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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-23

CTRANGE things happen Mt
- the county-city blu / ding g.
Here's the latest.
Bob Heskoth, city councilman.
who aspires TO be president OF
the council and acting mayor In
the absence OF DIR. Brown. is
fathering an, ordinance that VIII
serve as real accommodation
TO tho professional architects,
even tho It may put the city's
building program on the rocks.
Briefly, it's this:
II the ordinance passes and
YOU want to build n homo or
construct any other building
where plans are necessary, you
must have your plans and
specifications approved by n
licensed architect or structural
engineer before being submitted
TO tho city building department.
Tho usual fee for examining
plans and specifications is 3
per cont Of the building cost:
IL tho architect superintends
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-23
RETAIN RAINIER.
SAYS C. OF C.
Appeals to Borah in Move
to Head Off Tacoma

Mount Rainier VIII remain Mount
Rainier. II the Seattle Chamber OF
Commerce has It's way.
At meeting OF a special commit.
tee Wednesday IL was decided to re.
quest Senator w. r. Borah to ask
Immediately for a reconsideration OF
the senate vote 20 change the name
to Mount Tacoma or the ground that
Senator Dill. in his remarks before
the senate. mislcd Borah and mlsrep.
resented the facts. Dill told the sen.
ate Seattle was not opposed TO the
change in the mountains name.
The Chamber OF Commerce
Wednesday noon gave out the fol.
lowing statement:
Aroused by tho action Of the
United States senate in an attempt
to change the name OF Mount Rain
Ter TO Mount Tacoma and tho
false representations. by Senator C.
G. Dill, that there Is no general OPP
position TO tho said change in this
state, the Seattle Chamber OF Com
mercc has appointed a special com
mittee 10 make n determined fight
in opposition to the change in
name and TO demonstrate to con-
gress that tho new movement Is
supported solely In one community
for advertising purposes, ond Is uni.
versally opposed by tbs remainder
OF the state.
"The Seattle Chamber OF Com
morce believes that this mountain
does not belong TO Seattle or to tn
coma. but 10 the world. and, In the
words OF tho Olympia chamber oil
commerce, TO change the name, rs
proposed, would be reducing this
noble peak. which Is the heritage OF
the American people. TO the lowly
state OF q waysldo signboard. to ad
vertlse the city OF Tacoma"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-23
BY FRANK PAUL
County Commissioner

r BLAME Mai. Thomas r.
L Beman. county engineer, for
the damage done TO the Des
Moines bridge.
No member OF the board OF
county commissioners is re-
sponsible, unless he connived
with the engineer or his in
spector. Mr.. Beman is the en-
gInecr in charge, and II he per-
mitted his inspector to allow
the bridge TO be wrecked and
does not discharge the inspector,
then he and he alone must nc
cept the blame.
guess that will be plain
enough for the court house ring
TO understand.
My conclusions are based on
the findings OF two highly
competent and disintorested en-
gineers--Mr. Thomson and Mr..
Cryderman--and, to a look at
the wreck with my own eyes.
am not surprised that Mr.
Gaines rushed TO the rescue. |
expect the old court house gang
to line up with Beeman. ask
no quarter from that gang, and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-23
JAP AN is CALM
IN BAN TALK
Extraordinary Session of the
Diet Is Planned in June

TOKYO. Japan. April 23.-Plans
for an extraordinary session OF the
Japanese diet, June rs. are being for.
INFLATED. it was reliably learned
today.
There was no announcement, how
ever, as 10 the purpose OF the SEES.
zion or as TO official plans.
In the meantime, japan continued
deeply Interested in the question Of
American immigration. Newspapers
continued 10 discuss II. The general
tone wns not inflammatory.
Baron Shlhusawa, one Of the fore.
most political leaders, was confined
10 his home by a threatened break
down from worry over the immigra.
ton issue.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-23
Dirigible Flight
Halted by Storm

BELLEviLLE. ILL.,. April 23.--
The army dirigiblc TC.3 returned to
Scott flying field here at a. m.
today.
The flyers ran into severe cleo.
trical storm IN northern Texas after
leaving Muskogec, okla, late yes.
terdny. and flew home instead OF
continuing their scheduled journey
to San Antonio.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-23
Indians Open Home Season
CityWater Menaced
ITALY EXPRESSES
GRIEF BY FLORAL
TRIBUTE TO DUSE

DTTTsBuRG. Pa. April Ia
4 Prince Gele.eo Caetanl. I,al-
ian ambassador TO tho United
States arrived here today to pay
tribute OF his EorrowinK nation
az the bier Of Elcanora Dusc.
famous tragedienne. who died
hero Monday.
Caetani will place the symbol
Of a bercavcd nation on the cas-
kct and return 10 Washington.
The Duse company. actors and
actresses selected by Duss in
Italy before she began her fare
well tour In America. will DO the
guard OF honor over the body
on It's last journey 10 Asolo.
Italy. on May 1.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-23
BY John w. Nelson


Seattle for many years has boast.
cd that it's water supply Is tho
purcst Of any great American city.
That water supply Is menaced by
wanfon destruction Of the virgin
forests that surround Cedar lake.
the city's huge natural reservoir.
and unless immediate action Is
taken to protect the timber that
protects the city's water. discoiora-
ton and contamination from burnt
and rotting logs are sure 90 result.
according 10 the opinion OF Mayor
r. J. Brown and members OF his
staff. Wednesday.
Water superintendent George +,
Russell Is awake to the danger that
confronts the city's splendid water
source. Health Commissioner DR..
George n. Mclaughlin. who made
his first inspection visit to the
watershed Tuesday. Is studying the
situation and admits a serious con.
ditlon exists.
Dean Hugo winkcnwerdsr. Of the
school OF forestry ut the University
OF Washington. has been asked 10
aid in solving the problem.
MAYOR HEADS PARTY
On LAKE TRIP
Mayor Brown and party OF city
/ officials made complete survey OF
the watershed on an all-day trip
Tuesday. In the party were DR..
Mclaughlin, Superintendent Rus.
sell. Superintendent ]. d. Ross. tho
mayor. photographers and newspa.
permen.
At the end OF journey that took
the city officials over 10 miles OF
logging railroad that skirts bcauti.
/ ful Cedar lake. Mayor Brown said
/ that one OF the principal objects OF
his administration during the next
two years will be TO protect the
city's splendid natural watershed.
Eve must stop this logging"
the mayor said. I'VE must
clean out the lake OF dead and
rottine trees; we must take
these people out Of our water
I shed: we must eliminate these
camps and we must reforest
this logged-off land"
Water superintendent Russell ha'
already started measures to protect
( the water supply. a crew Of mer
| Is at work shaking" the drift log
out Of Cedar lake and piling then
on the bank, where they will b'
burned.
Russell has obtained the assist
ance OF the school Of forestry a
the university and the class vii
make a complete survey Of the she'
this spring. to determine what func
tions the timber performs in protect
ing the city's water. The class ais
viii make study Of the soil an'
recommend the most practica
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-23

Howdy. folks. Sorry. folks. we
can't have n colyuIn today. Me
grandmother died last night.
Mayor Brown viii pitch the first
hail az the opening game today. Gosh.
but that guy Is wild,
Nett Siartrirh irii CATCH Wen,
ra hope hen caicE somsihiH9-u
Us only fhc Heaslcx
Wee" Coylc win he tho bat
ter. We hope he'll DO batter than he
did as governor
HOOP-i.i,
This i the day, this l. the day,
Were ready for the call.
~ Mr.. Imply snnipiy dumps
Iioilcrs out; play Baw-w-wl.'
old silas Grump says: Never call
a man a lar. II may lead 20 harsh
Fsorts"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-23
BRAVES BATTLE
SACRAMENTO
Record Crowd Expected to
See Opener Today
GAME is SET FOR 2::3o
Delegation OF Tacoma Fans
Will Be at Game
BY LEO II. LASSEN

''Yuh can't tell the players with.
out n score cardr'
Hot dawgs' A pound Of meat and
loaf OF bread for a diner
Get a cushion. foiksl Don't eli
on the hard benches. A nice soft
seat for n dlmer'
The familiar battle cries OF the
bah park hustlers were 10 be yo-
dcled 10 $4,000 baseball fans this
afternoon at tho Seattle Coast
league park in Rainier valley. where
the baseball I'D was 10 be officially
pricd off in Seattle with the Seattle
Indians and the Sacramento Solons
doing the honors.
Clear weather promised TO bring
out record crowd OF baseball bugs
for the first game OF the local sea
son.
The downtown parade. featuring
Mayor Brown. opening pitcher;
Sheriff starwich. opening catcher.
and "Wee" Coyle. the first hitter
OF the season. large Tacoma dele
cation. bands and the players OF
the two clubs wended It's way thru
the business section during the noon
i.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-23
THE HISTORICAL
FOUR


This is Forest Protection week.
For gosh sakes. folks. go easy on the
toothpicks.
Little Homer. Jr.. Is observing
Forest Protection week by refusing
10 split kindiIng.
A farmer once called his oop
Zephyr,
she seemed such m omiabIe hephvr;
Bat tchcn he dreio near.
she kicked of his car.
Ard noto the old farmers much
depHVr.
The Star is asking men to write in
their opinion OF bobbed hair. Oh,
very well. Here's ours:
Zxltet&'cs. -&aesllt1ESI l&-X
s0-&'g s&ile5tXz '"&''iIYl
GIRLS ARE so CHANGEABLE.
wanied--Young girl. coIored, half
time.-Adyt. in y. y. World.
The frs, thing a farmer does is to
go out and buy a hennery. Then he
<,buys henry.
An auto sares vou 50 much time,
Gays hustlin0 Wirfie Clark.
VINO spends about an hour a DAP
In finding spots 70 park.
There IL a runor that somewhere
in the United States there is a demo.
crat who is not running for presl-
dent
BASEBALL NOTE
We are willing TO admit that
the Indians would have SPLEEN.
did chance TO cop the pennant
this year II they were strength.
ened by the addition OF several
playcrs-say. Walter johnson,
= Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Eddie Col.
\ plins and Grover Cleveland Alex.
snder.
Passing strange that a. ]. S., down
at the close of his column, never
finds the excuse that nc has 10 hurry
home and add yeast 10 the home
Screenland.
Mn gosIti what 10 a WIRE forI
Al J. u,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-23
sPRIG Is HERE
List undo their laughter.
Hark, OH. hear them sig.
Hist. they're getting dafter-
The hards are on the wig.

II that reporter ON The Star sue
ceeIs in getting the SIS automobile
he Is looking for. he IS thinking Of
trading 1t in for Ford sedan
old sIas Gramp. the s1ge Of
Pumpkin Holloic. saVs; Dollars
hare freadS Ike auto tires. This
lets them trarel fast iriihoai skid
ding"
One real nice thing about phono-
graphs Is you never have 10 sit
around aRd beg them 70 play.
slrn on me baek % a Tord:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-23
DENIES
Gaines
Charge
Ridicules Ch air
mans Statement
That He Tried to
Profit by Fill

Fight to a finish against
the so-called county ring"
was announced Wednesday
by Frank Paul, county COM
missioner.
Declaring that charges Of
graft made against him were
asinine" and political vitu-
peration on the part of "the
ring" Paul said:
THE courthouse needs a
thoro housekeeping and the
public knows it. I'm going
to make this cleanup. The
job will be easier if the peo-
pie will give me a board mem
Der who has the courage to
stick with me. At present
I'm a minority member and
must play a lone hand"
The graft charges arose from the
condemnation and closing OF the
county road bridge over a ravinc
at Des Moines on the high line"
road TO Tacoma. Paul. who had
waged a successful fight for a fill
instead of new bridge at the
place. charged that the county engi-
,neer's office permitted dirt for fiIl
10 be dumped outside the slope
stakes so that II rolled under the
wooden bridge and broke of many
OF the supporting bents. forcing the
bridge TO be closed TO traffic
CHARGES THE RING"
CLOSED THE BRIDGE
This. Paul charged. was done I'M
der supervision OF ''the ring" TO
antagonize the thousands of persons
who use the road daily and to dis
credit Paul with the voters OF the
district-his district.
County Commissioner William
Gaines refuted Paul's charges. He
counter charged that Paul. with
LATE Hamilton. road supervisor for
the South district, had attempted to
get the job OF making the fill them
selves. operating thru dummy
contractor" and that he had
blocked the attempt
Paul rldiculed this statement
Wednesday and declared II untrue.
INSPECTOR SAYS
DIRT DUMPING o. X.
Thomas Blum. inspector on the
Des Moines job. and attached to the
county engineers office. insisted
wednesday that not a load of dirt
had been dumped outside the staked-
out slope lines of the fin He
showed, on the engineers plat from
which he worked. how the s.ope-line
Turn 10 Page 4, Column ID
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-23

In Los Angeles a man has
offered q reward Of 800 for the
return of his kidnapped wife.
The spendthriftl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-23
INDIANS HAVE HAD
TWO DISASTROUS WEEKS

The flag raising exercises. the
regular opening day festivities and
the parade around the field were TO
precede the actual playing OF the
game. which was TO start at 2:so
p. m.
The Indians are home after two
disastrous weeks on the road, be-
ing in the cellar at the present
time. but they are expected TO do
better before tho home bugs.
Sacramento has a fast club. par
ticularly good baso-runnlng attack
featuring their play.
Studs Sutherland was the last
minute choice TO pitch for Seattle.
with the veteran Bill Prough being
favored to hurI for the opposition.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-23
PAUL TO FIGHT "RING''
City Patrol Boat Fights Rum Runner!
WEATHER

Fair ard si,ehfiy coiacr fomoAf
0'th frost; Thursday fair. .od.
tfnfe trtnds, uiosfig uorfhurar,ly
Temperature Last "a Hours
Maximum. SO. Minimum Al
Today noon. tS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-23

Gee Gee says J Dashlcigh FiiE-
hugh now belongs 10 the 800. As she
puts Il. "Dashlelgh j. one OF the
ciphers."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-23
INDIANS WORK OUT
At FIELD IN MORNING

The Indians went thru a snappy
workout this morning at the Rain
Ter valley yard. getting used TO the
new field. The infield has been
made over and is expected to be
fast.
The probable lineups for the
game follow:
Smyrna times., 1924-09-17

drought hampered growth. Farmers
say that if disaster in the shape of
early frost should overtake the crop,
the present dismal prospects will be
still further dimmed.
Similar conditions have prevailed in
Delaware and crop of only 4,311, 900
bushels is forecast in this State. Pro-
duction in 1923 was 6,O57, 900 bushels.
Conditions affecting the corn crop
have been bad in practically all parts
of the country. The estimated con-
dition of 66.4 per cent on September
l for the United States as a whole IS
ll.5 below the 10-year average. Only
three times in the last forty years has
condition been lower at this time of
the year. Extremes of temperature
and rainfall have been unfavorable to
the crop, and it was planted late.
Smyrna times., 1924-09-17
? REHOBOTH COTTAGES BURN

One Occupied By Gen. Ellison, Will
mingtOn, Other by James H. Hughes
Two cottages at Surf avenue and
Columbia avenue, one the Everett cot
tage occupied by General J. Austin
Ellison and family, and the other the
cottage of James H. Hughes. of Do
yer, We're destroyed by fire Thursday
afternoon. The loss is estimated to
have been from $4,000 to $4,000.
The fire started beneath the roof of
the cottage occupied by General Eli
son which faces on Surf avenue near
Columbia. General Ellison was in
Wilmington at the time, but his wife
and two daughters were in the cot
tage. They escaped uninjured, but
all their personal effects including
clothing, jewelry, furniture, ETC., was
burned. The Hughes cottage is locat-
ed on the corner of Surf Avenue and
Columbia avenue and the flames soon
spread to that cottage. The blaze
gained headway so rapidly that there
was no time to remove property from
the General Ellison home after the
fire was discovered. The Rehoboth
Fire Company was unable to keep the
blaze from the Hughes property, but
to save most of the personal
effects of that cottage. 1t was not
occupied at the time. Fire companies
from Lewes and Georgetown respond |
ed to a call for aid and with the Re
hoboth tiremen, managed to keep the |
fire from spreading to the garage in
the rear of the Hughes cottage. The
cause of the fire has not been determ-
med. General Ellison was notified of
The fire in Wilmington and rushed to
RehObotn by automobile.
Smyrna times., 1924-09-17
SOIL FERTILITY IN DELAWARE
AND SOME OF TESTS MADE
RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS AT
U. OF d. BY GEO. L. SCHUSTER
These Tests Made If Carefully Con.
sidered by Delaware Farmers.
Should Aid Them Materially

|. The University of Delaware Exper-
lment Station has issued a bulletin
under the direction of George L.
Schuster, containing data on soil fer
tlllty. The bulletin is the result of
long time experiments conducted bv
Mr.. Schuster, agronOmist at the uni
versity. The bulletin has to do solely
with findings pertaining to sassafras
silt loans. Sassafras silt loans con-
slst Of a brown to slightly yellowish-
brown friable silt loan, underlain at
about to u inches by a yellow to
reddish-yellow silty clay loan. In
some places the upper soil contains
a large proportion of fine sand. The
Sassafras series represents about iftv
per cent of the soils of Delaware.
twenty per cent of which is silt loan.
The remaining fifty per cent is made
up OF some fifteen different soil
types. The most productive soils of
the state adapted to general farm
crops are to be found in the sassafras
series. A brief summary of the find
ings contained in the bulletin follows:
Where general farm crops are
grown, such as corn, oats, soy beans,
wheat or mixed hay Glover and tim
othy), IN a rotation including a le-
gume to be harvested or plowed un-
der potash is the first factor that linn
its crop production.
Under the above conditions phos-
phOric acid is the second factor that
limits crop production and nitrate
last.
Acid phosphate ranks first as a car
Iier Of phosphoric acid, basic Stag
second and rock phosphate last in
crop production.
Applications of manure are equally
good, if not better than she use of a
complete fertilizer for crop produc-
ton.
The value of lime is limited by
other factors in the treatment. 1t is
OF no avail on corn or soy beans ex-
cept where muriate Of potash is also
applied.
Lime plays an important role in the
growth of the hay crop, (clover and
timothy. 1t produces the greatest
gain in connection with application OF
muriate of potash and with applica-
tions of muriate of potash and nitrate
of soda combined.
Applications of muliate of potash
produce the most marked effect upon
the quality Of wheat and corn.
The addition of acid phosphate to
muriate of potash further improves
the quality of wheat and corn; but
when used alone it is of no avail.
Lime improves the quality of corn
where muriate of potash is used.
Smyrna times., 1924-09-17

Work of remodeling the interior of
the Presbyterian Church in Milford
has started. Workmen commenced a
week or more ago to tear out the
stairway and floors in the front of
the building. The plans for the work
call for new stairways, rearrangement
Of the Railways, and metal ceilings to
replace the present plaster ceilings.
When the remodeling has been com
pleted the church will be redecorated
inside. This work has been badly
needed for some time.
Smyrna times., 1924-09-17
MARYLAND CORN CROP SHORT
Greatest Shortage in "a Years will be
Registered, Say Statisticians

Indications are that the Maryland
corn crop of 1924 will be the short
est in twenty-four years. If the pres
ent outlook will be realized a crop of
15,69O,000 bushels may be looked for,
assuming average variations to pre-
vail from now to harvest. This fore
cast is based on growing reports as of
September 1 made to the United
States Department of Agriculture,
says John S. Dennee, Federal crop
statistician at Baltimore. Average
production of the past five years is
25,500,0000 bushels. At prevailing
prices for corn the 1924 crop has
potential farm value OF S16,851 900
against S20,689,O0O, the farm value of
the 1928 crop, which was estimated
by the department at 25,231 900 BUSH
els.
Cold, wet spring delayed planting
and the crop got off late on a small
er acreage than usual. Later on
Smyrna times., 1924-09-17

Federal officers working under or
ders from Director Elliott's Office. at
Wilmington, last Thursday afternoon
made two raids near Houston. At
both places over 400 gallons of mash
were discovered and destroyed. Sew
eral gallons of finished product was
secured, most Of which was destroyed,
just enough being retained for evil
dence. The places raided included
those of Claude Vernon Caples, where
a still was in full operation in a corn
field. The second raid was at the
farm of Baker and Beck, also near
Houston, where large quantities of
mash were secured. A still not in
operation was also seized.
Smyrna times., 1924-09-17
MUST HAVE PROPER LIGHTS
Law Requiring the Elimination of
Binding Lamps is Being Enforced

Law Requiring the Elimination of
Binding Lamps is Being Enforced
The State Highway Police are max
ing an active campaign against the
automobile owners who are negligent
IN the matter of having proper lights
on their cars. The State law provides
that the lights on an automobile must
be so adjusted that the light will be
thrown on the roadway without blind
ing the driver of an approaching car
Although it has been on the statute
books for months - no real effort has
been made to carry it into effect until
the present time. All motorists are
being warned through the newspapers
OF the State to see that their lamps
are properly adjusted; and do so now.
Garages in all sections of the State
have been instructed by the State
highway Police in the proper meth
ods of adjusting the lights, so there
is no excuse for automobile owners
to fail to comply with the law.
The State Police have inaugurated
heIhOd OF keeping tab on the of
tenders against the motor vehicle
laws of the State which in the future
Will be far more effective than in the
past. Heretofore when driver of
car has been stopped and warned
to exercise more care in driving his
automobile there has been no wav to
check up on him if he is again stop
ped. Now, however, each State DO
iceman has been supplied with
punch and a system for punching the
drivers license cards has been worked
out A punch on one end of the card |
means he has been warned for one |
etfense, while at another spot on the |
card it means he has been guilty of |
another violation of the law. When
three punches are shown on the card |
the driver is in for trouble. 1t will |
be wise for all automobile owners to
have their lights inspected to see if
they comply with the law.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-09-27
Office Built On First
Floor OF City Hall

: Clerk E. Wilfred Ross will soon oc-
cupy an office on the first floor of the
City Hall, a corner having been cut
off the room where the fire apparatus
is stored.
This will afford easy access to both
himself and the public. The latter
will, no doubt, appreciate the change,
since the climb TO the third floor was
a real hardship, specially when such
uninteresting business as tax-paying
had to be transacted.
The main approach to the new Of
fee will be through a door on the
south side in the alley way. There IS
no authority for the statement that
entrance may be granted through the
engine room, but it may be that no
objection will be offered to such in
gress.