The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 27, 1918, Page 6

1307 Seventh Ave, Near BER OF SCTUPrs NORTHWHST per month; 3 month Oe 00, Hy carrier, city, & Henry Suzzallo of the University of Wash a bit of timely warning that investigation of sloyalty among the citizenry of Seattle is over- reaching itself. He declares that there is already need of ting the innocent citizen from idle gossip and un ded rumor, If men and women whose loyalty is re- ted in every day's activity and whose response to every of riotism is instant, continue to be made the sub- i tenatear war service detectives, a reaction is cer- to come, he warns. j The danger at the outbreak of the war gave rise to va- organizations whose members made themselves volun- investigators. The task was so obviously be, diate scope of the government's secret service that seemed ample excuse for private activity in diseover- disloyalists. But the zeal of many of these voluntary ctives has led them beyond limits of safety and reason, e is undoubtedly need of bringing the investigation of s back under the sole control of government agencies fr of a central organization of semi-official character. | The reaction that is bound to come from this sort of i , by no means rare, according to President Suz- who says he has himself been “investigated,” may do harm than any good so far accomplished could com- nsat Protection of war service activities of all kinds 5 well as of the rights and reputations of individuals de- that disloyalty probing be systematized and taken the hands of incompetent persons. cc Music is to lure hair seals to death this season, ac- ling to the phonographic plang of State Fish Com- ioner Darwin. Some of the recent bits of “pop- music could be the death of anyone, : Gutzon Borglum Flying it now that Sculptor Gutzon Borglum is a niu: o infinite variety. He not only sculpts to some but also takes a flier at aviation. That is, he has One of his ideas he put up to Col. Deeds, of the outfit, with the result that Borglum is now d on Col. Deeds’ trail. “ seems that Gutzon invented a flying fish. It was ul conception, and it lacked but one important es- he darned fish wouldn’t fly. So it followed that if Col. Deeds couldn't make a flying fly, why theri Col. Deeds was a bum aviator. pobably the trouble with Deeds is that he is merely Sculptors are sometimes something more. There friend Pygmalion, for example. Pyg was sure He sculpted a beautiful dame out of cold her Galatea. And what do you suppose did? Why, she stepped right down off alked all over the place. was mechanic enough to make a Bor- fish out of aluminum or tin; and he could put le might put gills, fins, scales and a tail couldn’t make it fly, So you really can’t for getting sore at the whole aircraft produc- f Wouldn’t you be disa) ited yourself if Fs ted a flying fish and it wouldn’t, either swim or fly? T. R. and Taft shook hands in a Chicago cafe, and every humorist in the country will shake with ° Pay for Equal Service pay for equal service” is the accepted 1918 Sex ought not to be the determining factor in if wages of employes. The Seattle school board, in- id of being a laggard in this respect, ought to be in the uard of progressive employers. pnight members of the board have an opportunity to themselves on record as belonging to the year 1918 d of 1818. The salaries of women teachers are to come consideration. The dictates of fairness, as well as compel but one answer, namely: “Equal pay for service. The board acted justly in raising the salaries of men } but acted unjustly when no similar action was with regard to the salaries of the women. The cost ing has gone up. The salaries of the teachers should but there ought to be no sex discrimination. From a purely business standpoint, it is safe to say the dissatisfaction such discrimination arouses among women teachers more than @ffsets any money advantage school district might ol . Dissatisfied employes not liabilities to any organization. 4 The concrete ship Faith was well named. She has 4 Been coming slowly, but surely. ne Business Du Pont & Co., the big powder makers, have declared Red Cross dividend” of 2 per cent, $1,117,084, on the amon stock. There is nothing to compel the stockholders hand over the money to the Red Cross, but the corpora- on has done the right thing and set a fine example. By the way, a number of corporations acted wisely, the late Liberty Loan campaign, by paying their dividends in Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps. is is a policy that can easily be continued during the war, the bonds can always be had. The fellow not con- nt, nay glad, to take his extras in Liberty Bonds must e a soul like an over-roasted peanut. luring The New York police have a great problem on their hands in enforcing the anti-loafing law. How’'ll they know whether to clean up Broadway or Fifth ave. first? A Failing in One Eye 4 Canada has enfranchised her Indians, in recognition of ‘their splendid services at home and in the trenches. The United States senate neglects to enfranchise 50 Per cent of our people without whose services the country would be at the mercy of the Huns, Uncle Sam, there’s a beam, not a mote, in your demo- cratic eye. Why not keep on tagging jay-walkers? cut down the number of auto accidents. 2 Sorry and Pious? Rats! ? Are those German autocrats becoming tender-hearted? They af they’re sorry they shot up that Paris church on | is day but ask how the deuce the French could expect | a German gunner 75 miles away to distinguish between a| church and other buildings. But, they add, “our piety was ' evidenced by our not bombarding Paris the day the victims) of that church incident were buried.” Those Germans may become both tender-hearted and! \ pious, as “the vilest sinner may return,” but we guess it will after trying the effect of blowing to pieces a few| BaF Only funerals, added to the hospitals, ferries, mger boats, schools, churches, nurseries and maternity mes, are needed to complete their list of vile deeds, and Germans are sure thoro, even in their villainies, It might ae THE SKY’S Oh, Jacky on the # Its yours to do THE LIMIT y' sean and Sammy at the f » heavy work You have the heavy Job to do, you'y And we've no other cholee exc But if your troubles trouble you, consider now a ar the brunt iu and then, at to let (And maybe it will help you not to mind ‘em), ‘There are always one more billion bones and one And always just as many ore million men, more behind ‘erm. We don't want to waste a billion, or, much less, to waste a man, But we're with you to the utmost jot and tittle, For to help out human freedom we'll do anything we oan, And compared to what you're up againat, It's little So, tell Giovanni, Tommy Until they grin like little Jacky Jacques and all the gang again, Norner, ‘There are always one more billion bones and one more million men, And they’re on the way and just around the corner, Your Uncle Sam's in earnest, and hin earnest means a heap, And he usually finds a way He's Hut when he wakes he's wideawake, » to realize from pieture and from pen, It's hard f The thin But always one u Kee HO well to show it Jow to show his wrath, and some folks say he's been asleep, you know it! they almost blind you; we billion bones and one more million men Are coming, coming, coming right behind you (Copyright, 1918, N. B. AD TAR'SH A WORD FROM J08H WISE Th’ man th't works fer a livin’ don't git much more. President Suzzallo, of the Univer. sity of Washington, head of the state council of defense, says that he has been “investigated” for having @ Wirelens outfit course I have a wireless out says he told the amateur Hawkshaw who*suspected his loyal ty. “I've got four of them. I am training several hundred young Americans to take positions as wire leas operators on Uncle Sam's ships.” ore A Pleasant Evening for Bill Bin Albertson knows that summer js coming soon. He visited a movie show last night and saw several of the actors wearing straw hats and tennie flannel trousers, while the girl behind him had been eating pep permint candy, a man on his right had been eating spring onions, and a fat woman on the left used violet pertumery, He was considerably en couraged at the outlook—Manistec Qlich) News-Advocate, ‘We hear a great deal of talk about the German offensive. Can you tell tus of something German that isn't offensive? cee ‘The law against loafing ts going to make |t dangerous for a man to wear a silk hat-— Except when he’s driving a cab Or marching in @ minstrel parade. “| SUFFERED SEEN YEARS Was Eventually Cured Lydia E Piskhans Veg? etable Compound. Philadelphia, Pa—"Tl suffered for seven long years with a lame back, irregular- ities and pain. 1 had one phy- sictan after an- other but they dia me no good. I read about Lydia F. Pink- ham's Vegeta- ble Compound and gave it a trial and in a short time I felt benefited and am now yj pain. Many of my friends have also taken Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and been helped by it.”—Mrs. Manoanrr Ness, 1846 B. Hazzard St. Philadelphia, Pa, Women who suffer from displace- ments, irregularities, inflammation, ulceration, backache, sideache, headaches or “the blues” should not rest until they have given this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkbam’s Vegetable Compound, @ trial. If complica tions exist, write Lydia BE. Pink- ham Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass., for special suggestions. The result of its loug experience is at your FOR CONSTIPATION have stood the test of time. Purely vegetable. Wonderfully quick to yore biliouenese, Carter’s Iron Pills ‘Will help thie condition ean Phe) ILE IN TIME‘ WORTH LIP DROOPERS Y'know, some birds Are always kicking And panning. Everything la wrong with Them, except themselves. Now, those guys are sure Living & tough extatence ‘The odds are all against ‘Them, they moan. Any able-bodied gink Who thinks he's always Getting a bum shuffie, Rend your ear this way A second. In @ stool counter Restaurant where we do the Sword-swallowing act Every noon, we see a gent, But he doesn't see us Or anybody, He's about Forty-five years old, and he's Always grinning, and “Lake,” the Hash juggler. “Hay, Luke, I think you're Joshing ne What did you De to the handle of this Cup--just take it out of The stove? It's hottern'n Biases! and he laughs. He's always laughing. He lives in a world Of dar! He's BUT HE AINT KICKING! ‘There are rumora that the presi dent may give T. Roosevelt a job of wome kind #o that he will keep his mouth shut. It won't work. There in only one job that wquid force him to keep his mouth shut—diving for sponges. . . England reports a shortage of hairpins. Llow on earth do the poor women button their shoes and gloves and open locks when they've lost the keys? And what do they use as a substi tute to hold in their mouths when they’re combing their hair or put Ung on a vel? . oe They're going to teach boys in one of the Cleveland schools to cook. Ev- ery boy should learn to cook. In 20 or 30 years it may be necessary as a measure of self-defense. West & Wheeler are evidently treating the Red Cross like a poor UNION FirstClass Third 3.00 and $15.00 $10.00 0 $14.60 $22.50and $25.00 $16.50 state- | Dept. K |tom. Co r Ev. ny THE M’CORMICK Kerensky | BY VEN SVARC Article No. 4 Alexander Kerensky has come to! America leading o foglern hope if he} ke personal rehabilitation Press reporta say the former Thue san dictator In on hin way to an At lantic port to week aid of the allies | incur: ‘bottle erthrow the nd place the for a new fight t Polahevik rment Social Revolutionista or ahevik element back in power More than four million Rus sian soldiers died in the war—s needless sacrifice due to incom: At one time only every tenth soldier had a rifle, The rest were armed with clubs. Yet they marched heroically to the slasughter, and won many victories against the well trained, pertectly equipped Ger man military machine. We should not forget these vic tories, for they gave our allies in France time to prepare to cope with the foe. No army could be expected to re tain {te morale under much hands caps as the Runsian soldiers suf fered. ‘ HOW INDUSTRIES OF NATION WERE RUINED Contributing to the economic dis tress was the call to military service of numbers of men estimated at from 15 to 20 millions. The withdrawal of this vast army from ind 4a) and agricultural life, it was charged in some quarters, was brought about deliberately by the old regime to disrupt the busi ness of the nation and create an ex cune for making @ separate peace. ‘These conditions, inherited by the provisional government, former @ terrible problem to cope, with. The distrust felt by the army to ward the car's government gave the impetus to distrust any government. ‘This was the reason for the organt tation of the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers’ Deputies. This body paralclied the govern: ment centered in the provisional government. The councils, or novieta, constantly clashed with the ministry, contend. ing for authority, The soviets rep Tesented an institution of extreme Gemmocracy, insisting on @ direct vote in shaping their destiny. Here the German agents got tn thetr work of disintegration both at the front and at home, after Ker ensky’s famous “Order No. 1° had bronght officers in the army to the level of privates and put an end to Ruswian military discipline. The Germans fomented clase hatred and appealed to the basest pasdona of the people, who, in their inexperience with self-government, were groping in the dark. The Bolahevika hoped that the workers of Germany and Austria would follow their example, revolt, and demand peace without annexe tions. Germany carried out the farce of making & separate posce, but perfidiousty ignored the cry of anguished Rusia in aceking to make the nation ber vassal. "Wedding Bellsto | | Ring; U.S. Surgeon | | and French Nurse BY J. W. PEGLER United Preas Correspondent WITH THE AMERICAN EXPE DITIONARY ARMY, FRANCE, May 17-—And they will be married soon. He tm a surgeon of the Roosevelt base howpttal. She's French, dark eyed, brunette and ever so fetching in her white nursing costume with the little red crocs on the front of her snow-white cap. And only 18 years olf. It haa been announced—and ev- erything. The papers have been signod according to the French cus tom, and the young surgeon has shaken hands with her gray-haired father, a proud member of the Le- gion of Honor who performed oper- ations in open trenches under fire at Verdun. They met over the cot of a dying poitu. The American surgeon was called in to help when the French surgeons were working 18 hours out of 24. She had adopted this patient as her particular protege and prayed | that he might be spared to go back |to his family down in the sun coun- | try. The young surgeon did his best |with his firet war case. The poilu struggled and pulled thru. He went back to his wife and babies, minus an arm but wearing the Military Medal and the Cross of War. So she thinks the American sur geon is just the greatest in the world And they will be married soon, Under the date of May 20, a Lon. don correspondent cables that “the British are satisfied that American comradeship is sincere.” Bet all we've got that that fellow ts paid a dollar a word. 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We have two none fighting for Uncle Sam, One in particular has quite an important place in the army, We have contributed a few hundred dol lars for Liberty bonds, are buying thrift stamps, and have answered to every call of the Red Crons, and when they did not call, I am very but not fit for heavy work Women have driven me | « I followed for Says Ven Svarc; Warns Allies (This is the third of a series of news articles being written for The Star by Ven Svare, prominent ‘The first two articles dealt with the playing Hint revolt—and the impowsibility of Runsla’s renewing the fourth will tell something of the fand pleasant, a fe ing up and down all day, The travel ing men tip their beavers to t a, «ive them apples, and, I am pleased to way, don't make bold with them, |v are just dandy girls, I have | had my room changed frozn the sec |ond to the tenth floor to geta longer ride. G TLEMAN FROM LOS AN GELES. 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You'll |#trikes the workingman'’a family in will support @ ynomical household I want to tell ye ence, and the expertence of hundreds of my age and physical strength in Beattie. We go into a place to answer an ad or to make application, and are met by an employment agent, gener ally 20 or 25 years of age, who tells you you are too old. You know he has not the cournge to enlist, as my dition that many call spring fever| boys did (not drafted), and it's a hard pill to swallow Now, I'm no invalid, am pliabie, have kept young in mind, always can go back Kast and ood walary, but why should we have to? My wife likes ft here, and we like the schoo dren, who are going All Twant t* a chance at respectable Meht work that will show a future ax well as a present. I'm speaking for several hundred like me in this town. A STAR READER. HE LIKES "EM, TOO FAitor The Star; While nice tht are being maid about the ator girls in Seattio, the girls at the Hotel Frye nbhoul@ be specially mentioned. 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