The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 27, 1919, Page 6

OEE 5: RRR Teemer se Eee a RRR ERY Fone ne Ty See RO RTE gE IETS aerate ren prvanitntannipmer ig PAGE 6 THE SEATTLE STAR—THURSDAY, FEB. 27, 1919. THE SEATTLE _ Seattle’s Water Shall Not Be Poisoned OF SCHIPTS NORTHWEST LEAGUR OF NEW +) \ Telexraph News Service of the United Preas Asseciathon { -Clage Matter May 3, at the Pontaftic | Typhoid and possible death for hundreds! That's what the senate bill permitting the construction of a road thru the Ced Beattic, Wash. und * Act of Congress Mared A ret . B30 ‘| river watershed means. mine pebe "tors mouth, OF s3.00 per year by carrier, eity, fae] It is a standing threat against the health and the very lives of the 400,000 people who depend upon the Cedar river system for Wail, out of city, Be per month; 3 months, $1.56; "i drinking water. A road thru the watershed means hundreds of autoists, pedestrians and picnickers there daily. It means that all the safeguards heretofore thrown around the Cedar river system, to give Seattle a pure water supply, will be undermined. I —_—$=$—$—$—$——— ark tN 9 means that waste and garbage will find their way into our water source. It means pollution and possible disease and epidemic, r eat Amendment oO. ? Why take that risk? What earthly good can that contemplated road do except to save autoists a detour of four or five miles Bi Tuesday, voters of Seattle will be called upon to elect Th i 3 ‘i rf = ‘ peti oo three councilmen, and to pass upon several charter amend- at, and the saving in the cost of road construction for that same four or five miles, if another road were to be built in oo ments. : ee sty , | district not directly crossing the watershed, are the only arguments that can be presented FOR the bill. fo Among these is Charter Amendment No. 9, which pro-| 2 ) i to take from the city health commissioner essential | Every baby in Seattle—not to speak of the grown-ups—can be presented as an argument AGAINST the measure. a’ Bane Sends men agi nse ony She place Sees powern That road is not an absolute necessity. What does a detour of four or five miles amount to in an auto these days? What doe z It is inconceivable that the people of this city will stand) the saving of a few dollars in road work amount to if even one baby dies as a result of it? pe fr vad oa oe the people ought not to be the play- This bill is no child’s play, gentlemen of the legislature. It is a menace of the gravest character. This, at least, is not a me thing of politics. Net it will necessarily be 0 if the — ure for political chicanery. Yet it was railroaded thru the senate without giving the people most concerned in it an opportunit; sed of laymen, must be calle¢ on wheneve A . . . . : Shree ae ee : pon cent flu, to be heard. The health department of Seattle is entitled to a voice in the matter. The people of Seattle are entitled to a voiced a highly critical condition arises, such as the This is purely the aan Paige’ ae ae ie too aadt Today, it is being rushed, or an attempt is being made to rush it, thru the house. r - varus vost 4 . : : : A €al profession. At such times, more especially than in ordi- Members of the house will do well to consider this matter on its merits—and thoroly. Seattle’s water must not be poisoned nary times, there should be no coddling of faddists or toady- ing to hygienic skeptics. Charter Amendment No. 9 can serve no good purpose. } { Anstead of fortifying the department of health with oppor- |} orgo en i “1G | STARSHELLS || DR.STELZLE SAYS TODAY: In the Name of Justice <4 tunity to curb disease and prevent the spread of epidemics, AAAAAAAARAARARARAAAAAAAAAAA ih ; |) it will cause divided responsibility and wreck Seattle's THE RESTAURANT FORK BY REV. CHARLES STELZLE Have ou the nerve to be aif eons sir nerd ie Is there & “wishbone where your ent from others, or are you ted city of its size in the world. A long time ago, the center against Amendment No. 9. Lendon was 4 military camp; now it is a busy street, but guards still are on the job, Some Standing as the healthie By all means, vote oe ' 7 ae BY DR. W. H. PITTWOOD Those legislators at Olympia who are trying to defeat the so-called Lamping bill on the grounds of economy are past all understanding. I would like to see some of them serving in the Are you , / : Arguing from the indestru er chance of matter, can you believe that Was there ever a riper time than °TY 4nd heart treasure and soul now for leadership the world over? ture perish? The trouble with diplomats is that they frequently | have their heads in the clouds when they should have |} .ovico men home, and necdieas | their ears to the ground. i guards are overywhere in the Ss |} United States. Not All Our History Is New trenches as our boys did, then they would learn what : we 2.9 2 BY RATH sacrifice and justice means Shall the dollar's pedigree destroy! Did you ever secure another's We think we are making history. Maybe we are. But) 2 non web. 2 poe In making this bill into a law, they are not giv- Re OTT ny by demanding it? Not all of it is as new as some of imagine. f upon a time there was a camp for ing the soldier or sailor boy a red cent, but rather ck en oes Pairs ae Taking a slant thru Plutarch’s Lives, we find that horsemen on t which is now liquidating an honest di square to his neigt him-| How may we repay the piot 0 biazed the way for us, ma t 8,000 years ago there was a great war on between almost th aphica nte ¢ When they say that this great state of Wash- self 7 y . London. was an ¢ ure F ? ex more human and and Athens. Lysander was the Marshal Foch of oe . sgn anh ot the fate twe ington ought not to spend the money, it fills a real i LMG Dota SS sour ae the Spartans, and he handed the Athenians an armistice picras on horseback red-blooded American with disgust and contempt. SIE IIIT csttnass tho’ value of ‘whet other 5 tosign. It read: i The war which produced the camp While it has been rumored that if this bill passes, & restaurant meal and paid little at-|People besides our own have done CH Ge F _ “Y6u shall pull down the long walls, quit all the cities |came to an end. The fighting heres, it will be the means of making Senator Lamping the tention, if any, to the pronged chow |to build up our present-day civiliza-| Is your life merely @ succession og possessed of, and keep within the bounds of Attica. poy conyers nee enti! Sealey logical candidate for governor, just defeat the bill pen poet the stot nets as ation daily jobs? # ; these conditions you shall have peace, provided you |... growing city hemmed it about and see how quick the people will insist on Lamping ant scan the coinage teh ps 6 Bi a” what is reasonable, and restore the exiles. As for the jana ali that remained was an ord running for governor. Sear ka’ Gave Gee mate Srene teal Always ask for “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin. ss mber of ships you are to keep, you must comply with pol gees py Boe Lahn, ggesbaiar pert) has been indorsed by all liberty-loving aT oe eee Beware of Counterfeits—Some are Talcum! in orders we shall give you. oem tthe of the fron Gites ten here and patriotic organizations, all saying as in one aud evens custornedy’ ents oh H A few weeks went by. And it seems they had the jen daily appeared on guard. Ther voice, “This is not charity, but it is a debt we owe, dock, Shashank a seek ve ob ” fame trouble about armistices those days that we have was nothing to guard, but and let us as Amevicans pay this obligation with coe tone & ae ‘ how. Lysander sent the Athenians a messaze warning thovebt to rem 4 aes “ something other than pars and brass bands.” ’ noleum, labeled “steak” on a K ; for their walls were still standing after the time fixed | bricht black and scarlet have become ume © bone ine 3 demolishing them was passed; and that, since they on o/ the pistorio sights of the broken the first articles, they must expect new ones kreatest city in the world the war council.” | ‘They have become typical also of we : what jhe: pomebod: Which shows that armistices then as now require) josea pg gg hy et age relay dments. A good reliable armistice is like a clock and) give orders. The reason has gone winding. |but the guards remain. Hlow many mementoes of war are applies to our state legislature. They were hardly sn forehand a the plate-catte a halt, po cerenagt before they as a body notified congress | then get» a caulifiowered ear from of their desire that said congress pass a law giving the patron's molars, mistaking it for every soldier and sailor boy a bonus. the cteah. ‘The tek Gove a the Some of the representatives from this state in bat poe cl sang gps tel congress wrote back and said they would be glad |/ers index digit for convermtion 4 to support any bill giving the doughboy a bonus. Some forks keep their fingers cross. | e e ed for luck thru fear of being swal Why, in the name of God, didn’t they get busy lowed. The trouble with maudlin idealists is that they con- | going to remain in the United States ana i : pot . : : 3 r 3 : rer} cause somebody doemn't remember introduce a bill as the patriotic organizations ee I y e fuse terms. Forgiveness is a matter of spirit, and does yout the littie thinge—beoaune it in begged them to do? Instead, some of them spent agg ee What else gives relief so promptly, with such saf x pe y not repair damage. nobody's particular duty to remem hours of precious time on the floor of congress be- WAS AN INDUSTRIOUS cuss | Avoid those days of misery and many sleepless nigh a ber and, therefore, nobody does? One amet r i She told the jury that Hall was a i . : . . coming panie-stricken with fear that the United 3 . in reminded, for example, when pase . odel husband for en ye le a a Where Water Thirst Is Greatest ‘is reminded. for examele, “rna'aea\| States waa giving away her birthright by taking up || asned the cloues and ircang thom) 0? Headache Lame Back Colds 3 Restless, tossing, mysterious, deep, vast-—the_ sea has engraving buiting: bore by. arcing the ao of hrgpeosana ; . Git alt of the cooking arettes my Neuralgia Lumbago Grippe the bone of contention in many wars—and in peace. (\iaras in each, supposmdiy on watch | Goughboy and id you, Mr. Legislator, like to be a Boston (Mass) Herald. | POOthache Joint Pains Influenzal Cold I Control of that trackless traffic-way with its coastal for enterprising Huns who might be ughboy and put your life up as a target at $30 hee Achy Gums Sciatica Stiff Neck s of bay and harbor have set nation at the throat riding up in armed battalions to arab per: It reminds us of a Philadelphia 4 Y s oll ° ect tim paper smanney it comes f lew would you like to wallow for days and he ples ihn reac digi Earache Gout . Distress Balte? Dresses ? , aundress twice a week. one , sas . From the day “Fulton's Folly” steamed up the Hud-|"“those tte guard boxes ana] UAHA in a shell and hell hole? day to wash the week's solled clothes| Rheumatism Neuritis Pain! Pain! seaports assumed a new importance in the scale of | guards, with their windows, their i ‘ow would you like to land in France as the and the other day to wash the ¥ phical values. electric lights and telephone connec Second Washington boys did on December 27, 1917, week's dishes rv roa ” 4 :» The profits of commerce lured. Water frontage trebled | “n" were all put there as a war then travel for three days packed in a boxcar so thick apie: kant " Proved Safe By Millions r ‘and quadrupled in price. A long coastline with points of |% seh ge Benet y py tities that rt one could lie down, then travel on foot for Beg. wed aera with Bin 4 eS curity for shipping was covetously regarded by countries across the Potomac which connects pil yo joes pH iieagg vee ‘and Ayden night comes fruit. ‘That's not so bad if they Adults—Take one or two “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” f° fortunately situated. Washington with Virgi i . hen coops and such like provide the guest with a good file.| water. If necessary, repeat dose three times a day, after meal t Navies became armadas, the longer the coastline the rier suards have long since bern Then how would you like to come back, maybe OF course, 8 @ pinch you might use . * Jarger the fleet of floating forts. : removed, but the men Mur news|] broken in health, crippled for life, and be told that ||" nuteracker j 3 Germany looked hungrily upon the Belgian and French papers and drawing their pay if you need a little charity, by unwinding a few : Z a ere ets j vv seafronts; Austria-Hungary hankered for control of the are yards of red tape, you can get some relief from a ell, t ‘ ur OFe a Poh ea ssi i i If you have occasion to visit any commission ? derer in their tolls, anyhow. At the \", Adriatic; to Russia possession of Constantinople meant a ; : ren hari mene sglemragaat ahs ade ag spAYER § Priceless outlet to the Mediterranean. ~ Abgpt pe rd gem ypred ane oe Mark well, there is a day of reckoning and these afi aan = P Verily, man’s thirst for the water is not all in his o ee celaahes Werks 4nd pe ste le ee that you procrastinators will be EDUCATION ON SEXES NW, NE = ! offic toil, you would be met at 0 political oblivion, 0, ” ° 4 i aaa Se alae ey auktd ti uaiborme ad FOR CHILDREN URGED The’Bayer Cross"on Genuine Tablets I After all, it is simply a question of whether Ger- | would be sent along to a room where) = CHICAGO, Feb, 27.—Sex educa q nd where clerks for children at 9 earn was 20 cent Bayer packages—aleo lurger Bayer packages. "many or France shall bear the cost of the Hun's crimes, other , . . i OCEAN ‘ th : ng oi r business and T T I ured by school supe : Buy Bayer packages only—Get original package. j ee . y som. Pa T {| tending the meeting of their depart a The Case Made Out have been required or other crede LETTERS TO TEE EDITOR MERS © RUE, ED OR | ment of the National Education as-| Aap trade mark of Bayer Manufactre of Monoacetcacdester of Salers Investigation of the packing industry, at Washington, after you get in and are on your/ ayy BOILERMAKER MUSICIAN, ir. Murray is in the employ of has made at least three points as clear as daylight, to-wit:| way‘? an office on the wecna OT) ealtor The Star: "“Housecleaning” ty and is bountifully and rem 1—Consumers favor government regulation. toot of the staivs. ‘Thane are aleapy| Scene. ¢ boleth of the y¥ remembered on the city 2—Producers favor government regulation. ntle sitting In cb ron cas and bee Seattle Peace ot rs! at the expense of the 5 ma ‘ ftiose ie a eT: 7 gape | ficers and ¢ on are “ferreting | @xpayer am reliat r J : Tite sigue ser foit the: holier dra and‘ socnatimes “not.| Oceana’ pute: “prossowtars, bats | hat hs houre wi tie’ eit see's | SRESCENT is the safe, economical 0 TO; e eer BI ne aite araw, v4 i ith, are vig ~ m. to 4 p.m nd the mane baki With good opinion of the law.” ? ement of | must be great, for he hi mes “ - ing powder. It is made of the i The situation is unanimous for government regula- -enllee | Net ees i the dexterous Mur purest ingredients in correct scientific ; © tion. It is as plain as Fopiescchetbais Se proportions. Crescent raises first when ‘ : 2 equals four si and crush 1 a.m.t t moisture is added in the mixing bowl, and Congress knows what the 2's and the 4 mean but it is! », ig eo taa A yc then again when heat is applied. : i Pr avy y a ¢@ py j ~y P “ dl from : a ‘ s a half-dozen con- 1 ifold Murray in xc ‘ cerns that have got enormously rich because congress hasn't {)'? EY Londen and they | it_not be well for the city a * eat oa aa Crescent to Produce the most wholesome, : ' regulated the packing industry. In the meantime, the! probably will go on now indefinitely | {re s0, *?. reo he ot ere ho light and easily digested biscuits, cakes } producer holds the bag while the consumer fills it for the dozin ter able old the “mote” in the ie psp and breads. Write for Crescent Cook packer. stair-| other When the Book. n th met at Chi Crescent Mfg. Co., Seattle, Wash. Repentance is usually no more than a desire to avoid consequence. Pretty Raw Did YOU read this: the able ald ¢ Francis Heney, investigator of the “big five’ Chicago‘? ‘"* pal Set aan ag bea kers for the federal trade commission, openly charges we } ge ef an asks ak nh " 'y Mayer, counsel for Armour, with trying to bribe ran ot} time to do committ him right in the presence of the senate committee con- rpmerpber t ~~ Mele mer ducting a second investigation. Heney said while the ‘?™ #9 home to their " | aow, to the 5 nt: Does Mr. Mur hearing was in progre Mayor said to him in a low voice: mu city | jary time shat be aivek "You work for our interests and I'll give you more busi- 1. and 5 is many other dutie connec n with the union matters? Or i hess than you can handle,” Heney also said Frank Walsh, another fearless agent haa an blow beh hot and cold at the |r clal and y iar ex of the fe al trade commission, and now spoken of for xppar.;double rolé by harmoniaing the | pert kt that the city must the attorney generalship, was included in the unsuccess- Cpa velang”’ of the pounding hammer on indulge t ighty Murray and hold ful offer. the boiler with the most delicate | him at all hazards? Ye Gods! Right under the noses of senators them-|' = - : sata naw ace things = hae selves, if Heney bears out his statement! It’s the rawest or than a year a t into trouble with | / fairness to taxpayers, the author of the raw, and no two way pbout 7 f her mistre a ft of anger| ities Who make Mr, Murray's em vile nae, wail MEET! Noyment possible under the circum Perhaps it iz too much to expect that future rulers beg Poahatten wha tien will derive their just power to declare war from the ient irregularity is permitted consent of those who must do the fighting A CITIZEN It would be interesting to know how many secret treaties Japan has that Carranza is afraid to make pubtic. | Madison oe In the district jail of Washington, | into it |D. C, 1 found last week, there had| without trial. She merely had been | been a poor German girl who mae | fayes vate | RIGHT DRUG Co, stonRS So far as Germdny is concerned, peace means pout Look for the Free Doctor Sign, and poy.