The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 26, 1917, Page 4

The Seattle Star Rotered at Meattie, Wash, Postott! folly, one year, $2.8 Pubtiahed Dat'y The Htar Publishing Co ’ @ hone Mata MORE THAN 60,000 COPIES SOLD DAILY. It’s YOUR Pocket Of course the railways and their mouthpieces will leave nothing un- done this time to defeat the public belt line proposition. It means thousands of dollars a year to them if be forever shelved. But—are YOU, Mr. Consumer and Mr. Shipper, going to permit railways to keep digging into your pocketbooks? Seattle must understand the belt line proposition attle does understand the belt line there will be no indorsement when the matter comes up March 6, The belt line would eliminate the 13 arbitrary enable the railwa freight shipments of the port. It would wipe away the duplication, the exte please, and connect the port’s properties by a single, ated by the people. to charge about 13 fees for ha that worthy facility can the this time. And if Se- doubt about a popular switching zones which andling the enormous yrtion equipment, if you PUBLIC belt line, oper- Don’t get the idea that this does not mean dollars and cents to YOU. If the railways tack on a $30 switching fee to s track to track in getting it from one end of town to it is YOU who ultimately pays. It’s YOUR pocket th _AComplete Answer to the : Peace-at-Any-Price Propaganda URING the past week the country has been flooded with | literature from the headquarters of the peace-at-any-| - pricers urging that the question of our future relations with © Germany be decided by a national referendum. Particularly Pit is demanded that no matter what Germany does to us, we Shall commit no hostile act against Germany, until everybody fn the United States has voted yes or no. There has not occurred to us nor have we seen anywhere (8 more complete answer to the whole peace-at-any-price propaganda than that of George W. Wickersham, who was Attorney general in President Taft's cabinet | We take the liberty of reprinting the Wickersham an-| ‘Swer from the New York Times | Feb, 13, 1917, Eastman, Munsey Building, Washington, D. C.: Madam—i am in receipt of a postcard from you inviting an expression of opinion upon an annexed return card to be sent to my The opening note on thie answering postcard says: “In modifying her war zone note, Germany has offered safe pastage for all American passenger ships which keep to a Prescribed coursé, and which our government guarantees free from contraband.” This statement is so mis ng, So essentally fa’ that the ") Swers to the subsequent questions afford no opportunity for the ; in of an informed public opinion on the issues now pending | inger ships” is,” thru the pro. Zone under conditions so offensive to any wholesome national) that | marvel that any person calling himself an American | Gan regard them as worthy of one moment's consideration. ¥f our nation has sunk to that state of flabby pacifiem which would It possible to consider the offer of Germany as anything but an then it would deserve the fate which befalls all nations whose is rotted with wealth and self-indulgence. Happily, the American people have responded to President Wilson than to the sentiment expressed In the question framed by you. | have not yet reached the point of degradation which would make | to accept from any other nation terms on which they may) on their lawful business thruout the world as humiliating as offered by the German government. 1 believe that the effort made by the unpatriotic pacifists who ly fear war more than dishonor will fail, and that a nation) “which hae thus far maintained an honorable position among the nations of the earth has not yet sunk to the level of China. | am, very truly GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM. Col. Byron Phelps, who is a candidate for the coun- cil, is 79 years old. He has served in public offices of one kind or another about 40 years. ow G. C. Moores? | E -\VERYBODY in Seattle ought to know G. C. Moores of Benton county. P)who introduced House Bill No. 348. It would handcuff the city hand over the control of utilities to the public service commission. f It is the extreme opposite of home rule and, of course, what W* Mesers. Stone & Webster have been congesting the lobbies for. ty This fellow Moores probably knows as little as possible about ) utilities and the relation of service to first class county has no problems of city utilities. But Moores ts willing to cities, for Benton - dictate to sar’ ‘acoma, Spokane. and In the Merry Month| of Ground Hogs | | personal LLL! ~ You can’t tell where Old Man Winter will break out next. DIAMOND) BriquetS| The Enemy of Snow and Cold Weather. Burn Them in Furnace, Range, Grate and Stove. Get full value ont of your fuel investment. Make every cent count Diamond = Bri- quets spell true economy, §} and there's a guarantee of satisfaction with every bri- quet. A TON (At the Bunkers) Order from your nearest dealer or direct from this company. —=— Pacific Coast CoalCo.| 563 Railroad Avenue South Main 5080 |000,000 male He's the willing little worker in the house of representatives | huffle a car of coal from your dealer—remember hat’s really hit. ' Editor’s Mail | nen ° Communications to the editor must be signed and address given, if they are to be pub lehed. You may, however, designate some other signa | ture. Letters must not be more than 200 words long | ° WHY LABOR DOES NOT FAVOR COMPULSORY SERVICE Editor The Star: In this war rium we are passing thru, | and hear many scathing ¢ regarding the position of labor, ganized and unorganized question of military pecially the enforcement of that service by conscription. To get at the gist of the matter a little more clearly, | want to ask a few ques ons In it not true that federal statie ties teach us th are in the United State: te om s pon the service, es sot and of lees thar A eh Anse, y wo t the aqme oat three homes? tics show y fourths of the property the nati in owned by a smug little coterie of leas than 3 per cent of Its popula tion? We hear “home and mmch about defending country.” Would you Mr. Editor, feel ike shouldering a rifle in defense of some lumber company’s bunk house, or at best a bedroom in a cheap lodging house? That's the kind of “homes” a big majority of these men are to be asked to “protect.” Can you tell me what diff * (aside from a pu timental on & change of govern ment would make in the material condition of the average American laborer, be it a government Mans, English, French or any other? Differing only in detail, in not the system of labor-exploitation den tical with all? In the position labor as sumes, it acts In no sect or under hand manner. It ts not as if the nation had not been warned ten thousand times by the ablest and greatest men America ever knew The warnin have gone unhe and now, when the pomat ble of Ger which ne black clo: war darkens th horizon ent at Was to a dispatch from what concerned at labor's att on the compulsory training matt It seems to be about the first t Washington has about labor since Always—at war ti our benevo lent government neces consider. able concern for the 1} boring man Between wars it's 4 ent—much different BE PERRY id ev « SHOULD HAVE CLOSED SEASON FOR NEW LAWS Editor of 1 Star: A two about th law such There must be something wrong with the hysterical passing of laws The people are drunk with power. We are suffering now in Q from too much law. It {9 a pity we couldn't have a closed season on law making once in & while. By all means, let us keep the saloons closed, but there is some thing too drastic in interfering with liberty In such an arbi trary way, and to such an extent Pure wine and pure whisky, used moderately when needed or desired, should not be unlawful and should be under government control The Master, Jesus, made wine at a marriage feast, and St. Paul says Take a little wine for your stom ach's sake,” And any one who will give the subject a little intelligent thought will know it was not unfermented grape juice they made and drank Our Christian text-book the Bible, does not forbid the use of alcohol, but tt does strictly forbid envy, covetousness, stealing, ete. Now, I suggest, If we are going in for removing all temptation, that we close all the store windows, for they lead sometimes to envy. Forbid all display of wealth, for that tempts us to covet and some. times to steal. Also pass a law ordering all females of 14 or over to go veiled on the public streets, so that no man may be tempted There is a lot more in the same and | line but this is enough for this time, What do you think about it? B, B. Fourth Set of Twins in Governor’s Home BISMARCK, N, D. twin a's farmer governor, Lyman J. Frazier, are to. day the fourth set of twins occupy ing the governor’s mansion here. There have only been eleven gover nors of this state. nO bee Cee mgt aie »| teaspoon ways | STAR--MONDAY, FEB. 26, 1917, Outbursts of raw? WHAT A POOL ARGUMENT @ « (4 You WANT Know THINK wer, Not T SIN 35 3 Hawl Hawt Ho HAVe THe PAGE 4 Everett True | HEY, LookKY HERG — WHAT Do You 3 THINK THIS. La] or To WHAT 1 om Him se seems To Ce Good SENSE o TRY TO Dieaw Teresren PC Rsone | 0 YOUR { Qquaaece f!! =< € | STAR BEAMS BY E D. K. Author of “If You Can't Smile, Giggle.” o “MY HERO” You ask, who is this hero, mine? Why, no one, but my dad so fine. WEBSTER RUSK, 1807 Bellevue ave. Wet sho ANOTHER hero for the day {s our own E. D. K., Who taught us all to can't smile, giegle. BERT W. ALLEN, 348 W. Nickerson 8t My 1 you} } AND AGAIN |My hero! Our president. No one is BREAK A CHILD'S COLD BY GIVING | SYRUP OF FIGS |Cleanses the Little Liver and Bowels and They Get Well Quick. When your child suffers from a cold, don't walt; give the little stomach, liver and bowels a gentle thorough cleansing at once. When croma, peevis tless, pale, doesn't « act naturally; if {s bad, stomach sour, give a | of “California Syrup of | Figs,” and in a few hours all the clogged-up, constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food will gent ly move out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again | If your child coughs, snuffies and |has caught cold or is feverish or! has a sore throat, give a good of "California Syrup of Figs,” the bowels, no diffe what other treatment ts given Sick children needn't coaxed |to take this ha s “fruit lax jative.” Millions of mothers keep it jhandy beca they know ita ac |tion on the stomach, liver and bow Is is prompt and sure. They also today saves al | breath know a little n sick child tomorrow | Ask your druggist for a | bottle of “Californ |which contains , children of | grown-ups plainly ware of counterfeits sold here. Get the genuine, made by “California | Fig Syrup Company.” | 50-cent | Syrup of Figs,” directions for ba all ages and for | on the bottle. Be The Nerves e ee wiser, He stood for no nonsense from W Ham the kalser —M. D. R. What shall 1 take her tonight? fellow writes. Ans.: Why not ot box of potato ch &. DO. K. WILL GivVE Two TICKETS FOR THE FRONT ROW AT THE ORPHEUM FOR THE BEST LIMERICK ON c. ALLEN DALE NEXT WEEK, cee MORE “SPECTRA POETRY” Once I saw Four gentlemen standipg on corner. Three of them broke.” were The fourth one didn't have a cent, either, For he was married, too. It gets them all sooner or jate: we contend WHAT HAS BECOME ROCK= ie (0) ry 2 THE LAD WHO USBD TO TAKE CARE OF BROTHER WHILE MOTHER SHOPPED does THOROUGH WORKMAN The man In the laundry who sea |up the rear buttonhole in the neck-|!¥ band of the shirt might be employe by the state department possible leaks on er Quory overt act’? of a Nation Western Union wires serve the country as the nerves do the human body. These wires are the nervous try’s business, system of the coun- WESTERN UNION Service flashes a message here—sends money there—and all with accuracy, safety and dispatch. Varied service for every need. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. i EPL I a pound the absolutely to close THE STORY (Copyright, 1915, b (Continued From Our Last Issue) | 7 ULIA‘'S Httle daughter wax born J on a June day in the lovely Y ove Valley house the Studi fords had taken for the summer. Slowly the kindly tides brought Julia back to Iife, and against her own belief that it would ever be #0, whe found herself walking again. taking her place at the t Julia persisted for some tim nhe wanted to bathe the baby |day, but before Anna was months old she had to give up the) idea. It became too difficult to do what nobody in the house wanted |her to do. Jim liked to loiter over his breakfast, and showed a certain impatience when Julla became res | tive | “What fe tt, dear? What's Lizzie jeay? Caroline wants you" “It's just that—it's ten o'clock, | Him, and Caroline sent down to know {ff I am going to give Anna) her bath this morning!” ‘Oh, bath—nothing! line wait—-what's the It's only that baby gels so cross, |Jim!" Julia would plead | “Well, let her. You know you musn't spotl her, Julfa, If there's one thing that’s awful it's a house run by a spoiled kid! 8 hay |our breakfast In peace Presently outside interests began }to claim Julia again, dressmakers ‘and manteures, shopping, lunch calle and card playing and Julla would have only a few minutes in the nursery before it was time to dress for dinner times Jin: came into f m the beautiful, serene in her beautiful more often he was late, and Julia, iralling her evening gown behind her, would fly for studs, and pull two let Caro rush?” OF JULIA PAGE By Kathleen Norris | was almost as bad as a fright could | have been | here!” ‘Oh, I'm wo glad I came dowal® she breathed contentedly. “Glad!” Jim echoed. “Yq don't know what it meant to us to look up and see my little Gel coming -in. 1 was going carzy, think!” “hh, Jimmy, why do you?” ghy coaxed. “I don't know,” he sald that way, | guess! | love yous you're mine! You're the thing J- live for, the thing I'm proudest a " 1 can't bear to think there was @ time when I didn’t know you, my little innocent girl! 1 can't bean. my God!—to think that you care) for some one else—!" 4 | And with swift force he got to din feet, and put her in his chalga Julia sat motionless while he teak™ a restless brief turn about the? room “Jim,” she said bravely, a it mean nothing to you that thegg were other women in your life be fore yc knew me?” i “Dearest,” he answered sert ard quickly, “God knows I wi my hand off to be able to bheg that all out of my boyhood. Thess things mean nothing to a man, Jq and they meant less to me than most men. Women can't undee stand that, but if you knew hew men regard it, you would realise that very few can bring their wives an clean a record as mine!” “I never cared for any one but you In my Ife, Jim,” Julia said, with dry lps. (Continued in Our Next Issue y Kathleen Norris) lows, and began to read Eleven o'clock struck from the Mttle mahogany clock on Julia's mantel, midnight struck, and stil! Jim's did not come up the stairs, and there was no wel come sound of occupancy in the room adjMning her own Suddenly terror smote Julia she flung her book aside, thruat her bare feet into slippers, caught up ® Japanese robe of crepe, then ran downstairs What sight ected to find not know, step fo of in but horror she the Iibrar the shock when opened door | er nothing more terribl musing in the flrelig ox she 1 vulsion, re showed than Ji t Jim!” she something “Oh, thought ened!” “Why, no, said. “I've panted, “I I got fright you been poor kid!” he sitting right “I thought—and it was so still and you didn’t up!” Julia said, beginning to wob. And in # moment she was in his arms, cling ing to bim in an ecstasy of love and relief, For a long bilssful time they remained so, the soft! urve of Julia’s cheek against Jim's | face, come Extend some folks a chafr ané@ _ welcome and they'll wear both out. asians jthe boot-trees from Jim's ebinas | pumps. | In September they went to Burl jingame for the polo tournament, and hero, on an unseasonably hot day, Jim had an ugly tle touch of the un, and for two or three days was y i, They were terrible doys » Julia On the third day the fever dropped, and Julia crept in to laugh and ery over her big boy. Jim got well very quickly, and just a week from the day of the accident he and Julia went home and began to plan for @ speedy removal to the Pacific a| Avenue how | But looking back, months iater, Julia knew that cBuld date a definite change ir lives from that time. Wh his alight sun stroke had really n Jim's mind ja little twist the shock left him unable to throw off op pressing thoughts with bis old buoy ancy, his wife did not kno the knew he brooded. He looked upon her with a heavy eye, he sighed deoply when she drew his attention to the lovely little Anna One day, when Mise Toland was Iunching with her, Julia made some allusion to the subject, in answer to the older woman's comment that |nhe did not look very well | “I'm not very well, Aunt Sanna,” said Julia. “I'm worried about my- jself and Jim.” “Quarre’ \eald #tmpl “Oh, no! I almost wish we had Because then I could go to him, and say ‘I'm corry!'” |_ “Sorry for what?" domanded Miss Toland “For whatever I'd done!” eluci: dated Julta. “Jim's in one of his awful moods. T suppor: his adopted aunt asked, \after a pause. | “Oh, in a dreadful one!” jconfersed “How long (le ‘he jt {| whe * or whether ° eh?" Miss Toland r, > Julia day Aunt Sanna!” For the Le awful!” Mins and and rubbed tho bridge of What gets into the box ? know what it's about, I “Weeks | ow j that's |frowned |her nose You don't | suppose?” | Julfa hesitated. “I think it's that jhe gets to thinking of my old life |when I was a little nob ath of |Market Street,” sho } 1, with as much truth as she could “Oh, really!” Miss Tola }in a tone of cold satire. "3 working too hard, is he “He ten't working, hord at all,” Julia said. “Jim doesn't have vase, to worry over, twice + You see, it's either city and that he just gces ahead and or else {t's rich, rich people ave one of the older doctors, call Jim in to assist cases “Hm!” Miss Toland sald, absent But his father was just an lother such moody fellow, queer as Dick's hatband!” she added, |denly, after a pause | “Jim's father? I didn't know you Is} What has become of that |Knew him!” new him? Indeed I did! Charming fellow, George Studdiford, [but queer, Jim's mother was very sweet, beautiful, too, but spoiled, | Julia, spofles | Too much money!" Julia sald, | “Exactly—there you h iu" Miss Toland assented. “I've seen too much of it not to know it There's a sort of dry rot about it; even a fine fellow like Jim can't escape, But, my dear"—her tono became reassuring—"don't lot it worry you. He'll get over it. Just bide your time!" |__ Either the confidential Miss Toland had favora Julia’s point of view. or of affairs between Jin and he Actually brightened from that day, Julia noticed in his manner that night a certain awkward hint of | reconciliation, So a not unhappy week passed, and Julia began to plan a Toland family reunion for Thanksgiving, now only some ten days off. Jim had to go to Sacramento on the Saturday before Thanksgiving for an important operation, but would be home again Tuesday or Wed nesday, Julia offered, when the Friday night before his departure came, to help him with packing. But Jim, sinking into a chair beside the library fire, with an assort ment of new magazines at his el bow, politely declined, “Oh, no, thank you! Plenty of jtime for that in the morning.” |, Julia trailed slowly upstairs, A little sense of discouragement was fighting for possession, Sho propped herself comfortably in pil- But} sud-| | i WHY LANE, ERICKSON, HESKETH | AND THE BONDS? By EDWIN J. BROWN The question now foremost in the minds of our people is, which three men should be elected to our city council, and whether we should vote for the bonds. I, therefore, set forth my ideas as to why I believe the three gentlemen above named ought to be elected, and why the bonds should be voted. WHO IS W. D. LANE? First of all, Mr. Lane is an honorable man. He is just such a man as you or I would retain if we needed a lawyer, jor would desire to employ to fill a position or office of trust” and responsibility. He is that keen, deep, broad-minded, con- siderate type of man that you feel comfortable to be with Yes, siree, he will be just as glad to see you and hear what” you have to say the day after he is elected as he was to ha you advise him the day before election. : |nor foxy. He will stand without being tied to a post or with jout having a weight hung to him. He is not afraid of the jcars (Seattle Traction, G. N., N. P., C., M. & S. P., or the Om | gon-Washington). Mr. Lane is faithful and will be a tree |servant for the people if elected, and he will be just and fair” with the corporations. He believes in and works for the same jthings that Mr. Hesketh, Mr. Erickson, Mr. Bolton, Mn@ | Moore, Mr. Fitzgerald and true Progressives in our city coun }cil do, and truly, he would be a great force for progress and jadvancement as an associate councilman with Mr. Hesketh and Mr. Erickson, who ought to be elected. HIS RECORD KNOWN TO SEATTLE’ When the Seattle Times is found opposing a man, that is enough to convince any fair-minded, sane individual that the man is honorable and upright, because if he could be com- trolled by the interests, the Times would sing his praise. [7 am convinced that my friends at the Seattle Times really believe that the proper way to make progress is to load jeverything onto the table of the rich and that there will be” jenough crumbs fall off so that all of the common peopl |can get on the floor, under the table, and get enough to ea ‘t} The Times is consistent in one thing only—that is in bein wrong and opposed to the general good on all public qui tions, and always being against the best interests of Seattle» Its talk is sometimes good, but its philosophy on economics and sociology is always decayed, putrescent and diseased. |As a matter of sincere fact, it is well known and admitted © that candidates for public office generally fear that the sw port of the Seattle Times will defeat them. The Seattle Times is a splendid newspaper as such (to give us the news) but fails in one respect—its editorial column, like the verm form appendix, is a useless organ which has lost its function The Times should be operated upon and have its appendix removed, and I would suggest that the surgeons for the cor- _ |porations it represents perform the operation. OLIVER T. ERICKSON REDUCED TAXES Probably no man ever worked harder, was more faith- jful, and has accomplished more for Seattle and the people of Seattle, than has Oliver T. Erickson. He reduced t minimum charge on electric lights two different times—once from $1 to 75 cents, and again from 75 cents to 50 cents }so that the small users, least able to pay, would not be coms” pelled to pay proportionately more than others: Erickson, | being an expert electrical engineer, quickly saw that the res- jidential users of electric light and home owners were paying a very high rate for their electricity, both to the city and tol the Traction Company. He reduced the cost 35 per cent for) jthe city light, and the Traction Company had to meet the reduction of per cent to their customers. (This is what! jgave the Seattle Times the appendicitis.) a matter of if Mr. Erickson, by reducing the light rate, has saved the! | | fact |people who live in or own small homes more on their light) jeach year than the amount of their taxes each year, Yet they would try to make the people believe that Erickson was a tax-eater, This the reason: Erickson found that the jcity was selling light for street lighting for less than it cost | |the city to produce it and maintain the lighting plant, so that |big down town property owners and speculators in vacant jcity property were not paying their honorable share to build extensions for our city light plant. He raised the price for jthose most able to pay and who derive all benefits from |street lightning. He is dangerous only to the grabbers, gamblers and gangsters, but he is the true servant of the peo- ple. Re-elect Mr. Erickson, The reason that Lane, Erickson and Hesketh should be elected is that they are true men who will guard the inter- ests of Seattle. They will not be messenger boys for Seat- tle’s enemies, Bond Issues EDWIN J. BROWN, He is not skittish 7 ~ q \ § Tomorrow 1 shall write on Robert B. Hesketh and the aah) ~