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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-12-07
BOAT RACING MODERN SPORT
It Once Was Considered Form OF
Manual Labor, and Appropriate
Only for Slaves.

Boat racing, except among profess
SIGNALS, is quite modern sport, which
dates, roughly, from the commence
merit Of the last century. 1t was first
brought into fashion about that time
by the two great Thames-side public
schools Elton and Westminster, from
which young oarsmen took their favor
lite pnstme with them to Oxford and
Cambridge. Previously "tugging at the
toilsome oar" had been considered n
form of manual labor fit only for slaves
or the poorest class of citizens. 1t was
also the kind of punishment reserved
for the worst class Of criminals, the
Detroit News remarks.
The first amateur boat race of which
there Is authentic record was n match
between the barrlsters Of the Temple
and the boys Of Westminster school,
which the schooboys Won because the
men OF law were fat. But boat racing
did not really obtain recognized place
in amateur sport until the '3Os Of the
last century, when Henley regetta was
established and the Wingfield SOULS
were founded.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-12-07
Motormen Ride Million
Miles on Street Cars

Washington.-A milllon-mile street
car ride!
That's impossible, some will say, but
here are three living proofs that such q
stunt can be done.
William Zell, Ben Solari and Jacob
Zier, employees of the trolley company
at Washington, have been riding on the
street cars for 40 years-and in all that
time they have not been outside the
city. Statisticians figure that street
car will last from is to % years and
will travel at least 5000 miles month.
A little figuring, and the result is a
million miles, or a little more
William, Ben and Jacob went into
the business when horses pulled the
cars. Many the time they chased a
street car down hill when the rails
We're slippery and the horses balky.
Often they have told passengers to get
out into the mnd and walk when the
load was too big for hill.
The three first worked as team driv.
ers, pulling the reins over two horses
that helped pull the cars up steep hills
or under heavy loads. Then, as science
took hand, the three got Jobs turning
a controller and took the last half OF
their ride" on electric cars.
Bill, Ben and Jake are far from be
Ing young fellows" but they still are
going strong. they tell their customers
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-12-07
WINDMlLLS OF THE FUTURE
They May Provide Electric Power
When Coal and Oil Fields Are
Giving Out.

"The exhaustion of our coal and oil
fields is a matter of centuries only"
writes J. b. S. Ha!dane, the distin-
guished British scientist. in his article.
'If You Were Alive in 2l23," in Cen
fury. las 1t has often been assumed
that their exhaustion would lead to
the collapse of industrial civilization,
may perhaps be pardOned if ! give
some of the reasons which lead me to
doubt this proposition.
water power is not, L think, a
probable substitute on account of its
small quantity, seasonal tluctuation
and sporadic distribution. 1t may per-
hapS, however, shift the center of in
dustrial gravity to well-watered noun
famous tracts such as the Himalayan
foothills, British Columbia and Ar
menia. Ultimately, we shall have to
tap those intermittent, but ineXhauSti-
BILE, sources of power, the wind and
the sunlight. The problem is simply
one of storing their energy in form
as convenient as coal or petrol. If
windmill In ones back garden could
produce hundredweight of coal
daily (and 1t can produce It's equiva-
lent In energy, our coal mines would
shut down tomorrow. Even tomorrow
cheap, fool-proof and durable stOr-
age battery may be invented that will
enable us to transform the intermittent
energy of the wind into continuous
electric power.
Among its more obvious advan-
tages will be the fact that energy will
be as cheap in one part Of the country
as another. so that industry will be
greatly decentralzed; and that no
smoke or ash will be produced"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-12-07
TRANSFORMING,
new arab STATE
Amman, Its Capital, Once Phila-
delphia, Ancestor of All Mod
ern PhiIadeIphias.

Washington.-"Whe the newest
Arab state to have its independence
recognized be called by its Western
title of Transjordania or by Its East
ern name, Kerak, it seems hOpelcssly
out of touch with things american"
says bulletin from the Washington
headquarters of the National Geo
graphic society, In regard to the land
Immediately east of the River Jordan
over which Emir Abdullah rules.
"Perhaps 1t will bring the newly In
dependent but very old country
closer,' continues the bulletin ito
realize that its capital, now Amman,
was once Phiadelphla-the great
great-great- grandfather Of the half
dozen or more Philadelphia, great and
small, that are to be found In our
postal guides.
Ancestor Of Modern Philadelphia.
"But 1t was only mere matter Of
twenty-odd centuries ago that the city
took the name of Philadelphia from Its
new lord, Ptolemy PhlladelDhus. 1t
had existed as Rabbath Amman, chief
city of the Ammonites, almost from
the days of Lot, from whom the Am
monites are said to have sprung. It
was after victorious battle with
these same people Of Amman that
Jephthah. according to the Biblical
story, returned to the fatal meeting
| with his daughter.
"When Transjordania Is described
ms stretching from the Jordan and the
Dead Sea toward the interior of Ara
! bia, one Is likely to call up the picture
of hopeless desert. But much of the
region is steppe land high plain sup
porting some hocks and even capable
of tillage. Nomadism has long held
, the region in its grip, however, and 1t
Is as n sort Of chief Of nomads' that
Abdullah Ibn Hussein finds It neces'
| sary to rule He holds his court not
In n palace but in n group of tents
| which he moves with the seasons.
Center of Culture.
"Tiiis land now given over largely
to nomads, Is capable Of development
| along stable lines, MS Is shown by Its
past Importance. After Alexanders
Eastern conquests the cities to the
east Of the Jordan became Hellenlzed
and the seats of prosperity md cul'
ture. In the Second century before
Christ, Ptolemy Phladclphus built in
the city which was given his name an
extensive acropolls which, In the Am,
man Qf today, is only mass Of fallen
| columns and ruined walls.
"Romes sway over Philadelphia Is
shown In Amman by the ruins Of q
huge amphltheater which seated 7OV
spectators. In the sleepy Eastern town
OF today goats browse among the foun
datlons Of temples and public build
ings, Arabian coffee shops lean against
once-proud walls and the EASTER
species Of the vlllnge lounger sits or
overturned marble pillars. Emir All
dullah Is showing some interest In thu
ancient structures Of his capital, how
ever, and Is having the fairly well-pre
served nmphItheater cleared Of debris
amman Is not inaccessible. Five
hours by automobile over reasonably
good ronds through the sizzling valley
OF the Jordan suffice for the trip from
Jerusalem to the capital. The Jordan
forms the boundary line, and across Il
IL an Iron bridge. Am0n Is only ubou
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-12-07
HEARD VOICE FROM ABOVE
Little Boy in the Sleeping Car Thought
It Must Be God Who Was
Speaking

Little Frederick, en- route with his
berth across the aisle from them, an
elderly gentleman occupying the upper
over him. 1t was FrCddics first sleep.
ing car experience and he was little
nervous. His mother, to rcassure him,
said: Nov, don't be afraid, mamma
and daddy will be Just across the
aisle, and you know God is always
with you"
After the lights were turned out
that lonesome feeling got too much
for him, and he called out:
Mother, are you there"
"Yes, darling" mother answered.
I'm here"
"Dnddy"---l moment later-"are you
thereT
"Ycs, son. I'm here. Go to sleep
like good boy"
In a moment the questions were re.
peated, with answers satisfact0ry-for
the time bclng-to Freddie, If not to
the other passengers.
After n short silence his voice again
cut through the car with Mother, are
you there?'
a deep voice from above an.
nounced:
"Yes, your mother is there and your
father is there, and am here"
Then came Freddie's tremulous
query:
"Mother, was that GOdT-Pullman
| News.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-12-07
ELECTRICITY WILL
WIN FUTURE WARS
Armored Diving and Flying Planes
Wireless to Be Big Factor
in Destroying Armies.

London.-Prof. A. NJ. Low, scientist
and inventor, whose work during the
World war was highly valued by the
British war inventions board, contrib
uteS remarkable article to the Fort
nightly Review on the sort of warfare
that may be expected hundred years
hence. Among the things he expects
to play part in future warfare are:
Jets Of water, charged with cleo.
tricity, to kill horses and men.
Wireless telephony, sight, heat pow.
er and writing.
Wireless control of tanks and air
planes.
Battle plane engines developing wire
less power to destroy aircraft within
hundreds of yards.
Wireless heat to destroy European
regions.
Giant transport airplanes with in.
credible speed.
Secret war plans ferreted out by
wireless telephone and sight, the fu-
ture war eyes and ears. Propaganda
striking terror into every home by
means of wireless receivers which will
be more common than any telephone
today.
Armored Diving and Flying Boats.
Armored boats. capable Of diving
under water and of flying in the air,
kind of combined tank submarine
airplane.
Airplanes with electric impulse, their
let's second.
Visible bulletr.
Electrically controlled rockets, oper
ated on wires for wrecking planes.
A wireless controlled torpedo with
wireless sighted perisCope, controlled
by secret combination Of wave
lengths.
Gyroscopic, wireless airplanes over
which operator, who may be In flight
has absolute control and can release
bombs at will.
Mental telepathy will form useful
method of communication.
In an Interview with n correspondent
Professor Low ampllfied his vision.
you will probably remember the
experiments made some time ago in
which smoke columns and water Jets
were used as wireless materials" he
said. 81 have experimental with
highly-charged jets of slightly acldu
lated water and l have given people
very powerful shocks at distance of
few feet. The effect is really ex.
traordlnary 1t Is easy to see that, on
much larger scale, my model could
become most powerful weapon. II
viii make cavalry obsolete. Protec.
tive measures will follow.
Noises Weaken Morale Of People.
"Nikola Tesla has conducted exper
iments In the induction Of electric
currents over large areas. With quite
simple apparatus and using only three
horse power, ] can destroy thin iron
wire placed at distance Of three OF
four feet, The limiting factor at pres
ent Is that the wire must be In circular
form and thus make closed cir
cult, Noise may play an important
part in future warfare. 1t has very
curious effect on human beings.
1.-THE more highly civilized they be
come the more noise affects them
Lots Of people In the Inst war were
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-12-07
ON THE THIRD FLOOR

Womens coats suits dresses skirts, bath robes, neg
sweaters blouses fs, corscts brassiercs millinery ccc
appliances, TOYLAND DOLLTOWN, candies, nuts an,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-12-07
ON THE BROADWAY FLOOR

Mems Shirts, bathrobes furnishings and clothing, fine
oetries perfumes and dressing table appointments Women
handkerchef ncckwcar knitted scarS ribbons laccS and
novelties Gloves, hosiery, and silk underwear Books sta
onery pictures gift dressing greeting cards. jewellery sill
leather goods umbrellas and kodaks Christmas
candies in bulk and in boxes.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-12-07
ON THE FOURTH FLOOR

THE CHRISTMAS GIFT SlIOl
gifts for the entire family, THE RI
BABY SHOP. Womcn's lingerie
coats, dresses. furS, bath robes, dr'
Iamps and antique furniture.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-12-07

sent into a serious condition by the
ncrve-racking effect of noise. l can
imagine the aggressive use of selected
noises to undermine the morale OF
population and the development of all
sorts Of anti-noise devices"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-12-07

thirty miles from the river and. us the
crow flies, is hardly more than sixty
miles from Jerusalem The Hediaz
railway, connecting Damascus and Me
dina, runs through the town."
The Washington times., 1923-02-01

lieve itching, allay that aggravat-
ing sense Of pressure and enable
you to rest and sleep with comfort.
The fact that almost every drug
gist in the u. s. and Canada car
ries Pyramid in stock at so cents
q box shows how highly these
Suppositories are regarded. Take
no substitute. You can try them
free by sending your name and
address to Pyramid Drug Co. 627
Pyramid Bldg, Marshall, Mich.
The Washington times., 1923-02-01
Credit, Of Course,
as Usual

Our usual Liberal Credit
Terms apply on every
thing, regardless of the
amount of the reduction.
Even if for financial rea-
sons you had not thought
Of getting the new furni-
ture yet, you need not miss
this opportunity. Come
and select what you want
make a small deposit
pay the rest in small week.
ly or monthly payments.
The Washington times., 1923-02-01
RAILROADS TOLD
TO|SSUE BOOKS.
Of MILEAGE
|. c. c. Orders Sale of $50 De-
nomination for $72, as an
Experiment.

All class one railroads in the
United States were ordered today
by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to issue non-transferable
interchangeable mileage books in
$50 denominations to be sold for
$72.
The tickets will be good for one
year from date Of sale on all pas
senger rtains, except special or
extra-fare trains. The order affects
about $50 railroads.
The railroads were ordered to
keep q record Of the use OF these
tickets during the first twelve.
months period. the number Of
tickets sold, and the gross revenue
derived from their sale.
Parties other than the railroads
primarily interested in this lex.
pertinent" the commission said,
should likewise record their ex.
perience with this ticket in order
that the actual results Of the ex.
pertinent may be ascertained to tho
fullest extent.
Commissioners Hall, Daadels and
Eastman objected to the issuance
Of the order, the latter expressing
the fear that the action would
postpone reductions Of railroad
fares to all travellers.
The Washington times., 1923-02-01

times greater than the value Of the
building In which It was found. The
value Of the seized drugs was esti-
mated by the agents at $250.OO0.
Before seiZing the drugs, the
agents. led by Agent Ralph II. Oyler.
in charge ofskhe Federal narcotic di-
vision for New York State, arrested
two men on charges of violating the
Harrison drug act. The prisoners
described themselves at Harry Rosen,
twenty-one years old, and James
Martin, thirty-five. The two were
locked up at police headquarters to
await arraignment in Federal court
today.
The arrests and seizure came as
the climax to an all-day series Of
maneuvers. The agents say they
Jockeyed carefully to get the conf
dence Of Rosen, to enable them to
make purchases Of drugs from him.
In this, the agents said, they were
finally successful.
Under directions from Chief Aren't
Oyler, Agents Joseph Murphy, James
B. higgins and William, Mellin posed
as drug addicts and managed to make
the acquaintance OF Rosen, whom
they believed to be involved in the
drug traffic in this city.
The Washington times., 1923-02-01
PARENTS|NVOKE
LAW To SEND
SON To JAIL
hayward Youth Scorned Ad-
vice of Father and Mother
in Forgeries.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. ST.
They stood in the almost deserted
courtroom-the four members of a
little family-while one Of the
strangest scenes that ever took
place within the walls of a court
house was enacted. For a father
and mother were sending their boy
to the penitentiary-'for his own
salvation" they told the court.
Claire Branson, nineteen years
old, today is behind the grim walls
of the Missouri penitentiary. serv-
ing a two-year sentence for forg-
ing his fathers name to two
checks.
Law Invoked.
Over and over again he visual
ICES the scene in the jackson
county criminal court. when his
father and mother turned him over
to the law. On one side Of him
stood his father. sad-faced ~ with
downcast eyes; on the other his
gray-haired mother, the wells Of
her faded eyes dried up after years
of weeping over the waywardness
of her baby" Behind him, as he
faced the Judge, was an older
brother, who had spent many sleep
less nights searching for the prodi-
gal who would not remain at home.
Here is our boy, to whom we
cannot be father and mother. He
is our youngest, and we have failed.
law. And the law took him. AL
S,.Ro 1ofr
willful and headstrong. When he
again he forged the name Of his
father to check after check. He
got into other trouble and preferred
the companionship Of criminals and
dissolute characters to the society
Of his parents and the comfortable
home they provided for him. Again
and again the father reasoned with
the boy, while the mother, red
eyed from weeping, pleaded with
him to abandon his evil associa-
tons. The youth turned q deaf ear
to all pleas. Finally, again he
forged his fathers name to two
checks totaling $40.
Parents Helpless.
In the quiet Of their home, while
the boy ran the streets, the
parents communed together and. de-
cided that to save him from him
self and break the influence that
was about him they would send him
to prison.
"We've done the best we could
for him." the mother said. 1--WE
feel that he can't have any worse
associates where he is going than he
has had"
So the father swore out a war
rant against his own son, and he
was arrested. Defiantly the boy
pleaded guilty when arraigned and
was sentenced to the gray, grim
walls"
A minute later the boy had been
led away. His parents and brother
quietly left the courtroom. Through
out the ordeal they had not spoken
and had not shown any outward
sign Of emotion. But in the hallway
the mothers eyes filled with tears.
After all, he was her baby" and
the law had taken him.
The Washington times., 1923-02-01
HIGH
GETS TALK ON
HONESTY
Burr's BriIIiance Contrasted
With Washington's Integrity
by Congressman.

Aaron Burr, traitor, was decidedly
more brilliant than George Washing
tom" according to Congressman
Charles L. Abernethy Of North Caro-
lima.
Congressman Abernethy drew this
contrast to show that Burr's mental
superiority was unbalanced by the
honesty, integrity and loyalty Of the
nations first President.
Speaking at the midyear COM
mencement of Business High School
last night, the Congressman said
that If Burr "had been stanch in his
duty to his country, history would
have recorded him as the ADLER man
of the two, but that which made
Washington the great man Of the
Republic was the moral element in
him"
D. J. Callahan, member Of the
Board Of Education, awarded d.
plomas to nineteen graduates. Prin-
cipal Allan Davis presented scholar
ship medals to Henrietta Weinstein,
Pauline Tess, Josephine Clendenning
and Phyllis Lehnert. Miss Fess re-
ceived the prize for general eff
cheney.
The graduates were Marie Gather
inc Beight, Julia Lee Clements, Jo-
sephine Virginia Clendenning, NIL
dred Emma Coiner, Pauline Fess,
Mildred May Hainsworth, Anna Ida
Kolodny, Phyllis Lehnert, Helen Mi
nor Portch, Pearl Avelynne Roberts,
Ruth Lenore Strickrott,. Mary Lo-
raine Terrett, Henrietta Weinstein,
Helen Gould Wilson, Edna Browning
White, Max Dinkin, Charles Thomas
du Fief. John Elburn Ingrick and
Harry Frederick WAGNER.
The Washington times., 1923-02-01
S An 10 Cent Stores
Give Second Stock
Dividend

NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-When
the S. S. Kresge Company de-
clared today a stock dividend
of 33 1-3 per cent, payable
March /, they authorized the
second stock distribution within
a year, a dividend of 81 per.
cent having been paid on De-
cember 81, 1921. The latest
distribution raises the total out
standing common stock to $751;
951, 100.
The directors also ordered a
dividend Of So a share on the
common and of $1.75 on the
preferred stock, both payable
April 2.
The Washington times., 1923-02-01
MIXED DEATH ASHES
DAMAGE CLAIM FAILS

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-Mrs. AL
wine p. Annert, eighty, today lost her
The Washington times., 1923-02-01

United States Cremation Company
for the alleged mixing Of the ashes
of her first two husbands.
The court directed q verdict, hold
ing she had failed to substantiate her
charge that the cremation company
carelessly handled the ashes, which
she had placed in q niche there.
Mrs. Annert testified that recently
when she visited the crematory she
found the top off the container.
She almost collapsed when she was
questioned about her third husband,
Weeping bitterly, she said he had dis
appeared with $4,000 Of her money.
The Washington times., 1923-02-01
To Reduce Dangerous
Varicose Veins

People who have swollen veins or
lunches should not wait until they reach
the bursting point. which means much
suffering and loss of time, but should at
once secure from any reliable druggist a
two-ounce original bottle of Moone'a
Emerald OIL (full strength).
BY using this powerful yet harmless
germicide treatment improvement is no
ticed in q few days, and by it's regular
use swollen veins will return to their
normal size and sufferers will cease to
worry. Moones Emerald OIL treatment
is used by physicians and in hospitals
and IL guaranteed to accomplish results
or money returned.
1t reduces all kinds Of enlarged glands,
golfers and wens and is used excIUaiveIy
in many large factories az an unfailinR
first aid to the injured antiseptie. Your
druggist can supply you. At Peoples and
The Washington times., 1923-02-01
1000 BARRELS OF BEER
NEARLY CAUSE FLOOD

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Jan. 31.-One
thousand barrels Of beer Of high
voltage, reposing in the watts Of the
Kostenbader Brewery, at Catasau-
qua, nearly caused q small flood in
the Lehigh canal, at that place to-
day, when the valves were opened
by revenue agents. attached to the
local office.
The brewery was sold recently
and orders were issued to destroy
all the beer.
The Washington times., 1923-02-01
S250,000TAKEN
IN. DRUGS
RAID
Two Alleged Vendors Captured
With immense Quantity OF
Herein and Cocaine.

NEW YORK, Jan. SIN one Of
the drab tenements on Chrystie
street. between Hester and Grand
streets, few blocks from police
headquarters, Federal narcotic agents
early today seized a trunk filled with
heroin, morphine and cocaine, whose
street sale to drug addicts in the city
would have brought in a sum several
The Washington times., 1923-02-01
For Pain
Use Pyramid

yramid Suppositories Have Brought
Relief to Thousands Who
Had Suffered Severely
For Years.
You will quickly realize that
Pyramid Pile Suppositories are
simply wonderful 70 ease pain, re-
The Washington times., 1923-02-01

ADVERTISEMENT.
The Washington times., 1923-02-01

Good Furniture in
This Sale
Twice a year our stocks
are gone over, reduction
tags Of 1919 to 400 placed
on an immense stock and
moved to make room for
new shipments. Furniture
of varied economical re-
quirements, and yet de-
pendable standard. Shod-
dy, cheap, thrown together
merchandise has never
found any room here.
The Washington times., 1923-02-01
Two Rob Bank of $500.

RIPLEY, Okla, Jan. 81. -Ap.
proximately $4,000 was obtained by
two robbers who looted the Farm
ers State Bank here, locked HarolH
Straughn, assistant cashier, and p.
A. Love, a patron, in the vault and
escaped. The loot was mostly in
GlIrrencV