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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-01
the PRESENT LAW

Sec. eiss Rem. Codei ANY in.
corponted city or town within
the state. be and hereby Is auth
Dried 10.
Construct. condemn and pur-
chase. acquire. add 70. maintain
and operate. works, plants and
facilities for the purpose OF fur.
nishing such city or town and the
inhabitants thereof. and any
other persons. with cleo
triciiy and other means OF power
and facilities for lighting. heat
ing. fuel and power purposes,
public AMI private. With run AZ
thority u regussc and CONTROL
tho use. llstrlba Jon and price
thereof ts8ather Witif the right
20 handle and sell OF lease. gny
meters. iafIpa, motors, trans
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-01

i6rmlSSY and equipment. or acces-
s6rics OF anger every kind neces.
sary and coIlSenlent for the use,
distribution haiq Sale thereof"
sECBQN . B0Nff 1,n.E..
Any eily.er town is ilerf9y
authorlzsT - asiiuir.. CONSTITUTE,
purchase. own ga,gase. control
pure haHe. o'nd em and
ndd TO aud maintain electric gen.
Grating plants. lands. easements.
rights. rlghts-of.wuy. franchises.
distribution systems, sub-sta-
tons. inter-tie or transmission
lines. TO enable It TO use, pur-
cii.at sell and dispose Of electr.c
current inside and outside lis cor.
porate limits Or 20 connect It's
plants with any ether electric
plant or system. or 70 connect
parts Of It's own electric sygsern. .
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-01

That makes it plain, The Star believes that the Bone
bill does NOT grant arbitrary powers to city coun
ellis The present law already gives them the power.
Cities NOW have the power to condemn ALL THE
POWER PLANTS, but they have not done it. And they
have no intention of doing anything so foolish.
CITY-OWNED power plants have given Taco
- ma the lowest power and electric heating
rates in the country.
The same is true, tho in less degree, here.
New power plants are being built now in both
cities, because present facilities have become
Turn Page :. Column 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-01
Why Bone Bill
Should Garry!
(EDIToRIAL)

THE STAR recommends that you vote
L for Initiative No. 81, known as the
Bone Power bill.
After careful study of all the argu-
ments for and against the bill, this paper
believes the measure is a good one and
should pass.
THE Bone bill contains just one important pro-
vision--it permits cities owning power
plants to sell surplus power outside the munich
pal limits without paying an unjust tax. The
bill does not provide for any tax on such power
sold. Perhaps it would not be unfair to make
cities pay reasonable tax Oh power sold outside
their limits, but that is small matter that can
easily be corrected later
The Bone bill provides, briefly:
That cities may sell power outside their corporate
limits may condemn or purchase and operate power
plants and transmission lines that when private plants
discriminate against cty-owned plants by refusing to
handle material for construction and development, the
cities may 90 10 court and condemn the usf n such
transportation lines temporarily that in condemnation
proceedings il shall not be necessary TO prove that ALL
of the current produced will be for of the public
This gives cities legal authority 10 industries that
no city ma ycondemn power plant owned by aoehtYl
that If any part Of the law is declared unconstutoha
such decision shall not knock out the rest Of the law
upset existing laws.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-02-04
Nebraska Swept
by Heavy Snow
and Sleet Storm
Telegraph a n d Telephone
Wires Down West Of Omaha
Trains Running Be.
hind Schedule.

Destructive sleet and snow storm
is reported to be hurling itself east.
ward early Sunday night.
Trains on the Union Pacific all were
reported late from tho west. The
Los Angeles Limited. which was due
in Omaha at 7:05. was veported al
most two hours late.
Hastings has four inches OF snow.
Snow was reported at Sioux City
at 6.
All Burlington wires are down be.
tween Lincoln and Hastings.
Telephone lines are down In the
west. No connection could be made
al 3 last night with Holdrege. kear.
ney. Norfolk. Hastings, Fremont and
Columbus.
Western Union tclesraph company
officials stated that several of their
wires were down. some OF the cop
per was covered With frcm one TO two
inches of sleet
In the Rapid city and Black Hills
district the wires all are down. Mes.
sages. relayed from this section. state
that "A terrific gale is drifting the rap.
idly falling snow and the mercury IL
dropping
Early Sunday night the snow was
drifting dangerously In western Kan
sas, driven by high winds.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-02-04
". j. Bryan Ciassifies
Wilson With Ininorfals

Houston. Tex. Feb. 3.-W. J.
Bryan. in a tribute today to Wood.
row Wilson, declared He cannot be
denied a place among the immortals,
bis failure to abolish war cannot dim
tho glory OF that effort"
No president. except Washington
and Lincoln. was ever confronted by
problems as grave. and no president
ever brought To their solution greater
intelligence. patriotism. courage
these three qualities without which
statesmanship Is impossible" he said.
70 these he added sympathy with
tho masses.
His first administration brought
victory and embodied in law more
economic reforms than were ever Sc.
cured before in the same length of
time. During this administration,
also. our nation Was linked to three.
quarters OF the world by 30 treaties
that made war almost impossible be.
tween the contesting parties.
His efforts to abolish war by con.
federation between nations was as
noble an effort as was ever made by
man. and his failure to accomplish
bis purpose cannot dim the rory OF
that effort.
'lie cannot be denied a place
among the immortals His snbsian.
tinl achievements will live long after
his mistakes are forgotten
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-02-04
by Associated Press.

Washington, Feb. 3. Woodrow
wilson's speech-making trip for the
league OF rations, which snapped his
nerves and eliminated in his long
Illness, was undertaken after his per
sonal physician had warned II might
seriously and permanently impair his
health.
II do not like to disobey you,'
he said to DR.. Grayson. "and I never
have done so before. But / feel
must go out and make this fight, even
IL 1t costs my life"
AS IL the approach OF Illness had
fostered a premonition that the
worst fears of his medical adviser
would be fulfilled, he expressed TO
several audiences during the swing
across the continent his willingness
to make the great sacrifice for the
treaty.
"If felt that ] personally stood
In the way OF this settlement" he
said at Omaha. Il would be glad to
die that II might be contaminated
Arduons Trip.
The 10,000mie Journey with 40
public addresses and Kaleidoscope
succession OF trying public functions,
was ono Of the most arduous ever
undertaken by president. II began
on September ,. 1919. less than two
months after Mr. Wilson returned
from Paris, and the return to Wash
lngton was made ON September 2S,
after his special train had skirtcd the
Pacific coast and almost touched the
Canadian and Mexican borders.
From the start, Mr.. Wilson adopted
fighting attitude. putting into his
addresses an energy OF expression and
gesture. Almost until the collapse
came, he presented an outward ap.
pearnnce OF health and assurance,
facing the crowds always with smile
and jesting and laughing with those
who gathered around his private car
at the way stations.
For the last week and more Of the
trip, however. he suffered constantly
from headache and some times from
sleeplessness and touches OF indiges
ton The break really began NJ San
Francisco. where four years later an
other president. Warren q, Harding,
gone to the country ON n similar
mission. the world court. broke un
der the strain Of his trip and died
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-02-04
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson's Tour to Speak for League
Taken in Spite of Doctors Advice

suddenly after his physicians thought
he was on the road to recovery.
Insists on Going On.
Wilson, like Harding. insisted on
going on. after 1t was apparent to his
physicians and others about him that
the strain was beginning to tell. II
was at San Diego. Cal. in the third
week Of his trip that Mr.. Wilson first
permitted his indlsposition 10 inter.
fere with his prearranged schedule.
To have an interrupted evening. he
cancelled the plan to remain at a San
Diego hotel. had his train stopped
for the night on a quiet siding near
Del Mar. and late tho next morning
tried TO slip into Los Angeles quiet.
ly. But he failed to elude the crowds.
Aside from his public speeches in
overcrowded and overheated audi.
Turn to Page Three. Column seven)
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-02-04
BY THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
To the People of the United States:

Woodrow wilson ot the United
1918. March 1921 which O'Clock
his Washington. Columbia
isinguished citizen. which
genuine To brings
profound
a abandoned
life this field highest
left intellectual
called fellow
New The duties Of this high office
confidence
him the chief
the United States he desire
PROMPTED by high motives and his sincerity Of he
questioned lie led the nation through the terrific
World with lofty dealism which failed him
TO the aspiration ot
held the attention OF all the
arged influence in the destiny Of mankind
tetmony Of memory is
and do
the White departmental
display for a II tina
suitable m,ar
and Of the
Done at the city Of Washington
IN the of our Lord thousand nine
four and of tho independence the United
hundred and forty eight
CALVIN COOLIDGE.
nv the
CHARLES EVANS HIGllEs
tsfaN+a Secretary ct Satc
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-02-04

Washington. Feb. 3-Woodrow
Wilson's participation in the peace
conference at Paris, at the conclu-
sion Of the world war, was aptly
described by one writer as a "presi-
Dental voyage leading to the dis
covery of Europe" 1T was a voyage
which aroused the bitterest partisan
ship in the United States.
Mr.. Wilson's judgment was that
since the United States had taken a
principal part in ending the war, and
since he. as president. had laid down
certain principles OF the peace as a
means of preventing wars. his place
was at the conference where the
lpeace was to be made.
There was much opposition in con
gress. but. having made his decision,
Mr.. Wilson went ahead. az was
characteristic OF him.
Z. NJ. House. whom the president
appointed member Of the American
peace mission, already was in Paris:
so was Maj General Bliss, another
member Henry White. former am
bassador to France. appointed a mem
ber as a republican. and Robert Ian.
sing. Mr.. Wilson's secretary of state,
went on the same ship with the
president.
Many Facts Distorted.
Hostile critics Of the presidential
voyage distorted many facts In con-
rection with 1t. and. as result. Mr.
Wilson suffered some in the public
eye. II was widely stated, for in
stance. that the president caused to
b. built at public expense on the
| steamer George washington a glass
enclosed promenade deck for his PSI.
sonal comfort. The fact was that
the Germans had equipped the George
Washington with a glass enclosed
deck as an attraction TO American
tourist travel. Mr.. Wilson simply
used the same deck. 1t was widely
reported. az a subject OF criticism.
that Mr.. Wilson, at public expense.
carried along an orchestra to play
for him. The fact was that the
George Washington was being used
as a transport TO bring home wound
ed soldiers and sailors. and in its
ships company was an orchestra of
enlisted men. which did play
Mr.. Wilson felt that sort OF sriti-
oism very keenly. although he never
answered II.
The presidents troubles began be-
fore the George Washington ever left
the dock. lie had ordered that only
the peace mission party and its
necessary attaches be permitted 30
board. and was amazed to find the
ship crowded with army officers,
naval officers. minor diplomatic at.
taches. wives of admirals and gen.
erals. and scores OF others who had
contrived to get themselves assigned
10 passage-all with the obviously
principal objective OF enjoying the
distinction and prestige of landing in
France as member Of President
Wilson's Official party.
Calls for List.
Inasmuch as Mr.. Wilson had fatty
declined TO take with him many other
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-02-04
Committee Will
Go on With Oil
Scandal Inquiry
Senate Will Pass Without Op
position Resolution to Ex-
tend Authority of Pub
lie Lands Body.
BY Universal Service.

Washington. Feb. 3.--The senate
will pass without opposition the
resolution to extend the authority Of
the public lands committee to con-
tinue its investigation into the oil
lease scandal. senate leaders an.
nounced today.
The committees authority was
challenged by former Secretary Fall
when called as a witness yesterday.
under which the committee has been
proceeding was passed in the last
congress. and the authority therein
conferred has not been confirmed by
the present congress-
To safeguard the committees in
raised by FAN, the senate Will ask
passage OF n resolution In identical
terms. giving the committee author
ity to go on with its investigation.
The death OF former President VIII
son necessarily VIII delay action by
ponement Of the committee hearings.
Chairman Lenroot Of the public lands
committee had planned TO ask
unanimous consent for passage Of the
l esolution as soon as the senate
should be called to order tomorrow.
Under the procedure agreed upon.
however, calling for immediate ad-
journment out OF respect to the late
executive, action on tho resolution
Will be put over until later In the
week. probably Friday.
The committee session called for
Tuesday morning, Mt which Fall was
to have been given an opportunity
to testify or again make refusal
on the ground that his testimony
would tend to incrimlnate him. also
has been postponed. Chairman Len
I DOT announced. II the resolution Is
passed Friday, Fall may be called
before the committee Saturday morn.
Ing.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-02-04
GOES BRAvELY TO END:
I'm READY" last WORDS.
AS wife CLINGS TO HAND
Wilson's Paris Trip Called Voyage
Leading to Discovery of Europe"

persons who made their requests a
personal matter and had even re-
fused to take one Of his sons-in-law
en- the ground that he could not
make the voyage a junket at public
expense, he was very much annoyed
and called for a full list Of the pas
sengers. with definite descriptions Of
the duties which they claimed.
Il have found" he said, helpless
iy. TO confdante, that nearly every
one Of them is an assistant TO an
assistant who is going to be an
assistant to an assistant to somebody
Turn to Page seven. Column TwoD
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-02-04
"Sunny Side
Up"

The popularity OF this
feature OF The Omaha
Bee leads us to give II
greater prominence.
II will he found on tho
Editorial page IN both
morning aud evening
editions
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-02-04
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Let no man value at little price
A virtuous woman's counsel; her
wing'd spirit
Is feather'd oftenfimes with heavenly
words.
George Chapman.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-02-04
Wilson Martyr
at Peace Meet.
Says Nebraskan
Ex-President Made Deliberate
Choice Between Life and
Death to Secure League,
Declares Prof. Fling.

Lincoln. Feb. 3.-"He was a real
choice between life and death to
secure what he thought was the
salvation Of the world. the league of
nations" said Prof. r NJ Fling OF
the University OF Nebraska. when
lseprisea-sf shs death - former Pres.
dent Wilson.
Prof. Fling was q member OF the
sonally observed the work Of the
former president at the peace con-
ference in Paris.
There is no doubt in my mind
about the place that he will occupy
in history" he continued. 1t is
one of the great figures. not only IN
United States history. but in world
history. His great scene. the culmi-
nation of it all. was in Paris. II
was question whether we were
going 10 have international institu-
tions or an old-fashioned settlement,
and President Wilson decided that
VIC tue A1iIlfAs HAitn iAt
personally insisted that the league Of
nations form a part of the final set
tlement.
Unwilling to Compromise.
Il have always thought that the
characteristics Of Wilson that Sc
cured the league OF nations in the
peace treaty were those that spelled
failure after he got back. His un-
willingness 10 compromise. that won
the league in Paris. lost him the
league in America.
II had felt long before the war
that a league OF nations was a
natural climax TO world relations and
that the war was due TO the lack OF
III. And when Wilson put in the
league OF nations as his l4th point, l
Turn 10 PAGE Three. Column six.)
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-11-14
ROMANIA ON THE TRAIL OF JOHN BARLEYCORN
Appointee of Ministry Conducting Campaign of Education
Evils of Strong Drink; Orthodox Organized Several
Prominent People Become Interested in Liquor Problem
BY William F. Johnson

the Official work of Dr. Popescu, the Press
official Bureau of the foreign Office is
taking hand and is aiding in promoting
dry propaganda. So there is trouble and
complications ahead for the drink bust
ness in that country. A considerable
number of very prominent people are be-
coming interested in the fray and are
throwing bricks through the windows of
the liquor trade, metaphorically speak
ing.
Romania has been spelled in the geog-
raphies as "Roumania," 'Rumania," but
now the official spelling is "Romania."
This is an attempt to get as close to the
traditions of the old Roman Empire as
possible. For Romania was part of the
old Roman Empire that has always staid
Roman" 1t is surrounded on nearly
every border by Slavs, Yugo, Czechs and
Russian. 1t is .ort of Roman island
i'll a Slavic chronological sea. Its Lam
guagc and traditions arc Latin and the
young Romanians now mostly go to
France for their higher education Even
the uniforms of the Romanian army are
patterned after the French style. The
people, especially at Bucharest, the cap
ital city, are Frcnchy i'll appearance, in
dress and i'll manners. SO much so that
Bucharest is commonly called the Paris
of the East"
Romania suffered untold horrors dur
ing the war. Eight hundred thousand of
her people died. Three-fourths of her
territory was occupied by the Germans
and Austrians Nine-tenths of her rail-
way equipment was taken away. Her
oil wells were destroyed. The metal
money i'll her banks was taken off to
Moscow She was rayaged during the
war, and by Bella Kuhns army after the
war was over. She was and is yet har-
ried by the Bolsheviks and now she is
being tormented with the drink traffic.
It is now this later oppressor that she
is beginning to resist.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-11-14
REORGANIzE POLICE FORCE
Chicago Mayor Wants Younger Men
Who Understand Their Duty is to
Enforce All Laws

The Chicago Journal of October 80
says that Mayor Dever is planning re-
juvenation of the police department, es
pecially as far as the higher ranks are
concerned. This is given as the reason
why he has prevented Chief Collins and
the Civil Service Commission from hold
ing an examination for police captains al
though IA vacancies exist. New ideas
carried out by younger and more pro-
gressiye men is what the mayor wants.
He is quoted in the Journal as saying:
Part of the trouble with the police
department in the past has been due
to the so-called old timers who got
their training in the days when it
was considered all right to do things
which would not be tolerated for
moment now. We had to discharge
recently six or eight lieutenants and
captains of this type to force the
others to understand it is their duty
to enforce all the laws.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-11-14
"oN TO OTTAWA" SAY BAPTIsTs
Baptist Churches of Canada Represented
In Ontario and Quebec Convention,
Declare for Dominion Prohibition

The Baptist churches in Canada as
represented by the Ontario and Quebec
convention have joined the "On to
Ottawa" prohibition movement through
the adoption of the report on social SER
vice presented to the convention on Oc-
tobcr 27 The report declared that edu-
cation for prohibition should never be
abandoned and in the struggle against the
liquor interests the people must go on or
go under 1t is becoming increasingly
clear that in the end no hall measures
will suffice. The only final solution of
this problem is Dominion-wide prohibi-
ton demanded by such body of public
opinion as will insure its enforcement"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-11-14
TO LEAD NEW HAMPSHIRE DRYS

The board of directors of the Anti-Sa-
loon League of New Hampshire elected
Jonathan S. Lewis superintendent and
Mr.. Lewis has accepted the post. The
directors also authorized the employment
of an educational superintendent who will
pay particular attention to the educa-
tional program of the League. The SUI
perintendent-e1ect Lewis has been prohi-
bition director of New Hampshire and
has served in the Legislature a number
of terms where he was recognized as the
dry leader. The retiring superintendent,
DR.. ]. Fl. Robbins, resigned last June
but has been carrying on the work tenn
porarily until his successor could be
elected
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-11-14
PROHIBITION RESULTS
Continued from Page y


mated from the municipal budget for the
first time
The board of estimate feels that it
would not be good advertising to let the
world know that Baltimore has habitual
drunkards and that the city must take
care of them, despite prohibition. Be-
sides, 1t has no habitual drunkards to
speak of any more.
In pre-Volstead days the city made
good sized appropriations for the care of
men and women who found it impossible
to keep sober. The money was spent
under the direction of the supervisor of
city charities or other agencies in at
tempting cures.
The appropriation dwindled till it
reached $500 last year A similar fund
was provided for in the budget of 1924
News item, Columbus Dispatch.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-11-14
TWO CARLOADS SEIZED
Philadelphia Police Make Raid on Booze
Manufactured in Lehigh County

Two carloads of alleged high powered
beer, a large still and a quantity of moon
shine md mash were seized in Trenton
junction. Philadelphia, last week, by fed
cral enforcement officers. The two car
loads of beer were traced by agents
from their source in central Pennsyl-
vana and were seized as they were
about to be uHloaded
In tracing large shipment of moon
shine which was made to bootleggers in
Philadelphia week previous. agents
under Divisional Chief Sans found that
hills of Lehigh county, where it is said
are concentrated many stills from which
liquor is sent to Philadelphia.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1924-11-14
BOOTLEG OUTLAWS KILLED

John Ashley, known as the Jesse
James of the South, and the famous
leader of gang of outlaws, was killed a
few days ago in a gun battle with officers.
The death of this outlaw and his follow
ers wiped out of existence the gang which
for years has terrorized the south part of
Florida. Under prohibition Ashley and
his gang were noted for their bootlegging
adventures.