The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 24, 1918, Page 6

THE SEATTLE STAR—TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1918. PRR gn | '|We Must Give’, Ending the War With the Yanks | Coming Home for Christmas | Words by FB. V Cooke (A MODERN VERSION) Cartoon by K. W. Satterfield 1307 Seventh Ave, Near Union St. ER OF SCHIPPS NORTHWEST LEAGUE OF NEWAPAPRKS ‘FOOD | To the Hungry Written Especially for the News paper Enterprise Association and The Ster KBEKRT HOOVER Telegraph News Service of the United Preqe Association the Postoffice at 1878, Entered as Second-Class Matter May 8, 1599, Seattle, Wash, under the Act of Congress By mail, ont of city, SSe per month; 3 mon! Year, $5.00, in the State of Washingten, Ow month $4.50 for ¢ mouths, or $9.00 pwr year, per week, Publiabed Daily by Thee Star Publishing Co. Phone Main 608, Private de the state, By carrier, otty, BY and sacrifice, the keeping of thin exchange cons tt departments. ‘ 1: World Food Aiiministentor A pledge of 20 millions tona of en stuffs to be shipped to ! i rope by the end of this crop whic | The Achievement of the U. S. Navy inarepe by the end St Sle arep | — } Of the total naval escort that guarded our more than i wnt th ‘woria a id | ai, two million troops on their way to Europe, 244 per cent }) in this country st, wit’ mean | puse 1 was comprised of our own—America’s own—war vessels! that we oa aa Only 1714 per cent was foreign—1l4!y per cent British and “ig a Ree eras, { ; worn out by endless privation 814 per cent French. Of the transports that carried them, 4614 per cent were ae nn 5 Sesutng af thie American, 4814 per cent were British and the rest French between death and life 4 and Italian. ; We have it in our power to 3 The above figures were made public by Vice Admiral lighten the spectral shade which ¢ hangs over the lb ted lands of Europe. “Peace on earth, good will to ward men,” tod re than ever before, expre it which rules this lan Return to peace Gleaves, chief of the U. S. cruiser and transport force, in New York, recently. They should be clipped and pasted into the hat of every American. They mean that with no foreign aid whatever, an army of upwards of a million Americans could have been landed in Europe during the last 18 months. They mean more than brought has | new problems and intensified old : that. For they do not take into account that of our new ones. The food problem in Ju if merchant marine a great part how great a part It is im- rope today presents a greater t possible to say as yet—was employed, not in transporting anxiety than at any time mince % American troops, not even in carrying supplies for American Gage A eggrcge elgg BRON have been able to maintain ocean with troops, but in carrying supplies for the armies of the allies. ‘ ‘There are some cheap politicians now pouting, who af- 4 fect extreme modesty—almost of the shrinking violet variety —on behalf of the good old U. S. A. What most of them really feel is only a jealous hatred of President Wilson. The transport connection the United States in there sufficient food to ensure safety in the im mediate future, In most of the lands berated from German op next time one of these gets to inveighing against a just and pression, there fe 0 equal league of nations in one breath, and advocating that Unieas we can relieve th America accept a secondary place in a world governed by old- sees ~~ must ; sent ts fashioned, war-breeding, secret diplomacy in the next lores att: Bee be useful to remember the facts as Admiral Gleaves pr lagen ate Gie of hunger before we start sav them. They will help to establish a proper perspective. The great mass of Americans are for a league of nations that will adequately guarantee peace and do away with the ing their lives. We fought for the avowed pur pone of establishing world peace. ; i ( ‘ necessity for great armaments. For the most part, we are Now that we see peace settling { enthusiastically back oof Wilson in his efforts in that direc-, again upon the earth, we must 1] aioli ae he hae Toes rejected by the local board three times and afte tion. Anything that will upset the plans for that kind of an) 4o everything in our power to {| muen © ne ing counsel finally accepted, he was sent to camp, giver , | restore the European nations to a onths' training and then shipped to » port of embarkation. After | hanging around there for five weeks he got started, was “subbed,” sad stable, secure basis, Hunger and } ) famine breed revol Upon the American people de volves the responsibility of pre \ venting their spread thruout Eu } rope Never have we had an oppor. guEG sEEEQRESEQEEELENSESEREASEREEEENS 22.8 international agreement must come from a foreign source, ¥ if it comes at all. 4 But, failing such a league, the American people are for no secondary or inferior place, on the high seas or else- ___where. There is no reason why they should be. ‘ pieked up. It took him three weeks to get this far and then spent ) weeks in a hospital in Engtand. He went to France, took six gen | training and started for the line. It took him two weeks to get te ( front, and nine days to the line of action. Up there he got set to ( He sighted his Hun. Aimed carefully and waited for the command te (| It was then that the lieutenant yelled: “Cease FIRING, 11 o'clock, war's over.” and anarchy. same lice Look! here comes John and here comes Jane! Th y're coming in their seroplanc; ‘They're coming home to roost! They're coming home for Christmas day! They used to hitch the roan and bay, Or, later, crank the Ford, 3 t used folks. “flew . ‘ } Heaven help France! Most of our freak reformers Bove ‘eke tad wae De nae Say sien the Mey War, } tunity for a Christmas day which {| "ar* 0% —not to mention our public utility exploiters—are going But now they take a boost, ‘They're coming, thank the con’ } would prove more conclusively to }/ over to “reconstruct” the country. ’ . } the world that the United States, | : | (Copyright. N. FBLA) } instead of being mercenary and }| # . - | , { heartless, ts made up of idealists (|) % | who will stop at no effort to ac ( " _ Cost of New Geographies a ae ‘ins : the od lle dee Pol gre Ter That some have honor, place and power: When the peace conference is ended all the geographies | e icit re) 0 10ns in U S jj thay, Gttered: thelr ives—tiberty That some seem destined for the hour; — and histories in use in the public and private schools of e ° freedom and peace for the entire Ix not mischance or accident world. The Man, the Place, the Time that is, Omnipotence finds and balances. : the United States must as soon as possible be revised. Let’s think: What does that mean? How big a job is it? What will it cost? Who must pay the bill? } Well, it means two new books for each 20,500,000) school children, or 41,000,000 new books in all. If each book is half an inch thick that means a stack of books 20,500,000 inches high—or—well, you figure out the number of feet there are in 20,500,000 inches, Each of these books will cost parents about $1 each, or $41,000,000. In some cities and states school books are| Control of Railroads This Yearm_ But Figures Don’t Tell All Facts} STARSHELLS BY MILTON BRONNER | A WORD FRO WASHINGTON, Dec, 24.—Chanoes | JOSH WISE are that very shortly congress will Who marks the Barth's processional eweep; { Who guides the seabird thru the night; Who times the tides upon the deep; ) ) ) )8E-) F2EPE eT R TASS } Who bounds the comet in {ts flight, Holds high in hand each manifest, And seals it with the scale's attest. Who holds world destiny in His hand: Who times the hour for me and you; Who all with wisdom's eye hath ecanned; His Seales of Justice balance true, Carols Christmas Morning BY THE REV. CHARLES STELZLE } How generous we aren’t with our education shop! Why this fuss about the railroads? gress can get them unscrambled we'll all be traveling by air. When Old Meets New An auto collided with a delivery truck drawn by two magnificent white horses. The rear wheel of the auto locked fast to the inner side of a front wheel of the wagon. Before con- But they always fail to mention} }two important things: First, that| |the wages of all railway employes | were raised and made retroactive to January 1, 1918, involving an in-) | creased expense of nearly a half-bil-| |Mon dollars, and that the advance! in freight and passenger rates to! meet this increased cost was not or. | dered until June, so that next year | there would probably be no deficit. But listen to Theodore H. Price, famous financial editor and actuary |for the railroad administration dations on any road leaving the city Cut ovt solicitation of freight and | passenger business, at a net saving |) of over $22,000,000 per annum. iH Elimination of unnecessary trains, |) thereby cutting out 60,000,000 train | miles per annum, saving coal, money || and equipment. Permitting tickets to be used on! Any road running between two given | points. Legend of the Tree | ~ The origin of the Christmas tree is lost far back in the dim shadows of antiquity, Very early records claim that the lighted and decorated tree | ANSWERED BY MR. C. GREY | I have a clock that is a trifle too| jlarge for the mantel, and a little} too mmail to stand on the floor. | Would it pe all right to place it on the library table?—Mazie Mush. Don't place it on the Nbrary table Put it on the time table. | What kind of a fur do ‘you suggest that I buy for a muff which I wish | to carry next summer?—Olive Green. | The very best thing for summer wear is the fur of a Welsh rabbit. “During a searcity of food, he--St provided at ay! expense. In the end every taxpayer) begin debate on government owner-| An Engi ie et ish custom that gives Christmas mornt: the hi mani parent must help foot this bill as one of the consequences|snip, the imenediate topic belng || ing awakening it should have, ts that of Mave bay dese deer clei us preach all we as Gene Gaee, Cae $ of Bill Hohenzollern’s war. whether Uncle Sam shall retain con} tas carols as they march thru the still darkened P { | “ eT ww cet ; (And books worth illi fd trol of railroads for fi aft Sten that fi ee ee rere) practi | wo! as many more millions o: lollars of railrow or five years after |) candles thet flicker in the gray dawn \ ee, | That some are } . a ; , j 2 N ce held in ¢ ° ; —— nea gprs 3 TTL itEL Gf ‘ftse tq varies thane beoks,| ‘The bicuest ergument of the anti|] and. the oburch thet ts aleat enough 10 have ite chetc besve (he colt of Ntrendne se the nea! eae elt age Pye Escape yal ta print them and get them into the hands of teachers and /|!* sing to be that the roads under) the early morning in this fashion will win the gratitude of those who Ix. Yor rinse West thee: 1} Tine’ the Plaen the en” Call: | kovernment contro} cost the govern } are awakened on Christmas morning by the singing of sweet carols. ae se wt sent Wal, ‘Sroeteg of } iis Po eer " i eds or go ‘all ” i ment money. Under the leasing ar Christmas, 1918, should be a joyous day. The a ene Oo aheis ae ont Fe en SRAMDC BL. RAnOCE os tel. And teachers must get new books and learn all over| rangement, we pay the roads some- ) great comfort of mothers and fathers aad wives aad lanes “1d | olaeealamaser ar ahr ae i} snout j Br But they'll be d, of course, while studying—if | thing like one billion dotlars. We } be @ great day among the boys who are Burop. aa 3 é | ving } « ho are still in Europe. }] “eer Creates BrightColored Vic: | they work, too, The average wage of the average American | AY “lose the year with @ deficit of |) Let the church choirs of all America, composed of true patriots and Heory Modeln,” eave @ headline th : ‘ ‘ }) c er—using t old $] ano be | a of $6.28 a year paid by each American taxpayer | ownership. Christmas and the newer songs of patriotism and read Tiaomaey si ‘ipere siasiinn inbenue tui: for education. Two Important Items | 4 see | | a man who used to steal children and serve up their limbs to be “The railroads were taken over! Consolidation of terminals, adding . The driver stopped the horses across the street railway | y | primarily to aid ri 1 v cot ‘on Dt he public “or was used in celebs h ei of What kind of bi loon é We all got out to give advice. We did it. All at once. | pusiness contributed as much to the | Washington. which ot te Seles] later adented by Cece On| Biers Ball.” "= traud, and, going to the tub where the remains of the i At the top of our lungs. sesat Pesci Gb Mit WEE Caattaian uae Laces tn the heart ot Uw ark atie|. ‘Cuaiaurty Ciceibe Satan Ootiat The raven salted down, he made them the sign of the cross, and they rose up whe The big horse next the auto showed his teeth. It Ger McAdoo's direction. Millions of! was the Pennsylvania. The Balti-| the “Feast of Li ° ee aN and well."—American Encyclopedia. like an angry smile of contempt. om jolliers were moved to | more & Ohio al good traina, but | Het ane ee 8) Ak pod t judge f t > soldiers oved seaports ¢ & Ohio also ran trains, but | Hebrew feast of the xame name, to| ite Ms ay wt eee “My name is Crabbe; I. Rascible Crabbe. i Bang! Bang! the big horse rained kicks on the side of | (et rutncmonta, Pook and muni |the Jersen ihe: Geteieent gael usin at Gree faci; and: nericete Gane fined 1 think all kids a bore. om cantonments. Food and muni-| the Jersey side, Government contro! | lumination at Christma to. he fourth time he fined * es ae ae : " that auto. , h tions in Vast quantities were taken |allows Baltimore & Ohio passengera| Saint Boniface, an early miasion-|™® h@ called me a roughneck. I do i iehae wae It took a daring man to unhitch that team! to the seaboard. Infinite quantities|to land in the Pennsylvania's «plen-|ary to the Germans, in the hero of |20t believe Lam a roughneck. Do it oe ee oe What an illustration! The old order raini of cnaterials needed in building ships, | did terminal. one narrative expl i tro Of | you?— Mann Saag . ‘aining useless plaining the Christ As for St. Nicholas, he's a pest kicks on the new! cirpianes and guns were moved. Our! Issuance of a universal mileage | mas tree's origin. It is «aid that,|%° !ndeed. You seem to be a very I'l prove it by the book hi Jenormous domestic commerce was| book, good on any road. For years| when he went into Germany to de.|' ned man. ki f “ik Cc t Karolyi * x served. The country was kept going. railroads have taiked of this thing,|stroy the people's worship Pig ths| ers of Sey oe you're just like ail the rest; ‘ount Karolyi goes to Paris for Hungarian govern- | Suppose wo have a deficit of 200 mil-| but never accomplished anything, ex-| Druids, or forest gods, he hewnn|. Why f& it that most sailors are you + know. ‘Well, then, ook! ment—perhaps to explain why there are "het, llions. That means railroad servige | cept for a few roads in the South. / dow, anc 4 “'|such good boxers?—C. §. tebe Bend P no ristmas 2 cw ¥ down an ancient oak, long an ob-|""y ; “Por here's the yarn, A poor, poor wretch in time of war cost us that acnoun 1 gk ot wardhit, Kaa fa becatwe they ee frec 7 r yarn, 4 carols in Hunland this year. Cotiegavethat with the billions the Short Freight Routes Jeet of worship, and there instantly | snip ae Teeny: see When he was short of meats, | 4 it’s chen | route ime and money are saved) ¥°" “ ree. Addressing — the " * ; ie inka And pickled ‘em, for eats. How Will She Pay? | 9s, os is a na pees the consumers, In actual practice, ETOUD of newly converted Christians, | moTsONe MR. C GREY CANNOT Germany must pay! But how? And how much? | a |londed care are often sent by the|° id sw “y don't deny this was a sin; The war bill of the entente all 9 " | Those in congress supporting gov-| shortest rout a ret A by the), le tree, a young child of] Please tell me if a mah who goes Perhaps a serious fault; Davit Lice allies is $120,000,000,000, | ernment control will have a brilliant | longest. In competitive days, the |‘ forest, shall be your holy t fishing should. ues. an aowls or an wat'Y de.dae, le tenet have: then avid loyd George Says so. record of achievement to point to.|longest route often got the bulk of tonight. It is the wood of peace, for| obtuse angle worm.—L. D At large expense for salt. Germany’s estimated total wealth before the war was | Wilson took over the roads on De-| the business, by reason of the hustle | UF homes are built of fir. It is! What kind of noise is made by a $100,000,000,000. f pooner a Copan ; Sageee oe bea ioe he « en oft = po jens life, ve its! rose bush shoot?—F. C “Well, some wise meddler gave the hunch | - P oi railroad control act March 21. Me-| Standard types of locomotives and ure eve een, See how it] Is keleton key usually made To old St. Nich, and he ___ To pay that war bill will put a morggage for more than|Adoo began to exercise his powers| cars have been designed, built. and Uw to MENT Let hillioneto oe ee (The busybody) went to lunch it is worth on the cottage of every German worker. on March 29. Remember, the roads! put Into service. Under competition | 0, “led the tree tis: Chiat! Does an avialor ever wo out oc And also stayed to tea It will reduce every rich man and corporation in Ger-| "2 broken down under, the strain | the roads had thelr own designs, re | acy Gather about it, not in the|skylark?—H, B. H 7 many to poverty. put upon them by the unusually ve malting In over 2,000 atyton of freight forest, but in your own jhomes,| Will a hardware dealer sell a ten His host was game! (or rather fish, This is no plea fc ‘ 7, ar » e 4 ere winte e nendous traffic, | cars and almost aa many of locomo ne il shelter déeda of | penny nail for a dime?—M. T. C I think; poor, easy mark) head plea for pity for Germany. Not on your life!| tie tack of new rolling stock and the | t Result wan difficulty in ne,| blood, but loving gifts and rites of | iy : He waved his knife above the dish : t’s just pointing out the probable cost price of militar- | *orte%e of labor pairing damaged rolling stock when | nares a And asked Nich., ‘Light or dark? ism to the German people. | Result was, freight cats were con-|far from the shop of the parent). 2 ceaties Dickens’ famous “Vision HOUSEHOLD HINTS Pretty high, eh? around great terminal ports.|road, Government hag put out 12{o%,,the, Chris tree there is a} Never throw away an old comfort Do you know what that old dolt did, ee pe famine F Ships | kinds of cars and six of locomotives Gar te for all the tree's lovers that} ble. The cotton in it can be used When he was served that grub? “ PR a ; 5 id supplies for our) with standardized parte Rolling | “lt Year repeating year after year, |in making Santa Claus whiskers. He waved his cross, and every kid a All nations virtually indorse Wilson's terms.” | amy and the allies were tied up in| stock can be repaired in an hak and that will add joy to and aignifi:| Red anta will not eat linoleum if Came tumbling from the tub. But will they all virtuously obey them? harbor for lack ot bonker I. Gov-|equipped with spare parte P ance to the happy family gatherings |!t is varnished two or three times a ernment control did not work mira cance to happy family gathe year The brit Rapes, shu i ; Lobbytste 1 F i ¥ gwathoring The brine that they were pickled in Beli ° , Si eles at on 0, but it did finally unra seis be ae mire Mt Christmas of 1918 | Linen handkerchiefs can be given Gave up their tender flesh, leving in Signs el the tang polish congestion and| The paw evil has been abolished | “Now the tree is decorated with that highly desirable antique look by And ever since all kids have been i kettews tn “s ” ° bring things beck to something like »bbyista lopped off the payroll. | bright merrime and song and Pressing them slowly when they are Eternally too fresh!" 3elieve in “signs, do You? normal. That was an achievement And finally, under govern-nent| cheerfulness, And they are welcome, dt¥ with a red hot iron, % Well, they’re mighty deceptive sometime in itse!f control, it has been possible to con-| Innocent and wel be they ever| A Connecticut company is manu (Copyright, 1918 AD | You can’t always take a man’s measure by seeing Some of the Achievements Petigriesad iiiodnaihsl Ae frefant care) tela Danaath’ Use beanatiae Of “the |fastiring & stigar bowl, the sover of ee Ce a REE AMUNEME res A im going into ac Sundae: w 5 : But here are #ome innovations and| ony eet Need. Under comperg| Christmas trea, which cast no|Which has a combination lock h # x ay pti on Sunday, you know, A eee te of moverentons And | tive conditions, the Pennaylvania an: | sloomy shadow! T hear a whisper| In case there are no apples handy i P pu can’t judge a woman’s inner beauty by her dolled-| Principle of cight-hour day estab. | exe mines might be badly in|solng thru the leaves This, in) Yellow turnips can be used in mak i up face, either. lishe tela a raduie an entering that Samra cen: of the iaw of love|!n& mince meat. | | Your contribution is re- 1 Le ei ea inslatonse Welln: nquat gan do |: i y all the care they | and kin¢ nerey and compas: : z f Big New York department store becomes a hospital. gual work 200 ames a TO iaaer a Ste coho rae imo of) WY ean apectfully requested by the Will it receive Christmas shopping-crush casualties? ae Oe equal work for ne-|5,000 cars are needed in an emergen: | - | Couple with squalting y want Salvation Army, for their . , “ae to move coal or wheat, the ears . i ; Ry Aenea - i Saving of $5,000,000 in operating plbjechd ited ak IB one or two furnished rooms, bath |{ Christmas work. Mail your i Horrors a Thaw case and V-neck waists are being expenses cutting out unnecessary pH Soa egg “s | She territory by the ERT y BOND and kitchenette Advertisement in . ‘ % Headquarters for discussed again on front pages! official relght ea ice nection, regardious “iad New York Hor donation to Colonel T. W ° pag of what roadowns the We Pay Cash for Bonds Oe, Ss Cc nd i Cut_in legal expensen by simitar |OF, What Fond owns therm, and thore Is ou Basie of Latest Tee Scott, 825 Globe Buildi ats, Coats ai : _ Peace congress in Versailles; warring congres methods, saving $1,500,000 , _Ghotations A new coinieter of education init” , 825 Globe Building, , 5 Dresses Vashington! 7 congress Consolidation of scattered ticket i Tes BOND the duchy of Brunswick, Germany, |f Seattle, Washington One-Piece offices, so passengers can buy in one “WETS S) = Yl OMPANY was a laundress until a few days ago : : [place tickets and Pullman accommo: | Wss. WSS WSS)WSS. bnatdrn Bs saad Hurray!’ That's a step forward for 425 Union Street Sesesll ae ang faite reer ie} | | Germany, |