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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-04
Legion to Enforce Holiday.

LOWELL. Mass, April 4.---Be.
cause many merchants In the State
are expected to refuse to close their
business houses April Il. known as
PATRIOTS Day" in this state, Low.
ell Post, Of the American Legion.
VIII seek prosecution OF ell viola.
tors. The State laws require that
all business shall be suspended
April 10. making the day q legal
holiday. The holiday 10 observed Ia
Maine and Massachusetts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-04
EIectrlc Creafl1 Freezar.

A new design Of electrically run
ice cream freezer has just been put
on the market. With a capacity, OF
three quarts OF Ice cream, 1t Is run
BY 1i0.volt universal motor, and
has an indicator th9t shows when
the ice cream frozen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-04
Lights to Reveal BandIts.

In China one OF the most i'm.
portant railway companies is plan.
ming to install twentyAsix self.con-
tanned lighting plants to operate
way-stations where the bandits hold
forth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-04
Weeks Sends Papers
To Senate That Lane
Said Were COnfiScated

~ WAAAA@AfANA As AAO AOAAA1N0V1Vp
international News Service.
Secretary Of War John W.
Weeks today turned over to the
Wheeler-Brookhart committee a
batch Of War Department records
relating 70 alleged frauds In
Americas $1,000, OOo.OOO war time
aviation program.
The records were demanded by
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
SCIENCE
Rock Records

The history Of the earth for the
million OF years before there Is any
record OF man Is divided into eras.
The story OF these different eras Is
told by scientific reading OF the rocks.
Biologists have made great progress
in recent years in reading these rec
ords OF the rocks and. as a result.
have greatly increased the estimates
OF the age OF the earth.
When rock were being formed by
sediments that accumulated age after
age. the remains Of plants and AMI.
mails living at the time were buried
In them and these formed the fossils
that are so keenly sought and studied
by scientists.
Many ages passed before there
were living creatures with parts hard
enough TO form fossils. Therefore.
old as the record is that is told by
fossils. II starts at a late period in
the history Of the earth.
History in the sense that II is a
record OF what man has done. brings
the worlds career down to n very
recent period. as biologists reckon
time. This history dates from about
1000 u. c.. when Menes founded the
first government OF Egypt OF which
there is any definite record. II is
known that man. in his present form
existed many thousands OF years
prior to that time. but the accurate
record OF what he has done starts
with this haif-mythical founder of an
Egyptian dynasty.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
BRAIN BUSY" RATS

Pack rat. much cursed pest Of
American wilderness camps. doesn't
rob thru malice or greed. but be.
cause he has passion for moving
thlngs-not April ] moving, but all
the year round. Hornaday. doctor
OF zoology. tells OF a pair OF Florida
pack rats that carried n lot OF
watermelon seeds upstairs from the
kitchen and hid them under a pit.
low. Then they took two table
spoonfuls Of cucumber seeds up
stairs and put them in The pockci
Of a vest hanging on a nail. Next
night they removed So small
articles from one box to an adjoin.
lng box and went into the pantry
and brought out two quarts OF
corn which they deposited in Box
No. !. Hornaday calls the pack
rat "hrain busy"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
How Europe Today Is Hell ping Itself

"Rio BUSINESS" tho world
IL over has become inter.
naiionaiized. Tho nationals OF
one country arc entering into
contracts with those OF another.
or arc spreading their dls,ri.
buting organizations over other
lands. Some have gone 80 far
as 70 divide up tho worlds ter.
ritory.
Gradually over Europe tho
consumers cooperative ofEani.
za,iona OF tho cities on tho ono
hand and tho fnuncrB' purchas.
Ing organizations on tho other
arc forming international buy.
Ing organizations to combat
monopolioa.
Every year AZ their intcrna.
tional meetings tho question OF
international buying OF raw ma.
teTiais IL the uppermos,. These
discussions are expanding into
action. A. soon as the none
tRry situation among the ma.
lions IL stabilized. international
purchasing by these aagocia.
lions viii 10 tremendously Rccoi.
crntcd.
WILL MEAN FUTURE
WARS WILL BE ECONOMIC
To one observing this great.
est economic movement in tho
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
THEIR DOGS
A DELUSION

DoLIcEMEN. even detectives.
Il arc like other people. They
are subject 20 deluhions.
Many police forces are pos.
scSsed by n delusion as 10 tho
dog as n detective. They think
that certain dogs police dogs
and bloodhounds - can trace
criminals. Dogs arc often put
on the tralI'' many hours after
the crime has been committed.
u is believed that these dogs
will. II once given the scent OF
the guilty party. follow II no
matter how II winds about. and
jump on the guilty person when
they find him.
This Is all a delusion. They
have proved II 10 be delusion
IN Europe where the dog mania
started. A dog cannot pick out
a man when given the scent,
even II close by. Neither can
he follow the mans trail even
where u - not crossed. II II Is
not perfectly fresh. and II II
has been crossed. especially by
n trail going in much tho Same
direction. the dog is just as
likely 10 follow the wrong trail
AZ the right one.
II Is all delusion. The dogs
evidence Is worth exactly moth
ing This has been shown by
hundreds OF experiments.
Human evidence is unreliable
enough. Dog evidence is stiIl
more 10. II is not evidence
ut all.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
WE HAVE NO RULER
BY FRED l.. BOALT

10 corporation which u known
~ tho United states Of Amer.
ica. This corporation has no..
900. 900 AharohoIdera. and every
adult shareholder has exactly
one vote, wherein IL II different
from n private corporation In
which a vote goes with each
share. II frequently happens
that in private corporation a
single man holds 81 per cent
Of the shares. 10 which case the
corporation has one.man rule.
But no one man can rule tho
United States OF America.
We Americans are a sovereign
people. and. far from being our
ruler. the president is our ser
want. employed by us At a good
falary under a four.year con
tract. once in awhile our
servants services please US 80
well that we renew tho con.
tract for another four years.
But not often.
The president Is as literally
our servant AS Is the mayor Of
our town or the policeman on
the beat.
The moment our president
ceases being a servant and be.
comes a ruler. you will find me.
for one. in rebellion.
There Is no disrespect in what
am writing. The duties OF
the presidency arc many and
onerous. Only "A good man
could discharge them well. Most
OF our presidents have been
good men Of high attachments.
But that our president is in
truth our servant is shown By
the fact that the services OF
one presldent--a man named
Johnson-were so unsatisfactory
ms 20 be tantamount 20 violation
OF his contract with us--and we
kicked him out OF office.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08

LlREDERIc J. IIABKIN bnB
Il sent mo "a copy Of his "rho
American Government" which
ip lta various editions has AZ
tanned q circulation Of nlmogt
100000. II " tho latest edition
that hns come TO my hand.
on tho tile page Of the book
find this. Before publication.
every chapter Of this book was
read and approved by "a govern
mcnt authority"
wonder why, then. this au.
thority did not correct the very
first paragraph OF chapter one.
which says
The president Of the United
States has more responsibilities
aud greater power than any
individual In this or any other
land. lie Is The foremost ruler
Of the world"
The president OF the United
States is NOT the foremost
ruler OF the world. HE rs NOT
ANY KIND OF A RULER.
lie n the president Of a gigan.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
Stockin gs for Bows

IT KNOW the value of dollar-I worked for it. Too
many children of the rich mere spendthrifts
My kids going to cotton stockings so they can
appreciate the silk that they will earn later on"
Thus l. c. Herman, millionaire handkerchief manufac-
turer of New York
Cotton stocsings-comfort, thrift Silk stockings
style, luxury. knowledge of the dollars value and pur
because earned by hard experience Ignorance of
the and useessness because father worked hard
The difference in these decreeng the of children
More of wealth than thought have life-pocy
something like this
Il owe my children the best home and the best educa-
ton can give them. Maybe | it to them and to
society to leave them enough to keep them from want
1t best for them for society and for me- that they
earn Injuries, | did, if they want them"
Immortal Abe Lincoln started in homey yarn stockings
1t might be well should every rich father of day
look this boy and consider where old Abe would
have got had he had silk stockings and father who
told him that dollar inconsequentia trfle and
he wouldn't have to work after father died. anyway But
the rich of day. rule, stake their boys to
earned bank accounts and make their only responsibility
that of specializing how father will be dead and
buried. Silk stockings and all other Injuries pail on
such boys, rule and their only persistent vision is
that of the fairness of dads estate
Why have these fossil hunters overlooked Washington
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
FARMERS HAVE OWN
CREDIT ORGANIZATIONS

There the farmers finance
themselves thru their own
credit organizations. Each mem.
Der OF an association assumes
unlimited liability for the loans
made by his society 10 his fel.
low farmers, This eliminates tho
great landowner from the aaso.
citation. makes for small. com.
pact grouph who act with ex.
IRENE care. This system acts rs
a restraint upon land specula-
ton and encourages land ten.
nney. The farmer who Ia n
chronic tenant cannot be one OF
their group.
When these small groups
have pooled their resources into
ono great ccntrai organization
that draws It's funds from them,
tho farmer has become prac-
tlcaily independent IN his hank.
Ing operations.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
Do 1t Mop

INCOME taxes going to be reduced. That's assured
Republicans, democrats and progressves all favor it.
Fine. But
With S3,OOO000000 surplus in the treasury why wait
until 1925? The house ways and means committee, now
considering the Mellon tax BILL thinks il might be pos
sble TO make the reductions this year."
The Star says: DO it,"
Most income tax payers stretch out their payments
the four quarters of the year. that adjustment
of the tax would entail little cash return II could be done
without confusion.
Citizens unprotesngy have paid and paid as long as
the money needed. Now that the treasury is over
the top" 1t is an imposition to make them pay for an
other year before the burden is lghtened.
Harry Daugherty Florida That's clever
Going there at this time certainly playing politics.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS

YOU can get an answer TO any |
question OF fact or lnformh- |
ton by writing to Tho Question
Editor. stars Washington Bu- |
rchu. f31s ~ Y. Ave. Washing
ton. y. G.. enclosing two cents in
stamps for reply. Medical. legal |
and marital advice cannot bo
DO undertaken. Unsigned re-
quests cannot DO answered.
| EDITOR. ]
am making n table lamp. How
can / cut tho top orr a crockcry
yass7
ny means Of medium grained
emery iohcel Some care, Of course.
must be exercised "a order that the
impacts Of the ropidly-rcpoirinc
icheci on the paSc uAl NOT shaffcr
u. but " Doa take the prccaufion
70 grind sioirIv and carefully. you
loiu be able 10 cut u doien salts.
factortiv.
How can dry cells bo re-charged7
They cannot.
What Is the religion OF the poo.
pic OF Esthonia7
Fiuc-drths Of them arc Luther
ans. the remainder being mostly
Greek Orthodox. and Roman Cath
oiics.
Was there ever state OF Frank
lin in tho United States7
In 1884 the East Tennessee coun-
ties endcapored 10 form tho state Of
Franklin. Compress, however. icouid
not recognize them az Independent
Of North Carolina. Later North
Carolina cedcd these counties and
other territories 10 the federal oov-
eminent and the state Of Tennessee
iods formed.
In the story Of Robinson crusoo
truth or fiction2
~ Is mainly fiction but iods sYo-
oestcd bv the story Of one Alexander
SeiIirk, toho tods mdrooned on q
dcsoldte island for oper four years.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
Telling 1t
to Congress
Excerpts from the Congressional
Record
FISHERMEN

II is a notable fact that OF the
Twelve Apostles selected by Christ,
four we're fishermen. They were
natural philosophers who made their
living in the big wide open. who
knew the stars, the tempest, the sea.
the sun, the moon, the winds, and
tho calm. They were prepared for a
campaign for men because they had
first campaigned with the elements
OF nature. Study OF nature had pre-.
pared them for n study Of men. and
their thoughts and teachings were
big. like the outdoors from whence
they came.--Representatlve Halves,
3D.. No.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
A Notice to Mr.. Jinx

A MOTHER chain letter in the mornings mail
n Copy and send to nine friends read the drivel.
1T will bring them good luck Do not break the chain,
for whoever does this will have bad luck. The chain
started by American officer and should go three
times around the world
If Old Man Jnx has any bad luck, let him bring il
For the chain is broken, here and now
If Seattle citizens think more of their time
than to spend it in copying and mailing such foolish
twadd at least they should spare the overworked letter
carriers from distributing them and their sensible
friends from receiving them.
Historian thinks Abraham Lincoln win have been
Republicans praying that Albert Fal wiz be-
1000 hours
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
TEAPOT NEWS

TEAPOT NEWS
Washington IA 10 quiet about the
scandal you can hear a fight two
blocks away.
BEDTIME STORY
Chicago woman asks divorce be.
cause no made her get up every
morning and build the fire. We
don't blame her.
JAIL NEWS
Detectives at work on the case
suspect Senator walsh OF making
away with Al Falls peace OF mind
WEATHER
They hanged two Eskimos. Maybe
they can hang The man who fires
our furnace. Ito must DO an Es-
l.imo.
EDITORIAL
A Cleveland Girl rota drug store.
Ipa a wonder tho clerk didn't offer
her something Just AZ good when
she demanded money.
BEAUTY SECRET
Hunting nickel on the floor
win reduce your bay window.
FASHIONS
The height OF fashion Is always
found In the price.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
What Folks
Are Saying

Prof. !. III. stonghton IIolborn.
director fine arts department. Carl.
ton college: 1T doesn't matter 30
much what wo have come from as
what No are growing toward. Man
alone can Fix his goal. have no
patience with people who cry.
Don't worry Tho cows don't
worry. and tho pics don't worry.
and there they are
Frank Swinncrton. English novel.
ist: ''Sovolists do not put into
books tho people they meet. II tho
writer simply imagines a character.
nobody can successfully tell him he
Ia wrong about IT,
Col. Dwight r. Davis. assistant
secretary OF war: There viii be no
slackers or profiteers IN our next
war. Under plan worked out by
tho war department. every man.
woman. child and industry will have
a part. When other countries learn
that all these elements are avail.
able for defense OF this country.
they will not be so willing TO at.
tack"
J. II. Doze, game warden OF
Kansas: II protest against the
slaughter OF rabbits. We should
take steps to preserve them. BY
taking rabbits away from the coy.
otes, we are driving the latter AMI.
mails 20 seek other food like chick
ems. calves and pigs"
DIR. Richard Il. Moore, former
chief chemist. U. S. Bureau OF
Mines: Enough hellum gas IL now
available in the United States to
keep filled and ready for service 200
alrsblps OF the size OF the navy
dirigible Shenandoah This country
contains all tho known world sup.
ply of tho gas and. as an asset in
time OF war, It would be invalu.
able"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
Not Like Teddy

TINE Roosevelt tradition is not particularly well served
i by the eleventhhour scuttling of the sons in this
matter of the Teapot Dome scandal
With the charge of bribery and corruption openly made
in the u. S. senate young Mr.. Archibald Roosevelt
enters the committee where the investigation is
in progress and dramatically wthdraws from the Sin
clair Oil company, Big Brother Theodore sort of bringing
him along by the and telling the committee he
thinks it is the best thing for Archie to do
The tradition of Roosevelt integrity would have been
better served had Theodore Junior used his position as
assistant secretary of the navy prevent the transfer
of the naval oil to Secretary of Interior Falls
department. raising voice against such transfer and
signing in protest when it was made. Because as
matter Of fact everybody knew the purpose of the trans
fer. 1t to loot the reserves.
thru with politics good" good" deserip.
and wei psen.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
K LETTER From
nv RIDGE TIANN
February S. 1924.

"
On reading Thursdays
see some engineers win take slnnt. let
about tho skagit plant They 10 tell the
owns for having eleven million quite
tidy bit OF dough. and worth careful double-o
But tho earns praise tho quito
tho same the public pays.
sec fellow gave tip for tearing little
tic slip Five dollars the wad blcw--beforc
found tho court cargng two. And 'hs~ h- -r
~ changed his mind he told tho chief cop
signed We hand the cop a loud and rusty gibe-but
what about tho that GIVES the bribe7
sec man preferred paupers fate, and wouldn't
million buck estate. Now there's really very
wise-ho knows it's not In wealth pleasure when
money comes it's apt to hearts
JOY OF lie DEPARTS Would accept a million
Tho plain and solemn truth is this: / would
Mruaae q. Mao~v
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08

Roast silkworm may soon be out
OF order. You know. the sillSworm
Of commerce winds his gossamer web
In a sealed cocoon. and. 20 get at the
goods inside properly. II IL put in an
oven and the bug is heated 10 death.
Now n silkworm has been discov.
cred In Assam which leaves It's little
workshop open at one end except for
n film Of silk. Thus, the silk and the
worm can both be saved. the latter 70
so on living and produce moro OF its
kind.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
10000 Years A go

i OOklNG backward The most important delving into
the unknown past in 1923 the discovery of the
skull of man who lived 10000 years ago in South
America Such is the belief of distinguished group of
scientists.
Previously the anthropoogical experts doubted that
man existed the American continent earlier than
10000 years ago.
People in the 1000 may look back and classify this
as the most valuable contribution to knowledge in 1928
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08

have been oppressed by price.
fixing" or monopoly abroad.
they have gone into tho bust.
ness Of purchasing and dlstribu.
ton Of neccHsaries for the farm
and the individual They have
become extensive manufacturers
Of Tho articles monopollzed or
controlled by price. fixing
schemes once they have started
10 manufacture thru their mn.
tionai or wholesale organlza.
ilons. they have not turned back.
In many instances they have
completely annihilatcd the mon.
opoiy that caused their birth.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
A Relic of the Past

EROM Ecuador $50 specimens of the caenolestes
mouse-sized opposum, strange relic of the past 1t
should have become extinct three million years ago sci
entists say, like the vanished other forms of life that e
listed then They gone but the caenoestes lives on
unchanged.
Three million years of suspended Development It's
real freak of nature, for constant and eternal change
seems to be the purpose Of the universe.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
FALSE EXPECTATIONS

Is the senator from Wisconsin
sMr. LenrooD laboring under the i'm.
preston that anybody has suspected
the secretary Of the navy OF original.
ing any idea Observation-Disclosures
Stanley p). Kentucky.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
A THOUGHT

lie that hath knowledge spareth
his words: and man OF understand.
ing Is OF an excellent spirit.-Prov.
xv.i.:27.
MOT only is there an art in know.
IN ing a thing. but also certain
art in teaching it.-cicero.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
Back From the Dead

NIFTY thousand volts of electricity passed thru an
/ ploye of General Electric Co, at Schenectady. His
heart and breathing stopped for several minutes. Then
he revived. Alive
A current of 1000 to 5000 volts would have killed
certainly. An overdose of electricity like overdose
of certain poison that is fatal in small quantities.
Electricity is the Supreme Mystery barring the
spiritual
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
LOST

LoST-s Somewhere between
Washington and Teapot Dome
naval oil reserve. several rapu,
tations in fairly good shape.
Finder please return at once.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
BY HON. HUSTON THOMPSON
Chairman Federal Trade Commission

worlds history. n battle OF
arms VIII DO very Difficult. 10
bring about n n stabilized peace
can be maintained for n few
years, Instead OF battle OF
arms, the future viii zee a istt.
Ito of economies. In which tho
International cooperative orEanl.
nations win combat tho Inter.
national monopoly.
Tho cooperative city consuu.
eru AZ well as farmcrs groups
arc providing the greatest ie..
son IN economy that tho world
has ever seen. Thru their
agencies over les million people
OF Europe AFRO purchasing tho
neccasarieu FOR human life or
the materials required for pro.
duclng farm crops. They arc
doing this up on n caah basis.
paying as they go, In this re.
apeci they ars probably tho
greatest single forco for recon.
afrtltaflnt Ia Tstrar,n
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
Tom
Sims
NEWS
ALL GOLD NOT IN
TEETH
common Bellef Is Mlstake

Common Belief Is Mistake
There are children II years old
who have mover seen real gold OK.
copt when their parents laughed.
But statistics show sib.0oo,00o IN
gold imported IN ono month.
That Is enough money 60 buy a
quart OF a0.yearold booze. The stuff
you set without paying this price
VIII not reach tho ago OF 20 before
1854.
What do wo do with 30 much
goid7 This Il leap year and the
women arc on tho jump for we'd,
ding rings. That may BIO tho solu'
ton.
GEE WIFI
The governor OF Indiana IL bank.
rupt. according 20 report by fed
eral master OF chanecry This
proves our lifelong contention that
Il IS possible for governor 20 DO
honest.
4 dishonest governor may cause
the state 10 so bankrupt. but u Is
next 90 impossible for him 90 so
broke IN person.
POLITICAL NEWS
what's In nRmof Caraway
dldn', let them carry away,
FOREIGN NEWS
Macdonald Hays tho British en-.
pire a. an right. on course Il ~.
pldn't Il choose MaoponaldT
SPORTS
They had n big dos show IN New
York No society woman tried 20
enter her husband.
BRO. TOMS KITCHEN
To clean tho ceiling stand on
your head on table and scrub
as you would scrub tho floor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-08
AMERICA TWO YEARS
BIsIHiND EUROPE

In America We are pnrpllcilng
tho economic situation in
Europe. but We arc about two
years behind. The reaction from
the inslstent price.fixing and
monopoly that ~ going on in
this country az much az In any
period OF our history is driving
tho ultimate consumer OF tho
city and the farmers into their
respective cooperative organize.
tons as in Europe.
In practically every instance
whore The farmera or arilsans