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Evening star., 1924-12-10
FOR sALE-MIsCELLANE0Us

AMERICAN WALNUT dining room suiie.
Chippendale: 10 pieces: oblong table: uphoi
stored chairs tapestry. buffet. service tabe
and silver or china closet. Cost over $500.
will sell for less than third. Phone Frank,
63l6 between 10 and 4
Evening star., 1924-12-10

UPH0LSTERING AND INTERIOR DECO
rating. Julius Lansburgh wants you to call
and see him al T2o lIth st NV
Evening star., 1924-12-10

PLAsTERTNG; REASONABLE PRICES: Es
Inmates given prompt attention. Phone
Adams 4l12 1S'
Evening star., 1924-12-10

EXPERIENCING AND PAINTfNG-Room,
papered, So and up. A. T. GEORGE, 262i
l1tb st NV Phone Adams 56SI
Evening star., 1924-12-10

PLUMBING AND HEATING-John r. Guerra
412 f. Cap St, Line. 3417-Steam and hot
water hesting, plumbing, boiler and power
plants Found reliable for % years
Evening star., 1924-12-10
HELP MALE

EEFFR EIda ORIGINAL recomrIeHdd,i Tons
or applying for employment. Use COPIES.
Evening star., 1924-12-10

WINDOW AMP DOOR sHADES-Good quality
Opaque shades fitted TO your windows, sSc:
the best quality of opaque shades. 81. Is: hung
free. We will call with samples kLEE-
RIATT- 11th and II sts ne. Lincoln $40.
Evening star., 1924-12-10

FURNITURE enough for s-room house
wanted Immediately. as whole or IN parts.
Tan NJ
Evening star., 1924-12-10

{ CHAUFFEURS-To drive taxicabs; mus. know
city and have Identification card. Apply Met
ropoltan Club Taxi Stand, nth and ii stS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-01
TEACHER PRESIDENT
STRICT on DISCIPLINE

Teacher delegates to the Ma
tional Education Association con.
venticn are getting . tste Of the
discipline they hand out to recall.
citrant boys and girls.
Strict discipline is insisted OH 1t
the convention sessions by Miss
Olive m. Jones' president, who Is
principal Of d grade school In New
York. Besides posting Boy scouts
at AL doors 70 the Central HIN
school auditorium today to keep
out All Corners while speakers were
talking, Mise Jones appointed three
men Delegates as sergeants-at-ar1ns
to enforce discipline. .}g5
III lose every friend / have
In this hall, Twin maintain silence q
the woman president declared. WELD.
Ing the gavel IA place Of the wen.
known rules.
'Just like q school teacher" one
man delegate IN the front row re-
marked.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-01
BOARD
WILL ELECT
OFFICERS
New Position TO Be FIIIsd at
Annual Reorganiza
lion Meeting

The Board az Educatlon WIN elect
officers ana make appointments to
several important posts III the
school system at the annual reor-
ganization meeting this afternoon
at Franklin School.
Reelection of James e. Lloyd,
president. and Ernest Greenwood.
vice president. Is expected. APP
pointment Of 4 business manager,
g position created by the new SAL
sary bill, two junior high school
principals and two directors OF
physical training. IL included in
board business today, Major Ray
mcnd O. WiIInarth, present school
finance officer. u understood TO be
slated for the post Of business
manager.
A protest from the Manor Park
Citizens' Association, which win be
laid before the board today, de-
ciares that parents OF many chill
dren Of the kindergarten and first
grade OF that section are cOntenn.
plating withholding their children
from school until better accommo.
dations are provided. The protest
cites the death of Lucitis Bladder.
son, q child who was killed by an
automobile I'M Rittenhouse street
two weeks ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-01
ARE
NUSSEDUPBY
FRACTIONS
With About IL TO Cents Left,
Some Depart, as Bic Battle
Is Only 9-16 Finished
MRS. LEROY sPRINGs,

NEW YORK. June 3D. with
about 177-s cents each left Of their
bank rolls, the delegates who saved
the klan's face with $50 Of vote
were In danger today Of being
forced to 90 home with the Demo
cratic national convention only Gle
finished.
Their funds were low because ali
had expected to be finished before
the week ended.
They began balIoting today for
q presidential nominee on stomachs
sill empty. More than one was
able to buy only % Of q prune,
7-12 Iof q fried egg and 17-22 Of an
order Of buttered toast for break.
fast. which after ali. u nearly
enough for $3.50 Of B. delegate.
After 6.16 rows with Mrs. Dele
gate, most OF the delegates began
putting their wives out Of the ex-
pensive hotels and sending them TO
the nearest relatives or home alto
gether.
Many 81 the wives were ia tears
because Of the closeness OF the khan
vote. Who wants to be married
to s29-SS Of q rnan2
In some cases the delegates them.
selves had to quit. More than a few
boarded trains yesterday, after trying
unsuccessfuIly to get by witk pay.
ing As, $40, or ell fares, according
to what was left Of them after the
khan vote.
It was the first time the human
fractions were able appreciate q
Of / per cent beer.
Some wished politics had not be.
come 90 clean and that they were
back in the good old days when can.
didates with tat bundles Of dough
used to take care Of overdue hotel
bills and empty craws.
Chairman Walsh, who chewed up
17% pencils during the fractional
khan voting, spent Sunday brushing
up on his arithmetic.
After q week end Of struggling for
the greatest common divisor Of each
delegation, Walsh nearly blew up
this morning when II was discov.
cred that Georgia had 2IH votes
too many on the Ku KIux Khan
ballot, or something like that,
His figures show that the way Ia
compute q ballot Is to take the
square foot Of q delegate, add It TO
his chest expansion, divide the re-.
suit BY the sire Of his hat, multiply
II BY his last months gas bill and
take Ak aspirin tablets for yourself.
That gives you SO OF the idea,
even Hit does make ron cali look
like the curb stock market list.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-01
HOL Ds.
HER SECRETS
INTACT
'.cet Out Of Here" Il Usual
Greeting by Delegates to
Strangers on Floor
BY ROLAND KREBs,
international News aerNiee.

K MADISON SQUARE GARDEN,
NEW YORK, July Mot until
they have barbed wire entangle.
ments. pin boxes and sharpshootsrs
around their floor space win the
Kansas delegations to the Demo
cratic national convention feel safe.
Every one Il trying to set an
earful of the Kansas strategy and
spill It TO the Smith campaigners,
AT least. the Kansans think 70.
They keep sergeants.at-arrns busy
chasing away people who look Ike
they are trying to learn Kansas
secrets.
It al started when they decided
to switch from Governor Jonathan
N. Davis to william @. McAdoo.
Kansas had been casting twenty
votes ballot after ballot for Govern.
or Davis. who win be President on
the same day the writer becomes
archbishop Of Odessa.
Governor Davis finally tired Of
running for President and called
the delegation leaders around the
Kansas standard starr for con-
ference. Al mob OF newspaper cor.
respondents noted the sudden activ.
ity and locked around.
Suspect Dark Secrets.
Governor Davis was saying 70
Jouett Shouse, the delegation chair
man: "Psst. psast. ssssssh. sshussh,
pssst. ETC."
Quick as Q flash Shouse answer
ed: "Psst. psst. SSH. shush. etc"
whats going on3'' chorused the
correspondents.
.'You fellers SIT out Of here" said
q delegate. raising his cane. cit.
Clear out. Ill Of you. ! know you.
You're . bunch OF AL Smiths spies
dressed UP with press badges"
Every one who looked like he did
not come from Kansas was put to
flight. IT developed later that
Governor Davis had asked Shouse
for q match.
They Got More Buttons.
California headquarters was visit.
cd today BY four joyful gentlemen
who had been pudding In gin.
They Just came Ia to look around.
"A very, very beautiful California
girl saunterHd up and pinned d
McAdoo button on all four.
Pretty. pretty" said one Of the
quartet, not indicating II he meant
the button or the girl. give
mother.
He got it.
Pretty. pretty" he repeated and
got the third button.
The other three struck up:
Pretty, pretty, give button, LADY,
All OF them got more buttons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-01
Sidelights Of the
Convention

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN,
NEW York, July There are
anywhere from 10000 to $4,000
visitors IN New York, drawn
here BY the Democratic national
convention, vet New York cafe
owners and theater managers
complain business has reached
new low level. They blame this
condition not 70 much On the
delegates themselves as on the
city OF New York and the com.
Tnittee which has provided enter
tainment for the delegates and
their relatives.
The delegates too complain.
They complain they are GurfeiJed
with pleasure and gifts. Almost
every day there are invitational
Tree breakfasts. special lunches
under the auspices Of soma or
gaElization and q political banquet
gratis IN the evening.
Everything ii New York II
free.
Even the newspapar men eat
free, from lunch time on. The
New York World ana the BaIti-
more Sum have provided special
club rooms for the writer's ii the
basement OF Madison Square
Garden. Here free .'hOt dogs"
pie, Ice cream. cake. sandwiches,
coffee, cigars and cigarettes ali
are free.
Sunday should have been q
''clean up day for beach resorts
and amusement places generally,
but II was q financial tragedy.
Everything was free.
Visitors made free trips to
Coney Island, Governors island,
up the Hudson River TO West
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-01

pay the Presidents salary for 500
years.
Secretary Mellon is the greatest
Santa Claus Wall Street has eyer
known, and every day Is Christmas
for those who gave big campaign
contri buttons. But enormous AZ are
the gifts previously mentioned. there
u one bigger still.
The Republicans gave the protect
ed interests high tariff, which laid
a burden Of over three billions on
the MASSES enough to pay the
Presidents salary for $4,000 years.
II the Republican leaders are per-
mitted to continue their policy OF
giving to q few favorites, paying
them out Of the pockets of the
people, how long will II be before
we shall hear Lloyd Georges ques-
ton echoing through our land.
Halt Needed, He Says.
The very rich, Especially those
who thrive on monopoly and special
privilege, had better call q halt.
The Democratic party aslxs only
that they stop stealing; the man who
comes after the Democrats win say.
give It back"
We need. as Democratic candI.
date, not q man belonging to this
class, or q representative Of IL.
but q man who can appeal to the
conscience Of the rich, AZ well as
to the sense OF justice In the
hearts Of the poor, and convince
them that good government ID q
safer legacy than the profits Of
iniquity.
Most Of the people who die leave
nothing to their children, but a
good name and q good government,
but these are better than riches.
Less than one-fourth Of the voters
Of the country have incomes large
enough to pay q tax on.
What viii be the fate 81 the
|plutocratio and aristocratic classes.
Is these disinherited people decide
20 take charge OF the government.
as they have done IN some ~ the
European countries?
The money lords cannot afford
TO- have one ticket much less two.
They ought to see Ia MI. Nc.
Adoc'e nomination q Bnlutary halt
TO national exploitation, FOR IL M.
McAdoo IL rejected, the l1oninee
wlll De equally progressive. Il not
(copyrlsht, 1890, BY rhs xaagsnrha
oyndleoaaA -rT
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-01

Point and down the bay To the
majestic and historic Statue Of
Liberty.
The huge excursion steamer,
Henry Hudson, which hag b ca.
pacity Of almost 5000 passengers,
took $500 delegates and their
friends from New York to West
Point and return.
Deducting the cost Of breakfast
and ten cents carfare to and from
the dock. It was q free day for
the $500.
Box lunches were provided free
aboard the steamer on presenta-
ton Of q coupon attached 70 the
ticket.
Thrifty delegates ate only half
their lunch at noon, saving the
Balance until supper time. Other
moro thoughtful delegates had
provided themselves with extra
tickets, % they got two boxes Of
lunch, eating the second one a.
their supper.
Never was seen such = mental
struggle as that between the
emith-McAdoo delegates to poll b
majority vote.
I How thoroughly the McAdoO
forces had canvassed the dele
gates was shown when the result
OF the first ballot was announced.
The McAdoo contingent had pre-
dicted the first vote would be
Anywhere from Az to $50 on the
first ballot. !"
It was Ash.
During the Khan demonstration,
an assistant sergeant alarms tried
to take the California standard
from J. b. Coulston, secretary Of
the California delegation and q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-01

Point and down the bay To the
majestic and historic Statue Of
Liberty.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-01
They Got More Buttons.
e. shieIds DIS on street

Suffering heEnorrhages, Edward
Shields. fifty, Of 704 Irving street
was found unconscious
in the rear Of gasoline station 1t
$500 Sherman avenue northwest
yesterday. He died en- route Is
Freedman's Hospital. Coroner j.
Ramsey hewitt was notified.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-01
70 IS OFFICIAL
TOLL Of DEAD
1T LORAI|N
Missing Ist z Is Ruins
Are Searched FOR Victims.
Plans FOR Rebuilding

Z 49,
d 1yOlkA1les Ohios July Nv I'm
gevenky.eighk dead Officially renOKks
~ ~ 80 $780,. $500. ,.t1,.~ tt,tA
s...- ..s.- ~
aLs HllL 81 ~ essenS ,eNelA ~ 49,
At ElmWOod ana Calvary Gene
tories u Is heIA tofnv. 4 eyntef,s
ga. $500, = 80. ..1... " s....,..
..s.s - - ta.As = 49,
81 the eags sac Mas begun tOuayg
WneLe AZ Wa belleye0 that some
q ne TWENTY-FIVE cfkicially LISTED
20 missing - q result q eaturs
gayse tornado might - found ~
sne WteclkaGe ana ruins q me
MONIES gnere.
We ~ ~ 4ceIXA1lng the ruins pA
Tie 1tase Ineater ana sgrysLAt kseAs
g tl1sllt. ~ Wnlcn addiflonal bodies
MsEe eApec1ed " pe louno Naa
Issune0 ~ naypreak this mornlngs
1,,,, e s y. u ~ Es ~ sne
nnent Of the theater building, but
tne work was proceeding with care
- y was Delieved possible thai
Somae mlgns sElA &c living there.
The chamber Of commerce Wan
nOlolng nesting today, planning
Tor the rebuilding Of the business
G.sLLlct upon nlodern scale. Plans
Were made yesterday. ana an
nouncement Was made that the
"a upon . larger scaIe than before
Requests for information regard
Ing missing persons, believed "a De
u Loratn, continued to pour Ia &c
Hed Cross headquarters and at the.
offices Of city officials. While All
possible efforts were being made 70
cneck these the hed Cross was
withholding publication Of the list
q those reported e. lost and not
ldenfiued ~ the list Of dead.
RAM Wnicn broke over the city
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-26
Mrs. Landes Works
With Prosecutors

Close cooperation between Acting
Mayor Mrs. Henry Landes and the
prosecuting attorneys office in the
police cleanup drive exists
Mrs. Landes and Acting Prescott
ing Attorney Z. ID. Colvin heidi a
long conference In Mrs. Landes' of.
flee late Wednesday afternoon,
when .Colvin assured Mrs. Landes
that he would aid in every possible
way.
1t is known, however, that the
prosecuting attorneys office has
had its investigators on the job
continually since the last grand
jury. During the past 10 days these
Investigators have nightly patrolled
the district south of Yesler way.
and, 1t is believed, gathered a large
amount of evidence against law VIC
lators.
st vice3dens and emoonshine sparlors
werest visited.4 Mrs. Landes refused
TO statesvhethsr or not her program
the filingsssof Scl,iminal
Echargcss againstssany police officer
or any other persons. The confer
ence with Colvin, she said. was to
obtain information concerning vari-
Gus matters she has under consider.
alton.
The exatc nature OF these she re,
fused to divulge.
1.-THE prosecuting attorneys office
is ready to cooperate with Mrs.
Landes in the enforcement of the
| law" Colvin said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-26
Wonder What Paul
Revere Brown Is
Thinking Of Now?
--rhelo y rrank jacob. s.ar staft 1890.
BY JIM MARSHALL

Noting from the news that the democratic convention
in New York abnormay quiet Thursday Mayor
Browns admirers in Seattle drew their own conclusions
The mayor left the convention flat its back and news
papers printed stories saying that he rushing
home to gather up the fragments of his police depart
ment
OF course the mayor isn't coming any faster than the
other passengers the Twentieth Century Limited but
makes tsmore exciting ,tofsay he's cushing or Frac
ing" don't you think?g *A n d sttSS9
AS afmatter of fact tho, while you're reading this
may be calmly .enveopng cupa corfee at Toletoaor
Punxsutawney and nottrushing hther and yon at all
and almost certainly not yon.
WONDER WHAT THE
MAYOR THINKS ABOUT
Good envisagers today envisaged Edwin c. Brown chew
political leaders affect with his black felt hat pulled down
over the Brown spectacles in the reminiscent
of the great wideopen spaces where mans man. And
so forth
The Pullman smoker, swaying - ah! - swaying panic
stricken thru the black velvet night the keen-eyed
engineer his eyes glued the track ahead land in mmi
nent danger of being unless they're ungued at
once) the sweating fireman, trying to get extra
pound of steam the trainmen standing with open
watches, adjusted for sochronism and cataepsy the
cheering crowds at the little country depots the
great limited rushing thru the night bearing Paul Re-
we're Brown on his historic ride to Bill Severyns
All! There thrilling picture, my countrymen!
AND DID HE, AS THE
MOVIES ASK HESITATE?
II tremendous decision the mayor had to make
last night On the hand the future of the
nation, hanging in the balance at the conventions on
the other hand Here was determined woman, in the
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-26
Will Your Name Be
in the New Park
Memorial Book?

rs YOUR name going to be inscribed in the Memorial
book that will be placed in the state Salt Water
Park?
Will your name go down to posterity as one of those
Who by contributing TO the campaign for payspot
the shores of the Sound bring happiness to the people
Of Seattle and Tacoma not only today but increasingly
SO as the years pass and such payspos available to the
public become scarce?
The name Of every man, woman and child who con-
tributes to the park fund will be kept record at the
park, where every visitor see it.
GET YOUR CONTRIBUTION IN TODAY Make it
as large you
Seattle is raising $4,000 it's share of the intercity
park Tacoma will raise SIS 900 and the state park board
will contribute 49, 00O all its available funds, towards the
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-26
Proclamation

THE proclamation under which
i Mrs. Landes Thursday as.
sumed charge OF the police de.
partment. follows:
/. AN emergency having arisen
by reason of the removal OF for
mer Chief William severyns. and
1t not being deemed advisable
at this time to appoint his sue
cessor, and such emergency in
my Judgment. justifying the
same. ], Mrs. Henry Landes.
acting mayor of the city OF
Seattle, pursuant to the provis-
ions Of Article 5. Section OF
the charter. do hereby assume
command and control OF the
whole police force of the city for
the time being and for the period
of such emergency"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-26
Not Defiant, but
WORT Fire Cops

II am not defying Mayor Mrs.
Landes." declared Acting Police Chief
Joe Il. Mason. Thursday but must
take the same stand that Chief Sew
eryns took in regard to firing men
in the department. / do not want
her to think l am arbitrary.
IF Mrs. Landes ordered me to dis.
charge 100 moro or less OF the Off
GERS, 1 would not know where 10
begin. | have not received any such
demand from her up to the present
time, and | would be unable to carry
out her order II she made It."
Chief Mason has not occupied the
chiefs office since Severyns was dis.
missed, preferring TO remain In his
own. scveryns spont tho greater
part of wednesday in removing his
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-26
Attractive Flower
Show on North Side

With more than 7oossentries or
display. the first annual show o,
the North END Flower club viii
close Thursday night at the Masonic
temple. sOth st. and Greenwood ave
sixty-five exhibitors are taking part
Thirty prizes and seven specia
awards are to be given for the best
exhibits. Miss Rcna L. WILDER, sec.
rotary of the show committee. is II
charge. The displays are said e
be among the most attractive seer
here.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-26
General Order No. 1
LANDES SERIES, 1924

II, Mrs. Henry Landcs, acting
mayor of tho City of Seattle, hay.
ing this day assumed command
and control OF the police depart.
mont, do hereby detail Capt
Claude q. Bannlck as acting chief
Of the police department to take
charge thereof until such time
MS a successor to former Chief
William h. severyns may be ap,
pointed.
Subject to my direction, Capt,
Bannick will be in complete
charge OF the police department
and will execute all orders pro.
mulgated by me.
"HE WILL BE OBEYED AND
RESPECTED ACCORDINGLY"
MRS, HENRY LANDEs,
Acting Mayor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-26
AlSn1ith Gets
Mighty Cheer
QtConuention
BY FRAZER EDWARDS

NEW YORK. June ss.--f'resenia-
IN ton OF the Platform to the dem.
oeratie convention Is now scheduled
for tomorrow.
After working thru most Of the
night. and for several hours today.
the drafting subcommittee was still
hard at IL while the Smith demon.
stration was in progress az the Gar.
den. All but tho two principal pianks
The Khan and league Of nations
had been virtually disposed Of and
the committee decided to recess at
o'clock this afternoon until tonight.
The subcommittee will then report
to the full committee and the Khan
and league plankB will be finally
threshcd out by that body.
All the alternative pianks. repre-.
sentlug the extreme and moderate
views on both league and khan have
been drafted. the adoption OF com
promise declarations on both issues
by the committee was virtually as
sured. =
That means the final decision will
be sguareiy up TO the convention IL
self Whether the extremists make
good their threats 10 carry tho fiEht
TO tho floor remains 10 be seen. but
leaders generally believe such action
viii be forestalled.
Homer s. Cummings. chairman Of
the resolutions committee. said no be-
lieved the platform as a whole could
be submitted BY the drafting com.
mitiec to the full committee before
night. but that IL probably would not
be laid before the convention until
tcr,orrcsx
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-26
Acting Mayor
Confers With

BY JOHN w. NELSON

IRIS BERTHA LANDES, acting mayor of Seattle, per-
Vl sonay assumed charge of the police department Thurs
day.
to be second command Bannck moved into the chiefs
office at headquarters.
Inspector Joseph T. Mason appointed acting chief Wednes
day was denoted to his former position of Inspector
Bannick said he would obey orders like good soldier
Mrs Landes issued proclamation declaring that IAN
gency exists" in Seattle
conference between Mrs Landes and Deputy Prosecutor
e. d. Colvn held 1t taken to that criminal
action might be started.
The underworld refused TO take the change seriously It's
members sneerngly asserted Bannck won't have time"
make cleanup.
Chief William B. Severyns will it is almost certain be
reapponted on his arrival
This contingency has been arranged for Banncks case
that he will not lose his civil service rating as captain
The arrangement was taken meaning that Mrs. Landes
expects the mayor to undo her work on his return
Mrs Landes proclamation and the order appointing Ban
nick acting chief drawn up by Corporation Counsel
T. ]. L. Kennedy.