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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-13
Hail Falls, but No
Cold Spell Is Due

Tho It hailed slightly at noon
Tuesday and the temperature had
gone down 10 40 degrees. another
cold spell In not on It's way. accord
ing TO word from the weather bu
rcau. Tho hail turned 20 rain after
showing OF one.tenth OF an inch
had been made. Cloudy and unset
tied weather Is predicted for Tues
day night and Wednesday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-13

FRANKLIN, Tex, March ls-ifor
rs years Mrs pollybnna Busby, pc,
has prayed nightly
sho has asked that her three sons,
stolen from her az the close OF the
civil war. bo returned
Now the three sons. grown % man
hood and fathers ~ families have
been reunited with their aged
mother,
II looks like a queer twist OF fate
But, tuNs Mrs BnshY
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-13
Ask More Funds
for Air Service

WASHINGTON, March ls.-The
situation Of the American army air
service is alarming" ]. Mayhem
Wainwright. retiring assistant secre-
tary OF war declared today in a final
report on plans for industrial mo
bilization" in time OF war.
Wainwright strongly urged an exy
penditure OF SIS, 900. 900 a year for the
next five years TO build up the air
service OF this country.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-13

bT' JohA ts AotF and 20 az the
First Methodist church.
on Friday, beginning al 10 a. m.
Or. Mott win hold an all.day con
ference with y. ~ {. 4. workers
from all p--ia Of the state. That
evening nj 6 no viii attend a dinner
at the First ~, f. church, Both
dinners az the church will DO limit
ca 70 400 plates.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-13
Rub Gently and Upward To
ward the Heart as Blood in
Veins Flows That Way.

II you or any relative or friend
Ia worried because OF varicose veins.
or punches. the beat advice that any
one in this world can give " 10 get
n prescription that many physicians
are now prescribing.
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16
HOW PHONE SYSTEM BEGAN
There Were only Eight Subscribers
and the Switchboard Was by
Way Of Joke.

One switchboard, with capacity of
eight subscribers stations-that was
the beginning of telephone service, the
first step toward the commercial de-
velopment of the late Alexander Gra-
ham Bells now famous invention. A
crude switchboard had been used in
Boston in 1877. but only for expert
mental and demonstration purposes.
Its chief function was to convince the
people of Boston and casual visitors
of the utility of the telephone and of
its future possibilities, says Telephone
Press Service
The ancestor of the modern CONNER.
cial telephone switchboard was in
stalled In New Haven. Conn, in 1878.
From its eight lines has been evolved
the network of wires and cables which
covers the country from coast to coast.
From single switchboard the num-
ber of central offices within city has
increased to over 100. From less than
a dozen subscribers stations, the total
within the limits of single city has
mounted in several cases to over 1OO.-
900 and in one case to over 1.0O000O.
Under one roof as many as 10000 lines
are switched and central offices are
now planned with a capacity of more
than double that number.
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16
ENGINEER SAYSIT
is W0RLD-BEATER
my Digestion Is Sound as a DOL
lar Since Taking TanIac," De-
clares Buffalo Citizen.

There Is no doubt about it, Tailac
does all they claim it will do-and
more was the positive statement
made recently by Richard II. Lawson,
well-known engineer, of 1907 Elmwood
Ave-. Buffalo, n. Y.
Il used Tanlac for a combination of
troubles and it put me in splendid
condition all the way round. First,
had bad case of stomach trouble,
was simply chock full of sourness and
gas, had general distressed feeling
and a burning pain in my stomach that
l couldn't get rid of. With my appe-
tite wrecked and digestion gone, l be-
came awfully weak, nervon4,and run
down and could get scarcely any rest
or sleep at all.
"Tanlac answered every demand
made upon 1t in my case and today
my digestion is sound as a dollar, I
have an immense appetite, and with
every ache and pain gone, 1 am sleep
ing fine and feeling strong and erer-
getic as Of old. Tanlac is 100 % good
Tanlac is for sale by all good drug.
gists. Over 35 million bottles Sold
Advertisement.
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16
The President and the "Pork Barrel

and harbors appropriation is incorpor.
ated In the army appropriation bill
ana In order to veto the pork barrel II
would be necessary for him to veto the
whole army bill.
Mr.. Harding's move to block the
heretofore invincible pork barrel is
one OF the most anomalous proceed.
lngs on record. In the past treasury
watchdogs' in congress have exerted
their lung power to the nth" degree
In exhorting the executive branch of
the government to practice economy
Now the shoe is on the other foot and
the capitol may soon be treated to
the interesting spectacle Of congress
denouncing the President and his sub
ordinates for refusing to spend as
much as 1t appropriates.
This unexpected development may
raise an important constitutional Is
sue, but 1t Is generally believed that
congress will find 1t difficult to COM
pei Mr. Harding to spend money which
he wants to save.
1t is noteworthy fact that approx
mately S22.OOO.OOO of the $4,000 900
would be spent in the South. with the
Mason and Dixon line and the Ohio
river as the dividing line. This may
account for the fact that the Dixie
senator's voted solidly for the $4,000.
600 barrel.
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16
Another Short and Ugly Word Approved

He cited the case of Detroit where au-
tomoble accidents have been almost
eliminated through jail sentences.
1.-The case the gentleman alludes to
In Detroit" said Representative Staf-
ford, "was because Judge Bartlett has
the CUTS to punish
At this point Representative Smith
(Rep., Idaho) interrupted: "Mr.
Speaker, l move the remarks Of the
gentleman from Wisconsin, Mr. Stat
ford, be expunged from the Record"
81 think my colleague from Idaho"
Representative Blanton (Dem., Tex.)
interjected. has acted rather hastily. II
he will examine the Congressional Rec
ord he will find that very expression.
used by the distinguished gentleman
from wisconsin, Mr.. Stafford. en-
ployed in at least dozen places"
THAT may be-" retorted Mr.. Smith,
but it has no proper place there"
The proceedings were ended when
Representative Stafford moved the
previous question on the Smith motion
to expunge, and the house by viva voce
vote later refused to eXpunge the
word.
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16
BUSINESS MEN LIKE OTHERS
Somewhat Prevalent Erroris in Con
siderine Them to Be Something
of Race Apart.

Orators and literary folk of cen
tain widespread school seem to imag-
inc that business men are all alikes
that Is, dishonest and prosperous
from robbing the poor. The truth is
many business men are themselves
poor. Many of them fail because Of
unreliability, idleness, extravaganza,
lack of Intelligence.
Business men are like any other
class of men: some of them capable,
reliable, Industrious and successful,
and some OF them the reverse.
Thousands of proletarianS are in buSi.
ness. rs thousands of our best men
are working for wages and in training
to occupy the big positions and en-
joy the big incomes. In any group OF
business men. most of them do not
amount to much, as is the case in any
other group. The rich were robbed
in Russia because they We're aristo-
Gratis by birth. 1t cannot be done in
the United States because here the
well-to-do come up from the ranks,
and are the best fighters as well AS
the best money makers.-FrOm Il. w.
Howes Monthly.
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16
Harding Wants Nicaraguan Canal Built

DRESlDENT HARDING has let It
be known that he has an ultimate
Administrative dream which is the con-
struction of another interoceanic
canal in Central America, not to sub
stitute for the Panama canal but to
supplement- 1t.
The possible necessity for second
canal, through the Nicaraguan route
In view Of the great Increase in traffic
through the Panama canal, was consid-
cred at a recent cabinet meeting
Earnings by the canal, Secretary of
War Weeks pointed out, were nearly
30 per cent greater than year ago.
There were intimations in official
quarters that the Immediate future
would see any difficulties of an inter
national political nature amlcably re.
moved. At present the United States
has treaty with Nicaragua, known
us the Bryan-Chamorro treaty, by
which Nicaragua gives this govern
ment the right to construct canal
through Nicaraguan territory.
The consent Of Nicaragua alone,
however, Is not sufficient, inasmuch as
the San Juan river, part of the pro-
posed Nicaraguan canal, is the bound
ary line between Nicaragua and Costa
Rica. Furthermore, the Bay of
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16
FORMATION DEPARTMENT
bmmercial inquiries answered and
formation gladly furnished without
|st. Address any firm above.
bURIST TRAFFIC TO
BREAK ALL RECORDS

Denver. "Unprecedented tourist
|lrcl the coming summer throughout
i Rocky mountain region and es-
|cially in Colorado may be conf
|ntly looked for" declared Archibald
Hes, vice president of the Baltimore
Ohio railroad, in charge of traffic
u commercial Development depart
knts, who is making Il nution-wide
|r for the purpose of investigating
l1eral business conditions and visit
4 agencies not properly on the rail.
Nd itself, and who was in Denver
L other day.
NJ. Fries said that the American
fhllc was coming to realize the value
Rocky mountain Fairgrounds as
|Fr before, and that the tourist
keaus, railroads and the like which
Ne responsible for this education of
4 public We're greatly to be praised.
| Railroads are rapidly overcoming
! ear shortage which so embarrassed
\ Colorado farmer last year, he said,
pre- capital being expended for
)pmotiyes and other rolling stock
tn in any previous year of railroad
story. Mr.. Fries predicted that by
|ne the Baltimore Il Ohio will be
as good n position for handling its
Pare of the nations traffic as at any
|ne in its history.
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16
SEEMS TO Be TOO ExACTlNG
Character in Novel Would Appear to
Demand Whole Lot From His
Fellow Men.

Thus in Forrest Reid's "Pender
Among the Residents" the hero slides
from adventure into criticism:
'My idea of poetry, you see, is of
Il mysterious thing-;I kind of mixture
of enchantment and music-sOmething
immensely primitive-a survival-old
old as Egyptian magic.
THAT kind of poetry obviously can't
be taught, and everything Trefusis does
has been taught to him. l don't mean
to say technique isn't of great I'M
portance, and, of course, it is quite
proper that TrefuSis should learn
something about rhyme and meter
but rhyme and meter. however, daZ-
zlingly handled, in themselves are no
more than the walls of the house.
~ mean. unless it is II haunted house
there is for me no poetry
When the ghost walks for Pender,
We suppose it has to be not with
measured, but with metered, tread
Chicago Journal
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16

service says to the secretary of war:
"As for the wheat carried during the
wear. 1t is but beginning, but the
service has carried approximately J.
10000 bushels month. The saving
of the barge lines rate is cents per
bushel under the all-rail rate from st.
Louis to the gulf. The operation or the
service is therefore responsible for
direct Increase of cents per bushel
to the price paid to the farmers each
month for at least 100000 bushels.
"The effect is, however, much more
far.reaching. The price bid each oas
for the exportable surpus fixes the
nrice that day for all purchases, both
em export m and domestic. SO the profrered
saving of 3 cents per bushel through
the operation of this route is daily
reelected to a commensurate elevation
Of the prices"
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16
The BruteI

When Ethel went round to visit her
chum one evening she found her utter
ly miserable.
whatever Is the matter, Lily?" she
asked.
Lily's face grew longer than ever
as she answered between sobs:
I've broken off my engagement
with Jack"
"Never mind, Lily" said Ethel COM
fortingly, 'he is certain to come round
md patch it up with you before long"
81 don't think so," replied Lily. you
see, wrote and told him never to see
me or write to me again. And" she
added vehemently, "he hasn't even
been , ice enough to answer my let
ter."
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16

DROPER and parliamentary Is
1 "guts"-so decided by vote Of the
house Of representatives. When Sen
ator-Ele Wheeler (Rep., Mont) re-
Gently addressed the La Toilette pro-
gressive conference, he used the term
Intestinal stamina" which seemed to
get on nobody's nerves. Meaning the
same thing. Representative Stafford
(Rep., Wis., observed, that the courts
needed "guts" to punish violators of
speed laws In the District Of Columbia.
Representative Fuller (Rep, lll.)
complained about the lack OF ENFORCE
ment of speed laws in the district, and
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16
River Line Increases Price of Wheat

THERE is only one water course III
J. the entire country which can De
utilized profitably under the present
"unfair" division of interchange freight
revenue between rail and water com.
nopies. In the opinion Of the federal
inland and coastwise waterways serV-
Ice.
Rut in the governments experiment
n, TINT one-the Mississippi river
this bureau claims the water transpor-
,,t,on has been so successful that II mas
increased the price of wheat IN GER
tain primary markets. But Chichso 10
not one of them. It's connecting water
way between Lockport and the MISSES
sim, has not been constructed.
Eurtber. the boat line between 81
I ou,s and New orleans on the MISSES
sim, which Senator Mccormick pro-
nnses substantially to improve d! u
I'm presented to congress, claims ~
have materially lowered the ire'su'
,naroos on certain imports last year
Among those are 10000 tons OF sugar
- . 200 tons of molasses ana sirup
from Cuba, 10000 tons of cotee IRON oon
r1ntroI and South America dI'o" ooo
80 os sisnl from Yucatnn, ana o''ooo
,ons @ of burlap from India. Mrs,
,,togc VIZ of those consignments weh'
: the chicago industrial district. =.
ool T. q. Auburn OF the ""
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16
Petroleum for AirpIanes.

What appears to some as an epoch
making event in the development Of
airplane and automobile motive power
is the recent successful trip near Cop
enhagen, Denmark, of an airplnne MS
ing petroleum as engine fuel. 1t was
observed by experts vino witnessed the
test that the plane flew just as welt
as with gasoline. that there was less
vibration and no SCOT formed, nor was
there any self-ignition in the engine.
which ran 100 less revolutions than
normally-Popular Mechanics Maga-
zine
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16

Fonseca, also part Of the proposed
route, borders upon Salvador and Hon.
duras, as well as upon Nicaragua. The
intimation Is that these governments
may all be willing to accede to an
American proposal.
During January all records were
broken for tolls from commercial yes.
sells using the canal, and n new record
for the number Of vessels also was set.
Military experts point out that the
Nicaraguan route would be much more
easily defended than the Panama
route.
President Harding scarcely expects
to see a second canal completed dur
ing his occupancy of the White House,
but he hopes to start the project under
his administration.
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16
Bureau Reports Portray Prosperity.

Bureau Reports Portray Prosperity.
Observation-Disclosures of Il rising
de of prosperity was portrayed by
20 different government branches
he federal reserve board, making
apllc its monthly report on finance
NJ commerce, told of increases tax
q place in the production volume OF
pnmodities generally, while the De
aftment of Labor reported decreased
nelnployment, heightening demand
y labor in nearly all industrial cen
tm and an impending labor shortage
y many areas.
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16
knls Masher Who Ignored Warning

|Al'ls masher Who Ignored Warnings.
Kansas City, MO.--Mrs. Frank Mer-
A wife of policeman, shot and
ned Ralph Schell us lie stepped from
automobile in front of filling sta
W mere, according to Il statement
ade to police by Merritt. Schell for
efiy was member of the police de-
sHment. The slain man had repeat
uy annoyed Mrs. Merritt and had
'en warned to cease paying her at
'nuon, Merritt further stated.
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16

NASHINGTON.-President Hard.
ing has apparently outwitted the
congressional pork brigade" He has
Notified Secretary of War Weeks to
aold expenditures for rivers and har.
oors down to S27,OOO,OOO. the budget
hgure, during the next fiscal year, not
Tithstanding the fact that both houses
have given their approval to n "pork
barrel" of $4,000, OO,OOO-double the rec.
'mmendation of the budget bureau.
Secretary Weeks, 1t is expected. will
notify the amy engineers to scale down
'vers and harbors expenditures in such
way as to conform to the budget fig
ures. The money remaining unex-
pended under the amount appropriat-
ed by congress will be turned back
into the treasury to be disposed of as
rongress sees fit next year.
The President, 1t is understood.
adopted this course because the rivers
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16
When Bananas Were 10 Cents Each.

According to the latest statistics
available. the United States imported
43,365,7 ,763 punches of bananas in 1921.
Not so very long ago this fruit was
sold in this country, wrapped in tin
foil. at 10 cents apiece. and was con
sidered tropical curiosity. So much
for what cold storage. among ether
things, has done to make this possible
Compressed Air Magazine.
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16

Denyer-Treasurers of the sixty
lfee counties in Colorado have filed
Flurns with the Colorado tax com
lksion showing that in 1923 the state
|ll receive the sum of S42,0O6,321.O9
taxes. This includes state, county,
Pmiclpai and school taxes, and is a
Grease from 1872 of S254,O11.56.
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16
Faces Trial for Polyaamy.

Grand Rapids, Mich.-A warrant
Aarging pOlygamy has been issued
re for the arrest of j. Frank Fetter-
lff, Il years old, and said to be ii
inner lay preacher in local Meth
alst church. Mrs. Ida Van Lew
|aterhoff, the complainant, charged
|ttterhoff was married to two other
|pmen.
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16
|s,ooo to Visit Yellowstone This Year

Nashington.-At least 125,O0O per-
@ VIII visit Yellowstone National
aak this year. This is an increase OF
~" over last years record and VIII
largely due to the constantly in
easlhg number of motorists seeing
erica first. This estimate. was pro-
".u Dy Horace NJ. Albright, supcrin-
uent of Yellowstone park, in con-
ea.ion with American Automobile
sociation officials ut the national
A service, Department of the lnte-
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16
AmanuensiS S

Fault-fnding women frequently step
on their own corns.
The Dolores star., 1923-03-16

Air Magazine
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-11
THE POET

read an ode by Seacook-Sage-
1t is the proper thing to read him: his
works just now are all the rage, and
wild applause the highbrows feed him.
read that epic to and fro, from right
to left and down the middle. | greatly
strove its sense to know. and still It
was beastly riddle. the way this
poet fumes and rants. imputing souls
to tigerlilies." said in anger to my
aunts. must give all thoughtful men
the willies. One line In ten is fine
and grand aud might be written by
master; II t'other line you'd under.
stand, you'd have to wear porous
plaster. Life is too short to read a
bard who balls You up with far-fetched
phrases: I'll throw his volume in the
yard, and SeacoolS-Sage may 90 to
blazes." When am talking to my
aunts tell the truth, as descry It;
but when go to Cultures haunts
know the truth and yet deny it, That
evening at the Highbrow Club
boasted works of Seacook-Sage's, and
said he was gifted dub whose fame
would thunder down the ages. l
feared they'd think my brow was low
if once l started to jaw him. they'd
say lacked the sense to know a
first class poet when l saw him. 1
wouldn't give ten cents ton for all
the odes this bard is showing. but we
are rabbits. every one. and follow
where the crowd is going.-walt
Mason.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-11
WOULD GET OIL FROM COAL
British Scientist Points Out How the
Country Can Procure Adequate
Supplies Of Fuel.

Great Britain could produce enough
oil for Its navy md merchant marine
from home-mined coal IL the necessity
arose. This was revealed by DR.. G. II.
Lander Of the fuel research board at
the recent meeting Of the British AS
sociation for the Advancement of
Science.
Production Of oil from home re-
sources Is extremely important to
Great Britain, since an almost COM
plete substitution Of oil for coal has
taken place In the navy and Is being
gradually followed by the merchant
marine. Although coal, peat and shale
can be made to yield liquid fuel. coal
alone can be regarded as a possible
source from which sufficient Quanti-
ties could be produced by practical
methods.
A ton Of average bituminous conl
will yield IA gallons Of fuel oil. or
about six per cent by weight of the
raw material used. For every 1.OO0.-
600 tons of oil produced 18.00OO00
tons of coal will be used. and will
yield also 100000 tons of coke and
5G.OOO.00O cubic feet Of rich hydrocar-
bon gas. 80 that II satisfactory low
temperature process on carbonization
proves feasible the 35.0O0.000 tons Of
coal used annually for domestic pur-
poses would produce 2,10O,0O0 tons Of
oil, more than the peace requirements
Of the navy. and leave an enormous
amount Of manufactured fuel, which
It would be necessary to induce do
nestle consumers to use in place Of
raw coal.
Phillips County herald., 1923-01-11
NO CONSIDERATION AT ALL
Naturally, Young Lady Was Indignant
at the Demand Made BY "oump"
Behind Her.

Judge Gary said at q steel mons
banquet In New York:
I'VE are all selfish, of course-that's
nature. but the selflshness Of the boil
shevistlc. communlstlc class Is some
thing out OF the ordinary.
~It reminds me Of the young lady
with the tall bunch Of feathers In her
hat. 1t was at the matinee. and q
man behind her asked politely II she
wouldn't take her hat OF. She COM
plied-she knew she had to. but she
was careful to say to her companion
IN . load, indignant voice that the
man was sure to hear:
.'Ain't some people the selfish hogs!
That gump asked me to take OF my
hat. and was too much Of lady to
refuse. OF course: but wouldn't you
think the darn old selfish pig might
have known that holdin' the hat In
my lap like this the feathers would he
bound to come up above my eyes SOS
I couldn't see nothin' at all Of what
wns happening on the screcnr"