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The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01

Twenty-Five per cent, or an annual item OF
S50.OOO,00O has been Topped off the bill paid by
the American motorists for tires, as result OF
discoveries made by chemical research workers
In addition to this saving tires and tubes nave
1onoer life than heretofore Such is the state
ment of William c. Greer of Akron, Ohio, in a
report to the American Chemical Society. This
saving of $50,00O,000 is based on the aggregate
sales of tires and tubes during the last year. which
totalled $196, 100000.
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01
POOR FIDO!

Madam" said the dignified gentle
man, "your dog bit me on the ankle"
HE did," cried the woman. ooh,
/ must send for doctor!"
"Oh, | assure you it isn't as bad
as"
you're the third person he's bitten
today" broke in the woman. II just
know he isn't feeling WE'LL"
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01
EXPERT TAxIDERMING

A woman entered the shop of a
taxidermist. In her hands was a
stuffed parrot.
''Do you remember" she asked, "the
bird you stuffed for me last autumn
Well the work was done so badly that
the feathers are simply falling out"
"That, madam" replied the expert,
dis a triumph of art We stuff our
birds so well that they molt at the
right season."
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01
THE USE OF SLANG

In a plea for slang, Golfers EN-
phasizes the element Of emphasis. 1t
says "nix!" is refusal which allows
a little man to equal in emphasis the
''no" of the fat banker. "You said
it!' helps a soprano to approve with
all the effect of a bass, with beard.
who AYERS: Sir, your statement ap-
peals to me as being thoroughly op-
posite."
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01

The people of Phoenix, at least some of them,
are urging that the name "Salt River Valley be
changed to Roosevelt Valley" Sorry, but we be-
eve approval of the change of name should be
withheld until the valley is entitled to it by gong
republican at least three times in succession.
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01

Nobody enjoys paying taxes But people have
shown that they will pay with degree OF cheer
fulness whatever taxes are necessary for economl-
cal administration of public business What
arouses them is to be asked to pay high taxes to
support superfluous officeholders and to carry on
government extrayagantly
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01
THOSE ARTISTS

The well-known artist had painted
a picture of himself and his wife, He
asked little son what he thought Of it.
Il think. it's pretty, but who is that
strange lady ?"
"Agathon, don't you recognize your
own mother?"
"Oh-but why did you paint her
with that strange MANI"
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01
TO THE POINT

A Scottish farmer, being elected to
the school board, visited the village
school and tested the intelligence~pf
the class by the question:
"Now, boys, can any of you tell
me what naething is?"
After a moments silence small
boy in a back seat rose.
"It's WHAT ye gid me the other day
for holding yer horse"
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01

General Won Hindenburg has captured Ger
many by a large majority. Europe does not seem
any too well pleased with this apparent return of
Germany to n1ilitarism and looks forward to few
more years Of economical strife and setback
for the Dawes plan.
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01

Over in Tunis they, have dug up child's bank
containing half dozen copper coins, supposed to
be $500 years old. Next thing we know they VIII
find in their excavations something showing
when the first Bryan began running for office.
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01

dispatch from London says that amplifiers
will be provided for those members of the House
We would naturally suppose that there would be
greater demand for ear muffs.
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01

Announcements from the big league baseball
managers as to the number of pennants they are
going to win this year are singnlarly remindful
of the election predictions made by the various na-
tional and state chairraen on September first.
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01

Haven't been back long enough to learn all local
facts, but presume the Iumor that Editor Bill
Stuart of the Prescott Courier is going to move to
Germany as soon as Won Hindenburg is installed
into office, is greatly exaggerated.
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01

People who can be stampeded into fayoring
some law or project that sounds good, without
giving it any thought, are not of much value as
citizens.
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01

The news from Florida is that William ]. Bryan
now is millionaire, which seems to give an awful
wallop to the old belief that it is silence that is
golden,
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01

Making the streets safe for pedestrians will
probably be accomplished at about the time the
world is made safe for democracy.
The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01
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heights): "Breathless and painting he
dashed into the city of refuge"
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-13

f you are not already
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Evening star., 1925-12-06
Prisoners Turn Critics.

DICHARD BARTHELMESS recent
ly paid a visit to Sing Sing prison
to award prizes TO the winners in the
review contest on his production,
THE Beautiful CITY,
"A week previous the picture HAD
been shown in the chapel Of the
prison, and 500 In cash prizes was
offered for the best reviews written
by ths prisoners. The men were told
they cfn-ld say anything they wanted
to aboui the picture, but they must
give theD honest opinion.
1t was y. unique showing, as unique
as any ever given d movie. Fifteen
hundred convicts, some of them the
most notorious in the United States, II
not the world, sat silently throughout
it's length. 1t had peculiar Interest
for its audience, as ii unfolds a drama
of the underworld, and a big pay roll
robbery, with the connivance OF
crooks. as the plot. Most of the scenes
We're laid in New York'S lower Cas1
Side, which hundreds Of the Sing Sinc
men call their home.
More than 200 went back TO their
cells and labored over reviews Of wha'
they had seen. They were from al
angles-the crooks viewpoint, chiefly
but also from the viewpoint of the
man of literature and culture. They
did not spare their criticism of points
which did not appeal TO them. but
strange as IT may seem, there was noi
a review that even hinted a dishonest
opinion.
Evening star., 1925-12-06

city, and the walls fell down, and the
kings general said: Heaven favors
us. oh King, let us march in.' and the
king said: No. declare truce until
the wall is rebuilt as result
OF which there was no further need
for fighting?"
Il fear Chang Tso-lin will not show
the gratitude OF the duke" said.
In any case" was the decisive
reply. II am no bully. Chang has
been whipped. If he withdraws to his
own territory have no further quar-.
rel with him. He is the only Chinese
whom 1 know capable at present of
keeping the Japanese from further
appropriations in Manchuria. He may
ignore my generosity-he may remain
my worst enemy. but first Of all l am
a Chinese. Let him alone"'
IN trying to explain Wu's policy to-
ward Manchuria ! quoted in my dis
pe.ciles conversation in which
Tokyo was mentioned as his ultimate
goal A correspondent never knows
what his head writer is going to do to
him. | was startled one morning to
read this banner head across the
China Press:
"On to Tokyo, says WI Pei-fu.
About as fast as disrupted COM
munications allowed. there arrived in
PaotinK q representative of the Japa-
nese government bearing an invitation
Evening star., 1925-12-06

What Il shame | cannot publish
this program ] remarked.
Go ahead and broadcast it," said
Sven. growing enthusia site, "and see
what happens. You can ut least give
ii out as representing the desires of
two men very close to the general
!: = y i.
THE next day China was amazedly
reading "Wu Pei-fu's bold and
idealistic program of reconstruction"
And half dozen surprised worthless
with whose names we had taken liber-
ties-most particularly old WI Ting
fang-were vigorously denying com.
plfcity in the Paoting nominations.
But the suggestions had effect. Par
ticularly was the scheme for restora-
ton Of the president and parliament
of 1915 received as the only dignified
solution of the political tangle.
Before WI came into power he had
strongly favored u start all over again
at founding a republic through new
constitutional assembly. Now he
realized many difficulties of the
scheme which had not before occurred
to him. and dropped into a negative
attitude toward all proposals. He
was ultimately led to exercise his die
tatorial power by his interest in
ouse-cleaning movement In Peking.
He nominated an old classmate, Cow
Enhung. as minister of communica-
tions, to reorgapize that department
Evening star., 1925-12-06

1868, u years after a French mission
AIRY had reported seeing a high noun
tain and four great waterfalls near
Three Rivers, Quebec. After the
earthquake the mountain had almost
vanished, and the present rapids We're
found in place Of the falls.
From New England to South Caro-
lima there has been no seismic activity
i'll historic times, except for slight
quakes in New Jersey. In 1886 Sc
we're shock threw down bridges and
twisted railroad tracks in Charleston
and vicinity. Further south, in
Georgia and Florida. there has been
no evidence of earthquakes. The Ap-
pafachian Mountain region is gener-
ally undisturbed. though there has
been slight tremors.
California is the most fruitful field
for earthquake investigation. An
earthquake protective council has
been organized there, and excellent re-
suits are being obtained with the CO.
operation of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey, the Geological Survey, the
Hydrogra phic Office of the Navy. the
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Naturally such Investigations are
costly and would not be justified il
regions less affected than California
The director of the Coast and Geo
detic Survey has issued a publication
entitled Earthquake Investigation ir
the United States" in which the ques
tion of prediction is mentioned.
1T is obvious, he states, that
Evening star., 1925-12-06
BY UPTON CLOSE.

II MERICA," commented WI.
~ has always truly intend
"A ed to befriend us. But
4 a sometimes her intentions
Evening star., 1925-12-06

customs collections. Two hundred
thousand were to go to the govern
ment schools, since teachers were
striking for payment Of back salaries
and students were threatening sym
pathetic demonstrations. Three hun
dred thousand We're TO foot the eX-
penses Of reassembliug the old parlia
ment.
Immediately Ii was besieged by tele-
grams from the original NJ. P.'s who
were leading a precarious existence
under Sun Yat-sen's aegis in Canton
and others who had scattered to the
provinces. They asked that Ii re-
turn to office and summon Parliament.
II looked like steady jobs again with
generous travel expenses to start.
x Z 4 x
THE demand that Ii resume could
hardly be called popular, mas
much us the populace regarded the
whole republic asla farce and didn't
care how things turned out as long
as the show was good. But il was
widespread. 1t was becoming difficult
for him to ignore. His secretary
dropped me i chit" on the evening
of June 6. -.
The President" there is no "ex"
in Chinese-once officially titled al
ways sol has q pronouncement which
may interest you"
I taxied over for 1t at once. 1t was
a document Of some 1000 Chinese
characters.
With a Chinese assistant on one side
Of me and Miss Burton on the other,
I transla ted the lengthy document as
fast as brain could work, each page
as it came off her typewriter going
by waiting motor cycle courier TO the
office OF the Peking and Tientsin
Times, which gave il to the world in
English the next morning. 1t was
ii call to all the country to unite
and meant that Ii was going TO
Peking The suspense was ended
I returned to the capital TO wait.
! was at Tiffin on June IL when word
came that Lis train was pulling into
the station. / hastened to his newly
opened Peking home, and was the
only foreigner to greet him when he
rode in between the hastily formed
lines of gendarmerie. He kindly asked
me to put my name first on his guest
book.
An abrupt end Of my little part in
the drama soon came. After trip
through Manchuria l returned to my
family with a case OF typhoid, already
some days old. Then followed the
greatest adventure of all-l0 weeks
at the portal of death. Following
which d rapid heart brought me d
verdict of exile from China.
| went out TO the Temple Of the
Sleeping Buddha in the western hills.
That was good, but ! needed some
thing more.
Evening star., 1925-12-06

TO WI Pei-fu to begin his march on
Tokyo at any moment-With aSSur
ance that Japan would endeaHor to be
ready. The little general found 1t
necessary to reDudiate the utterance.
The result was II conference, some
what stormy, between Wu and my
self. 1t was hardly SO violent as re-
ported in japanese and other news
papers--Which announced that Gen.
WI and American Friend Have Fist
fight in Headquarters
| reminded the general that | had
expressly retained my freedom as
newspaper man, and that 1t would
probably be better should ] now with
draw from such close connections with
his staff. In the mood of the moment
the general heartily agreed.
Tba government at Peking had
evaporated. old President Iisu In
the Yin Tai Palace cast about pitt
fully for support.
II was difficult to get WI 10 take
any positive position. toward political
organization. II am but the AK of
fate said he. sent forth betimes to
chop away Instructions when they
get too bad. At other times I should
not interfere. and I will be no arbi-
trary dictator. Why not let Peking
remain empty until, III the natural
evolution OF the nation. it will be filled
by q true development of local inStl-
tutions and n@t by something which
will last only as long az we support
1t on hayonets?"
Because" his advisers would argue.
you must supply something, though
it be only u figurehead, with which
the powers can lodge protests when
their prerogatives are touched, and
some one, though he he only "a pup
pet, with whom their plenipotentiaries
can drink tea
The man of most statesmanlike
ability near NEu was the jolly Sven
Dan-lIh, who. unfortunately, did not
carry so much weight with the gen
eral a. his other civil adviser the
blunt and contrary Bye Jieu-wu. One
evening, stroiling in the Broad Gar
dens, Sven and I amused ourselves
by framing an ideal. reconstructed
government.
For president. Ii Yuan-hung. de-
posed tive years before by the pig
tailed Chang Hsun: for legislative
body. the original parliament suspend
ed by Yuan Shih-kai; for premier, the
veteran WI Ting fang of Canton. and
on through a cabinet to minister of
foreign affairs, Wellington Koo. just
returning from the League of Nations
session. over which he presided. China
does not lack for men, and in our
idealistic scheming we ignored polit-
ical and personal difficulties.
Evening star., 1925-12-06

cries OF today-radio, moving pic
lures, automobiles and airplaneS-
were thought of long before realized.
As "A means OF prediction II
has been natural to try to steal this
secret by watching animals
De NontessuS then continues with
stories relating the peculiar actions of
domestic and wild animals just before
earthquakes. One tradition. dating
back to 373 Be, alleges that rats
would leave a house about 20 fall,
much as they are said to leave a
doomed vessel before 1t clears port.
Chile abounds with such tales. If
three cocks crow together before mid
night the coming Of an earthquake is
believed inevitable. Cats are reported
TO become panicky, and hens which
have gone to roost are said 10 come
down quickly with loud cacklings.
The people of Cuba maintain that
snakes@ called miiitas leave their
underground abodes before a quake
and seek the safety of the open land.
Nothing is exact in this folklore.
Some of the traditions are without
reason, though they are as firmly
believed as those which point out the
advantage that fourfooted animals
have over man in receiving premoni-
tory vibrations. However. as empha-
sized by De Montessus, norhing can
make animals or fowls distinguish
isolated feeble shocks from those fol
lowed by strong quakes, SO that such
knowledge would he useless TO scien-
fists, even if its existence We're to be
conceded
The hope of successful prediction.
there fore, rests upon analysis of earth
quake reports, from those of the
smallest tremors 10 those of major
shocks. Seismographs which will reg
lister the direction of quakes are need
ed, as we'll as more detailed reports
of disturbances which are felt by the
public. Perhaps radio-acouStic meth
DDS will be used TO magnify subter-
ranean sounds so that any warming
increase in volume will be perceptible.
* :. :;
THE great difficulty in the path of
prediction is that earthquakes fol
low no definite habits. Such a strong
shock as that of 1922 in Japan would
ordinarily not be followed by any
ma jor tremer for long time, and vet
1873 saw an even greater disaster
there. Sometimes vibrations increase
up to the occurrence of the quake, but
this cannot be relied upon Minor tire.
mors were noted in the Imperial Val
ley of California at certain time,
and their increasing intensity led seis-
mologlStS to expect a severe shock,
but none came, and after a while the
tremors ceased. In other places earth
quakes come entirely without warn
ing, sometimes in areas supposed to
be fairly free from disturbances
For instance. it might be supposed
that the Mississippi Valley region
would be little affected. and yet one of
the greatest earthquakes in the his
tory of the United States centered at
New Madrid, Mo, in 1911. A similar
one is thought TO have occurred there
100 years before. The result has been
'sunken country in southeast Mis-
souri, and northeast Arkansas. Had
this country been settled at that time
great damage would have been done.
The earthquake of February 2S.
1925, which shook the northeastern
part of the United States, brought to
| light the record of another disturb
| ance in that region. This was in