The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 21, 1915, Page 4

Member of the Serippe Northwest League of Newspapers Published Datly by The Star Publishing Ce Phone Main 9400 LITTLE BUT LIVELY OU have never heard of the republic of Andor- ra, have youmeven in a Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera or a George Barr McCutcheon novel? But it’s on the map, just the same, the oldest and next to the smallest republic in the world. © It is an independent state in the Pyrenees under the su- zerainty of both Spain and France. The village of Old Andorre is the capital, the population of which consists of 6,000 souls. It has been a sep- arate republic for over 700 years, making our own little 139-year-old republic seem like a babe in the lap of The law is administered by judges; other by France. he world two Andorra covers an area 75 square miles, 19 square miles less than the area of the city of Chicago. Its chief s of cattle and sheep raising. And nt, Pierre Font, sends a letter to Pr congratulating him upon his attitude of neutrality. Wonder if Woodrow had to look it up in Who's Who! ANOTHER OCTOPUS HATCHED bein does not come n, which ts the organization of cern to control the sisal hemp crop of the states of Yucatan and Campechi. The i “is to assure stability of price Sounds real Wall- Streetish overlook the fact that » heeds this ¢ lutely upon those sam e for its supply of ery esse binding twine ve a foreign octopus Uncle Sam just as he is m the clutches of those at home ere motor > MRS, TRIE, wii — ~ You ANSWER THE PHONE f— =— I've JUST GOT COMFORTABLY CTTLED FOR MY GvYEVING . READING. eeeeeeneas areas Olen > HELLO —— yves— wHot — OH, MRS, JOHNSON SURE you AND MR. JOHNSON COME RIGHT OVER— MY HUSBAND WILL Be SO GLAD TO HAVE YOMEONE TO TAK TO. sere : “When You're Well, Keep Well” Another article in The Siar’s health campaign being conducted with co-operation of American Medical Association TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR EYES. One ver strain is r resting in writing nay be. POORER ORR HEE RED See CREEP OR eee Ee: clining position Tuberculosis the rigors o Succumbs to out-of-doors; and the patient wins rejuvenation in that same out-of-doors, s is espectiall fact that it is practically Im- possible to hold a book in a fa vorable position where the muscies of the eye will not un dergo excessive strain in ac commodating themacives to the position, such a practice Is injurious. . ie When Heinz and his local met * met, > A Rh ti | They talked about pickles, you ON ALL CASKETS @ sickroom {s strong, but tre ocular | bet; | B fystems are" weak” and unable. t eumatism) us, believe Oh) ey | ’ Sstand eve Mmited amount of | should | to kn Dr honk declares the Seuramount of 1 AHomeCureGiven by One Who Hadlt dies how Many pinhlan he bts We Manufacture and £&, f * American Medical association tlt dhe, spring wee Maintain Our O NG ? : . Even in health, owing to the | | ana al beaks NG | » regard their eye nich ne any other organ it must ney n that the eve is . ly comple ther good vlan is to articles. Ww, Let Star Want Adsufind the lost STAR—THURSDAY, OCT. 21, 1915. PAGE 4, ° mall, out of city, ome your, 99.00) @ $1.00; Bho per month ap to @ carrier, city, 160 » month, Kutered at Penttle, Wash., posteffice ae PARTY LABELS MEANINGLESS NDER the proposed initiative bill for non-parti- san elections, meaningless party labels will be wiped out Why should a county coroner be elected a a republican or a democrat or socialist or progres- ive? Why should a county or state superintendent of schools, or county engineer, or member of the legislature, or the governor? What difference does it make if a man is a democrat in the governor's chair or a republican? None at all—it all depends on who the MAN is. And so on down the line. Old-line politicians are going to be against the non-partisan law because they want to retain party machines. But the people are, we believe, eager to do away with imaginary party distinctions that do not really exi ccept in national politics. Every time the people have had a chance to wipe out partisanship they have done That is why so many cities no longer elect their mayors, councilmen, city treasurers, as republicans or democrats. Seattle is one of the cities that choose MEN for office instead of party labels. Not one city that has adopted the non-partisan idea has gone back to the old system, and now the idea is spread- WAR-ORDER BLOOD-SUCKERS For torpedoes: If purchased at the only private manufacturing plant.in the country, $5000 each. If manufactured at the government plant at Newport, Rhode Island, $3200 each. : That's the way the problem of furnishing the necessary munitions of ‘war (which Uncle Sam must have if he is to be prepared) sums up. If private manufacturers.do the work it costs from 20 to 60 per cent more than if Uncle Sam himself does it. We hear from Washington that in the two yedrs the government torpedo works at Newport have been in full operation, the cost of manufacture of each torpedo has been reduced from $4200 to $3200, while the department has been paying the Bliss Torpedo works, the only private plant in the country making torpedoes, its price of $5000, Not long ago Secretary of the Navy Daniels awarded a contract for building 100 torpedo holders, including heads. He induced a new firm to slip in with a bid, and found he was able to purchase for $58,246 materials which, under normal conditions, would have cost $115,075. The bids of the Bethle- hem Steel Co. and the Midvale Steel Co. were found to be 44 per cent too high when confronted with competitive bidding. And yet the firm which got the contract made a profit, and a good profit, on these torpedo flasks. Had Uncle Sam himself been able to manufacture them, a still further saving would have been effected. Secretary Daniels had another experience with private profit g paying more than he ought for turbine rotary drums, Secretary Daniels firm to submit a bid. The Bethlehem and Midvale war respectively, while this English firm offered to furnish the drums for $ the government over the lowest bid of our own patriotic war traffickers. xISt ¢ so. Realizing that Uncle Sam was last year induced an English er bloodsuckers bid $169,568 and $160,272 7,436, a saving of $102,836 to Yet the English firm certainly made a profit out of the transaction, otherwise it could not have afforded to do the work ing to county and state government as well. It is clear that congress is face to face with the question Politicians don’t want non-partisanship—poli- SHALL WE PERMIT PRIVATE FIRMS HAVING A MONOPOLY OF THE BUSINESS TO ticians in every party are against it. That’s a good OVERCHARGE THE GOVERNMENT FOR WAR SUPPLIES WHEN UNCLE SAM HIMSELF CAN reason why the people are for it. EQUIP PLANTS, RUN THEM UNDER EXCELLENT LABOR CONDITIONS AND STILL MANU- FACTURE ALL THE WAR SUPPLIES HE NEEDS AT A SAVING OF FROM 20 TO 60 PER CENT? How are the congressmen from this state of Washington going to vote when this question comes up? Nearly evrybody is for preparedness. The real issue, how ever, will be on the question of eliminating war-order bloodsuckers—of doing away with graft and extravagant private profits in the program of preparedness. How will Congressman Humphrey of Seattle measure up on this question? And Congressmen Johnson, and La Follette, and Hadley, and Dill? How will Senators Jones and Poindexter vote? That’s the real test in the problem of preparedness. WILL WONDERS never cease? Gov. Lister and Mayor Gill were amongst a crowd of insurance men Wednesday and got away without leaving their car fare. “State requires men,” says Gov. Lister. Right-o. Men, regardless of party labels. A DRINK of water by woman juror saves a Seattle man from conviction. Score another point for the water wagon A CHAP named Holland is to be the new president of Pullman college. Evidently the regents felt that you couldn't beat the Dutch. By Allman/ | A Married Man’s Troubles : ; ‘ {Lu TELL You MR. THOMPSON - | NEVER. LED To MY WIFE IN MY LiFe — [ steer | DION*T GET CAUGHT > [GosH! THIS 1S AWINOY CTY! i r MEM cusiness (mare SEATTLE-TAUGHT SINGERS TO GIVE A WEEK OF GRAND OPERA local Mrs. George F. Russell is a | pupil of Mme. Hesse-Sprotte. A. A. Nordskog, who sings the tenor role of Fenton in “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” °| HEN “The Merry Wives former pupil of Alfred Rolic | is a pupil of Edmund Myer. WASHINGTON PARKS MUST BE | | THEDA BARA NOTES W of Windsor” and “The His ambitions to sing in op- | The studio of F. Schwertfeger SOMETHING AWEUL are era have received encours is represented by two pupils, Fred Boalt wants to know if i rd ment from well-known cri | Harry Knoff and Joseph Nehel- arry Theda Bara. Thus in New York Chicago. But | der, and H. A. Owen is a for- nancial question asi ve told must ac- | mer pupil of Montgomery How much ts she get | a Lynch. G. A. Hastings is a ting 8 | former bass soloist at Trinity roles ' e | rut with the Parish church. Robert 9. Grif- Judging by her picture, the eived their vocal training | local con fin, a new member of the com- ady has an extra letter at the || ¢lsewhere and are themselves Mrs. Romeyn B. Jansen and pany this year, is tenor at end of her name teachers of voice | Miss Gwendolyn Geary, two T | Among these are H. H. Tut- | gingers whose personal tri- | F ly every one of the ° ose in favor of the affirma tle Mrs. Margar N hs have been features of | 60 yers of the chorus is ght argue that she won't Hemion and = Me former seasons, both rec | either a student or a former ee cost much for cle L | their training in Seattle fc student of some Seattle ( Ellsworth cle 4, La i majority of the princl- | most part. Both are soloi 3 " an @r On the other hand, the nega ! however, have received — —— va © at the Press a ehee th " their entire musical education October ae tilt D year, and in Seattle with various teach. n got two keys Theda ought to have the chance ar tliah tesiad, wins ta hs thle Edward Frey,| ee to pop the question herself. aa tae the mea le me beseree - istence, ha succe Howard Heinz met 25 employes | of his company here Wednesday at | the Washington, then left for Callt-| fornia For call ° Pile Prices Ordinarily Charged Factory SY Shigh dimer: Grows, seater Haven conventio | A COMPLETE FUNERAL Bruce Rogers, the well ?) 7 50 known socialist, says he tried pais | 4 Ld to get a nightshirt in| Car ena. eas | Including the use of our private parlors and the use of bonado and couldn't get one our own private crematory. (NOT A PAUPER COUNTY Maybe they don’t use such nt over the CREMATION). there, he opines " {fering thing down But since when has Bruce be Because we are manufacturers of caskets, and because cpyretiieie — ) 7 orn ¢ or’ own building, we - ? | : seemed to be In the beet of splrlis — we own our oWn modern crematory in our ov some “ ch a dude? oo | PYRAMID DRI ' 3 are enabled to give this remarkably low price on a complete lwote, Lincolo. high, ection! paper te winaly A NUTTY LIMERICK | BY funeral lis out, ianteth Cote {9 editor of Pyramid 1 willy young couple from Ruckers \t We invite you to visit our establishment and see for your George Shield tin ment, In plain wrapper Went down to the sea to skin} “Do you think Doc Ketcham's| fi self what we furnish wetting cia ply as 7 auckers | medicine Is any good? ‘ { e 5 Y,M.C. A, Parody on “Mandala They ‘wanted the type whose| “Yes—if you folléw directions.” BLEITZ-RAFFERTY UNDERTAKING AND CREMATION CO a FE. Shorroek anker, talked or | money waa ripe | «what are they?” lj 617 Kilbourne St. Lady Attendant. Phone North 52! deral ‘eserve act to ne But the suckers skinned the cou! Always keep the bottle tightly WT - Men's club at noon Thursday, ! \ ple from Ruckers leorked, hata ainiens Lanshbianaaiamanarsl Soateooes eo