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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-16
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BY BL0SSE
BY TAYIl
by STANLl

BELLlNGHAM, Ma''
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fought a mimic duel here I'D
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-16

Do you want me 10 come over and
see you? Or rather may ! come
over and see you. Mother will drive
me mad with questions. She OK.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-16

the bed. outlining the girls gently
breathing breast. Her hair las
loose on the pillow. with one hand
sntwined in II The other hand
las across her waist. rising and fail.
ing rs she hrcathed, And her lips
amiled. slightly parted over sIcam
ms white teeth
stevens inhaled tremendous
breath. fighting TO keep il maud.
iblc Stealthiiy he shut the door be.
hind him. and stole 20 the bed. The
faint perfume that fingered about
her night clothes drove him to com.
plete frenzy Swift as tigers
leap, and as certain. he slipped his
great arms around her warm. slim
body. and drew her fiorcoly 10 him.
Swiftly her sleep laden eyes opened.
TO meet his hot glare. Her red lips
opened wide In terror. savagely
he crushed her to him, pressing hts
lips TO hers. sitting her outcry.
scorching her with the hot breath
that issued hisaingiy from his nos.
trfls
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-16
Pr. A. MEETING CHANGED

The regular meeting Of tho High
lnnd Park Parent-Tcaohers' associa
ton win he held on March "a. in
stead OF on March II.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-16
Telegram From John Alden
Prescott to Leslie Prescott

Did you get my wire. Please.
please let me know II you read Il.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-16

poets 10 70 with me TO Atlantic
City today. For Gods sal,e Let me
come TO you and explain. JACK.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-16

Leslie w Mt her apartment here
She seems perfectly well and the
children happy.
RUTH BURKE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-16

Six bells we're struck, and Mary
remained out of sight. She had
permitted discretion TO temper her
valor al the last stevens had in
truth frightened her more than she
would have cared 10 admit She
heard all the bells strike, however,
for sleep would not come. Seven
bells sounded and soon after some.
body came down to awaken the
Evening star., 1925-01-01

is information in that paper which
one has not got from writer's who
have told of their travels to the moon,
and there are things in DIR. Coblentz' 8
paper which were overlooked by lit
erary men who published accounts Of
travellers who visited the moon.
DIR. Coblentz says that on the side
of the moon where the sun never
shines, and which one may call the
shady side, the temperature is about
200 degrees below zero. One might
say of this that there is a tang in
the air, that it is quite bracing. AS
this is the temperature in normal
weather, 1t would seem that when a
blizzard comes along it must be chilly
on the moon. In the days when the
Weather Bureau was called Old Prob
abilities, or just "Old Probs," Medi-
cine Hat used to take pleasure in
sending reports of zero days and
worse nights. The Medicine Hatters
took pride in their weather. The
moon weather shows how foolish-vain
the Medicine Hatters We're.
DR.. Coblentz says that even on the
sunny side Of the moon the tempera-
ture will drop from 60 above at noon
to 140 below zero at night. That is
some drop. 1t is fair to class this
as changeable weather. This physicist
says that sometimes about noon the
temperature on the moon is at boil
ing point. SO one sees from this
that Washington is not the only
place to have genuine Summer
weather. Just in a spirit of good
fellowship, let us hope that the man
in the moon knows some shady nook
in the country beside a big spring
when the thermometer reads boiling.
From boiling point to 40 below zero
is rather a wide variation of tenn
perature and it is clear that the man
in the moon does not have to travel
far to get a change of climate and
that he needs two suits of clothes, at
least linen duster and an ulster.
Evening star., 1925-01-01
Secretary Hoover's Good News.

Secretary Hoover Of the Department
OF Commerce, who has his fingers
upon the pulse of business and trade
In this country, and also of the world,
In so far as affairs abroad react upon
our own interests, in the annual sur
yey by the Department Of Commerce,
published today, brings good news
Of conditions, present and prospective,
of affairs the world over. He makes
the downright statement that ''the
new year begins with the economic
structure of the world upon more
since the war
This is a happy augury for the fu-
ture to a weary world looking back
ward over the dangers and perils of
the past year, thankful, though, to
have come through as we'll as it did.
Secretary Hoover finds that with the
exception of a few spots of secondary
Importance there has been during the
past year a real advance toward So
ciaI, economic and political stability
throughout the world.
Speaking in broad generalities, he
saws: "The world is producing more
goods: there is fuller employment;
there are higher standards of living;
more assurance of economic stability
for the future, and more promise OF
peace than we have seen for many
years"
No less gratifying in this heart
warming forecast than the promise of
material benefits is the hope of peace,
for which Secretary Hoover finds firm
foundation. So we can all feel justi'
fed to buck up" and set out with
firm tread upon the path that
stretches before us to next New Year
day. May the cheerful prospect be
realized backing up Secretary Hoov
er's prophecy, and may we all do our
little bit toward aiding and realizing it
Evening star., 1925-01-01

nal lights. This accident, however,
may lead to action by the Commits
sioners in this direction Of pre-empt-
ing certain spaces temporarily for the
coasters.
1t seems impossible to keep the
children off the sleds merely because
of the risk involved in coasting. 1t
is as natural for a boy or a girl to
slide down hill in Winter as to play
games in Summer. Motorists would
probably willingly cooperate in any
plan to prevent accidents If warning
were given. Yesterdays snow. how
ever, came so suddenly that there was
no chance to establish danger zones.
Evening star., 1925-01-01
The First Coasting Fatality.

Within three hours after the start
of the snowfall in this city last eve-
ming a boy was killed coasting. The
sled on which he was riding was hit
at a street intersection by an auto
mobile and he was so severely injured
that he died an hour later. This is
the first of the seasons accidents of
this character, lamentable loss of
life which can be blamed upon no
one. The dangers of coasting are
obvious. Short of roping off certain
streets there is peril every time a
child starts a sled down HILL The
coasters make no noise and cannot
be seen by drivers. They flash into
view without warning and it is only
by good luck that they escape.
Heretofore efforts have been made
to provide specified places where
coasting slides may be maintained
without risk, but to do so means to
block off traffic on both sides. No
provision LIS made for barriers or sig
Evening star., 1925-01-01
To Push the School Program Bill.

Senator Capper announces that he
to have the five-year school building
program enacted at this session of
Congress. He has been consistently
and earnestly an advocate Of better
has been largely instrumental in Sc
curing legislative action on important
measures designed to increase school
efficiency. He recognizes the logical
necessity of making large-scale pro-
vision of buildings to care for the
prospectively increased school popu-
lation resulting from an amendment
to the compulsory education law ex-
tending the age limits passed by the
Senate the other day.
The f1ve-year school building bill is
d businesslike proposal to meet the
Districts needs. Experience has
shown that there can be no real ad-
vance in school equipment without
the adoption of some. such definite
program which commits the appro-
priating body to a specific provision
of funds annually over a period. With
out such a program school building
appropriations will inevitably f1uc-
tuate.
No survey of the Districts school
needs is required to establish the fact
that the Capital is far behind in this
respect. The facts have been hereto
fore assembled and laid before Con-
gress and have been accepted. Post
ponement of the measure is not in the
interest of economy. but, on the con-
trary, is wasteful procrastination. The
buildings must eventually be had and
will cost more later than now.
The Districts share of the money
for school buildings is available now
if Congress will be give the word re-
uuired to release from the Treasury
the accumulated District tax revenues
unappropriated in the course of sew
eraI years. The joint committee of
Congress has declared that this fund
belongs to the District. The Senate
has passed a bill to make it available
for appropriation. If this sum is re-
leased upon the equitable terms upon
which it was assembled-that is, upon
the half-and-half basis of expendi-
ture-it will suffice for most, if not
ALL of the school building project now
contemplated.
Senator Capper's enthusiastic in
terest in this matter should yield re-
suits even at this short session. The
bill itself should lead to no argument
on it's merits Members of Congress
are in many cases personally aware
of the unfortunate school conditions,
inasmuch as their own children attend
the local schools in large numbers.
They should, therefore, have a keen
interest in putting the public educa-
ton system of the District in the way
of an equipment meeting its needs
for the first time in the history of
the Capital.
Evening star., 1925-01-01
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

of the primary causes of defeat Not
listenerin In the land was left in
doubt of the Democratic party's lead
erlessness and manifest incapacfty for
government. Senator Earle B. May
field of Texas says the Bruce-Harri-
son shindy is the only reminder of
the Lone Star legislature he's had
since he's been in Washington. Makes
me think I'm back in Austin" May
field conffded to colleague while the
Marylander and the Mississippian
were having at each other.
x x X
From Chicago comes q proposal that
radio be handed over to the tender
mercies of Federal board with regu-
latory powers such as are now WELD
ed over the railroads by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission The
idea originates with a Chicago alder
man, Jacob Arvey, who Is asking the
city council to petition Congress to
enact the necessary legislation. Eu-
gene Mcdonald, tr., another Chica-
goan, who is president of the National
Broadcasters' Association, also favors
special governmental commission to
supervise the air. At present, as
nearly everybody knows, wave
lengths, and all and sundry there
with connected, are in the hands of
the department of Commerce.
x xE
Washington's Who's Hoover
grows apace. Three Hoovers now oc-
cupy high station. In term of serv-
ice, ike" Hoover, chief doorkeeper
of the White House, heads the dy-
nasty. Then there's Herbert Hoover,
Secretary of Commerce, and now
comes 30-year-old ]. Edgar Hoover,
the new director Of Attorney General
Stones Bureau of Investigation. The
Davises still are our ruling family,
with the Secretaryship of Labor, the
Assistant Secretaryship of War, the
director generalship of the Railroad
Administration, the adjutancy-gen-
eral of the Army and any number of
minor billets in their possession.
X Il X
Census takers, with 158 questions
to ask, were turned loose on the
farming community of the United
States New Year day. Although the
general census is taken every 10
years, farm information Is so impor-
tant that a special census in the rural
regions has been ordered at this in
termediate period. Farmers are as
sured that all information supplied is
confidential and has nothing to do
with taxes or assessments of any
kind.
Copyright. 1924
Evening star., 1925-01-01
Pleasure and Charity.

If very small part of the money
that was spent last night in various
forms of New Year celebration were
devoted to charity, the Capitals re-
tunates would be abundantly met. Es-
Inmates vary as to the sum of this
festivity bill-one put it at 100000.
If that were cut in half it would be
per cent of that reduced amount would
yield more than the total required for
the Fourteen Opportunities, the sub
scription Of which is not yet complete.
Evening star., 1925-01-01
The Government and Science.

In greeting the delegates to the
ton for the Advancement of Science
at the White House yesterday, Presi
dent Coolidge noted the fact that nc
single agency has so extensively relied
upon the men and women of science
as has the Government. But the
President Immediately explained that
he did not refer to the question of
salaries. He said:
Let me say at once, however, that
l do not intend to imply that we
have been impressively liberal in
dealing with the individual scientists
who conduct the activities of the
Government. The most casual inspec-
tion of the salary list of scientific
workers in Washington will make it
very plain that II Is toward science.
not the scientist, that the Govern
ment has been officially generous.
This is M ofsebar recognition of a
truth t'Idt has peen evident for many
years, that the United States Govern
ment places a low pecuniary rating
on the value of the services of sci
entists. There are men and women
now employed in the various scien-
tiffc bureaus of the Government who
could secure in private employment
much larger compensation. but who
remain for the sake of service and
from sense of duty. They have
steadfastly resisted temp a4ions to
enter other and higher paid fields be-
orb ~,
OF the whole country rather than for
particular interests.
In the line of inventions, too, Gov
ernment scientific workers have con-
tributed richly to the public welfare
without receiving the rewards that
would be earned by them if they We're
working as individuals or for cor
porations. Some of the most notable
advances in all branches of scientific
work have been scored by these tech
nical staffs of the United States.
1t is not expected that the United
States should compete for the services
Of its scientific workers with corpora
tions or industries. The members of
these various technical staffs do not
seek such an advantage. While, of
course, they would be rejoiced at a
more liberal recognition of their
worth in terms of their annual sal
aries, they do not place their services
upon the plane of commercial valua-
tion.
In certain branches, however. it is
impossible for the United States to
retain skilled workers of a scientific
character. In the Patent Office, for
example, there is a heavy "overturn"
annually because of the low scale of
pay and the opportunities offered
outside for higher compensation and
brighter chances for advancement.
The Government loses heavily in thus
training skilled workers only to have
them leave for private employment or
for their own professional work. An
increase of the pay scale in this par
ticular bureau would ultimately be
an economy.
Evening star., 1925-01-01
Uniting on the Traffic Problem
N-Uniformity of Laws and Enforcement
By ERNEST GREENWOOD,
Secretary Street Highc1y

The necessity for approximate uni
formity in State motor vehicle laws,
rules and regulations, as well as in
State and highway practices and
methods Of traffic control, are so
obvious as to hardly require argu-
ment. A very large proportion of
traffic accidents are due to the con-
fusion caused by ignorant, but well
intentioned drivers from other cities
and other States.
This uniformity should begin with
methods of getting statistics, report
ing and investigation of accidents
and end with the signals and methods
of the traffic control officer at the
street intersection. 1t should run
through all the laws, State and muni-
cipal regulations, rules OF the road,
direction and traffic control signs,
city ordinances and include even such
details as methods of hand signaling &
by the driver.
Plea For Uniformity.
This plea for uniformity runs
through the reports of every COM
mittee. The committee on statistics
pleads for uniformity because unless
statistics and the methods of tabulat-
ing them are uniform they are not
comparable and therefore II is Inn
possible to uncover the general prin-
ciples on which to base an accident
prevention program. For the same
reason standard definitions of such
terms as reckless driving" young
persons" physically incapable" and
the like must be devised and adopted.
The data gathered by any one State
or any one community is of little
value IL it can not be added to the
volume of experience in other States
or cities. Like oil and water statistics
which are not based on standard
definitions will not mix.
If the motor vehicle laws in the var-
Gus States do not possess some of the
qualities of uniformity 1t is difficult to
hold the driver from one State RESPONSE
BILE for breaking the law involuntarily in
another State. For example, one State
may define reckless driving" as driv-
ing at a speed in excess of 35 miles an
hour, but in the State of Connecticut
one may drive recklessly at any speed
and the fact that one is driving 20 miles
an hour is no defense against possible
charge of violation of the law.
Hand Signal Methods.
The necessity for uniformity in ordi-
nary driving practices can best be IL
lustrated by the variety Of methods Of
hand signaling by drivers. Suppose, for
example a driver from California driv-
ing in the District of Columbia gives the
California signal meaning Il am going
to turn to the left This signal in
Washington means "I am going to draw
up or turn to the right pass me-" The
Washington driver behind the California
driver interprets the signal in the Ian
guage of the District of Columbia. and
Evening star., 1925-01-01

THE Inside Diplomatic History of
the United States-1913-1919" might
we'll be the title of collection OF
nrivate papers of which Yale Uni
yersity has come into possession.
They have been deposited there by
Col. Edward NJ. House, to be held In
trust for historians and political stu
dents of the future. woodrow VIII
sons confidential adviser and interna-
tional scout has preferred this dis
position of his memoirs to writing a
hook of them-a temptation which
other contemporaries of the war Presi-
dent were not able to resist. The
House papers date from the colonefs
first foreign assignment In May, 1914,
when he landed in Germany as the
unofficial envoy of Mr.. Wilson with
mission to ward off the storm that
broke across civilization three months
later Thenceforward House COM
muned with priests, prophets and kings
uninterruptedly until Versailles, 1919.
He corresponded with potentates and
premiers on terms of entire~intimacy.
His letters to them, and theirs to him,
are of a character that induces one,
who recently had access to the collec-
ton, to assert that until it is per-
missible to open the papers to the
public it will not be possible to write
a real history of the war"
Senator Borah will address the
Citizens Committee of One Thou
sand in New York on the evening of
January on the subject of law en-
forcement. Borah holds vigorous
views on the growth of lawlessness
in the United States. In an article
contributed to the January number
of a magazine he declares that law
enforcement has become a great
national problem" Crimes of vio-
lence and violation of prohibition
are mounting in volume, in the Ida
hoan's estimation, at rate so
startling that public opinion can no
longer ignore the menace. Borah
considers that the Republican party
ought to make law enforcement zone
of it's primary obligations and du-
ties"
Victor Murdock, old-time Roose-
veltian and Kansas editor, is making
his first visit to Washington since he
retired from the Federal Trade Com
mission year ago. The former sun
flower Congressman has gone back
to his first love, journalism, and the
wichita Daily Eagle, which he owns
and edits Murdock is bubbling over
with memories of the late unpleas-
antness, which is his description OF
the La Toilette campaign. He
stumped Kansas for the Progressive
ticket "I got plenty of cheers, but
no votes" is the epitome of his ex-
periences, which included desertion
by his own presiding officer, on one
occasion, in favor of a Coolidge meet
ing around the corner. Murdoch has
found out what's wrong with the
country since he moved back to Kan
sassas. THE people are sidestepping
sweat is the way the Wichita sage
describes what he regards a grow
ing disinclination for hard work.
X X X
That no-quarter passage at arms
between Senator Bruce of Maryland
and Senator Harrison of Mississippi
as to why the Democratic party's
stock has slumped is the unfailing
theme Of argument wherever and
whenever Democrats foregather. Ex-
plantations and albis are as endless
as the pillows of the deep. One thing
on which most of the doctors agree is
that the radio from the Madison
Square Garden convention was ono
Evening star., 1925-01-01

the police blotter records one more bad
accident.
AS a matter of fact codes in hand
signaling are being discarded by the au-
thorities. The best thought on the sub
ject seems to be that the driver should
be required to make but single signal
by extending his hand and arm, which
should mean to the driver behind him
that he is going to do something; the
responsibility is then on the man in the
rear to be on the alert.
Cautionary or stop signals at dan
ger points direction and distance
signs at important functions and in
tersections, as well as signs and sig
nails to indicate special traffic rules,
should be uniform for their various
given purposes throughout the United
States. In my opinion these signs
should be considered as part of the
construction of the highway and
highway officials should come to an
agreement as to their design, color
and character, so that the man from
Maine will see identicaIly the same
kind of sign throughout his travels
as he drives from Maine to Cali
fornia. The use of any kind of a
direction or traffic control sign for
advertising should be absolutely pro-
hibited. Today one finds at impor-
tant intersections a half-dozen of
these kinds of signs and almost in
variably, If they are mileage signs,
no two of them will state the same
number of miles to the next town.
Uniformity of Laws.
Legislation embodying the principle
of certifcation and registration of
automobile title should be Uniform
throughout the United States The
certification of titles is one of the
most important and effective means
for reducing theft, and stolen oars
are distinct and dangerous class
Of hazards. A reduction of theft
means definite reduction In the
accident rate. This, too, has been
proven by the results obtained in
those States which have adopted this
principle.
Legislation with regard to the de-
sign, construction and maintenance
of motor vehicles should be uniform.
For example. the definition of the
braking ability of motor vehicle
should be standard If the touring mo-
torist is not to break the law in
voluntarily. In the same way limita-
tions of load, width of vehicle light
ing equipment and the like must be
standardized and made uniform ev-
erywhere.
Traffic Courts should be established
under State control In no other way
can uniformity in administration and
enforcement of the law be secured
In the meantime. however, munich
palities should organize special traf-
fic courts, with the idea that sooner
or later they will pass to State juris-
diction.
The question of uniformity and
Standardization is one of the most
important underlying principles in
any program for the handling OF
present-day street and highway traf-
fic 1t will not only improve general
conditions, but will remove one of
the distractions to the free how Of
traffic which is so vItally necessary.