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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-02
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-02
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-02

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Evening star., 1924-07-19
PATAG0NlANS TALLEST:
LAPLANDERS SHORTEST
Extremes of Human Race Both
Found in Practically Arctic
Climates

1t Is often said that the tallest peo-
pie are found in the temperate zones.
and the general idea is that the Brit
fsh and the Scandinavians are the
tallest races in the world. If how
ever, you go carefully into the figures
you will find that this is net the case.
The average height of English.
Scots and Scandinavians is the same.
A full-grown man of each race aver
ages five feet seven and two-fifths
inches in height The Irish are a
fraction of an inch shorter, and next
come Danes and Belgians
But these are not the tallest races.
are held by Zulus, Iroquois Indians.
Polynesians and Patagonians. The
last, the talleSt race in the world
average five feet ten and one third
inches. Now the Zulus live in a semi
tropical climate, the Iroquois in a
temperate one, the Polynesians in
some of the hottest parts of the
world, while the Patagonians inhabit
the Horn Of South America, one of
the coldest and most miserable places
On earth.
In remarkable contrast to the Pata-
gonians are the Laplanders, who re-
siding almost on the Arctic circle are
the shortest race on earth. d grown
man being only seven-tenths of an
inch over five feet.
The more one studies the matter
the more puzzling. it becomes. but
one point seems clear enough-that
climate and latitude have nothing
whatever to do with height.
Food and fresh air. indeed. have
more to do with the development of
the individual than climate, as is
proved by the fact that everywhere
the. farm laborer is taller than the
artisan.
Evening star., 1924-07-19
FLORIDA SPEEDING UP
ROAD BUILDING PLAN
States Highway System Contem-
plates Network. Covering
$500 Miles.

by the Associated Press.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla, July 49,
working under provisions of an act
OF the Legislature designating sys-
tenn OF roads to provide highways
reaching from cne end Of the State
to the other. the Florida State Road
department is making steady prog
ress toward completion of the net
work OF roads that have a total mile
age OF 1906. In addition to work be-
ing done by the State, counties are
bonding themselves and spending
millions of dollars yearly in order to
expedite construction of the roads.
The State road department has only
about $4.500.000 a year to operate on,
In addition to'labor of a thousand OF
more State convicts who are as
signed to bodybuilding work, but is
going ahead with its program con-
structing highways that cost from
100000 to $4,000 for the hard-sur
faced type, and around $4,000 mile
for sand-clay surface.
The system provides for a road into
Florida from Waycross, Ga, extend
ing along the east coast of Miami
that will eventually extend to Key
West when the contemplated Over
seas Highway is completed; two roads
through the central part of the State
from north to south; one across the
northern border from Jacksonville
to Pensacola, and a number, of others
crossing the peninsula and western
wing at different intervals. Another
the Tamiami trail, extending along
the west coast from Tampa through
the Everglades to Miami, is also un-
der construction.
Evening star., 1924-07-19
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA,, Va, July 10 (Spe-
ciaD.-Forrest P. Waddell, suspended
Washington policeman, is still IRA
Alexandria hospital, where he was
taken last Sunday night after his
motor cycle overturned on the Fort
Humphreys road, killing Miss Mae
Foreman. A coroner's jury. which
has viewed the body, is awaiting
Waddelrs recovery to consider the
case. Mrs. waddeli was at the bed
side of her husband yesterday after
noon. as also was their small daugh
ter. The patient talks almost inces-
sanity.
Plans are being made for the or
ganization of La Toilette Wheeler
club at meeting of third party ad-
herents to be held in the rooms of the
Chamber of Commerce Thursday
night at s o'clock.
A fourth Booster Club campaign
was planned last night to start Au-
gust l. Details have not been worked
out. Fifty prizes, won during the
recent contest, will be awarded in the
auditorium of the Chamber of Com
merce Monday night. at o'clock.
Robert E. Lee Post, No. "a, Ameri-
can Legion yesterday received meri-
torious service citation as the result
of recent additions in membership
which now bring the standing of the
post to 1.400 per gent. The citation
was received by Charles E. Corbett,
adjutant of the post, from the de-
partmental headquarters.
Nat Ruffin, colored, yesterday after
noon was found guilty of an 'unin-
territorial violation of the prohibition
law" by a jury in corporation court
The Jail sentence was omitted by
Judge Howard w. Smith and a fine of
$50 and costs imposed. Sam Pearson
entered plea of guilty and was
fined $50 and costs.
Several hundred persons last night
attended the third of series of band
concerts given on Dreadnaugh Park.
Music was furnished by the Fort
Myer Military Band
The State corporation has granted
a charter to Temple Park Corporation
of this city, which will operate In
city and suburban real estate. The
maximum capital of the corporation
is $50, 900 and the minimum is 10000.
E. Taylor was exonerated of blame
Yesterday in the case where he was
charged with having struck with his
automobile Elsie Boggerson. small
colored girl of Washington. The acci-
dent occurred when the girl stepped
from behind street car at Henry and
King streets.
Evening star., 1924-07-19
SALMON STARVE
ON WAY TO OCEAN
Refuse to Eat in Fresh Water
During Journeys of 1000
Miles to Sea.

LONDON, July 19.-Having work.
ed their toilsome way up from the
sea the salmon are busy about their
family affairs in the small waters far
up among the hills.
Salmon and trout lay their eggs in
autumn, not spring. 1t is an interest
ing sight to watch them on the
spawning beds. The henfish chooses
a pool with a graveily bottom and
sets to scooping out sort OF trench.
She seems to plough right into the
gravel with her body. and the trench
in which she lays her eggs may be
fully ten feet long.
The eggs, when laid and fertilized.
taking their share at this work. They
keep at il until the trench becomes
Il mound, known in fisherman's lam
guage as a 'redd."
The hen salmon lays about nine
hundred eggs for each pound of her
weight, 50 even a l0-pound fish will
deposit 5000 eggs.
Once the important business of the
fish are free to depart. But unless
the water is exceptionally heavy they
hang about, waiting for a really big
spate to enable them to make their
TcluTH To IHe sea. DO, even
in the following March, when salmon
angling has begun again, many a
''kelt" or blackfsh is hooked in the
river and has to be carefully re-
placed by the disappointed fisherman
British salmon differ entirely from
American in that the former get
back to the sea alive, while the lat
ter never do so. This may be be-
cause of the enormous length of
American rivers. The great salmon
of Alaska swim up as far as Caribou
Crossing. which is 2,250 miles from
the mouth of the Yukon River.
Imagine fish accomplishing such
a journey without one mouthful OF
food to sustain it on its way. Salmon
do not feed in fresh water. There
is no parallel in all nature to such
feat. And IL is the most wonder
full. because the salmon, when in the
sea, is a most voracious feeder.
None Of these American salmon re-
turn to the ocean. Not one. They
simply starve to death, and their
dead bodies, drifting ashore, pollute
the river banks for miles.
Even the smaller hump-back SAL
mon. which, as a rule, use the smaller
rivers and creeks of North America
for spawning purposes, fail to return
to salt water. According to the
fisheries department of the United
States government, which has care
fully investigated the spawning Of
salmon. these fish, too, although their
spawning ground may be less than
fifty miles from the sea, make no
effort to return to salt water
These American salmon thus pro-
vide another example of natures
care for the race, combined with
carelessness of the individual life.
Evening star., 1924-07-19
COP. CHIEF NAMED
IN R. |. BOMB CASE
"a. |
PeIkey Accused of Placing
Gas Explosive in Senate to
End Fi|ibuster.
TWO FILE AFFIDAVITS
Chairman of Party Denies Charges
Placed Before Prosecutor
for Action.
TWO FILE AFFIDAVITS
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., July 1a.-Gov.
William S. Flynn yesterday said that
the Attorney Generals Department
had before it for action affidavits
from two men in which William c..
Pelkey, chairman of the Republican
State committee, WAS named as hav-
ing provided and directed the plac-
ing Of the gas bomb which broke up
the Democratic flibuster in the State
Senate on June 10. by stupefying
members of that body.
The affidavits. which. the governor
said were obtained by Assistant At
torney General George Hurley and
himself in New York yesterday, were
made by Thomas Lally and Matthew
j. McGovern, both of Boston. The men
are described as having been among
group hired to guard Republican
members of the Senate, first while the
hilbuster was going on and subse-
quently after the Republican Senators
left the State in body and went to
Rutland, Mass
Confirms RumOrs.
"oN. tlynn, re-reading the affida-
Wits, as published in the Providence
News yesterday, confirmed them as the
statements he had assisted nj obtain
ing. That of Lally names "Toots"
Murray, another of the so-calIed
guards for Republican Senators, as
having actually placed the bomb
beside the desk of Lieut.. Gov. Felix
A. Toupin, presiding officer of the
Senate and head of the Democratic
minority forces in that body. 1t as
serts that Lally was asked by John
Toomey of Johnston to put some
thing as near the lieutenant gov
ernor as YOU can and step on it
Pelkey. Toomey and McGauley each
made statements late last night deny
ing in detail the charges in the af-
fidavits tending to involve them.
Denies Accusations.
The statements connecting me
with the gas bomb at hte statehouse
are without foundation in fact, and
absolutely groundleSS," Pelkey said.
Il did not see or know of the pres
ence of either of the individuals re-
ported to have made the affidavits. at
the statehouse at any time during
the filbuster. and had no knowledge
of their presence there. / never met
these two individuals until five days
after the episode. and then it was
on the way to Rutland. 1 will have
have something to say later on.
Evening star., 1924-07-19
ACCEPTS HEADQUARTERS.
Davis Will Use Governors Room
at New York Club.

NEW YORK, July 1s.-John w.
Davis will use the governors room
at the National Democratic Club as
his personal headquarters during the
coming campaign.
The room" is suite intended for
the use of governors when they
visit this city. 1t was occupied by
Cordell Hull. chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee, during the
recent convention. and often has been
used by Gov. Smith.
Accepting the clubs quarters. at
the invitation of Thomas E. Rush.
president. Mr. Davis wrote: II am
very pleased to accept the cordial
hospitality of the National Demo-
cratic Club you were good enough to
tender me. I very much appreciate
the courtesy"
The club is three blocks from the
Davis campaign headquarters in the
Grand Central district
Evening star., 1924-07-19
PERSHING WILL RETURN
FOR TROOP MANEUVERS
Leaving France July % to Partici-
pate in Mobilization in
Fall

Gen John J. Pershing, chief of staff.
who has been in Europe several
weeks inspecting battlefie1ds and
cemeteries, has notified the War De-
partment that he will sail from Cher
Eourg, France. July %, and expects
to be in Washington about the first
of August That will enable him
TO participate in the proposed mobil-
ization of the defensive forces Of the
United States in the early fall.
Under the law, Gen. Pershfng will
be transferred to the retired list Sep
tember u, his 64th birthday, with
the rank and full pay of a general.
Secretary Weeks is authority for the
statement that Gen. Pershing, despite
his retirement, will continue in serv-
ice as chief of staff, at least until
the close of the present administra
ton, March next. The selection of
his successor in that office. he added,
has not been seriously considered.
Evening star., 1924-07-19
LUTHER LETTER SOLD.
Document Reveals Plea for ConciI.
iatory German Attitude to Pope.

BERLIN. July 19.-An event UNIQUE
in German auction rooms has been
the sale of one of Martin Luther's i'm
pcrtant letters, dated 1923. two and a
half folio sheets. and addressed to
the Elector Frederick of Saxony.
Written in German, the letter shows
clearly that Luther urged his deter
mined and energetic sovereign to
adopt a conciliatory attitude toward
the Pope. Taking the standpoint that
peace is more beneficial to humanity
than justice. Luther maintained that
a war must follow II the Elector pro-
tested further against the PapaI Cor
onation of the recently elected
Charles v as Emperor. The letter
was knocked down for 5000 gold
marks-at present rates not much
under $2,500.
Evening star., 1924-07-19
SYDNOR MAY ASK
TEST OF HIS SANITY
CounseI's Plea Expected to
Precede Richmond Wife,
SIayer's Trial.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va, July 1s.-Walter
J. Sydnor. husband of three wives and
confessed slayer of his third, is slated
for trial in hustings court here next
Thursday.
Before the trial is held, however; de-
tense counsel is expected to ask the
appointment of a lunacy commission
to investigate the sanity of their
client.
Investigation by the police has dis
closed that several years ago Sydnor
married Norfolk girl. A divorce re-
suited and he then became the hus-
band Of Eva May Sydnor. She insti-
tuted divorce proceedings. and Before
they were completed Sydnor married
Violet Worley Rainey.
The body of Violet Worley Sydnor
near the city dock. June II. Discov-
cry OF the body created a Statewide
sensation. Thelma Richardson, a
beautiful Toano girl. had disappeared
in Richmond and at first police iden-
tilted the body as that of her. Rela-
tives OF the missing girl, however.
came here and disclosed the error.
The body next was said to be that of
a Richmond attorneys wife. She de-
MED in person the Identification. Then
came the fdentincatlon or the Dooy
as that of Mrs. Sydnor.
Tells of EstFnnGement.
Mrs. E. w. Rainey of Richmond.
mother of the girl, identified the body
and told police that for several
months the couple had not lived to-
gether. She also disclosed that Mrs.
Sydnor had learned her husband still
was legally bound to his second wife
and the separation had resulted.
Sydnor came to the Rainey home
Saturday, June II. and made an en-
gagement with Mrs. Sydnor to meet
him that evening. Mrs. Rainey never
saw her daughter alive after that day,
and when she attempted the identifi-
cation she had to depend on the
clothes of the girl to make sure she
was right. The woman had been
struck on the head with a blunt in
strument several times before being
thrown in the river.
Immediately after Identification OF
the body a search for Sydnor was be-
gun. He was reported in several Vir-
ginia cities and at last was captured
in Alexandria. Mrs. Eva May Sydnor,
the second wife, contributed much to
the capture of the fugitive.
Evening star., 1924-07-19


has tremendous force and unwaver-
ing patience, and he had climbed to
fame in the legal profession even under
the handicaps placed upon the Baltic
citizens in the days Of the Romanoffs.
For the first two years of the world war
he was judge advocate of the Russian
armies operating along the north
east frontier. Later, he served in the
Judicial department during the ker-
ensky regime, but when an opportu-
nifty came to assist the patriots who
were planning the coup which placed
Esthonia again among the indepen-
dent countries of the world. he with
drew to his former duties, the. head
of the College of Law in the vener-
able university at Dorpat. He had
been teaching there since his early
boyhood, and gradually had reached
an outstanding position among writ
ers of legal text books as well as be-
ing one of the most successful teach
ers of International law and juriSpru-
dence. 1t was in this capacity that
DR.. Pip met the representatives of
the soviet government then in power
in Moscow, who. after the unsuccess-
full attempt to reconquer this portion
of Russia's former empire, accepted
When DR.. Pip first arrived in
Washington with his wife, who had
been his pupil in Dorpat, and who
also is a lawyer and a considera BILE
aid to her husband, he said that hav-
ing lived for so many years under
the terrifying conditions which held
during the war and after, he had
forgotten how to play. He has. how
ever. found leisure and inclination in
Washington for long quiet walks and
for an occasional horseback ride
through Rock Creek, with Nine. Pip.
who is one of the most accomplished
equestriennes in the diplomatic corps.
Evening star., 1924-07-19
DENIES BANDIT CHARGE.
Stephens on Stand in $37 900
Cannon Ball" Hold-Up Case.

PETERSBURG, Va, July 19.-Joseph
Fl. Stephens of Richmond took the
witness stand in his own defense to-
day in Prince George courthouse, and
for four hours denied that he had
any part in the.s37,0o0 robbery Of the
Norfolk and Western cannon BALI
last December. Stephens, an express
messenger, was in charge of the bag
gage car of the train at the time
the two express companies safes
were looted.
Stephens was implicated in the
hold by statements by Frank Mer-
hout, who, some time ago, pleaded
guilty before the court, admitting
that he actually committed the theft
but claiming that others also were
involved in the plot. For two hours
Stephens described the robbery,
stoutly denying that he had had any
foreknowledge of the plot or that he
aided Merhout in any way in pro-
curing the money. Then for two
more hours the accused underwent a
grueling questioning.
Evening star., 1924-07-19
WALES WANTED IN AFRICA
Nationalists Will Not Move for Sc
cession From Britain.

JOHANNESBURG, July 19.-The Ma
tionalists are desirous Of inviting the
Prince of Wales to visit South Africa
at the earliest suitable time. The lead
ers promise him the heartiest recep-
ton.
The decision of Gen. Smuts to dis
solve Parliament caused the abandon
ment of the visit arranged this sum-
mer. The South African Nationalists.
who following the defeat of Gen.
Shuts party, will. with the help Of
labor. form the new government, are
Britain.
1.-The Nationalists will stand by their
pledge to labor to make no effort to
change South Africa's constitutional
relationship with Britain" said Gen.
Hertzog, the Nationalist leader, in an
Interview, quoted by Reuter-.
Evening star., 1924-07-19
BRIG. GEN. w. R. SMITH
LISTED FOR PROMOTION
Will Be Raised to Rank of Major
General to Fill Place of Maj.
Gen. McAlexander, Retired.

Brig Gen. William r. Smith, COM
manding the Coast Artillery School at
Fort Monroe, Va, has been selected for
promotion to the rank of ma jor general
to fill the vacancy caused by the retire
ment on July % of Maj. Gen. Ulysses
G. McAexander.
Col. Campbell King, commanding the
18th Infantry, at Tientsin, China, will
become a brigadier general, effective
July %.
AS senior officer assigned to duty
In the Sd Corps Area, Gen. Smith prob
ably will succeed to the command of
that Area, with headquarters at Balti-
more. Maj. Gen. Charles H., Muir,
former Sd Corps Area commander, re-
tired yesterday from active service
Evening star., 1924-07-19
WOMAN ADMITS PART
IN BIG JEWEL THEFT
Wife of Man Arrested Here Con-
fesses Share in $4,000 stengel
Gem Robbery.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July l9.-Charging
that she had aided in the theft of
$50.000 worth of jewels from the
Park avenue apartment of Mrs.
Henry l.. Stengel on April 8, detec-
tiyes last night arrested Louise
Provnka, twenty-five years old, said
10 be the wife of Louis Campos, who
was arrested in Washington, D. c.,
yesterday as the principal in the rob-
berry. The woman was taken into
custody at the summer home of Mrs.
Stengel, in Larchmont Gardens, n. Y,
where she was employed as a maid.
The police said the prisoner admit
ted not only that she was Campos'
wife, but that she had played a part
in the robbery.
Evening star., 1924-07-19
SEED SPROUTS IN EYE.
Farmer in London Hospital Suf'
fers Pain Under Operation.

LONDON. July 1s.-Green, in
the form of grass growing from
a tiny seed, was seen in the eye
of a farm laborer on whom an
operation was performed at
Gloucester Royal Inflrmary.
The seed had lodged in the
socket of the eye, and it's germi-
nation caused it's host" great
pain. which Increased until he de-
cided to seek relief at the hos
pital.
Here the ophthalmic surgeon
decited to make an incision above
the eye. and the blade of grass
was uncovered and removed with
the hAyseed from which 1t had
sprung.
Apparently the discharge from
the tear duct had watered the
seed and the blade Of grass grow
ing from 1t had received sufficient
light through the eyeball to make
it green. The operation was sue
cessful. and the mans eye Is now
as good as ever.
Evening star., 1924-07-19
WIVES RABID ON FILMS.
LOSE VIENNA HUSBANDS
One Accused of Maltreating Chill
dren After Seeing Movie.
Other Dropped Cooking.
By the Associated Press.


VIENNA, July 19.-The movies Ii:
ured here recently in two divorce
cases. In one instance the husband
accused the wife of having neglected
her home over her craze for seeing
the movies. and of having maltreated
her children as result of having
seen cruel forms of punishment in
the movies The wife denied being
Influenced by the motion picture
drama, but the divorce was neverthe
less granted
In the second case a merchant com
planned that he could no longer af-
ford to eat in restaurants and hotels.
because his wife had the movie craze
and neglected cooking, housekeeping
and her husband. In this case, too.
the court granted a divorce, and par
ticularly stated that the defendant
had seriously neglected her house
hold duties through her frequenta-
ton of the theater and movies"
Evening star., 1924-07-19
THAW DENIES HE'LL WE'D.
Single Life for Him on Virginia
Farm, He Declares.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, July 19.-Har-
ry X. Thaw of Pittsburgh. who next
week gets possession of Kenilworth,
the old Stephenson estate, near here,
which he purchased recently from j.
w. and J. L. Jolliffe, has denied
rumors that he intended to bring a
bride with him to his newly acquired
Virginia home.
A report was circulated recently to
the effect that Thaw was engaged to
Pittsburgh woman, widow whom
he knew when a youth, and that they
soon would be married, either in
Pittsburgh or New York. He declared
he had no intention of getting mar
ried again. Thaw's mother, Mrs. Mary
Copley Thaw, who has been spending 9
a week or ten days here, has returned
to Pittsburgh.