The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 12, 1918, Page 4

THE SEA TTLE STA 1907 Seventh Av i MEMERA OF SCRITTs NORTHWEST LEAGUE OF Nuwsrarmns Telegraph News Service of the United Preas Associa nee s Entered at Seattion, Wash, P a A - Wail, out of city, 40c per month: 3 montha $1.15) € months, r “year, 08.80, "ity carrien city, Be & month ‘The Star Publishing Co. Phone Mal ties rtmemtn, office as Becond-Clase Matter i — Pebitetea patty vy change conn: “Start your child right. Teach him to save. A war thrift stamp will do it. It takes only 25 cents. ‘A Question of Morals Must 50,000 gas consumers suffer forever and ever a WRONG valuation accepted by the public service ission in 1914 on the Seattle Lighting company’s operty here? This is the decision that must be fairly faced by commissioners today. It is a question of morals. city may have been negligent in 1914 and per- ed a mistake. Is that any reason why it must con- to suffer from the mistake? _ The testimony of Dr. Edward W. Bemis, utility Vestigator, has revealed that the company should only bé permitted to earn a profit on an investment of $6,- 42,639. The 1914 valuation was $9,225,642. The wrong must be righted, even tho the com- ssion’s lawyer seems to fight the people, rather than for them. PORKLESS saturday today eep the Railroads”-snx souxsos Written Exclusively for The Star BY HIRAM JOHNSON U. S. Senator From California overnment ownership of public utilities, but a brief ago thought the vagary of the missionary, today large on the horizon of the nation. "There has been a never ending refrain about efficiency : ite ownership of railroads, an efficiency which it asserted could never even be approximated by the war's demands put to the test the claims of private p efficiency demonstrated their hollowness. n the crucial time came for the railroads to re- to the nation’s emergency, their private managements they were not equal to the task, and so the gov- took control. Whether we will eventually have government owner- will at upon the next few months of government If this administration is griopatnie with government hip, of course, the result is not uncertain. what will remain will be the settlement in one or another of a just compensation to be paid the , in my opinion, is the crucial period. — cessfu 1 kel rome operation now with just guar- to the railroad owners and holders of legitimate securities—will make certain government owner- Unsuccessful government operation, or pledge or pay- by the nation of exorbitant sums, will retard for a on what seems now at hand. am in. favor of just compensation to the owners and of railroad properties, stocks and securities, but paying rr cent to the man who, from his store, buys a Liberty bond, I would not pay double that sum to the holders of railroad securities. ernment operation now, with fidelity and justice people and to every private interest, logically and bly will lead us to government ownership. ‘would look small alongside the swarm of workers that crowd Morning cars en route to the shipyards. McAdoo | Already Railroad Director: McAdoo’s action has resulted mets freight congestion at several important points. ' It is of the very highest importance to observe and the results of Mr. McAdoo’s autocratic action. If PCO f ding. ' There is sufficient evidence showing that the making a not proceeding with satisfactory speed. There and corporations and there are heads of depart- stuck on their own individual opinions, and the result is congestion and lack of one clear-cut plan all concerned could be aiming. _There is a somewhat similar condition in the fuel and ‘administrations. A fully-empowered boss arid team- are needed in pretty much every department of the hatio war business. _ In the matter of shipbuilding, why not put in an ex- need, practical manufacturer like Henry Ford, for in- stance, as the absolute boss and back him with all the legis- st he Beacares to boss shipbuilding, from the timber | ding in the forest to the completed vessel sailing forth her first voyage? There will be congestion, confusion, decided weakness the food and the fuel. administrations, regardless of the bilities of Hoover and Garfield, unless the bosses on these bs are given full authority to boss, and when the presi- thich such bossism, congress should not hesitate to grant it. THE DRY squad drive on hard cider takes the thirsty man’s last @asis out of the desert In an address before the state convention of the Penn- Sylvania grange at Williamsport, Pa., Gifford Pinchot ex- pressed his belief that the time has come to give fhe farmer voice in the councils of the nation. On the Ameri- farmer, he said, would rest the big task of winning the “«But today,” said Pinchot, “the farmer has no voice and vast organization of the council of national defense, the food administration or the numerous special bodies that are Tunning the war.” There ought to be a farmer on the Hoover staff to voice “ead of view of the farmer to Hoover, and to interpret loover policies to the farmer. SAMMIES Lei ‘Place to sleep. THOSE OF wus who had to dress in the dark when the juice went ef this morning began to think that a lightiess day was being inaug- - tirated. MANUFACTURERS OF corsets have been asked by the Council of WMational Detense to begin making powder bags. Maybe powder puffs meant. “the the WILL celebrate the ban-lifting by flocking to Seattle celebrate by showing them a corking good time—and a MINNEAPOLIS GIRL kills robber in fuel company’s office. she she wanted to protect the money. We'll bet a cookie he was after booty—a bucket of coal, . US DAY has nothing on EVERY DAY in Seattle now. Circus) y solves the vital problems of our greatest indus-| should be promptly applied to other enterprises than} is not consulted. There is, so far as I know, not a single! uine farmer in any place of authority in Washington—in| ED. K's... COLYUM LIBRE us Like to get our Hate cut. We Mate to shave We'd Suet as Fountain Have @ We never pull Our trouser lees If we did all ‘These things right Get Unele Sam to run our car Unes, then perhaps the workers will |be hauled |AN OFT DISPUTED QUESTION SETTLED Plaintiff in error is presumed to lhave known the provisions of this) statute, and that a Ford automobile |which the evidence shows he was driving, and with which the deceas jed was struck and killed, comes \clearly within the statutory defini | ton of the term “motor vehicle.” | From a recent decision by the [lh | Rois supreme court | ars SE OUFF® LOSE OVER : NO SUCH LUCK If eggs and chops were as free as calendars and blotters there'd be no complaint of the costo’living. eee However, Dr. ©. W. Pinchard ta] & chiropractor in Madison, W: And C. Weed is an officer of the | Pall River line of steamers. | A Cambridge, Mass. second-hand | store advertines: Harvard students’ slightly worn clothing for sale, Gentlemen's cloth ing bought.” | | . . Dear BE. D. K.: Did it ever occur to you that one of the greatest dis [inability to open his eyes and see | the color of the water when his bar A), o- | pDID You KNow? onver genius has invented far and nearsighted ink for per sons affected either way | | [been noted among the soldiers en Chicago boasts of the meanest | jman. He runs a candy store near | ja schoolhouse. His showcases are jmade of magnifying glass. jare extremely favorable for its | |apread from one to another thru | Economy Note--A good way to) discharges from the nose. jconserve the match supply i# to! 1: is apread by personal contact. | |leave the gas burning — | Gan Co. Advertisement HEALTH QUESTIONS | . | Sam Spivick of Gary, Ind., cross-| ANSWERED. ing a field the other day formed a| Mins 1. R. asks: “Does catarrh | rope. He dragged it home and to|cause bad breath?” |his surprise and good luck found a| Frequently, but not always. Con | stipation and indigestion are other cow tied to the end of it | Camouflage is nothing new, How| {about hotel menus with the lst of eats camoufiaged with names, making them look like what they ain't A towel that has a bell attachment and rings when the washer gets soap in at comes forward to ask for additional legislation bearing|"" °°" "° "'! ogy where ts MAYBE SHE'S COME OUT Somebody wants to know what has become of Emma Goldman. The last we heard of her she was “sew ing on overalls.” We don't know whether she's taken ‘em off or not Money jist naturally grows if you plant it. A new meaning may be read to day into Coleridge's familiar lines |The river Rhine, it is well known, Doth wash your city of Cologne |But tell me, nymphs, what power | divine | Shall henceforth wash the river Rhine?” | AMERICAN RED CROSS NEEDS MORE DOCTORS PARIS, 12.The tremendous |ucope of the work of civilian relief ried on by the American Red Cross was revealed in the report of Homer Folks, director of the branch of eivil affairs of that organization here today It covered the period from July to | December, and disclosed that from |the three months ending November |1 this branch of Red Cross activities alone had expended more than $2,500,000. The budget for the six |months beginning with November, |already approved, amounts to more than $8,000,000, | Jan. quire an additional 60 physicians and. 320 nurses, with 300 other aides. i appointments in a man's life is his} |ber rinses his hair after a shampoo? | French | | Detroit marvel has invented a ew work outlined by Folks will re-|}) “ STAR—SATURDAY, JAN. 12, 1918. PAGE 4 — ‘COMEDIES OF CAMP LEWIS LIF z ne te pean Spook. aw, she's kone down quite a bit—only up to my shouldérs now.” BY THE REV. Today any rich giving serious thought problems of the people. person who to tioned. How much of thin is realty ray them? Anyway, MENINGITIS | Cerebro- spinal gneningitis is al the covering ot | disease affecting i by germ - laden nose secretions; by coughing, ing breathing, It is) very apt to break out when large groups of persons are closely quartered together for any period of | time. That Is one explanation for | the canes which crop out now and| jthen in the new national army |campa | | It in due to a germ much the same! as the pneumonia germ in shape! size and general mode of attack Many people breathe in the men- ingitia germ and do not have the dis | caro. Bome may become slightly! nick and think thelr ailment merely | & cold. | Altho separate diseases, meningitis | jand Infantile paralywis are somewhat | | similar | The former affects the membrane |covering the spinal cord, the latter jaffects certain nerve cells in the cord itself. The poisons of both) germs, however, affect all the cells) of the cord in some measure. | Epidemics dinease have | of the gaged in trench sanitary they of neceasity warfare. The in- conditions under which are forced to live causes, The genuine always have this trade- mark on the package and are made only | ulsthirte, by Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. DORCHESTER, MASS, Esteblished 1780 | | | | TO BE IDLE NO LONGER POPULAR AMONG THE RICH CHARLES STELZLE The war has produced a group of rich young men who have the army modern methods of getting at of having become tired of merely playing at the game of 1 and are now trying to put something INTO only a fraction of what they take OUT of It Lety encourage even the rich in well-doing. ambulance attendants and and navy in special This wort of thing-—which often means loss of won honorable mention as aviators, officern of various degrees in forma of service. life—-cannot exactly be called a “fad. These men are the most popular in society today—and they've crowded out the weaklings who are merely RICH. in at all worth while must be the Scores of these who are actually doing this might be men fundamental would be hard to but lots of things that some of the rest of us are doing in the same field aren't very fundamental, so why find fault with it's a good thing when the very rich show signs life—even tho it Editor's Mail WAR ON DOGS Editor Star: Inasmuch as it has for a number of years been the policy of your paper to get behind every cnovement for the Public good, I wish to bring to your notice a matter, the magni- tude of which has possibly never occurred to you. It is simply dogs. Large dogs, small dogs, curs and all other varietion, I have never seen any statintics on dogs, but taking my immediate neighborhood as a basis, I figure there are millions of them in the United Staten Now, then, we have meatiess Tuesdays, wheatieas Wednes Gays, porkless Saturdays, smoke lean Fridays, elimination of all luxuries, not to cnention the ex ctedingly high cost of all other necessities, on account of the war. All these sacrifices we will ingly accept in order to prone: cute the war and bring it to a successful issue But I cer. tainly mean to register a protert Against maintaining a large standing army of dogs, which must be and are fed (a great many, in fact, much better than human beings, who do the use ful work) and whose main func tion in life seems to be nolely to how? and bark all night and keep people awake. T think this is which is worthy sideration to be attention of the tion committer. My advice is to Kill the ureless dogs and save tons of food. Yours respectfully 4, W. NELSON Onk Lake, Wash a war theasure enough of con brought to the food conserva Paid on Vavings Accou Accounts Subject to Check Gordially Invited ~ “* Peoples Savings Bank SECOND AVE. AND PIKE st, DEPOSITS im this bank are GUARDIAN TRUST & SAVINGS E| } From Battle-T BY MILTON BRONNER WASHINGTON, Jan, 12-Omit ting from the picture the glorious armies on the battlefields and in the big war factories, a close-up ¥ France today would be n two features: Viret-—-What war has done to the children fecond—The tragedy of the re patriaten Thene were the points made in a talk 1 had with Dr, Albert Parker Fitch, Amherst, professor, who has just returned from a French town whieh he vinited as agent for the Red Crows “the first im: pate the non the helpless, “Perhaps,” maid he. pression is what war combatante—the aged, the very young “One who has been in France nev. er thinks of war without seeing the children—looking like little birds with reed-like arms and legs, with Jecrawny faces and too-old eyes. Finds Shell in Coal “1 think of the little girl I saw in | Hoye, who had lost her right arm because the retreating army had buried a shell in the coal where she went to get the daily fuel for her | mother. “Or I think of the ttle boy at |Marigng who had lost one of his lege from shell fire; or the little —————————— | child I naw at Toul who had been literally frightened out of her wits by th ock and horror of the bat Soldi Staff Correspondent CAMP LEW18, Tacoma, Jan. 12— What do soldiers read? According to Camp Librarian E4 ward Ruby, at thin cantonment, like {|Oliver Twint ate, they read anything sen everything, and then cry for more. The men and women who {Jdonated thelr dollars and their }|books to the American Library as sociation can rest quite assured that they have contributed much to the comfort of the soldiers here. There are 25,000 volumes in the { amp brary, and there branch libraries, each with to 1,000 be and still there in not sufficient reading matter to satixty |Unele San's bookworm fighters. i] Thege novels of all kinds { are ten from 200 technical works on every subject from astronomy to agriculture, and from soology to hypnotiem. There ie a particular demand for work on medicine and hygiene and engineer ing, and for manuals teaching the duties of a soldier. Read Trade Journals Periodicals dealing with fine arts wubjects and trade journals of all kinds are in great demand, while there ts considerable call for musical works and poetry of all varieties. The favorite authors of fiction ap- pear to be Jane Gray, O. Henry, Mark Twain, Rex Beach, Ralph rate’ on our books is high, largely because it is difficult to keep them clean in thé barracks. We have lost no books thus far because of sani tary regulations concerning quaran tine, because fortunately the disease for wich organizations here have been isolated are carried by ‘lady like germs’ which cannot live on the books.” | The Wbrary has begun special jnervice work, and as the first step has {installed a branch in the 316th |Fingineer corps. Here there are almost 1,000 volumes, for the most |part treatises on engineering and fine arts subjects. A ler of the |reginent has been detailed ax lbr jrian and an extensive advertising campaign has been carried on by him to acquaint the men of the |reiment with the existence and |value of the book room Another such special brary will be established in the base hospital |for the use of the doctors and nurses and medical corps students. For the use of the patients in the base hospital, traveling libraries of |50 books each have been placed in every ward. Once a week these jbook boxes are moved from one ward to another, so that there is a change of books every seven days Box in Each Regiment Also there are book boxes in each regiment, and these move once a month from company to company, a |man being detailed to see that the books are taken care of and re turned to the boxes in time. It is quite safe to say that as a means of keeping soldiers happy and contented, and with assisting those “wh Ain't have a chance” in civil life, as well as those who are anxious to continue civilian studies while in the army, the American Library as vocation is doing a work not dupli cated by any other organization. The Camp Lewis library was the first to be opened, and is by far the largest in ny of the 32 National army eantonments. Librarian Ruby declares that he can find readers for any book, paper or magazine thatrany person or or ‘antzation cares to contribute. He ws the line only at secular publi eations. RED CROSS FINDS LOST SNAKE CANE CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan, 12.—Gen. J. O. Thompson, was made glad when his wandering cane fina came to light. Gen. Hong carried a cane, covered with a snakeskin, Several months ago he Host It. When the lights at the fed. eral building were turned on, Miss Gertrude Thompson, who was on duty at the Red Cross booth, noticed the janitor turning with a stick on the lights “Yonder stick has a familiar ap-| bing Co| pearance,” quoth she, and forthwith ck Hnings| investigated and repairs for ail|of the kinds of stoves, and f A closer examination “stick” removed all further doubt.and she accosted the janitor: “That is my father's cane, He lost it a long time ago.” The cane was returned to her and carried home to the general, who earnestly recommends the Red Cross as an excellent detective agency, orn Europe to th Thompson has | Red Cross Man Pictures Suffering in France on Return eU nited States | | | AP-FITCH Uefield, and sat always gazing fur tively into space. | “France in full of these wick chil |dren, sick because they have been| deprived of the care of their parents, because they had no shelter from ‘THOUGHT WAVES PPA PRA WAR PINCHES CHILDRENS rain and storm, because of the lace ot food Shatter Nerves “J aaw poor little kiddies with the distended stomachs which are the sure sign of peritonitis. I saw am orphanage group shriek in chorus when « Sister of Mercy dropped @ bi literally tray. Their nerves been shot to plecen, “But the terrible background for it all i# the want and poverty, I saw children whose heads were @ solid mass of vermin when they were rescued from outhouses and hedges where they were found—children who looked aged because they had seen that which it is not good for any one to see “The necond great tragedy in of the repatriates, The enemy i now sending out of the French tere ritory which he holds the old men and women past their usefulness, Iit- tle boys and girls, and women with young bables, Also some vicious women. Many are diseased. The Germans send them back so France will have to feed and clothe them. “They are coming at the rate of nearly 3,000 a day. 1 doubt whether the world holds a more pathetic spectacle.” ‘The repatriates are carefully fed and housed, Often families are re united, but for the great majority this is impossible. The old men and women will live out their last days amid new faces and other scenes; lite tle children will grow up not knowe tng who their parents were. ers at Camp Lewis Do Much Reading---Books on All Subjects OF ANGERED | WORLD MAY SLAY WILHELM BY FREDERICK M. KERBY ’ NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—World hate is slowly but surely killing the | | German kaiser and his “destruction” | jis only a matter of time, according | to the belief of members of the New| Thought bureau, backed by 5,000,000 | followers in America. | | dames E. Dodds, leader of the | |bureau, told me that New Thought | | believers hold it is possible for men- |tal antagonism to produce a physi-| cal effect upon the kaiser as the | personification of German autoc-| racy. | million people in the United States believe in creative thought—that they can create things by the use of thought. “If the thought of millions of peo ple is concentrated upon ridding the world of German autocracy and of the Hehenzollern dynasty, is there any reason why that creative thought cannot accomplish its pur pose? Hate Is Boomerang “In my opinion, these thought waves, radiated thru space, have af- They see in his reported whitened Mected the kaiser. hair indication that world hate al-| ready is bearing him down. | Kaiser Breaking Down | Repeated reports from Germany | say the kalser is breaking down | physically under the “strain of the war.” Descriptions show his hair whit ened, his face lined with care and anxiety, his nerves seem to have! |given way under the strain. | “It it possible for the mental im- | *\and of his self-lov “The kaiser has radiated hate for the non-Germanic world; he has called upon his God to aid him in overthrowing his enemies. In doing so, he has attracted to himself the and draws it to itself. “World-hate toward the kaiser ts the natural result of the kateers hatred toward the rest of the world, ment, and egotism. If you value your watch, let Haynes repair it. Next Liberty theatre.—Advertisement. 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