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T human Side Of the News - ByEdwin G. Hill
By Nelson Harding

independence, because most of
his subjects are MohammedanS,
a race of fierce fighters, who
consider it a pious deed to trans
late Filipinos to a better world
a practice that the American
Government frowns upon.
Comes word from Manchuo-
kuo, Japan's Asiatic mainland
bulwark against Soviet Russia,
that a plot to assassinate the
mysterious General Ma h a
been foiled. The flash" serves
at least to establish one point
that the elusive and extraordi-
nary military parsonage of war
torn China is alive and seem
ingly quite able to keep the
breath in his solid person.
Many times in past years the
name of General Ma, of the Chi
nese Nationalist army, dotted
the headlines of the news: We
read a lot about General Ma
when the japanese guns were
laundering at Shanghai, and
pictured him. probably, as
lemon-tinted Oriental with a
Monaghan ancestry stretching
back to Confucius.
But General Ma, distinguish
ed Chinese military leader that
he is, is really Moe Cohen, born
in the Ghetto of London'S East
Side, and as much a follower OF
the Jewish faith today as he
was when he was a boy IN
Whitechapel.
Born 40 years ago, young
Moe Cohen trekked off to
Canada at the age of 16 to
make his fortune. In and
around Vancouver he was clerk,
farmland, peddler and real
estate hustler. Then he got
into land development in West
ern Canada and at a dinner
in 1908 met the great Chinese
liberator, DR.. Sun Vat Sen.
DR.. Sun persuaded Moe Co
hen years later, after Cohen
had fought in the World War
with the Irish Guards, to try
his fortune in new China, and
there went the ambitious and
adventurous Moe-to become
a power in Chinese politics and
military affairs.
He helped Chang Kai-shek
modernize the Chinese army
and commanded a division in
many of Marshal Chiang'S vic
torious campaigns. Among the
sons of Ham he attained IN
fluence greater. perhaps, than
was ever possessed by white
man, and for a while he just
about ruled Canton and its
province.
Fluent in Chinese and versed
in their customs, he remained
a Jew loyal to the old religion.
A solid rock of a man, Morris
Abraham Cohen, who made
himself over into General Ma,
with a mandarin's rank, packs
200 pounds in his five feet
seven inches of height, with q
powerful mind in his powerful
body.
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does one handle actual tea? Do
you rub it into your wrists, or
toss it over your shoulder, or
really go the whole hog and
drink it down?
Tea, for those who think OF
it as something that comes
with chop suey, is rather dan
gerous drink. 1t has become
synonymous with innocuousness,
and a "tea-party' is supposed to
be rather sissy affair. Nothing
could be further from the truth,
or more calculated to lead
young people astray. Tea is the
devils potion.
In the first place, tea is a no
torious Sedative. You may be
tired and nervous and all ready
for a big breakdown, and tea
lulls you into a false sense of Sc
curity, which may end up in
your robbing a bank.
In the second place, tea calls
for conversation. II you don't
conUerSe 1Uhile you are drinking
tea, you don't do anything. In
this WGy, young man. or
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Copyright 1894. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
Governor General Murphy of
the Philip: les has denied to
the 71-year-old Sultan of Sulu a
seat in the senate of the islands,
an honor which the lively old
Sultan had enjoyed for good
many years.
Little is left to 5 Royal High
ness Hadji Mohammed Jamalul
Hiram II, titularly ruling over
100000 warlike MohammedanS,
but religious authority. He is
the head of the Mohammedan
religion in the $50 islands which
make up the Sulu Archipelago,
but the United States Govern
ment has taken away his politi-
cal authority in the Southern
Philippines, and the British
have eased him out of power in
North Borneo.
1t was away back in 1899 that
the American authority in the
islands collided with the Sultan
of Sulu, capturing his capital,
Jolo, after severe fighting.
But diplomacy and horse
sense displayed by Generals
Pershing, Leonard Wood and
Robert T. Billiard had as much
to do with Subduing the fighting
Moros of Sulu as American
bullets and bayonetS. His polit-
ical power disappeared nearly
20 years ago, but he has drawn
a pretty nice pension from both
the British and American gov
ernments - $4,000 from Uncle
Sam and about the same from
John Bull-Which together with
his rake-off on various conces-
sions brings his income up to
about $4,000.
He's a gay old boy, the Sui
tan, fond of bright colors and
pearls and inclined to make
Whoopee, after the Moro fash
ion. Years ago. I think it was
in 1910 or 1911. he visited the
United States and made color
full copy for us reporters. and
one of his nieces has lived in
this country for years.
William Jennings Bryan,
touring the Philippines, called
upon Uncle Sans pet Sultan
of Sulu one day and received
a shock. Chatting with His
Highness Jamalul Hiram the
Second, whom George AIDE had
joked about in the musical
comedy The Sultan of Sulu,"
Mr.. Bryan happened to glance
at the ceiling, and was ho--
rified to see crimson drops
dripping through the cracks in
the boards.
He recalled that Mrs. Bryan
had been escorted upstairs to
the harem and started to his
feet in alarm, but the inter-
prefer smilingly treasured him.
The red drops were not human
blood. but the juice Of the
betel nut.
The ladies of the Sultan'S
harem were merely refreshing
themselves chewing The nut,
which corresponds in that part
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GUST Thorp and secure Cne Joo
for Adrian Kelly, of Brooklyn.
The mere fact that Kelly had
announced he wouldn't have
the Job made little impression.
Dickinson then appointed
hand-picked investigators to IN
veStigute the "plot" and the ettt-
ciency of certain men. The IN
UestigatorS secured much data,
some of 1Dhich 1OaS from queS-
tiondble sources.
The investigators reported.
Amory was stripped OF power.
The four men who had been
kept on by Amory because OF
efficiency with no thought OF
the fact that they were Repuo-
lican holdovers were fired.
Dickinson is said to have
limited that AmOry would in
stitute a "spOils system"
AmOry didn't.
But Dickinson sanctions the
discharge of four Republicans.
And he talked about a
"spOilS" system!
The Peoples Counsel of the
District, one William A. Rob-
erts, has been engaged in a
bit of argument with the Tele-
phone Company over rates.
One eve not so long ago
Bill was at home and Mrs.
Roberts mentioned the name OF
Ralph Van Orsdel, counsel Tor
the phone company. Bllls
young son, John, Immediately
became irate.
He threatened to punch Mr..
Van OrSdel in the nose Shoutd
he see him. The elder Roberts
1Dere aStounded and pressed
John for his reason OF anger.
John announced that he had
heard that Van Orsdel had
tried to hit his father.
The inquiry continued. 1t de-
veloped that Johns older
brother, William, had read
story in a newspaper which
was headed:
Evan Orsdel makes motion
to strike Roberts testimony"
Copyright. 1884, The Washington Times
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Oklahoma Cures Law Delav
BY James T. Williams, If.

Oklahoma has found rem
edy for the evil of the laws
delays" which will interest every
other State in the Union.
The credit for this remedy is
said to be chiefly due to the
Chief Justice of the State -
Fletcher Riley "a progressive
American and an able juriSt
who is still in his thirty-fifth
year. His outstanding ambition,
so far removed is he from the
political type of judge. is to
clean up the docket and speed
up the machinery of judicial
decision.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court
is at present hundreds of cases
behind in its docket. 1t is so far
behind that it takes from two
to four years to get a decision.
Vicious Practice
"Shyster" lawyers, of whom
there are altogether too many
in Oklahoma, as there are in
many other States, have long
taken advantage of this fact
by appealing cases that have no
merit. They know that their
clients will have ample time to
take bankruptcy or transfer
property in order to escape judg-
ment. Many times the winning
party in the lower courts settles
for a nominal sum rather than
have the case remain on appeal
for years until it can be reached
by the highest court of the
State.
To eradicate this vicious prac-
tice, Chief Justice Riley is firm
ly resolved. Some Is years ago
the Oklahoma legislative eStab-
lished a Supreme Court commits
sion of seven members to assist
the court in clearing the
crowded docket. Members of this
commission were appointed by
the governor. In consequence,
the making of these appoint
ments soon degenerated into a
political racket. and instead OF
clearing the docket this political
ridden commission added to the
delays of the law.
About five years ago public
sentiment forced the legislature
to abolish the supreme Court
commission and the docket of
that tribunal continued to pile
up with cases on appeal until
the whole scandalous situation
made a mockery of justice.
Such was the resentment Of
the people of the State over this
condition of affairs that they
concentrated upon raising the
standard of the Supreme Court.
Now, for the first time in the
history of the State, this tri-
bunal is made up of able juristS,
where formerly its personnel was
smeared by the slime of political
influence. Now the people OF
Oklahoma are proud of the
membership of their Supreme
Court and have confidence in
the judicial fitness of its every
member as we'll as in their per
sonal integrity.
Under the leadership of Chief
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OUCN1 O1Vlo1O1l ""AA'A
chief; A. S. Hillyer, Commercial
Intelligence Division chief; c. j.
Junkin, chief of Commercial
Laws Division, and Eric King,
chief of the Specialties Divi-
sion.
Young Gene Wilbur, assistant
to the director, and Reed Sails
bury, chief of the Industrial
Marketing Division, are slated
to go. HI. Russell AmOry,
assistant director, has been
stripped of his power.
The changes Uere made be-
cause of needed administrative
efficiency" it that means politi-
cal and personal reasons.
And it goes back to the re-
lection By the Senate Commerce
Committee of the appointment
of DR.. Willard I. Thorp, Dickin-
sons prOtege, as director.
When the Senate Committee
rejected ThOrp, Dickinson
rushed to the White House and
secured an executive order plac-
ing him in charge of the bu-
reau. He is said to have con-
tended he was fearful AmOry
would institute a "SpOilS Sys-
tenn"
He is also said to have
claimed Thorp was rejected be-
cause of a deep7Seated plot to
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River Commerce
Washington Would Benefit

The average citizen whose marine activities consist of
an occasional ride excursion steamer in flat
bottom rowboat not inclined to become exercised over
the dispute between two mionares to which
had the right to dock his palatal yacht in the District
harbor
But the average citizen of Washington does have an
important though possibly unreaized interest in the
lack of proper facilities for handling shipping both
mercial and pleasure in the National Capital
FAILURE OF THE CITY TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE
DOCKING AND ANCHORING FACILITIES IN THE
HARBoR IS DEPRIVING ITS CITIZENS OF THOU
SANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH
OF BUSINESS EVERY YEAR.
proper harbor here would attract innumerable
pleasure craft which pass by Washington on the
Journeys of their owners North and South with the shift
ing seasons.
PROPER HARBoR HERE WOULD BRING A
TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN THE WATER BORNE
COMMERCE OF THE CITY, STIMULATING TRADE
WITH SECTION OF OUR NATURAL TRADING
AREA WHICH NOW CANNOT BE REACHED WITH
ANY DIRECTNEss BY LOCAL BUSINESS MEN.
These things would mean better living and pros
porous conditions for everyone in the city, because
business is the average citizen Where there
business there jobs.
ANYTHING which can be done to stimulate business here
along legitimate channels would be helpful for all of u.s.
We are now limited in business and industrial
enterprises by of being "show' city that
have few opportunities for developing jobs outside of the
Government service
REAL APPRECIATION OF THE POSSIBLE
TIES OF INCREASING WASHINGTON'S TRADE
THROUGH UTILIZATION OF THE POTOMAC RIVER
WOULD LEAD TO SPEEDY IMPROVEMENT OF
CONDITIONS IN THE HARBOR
That improvement is not sought to give pleasure to
few millionaires 1t is sought behalf of all of
citizens who would benefit from the increased of the
river.
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An Answer to PRAYER
General johnson

General Johnson is the answer to sculp tors prayer
appears that the General has lots of plastc ap-
peal" Although the Generals voice speaks thunder
ousy if not always convncingy his face fails to
talk the language of greatness.
Reuben Nakian who is scupturing the heads of Pres
dent Roosevelt and a dozen New Dealers, felt, the
moment he laid eyes the General that at last
a truly great man.
Forms and burrows" in the Generals face, says
Nakan who to prominence with his statue of Babe
Ruth, called babe at the Bat, "suggest the rugged
ness and power of ancient Roman emperors."
We don't know how the General will react to being
called ancient Roman emperor. He'd probably want
to know whether Mr. Nakian thinking of Augustus
or Nero.
But we imagine he'll like the idea that his face shows
"combined elements of suffering kindness and under
standing especially the suffering.
His plastic face has in for lots of plasterng
lately.
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of Illinois, but went native in
thorough-going style when she
returned to the Far East.
There are 400 islands in the
Sulu group, most of which we
took over from Spain. Some of
the finest pearls come from
there. Uncle Sam pays the Sui
tan three thousand a year to
keep him happy, and he is
strongly opposed to Philippine
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Justice Riley the court recently
announced a plan for dealing
draStically with the overloaded
docket. The plan is simple
enough and could be adopted in
every other State where 1.-The
laws delays" are robbing the
poor of their rights, retarding
the processes of justice and pro-
viding an illicit livelihood for
"shyster" lawyers.
The Oklahoma plan involves
the drafting by the Supreme
Court of reputable lawyers to
write advisory opinions on cases
on appeal. The court may adopt
or reject these advisory opin-
ions. 1t is hoped that in this
way the docket can be cleared
within a year and that there
after the court can keep up with
its work.
This plan was initiated on a
limited scale by Chief Justice
Riley when he took office in
January, 1888. Such was it's sue
cess that the plan was expanded
and is now working to the salts
faction of the Supreme Court
and the people of the State.
Many hundred more decisions
were handed down by this Okla
homa tribunal in 1888 than in
any year before Oklahoma'S
progressive chief justice put his
plan into effect.
Having gone as far as 1t can
under existing law in preventing
dilatory appeals, the Oklahoma
Supreme Court is now seeking
the assistance of the legislature,
which is being urged to enact
new laws to limit the number of
appeal cases.
Square Deal
There is no limit in Oklahoma
today to the cases that can be
appealed. The so-called limiting
law is so full of loopholes that
it fails utterly to fulfill the
purpose for which it is passed.
The Supreme Court has sue
ceeded in stopping a majority
of dilatory appeals by refusing
to hear oral arguments and by
dismisSing the appeal on its
own motion where the primary
brief shows on its face that it
is nothing more than an appeal
of a dilatory nature.
This progressive tribunal also
refuses to hear oral arguments
except in unusual cases and
even in such cases time for
argument is cut to very short
period.
If the next Legislature Of
Oklahoma will adopt the recon-
mendations of Chief Justice
Riley and the Associate Justices
of his court for the reform of
litigation in their State, Okla
homa will give the Union an eX-
ample of the New Deal in It'll
cation that will blaze the way
for a square deal for honest
litigants throughout the Union.
Copyright, 1884, The Washington Times
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n Washi nEton,D p. C,
j. j..
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(Copyright. 1884 King Features
Syndicate, lnc(
Repeal has brought about
strange reversal of form in So
cial gatherings. Now. when you
are asked to tea" at some
ones house, you are quite like
ly to get tea.
This, for young people
brought up during Prohibition,
Is something of a poser. How
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-08-15
What Next?
Look Back to 1914, and Ahead to 1854


Over in Europe, told things pretty much the
in 1884 they in 1914 But that's true only
on the surface.
Can you imagine women wearing bacdess dresses,
smoking at garden party given by Queen Mary in 1914?
That's what happened in 1884.
It demonstrates difference far basic
utonary than that projected in the widest theories of
the professional revolutionists.
Things changing important things such at
ttude toward the family and the home They chang
ing in Europe and here too BY 1854 where shall we be-?
A couple of generations ago we should never have
dreamed of Presidents wife touring the length
and breadth of the country interesting herself actively
and tirelessly in public affairs
We have grown accustomed to things which would have
Mortified grandmothers and grandfathers.
Many of us deplore the change Certainly few of us
say it is entirely for the better But cannot be
Canutes trying to stop the march of time as that mis-
guided English King tried to stop the rising of the tide
Our task is to transform change into improvements to
the best of the DID, and to make the best of the
It will keep us busy.
WASHINGTON TINES at 1917
street Northwest; MsshnGOn p c. .uo,, ,,-.. -....
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Ion catch their breath.

of the world to our American
chewing gum.
And now the Sultan's adop-
ted daughter, Princess Tarhata,
lays claim to some fourteen is
lands of the Sulu group, lying
between the Philippines and
Borneo and owned by the Brit
iSh and the Dutch.
The princess, by the way,
was educated in the University
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A1C1CC OO1lu
b roo m of
p o Ii t lea
/ n t r gu e
is S W e e p
ing Justify if
not clean in
t h e Bureau
of Flo r e i 6 n
and Domestic
Commerce.
Four m e. n
h a We b ee n
fired m
key positions.
T h e y a e
Luther Beck
err, Iron and
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The Greatest Shoe
On Earth
By John Snure, j

Welded by the long hand of
Assistant Secretary of Com
MERGE John Dickinson, the
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PRESBYTERIAN

L. T. Wilds, pastor.
b Sunday school, 9;45 a. M; Law
renee Mckay. superintendent.
Morning worship, IL o'clock
sermon subject, Loyalty"
Vesper service, 5 o'clock-ser-
mon subject, walking Worthy"
(Continued.)
Christian Endeavor: Juniors,
2:30 p. M; Intermediates and
Seniors, 5:45. D. m.
Woman's Auxiliary: Monday,
$3.50 D. m. in the Sunday school
building. Among other matters
of interest will be the election
of officers for the new church
year.
School of Stewardship: We'd
nesday, 1880, Sunday school
building. Subject, "The Ultimate
Test of Christian Living" Glass
for men, taught by j. T. Fain,
ST.; for women by Mrs. ]. T.
Fain; for young people by Supt.
F. NJ. Waters; for younger peo-
pie by Miss Emily Minton.
This months meeting for men
will be omitted, on account of
the school of stewardship.
An "every member present"
service will be held at II o'clock
Sunday week. February rs. The
endeavor will be made to have
every member of this church
present at that service. Further
notice of it will be given in the
paper next week.
The musical program for the
Presbyterian church. Sunday has
been arranged as follows:
MORNING SERVICE.
Anthem-"My God, My Faith
er" Coerne.
An.th m-"Spirit of Cod
, Brown.
.VESPER SERVICE
/ Anthem-by the choir.
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Citizen were printed 81, in the
midst of the World War and the
big front page displays are war
news, although the United States
had not at that time entered the
conflict.
Of the private papers owned
bv. Mr. Barton one is q promls-
sorry note made by Giles E. Mum
ford. agreeing to pay Frances nj r..
Mumford the sum of $206. Inc
date of this note is Sept. l.
1910. :. q
Another of the papers IS a
letter. sent from Charleston 5;
c.. dated Jan. %, 1872, ana
addressed to 6. r: Muhilonu
Mocks Old Fields, N. G: NO
doubt this was the postoffiee at
the site of the present town OF
ME- as a mercantile ac-
count of Giles E. Mumford. pear,
ing the date of 1858, is dated at
Mocksville.
The, ctore account record would
afford an interesting comparison
With present day prices if one
examining it had the merchan-
disc before him in order to judge
of the quality. However, corn
was corn, no doubt. in those DAYS
as it is today. and it was sell
ing in May. 1858, for 80 cents
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|Chas. Barton Has
Old Newspapers
Relics Number Correspon-
dence Over Century Old

Charles Barton is the owner of
a number of newspapers and old
personal papers which are of con-
siderable interest and which he
has allowed The Times-News to
examine. Among them is a copy
of The Literary Digest of the
date of March 90, 1913, The
Asheville Gazette-News of April
10, 1907, and copies of The Ashe.
vile Citizen printed in April and
May, 1915. g."
The Asheville newspapers do
not much resemble that city's
present day newspapers. The
Gazette-News' consists of eight
pages and one of the leading
stories on the front page is a
brief one about the Harry Thaw
trial, which was proceeding -, N
New York. The copies of The
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FIRST BAPTIST
fThe Friendly Churchl

1.-THE Friendly Church)
Rev VIM. Hersehel Ford, pastor
Sunday school. GAS a. NV.
B. Sinclair. superintendent.
Preaching services:
Morning LOO sermon by the
pastor Loving an Unseen Saw
ior."
Evening, 7:3O-Sermon by the
pastor. "To Whom Shall We Go"
6:15 p. m.-B.A.U.. B.Y.P.U.
and story hour. David T. Mash
burn, director. Brought forward
from last Sunday the general as
sembly program will be "The
Crossroads.
Tuesday night 7:50-The pas
tors Tuesday night Bible class,
Wednesday afternoon - Junior
G. A.'s-Mrs. Fred Bowman,
leader-will meet with Misses
Carolyn and Peggy Ship or
/: Third Ave. w. Cars will be al
both schools to take children tC
place of meeting.
Wednesday-Prayer meeting.
The music for the morning
service has been planned as fol
lows:
Organ Prelude-Prelude in C.
B. Tours. -.-
Authenticated.
Off Observation-Disclosures
broise Thomas.
Organ Postlude-Recessional-
Dubois.
The music for the evening ser
vice viii be as follows:
Organ prelude - Swan Song
Saint-SaenS.
Speeial-''Lean on His Arms
Lewis.
Offertory - Nocturne - Galbr
aith.
Organ Postlude-March-Meyer
beer.
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WESLEYAN METHODIST

"a small church with a large
MiSSion)
Rev. Dewey o. Miller, Pastor.
Sunday school, 9:45 a m.
Preaching II a. m. In the alb
sence of the pastor. the Rev. l..
A. Harvey of Tracy Grove Will
speak at both services.
W.Y.P.S., Gas p. m. in charge
of Miss Ethel Caps. A tenn
perance program will be rem
dered.
Preaching, 7:30 p. m.
Ladies prayer band and Bible
class Tuesday 3 D. m.
Mid-week prayer service. We'd
nesday. 1880 p. m. The pastor
will speak on the subject "a
Great Messenger. or John the
Baptist"