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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-17
Prohibition: Have We Got It?

LAVE you heard about Herman P. Fars? He's the
i national prohibition partys candidate for president
People in other countries will look puzzled and say II
thought the Yankees already had prohibition. Why run
candidate on dry PLATFORM"
Another angle of prohibition: Historic Plymouth
Rock is being damaged by empty liquor bottles smashed
against it by tourists. Some interpret this fretfu
protest.
Every time jump they the conumer neck
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-17

winning the 1924 Yosemite Econ
omy Sweepstakes greatly to the
use of Zerolene in the motor and
Red Crown in the tank"
Right here, in the official records
of this economy run classic, is your
answer to the oil question. Why pay
tribute to the superstition that east
ern oil, merely because it costs more
and is made in the East, is in some
mysterious way better" Expert
eneed drivers, out to make records,
don't share that superstition-why
should your
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-17
Rust and the Damage 1t Does

D UST will destroy $500 million dollars worth of iron
IN and steel this year in country, estimates W. J.
Overlook. official of du Pont company of Chicago.
The mineral resources of the world are being gradually
destroyed by corrosive action of the air and by friction
AS for the present, we'd have boom business
everything weren't constantly wearing out and having to
be replaced by the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-17
A THOUGHT

Cast out the scorner, and CONT.
ton shall 20 out; yea, strife a,
reproach shall cease. Prov. 2.1t
THE reproach OF a friend sbssv
l. be strictly Just. but not too q,
Budget.
From license fees alone the Ba.
ish Brondcasting Co. gets a reyenv
OF about sl.isO.OOO year.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-17
Our Worst Enemy

RMY by countless millions have been destroy
ing crops lately in Middle Western states. In many
places, they looked like squrming carpets the fields
battle for supremacy this earth is on, between
Insects conquering Boil weev, for instance.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-17
o. Mhnt la a trnnsformcr2
o. who was gnoch Ardent

VI WHO WHH DTUUH NTUCn
a. The hero Of poem On Tcnny-
son. Tic tCas shipwrockcd and forced
no spend mnuv Dcdrs on an unin-
hobitcd island. When rescued At last
ho returned homo TO find his toifc
remarked. UNWILLING 10 disturb her
happiness ho docs not rcreai his
Identify until his death.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-17
x LETTER From
AVRDGE MANN


thing always brag about TO is tbs
There doubt II rains warbled
other drier"-and a
way. and made out Hart
BY golyl wet hata juicy half II soakod
socks and hat like crossed
the street. like not. nearly then
sought sheltered spot TO stand around and
while watched 1t falling there tiny bouncing bubble.
vision In the air that drove There
before clear and plain those childhood ocsai
when heard the falling while playing in tho attic
Who hasn't known tho childish Joys raining DAYS woro
bringing? They carried wfu set our
fances wngngl In house barn. tho seshe voice
OF androps falling put Visions in youthful oyes We heard
Adventure calingl
And these sights that could summer sbover.
from out the Past they brought pleasant half An bo
80 here's little afterthougb behind ~ In
everything good brought who try to find a.
Mvsae Ma~v
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-17

Q. What should one do for plants
infested with white flies and green
bugH9
A. Spray them Nth mirturc Of
I or 2 teaspoonIuls Of nicotine sud-
phdic 10 a gallon Of ioafer tcith f-s
ounce Of soap dissolved IN q.
Q. What is tho address OF the
National Association OF American
Homing Pigeon Fanclcrs7
a. 67s, DitimaH 81. TaooHy.
Philadelphia. Pa.
Q. How did clnqucfoli, or five
fingered grass. get Its namo2 What
is the nature of this grass?
A. The name Is Ia allusion 70 us
fiuc leaflets. ~ forms bv rs long
runners a thick covering on dry
and sterile soils. Ito bright yeIloio
blossoms are quito shopV.
Q. Is II true In every litter of
timber wolves one dog is born
which Is killed by its parents?
A. 10 Is not true.
Q. Is propyr alcohol Intoxicating ?
What are tho restrictions placed on
It's purchase?
a. II Is slightly Intoxicating, but
10 Is also poisonous. There are no
restrictions placed against rs pur-
chase.
Q. What causes foam TO rise on
fruit when put in fruit Jars? How
does one get rid OF it2
a. IL "a caused. usually. By the
gas In the fruit being driucn out
bv the heat Of The cooking. There
does not appear TO be any home
method OF getting rid OF u other
than bv forcing u out teith knife
or spoon.
@. Who were tho architects OF the
Leaning Tower OF Plsa2
A. 10 irds begun by Bondnnus Of
Pisa IN M, continued BIZ william
Of Innsbruck, and completed In
1850.
Q. What Is n rhoostat?
A. An instrument bv Which q
variable or adjustable resistance
mav be introduced into a circuit 10
regulate The strength OF current
as IN the field coils Of motor or
generator, etc.
Q. What Is transformer?
A. A dcuicc for producing. by
means OF an electric current. cur
rent OF dDfcrcn, strength and po-
tcnti1t; especially, form Of Undue
ton coil used In ditcrnatiuD-currc
svstom8 Of electrical distribution. bv
phich current Of high potential "
transformed 10 ono Of lotocr potcr.
tidl, or Uicc DcrSa
Q. Who was Enoch Arden?
a. Tho hero Of n poem On Tcrnv-
son. nc tcus shipwrcckcd and forced
no spend mnuv Doars on an unin.
habitcd island. When rescued nj last,
ho returned home TO find his wifc
remarked. UNWILLING 10 disturb her
happiness, ho docs not rcrsnl his
Identify nHtit bi9 death.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-17
QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS

You can get an answer 20 any
question Of fact or informA-
ton by writing 90 The Question
Editor. stars Washington HUI
rohu. 1879 y, Y. ave. Washington.
for reply, Medical. legal and
marital advice cannot be given,
nor can extended research DO I'M
dortaken. Unsigned requests can
not DO werod.--EDtTOR.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-17
Q. what Is a rhcostat?

U
A. An instrument bv Which q
variable or adjustable resistance
may be introduced into a circuit 10
regulate The strength OF current
as IN the field coils OF motor or
generator, etc.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-17

who war; Europe hunting
for H.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-17

polish a
without the education.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-17

@. Who were tho architects OF the
Leaning Tower OF Plsa2
A. ~ trds begun by Bondnnus Of
Pisa IN M, continued BIZ william
Of Innsbruck, and completed In
1850.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-17

boy Of who drove in Ky
In the wrong direction
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-07-17

For years this company has claimed that Zeroene, be-
it lubrcates better enables the average to go
about five percent farther gallon of gasoline than
when other oils are used
few weeks ago this claim received the most remark
able confirmation in the results of the annual Los Angeles
Camp Curry Yosemite Economy Run. Six out of the
seven trophies offered including the sweepstakes
by Zerolene- fabricated The sweepstakes
winner, Overland Model g. driven by Joe Bozzani
travelling the 400 miles desert and mountain roads,
aged 1896 miles to the gallon of gasoline achievement
which the 1924 contest rules made all the remark
ible they forbade coasting stopping the engine
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-02
Expect Plea Soon for Cut in Sugar Duty

his withdrawal following action by
congress prohibiting the payment of
salaries to members of the tariff COM
mission who might take part in cases
affecting industries in which they were
in any way interested.
The sugar investigation has been the
most important before the tariff COM
mission since enactment of the flexible
tariff law in September 1922. The in
vestigatlon of sugar duties has been in
progress for about year and half.
1t was ordered on the basis of an ap-
plication for a decrease in duty filed
by Americans with sugar interests In
Cuba. The proposed decrease in duty
has been opposed by western beet
sugar interests and Louisiana cane
sugar growers, both of whom have in
sisted that the Fordney -McCumber rate
is not high enough.
President Coolidge's action in this
case will be of far reaching impor-
tance not only because of it's effect
upon the sugar industry, but also be-
cause precedent will be established in
constructing the flexible tariff law.
One of the most important questions
upon which the President must pass is
whether average costs of production
should be figured over a period of
number of years or whether present
conditions should be taken as a basis.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-02
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c. w. Brvan Next President? Capital Asks

To be elected President, candidate
must receive a majority of the cleo
toral college vote.
With LaFollette In the race this
wear and certain to carry several
states, some with large electoral col
lege power, the three-sided struggle is
very likely to result in no candidate
winning majority in the electoral col
lege.
The Constitution provides that in
such case the house of representatives
shall elect from the three highest can
didates. the next President and that
the senate shall elect, from the three
highest candidates for that office, the
next vice president, and that If the
house cannot elect, the senate's choice
for vice president shall become Presl-
dent.
II would be within the power of La
Toilette and three other radical Re
publican senators and the two Farmer
Laborites to put over Gov. Charles w.
Bryan.
The Nebraska governor advocates
measures that do not widely differ
from SOME VI the IHaJ"i PiahN' VI 'S
LaFollette platform. There is no gain
saying the fact that he would be pre-
ferred to Dawes by most of the radi-
cal Republican senators and that he
would stand a better chance than
Dawes of being elected by the present
senate in which LaFollette and his
group hold the balance of power.
All this according to the wiSeacreS
and gossips of the capital.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-02
Vets Still at Sea Over Bonus Payments

der the certificate will be paid the
beneficiary named by him. Certificates
will not be issued to dependents of
veterans who died without having
made applications, but the amounts of
the adjusted service credits due willt
be paid to the dependents in cash in
ten equal quarterly installments, ex-
cept as noted, when the amount is less
than $50 These cash payments will
NOT be begun prior to March l, 1925.
Another feature of the bonus letters
that are being received is the surpris-
ingly large number of veterans said to
have left their wives and families. One
wife writes that after she had been
married but few months she went
visiting and when she returned home
she found her husband had disap-
peared. Now she has n baby to re-
mind her of him and she also has his
discharge papers and a fixed deter
mination to get his bonus. Unfortu-
death she has no claim under the law.
Another wife says her husband Is at
large and she has no means of know
ing where he is, as he gives no adj
dress when he reports. She wants to
know what will become of his bonus il
he does not claim 1t. The only definite
information that can be given her Is
that she cannot claim 1t until she
knows he is dead
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-02
u. S. Turns Down Mutual Assistance Pact

However, it concludes that 1t would
not serve any useful purpose to con-
slider the question of conditional or
partial adherence when the conditions
imposed would of necessity be of
such character as to deprive adher-
ence of any substantial effect"
The communication emphasized the
desire of. the United States that appro-
pirate agreements be reached to limit
ornaments and thus to reduce heavy
burdens on the nation.
1t was pointed out that this desire
was manifested when the American
government convoked the great mill
tary and naval powers to the Wash
ington conference.
The government of the United
States the Washington message read,
having reduced its armament, con-
tinues TO cherish the hope that the de-
sired result N the case of the other
powers may be achieved, and notes
with keen and sympathetic interest
every endeavor to that end
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-02
-HE United States government
has refused to enter into

"HE United States government
has refused to enter into
the treaty Of mutual assistance
proposed by the League of Ma
tions and has made known its deci-
sion to the assembly of the league at
Geneva.
Believing that the fundamental prin-
ciple of the treaty is to provide guar
antees of mutual assistance and to es-
tablish the competency of the council
of the league with respect to any de-
cisions contemplated, the government
said that in view of the United States
Constitution and of the fact that
America is not a member of the league,
1t would find 1t impossible to give its
adherence to the treaty.
Tie communication from Washing
ION added that the government has
not failed to note that under article
IT Of the treaty any state may give its
partial adherence provided it Is pre-
pared to reduce its armaments in con-
formi.y with the treaty.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-02

to buy that farm because
the local farmers had been
furnishing milk hlled with
typhoid germs to the stu
dents in the United States
Naval academy. Congress
loaned the navy $500, 900
with which to buy and
equip that farm. That
money wasn't given. 1t
was loaned. The total cost
plus a running fund was
included in that loan.
That farm is today ono
OF the best in the United
states. 1t has 1926 of tho
best cows you ever saw,
p e d gre e d, profit a b ! e,
healthy. OF which more
than 200 are always fresh.
1t has paid back $4,000 OF
the borrowed money. II
has 100000 more ready to
pay back II congress In.
sists. And II is getting
better and better In every
way every day. 1t could
be sold at n big profit ex-
cept that the navy could
not afford to sell.
1t used to be thought
that the only way to get
into Annap oils was
through congressional ap-
pointment. In 1919 Lieut..
Com. j. Ii. Falge and En-.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-02

THREE of the six members of
the tariff commission are eX
pected shortly to recommend to
President Coolidge a reduction
In the duty on sugar by about one
fourth, 1t Is understood in Washington.
A duty of about 1.35 cents per pound
will be recommended by these three
members, 1t is believed. The present
rate on Cuban sugar, after allowing
for the 20 per cent preferential rate
applying on all imports from Cuba, is
176 cents per pound. The emergency
tariff rate was 16 cents and the for
mer Underwood rate was l cent.
The three commissioners who are
expected to recommend that President
Coolidge reduce the rate to about 1.35
cents under the authority of the fleX-
ible tariff are w. S. Culbertson, vice
chairman, Republican; David ]. Lewis,
Democrat, and E. P. Costigan, indie
pendent.
Retention of the present duty will
be urged, it is thought, by Thomas O..
Marvin, chairman, and William Bur-
CESS, the two protectlonist Republican
members of the commission. The sixth
member, H. II. Classic, Democrat,
withdrew from participation in the
sugar investigation because OF the
financial interest of member of his
family In a Louisiana sugar company,
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-02


to look as though the lesser
brother has real chance"
This is the talk in Washington. The
subject is the Presidency of the United
States The greater brother is William
Jennings Bryan. The lesser Is Charles
w. Bryan, Democratic nominee for the
vice presidency. 1t has been an
nounced that William Jennings Will
campaign for the Democratic ticket,
but, 1t is asserted, the object In view
Is not the election of John w. Davis,
but of the lesser brother, Charles w.
The basis of all calculations Is the
Independent candidacy of Robert La
sin senator, II is believed, will force
the election of President into the
house of representatives, and If he can
effect a deadlock there, which is held
likely, the vice president elected by
the senate will become President.
At national elections, the people in
reality vote for presidential electors
and not for the candidates. 1t is pos
sible for n candidate to receive the
popular vote and still be defeated be-
cause of the uneven powers given to
the states in the electoral college.
The number of electors from each
state is equal to that states repre-
sentation in congress, so heavily popu-
lated states, like New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Illinois, have preponderant
strength, as they do in conventions.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-02

u EANY letters to Washing
II ton these days come from
Vl world war veterans who are
anxious to know how much
money they are to receive and
when they are to receive it-all de-
spite the repeated and widely an
nounced statements during the prog
ress of the passage of the adjusted
compensation bill that the law would
not provide for the payment of cash
bonus.
Only in one case will payment be
made in cash, officials announce, and
that is In the instance where adjusted
service credits amount to $50 or less
Such veterans will be paid the full
amount in cash, but no payments will
be made until March 1, 1925. The
same exception Is made for the duly
entitled dependents of such veterans
who are deceased.
All other veterans or their depend
ents will receive adjusted service GER
tificates, dated January 1, 1925, when
application has been made prior to
that date, but when the application is
made thereafter the certificates will be
dated as of the first day Of the month
in which the applications are made.
At the end of 20 years from date
the certificates will be redeemed in
cash, or If the veteran should die with
In that period the full amount due un-
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-02


months practice cruise in European waters will
be In continuous need of pity
1t back in the old days before the Civil
that the middies used to cruise around Chesa-
peake bay. Ii in the early Fifties that the
practice cruises We're begun. The first cruising
middes navigated Chesapeake bay the John
Hancock and finished up the sloop of
Preble Off the coast of Maine During the Civil
war the mlddies got their practice Union ships
searching for Confederate prlvnteers. One of the
later practice ships the famous old sailing
friGate Constellation, built in 1885, which took a
summer cruise every year from 1871 to 1893. In
the period of American naval decadence after the
Civil war the middies got their practice on almost
any old kind of hull that would float
At that their lot was happy compared with that
of the middes of the still older days Originally
n midshipman a sort of messenger boy on a
ship of to errands for the officers. The
old dogs Of early days did not believe in edu-
eating these embryo admiruls and gave them few
advantages.
In the American navy of a hundred years ago
the mlddies were so much to be pitied that they
came to be scandal. They n pennlless a
knockednbout half-starved and ragged lot Here's
what usually happened when of warshps
touched at a foreign port. The middes took
ashore with them everything portable and saabIe
--sextants, chronometers and the ke-determined
to have square meal at all costs
Nowadays a middle has clothes, lots of clothes
white service. blue service dress uniforms, etc,
etc. whole wardrobe, In those days there
weren't clothes enough go around. Why the
scarcity of clothing got TO he joke all along
coast. 1t was well understood that not more than
n third or a half Of the midshpmen's mess could
oe counted to attend governors ball or other
social function. So the hosts and hostesses had
good laugh the minority representation and
the bare majority that stald aboard ship.
Speaking of clothes everyone knows that a
Uniform plays havoc with maiden's heart Why
no less than of this years class got married
the minute the graduating exercises were over
Chaplain Sydney X. Evans performing
riages right the spot. Doubtless there were
some real rnmances; the fame of the sailor
lover is worldwide Anyway, ensign from Ar
zona married maid from Charleston. S. c.. a
hero from New York city captured bride from
Halifax n. s., and an embryonic admiral from
Utah made Annapolis beauty strike her colors
And when the 1000 undergraduates went aboard
the warshlps for foreign waters bound-what Il
scene was staged at Santee basin. Girls, girls,
girls in the crowd the dock to say farewell for
three long mOnths-and maybe forever-and not
few of them in tears subchasers and cutters
carried away the middies to the big fighting ships
the bay.
These are the warshps of the squadron: Wyo-
ming (nngshp) New York, Texas and Arkansas.
Vice Admiral Newton A. McCully is the squadron
commander. The senior officer aboard the flag
ship. representing the Naval academy and In d.
rect charge of the middies. is Commander Charles
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-02
-zzA4czuF za4ST EzE Gz4RH

Were poor little mids who have lost way
Bah! Bahl Bah!
Cruising around Chesapeake bay
Bah! BAH Bahi
Gentlemen sailors from lee,
Bound to hell for eternity;
God have pity such we
Bah! Bah! BAIL
Navy Song.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-02

w s:::s; Ct: %:: ::s ~ 4 4? { ::: s: :
to look as though the lesser
The Colorado statesman., 1924-08-02
BY JOHN DICKINSON SIBERIAN

/ e i :
oils, Md, Cradle of the Navy" doesn't
a \ seem to be such an awful bad sort of
place And it's fair guess that the
~ 900 undergraduate mdshipmen who
Evening star., 1924-11-04
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 4-To-
nights early election returns showed
President Coolidge leading his two
opponents by overwhe Ginning majori-
ties in New England, New York, Ohio
and Illinois, with their big blocks of
electoral votes.
The President likewise was hold
ing the advantage by a lesser margin
in several of the States that had been
claimed in the prediction forecasts
of the Davis and La Toilette man
ayers, including Indiana, Iowa, West
Virginia and Maryland.
So strong was the Coolidge tide
that at $3.50 pm. eastern standard
time, the New York World. which
has supported Davis, conceded the
election of Coolidge.
At the same time the World claim
cd New York State for Gov. Alfred E.
Smith. despite n tremendous lead for
his Republican opponent, Theodore
Roosevelt, in upstate counties. In
New York City Smith was leading
Roosevelt, two to one.
No House Upsets.
Up to $50 pm, eastern standard
from upward of hundred congress
sional districts, most of them in the
Democratic solid South, without a
single upset.
Democratic Senators in the South
were chosen by the usual majority,
and the re- election cf Senator Borah.