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that you have refused me every time.
You should do something about 1t"
"For every refusal, as you call it."
Barbara reminded him, "there has
been a proposal, which makes your
habit just as bad as mine. In fact,
worse, because you started yours first,
and mine was a natural consequence"
"You mean unnatural consequence"
Stanley corrected her. &a.a
"Well, anyway" Barbara argued, IF
you will swear off your bad habit, I
won't have to do anything about
mine"
She glanced at him without raising
her head, and the mischief that looked
up through her long curved lashes
gave Stanley little start
Suddenly he said. I'm the meantime,
I move to lay the question on the
table, to be taken up right after this
dance"
He opened his arms to her as she
arose.
81 second the notion" she said.
Carried"
About half way around the floor
Stanley spoke into the little ear so
close to his face. Now you are Just
where you belong" His arm frightened
lust 4 little around her as he said It.
do you mean here at the EN-
bassy?" More perverseness!
The orchestra stopped for intermis-
sion and the couple returned to their
table.
Stanley, using spoon for a gayel,
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raped lightly on the table. "The
house will now come to order and we
will take up the previous question.
Once more, and for the last time this
year, will you marry me, Babs?'
A soprano, singing the vocal inter-
lude with piano accompaniment while
the orchestra went out for a smoke,
was singing 10 Promise Me-"
There" approved Stanley, nodding
toward the music platform. "Inci-
dental music. Even the lady Is trying
to help me out!'
Barbara smiled, but turned pensiye.
The singer concluded her solo and
began another.
"Yes," said Barbara slowly, land
she is trying to help me. too"
The second song was II Surrender,
Dear" 49,.
Stanley reached over and gathered
Barbara's hands into his own. do
you really mean It? Are you saying
.Yes'?" ~. .s
"Yes." ... -,...- o.
Stanley arose, glowing.
Come, let's CO." he said. "This u
no place for newly-engaged couple"
A trip to the check room, then out
under the canopy at the motor en-
trance. Stanley asked the footman
to order his car.
AS it came up they entered ana the
footman closed the door with THANK
you, sir. A happy New Year,
The chauffeur may have been listen
ing, but being discreet he never men
toned it. Anyway, had he been lis
tening, and his hearing perceptye, ne
might have taken the sound OF q KISS
In the tonneau for a signal, for tne
long blue car rolled away into won
derful New Year filed with golden
promise for young couple very mucn
IN love. .s.
And as the car turned q corner tnere
fioated from the supper room OF the
Embassy the compelling waltz strains
of kiss Me Again"
"More incidental music" said StaF
ley softly, and played up to it--cOm'
pletely.
g. 1888. Western Newspaper Union.
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WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume of Happenings
of the Week Collected for
Our Readers

Pasco-State control of liquor has
been Endorsed by representatives of
IA cities at meeting of the Eastern
) Washington League of Cities, at
Pasco.
Grand Coulee-Owners of land re-
quired for construction of the Grand
Coulee dam have not accepted offers
of the government to purchase, and
condemnation proceedings will be
necessary.
Seattle-The city council of Seattle
has voted to submit at the next city
election an ordinance to put daylight
saving into effect the second Sunday
in June to continue until the first
Sunday in September.
Olympia - A federal tribunal of
three judges has upheld the state
occupational tax of " per cent. on
gross earnings in the suit of five rail-
road companies to restrain the state
from collecting the tax.
Olympia-The state supreme court,
clarifying the 40-mill property tax
limit law, has ruled that counties
must accept the valuations fixed by
the state board of equalization as the
basis for the state levy.
O1ympia-A complaint in which it
objected to salaries paid to IL e1-
ecutives and 20 employees of the Puget
Sound Power G. Light company has
been filed at Olympia by the depart
ment of public works. Items objected
to total $4,000.
Spokane - Court action over the
department of public works rate and
valuation of the Interstate Telephone
company, which operates 10 ex-
changes in Central and Eastern
Washington, has been commenced in
the superior court of Thurston
county.
Wenatchee-There is promise Of a
choSrful Christmas at Wenatchee.
Three thousand depositors will share
in a S101,565 dividend by the closed
Commercial bank, the civil works
administration will distribute 3d.
500 weekly, and apple growers will
split an $4,000 check.
Stevenson-A majority of the resi-.
dents Of Stevenson have signed Pc
titions calling upon the city council
to call a special election to vote on
a bond issue to finance the construc-
ton and maintenance of power trans
mission lines to Fort Rains to connect
with the Northwestern Electric COM
pany.
Yakima - Fred Eberle, pioneer
Yakima fruit shipper. has resigned
his place on the commodity board OF
the Northwest Fruit Industries, Inc,
as protest against the refusal of
the control committee to increase the
minimum scheduled price for apples.
Other leading shippers also are pro-
testing.
Walla Walla-A pref Christmas di-
vidend of $4,000, representing 2
per cent. of the liability of the
liability of the Peoples State bank
of Walla Walla, which was closed in
September, 1892, has been ordered
paid December Is by the superior
court. A previous dividend of 10 per
cent. was paid one year ago.
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prosecuting him on re-
ligious grounds plans
a comeback to Wash
ington in the capacity
of a member of the
lower house. He was
beaten for the senate
in 1880 by, John A.
Bankhead and was
virtually read out Of
the Democratic party
the year before by the
state executive COM
m / t t e e because he
.
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bassy hotel, New Years eve fes-
~ tivities were In full swing.
At tables encircling the dancing
floor, gay groups dined and made
ready to welcome the New Year, and
danced between courses to the music
of the orchestra.
With a modernistic discord the band
finished an encore fox trot, and STAN
ley Allen and Barbara Langford re-
turned to their little table-for-two be-
hind a ported palm In a secluded nook.
"well," said Stanley in a business
like manner. II suppose you have
your schedule of new resolutions all
made out and sworn to-"
do you think 1 need to make any
new resolutions?" This was asked
'archly. teasingly.
81 certainly dol" Stanley's reply
was emphatic. You have one very
bad habit that irritates me beyond
words. without that, Babs, you would
be absolutely perfect" >
"Thank you. kind sir, she said"
Babs Knocked. "And may I ask what
that bad habit Is that is devastating
the whole countryside?" I'll .#
"Don't pretend. You know well
enough" -. III
please verify, them"
snow look here" Stanley said as
he drew geometric figures with a PEN
Gil on the tablecloth. During this
current year which is about to come
to close, have proposed to you just
twenty-six times-an average of once
every two weeks. Your bad habit is
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Point, Ind, against
Samuel insult, Jr.,
and other officials Of
the company. includ-
ing Morse Dell Plain,
it's, president. 1t is
charged that the COM
pany's treasury was
looted for the benefit
of insult holding COM
panies. The report of
the grand jury. in
cluded these accusa-
lions:
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Two Mills to Reopen

Hoquiam-The Grays Harbor Lum-
Der company and the E. K. Wood
Lumber company will resume opera
lions next month after three-year
shutdowns if present plans material
lie. A small crew already has started
work preparing the Grays Harbor
mill, one of the largest on Grays
Harbor and an industrial bulwark
here until it closed in 1880. -s.-
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thorities. e. T. Weir,
chairman of the board
of the company, main
tanned that he was
loyal to the Presi-
dents recovery pro-
gram but, insisted that
the labor board had
no right to coerce or
abrogate the election
of employees repre-
sentatives that was
held at the Weirton
Dlant. The success
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Voter. 1O1. Registered

Aberdeen - Aberdeen's 101-year-
old founder, Samuel Benn, who has
been voting since 1853, is now
eligible to vote at every city, county,
state and national election for the
remainder Of his life. He was PERM
anently registered yesterday under
the new state laws.
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Train Kills Cattle i'm Tunnel

observation-disclosures Garner, farm
er in the Centerville section, reports
the loss of nine head of cattle, killed
when struck by an S. p. e S. train.
The cattle were caught in tunnel
when seeking shelter from a recent
wind and rainstorm and were unable
to get out of the way of the train.
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Alfred E. Smith in 1923. Now Tom
announces that he is a primary candi-
date for congressman from the Fifth
district because he thinks the Demo-
cratic party is weak in debating abil-
ity. He says he will 'help the Presi-
dent to obtain legislation that will
take the control of the money supply
out Of the hands of those who pro-
duce panics every ten or twelve years."
Mr.. Heflin is concededly an able de-
batter, but he may find the lower house
less patient with his lengthy speeches
concerning himself and his persecu-
ton complex than was the senate.
TWO Of Americas most popular and
1 widely read novelists died on the
same day in New York. Louis Joseph
Vance, author Of many tales of mys-
terry, was found dead In blazing arm
chair in his apartment, the fire having
apparently been set by dropped ciga-
rette. Robert w. Chambers, writer Of
best sellers for nearly forty years and
noted especially for his novels Of
American history, passed away after
an operation for an intestinal disorder
from which he had suffered for several
months. .-. .
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EMPLOYEES to Study Lumber

Longview-An educational club, to
be known as the "Weyerhauser club"
has been formed by SO employees Of
that company, and will begin a study
program to occupy five months, from
January to May, 1894. Wallace IT.
win is chairman. He explained that
the course is designed to improve
each members general knowledge Of
numbering and to aid him in his
special line of work. ...
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yXIHAT action, If any. the NRA and
w the national labor board would
take in the case of the WeirtOn Steel
company vas unrevealed by the au-
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WHY WE GREET
THE NEW YEAR


WHY do we greet thee, o bliths New Year,
wv What are thy pledges Of mirth and chssr7
CONTEST, lnieht-crrant, the wrong to right1
CONTEST TO scatter our gloom with light7
Wherefore the thrill The sparkle and Shins
In heart and eyes nc . word Of thins7
The Old was buoyant, the Old was uln,
The Old was brave when the Old was new,
He crowned us often with grace and gift,
His sternest skies had q deep blue rift.
Yet straight and swift, when his hand unclasped,
With welcome and Joyanee thine we graspsd
o tell us, Year-ws are fain 70 know
What 10 thy charm that wO hail thee So7
Through the ether clear, from the solemn sly
The New Year beekons and makes reply;
81 bring you, friends, what the years have
brought
Since ever men toiled, aspired, or thought
Days for labor, and nights for rest;
And I bring you love, n heaven-bOrn guestI
Space 60 work In, and work 70 do.
And faith In that which 10 pure and true.
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Observation-Disclosures to "a

Toppenish-When a baby daughter
was born recently to Mr.. and Mrs.
Randall Stovall, Toppenish, Mrs.
Asenath higgins, who lives near here,
strengthened her claim to being the
Yakima valleys champion great
grandmother. The child, Glenna Max
inc Stovall, is Mrs. Higgins Gath
great-grandchild The infant has a
great-great-grandm in Tennes-
see, the father said. Mrs. higgins is
about 80 years Of age.
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WHEN the day for war debt pay.


vXIHEN the day for war debt pay.
Wv ments to the United States came
around the expected happened. France.
Poland, Belgium, Hungary and Estonia
made no payments whatever. Finland,
as it did last June, paid in full-$229.-
623. Token payments were made by
five nations as follows:
Great Britain, $7,50O,OOO Of $117.-
67O,765; Italy, 100000 to $2,133,9O6;
Czechoslovakia, S15O,OOO of 81 ,6S2, S13;
Lithuania, $4,000 of S1O5,474, and
Latvia, $500 Of $1SO.706
So in all, Uncle Sam received $685.
1913, or approximately one-seventeenth
of the S152952, 637 due that day from
eleven European nations. There is now
$301 ,77S, 747, overdue on the $ll,OOO,'
100000 funded debts.
0NE foreign nation has undertaken
" to bring suit against a state OF
the Union before the Supreme Court
Of the United States-the first instance
of the kind in history. The principal
ity of Monaco seeks, through its Amer
lean attorneys, permission to sue the
state Of Mississippi for payment OF
principal and interest on S1OO,OOO
worth of bonds defaulted in 1871. 1t
was explained by the Monagesque con-
sulate in New York that Monaco is en-
powered as sovereign state to sue
one of the United States, q privilege
not accorded to individuals, and that
the bonds were given the prtncipality
by three descendants of original 1nVes-
tors, who had finally been convinced
that, so far as private holders were
concerned, the delta state was going to
continue too proud to pay.
a LEJANDRO LERROUX is pre-
mier of Spain again, having sue
ceeded Diego Martinez Barrios, VINO
was made vice president Of the new
cabinet and minister Of war. Lerroux
said he was pleased" with the minis
try he had got together and that its
formation Of members of the left, the
right and the center parties was COM
patible with the complexion of the new
parliament, which is dominated by con-
servatives. .4
a PROMINENT Of Hiroshi Saito as
1 \ the new Japanese ambassador to
the United States was confirmed By
the cabinet in Tokyo. The foreign
office there cabled instructions for him
to proceed at once to Washington from
The Hague, where he has been serving
as minister to the Netherlands.
DEACE, for the time being, has come
L to the Gran Chaco, for Paraguay
and Bolivia agreed to truce and
their warfare in the jungle region was
stopped. This was arranged by the
League of Nations commission with
the backing of the delegates to the
Pan-American conference in Monte
video. Negotiations for permanent
settlement Of the long conflict were
proceeding in the Uruguayan capital.
Secretary Of State Hull was given
much of the credit for bringing about
the armistice. ---s
FRENCH police broke up what they
L asserted was an international es-
pionage ring and arrested ten persons
as spies. Among them are Robert
Switz and his wife of East Orange,
N. ]. The authorities said the gang
was working for no particular nation.
TOM HELM of Alabama, who.
j used to entertain the senate and
the country with his long diatribes
against those who, he alleged, were
-....... persecuting him on re-
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NNE Of the encouraging signs of the
~ times is the decision Of the Van
Swearingen railroads to purchase $685.
100000 worth of rolling stock, this be-
ing the biggest order for equipment
authorized in many years. The pur-
chases will be financed by the PWA.
The railroads will buy the equipment
with the proceeds of per cent fifteen
year equipment trust srtificates sold
to the government. In this way the
government will obtain security for
its loan without receiving as col
lateral bonds or other evidences of
mortgaged Indebtedness. By contrast,
the RFC demands bonds as security
where possible. The roads are the
Chesapeake and Ohio, the Nickle Plate
and the Erie.
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GENERAL JOHNSON, has mapped
~ out a new alignment of code au-
thorities in order to provide more
effective representation Of consum-
ers' interests. His plan is to place
on every code authority one NRA rep
resentative selected by the admins
traitor. This representative will be
assisted by two advisors" one drawn
from the ranks of labor, and nominat-
ed by the labor advisory board of
NRA, and the other to be nominated
by the consumers advisory board.
An important part Of Johnson's an
nouncement was that he proposes to
give the NRA representatives on each
code authority a veto power over any
of the actions the authority may elect
to take.
In other words, In the "self gov
eminent" Of each industry, which the
general has often discussed as his
aim, code authority may decide to
take some step with respect to prices,
or production, or wages. II it suits
the NRA representative, it will be
put into effect; otherwise he can veto
the action.
The administrator also announced
the appointment Of Leon Henderson
Of the Russell Sage foundation, New
York, and s. j. Schlink, a director
of the Consumers Research bureau, as
special assistants in the consumers
division of the NRA. He empha-
sized that Mrs. Mary Rumsey, society
woman who heads the consumers adj
visory board, would retain her pres
ent post.
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YEARLY reports of Secretary Roper
i of the Commerce department and
Secretary Wallace Of agriculture were
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full candidates were hand-pfcked, and
so were those who were defeated, all
being company men," Members OF
the workers union, the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers, did not appear on the bal
lots. Union representatives charged
that workers were threatened with
loss of their jobs If they didn't vote,
and said many Of the men dellber-
ately spoiled their ballots.
There were ugly threats that If the
government did not act the workers
would begin to "take things apart"
"We are putting our faith in Presi-
dent Roosevelt and the NRA," said
one of the union leaders. They've
promised to see this case through.
Well, If they don't then We'll be
forced to take things into our own
hands. Because we're going to win
this fight
Thomas e. Millsop, assistant to
President Williams, said the only way
the government would be allowed to
enter the matter was on the strength
of court order.
eve are for the NRA," he said,
"but there are some parts Of the re-
covery law which frankly we do not
like. It's no secret that Weirton Steel
is opposed to a closed shop, which is
what the labor provisions of the act
mean. Nor is it any secret that we do
not intend to recognize the Amalga-
mated" .-. .
He still insisted that the company
union" was not company union at
all but an association Of employees
representatives chosen by free and
untrammeled ballot by the workers.
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, MIRA admin
istrator, refused to comment on pub
lished reports that President William
Green of the American Federation Of
Labor will demand a clear cut state
ment from the recovery administra-
ton and the national labor board out
having company financed unions.
Green said that on September 20
he had filed many affidavits with the
recovery authorities charging that
corporations in every section of the
country were violating the NRA labor
provision by company union ACTIVE
ties. He charged no action had been
taken against these corporations.
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CHARGES against William G. Dome,
~ Illinois manager Of the Home Own
ers' Loan corporation, resulted in the
acceptance of his resignation by the
corporation board, after he had been
heard in Washington. Various accusa-
lions Of fraud and favoritism were
made against Dome, who was backed
by the Illinois Democratic ,organiza-
ton. 1t was predicted his removal
would have a serious political flare
back in the state.
COLONEL AND MRS. LINDBERGH
~ ended their long flying tour of for
eign lands when they arrived at Miami,
Fla, from the Dominican republic,
They took off soon after for New York.
Their trip took them twice across the
Atlantic ocean, and to four continents
and thirty nations.
g. 1898. Western Newspaper Union
The Washington times., 1933-01-25
YEAR PROSPERS
LINCOLN LIFE

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Jan. 25.
Gains in assets, surplus and Spe-
cial reserves, policy reserves, and
cash holdings were reported in
the annual statement of the Lin
coin National Life Insurance Com
pany for 1882.
Assets increased from $83 ,20O,-
900 at the end of 1881 to $84,-
100000 at the end of 1882. Sur
plus and special reserves rose
from $4,100,000 to $4,500,000.
Policy reserves at the close Of
1882 were $74,400,000, 1.3 per
cent higher than at the close of
1881. Holdings of cash increased
more than so per cent.
New business totaling $126, AGO.
900 was reported. Insurance in
force at the close of 1882 was
1895. 100000
Byron D. Miller, president OF
the F.. w. Woolworth Company,
was elected to the board of direc-
tors. All other directors and Of
ficerS were reelected.
The Washington times., 1933-01-25
THERNERS
CUTTING GRID
EXPENSES

Shrinking gate receipts have
whetted the pruning knife for
many Southern colleges and sal
aries and appropriations for ath-
letics will suffer from the sweep
Of the keen blade next season.
The University Of Florida led
the economy parade with a whole
sale clearance Of its athletic staff.
Several other colleges have trim
med coaching staffs while others
have announced modified sports
programs.
Smaller crowds and reduced
prices cut receipts at football
games up to so per cent during
the season just ended.
And the Southern college that
does not depend upon its football
income to pay the way for all
other sports is the exception.
Bachman Resigned.
President John J. Tigert, Of
Florida, assigned this lesSened
income as one of the reasons for
slashing salaries and making
"free agents" of all members Of
the coaching staff.
With Tigert's announcement
came the resignation of Charles
Bachman, head coach at Florida
for five years.
Although the Gators won a sur
prise after Florida'S magnificent
intersectional victory over the
University of California of Los
Angeles which ended the season.
virginia Military Institute re-
leased Ed. Hess, football line
coach, and announced that Pete
Hesmer, wrestling coach, and
Bob Knox, boxing coach, were
slated to go unless receipts took
an upturn this spring.
Head coach Billy Laval and his
assistants, A. w. Norman and E.
B. Rawls, were asked to accept
smaller salaries at the University
of South Carolina where Athletic
Director r. K. Foster said football
receipts had tumbled by so per
CeuC over 1904
Gamage Retained
While Bachman is the only
southern coach to resign thus far,
Head Coach Harry Gamage, Of
Kentucky, was the target Of an un-
successful but bitterly waged cam
paign by the student body to oust
him. Gamage won out and has
been retained for another year
when his contract expires.
Salary slashes among coaching
staffs of virtually every Dixie col
lege are understood to have been
general although a majority of the
institutions have refrained from
public announcement.
A movement to substitute intra-
mural sports for spring events is
gaining rapidly.