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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-22
!? /? AnsWers to Your Questions ? (?

O How are stage lightning and
thunder produced7 How are windy
snowstorms Produced
4. Stage lightning IS produced by
flashing on aud of electric lights
thunder BY bedtiHg a bass drum or
by shaking large piece Of sheet
metal. 4 ioiHdV sHon5torm eau b.
produced bU using paper cut up IN
small pieces, or Coniein Nth electric
fsHs placed IN the proper place 10
blot1 the paper "a the right direc-
fioH.
q Between what hours are morn
ing. afternoon. evening and night
A. In popular usage Morning -
the period beiIreen break Of daV and
Ie noon: noon Is from ~ 10 !
p. m; creHin0. strictly speaking. Is
from sunset 10 dark. aud night IS
the period Of darkness.
Q. Can the coating OF kodak
film be rubbed off the celluloid7
A. Yes. " the film Is treated first
With hot l1dter.
Q. BY what process Is crude rub
Der dissolved?
A. The usual com merci1l sOlrcnts
Of crude rubber are bcnzcHc or
gasoline. The rubber should be mas
ticated in a rubber mil and stirred
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-22
Edison Saws: "Mav Be Possible to Hear From Dead

rHpfriaht Iaes. s. 81 A Service iHr.
ORANGE. g. D. Jan 90 The
~ secretary who arranged the
interview aith Thomas A Eii
-Uu volunteered the aimoHlti1u.
You mustn't ask Mr Edison
about communication with the
dead Sic Edison has been B0
mlsTrprysrutvd Boz regard o. that .
delicate matter that ir sou men
ton q 90 him he wili $50 rsbt
up tu the air."
peaulrr Ini- dire warning, the
forbidden question was the first
ono yeutuHd
"Do sou think n possible. Mr
Edison. that sou may devise
Bny mechanism thru which.
when sou have irfi this life.
sou may hope 90 communicate
with usr
The vuuIsrraimrd ~ com
munlgatI0H ana not So up in
the air. re answered gracious
Is and fully Hut be w1a eau
tiouH against Interpolation lie
took q pencil and "a pad and
wrote carefully this mndumcu'
cal part ~ hia statement
m nay theory u correct
that The machine called man b.
only mass of dead matter and
that the real ne IN in the mil
lions % individual units which
navigate this machine and N
on the destruction ~ the ma
chine they keep together, iu
GLIDING those individuals which
have charge ~ memory (which
~ our personality then think
it ia possible 90 devise 1ppar
Btus % receive communications
N they desire 90 make them
n viii b. yory difficult as each
individual ua tu size a beyond
the limits ~ our present micro
scopes"
Having thus marked securely
his meie7 and bounds. Mr Eil
son relaxed into frank talk he
stoully insisted that Dc d. un.
drrsto0i ua not meaning any
such moot thing aa spintis'lc
messages, snaCnlIcd"
ne means messages nH sub.
s,antial and on susceptible %
Authorization a. are those of
the telegraph, telephone, phonn.
graph and radio There shah
b. no medium. no mystery
no superstition. no "autohypnos
tHm known as faith" His
method, 20 serve al an, must
absolutely guarantee tho integ
rity o. the communication u
conveys and guard positively
against any possible doubt, dis
putr or misronslrueliou
II goes without saying that
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-22
Responsibility
Is Best Remedy

WHY should beiated citations
w for bravery - years old be
shocking enough 20 be worth n
beadllue7 That r. the way I'm
Gle sam pays his money debts.
too.
A routine claim will go thru.
by the routine, but anything re.
curing Judgment may wait gen
erauons. Beyond a certain point.
only congress can decide. and
congress never finishes.
We are only now paying
French Hpoilation claims "A hun
dred years old. and there are
meritorious private claims which
have been banded from con.
Frera TO congress for 30 years,
until the claimants and their
descendants were all dead. II
lr not lack OF good will. but
simply the incapacity OF the
machine 10 operate.
Congress does not dare dele.
gate enough power 10 executive
departments which are irrcspon
Fible and inaccessible 20 Il. and
tho mass Of detail u too much
for congress itself
The remedy Of course, for
this us well as for many much
larger things. Is responsibility.
Whenever congress can have
the heads OF the executive de.
purtmcnts regularly before u,
10 quiz them. as IL done in
other countries, II viii also b
willing TO dump more Of its
present burden OF detail on
their bcttera,affed departments.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-22
Painters License

Editor The star;
In regards to the painters having
10 pay 800 year license fees. !
wonder how many small contractors
in Seattle can afford 70 pay A.
Not ono.
n ~ oulY a scheme to put It's
small fellows out Of business and
make the people pay any price the
biz contractors want 10 charge
I don't think the big contractor
can satisfy the people any better
than Us little fellows. even II we do
tho work a little more reasonable
WILLIAM ORMBEY.
$3.50 gath Ave. & w.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-22

normal Substitute orsns. jsa
which also contains n. M.
growth yitamine. and fA1
thrive equally wsll-bu, han
no young Add one drop q
concentrated oil extract frs-
wheat germs. and abunasr,
families follow. All 0, WIZ
30 far. has been tined only Q.
rats.
But II these new Etue,nb 4
the processes OF life find oui a
much as the students Of oths
sciences have already done VITA
steam and electricity = WHIT
next? That We shall. BY ,ah.
ing pills. Rdd eublts TO or
stature. Is already certain.
one variety Of idio,s--cs
tins can be transformed las
intelligent men b. Thyroid o.
tract. I.aziness and oovsrts
are known 10 be chemical Prod
ucts. which can he nsuirzlizs.
by other chemicals.
How long shall we wait ~
an injection 20 cure s,upihy
and dishonesty? After that nav
come something 10 transfers
Us All into saints and geniusss
Which may or may no; mako
The world more interesting Is
live in.
Meantime. wait for real ri
entists 10 find out al thss
things. And beware Of ihs
quacks who viii pretend %
have them for sale.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-22
Vitamine X
Beware Quacks

LIVERY day finds out some
u thing new. IN the deep
mystery OF life. The latest Is
another vitamine 49, ''vitamine
X" Rats fed on a pure food"
diet plus green leaves for the
growth yitamlnc. are perfectly
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-22

VOU can Ect an answer 10
i any question or fact or In.
formation by writing The Scat.
tie Star Question Editor. i122
New York ave, Washington
u. C., and inclosing 9 cents In
loose stamps Tor reply. No
medical legal or marital nd,
vice. Personal replies. conf.
dental. All letters must he
signed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-22
Another Insult

CAENZ, Mexico's minister of foreign
" affairs, declares that sentiment against
Asiatic immigration is overwhelming in
Mexico Perfectly insulting to Japan. but
you can't well blame Mexico. She's al
ready pretty well mixed as to ancestors
and breeds, and Japs couldn't be assimi-
lated by her Yaquis.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-22

life aud open up vast new vie
Ions Or 90 the nature and ult-
mate function u matter
tHeHd The star tomorrow for
further details Of Idisan's be-
lirfl.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-22

the faculty OF political science OF the university canb
vote nteigently is too much for the rest Of u.s. Ana
that is the sort Of ballot most of states and cou
ties impose on their citizens
The federal ballot is simple enough. All we cleo, Of
the national government, IS the president and congress
II will be time enough to demand compulsory voting
when we make our state and local ballots as simple
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-22

communication with the dead.
thoroly authenticated. aH Hi
Hon says he must have b..
would instantly rryolutlonlzr all
Ernrrallysaccspted theories re-.
garding human existence. reveal
new science u the essence ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-22
Mr.. Fixit
Gets Complaints About Night Blasting on
Old Hulls at Richmond Beach

A RESIDENT of Richmond Beach complains today about
n the blasting at night on the old wooden bulls that
being burned there Another person thinks the council
should not raise the pay of its members when others in city
government have been denied pay.
Here are the letters:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-22

made it possible for them 10 vote inteIli-
gently
And this is not a mere matter Of hav-
ing intelligent voters. American busi-
ness men are mostly intelligent; but how
many Of them vote inteIligeutly on state
treasurer? Egyptian fellaheen are most
Is ignorant but they vote intelligently,
10 select which Of their neighbors they
are willing 10 trust TO serve as elector,
to choose a smaller body which names
the national assembly.
II is all matter Of what you ask the
people to do. Any ballot which the di-
rectors of the chamber Of commerce and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-22
a Thought

There is no fear in love; but per
feet love casteth out fear; because
fear hath torment. He that feareth
i. not made perfect by love. T. John,
iy.:I8.
WHOM we fear more than love,
w we are not far from hating. -
Mrs.. Jameson.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-22
OUR BALLOTS MUST BP
EASILY VOTED BEFORE
CAN COMPEL VOTING
~ CHESTER d. KOWELL

"TE EFT out the vote campaigns and compulsory va
VI ing laws all begin at the wrong end. What !
the use Of requiring people 10 vote until you have m
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The Seattle Star

RuthmAn sRseA Representatives Nancaoe
MietiEan
Yerkp Wsstt ii sisn ofnc Trsme cat d
mad cuts 81
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The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-12-03
SPORTING

Penn defeats Cornell, to O, Rogers
scoring after recovering tumble.
Syracuse eleven defeats Columbia
at Polo Grounds, 16 to 5.
Colgate and Brown elevens battle
to 14-14 tie.
Fordham defeats John Carroll, 10 to
Z, at Cleveland.
Grange held in check in pro debut
as Chicago Bears and Cardinals play
to scoreless tie.
Arthur Gluck wins the annual New
York City Hall to Coney Island walk.
Fred Wachsmuth is victor in annual
Berwick marathon.
Lincoln and Howard Universities
play scoreless tie on gridiron.
Nebraska defeats Notre Dame In
game, II to 0.
Red Grange saves his team from
defeat in first pro-football game which
ends in scoreless tie.
/ England is to send polo team for
winter matches in Florida.
Philip w. Bunnell. of Scranton,
Pa, was unanimously elected cap
tain of the 1926 Yale football team.
Bunnell has played quarterback on
the varsity for the last two seasons.
Johnny Brown, the little English
bantam, has filed challenge to bat
tie Charley Phil Rosenberg, the cham
pion
The New York boxing commission
ers are determined that poor decisions
by their appointed officials must cease.
Not that they believe any Of the arbi
tiers are dishonest, but so sure are
they that the system of scoring was
all wrong that at their regular meet
Ing they amended rule of the rules
and regulations, which governs the
system of scoring. The winner will
row be selected by the number of
rounds won instead of points scored
College athletic officials uphold
RED" Oranges action in turning pro-
fesssional as ethical.
Chicago White Sox aiming to get
Ward from the New York Yankees.
Tibbetts. of Harvard, wins inter
collegiate cross-country crown at Van
Cortlandt Park in record time; SYRIA
cuse captures team title.
Joe Click outpoints Honeyboy
Finnegan at the New Broadway
Arena.
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Honeyboy
Broadway
FOREIGN

Marshal Tuan, chief of the Picking
provisional government, ready to fec
on arrival Of Christian General"
Feng.
A call for worldwide general dis
armament as the next step in the
''war against wars" was sounded by
the American Ambassador, Jacob
Gould Schurman, at special Thanks
giving dinner in Berlin.
Herriot fails to form French min
istry, and BRAND. for second time.
takes up task.
King of Siam, who took new wife
in hopes of an her to throne, dies
day after daughter is born.
Bitter fight ahead in Reichstag over
bill to reimburse Hohenzollerns for
seized estates.
The offrcial diplomatic Wolff Serv-
ice carries long exposition on the
revival of American interest In
Europe since the Locarno Conference
and stresses the economic motives Of
the American desire to see that
Europe lives in peace.
49,
Cabinet with party program.
United States and England ex-
change informal inquiries on disarma-
ment.
Reichstag applauds Foreign Minis
ter Stresemann's declaration of con-
Hdence in France.
German Nationalist. attacking Lo-
carno pact, to move no-contidence
vote against the Luther government.
French lombard town west Of Da-
mascus and free beleaguered garrison.
Irish Free State leaders fear revo-
luton If boundary commission issues
report.
Australian friendship for America
Is evidenced in proposal by citizens
of Sydney to have picture Of Ameri-
can feet, now in Australian waters,
painted and presented to President
Coolidge.
Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt
added new Iaurels to their expedition
into Central Asia when each shot a
Wild bull. known as the Barah Singh.
Soviet Russia firmly intends In the
future, as In the past, to stand alooi
from the League OF Nations and SINH
lar organizations. Acting Foreign
Minister Lityinoff declared in care
| fully prepared official statement.
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WORLDS BUSINESS

Federal Trade Commission puts in
evidence an article by Adolph znkor
in 1918 condemning the precise things
he is now accused of doing.
Minority members of Federal Trade
Commission dissent from ruling on
MELONS Aluminium Company.
Holders of Third Liberty Loan
bonds now are offered an opportunity
for the first time of selling their
bonds directly to the Treasury of the
United States, to total of $50,000,-
600, according to an announcement by
Secretary Mellon. III
october automobile production set
a new high record of 392,648 passenger
cars and 44,129 trucks, according to a
report Of the Commerce Department.
With Canadian production added, the
North American outpu. of passenger
cars was 406,569, and Of trucks 45,S23.
Franc falls to 3.S6A cents on New
York exchange as result of French
Cabinet upset.
Dodge acquires truck business of
Graham Brothers.
EOSSlpAlLy VI, SOAI COdA SIA INC DAAhSS
warning from Coal Commission to buy
anthracite substitutes now.
1t is estimated that the Treasury
surplus for the current fiscal year
probably will reach $33O,OOO,OOO in
stead of $29O.0OOO0O. the original
figure.
Coolidge shows no indication of TAX
ing hand in the mine strike
Record wholesale prices paid for
Thanksgiving turkeys.
Presidents Pledge OF Hands on"
Cheers Business.
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Preparation Of Young Men to Be the Heads Of
the Homes of the People
By PRESIDENT COOLIDGE international G. A. Address


* -FOUR Christian associations represent practical effort organize
" and augment every field the lay forces and to translate the
truths Of religion into the life of the people,
is increasingly true that the hope of the future lies the
youth the present Probably other lay force asserts large
fuence upon the young people that which you represent It stands
direct challenge materam 1t assertion that there is
something than the things that 1t the
tendency of prousn which likely develop into cond
on of luxury pleasure destructive of the vitality
and character of society.
1t effort that development which only through
action and to strengthen the physical intellectual and moral life by
active campaign against ignorance poverty and other evils
1t seeks to create better understanding reveal themselves
to show them their great powers direct them into unselfsh to
give them whole scope their lives It
most practical effort in the training of citizenship.
One Of the results of all these activities the preparation
of young be the future heads of the homes of the people There
many indications that the functions penthood breaking
down Too many people negcn the real weeng their children
shifting the responsibility for their actions and turning supervision
their discipline juvenile It high
authority that very proportion Of the oucass and criminals
from the ranks of those who lost the advantages normal parental control
their youth They the refugees from broken homes who denied
the necessary benefits of parental love and direction
The home the the nation and effective better
homes begin with the training of the youth for those
ponsiblies shall the disposition attempt in way
the government the responsibilities for the rearing Of chill
constantly What youth the country
public control through action but home control through
parental action These associations effort in that direction
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Events That Concern the Two
Hemispheres Recorded SO as
to Be Read at a Glance.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS EPIToMIzED
Paragraphs Which Picture Executive
and Legislative Activities at tho
National and State
Capitals.
WASHINGTON

The Famous Players-Lasky cor
poration has complete monopoly on
first run motion picture houses in
most southern cities, charges w. H..
Fuller, counsel for the federal trade
commission.
A separate air corps for the army,
increases in available equipment and
legislation for the development of
civil aviation are listed as the, great
est needs of the air service by Mai.
Gen. Mason NJ Patrick, chief of the
army air service, in his annual report.
President Coolidge will refuse to act
in the attempt of Gerald Chapman,
convicted robber and slayer. to escape
the electrical chair in Connecticut by
claiming the right to serve federal
penitentiary sentence.
Charges of fact perversion and I'M
truths, as well as suggestion of disbar-
ment proceedings were laid before the
Federal Trade Commission at its first
hearing of the four years investiga-
ton Of the motion picture industry.
Supreme Court, 5 to 4, holds de
pletion dividend" taxable.
House Committee agrees on tax cut
of 1886 ,2S6,OOO.
Under severe cross-examination
Colonel William Mitchell, air service
crusader, admitted that he was guided
by his own opinions and not by facts
in making his sensational statements
attacking the War and Navy Depart
ments, for which he is now on trial.
Countess Karalyi's lawyers ask
President to lift ban.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-12-03
GENERAL

Pinchot's secret conference no aid
to coal peace.
General Miles's Indian collection a
gift to tie Museum of the American
Indian.
All Texas aroused over ma" Fer
guson's ninety-seyen holiday pardons !;
viewed as her def to those demanding
her Impeachment.
Women's colleges and co-education-
al institutions are almost unanimous
against smoking by feminine students.
s. Parker Bremen, Boston dry goods
and cotton merchant, lost overheard
at sea from the Bermuda liner Fort
Victoria.
Archbishop Curley asks God to save
nation from ''reformers."
F.. w. Crawford, New York newspa-
perman and former classmate of Pres
ident Coolidge at Amherst College,
now holds the title of chief clerk at
the White House. Crawford recently
was identified with the Republican
state committee of New York
Republicans are preparing to GUST
La Toilette members from house com.
mittees and to revoke the committee
discharge rule. Senate leaders are
getting ready to act on the case OF
young Robert M. La Toilette, of Wis
c~nsin, successor to his father,
General du Pont resigns from Boca
Ration directorate.
New York Elks rage vainly as U. g.
deputy marshal padlocks grill room
lfter beer raid.
Temple Emanuel. Fifth avenue and
Forty-third street, New York. under
contract to Benjamin Winter for
$500. 600; Aston mansion given as
site for new church.
The body Of Frank Mackin. aged
ave. for whom police have been
searching since October rs on the
theory that he had been kidnapped
vas found in the Hudson river. New
York.
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Organ proposed as head Of New
York police force.
Rhinelander suit financed by his
own inheritance from grandfather,
Forty-two foxes, valued at $4,000.
sail for Europe on the steamship Al
bert BALM.
Secretary Mellon inaugurates plan
for Treasury to buy Liberty thirds
direct from holders.
Secretary Herbert Hoover has com
pleted his organization of the foreign
commerce bureau and predicts It's sue
cessfuI operation.
Decay of the chemical warfare es-
Establishment in the United States bor-
ders on national suicide, Gen. Fries,
head of the division, said in his annual
report.
Buffalo's District Attorney urges
Appeals Court ito tear mask off Ku
Klux Khan"
Coolidge called upon by Mississippi
Valley Association to put through
inland waterway program.
Five or six robbers held UP bank
messenger and his guards, shot a po-
liceman in pistol fight, and escaped
with approximately $4,000 being
taken from one bank to another.
Anthony Annunzito, truck driver
was killed at Dewitt Center, N. Y,
when his machine was hit by New
York Central train. A binding snow
storm and slippery condition of the
highway were contributory causes.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-12-03
New Ireland With Which Americans Are
Unfamiliar Is Being Created
BY SENATOR j. 7. ROBINSON. in New york Times

During the last years Ireland has almost disappeared below the
horizon This due part to the fact that adical among the
Irish people has been superseded by conservatism Political agitation has
Nothing sensational has Ireland during the
last years No social upheaval threatened Nevertheless Ire
land with which Americans unfamiliar being created The last
probably have been important Ireland than other period
equal DURATION for the that these two have witnessed
changes great lasting consequence Nothing modern history is
striking than the quick transition under the Irish
from the wnes and guerrilla warfare which prevailed Ireland be-
the establishment the Free State the astonishing
condition of orderly peace which exists This of itself great
triumph could have occurred shmen generally had not be-
weary of violence and agitation.