The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 26, 1918, Page 4

THE SEATT Entered at Seattia, Wash, Postoffice as Second-Clase Matter Mail, out of city month; 3 montha $1.18 By carrie The Thrift stamp window at the postoffice is open {| until § every night. You can buy stamps in depart- | ment stores, too. Is Seattle going to sit back and let the public service ission raise the fare on street cars without a fight? Majority of the council is of the opinion that it is not) and will fight it to the limit. But— lanuary 16 Assistant Corporation Counsel Meier a letter to the city council declaring that immediate on should be taken to prepare for the fight. This communication was referred to the franchise com- , and that is the last heard of it. There will be no report before the council Monday. This means another week's delay, Incidentally, R. H. Thomson is chairman of the fran- committee. Have you a little Thrift stamp in your home? » Real Yankee You cannot keep the Yankee down, no matter where it him. t one of our camps in France, the boys had been ing, since their arrival, with French “pie.” When) order pie, in France, you get a contraption of the rag- of meat and vegetables soaked in gravy of unknown} and contained in a shell of galvanized iron crust.) 8,000 miles away from pie like mother used to make.} Suddenly, one day recently, genuine American pies,| With nice, tender, white flour crusts, appeared for sale| | the camp. They cost $3.40 the piece but every boy $3.41 was willing. Somebody’s gold mine. Officers are now looking for the shrewd Yankee sol- boy who got hold of some war flour and “promoted” te pool with the French bakers. _ Well, no one’s suggested a subway, anyhow. Prussian Finance ording to as reliable reports as can be secured, autocrats are going to try a little of their famous) u their own folks and we guess that it will who will stand for Prussian autocracy. is “unrest” among the plain of Germany the imperial government has agreed to reduce prices } food and pay the difference out of government funds. at is, the German will subscribe for war loans. Then he government will lower prices to him and pay the dif- out of moneys it got from him. nn the German gets down on his knees and worships kkind-hearted government that is always looking after |} welfare. It looks feasible, and Prussian. i tht to Be Sufficient Notice In looting the archives of the czar’s late government, ae a Did you dine on seven-cent fish last iki have dug out documents showing, beyond|| that, for a long time, Cousin Nicholas of Russia and LE_STAR| N the face of the earnest plea of the national government that every individual and every community subserve all other activi- ties to that of winning the war, this state proposes to spend hun- dreds of thousands of dollars and to waste energy that should go into war work, by the erection of a new capitol building at Olympia. In addition to this it is proposed to face the battered old Temple , to make it more esthetic and pleasing to the eye. Heaven knows, it’s homely enough, but this is no time to be patching up old blunders of this sort. The improvements, on which more than half a million dollars will be spent, are NOT necessary at this time. The business of governing this state will not be disarranged or halted if the improvements are postponed until after the war is won. Private corporations and individuals have postponed big plans for additional buildings, bec ause they felt the need to economize on account of the war. Surely the state can’t afford to be less prudent. of Justic dent. -. E. D. K.'s.". COLYUM BY BERTON BRALEY The Germans are feeding On substitute meat, The flour they are kneading In substitute wheat, ‘Their cattle they fodder On substitute hay And life’s growing odder And odder each day They amoke—with «reat loathing Their substitute weeds, And substitute clothing In made for their needs; They've substitute money And substitute cheese And substitute honey From substitute bees, They settle their quarrels © law itute morals de that are raw ‘Their car wheels are creaking With substitute grease And now they are seeking A substitute peace. And when they are peeved by Real woe and distress, ‘They're tricked and deceived by A substitute press; ‘Their thoughts and thetr ways, too, Are sure to be odd While Kaiser Hill prays to A substitute God! in Wilhelm of Prussia were planning to wipe out social- § wherever found, in cahoots. » The discovery ought to be very impressive to Russian German socialists, particularly the latter. If German! it y survives this war, it is certain that the kaiser will| @ out the political element in his own country that has d him so much trouble while he was fighting. | Secretary Baker is becoming about as popular as | the runner who failed to touch second. | 5 rrying Incompetents It is the wonder of Washington and a good many other that Secretary Baker hangs on to those nice, old fash- , obsolete gents, Crozier, head of the ordnance, and ore, head of the quartermaster department. | itor Chamberlain hadn’t got far into investigation of the war department before he became convinced that a, minister of munitions and war transportation was me necessity. To head off such a move, Secretary Baker promptly ts a plan for reorganization of the ordnance depart- There is to be a production division and a procure- ft division, with Mr. Baker naming the heads. n't confession that Crozier is a failure, what is it? Baker renominates Crozier. Today, being SatuMay, is porkless day for patriotic Americans, And Allies worried over America, says McCormick. Bet they're not half as worried over America as Germany is. _ Officials report that the Thrift campaign is lag- ging in Seattle. How about you? Are you keeping _ your end of it up? | Teddy Roosevelt and Billy Sunday took tea to- oe Friday. Seems as tho even this modest pastime looking for a place in the sun. | Burleson is adding a great deal to his “popularity” | by increasing his postoffice budget at the expense of un- | delivered messages to the Sammies from home. 4 Tudor, Australia’s new prime minister, used to be a hatmaker in America. A good many big foreigners of these times seem to have got their start in our midst. The new munitions director is Ed R. Stettinius. When we get to going in this here war game, by heck, even Russian names pale into insignificance alongside our own jawbreakers. | Federal officials warn the public that “rouge for cheeks or lips has been the cause of serious oats joning.” This may induce some fellows to refuse to the girls good-night unless they bear government Thrift stamps. Prisoner sentenced by Judge Mackintosh to spend 30 days im office of county commissioners because jail is unfit for human beings. But just think of the cruel and unusual punishment of listening to the chatter of | our county commissioners for a whole month. If this) tic WAR CAMEOS Etta Stake, a young girl, cook in «trench lunch room, was decorated with the order of the Iriah Wednesday last, for uncalled for bravery and violence in dealing with the edibles. Mins Stake, In an effort to outdo the young lieutenant who a stamp, beat two eges, and then whipped a pint of cream. Owing to our system of democ- have taken a cathartic, but they act | racy, titles mean very little here. ‘The film corporations realize this. Also the magazine writers. No reflection on the government, but the publication of pictures of All these Red Cross nurses looks vo 8 like a recruiting scheme. The number of enlistments al. ways jumps right after a front page cut of “Girl Sails for stuff, Smith (initials deleted) was awarded the double cross yesterday for unusual bravery. Among Smith's achievements are these: With no hope of aasistance, he struck a match one blow put it out Seattle, Wash., Jan. 26. Dear B.D. K.: I recently saw in The Star where Mr. Ballard sug gests removing the seats from our | cars in order to take on more pas: But I think I can go one better than his, t they remove the straps with the seats, and install a padded battering ram that would pack them in more firmly, and would also do away with the “Kindly step for ward.” This: way our beloved company could be able to run less cars and perhaps raise the car men 1 cent a day; also raise the car fare to 6 cents, and still be able to run their cars as often as 45 minutes apart. ©, H. COLLINS, City. . . History repeats itself, but not many of us know what it said on previous occasions. . When it opened fire on him, | ® traction STAR—SATURDAY, Erection of a new capitol building at this time will help the kaiser in many ways, among them being these: Hauling building materials will tie up transportation when Uncle Sam needs every available railroad car to transport food, fuel and war materials. It will take skilled laborers—bricklayers, stone masons, steam N Neuralgia ts caused by nerve ir ritation. S The deep ly ing disturbances which set up thir symptom may be an inflamed car canal, an infec tion of some one ot the bony cavt tied of the head or a diseased tooth | Diabetes or malaria may be contrib. juting causes ‘This nerve irritation is usually ae gravated and brought to a head by cold or by an injury | Heat in one of the best first aids for neuralgia. This Id be ap. plied to the tender spot and when removed. the part should be protected Against further chilling by wrapping oF binding with woolen cloths. In some cases the skin swells as in nettic rash. In others, Diisters and sores appear Electricity and certain drugs have | proved effective in the treat relief from these nerve p such measures should be un’ only under the direction of a physi clan. Diet plays an important part in neuraigia prevention. Thin persons |should fortify themselves against wind and cold by daily consuming plenty of milk, cream and butter. Gouty or rheumatic people should confine themselves mainly to a fruit and vegetable diet | Por permanent relief a thoro phys ical examination to locate the reat | eause of the nerve irritation is nec exsary, In some cases it may be necemnary to remove the injured | nerve by operation. wes comm) BEST LIVER AND | BOWEL LAXATIVE | FOR FAMILY USE men and children without injury. | Take when bilious, headachy, | for colds, bad breath, sour stomach. Spud, | Instead of nasty, harsh pills salts, castor of! or dangerour cailo mel, why don’t you keep Cascarets handy in your home? Cascarets act on the liver and thirty feet of bow els so gently you don’t realize you |thoroughly and can be depended upon when a good liver and bowel cleansing in necessary—they move the bile and poison from the bow els without griping and sweeten the stomach. You eat one or two at night like candy and you waxe| up feeling fines the headache, bil \fousness, bad breath, coated tongue sour stomach, constipation, or bad cold disappears, Mothers should give cross, sick, feverish or bilious children a whole Cascafet any time they are harmless and safe for the little folks. 106 ‘COLUMBIA ST. | “Cor. First Ave. | DR. EDWIN J. BROWN | D. D. & | New at 106 Columbia | I have left the imita- tors of my name and signs on Fir moved my fices to the oro *. and Columbia trance in 106 © tween Firat and not raine my prices beea' war, but I do expect to increas od ness will Offset the increased wt of doing business because of to be known as the only the ot BI who did not raing his ||| JAN. 26, 1918. PAGE 4 islature that sees fit to This State Must NOT Rob Nation of War Materials an The legis repeal the thing. d Labor fitters, carpenters, painters—any number of trades—at a time when Uncle Sam can’t get enough of them for his war work. i The state proposes to do this work at a time when costs are high, when building material is at a premium and hard to get, when structural steel and other materials are being diverted to the na- tional government’s war needs. The federal government last week ordered all industries closed because the car shortage is so acute coal can’t be moved. It isn’t the spending of so much money which stands out as the most shameful feature of the thing, now —it's the waste of energy and material. The money will be forthcoming—out of the pockets of the taxpayers—whether the building goes on or not. The last legislature saw to that. the taxpayers a law whereby a half-mill levy was added last year to the tax burden, and will be added year after year until we get a leg- lature saddled onto Gov. Lister is chairman of the capitol building commission. Lister sat supinely on the fence when the capitol tax bill, just refer- the state ever since. red to, went thru last year. He failed either to sign or to veto it. But the governor has been preaching patriotism and economy thruout Write a personal letter to Gov. Lister at Olympia, telling him you are strongly opposed to the capitol building program, and in- sisting that he stop it. EURALGIA 7 COMEDIES OF CAMP LEWIS LIFE! | oh | — Zz SAVE COAL EXPERT TELLS YOU HOW EDITOR'S NOTE TO READER— | Coal shortages threaten many sec | ons of this country, Coal is needed | to make munitions and to transport | Waste of coal BY GEORGE H. CUSHING Editor of the Black Diamond There are two ways to prevent the soldiers and supplies. Coal ts need-| ON is to put a self-adjusting | damper in the smoke pipe so that jed by our allies, expecially Italy.| wien the wind blows the damper And yet we cannot live comfortably | closes itself and stops the pull on the lin chilly houses. We must have | furnace. | heat. The solution, it seems, is coal) THE OTHER |conservation—to got the maximum hinged door in | of heat out of the minimum of fuel. | To find out the best methods of con-| of the draft will open it and allow | serving coal, we asked George H. the basement air to satiafy it with | Cushing, editor of the Black Dia- | out passing thru the fire | mond, leading American coal trade| Either one of these things can be th to write the following ar. J at a cost of less than $4 | tel saving coal: noe with the self-adjust ea that it saved a ton of | Avoi eck a Imitations or f October and Christmas F Baker’s - Cocoa AND Baker’s Chocolate jing draft that had cost $3.50. The genuine | In office buildings the practice is to carry enough steam to keep the always have this trade. rooms at & temperature of 85 to 90 mark on the | degrees, if the windows are closed, package and |and then modify the temperature by. | opening the window to allow part of are made only Registered | onsets, by the heat to pase out into the air. Walter Baker & Co. Ltd. This can be prevented if the office | building will burn enough coal to DORCHESTER, MASS. Eetabliched 1780 keep the temp ure at 75 degrees WAY Is to puta the smokepipe in such a way that extreme pressure and if the off pants will put in air-changing devices in thei? win dows to freshen the air without al lowing the heat to escape. neglect the furnace until the house | doors and windows to let out heat, jthat the famfly may again be com |fortable, Three minutes devoted to keep the temperature even, and will make the domestic coal go much further than it is now going. 22 |. W. W. DISMISSED Twenty-two of the I. W. W. a0 rested at First and Occidental aves. Jan. 16, were released Thursday, jafter a hearlng in Judge Gordon's Jcourt. Five others had previously been let go. They were charged with creating a disturbance, but the case was not proven, HOLD NICHT WI’ BURNS Renton Patriotic Service Council ‘ht Wi’ Burns,” Sat. night to celebrate the 159th birthday anniversary of the poet. A concert, at the Grand theatre, will be followed by a ball in the Renton Masonic hall. saving in fuel] by the use of a self-adjust ]| In households, it is the practice to becomes too hot and then to open || jthe furnace every three hours will | INCOME TAX PUZZLES The Star's “Income Taz” Editor Will Answer Your Questions. Mail Them to Him. tackled" \é ‘I The fellows up in room 226 federal building are repeating this re- frain. And you can't blame them. Fifty thousand Washingtonians | must tell them the details of their income before March 1, so Uncle Sam | can collect income tax by June 15. | There are troublesome little pus | xles to straighten out in every case. | Some of the questions would defeat jan energetic lawyer. Then the re- | turn, or statements of income with claims for exemptions, must be checked up. The Star, by co-operating with the revenue officials here, is helping to straighten out many of the income tax red tape problems in the minds of ite readers. If you have @ question to ask, mail it to the income tax editor of The Star, Then watch these columns for the answer. The latest questions and answers follow: Q—My husband has a seven-pas- senger car on the jitney run. He takes in approximately $10 per day, working six days per week. Outpt this there is a cost of from $2.50 to $3 per day for gas and oil, and 70 cents per day for bond, leaving us from $6 to $6.50 per day salary. Then we have tires and repair bills yet to pay out of our salary. What I want to know is, will the expense of oper- ating the car be deducted? If so, we would be exempt. Please answer this. My husband is sure that we are ex- empt, but I want to do what is right. A.—All expenses incurred in busi- ness from which you derive your in come are duductible in arriving at | your net income. Make return if | your net income is $2,000. Q—Would you please print the age of those who are subject to in- come are deductible in arriving at |pendent on parents and earning wages should include income with | parents. Q—TI sold a drug store February 16, 1917, for $10,000, half cash, bal- ance in monthly payments of $150 per month and 8 per cent interest. I have # house that brings in $40 per month rent, besides my home. Am working for $130 per month. Am married, one child. Did not pay out $800 for help in 1917, Am I taxable? A—Ascertain gain on sale of drug store. 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