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Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-12
PARKS APPOINTED SAYS RUMoR

WASHINGTON, Apt 5.-Wm. 5.
Spry commissioner of the general
land office, announced today that
George A. Parks, Of Anchorage, had
been appointed assistant supervisor
Of surveys to succeed John P. Walker.
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NOME DISCOVERER
MUST PAY ON STOCK

SEATTLE, Apr. THE Superior
Court today ordered John Bryotenson,
one of the four original discoveries
of Nome to pay an additional assess
ment Of $4,000 on his stack il the
defunct Scandinavian American bank.
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Two Albanian Bandits
Killed by Cendarmes

ROME, apr. 1O.-Two of the ban
dts who murdered Robert Lewis
Coleman and George B. DeLong, U.
S. citizens, in Albania, have been
killed in a fight with posse of
gendarmes, says a Stefani agency
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FRANCE REFUSES REQUEST
FOR CUSTOMS CONFERENCE

PEKING, April France has re-
fused China's latest request for pre-
liminary customs conference because
France did not ratify the Washington
treaty and China has declined to pay
the Boxer indemnities in Gold Francs.
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Washington Delegation
Captured by Coolidge

WENATCHEE, Wn., Apr. 1.-THE
Washington delegation elected by
the Republican State convention, was
instructed for Coolidge. N. c. Rich
ards Of Yakima was elected National
Committeeman.
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CALIFORNIA FRUIT
BARRED FROM SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Apr. 7.-California fruit
has been quarantined here because
Of the prevalence of foot and mouth
disease in that state
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Mar, Breaks
Leg Cranking Motor

sELDovIA, Apr. 4.-Knute Arm
strong, a cannery man, had the mis-
fortune to break a leg while crank
ing a marine engine last week. He
is doing fine and may be out soon
on crutches.
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CHICAGO, April 9-Coolidge car
ried Illinois in Tuesdays primaries,
defeating Jol on about one hundred
thousand. McAdoo was unopposed on
the Democratic ticket The Democrats
nominated A. A. Sprague for the Sen
ate while former governor Charles I'll.
Deneen has apparently defeated Sena-
tor Mccormick for republican senator
ial nomination.
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HOUSE DELAYS ACTION ON
ALASKA BILL UNTIL LATER

WASHINGTON, D. c., April THE
house yesterday took up the White bill
for protection of Alaskan fisheries but
action was postponed, probably until
next Wednesday.
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Four Killed When
Ku Klux Klan Parade

LILLY, Pa, Apr. -Four persons
were killed and thirteen injured in
clashes between citizens and mem
bers of the Ku Klux Khan who at
tempted to stage a parade yesterday.
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OMAHA, April 9-Coolidge defeat
ed Johnson in the race for Nebraska's
delegate by about thirty thousand.
Norris was renominated for Senate.
Bryan was renominated democratic
candidate for governor.
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Michigan Scene Of Bitter
Fight for Rep. Delegates

CHICAGO, Apr 7.-Calvin Cool
idge and Hiram Johnson are fighting
today in the Michigan primaries for
control Of the delegates to the Re-
publican convention.
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Alaskan Fisheries in
Control Of Hoover

WASHINGTON, Apr 10 The
House passed a bill today placing
the Alaskan fisheries on control Of
Herbert Hoover, secretary of the de-
partment of commerce.
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PITTSBURG, April 6-Floods in
West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Mary
land, caused by warm rains and melt
ing SHOWS had devastated wide area
last night and taken toll Of thirteen
lives and caused millions of dollars in
damages to property after having GOV
cred an area of one hundred and sew
enty square miles extending from
German, Maryland to Harper's Ferry,
West Virginia, with the greatest dam
age at Cumberland, Maryland. The Pa
tomac is now rapidly returning to its
channel in Western Pennsylvania. In
Western Pennsylvania the Mononga-
hela and Allegheny rivers swept over
the lower sections of their valleys and
a score of city blocks in Pittsburg
were inundated. Cities along the Ohio
river are preparing for flood waters
tomorrow.
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Citizenship Granted to
All Indians of Nation

WASHINGTON, Apr. THE sny-
der bill, granting citizenship to all
Indians Of the United States was re-
ported favorably today by the House
committee on Indian affairs. 4
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TODAY'S FISH PRICES

JUNEAU, Apr. 1O.-Fresh halibut
and 5 cents; salmon, IL and cts.
KETCHIKAN-Fresh halibut 8 and
) cents; picked none.
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Admiral Rodman May
Be Floated OF Reef

SEATTLE, Apr 1.-THE Canadian
Pacific steamer Nansook is expected
to float the steamship Admiral Rod
man, aground near Prince Rupert.
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TWO LOSE LIVES IN FIRE

NEGUANNE, Mich, April 1.-Two
patients and one attendant lost their
lives in a fire Of unknown origin which
destroyed the hospital here.
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JOHNSON CHARGES
ATTEMPT To BUY
COMING ELECTION
COOLIDGE ACCUSED BY OPPON-
ENT WITH "RECKLEss AND
SHAMELESS" EXPENDITURE

SIOUX FALLS, S. D., April 8-Sen-
ator Hiram Johnson jumped out in
front today in his race with President
Coolidge for the republican presiden-
tial Endorsement in South Dakota as
additional returns came in from the
statewide primary.
An error in early returns from Nc
Pherson county, corrected in final fig
ures today, resulted in net gain Of
900 votes for Jahnson and sent his to-
tai in 1866 of the states 1926 pre-
cincts up to 38,3O6, as compared with
$1,000 for Coolidge.
This lead Of 1907 for Johnson was
trimmed to 1902 by first returns from
Harding County, in the extreme north
western corner Of the state, where ell
even precincts, third of the country,
showed Coolidge leading 3 to l.
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PITTSBURG, April 4-Scores of
families vacated their homes in the
lowlands and business firms removed
their merchandise to safety in an ef-
fort to escape the rapidly rising vat
ers of the Allegheny and Monogahela,
and Ohio rivers. Unprecedented rains
and melting SHOWS are causing the
rise.
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COLD WEATHER IN INTERIOR
The train crew on last nights pas
senger reports the mercury stood at
35 below zero when the train passed
Mckinley Park yesterday.
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Crowley Named President
Of New York Central Ry.

NEW YORK, Apr. 10.-P. E..
Crowley today was elected president
of the New York Central railroad.
Evening star., 1924-09-14
Observations.

1t has been definitely determined
that the use of alcohol as a beverage,
however moderate the habit, shortens
life. Considering the frequent demon
stration OF the fact on the highways
OF the country this news comes as q
sort of anti-climax.
The village of Colonie in New York
has raised its auto speed limit to 80
miles an hour. It had previously ex-
tracted many a hard-earned dollar
from many an unfortunate motorist
who was so unlucky as to pass
through the town when II was trap
ping automobilists. Under the new
plan the town will doubtless find it
necessary to build a hospital and in
vest in wrecking equipment. This is
the price q town has to pay for be-
coming unpopular through radical
severity.
Now that New York State is exam
lining all of its drivers the local pub
lie may shortly expect a record
breaking exhibition Of assorted nuts
prominent English physician. in
eAtolling silence, says that modern
man finds great relief from the hum
drum of our noisy existence in the
motor car. Evidently the doctor
hasn't heard the American f1ivver in
the agonies of starting nor enjoyed
the music of Neighbor Smith testing
out his motor.
There should be fortune awaiting
the man who perfects a Windshield
with integral lenses that would make
everything seem nearer to the aver
age driver who never seems to know
when to put on the brakes.
Copyright leo4)
Evening star., 1924-09-14
Steady Driving Best.

Good time in touring is more mat
ter of few delays rather than speed.
The man who is constantly passing
others and always stepping on the gas
invariably takes more time in the long
run for the trip because he stops more
frequently. sometimes to change a tire
tha; mas been injured through speed,
sometimes to give the engine certain
attention which it needs when it is be-
iig run at top speed.
rhe motoriSt who drives consistently
1nd constantly, on the other hand,
usually gets to his destination first,
and without trouble This is because
he knows how important it is not to
wait a minute" when high average
mileage per hour is desired.
He attempts to attend to everything
before he starts. He knows that if he
is averaging - miles an hour, and it
becomes necessary to wait by the road
side just two minutes the average is
cut down to 24.IS. Even if he waited
but two minutes il must also be con-
Sidered that some time is consumed at
less than the 25-nile per hour average
due to slowing down anr going through
the gears in starting off.
Steady driving offers the best op-
portunity for GOOD time. Figure it out
the next time you make d half a dozen
stops en- route. If you ordinarily drive
30 miles per hour over d State highway
and you stop total of 10 minutes, you
have lost the time it takes to travel
five miles.
Evening star., 1924-09-14
The Old Mechanic Says:

That's the third time today I've had
owners criticize me for putting more
things out of whack than ] fixed. Try
TO tell 'em the truth about the matter.
hut guess it's d mechanics misfortune
to have to stand this sort of thing and
see motorists go wrong because they
won't be eaSonable.
You know how it is yourself. You've
got notion that if YOU bring the car
in for valve grindin job we'll put the
ca rburetor out of commission, or finish
up by maxim you buy a new vacuum
tank. You never seem to figure that
even if you didn't bring in the car you'd
have these troubles anyway.
When car comes into this shop we
naturally discover all the things that
are goin' wrong as we'll as all the
things that have already passed the
possibility stage. The car owner
thinks we wish the trouble on him
through our careleSSneSS. whereas the
truth is we save him a lot of serious
trouble by catchin these things i'll the
maxim.
There isn't any car but what could
stand a little tunin up here and there
even when its owner thinks its runnin
first rate, and when there is something
80 wrong with it that he has TO bring
il TO the shop il stands to reason that
the repairer'S goin' to find lot of
things to attend to- But if the re-
pairer is honest with himself and at
ENDS 10 everything as he should he's
sure to be suspected of havin' manu-
factured" some trouble.
The more motorists feed fuel to this
fool notion the worse the matter grows,
Evening star., 1924-09-14
This and That.

IL enough publicity is given to the
matter Of automobile fatalities per-
haps some one will discover that the
remedy isn't SO much a matter OF
learning how to handle cars more
safely. but Of learning how to walk.
In some localities more people die rs
a result OF falls than as q result OF
getting In the way OF automobiles.
the total number OF fatalities from
falls runs automobile fatalities a
ceeded the latter by 2,04s
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company thinks that the bus service
should appeal to tho economical mo-
torist when he is informed that
busses operating every three minutes
OF all vehicles using the street under
consideration could carry almost half
the total riders now using private
cars. The transit company believes
that because 1T discovered that sixty
1our persons can be accommodated in
lent to but four automobiles as
against an equal number Of passen-
gers In thirty-two automobiles that
block an entire street the motorist
VIII promptly dispense with the con-
venience Of his own car and become
q motor bus sardine. Maybe the mo-
torist will have something to say
ABOUT lt-something that will reveal
the fact that the average person
nowadays wants something more
than mere transportation.
Uniformity in motor vehicle regula-
tons VIII be possible when there are
laws worth standardizing. There are
some who would add that America
should consider 1t q blessing that its
motorists operate under a varying
set or state codes of varying desira-
b,hty rather than under one code
that falls short of the mark.
In Boston IT has been suggested that
where parking is not permitted curb
ing should be painted red. Gosh,
don't motorists see red enough?
Evening star., 1924-09-14
Three Smiles More.

4 large city newspaper. runs q
column of news and events in local
motordom. Recently a stray line in
tended as guide to those who make
up the columns was allowed to re-
main in the finished product and local
motorists got smile out of reading
the days publicity stories under the
ub-heading Bull Auto News &
Events"
Presumably in an effort TO give a
little more class to the more common
terms in use throughout motordom a
youthful auto salesman insists upon
referring to the BendiX drive as the
Benedicks drive. He takes lunch with
the fellows who sell "coups' and
"seedans.''
The fellow who invented those
motometer caps that won't come off
again until the car Is turned upside
down ought to make a fortune ap-
Evening star., 1924-09-14
Three Traffic Tricks.

When running near the curb keep
a constant distance away from il as
a precaution against squeezing a
bicyclist who may be following the
curb line. 1t seems to be their ia
Vorite course.
In many cities the mere swinging
of the traffic sign does not do more
than warn of change in the direc-
tion Of traffic. Drivers are supposed
to act upon the officers subsequent
whistle. Sometimes both acts are
simultaneous, leading the motorist to
forget the function of the whistle.
If the engine stalls and you try to
crank it amid the din of passing
street cars and other noisy traffic
learn to look to the ammeter and oil
pressure guage for your clue as to
whether you have succeeded. With
the geared flywheel type of starter
trouble is certain to follow your act
of using the starter when the engine
is actually running. The dashboard
instruments can save YOU this worry.
Evening star., 1924-09-14
Two Parking Pointers.

Contrary to many d drivers expert
ence, it is easier to park car on a
hill than on the level-if you know
how. On a hill it is not necessary to
shift from low to reverse. or vice
versa for the forward and backward
movements. The car will coast in one
direction, depending upon the hill. 1t
will be necessary to use the brakes,
but then that is necessary in most
parking anyway.
mo parking" signs are frequently
used to mark the boundaries of for
hidden ground. 1t may be quite all
right to leave your car a foot from
such sign if you are on the safe
side. Don't take a NO parking sign
too literally until you learn what it
really means
Evening star., 1924-09-14
Trio Of Suggestions.

When in low" or second" keep
the engine pulling the car and do not
allow the car to run" the engine any
more than is absolutely necessary. ex-
cept in descending steep hills. When
the engine pulls part of the time and
the car pushes the rest there is wear
on both sides of each gear tooth as
well as a strain caused by the switch
from one side Of each gear tooth to
the other. This encourages excessive
gear wear and noise.
II forced to run into another car
or object try, if passible, to hit with
the center of your front bumper. The
bumper has more spring at this
point than at any other. which is the
same as saying that when struck 1T
this point it is a more efficient guard.
If you want to ride with the rain
curtains up. yet need an extra amount
of ventilation as on hot day. attach
them so that the second one from the
front overlaps the first and the third
overlapS the second. Plenty Of air
will come in through the openings
without letting in the rain, unless
one is driving in a downpour. In
the customary way of attaching the
curtains the overlapping points become
alright as the car travels faster.
Evening star., 1924-09-14
Did You Know

That if the motometer registers
lower than usual on q hot day the
radiator needs water? a motometer
will not register so high when the
water is not SO near it, thought it
will promptly register danger il the
water falls to too low a point. An
unusually low motometer reading.
there fore. may be an advance warn
ing worth noting.
That you like your old car. not be-
cause of its virtues, but because you
are used to it? Like an old shoe, it
fits in with your way of doing things.
Keep in mind that the reason why
many a new car does not appeal so
strongly is simply because you are
not accustomed to it.
Evening star., 1924-09-14
Motoring Over There.

According to motorists who have
been touring recently in England and
France conditions are often most in
teresting-and perhaps helpful--to
the American. In England. every
thipg is bought. or built, with the
idea of keeping for Il long, long time.
The paper towel idea Is long way
from being applied to the buying of
cars. Great courtesy is shown to
motorists in England. the English
automobile clubs, for instance, hav-
ing hundreds of representatives on
the road for the convenience of tour
lists. The high hedges along the
British highways obstruct many a
view, but frequently the tours lead
through what appear to be private
estates. Gates are opened to let you
in and closed behind you.
In Paris 1t is still a case of honk-
honk. Our effective electric warning
signals are not permitted. The honk-
ing Is really more of a nuisance, since
drivers must keep everlastingly at 1T
to get results. Partisan cars, how
ever, do not smoke the way they do
over here. That, of course. is just
another evidence of French thrift.
Americans please copy.
Evening star., 1924-09-14
Two Parking Pointers.

If you have been sitting in your
car while it is parked do not start
off without stepping out a moment to
see whether any one has parked a
bicycle behind you. Conditions may
change behind your back while you
are waiting. and unless YOU look the
situation over before backing there
may be trouble.
If the engine is thoroughly warmed
Evening star., 1924-09-14

because dozens of chaps around here
are keepin' their cars out of the shop
when there's all kinds of trouble under
the hood. Keep a car out of a shop for
a long time and a repairer's goin' to
find a lot of extra stun to attend to
and then get blamed for it!
Evening star., 1924-09-14

up do your maneuvering in and out
of spaces with the spark retarded.
Saves jerky action of the car and
also saves the car a lot of unneces-
sary strains.
Evening star., 1924-09-14
The Sunday Motorist
An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners.
EDITED BY WILLIAM ULLMAN,

Its queer how many tourists will
take such pains to include 40 much
in their travelling equipment ana
then make the mistake OF leaving
their cOmmOnsense back home.
Evening star., 1924-09-14

plying his idea to general merchan-
dising In order to save money at the
return desk.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-17

Bath Brushes, 50 cents at J. L. Graefs. If
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operate with the policewoman who inspect dance halls and with city of ficials who desire to maintain high standard for amusement places where young people gather. Proprietors of dance halls who do not line up with the associations program will be blacklisted
 "Closed" Halls Taboo
 Stating that they desire to make dance halls safe places for young girls, officials of the association de- clared that they would not tolerate closed" dance halls, where only men are admitted. Hostesses, they added, must be more than 21 years of age.
 In popular dance hall a girl can make approximately $3 an evening. She is paid five cents for dance, which lasts only two minutes, and can dance probably sixty times in an even ing. The large attendance is due to the desire of men from out of town to ''step around" bit of an evening. The dance hall is the only place they can find partners.
 In their yearnings for companion ship these men often take the girls out to dine when the hall closes, so that the girls add to their earnings by cutting down on their meal tickets.
 In addition to the czar, the dance halls will have czarina, who will be a member of the women's committee which attacked the dance halls. It is not known who the czarinas will be, unless the men who frequent the dance halls may be called that.
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BOA CONSTRUCTOR FOUND
 IN BUNCH o FBANANAS

DENVER, Dec. 17.-When custo- mer dropped into a grocery at East Thirteenth avenue and Clayton street and asked clerk for half a dozen bananas he did not know he was or dering snake on the side. The clerk reached for fresh bunch that he had just uncrated and hung up. He yelled and jumped back
 He let go of something he had hold of-and it was not a banana. It fell to the floor with a thud, and writhed there at the customers feet.
 The snake was found to be a young boa constructor three feet long, and it was hurried to the museum of nat ural history at the city park.
 The snake, sluggish because of the cold Denver weather, has bright green eyes and is mottled black and green. It was not poisonous
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Booze Crews Turn Human Contraband Traffic as h. crease of Patrol; Snug gling of Whisky Harder

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-In the twi- light zone of bootlegging circles is a story in circulation of eleven Chinese human contraband, who were trussed in burlap bags with weights and hove over the side of rum runner during chase by a coast guard cutter in New York bay
 Tn West street dive where the po- liceman on his beat whistles tune as he passes, a veteran seaman of the rum fleet declared the business was becoming so hazardous that the boys were turning to Chinese smuggling
 "A smuggled load of Chinks gets from $25O to $1,O00 head" he said Liquor is tough to get into the. coun- try now and there are 12 revenue cut ters for every one year ago. They are using airplanes to bring in whis- key now. The price has advanced $15 a case in the last ten days.
 Smuggling Chinks is an easier graft. We make a deal with each Chinaman that in case of trouble he dives over the side and takes his chances. Most of the Chinese come
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Christmas use in most cases permits sturdier trees to attain greater growth. True conservation of the forest re- suits not from leaving trees to grow old and die, but from their wise use when they are needed, in whatever size, by man.
 "The foresters, whose profession it is to manage and protect the forests, assert that the use of the Christmas tree is proper and wholly justifiable. Prof. Ralph s. Homer says five mil lion trees year in one space would require ten thousand acres of land
 "The United States Forest Service ing forests of all sorts are being cut has recently stated that our remain at the rate of about 1O,OOO,OOO. acres a year. Ten thousand is one-tenth of 1 per cent of ten million. Even if it took the clear cutting of that area to furnish us with Christmas trees each year, it would be but an infinitesimal part of our yearly drain on the forest.
 For the north and east and even as far south as Washington, D. O., the forests of northern New England, northern New York, and eastern Canada furnish the supply of Xmas trees. It is a definite seasonal indus try. The trees are graded as to size