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Evening star., 1925-07-16
FOREST OF PETRIFIED OAKS
FOUND IN WASHINGTON STATE
Giant Trees Located Near Confluence of Spokane
and Columbia Rivers, Hearted As Only One
of Kind in North America

SPOKANE, Wash, July 16.-Dis-
covery of a petrifed forest of giant
oak trees, believed to be the only one
of its kind on the North American
continent, has been made near the
confluence of the Spokane and Co
lumbia rivers in this State. Z. NJ.
Tardy, United States school inspector
for the Indian department now located
on the Colville Indian Reservation,
announced the find, which was made
by DR.. w. A. Johnston
Owing to its difficulty of access, the
forest has not yet been fully explored,
but is known to extend for half a
mile along the south bank of the
Columbia. The trees are 9 to feet
in diameter and some so feet tall
THE forest. of what apparently
was growth similar to our oaks,
grew on one of the first of the eight
flows of basalt that partially covered
that part of the State of Washing
ton," Mr.. Tardy said. "The trees then
were covered by subsequent flows.
''The extent of the preserved forest
is not yet determinable. as the loca-
ton makes exploration extremely diff
ficult. However, on the lodges where
the formations are plainly visible, the
fallen trunks of giant trees are in
open sight and by carefully negotiat-
ing the precipitous canyon, the stand
ing trees may be seen to. reach a
height of 60 feet or more The diam
eter of many of the larger specimens
is as much as feet and a tree
feet in diameter is common.
To ,.eN :.lJ N-U X o., is on thu
Evening star., 1925-07-16
"THE IDEAL RADIO HOME"
FOUND AFTER SEARCH
Purchaser Refuses to Buy Until He
Has Tested Location
for Static.

SPOKANE. Wash, July 16-Frank
Stoop, best known as trap-shooting
enthusiast, recently purchased a resi-
dence here which he has pronounced
the ideal radio home" That judg-
ment is based upon Investigations of
various neighborhoods of this city
with view to their atmospheric con
ditions.
Mr. Stoop spent several weeks in
his search for a good radio location
After inspecting a house by daylight
if he found it otherwise acceptable, he
would return at night with his radio
set and tuned in" If the reception
was poor, his search was continued
next day.
Il found one house that sure did
take my eye," he said. Il wanted to
buy that house, but the static was so
thick that l couldn't think of carrying
the deal through. l tested out more
than a dozen neighborhoods by radio
before l found the right place. But,
oh, boy. / get it pretty now"
Mr. Stoop formerly was president of
the American Trapshooters' Associa-
ton.
Evening star., 1925-07-16
Publishing House
Began on S25O,OOO
Made in 3 Years
Proof Reader Rises to
Vice Presidency in
Meantime.
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 16.-With $3.50.
600. mostly made in Wall street in
three years, two 27-year-old college
graduates have gone into publishing
to satisfy their love for books
They are Bennett a. Cert. a gradu.
ate of the Columbia School of Journal
ism, and Donald S. Klopfer, a gradu
ate of Williams, both editors of col
lege newspapers when undergraduates
After graduation Cert wanted tc
become reporter, but his father de
INJURED. Instead he entered a Wal
street brokers' office. The connection
proved lucrative, but he yearned tc
devote his entire time to literature
Finally he resigned to become d
proof reader for a book-publishine
house, and rose to be vice president
Now he and Klopfer have purchased
the rights to 112' books from Cerf's
employers and incorporated them
selves. All the money involved in the
purchase, CeEf says, was earned by
him and Klopfer since leaving college
Evening star., 1925-07-16
"HEALTHMOBILE" LATEST
IN WELFARE EQUIPMENT
Los Angeles Sends Hospital and
Dental Parlor on Wheels to
Benefit School Children.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, July IA mod
ern facility for use in the care of the
school child's health, a "healthmo-
bile" which contains a hospital and
a dental parlor, is making a round of
scores of educational institutions in
Los Angeles and vicinity. The unit
was assembled on an automobile
truck body under the direction of
the department of health and correc-
ton.
The moving health office is equip
ped with all instruments and ap-
pliances necessary in modern sur
gerry, dentistry and hygienics. 1t
carries facilities necessary for exam
ination and treatment of eye, ear and
throat diseases common among school
children.
Nutrition classes and lectures on
the Importance of nourishing foods
are given by the medical staff on the
travelling health unit during the
visits at each school.
Evening star., 1925-07-16

precipitous walls of the canyon it is
necessary to scale the cliffs and pass
over the ledges made by the breaking
away of the solid rock. This weather
ing has gone far enough to open a
passage into the forest that in reality
honeycombs the hillside Where the
tree trunks have been brought into
contact with the air, the wood has
rapidly .decomposed land left the hol-
low shafts in the solid rock.
by travelling along the ledges and
breaking away the loose accumula-
tions of small scalings, the hollow
forest may be entered one tree at a
time, as the wall of the canyon is
of solid basalt and the only openings
are where the trunks of the trees offer
perpendicular shafts. most of which
are still filled with the decaying wood
of many centuries ago."
Mr. Tardy expressed the opinion
that further exploration of the site
might reveal the presence of animal
life of the period when the molten
rock overflowed the forest.
Evening star., 1925-07-16
MAYOR TAKES OATH.
Allen Bowie Howard Sworn as An
-napolis Executive.
oecial Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
= ANNAPOLIS, Md. July 16-Allen
Bowie Howard, who was elected Dem
ocratic mayor Of Annapolis Monday,
qualified this morning by taking the
oath of Office before Clerk of the
Court w. Martin Brady. The other
members of the City Council will take
the oath before the new mayor. Mr..
Howard succeeds Charles w. Smith
who was not candidate for re-
election.
OF the 10 members of the new
Council s are Democrats, the only
Republicans being Charles Oliver and
Charles l.. Spriggs, both. colored
elected aldermen from the fourth
ward, where the voters are largely
Of that race.
Evening star., 1925-07-16
MOROCCO IS SAFE
DESPITE RIFF WAR
santa Under Complete
French Control While War
Rages in North.

That the greater part Of Morocco is
. 30 we'll under French control that
tourists find no difficulties, even while
the war with the Riffs is in progress
in the north, is brought out in let:
ter from Mr.. David Fairchild 10 the
National Geographic Society at Wash
ington.
with the serious preparations
which the French are making here, >"
DIR. Fairchild writes from CaSablanca,
Il think that the war will be over
about the first of October and it will
be as safe to come here as it is to go
10 Baltimore. SO far the war has not
made the slightest difference in our
travel in our automobile anywhere
and everywhere we have wanted to
go, and we have been out late into the
night and feel as safe as we do in the
suburbs of Washington.
This is one of the most interesting
places l have ever visited. 1t is an
untouched chapter out of the Bible
and as simple and unspoiled as though
one drifted to a new land in a dream.
The climate at this minute is simply
perfect and from the time we set foot
in the land in April we have had al
most perfect weather every day. Jan
uary, February and March would be
bit too chilly for me, l think, as the
thermometer goes to % Fahrenheit
in Marrakesh.
II have found some interesting
plants for cultivation in America,
anon which is the Argan tree, which
is in reality a forage crop standing
on end.
Think of a forest of million acres
of trees which are so spiny that you
can't travel through it without pune
turing your tire, and which bears
fruits so acrid that they burn your
throat terribly. Yet this tree is the
corner stone, so to speak. of the agri.
culture of more than a half million
people who have come down un-
changed from Bible times. 1t really
is an amazing thing and, somehow,
hadn't realized the fact from the de-
scriptions in the books and what
others have told me-"
Evening star., 1925-07-16
Rocco Fire Plugs
Vivid Green Garb
To Be DulIed a Bit
''They're A,otuI,' Says
Fire Chief Watson, in
Sndppy Critique.

Lovers of things bizarre, who are
exulting in undisguised glee over the
rejuvenation of Washington's fire by.
drants at the hands of municipal deco
rators with a penchant for bright
green pigments, are destined to have
their eXuberation cut short.
The fire plugs are not to remain
permanently ornamented with that
dazzling shade dear to the heart of
Old Erin. According to the solemn as
surance obtained from Water Supt.
Garland's Office today, the hydrants
are merely being primed for a final
coat of the same old uninteresting
dark geen of yore.
Fire Chief George Watson frankly
admitted his amaZement today at the
startling effect created by the master
brushes of the Districts fire plug art
lists. He had not, at that time, learned
that the dizzy tint was butt for the
nonce. o.
It's awful. isn't it?" the fire chief
inquired. Let me hasten to assure
you that ! didn't have a thing to do
with selecting that color. They didn t
ask my advice at all. / have already
received several letters about those
brilliant -hued hydrants. They are not
complimentary in any sinse of the
word.
oh, it is awful!'
Chief Watson explained that Supt.
Garland is the car of hydrant
decoration for the National Capital.
What he says go. The chief
recalled that he protested some
time ago when the Water Department
had the hydrants in the outlying sec
tions painted battleship gray. He
wanted them white, so that his fire
men could distinguish them easily at
night.
Now look what somebody's gone
and done" he moaned today. MY
men are likely to mistake those
hydrants fo~ Mr.. Lanham's shrubbery
and then where would we be-"
But the pronouncement from Mr..
Garlands office precludes such hor-
rible eventualities, it appears.
Evening star., 1925-07-16
DUDE CONVICT SHAMED
BY JAIL DRESS IN COURT
Breaks Prison to Get Suitable At
tire for Trial, But Is
Sentenced
Correspondence of the Associated Press.


BERLIN, June 24.-Pride in his
personal attire so dominated Bernard
PulkowSky, a criminal serving a term,
that when a new charge was. discov-
cred against him before the expiration
of his sentence, he escaped from
prison to replenish his wardrobe and
then later voluntarily returned to
court clad with Sartorial excellence
and carrying. himself with jaunty
pride.
Before the date fixed for his appear
ance on the new charge Pulkowsky
asked the warden for leave of absence
to purchase the proper clothes, say
ing, 1T is quite out of the question
for me to appear before the high court
in this squalid prison dress" When
his request was refused he simply
made his getaway leaving behind a
courteous note to the warden in which
he wrote, MY sense of decency
simply won't allow me to appear be-
fore the court in prison clothes. But
don't fear. 1 shall not fail to be there
at the proper time" And he was.
The judge showed he had a sense of
humor by his treatment of the fastid-
ious prisoner, but as the latter was
convicted of having concealed stolen
goods he was sentenced to 10 months
at hard labor.
Evening star., 1925-07-16
SWEDEN CROP PROSPECT
BETTER THAN IN 10 YEARS
Preliminary Reports From Agricul-
tural Districts Are That Wheat
and Rye Are every Forward"
of the Associated Press.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, June 25.-Prelimi
nary reports from the various dis
tricts of Sweden received by the agri
cultural department show that the
crop prospect is better than it has
been for the last 10 years.
The weather has been very favor
able, and consequently the work in
1.-The fields started much earlier than
usual. Wheat and rye are very for.
ward.
p With the continued favorable
weather there is no doubt that it will
mean a considerable decrease in the
Importation of foreign food stuff, es
pecially in American wheat. The i'm
portation of American wheat has
shown Il steady decrease du: in, ,he
last 1G years.
Evening star., 1925-07-16
State Has Prehistoric Lore.

Remarkable evidence of a highly
cultured pre-Indian race has been
found in Michigan. Pottery making
and surgery were among the accom-
plishments, it is reasoned, due in the
latter case to finding expertly tre-
pinned skulls, one of which when ex-
anined by anatomists was said to
show the patient had lived after the
operation.
Evening star., 1925-07-16
CARDINAL BEGIN RALLIES.
Hope of Canadian Primate's IS
Physicians Is Revived.

QUEBEC, July 16 CP-A slight i'm
provement in the condition of Cardi-
nal Begin, dangerously i'll at the arch
bishops palace here, was reported this
morning.
The physicians bulletin said: "The
cardinals condition is a little better
this morning. He passed a fairly good
night and his medical attendants,
after their visit this morning, declared
they still had hopes that his illness
would lot prove fatal"
Evening star., 1925-07-16
They Seek Pirate Gold.

Pirate gold, believed to have been
buried on Cocos Islands, in the Pacific
Ocean, by Pedro Beneto, the Portu-
guese buccaneer, will be sought by
William J. Beach of Australia, who is
making the voyage to the island in
his 2ofoot sloop, the Stingaree. His
wife and small son are making the
.;5.rC'. WITH him
Evening star., 1925-07-16
One Goat Brings SITS.

At goat sale in San Angelo, Tex,
recently one registered Angora buck
sold for SITS. The sale was the first
of it's kind in the country, attracting
1000 persons from all the Western
States. The sale was made the occa-
sion OF a big outing in the woods
nearby and nearly all the visitors
Namped out.
Evening star., 1925-07-16
D|SCONTENT SHOWN
IN BALKAN STATES
JugoSIavia Especially Dis
gruntIed, With Practically
a Dictatorship Declared.
BY WALTER COLLINS.

By Radio TO The Star and Chicago Daily News
SOFIA. July 16.-The political stu
alton in the Balkans is passing
through an interesting phase. The
recent coup 'etat in Greece resulted
in Gen. Pangalos proclaiming what
practically amounts to a military die
tatorship.
Jugoslavia is extremely discomfort
ed at this state of affairs. as Gen
Pangalos is known to be opposed to
making concessions to Jugoslavia
concerning the veXed question of the
latter's free port at Saloniki. Indeed.
the tone of the Belgrade press is al
most hostile toward Greece, and the
relations of the two countries, which
have been allies for years, are de
cidedly strained.
Negotiations Under Way.
In this connection the negotiations
which have been proceeding between
Nicola Pasitch and NJ. Radegars, the
former representing the Groats and
Slovenes and the latter representing
the old Serbs, is especially significant,
for if agreements are reached, as is
expected, Jugoslavia will present a
united front in external matters and
the feud which since 1908 has pre-
vented the triune kingdom from
proper development will cease
Meanwhile Rumania and Bulgaria
are closely watching the JuSoSlav-
Greek relations, for the Balkan pow
ers are so independent that any
change in relations affects them all.
1t is known that Rumania is MAX
ing every effort to bring JugoSlaVia
and Greece together again, but JugO-
sla VIA which counts on French back
ing. is somewhat unwilling to listen
to Rumania.
Bulgaria in Delicate Position.
Bulgaria's position is delicate. as,
owing to the rehabilitation and dis
armament of her formerly strong
army, she now is the weakest factor
in the Balkans. Her policy consists
in maintaining strict neutrality be-
tween JugoSlavia and Greece, al
though realization that JugoSlavia is
more powerful than Greece weighs
with the Bulgarian military chiefs
On the other hand, the attitude of
Jugoslavia in closing her frontier to
the Bulgarians does not make for
friendship between the two nations.
In any case, the actual situation
is fraught with several possibilities
of combinations, and the great Euro
pean powers are anXiouSly observing
the different moves and counter
moves on the part of the Balkan
states.
Copyright. 1925. by Chicago Daily News Coz
Evening star., 1925-07-16
Military Toys Back in Favor.

Military toys which disappeared
almost altogether after the war in
Europe, are back in favor in many
countries of continental Europe. The
reasonis the demand from the public,
which apparently has tired of toy
dogs cows, farmer boys, milkmaids
..iii "..u dn3.ntt.S.
Evening star., 1925-07-16

Bridges to be built in Chile total
40.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-04
COMPANY UNION
Is OLD PLAN in
DIFFERENT CARB

The company union" has a double
value to trade union opponets.
1t permits these employers to re-
tain as complete control of working
conditions as in the days of the So
called ''open" shop, and it drugs EN-
ployes into the belief that they really
own themselves.
The so-called open" shop plan
often aroused resentment among un-
organized. 1t was avowedly based on
the principle of individual bargaining
1t ignored the group instinct of every
human being
Forced to fight against the spirit
of the age, the so-called open" shop
employer has abandoned his frontal
attack on the trade unions Now he
makes final movement.
He has concluded there is nothing
crafty or cunning in opposing trade
unionism with gunner and spies.
This method is vulgar and crude in an
age of efficiency and social engineer
ing. SO he substitutes honey for
open antagonism.
He presents his company "union"
and sells few shares of company
stock to his employees on the install
ment plan.
The company union plan is be
decked with every alluring term and
catchy phrase that skilled advertis-
ers and trained psychologists can IN
vent
The employer prepares the consti-
tuition and bylaws. He pays all ex-
penses. His superintendents and
foremen take an active part in the
election of union" representatives,
who meet in the employers office.
Trade unionists should be alert to
the new method of noiseless attack
by employers who have awakened to
the value of posing as friend"
Organized labor must continually
point out that members of company
union" have no more control of
themselves than they had under the
so-called "open" shop plan.
Now, as then, they are deluded by
phrase mongering.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-04
UNION LABEL AND
ORGANIZATION
CAMPAIGN
BY JOHN j. MANNING
Secretary Treasurer, Union Label
Trades Denartment

Trades Department
Organization, education and pub
licity are the keynotes in the cam
paign of the American Federation OF
Labor, directed by the union label
trades department, to solidify and in
crease membership, and to combat the
vicious propaganda of the advocates
of the so-called "open shop" the
American plan" and the company
union"
Under the plan of the campaign
adopted at conference Of national
and international unions held in
Washington, d. c., on May 1.-THE coun-
try will be divided into five districts
To each district there will be as
signed unit of four persons, con
sisting of an advance agent, moving
picture machine operator, entertainer
and lecturer Meetings will be ar
ranged by the advance agent in CO.
operation with State Federations OF
Labor and city central bodies.
IN addition to these meetings, when
possible, there will be meetings con
ducted under the auspices Of frater
nal societies, women's clubs, cham
bers of commerce, Kiwanis and Rot
ary clubs, so that those outside Of The
labor movement may see and hear ths
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-04
A QUESTIONABLE

Which. position do you occupy in
your local union? Are you
An attender or absenter?
A pillar or sleeper?
A wing or weight?
A power or problem
A promoter or provoker?
A giver or getter?
A worker or worry?
A booster or boaster?
A peacemaker or a strife-creator ?
A supporter or a sponger?
A soldier or Stacker?
A friend or a fault finder?
A helper or hinderer?
There with the goods, or off with an
excuse Selected.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-04

true story of the struggle of the
workers.
This will be accomplished by means
of moving pictuhe produced espe-
cially for this campaign, a lecture on
the need of and benefits to be derived
through organization, moving pic
ture display of union labels, and the
distribution of literature.
Appeal will be made to the workers
to discontinue rendering aid and COM
fort to our opponents by purchasing
! non-union products. "Spend money
earned under union conditions only
for the products of union labor" will
be the slogan.
1t will be demonstrated to employ
ers that through a trade agreement
with trade union, danger of stop
page of work because of strike or
| lockout can be minimized
The retail merchant will be shown
it will be to his advantage when his
employees are trades unionists and he
offers union labeled goods to his
patrons.
The fact that where the workers
are we'll organized in any community
| there is more and better business,
better schools, more parks, recreation
and play grounds, better homes and
higher type of citizenship gener-
ally, than where the workers are
not organized, will be emphasized.
The abolition of the inhumanly
long workday, establishment of fair
wage standard, the fight against child,
prison and sweatshop labor, preven
tion of exploitation Of women in in
dustry, enactment of protective, state
and natural laws, all accomplished
by the labor movement and the union
label, will be clearly but briefly and
truly set forth.
This campaign will be conducted
for a period of forty weeks. With
the hearty cooperation of national
and international unions, state and
central bodies, there is no reason to
doubt its complete success.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-04
THE RULE OF THREE

Three things to govern-temper,
tongue, conduct.
Three things to ove-purity of soul,
meeknes, courage.
Three things to hate-sin, cruelty,
ingratitude.
Three things to wish for-health,
friends, cheerful disposition.
Three things to avoid-temptation,
idleness, quareling.
Three things to fight for-God's
honor, home, country.
Three things to think about-life,
death, eternity.-Class.
Only men whose selfish interests
dominate their minds can see harm
in the union label
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-04

more favorable is the Judgment of
our fellow unionists.
A clear conscience is ia wonderful
asset for good health. Nothing sat
isfies the conscience better than buy
ing, wearing and consuming union
made products.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1925-09-04
UNION LABELISMS

1t is said, generally speaking, we
are known by the company we keep
1t may also be said we are judged by
Others by the number of union labels
we can support in our makeup.
Man is judged by his associates
The more labels we associate with the
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-06-25
AMUNDSEN FAILS TO
REACH NORTH POLE
Was Forced to Turn Back Because the
Supply Of Gasoline Proves
Insufficient

Copenhagen.-The Social Demokrat-
en- publishes a report from Oslo, the
Norwegian capital, stating that Capt.
Road Amundsen, who returned 10
Spitzbergen after HIS sensational Arc
tic flight in which he failed to reach
the north pole, but approached within
100 miles OF 1t. is dissatisfied with the
results attained and is quite deter
mined 70 resume the attempt to reach
the pole. Amundsen was forced TO
turn back by shortage Of gas.
The explorer is quoted as declaring
that the experience gained In his pres
ent attempt would enable him to reach
his goal next time.
The other members OF the expedition
appear anxious TO reattempt the polar
expedition. They express the. view
that important scientific results had
been achieved thus far. Captain
Amundsen himself was reticent