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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-27
MANILA PRISON
Chief HERE
Roman victoriO Says Jail Is
Selt-SuppOrting

NHIsN you have enjoyed the rest
w fm comfort of one o. thc Ia
nous peacock chairs of the Philip
pine Islands. you perhaps did not
know on rrali-e INT lhey Are made
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-27

cucumbers and pineapples arc
scarce In London because German
firms are swapping them up at al
most any price.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-27
nY n0noTIY smrMATE
49, EQrAnE nAnnE

MADISON sol ARE Garden.
NEW YORK. june 81 whether h
IL Past slide or Wet eide Tho wives ~
presidential candidates aren't uWaYs
twain.
- 4 Waa when Mn Alfred d.
smith aud Mn william Gibbs SO
Ados met AZ the democrats national
convention and rat la adjoining
boxes 90 watch The enthusiastic sup
porteus u their husbands for the
nomination as president o. tho
United States.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-27

lcaped upon q table on the speak.
era stand ana held W a large por.
trait 'of silfer However eyes were
on her rather than the picture
Mia Thtlma Pafkinas IN. state com.
mitisc woman Of New Jersey climb.
"a ultn the platform and waved the
New tsrsey flag -She n only 70
years Of age. and the youngest
county hoss Ia the democratic party
Illinois pulled up he standard and
Joined IN the demonstration. n WA
The greatest that any Of tn favofite
poua have received up 20 this tlme.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-27
nIrrER pIsarruINrMnNr

EloplnE Wife isobbingi-II'ye
Just had tt.telegram from my
husband.
Her Lover nnxiouslyi-Hs doesn't
want you TO so back. d0es heY
'N.no. All he wants TO know IL
where ! left hls clean pair OF socks.
tho b-hruteg'-p bulletin lsydneyl.
British portal authorities have H.
sued 10000 licenses for receiving
sets.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-06-27

Miss Marion Baker, OF Jersey City
beautiful young woman In black
Evening star., 1924-11-14

value of the place, Washington ex-
pertS with the commission pointed
out, would make 1t an ideal location
Tor one of the entrances And the
cleared spaces would provide excel
lent pasturage for the heads of elk
and deer with which the Eastern ma
tiona1 park is to be stocked
On Three Railroads..
Three great railway systems skirt
the fringes Of the area in Virginia
now-the Chesapeake and Ohio along
the south, the Southern along the
northern and western end and the
Norfolk and Western, which stops at
what would be one of the main en-
frances, Luray. In addition perfect
automobile roads approach it from
all directions, so that the people
would not have to wait for good mo-
tor roads to be completed before en-
joying the advantages of the Blue
Ridge section.
Within the proposed park itself
there are hundred of miles of good
bride paths already in use by the
vacationists who spend much of every
Summer in their own camps. These
already reach to the SUBMITS of the
highest peaks-Hawksbill and Great
Fork mountains, which rise more
than 1000 feet above the valley it
self, and Stony Man and Round Knob,
about 400 feet above sea level and
5000 feet above the valley.
In short, 1T was pointed out by the
experts, no other area under consid-
GRAFTON could be made ready for use
as a national park in so short a time
and at such a small expense as the
Evening star., 1924-11-14

must be secured as a museum of the
Eastern forests at its best before
changing conditions make them avail
able for commercial use. They will
be many times more valuable for ma
tional park purposes than for lumber
ing, and as our Western national
parks have so often proved, will bring
to their surrounding populations far
greater profit"
Springs Abound in Area.
The committees tour of inspection
ended at Staunton. which would be
located at the southern extremity of
the park If the Virginia area were
selected. All yesterday was occupied
with a mule back tour of the famous
Black Rock section above Waynes-
boro, which abounds with the wild,
rugged country essential to national
park purposes. 1t is also pocked
with springs that are reputed to be
of medicinal value, none of which
are exploited except one-Radium
Springs-and this in a very small
way.
Two members of the committee,
however, have yet to complete their
inspection. Harlan p. Kelsey was
unable to accompany the other mem
bers on the last trip and Maj. w. A.
Welch, manager of the Palisades In
terstate Park, has not made a thor
ough tour of the region. These two
members will be taken over the parts
they have not seen Immediately after
the trip to Tennessee is completed.
Col. Smith and DR.. Temple also have
expressed a desire to visit certain
easily accessible areas not covered
on the trip just ended. and so intense
is their interest that they have volun-
teered to make week end tour on
the first clear period after returning
from Tennessee.
Site "Park Material.o
None of the committeeman may, of
course, speak their minds freely until
after examining the Smoky Noun
tains. That they We're more than
pleased with the Blue Ridge Mountain
area, however. all freely admitted,
and DR.. Temple, chairman of the
committee, speaking purely from a
personal standpoint, frankly declared
it is real national park material"
Only one small strip proved a dis
appointment. and that was the gap
where the famous Spottswood trail
crosses the area. 1t was somewhat
cleared in a narrow saddle each side
Of the trail. but the very historic
Evening star., 1924-11-14
TROUBLES MOUNT
FOR ALLIES AGENT
Reparations, Dictator Under
Dawes Plan Faces German
Tax Revolt.
BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER.

BY Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
BERLIN, November 14.-Germany
Will be the grave of many reputa-
TONS This statement. attributed to
owen d. Young, is making the
rounds of German business men. 1t
serves to give an idea of the diff
culties confronting S. Parker Gill
bert, the new agent general for the
reparations payment.
The writer was informed. for in
stance, that the German Industrial
lists are asking the agent to have the
26 per cent tax on German exports
removed. They declare they intend
simply to ignore it. They will re-
fuse to enter into commercial treat
les with the French and Eng sh ex-
cept on Il basis OF absolute reciproc-
tty.
Government More Cautious.
The German government does not
go SO far. 1t admits the right of the
allies under the Dawes plan to levy
such taxes, but declares it will force
reprisals when in January Germany
becomes free of the unilateral COM
mercial arrangements imposed under
the treaty of Versailles.
The financial world here has be-
come full of the strangest rumors
one is that the German government
Is planning to control the foreign
credits entering Germany-all of
which Minister of Finance Luther
personally denies.
The truth is that nearly all the
parties, in view of the coming cleo
tions. are holding out hopes of the
redemption of the German war loan
Evening star., 1924-11-14

may lose in rigorous outline. it more
than gains in beauty.
THE glory of a thousand square
miles of virgin forests also will be
an invaluable addition to our national
gallery. Instead of the gloomy state
liness Of the dense ranks Of confer
Gus forests OF our high-altitude ma
tional parks, the Blue Ridge displays
in full measure the variety and gra-
ciousness of form, the wealth of
species and the richness of multi
coloring found nowhere else than in
the forests of the eastern United
States. No possible advantage of
more Western attitudes can compen-
safe for this one contribution to our
national parks display.
Sections Forests Untouched.
"The proposed area In Virginia con-
sists of 20 or so miles of consecutive
mountain SUBMITS in a strip 10 or
II miles long. in which, except for one
narrow saddle from which soft woods
and fews hard woods were culled
years ago. the AK has practically
never touched. That so great an area
of native untouched forest should
exist today in the oldest settled State
in the United States and so near great
centers of population is astonishing
1T is explained only by the mac
cessibility of these SUBMITS to prof
liable exploitation. These forests
Evening star., 1924-11-14

which was issued in paper marks and
has lost all value through imitation.
The point of view of the government
is simply that a few of the original
buyers who are now poor might re-
ceive some slight compensation but
the mass of the spectators both in
Germany and abroad who bought the
loan merely to play the stock ex-
change shall not have anything This
is the attitude of the present govern
ment and it will be maintained so
long as the present cabinet remains.
What will be decided on later depends
upon the results of the elections.
Copyright. 1924, by Chicago Daily News Coy
Evening star., 1924-11-14
BOSTON RECORD BROKEN
BY 37TH PAINLESS DAY
Only Five Traces of Rain Have
Been Reported Since
October 8.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
BOSTON. November 14.--As Boston
entered today upon it's thirty seventh
rainless day, the longest period of
drought previously recorded by the
local weather bureau had been sur
passed. The thirty sixth rainless day
ended last midnight. Since October
s, no rain has been recorded at the
weather bureau here and only five
traces of rain were reported.
In 1915, dry spell of thirty-six
days was recorded. beginning in late
February and ending in April.
Evening star., 1924-11-14

Blue Ridge area. Although wild and
rugged as the day when only faint
Indian trails traced their way
through its woodlands, the area is
ready for the horseman and the wan
derlusters almost the day the Gov
ernment decides to take it over.
Evening star., 1924-11-14

The freezing point of milk varies
according to it's compositions: usually
it falls between 20 and 81 deg. Fahr.,
or little lower than the freezing
point of water.
Evening star., 1924-11-14
BLUE RIDGE PARK
SITE CHOICE LOOMS
AS SURVEY CLOSES

Continued from First Page.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-04
A DEPLORABLE STATES

Special gravity to the deplorable situa- t1on with respect to the management of the city's finances is added by the request of the New York Life Insurance Com pany, heavy holder of bonds, that proper attention be given to expand the munici- pal sinking funds to care for the retire mel1t of accommodating bond issues. This intervention in public finances on the part of an investment concern is SO un- usual as to arrest pointed attention of the people. It is additional evidence that the city's affairs are handled in a very weak manner, and not at all in accord with ordinary usage in other places.
 The alibi is at once given from the city hall that legislation designed to correct the situation was not passed by the recent legislature. Everybody knows that no legislation is needed to apply efficiency to the handling of public affairs. Either public officials can do it or they cannot do it. If they can do it, they can do it in spite of an antiquated system. If they cannot do it, no system of accounts, no matter how modern and efficient, will enable them to do it. The people know that the financial affairs are handled in a desperately inefficient manner. In view of official incompetence the people are practically without recourse. The only bright spot on the horizon is the approach of another municipal election. Mean while, whatever may be done by public urgency or persuasion to improve the sit nation under present officials should be done by public-spirited citizens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-04
Watching The Parade
By JOHN PILGRIM

This morning I had to call young Phil Whims in to the office. He needed bracing up. No crumbling wall ever needed brace more than did young Phil. He was about ready to quit his job, which is not always a vital matter, but he was losing his courage, which is worse.
 q can't stand it." said he, passionately. T like to have people like me. And, darn it, they treat me like dirt"
 Young Phil had to be reminded that col lectors are very rarely regarded as welcome guests. In point of fact, many householders had far rather see the Jersey devil come in than a collector who really means business. It takes courage to be a collector, and then more courage and then more again. Some times it degenerates into sullen hostility for all the world, and that sort of collector is practically unbruisable by even the hardest words. But that sort isn't the best sort.
 Let me tell you," I said to young Phil, of Simmy Philaberg-which isn't his name who is today one of the foremost journal ists in the United States. He began as a collector.
 Maybe he was not good collector, but he was a courageous one. He kept on calling on the most hard-boiled of his debtors. He smiled, but he meant business. He was being paid ten dollars a week, which was not enough, and in his small city the prospects were few. but he kept on calling. One of his debtors was the city editor of the daily paper.
 Looks like the only way can get control of you," said the city editor, lis by making you a reporter. How'd you like job?"
 Maybe it was compromising with con science. but when you are young and are getting only ten dollars a week and have a chance to get into better business one usually compromises. During the war he was in Europe as the chief man in his organiza- ton
 But. as I told young Phil Whims, he got his chance by being the best ten dollars a week collector known, and sticking to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-04
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SPLITTING WOOD AT 1O1

Il CE EAAII1NU WUUD Al 1UI (Mrs. Georgianna Collett, Oakland Woman 1O1 Years Old, Splits Wood-headlines)
 That's nuthin'," axerred Amos O. Pipp Il had grandmother, Penelope Pipp, who lived to the over-ripe old age of 132, daylight savin', and split wood to the last
 ,"Splittin' wood was a hobby with her Except that it don't sound respectable I'd say it was almost passion. She never used an axe, but just split it over her knee. When she was "A years old my grandmother, Pene- lope pipp, would sit down in the cellar breakin' logs over her knee all day long and epjoyin it. She jest didn't care for knittin' or crochettin' like most women. A&*
 "She used to like to haul coal, too. Next to wood l think she liked coal better'n any thing in. the world. I've known her, to drive 1 to a coal-yard at the age of S6 years, load the wagon with coal, drive home and unload it unassisted. There was room in the yard for her to back the wagon up to the cellar win dow and dump it in but she always insisted upon bringin' it in bod at time. If we'd try to help shed insist we was interferin' with her pleasure.
 "She tended the furnace untS she was 97 years old and used to get up in the night three or four times and go down cellar just to shake the furnace down and bank the fire again. She said it quieted her nerves just the same as gettin' up and takin' asperin tablets.
 We had to watch her when she got to be over 100 years old. She'd let the fire go out just so she could have the fun of rebuild ing it agin
 And ashes! You shoulda seen the look of happiness on that woman's face when she was cartin' out ashes! It was wonderful. There was a public school near our house and lots of times when grandma would be missin' we'd go over and find her cartin' out ashes for the city just for recreation.
 Grandma Penelope Pipp was the most active woman ever saw. Up to the date she was 112 she used to play eight sets of tennis day in the summer months, yes or mo-
 
 "She liked swimmin', too. I remember the day she was 127 years old we gave her a birthday party with cake with 127 candles on it. She ate all the candles herself and then disappeared. We found her late that night trying to swim across the harbor on her back with both hands tied.
 'The candles were all lit at the time she ate them. This may have had something to do with it. Penelope could eat anything. And she did. At the age of 130 she thought nothing of sittin' down to a dinner of raw lobster and have seen her eat oysters with out removin the shells hundreds of times.
 "She woulda lived forever I think under ordinary conditions. She had been run over by motorcycles, kicked by horses, caught under falling walls and shot no fewer than six times Nothing seemed to harm her, how ever until in her 132nd year she was hit head-on by the locomotive of an express train Even then she lived long enough to receive the engineer at her bedside and bust him in the eye. Grandma Penelope was tough baby
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-04
HOME .FOR .NEWSPAPERMEN

In his donation of his home with sixty five acres of citrus groves and a con- siderable cash gift, with promise of a hundred thousand dollars more in the early future, to establish home for aged newspaper men and women who care to spend part of their time with associates of their profession, former Congressman Haines, of Florida, stated that he took this means of expressing his apprecia- ton of the valued services of newspaper writers of that state for their construc- tive efforts and for their unselfish de- votiOn to duty. The project will be known as the Florida National Newspaper Mems Home, and will be located on the Haines estate. Upon his and his wife's death valuable additions will be made to this donation.
 There is no evidence that any special favOrs have been shown to the donors 0y the newspaper writers of Florida. The gift is an expression of the donors recognition of unselfish service in the public interest. Several schools of jour nalism have been established by wealthy newspaper publishers and others who realized the importance of special train ing in this field. Yet the congressman s gift is unique in that it affords many elderly men and women, who have de- voted their lives to the public service through the press, opportunities for com fort in their remaining days. and thus to feel that they are not entirely cast aside when the weight of years renders them unable to continue their labors.
 There has been much thoughtless talk about the alleged venality of the press. It is largely founded on resentment of AI.- Y~I k- Vko sv, their selfish interests. The overwhelm- ing majority of the American newspa- pers are honest and courageous, ire quently espOusing or condemning men or measures Tn public life directly against their own temporary financial interests. They are often penalized by selfish in- terests for daring to combat plans or purposes that threaten the public well fare. There is no more constructive in- fluence in this or any other country than an honest and fearless press. At the masthead of The Age-Herald appears daily this far-reaehing utterance from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-04
THE POLICE SITUATION

It does not seem to the people of Bir- mlngham that there is or should be any proper ground for continued differences between the commissioner of police and the civil service board. If the single pur- pose of both parties to the controversy is to improve the police protection of this community, harmonious way to do this can easily be found. If each side is swayed by pride of opinion, 1t is inevita- ble that sharp line of cleavage should at once develop. 1t appears to many peO- pie of Birmingham that pride of opinion and political purpose have stronger in- fluence in the situation than does a sim r cere desire to improve the service. Other . wise, there would be a laying aside of all pickering and serious effort made to outline a policy along the principles that have been successful in other cities. It appears that Mir. Cloe holds that all the situation needs is an additional nun Der of policemen. The commissioner is quoted as saying that with a requisite number of policemen he could give Bir- mingham the best police administration in the South. The civil service board ap- ;, parently believes that the chief element lacking to obtain police efficiency is ade- quate training. The people of Bir1Aing-
 
 enough policemen properly to patrol and to protect this great municipality. The people are also convinced that the po- icemen would be greatly improved and rendered much more efficient by formal instruction along the lines of their call ing. It would seem, therefore, that the duty of the commissioner and the board would be to work out plan whereby the necessary instruction may be given and the requisite number of men added to the force.
 ~ It is probable also that there is an other factor which stands in the way of the utmost service on the part of the po- lice department That consists of faults in the administration of the department itself. No matter how many police there are, and no matter how well-trained each individual policeman may be, unless there :. is a coherent, efficient and capable cen- ter of authority for the general directing ofAthe police operations, there will still be a wide gap between the service the public receives and the service the public is entitled to. The public is not very sanguine of beneficial results from any system until there is harmony among those in official charge of the depart ment. The officials must first rule them selves before they can rule others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-04
Brief NGtzue SrmdIe
RyL 0LxS EsEEFE

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-04
Our Thoughts
- WE UAaENEH

NissEsi3aaIEiiE thiakErS and writers. pop aizT sszzEIstz and RaIzHuuizfz are fond of SiEIlInE us tHHr nm H t1e sum of his riilu4GsElfas
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 AE q mutrsr of eaId faet Hfa is not like 5iut- We eanTt hHNe every we wunt by jIz1 WsEEItlnss It. We eznit. think eur way cut aE alH siiE sWamp4 of lie We can't escape 1tiG &liEEk GE Hfe bE saying they aren't there amt GzIuzaE he-
 ElEE tliR HaaE-thaaghfistx and the optimfstx Ia EiisliE allgUt Gne tenst Gf their faith They ans rilsitr- when they sax tlint man is the sum af RiE thuaEht@
 Fly man- n this mnttEr- we mean man s, sItIErszasRE- Ws msHn man.. the personality.
 "A mnIn aEH Hiss maaS ar little ideas. he is n Hilg mum gr q HtrIs mau. he is q ehsap per &m a Eif.h and gifteEi person in proportion aD tiis HHiiif auIE qualify of his thoughts.
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 GmfnuE H. E1iIFs if ariEht,. send it into the Eiisfr a8uuueIss. znIT it will build you into a uazE and a =rsIE person.
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