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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-30


thought. Mke dun grey cotton wool.
Yet. II tho shuddering Of her fabric
were fair criterion. the pace OF tho
sybariss was undated. she was
plouShing headlong through that
dense obscurity using the utmost
power Of her engines. From time
TO time. when tho whistle was stiil.
tho calls Of scsmsn operating the
sounding machine could Be heard;
but their reports wers monotonously
uniform. tho waters were not yet
shosi enough for the lead TO find
bottom at that place
The witch was being changed a.
Lanyard started forward. with the
tail OF an eye on the bridge. Mr..
Collision relieved Mr. Swain. and the
latter came down the companion.
ladder just IN time TO save Lanyard
nasty spill as his feet slipped on
planklng greasy with giobuies Of
fog. There's no telling how bad n
fan he might not have suffered had
not Mr.. swain been there for him
TO catch at; and for a moment or
two Lanyard was. as Mr.. Swain
put Il with great good-nature. all
over him. cilnging 10 tho first offi-
Ger in a most demonstrative manner;
and II was with some difficulty that
no Mt length recovered his equilib-
rum. Then. however. he laid hold
OF the rail- for Insurance. against
further mishaps, thanked Mr.. Swain
heartily, added his apologies. and
the two parted with expressions OF
mutual esteem.
The incident seemed 70 have
dampcned Lanyard's ardor for OK.
ercls.. lie made a rather gingerly
way back 20 the quarterback. ioafed
restlessly In a dock.chair for a little
while, then went below once more.
Some time after. supine again
upon his bed. he heard Mr.. Swain
In the saloon aueruiously interro-
eating one OF tho stewards. II APP
pearcd that Mr.. Swain had unac.
countably mislaid his keys. and he
wanted TO know II the steward had
seen anything of them. The stew
ard hadn't. he said; and Lanyard
for one knew that he spalse sooth,
since at that moment tho missing
keys were resting on the bottom of
tho sea several miles astern--all
but one.
There was no dressing for dinner
that night. Liane Delorme. her
nerves rasped almost beyond endur.
ance by tho relentless fog signal,
preferred tho seclusion OF her state
room. Lanyard wasn't really sorry;
the bosom OF n white shirt Ia calcu-
lated 10 make some impression upon
the human rctina even on the dark.
est night; whereas his plain lounge
suit Of blue serge was sure to prove
entirely inconspicuous. SO. II he
missed tho feminine Influence at
table, he bore up with good forti
tude.
And after dinner he segregated
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-30

each minute. whereas Lanyard had
grown accustomed to timing the In
tervals between the sounding Of the
ships bell. upon which all his In
terest hung. at the rate OF fifteen
blasts to the half hour.
II you asked him. once = minute
seemed rather too much OF a good
thing. even in busy lanes Of sea
traffic. still. It was better perhaps
than unprecedented disaster; one
was not keen about having the
Sybarito ground on n sandbanS. pile
UP on a rock. or dash her brains out
against the bulk of another vessel
before eleven o'clock ut earliest.
In getrpspsct ha sountsd those
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-30
JACK HoRNER NEXT

The next place the Twins came to
was the house of Jack Horner.
Jack was standing at hts front
door.
''Hsiloy' said he. when he saw the
Twins.
''HelIoF' said Nancy and Nick. We
arc hunting for Mother Goose's
magic broomstick. DO you know
where II is?'
no" answered Jack. II don't
Ike brooms. only like raisln pie
and plum cake and fruit pudding.
Would you like TO have sone7'
Yes. thank you" answered Nancy.
but wen have 10 hurry now and
we can't stay. We thought you
might have the broom to sweep up
your crumbs"
We'll, as 10 that" replied Jack,
II never make any. for eat all
mine. But you might ask Tom
Tucker"
|, The Twins thanked him and the
@Creen Shoes whisked them off 10
Toms house
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-30

himself as usual IN his favorite
chair near tho taffrail. Tho fog. II
anything denser than before. manu-.
featured an early dusk of n pecu.
liarly depressing violet shade. New.
ertheless. evenings arc long in that
season of the Year. and to Lanyard
II seemed that the twilight would
never quite fade out completely,
true night would never come.
Long before II did. speed was
slackencd: the yacht was at last In
soundings; the calls Of the leadsmen
we're as monotonous as the whistle
blasts. and almost as frequent. Ian.
yard could have done without both.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-30

II the ship could not. Hc remarked
n steadily intensified exacerbation
of nerves. ana told himself he was
growing old and no mistake. lie
could remember the time whom he
could have endured strain OF walt
Ing comparable to that which he
must suffer now. and havc turned
never n hair.
How long ago II seemed
Another sign that the Sybarite
had entered what are technically
classified as inland waters. whore
special rules of the road apply. was
to be remarked In tho fact that the
fog signal was now E9aring once
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BY AHERN

More storfe.r' Mr.. Dcnsmore
said. "well. you are q story.lovtnE
PART think II must have been
tho next fail that we moved out
10 the ranch.
MY fathers store was on the
corner across from the postofficn,
and We had moved into our big
new house. and I was very happy.
My mother says I did sometimes
talk about my little yellow
house, but I liked the new one
just the Same.
II was NO near tho other boys.
too. and we did love that great
school yard. remember we used
TO gather tho most delicious wild
strawberries there. and play all
manner of interesting games In
the woods.
"But things went wrong In a
business way. and we had TO so
across tho lake.
ut was lonesome on tho shores
of Lake Union then. Just the for.
est and q few farms. and homes
long distances apart. so that 70
mo IL rcemed as II we lived In a
world all by ourselves.
Mrs. Bean gave me . setting
Of wee eggs that year and my first
real Joy on the ranch came when
I had a whole brood OF bantam
chickics all my own.
II had a horse. too. and a pet
COW we called Old Spot
ED Bean and used to take
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the COWS to pasture down on
Green lake. and ride them homo
In tho early evening.
Ed was a little older than !
and a good piayfeliow.
II remember one day my father
got ready 10 10 hunting: he had
seen some pheasants in the woods
and no thought he'd like TO take
q shot az them
II was very fnastent about 80
ing with him. NO. SON. he said.
It's too far for you to 60, but
I'll toll you what you may do; II
you can get I'd to come with you.
you may como to meet me along
toward late afternoon
THAT sounded fine. ana I was
all keyed UP for the tramp. but
when I went for Id l couldn't
find him.
"'Well.' mother said. Tn
afraid that means that you viii
be disappointed. Worth. Your
father said II I'D could 60 with
you. you might So
But. mother argued. He
didn't know l couldn't find Ed.
lie Just thought ] might be lone
some; I won't, mother. l won't.
May ! so. motherr"
II wouldn't have been 40 sure
about not being afraid II j had
known what was prowiing around
In that great. lonely wood.
(ro BE Continued
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-30

BY ALTMAN
BY BLOSSER
By CONDO

two hours between dinner and ten
thirty longer than tho fortnighs
which had prefaced them. So 10
tho heart OF man ever impatient
when the journey's-cnd draws near.
tho that and be but the beginning.
as well. OF that longer journey
which men call Death.
Continued Tomorrow
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-30

Doctor-Ths CRISIS Is over. Your
husband will recover.
Wlfe--Oh, dear, And I have
bought my mourning.-Der BrOmr
mer. Berlin.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-14
Eutur. Monarch Reared Simply.

In an article describing the train
Ing of the fourteen-ye ar-old prince OF
the Asturlas, King Alfonso's heir, the
Madrid Heraldo says he is being
brought up in the atmosphere Of home
life that his parents love, Queen
Victoria, as we'll as King Alfonso, dis
likes all forms OF ceremonial and
the prince is being trained as simply
as possible. He has many tutors with
whom he visits factories, dockyards,
engineering works, newspaper offices,
museums and all centers of culture
and activity. The customs Of the
Spanish court have prevented him
from entering university or military
college, but he viii probably he sent
later on to military academy.
The prince Is fair with blue eyes
and for this reason he has the APP
pearance of foreigner" for Spain
is a country Of dark-eyed people But
those who speak Of his foreign APP
pearance maintain that he is thorough
ly Sanlsh He speaks English and
French fuently and takes an active
interest in science and art,-London
Daily Mail
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-14
GLAD HAND FROM John l."
How Defeated but still Great PugIlist
Made Firm Friend Of Young
Newspaper Man.

Theodore Dresser, writing in the
Bookman, recounts his youthful expert
enceS as reporter in st. Louis. One
Of his assignments was an interview
with John l.. Sullivan:
Jaw, haw haw hawr / can hear
him even now when asked him my
favorite question about life, his plans,
the value of exercise y, etc
He wants to know about exercise J
Yuhre all right, young fella, kinda
slim, but yuh'll do. Sit down aud have
some champagne. Have cigar Give
i'm some cigars, George. These young
newspaper men are all all right, to me.
I'm for EN- Exercise2 What Think
Haw! Hawl Write any id thing
you please, young feIla, and say that
John l.. Sullivan said so. That's good
enough for me. II they don't believe
ii bring 1t back here and I'll sign 1t for
yuh. But ! know it'll be all right,
and won't stop to read it neither.
That suit yuh? Well, all right. Now
have some more champagne and don't
say didn't treat yuh right, cause !
did. I'm ex.champion OF the world, de-
feated by that little dude from Cali
fOrnia, but I'm still John l.. Sullivan
amt that right? Haw haw They
can't take that away from me, can
they? Haw haw Have some more
champagne, boy
II adored him. would havewrltten
anything he asked me to write. ! got
up the very best article could and
published It, and was told afterward
that 1t was fine"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-14
PATCHING UP KINGS Speech
: Serious Omission Recently Gave Brit
ish Parliamentary Authorities a
bad Fifteen Minutes"

William Goblet, who used to com
plain of the bad grammar and the In
different English Of the kings
speeches to parliament, surely never
contemplated the omission which
marked the kings speech at the open
ing Of the recent session. The speech
itself was remarkably short-l39
words all told-and II came to sud
den stop without the usual invocation
Of Gods blessing on the labors Of par
Lament. When the king had departed,
the officials were Mortified at the
omission +; and hastily sent up a verbal
addition to the press. Some Of the
newspapers used 1t and some did not,
Nor wns this all, for when the lord
chancellor In the house of lords and
the speaker In the house Of commons
read out the speech az the afternoon
sitting, the invocation was there, but
the words were different from those
supplied earlier In the day. The Sc
cret history Of all these changes
would make interesting matter for a
modern Pepys
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-14
eRArrLEeoRo eoozg RAIDS
Sheriff and Eight Deputies Made Six
Raids Saturday.

Brattleboro. Marc. 12.-Nine Off
GERS headed by Sheriff Frank l.. Well.
man made six raids In search Of
liquor beginning late last night and
ilnlshing about tour o'clock this morn.
ing, one Of the places being the home
OF special police officer. In every
place they found either liquor or eyi.
dence that liquor had just been turn
ed into the sewer
The rails were made on complaint
OF States Attorney Harold r. Whit.
ney at the homes of Maurice Gissen,
junk dealer; Special Policeman
Thomas Doyle Mrs. Sahano Barbar-
ETH, Mrs. Lillian Morse, John Ship.
pee and Frank Juscen, laborers. A
quart o. moonshine was found at Gis.
sens, keg Of home brew at Juscen's,
and some blackberry wine at Mrs.
Morses In the other places they
found bottles that had just been emp.
tied, and in one place bottle was
thrown out of window and was pick.
ed up by an officer.
The Washington times., 1922-05-21
Bv JOSEPHUS DANIELS---
(Secretary of the Many in Wilson Cabinet)
International Conferences and Hoe Politics Are Dictated by Car OIL
Oil fabricated Selfish Diplomacy at Pa ept at Genoa, I'm
ceases Difficulties i'm Mexico and Has Bangezed Conservation
of Oil Reserves "t Apart Exclusively for the Use of the Navy

onslaught by the miners and sap
pers, users OF poison gas ana
the makers of the smoke-screen
were impotent up to March s.
the day that President Wilson
retired from office.
And then-Senator Kendrick, Of
Wyoming, heard rumors that
without publicity or competition
the Teapot oil reserve set aside
for the exclusive use Of the
navy" had. by the Secretary Of
the Interior. to whose offices naval
reserves had been turned over.
leased "for the exclusive use" of
a certain oil company.
And thus passeth the conseyva-
tion Of oil in the ground for
exclusive use Of the navy" un-
less
And, the method Is up to Con.
gress. Congress did not act.
when Ballingerism gave a death
blow to the Taft administration.
Will Congress now save the naval
oil reserves? The Senate will
have an investiga ton. but It
was not permitted to know that
leasing was even under consider
alton until without advertisement
or publicity. the news was ex-
torted.
Ballinger has not been re-
called to Washington to control
the public domain. But the turn
ing over Of the oil reserves. set
apart by Taft and Wilson, for
the exclusive use OF the navy"
is a worse blow to national de-
fense and naval strength and
wise conservation than Ballinger
struck.
Brigadier General and Gar Oil
il in command!
The Washington times., 1922-05-21

trifling compared with the long
period tho drama required to OBJ
tain recognition-for many years
actors were classed with outcssts
and prejudice against the stage was
all-powerful.
REMARKABLE PROGRESS.
How rapidly the cinema has es-
tablished itself is proved by the fol-
lowing story told me by a Briton:
Not long before the war an Eng
lishman hired a hall in a provin-
cial city. The seats were wooden
forms and the uniform price Of Is
cents q seat was charged to see
the pictures.
The protector had q trick Of
breaking down. After a break
down had lasted more than five
minutes the auditnce would get
restive and start breaking up the
forms to show their disapproval.
When the danger point was reach
ed the protector would appeal to
the solitary pianist to calm the
savage feelings in the breast Of the
audience by the most beautiful
chords he could strickland the
Job was no easy one.
The Washington times., 1922-05-21
SCIENTISTS DECLARE
WAR ON
CONSONANTS

ing to natural voice sounds In .
room.
F1etcher's experiments proved
that the intensity Of electrically
transmitted speech sounds can bc
varied over q great range without
affec ing their Interpretation.
Speech was increased 100 times
greater than 1t issued from the
mouth and decreased a million
times less than originally spoken
without an appreciable change in
its intelligibility. Transmitted
speech more than hundred times
louder than it's original intensity.
DR.. Fletcher finds. seems to deaden
the nerves 80 that It IL less intel.
liRible. At intensities 1000 times
greater than normal the ear feels
vibrations, and at 10000 times
greater. pain is experienced. This
latter amplification Of an average
natural voice sound represents the
limit that can safely be received
by the ear.
At one hundred million times
less than the original speech In
tensity the ability to interpret
transmitted speech has decreased
so per cent. At ten billions less
speech becomes inaudible. such
sounds as tn. I. p, h and 8 are tho
first TO be affected. Sounds like
ou. o, 1, a and e'r are the last TO
be affected by a decrease in loud
ness.
Consonants, according to DR..
Fletcher. are usually harder to
hear than vowels. However. he
found that the speech sounds "e"
and a." r." ing" form notable
exceptions to this general rule.
since "e" 10 among the most DIFF
ficult, while the others are the
easiest sounds to be understood.
"Th." "f'' and "v." at all intensi-
ties, are the most difficult to hear
and in ordinary conversation are re-
sponsible for fifty per cent of the
mistakes Of Interpretation.
The Washington times., 1922-05-21
IF you have difficulty in hearing

TF you have difficulty in hearing
over the telephone. don't al
ways blame the operator or
lay the trouble to a poor connec-
ton. More probably the condition
ia due to the peculiarities OF sound
combinations that go to make up
words OF the English language.
Had the fathers of this language
of ours substituted a few more
vowels in place of consonants It
would have been lot easier for
the telephone companies.
These are some of the conclu-
sions reached by DR.. Harvey
Fletcher of the research labora-
tories Of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company and tho
Western Electric Company. who
has Just completed a long investi-
CATION of the nature Of transmitted
speech. At the present time some
Of the country's leading communi-
cation and transmission engineers
and scientists are devoting their
time to the problems OF transmit.
ting speech with the smallest pos
sible effect on it's intelligibility. The
results of some OF these investiga-
tions are counted upon not only
to help In one OF the largest prob
lens of telephony. but to aid the
linguist. the actor and the medical
profession. Improved devices which
will lessen the handicaps Of the
deaf may even be another result
Of these Investigations and expert
ments.
In carrying out his investigar
tive work DR.. Fletcher arranged a
perfect and distortionless labora-
tory telephone system He then
introduced apparatus by means Of
which It was possible to amplify
or distort the transmitted sounds
at will.
In many cases listeners were On
abled in the experiments to hear
better than they could when listen
The Washington times., 1922-05-21

one Of his sheet anchors against
the time OF trouble. II he likes
ne can see his stacks Of rupees,
handle them. check them by the
hundredweight. In truth, sub
stantia fortune.
The hidden riches Of Hydera-
bad have been steadily accumulat.
Ing for generations. Loot from
Sertngapatam, when that strong
hold OF Tipoo Sultsn's fell to the
British forces and their faithful
ally" the Nizam, formed the
foundation Of more than one pri-
vate fortune. You can still see
treasure from the wreok-even
the hat Of Tipoo himsolf-in Hy-
derabad. And the ruins Of Col
conda-the name itself suggests
untold riches-are only six miles
away
You see women swathed in
white robes like shrouds, with
eyelets In the shapeless hoods,
through which they survey the
open-fronted shepsl fierce Arabsi
ooal.blaok Negroes from North
Africaj unkempt PathaRs, beard
ed Sikhs-a mixture Of all the
races Of India in the busy Their
eughfare which skirts the great
mosque. It is unlike any ether
capital In southern or central
India Mohammedan Influence
has borne heavily on the Nizsms
capital.
The old hide bound conservatism.
The Washington times., 1922-05-21


IN the cinema has II had to
L Y face such searching crti-
cism as It has today. Critics COM
plain of the poor quality OF many
minor films and the prestige OF
all screen plays. good. bad and in
different. Is affected. But the film
dustry u not marking time" The
best productions enjoy a success
that is overwhelming compared
with what would have been pos
sible only a few years ago. and the
infant Of the arts is steadily grow
ing in strength and power.
In the United States q first class
screen play is able to enjoy run"
as long as that Of a stage drama.
In London several films have been
shown with success in West End
theaters, have held their own
against stage plays. and have at
tracted middle and upper class au.
diences who hitherto had thought
the cinema unworthy of their no.
tice.
The short space Of time in which
the film has established itself Ii
The Washington times., 1922-05-21
PARIS SOON WILL BE 30
HOURS FROM NEW YORK
French Flying Deputy Declares Freight as
Well as Passengers Will Be Carried
by Long Flight Planes.

and New York will be one Of the
most difficult and without doubt
one of the last lines to be
established. Such a line could
not be operated practically with
out the use Of huge planes. many
motored. with great capacity for
passengers and freight-16o tons
appears to me to be a minimum.
This will entail a modification OF
airplane construction whereby
each square yard Of flying sur
face will be called upon to sup
port a much greater weight than
Is possible today.
However, such q day will un-
doubtedly come. and then Paris
will be not more than thirty
hours from New York. The
political and economic conse-
quences Of such a shortening OF
the voyage will be such as to
give prophets pause.
The Washington times., 1922-05-21

PARIS, May 20.
"IHAT Is the future Of
" aviation9 WIZ tho
~ airplane eventually re-
place tho train, tho steamship
and the automobile? H tho
astounding air development of
the past fsw years nearing its
end9 The automobile, say er-
perts, Is now perfeotion-it can
not be improved. How near IS
the airplane to similar triumph?
These questions Were the basis
of an inquiry made by the Paris
Bureau Of Universal Service
among aoiation experts IN
France, admittedly the country
Where air trapel has reached its
highest stage of Development.
This is the fourth article of
this series.
BY PIERRE e. FLANDRIN,
Fiyinr Deputy and Air Engineer.
The most notable event since
the armistioe in the progress Of
aviation was the establishment Of
a regular passenger service be-
tween Paris and London.
The greatest problem confront
ing aviation today is the battle
against fog and darkness.
I do not think that airplanes
will properly displsce other
means Of transportation for at
least five years-et least not
regularly.
The aerial liaison betveen Paris
The Washington times., 1922-05-21
BvSIR PERCIVAL PHILLIPS
Strange Stories Hidden Wealth and the Solid puence of Nlzams
Mobiles Current i'm Hyderabad City of Which Phillips Warns
TouristS-Unike Other Cities of Central India.

however, is being worn away. Mo
hammedan ladies are coming out
Of their traditional seclusion. I
lunched with high official Of
the government. who Is q devout
follower Of the prophet. and found
his wife awaiting her quests IN
a European drawing-room. She
sat at table with us, clad In the
soft. graceful dress OF an Indian
lady. without the fallen veil Mo-
hammedan custom has alwaysa i'm
posed on womankind.
A daughter of the Nisam was
placed behind her fathers chair
at the banquet given In honor OF
the Prince Of Wales. She Is only
a child, but looks older than her
years, and the guests who noted
her keen, intelligent interest in
the giittering scene could we'll be-
willingly into the seclusien Of the
senana.
This little princess sat between
tive tall palace attendants. with
two Of her brothers and a tiny
sister,
When the prince rose 10 make
the usual speech in acknowledge
ment Of the Nizam's toast. she
watched him carefully; not a ges.
turs nor an infection Of his clear,
well-modulated voice escaped her.
was told sfterward that she
has a remarkable memory and
unusual pesers sf mimiaxSI