corporation. A few
months later someone told me
that, what with the war that
was going on over in Europe,
tires was getting scarce in this
country. so I fingered the time
ripe for a flotation of the
'Speedwell Tire Co. I didn't
figger it as being any great
shakes, so 1 just had a pros
pectus printed up with a couple
Of pictures Of our Malay rub
Der plantation and photo of
Abraham Lincoln?"
Abraham Lincoln?" I said.
What had he to do with a
rubber company"
Jaw, nothing" replied
Snake" but I always used
his photo on a prospectus. I
had a swell slogan 1 used I'M
der the picture. It went some
thing like this-'Honest Abe.
our company's Inspiration
WELL" continued Snake"
considering that we had moth
ing but a prospectus and a
hole-in-the.corner office, the
issue went over we'll, and I felt
that maybe it was worth plug
ging in a bigger way. So I
took a three-months' option
on a piece of waste ground
outside of Detroit and had it
photographed. Then we painted
in the photograph a sign read
ing: Site for the Speedwell
Tire Co. Factory and issued a
new prospectus containing a
photo of the company's factory
site and a whole page of pic
lures cf our Malay plantations"
They Fell For 1t
"And they fell for it?" I
asked.
Like a ton of bricks" he
replied. BY this time we'd sold
half our stock and ! knew we'd
have to make a new move if
we wanted to get rid Of the
rest. So I gets a small indie
pendent tire company to make
a thousand tires and stamp
them 'Speedwell.' Then I Sc
lects 20 good towns and put
the tires in the windows OF
local tire dealers.
well, was out on the road
with a bunch of boys cleaning
out each town where we had a
tire display when the office
wires me to come back to head
quarters Immediately. When I
arrives, there's a stack Of mail
that reached the ceiling on my
office desk and what do you
think it contains?"
I shook my head and waited
for Snake" to continue.
ORDERS" he said, for nearly
a hundred thousand dollars
worth of Speedwell Tires!"
And did you start manufac-
turing?" I asked.
Sure we did," he retorted.
The Speedwell Tire Co. made
over million dollars worth. OF
tires in the next two years"
And the shareholders really
made some money out Of their
investment" I said innocently.
He shrugged his shoulders.
well. Mark" he returned du-
biously, Il wouldn't go as far
as that. You know. with the
overhead and the salary of the
management, it was pretty diff
ficult to pay dividends. You
know, Mark"
I nodded.
yes" I replied, Il know"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-08-29
MARION DAVIES SETS A RECORD Star ~S Ms: F5s
Carlo Influence
Reflected in
owWorId
By ANDREW r. KELLEY

Vacation rambles are over for
while and I must admit that
it's pleasant to be back in a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-08-29

MYSTERIOUS DOINGS, with Fay Wray, Lionel At
will Lee Tracy and lot involved in weird events,
figure in the film feature, which is entitled Doctor X
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-08-29

who has done that ana wan
here and now.
Snake" Butler, ladies and
gentlemen. Americas greatest
con man, to whom also may be
attributed the sale of Auburn
prison and the hot dog conces-
sion for the Stock Exchange,
not to mention such minor
transactions as the rental OF
the White House and the dirigi-
BILE mooring rights to the EN-.
pire State Building.
Don't run away with the idea
that Snakes" rise to fame has
been an easy one. No, sir! AS
he himself will tell you, he has
had to work hard for his posi-
ton.
Starting as a member Of a
circus pickpocket gang, Snake"
rose slowly from the ranks un-
til, eventually. he became boss
of the gang and owner Of the
concession. But Snake" dreamt
of bigger things. and a few
years later we find him part
owner of the "Big-Time Carni-
VAL" which, as Snake" will
proudly tell you, was built on
that grand old American prin.
ciple, Never give a sucker
break" A little later he played
his partner a game of poker
for his share of the carnival,
and, through dint of skill, not
to mention a couple of spare
aces he held up his sleeve, be-
came sole owner of the outfit.
Kansan MeaIy Bugs
About this time the wheat
fields of Kansas we're being
laid low with a plague of mealy
bugs, and Snake promptly
shifted his hunting ground and
advertised in every Kansas
paper a certain method of eX-
terminating the bugs. Promi-
nently displayed in each an
nouncement was the guarantee
that the Butler DISCRIMINATING
Company would pay $4,000 if
their remedy, properly applied,
failed to kill the mealy bug.
Just how the exterminator
worked was not explained, but
thousands of Kansas farmers
sent in their dollars for the
advertised miracle worker.
In return for their dollar,
they received two blocks of wood
marked A and B, respectively.
with the following instructions:
Lay the mealy bug on the
block A and bring block B down
with sufficient force to squash
the bug. If, after following
these simple instructions, you
fail to kill the bug, we hereby
guarantee to pay you the sum
of ten thousand dollars"
Maybe, by this time, you will
have come to the conclusion
that Snake" is crook. But in
giving him this classification,
you are doing an injustice to
the average criminal. For even
the worst thief generally has a
heart somewhere. whereas. if
SNAKE" ever possessed such an
organ, it must have been ex-
cised along with his appendix
at an early age. In spite of
this, however, I never miss chat
ting with him whenever I catch
him in this city.
Did He Ever Work?
The other night, I CHANGED
on him and, between drinks,
ventured a question.
Tell me, Snake" I asked,
dCh o1yn 1,n,, o1yoV. I0no On Ionnct
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WARNER sRos. Ar cooLED
Evening star., 1932-10-02

author is one Of the original 13. Going back
into it with zest she gathers 1t up again IN
freshness for those Of US who are not as lucky
Is the Nasons were. Only one drawback. No
doubt the very one those young ones felt. Not
half time enough for all there is to do. Beside
the regular business OF building houses, running
trains and such like, there are mighty extras.
Long tunnels to be opened up to treasure that
has been buried there more n . million years.
There are monsters to be made away with and
giants to be overcome. breathless business,
all told, this Mason book of Summer time. The
grown-up Mason girl. telling the tale is a fine
one. She not only remembers the things that
happened, but she remembers the look and feel
Evening star., 1932-10-02

Of them The story Is next thing to being .
Mason and not merely reading about them.
And the picturesi They are delightful, beauti-
ful and very much alive
A look book to look into with an eye upon
the holiday time. Nothing else seems quite 50
unfortunate as . last-minute grabbing Of books
at that time. With other things haste may not
count 50 much. But with books it is . grave
mistake. They take time for . good looking
over to make sure they are what they seem to
be, good for the wear Of many warm readings
and unfading friendships. THE Mason Chill
dren" Is q natural, happy, active and interesting
story about . big family Of youngsters free in
the country for . long and joyous Summer.
Evening star., 1932-10-02
Genevieve Foster .
Nally & %.
New York: Rand Nc

Genevieve Poster. New York: Rand Nc
Nally & 90.
event Of annual interest even to Chicago,
It must have been when the Masons crossed
over into Wisconsin for the Summer Mind
you! Thirteen children! To say nothing Of
parents. man servants and maids, luggage sky
high, piles Of loose contraptions that would fit
neither trunk nor bag Suggests the outfaring
Of colony. the exodus Of . people. The COM
motion must have been pretty hard on the rest
Of the world, but once arrived, the din waS'
divided and drawn on over the fields, into the
woods across the lake Of the big Mason place.
This Is . true story Of those Summers. Its
Evening star., 1932-10-02
Continued from Eleventh Page

gone the convenient and sensible way Of French
alliances Instead at the last minute Of the hast
hour It slips into rs pure romance into rs
passionate love Is . deep grained Victorian,
writing, could have achieved Plenty Of Wit
and gayety skip over the surface Of this es-
sential ahsurdity Of the French husband falling
In love with his own wife. Fun and most Of
the time good fun, but pure comedy touched
on with farce
THE MASON CHILDREN BY Edith Mason
Armstrong. Illustrated by Alice Carsey and
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-01-26
Research Into Theory Is Being
Conducted in U. S. D. A.
Laboratory

Washington, Jan. 26. Up Re
search into the theory that life orig
mates in the tremendous energy OF
the cosmic rays, which strike the
earth from mysterious source in
outer space, is being conducted in a
laboratory Of the department Of ag-
riculturc.
The green coloring matter Of
plants, called chlorophyll, may be
the agency through which the energy
of the cosmic rays is converted into
the vital spark" that seems to keep
life going, it is suggested by DR..
Frank M. Schertz, department chem
ist
Scientists long have believed that
chlorophyll, with the aid of the sun.
enables plants to change water and
carbon dioxide from the air into sug-
ars and starcheS, which make up the
structure Of plants.
May Contain Life's Clue
DR.. Schertz suggests that chloro-
phyll may play a more important
role, and that it may contain the
clue to what life is.
He has found way to extract pure
chlorophyll from plants easily and
cheaply enough so that it can be
used commercially, although he wa:
not the first to isolate 1t.
Pure chlorophyll looks like very
1a-., green coal. It is used to color
'dy. candles, soaps, leather, ONT
its and similar products.
ewing extracted pure chlorophyl.
r.. Schertz next hopes to learn how
II does its work.
lie believes chlorophyll serves as
laboratory in which nature cor
verts energy into matter. The energy
reaches the earth in the form Of SUM-
light and cosmic rays, which are akin
70 x-rays but far more penetrating.
BY some process not understood
Or. Schert. explains, this energy Is
Transformed into matter.
+, Evidence seems to show. Or
Hchertz says, tnat living plant cells
nre built up around chlorophyll.
Molecules Of chlorophyll are COM
posed Of atoms Of carbon, hydrogen
nitrogen. oxygen and magnesium. As
tho cllorophyll molecules brea *
down, he says, they seem to build
10 arcund themselves the living cells
q the plant.
HIS Associate Substances
Two other substances are always
| eaeociated With chlorophyll In plants
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-01-26
CHLOROPHYLL, COSMIC RAYS
MAY HOLD SECRETS OF LIFE

They are carotin and xanthophyll,
both yellow pigments.
Carotin supplies the yellow color
of carrots and butter.
Xanthophyll produces the yellow
color of egg yolks and dandelior
blossoms
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-03-04
/ ]R1(y[llBI
FEWER BIRDS, BUT
THEY LAY BETTER
Increased Egg Production Is
Being Maintained.
prepared by the United States Depart
mant Of APricnlture. l-WNU Service.

lPrepared by the united states DeparI-
ment of Agriculture. )-WNU Service.
Hens and pullets are fewer, but
egg production is being maintained
because the fowls are laying more
eggs per bird. On October l, 1881,
there were 6.2 per cent fewer hens
and pullets for laying in farm flocks
of the crop reporters as compared
with October l a year ago, and there
were % per cent fewer chickens. An
increase of l per cent is reported for
young chickens other than pullets
for layers.
Egg production has been main
tanned, says the department, despite
the decrease in layers. The number
of eggs laid per farm flock was re-
ported at 1S.6 eggs on October 1,
compared with 1872 eggs on October,
1880. and IS eggs for the October
5-year average. The aggregate of
10 reported layings on the first of
each month from January to Octo-
Der is 291.1 eggs per farm flock in
1881, compared with 300 eggs in
1890, and 1852 eggs in the five years
1925-1929.
Converting the statistics into
eggs laid per hen," the depart
ment says that the October l aver
age for 1881 was 26.2 eggs per 100
hens and pullets of laying age, COM
pared with 24.8 in 1880, with 25.7 in
1929. and a 5-year average of 25.2
for that date. Ten reported lay
ings, January to October, aggregated
3S9.5 eggs per 100 birds last year,
against 1922 eggs in 1880, and $40
for the 1925-1929 average.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-03-04
Grain Fed in Hoppers
Brought Good Results

In an experiment at the Dominion
experimental farm, AgassiZ, 3. c., in
which three lots Of 80 birds each
were used, feeding the scratch
grain in hoppers gave rather better
results than feeding in the litter, the
Nor West Farmer reports. The pen
fed from the hopper showed a profit
over cost of feed of $2.67 per bird,
while the one in which the grain
was fed in litter in the usual way
showed a profit Of $2.51 per bird.
The experience of John Dykes, we'll
known poultryman of Lethbridge,
bears out the results at Agassiz.
He keeps hard grain before his birds
all the time, finds that they lay
as we'll or better than where 1t is
thrown in litter and do not become
fat from overeating. Mr.. Dykes
observation is that only plump, we'll
fleshed birds lay and that working
off the flesh by keeping them dig
ging into litter is not conducive to
condition where maximum laying
results may be had.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-03-04
CHAPTER xl
Maisie.

TWO days later Stanton had an
= other telegram from Roberts,
sent from Salt Lake City, and, as
before, through the states attOr-
ney's office.
$50 far so good" it read.
Thought you might like to know.
I'll wire you before l take the final
jump-off."
Stanton wished he could send him
q warning. He still reasoned that
the situation rationalized itself only
for incredulity or the most thorough
going skepticism, but nevertheless
three killings had TO be conceded
and the survivors of the group were
not of gentler nurture and charac-
ter than the three who were dead.
1t might be that the incentive was
less, the deaths having doubled the
income of the living, and the risks
were greater.
With everything reasoned STAN
ton found he still considered Rob
erts in danger. He could not warn
him to avoid San Francisco. He
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-03-04
For Turkey Raisers

The plan now is to raise the tur-
keys in confinement. The turkey
hen with her poults is fenced in. A
small shed is used for shelter. The
reason for this is that the poults
get the blackhead from infected
ground over which the chickens
have been allowed to forage. The
far end of an orchard would be a
good place for the turkeys. A mash
made of oat meal, bran and mid
dlings with about 10 per cent of meat
scrap would make good feed. Milk
to drink would be all right. Do
not feed corn and do not overfeed.
When the poults are old enough TO
fatten you can begin gradually Oh
corn. Give the poults to the tur-
key hen. rear them in an enclosure
on new ground and feed them little
if any corn.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-03-04

and it's foolishness to hold them
merely to make them get a writ.
Turn them loose"
Gentlemen" said Stanton, you're
loose again. If | were you I'd take
care of Roberts health or allow him
to cherish it himself. I've given
him the advantage of this little in
terruption. Take it as a suggestion
to let him alone. I'll have you safe
ly conducted to the street. I'd not
seek another way of coming in here
again, If advise is admissible"
1--WE welcome it, Lieutenant" said
Ashley. blair. we have the all
again. Adios, gentlemen. Well
give your regards to Roberts
AdiOs."
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-03-04

known as California Fig Syrup and
endorsed by physicians for over so
years.
Children need no urging to take it.
They love it's rich, fruity flavor.
Nothing can compete with it as gen.
tie, but certain laxative, and it goes
further than this. 1t gives tone and
strength to the stomach and bowels
so these organs continue to act nor
mally, of their own accord. 1t stimu-
lates the appetite, helps digestion.
A Kansas mother, Mrs. Dana ALL
gire, 610 Monroe ST., Topeka, says:
Bonnie B. is absolutely the picture
Of health, now, with her ruddy cheeks,
bright eyes and plump but graceful
little body and she stands at the top
in every health test.
Much of the credit for her perfect
condition is due to California Fig
Syrup We have used it since baby
hood to keep her bowels active dur
ing colds or any children's ailments
and she has always had an easy time
with them. She always responds to
it's gentle urging and is quickly back
to normal"
Ask your druggist for California
Fig Syrup and look for the word
california" on the carton so you'll
always get the genuine.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-03-04

might warn him to be careful. A
telegram sent in care of the tele-
graph company had an outside
chance of reaching him, small one,
but a chance.
After writing several drafts, try
ing not to alarm Roberts too much
and yet to put him on guard, the
lieutenant accepted the best he
could do and sent a telegram read
ing: "B. and A. were held a few
hours here. They are travelling
west. They spoke of San Fran
CISCO"
A week later the lieutenant had
a telegram from Roberts:
"Adios, AMIGO. Good luck. All
set for the big jump. A new life
and a merry one No more from
me. Buenos noctes. R."
Stanton could not know whether
his own telegram had been received
or not. Nothing more was heard
from Roberts.
A week and then another went
by. The Turner case evidently had
been folded up and filed away. Stan
ton wrote to Mr.. Darling and to the
young Mr.. Turner.
The old gentleman in his reply
said he had not received a letter
from Roberts and did not as yet
know where to send his December
check. He presumed that in good
time he would be informed.
In a few weeks more the routine
of police work put the Turner will
case even further in the back
ground, although Stanton expected
that some day in some fashion
some phase of the affair would re-
cur.
The recurrence came with a tele-
phone call the afternoon of Janu-
airy Z, getting the lieutenant at his
desk. 1t was woman'S voice, and
she, finding that she was talking
to the lieutenant, gave the impress
sion of being uncertain how best to
get to what she wanted to say.
Il am about to ask you to call on
me-" was what she did say after
the instant of hesitation.
Yes" said the lieutenant.
81 am at the Drake" she said MY
room is eight-eighteen."
why do you want to see me-?
Stanton asked.
Il am Mrs Arthur Trembly." she
said. Il an Maisie. 1t is in that
connection"
Il see," said the lieutenant
when do you want me to call?"
Now, if you can"
Il can"
He called the captains chauffeur
and was driven to the hotel. A de-
velopment with its origin in a vol
unteer appearance of Maisie gave
his Imagination a lively turn.
At his ring of the bell the door
was opened by a handsome woman
of early middle age
Lieutenant Stanton? Come in
Take off your overcoat. That chair
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-03-04
Good Word for the Sparrow

Field Investigators of the Pennsyl-
vania state game commission have
discovered that the English sparrow,
commonly regarded as nothing but a
pest, has some economic value. They
reported that the sparrows attack and
eat the Japanese beetle, plant pest
that has cause considerable damage
In infested areas.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-03-04
Throat and Bronchial
Trouble Overcome

Ogden, Utah-"l
have had quite a
lot Of throat and
bronchial trouble,
would have spells
of bronchitis some
of which were very
severe. | would be
left with a cough
and choke up with
nhlegm." said Mrs.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-03-04

I'M. Wells Of 1911 Sulven Ave. 81 took
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
andit has entirely rid me of this trouble.
have never had a spell of bronchitis
since taking this medicine. | have
also advised others to take it, and they
have been greatly helped. " All druggists.
For free medical advice write to DR..
Pierce's Clinic, Buffalo, n. Y, using symptom
blank wrapped with every bottle of
DR.. Pierce's Discovery
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-03-04
Depression Chat

Depression Chat
'T can remember when butter was
so cents a pound and eggs were 60
cents a Dozen"
"Yeh, those were the good old
daysv'
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-03-04

The Leghorn breed of chickens
was first introduced into the United
States in 1885.
Women organized a cooperative
poultry association in White county,
Indiana. They signed farmers enough
to represent ownership of 10000
birds.
Poultrymen owe it to their pos
sible bank account and to the de-
velopment of their flock of birds to
Gull their growing pullets continu-
ously.
Coarsely ground corncobs are now
used to some extent as litter in hen
and hog houses. Farm mills run by
tractor power make this grinding
practical.
The Farmers Protective Associa-
ton of Minnesota will try to prevent
theft of poultry by tattooing numer-
ais under the wings, then registering
the numbers.
Egg production may fall in
flocks housed near large cities be-
cause clouds of smoke reduce the
amount of sunshine received by the
birds in such districts.
Poultry and egg marketing schools
to guide poultry raisers in selling
their products have been established
throughout Minnesota by the Uni
versity of Minnesota department of
agriculture.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-03-04
Girl at the Top
in Health Tests

Millions of boys
and girls all over the
world, thousands Of
them right here in
the West, are being
restored to health
and strength by the
purely vegetable ton
.ic and xa til V e
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-03-04
POULTRY NOTES

The Leghorn breed of chickens
was first introduced into the United
States in 1885.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-03-04
Agreement Basis

Funk-Do you and your wife al
ways agree?
Wiggins-On second thought, yes.
Evening star., 1932-10-15
Whistler's Mother.

If the great impressionist James Alb
bott MacNeill Whistler, had painted but
a single picture and that the portrait
of his mother, his name would have
lived. The work enjoys an interna-
tional celebrity. Reproductions Of 1t
hang in literally thousands of homes.
The quiet, delicate old face is symbolic
of mothers of all ages and all lands"
1t was not only the developed skill of
maturity that Whistler put into the
composition; it was also the love, the
understanding and the sympathy Of
maturity. His mother was an aged
woman in 1872, when she sat for this
Arrangement in Gray and Black" as it
originally was called and Whistler him
self was thirty-eight. The composition
was original in manner and treatment.
Whistler consciously invented or created
it; the result was not accomplished by
accident. But the whole work Is so natu
raj, so graceful, SO lovely-no wonder it
has caught the imagination of ordinary
people who know and care nothing
about the technique, the theology and
the philosophy of the artist!
Whistler for a brief period in 1886
was a resident Of Washington, while
employed in the Coast and Geodetic
Survey, and the city therefore has a
special interest in his personality. and
achievement. Possibly his mother visit
ed him here. No one seems to know.
and it may not greatly matter. 1t is
enough that wherever the son journeyed
or paused throughout the sixty-nine
years of his life she must have been
present in his thought. He worshipped
her, and it may be presumed that she
likewise entertained an ardent affection
for him. How else could the portrait
be explained? Whistler certainly mixed
filial devotion with his color&. y
It u announced that ths picture y