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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-04

Tho high water on the skagit
" hich has caused work on the tunnel
Or tho Gorge power plant TO be dis
continued is suhsIdlng and work viii
be resumed IN a few days. skagit
Engineer c. r Uhden announced
Saturday night. The power plant
was never In any danger. uhdeu
LID
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-04
u. S. Ski Jumper
Injured on Slide

CHAMONIX, Feb. g. Roger
omtved;. ono OF The American ski
jumpers, was believed 10 have been
seriously injured this morning on
his first attempt down tho now no
torious suicide slide" Eo got a
very bad fan and was ~ he'd away
Tor medical treatment The extent
Of his injuries could not be ascer.
taincd b. a casual examination.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-04
WATER sHuT.orF NOTICE

City water will be shut off In tina,
district including the high parts OF
Gatcwood. White Center and High
land Park and other districts served
hy the w. Myrtle st. tank. and on
T.. 9th and 5sth SITS. cast OF Latona
ave. Tuesday. from n. m. 20 s
p. m.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-04
State May Audit
Project Records

Mayor =. J. Brown has asked state
Auditor c. w Clauscn for the serv.
ices OF State Examiner +. G. whalcy
10 mako a complete check OF skagit
records.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-04
Mayoralty Seekers
Will Address Club

All candidates for the office Of
mayor will present arguments before
the Seattle League Of Women yot-
ers Wednesday noon at DartnalFs
cafeteria. Z was announced MONDAY
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-04

escaped by a rear door.
Gootz. n half hour later. htruggied
out Of tho table cloth and united
Fitch with hts teeth. The men no.
tilted tho police.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-04
DEATH BULLETIN
READ BY GRAYSON

Holding a paper in his hand. he
read from II.
"Mr. Wilson died at 11:i5 this
morning." the bulletin said. His
heart action became feeblcr and
feebler. and the heart muscle was
so fatigued that II refused to act
any longer. The end came peace.
fully.
THE remote cause Of death lie in
his ill.health, which began more
than four years ago. namely. arterio-
sclerosis, with hemiplegia.
THE Immediate cause Of death
was exhaustion. following a dlges.
tive disturbance which began in the
early part Of last week. but which
did not reach an acute stage until
the early morning hours Of Febru.
airy ].
tsignedD CARY T. GRAYsoN."
The big door opened again and
DR.. Grayson stepped back into the
house. The blinds were drawn.
Such was the end Of Woodrow
Wilson.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-04
Mercerized
Cotton Jersey
At soc Yard

Mercerized Cotton Jersey Is
a new lingerie fabric that will
surely be favorably received.
In flesh pink, honey dew. Law
ender. mails and white. Width
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DOWNSTAIRS STORE
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HERE'S MORE ABOUT
WILSON
s,rp .xusr. 49,
STARTS ON PAGE /

made history as few other have
done. quietly dritted into eternity.
Tho life which. during its cioslng
years. had known little but struggle
70 make materiailstfc world accept
It's ldealism. came TO a peaceful end.
'lie died like tired man going 10
sleep" Rear Admiral Cary r. Cray.
son, who was with Mr.. Wilson 20
the end. told newspaper men as ne
described the last hours OF the man
who had described himself an "a
piece OF broken machinery"
Las, week Mr.. Wilson had re-
signed himself 10 the Inevitable.
II am ready" he had told Or.
Grayson as his physician intimated
20 him that this Illness might b
his last.
Ho had come 20 tho realization
that his work was done. During
the succeeding hours no had merely
lain and awaited tho moment when
his tired heart could beat no
longer.
All thru Saturday night the
death OF Mr. Wilson had been ex.
pccied hourly. Then daylight ar.
rived and the morning visit OF the
three physicians.
Finally came word 10 the silent.
reycrcut crowd awaiting outside the
Wilson home that tho former prcsi-
dent had perhaps but minutes 10
live.
Doctors Grayson and Sterling
Ruffin had found the nuticring OF
the once strong heart was barely
perceptible.
DIR. Ruffln quietly slipped away
from the house. while DR.. Grayson
took his place with Mrs. Wilson ut
the bedside. to count away the min.
utes IL would take the soul 10 make
its flight.
Miss Margaret Wilson was called
10 the room. She and Mrs. Wilson
carefully arranged the pillows. hoping
they might make even tho last mo-
mcnts the more comfortable. Mr..
Wilson opened his eyes. Mrs. Wilson
and Miss Margaret spoke softly to
him. but. apparently. no was too
weak to hear.
DR.. Grayson, counting each Of tho
heart beats. assured them that Wood.
row Wilson, alive. was still with
them.
Fifteen minutes passed. Then DR..
Grayson leaned closer over the quiet
form before him. There was mo-
ment OF agonized suspense. Then n
sad shake Of the Doctors head.
Woodrow Wilson was now Just
clay before his maker.
Five minutes later Admiral Gray
son opened the door OF the Wilson
home. Police held back the crowds.
who sensed what he had come 10
stay. while newspaper men gathered
in n little knot around him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-04

Tho miscellaneous columns in tho
Want ads may have something Of
Interest TO you. Turn TO them now.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-04
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-02-04
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Gray and tan novelty check
Tweeds in styles suitable for
Spring skirts. suits and one
piece dresses. In 5s-inch width.
At $2.45.
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propriate for skirts, suits and
one.piece dresses. Width IS
inches.
DOWNSTAIRS STORE
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som. lilac and bird. Egyptian
and poppy patterns printed in
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blue, pink, Nile green. laven-
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-21
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
WestIDard.
BY DR. FRANK CRANE.

VHE war whose effect upon the nations az the earth w
can hardly comprehend, has shaken up considerably
~ the British Empire
Great Britain IL the powerful national unit Al ire
world history But it is such unified force AZ
Germany before the war; Russia under the Cars
the Rome Of the Caesars the Greece of Alexander
Neither is it anything like Japan.
For one simple reason. Il is democracy and At the
mercy Of its people.
Themselves will not follow bndly the autocratc will of
King Or Ministry
III DOUBT said Sir John Macdonald ii 1884, IF England
will consent to having her Parliament placed ia de-
pendent position to Federal legislation b
Hardly forty have passed since this declaration
which at the time little disputed, and already the
independent strength fastened by the war; Of Canada
Australia, New Zealand South Africa and India,
and the growing consciousness these colonies of only
their power, but of their political individuality compel
England cooperation with them as weIlnigh equals
In certain sense, England herself dependent
upon, and not mistress Of, her stawart offspring.
For England ndustriazed to excess unable to live by
herself She owes her prosperity and her dom
nance in the economic world to the exploitation Of i'm
territory.
But the colonies in these territories have grown to such
extent that she would be entirely unable to dominate
them automatically
The British Empire longer autocratc exploiting
power situated in London. IS rather huge world cor
poraion Of formidable states and the balance Of power
easily lies IN the colonies rather than the mother country
The people of these colonies speak language belong
to our blood and have ideals Everything should be
done to encourage hearty cooperation with them for
world crisis they the people who would naturally
take our point of view
b Syndicate Incl
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ONCE-OV Frs
Be Pure Of Heart for Your Face Mirrors Your THOUGH

Be Pure Of Heart for Your Face Mirrors Your Thouehts
You have heard lot Of talk recently about reading
peoples faces and their hands and you think it Is
all very silly Don't believe in it at ALL" you assure
yourself.
But after trying few Of your general expressions
before mirror would you trust any any woman
whose habitual expressions is what yours isa
Merely to change the muscles and not change your heart
to correspond with the expressions which you admire
to be veneer not the real thing.
But change in thought and mind and heart With good
will toward all, is the remedy for the hard lines you
seek to cover.
Change Of heart real benefit to yourself under these
circumstances.
Change of heart softens the lines sweetens the bitter
which you have allowed to yon from many who
would be good friends If you would permit
II you do not wish your face to tell how mean and
wicked you be- keep constant rein on yourself and
check the mean and cruel impulses which are palmer than
words in telling the truth about you to those who Can
look into face and eyes and read the story therA
scspyrsht 1874 international Feature ssriss s.as
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-21

The position Of the bah CORE.
spends with that Of the ship at
the same instant Of time. A
curious feature Of this apparatus
- that the little ball Is only con-
nected by magnetic attraction
with the moving indicator which
travels along the under side OF
the chart. / make no attempt to
describe the mechanism Of the
machine, q task requiring tech.
nical diagrams and details.
1t Ii enough to say that by q
very ingenious, yet essentially
simple, combination Of moving
parts, associated with bulk the
gyroscopic compass ana the log
Of the vessel, both the course
and the speed Of the ship are
reproduced In minimum by the
course and speed Of the little
ball leaving its linked wake on
the chart.
Thus 1t Is possible not only to
have on q chart, 1t the end Of q
trip, q complete automatic trac-
ing Of the ships course, with its
variations Of directions and speed
throughout the whole itinerary,
but the indication Of position
given by the nautograph at any
time during the trip IL right up
to date. Where the telItale BAN u
on the chart. st that moment,
the ship itself IL on the sea. BY
old methods there IL always A
change in the ships position
from what IL was at the moment
when the observations were taken
to what II Is at the moment when
the calculations based upon the
observations are completed. The
calculations show where the ship
was, not whore It actually Is.
But the nautograph keeps locked
step with the ship.
There are, however, Il must be
added, certain small outstanding
errors In the combination by the
Iiautograph Of the course and the
speed, but these are negligible
in comparison with the relatively
greater errors affecting the older
methods OF locating q ship's In.
stantaneous position.
It Is expected that the indica-
tons OF the automatic sounding
apparatus that has come into use
since the war viii Be combined
in an improved nautograph with
those OF course and speed, %
that the depth Of water at any
moment may be simultaneous
known.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-21

~ UPPoSE you could hold ON
your knees, or place on q
~ small table before you IN
your limousine, chart on which,
az you sped along, q little linked
ball, rolling about and leaving
behind It line ON the paper, in
dicated your geographical posi-
ton at every instant Of your
journey.
As you watched it you would
be like some sky sentinel OBJ
serving from q great height your
own automobile as II Il were a.
lively insect scooting over the
ground below. In other words,
the moving marker on the chart
would continuity reproduce, ON
3 minute scale, but with exacti-
tude AZ to direction and speed.
the actual movements Of your
car. At every moment its posi-
ton on the chart would CORE
spond with your position In thu
landscape. You couldn't be lost,
no matter how many wrong turns
you might have made. You
could trace them all backward.
Now. we may imagine that
something of that sort may
eventually be realized for land
travellers because It has already
been realized for travellers at
sea, who, no doubt, have the
greater need Of It.
A French naval lieutenant
named Baule has invented and
tested such an apparatus, which
Is called q ''nautograph." Our
picture IL from a photograph
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-21
Human Bootlegging
More Profitable Than Whiskey.

There is kind Of human bootleggng more profitable than
dealing In whskey Revenue cutters looking for whisey
atoat captured ship packed full Of immigrants to be SNUG
gled into the United States Illegally.
It seems that smuggling immigrants is better than bootleg
gng whiskey The immigrant pays his freight and profit
IN advance He walks away and delivers himself after YOU
land him anywhere on the coast the border
Il Is outrageous that land Of unlimited opportunities
needing at least another fifty millions or good population with
millions Of not used should refuse TO admit ambitions
men and women Of the righttype with their children
You read that in France and Sweden men stand in line all
night before the consular Offices hoping be among the few
admitted to this golden land Of hospitality That dis
grace to common sense
Keeping out ambitious human beings from Sweden England
France Italy Germany and other countries is idotic We
are doing what the red indians WOULD have us had
they had the power And we are doing it stupidity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-21

his breakfast at that unlovey hourf You get
up until $50
going to change into entirely different person when that
little gold band slips your fingeri
And you've always liked outdoor girls, Jim You don't
like Ethel's crowd You're bored stiff at Ethels
amusements You don't understand Ehels thoughts What
makes you think YOU'LL changed
Yes there is way OF knowing whether It's love- and
that's the way Getting down fundamentals and seeing
if fundamental interests harmonic We all change
little with lovewere all ready sacrifice to certain
degree But the fundamental things spirits do NOT
change and repeated sacrifice only going embitter us
instead Of drawing closer together
There no truer advice il the world than this Jir
DON'T PICK A GIRL BY THE WAY SHE FITS INTO
YOUR ARM, BUT BY THE WAY SHE FITS INTO
YOUR LIFE.
And that goes for you, too, Ethel
But will either Jim Ethel upon this advice3 They
Will not For what's the Of thinking, if you can kiss
instead2
syndicas, Yno1 y
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-21

Wherever is love and loyalty great purposes and lofty
souls even though IN howell mine, there is fairyland
single type is often equal to ten thousand tongues
in spreading the truth.
There certain noble pride through which merits shine
brighter than through modesty.
Fiction has in il higher end than fact IT'S the possible
when compared with the merely positive.
Light is the first Of painters There is no obiAct 80
foul that intense light win not make II beautiful
Shameless they who give what's not their own
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-21

explore the land. Vanderbilt
seized him once mora, and his
avarice grew. De Soto determined
70 make those gold mines his.
he sold most Of his property Ia
Spain, bade his family and friends
farewell, and started off with
hundreds Of soldiers and horses.
Little did De Soto know that
when he boarded the vessel for
America In 1888 he had set foot
on his native soil for the last time.
De Soto landed on the west
coast Of Florida In the following
year and started eagerly On hia
search for gold. He marched his
men through all the thick for
ests. swampy marshes and VIII
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-21

He has since been known az the
discoverer Of that river because
he was the FIRST white man to
see II. In the summer OF 1912
De Soto fell with fever ana died
disappointed, heartbrOken man.
And somewhere in the depths 81
that swift mississippi the body 81
its discoverer lies buried.
For years Sonora De Soto ana
his many friends waited for ne
Soto's return. It was not until
those soldiers who were fortu-
nate enoueA to escape mishap re-
turned TO Spain that they were
told Of his death.
Copyright, 1924, By NawspanAr
Feature Service. Inc.
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dernesses Of unexplored land.
They were submitted to all sorts
Of hardships. for he was firm
nlaster.s who stopped at little to
reach his goal.
There was no gold In Florida
De Soto soon learned that. But
he had the heart Of q conqueror
who would never acknowledge
defeat, and he urged his men on
and out Of Florida's swannps 70.
ward the West. He was deter
mined to return home q glorious
victor--a hero with his pockets
clanking.
Two years later De Soto
reached the mississippi River.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-21
FAMOUS FIRsTs : By MARK sTUYVEsANT

r T was the dazzling lure Of gold
which prompted Fernando de
- Soto to leave his wife and
friends and sail for the New
World. He Just had settled down
to quiet. happy family life, after
many years OF exploration and
adventure In Panama, Guatemala,
Yucatan, and Peru. With Pedra-
rias, his patron, he had helped to
conquer the land Of the Incas and
proudly returned to Spain with q
fortune.
But soon after his return story
after story reached HIS ears OF
the great gold mines which lay in
Florida, untouched, unclaimed
waiting for the man who would
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-21

You're too different says Jim's elder brother tsYou
are going to get tired Of kissing each other after year or
two of it, and then what you dot You haven't thing
in common; You like to go fishing. She hates it You
think camping the life. She has fit il she gets frecke
She likes to Dance and look about cute on dance
floor trained SEAL She likes people in every night and
something doing every minute You like to NOPE over
fire with book"
Jim admits this sounds sensible. So does Ethel when
she gets similar advice from her married chum But the
next time they each other all bets are off Jim
doesn't care if he fish pole again Ethel is
sure that she II change overnight into kitchen lizard with
boieddinner complex Fur, surely anything as delicious
as this must be The Real Thing.
How going to know whether it's love or notf0
No. that ism t silly question It very wise question
and It'll pity that don't ask ofener For there rs
Of finding out whether you really in love or not
Il you're brave and honest with yourself there is way
Bat kissing isn't the test.
kissing is pleasant exercise delightful diversion for
any one between the ages Of nine and ninety But It has
Ccosyisht By kin
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-21
WORDS FROM THE LIPS OF WISE MEl

LAS how difficult it is to prevent the countenance
~ betraying guilt
It is hard to catch hares with unwilling hounds
The command Of iron gives ! nation command Of
gold
It is hard'for an empty bag to stand upright
It is safe fighting when there is no enemy
It is vain to cast nets in river where there are no fish,
Could we when and where are to meet again we
would De more tender when we bid friends goodbye
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-21
By ELSIE ROBINSON

just about as much to do with the stern and
hard job Of LOVE as eating cream puffs
has to do with running battleship.
The first thing to do when trying to de-
eide whether you're really in love or not
is to get that fact firmly fixed in your
head But dom kid yourself into any false
hopes.
Now, having relocated kissing into the
Light Amusement class, lets get down to
brass taCks Jim looks beautiful on the
collar and his talcumed cheek pressed
against your ear, Ethel. But how is he go
ing to look at $50 on cold Winter morn
ing with . two days beard and crouch
ont And how are you going to look getting
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-21
GARRETT P. SERVISS ON DEVICE
THAT PUTS YOU IN MAP

New Machine, Which Automatically Charts Sea
Positions, May Serve for Land Purposes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-21

and the trace that % lenweB
on the chart corresponding
with the actual track
Of the slip 81 cen.
showing the machine as It APP
pears in use on q ship. The
chart Is seen in place on top and
the little linked ball IL shown
together with trace Of the route
that has been followed by the
vessel from the moment thnt the
apparatus was set. to work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-21
LISTEN, WORLD!

I'M wants to know If he's in love with
Ethel
- Ethel wants to know if she's in love
with jim.
Each one has written secretly to me to
ask my opinion. They give all the symp-
toms. Cant bear to be away from each
other. Shiyer all over when their hands
touch or their eyes meet. Throb and Jingle
and thrill and yearn and dream and sigh
and tremble. Never felt this way about any
one before. Never! Not in all their nine
teen years. So, isn't this lovef How could
they possibly feel this way if it wasn't lovei
And won't it lasti
Some Of their friends tell them that it
yUoY, last
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-21

YVHE war whose effect upon the nations q the earth NJ
can hardly comprehend, has shaken up Confederate
the Rrikish Empire
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-02
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
White Spnts
~ DR.. FRANK CRANE.

IN the United States white pats sign Of the eeteist
II seems to be different n London.
'.You have idea what big trade the secondhand
dealer did said Mr.. Jacob Hopkins, Judge Of the Sn
pericr Court Of Chicago in Paris the other day lending
out top hats and dress suits and above all white spats TO
the lawyers who from the big and little towns
of America Eastern and Western It took me terrible
time to gets spas and looking right and though
were not dress rehearsal for play with Pecadly
background. There Isl as know, only man IN Chicago
who wears spat as they should be and that man
ex-senator Hamilton Lewis.
he peddlers very enterprising They had great
poster up the Savoy Hotel with suggestions as TO how one
should dress for members Of the American Bar Association
They cleaned up over dollars for less than couple Of
days hiring on each outfit.
He added that would have been priceless sight TO
have seen Of attorney friends walking down Chi
Cages main boulevard in spats, topper and the usual
paraphernalia Of the requested morning dress
London seems be strong FORM while America not
So inssent The Judge said that he had wonderful time
ii London but it was strain to have to change one
clothes three times day.
there is any thing that the West seems to think
characteristic Of the East and of the due Of the East u
white spats spats Of any kind It will be long time
before the custom is much in favor IN America
However is not absurd the custom OF wearing the
tall hat which is INDUCED by all men parade from tne
President Of the United States down Il man 70 pc
clothed in some peculiar garment to indicate that ne Pc
longs to the leisure class quite reasonable Tor hm
tn wear spats as to wear the plug hat.
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