The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 7, 1916, Page 4

FEB. 7, 1916. THE SEATTLE STA Mantered at Seattin Wash. Postoffice as ssoond-clase matter By mall, out of city, one year, $4.40; 6m outha $1.90) Sho per month up te # mon By carrier, eity, She @ month Robert Minor Hears the aye the of the Trenches The Deadly Delay ae ONGRESS has now been in s been made on the prepa : In fact, there are ominous rep that the sentiment of congre sion since December 6, more than 45 days, and no real headway has fting out of Washington which give credence to the belief on the question of preparedness is much more divided than when congress ° ‘ Yet the people of the country are as firm in their demand for it as they ever were; indeed, more so, for each passing day adds its atom of proof that if we do not prepare, and adequately at that, we, as a nation, will suffer unprecedented calamity. The press of this country, the patriotism of which is generally to be depended upon in a national crisis, regardless of political affiliation, took up, months ago, the task of arousing the people of America to a realization of the helpless, impotent condition of their country so that they, the people, might m- peratively demand action of their public servants. The press succeeded well. for the immediate passage of a preparedness bill. Congress, or rather a majority of the legis mands of their constituents. When congress met, the country re-echoed with the cry of the populace ators, declared it was their ardent wish to grant the de- it to be called to order before beginning to orate on the subject for the benefit of the Congressional Record—to be franked to the dear voters. The people were lulled into a sense of security. CONGRESS IS DRIFTING AWAY FROM THE MAIN ISSUE—the one and only issue, until dis- It is unholy to make it a political They could hardly w Danger lurks in delay. , The passage of a preparedness measure is not a party duty. | issue. All the patriots in congress, and there are many, should get together, eschew politics, and force the issue now. The people and the press must raise their voice again. Russia Fixing for It USSIA appears to be going about her war job with a grim determination to finish the task all alone, if necessary. Within 30 days the new railway connecting Petrograd with the Arctic port of Alexandrovsk will be finished, and connected with a newly organized steamship line, subsidized by the Russian government. By this new route goods may be transported from Tromso, Norway, to Petrograd in five days’ BY ROBERT MINOR The French war office, after much persuasion, and largely because I had been a student at the Ecole des Beaux Arts (National Art school), gave me & permit to roam at a reasonable din tance behind their Ines and make sketches of what I could see. My (iret stop was at the little village of Ser- maize, or what used to be the villa ago, in the second month of the war, it & heap of rubbish by the German guns & wooden #hack, swinging the to the thirst and hunger of troops moving to and from the front When darkness cut short the sketching, I en- tered one of these for supper. It was full of soldiers. Every one ts polite in France, and the walt- ress politely found a soldier willing politely to move up and let me have a plave at the table 1 went after the pork chops and potatoes, after politely saluting the crowd, Out there in the war country, strangers are Alexandrovsk is considerably farther north than Archangel, on the White sea. ‘that it is situated on an inlet near the warm waters of the gulf stream, it is ice-free the year round, where- as Archangel is closed to navigation six months in the year. Thus Russia has solved one of her greatest problems, the one of transportation. Slavs have dreamed of an ice-free harbor the year round. ; Much of Russia’s trouble during this war has been for lack of one. | necessities of war, she has solved her problem and indications are that in the spring the Austrian-German _ forces will face a Russian army such as the world has never before seen. But, due to the fact ing WHOLE ONE PEOPLE, WITHOUT KINGS AND WITH- OUT WARS, For centuries the Spurred to the task by the stern ae it’s Up to Bradford to Answer IS up to Corporation Counsel Bradford to meet the charges against the administration of his of- He cannot sidetrack the issues by merely yelling “politics.” As a progressive, Bradford must be, like Caesar's wife, above suspicion, especially on “pork bar- rel” methods. Long before this campaign began, The Star called attention to the system in his office of allowing stants to engage in private practice, altho Bradford himself wrote the opinion to prohibit firemen nd other city employes from engaging in outside work. Now comes Thomas F. Murphine and shows another practice in the corporation counsel's office It is the s oe - keeping a number of professional appraisers 50 a day. Very mon I discovered that every one wanted to talk to me. They were hungry for news from the world out- side the trenches, the world they bad not seen for over a year, So, after they had politely would mind talking a bit, followed one of the most interesting conversa tions I had ever had. In simple language, each unfolded hie views of the war. They were not like the views of the non-fighters | had met in Paris. The most rabid haters and insane talkers were always those that had found some excuse to stay at home and sell eup- plies to the government. asked whether smacks of the street vement condemnation cases at The Star has not been unfriendly toward Bradford. MEET THEM FAIRLY AND SQUARELY. that song. But he cannot Ignore these charges. lust a Word for the Jitneys LOT of people have been complaining, during the big snow, because the jitney men charged 25 cents a ride. If they could know the number of automobiles that have gone to the repair shops as a re- sult of their ventures in bucking snow, they would consider themselves fortunate at having escaped a long hike home for so small a sum. e Woman Who Was Missed ~ JUST 15 years ago, the body of Queen Victoria lay in state at St. George's chapel, in Windsor, while a the whole world shared Britain’s sorrow in her loss. : It is more than likely that, had Queen Victoria been queen in 1914 and in possession of all her normal faculties, in other words, could the hands of the clock have been turned back a score of years, the world war now raging would have been averted. : Queen Victoria’s influence was confined not alone to her own empire, but was felt thruout the old world. It was the influence of a true woman compelled by destiny to carry the burdens of a great na- Europe loved “Good Queen Vic.” societies have from time to time satisfied themselves on the much mooted question of the relative strength possessed by sword. They have also at various times reached conclusion on reater General, der?” “Is a Ratl- road Wreck Worse Than a Ship- Allen Dale More Famous Than Loule M. Lang?” These and other kindred topics have been decided at times, poleon or Ale: reached on the question: “Which has the « a dentist or a lawyer?” This question has purzied many It even porsied E |J. Brown when he prepared for his So what did E. J. do? Lawyer, Dentist, Socialist— Did he become a lawyer? tion upon her shoulders. Brown, or Lawyer E. J. Brown, as you please, and mous along both lines, In addition to that, he’s a social. » Q—I am writing to you because) for about eight months, My/|let him make love to m: dead, and | amit now, because he does not mean |i and have/spiritual In science that perpetu-tepect for mission work as conduct. the present system. have not met a single missionary Take a man who fs a dentist, a lawyer, and a socialist, and what should he fear? scientific method jis the method of TRUTH SEEK. ERS for TRUTH SEEKING—and jut when preconceived notion: |he told me afterward that he did|discarded—in this for my board. | have been | it. He has told me several diffi company with a young man (ent ti TF BACKACHY OR KIDNEYS BOTHER at he loved m | first time | believed him; have any respect for, or any con- fidence in their religion, for their! \s a contradiction of al! So Dr, FE. J, Brown fs willing to anything—even some time there when, as one of the socialist ora- tors, the police attempted to quell him In an anti-street-speaking cam- that came up in Seattle a jfew years ago. not mean It, | was bound and di |mined never hi *|facts of God's universe. Nothing is true until it has passed the scien- ific method—observation, is, verification, by the “consensus great competent.” . E. J. Brown won second place in the primaries, Caldwell among |things have happened as before. him, but | want to do what Is right. Shall | let him kise me, or Is it a sin? And 1 quit going with him? | need your! understandable answer as soon as possible, because, I know you know what Is best. pital (missionary) who draws In the contest which then follow- ed between himself and Bradford, conservative forces Bradford, | campaign for the past 10 years or #0, Dr. Brown “lhas been a prominent factor. never was elected to an office, but his popularity has been increasing each year, and he has made some sensational runs, He Runs Strong Four years ago, for example, he} of the ran for corporation counsel and/the Ittle clique of the soctalist newest and most fascinating, soul- satisfying of all the sciences. fess meat and take a glass of Baits to fiush out Kidneye— Drink plenty water Uric acid in meat excites the kid- they become sluggish, ache, and feel of lead. The urine becomes the bladder is irritated, Mned up behind made ‘em hustle to nose him out. Brown has also run for mayor. And now he's a candidate for the people, who require an answer to all sectarian and religious questions —that creeds and dogmas do not satisfy. “Science is an explication of nature,” writes the most wise)" and wonderful woman of modern times. And we know Nature is di- ck. A—You are committing a sin against your womanhood when you permit a man who, you know, does not care anything about you to take| have help in the shape of a cooker, She got the money when many of the While he fs a socialist, he is one FRANCE, AT WAR, CRADLES DREAM OF A WARLESS, KINGLESS WORLD! Labor Even Back of On each of there soldiers’ minds, chastened iffering, was the impress of France's think ere They all wanted the war to stop; they all want- ed to get again onto the baeis of friendship with the world, in sharp contrast to the vindictive spirit of the war writers who claim to represent French feeling. How I wished that some American crowds I've seen could be as broad and tolerant of an “enemy” people as those fellows were! Fut France is the home of new, daring think- especially of the modern cry that THE WORLD SHOULD CONTAIN BUT That was the starting point of the thinking of each of those soldiers in that cafe. As the evening wore on and the talk become more intimate, the heat from the red-hot move and the mild red wine seemed to get the better of the discretion of one of them. “The International for me,” he said. And then he began to sing the French song, “The International,” y sing to proclaim fraternity in all nations, defi of rulers, peace and co-operation. it Is the song the police dread to hear In strikes, and it le absolutely forbidden in time of war. The other soldiers stirred uneasily. One got up and came over to the singer, saying: “It is not the time.” They got about him and persuaded him to top. But, as I looked about at the faces of those men, I saw in each that he, too, wanted to sing CANDIDATE BROWN IS WILLING TO TACKLE ANYTHING-EVEN CITY JAIL which has recently “hand-|Tesding this here kolum, party picked” some candidates. for has department of room and public ' jon law. He has asked The Star explain that the conversation, ments on the matter. the city jail took a $35 a second-hand dealer. for the Newspaper Enterprise Brown sity of Washington February about the system of feature stories, h has repudiated | paper men to the students, such liberties. Give him up now may be obliged to seek re- tipo and thus avoid future heart aches two or three times during the When the kidneys clog you help them flush off the body's waste or you'll be a real vine—therefore MINNIE B. FRAZIER. 4 | only one of many cases ¥ people who Emily Bronte Q—Can you tell me how old the|! have been told of b pope of Rome Is, and how many popes there have been from the be- @ “Vain are the thousand creeds hearts, utterly | leek @ dull misery in the kidney re- as the withered re getting rich by robbing the poor Indians in| Alaska, and it is about people of the Un awakened to the f. proof for all | have said. A.—Pope Benedict XV. was born He 1s the 260th In number sour, tongue coated and you twinges when the the boundless main. soul is mine, world storm-troubled. en's glory shine, and fait equal arming me from fear.” | That “creeds are narrow” that we seek appreciation “of all the TRUTHS of all religions,” in| one of your recent answers, meets! |my heartiest approval. | ways quarrelsome with the phrase, “cold, calculating science.” Sclence throbs, sates with the warmth of human re all things of the| It fills one’s with faith, hope and justice when chaotic otherwise. says: “To pursue unflinchingly the methods of science requires daunt less courage and a faith nothing] no trembler In the , toosdy—there was 2 awfull ters back of him & he was married Eat less meat, drink lots of wa it from any pharmacist ounces of Jad Salts; poonful in a glass of breakfast for a few d self a Christian, but | do not con.) to the support of mission-| that ended romance no, 1 oon Q—Please tell me what causes dark circles under the eyes, and what will remove them E rings under the are caused by when some peepel was! skating on the ice & having a dick Christ's idea of the church and|ins of a good time |missionary is beautiful, and it Is a| fatigue, nervous strain or {il-health, |9reat pity we cannot say the same|wrens on the ico & one says to the freedom from|f the present-day church and mis-jother part of the gang | wish 1 {cood brake threw the Ice & be res Let each of us live up to the|ikued by a handsome feller & we |Golden Rule and each do our own|wood be married & live happy ever missionary work. FLORIDA L. McGINNIS, | skating neer to where some other 1 of the fellers says if the purtiest chicken over there! falls in 1 will do the reskuing stunt & 1 hope her old man owns a hat-| full of war brides in Just about 3 minite a gurl busts threw the tce & henry felder, which is his name, gets his new soot all wet pulling her out when the dame got out she throws her arms around henry & calls him acid of grapes and lemon juice nbined with lithia, and has been) for generations to clean clog kidneys and stimulate them to Jso to neutralize so It no longer Rest and relaxation anxiety and general toning up of |#onary. beats and pul system will restore the normal| acids in urine 4 ® source of irritation, thus end- Dear Miss Grey: ©, woodent that be lovely sald an- the people wh foreign missionaries, who a A few lines to ¢ interested In bladder weakness. Salts is inexpensive, cannot ; makes a delightful efferves- it Withia-water drink which ev one should take now and then | just then she went threw the ice with a splash & the rest run to the banks hollering for help help came all rite and pulled the gurl from the cold water In no time ASK FOR and GET ORLICK’S, THE ORIGINAL MALTED MILK Cheap substitutes cost YOU samo price. Following |e an ex tract of a letter received from a} | minister's wife In as true and noble a Ch an as ever lived: “if you only knew the mission- it Is thelaries up here you would lose all re- hero nothing, sald henry, as he made a wild dash for the car, didjer| ever in your life see such a ugly map on a gurl, and fat, by golly 1) don’t care If her old man's john 4.,| nothing doing All science is divine, therefore spiritual thru and thru when UN. DERSTOOD—when are removed. i lots df Jad Salts to folks who lieve in overcoming kidney trou- while it is only trouble. now here is where the sad part of the storey comes in the guy was fat and had 45 win-| aS Seria ksh cas WASHINGTON, Feb. a St. Valentine's February 14 neer the) of follers was| Platinae Pilling Johny WILSONS HAVE PARTY { | | } } He is running as an independent on a municipal ownership plat- declared himself for a efficiency, a city | general hospital, a municipal home | for men and women with reading | blockade is the 23rd ave. line. | baths attached; |home rule for the city; the elim- 50-yearage limit tn ‘ROLL IS MISQUOTED| Mr. Cyrus Roll, owner of the Pal-| ace market, In the Smith building, | was quoted recently in comments the benefits of the prohibition to} as quoted, took place with a clerk, and that he himself had made no com-| SAYS EVERETT TRUE'SSISTER: way—even if it is only a way out. jating for Scotch Tea-bonehead now to way all these nice things about Teddy, when you remember how he helped to cut Ted's throat in 1912, now, leaving Tommy Dilipickles to attend to the delicate task of eating crow ing coac attle. coaches: STEALS A BABY CAB : | Charged with stealing a baby car. | riage, J. Meyers, 28 years old, is in} The police say hej perambulator from the porch of Mrs. T. J. Donahue, 914 19th ave., painted it, and sold it to JUNGMEYER TO TALK Jack Jungmeyer, special writer | soclation and The Star, will tell journalism students at the Univer- 23 syndicating His talk is one of a series of 16 to be given by experienced news- LAST COLUMN APPL LL LPL PPL PP PPL E Love will find a IT MUST BE KINDER HUMIL- Mebbe that's“why he's back Kast WATCH FOR IT, BOYS Flossie Flim Flam, who, as you #4 know, writes only for the Kautty Kolum, will contribute another bunch of inside facts about movie players and plays tomorrow. see J.B. TEN EYCK, FAMOUS ROW- h—or one of ‘em—is in Se but we don’t need now as much as Sorry, just sleighs. cee WATCH FOR THiS, TOO We are arranging for Dopey Dan Dipple, the world’s famous pollt- {eal writer, to give us some inside dope on the situation In Seattle. If we can come to terms, we'll ha his words of wisdom soon. There's a little matter of $65,273,986.99 dif ference between us so far. ee EASY ENOUGH Waldo—Neil, do you like ple? Ne ‘You bet! Waldo—Well, run In and ast yer mother fer one of her mince pies an’ I'll give you a piece of it. e SHARP STUFF “You don't come in as often as you used to,” said Jack Turner, one of the artists who eliminate the superfluous in hirsutic adorn- ment at the New York barbery. “No,” replied the Knutty Editor, who is, as you have noticed by a very sharp and keen fellow. “No, it takes my face longer to heal lately.” . eee JUST A GUESS Our hunch is that the last cat line to be from the snow In fact, we opine that if it is never cleared again, it will suit the 8. E. Co. just fine. You know, it’s not always true that municipal lines only not pay. eee HOW THOUGHTFUL (From La Crosse, Wis., Tribune) The Episcopal tadies™ will hold their “shower” at the home of Mra. G. A. Leak on Monday evening. eee GIRLS! 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