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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-22

The business mems classes are growing
at the " Glasses meet every day at
noon and ssis. Tho older mems glasses
hoid sessions three times week and the
younger classes twice a week
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-22

Here are the two blg fellows
who win battle AZ the Arena to-
night. Morris In the big moose at
the top Of the picture. lie Is the
biggest man In tho ring today.
The other In Ole Anderson. the
Tacoma boy who will have his
chance TO annex the Coast ring
title tonight. lie doesn't look very
much worried over tho coming bat
tic.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-22
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Orrsntsasicr Of the ~" hoase has,
kstian league viii he completed be-
fore TIRE err Of the week. The cap
tain ef tho first team viii pslcs the
five teams 10 make mp the circuit.
Only ~" members will be eligible 70
compete.
with . big squad of members. the .sy-'
swimming club gets under way az the
association ncHt week. Teams will te
selected for outside competition. Harry
withsrr. .-Y'' swimming Instructor. fs ad :
visor Of tho organization.
Lieut.. Hunt Of Oakland. former
high school star In 6slifswnia, fs
slated to hold do1n the center lob
on the ~" first team during the bas-
kcfsai seasSu.
Ths association extension bureau In the
UniverNy and Queen Anne districts arc
organizing voilcy ball leagues. the games
being played in the gyrnnasiums OF I4n-
coin and Queen Anne high schools
Or. Canfieid and Virgil Han, play
err On the ~" votiey hell league, are
aiding IVES Rennte IN lining up the
University vosiey ball league. q
Fifteen mat pupils are turning GU,
under Coach Vance in the wrestling
ciasse- at tho association The r. ~ A.
mat meet win DO held here In tho spring.
The local ~ IL now a member of the
Amateur Athletic union.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-22

CaiI for first team basketbaii prae-
tiee will he tssaed by Coach Wells
November I. The "S" season will
get under wsy December ..
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-12-13
Health in City and Country.

Are city jewellers less subject to dis
ease than the country bred, after all?
Statistics from the environments seem
to show it. and an editorial writer in
the Journal of the American Medical
Association suggests that although the
city may harbOr more disease germs
than the country the jewellers in it may
have become comparatively immune.
1t is we'll known that the natives of
remote islands to which the diseases
of civilization" have never penetrated
are ravaged by them to an unheard of
degree when they are introduced by
the white man. Possibly a rural dis
tlfct though inherently free from dis
ease. may for that very reason yield
more rapidly to infection when it
cono&. Study of conditions such as
these. the writer notes, has been great
" Facilitated by the existence of large
hadios of men modified in army
,,l ''+ subject to systematized medical
~.p.rvi Ion which has furnished
vaiQm opportunities for gathering sta
ESTES nu jn unprecedented scale.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-12-13
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Miss Townsend Hostess.

Miss Dorothy Townsend, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Townsend
was hostess at dance given last
evening at her attractive home "The
Palms" on the banks of the St.
Johns.
The children invited from Palatka
motored over in tr~cks, which was a
novel and enjoyable part of the eve
ming.
The lawn and home was attractive.
ly decorated with Japanese lanterns
which cast very pretty light over
the scene and dancers.
Throughout the evening, punch was
served. After dancing until late
hour, a supper consisting of Turkey
salad, club sandwiches, tomato sand
witches, olives, asparagus, olives, and
celery was served and followed by an
ice course.
Those attending the dance were,
Misses Betty Hoist, Catherine, shd Mel
lie Ray, Don othy Slaughter, Vivian
Bond, Dorothy Waterman, Evelyn
Barnett, Dorothy Meigs, Ruth Brown.
ing, Clarice Newton, Viola Benbow,
Doris Causey, Jean Buddington, Hell
en- Bruce, Gertrude Williams, and Es,
sic Woodruff, and Messrs. Elmer
Stelts, Brandon Warren, Richard Jar
lett, William Towner, William Car
son, Jesse Cannon, Walter Shelly,
Grecy O'Neal, Robert Webb, Sam Nc
Cormick, Charles Dressler, Hutson
Wigs, Arnold Waterman, Jimmie
Meggs, Richard Buddington, ALVIN
Waits, and Louis James.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-12-13
MIRACLE MAN MAKES A
GREAT HIT At ARCADE
GREATEST PICTURE l HAVE EV.
Err SEEN is GENERAL
VERDICT.
Teaches a Lesson as Well AS Grip
ping Interest in Real Human Love
Story.

Nothing like the Miracle Man has
ever been put on the screen before,
was the verdict of those who saw the
great photo-play at the Arcade last
night. 1t had been heralded as the
photoplay with an amazing soul and
as the greatest film of the year and
much was expected of it. That is
more than justified the reputation
which preceded it was evidenced by
the enthusiasm of the audience.
The Miracle Man is one of those
rare productions that appeals to all
classes, from the crook class to the
ministry, women and children. Mil
lions have seen it, and many of them
have gone the second and some the
third time to see it. There were
several in the audience last night
who had seen the picture before in
Jacksonville when it was shown at
The Arcade for a week. They say
that it seems to be new thing each
time.
The Miracle Man will be presented
the last time today at 800 $3.50 AMI
S:45 p. m.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-12-13
SENATORS PROTEST At
RECKLESS AUTO DRIVING
DEATH OF MRS. WILLARD CALLS
FORTH DENOUNCEMENTS
Senator Sherman Sites Accident to
Mrs. Willard AS Result of Grim
inal Carelessness.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13-The Con-
.gressional Record of this date con-
tains severe arraignment of auto
mobiles in the city of Washington APP
ropos the death of Mrs. Willard, of
Palatka, daughter of Col. Bob Da-
Wis, of Gainesville, fatally injured here
day or two ago. The matter was
brought before the senate by Senator
Sherman, of Illinois, who cited this
as only one of the recent cases where
pedestrians have lost their lives
through this means. He said that
the most severe punishment should
be melted out. Senator Fletcher al
so made a few remarks upon the sub
ject.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-12-13

united in marriage Sunday to Miss
Annie Lou Lindsey, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. W. A. Lindsey, of that city.
Mr.. LeHardy has been a resident of
Palatka for seventeen years, and dur
ing that time made host Of friends.
Miss Lindsey, spent last summer in
Palatka as the attractive guest of her
cousin, Mrs. R. L. Kennerly. The
wedding will be a quiet home we'd
ding, after which the couple will come
to Palatka where they will make their
home, residing at 416 Reid street.
Mrs. N. W. Keller, of Shell Bluff,
spent yesterday afternoon and today
in Palatka.
Mrs. P. C, OHaver, and children
will arrive this afternoon from Indi-
ana, and will make their home i'll
San Mateo.
Mrs. Thomas Miles, of Crescent
City, is a shopper in Palatka today.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-12-13
EASY PICKING FOR SCOTSMAN
canny Individual Right in His EIe-
mert in German Prison Camp
Got All the Money in Sight.

A Scotch corporal was appointed by
the commandant to look after our
boots and to serve our soup. His
name was Allen but we called him
Steamboat" for short. Steamboat
Immediately began siege upon the
affections of the German nurse who
had charge of the officers mess and
our fare began to improve.
He stole beef and potatoes for us
and schnapps for himself. Steamboat
was not the only one who was steal
ing. There were a few tons of po-
tatOes in the basement and guard
would take a fatigue down occasion
ally to pick out the rotten ones. They
spent most of the time putting good
potatoes by a window for the Bel
gianS and invariably came back up
stairs with their breeches legs filled
with the best. These were boiled and
issued through the ward at night. You
can imagine what a row there was
when an inspector went down and
found the basement innocent of pOta-
toes.
Steamboat had with him a crown
and-anchOr board a great gambling
game Of the British army. He soon
found when the Germans would get
their pay and made plans accordingly.
He spread his board on a table and
began rafting the dice in a tin cup
and with familiar accents began spiel
ing. "Old Joe, the man with the
dough" IF you don't speculate you
can't accumulate" speaking in Eng
fish. The German walking wounded
crowded around. l put down a few
pfennigS and won. Rnett came in for
little loss. The night nurse tried
her luck and it was bad. In a few
minutes play was in full swing and
they were almost fighting for standing
room about the table. In two hours
Steamboat had all the money. Crown
and anchor became an institution,
with Steamboat winning at nearly ev-
cry session. With this money he
bought vile German cigarettes for
his comrades and wine for himself.
When l left Peruwelz he had q beau
tiful diamond ring and several hun
| dred marks.-FrOm Captain Morris
Letter in Memphis Commercial APP
peal, relating experiences as a Ger
man prisoner.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-12-13
PALATkA TEAM WINS.
Defeats High School Five By Score
of SO to 20.

The Palatka Basket ball team de-
feated the High School five at the Elks
Club gymnasium last night by a
score of So to 20 in the presence of
enc of the largest crowds that hos
attended a similar event in a long
while. The score does not indicate
the real strength of the High School
team, which was forced to play an up
bill game all the way.
Next Friday the Palatka team will
meet the St. Augustine Y. M. c. A.
team on the local court. This will
be a hard fought game and one of
the best of the season.
Regular practice will be held at
the Club House on Monday night
promptly at o'clock. All players
should be on hand early as some spe-
cial work will be taken up.
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Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-12-13

Mrs. Emily MacGregor, left today
for Key West after spending several
weeks here as the guest of her niece,
Mrs. Peter Gardner.
Mrs. H. F. Lecks, and her daugh-
ter Miss Karhleen Lecks returned yes
terday from Jacksonville, where Miss
Lecks underwent a slight operation on
her throat.
Miss Sallie Loflin, of Churchville,
Nd, arrived yesterday afternoon, and
will spend the winted as the guest of
MIR. and Mrs. E. NJ. Earnest.
Miss Abbijean Miller, of Crescent
City spent yesterday afternoon in Pa
latka.
Mrs. Willard McElvaine, and Miss
Ernestine Gladney, of Hastings, were
visitors here yesterday afternoon.
Miss Mary Billings, and Mrs. G. V.
Leonard, of Hastings, were shoppers
m Palatka yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. F. E, Bugby and Mrs. Donald
Barstow, and Baby, were here yester-
Gay afternoon from Hastings.
Miss Ruth Burt returns home to-
day from New York after spending
Eine months there as the guest Of rel
at;ves.
DR.. and Mrs. Gordon Stanton, and
Miss Louise Moragne, of Hastings,
M. and Mrs. P. N. Hoist, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Waterman, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Ray. Mrs. T. A. Woodruff, and Mrs.
R. E. Burlington, also enjoyed the
evening.
Mrs Royal Weber, Miss Mae Ken-
NEEDY, and +, F. Tenny, of Federal
Point are visitors in Gem City today.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Padgett, and Mrs
Hattie Mays, of Grandin, were visi-
tors in Gem City today.
Mrs. T. J.isles, of Crescent City
was shopper here this morning.
Myers Bailey has returned to Pa
latka after spending several months
at various points in Georgia.
Mrs. Fred Kaiser, Sr., Mrs. Fred
Kaiser, Jr., and Mrs. Robt. Kaiser, Of
Hastings are visitors in Palatka to-
day.
Mrs. Walter Hoyl, of Jacksonville,
arrived here yesterday to be the guest
of her sister, Miss Daisy Livingston,
yeturning home this afternoon.
Misses Jane and Helen Willard, Of
Jacksonville, arrived yesterday after
noon to attend the funeral of their
aunt, Mrs. Jessie Willard, which was
held this morning. While here they
were the guests of Miss Daisy Liv,
ingston on N. Third street
Charles Adolph LeHardy left last
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-12-13
CATTLE RAISERS FORM
A NEW ORGANIZATION
c. A. CARSON, JR., of KISSINMEE,
ELECTED PRESIDENT.
Organization Will Follow Plan of One
Successful Among Texas
Raisers.

ORLANDO, Dec. 13-The Florida
Live Stock Association terminated its
seven-year career of pioneer work in
Florida at its final session this morn
ing when it was decidede by the men,
bers to change the organization to the
Cattle Raisers' Association of Florida
and adopted a new constitution and
bylaws, very similar to those of the
very successful Cattle Raisers' Asso-
citation of Texas.
When the convention met thi:
morning c. A. Carson, Jr., of Kissim-
NEE, was introduced by President
Blackman and read an interesting pa
per, in which he advocated the chang
ing of the association to one for cattle
reasers and showed the many advanc-
ages and benefits that could be secur-
ed by a strong organization that
would comprise a membership of all
cattle owners of the state.
Following his address he read the
constitution and bylaws, as revised
from the Texas association, and stated
that later he would move the adoption
IF them.
The nominating committee then pre-
sented the names for the Offices to
be elected and they were unanimously
elected, despite the protest of Mr..
Burt, as follows:
President, c A. Carson, Jr., of Kis-
simmee; first vice president, H. J..
Moody, of Tampa; second vice presi-
dent, J j. Logan, of Jacksonville;
treasurer, F. NJ. Burt, of DeLeon
Springs.
The secretary is to be selected by
the executive committee, which was
named by tie president and unani-
mously elected by the members as
follows:
R. W. Dunlap, Clay; Seth Woodruff,
Orange; Frank Raulerson, st. Lucie;
G. H. Murphy, Manatee; George W.
Mann, Osceola; F. R. Hackett, Wa
ton; L. X. Edwards, Marion; H. T.
Lykes, Hillsborough; T. B. King, De-
Soto; Mcqueen Chaires, Lafayette;
Sam Summer,in, Brevard; John M.
Scott, Alachua; C. G. Smith, Orange
T. NJ. Burt, Volusia; W. F. Ward,
Polk.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-12-13

Charles Adolph LeHardy left last
night for Tampa where he will be
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-12-13

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Marguerite Clark Monday.

Marguerite Clark, in ''Three Men
and Girl" will be the attraction at
The Arcade Monday matinee and
night. This is one of the most de.
lightful pictures ever made by thi,
prime favorite of the screen and gives
full play to her versatile talents.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-12-13

Mrs. Emily MacGregor, left today
for Key West after spending several
weeks here as the guest of her niece,
Mrs. Peter Gardner.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-12-13
Qualified as a Telephone Girl

The newspapers report the case Of
a woman in state Of trance who has
bot spoken word for twenty-one days.
City men incline to the theory that
the lady is telephone OPERATOR
Punch, London.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-12-13
Device BEADS Pulse.

Utilizing a galyanometer, a French
scientist have invented apparatus fol
measuring vibrations of human bones
and tissues with which among other
things, he reads a persons pulse more
accurately than by lslnd.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1919-12-13
Her Wish.

Wee Bessie on being told that she
would have to eat condensed milk on
her oatmeal exclaimed, Il wish that
old condensed COW would die."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

mink Answer VIII Come.
N1lI there be an answer? Why not?
a9N astronomers who are convinced
mat tie Martians are as eager to talk
70 US as we with them. There is an
"'ner set OF astronomers who pooh
pooh the suggestion that any commu-
n'cation can ever be set going between
'he TWO planets. These are the doubt
ST. VINO with hand untitled. cry out
IKE Miss over plan not so chimeri-
cal:
It's a damned lie!"
In astronomy even more than in
nun dane science this doubling spirit
e.osS soaring endeavor. But had 1.
prevailed when astronomy was still
'a'rology, how little OF the vast knowl-
soge we now possess OF the members
/, VI our celestial family would be
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26
Amherst Professor Plans to Relay Wireless Message From
Balloon Up $4,000 Feet or More -Airship Designed
by Army Expert Is Scheduled for Flight Next March

ours! The dreaming vein, as well as
the uncomfortable will of a Column
bus of the skies, has been necessary
&c overcome the DIRECTORS and doubt
ers, to increase our sidereal knowl-
edge to what It is to-day. And the
popular acceptance of the measures
taken by the Investigators who are
not deferred by common sense will
serve the latter well.
DIR. Todd will control from the in
side of the basket attached to the mon
ster balloon the signalling apparatus
to be used in the experiment. The bal
loon Itself will act as intensifier and
relay station for wireless impulses sent
from some point on the earth's sur
face. and 1t is the hope also of the sci
entists that the balloon will act as a
receiver Of radio messages seat from
Mars. These now miss the earth be-
cause OF the electrical forces of our
globe. II. as the theory is.emessages
are being sent from Mars to the earth,
the latter's electric fluids divert 1t from
the path, describing an arc, which dis
sipates 1t in the void. BY rising above
interfering forces DR.. Todd hopes to
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

be transparent. soft and pliable as silk,
at the earth's surface, but once ar
rived In the higher attitudes 1t will be-
come stiff and brittle so that a blow
VIII SKATER 1t and give the passengers
chance to leap for life.
Some Doubt Success.
The effort to communicate with
Mars which these daring men will
make is one that commands the sym
pathy Of certain astronomers who,
however. believe that It will prove
truitess. All experiment wins sympa-
thy OF the scientists who know with
what difficulty what we already know
about our planetary neighbors was
wrested from the skies. There are.
however, famous scientists who see in
such efforts only misdirected toll. A
representative man of this sort is
Charles Lane Poore, distinguished lee
turer and Investigator, who said;
81 am not interested in such fool
ishness. Any man who is has more
imagination than science"
But dictum of this kind does not
summary dispose of the subject. In
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

catch at least an echo of the answer
ing Marian voice.
1t will be Balloonist Stevens's part to
carry the balloon high, very high,
higher than a balloon has ever yet as
cended. He says that $4,000 feet can
be attained with ease, and 10000 more
can easily be added to this height For
the purpose Of this experiment Stevens
has designed an airship Having two
compartments, The upper compart-
ment will have a displacement of
$4,000 feet of gas. and the lower one
of $4,000 feet OF air. AS the gas ex-
pands in the rarefled atmosphere of so
vast height the air will be forced out
Of the lower compartment, but the gas
will remain In the bag, conserving the
full lifting power OF the balloon. The
design is simple, but so far as the bal
loonist knows, it never has been used.
By eliminating the feature of con-
slant exhaust by means of a double
compartment. Stevens is confident that
the balloon will attain almost unimag-
Unable height. There arises a sugges-
ton that II might 20 so far as to GO,
ton and into the gravity of another
planetary body. but this contingency
apparently does not disturb the bal
loonist, who puts the onus Of restoring
the balloon and Its passengers to earth
on Professor Todd.
The balloon will be 1856 feet In cir
conference, nearly three times the size
of any so far built. The span from top
to bottom will be 105 feet; the span OF
the largest balloon TO date was So feet.
Chinese silk will be used to give the
utmost lightness, with strength. To
avoid friction andst the consequent cleo
trical spark which has set fire to 90
, many aeronautical bags by reason OF
their havesg two walls. a positive and
negative. the Stevens balloon will
have but one wall.
A peculiar basket has been invented
by Stevens. one In which the outer
covering Is designed to keep out the
killing cold of the upper regions while
provision is made for the passengers
to betake themselves TO parachutes in
case OF necessity. He therefore de-
vised a membrane OF gun-cotton. to
shut In the aeronauts and protect them
4 from physical ills. This membrane will
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26
Dr. Todd Revves Astronomers Old Hope of Talking Mars

This authority suggests that the at
mosphere Of Mars consist mainly OF
nitrogen. argon and carbon dioxide.
This analysis of the atmosphere OF
Mars was not acceptable to Lowell
and Pickering and the theory gener-
ally held is that the dissipation OF
water on Mars, while constantly pro
crossing through countless ages IL
not yet complete. The original store
already exhibits marked signs of APP
preaching exhaustion.
The Martians fearfully see this ex-
haustion approaching and the end of
life on their planet. They are ready
tc emigrate to planet where they
may continue the race. From their
observations of their nearest neighbor
they see that the comparatively
youthful earth offers them refuge
from certain humiliation. Is It won
derful If they are desperately striving
to reach us and TO bridge the void by
our help? What theory could be more
plausible?
Therefore Mars must be more anXi-
Gus to signal the earth than the latter
to signal Mars. Unfortunately for a
conjunction of efforts which may be
made next spring, at that time when
Mars is advantageously placed for
our observation. we are invisible to
Mars. The earth then lies between
Mars and the sun and is lost to
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-26

the imagination of man exist the seeds
of all moral and Scientific improve
ment; chemistry was first alchemy,
and out of astrology sprang astrono-
my. In the childhood of those sci
ences, the Imagination opened a way
and furnished materials on which the
ratlocinative powers in a maturer
state operated with success. The i'm
agination is the distinguishing charac-
teristlc OF man as a progressive being
and II ought to be carefully guided
and strengthened as the indispensable
means and instrument Of continued
progress.
Accepting this view OF the human
imagination. astronomers in the main
do not hesitate to give countenance
in a cerlain degree to schemes that
have their beginnings something like
a chimerical character. But II 1t is
true, as II certainly appears to be. that
emharking on this study is like set
ting out on uncharted seas and ever
on voyages Of discovery then the
wisest men lend a charitable ear to
the dreams of their holder and more
adventurous brethren. DR.. e. o.
Hovey of the department of seology
In the National Museum of Natural
History. Professors Lowell and Pick
ering. other famous astronomers. and
the lecturers of Johns Hopkins and
Columbia are scientists OF the cautious
ilk who still give credit to what i'm
agination has accomplished In the
realm of astronomy. There are ac-
compllshments blazed on the walls OF
science that could never have hap
pened except through the indulgence
of dreams.
Dreamsrs and the Future.
The dreamers." said one Of these
authorities. regard themselves and
their science only in the future. They
are always contemplating an advance
and they are the pioneers of science.
AS astronomers or as savants Of any
kind thesmen of genius are ever rest
less. They are so by law OF their
nature. 1t is among them class DR..
Todd. Unremittingly he regards what
is to come and not what is here"
Whether he has the guild behind
him or not. DIR. Todd Is sure In his
experiments OF the sympathy of the
| public. There has long been a popu-