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pants have besieged police and
the Omen.
Five facts disclosing a similar
ity between the O'Connell and
Weyerhaeuser cases were in pos.
session of authorities. They
were:
/. The victim in each case
was compelled to endorse the
ransom note. (The signature
of the kidnapped Weyerhaeuser
boy was scrawled on the back
of the note received by his
parents.)
2. Both notes were type
written.
3. The same ransom, $780,.
900, was asked in both cases.
(The O'Connell family compro-
missed for $4,000 after long
and tedious negotiations.)
4. Both the Weyerhaeuser
and O'Connell families were
given the opportunity Of COM
municating with the kidnapers
through the want ad columns
Of a newspaper.
S. The name percy" part Of
the code name, Percy Minnie"
that the Weyerhaeuser's were
instructed to use, is the first
name Of Percy Geary, one Of
the O'Connell case fugitives.
F. r. Titcomb, brother-in-laW
of Weyerhaeuser, acted as official
spokesman for the family. He
said:
"Mr. WeyerhaeuSer is not him.
self q wealthy man. He lives in
q comparatively modest home
and on a modest scale.
However, he is willing to pay
the ransom to get his boy safely
restored to him and Mrs. Weyer-
haeuSer.
MUST BORROW MONEY
ITO do this, it would be
necessary for him to borrow
money from his family and
friends, and it probably would
take him the rest Of his life to
pay it back.
"But, he is so desperately
anxious to save his child that he
would do this without heSita-
ton. even though it meant
placing a mortgage on his whole
future and all his prospects"
Weyerhaeuser, diStraught with
fear the kidnapers may kill his
son, refused to see interviewers al
his home. When the Interna
tional News Service reporter
called at the Weyerhaeuser home
which overlooks picturesque Com
mencement Bay and the Weyer
haeuser milling plants and docks
he was met at the door by H. M
Bolcom, a family friend from
Seattle, who said:
"Mr. Weyerhaeuser cannot
see anyone. We have no in
formation for the press here.
Mr.. TitcOmb is acting as Mr..
WeyerhaeuSer's spokesman"
Bolcom said Mrs. Weyerhaeusel
was likewise unavailable for an in
tervieW.
Apparently today was originally
scheduled to be the day of the
pay.off. The note from the Weyer
haeusers, placed in the Seattle
Post -Intelligencer yesterday, read
Expect to be ready to come
Monday. Percy, Minnie"
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official ChrYse Motors Commercial Credit Plan
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Hoover to Refuse
Candidacy in sc

PORTLAND, Ore, May q
Q.N.SO President Her
bert Hoover will not be a candi-
date for President in 1885, accord.
ing to Willis c. Hawleys
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TN foreign markets, the high cost of petrol (gas)
i is one of number Of reasons for Dodge
increased popularity.
American sales of the New-Value Dodge are
humming, too-setting new high records-as
thousands of owners spread the news of its
amazing economy in gas, oil and upkeep.
M. w. E. Flock, of Olathe, Kansas, writes,
"My new 1885 Dodge saves me money every
mile it travels 1t has big-car luxury, comfort
and performance-yet am getting 20 mile" 10
the gallon of gas. That's economy"
Ask for the OFFICIAL Chryslel
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PAPERS SERVED

While on the subject of the pro-
cess serving it might be mentioned
that Mr.. Gerald w. Sickler, the
gentleman who served the papers.
says it was the first party he ever
crashed" A few of Mr.. Sickler's
fraternity brothers might question
that statement.
Jerry" is one of Washington 5
old-line attenderS of parties. At
the university he attended, he was
known as the perpetual student
and a perennial cheer-leader. And
he was one of the most popular
men in high school and college.
He had his work to perform at
the Gridiron dinner and he per-
formed it.
Men who sat across from Mr..
Doherty, however, say that if Mr..
Sickler served those papers at
dinner he accomplished it in a
splendid manner.
They claim they didn't see any
such incident occur and that II
Doherty was served it was not
while he was seated at the ban
Quet table.
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Human Side of News
By Edwin C.. Hill

defended by none other than
Robert Louis Stevenson, human
document that touches the heart
even after these long years.
Among the documents which
90 to Rome for use in the canon.
ization of Father Damien is the
statement of his own case Of
leprosy which the noble priest die
tated to his devoted coworker,
Brother Joseph Dutton, just before
Damien died in 1889. Brother
button has left behind a record
of heroic Self-sacrifice scarcely
less magnificent thar that of Da-
mien. Few men ever lived whose
lives were so reformed.
Shortly after the Civil War,
Lieut.. Ira Barnes Dutton, of the
Thirteenth Wisconsin Volunteers,
was stationed at Clarksville, Tenn,
as a Government agent. He was
a gay spark, and there are folk
vet living in that region of Tenn
essee who will remember the
young Yankee officer who led
cotiIlions and caused flutters in
the feminine hearts Of the coun'
tryside.
BY some strange chemistry Of
the soul, religion came to Dutton
and he joined the Episcopal
Church. He went to live among
the Trappist monks of GethSem.
Ane, KY, that auStere order
among whose ritual is absolute
silence and the turning of a
shovel of dirt by each brother
from the grave which some day
will hold him. From the Episco.
pal Order he became a Roman
Catholic and joined Father Dar
mien at Molokai in 1886.
COURAGE AND FAITH
Even then the Belgian priest
had contracted leprosy and was
perishing of it. 1t was the fate
of Brother Dutton 20 succeed
Father Damien in the great work.
For As years he labored in Molokat
in scenes of indescribable misery.
1t was only recently that he passed
from life at the age of 81. When
he went to the reward which
surely will be his, he left this
word:
Though I always had a hearty
respect for the Angel of Death,
a close acquaintance with him
has caused a personal affection"
It was Damien, Dutton, Dor
gueval and hundreds of men and
women-clergy. doctors and nurses
who shared the trials and tribu-
lations of the pioneers in this
magnificent work of devotion,
who truly lived up to the precept
of Him who said: Greater love
than this hath no man shown"
1t was they, indeed, who changed
Molokai from a camp of horror
to place which is almost cheer.
full in the Pacific sunshine. Such
as these put to shame the heroes
of the sword, and common man
can only gaze in awe at courage
and faith which surpasseth all
understanding.
Copyright, 1885 by King Features
Syndicatel
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Three-Minute Journeys
DUBLIN

DUBLIN
One of the worlds finest parks
is the pride of Dublin. We refer,
of course, to Phoenix Park. which
has 1000 acres of sheer beauty.
It is located on a hill north
Of the city, commanding a view
of Dublin Bay with its many
islands. But even nicer than the
view is the landscaping of the
gardens, and the botanical gar
dens especially. It is romantic
to stroll through the charming
New Walk, which, however. is
still known as Addison'S Walk.
Then there is Fifteen Acres.
famous as a dueling ground cen
turies ago.
ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL
strolling through busy streets,
we come to St. Stephens Green,
q real oasis in this bustling
section of Dublin. There are
beautiful lakes, all artificial, but
just as pleasing to the eye as
the natural variety. These lakes
Just TEEN with tame game water
fowl.
We leave st. Stephens Green
and stroll across Dublin, through
tiny streets, many of them
shabby beyond description, and
we are on our way to st. Pat
rick's Cathedral. This was built
in 119l on the site of a church
supposedly erected during the
lifetime Of st. Patrick. But the
architecture of the cathedral is
mostly early English. In the
dusky light Of the old church
we come across Dean Swift's
obituary, written by him in
Latin and inscribed on Q huge
tablet. There are many Other
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extremely interesting literary ana
historic associations in Dublin's
chief house of worship.
A city of contrasts is the Irish
capital that stands on the banks
of the River Lifley.
We wonder why it is that so
many calling themselves cosmop-
olites and world travellers seem
to be familiar with most OF the
European capitals, yet never even
have thought of visiting Dublin.
There is so much to see there,
such charm, antiquity and beauty
that this traveller can, and has,
spent months at a time in Dub
lin and found new delights every
day.
It is a short drive from the
piers to O'Connell Street and the
contrast begins there as one rides
through the desolate streets,
dreary and rather dirty. Then
one comes upon that beautiful
thoroughfare that is surely one
of the finest in Europe.
TRINITY COLLEGE
We drive through O'Connell
Street bound by historic Trinity
College, one of the worlds best
universities. Founded by Queen
Elizabeth in 1891, it has become
ever more beautiful with the pas
sage of time which has mellowed
it's gray walls. The Corinthian
facade of the main building faces
the imposing building of the Bank
Of Ireland on the other side of
the square. The college green
has statues of Burke and Gold.
smith and there are other me.
MORALS to the literary associa-
tions Of the great college.
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Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

notions OF ourselves, which it's
possible to maintain as long as
they are not put to the test. AS,
of course, they aren't in city life.
But once "out on our own" and
there's no avoiding the humiliat'
ing reality.
No longer can we pretend to
be the brave, ingenious, cool he.
roes and philosophers We have
fondly imagined ourselves to be,
Gods wide-open spaces are guar.
anteed to make the most bloated
egotist look like an empty sardine
can.
NO BLUFFING
Why isn't Being Alone our favor
ite outdoor sport? That's why.
Yet it's a pity. For solitude is the
greatest ripener and enlightener
on earth. You're really never
Grown Up until you've learned
how to live contentedly and eff
GENTLY by yourself.
Nor can you ever know what
life is all about until you have
escaped from the padding and
met it face to face. Until then
you're just hanging on to the
apron strings of the crowds, and
are actually as unreliable as any
other unweaned infant.
Copyright, 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1935-12-17
STILL UNSETTLED

Reports around the Capitol in
dicate that the Interstate Com
merce Commission is planning to
ask Congress for more power at
the next session.
It is said that the railroad
minded I.C.C. is going to ask, IN
the event that the way is clear
for more authority over interests
that compete with the rails.
There is. however, an increasing
objection to the IC.C. tactics and
methods of working with the rail
roads.
Members are quietly protesting
that the farmers are not receiving
low rates because of favoritism
shown to the railroads and that
in this time the I.C.C. is making it
more difficult for farmers to ship
by truck and barge in order that
the former group may be bene-
fitted,
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Good Fellows Needed

You still have time to be Good Fellow this Christmas
There is only week left but the Good Fellow Editor OF inc
Times has the Of many families tnat Will pc wOu'
You can get pleasure out Of sharing you holiday season
with some family that really needs help.
When YOU become Good Fellow you select family from
the lists of hundreds that the Good Fellow Editor has
The Editor will tell you just what size and type OF family
you are taking and will tell just what the members need
and want.
You won't be sending to family that is badly in need
Of food and clothing. .. . ,
You won't be sending food and clothing to family that
onv needs toy or two to make this real Christmas.
Get in touch uUith the Good FelOw Editor today at
The Washington Times, either personally by mail or
telephone and take the pleasant job of caring for
deserving family at Christmas time
IT WILL MAKE THIS CHRISTMAS BRIGHTER ONE
FOR YOU AND THE FAMILY YOU HELP.
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Marry-GO-ROund
BIZ Helen ROULG1ad

way so quickly as a woman with
a strident voice.
Funny, how a girl will spend
so much time and money on ia
cials, permanent waves and re.
ducing treatments, when half the
effort spent on cultivating the
sweet notes in her voice would
net her twice the results.
One of the greatest assets that
hotel or a business office can
have is a telephone operator with
winSome and mellifluous voice
the sort of voice that seems to
come out over the wire and pat
you careSsingly on the back.
Many a clever young woman
has managed to get herself a
highly-paid job on the strength of
her sweet and irresistible tele-
phone voice. And the hard-boiled
business man, who gave her the
job, knew that she would be worth
the price to his firm, no matter
if she had a face like wildcat
and a figure like bag of salt
So many big sales have been
made and so many big deals are
put over via the telephone, that
many a man has actually risen to
success and affluence on the en-
gaging and persuasive qualities Of
his private .secretary's voice.
Some business men deliberately
cultivate gruff, forbidding tele-
phone voices, as a means Of self
protection against the telephone
pests. But they never encourage
this in their women employees.
And professional men, especially
doctors and attorneys, often find
gentle, sympathetic telephone
voice a greater asset in their bust
ness than expensive office furni-
ture. You never heard of a doc
tor barking at a patient-did you?
It takes time, patience and a
great deal of Selfcontrol to be
always amiable and gracious over
the telephone, always musical and
cordial. But, in the end, it PAYS
especially if you are a woman.
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FATHER DAMIEN


Infinitely touching is the news
that the noble clay Of the devoted
priest who gave his life to serve
abandoned outcasts is at last to
repose in the clean soil Of Bel
GUM, his native land.
The remains of Father Damien
is being conveyed by a United
States Army transport from a
grave in the leper colony Of Mo
lokai to a burial place of high
honor in his own little land. At
the same time, we read that this
great soul, Joseph Damien de
VeuSter, is to be canonized a saint
of the Roman Catholic Church.
Six letters written by Father
Damien shortly before he, him.
self, persisted of the dread dis
ease, are to be forwarded to His
Holiness the Pope by Mr.. Thomas
F. Madigan, world-famous collec'
tor of autographs and precious
original documents. Endless, in
deed, is the influence of devoted
human service.
As Father Damien's body is con-
veyed to Begium and his last let
terS go to the head of his church,
a young doctor, Harry Blaber
takes his bride to Molokai as their
introduction to what he designs
to be lifetime of service to lepers.
Their work will be in China, in
the leper colony of Sun Wei,
among Chinese lepers, cut off
rigidly from association with their
own kind. And yet such is the
tremendous inspiration of the life
work of Father Damien that
these two young people go gladly
with a smile in their hearts as
we'll as on their faces, to a task
from which most human beings
would shrink.
LEPER COLONY
Far out in the Pacific lies Molo-
kai, the leper colony of the Ha-
waiian Islands. Only a few miles
away are the palms, the white
sands. the guitars and the gay
laughter of Waikiki.
But the green. grim peninsula
of death where the lepers are iso-
lated, even as they were in Father
Damion's day, is cut off by the
surrounding oceans and towering
walls of rock through which there
is but a single guarded trail.
It was in 1873 that Joseph
Damien de Veuster, Father Da.
mien, first went among the lepers
of Molokai. In those days
bounded and terrified, the un
fortunates fled to the hills to
avoid the concentration camp
When they were captured, they
were left to rot and die without
benefit Of man or God. 1t was
Father Damien who changed all
this, who brought to these doomed
creatures the consolation of hu
man kindness as well as the min
istrationS of religion.
Very truly was he called by Sir
Hugh Clifford "the single Sta1
of hope in long night of human
misery"
Attacked and traduced. he was
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The Greatest Show On Earth
BY John Snure, J.

hide-and-Seek which he had often
played.
Without any question of whether
or not they were justified, pro-
cess servers have attempted to
reach Mr.. Doherty from time to
time.
AS matter of fact the attempts
have been so numerous that. he
has made an admitted game of it.
Regardless of where he travels.
Doherty is always on the lookout
for process servers and at his
hotels has admitted to the clerks
that he gets "a great kick" out
of lodging the boys with their
papers.
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AMERICAS GREATEST DREAD
We grumble loudly over the
high cost of our complicated,
congested. modern life, but how
many of US have the ability or
courage to live simply or quietly?
The person who can depend
upon himself for his own Serv-
ice and amusement can manage
as cheaply as a Robinson Crusoe,
but-though we guSh over it
theoretically-a day Of actual
solitude gives most Of us the
Screaming Meanies.
Women who are so much brav.
er, more patient and resourceful
than men in many ways, have
particular horror of solitude.
Hence the interminable tele-
phone calls, the window-shopping
expeditions, the hotel lounge-loaf.
ing. Anything to escape the hor'
ror Of AloneneSS.
A man left to himself conceives
endless diversions. But for the
average woman there is no worse
torture than isolation.
Have you ever committed the
ghastly blunder of believing a
nature loving" females rhap.
sodies, inviting her as a lone
guest to your mountain cabin
and turning her loose on her
own? If you haven't-DON'T.
Not If you value the lady's
friendship.
LONELINESS
Charles Flandrau, in his VIVA
MEXICO!", says that loneliness
is our national boogie-man.
II have come to believe that
the modern Americans greatest
dread, greater even than the
dread of sickness and death, is
the dread Of being alone"
Flandrau himself once knew
that dread. Then life took him
from noisy city streets to the end.
less quiet Of a coffee plantation.
It seemed, at first, nothing less
than solitary confinement.
Gradually he learned to bear
it-then to appreciate it. And
found that
Solitude Is a great chaStener.
when once you accept it. 1t quiet.
ly eliminates all sorts of traits
that we're a part of you-among
others the desire to pose, to keep
your best foot forever in evidence,
to impress people as being some.
thing you would like to have
them think you are, even when
you aren't. To act without an
audience is so tiresome and un.
profitable that you gradually give
it up and at last forget how to
act at all.
FOR YOU BECOME INTER.
ESTED IN MAKING THE AC-
QUAINTANCE OF YOURSELF
AS YOU REALLY ARE: WHICH
IS A MEETING THAT, IN THE
HAUNTS OF MEN, RARELY
TAKES PLACE"
Making the acquaintance Of
oneSelf-there is the crux of the
whole matter. For there's one
meeting which nearly all Of us
dread and spend most of our lives
avoiding. From babyhood on We
have been fahricsting delightful
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Yes, You're Aghast

In his speech to farmers Chicago Mr. Roosevelt aid
eff you your savings capital in Wh0t con-
slider uUhOly safe Investment, uhch Wu conserve
principal so that you uUu still h0Ue that principal intact
after 10 years 20 years 80 years. naturally
oghast the Uaue Of that Investment drops SO per cent
No dissent from that by anybody who had hundredcent
dollar invested Government bonds savings bank
thing else three years and finds that this dollar
contains onv SO cents.
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PREROGATTVES

OF all the officials in Washing
ton under the present regime,
Stewart Mcdonald, Federal Hous-
ing Administrator. refuses to ad-
NIT the date of his birth.
None knows his reason.
There have been some questions
about it, however.
Any attempt to secure the date
of McDonald's birth from FILA is
blocked.
In response to queries they say:
"He may be touchy about it."
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favored firms. he continues to
make his demands.
The equipment he is interested
in is of the utmost Importance,
and the War Department officials
are hesitant to take any chances
on questionable material.
Regardless of the far-reaching
consequences that his demands
might have. should the War De-
partment accede to his requests,
this member of Congress. who
may find himself in a somewhat
dubious position, is making writ
ten requests, and the officials of
the department are attempting to
decide whether to have the mat
ter submitted to Secretary of War
George H. Dern and allow him to
make it public.
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For, whether it's a job or a hus-
band she wants, a woman'S
VOICE is her winning card!
All the scented rouge in the
drug store never made girls lips
kiSsable, if the voice that pro
ceeded from them sounded like a
Saxophone.
If a crooner can make thou
sands of dollars a week, just for
charming your ears, every girl
must realize that the greatest
charm or the greatest handicap
in the world Is the human voice! {!
Copyright. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, Ine.)
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Simplify the Procedure

The necessity of simplicity in the regulations govern
ing administration Of the unemployment insurance act
cannot be stressed too strongly.
At best the machinery which will be necessary to ad
minister this social experiment will be cumbersome as
all those who have given the matter cursoy study
realize.
OBVIOUSLY THE BOARD WHICH HAS BEEN
APPOINTED TO HANDLE THE LOCAL LAW
REALIZES THIS AND THE COMMISSIONERS
HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY ARE FULLY
coGN1zANT OF THE DIFFICULTIES WHICH ARE
FACED.
The board handicapped by lack Of funds is scheduled
to meet this week consider what may be the final
ulations to be adopted
It has already held public hearing at which in
terested parties given opportunity to be heard
and subsequently invited the presentation Of written
briefs covering additional suggestions.
AS yet however the regulations have not been fixed,
although the law becomes operative the first OF the
calendar year.
Suggestions for making the law effective have ranged
all the way up having every worker in the city finger
printed.
That suggestion has apparently been junked and
these is nOIU general tendency to believe that the
more sinlpLified procedure recommended Oy CON-
missioner George B. Allen be fOLLOUCed.
Under Commissioner Aliens proposal it would not be
necessary to keep card index Of all Of the employees
in the city.
Such an index would be maintained for temporary
employees but those having regular employment would
be registered only when they were separated from their
jobs.
Unless it is possible still further to simplify Commis-
soner Aliens plan it would to be the best avail
able
THE ENTIRE PROGRAM OF SOCIAL SECURITY
IS GOING TO PLACE HEAVY BURDEN UPON
PRIVATE EMPLOYERS OF THE DISTRICT AND
THEY DESERVE THE UTMOST CONSIDERATION
THAT CAN BE GIVEN THEM BY THOSE WHO
ABE CHARGED WITH CARRYING OUT THE
PROGRAM.
In view of the fact that the board administering the
unemployment insurance bill is travelling IN uncharted
seas it might be well for it to avoid making Its initial
recommendations as to procedure too binding
By giving itself chance to make speedy changes
ns the procedure gets into operation the OOard
mould make it possible to take advantage OF lOhGt
oror errors rnnu deUeIOp in the original program
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ing d e m a n d S
p e r tanning to
the installation
of equipment
on planes.
Although the
legislator h a S
b e en- in t h e
House for many
y e a RS a n d
S h o VI d know
that it is ex-
tremely que s.
tionable for a
member of Con-
greSS to insist
that contracts
be granted to
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WOMAN's WINNING CARD

Every woman has at least three
voices: one for her husband, one
for company and one for her
telephone.
The last is usually the sweet
est and most carefully cultivated.
For there are few women who dc
not know the value of a dulcet,
seductive telephone voice.
You may forget the color Of a
woman's eyes or even the sparkle
of her wit; but you can never
forget her voice over the tele-