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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-13
QUITS RAILROADING

Engineer Tracy Wheeler quits raroadng after AZ years
which he piloted locomotives two and half million miles
That's almost equivalent 1000 trips the continent
At 20 he goes the pension list His has been a life
m real service and big responsibility good job well done
Tvilizaon is carried the shoulders of like Tracy
wheeler They important than the professional
nelight posers, such public affairs lunatics.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-13

German elections reassurng Returns would lndl-
Fate that rer hands about to with the financial
nrobes of that nation The possibility OF acceptance
nf the principles least of the Dawes report is strong
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-13

This is the time of the wear the
college seniors worry over how much
money bricklayers are making.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-13

Many summer resorts advertise as
the playground of the nation; when,
really, the front porch is that
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-13

We like winter better than sum
mer because the flies don t.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-13

The balance of power in Europe
depends chiefly upon their balance
of mind. IuEf
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-13

New York is a place where you can
live all your life and still feel you
are away from home.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-13

In Los Angeles, man was ar
rested for spanking his wife. BUS
ties had their advantages.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
Child Labor Bill Fight

OF "a years and to prescribe tho
conditions OF such labor
Sec. :. The reserved power
OF tho several states 10 leglslate
concerning tho labor Of persons
under tho age Of IS years shall
not be impaired or diminished ex-
ccpt 20 tho extent necessary 10
giyo cffcc; 20 legislation enacted
by congress"
This. they believe, win mako II
necessary for state legislation on
child labor 10 come up 10 tho
standard OF federal legislation.
Tho resolution has been pre-
rented to tho senate by Senator
Mccormick OF Illinois and also
by Senator Wheeler Of Montana
il has been presented in tho
house by representative Foster
OF Ohio.
Senator Shortridgc. m chair
man Of tho subcommittee. says
he is willing TO DO convinced that
the language suggested Is better
than that In his own resolution.
but intimaies that Il may be hard
70 do 80. lilo said today that no
VIII get the subcommittee. whose
other members are Senators
Walsh OF Montana, and Colt OF
Rhode Island. together 10 ar.
range for hearings on the CUES.
ton within few days.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
SCIENCE
First Truths

Several great scientific truths were
proved from 800 70 500 years ago.
The voyage Of Columbus to America
seemed to bc the opening OF an era
OF scientific study that began TO dis.
pei tho ignorance Of tho Middle
Ages.
Copernlcus published his work In
1913. proving that the sun and the
earth was the center Of tho solar
system. Shortly after this. Tycho
Braho. Dane. spent rs years on an
island in the Baltic sea. making a set
Of tables Of the positions Of the hcay.
emily bodies. About 1909 Calico dis
covered the telescope. and soon after
Kepler formed the first OF his famous
three laws, now the basis Of all astro-
nomicai calculations. Kepler had
worked with Tycho Braho on hts up.
parently useless collection Of tables
and was acquainted with tho branch
OF mathematics called comic sections.
Thus equipped. he proceeded in the
belief OF Tycho Braho'a accuracy. He
found that circular orbits OF the
heavenly bodies did not ngree with
the Danes calculations and. instead
Of disowning tho method. he worked
until he found that the ellipsc or oval
orbit did agree. This resulted in the
first law: Planets move In ellipscs.
not in circles. around the sun.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
HACKERS or LAW
CHANGE WORDING
THE AIR MAIL
BY BERToN BRALEY

MO stunting's allowed in tho Service,
IN Altho we could stunt II we chose;
But our pilots copper-lined nerve f.
For other requirements than those
We fly when the tempests are blowing.
We buck thru the fog or the hail:
Our stunt Is TO Eo-and keep going
We're carrying Uncle Sans mail.
A I midday you1l hear our planes humming
a And see them, perhaps, in the sky;
At midnight our motors are drumming
AS steadily onward we fly
We whoop over forest and mountain,
We swoop over river and vale,
We've got to be guys you can count on.
We're carrying Uncle Sans mail.
HEIGHT records7 We fret not about 'em.
IL Speed records7 They're not in our line.
And yet wo move swiftly without 'em,
ON schedule. rain. snow or shine
The eagle and hawk lag behind us
Along our aerial trail.
Look up when we'ro due-you win find US,
Wo'ro carrying Uncle Sans MALL
copyright. 1924. The Seattle star)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
ANSW
BY DUMBELL DUD
DO ali tho feathers on a duck stand up?-P. II. r.
No. Many of them are down.

ON due up7-P.F.
No. Many Of them are down.
What tho difference girl
has hay fever7-Anrguente.
One chews while the other achoos.
regarded instrument piay?-M
Mr. bud has heard of such musical instrument.
Probably you thinking Of the Oboe.
Whit is the difference workngmans Jacket d?-
George q.
The jacket is jumper and the toad is hopper
=
Quite an easy thing to do. Burn it longer.
Questions Mr.. bud Cannot Answer
Can woman who graceful
II. DP.
work ~ -. c.
Can potato BIO boiled Il. O.
Does college boy who A II
Why do musicians tray Is ARR
McG.
Mr.. buds Household Hints
Never throw away old fried egg Take pair of scis-
sors and scop the edges and it with bouquet of ar
ical flowers in to represent giant daisynot an
egg plant.
Now is the time Of year to can buckwheat cakes Boil
them 10 minutes in maple syrup before placing them in the
or jar
Potatoes will keep longer if wrapped in tinfoi.
coffee pot can be kept clean easily if given
casional coat of waterproof paint
Kansas City baking company has placed the market
an apple dumping that will housewives great deal
OF tme The case in two parts which be placed
the apple and held together by of hooks.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
sT0RK LOWERING OVER WOODLAND PARK ZOO
SMILES

Here's Leap Year ncws from siam.
King wants 10 abolish his harem,
New York Judge resigned. Saya
$4,000 is small pay, IIo talks like a
bootlegger or landlord.
Here's good Leap Year news,
More single men than women In this
country. But BIO careful.
Marcus Loow says million dollar
movies arc thru. wc ray not until
all press agents are shot.
New Ford project win spend $780,.
100000, Henry slings naughts about
as II they camo from doughnu,s,
Meteor hit house In Long Beach.
Cal. Maybe Il wanted TO set into tho
movies.
A San Francisco Liberty bond thief
can't set liberty or bond.
Only few more stopping weeks
before spring.
Cops arrested seven boo,leggcrs IN
St Louis, Tho report doesn't say
why they were arrested.
About zoo people sang on n Chi.
cago stage. This Ia enough singers
90 make 1000 neighbors mad.
Lower wool prices arc predicted
for 1924. unless they pull the wool
over consumers' eyes.
Meat packers claim prices arc
down. but butchers say they arc be.
Ing raised by tho wholesale.
A thirst for knowledge helps you
and so does knowledge OF wha, you
use for your thirst
Tho market prico for skeletons r.
only 50 each. Never believe what n
boo,ieggor says.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
Frieda's Follies

YOU KNOW how somo men
LAY In wait at bridge
FOR EASY marks.
IT'S shady. but profitable.
THESE two men had lunched off
Of me
MORE than once.
] SMILED knowingly when they
asked
TWO NEWCOMERS to play with
them.
LET'S play at our house,
THEsB suaye creatures suggested
adding,
"OR VICE versa
OF COURSE 1t was none OF my
business,
But ! butted in.
Il DON'T sec that II really mat.
ters,
THE EMPHASIS In either case
will be
UPON the vice."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
Celebrating

Editor The Star:
Would the far.seeing possessors Of
modern civilization cast into the
wheels OF progress any Objectionable
wares which in time would retard the
upward trend OF mankind?
Would any man of Importance
place temporary barriers across the
very doors OF his success and the
increased power Of his industry?
Then why do they glory in filling
their physical machine with liquid
torment and obnoxious filths?
Every user Of liquor knows the
after.effects OF such use. but Is the
weakness OF mankind so great. or
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12

the greatness so weak. that Il Is Inn
possible to refrain from the tempta-
ton?
Are the few hours OF enjoyment
worth the great bodily sickness ac-
qulred afterwards?
Where were the liquors procured
by hundreds OF high school boys and
girls during the holiday festivities?
Is this habit picked up all at once
by our brilliant students, or does IL
repire years Of practice and partici.
patton?
Is this a befitting celebration OF
Christmas and the New Year?
X. w.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
Let's Practice Our Preachin gs

an the pretext that ii is our duty to uphold law and
~ order in neghboring countries, Washington officials
have closed deal With Mexico FOR the sale of 5000 En-
field rifles 100000 rounds of ammunition and eight
sasrplanes.
This bad enough, But while this was going on,
private citizens this side of the border prepar
ing to sell TO the Mexican rebels to be used against
Mexico. highly edifying spectacle If allowed to so
further
1t is not enough for the state department to say such
shipments being discouraged" and that private con-
making such shipments do at their own risk.
Even with embargo only eternal vigilance on the
part of our port authorities minimize gun running
1t has been entirely stopped The majority OF our
great manufacturers will heed the state department
advice, but not of others. Against our policy
not they will sell to anybody who can pay the
price.
OF course it will many smile for us to lay an
embargo against to side of revolution after
official sale of munitions to the other But President
Coolidge must do it. 1t will at least be better than to
make it possible for the world to at while we do
the nauseating thing of selling mankilng devices to
both sides.
Especially at time when doing more talking
about world peace and mo war; than all the other
nations put together.
going headline TO
striking substituting therefor tho
whom"
n religion and he Is
right The ministers certainly doing apleny to the We have so
far enjoyed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
Wants Gun Carrying Equalized

Some years ago IN Butte. Mont, a
friend Of the chief OF police went to
the chief and borrowed his revolver,
making the statement that he wanna
ed 10 shoot a dog. He went upoS
the street and shot another man
down in cold blood and afterwards
returned the weapon TO its owner.
Put the idle men to work where
they can make living for them
selves and families and there will not
be so much crime.
Put n restriction on the rich and
poor alike in regard TO firearms.
/ have never found II necessary to
carry gun in II years on the Coast.
L. b. G..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
Editor The Star:

Euitur inc star;
In regard TO the matter Of guns.
/, is very strange that there Is such
hubbub about Il.
l have read several Of your edl-
toFials on this subject and you seem
TO be very radical on the matter.
Don't you think that hundreds OF
your prominent citizens carry guns
without even having the authority TO
do so7
Being prominent in social and
business affairs. suppose entities
them 10 that right. II man plans
to commit crime he will obtain a
gun regardless OF the law.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
About Jobs for Girls

Editor The Star.
am a girl in my teens and am
writing 70 you for help. My problem
is OF vital Importance.
DO you think IL fair for well.to-do
married women TO hold Jobs when a
girl liko myself needs one far more?
Every day young girls that need
money badly for board and room. etc,
comb the city seatchlng for work. DO
they very often succeed? This Is the
answer they receive: Leave your
application and we will call you
later"
The reason n that married women
whose husbands are working and
making good wages are taking Jobs
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12

from girls who need them. You can
stand nj tho entrance OF most any
department store at closing time and
see the married employees leave tho
store dressed IN furs and jump into
their cars. II they can afford these
things why do they work? 1t is not
necessary for them to do 80. but still
there are hundreds and hundreds OF
them working, while a young girl,
like myself, goes hungry.
I think a married woman has
enough responsibilities at home and
that is the place for her.
Give the girls n fair chance.
a DISCOURAGED GIRL.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
Population Will In
crease There This
Spring


THE stork--or rather. a whole
4 flock OF storks--ls towering
over the Woodland park 200. II
was dincreotly revealed 20 70.
porter for The Star today. DOC"
Gus Knudson. friend and adviser
20 all tho birds and animals. In
reading up on Hoit'a Care and
Feeding OF Children. and getting
hospital wards ready.
Molly. ono OF tho big polar
bears. Is expected 10 bring cub
or two into the world within u
few days. Jennie. the Chinese
rhesus. has a special wing OF tho
maternity ward set aside for her.
Lizzie. tho lconardeas. and Ara.
belle, the lloneas. also arc 20 be.
come inothera. Arabello's little
son. Daniel. born a year ago. Ia
nlekly. but better lae.s . hi; tiiiiiis
time" says doe" Knudson.
Already a baby kangaroo. who
won't DO officially born" for
weeks yet. Is sticking It's pointed
noso from It's mothers pouch
and looking around on a damp
world with beady eyes.
Interesting events arc expected
In March and April in tho goat.
wolf and coyote dens and In tho
deer and Shetland pony corrals.
In a hospital ward Adam, a
monkey. II conyaieaeiug after an
operation Ia which doe" re.
moved diseased bono from bis
nose, Next TO him "a rare
pigeon. minus a wing. Tho miss
Ing member. attacked by cancer.
was amputated 20 save the bird.
Because Of their liability 10
pneumonia. animals must DO
operated on without anesthe,lcs.
They suffer very brayely. tho.
doc" says.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
MSS SARA sCuyLER BrTT.KR.

republican women'a state committee.
New York: In talking With indlvld'
uai women find many who confess
themselves griovously disappointed
because they though, tho vote for
women would bring political miIlen.
MUM This Is ono reason for apathy
among women voters, bu, Z, Ia by no
means confined 70 women voters
alone. There exists an sausl lndIi.
ference 10 tho privileges OF tho ballot
among men"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
What Folks
Are Say5ng
cnRIsrY MATnEwsoN.

nous pitcher and president Boston
Braves: Il believe IN color on n
hall club. think tho fans and the
newspapers are moro likely 20 be par
tial 10 team OF colorsui and az
Eressive players. ThA, usually holds
even when tho club u losing. Tho
fans viii cling 10 the team stili. II thq
boys arc inclined to kick mp their
heels before they start
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
TINE THIRD TNTrRNATIoNALE

So far aA tho Third internatl0nale
II concerned. tho citizens or nation.
ais Of Sc different nations are mem.
hera OF u. We are. however,
doing business ali tho time, 40 arc
making treaties. ard we are dealing
with nations whose citizens nrs
members OK tho Third Information.
ale. We have supplied romo OF
those members ourselves. The Third
intcrnatlonale IL wholly different
institution from the Soviet govern.
mont. Sen. Borah ut.l. Idaho.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
Z LETTER From
AVRiT1GE FTANN

II,
Folks
heard the gce club from ~" night or two ago. They
brought along their tooers dandy liked
TO hear them sing and play set
a charm, they say that soothos a brenst.
They had baniopaying pair that any noticed
the there their Crouch ITS
funny what the imply the wife began chime for Cook
and Crouch and Sunday timer
her quite nasty glance up my dnri
ia like to get half chance at pleasant things
then In the ensuing heard tho rera-e never
miss the sun because we've o rainf'
And then thought The boys right not no
bad IT'S better by blooming sight than things we've had
OF course It's mighty nco TO little bit when wo
get the summer heat we find IT'S
And that's the with troubles which we mona arc
fee-but yours made alone for
And yours lighter shade STILL opne realv
wouldn't want to trndc-1vo 0 mnel
Mvw9ae Maouov
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
THE TAX LIMIT

Congress has the RICH, 10 impose
upon tho people OF the country all
tho taxation that is necessary 70 de.
fray the ordinary expenses OF tho
government. but Il is an offenss and
crime against tho American peo.
pie 20 impose upon them taxes 40
high that they ars required 10 pay
into tho treasury OF the Unlted
States more money than Is nceeH-
sary 10 pay tho expenses Of tho
government. 49, Sen. Simmons GA
North Carolina.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
Modernizing Movies

RE you satisfied with movies as they are or do Won
a want better stuff? In New York state various
prominent organizations band together urging non-tbe
arical movies" By this they apparently mean educa
tiona movies.
That will come by evolution, can't be rushed Dav
may when educational movies will be more popuar
than fictional moves-bu not in our generation The
moving picture is destined to be the second greatest edu
catonal force Radio will be first. Maybe they'll be
used together Right now both toys. So was the
arplane in its early days.
Since making the first paper We no mil,
fake IN Snyder store adj For rubber boots
hasten TO make amends before store To rel oo
shine-Porti, Kan, Independent " ~
Bascom Semp be the fun artist NJ e
" 80 P''''''i
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
Interesting Answers

NOV that blessed old u s. senate is going in for some
IN investigation that will be deightsome.
1t is going to inquire why the American Bar associa-
ton plans to immorally wet British ship in its
junket to foreign parts How can millions with raging
thirst be expected love Vostead with the high moral
Bar association deliberately picking ship reekng with
the vile odor of drink, and 40 perfectly dry American
ships loafing at their docks?
Also the senate is asking what the shipping board Of
fered, in the way Of facilities" to the u s. Chamber of
Commerce for its trip, last year. to Rome. Was the
chamber insuted by tender of ship that was not bone
dry?
The senate makes mistake in believing that there's
Arizona thirst for answers these points.
Coolidge decided little
hill button. That will In
schooIouses for
big brick schooIhouses in the
The cold hit Massachusetts,. which
states determination keep cool with Coolidge
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
A THOUGHT

! will give you mouth and wis.
dom, which all your adversnrics
shall not be able TO gainsay nor re.
sist.-Lule 2l;l5.
T'EACH a man 10 read and write,
l. and you have put into his
hands the great keys OF tho wis
dom box.-Huxlcy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
REy. PAUL REVERE FRoTm.

INGHAM. Boston: What do you
and understand by tho word hcay.
onl Is It not tho best things wo
know--happiness. opportunity. peace.
growth. light, lows and progrcss7
These things arc at hand and the
path Of God II right before US Tho
Kingdom OF Heaven ls not so much
n time as a place. That place Is right
here"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
THE pIcTAToRs

Seven men, who constitute n ma
iority on the committee on rules.
have tho power 70 Htifle legislation,
and have frequently exercised that
power. Tho committee on rules has
been called tho morgue Of legislation
in tho house Of representatives.
Representative Browne Gl wlscon.
sin.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
HID LIGHT UNDER BusHEL

wHARFDALE, Yorkshire, Eng
England today is paying tribute to {
new musical genius" For years
during his idle moments, Edward
Greenwood. an attendant ut the Wes'
Riding Institution for Mental Pa
tents, here. has been composing diff.
ficult and highly classical plano and
organ selections. But not until re.
Gently did he consent 20 the publica.
ton OF any OF his compositions. They
arc winning wide recognition now.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
When Shall We Kill?

RIFLE nearly IL feet long is captured by govern
"A ment game wardens 1t weighs $50 pounds War
dens say it kill 80 birds with shot Not lawful
to such gun, of course.
Many, while eating chicken dinner, condemn hunt
who shoot wild birds just why is to muir
der bird in the woods than chicken steer sheep
hog, unable to Referred to Society for
Prevention of Cruelty to Plant Life.
Senate decides Mayed Of Texas decide
his the Illegally II the digging
viii reputation for being the
club in the world.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
LAHERCt f $s ZWINR
The Movie Trouble

Editor The Star:
One OF tho troubles OF the NOV.
ing picture industry today is that
too much stress Is laid on the actors
in the play. instead OF the play IT,
self. II people would insist on good,
clean pictures. and actors actuated
by tho highest motives for their art
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
rIILL BoARDTNG HOUSES

We arc 30 crowded In Rli tho
penltentlarics that the hope IL that
We may havo retormntory for
young prisoners or first offondcrB.--
Heber II. votaw. superintendent OF
prisons. before Joint committee OF
senate and house.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
Telling 1t
to Congress
EXCERPTS PICKED AT
RANDOM FROM THE
CONGRESSIONAL REC
ORD
DIFFERENT NOW

I desire TO ray that when We on
thia side Of the chamber were making
tho effort TO have tho taxes reduced
upon tho lower incomes thers was no
more earnest oppoEsrt 20 or sf..opn-
sltion thnn was Mr. Mellon Senator
Reed mJ Missouri.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
MOTHER CAN DO TT

"oh. look, fatherl That man lust
changed 20 cents into a silk hand.
kerchlofr'
That's nothing. chlldi Your
mother can very easily convert $40
into hat."-LoRire PARIS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12

would strive 10 make II a thing OF
beauty and submerge their person.
aiities. then people like Fatty" Ar
buckle and others would not smudge
good pictures. and the industry as
whole would be brodght UP to 4
higher plane.
TTTEO. r. sYPHERS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
MAKING ANARCHISTS

Alr President moro anarchists
arc made around tho marble TOP
desks Of bureau chiefs than are
made out In tho world.--sen. Norris
nl.l. Nehraaka.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-12
Snap Judgment

TNHE most terrible experience you ever had probabl
L was tame compared with Ruth CraycrafPs of
Greenup, Ky. Trapped railroad track she had
enough presence Of mind to lie down quickly and hug tbe
ties between the steel rails This saved her life fbo
locomotive and IS freight passed over her
RutRs experience will please those educators ,vboso
intelligence tests" are based on fast thinking
ing with its deliberate decisions is usually better Caas
trophies like the world the result of fast think
ing-snap judgment
number by the taking conspicuous mar,
the Mexican revolution Also number just ceased take