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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-13
HOLD SPEEDBOAT
Suspected as One Mixed Up
in Vancouver HijaCking

Believed 20 be the aftermath Of an
attempted hijaeiSing episode al Van
couvcr. u, c. last week. customs
officials here were holding tho speed,
boat s22.M following i,A seizure In
Lake Union Sunday afternoon By the
coast guard.
Customs officials. IN tho absence
Of Collector Mlllard T. Harrison. Mon,
day. claimed ignorance OF tho charge
upon which tho boat IL held. tho
Capt. r. q. Dodge. Of tho coast
guard. said that tho seizure was
made upon request % tho customs
department.
Tho 22sM. reputsdly a booze run
ncr. Is listed as belonging 10 George
=. Carey. and was mentioned last
week In Vancouver dispatches as
having attempted TO hhjack a large
cargo Of booze after u had been
seized aboard the Tacoma boat. Eva
H.. of Vancouver. Another boat
nearby AZ tho time OF tho capture
escaped Later. a boat. said 10 have
been the 2g7.M. returned and en-,
gagged In short gun battle with a
Canadian customs boat. but was
driven off
The Sam Is IS feet long. Of sfoo'
beam and Il powered by two 400
horsepower engines. prohibition mer
here say.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-13
CEMENT TRUST
KICK DENIED
Treasury Allows Foreign
Cement TO Be Sold

Protests by the Portland Cement
trust that foreign shipments Of
cement were being dumped Ia the
state o. Washington 20 tho drtris
mcnt OF that industry have come 20
nauEht az the 4, 3 treasury de-
partmcnt.
w A. jain s Co. Seattle import
ers of building materials. opposed
by the cement trust are Ia rS,
eclpt OF u letter today from d, W
Camp. director OF customs ~ the
Z, = treasury department az Wash
lnEton. which says;
Referring 10 previous correspond
enee relative 20 the suspected dump
ms Of Portland cement from various
European countries. you arc advised
that after careful consideration Of
all the evidence presented by and
on behalf OF the parties IN interest
the department has reached the con,
clusion that tho issuance Of a nnd.
ing OF dumping Is not justified and
had declined TO issue such a nnd'
ing
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-13
Tibet angle
LETTER FROM JOHN ALDEN
PRESCOTT TO SYDNEY
CARTON. CONTINUED

No. my dear boy" continued my
Il would not think Of
saddllnE my great business on Karl
whitney, II would absolutely sub.
merge him. lie couldn't possibly
swim out II would shorten his lie
as we'll as make Il unbcarablo hs
long as he lived
You. John, ar, different. You
like TO achieve You're aggressive,
and little biz vain and conoelied,
You're apt 20 think that your way
is the only way, You will take up
the responsibilities that am handing
over 10 you and glory In them.
7 have made sou tho executor Of
ms will. and named you as manager
Of tho steel plant Because Of this
I have arbitrarily fixed your salary.
until the death 81 my wife. NJ least.
at ftfty thousand dollars a year. To
Alice. my wife. will be given the In.
como OF one.third Of all my invest.
mentn. Tho home IA already hers. az
Is tho camp IN tho Adlrondacks.
The other two.thirda will bn al,
vidsd into thirds. one OF which will
so 70 Aiice. ono 10 Leslie. and one
third 20 little Jack. Alice really does
not need any OF my wealth. ms Kari
has probably settled million dollars
on her-he told me he was going 20
when no asked me 20 give him my
youngest daughter However, that
seems 10 mo 20 be about the best ar
rRngrmsnt can mako now.
"of course. you understand 10 per
cent Of my income has always been
put aside for charity. and this viii
go on. ~ long as the business ia
held IN trust. which win be until tho
death Of my wife.
My boy. / am asking great deal
Of you. am asking YOU 10 work
for your wife and your child-or chill.
dren. might say-bceausc az the
death Of my wife. her share will be
distributed between my Erandchll-
dren."
There. sgd. YOU see rs all cut out
for me. and think Il is something
much better than I deserve. for Of
course shall accept Il. I wrote you
In my last letter that I would not
take over the management while Mr,
Hamilton lived. but the whole thing
has very different aspect now.
Mr Hamilton certainly showed his
ability 10 judge men. lie knew
couldn't work with Karl whitney.
lie says Karl whitney Is even n
better man than I. and think per.
haps he r.. but II he had put us both
on IA executors II Is very probably
Alice would have influenced her hus.
band TO hamper mo on every side.
know the less have 20 do with that
young woman the better Il viii be for
all concerned.
I'm very glad 20 have Mrs. Ather.
ton with me. for you know she
worked for Mr.. Hamilton and prac-
tically did his advertising. viii put
her in charge OF that part OF Il when
! am manager.
II looks MS tho / were Just waiting
for dead mems shoes. sgd. but /
know am only doing what Mr..
Hamilton would wish mo TO do-pre.
pairing for what he as we'll as know
IL inevitable.
IN close this letter now, however.
and write you again after you have
told me what you think OF II all.
JACK.
Copyright. 1894. y. =. A. Service. 1nc.)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-13
Wheeler on Way
to Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES. Cal. Oct. IA
Senator Burton X. Wheeler. indie.
pendent vice presidential candidate.
will return 20 Los Angeles this
afternoon from San Diego and TO.
night address an audience In the
Hollywood bowl.
Wheeler passed thru this city late
yesterday and continued on 10 San
Diego. where he speaks at noon to.
day.
II have been pleased by the en-.
thuSiastic demonstration I have re.
celved I'm California" Wheeler told
n committee OF Ia Follette.Wheeler
boosters. who met his train here.
ION the way down from San
Francisco, we were welcomed at
every station. Unless the voters are
intimidated between now and cleo.
ton, La Toilette will be victor.
II have found in my tour Tint
the ruling OF tho supreme court In
refusing TO allow the names OF Ia
Toilette electors on the ballot has
done vastly more good than harm
TO our ticket"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-13
LAY THE STONE
New Chamber Cornerstone
Being Set Monday

4. ]. Fiskan. chairman Of the
chambers building committee. was 10
preside at p. m. Monday at the lay.
ing Of the cornerstone OF tho new
Chamber OF Commerce building at
Third ave. and Columbia st. The
structure. 10 be completed by Janu.
airy /. is the first home not rented,
that the chamber hero has had in It's
&c years OF existence.
Judge Thomas Burke. Seattle At.
torney. only living charter member
Of the organization. and It's first sec.
rotary. was to head the speakers list
after tho cornerstone was laid by
President David whitcomb. a metal
receptacle In the heart OF the stone
will perpetuate records and achieve.
ments OF tho chamber. list Of the
present officers and other literature
in connection with the organization.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-13
GUN FAILED HIM
And So Youth Is SIugged by
Tacoma "CoveralI Bandit"

TACOMA. oct. l1.--wh,n his re
yolvcr failed 10 firs after he had
pointed Il at tho head OF the cover
all bandit here last night. Alvin
Myhrc. 'proprictor OF n grocery store.
was EluEEed b. the robber. who made
his escape.
a. c. Myhrs. father OF the wound
ID youth. succeeded In saving the
money. which was being carried 70
their homo adjoining the store.
Young Myhrc suffered a deep cash
on his forehead.
Police have been trying for two
weeks 10 capture tho "coverall ban
dit" 70 called because Of his dress,
Ho r. credited with several rob,
berries.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-13
Jimmies Unlocked
Safe, Get Nothing

A ycgg with strong back and
weak brain, spent several weary
hours pounding open steel safe
in the office OF the worthen Mar.
tinsco.. $500 Maynard ave, satur.
day night. This despite tho fact
that the safe hnd been left un.
locked and required no cxertlon to
open. He left empty handed. hav.
ing gained nothing but an aching
back. and forgot his overcoat.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-13
For Constipated Bowels, Headache, Colds,
Sour Stomach, Gases, Bilousness

will he no bowel poison to cause
colds, sick headache, dizziness. bill.
BUSINESS or sour stomach. More
men, women ond children take Cas-.
carots than all other laxatlvcs and
cathartlcs combined. 10 cent boxes
also 90 and 80 cent sizes. Any
drug store. Advertisement.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-13
Sweet Chestnuts
Grow in Seattle

Have you seen any sweet chest
nuts growing in scat,lo7 T. d. Nor.
man. sos sath ave, claims 10 have
a tree that has been bearing three
years. He brought the seed from
Ohio it years ago. The sweet chest.
nut grows we'll In Ohio. but Is rath.
or n curiosity out here, Norman
says. II Is better eating than the
regular chestnut. Norman's chest.
nuts arc beginning TO ripcn now.
the big pods showing as many rs
five nuts clustered inside when they
crack open.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-13
Cynthia Grey
BY CYNTHIA GREY
Girl Disappointed in Love Would Shut Her
self Up for Life in Convent-What She
Needs Is Society and Plenty Of Hard Work
BY CYNTHIA GREY

Dear Miss Grey: girl who has been disappointed
in the great love of lifetime. will marry because
l cannot have the man | love-
would like TO spend the rest Of my life in solitude
have decided the best way to do this would be TO enter
convent and become nun.
not a silly young girl but am neai % years old
However my girl chum says am crazy and that surely
will repent such move and she also says they wouldn't
accept me in convent. Is this true? l..
prd certainly qualify girl become
NoNices give different better wanting 10 take the veil
You would be guided chus advice she has best
Interest heart Not solitude but society and great deal Of hard work
Is what
Solitude selfish indulgence being Work
wholesome struggle sanity health
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-13
Resume Cop Probe
Again on Tuesday

The city council efficiency com.
nittss probo Of the police depart.
ment viii 30 resumed at hearings
this week. beginning Tuesday morn.
ing. and continuing Tuesday after.
noon and probably Wednesday and
Friday mornings. according 20 Ralph
u. Nichols. chairman Of the com.
mittee
No sessions we're held last week
because Robert y. HeSksth and Mrs.
Iandss. two COMMITTEES members
had other committee work.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-13
Lose Your Fat,
Keep Your Health

Hupsrfluous nssh T. not healthy Ssith-
sr Il it healthy 90 diet Or sdsrriss too
murh. The simplest mrfhod kuuau for
reducing ths oYsrfat todY easily and
steadily Il the Marfnola Method. tried
znd endorsed BY thousands NaFmbla
Prescription Tablets r8niain an exact
doss % The famous MarHsla Pres ri ption,
These fablsis ere cold - druggists the
uaFiG over AZ one dallsr Tor t1H They
are PLEASANT % take aad leave no
wrinkles o. fabbinssa ThsY are popular
because effective and convenient Ask
your drurisi for them or send price a.
rect % ths Msfmsia CO. General Motors
nldE Detroit. Mich. and procure = bon,
AHWUFftssmsFF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-13

Doesn't hurt one Bit Drop n
little "Freczone" on an aching corn,
instantly that corn stops hurting.
then shortly you lift il right of
with fingers
Your druggist sells tiny bottle
Of "Freezone" for few cents. sui.
ficicnt TO remove every hard corn.
soft corn. or corn between the toes,
and tho foot calluscs. without sore.
ness or irritation. Advertisement
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-13

Enjoy the incest, gontlest liver
and bowel clcasing YOU ever ex.
perienccd by taking one or two
candylilte Cnscarets. any time. They
physic your bowels fully. All the
waste and sour bile will
move out OF the bowels without
gripping or stirring YOU up. There
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-13
Complains Of
Blasting

Dear Miss Grey ! would like 20
ask sou what should do or can
ID about a ncighbor who h blasting
stumpu and rocks Roots and bark
fail over tho garden and holes are
made In the roof. Can I stop him
from doing ~ ~. X
You should take the matter mp
with tho sheriff OF your county.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-13

and make my skin clear AGAIN. /
win bo truly grateful for your az.
sittuuCr. MRS T.,
ones diet IL an important factor
Drink plenty of water. exercise Ia
the open air. eat simple foods, avoid
ing rich meats, pastries, c0nfee
tions. etc.
The following formulas were given
out ty Billie Burke, famous stage
and screen star
Nepthal. Erammes. sulphur
iprcelpL 20 grammss. potash soap,
20 grammcs,
Where the blaekhsads are accom-.
panied by plmplss and suppsplion.
use this lotion frequently
Prceip. sulphur. draehm, tInct.
camphor. dfaehm. glycerine,
dmehm. rose water. Z dFachms.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-13
Cure for
BleRlishcs

Dear Miss Grey ! have been
bothered with blackhrads and PIN.
piles for a long time and wish TO
get rid of them. II there anything
1 can uas 20 make them SO away
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-30
JACK TURNER GUEST
 OF OPTIMIST CLUB
Age-H Herald Orator After HonOrs
 In All-Southern Event

Jack Turner, Phillips High school student, who won The Age Herald's $ 1oratorical contest for Alabama last week. was the guest and principal speaker at the Optimist clubs weekly luncheon at the Tutwiler hotel Tues day in keeping with Boys Week pro- grams.
 Turner voiced qualification at being present at the meeting and declared with the backing of the organization he would do his best in the southern end of the national contest to be held soon He outlined the interest taken by his school in the competition when it orig mated and added he felt that except for their active work he would not have been s.lucly..
 A second speaker to. address the meeting was Mrs. c. J. Sharp, who asked co-operation of the orgafsfzafion on the clean-up campaign being foss tered by the Axis club. This, members heartily assured her.
 The speaker also stressed the i'm portance of the landscape artist who is being brought to Birmingham and said she believed q great amount of i'm provement would result from it.
 One new member, Hal E. Duncan, druggist, was taken into the club. A communication from the St. Louis Op- timist club asking that delegates to the convention in Milwaukee join their party was read.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-30
DENY PARK BOARD
 CONCESSION FEES
City Needs Funds For Other
 Uses, Commission Agrees

Move we table that It was Com missioner ". E. Dickson speaking, at the meeting of the city commission Tues day morning.
 Second fiie- motion. came from President D. E. McLtndon.
 A resolution had been read which provided that all fees collected from concessioners in parks and natatoriums in which the city. Is interested, and similar income be turned over to the park board.
 It was the first time in many months that members of the commission had moved to kill n proposition without dis cussi0n.
 Commissioner Dickson said the park board had been provided with funds, and other revenues were needed by the city, but he was perfectly willing for the park board to collect tueh revenues, provided the budget appropriation for the parks and playsrounds were re. dueed in proportion.
 Commissioner W. L. Harrison ex- plained that the park board was enter ing on an extensive campaign of im- proyement, and needed all the financial resource it could acquire, but he made no fight for the added funds, other than to explain the resolution He turned the matter over to M. ', Phillips, q member of the DaPk board
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-30
'CLOE WOULD ADD
 TRAFFIC SIGNALS
Resolution Requesting 12 More Beacon Lights
 Deferred

Every street intersection in the down. town district, from and including First to Fifth avenues and Eighteenth to Twenty-second streets, will be equipped with traffic light beacons, if Commis- sioner ". B. Cloe can put through a resolution for 12 more signals which he presented at the Tuesday session of the city Ncommission.
 2 Cloe said the city had made arrange ments to get S11O,00O from the Bir- mingham Electric company, $35 5,O00N Nfor franchises and S75,OO0 in the Tide water settlement, and he believed that it would be willing to use about Se,0OO of this for improvements that aided so much in handling traffic.
 Until the commission has received q semi-annual report of finances, called for Tuesday, 1t will not take action on Cloe's resolution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-30
MAY USE PROFITS
 ENVIRONMENTS
North Birmingham Plant Said to Yield Good
 Margin Annually

Although not vet adopted, Commis- sioner ". SL. Harrison's resolution to utilize income in excess of expenses from the North Birmingham light and water plants for extensions meets with general approval from the city comnis- sion. N x N
 The electric plant shows. as prev iously announced, $10,000 in excess of its current expenses Commissioner Harrison wants to use his money to extend the service from the mains t8 householders who do not have light and water connections '
 Commissioner w. N Dickson took the position that while in full sympathy with Commissioner Harrison's plans for improvements, he believes it best to let the added money go into the city's general fund for current neces- sities and to make permanent improve nnents for North BirminRiam as they are made in other parts of the city, through assessments or bond issues.
 To thresh the matter out the com mission called for a conference at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning.
 1resTGent D. E. McLendon and the other commissioners expressed il desire to see the improvements made and of fered a resolution. which was adopted. calling on the city comptroller, 0. B. Armstrong, to compile report show ing Birmingham's income of the past six months, which is said to show greater Income than was anticipated in the preparation of the annual budget last fall < <
 The commissioners let 1t be under stood that Commissioner Harrison $ plans for extensions and improvements will be fosteredk but the method of financing the work is as yet unde- eided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-30
TO OFFER BONDS FOR SCHOOL USE Amount of Issue to Be Submitted to County
 Undetermined

The board of revenue Tuesday pledged Dr. N. R. Baker and members of the county board of education to submit to the people of sJefferon county a bond issue for new schools.
 The amount and the date of the bond issue were undecided. and these points will be settled at meeting be- tween the board of revenue and the board of education, which probably will be called within two weeks.
 Dr. Baker, J. D. Moore, president of the board of education, and J W. Minor and Charles Harrison, members, made appeals for county aid in if naneing the school building program already under way, which, they said. cannot be completed without addition al funds. The vote in favor of the motion was unanimous, and individual members of the revenue board expressed their personal interest in its. success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-30
MANY WILL ENTER MEMORIAL PROGRAM
Response From Various Organi-
 zations Indicate Success

Gratifying responses to requests for cooperation were reported at q meet ing of the committee on arrangements for Memorial Day observance May 30, held Monday at the Armory building, with Colonel T. $. Moorman as chair man. Appeals had been made tC yari- ous patriotic organizations to partici- pate in the exercises contemplated for Memorial Day. and results indicated, it was said, the most successful ob- seryance ever held,
 The following organizations were re- ported a making preparations now to eater iHtD the observance: Officers Reserve Corps. General SuJhpter chap ter of D. A R., Daughters of 1872; American Legion, Auxiliary to the American Legion, Custer Post No. [, G. A. R., Woman's Relief Corps, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., Confederate Vet erans, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Spanish War Veterans, Auxiliary to Spanish War Veterans, U. D. O., Gold Star Mothers. Other pledges are ex- peeted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-30
$500 ASSESSMENT
 REFUNDED CHURCH
Old Matter Is Settled By City
 Commission

An assessment return of $50L, which has been unsettled for many years, was made by the city commission Tuesday to the Nortb Birmingham Methodist Episcopal church.
 The assessment for public improve ments was madea number of years ago by the municipality of North Birminy- ham before that community was merged with Greater Birmingham. Other simi- lar assessments in various parts of Greater Birmingham have been re turned, but the cass that came up Tues day had never been acted on, though d vote had been taken on 1t by a pre- vious city commission
 The vote of the board cancelled the assessment and relieves the church of a $500 debt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-30

duced the resolution and explained it. The commissioner said the park board was taking steps to proceed with im- provements and asked the city to take the desired action as soon as possible.
 There are instances, it was explained later, where fire stations, school build ings and other municipal buildings are on property being used as parks. In some cases, it is said, the land was orig inally secured for park purposes in others, lands bought for general pur- poses have been turned over for park use. The park board has gone over these matters and has made list of all bona fide park property, and in other cases wishes the city to lay arbi- trary lines separating park from other property.
 . Before further action is taken in re- gard to the landscape gardening and other park developments survey, the board is working to remove all ques- tions from the lands concerned. A
 The city commission expressed it's approval of the reasonableness of the movement and promised cooperation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-30
MOOSE TO HOLD PUBLIC PROGRAM Will Install New Officers At Meeting Wednes-
 day Night

X program combining Ilioth entertain ment and the more serious ritual work of the order has been arranged for Wednesday night, vixen officers will be installed at the meeting of the Birming- ham lodge. Loyal Order of Moose. The installation services will be public, it has been announced, and, will be held at Moose hall.
 Dr. H. A. Elkourie, the new junior dictator will open the meeting with an address of welcome. Following his address the meeting will be devoted to the presentation of entertainment fea- lures until the installation ceremony proper starts.
 A group of saxophone speeialties has Ebeen arranged by Dan and Charles Ford. to be followed by funny period by Percy Rosenberger. Rosenberger is said to be real comedian, and a treat is promised by the committee in charge of the entertainment. Al. J. Thetford, IT., will give. a recitation.
 Vocal solos will be given by Miss Frances Mahon, Mrs. A.J. Arantz, Miss Louise Monseur, Miss Trencalli and Miss Zahey Monseur. Y h6
 The installation ceremony will be un- der the direction of ". H. White, past junior dictator. He also will present the '.jewef' of the order to Dr. Elkourie.
 The program will be brought to a close by an address by George Carlisle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-30
|WILLDELNEATE < PARK PROPERTY
City to Determine Exact Sites Available For
 Improvements

Birmingham's park board has set out to deIineate every piece of park prop erty in the city, to register it's exact size, value, area and purpose.
 ; When that is done they will present their findings before the city commis- sion and have every park, playground and recreation area dedicated or re- ddicated so they will know exactly where they stand, what they can do and on which pieces of property to in- augurate permanent improvements.
 The park board introduced resolu- tion providing for the measure desired at the meeting of the city commission Tuesday. but the proposition was so sweeping, so far reaching of such a permanent nature that the board passed it on for thorough legal survey and report. 3
 Commissioner W. l.. Harrison intro