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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27

Modern speed OF varcraft has
nulllried the advantage Of tho
Panama canal. That is. tho time
saving effected by switching tho
Atlantic flee, thru the canal IN
wartime has been eounterbalanesd
by added speed Of foreign Nnrships.
The war game demonstrated. the
conference on North Island. san
Diego, decided. that the Atlantic
feet, acting as defender. Called com.
piotely In i,a attempt 10 defeat the
enemy" fleet. In actual warfare
the whole Pacific coast NOW would
be- in enemy hands. naval officers
admitted
The sham battle was formerly an.
nounccd. unofficlatly. 10 have re.
suited In victory for the Hue. or
defending. fleet Actually. {, IL he.
ciared. the battle showed that toe
Atlantic feet. in time OF war. could
not get thru tho canal fast enough
70 save the Pacific coast from an
energetic enemy. well equipped with
fast cruisers and air squadrons
Blue fleet scouting sauadrons
missed the Black. or attacking fleet.
20 miles. officers admitted. Then
the defending feet tried futile
attack on the rear Of the Black
fleet. but succeeded I'm destroying.
IN theory. only one battlcahip. the
Maryland.
Fast scout cruisers we're notice.
nbly lacking. the conference found.
with them the defending feet
would have made better showing.
the officers asserted.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27
Forest Week April q
to May 3 Proclaimed

WASHINGTON. March 27.-presi.
dent Coolidge TODAY proclaimed the
week OF April ~ to May TO be
American Forest Week" and urged
the country to observe the occasion
by taking a renewed interest in for.
est rehabilitation
Preservation Of the nations forests
is a policy which President Coolidge
regards as one OF the most important
duties his administration can uphold.
In his proclamation today he termed
forest protection sacred responsi.
bility TO unborn generations.
Mr.. Coolidge does not regard the
Forest week he proclaimed as a mere
gesture 10 be observed principally by
school children singing Arbor Day
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27
ny j. II. JUSTICE

WITHIN the next few days GOV.
w erner Hartley must select the
three men who arc TO compose the
new state tax commission. and upon
his decision In this matter, It Ia pre-
dieted. viii depend the future OF the
Hartley administration; largely the
welfare Of tho republican party in
the state, and the burden OF taxa.
ton that the farmer and the small
business man Is 90 carry
This commission. created by the
lat. legislature, is 20 have unusual
powers, Section II abolshos the
board Of equalization, and gives the
powers OF that body to the tax com.
mission, making It's findings and de.
erees practically finai.
For tho past two or three
years the railroad companies,
the power interests. the large
timber and realty holders have
been busy thru respectable and
wcllnamcd organizations gath.
erlng data and tax information
which Is TO be passed along 90
this tax commission for iis guild.
anee in making the tax assess.
ment adjustments that are TO
come before u.
II Is said that much OF this
Information viii Indicate that
the large interests have been car.
rSing the tax burdens OF the
state, while the farmers and
small business concerns have
had the lighter end OF the load.
Should the tax commission be made
up Of men who sec as their friends
see, there is little doubt In the minds
OF those familiar with the situation.
that there will he shifting OF the
tax burdens from the shoulders OF
the big ones 10 the backs OF the little
fellows.
ir IL is composed o. big. strong
men OF experience and courage.
different shifting Of this load nigh,
be the outcome.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27
BY PAUL X. MhLL0N

JI1AsHfNGToN. March 27.--Ths
w American nation may wake up
some morning and find some rather
important changes made IN It's form
Of government overnight. without
having suspected It In the least,
Senator Henry Fountain Ashurst.
democrat, OF Arizona, warns Of this
danger in several constitutional
amendments placed by congress be-
fore the states over 100 years ago,
which still lie dormant. but may be
brought 10 life any time.
Congress has never set time limit
in which proposed constitutional
amendments must be ratified or con-
siderei dead. and only "A supreme
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27
Lothrop Stoddard
to Lecture Here

Lothrop s;oddard noted author
OF THE Rising Tide Of Color" and
an authority on postwar conditions
in Europe, viii deliver his latest
lecture Saturday evening on THE
Present Situation In Europe" in
the Seattle Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium.
The lecture Is open 10 both r,en
and women.
Sunday afternoon Mr. Stoddard
will speak 10 the men Of the "Y"
Sunday club on World Personals.
ties Have Met" During the past
year Mr., stoddard has met the po.
lltical and other leaders OF EUROPE
and Asia.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27
Smoke Forces Lake
Ferry to Put Back

With smoke rolling up from the
hold, altho no blaze was apparent.
the Vashon Island ferryboat oper-
ated by the Lake Washington Ferry
company at Leschi park, Immediately
put back to shore with It's load OF
passengers Thursday afternoon. The
fire. which was down In the engine
room, was soon extinguishcd. The
boat was only n short distance away
from the Leschi dock Damage Is
estimated al about $40.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27

songs. lie feels a stimulation OF tho
peoples interest in maintaining the
rapidly dwindling forests is one OF
the most serious needs OF The time.
I'VE have passed the pioneer stage
and are no longer excusable for con-
tinuing this unwise dissipation Of
great source" he declared in hi.
proclamation. ITO the nation II
means the lack Of an elemental neces-
sity and the waste or keeping idle or
only partly productive nearly one
fourth of our soil.
Let us apply TO this creative task
the boundless energy and skill we
have so long spent in harvesting the
free gifts of nature. The forests of
the future must be started today"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27

Mabel Garrison, one Of
Americas famous sopranos
1rriued IN Seattle Friday
morning and lDiH leaue Sat
m'ddy on the A merican-
Oriental mail liner President
Mckinley. She is on a tour
of the Orient. She WiN sing
IN Japan, China, and the
Philippines, before return
ing. Mss Garrison, IN pri-
rate life, is Mrs. George Sci
NOM, and iUiH be accon,pan-
led bp her husband on the
tour. Mr.. Seimonn is an ac-
complished pianist.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27
gu" Church to Have
Boys Easter Meet

All high school boys in the univer.
sity district are invited to attend the
second annual pre.Easter assembly
AT the University Presbyterian
church at $40 q. IN. sunday, They
win be seated together ms class
groups.
Frank Bayley will address the as.
sembly Special song numbers and
mass singing viii feature,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27
Hartley in Stew
Over Taxi Board
Special Interests Clamoring for Shift
of Burden to Small Business Men and
Home Owners; Governor Must An
nounce Personnel by April

And this situation i Thought
to be the reason why the gov
crnor IL having hard task TO
select the three men for the
commission, and stick by his
decision The woods are report
ed TO be full OF those who would
accept n place on the commits
sion, but no sooner has the
governor picked three that
would III than pressure from
above or below Is brought 10
bear. and Tho selection Is again
all up In the air.
Tho wise ones claim that from
the list OF applicants II Is Resy TO
select almos, the entire invisible
directorate" OF the railroad com.
plaiios OF the state. and that most
OF these are what are known as
men who can affiliate with sympa.
ihetic interests,
While the list OF those who would
make the saerirlco' Is long one.
the names that have been most
prominently mentioned are those OF
George Turner, or spokane. and
Ralph Williams o. Yakima, from
the East side; Judge stephen Chad.
wick and Samuel Chase ~ Seat.
lie. G. " Davis, Of Tacoma: J. r..
Frost, OF Gold Bar and W. s. Gris
void. OF Belliugham.
The names OF clark Nettlston.
Nathan EckSteln. and James A.
Haight also have been suggested.
Mack Gose and several others
we'll known in political circles. are
said 10 BE- warming up. ia IN.
event none OF the previously ar.
ranged slatca SO thru
II is generally conceded that two
OF these commissioner will come
from east OF the mountains, and
that the third member win likely
be Seattle man
The new tax commission must bs
named by April
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27
BUREAU OF
MISSING
RELATIVES

The star invites It's readsrs 70 sas this
x,psrtmsnt IS en- aid In finding rnissias
r.istiyes OF friends. This department 10
a. help In reuriting those who have bees
s,parsted. Those whose relatives 90
friends sre missing are invited to report
The disappesrsnee directly to The Star.
Readers who msy know the whereabouts
81 persons mentioned in this column ss
misinx are requested also TO report 10
Ths Star. Other newspapers are Invited
10 reproduce sach Items ss will istssssi
their rsaders
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27
WOMAN FRIEND SEES
COOLIDGE RIDE HIS
ELECTRICAL H0RSlE

Anew YORK March 2l-N
|. IN least one person outside hts
.mry has watched President
r,olldsc SO thru his daily dozen
~ No white House hobby horse
- Mrs Frank W Stearns OF Bos.
,an vic OF tho presidents closest
s,sed. diyulged this secret Just
s.s,re salling ON The steamer
n,,lie for Genoa with her hus'
Aand yesterday
u inadvertently wandered into
II, room where the president was
~, one day said Mrs.
Sans. "and had am opportunity
= watch him several minutes DO
~, he was awar1 OF my pres
~. 80. Mr. Coolidge found, takes
~ exercise seriously like every.
Tins else
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27
Seattle and Puget Sound
Could Be Taken by Foe
Recent Naval War Game on Pacific Coast
Shows Up Defects in Defense Plan

CEATTLE could be captured by
- foreign feet without pcrma.
nent concentration on the Pacific
coast Of The combined American
fleets. an alien navy could win and
hold possession OF Puget sound.
These facts hav. been determined
al naval conference al san Diego.
following recent mancuvers of tho
feet. II became known in Seattle
Friday. The conference was headed
by Admiral Z, Coentz, well known
here Results OF the sham battle
fought recently were checked on
the war chart"
The conferences established the
following facts:
I--without continuous conesntra.
ton ON the Pacific coast Of both
Atlantic and Pacific fleets the United
States would be helpless against an
enemy.
NEED MORE
SCOUT CRUISERS
LACK OF scout cruisers makes
the Atlantic feet useless in support
OF the Pacific feet in its homo
waters.
Aircraft and aircraf, carriers
arc not OF much value in rough
weather
Submarines arc uncertain be-
cause Of Diesel engine defects
Lack or aircraft cooperation
places The Unite. states at dis
advantage in battle with an
enemy adequately equipped with air
squadrons.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27
Archie Hutchinson
Ill for Ten Days

undcrshcriff Archie Hutchinson
was recovering at his home 532
Soth ave, Friday, from n threatened
attack OF pneumonia. He has been
m for nearly 10 days and was taken
home Wednesday night and con-
fined to his bed. He may be able
TO return to work next week
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27
TO SAVE TEKKAPINS

RALEIGH. n. C.-The diamond
backed terrapin, highest priced
American turtle, has boe,l almost ex'
terminated by Wholesale methods OF
killing them off the North Carolina
inlets, The state fisheries depart
mcnt has decided to prohibit terrapln
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27
Welded When Infant
of II, Plea States

Charging that "shc was an infant
OF II years" when she married the
defendant in Everett In August, 1924,
Mrs. Peris Neoma Singer Friday
filed a divorce suit against Stanton
Singer She also charges cruelty
and failure TO provide, and says her
parents never consented TO the mar.
riapc
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27
PRACTICAL EnrCATIoN

SALEM. Speaking Of pracu-
cal education. a new course In IN.
structlon in the junior high school
here will be on how TO dodge auto
mobiles. Several accidents have oc-
CURED near the school.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27
Bids on CountyP DOR Q
Farm Open Monday

County commissioners at Everett,
Snohomish county, tho forenoon OF
March 30. viii open bids for the con-
struotlon Of the proposed county poor
farm AZ Monroe, according TO an
nounccmsnts received BY contractors
here.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27

MELBOURNE. - Hearty welcome
TO the American fleet has been
promised by Premier BRUCE, who de-
clsres the American, Ritish and
Australian navies are not ag-
gressiye.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27
Blanche PILLORs. =

Blanche PILLORS. salesman.
%. write your mother. Mrs. Susan
Pnlors. F'lournoy. La. Five and half
feet tall.
EDWARD ENENSON, please com
municate with the Bank Of Montreal
branch pt Saskatoon, saBk.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27
Boys Separate Knockers

A special purchase of Knockers in
sizes for boys of 7 to Is years.
Several hundred pairs in wide
variety of styles and fabrics. Dandy
school and play knickers, remark
ably low-priced.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-27
Women's LOU Priced Spring
Coats, Frocks, Ensembles

COATS at $3.50, $500, SITS and $500.
FRoCKS at 1918, $3.50 and $500.
ENSEMBLE COSTUMES at $500, $500 to
$3.50.
DOWNSTAIRS STORE
Evening star., 1925-08-27
PLANS FOR SUPPLY.
u. S. Expected to Move to Avert Coal
Shortage.

Convinced that suspension of work
in the anthracite coal fields on Sep
tember l is inevitable, Government
officials have turned their attention to
the possible effect on the Nation of a
prolonged shutdown. A tentative
estimate today placed the visible hard
coal supply at a figure sufficient to
meet normal demands until December.
Emphasizing their belief that any
attempt by the Government or any
other outside agency to intervene to
prevent a suspension would only ag-
gravate the present situation, officials
intimated that the Government was
at work on a plan to meet the possi-
bility of an actual coal shortage, but
declined the least hint as to its nature.
They secuted the suggestion of imme-
date Government action, declaring
that the Government had no power to
act, and expressed the opinion there
would be no special session of Con-
gress to deal with the situation be-
cause there doesn't seem to be any
thing Congress can do about it,
Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, who
returned to Washington yesterday
after survey of the situation in his
State, shared the opinion of the Off
cials that the anthracite miners there
would quit work and the mines would
be closed. He also declared that there
would be. no Federal Cancellation. or
arbitration, but said it was not def
nitely known what Gov. Pinchot might
sCartfouod IN Do 90 Column kt
Evening star., 1925-08-27
FRONTIER SECURITY
OFFERED GERMANY
France Urges Immediate
ParIey to Draw Up Pact
for Western Border.
By the As,ociated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, August 27.-France stands
ready to send delegates to confer
ence in London to draw up a pact
with Great Britain, Belgium and
Germany promising security to the
western German frontiers, should the
Berlin government accept the sugges-
tion in the latest French note that
such negotiations be opened i'm
mediately.
NJ. Fromageot, well known jurist,
already has been designated to repre-
sent France In the event such a meet
ing is held. The French government
favors prompt action and would be
ready TO begin at London next Mon
day.
The French delegation would con-
sist of experts and jurists. The latter
would be intrusted with the task of
settling the three points raised in the
French note to Germany, namely the
security pact, the status of the arbitra-
ton treaties, and Germany's entrance
into the League of Nations.
conference of the foreign ministers
of the interested powers would be held
as soon as the experts completed their
work, or about the middle of Septem-
Der, when the League of Nations as
sembly will still be in session.
nEu Az VS pDrnxryrUD
Evening star., 1925-08-27
ROLLING COIN DIRECTS
DETECTIVES TO CACHE
SIS, 900 Worth of Stolen Crude
Rubber Found in Garage.
Two Men Held.
Rr the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 27.-A coin,
rolling out of a detectives hand, today
led three sleuths, in it's tickle course,
directly to a cache in the Williams
burg section of Brooklyn, where
SIS, 900 worth of stolen crude rubber
was hidden, and resulted in the ar
rest of two men on charge of grand
larceny.
The elusive coin rolled underneath
the doorway of a garage. The de-
tective opened the door to retrieve it
and was ordered brusquely from the
premises by the two occupants.
Suspicious, the detectives forced
their way in, and upon searching the
garage found a quantity of rubber
later identified as having been stolen
Monday from a Pennsylvania lighter
in Brooklyn. A quantity of women's
apparel valued at several thousand
dollars, also was found,
John Gariff and Joseph Lewis were
held without bail for hearing.
Evening star., 1925-08-27
Sums to Be Paid British Held
Certain to Reduce Amount
TO Be Sent Here.
TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT
is REJECTED BY AMERICA
Officials Declare Washington Will
Adhere to Policy of Handling
All Debts Individually.

The Anglo French debt agreement
reached yesterday in London may
have an important bearing on Ameri'
can French debt negotiations here
next month, insofar as Frances ca
pacity to pay is concerned.
This was the most definite indica'
ton in official quarters here today
where il was empha sized again that
the American Government will not
depart from its policy of considering
each debtor apart, and will not ven-
ture into any phase of the question
which may SAVIOR of u tri-partite ar
rangement.
The intimation put forth in London
yesterday after the agreement, that
the settlement there might depend for
its fulfillment upon what happens here
in settlement of the French debt to
America apparently was not received
with approval here today.
Affects Capacity to Pay.
Frances capacity to pay, it is ad-
mitted here, will, of course, be af-
fected by the Anglo-French agree.
ment, under which France would pay
to Great Britain a sum of about f12,
SOC, 900 yearly.
The French delegation sailing Sep
tember l6, according to last advices
to the Treasury, will find the Ameri-
can commission prepared, just as be
fore the Anglo French agreement, TO
open negotiations upon the prospect
that the principal be paid in full
at a rate of interest which viii be
within Frances capacity to pay.
While this was about the extent
of the official reaction to the an
nouncement of the Anglo-French
settlement, observers were comment.
ing today on the shrewdness of the
French in having obtained prior TO
the American negotiations a settle.
ment, believed TO be tentative, and
of a nature which exceeds in its
generosity any agreement which the
American commission has yet drawn
up with any of its debtors.
The United States occupies q posi-
ton, however, in the interallied debt
situation which is entirely different
CONTINUED on Page g Column ~
Evening star., 1925-08-27
BY the Associated Press.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, Au-
gust 27.-Modern scientists are not
dull, prosy fellows without a spark
of poetry or imagination. Prof. w.
A. Parkes of Toronto, Canada, one
of the delegates attending the An
nual meeting of the British Asso-
citation for Advancement of Science,
provided this today by bursting
into verse in the course Of a lee
ture in which he was explaining
that earthquakes were not an un-
mixed evil. Here's the principal
stanza in his venture into versifica-
ton:
What is it rules the upper crust?
1sostasy isostasy.
What actuates the overthrust?
Isostasy. isostasy.
What gives the shore lines wanderlust.
What humbles highlands into dust.
What makes the strongest stratum bust !?
Isostasy. lsostasy,
1t might be explained that isos-
tasy is the theory of general equi-
Evening star., 1925-08-27
CONGRESS IGNORED
ADVICE, NEW SAYS
BlameS So'ons for Acute
Rate Problem Now
Facing Officials.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 27.-
Discussing the achievements and
problems of the postal service, Post
master General New told the joint
gathering of national and State
postal organizations in a prepared ad-
dress today that the problem of prop
erly apportioning postal rates had be
come an acute one largely because
Congress had so often failed to fol
low the advice of postal experts.
The Postmaster Generals address
conveyed the greeting of President
Coolidge to what Mr.. New described
as the largest gathering of the ma
tons postal servants in its history
and an expression of the President s
appreciation of the efficient service
Of postal employees.
For Public's Interest.
In discussing the postal rate ques
ton, along with a defense of the
postal service generally against com
plants of it's critics, Mr.. New said
the interests both of the department
and the mail-using public dictated
that changes should be made in the
rates. He would not attempt at this
stage, however. to forecast what
specific changes may be recommended
to Congress by the Joint Postal Com
mission, now considering the question,
along with some to be submitted by
his department.
Postal rates present an acute prob
lem now, he thought, largely because
Congress had substituted it's own
ideas in many essential particulars
for the recommendations for increased
rates made by the department in the
light of it's postal cost aScertainment
which he believed could not be sue.
cessfully attacked as a correct pre-
sentation of the facts.
THE sessions of the congressional
committee Ton postal rates. have beer
(Continued on Page 4, Column 2.)
Evening star., 1925-08-27
Gifts Are Heaped
On British Tomb of
Unknown Soldier
BY the Associated Prese.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, August 27.-The crypt
underneath the Tomb of the Un-
known Soldier in Westminster
Abbey fast is becoming a verita-
BILE store of gold and silver
tributes laid on the tomb by
visitors TO the abbey.
One of the vergers in Westmin-
ster some time ago noticed a gold
brooch lying on the Tomb of the
Unknown Warrior" 1t was his
belief it had been dropped mad
vertently by visitor. On follow
ing days he found some rings and
silver ornaments. A close watch
revealed the fact that many wom-
en-, possibly having lost relatives
in the war, had developed the
habit of leaving some personal
trif1es in gold or silver on the
tomb.
SO numerous have these offer
ings become that the tomb daily is
cleared of the various articles,
which are taken down to the crypt
underneath. 1t has not yet been
decided what shall be done with
the tributes.