davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1924-03-12
FAIR SKIES In view
FOLLOWING STORM
Weather Bureau, However, Pre-
diets Drop in Local Tempera-
ture Tonight.

Emerging from the worst storm il
has experienced in twenty years
Washington may look forward to
continued fair weather. but with a
falling temperature, the mercury
probably dropping to below freezing
by tonight, the weather bureau pre-
dicted today.
The sudden northeaSter that whip
ped over the Capital yesterday and
the night before. causing the death
of one person, slight injuries to many
others, crippling communication syS-
roaring seaward over the New Eng
land states today, with unabated
fury.
Gale Gains Momentum.
Instead of losing it's terrific velocity
momentum on it's journey northward
and Maj. Bowie. the forecaster, said
he believed it would cross the At
lantic into Europe, causing serious
Interference to liners now at sea.
Reports from the north, he said, in
dicate that other sections suffered
worse from the storm than Washing
ton.
The only fatality of the storm
in this section was that of Joseph
~ liCll vi ISitCIudlc, hu., WIN
was killed when he fell through the
roof of a chickencoop late yester-
day while trying to remove the heavy
cnow from it. Numerous accidents
were reported to the police late yes
terday. due to slippery streets and
scattered debris. but none threatened
serious consequences.
Damage RepairerS at Work.
Small armies of men were busy
fn6 iy-ip -
munication both in and out of the
city. Only one wire was reported
in condition to the west, but the tele-
graph companies expected to have
several others before nightfall. Hun
dreds of telephone lines are still down
in Washington and it probably will
be several days before repair crews
can restore conditions to normal.
Communications with the south
have been partially restored and it
still is possible to keep in touch with
the north, although the bulk Of traf-
over underground wires.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company estimates its loss
during yesterdays storm as 100000
They declare that the storm was only
rivaled in the amount OF tie-up by
the storm during the Inauguration OF
President Taft.
Fifteen thousand telephones are out
of commission in Maryland, with
5000 poles down. Two thousand tele-
phones are out of commission in the
District, 1000 telephones useless in
Virginia and 1000 poles down.
Two thousand men are working to
repair the havoc, some of the men
having been imported from other
sources. Despite this fact the tele-
phone company declared that it will
be a week or ten days before full
service will be restored to all the
stricken parts.
Some Lines Restored.
The lines between Washington, An
napolis and Baltimore have been re-
stored and the telephone company
expects to resume It's service on the
eastern shore OF Maryland later today
Because of the severity of the storm
the telephone company has decided
on the bills Of subscribers whose
phones were put out Of commission.
Evening star., 1924-03-12
Boon to Hospitals.

Radium still chiefly is valuable as
a healing agency. The boon Of the
discovery to hospitals all over the
world can hardly ce estimated. scien-
lists here claiR. Hundreds Of such
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-29

FOR SALE acres, stumps ali
out. Adjoining the old Portage
school. Will sell cheap for cash or
will sell on terms.-Mrs. &. n.
Salyer, Box 535, Auburn, Wash.
16-tf.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-29

The Acquittal is great play
and on the same evening a serial
feature is starting in the VaShon
theatre-Wednesday. March 5.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-29
VASHON HEIGHTS
Mrs. L. Morgen Debbler, chairman
publicity committee Improve
ment Club.

Mrs. Mae Lawrence, who has
been spending the winter months
with her daughter in Port An
geles, is expecting to return to her
home on the Heights in the early
part of March.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-29
NOTICE

The P. 7. A. will give Saint
Patrick's entertainment at the
Vashon high school on Friday,
March IA. Keep the date
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-29

Mr.. and Mrs. SilaS Hewett Of
Bremerton, who spend their sum
mers at their Heights home, visit
ed on the island last Sunday.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-29

Mrs. Henry Brosseau entertain
ed the members of the Inter Nos
Card Club with a lovely luncheon
on Thursday of this week.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-29

A number of Heights residents
attended the meeting of the
Commercial Club on Tuesday.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-02-29
Important Event"

Meeting of the VaShon Heights
Improvement Club, March 10
Evening star., 1924-10-10

cution. Graver questions have been
avoided In Commons. and still graver
ones may come to the fore later that
would make a much more effective
campaign cry as a reason for ousting
the ministry. But it is perhaps felt
that since neither Of the old-time par
ties, now in opposition, has any pros
pect Of securing an issue against
both it's traditional rival and the new
conner in the political field they may
as well go to the country now on the
general record Of the Laborite gov
ernrnent and take chance on effect.
ing a coalition that will, in the event
Of a successful polling, result in
time-serving combination.
Taken altogether it would seem that
Macdonald has rather outmaneuvered
the opposition. He has chosen the i'm
mediate issue on which the appeal is
to be made to the electorate. He has
record of administrative accomplish
ments which cannot be impugned. On
the Russian treaties question he might
have been weaker. but the Conserva-
tives and Liberals chose to ignore that
Issue and played into his hands by
their failure to combine in a defeat.
ing vote. The fact seems to be that
both the Conservatives and the Lib
erals lack leadership and programs.
Thus it is quite possible tha: the cleo
tions on the Goth will return a suf-
fc.rnt Laborite membership to enable
Macdonald to continue in office
Evening star., 1924-10-10

the mighty range the ship sailed on.
Her next port is San Diego, Calf,
and it may be that before this page
Is under readers eyes dispatches
telling of her arrival at the Pacific
will be received ct Washington. The
Shenandoah's is one of the historic
voyages of the world and is stirring
the interest of millions of people who
follow the course of the ship as well
as they can.
Another great dirigible, the ZR-3.
makes ready for a voyage, which, if
successful, will be an important chap
ter in air travel. An Associated Press
dispatch from Germany says that
Saturday morning is the time set for
the departure of the ship from Fried
richshafen for 1.akehurst, n. J. 1t
may be that along with dispatches
that the Shenandoah is sailing along
the Pacific coast will also be printed
dispatches telling that the Zeppelin
R-3 is passing between Europe and
America by the air route. Good luck
be with these ships,
Evening star., 1924-10-10
The German Loan.

1t is expected that next Tuesday an
issue OF German government bonds to
the amount OF 500. .O00, 900 will be of
fcred to American investors, under
the Dawes reparation plan. The inter-
est rate will be per cent, and the
price to the public will be such as to
make the yield a little more than 7l2
per cent Confidence is felt in New
York that the issue will be quickly
subscribed.
This loan is for the purpose Of
enabling Germany to start on a finan-
rency, to re-eStablish her industries
and especially to meet her obligations
to the allied countries incurred by
her war making. 1t is for the sake Of
general European peace and conse-
quently world peace that this adjust
ment has been made and this loan has
been arranged.
American investors will be asked to
buy these bonds both as good security
yielding a profitable return and as a
stability to the European countries.
This is not an altogether unseltish pur-
pose. American business is affected.
1t is to the interest Of American manu-
facturers that the markets of the Old
World should be brought back to nor
NAL condition. Every participant in
the process Of trade is concerned.
Prejudice against the German bonds
OF the score of the feeling against
that country is not likely to prevail to
offered is attractive. The bonds are
intended to help France, Belgium and
other allied lands quite as much as, if
not more, than Germany. But preju-
dice is smaller factor than the ques-
tion as to security. The bonds have a
sound foundation. At the London con-
ference at which the Dawes plan was
finally adopted care was taken to in.
sure that the issue should be safe
guarded.
At the present rate Of interest
which prevails in the bond market
these securities are especially attrac-
tive. They are reminiscent of the war
time issues, which ranged at rates far
above the normal levels. Running for
25-year period. they offer opportu
nifty for a substantial investment, and
there can be no doubt that the issue
will be quickly absorbed. perhaps far
oversubsribed Immediately upon the
definite placement Of the bonds on the
market.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
National Stadium
Urged by DIR. Wiley
To tn. Editor of The Star:

To tn. Editor of The Star:
The dominating news of the last
few weeks discloses how human hu-
manity is. Every normal human be-
ing loves sport. Every normal hu-
man being loves a contest, or. if may
put it in more common language, a
fight. Even a dog fight will attract
a very large gathering in few
moments if it is staged in the vicinity
of a crowded locality.
The Congress of the United States
has promoted almost all industries,
either by tariff or by favorable legis-
lation. or in some other way, and all
good works, particularly those of edu-
cation and human welfare. There is
provided in the National Capital head
quarters for the care of child birth,
for the prevention of disease, for the
dissemination of knowledge. for the
distribution of information on all
agricultural matters, and for the pro-
motion of proper living conditions and
nutrition.
The United States also has national
sports. Our citizens have carried off
the honors in the international Olymp-
ic games. The Army and Navy meet
in annual contests of base ball and
foot ball. In view of all these mat
ity for sport, it seems to be advisable
to erect a national stadium devoted
to manly sport as a recognition of
this very human attitude of humanity.
Such a stadium might also be very
properly used for international con-
tests that are not strictly official. If
such a stadium had already been
erected here, 100000 of our citizens
who failed to secure tickets to the
world series would have been pro-
vided for in this stadium devoted to
the highest class of sport.
Fortunately, not only would the
maintenance of such a national stad-
ium be possible by voluntary contribu-
tion, but also the interest on it's cost
could be repaid and a sinking fund
established which would eventually
make it free of any Government ex-
penditure. For the sake Of orderly OBJ
servance it would be necessary to
charge n small Zee for the priv
ilege of sitting in the stadium
This charge on account of the large
number who would attend would be
ample for maintenance and as sink
ing fund.
1 believe that such an Undertaking
would gain the enthusiastic support
Of a vast majority of our citizens. We
all know the value of play. We are
not spending as much money on play
grounds as we should. If the nation
al legislature would set the example
of recognizing sport as one of the
elements of good citizenship and virile
humanity, it would be proper stimu-
lus for more Fairgrounds all over the
country. Let us have a national stad =
iumi II. W. WILEY.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
THIS AND THAT
BY C.. E. TRACEWELL.

Letting well enough alone is on
! of the hardest things to do in life. 1t
is problem we face from the days
we first burn our fingers on the stove
Upon its successful solving depends
much of the happiness of the individ-
ual
well enough alone will not need any
book on How to BE "a Success" to
| explain to him the conduct Of life in
its perplexing details. He may or may
not possess a college education. it
thing even better.
He knows enough to let well enough
alone!
1here Is many Il prominent man in
politics today who could tell YOU tales
out of school if he chose-only he
does not-ahout when affairs would
nave been better all around if some
thing or other only had been left
alone.
If only Mr. Cox had not talked too
nuch during his campaign. If only the
democrats in the present national
contest do not overdo their attacks
upon President Coolidge.
4 y X j;
Speaking of radio, in nothing is
the virtue of letting well enough
alone better exemplified.
Every owner of a radio receiving
set will bear me out in this. from the
crystal set fan to the proud possessor
of super -hetrodyne.
The bird with his crystal set, hitch
ed TO the near end of the longest and
highest aerial he can rig up. tickles
al !,
whisker. gets the stuff coming fine.
He ought to be content, but he is not.
Wonder if I can't get it a little
louder he asks his wife.
She refuses To aid him
1t is coming in nice" she SAYS
You better let well enough alone"
Nothing Will do him, however, but
to try an adjustment of the cat
whiskcr. Accordingly, he raises the
fine Bit Of wire. the music disappears
he bends over To make another-and
better adjustment.
Does he do it?
He does not He taps the wire here
and there, until he gets nervous
enough to throw the whole SCI out
the window, but he never again hits
that fine spot he had
The owner OF a tube set has his
troubles too. He has Pittsburgh, or
schenectady, or Springfield, or some
other hard-to- get station like that
tuned in just To the taste Of visitors
Not thr easiest thing ia the world to
do. II you ask any fan.
IN clear il up Bit" lie announces.
with the air of a Connoisseur. II is
a bit rough on the edges"
Roaring out OF the loud speaker
the volume OF sound is pictured men,
tally as q cone. Writers on music,
with their bunk about delicate
traceries of lac, like pearls" reach
INTO all arts and sciences for simiIcs
Rather neat. ch. to liken the music
from loudSpeaher to a cone, and
speak of il as being "a bit rough or
the edges"
The fan grabs the dial. aiming to
give IT that mcrest infnitesimal twist
to clear up the signals. He turns
and the music disappears From
something. he is reduced to nothing
all because he did not know enough
TO let well enough alone
y p
Then there is the man who never
gives his furnace credit for perform
ing properly
He must be poking il all the time
or shaking the very life out of its
Evening star., 1924-10-10
IN TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT
BY PAUL =. COLLINS.

man living who had pioneered by all
TOUR means of tranScontinental travel
discovered that $4,000 fans were
splitting throats and straining eyes
because he, Ezra Meeker, the cyno-
sure of the bleachers, the idol of all
sporthood, was there himself,
"Howdy, folks. Everybody well?"
Every time Ezra Meeker comes to
Washington there is a new President
In the White House, and so he has to
explain all over again that he is busy
marking the great ''Old Oregon
Trail of 1852, and he hopes the
President realizes its importance and
will push through Congress the Smith
bill, II. r. 6494 to establish officially
the trail. Is it not supported in the
Senate by the gentleman from Ore
gon, Senator Jones? With the COM
bination of Smith and Jones it must
pass. Mr. Meeker may be 100 years
old before all the monuments and
markers are set along that trail, but
the job has got to be done and done
correctly. He was in that first trek
he and his young wife and six
week-old baby. Wife and he were
under % years of age. That baby is
now 72 years old and stands alone.
Busy young 'un! How everything
grows,
x 1; =
All Oregon land that covered
Washington, Idaho and British CO.
lumbia) was under the shadow of a
clouded title in those first days. The
United States Government hardly yet
had graSped the meaning of Marcus
Whltman's message as to it's bound
less resources. Secretary of State
Daniel Webster thought more of the
Newfoundland fisheries than of all
the Great American Desert" Presi-
dent Tyler listened to the enthusi-
astic missionary, Whitman, and con-
ceded that Oregon was a great coun-
try, but what of that, since no wagon
could ever cross the Rocky Noun
tains? Whitman, in amaZement at
the blindness of statesmen, point ed
to the fact that he and his compan-
ions. with OK teams, had carried
wagons through Natchez Pass. Ore
gon was accessible! Oregon must be
saved. Fifty four forty or fight
the campaign cry.
1t was only five years after Whit
man and his wife had been mas
sacred by Indians that Ezra Meeker
and family had spent 1000 hours with
oxen meandering through that Nat
chez Pass. Last week he flew over
the same route in 13H hours. Future
American histories will give him
whole chapters. Eighteen years after
he had reached Oregon he wrote a
little pamphlet about the resources
of washington Territory Beyond the
Cascades" Upon the front page is an
announcement that the pamphlet
could be bought for so cents. Last
week three collectors Of rare books
paid 500 apiece for three copies
thereof, and when a reader called for
the pamphlet at the Congressional
Library, it was intrusted to him only
on condition that he sit in a certain
seat, where he could be watched un-
til he returned it to the archives. Mr.
Meeker has written several other
books of the great romance of the
opening of the West, but they are
not yet out of print and so do not
appeal, except to real readers-not
collectors.
Copyright. 1924. by Paul V. Collins.)
Evening star., 1924-10-10
The Airships.

News from the Shenandoah is IA
vorable. Dispatches this morning
told that the ship was crossing the
Rocky Mountains and driving ahead
at a speed of "a miles an hour" The
dispatch sent from the ship among
the clouds said: 1.-THE giant craft at
times rose gradually until between
the highest peaks it was at an alti-
tude Of $500 feet, following a new
and uncharted course, with only a
winding white ribbon Of highway or
a glistening black railway track as
uncertain guides"
Crossing at a speed of "a miles an
hour the Rocky Mountains, the tallest
barrier in its course, must give a
thrill to the voyagers, and should give
a thrill to most persons who look at
dnental trains wind and toll along
the upgrades in getting, through the
high passes OF the chain.
A few hours from Fort Worth.
Tex, the first stop of the ship be.
tween the Atlantic and Pacific, the
Shenandoah came to Ell Paso. and a
message sent to earth said that "Sail.
ing over the mountains, twisting,
turning, rising and falling like a
great bird until the Rio Grande glis-
tened ahead, the giant craft turned
her nose toward the city's lights. hov.
cred a while over the border metropo-
lis and then crossed the river, leaving
the Texas plains behind"
From the vast plains to the foot
hills Of the Rockies and then owe,
Evening star., 1924-10-10
Scandal Leaves Confidence
In National Game Unshaken

Confidence in the honesty of the
national game as a whole runs through
most of the editorial comment on pro-
the editors who take the most ia
vorable view are emphatic in their de-
mands for further and searching in
vestigation to cleanse the sport OF
taint. 1t is taken for granted that
Coach Dolan and Outfielder O'Connell
of the New York Nationals were not
acting for themselves in Offering
Philadelphia player money to help New
York win from Philadelphia in one of
the final games of the National League
pennant race.
Nothing but the most searching in
vestigation will put the game back in
public favor" declares the Cincinnati
Times-Star Nobody believes that
O'Connell offered his own $500 to Sand,
the honest shortstop of the Philadelphia
team" What the public that is sup
porting base ball has a right to know.
says the New York Evening Post, lis
who furnished, or was to furnish, that
$500. 1t is foolish to suppose that
Dolan and O'Connell were not agents
for somebody. Outfielders and team
coaches are not carrying around $500
bills of their own to buy games from
opposing teams"
The New York Evening World sug-
gests that a task for Commissioner
Lands is to devise some way of
stimulating Dolan's memory. THE
heavier the penalty this paper adds,
and the more searching the inquiry
the more completely may CommiS-
sioner Lands count on support from
the fans. They are not satisfied now,
and will not be satisfied with less
than the most sweeping investigation.
no matter how high it may hit" If
there is no means of Furnishing by
law, the San Francisco Bulletin de-
clares, they can at least be exposed
as assassins of the character of the
national sport" What Judge Lands
and President Johnson and President
Heydler should realize, adds the Mil
waukee Journal, "is that the whole
future of base ball is involved. The
way to meet that future is complete
and thorough airing"
The Springfield News holds: THE
probabilities are that the mischief
was done by some outside petty gam
blers Wherever disgrace has come
to honest sports the gamblers have
been responsible for it, 1t is that
aspect of the case, thinks the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer, which renders de-
sirable the resifting of the evidence
and a thorough investigation of all
the circumstances leading up to the
offered bribe," for 'it is gambling on
the outside, rather than crookedness
within, which is base balls greatest
menace TIE Springfield Republican