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Evening star., 1924-07-20
Aviators' Stories.
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don't know. I've had several. as
almost every flyer has, but 1 think
the ones which gave me the most
thrills were those had in the Pulit-
ger race last year and the speed trials
at Mitchell Field. In the first place,
the plane I flew was a brand new
type designed for those races. and
had not been flown before. No one
knew exactly what it would do or
how it would handle. The engineers
told me what they expected Of it, but
that was not helping out during the
first few minutes in the air.
"That first flight wasn't lacking in
interest Talk about speed and dizzy
flying! For about two minutes after
opening up the motor, all 1 did was
hang on tight while tho ship flew
about the sky to suit itself. The
straightaway was not so bad, but
when 1 first tried turning 1 would
overcontrol and skid violently to one
side or the other, and when you
skid at we'll over 200 miles an hour
you have a very peculiar feeling. at
least until you are accustomed to it
1.-The greatest thrill came in the
speed tests at Mitchell Field when
was diving from high attitudes to get
speed for crossing the wire. Accord
ing to the rules we had to fly a hori-
zontal course between the two wires,
which neoessitated getting up the
most momentum possible before level
ing oft for the test.
In the last flight, the one which
made the record, climbed to 5000
feet and dived for the field. You can
imagine the sensation of. approaching
the earth at about $50 miles an hour.
for that was the speed Of the dive.
In the last thousand feet the earth
certainly leaps up at you. The dan
ger comes at the last second. when
Evening star., 1924-07-20
Japanese Schoolboy in China

Cantonese are so depraved that they
of life than 2 or German picknicks.
When you walk around those snake
shaped streets, watching yellowish
buying cats, fish & rice
doughnuts for lunch it look just like
great procession of flowers march
ing along in silk pants. Nobody never
seem to care for nothing axcept talk
ing the language & getting happy.
Canton do not worry whether she are
Republican or Democrat. I think
maybe she could become Christian
without losing much fun.
Every or 5 weeks a revolution
waltz into town x attempt take the
Govt away from several armies what
Doc Sun borrowed on his mortgage
from Tunnan d Honan Provinces.
Sometime Doc sun got nervus & run
away on the South Chinese Navy,
which can take him to Shanghai
when the engine will work. But
Canton are too busy to care about
that. Some time bullet hit some body
by mistake. Yet Cantonese go right
onwards, vanishing roast pigs, burn
ing punk-stick under the God of
Noble Janitors. sprinkling streets
with slightly used dish-water. losing
wages in pie-kow game of daminoes,
powdering snails teeth for make cure
for headache, pounding gongs at
brite red wedding processions-in
factly doing everything that will
keep China being the sweetest ma
tionality on Earth unless she get
weak and try to look like Detroit.
Hoping you are the same
Yours truly
H2ASHIMCRA TOGO.
= 1oo4A
Evening star., 1924-07-20

Govt House Detective) IS Mex for
place of the one that won't work.
'.Fersons tells me that you arc OBJ
tanning stable government for this
end of your happy land" ] nextiy re-
quire. If SO, which sort of stable
govt have you got now"
Livery stable govt" he snort IN
tellectually while debating Gen.
orders to Chinese stenography with
strick instructions that they shall
| not be obcyed. Therefore 1 go else
| where's with my mind full or mlscai-
| culationS. Outside that Palace stand
regmts of Salvation Army soldiers
| with gray bed-quilt coats. When
go by they holla "Ho Yow.." and
! salute SO loud that l nearly fall of.
Soonly after that l go out see can
! ton where l find soldiers thicker than
Democrats at a political convention,
| & 1 are siprised TO find. that the
| cleanest soldiers are at the Palace.
| Those on the streets could only be
! told from the mud by red bands
around their hats. All of them was
doing something for Canton. Some
Of them was stealing oranges from
push-carts, others was showing
people how to get inside opium par
lors without breaking the law. Thusly
every patriot find his place in time Of
strass & strife.
Canton are the largest city in
China for it's size. 1t cover so
square miles (maybe it are 500 round
ones, 1, forget) & it are entirely
filled with alleys. In some places it
are nearly as dirty as East Side of
New York, but it do not smell so
bad This low candition of life make
missionaries feel quite sad But
Evening star., 1924-07-20
Ready for Penalty.

Landlord-You didn't pay the rent
for last month.
hold me to Your agreement?
Landlord-Agre cment. What agree
mcnt?
Tenant-Why, when 1 rented you
said L must pay in advance or not
at all
Evening star., 1924-07-20

TT came then-the truth-a story
haltingly told Of childs scarcely
understood heartache for self better
ment. AS the recital progressed, the
matron turned her back suddenly and
strobe over to the window.
Presently the story was finished.
"An' please, ma'am,'' voice was
asking hopefully, Il kin stay now,
CANT II"
Mary Shane did not reply, for a
moment. I'm afraid not, child" she
said presently. "You-youve done
nothing to be kept here for. You'll
have to go home" Selma 10 flung
herself upon the matron.
"Oh, ma'am,'' she sobbed, please
don't make me go back! 1 amt goin'
backi 1 don't want to be one O
them low-down Hudsills all O. my
endurin' days. I want to be some
body, like other folks is. 1 don't
want to have a passel o dang lii old
gals lookin' at me Slanchwise when
go to meetin.' want to be changed.
I want to be made diffe'ent! Ma'am,
I just got to git reformed"
Mary Shane had opened her mouth
to speak, to check this outburst; sud-
Evening star., 1924-07-20

you begin to f1atten out The longer
you hold on the more speed you have
to start you across the wire. Nat
urally. l held on as long as possible.
1t has been said that / held on too
long, that ] missed the ground by
only ten feet 1t was rather close,
but came out OF it all right. Per
haps that was my most exciting mo
ment"
Evening star., 1924-07-20
Should Be Useful.

Johnnie-Pa, won't you please buy
me a microbe to help me out with my
arithmetic?
Papa-What good will a microbe
do you?
Johnnie-I just read in the paper.
that they multiply very rapidly
Evening star., 1924-07-20
Maybe He Looked That Way

Professor (Eiving a lecture on the
rhinoceros): II must beg you to give
me your undivided attention. 1t is
absolutely impossible for you to form
a true idea of this animal unless you
keep your eyes fixed on me-"
Evening star., 1924-07-20
Or Go Without.

waiter-What will you have to
drink, sir?
Customer-Coffee, without cream.
Waiter-Sorry, sir, but We have no
cream. VIII you take it without
milk?
Evening star., 1924-07-20
Quoted.

oh, shucks," cried Mabel. Il
dropped my boudoir cap in my face
powder
Mary turned over sleepily and said,
when nighthood was in -four"
Evening star., 1924-07-20
IASI1IMCKA TOGO.
Copyright. 1921

James and Jacob are really but va
RANT forms of the same given name
(Copyright.)
Evening star., 1924-07-20

Since you air goin'' to do public
work" he whined presently, at amt
nothin' but right you ort to pay fer
yore bed an board"
Selma Jo was glad to agree to this
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

Let us speak of the good things
we know about our friends; their
faults will expose themselves
without any help.
If she makes $50 a week and
gives up her job to marry a man
who MAKES SCI, that is genuine
laziness or genuine love.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Cutler and
daughter Marjorie, Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Cutler motored to Cash
mere Sunday, to view the Wen
atchee valley.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12
Salesman Prefers
Northern Pacific
Train Employees Express The Spirit
of a Great Railroad

ST. PAUL, Mimi. August 4.--Why he
enjoys travelling on the Northern Pacific
Railway was told here today by John M
Roberts ~ am employed as hardware
salesman" says Mr. Roberts. land have
travelled quite little on other roads. but
when ! travel on the Northern Pacific
cannot help but notice the difference IN
the way the passengers are handled by
Northern Pacific men and men on other
roads. am saying this knowing that
you must take great pride In an organ
ization such as you have and thinking q
little word of praise to these men would
cause them to keep on with the good
work which has been a contributing fac
tor In making the Northern Pacific one
Of he best II not the best road. to travel
N +"
1t is Northern Pacific tradition that
each passenger Is treated as guest OF
the road whether II Is the North
cast limited" one OF Americas finest
lrains-or the humblest local, the same
consideration for the comfort and con
enience of passengers Is shown Low
ound trip fares now in effect make this
an attractive season In which to travel
on the Northern Pacific. Your local agent
will give you fun details. (89N
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

The party who in the month of July
got away with valuable bunch of
papers from my place is kindly asked
to return the same, and leave them
where they got them or return them
by parcel post. These papers were
very valuable to me but worthless to
any one else. The party ought to be
satisfied with what they got and be
willing to return these papers to me
one way or the other. Advertisement.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12
LOGICAL

For the fourth time the cor
poration lawyer conducting the
cross examination led around to
to the accident.
You say that after the street
car passed, the man was seen ly-
ing on the ground with his scalp
bleeding, Did the car hit him f?
Nav, exploded the exasperat-
ed witness. The conductor lean
ed out and hit him as he went
by.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

When car stops along the
highway by day, that's trouble.
When it stops at night. that's
romance. The trouble comes
later.
The opportunity to keep cool
with Coolidge and 'damit" with
Dawes, gives considerable range
to political emotions.
One way to get liquor out of
politics is to get it out of the
politicians.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12
Business Locals
Fuel

When in need Of Coal, Wood
Hay, Mill Feed. or Chicken Feed,
Phone the Mcdonald Lumber Co.
They deliver promptl,..
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Sullivan
came over from the Coast, and
may decide to stay on this side
of the mountains.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Friedrich
Of Hartline, were shopping in
Coulee City, Wednesday.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

FOR SALE-Seed Rye $40 per
ton, cash, at the ranch. w. E.
Behne, Coulee.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

Knock the billboards along
country roads all you want to,
but you have admit that they
hide the dvastation the Sunday
automobile picnicers leave be-
hind. 3.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

FOR SALE-Seed Rye $40 per
ton, cash. at ranch. w. E.
Behne, Coulee.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

O~SA CIV q ASV
car.
Second S. Y. T.: Really,
became of the blond one?
NEWS ITEM; Three b,
entered the filling station
we trade and escaped V
losing anything.
On account of the great
OF flivvers. this year &
said to be a serious short;
canned salmon.
Young Motorist:: Pard
sis, but would you like to
ride?
She: Sir, I'm a lady.
Y. M: Sure, l knew tn
I wanted aman I'd on ho,
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

Local and eaa Perso
Don't forget the Big
Guenther. Smith & Co..
Richard Logg Of Baird,
Seattle Saturday.
= Senator McMillen was
Tuesday morning.
The Big Sale is still on at the
store of Guenther, Smith & Co.
], G. Gull Of Everett, was in
town this week.
School opened Monday with
the largest enrolment of pnpils
forseveral years.
1t you want goods cheap at
tend the Big Sale at Guenther.
Smith & Co.
Apple picking will commence
in full blast in about a week, so
stated the local manager, G.. H.
Aldrich.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Cutler of
Occur d'Alene, visited with their
son, G. A. Cutler and family
from Friday until Tuesday,
A reception for the teachers
will be given on the school lawn
Friday evening, September II.
by the community.
Chester Hawkins stopped over
night in Coulee on his return
trip from Wenathee Monday.
Mrs. C. B. Neihart and sons,
who have been visiting in Ore
gon this summer, returned home
Thursday.
Edward Ferguson, candidate
for congress in the Fifth district,
stopped in town a few minutes
while en- route from Spokane to
his home In Wenatchee, to vote,
TUESDAY,.
"a
Miss Erma Schemmel departed
Tuesday for Spokane where she
will attend the Holy Names
Academy.
Miss Elizabeth Davis departed
for Wilbur Saturday, where she
will teach school this winter.
VIM. Mcdonald went to Spo-
kane Friday afternoon to get Mrs.
Mcdonald, who has been in at
tendance at the Interstate Fair.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

VIM. Mcdonald went to Spo-
kane Friday afternoon to get Mrs.
Mcdonald, who has been in at
tendance at the Interstate Fair.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

Yes sab, remarked Uncle Nose,
Some folks do laff and show
they'ah ignorance den odders
run wild theyah cut-out wide
open.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

| wanted aman, I'd go home and
get my brother.
A puncture, according to Bill,
is Kissing sound closely follow
ed by profanity.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

RENT-Free for the winter at
Mrs. Dawley's ranch. See Miss
Bolt.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

Nose says be not too hasty to
praise the man who goes to
church. The "old bus" may be
out of commission.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

Miss Elizabeth Davis departed
for Wilbur Saturday, where she
will teach school this winter.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12
Local sea Perso

Don't forget the Big I
Guenther. Smith & Co..
-:-
Richard Logg Of Baird,
Seattle Saturday.
!. Senator McMillen wa
Tuesday morning.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

Miss Erma Schemmel departed
Tuesday for Spokane where she
will attend the Holy Names
Academy.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

Edward Ferguson, candidate
for congress in the Fifth district,
stopped in town a few minutes
while en- route from Spokane to
his home In Wenatchee, to vote,
Tuesday.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

Mrs. C. B. Neihart and sons,
who have been visiting in Ore
gon this summer, returned home
Thursday.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-09-12

Chester Hawkins stopped over
night in Coulee on his return
trip from Wenathee Monday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-17
TALE
INVOLVES TWO
GENERALS
Dodger Quoted az Saying They
Offered to Free Him for
$780, o0-His Gold Pot.

Making serious charges against q
number of army officers, including
two generals, Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll. the notorious Philadelphia
draft dodger. whose intended re-
turn to America has become q
matter of considerable conjecture,
tells an amazing story of adventure
and intrigue in connection with his
arrest ana escape in the May num-
Der of Hearst's International Maya
zine.
Bergdoll says that after he had
been betrayed to the Department of
Justice by one OF his best friends,
his lawyer. d. Clarence Gibboney.
Of Philadelphia, came to him while
he was in prison at Fort. Jay and
told him that he could get him out
with the help Of two generals who
would "sell out" for 100000.
Both OF these generals also Wis.,
tied him in prison and confirmed
the lawyers story. Bergdoll also
says that other army officers were
| involved in the plot, according to
the detailed story of his escape.
Bergdoll consented to pay 100000
| II he were to be let out Of his cell
under guard to get the $500, 200
from his famous pot of gold" IN
which he was supposed to have
hidden his fortune.
How he was taken out In the
uniform of a private of the United
States army, chaperoned by two
army sargeants; how these two SOL
diers did" the Philadelphia pleas.
uPe resorts with him. and consumed
a goodly amount of liquor; how
which his escape was engineered
with the. aid of his chauffeur,
Stecher, also 10 told in the story,
In his story, BergdOn expresses
amusement at the fairy tales OF his
pot of gold
This "pot," Bergdoll says, was
really a large milk can in which
he carried away $4,000 in gold,
which he Obtained from the United
States Treasury in Washington in
exchange for Treasury notes.
He boasts that he drove up in
front of the Treasury in broad day.
light while the army authorities
and police We're looking for him,
and that he travelled all over the
country with this gold-filled milk
can without ever Disgusting himself
or making the least attempt to
hide.
Bergdoll claims he made several
trips to the Treasury exchanging
bills for gold. "They always kicked
about changing, but got the gold
just the same in the end. No one
suspected who / was"
The Treasury records show a
$4,000 withdrawal Of gold believed
to have been made by Bergdoll, but
no other large amounts. Decidedly
there 10 a streak Of drama in him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-17
NEW AD|N|RALS
To BE CHOSEN
BY BOARD
Secretary Wilbur Announces
Other Selections Also Will
BE Made.

The naval board for selecting
seven new admirals, twenty-five cap
tains and forty-two commanders viii
convene on June 3, Secretary of the
Navy Wilbur announced today.
The board will be headed by Ad-
miral p. w. Eberle and will consist
Of Admiral r. z. Coontz, CON-
mander-in-chief of the United States
fleet; Admiral s. s. Robson, com.
mander-in-chief of battle fleet; Rear
Admiral Marbury Johnston, presi-
dent naval examining board; Rear
Admiral c. S., Williams, president
Naval War College; Rear Admiral
Hillary p. Jones, president general
board: Rear Admiral Joseph Straus,
member Of the general board; Rear
Admiral w. r. Shoemaker, war
plans division; Rear Admiral G. 8,
Hughes War College course, and
Lieut.. Comdr. w. A. Edwards, as
recorder.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-17
Description of the Washington Auditorium,

The Washington Auditorium occupies the triangle NJ
18th Street, New York Avenue Street N W. within
ve or ten minutes walk of the White House. State War
Navy and Treasury departments the leading hotels and
oiagonay across the street from the threemlon
Interior Department building.
Both the Washington Railway & Electric and the
Capital Traction street lines door, while the
parking facilities for automobiles are almost unlimited
day or night
The combined genius coupled with the experience
and ability OF the architects Mlburn- Hester Co.. the
builders Parsons Hyman Inc and the structural steel
erectors, John L. Mcdonald & Co. TALL of Washington
D. CD and the Lehgh Structural Steel Corporation Of
Allentown Pa, is presenting to the citizens Washing
ton for the Of the people of the country generally
building so scientifically bound together such prac
teal engineering accuracy by steel beams, russes, etc.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-17

that only two columns will appear in the entire Audi.
oriun although In the there is stretch of l62
feet from wall wall.
The seating capacity Of the Auditorium proper six
thousand which 10 said to make this Of the largest
theaters in the world To accommodate smaller gather
lngs such as concerts lectures scientific technical
subjects or for any other where Ia necessary
to concentrate the assembly the advantage
has been made possible to reduce the seating capacity
$500 without interfering in the least with capacity
Aside from this there will be AZ private boxes, II mod
ern theatrical dressing superabundance Of
mtee rooms with seating capacities varying from Is
400 persons each and Exhibit Hall with 1000 square
feet Of floor space
The stage also Of decidedly more than ordinary ad
vantage The floor IL ITO feet wide by As Deep
proacenium opening Of "a feet wide and ~ feet high
and fooght Dimensions Of IS feet The lighting arrange
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-17

men control system blocks and lines special scener
~@-'N -" "S~0S "N~p'
The site OF the Auditorium affords natural ventiatsc
and daylight advantages which bO Improved ar I'm
paired but with all such gifts nature the designers
were not unmndfu Of the necessity for artificial ventia
uon where so many people will gather. a result the
most modern methods and two centrifugal fans each
with replacement capacity Of 10000 cubic feet ner min
all times N''N"' ="
The subject of acoustics likewise has had the attentor
and scientific direction Of the countrys greatest
at the Bureau OF Standards Professor Emil erirer
of this city. ' ~F0''-"o''
In short the Washington Auditorium in every wav
will be worthy Of Washington the National cantsI "rS
the men and women who thoughtfuy contributed to.
ward ita erection. ~ ~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-17
FORMER CARS OFFICER
JOINS RESERVE CORPS

A former Russian nobleman and
officer in the late cars army,
Vladimir Vladimirovich de Svesh-
nikoff, has accepted commission
as captain in the United States Army
Reserve Corp.
De Sveshnikoff 10 an American
citizen and a resident of Washing
ton. He 10 employed at the Bureau
Of Standards on special machine gun
work and has been enrolled in the
ordnance department Of the army.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-17

resented by stock the Washington Auditorium Cor
poration, Inc
The need of such auditorium the value
investment but the basis upon which your feowcizens HAVE
ALREADY SUBSCRIBED CLOSE TO 100000 has been CON-
MUNY rather than pecunay profit and your subscription 10
solicited with the same high purpose.
April SOth is the final date have for popular sub
scrpton. WILL YOU HELP BY SENDING IN YOUR SUB
SCRIPTION AGREEMENT, TODAY?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-17
coUZENs IMPROVES, WILL
UNDERGO OPERATION SOON

BALTIMORE, Nd, April IT,
Senator James Couzens, of Michi,
gan, patient at Johns Hopkins Hos.
pital here. will undergo an operation
within two weeks, his physicians
announced today.
Couzens' condition continues ia
improve.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-17
Robs to Pay His Fine.

READING. Pa, April 17.-Rob-
bling a store to pay a fine Of $500
imposed on him in another burglary
case, in which he also served Jail
term, was the novel system adopted
by Joseph Hodgkins, twenty-four, he
told the police here today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-17
Makm8he Hope andAsptah0n
9flzaEarCentu1Y-A REALITY

HE AUDITORIUM which Washington has needed for
fifty will be completed THIS FALL The steel
framework is finished, the busiIy
gagged and only tife than necessary
plete the financing.
Will YOU ASSIST in THIS NECESSARY STEP BY IN
VESlNG 500 OR MORE according your means? Half of
your investment will be in First Mortgage go Bond on the