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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-12
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-12
Spanish War Vets
Hold Flag Pledge

Annual Tag exercises were held
in Roosevelt hall Thursday evening
hy members Of FortSun Thy Rescn
camp, spanish War Veterans Re.
ncwed allegiance TO tho stars and
stripes was pledged BY the veterans
who listened TO an Grafton by Jack.
son sllhaush.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-12
Eel 7
HATS

Anoth er purchase Of
those chic white felt hats
has arrived. The Others
proved so popular that we
Immediately rushed a re-or-
der. With rolled front
brims, creased crowns.
buckles and grosgrain rib
bon bands and cocardes,
these little hats ideally top
the sport mode. And the
price is sure to prove the
final irresistible attraction.
The Grotc Rankin Co,
Second Floor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-12

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-12
Saxophonist? He's
Guilty of Vagrancy

There's no state law against
PLAYING a s8Xophone maybe
there should be" declared Attorney
J J. Sullivan, pleading for William
Nelson. saSophonist. charged with
Vagrancy in c, C. paiton's justice
court. Thursday afternoon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-12
U, s. REpAIRs TROUSERS

KANSAS CITY. Mo.-If n mail
carrier rs bitten by n dog while de.
livcring mail, tho government win
pay his doctor bills and tho cost Of
repairing hts trousers, Assistant
Postmaster General Glover snid In
mn address here recently
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-06-12
STORING STEAM

STOCKHOLM-A medal has been
awarded by tho Swedish Academy OF
Engineering Science 10 the inventor
of u simple device which stores
steam during slack hours FOR use
when larger quantities arc needed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
Discoveries.

News comes from Tucson, AriZ.,
that scientists of the University OF
Arizona are practically unanimous
that leaden crosses and implements Of
warfare discovered recently in an
aba ndoned limekiln near there had
been buried underground from 500 to
900 years and may establish the dis
coyery of America nearly 700 years be-
fore Columbus" The lead implements
have Latin inscriptions, and two pro-
fessors have declared that there is no
possibility that the leaden crosses and
other relics are fraudulent. Whether
the professors believe that the crosses
are really made of lead or that they
were buried 500 or 900 years ago Is
not clear.
A few days ago it was reported that
the ruins Of a city. never heard OF by
the Oldest inhabitant, had been struck
somewhere in the upper Mississippi
valley by a steam shovel, or by man
digging a well or the foundation for a
house or something of that sort
From parts of the country news comes
at different times of the finding OF
skulls of men who lived in America a
millions years go. 1t Is hoped that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
No Legal Holiday Yet.

Owing to objection raised In the
House yesterday against considera-
ton of the joint resolution declaring
next Saturday legal holiday in the
District of Columbia. TO permit the
closing OF the banks on that day, it
has not yet received the assent OF
both houses. expectation of which led
The Star YESTERDAY to comment in this
column upon it as an accomplished
fact. This postponement, however
does not and should not mean the
failure of the move to legalize the
closing of the banks for the half day
of the 26th. when the departments
will all he closed and business gen
orally will he suspended in this city.
Fear was expressed in the House
yesterday lest this joint resolution,
which applies only to the present sit
uation to meet peculiar condition,
may be the entering wedge for gen
eral law on the subject. 1t Is incon-
ceivable that there should ever he a
general statutory declaration to the
effect of making December IS legal
holiday when it falls on Saturday.
This same situation will occur only
eleven times during the remainder of
the twentieth century. a period Of Is
years. in 1881, SO, AZ, SO, SO, "a,
10, 81, 81, '92 and '9S. Surely the
House of Representatives is willing
to take a chance on a legal holiday
for the 2Sth of December, 1925, as a
precedent for so infrequent a sequence
as this-eleven possible extraordinary
legal holidays out of 27.394 days!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20

some OF the hnds may prove to be
what the finders believe them to be.
1t would be encouraging to know
that America was of some account be-
fore Columbus discovered it. 1t would
be gratifying IN many persons to know
that America instead of being a recent
discovery, mere trif1e of 433 years
ago, is perfectly respectable as to age.
II may be shown that civilization Is
as old in the New World as in the Old
World and that the valley of the Po-
tomac has a culture equal in antiquity
to that of the valleys of the Tigris
and Euphrates. 1t would be very COM
forting to many old families.
Perhaps it may be shown that the
Garden OF Eden was not in the Vale
of Cashmere or on the plains of lib
ct, but right here. There are indica-
lions that this may he the case. The
beauty of our section in Spring. Sum
mer and Fall, as well as in Winter;
the fruitfulness OF our soil and the eX-
cellence of apples grown near Wash
ington indicate that the Garden Of
Paradise may have been here and that
Adam and Eve were Americans and
not foreigners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
Andrew Beckett's Achievement.

! Yesterday Andrew Beckett, a mid
, 1le-cged nesser ger for a local de.
partment store, turned on three hold.
| up men who tried to rob him of a bag
containing a $4,000 pay roll, felled one
of them with his own gun and shot
the other two. The two wounded
ba ndits are in custody. one of them
in danger of death, while the one who
showed a pistol against Beckett's body
and was cracked on the skull with
il, made his escape. His capture fol-
lowed few hours later.
This was piucky performance and
is worthy Of the highest praise. 1t is
accompa MED in the news by an &C.
count from Atlanta, where a drug.
cist of that city opened fire on two
youthful bandits who entered his
store with drawn guns. killed one of
them and captured the other.
Hold-up men are not getting away
with their game quite so readily as
formerly. The people who have
charge of valuables are we'll warned
by the prevalence Of crime and are
quick in defense. A few dead bandits.
slain in the pursuit of crime, will do
more to check this nefarious enter
prise than court procedure. This.
however, is not to encourage promis.
cuous arming and shooting. Every
person who is in q position to fear
n a @ q cnaclf1cl
charged with the euardia nship of val
uables, is warranted in packing a
gun" Indeed, he should be armed
and should be skilled in pistol use.
If he is to shoot at all he should
shoot quickly and effectively. But
he must be sure of the occasion.
In yesterdays case there was no
possible doubt of the need of prompt
coun,er.agsresSion by Andrew Beck
EFT. If he was armed the fact does
not appear. hut he acted with perfect
, effectiveness in turning the robbers
gun upon himself as club and upon
his companions with shots that
brought them INTO custody. 1t is not
! everybody who would act so quickly
! or with such practical effect. But the
/ case has it's lesson for all who may
be at any time confronted with a
similar situation.
The comma nd. Hold up your
hands" has a compelling force when
gun is presented. But evidently
Reckett had an instant reaction of re-
sistance entirely outside of the realm
of reason. This doubtless took the
robber unaware. 1t is fortunate
that he was caught, for not only
is it important that he should be pun
ished to the limi; of the law with his
companions, but it will be interest.
ing to learn from him by frank con-
fession just how it happened that his
intended victim, supposedly helpless
at the point of pistol. manaG ed TO
turn the tables on him so decisively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
The Roosevelt Memorial.

Perhaps the hest remembered pithy
saying Of the late Theodore Roose-
welt was: Don't finch, don't foul, and
hit the line hard" Those who heard
him often can imagine him biting off
that last syllable. He meant each
word he said
A memorial to him N the form Of
an immense isla nd fountain, with
colonnades. spouting stream of
water two hundred feet high to be
located at and to encroach largely
upon the existing Tidal Basin. Is pro
posed by the Roosevelt Memorial As
ISOLATION. which has submitted IS
design to Congress.
For number of years the proposal
has been entertained of providing
WASHINGTON with great and beauti
ful stadium wherein might he neld
athletic contests appropriate to the
National Capital. which now must 20
elsewhere. and other Impressive out
door events that now lack an adequate
and suitable setting. Lit. Col. Clarence
babe a resretful farewell. was a whole
hearted and persistent proronent of
the stadium idea and up to the very
moment when Cincinnati obtained his
services was trying TO enthuse local
civic and other organiza tons To spon-
sor the erection of such a structure.
Beautiful as any fountain nigh. be
what could be more appropriate as
a memorial 20 Americas leading out
door enthusiast. its apostle of right
living and exemplar of manly virtues
than a great stadium which would
couple usefulness with beautE', The
foundations alone of such A structure
as is proposed for the Tidal ha sin
three and four million dollars. while
the entire contour Of the ha sin. IL.
ready satisfac Glory both as n feature
OF the landscape and as utility.
would necessarily he changed. The
great stadium of the University Of
Illinois, erected in memory of her war
dead. fine example of the ornate
and complete athletic stadium with
an ultimate seating capacity of nearly
one hundred thousand persons was
built at a cost considerably less than
three million dollars.
Roosevelt should have a memorial.
Washington should have a stadium.
No memorial could be more in ieep.
ing with the life and achievements Of
lay both than a beautiful place in
which the young men and young
women of America could meet to fur.
&her his ideals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
A Titanic Cake.

One is disposed to wonder what Is
done with that immense Christmas
cake, weighing more than a ton, that
Baker Stevens of Chaplain, Engla nd
has just produced. 1t seems that this
man has a hobby for producing a
Christmas cake annually, each larger
than its predecessor. He has been do
ing it for thirty nine years and is now
seventy-one years of age. There is no
indication of how much weight he
edds to his cake annually. but if he is
spared for another decade his annual
production will be garGantuan. This
year he used ten cases of curra nts.
us pounds of sugar, 275 pounds Of
-four, IFS pounds of butter, 200 lem
ons. $500 eggs, $50 pounds of candy
peel, 80 quarts of milk. 125 pounds of
almonds, 81 pounds of citron and S
boxes of raisins. Still the question
comes, what does he do with the cake?
1t cannot be merely a show piece, for
it must cost a very tidy sum. The
process of distribution is undoubtedly
A. complicated one. Even the best
baked cake will not last Indefinitely
without spelling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
Good Cheer From Alberta.

A dispatch from Lethbridge, AL
berta, states that the weather is 80
warm there the farmers have started
already on next years Spring plow-
ing. This is q word of comfort for
those who fear that the prediction of
Able Gabriel of Paris of the coolest
Winter for several centuries and a
"heatless Summer" in 1925 will be veri-
fed. For Alberta is one of the cold
places. 1t is so cold up there in Win
ter that the mercury sometimes
freezes. The Arctic winds sweep
down from the ice fields with little
check. AS a rule, by this time of the
year the snow lies deep on the plain.
But here are the farmers turning out
to pillow. OF course, they do not ex-
pect to till the soil at once. There
will be snow in plenty before the crop
begins to sprout. But with the plow-
ing done the ground will be in fine
condition for Spring planting after
the SHOWS have melted.
There are signs. however, in Eu-
rope that seem to justify the coolest
Winter" forecast. American tourists
who are over there now are reporting
in letters that the temperatures are
unpleasantly low. Even the Riviera
is suffering. Recently it was stated
that ice had formed on the lagoon at
Venice. Throughout France there is
a decided chill beyond normal expe-
rience.
Here in this region there were early
signs of hard Winter, the snow fall
ing long before the usual time. Octo-
Der was a decidedly disagreeable
month, but November proved excep-
tionally pleasant. and thus far in De-
cember there has been no bitter
weather. Considering the state of the
coal supply. the season has been sur
prisingly mild. Thus the suggestion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
EVERYDAY RELIGION
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, d. D., L. d,
Bishop OF Washington.

judged by human standards. D1Vest-
ed of everything that the world might
give, the birthplace of Jesus Christ
became the center to which the
worlds best artists and poets have
turned for the inspiration Of their
Hottest genius. 1t is beyond our
powers to comprehend apart from
our conception of His divine nature)
what 1t Is that constitutes the secret
Of the prevailing and unchanging
power OF Jesus Christ. There have
been times when Bethlehem's star has
seemed TO be dimmed to human Wis
ion, times when His power has seemed
to suffer temporary impairment.
More strange than this, however, has
been the evident return of IBIS in
fiuence in places and under conditions
wherein we least expected to find
Him. Surely he would have limited
and narrow vision who would dare
to declare that the passing OF Iesus
OF Nazareth has ceased to be, so far
as the large and most vital interests
OF human life are concerned We
dare to affirm at this recurring Christ
mas time that, judging by the most
critical standards. the passing of
Jesus is more universally and poten-
TALLY felt today than ever before in
the worlds history.
kipling wrote in his superb "Reces-
sional':
The captains and the kings depart"
And their departure leaves behind
naught but memory.
With their passing, their influence
diminishes. and their glory is dimmed
by the flight of time. Not so with
Jesus. born in Bethlehem. Acknowl
edged or unacknowledCed by men as
the worlds Savior. His is the most
potential and commanding force and
influence in the world today. lifting
mankind to newer and higher levels of
thinking and living. The recurrence
OF His birthday thrills the ina gina ton
OF the child: again, IL brings a re-
juvenating and inspiring touch to the
AGED. bent beneath the weight Of
years.
We shall ha rdly enter into the spirit
OF Christmas unless we appropriate a
our own the gifts and blessings that
came with the advent of Jesus Christ.
While we may recognize His glory
and the splendor of His exalted life
in the more ornate services Of the
Church. we must. If we would know
Him. catch the warm glow OF His
divine personality in the more init.
mate things of our home and family
life
Christmas is peculiarly home day.
and that home is most enriched and
ennobled that recognizes as it's chief
guest Him who came to an urwelcome
world on Christmas day.
Again we affirm in the language OF
Holy Writ:
Jesus of Nazareth passeth by"
tcopyrirht. 1ao5D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
Exterminating Fish.

A plea for the conservation of shad
bluef1sh and Holsters was made at
recent dinner of the Middle Atlantic
A scientist said that these varieties OF
sea food will soon be found only in
museums unless steps are taken to
prevent pollution of rivers and to In.
crease propagation The speaker
praised the fish in many ways. He
said that shad roe is the most nearly
perfect brain food, possessing the
highest content of the chemical sub
stances of which the brain Is made
He said that proper fish diet is
preventive of ricketts, in children. and
he said that the absence of soiter
among the Japanese lis traceable to
the important place fish occupies in
their diet
Americans are short sighted in their
indifference to the conservation of
food. killing the goose that laid
golden eggs is not less intelligent than
our treatment of the terrapin and
sturgeon, and it seems that we are
eating oysters, clans and crabs to the
point Of their extinction. 1t is notice.
able that the supply of shad and lob.
ster is diminishing. and it is safe to
take the scientists word that bluefish
are coming near the disappearance
point. Shad used to be so plentiful
that everybody could eat 1t. There
was great waste. Not only was there
no restraint in netting shad and COM
paratively small work in restoring the
supply, but we have been polluting
the rivers In which shad spawn. The
lobster has had hard time and his
price has gone up so that only the
rich or reckless can afford to buy him.
Now and then come reports that II we
are not careful with the oyster,
clam and crab there will be none.
The sea, bays and rivers could be
made to produce a large and steady
supply OF food for men, and haste
should be made with this work before
it is too late.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
Christmas Reflections.

ST. Luke, s7-"Jesus of MAJ.
areth passeth by"
The above passage, taken as a mere
statement OF historic fact. constitutes
In itself the most important and sig.
nif1cant recorded in the worlds an
nails.
We have come once again to cele.
brate the birth of Jesus. on what we
commonly call Christmas day. How
ever paganized some of its customs
have become, and however Indifferent,
the multitude may be to the central
fact for which this day stands. 1t still
witnesses to that which bears more
largely upon the happiness and peace
OF the world than any other single
incident recorded in human history.
AS one studies the long story Of hu-
man events. and recalls the names and
lives Of those who have made their
to the enrichment and bet
torment Of mankind. there is none
who occupies a place so utterly unique
as He who was born in Bethlehem's
manger in far distant day. The birth
OF this Christ child bears Immediately
upon our personal and individual con.
Germs. 1t is an event that is related
vitality to every household and every
individual member of the family
group.
The coming and passing OF other
lives have affected for good or Ill the
world in which they have lived. Even
the best of these have exercised an
influence that was circumscribed and
restricted. We pay high praise to
those who out of their own rich gifts
and endowments have blessed mankind
with their genius. The world would
be impoverished indeed without such
benefactors. Differing from all these
In design and high purpose rs the life
OF Him who was born on Christmas
day. His contribution to life not only
affects the world at large, but it con-
tinues throughout time. reaching to
the utmost bounds Of the earth and
growing in power and vitality with
each recurring year. What an i'm.
mense Significance the life and teach.
inss of Jesus have when considered
in the light Of what we call the
possible to say what this influence has
been and is upon this most sacred Of
all human institutions. Homely and
obscure as was the birthplace of the
Christ.child. it has become the source
OF inspiration and enrichment to
countless homes throughout the world
The glory OF motherhood and the
loneliness of childhood reached their
sublimest heights in Bethlehem
stable. Here there were no artificial
conditions, no environinE pomp Of
Circumstance. that rendered the set
ting fascinating and appealing. as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-20
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

Alex" Moore of Pittsburgh, who is
just about to retire as American Am
| bassador to Madrid, is certainly one
of the most colorful personalities ever
! in the diplomatic service of his coun-
try. His cordial and intimate rela-
! tionship with King Alfonso has set
new precedent. II not a new standard
in the corps In the newspaper bust
ness virtually all Of his life, Alex"
| took to the gan of diplomacy like
duck to water. eschewins. however,
| the old roundabout methods of going
direct to the throne. slapping the King
on the back both fguratively and lit
orally, and making the said King purr
! like pussy cat.
Mr.. Moore often said Of himself that
| he became a newspaper man as boy.
He was just II years old when he
entered the business and officially
gives his first jon as a reporter
sort of boy wonder. In later years
when he became editor and owner he
became fond OF the stage and its peo-
pie. He startled all of Pittsburgh one
day by announcing he was going to
marry Lillian Russell To many he
was afterward known as Lillian Rus
sells husba nd" bur these did not know
| Alex His life with the one.time stage
| beauty was extremely happy. 1t had
lasted nine years when the actress
died in 1921.
Many anecdotes have filtered back
to Washington of Mr.. Moore at the
! Spa nish court. Still others have had
to DO with his visits to Washington
since he was appointed Ambassador by
| President Harding.
| There is, for instance, the story OF
a certain small dinner at the White
| House when Mr.. Moore was really
meeting President Coolidge for the
| first time. The two. IL may be said in
passing are rather diverse PERSONAL
| ties Mr. Moore did not know just
| how to take Mr. Coolidge. A blum
sort Of Westerner himself, he did not
quite savvy the typical New Engla nd.
err The Ambassador evidently thought
\ It best not TO engage his host too
| closely in conversation but TO speak
to his dinner partner in such audible
asides that the President would he
| sure to hear-and perhaps to under
! stand
| Naturally the Ambassador WAS full
of his compsnionship with Alfonso Of
Spain. Speaking cstensibly to his Wis
a Wis, he said:
You know I am very fond of the
King. In fact. like him so we'll |
just call him King and he calls me
Alec 1t really is rather nice, don't
you know"
For some five minutes the converse
! ton proceeded along this line, the Am
bassador casting occa sional glances al
the President to see how things were
going. He told the story later on him.
self During a pause in the ambassa-
dorial relationship Of intimate life in
touch with the Spanish throne, Mr..
Coolidge turned to his wife and re.
marked:
| Grace, what do you suppose is the
matter with that cat of ours? He
seems to be walking up and down
the room restless like"
Perhaps a more typical story OF
Alex Moore was recalled by c. c.