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r. g. Bell at Denver to Mr. Daugh-
erty. telling political inhu-
e-rlc>se'' Miller
urging prompt prosecution
Evening star., 1924-04-07

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Continued from First Page.)
Department of Justice. whose reputa-
tons are above objection. be allowed
to come here"
Here is one of them now" Senator
Wheeler observed, pointing to Booth.
Senator Harreld had been mentioned
in this connection in the testimony of
former United States Attorney Peck of
oklahoma, who worked up the cases. He
said he heard "rumors' that Peck was
TO he replaced because the Miller
brothers wanted "to get him out of the
prosecution" before the cases came to
uiaL
Evening star., 1924-04-07

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Evening star., 1924-04-07

the Western Brewery Company at
Belleville, Ill, as one of those in
which local politicians had inter
fered. He said Mayor Dever was
trying to enforce prohibition, but
that the breweries there were slip
ping out from his control"
The witness said he did not know
what the relationship was between
Attorney General Brundage and Fred
w. Upham. The present United states
attorney at Chicago had made it pos
sible go close 'em up as much as we
have" he said. The White Eagle case
was put over" on the United States
attorney, he said. by an assistant who
"juggled" the matter.
On arresting Chicago saloonkeep-
,er, Armstrong said, he VISA told by
John Giazer, whom he identified as
special Investigator for the attorney
general of Illinois, that the cases
should be dropped. He quoted Glazer
as telling him that he held politi-
cal office and must get on the wagon
with the rest of the boys" If he ex-
pected to keep it.
Says Case JuSgied.
Armstrong, the witness, said his
cases against the "Puro Products
Company" West Hammond, ILL.,, had
been subjected to Juggling" saying
that Special Assistant Attorney Cen
eral MiddIekauf was reported to him
to be involved in an agreement with
federal inJuctIon proceedings would
be handled SO as to permit a sale of
the brewery property to Re made
A A. l.. mani m Inn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31
What Would You Do?

CYLVIO EvANGELISTO, years old, has run away
~ from his home in Ohio Is times in two months. He
wants to be motorman, he rides the street cars
sometimes nearly all night
What would you do with such boy? What would
you do with any runaway boy? Syvio just extreme
case. There hundreds Of runaway boy cases in Sc
ae and other hundreds of boys who want to run away
or dream about running away
Of course many fathers answer this question in
And they will be wrong A good beating makes the
body 1t doesn't touch the runaway urge at ALL
but tends to give the boy real excuse for feeling dis
satisfied with home.
Sylvio runs away because he wants to be motorman
and can't wait Here's prevocatonal bunch for Syvio
teachers This boys ambition to be something could be
used as spur to school As he grows older Syvio
may be taught to hitch his wagon to star even higher
than that Of workmanship.
The runaway urge in boys is a serious problem for
parents and one that cannot be solved by beating scod
ing There always is cause, Inspiration for the
desire to run away Hunt it out and base your treat
ment upon it, rather than upon the symptom
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31
"Now | Lay Me Down to Sleep"
BY FRED L. BoALT

IF WE were not habituated 10 life on
i this earth We would be scared out Of
our wits.
We dwell on a globe $4,000 miles in cir
conference. This globe is suspended in
limitless space. All about II are stars
and consultations, suns and moons and
flying meteors. whirling round and
round and going at speed incredible
where?
Our globe Is coated with a film Of air,
relatively Of tissue thickness. II this
film were swept away we could not
breathe.
Our globe has an inner ball Of fire, OF
dimensions unknown and heat inealcu-
liable. We are reminded. from time 10
Time of the presence Of this ball.
Earthquakes destroy San Francisco and
Tokyo. A new temblor at Walla Walla
Other temblors up and down the Pacific
coast Also in the Mississippi valley.
Kilauea Is belching lava and fire in the
Hawaiian islands. A smaller island is
erupting and villages have been wiped out
Jump from Honolulu 10 Alaska. The
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes Is cut
ting up strange didoes Hot springs
have turned icy cold. The ground is cool
ing. An island off the Alaskan coast Is
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31
FABLES ON HEALTH
A CHILD'S CURIOSITY

child shows himself wiser than the
man. The grown.up may wonder,
but all too rarely goes 10 the
trouble 10 lind out. He dslikes 20
AJAX questions for fear OF being con.
sldsrcd uneducaied or stupid. The
child IL ilRely 10 follow him IN
such wayr particularly " The par
ont IL cyasivc, or seeks 10 stifle the
young and growing imagination.
Too often IN. grown.up Is not
even curious. He becomes 30 en-.
crossed in matters pertaining 70
himself and hts work that he shuts
his eyes 70 THOUSANDS OF interesting
things about him.
Curiosity 10 an lndicaiion OF inter.
est In life and things: a symptom in
children that Is healthy and fine.
Don't refuse 10 answer their ques.
lions. Keep their interest aroused
md help la their education.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31
Before the Horse Is Stolen

STAR reader writes in suggestion that strikes the
editor being not only to the point but also timely
Says this reader:
1t that about two
the Will be eliminating their
Washington the
yet
policies years elapsed they
be disclosed another
arranged whereby millions policies
who day OF service and how
with borrowed the policies will be
the nnble employees
there win be political ineffcienc
and graft
Why can't the By
dyotng little to what when happening
they not much but they
soldiers get the bonus that intended for them.
Of it would be running against all the standing
rules for the conduct Of national scandals to lock the
door before the horse is stolen Folks might not like their
scandals handled that way
But in this case, where the principal victim of the
scandal, if it grew in the normal way, would be war
veterans who risked their lives for the sake of their
country, it tho the country ought to be willing
to make concessions.
Let's forget national customs and political radi-
lions and all that, and make this big public enter
prise conducted entirely in the open by honest efficient
officials with the benefits going where the benefits were
intended to go when the bonus bin was passed
That might make just big news as scandal. Who
knows?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31
IS Suicides Today

livery day at least SO Americans commit suicide Last
T. year there were 29iS who killed themselves reports
the Save-a-Lfe league after check-up. These the
known cases. Many others-probably thousands-did
away with themselves, TO be discovered.
The league estimates that third of the suicides are
due to insanity AS matter of fact, all suicides are
temporarily unbalanced mentally. That is why the per-
son. depressed and tempted to take his lfe should
wait at least "a hours
delay almost always changes the decision from self
destruction to the normal desire for representation.
And tomorrow may bring better things. II is always
blacklist just before dawn.
Poverty rernorse sickness and loneliness the princ
pal reasons for suicide At least two Of them be
masered-poverty and loneliness Sickness too, usually
is not hopeless Remorse of course cannot be escaped
except by atonement.
Hesitate you who melancholy and depressed that
you the borderne of mental instability. Tomor-
will be brighter day. Sunshine follows every Storm
And the commandment Thou shalt not kill" applies
much to self-destruction to the killing Of others
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31

.0NcE tho school had been reach.
" Cd By the Mann child. lot OF
watching and trouble Iaascd from
Mn. Mann 60 the school teacher.
But when evening camo Mr. Mann
found that he had upon his hands
Is ventablo question box. and more
than once SIR Mann regretted that
he had 10 small "a fund OF general
knowledge az his command. lie
found himself finding out good
many things that had never both.
cred him before. and " came 10 be
az much Of a game for him az for
the child.
The growing child 4 tremendous.
ny eager for information about this
strange and mysterious world into
which be has been born. Every.
Thing presents IA staggering ques
ton. why Is this and why 10 that7
And In trying 70 find out. tho
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31

OF lndustry-than AZ present.
In tho city OF New York there
Is voritablo famine OF well.
grounded trial lawyers. espo.
cisily for tho trial OF jury cases.
The flower OF tho bar has been
drawn away by the temptations
OF money.malting from the high
profession OF advocacy 10 be.
coming highly paid clerks or aids
70 financicrs TO keep tho latter
praycrfully within the law.
To those who are familiar
with Tho high character and
splendid attachments OF the
dozen or more giants who prac.
ticed az tho trial bar in the last
generation. by comparison with
the plgmles who now paal mus
ter at our bar as Heading trial
lawyers" tho situation is dis.
hcartoning. Judged by tho
standards set by such men as
William II. Evarts. Joseph II.
Choatc. William Fullerton. Rob.
ort seawcll. Harold X. Porter
and a score of others that might
be named. all OF whom we're
contemporaries, there is not an
outstanding trial lawyer at the
New York bar today. Herein
lies tho great opportunity for
the right man.
Misunderstanding.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31
Advice To Gradaaie.-No.
Never More Than Now Were
Gifted Men Needed in Law
ny SAMUEL INTERVIEWER
One Of the toiihiry's Foremost
Lawyers

T An or tho opinion tina, the
Il qualifications required Tor
success IN tho practice OF tho
tho profession Of law II now Of
such specialized and cxnctlng
character that n applied 20 busi.
nesa activities. they would lead
20 greater measure % material
success. II requires a rare com.
blnatlon OF ability and opporiu.
nifty for exceptional success In
our profession.
would not advise a young
man or woman 20 enter he pro.
fession without a ihoFo educa.
ton. rare industry and keen.
analytical mind.
\ young man or woman with.
out social or business tics or
influence that would secure him
or her business ~ not likely 10
earn moro than a bare living
for tho first five years after
graduation.
a five years olcrkship In
busy office f. a prerequisite to
eventual success. BY event.
uai success mean moderate
success. Tho financial r,sturnH
that accompany that kind Of
success vary greatly in the dlf.
ferent actions OF tho country.
In New York city. the returns
vary according 10 the particular
branch OF the law praciiecd by
the person. At tho criminal bar
there Is very little opportunity
for material SUCCESS.
Replying TO tho inquiry as to
whether ! feel that tho tIeid Of
the law Is too crowded: / can
only repeat the old adaEe that
there Is plenty OF room at the
top. In tho law as In all other
professions. but that the profes.
sion is greatly overerowded with
medIocritlcs.
SO far as concerns opportuni.
~, there never was n time when
thcro were greater opportunities
in my profession for gifted men
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31

sinking from sight.
This same island sank and reappeared
about the time Of the San Francisco
earthquakes.
Alaskan glaciers are breaking up and
slipping into the sea.
Note this: Fire in Hawaii-cooling in
Alaska
Interesting speculation here. The ball
Of fire throws off gases, which seek es-
cape at the points Of least resistance.
Prick hollow rubber ball twice. Label
one pin-prick Hawaii" and the other
Alaska" Press the ball on one side and
the air Kisses out Of the Hawaii hole.
Press on the other side and the air es-
capes thru Alaska"
At the moment the thumb is pressing
on Alaska" and fire and lava appear
thru the far-distant pin-prick. Alaska,
the pressure from beneath removed, be-
gins TO cool, an island sinks and ageless
ice slips into the sea.
Fire beneath our feet An earth sus-
pended in limitless space without visible
means Of support The whole whirling
and flying no one knows where or why
or how!
Ho-huml God made the earth, the sea,
the air. and all that in them is; and God
is good! Now lay me down 10 sleepr
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31

MJAsHIEGToS. May 81. -
w Eyerythlns's all fixed now
for our overNorked statesmen TO
set back 10 nature. Tho Con.
gressional Country club 10 open
No longer need tho haraased
law.makor lose touch with tho
uoli-at least no longer than j,
takes 70 get into his hard boiled
shirt and patent leather pumps
and his limousine out 70 the
club.
lie can have an evening OF the
simple lie. amid tho lowing kline
aud the hullfroga. tho soft soied
walters and the bFaas.buttoned
bcii.hops.
Everything has been done 20
provide surroundings that will
give the stateaman a real insight
into the thing called the Farm
Problem.
The place chosen Cor this rural
retreat Is a simple little palace
resting on a hill In Maryland. !,
Is hidden away among electric
lights and one comes upon Il un.
awarcs at a distance Of five
miles or courro. 10 Il II ono Of
The little Informal affairs tho np-
preaching visitor receives warn.
ing earlier. He finds the army.
tho marines and the navy
stretched out along the highways
20 guide him.
II must be understood that tho
club. while taking lts name and
is necessity from congress. II
not confined only 20 the law.
givers. The executive branches
also lend their aid 10 make Il Just
what u IL. The war department
lends the army. the navy depart.
ment the sailors and marines.
How well Washington apprc.
clates this new contribution 10
government efficiency. this
unique agricultural experiment
station. was shown the opening
night. Horny.handed sons OF tho
soil by the thousands took tho
three roads from town leading
20 the million dollar dlnrie.
In their limousines and landau.
let's they poured out 20 honor the
men who had conceived this
method OF relief for the farmers.
They bore without complaining
the hnrdshlps OF the worst taf.
fic Jam in washlngton's history
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31
A THOUGHT

Whose moci.eth the poor re
proariieth his Maker; and he thai
Is glad NJ ealamitios shall not be un.
punisheds-Prov. NVII;5.
zach one wishes for his own ad.
IL vantage rather than that Of
othofr. Terrence.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31
Your Own Magic

DHOTOGRAPHS sent successfully over tele-
/ phone wires 1t means that pictures will come over
the wires along with news stories, showing you what's
happening afar off
This is real magic so than the chimercal elixir
OF life or philosophers stone sought by ancient acemsts
You pay your money to the stage magician pull rab
bits from plug hat make Princess WaWa disappear.
Yet you yourself greater magic whenever YOU tune
in the radio or turn OH electricity.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31
Mental Junk! Do YOU
KnOW What 1t Is?
"A TENTAL Junk'-What is IT.

1Nl Material junk understand II is any of wide
variety of things that useful now worn out or
displaced BY more modern improvements.
There is undoubtedly much mental junk as wel-old
ideas that survive from the past but which have been
worn out by learning displaced by progress
History is full of mental junk-od ideas long since
displaced The ideas that the world flat that the
gods gorifed humans who dsported themselves
Mount Olympus, that kings ruled by divine right and that
women high-elaSS chattes
The present too is undoubtedly full Of mental junk
old ideas that ALL of eeave to because
taught il in youth. inheritance from genera
tons that have gone before.
In these days of rapid changes. when old things are
constantly dispacng the new. how much junk is in
mental makeup?
"Fundamentaists" in religion clashing with mod
ernstS; rising generation is ssranng at the leash OF
ongfiXed conventions science elashng with material
ism and EinSten is worrying the three dimensions,
With all these things, how much of our present
beliefs should be thrown into the junk pileg
What in your opinion is an item Of mental junk TO
which of us still cling?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31
At Last the Poor Congressman Rests
BY LOWELL MELLETT

since the burial Of the Unknown
Soldier
They milled abou, for an hour
on the hard tiied floors. point.
Ing out TO one another. Secretary
Hughes. Secretary Mellon aud
various senators. commenting ON
tho beauty of the oil painting OF
Herbert Hoover himself. tho
clubs first president. and seek.
lnE a peak az President Cool.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31
K LETTER From
AVRiDGE MANN
MY, MY THIS LOOKS sERIoUsl

Dear Avrdge Mann
compliments kind Ay you got nx TO
grind. TO write you oaf-you
ban bright But II ban heck you us
also check
Veil. Ay TO bat, In das ring
Sven ban got stirred-ho
ugly word Ny speak softly das carry big
stlcki
Sven try TO pull das suff-"ro YOU
rough Dose knec at your by yoeg Veil
Ay ban elbow not das knee You bet life dat
Won't work. bodo
winter. tvontytrce
rolled more ban nineteen
May!
stl ban lots OF time,
ban homey muttyust vot Ay like
Ay worry his face his right
PLACED
handsome faer holy ycc All he ban is "Ay MET
Stacomb his haro
air. Ay yust pick out homey vol darn
don't steal avayi
when right along WE'LL life skal be
will time place, SEE
his homy perhaps have Wedding belsand
for marcclsi
HULDA Seattle.
Myusae Ma~~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31

idgs himself Tor the president
waa there. Despite a cold that
had cancelled other engagements
10 could not let this opportunity
pas 10 show hiu interest In rural
relief.
And everybody came away
happy. why. u IN 70 simple
and unprcientiour. was the uni.
veUsal comment III lent any
bigger than the waldorfAs.
tofia."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31

Capital punishment has been sboi'
ished In Austria. Holland. Norway.
Portugal. Italy. Rumnnia and swe.
den.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31
Telling 1t
TO Congress
A WARNING
Excerpts from the Congressional
Record

For you who love tho great out OF
doors, TO hunt and fish and trip,
there is sinister threat in the fast.
declining timber area. without the
forest homo there can DO mighty
little game, and without a continuous
and adequate supply OF water there
can be mighty few fish. Rep. Davey
W). Ohio.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31
"WHOOSIS!"

TUE portrait printed yesier'
l. day. the last In the "whoozit
Contest. +" was that OF Jack Demp-
sey. tho heavyweight champion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31
PROF. THos. A. ADAMS poII,l.

A beetle thousands Of years old
was found perfectly preserved among
the wrapping Of an Egyptian mum
my.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31
What Folks
Are Saying

BILLY SUNDAY, sick evangeil,,;
"The Lord is my shepherd-I should
worry"
ANATOLE FRANCE, French au.
thor and publicisi: Il have often
said do not believe war Is an eter.
nal human necessity"
DIR. s. ID. HARDNESS. Kanhas
City: America stands today on
tho threshold Of a Christian ne.
Nuisance"
REV. o. H. SLETTEN, talking 10
Norwegian celebrants. Minnegp.
oils Men who can play their vIo.
Inns. or live their lives. on a single
string with a sole. unfalierng pur.
pose. nre ones who count"
KATHLEEN NORRIS, author.
Il think We live. here in America.
in n better world than We had for
al least 1000 years"
ETHEL u. PEYsTER. writer.
Tolerance must be the basis Of
family cohesiycness-ioIerance and
conSiderafion--ihe keynotes TO peac,S
In the homes and in the nations" Y
PROF. TH0s. A. ADAMS. poIltl.
cal economist, Yale university: I'VE
should protect the government from
tho error Of indulging any further
in tax systems which tend only 10
develop and perfect the art OF dodg
ing the laws
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31
CONGRESS- jon

II Is for the congress to say how
much navy the country wants. IL
you want those ships to be what
they pretend TO be, capital ships ca.
pable Sf engaging In fight with YES.
sells of n same titulnr character In
other nlvlcs with decent prospect
OF succcsS, then you want To fit them
with projection. That is what wo
put squnroly before YOU. The job
Is yours.--ASmiral Robson, before
house naval affairs committee,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31
SEE DumbeH Dud:

A bioamist
has been adj
jud ged in
sane, 1 n c e
{ h ere could
have been no
rational con-
ciusion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-31

STAR reader writes in suggestion that strikes II
editor being not only to the point but also timel
Sars
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-05
FREDERICK WELLS.
NEGRO STUDENT IS
STILL STORM CENTER
Threatening Letters Received
From Alleged Klansmen Fail
to Dislodge Him
GUARDED BY BOMB SQUAD
Hall Committee Asks Dean
Hawkes. TO Remove Objec-
tionable From Dorrnitory

NEW YORK, April 5.-Fu.n-
aid Hall, the residential dormitory
at Columbia University, a room Of
which is occupied by Frederick
Wells, the negro law student from
Iron City, Tenn, continues to be a
storm center.
Wells has received two letters
threatening his death, purporting
to have been sent by Ku KluG
Klansmen. The negro. has reiter-
ated his determination to continue
his residence at Furnald Hall.
Three members of the police
bonlb squad kept guard in the dor
rnitory last night.
j. B. Rucker, chairman of the
hall committee, presented to Dean
Hawkes. a resolution Of a commit
tee asking for the negro's removal
from the building. DR.. C. NJ. Han
tell, member Of the committee,
resigned, and was the second mem
Der to resign during the week.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-05
F FARMERS MAY SOON
OUTWTT THE GAMpL E.RS

ATLANTA, April 5.-Ihe nA-
tiopal house of representatives is
expected to consider soon the bill
Of U. S. Senator W. J. Harris, Of
Georgia, stopping the reports. on
intentions to plant cotton issued
in the past by the department Of
agriculture in March of each year
according to reoorts received here
today. The bill has passed the
Senate and has been favorably re-
ported by the House Agriculture
Committee. Other parts Of the bill
provide for the crop condition re-
ports to be issued at the same time
as the cotton ginning figures by
the Census Bureau.
Senator Harris says the bill.
with a companion measure rega
lating ginning figures, will furn-
ish more accurate statistics and
help the cotton farmer. The leg
islation, he said, is designed to
make it harder for the cotton
GAMBLER to depress the price on
announcement Of government fig,
ures. The bill is approved by the
American Cotton Association, the
Georgia Cotton Growers Cooper
atiye Association
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-04-05
MANY SUMTER RESIDENTS
ARE NOW HAULING ROCKS

A flying trip to Plains, is de-
lightfuI jaunt at this time, says
Col. Ship. TThe honeysuckle and
dogwood." Col. Ship states "are in
full bloom and vegetation is get
ting on the attire Of spring. All
along the route the rock haulers are
piling stone for Sumter county road
commissioners. At this tine the
county is paying $1.75 per square
yard for rock delivered on the
roadside where the new pavement
viii son be erected.
"There is no end it seems to
the quantity of rock in this sec
tion.' Col. Ship continued, "and
it is hoped tina never again will
she county be compelled to order
Stag from Chattanooga or North
Georgia. There are today scores
of women and children picking up
rock and loading up wagons at fair
wages that make them happy and
contented."