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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-18

DEscANsO BAY. Gabriola Island,
u. e.. june is-Tho first disaster
has beflicn tho expedition u the
Ark and one member OF The crew
b. missing. perhaps dead No-see-
I'm. the black cat. D. no longer
with "a. and relief party organ
lied 90 search for her has failed 10
find her
The cat was FIRST missed when we
unl0aded the boat az this place.
Usually. az the beginning u a days
run. No-Eec-Um would dive beneath
tho pile Of luggage. covered With a
tarpaulln. amidship. and we would
see no more Of her until the boat
was unloaded al ngiht But last
night when We unloaded there was
no cat
During the days run we had
made two stops. one brief one. on
the coast OF OhllHn0 island, while
the mate heated the milk and fed
Jean, and again. about noon. on "a
tiny island Here the baby was fed
again, and We also doctored two o.
the mates fingers. which had got
caught BY the nywheel Of the en-
gine earlier IN tho day We felt
certain that during this last stop the
cat must have slipped ashore un-
noticed and been left behind We
knew there was no water on the
island and doubted whether the cat
would swim the narrow channel
separating the little islet from the
larger island SO We decided We
Will nlr-nnn L. The rnanIhnli,. on m
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-18
|CUTlCURA HEA[S|
SKIN TROUBLE |
IEruptions On Shoulders, Neck
land Face. ltched and Burned

MY trouble began with REQ
spots breaking on, on my shoui.
GERS. neck and face. They ;.ehed
and burned causing me to scratch
and irrita,. the affected parts. The
,u,ptions sealed over and my cloth
|ing aggravated ;hrm. My face was
cishguf.d. and :ae trouble kept
II began using cutleurs Soap
and Ointment, and after using three
c.k.s OF cu,icurs Soap and one
and a half boxes Of cu,ieufa oint,
n.nt / was completely healed
llslrned) Mis-, Pauline NILS. H.
p. b. 4. Quaker City, Ohio june
lis, 1923.
cutieura Soar, Ointment and J az
cum ar. all you need for everyday
ltoll-, and nursery purposes
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...,i,,' part Il, Nsis.n a. k'a ro1 w
,,5.,s gaao n strasnt n srf "; = ~"
Try our new thsyins 3nek.
Il
Evening star., 1924-12-12
EXPLAINS SHORTAGE
! IN GAS TAX RETURN
veterans Bureau Worker Says Big
Error Made in Estimate
u of Cars Here.

sEHpianatlon of the shortage of yaso-
hne tax returns under the estimat ed
revenue for street improvements was
TO-DAY laid before Representative Fred
" |ihiman of Maryland. chairman oe a
Scb"omnlittcc in >tructed by The Uouse
District coQrnittec to Thoroughly invas
tigat" this falling. OF of expected rev
epUc
Representative IihImau is collecting
data regarding the tax paid by taxicsh
companies and other big consu,ners, Of
gasoline and regarding the number of
automobiles. lie has received assistance
from John r. Carton, employed in the
United States Veterans Bureau, showing
that the mistake was made in esti-
mating the number of automobiles con-
Stunning gasoline in Washington too high
Efhe information laid before Repre-
sentative Iihlmau by Mr.. Carson was
as follows:
'it appears from your statement that
estimates of the revenue that should
ilu''c from the gasoline tax were based
on the supposition that there were
le .Geo automobiles in the District This
figure was apparently arrived AT by
IdiSinS into account the number Of
LICENSE t"rs sold in the District during
To- Year 1929 During that year, it Is
tE'Ic, approximately 10i, 900 tags w.rc
sod. but this figure included the regis
tHtons for automobiles owned by ,esi-
dtpts Of the State of Maryland namely,
sbgut 20. 600, as well as about 20. 600
duplicates.
E"During the year 1924 approxi-
Jpatciy $4,000 tags were sold, but this
figure also includes duplica ties. BY
duplicates | mean that ono car could
lElNc moro than one tag issued for
1t, for example, should you purchase
aa tag for your automobile on Janu-
aTy | and sell the car to me on April
L. II would be necessary for me to
purchase Il new tag, and a subsequent
PufChas from me during the year
would also be required to purchase
a new tag. In this manner one ear
gould have three tags, or any num-
ner during the year. Between 10000
ahd 5000 of the $4,000 tags sold this
Scar We're duplicates, and it can be
easily seen that the discrepancy be-
tween the estimated amount OF reve-
ntc and the actual amount of revenue
can thereby be accounted for. BY the
18th of January 1924, there were no
more than 5000 automobile tags sold
IN the District and there were no cars
in sight displaying the, old 1928 tags
which would indicate that there were
not many more than that number of
automobiles in the District at that
time On the basis of hese facts, |
Sbly be In the District of Columbia
today, at the most, more than $4,000
automobiles"
Evening star., 1924-12-12
DOukhObOrs' King
Fails to ArriUe;
Ruler Is Hunted

By the Associated Press.
NELSON. b. c., December 12.--
The Doukhobors. whose 10000
members are gathered near here
to honor Tho memory of their late
king" Peter veregir, killed in a
bomb explosion on train six
weeks ago, have a new king"
but they don't know where he is.
The new leader of the sect, Pc
ter Veregin, jr., son of the de-
parted chieftain. was elevated to
his fathers position at an infor-
NAL election Wednesday. After
the election, which supporters of
Veregin said had the support of
80 per cent of the sect. the Douk-
hobors began a search for their
new leader.
Veregin, who, under the sects
laws, now takes the title of "Pe-
ter Lordly," was reported to have
been on his way here from Russia a
short time after his fathers
death. He has not been heard of
as yet, however. The newly elect
ed leader is Al years old and spent
six months in Canada about II
years ago.
Evening star., 1924-12-12
PAY FOR DAY OFF:
/ ASSURED POLICE
Blanton Tells Group Money
[ Will BE Forthcoming for
! Extra Hours of Duty.

Representative Thomas l.. Blanton
of Texas. addressing the Policeman s
Association, at Pythian Temple, last
night, told the members he would see
to it that, in case they did not get
credit from the District government
for working on their days off since
July l, as provided in the recent leg
Islation, a bill would be introduced in
the present session authorizing and
providing for pay for such work.
He explained that it was the inten-
tion of Congress to start the one-day-
off-in-seven arrangement as of July
!, 1924.
Ten new members were admitted
to the association.
The committee on uniforms and
clothing, comprising Policemen Null
loney of the fifth precinct Little of
the ninth precinct and Schotter of the
second precinct was instructed to in
Quire thoroughly into numerous COM
plants filed by policemen regarding
the poor fitting and manufacture Of
the new uniforms, on which it was
said there was an increase of 20 per
cent in price since last year.
Day or Given Few.
AS to the day off for policemen and
fremeu, il was learned today that the
fire department already has estab-
No truck companies, Chief Watson
stating that it was the intention of
the Fire Department. after experiment.
ing with the new system in these
companies, to put it into city wide
operation by the first of the year.
sOne hundred and SeSenty-four addi-
tionai policemen, including nine traf-
liz policemen, are needed for the in
stitution of the day-of system in the
lice 10 ma ri prDt finn RI f,,t h
system have recently been made
available. Seventy new policemen
arc expected to be added to the
rolls of the department on next Tues
day to provide for setting the new
system on its feet Other additions
to the force will be made in the i'm
mediate future, il was announced
and policemen are expected to be
able to get one day off week be
fore the year 1925 has gotten we'll
under way
There are plenty of applicants"
MAJ. sullivan said today. but the
great difficulty is to get the appli-
cHntS that are up TO the physical
~ uirements. This is proving our
greatest difficulty. We are anxious
70 provide the day off for policemen
al the earliest possible date"
All local policemen, it was stated
would get the benefit of the dav off
as soon rs the quota of 1O4. which
VIII remain after Tuesdays appoint-
mcnts is filled.
Evening star., 1924-12-12

diem men are paid, tho controller
rendered an opinion which had the
effect of cutting off all leave.
The Commissioners have asked the
controller to reconsider the question in
view OF the fact that hundreds Of per
diem men have been continuously en-
ployed for as long as so years. despite
the legal reference to their services as
temporary in the appropriation act.
LAW Works Hardship.
1t developed today that many per
diem employees had deferred taking any
of their Is days leave early in the year
In the hope of getting off for Christmas.
and they must now go without leave un-
til the present situation is ironed out.
Evening star., 1924-12-12
GIRLS SUICIDE PACT
AT SCHOOL MYSTERY
Radcliffe College Authorities Un-
able to Determine Motive
of Students.
BY the Associated Press.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, December IL
The mood In which Miss Grace
Williams of Worcester and Miss Mar.
garet Scoggin, living in this city, en-
tered into the agreement to take
their lives by poison was still a mat
ter of mystery today to authorities al
Radcliffe College, where they were
students, and to their parents. The
young women will recover, II was in
dicated. although at Cambridge Hos
pital doctors said Miss Scoggin's
condition was only fair.
DR.. l.. II. Bigelow of birmingham
uncle of Miss Williams, to whose
home she was taken from the hos
pital yesterday. said the young wom-
an was getting along well. 1t was
difficult to understand, he said, why
she and Miss Scoggin, both of good
standing at the college. as stated by
the officials there, should attempt
suicide, he said, and his niece had
thrown no light on the subject since
she was brought to his home. Miss
Scoggin's mother, Mrs. Margaret T..
Scoggin, is said to have come from
Missouri to live with her daughter
during her course at Radcliffe and
they shared an apartment near the
college Miss Williams lived at Il
student dormitory
Evening star., 1924-12-12
LEAGUE PROTOCOL GETS
SETBACK BY MUSSOLINI
Backing of Salandra's Stand Be
ieved to Presage Drastic
Revision.
BY the Associated Press.

bS the Associated Press.
ROME, December 12.-premier Mus
solini's declaration in the Senate that
former Premier Salandra did the
right thing in not signing the
Geneva peace protocol was a burn
ing subject of discussion in League
of Nation circles today and was in
terpreted as further indication that
the protocol must be carefully re-
vised if it is hoped to obtain the rati-
fiCation of Great Britain and Italy
The premier's announcement was
taken as substantiating reports that
the British foreign secretary, Austen
Chamberlain, not only discussed the
protocol with Premier MussolIni
while in Rome. but that he won
Italian support for the British stand
in favor of postponing consideration
of the pact and presumably also for
the amendments which Britain is cN-
pected to favor.
Evening star., 1924-12-12
RELIEF OF PER DIEM
WORKERS IN VIEW
Commissioners Considering
Request for Legislation
Granting 30 Day Leave.

The Commissioners may ask Con-
gress to grant to per diem workers
who are continuously employed the
same 30-day leave privilege enjoyed
by statutory employees of the city gov
ernment.
If this is done, the ruling of the
controller of the Treasury a few days
ago. holding that large number Of
the per diem men are not entitled to
any leave because the appropriation
act refers to their services as being
temporary" may prove benefit in
stead of detriment.
Before the controller handed down
his ruling the per diem men got only
/ ) days leave, provided they were in
the service for 10 consecutive months
of the year.
View Of Engineer Comm missioner.
Engineer Commissioner Bell, in
whose departments most of the per
diem workers are employed, expressed
the belief today that a per diem en-
ploye who works as continuously as
u statutory employe should have the
sane amount of leave privilege.
The difficulty in the present situa-
tion is that while the city has hun
dreds OF men on per diem pay rolls
who work year in and year out for
long periods of years. the appropria- :
ton acts are so worded each year as
to make it appear that from a legal
standpoint their services are tempo
rary."
Col. Bell made it clear that he
would not advocate any leave for per
diem men who arc in reality only
temporarily employed.
Basis of Controllers Ruling,
The controllers ruling resulte ed
from the. effort of per diem employe
10 obtain sick leave on the ground
that his pay is now being computed
on an annual basis for the purpose
OF carrying out the reclassification
law, and, therefore, he was entitled to
the same leave as a statutory man
Because the words Temporary en-
ployment are used in connection
with appropriations from which per
Evening star., 1924-12-12

tNcw Orleans, rated the second
largest port in the United States. is
40 miles from the Gulf Of Mexico.
T9ie port facilities are valued at more
than sl00,000,000 and are publicly
owned. The public wharves parallel
the Mississippi River for more than
5finiles
Evening star., 1924-12-12

British Columbia produces nearly
all of the lead mined in Canada. This
years output of the British Colum-
bia lead mines is expected to reach
100000 600 pounds, which will sur
pass all previous records.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-04-03

on and the worse or; understand
ing between those who employ and
those who are employed. Under
standing between all these is possible
but understanding is impossible be-
tween the Bourbon and the radical
Accordingly, a contribution on our
side to understanding is the avoid
ance of Bourbonism.
Some Of Us may well re-examine our
conception of property rights. II those
who own property and those who are
charged with its conservation recog-
nize this fact That property-right is
best defended. not on grounds of ira
dition, but on grounds Of usefulness.
there is q chance, through open-mind-
ed discussion, for understanding be
tween them and those who vote On
tht other hand. with the Bourbon who
holds that property-right, unchanged
BILE in all its aspects. is not discussable
in any aspect there is no chance for
understanding, There is chance for
clash He promotes the class con:
sciousness that is his danger and the
danger Of those whose business il is
to conserve property into the future
Is it possible. in the second place
that some Of us may well re-exalninn
our conception of free speech? Thus
also we may help, each his mite. 10
avoid misunderstanding between Bonr
bon and radical Some of rs would find
ourselves assuming free speech as the
right of those who accept the political
and social institutions in which we
believe Whereas the fact is. Of
course, that free speech, short of in
citement to law-breaking, is the right
Of all OF us. II is the right of the
communist and the socialist as much
as it is the right Of you and me. II
we who believe in our political and
social institutions recognize this fact:
That free speech. short always of In
citement 10 law-breaking. is the right
OF those whose ideas we dislike not
less than of those whose ideas we
like we promote understanding.
Indeed. let US go farther and say that
we had better abafe somewhat of our
zeal for repressive legislation Gov
ernment by failing can put out the
communist and the socialist, but can
not put down mmunism or social
ism That is the task Of those who
think straight and discuss generous
mindediy-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-04-03

He presented a counter check on the
bank for $3.50. together with a de-
posit slip filed in for $20.s0. He also
presented a second deposit slip for
s.. pronering with II So jn currency.
he told the teller that he wanted to
deposit the two items, that is, So in
cash and s2o.6o out of the check, to
the credit of his wife. explaining that
he had forgotten to bring her book
but would return with it later His
cash and the check were accepted,
totaling $3.50. From this sum his
wife's supposed account was credited
with $3.50, the total of the two de-
posit slips, and he was given s55 cash
in change
After the man left the bank the
teller became suspicious due to his
prolonged failure to return as he had
promised with his wife's deposit book
On investigation the check he had
left was found to be worthless. The
bank communicated with the local
detective once of the association,
giving q complete description Of the
man.
The Alarm 10 Given
Later that same day the detective
once received another report from a
second bank that it had been similarly
defrauded by a man answering the
description given by the first bank.
Steps were at once taken to set q
trap for him should he attempt fur
ther operations All surrounding
banks were warned that he was in
the vicinity and a complete descrip-
ticn was given them Of his appearance
and Of his mode Of operating. They
were advised to have their tellers and
guards on the lookout and to COM
municate at once by telephone with
the detective once IN case anyone ap-
peared in their lobbies who seemed
to answer to the description of the
man wanted They were also in
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-04-03
STRAIGHT TALKS
WITH AUNT EMMY
ON WHAT WOMEN SHOULD
KNOW ABOUT MONEY

When you are as old as ] am"
said Aunt Emmy to her niece Molly.
Il hope there won't be SO many wild
ows like Mrs. Strong losing every
cent through Ill advised investments
and havi1 g tS take any sort of a job
to keep body and soul together"
why not. Aunty?" inquired Molly.
Widows and orphans have always
been victimiLed-
They don't need to be-" replied
Aunt Emmy. Every day better in
vestmC ,4vice is open to women.
Nowadays the banks make their de-
positors feel that they can go to them
with their financial problems. The
more women have to do with banks
the wiser they become about the dis
position OF their money. In time
women viii know enough to look
carefully into every investment be-
fore they venture. and to question
any promises to pay more than a rea.
sonable return II takes an expert
enced fnancier to judge IL investment
Is safe. Women as a rule do not un-
derstand the tragedies that lurf
around money. They love nice things
and naturally want them SO they are
often led into foolish investments and
speculations because they seek to
crafty their wishes quickly. The So
called sure thing that pays enormous
dividends is usually sure loss.
Don't think. Molly. that / mean
that women should not seek to get the
most out of their money. They
should But the way to get the
most is to keep it safe. They should
seek advice. Properly and conserva-
lively invested at six per cent and
the interest re-invested each year,
money will actually double itself in
twelve years II you take IS 900 and
lay 1t away it will be only 5000 to
the end Of time. II you put it into an
Ill advised inyestment-it might all
be lost overnight But IL you get
good advice and put 1t TO work in a
good investment II will be 10000 in
dozen years"
Il don't think ! ever realized SO
clearly before that women ought to
know more about money! thought
It was only for men," said Molly
Women are often left on their own
resources" said Aunt Emmy. IF they
talked with their banks more there
would be fewer Mrs. Strongs."-
ANNE B. AYMEs.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-04-03

pocket Assigns of his putting up fight,
the detective grappled with him and
called to his two associates at the
doors to arrest the other man whom
he had noticed as he entered. After
"a short struggle the two men were
overpowered. When the larger of the
two was searched a torn check was
found in his pocket, made out in the
same writing as the two that had
been successfully passed the day be
fore A number of similar checks
all prepared for -use. were also found
on his confederate When confronted
by the tellers OF the banks who had
been victimized the day before, the
leader was readily identified. The
two prisoners were hopelessly en-.
shared, admitted their guilt and in
their hotel rooms were found a large
number Of checks. deposit slips and
pass books of banks in various cities.
The Trap Sprung Again
Similar quick action of the bank
crook trap in Boston terminated the
career Of another check foryer who
had been operating successfully in the
New England states The banks which
he had victimized notified the Amer
icap Bankers Association with the re-
suit that all other banks in the terri
tory were warned against him and
were put on guard Therefore, when
he walked into a Boston bank to con.
tinue his operations he walked into
trap as he was Immediately recog-
nized and nabbed by the officers there.
These are only two instances Of
many that have recently taken place
in various parts Of the country. Some
of these arrests have brought into the
tolls Of the authorities some of the
slickest operators in this line in the
country and from them have been
learned the details Of the way bank
crooks operate. placing in the hands
Of the detective department ths
means to pue banks on guard against
further depredationa
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-04-03

Oklahoma has a number of yerv
wealthy indians. Recently, accord
ing to Evevbody's Magazine, Clyde
founghorse. suddenly ou-ricbyouth
bought a $4,000 automobile. Next
day the salesman was confronted by
founghorse, afoot, limping, and 9TH
erwise bunged up, with this explana-
ton; Drive out big car; buy gallon
moonshine; take big drink; step on
gas Trees and fences go by heap
fast See big bridge coming down
road Turn out to let bridge pass.
Bang, Car gonei Gimme another one
Judge Ito victim of hold-up)-
while you were being relieved of
your valuables, did you call the DO
lice?H
Vietim-"Yes, your Honor, every
thing ! could think of."-Judge.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-04-03

This trap is conducted by the Pro
tective Department Of the American
Bankers Association. which includes
in its membership more than 22.00o
banks that are thus leagued in
perpetual warfare against the army
of bank crooks scattered throughout
the nation
A Dramatic Arrest
A dramatic Illustration of the work
ines of the associations detective
department was recently staged in
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-04-03
MAKINe IT HARD FOR BANK CROOKS
g the Nations Bankers Are Banded Together in Wa.
~ on Crime-The Great Crook Trap and
the Way 1t Works.
BY JOHN oAkwooD

The slick gentry who have been wont to walk into banks
and esmerze paying teles into giving them good cash for
worthless checks recently become of the fact
their operations daily growing difficult Crooks
have apparent immunity for have suddenly
found themselves caught the meshes of what amounts
nation wide crook trap. :
To show how effectively this is working, of the
biggest figures among worthless operators, man
Who claims to have derauded of banks realized
more than S300000 from his operations recently fell into
tolls of the trap Realizing that he hopelessy
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-04-03

structed to take steps to detain him
in the bank.
Early the next afternoon the tele-
phone rang in the detective office and
message came from a third bank
that they thought the man was in its
lobby. Three detectives rushed to
the bank in an automobile which had
been held continuously in waiting,
Two OF the detectives covered the
entrances of the bank and the third
went into the lobby. He at once
noticed a short, well dressed man
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-04-03

Buffalo, N Y
resulting in the
sudden downfall
Of a pair of check
swindlers and ter
minating q years
successful opera
tons in some If
teen cities in va
rious sections OF
the country.
The pair began
their operations
fr Buffalo in the
middle of Janu-
ary. 'ore Of them
appearing at the
special savings
account window
of a bank there.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-04-03

depend upon the
d o mi n a n c e Of
sound public opin,
ion. More than
anything else we
need understand
ing We need
understanding be
tween those who
hare and those
who hare not, be-
tween the better
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1924-04-03

APPARENTLY if the Senate investigation does moth
else il viii compel the President his oca
family which he inherited from Mr.. Harding The mo
Inent of the crooks another the
skds Mr. Mellon is angry resisting propulsion in
that direction