The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 2, 1918, Page 6

E SEATTLE STAR 1307 Seventh Ave. Near Untea St. OF SCRIFES NORTUWKST 1 Batered at Seattla Wash, Postoffice as Second-Clacs Matter Mail out of city, 400 per month; 3 montha, 61.1 year, $2.50 By carrier, city, 30c a month, Star Publishing Co. Phene Main 600, Private commecting all departments. The Northern bank will pay 20 per cent on January 95 to its depositors. Bank Examiner Hanson makes the | @mnouncement at last. | ‘Twenty per cent is better than nothing, yet it is a cry- shame that in a civilized community, the suffering and | dships which so many had to endure by the closing of Northern bank, could be permitted. It was bad enough have the bank close. Tt was an outrage the way the governor permitted his! subordinates, the bank examiner and the bank ex- r’s attorneys, to fiddle, so to speak, while Rome Tt is nearly a year since the bank was closed, and comes the first word that ANY payment will be made. Why should there have been such delay? There was [E money and assets easily convertible when the doors the bank were shut. Why should not that money and assets have immediately been pro-rated among the Let the Northern bank case be one in which the suffer- shall not have been in vain. If it shall rouse the gov- to a greater devotion to the service of the people, forgetting politics to such an extent that he would step and discharge inefficient subordinates, whoever or er they are, it shall have accomplished something. s Open But Purses Closed A considerable number of American editors are stil! on the matter of assistance for Russia. Some on autocrat will have to walk into their sanctums and fire to their hair before they'll realize that this war is} an affair of charity and altruism, wholly. ‘The only thing which we can, in safety, deliver to at this time, is sympathy, which costs nothing, and war is certainly a matter of cost. Any material aid hich we might render, at this crisis, would finally mean and comfort to our enemies, Germany and Austria, less we are ready to aid those Russians who are making lar on the Bolsheviki. _We are getting comparatively little definite and re- le information as to what is transpiring in Russia, but | know, for ‘certain, that such governments as she has is out Russia, and our own cause, to Germany. “The that walked like a man” has degenerated to a bear Snoops around like a dachshund, and, so far as our policy is concerned, it makes no difference whether the out is solely for the German money that’s in it, or of the Bolsheviki’s sincere desire for peace. ' Our business is strictly war with Germany and Aus- and we've got to keep our eyes solely on the effect of governments’ action upon our prosecution of that bus- The Bolsheviki government may not truly represent | people of Russia, but it is surely doing things that will bly cost us thousands of lives and hundreds of mil- ons of dollars. Every pound of assistance we might give Russians, as distinguished from their Bolsheviki gov- would be encouragement to them to continue their x it to such government. | We staked the czar to some hundreds of millions, and B was secretly dealing with Germany, unbeknown to us. it high-class fools we would be to assist people that are to, the same treachery, openly! : A ps, Ships and Ships | The biggest, most important plan proposed, thus far, | this war, is now formally presented by Henry Ford. All of our war propositions are comprised in the one “SHIPS.” If there were not one U-boat in operation, main essential would still be ships, for the reason that not only got to land immense forces in Europe, but also got to keep them supplied with food, clothes, arms ammunition from our side of the Atlantic. | The crux of Mr. Ford’s plan is standardization and u of ships’ parts, and there is no more reliable on these things than Mr. Ford. The plan con- a revolution in shipbuilding. It would apply to exactly the principles resorted to in the production ‘automobiles, and it is safe to say that there are more parts about an automobile than about a ship. difference is largely, almost wholly, in size of parts. is a big war, our needs are big and bigness must be met a oF av #8 ri he little old gentleman who, one time, rode thru the in his horseless-carriage idea that many folks d at, has got the big idea in this war, and Chairman , of the shipping board, makes no mistake in giving government’s full attention to it. It is an idea that ships, the burning up of red tape and the squelch- of heads of departments given to fighting each other. GREETINGS: HAVE you a little “Old Oscar” in your home? THE WEATHER man started the New Year at a 1,000 per cent clip. WITH ALASKA gone dry and the Seattle bootlegging ring broken there will be a long arid stretch on the Pacific coast. UNITED STATES is now an exporter of dyes. Thus is another Ger. cinch punctured. JESS WILLARD has made an offer to fight for nothing. to see what he’s really entitled to He's be ESTIMATED THAT one-quarter of American life insurance com- assets are tied up in railroad securities. | WHAT'S EATING Claus Spreckes! 1s that Hoover wouldn't let him foot sugar prices so high that the poor couldn't afford any. SPEAKING OF morale, is it proposed to drop reports of our con onal investigations upon the German armies from aeroplanes? HERR TROTSKY may have as much trouble in putting down ky, Kaledines and Korniloff as we had with our K. K. K. after ctvil war. EVERY STATE legislature in the country is now entitled to a ‘wet-dry fight. "MILITARY EXPERTS state that the belligerents on the Western front are now about equal as to man power. This would mean that gen praiship and munitions would settle it. A long war? Save, save, save! FUEL EXPERTS announce that two pounds of seasoned wood have Value equal to one pound of coal. Hooray! How it does warm a up to learn the values of things he hasn't! TREASURY department says there are 27 pennies per capita in this country. That's right. Not one of them can stop ‘COMEDIES OF CAMP L Don't you know your lef{ from your right? Squad— | ETE — right! — squad —eft— PETE —right! Now mebby you'll Do We Need-a Religious Trust? By the Rev. i den Charles Stelzle Are the Baptista ready to give up) subscribe the doctrine that “immersion” is the| The things that hold the churches only method whereby converts are to|together are much more numerous be baptized? than those which keep them apart John D. Rockefeller, jr, has stir | There is a wider difference of opin red up churchmen of his denomina-|ion among the members of a particu tion by saying at a public meeting |lar denomination, even on religious that they should matters, than there is between the Bome of them are replying that| masses of the people in the Baptist John D., jr, wants to establish a re-|church—for example—and those in ligious trust, and that because the any other single denomination. |doctrine of immersion stands in the| Practical chureh union ia already way, he is ready to abolish it jan actuality, The federal council of ‘This iwn't a fair criticism, because|the churches of Christ in Americn practically all of the other denomina-| speaks officially for the 30 leading tions will Enmerse an individual con-|Protestant denominations in thin vert if he sincerely believes that im-|country, having a membership of merston is the Scriptural method of | 15,000,000, and! representing 140,000 baptism. And if they are ready to do| individual churches this for any individual, there is no| The federal counct! is as organic a good reason why they should stand| union of the churches as {t is post out against immersing an entire bie to create at this time, And it is congregation instead of sprinkling |a serioun question whether it is de them. ; sirable to abolish all the denormina- Nobody, these days, says anything | tions and organize a single church in criticiam about Baptists who be |of which everybody must become a eve so strongly in immersion that| member if he would unite with the they will not receive anybedy into| church at all the church unless they are im-ners:| For, after all ed, because no one is especially in-|Inged to express thelr indtviduality jured by such a rule—they simply jin religion in all other things go to another church which holds to/even tho every man has a religion other doctrines to which they can!all his own Letters to the Edito ROOM LISTING BUREAU | work at the shipyards, and that only Editor The Star: While eating a a very few were given employment, 10 o'clock supper, a few nights ago, I and that even this employment was heard a man and his wife inquiring | often only temporary. 1 paid Uttle as to where they could get a room.|attention to this statement until I I offered them my help, and we tn-| came to open up an office here. quired at more than 15 hotels and| This office was opened up in Oc At 1145 we secured one at the Les: | tober, and for the first month we At 11°45 we secured one at the Les-| were literally flooded with requests chi hotel, out at Lake Washington. |for any kind of position. We During our #earch, we saw scores of ceived many of these requests in people walking the streets, unable! person, and many in the form of to obtain lodgings. letters, and several were telegraphed An information bureau should be | from outside cities asking for work. established somewhere downtown to Many of these men, judging from find the necessary accommodation |their ictters of recommendation, for Seattle visitors. Tt in an abso-| must have been excellent men in lute neceasity in there times. | thetr lines, All the help we needed VICTOR TALBOT, | or intended to employ were a few 502 Electric Bldg. | checkers and watchman and one of- — fice man, and yet we received this HOUSING SHIP WORKERS flood of applications from men ready Editor The Star: In your lead ed-|t© Work for most anything we would {torial of Monday evening you very|tfer. Many of there applicants had Properly call attention to the abso- | families to support and badly needed lute necessity of adequate housing | Work, and some were in actual want |of the additional workmen who must come to Seattle to help build the|!* true re ships that are to win the. war, jit 1s a crime to induce more work But you fail to point out that four | Ts to come out here; and I write to logically and carefully prepared | YoU because you are in the position steps are being considered by the | find out the truth and publish it; committee, in order that these work-| "nd becaush The Star seems to be men tay not sacrifice any of their| the only paper here which will help living standards in coming to Seat. the working man. All this boosting ltle looks to me like a concerted effort First of capital to flood this town with eek ahd flat to labor and thereby force the of the help of mail carriers and real es- | Wakes I feel that the truth ate men \" Second—An appeal is to be made | published. to the homes of Seattle to open up A CONSTANT READER, their unused rooms, and let them at| Seattle. reasonable tes to the newcomers. | , . a ' RON Third—An investigation in to be | F. W. GREENE DEFENDED Editor The Star: There was pub- made of the possibitites of using temporary dormitories during the|lshed in your paper of Dec. 21, the statement that F. W. Greene, who period of locating these men. Fourth, and most important of all An appeal is to be made to the real estate owners and builders of Seattle |to erect thousands of attractive lit » homes that can be sold at rea | prices} on easy payments, to {the many workers in the present shipyards and to the many workers to come, in order that they may all develop into permanent citizens of the type that will make the Seattle of the future. | We ask your co-operation in em- phasizing and re-emphasizing the im- portance of this work, as that is the |true test of the fitness of Seattle to |carry this great responsibility, | Don't decry the need of sgme tem- porary expediency, but poin® out to \all classes of our men their plain duty, that of helping to provide ade- quate homes, beautifully located on the hills of Seattle. G. C, CORBALEY, Executive Secretary, Seattle Cham- ber of Commerce. | men must be privt- | re | | rding work at the yards | Every vacant house, apart 0 be located, with | own months. burn yards for some time. This statement needs correcting. F. Ww. ne is a young man of strictly temperate habits, and a | dweller at home, But unfortunately he worked in the yard that Wednes. | day, with the accused men from 8 a. m. until 4 p. m, I am his father-in-law. T. W. MORGAN, Auburn, ¥ DEPOSITS in this bank are GUARANTEED BY GUARDIAN TRUST & SAVINGS BANK Corner First Ave. and Celum- bie st. h NOT ENOUGH JOBS Editor The Star: Why all this| boosting for 20,000 shipyard work- ers? It seems to me that there are plenty of men here to do all the work, Sometime ago a friend of mine told me that every morning there were hundreds of men looking for If the above mentioned statement | pout the labor situation should be | has resided in this place only three | was a member of a gang | which has been operating in the Au General Obregon Pledges His Coun- try to Peace With Us During Big War ~+ MEXICO IS SMILING UPON | ITED STATES AGAIN ONE OF HEK IN. Queene ALVARO SAYS A | NO TREACHE | 100, CA NEED FEAK ICA » KRY FROM M 1—-Mexteo stick a knife int Sam's back while he has his face and fists turned toward Germany For that you have new the word of Gen. Alvaro Obregon, long and often called the strongest man in Mexico since the elder Diaz, Carran za’s former war minister, his right hand man, and perhaps in many things his boss. Mexico may war on America’s aide Will not, for some time, at least neither will whe Jump into It on the mide of America's foee—and in that pledge is great and heartening reas surance IT 18 PROBABLY THE IMPORTANT PLEDGE HAS RE ED BINC THE STATE OF WAR WITH GER {ANY WAS DECLARED itizen America, preoccupied with Europe, may have forgotten about Mexic But official America has | not. The “Mexican problem” ts not nolved. It ix in abeyance | Four years ago American soldiers Were Killed in the streets of Vera | Crus, and war with Mexico appeared \ just around the corner A year and » half ago practi- cally all of the armed forces of the United States, Guardsmen as well ns regulars, were along the Mexican border or penetrating Mexican territory. The massacre of Parral made American oceu- ation of Mexico seem a fore pe conclusion. Then the clouds in the South roll. ed away—or were pushed back—and America entered the big storm. Soon | the rank and file of Americans for- | got there was such a country as! Mexico, or had ever been a Mexican problem, the wérld pr not enter MOST AMERICA | | | And later the nation shared Washington's but only for a while-—when it was) jrevealed the strangely deluded Zim. | merman, then German foreign secre: | tary, had calmly proposed Mexico and Japan join Germany in conquer: | Ing and partitioning the United States, and had promised Mexico Arizona, California, ew Mexico and part of Texas—-all the territory that changed hands in the Mexican war. Admiral Is World Champ Food Buyer as « whole! uneasiness— | | ADMIRAL SAMURL MCGOWAN Here, Mrs. Housewife, is a man in your line. He figures on food. Rear Admiral McGowan is the world champion food buyer. He has been made chairman of the general food | pu nase board, just created to buy | the food for our army and navy and| the allieg governments. But never worry, Mre. H., he's a “big lot” man he couldn't order a week's model grocery supply for a family of four if he trie Pity Poor Belle; She’ll Have Hard Time Getting Job NEW SWEDEN, Me., Jan. le Boyd, who went to New to enter musical comedy, has sued a New York beauty specialist for $10. 000, Belle was knock-kneed, and the ecialist advised riding astride Ww she is bow-legged and can't get an engagement in any chorus, whereas before the lack of symmetry merely caused her to be put in the second row, with correspondingly lower pay. | If you value your watch, Haynes repair it. Next theatre.—Adverusement, FREE DOCTOR Go to the RIGHT DRUG Co. 169 Washington Street and 1111 First Avenue, And the Doctor will give you ® careful examination and prescribe for you} let Liberty If you are sick you cannot do bet- ter than take advantage of this offer, | pre We oa bal ve you money and give the MEXICO WILL NOT FIGHT THE U. §. . E. D. K's." COLYUM But Washington did not forget |ax new Mexican provinces, a la Al-; political life mace Lorrat the asylum for « ing this country. Would their intrigue, fanning Ztnmerman nines into flame, throw vengeful Mexic America’s flank while America was bridging the At lantic with her ships and arms, thus perhaps cut in half the mili tary effectiveness of the United States on the fields of France? Under the surface of Washington a re and British Specialists Kept at Washington! WASHINGTON, dan. medineval castle, transpl bodily from the middle ages or reproduced faithfully from Can- terbury Tales — fittingly de- scribes the British embassy in Washington. Ms dark red brick walls, weatherbeaten and disin- tegrated by rains and snows of more than two-score years, form a striking contrast to the mod- er structures surrounding it out on Connecticut avenue. The interior of the embassy lves up to outward impressions. Long, high ceilinged balls with walls dark- ened with age and a dank, musty Chaucerian atmosphere pervading erything. Even the cheery soft coal fire burning in the numero: old-fashioned grates gives off the odor of bog fuel Altho it is the property of the richest nation on earth, the British embansy is perhaps the most unpre- tentiously furnished in Washington. rpets, worn and threadbare, cover the floors, while the wall po in rooms accessible to visitors, is of the vintage of ‘86. It's a Busy Place Rut despite its appearance the embassy is perhaps the busiest dip lomatic center in Washington, Specialization is the watchword of Ambassador Cecil Spring - Rice and his staff, International experts head “Saving Thru th What word is your pet aver- sion on the typewriter? Ours is “o'clock.” eee THE TEST There are lots of jolty fellows who will slap you on the lack And who help to cheer your spirite When the world ts looking blacks ut who mever have the rhino whee you need to make & touchy Tho they're always “awful sorry And regret it very much.” They will do for pleasant weathem But the really loyal bloke Il» the guy who lends you money When you're broke, ‘Words and sympathy and kindnes® May be quite sincerely meant, But they do not pay the butche? Or the baker or the rent, And when you're up against it And don't know where to tum, And old Lady Luck has frisked For each dollar that you earn, ‘Then the read friend and the true friend ik In the lad who your poke, uy who lends you mene®) Money's not of much impertance When you've gathered what you need, But on down-and-out occasions It's a vital thing, indeed, And the chap who slips it to you When*you ask a loan of him Is a ministering angel And a blooming seraphim., So in these here deathiess verses Let my word of praise be spoke, For the guy who lends you money When you're broke. Perhaps it was the intention to | wait and capture the machine guns from the Germans. My Tuesdays are meatless, My Wednesdays wheatless, I'm getting more eatless each days My house it is heatless, My bed it is sheetless— ‘They've gone to the Y. M. © Ag The barrooms are treaties, My coffee in sweetless, Each day I get poorer and My stockings are fectless, My trousers are seatless— Je-roosh, how I hate the dam kaisert R. E. G. OTHER HOME! FOR SAL My piano, pastor grand, absolutely same as new, | broke up my home in Burlingame; | will sell for half what it cost me— Advertisement m San Francisco, Cal, Examiner. see SCINTILLATING STARS My little boy, aged 3, knows that | there is a “Star” newspaper, altho a ; little ignorant on other matters. He is also rather fond of slang. Being out with me recently, on @ brilliant, starlight night, he happen 4 to look up and notice the stara. “Mamma, what are all those?” he |asked, excitedly. | “Why, Bobbie, those are the littl stare” I replied. He continued to gaze in silence f some moments, then exclaimed: “My gosh, is them all little news papers?” A SUBSCRIBER, have been, therefore, . two big Mexican’ ques- Uatil recent tion marks Will Mexico remain neutral? Will Mexico continue to fur- nish ofl for Britain's battle fleet? Gen. Obregon’s neutrality pledge, given me in San Francisco, where he came for business and perhaps po- Mtleal conferences (tho he would not admit the latter), finally clinches the greater feeling of security WADDA YU WANNA Ger? mit? HOH? BLA BLA BUS GAGA Rim Bia se» rtment. Thomas Beau- mont Hohler—representative of the Cowdray and Pearson interests — knows more about Mexico and the Mexicans than the best versed offi- cial in our own state department. What he thinks of Carranza alone would take two hours to relate, he| nonchalantly informs a questioner. And should you seek knowledge of the Balkans, there's Colville Bar-| clay, counselor, at your while Lord Eustace Percy quotes | contraband” by the hour. China and the Orient is the long suit of Thomas Robertson, while Thomas Spring-Rice rattles off the Russian lingo like a native. Scores of others have thelr specialties, every depa | |Migg’s Dog Is Victim of Habit HAPPY, Texas, Jan, 2.—Mis chievous boy who tied a can to the | tail of Jerry Miggs’ dog was much | surprised when the dog walked se- dately to the nearest corner saloon, where his master was well known. Then, after the bartender had filled | the can with beer, the dog took it ully In its mouth and carried tt | ‘home without spilling a| Miggs refuses to pay for the oe Airtee butterfat ery, bad accounta. ‘Bring bottle. Lower Floor Pike drop. deer. e Universal—It’s the Way to Be Successful.” _ SEMI-ANNUAL ANNOUNCEMENT We announce our Semi-annual Dividend for the half-year ending December 31st, 1917, Universal Savings Association 316 Pike Street.