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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-26
20 CHINESE DIE
IN HOUSE FIRE
Suspect Arrested as lncen-
diary in Death Blaze

LOS ANGELES. March 20. -
With one body recovered. police and
frcmen were today searching the
runs OF Chinatown rooming house
destroyed by an early morning fire.
Tor the crcmaicd remains OF at least
a score OF other orsentals believed
lost IN the blaze.
A Gordon OF officers has been
thrown about the debris. Will. a
drilling rain aided IN cooling off the
burned tImbers. permitting a thoro
tarch OF the ruins
Thirty.siye Chinese we're sleeping
on the lower floor OF the roomins
house and Is Oh the upper. accord
Inc 10 police figures. Only ciEht so
far are known 10 have escaped.
The fire started shortly after MID.
night. presumably OF incendiary
origin. Police arrested a man giving
the name OF Joseph Lsnolne. 80. said
10 have been seen running from the
scene. carrying can OF kerosene.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-26
HURT In FALL

Failing between 80 and 20 fee, from
a seaffoldins on a West Seattle build
inc Tuesday afternoon, Ajax Bell. 40.
u sese Bslyedsre 81. a contractor. fs.
eelsed injuries which may prove
fatal.
Bell Il IN the Providence hospital.
suffering from a broken shoulder.
broken arm and fractured hip. IN ad-
diiion 10 serious internal injurlet
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-26
OKEHS CONTEST

Mrs josephine Corilss Preston.
state superintendent q schools. an.
nounced Wednesday tho hlsn school
essay contest on state regulation or
public utilities. which has caused
hueh furore In public ownership
circles Of tho state. positively viii be
held The Northwest Electric Light
and Power association donated a
$1,000 cash prize 20 so 10 tho win.
-ner.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-26
DOPED, ROBBED,
} MAN CHARGES
Says Knockout Drops" Put
in Drink at Pool Hall

Declaring thar he had .en''doped''
srd robbed Of two valuable diamond
rings 10 the South End district Tues
day night r. e Weeks. siio Whit.
man ave, appealed to tho police
Wednesday.
Weeks said that he was IN the
American pool room with some
strangers re took drink. and i'm.
rnediatsiy lost consciousness. He
later found himself sitting In an au.
tomobile at Eighth ave. and Union
a. He had been robbed Of the two
rings. valued at about $500. Fifteen
dollars in cash and his golf cuff
links we're also taken.
Weeks was arrested for alleged
drunkenness. but was released when
Police found that he was merely III
from the effects OF Knockout drops. !"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-26
Skaggs Open 10th
Store in Seattle

skaggs opened heir 10th storo In
Seattle. the siSt la the state. az 1881
Greenwood ave. wednesday n "a a
combined meat market and grocery
store. There arc now 10 stores. two
markets ana a bakery IN Seattle.
l. ,. skaEgs announces The opsn,
ing soon Of another store IN the
ehaih at 5sii 2tih ave. \. w IN
ballard. soon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-26
e ARE DROWNED

DuNGENEss. England. March %
-Twentytlres japanese sailors ars
believed 70 have been drowned whsu
The German steamer Hifadahi ftrucs
and sank the Iapanezs cargo boa
Tokufuka Aiaru. IN a dense fog OF
The Kentish hesdlsnd last midnight
sixteen Of che Tolssfuka Maru'r
crew we're saved.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-26
$40, 900 Damages
Asked for Plunge

Twenty thousand dollars IN dam
ages are asked Of the Eitol bulldlns
owners and iessees IN a suit iasii
tutsd lR superior court by Mary Al
len Sherwood Tor injuries received Do
a fall She alleged that an elevate
IN which she was riding. feli fou.
floors February I. 1874.
International money orders paw
able In almost any part of the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-26
Home Gardeners

will find our Housewares Section
well supplied with Flower and
Vegetable Seeds, Fertilizers and.
equipment for garden culture.
DOWNSTAIRS STORE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-26
Schedule Dance

Clara Barton tent. No. !. Ladies' o.
me @. a. r.. VIII stage dance a,
Veterans hall. tho Arrnory. wednes.
day night a, $40. All veterans. or.
carnations Of the city we're Invited
10 attend
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-26
Register at "U"
for Spring Term

Students we're registering a. the
University u Washington Tor the
spring quarter wednesday. Glasses
convene Thursday % n m. II II
expected that the total registration
Fiil hardly equal that d the winter
quarter. which WAS slightly IN cz-
GEES Of 5000.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-26
Delicious Lunches

after shopping trip, are a de-
lightful treat in our Fountain
Lunch Room. Delicious sand
witches, salads, fountain drinks
and dishes. DOWNSTAIRS STORE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-26

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IS soul
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-26
ATTRACTIONS ARE
VARIED FOR FIVE
AERIAL CONCERTS

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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-27
Venus Now Most Brilliantly Isabel M. Lewis

%HE planet Venus, which has been such
magnificent object in the western sky
during the past winter and spring, far
SURPRISING in splendor the other planets and
brightest stars, will reach her greatest bril-
liancy on May "a. few weeks later she
will be so close to the sun that it will be
impossible to find her in the twilight haze
after sunset, and on July she will be IN
inferior conjunction with the sun and pass
between earth and sun. After that she will
be in the morning sky and late in July the
early riser will find her ready to greet
him before sunrise. At the end of the
first week in August Venus will again be
at her greatest brilliancy, and after that
will draw farther away from the sun and
gradually decrease in brightness as she re-
cedes from the earth
About a month ago, in the latter part Of
April, Venus at her greatest distance
from the sun in the western sky, at greatest
eastern elongation as it is called. She was
then setting more than three hours after
sunset, and viewed in the telescope she
looked like a little half-moon. After that
date she began to draw in gradually toward
the sun on the side of her orbit nearest the
earth and began to resemble the crescent
moon in the telescope When Venus
reaches her greatest brilliancy the oath
of this month she will look like the cres-
cent moon at the age Of five days This
crescent Will gradually grow THINNER Until
at inferior conjunction on the first Of July
it will disappear and the planet will be
invisible even in the telescope.
1t may seem strange that Venus should
be at her greatest brilliancy when she shows
the crescaGt phase instead of at eastern
elongation when half her surface is illumi-
mated and she resembles the half-moon or
earlier when she looks like the gibbous
moon in the telescope. 1t must be remem-
bered though, that Venus is much nearer
to us and so appears larger when the illu-
suit htsi crescent is greater in area than
the half moon or gibbOus moon of eastern
elongatiOn and earlier which seen when
the planet is farther from the earth. AS the
brightness of Venus is proportional to the
area of the illuminated part of its surface
its brightness will be greatest when the
planet is in the crescent phase. But this
crescent increases in size while it narrows
in width as Venus draws in toward the
sun. and it is a nice problem in mathe-
matics to determine just when the area of
the crescent is a maximum and when as
result the brilliancy of the planet is great
est 1t has been found that this always
happens 36 days before and after inferior
conjunction.
AS Venus will be in line with earth and
sun at inferior conjunction July /, you
can figure it out for yourself that Venus
will be most brilliant on May "A. when she
: visible in the west after sunset, and on
AUGUST s. when she will DC found IN the
Aeast before sunrise. At and near the time
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-27

He is easily identified as a member of the
that are not of benefit to the farmer. The
other is the squash bug. The beetle is one
fourth inch in length and one-fifth wide
and oval in shape. He has ten lemon or
copper colored spots on his wing covers. His
diet embraces all kinds Of garden beans,
cowpeas, beggar weed, soy beans, sweet
clover and alfalfa. The Mung and velvet
bean seem to be immune. One pound of
arsenate of zinc, to fifty gallons of water,
or one pound of arsenate of lead and forty
of water, is the spray recommended for the
Mexican weevil, and should sbe applied to the
under part of the leaf.
1t would appear that all this is trouble
enough for the farmer but there Is more.
The wilt has so cut the tomato crop in some
sections many people fear to plant them.
a resistant variety. Then there are the
melon worm, potato bug, the striped cucum-
Der beetle the squash vine borer and the
tobacco blight Happily a defense has been
found in the case of all these, though, a new
question arises, If the farmer diversfies,
as all authorities agree that he should, win
he have time otdo the necessary blowing?
Is he going to be driven to specializing, to
reduce his battle line? A battle line that
stretches from spring through the summer
and fall, creates formidable situation. 1t
resembles the famous line of the Allies
five hundred miles, with good fighting any
where, as Grant expressed it. The ancient
air, monsters all. In the days of the din
osaur and even of Goliath, the farmer
thought nothing Of the insect enemy. His
tory refers to the plaques of flies and of
locusts but not of the bacteria at any period
They were present though, as the plaques
that almost destroyed nations testify; pres
ent but not identified as death agents. There
is a prophecy today that the insect enc
mics man will destroy him, in the end, but
few people believe it. The human being OF
the twentieth century is the most knowing,
the most resourceful that the world has
ever known, while the insect has learned
nothing in million years The modern
farmer, with science arming him, can take
it on an eght-hour basis.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-27
4 Great Victory for Democratic
Leadershb IN Congress

~ NE of the most mastery of recorded
I exploits in legislative leadership is the
passage of liberal Democratic tax re-
vision bill over the administration measure
favoring special interests, despite the Repub-
lican majority in both the Senate and the
House. Those given to fancying that all
political wisdom and all governmental eff
cheney reside under Republican hats will
to enlighten them. Especially should 1t be
pondered by those Democrats whose penchant
is for praising President Coolidge or Secre
tary Mellon at the expense OF their own
partys able leaders and loyal forces in Con-
gress
The tax measure finally enacted will not
ibe with the theory OF those who believe
in over-burdening the rank and file in order
that a privileged few may escape their due
proportion of government costs. 1t will be
far from satisfactory to those who would
dispose of the question in the same spirit
in which the Fordney- McCumber tariff act,
protecting particular interests at the eX
pense of the common veal, was contrived
and Unanswered to passage. Indeed, this
Democratic tax bill may draw tears to the
eyes OF some poor millionaire But to the
great majority OF Americas income earners,
it will appeal, we dare say, as being equita'
BILE and sound.
The tersest comment that we have seen
is from that penetrating and impartial OBJ
server, David Lawrence. "Out OF the
6,662,176 tax payers in the United States, .
says he, approximately 6,109 would have
been given greater reductions under the
Mellon plan than under the simmons
Garner plan. This leaves 6,656,067 tax
payers who will receive greater reduc-
ton under the Simmons-Garner plan, which
will become law, than under the original
Mellon plan" When it is noticed further
that there is flat reduction of twenty-five
per cent in taxes payable this year on
1928 incomes, the guiding purpose of
those who pressed the bill to passage is
evident They were determined that fed
eral taxes should be lowered as much as
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-27
Not the First Time

Now that the bonus has become GER
tainty, it is astonishing how quickly the
calamity howers are beginning to see the
silver lining. Wall street prices, even, re-
acted and Treasury officials admit that the
thing is not so impossible as they
thought. And somebody has remembered
that congress gave George Washington a
bonus of $4,000, and General Greene and
and that Texas came near being divided up
among the Mexican veterans at 100 acres
per. All that saved her was that the vet
capitalization of patriotism, 1t is, at least,
not the first example.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-27
MY FAVORlTE STORIES
Bv Irwin S. Cobb


Mrs Carr was Irish-her first name was
Honora and her husbands first name was
Terrence-and she had conspicuously large
family in a neighborhood where large FAM
lilies were the rule and not the exception
Her twelfth had just been born. Ten days
after the latest addition had arrived the
mother ventured out upon her front stoop.
Neighbors paused to congratulate her but
for some private reason other the good
lady seemed in no mood for congratulations.
For the most part she maintained silence.
An acquaintance of a whimsical turn or
mind happened along and saw her sitting
there and halted.
Good mawning, maam" he sailed.
Good mawnin, Mr.. Donovan" answered
the matron
"Well I heard the news" he said, jovial-
ly; "'ts quite a string Of cars ye have now,
ma am"
Eyes" she said, crsply, "but the lasht
wan was the caboose."
Copyright, 1924.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-27

Of greatest brilliancy Venus may be easily
seen in broad daylight, and also like the
moon she casts a strong shadoW.-Science
Service.
VACUUM CLEANERS DRAW SECRETS
FROM CRIMINALS
PARIS-Microscopic examination of the
dirt and dust upon the clothing Of suspects
is a new application of science whereby the
French police are catching criminals
After cross-examination, the suspects are
stripped of their clothing, whose superficial
dust is first examined under strong micro
scope. A vacuum cleaner is next applied
to draw out other dirt into a pan. In some
instances a more thorough process in which
heating figures is used to separate all par
ticles Of foreign matter.
From the dirt thus secured the detec-
tives determine whether the suspect has
been telling the truth. One murderer tried
to prove an alibi by saying that he had
slept in an open field the night of the crime.
Microscopic examination Of his clothing
showed he had slept in a quarry.
An unsupported carpenter was connected
with murder by means of sawdust found
on a piece of overall which the victim had
torn from his assailant and which was found
at the scene of the crime.
The chief value of the new plan has been
in breaking down the bravado Of criminals.
They frequently confess when shown that
their first stories were lies.-Science
Service
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-27
The Far-F1ung Battle Line

-HERE are to be no holidays from this
date for the Southern farmer. The
line of battle for him is indeed far flung,
and his enemies are beyond arithmetical ex-
preston. In the mere matter of spores
which produce brown rot in peaches he could
never hope to compute the number to be
found, in a single mummy" or dredup
peach hanging over from last year. The
entire issue of German marks, at one mark
per spore, would not settle for the spores
in that small body. And brown rot de-
stroy~ the best part OF any peach crop on
the tree, and a large percentage of the crop
after it is gathered. Constant spraying is
the only defense. The spores enter most
easily through the punctures of the curculio,
is invitation enough. OF course the battle
can be helped to victory by careful gather
ing and burning of the mummies.
The strawberry crop is not extensive
one, but many farm wives rely on it to piece
out their incomes, The best defense against
the enemy of the strawberry plant the
weevil is arsnate of lead, one part to four
of hydrated lime busted on during the
blooming season. This little pest, not easily
seen, is built somewhat after the fashion of
the boil weevil, but differs In mode of at
: tack. The strawberry weevil cuts off the
bloom and is capable of reducing the crop
fifty per cent. Another enemy of this ia
vorite berry Is the crown borer.
These however, constitute but the thin
skirmish line in the army Of pests which
seek to defeat the farmer and starve the
world. The cotton boil weevil is the might
est and most deadly since his assaults are
upon the national pocket on scale equaed
by no other enemy. We do not eat cotton
but tremendous percentage of population
have their rations cut by it's failure.
The most successful warfare waged
against this enemy begins with shutdown
and continues through the night for unless
the arsenate of lead, busted on the leaves,
is moistened by the dew, 1t is almost sure
to blow off and become ineffective. In this
battle the farmer must keep his powder
wet, not dry.
And there is the apple tree borer, the
woolly aphis OF the apple tree, and the
peach tree borer. These borers can be de-
feated by the use of paradichloro benzine-
easily defeated 1t is said
A new enemy in the assaulting line is the
Mexican bean beetle, literally terror, for
he attacks cornfield peas, soy and other
variety OF beans, and works without restric-
tons as to hours. Common in Mexico for
fifty years, and later in Arizona, 1t entered
Alabama during the late war, presumably
with shipments of alfalfa hay from the
southwest, and has now spread over ~ceat
stretch OF territory. 1t has appeared In
thirty-five counties Of north Georgia, and
one in south Georgia; in thirty-two counties
of Tennessee, and in two or three counties
In Kentucky and the Carolinas
The adult beetle is good flyer and the
pest is expected to spread over the whole
United States east of the Rocky mountains
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-27
A FAIRY STORY
By DR., Frank Crane

LTERE," said the fairy, lis a ring.
II Put it upon your finger and you
will have all the power you wish
over men and women. You will be able to
make any one do anything you desire"
viii you let me have time to think it
Oyer?" | replied.
Il will give you a whole day. Ponder
we'll upon the advantages this will bring
you. IT you want money you make men
give it to you-millons-au your widest
dreams reach. If you want a woman's
love it is yours II you want to be president
Of the United States you will be elected
Even If you should wish to be king you
can compel the people to abandon democracy
and crown you. But why stop there? You
can be ruler Of the world. You have
name greater than that Of any of the worlds
conquerers. You can be master OF ALL
Think"
Whereupon the fairy disappeared.
All day long my fancy ran riot AS my
whole life had been spent in restrictions and
in struggling against them, now I felt as
beast would feel If his cage door were opened
and the wide world lay before him, or like
bird released from captivity preening it's
wings for flight into the free forests.
had done nothing but yield, yield, yield.
Poverty had hampered me- Duties had
yoked me. Burdens had bent Obliga
had led me by the nose
Now I could work my will l was free,
the master. Now | should live as a kngIy
soul should live. | would have palaces, serv-
ants homage. Women would seek my smile.
Men would court my favor.
will not weary you with all the details
Of pride and Lotence my fancy revelled in.
All day | laughed at the world as a man
laughs at the capers Of dogs which, he knows
will cover when he speaks.
Then night came. l walked out and looked
at the stars Gradually I grew sad. l saw
my own soul. Wisdom and truth feebly be-
gan to penetrate me.
At first | was tortured by the truth, but
slowly peace came the clouds of my troubled
and sensual ignorance cleared away.
When next morning the fairy came for
my answer, | said to her:
81 cannot take your ring for l have re-
Elected and perceived that the man who
would be above his fellow in Power must
also be above them in Character, for power
without goodness and wisdom is a curse to its
possessor. must go back to my human
creatures, for am better than they"
Then it seemed if the fairy changed
before my eyes. grew ugly and evil, snrouted
horns and tail, and l saw that after all
it was my old friend the devil.
copyright, 1924
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-27
A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY

Shew me thy nays, 0 Lord; teach me
thy paths. Lead me in thy truth and
teach me; for Thou art the God Of my
salvation; on thee do matt all the day.
Remember, 0 Lord, thy tender mercies,
and thy lopingkindness, for they have been
ever of old. Remember not the sins of my
youth, nor my tranSgressionS; according to
thy mercy, remember Thou me for thy
goodness sake, 0 Lord.-The TWENTY
Fifth Psalm, 4:1O.