The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 12, 1919, Page 6

She Seattle Star efty, 60e per month: 3 months, $2 ear, $5.00, tn the Jutelde the state, @ montha ot $9.00 ely, Ife per week Adventures in Recollection. Sudden Millions | Joe Duke, that poor Texas farmer who has become Multi-millionaire thru striking oil, s he will permit If but one “extravagance’—the giving his family g they require to make them happy. Poor Joe! he does not understand that that is the travagance which, almost invariably, is fatal to family ess. The odds are high that Joe’s sudden millions Ht ruin his family in spite of all he can do. Those who acquire great wealth thru long years of t-breaking effort usually find that their families are ithout the joy of anticipating the possession of anything we that of fighting over dad's estate. Upon those who iY ttomed to buying anything that attracts their fancy on palls, because there is the absence of effort and satisfaction of earning or winning. As a rule, the very man does not leave behind him family ‘happiness, but ily envy, jealousy and litigation. He starts out deter- _}] EVERY BODY— d to give his children “a better chance than he had,” “| TEE-TAW’S winds up with the knowledge that the chance that he Was the best that a beginner possibly could have. He when too late, that his trials and hard labor made him and useful and discovers that he has raised parasites stn devoted to sgnselessly increasing his pile. TO STOP HIM HE STRUCK OuT — NOW HE'S MAD AND WIS BITE'S a this is the rule as to such families, what chance of , has the suddenly enriched Duke family? Happi-|; ess is a condition of mind, not a commodity. In the ige from picking cotton to signing bank checks there be contentment and equanimity. Since Joe an- that he is going to stick to farming, it is to be ded that he has been happy. His family has stuck} r, labored together, perhaps suffered together. He going to buy them butterflies and rainbows and without which there has been family union happiness. He may live to curse the well that forth his chance to try to buy happiness for his | i a A Sevier court martial sentenced Captain Givens to years for the “malicious, deliberate and premed- 4 " murder of a private. If the private had mur- ste the captain, could mere centuries have expressed sentence? What Would You Wish For? | Had,you one wish for all humanity—what would it be’ | rpe peace, universal prosperity, happiness? Or | you have eternal youth, a world rid of disease, evil hed, an artistic or industrial perfection? ey his matter of endowing the world with a quality or tion. calls for, much deliberation and debate. | Wish you happiness for the murderer? Prosperity for kaiser and his kin? Eternal youth when the LIMIT of | span is what es existence precious? One wish is a momentous thing to contemplate. We may have granted to us at least one BIG personal wish, | ee an airplane or get a cinder in your eye. Alr gaa = sincere soba arreng ea bon 7 which you wish for earnestly enough you will! >on Teta gg ged we for diligently enough to secure. Individual success! pooling etaat a wish materialized. j along with the to venture a single wish for all humanity “is an other habits, In ption of responsibility by one being for the destiny sneiisin wan te ife conduct of all others. part of the make. An Eskimo would wish for warmth, a Hottentot would up, like watche ice. Are we not all Eskimos and Hottentots in our : of preference, prejudice and provinciality? 4 you wish whaf WOULD you wish for all nit ij LOCALIZING THE WORLD will be taken by the forelock and be twisted into xivjng more min ute value per hour. Distance | will be “just around the corner” then. Citizens can live in ane town and hold down a job in another cli |mate. During the winter keep the |south and hop back and forth daily to the office up north. “Next door neighbors” will be spread all over |the map. The tourist of today will be of the “man The Huns tell us that not in two thousand years @ nation been so punished. Not in two thousand has a nation so deserved punishment. about town” speed then. Big Day Saturday yep as | BY 0. B. JOYFUL __ Every boy in Seattle between the age of 10 and 16 jst:~E achieves {te greatest fame by being the atxth years is invited to Woodland park Saturday, when the month of the year. ‘When You're thru JUNE you're tiks will be hosts at their big Flag Day picnic. halfway over the onetimeround the sun. will be a great day for the kids. The big brothers of Elkdom are leaving nothing un-| Also there are JUNE. brides—and JUNE bugs. to satisfy the normal appetites of Young America, The ol4 Romans got the idea that JUNE was the | It still is—for some. to keep mothers and 'vcky month for marriages are taking every precaution h from worrying. 4 ; ‘ For instance, there will be a big corps of doctors on iia sili’ o Gir Vek Takes Clann eet = Elks will be stationed on street cars and at transfer Haual Day Calendar Society wants to cut ‘em down to see that the boys get to the park and back home ‘° °%. mishap. | Plenty of eats and plenty of entertainment will be ae Recite this on some nicely raw JUNE day: And what is so rare as @ day in JUNE? ‘Then, if ever, come perfect days; ‘Then heaven tries earth if it be in tame, And over it goftly her warm ear lays. | Lowell, Every boy in Seattle ought to be permitted to go to, picnic, which begins at 10 a. m. and ends at 6 p.m. -A statement issued by the democratic national com- mittee asks the country to compare the management of the present war with the way the republicans man- | aged the war with Spain. That “war” with Spain, in | language,*ould be called nothing-to-report-on- the-western-front. \JUNE HAS BUT ONE NATION WIDE HOLIDAY: | THE FOURTEENTH Another rebellion is threatened in Ireland. It isn’t any of our business, but we have noticed that peoples peel get their liberty when they prefer it to life with- out it. But what with JUNE weddings and vacation plan ning one doesn’t notice the holiday shortage. REMEMBER THIS JULY 1 The Maine law and act “to prohibit drinking houses and tippling shops” was approved by Governor W. G |Crosby, JUNE 2, 1851, and thus Maine became the |first prohibition state Mrs. Pennypacker, of Texas, says that a human moral issue is necessary to interest women in politics. Offhand we can’t think of anything that is fuller of human moral issues than politics or iy ialpinigalcadilee REPUTED TO BE HALF INDIAN Every time you look up in the sky now you either | j winter of 1470-71. | fought for him at Barnet and at Tewkesbury. family down | Donations from | back We must take Schleswig-Holstein from Germany because it belongs, to Denmark, and Denmark doesn’t want it because it is full of Germans. Here, waiter; a small order of sclf-determination. Paderewski says he is afraid Germany is preparing to attack Poland. We have no doubt but that he is right. The preparation will extend over a period of years, how- ever. When asked for interviews, the leniser tells news- paper men that his attitude is unchanged. That un- changed attitude stuff is what is afflicting the whole of Germany. What we want to know is whether the dove of peace is waiting for more favorable weather in order to tale its hop-off. aes, se eerie isa hon _ -_ by people who have a recently compared a five- r bill with a mess o, sirloin steak, t REMEMBER JUNE 5, 1917? DO You? |lads (ages 21.30) registered for the draft | On JUNE 8, 1793, Great Britain etarted her search jand seize of American ships, and in JUNE, 1919, | American legislation will pass some search and seizo laws which will be tough on dry day cellars. ‘The battle of Bunker Hill was fought in JUNE, and many matrimonial battles can trace thelr ancestry back to the same month. For three hours after the big dry wave hits Boston, Mass., it still will be wet in California. Newspaper telegraphera know “30” |the day's job. as the end of Bartenders see the finish in JUNE 30, eee THIN ONES FOR LEAN PURSES HOLTON, Kans.-A popular game In rural circles |in this vicinity ts the “avolrdupols” party. The girls are weighed, their weights written on slips of paper, All the «lips are put into a hat and the young man draws. He is allowed to take the girl he draws to | Cccupation may become a successful soukwinner. ‘That was the day you and a lot of other brave | | "GASOLINE TO DRIVE OUT") supper, paying half a cent a pound for thelr meal. EDITORIALS — | ( GIVE HIM A NICKEL, GIVE HIM A NICKEL! *“S THE ONLY way iy. OwWGLI! GR-R-R-OOF! T'M MAD AN’ BAD AN’ I WON'T QUIT N'ELSE T GET A NICKEL "| Boy On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise BOY SCOUT WEEK BY DR. FRANK CRANE (Copyright, 1919, President Wilson has recommended that the period beginning June 8%, Flag Day, to June 14, be observed over the country as Scout Week, for the purpose of strengthening the work of the Boy Scouts of America. The President urges that in every community a Citizens’ Committee be organized to co-operate in “extending the Boy Scout programme to a larger proportion of American boyhood.” His proclamation says: “The Boy Seout movement should not only be preserved, but strengthened. It deserves the support of all public-spirited citizens. The available means for the movement have thus far sufficed for the ' organization and training of only a small proportion of the boys of the country. There are approximately 10,000,000 boys in the United States between the ages of 12 and “ye | THE RED RAGES OF °“ TEE-TAW”, WHO WAS 4 (Corp, 119. by Orne Boe | well is Tomorrow 21. Of these only 375,000 are enrolled as members of the Boy Scouts of America. “America cannot acquit herself commen- surately with her power and influence in the great period now facing her and the world unless the boys of America are given better opportunities than heretofore to pre- pare themselves for the responsibilities of citizenship.” The real problem of government is to de- vise some means by which the innate mar- tial spirit, enthusiasm, and love of adven- Boy Scout | by Frank Crane) | ture that is in every youth shall find some | other outlet than the ancient and dishonor- | able method of going out and slaughtering one’s neighbors to the music of bands and the flapping of flags. The trouble with peace is that its emblem is a dove. The dove is a very amiable bird, but nobody gets excited over it. It is too negative, Human beings need some outlet for their energy. This outlet ought to be discovered in great works of construction, investiga- tion, invention, and other forms of useful service. Our problem is to eliminate the poison idea that our national nobility and grandeur depend at all upon killing or other forms of destruction. | The Boy Scout movement is admirably adapted to help along this idea. It sup- plies adventure, outdoor life, discipline, and those forms of activity that appeal to the boy soul. And it does this without any taint or implication of militarism. | Its members are soldiers of the Common | Weal. They are inspired by helpful and constructive ideals. The Boy Scout movement has demon- strated its efficiency as a school of the right kind of citizenship. The boy who takes | part of it, absorbs its enthusiasms and sub- | jects himself to its appeal, cannot fail to | be not only a happier boy but a stronger and better one. ‘HOW TO HANDLE ‘WILDCATS’ SOME ARE NEEDED TO DEVELOP NEW OIL FIELDS, ASSERTS ? ) BY MARK } MARK REQUA, BUT—WATCH THE PROMOTER! L. REQUA Director Of1 Division, U. 8. Fuel ‘The problem of wildcat ol! wells is an important lone and cannot be lightly dismissed. A wildcat well is @ well drilied in undeveloped ter | Iritory without any certainty of finding oll. pany organized for the purpone of drilling such a called a wildeatting company A man en gaged in the drilling of much @ well is called a wild- catter. These terms are not discreditabie, but they are generally used as indicative perhaps of the un- certainties surrounding such operations. N the 12th of June, in 1483, William, Baron Hast-| ings, was executed in the: Tower of London. He was devply attached to Edward IV, whom he served before his novceasion to the th © and to whom he re mained faithful thru the king's period of exile in the After Edward's death Hasting’s policy became undecided He distiked Edward's widow, Queen Elimbeth, but he! refused to ally himeeclf with Richard, Duke of Glouces | ter, afterward Richard III, He paid for his indecis fon with his life, for Richard had him seized and be headed in the Tower, This episode has been used by Shakespeare in his play Richard ITl | Im 1633 on the 13th of June, Lord Baltimore, ob | tained a grant for a tract of land in America, which ia now the State of Maryland } On the 13th of June, in 1757, Pope Benedict XIV | insued a decree prohibiting the use of any version | of the Bible In the common language, j Im 1780, on the 13th of June, a moctety called the American Daughters of Liberty was founded for the Purpose of supplying the soldiers with warm clothes. Philadelphia and southern Jersey amounted to 2,100 shirte and 380 pairs of socks. On the 13th of June, in 1794, @ violent eruption of) Mount Vesuvius followed by an earthquake did much | damage to the surrounding country, | In 1778, on the 13th of June, France declared war against England in aid of the American colonies. The| French sent Rochambeau with 6,000 troops and Lafay-| ette with a force to our aanistance. A fleet of 29 | sbipe was also sent to our ald. | "WHAT IS THE WORLD'S | GREATEST OCCUPATION? || | The Rev. Dr. Stelzle Says: “WINNING SOULS” What Ie Your Answer? nn ni a = BY REV. CHARLES STELZLE Staff Writer on Religious Topics for The Star Men's souls are the mort precious things on earth. If there's a hereafter then they're «fill more pre | clous, because they're the only things on earth that will endure—everything else will pars away. | Therefore—the greatest occupation in the world te| that of “soubwinner.” | Soule are sometimes “lost*—they wander into the} darknean of #in or indifference. The man who finds a lost soul and saves ft has! done a greater piece of work than he who might save the whole world—for a soul is of more value than| the world. 1 If it is true that the man who saves a soul has| done such great service, then the man who leads a soyl astray is the greatest enemy of mankind, Such 4 man not only becomes the means of losing | other men’s souls, but he lores his own soul | But when we speak of “losing” one’s soul, It does) not mean that the soul is destroyed but that it has been mindirected—in purpose and destiny—it is out of harmony with God's plan. It may always be brought Now to be a “soubkwinner” doea not imply siving| one's self exclusively to this task—by becoming al preacher, for example | Indeed, any man or woman engaged tn any other | One| advantage of being a non-professional soul-winner te! that you probably know the paths which the “lost"| soul haw taken, because you know the manner of life| and temptations of real men and women. To turn a man f) the wrong path into the right | road—and to do it nbly, without a sense of super jority or selfrighteousness—is an exalted and exalting occupation, Heaven holds no greater reward than that to be given soulwinners, They that “turn many to righteousness,” says the Bible, shall shine “as the stars, forever and ever,” JAPANESE JINRIKISHA | oo TOKIO—The Kushi car is going to retire the Jin. rikisha, The Kueh car's @ little auto car, the joint product of an American and a Japaneso, It {9 three wheeled, seven fect long and three feet wide and has 4 14horsepower engine, but it can hit 40 miles an hour, and it's bullt for comfort. It will carry two or three passengers. The promoter, Kushibiki, has loat @ leg and wanted a machine easier to handie than an auto and more comfortable than a jinrikisha, 5 | After Edward returned Hastings| Hy far the largest ‘proportion of wildcat wells are failures, some people even goink eo far as to say that 90 per cent of the strictly wildcat welle are negative in result. The 10 per cent remaining, howeverg ix the foundation upon which the petroleum oR Political Economy BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE Labor te not a commodity, friend; Labor is not a machine. labor is not a mere means to an end, Or only a stomach and spleen. Labor's a father, a husband, a son, Labor's a friend and a brother; Aye, ere the tally of labor is done, Labor's a sister and mother. Surely we tangled things when we began To figure the product, forgetting the man. Capital ian't a handful of gold, Or @ name on the books of a banker. Not @ blueslip for which labor is sold, Or & monster of malice and rancor. Capital isn't a god, set apart, Or machine of malignant acumen. Capital, too, is a mind and @ heart, Or, sometimes, the heart of a woman. How did we make the mistaken beginning Of supposing a sou), with no function but sinning? Men are but men, high and humble alike, And few of us devilled or sainted. We dictate a lockout, or join in a strike, Recause we are little acquainted. Dives and Lazarus, scorning each other, Perished, each one of his bareness, But Dives and Lazarus, brother to brother, Shall they not find them a fairness? || And still our Economists gabble and chatter, An if hearts were bloodless and men were but matter. (Copyright, 1919, N. EB. A.) A com | | indastry of this country is built, There is a perfectly legitimate field open to the promoter who wildcats with the hope of big profits thru final success. Operations of this kind are fre: quent thru the organization of small compa by the personal activity of the promoter among im Mediate friends and acquaintances, and to a certain extent with the aid of newspaper advertising. Such promotion should be encouraged; the operations are | usually conducted openly and aboveboard, with the | final profit depending upon the success of the enter- prise. On the other hand, there are great abuses thru irresponsible promoters using advertising space freely, issuing extensive prospectuses and exaggerated state ments, and presuming that there is no opportunity for failure. In many of these cases, even with the possible success of the well-drilling, the investor has very little chance for the return of his capital. As @ general proposition, I believe that any prom pective investor who has been told the whole truth as to the company whose stock he is purchasing should be permitted to make the investment if he cares to take the chance. Of course, the important factor here is that he should be told the whole truth, and this is seldom if ever done in ordinary oil ad- vertising. The promoter should discuss fully the stock authorized by his company, in dollars and | shares; how much promotion stock was issued and what value; the nature and terms of contract for land, setting forth prices to be paid, etc, as well as the promotion stock issued to the promoters, The amount or amounts to be paid for selling the stock — should be disclosed; the amount expended for adver. tising fees, and similar expenses not directly con- | nected with drilling should be disclosed and agreed upon. It might be wise to insist upon the promoter escrowing his stock and being prevented from sellii it until after the property is on a paying basis. In other words, we should limit the possible profits | to promoters, and make a full and truthful state. | ment absolutely @ prerequisite to the granting of any permit. And I am inclined to believe that promoters. should not be permitted to sell any of their shares until the concern is a success. IF YOU WANT TO STOP A STREET CAR | NEW YORK—The street cars woultn't stop, se | samuel Walsh lay across the rails. “Bum service,” he eaid at the hospital. The Value of Home-baked Foods It goes without saying that home- baked foods are wholesome and fresher and more economical than factory-baked foods. When one remembers how easy and sure is baking with Royal Baking Powder, it is understood why thoughtful, thrifty women are today baking more than ever. Health is protected and quality in- sured by baking at home with ROYAL Baking: Powder Absolutely Pure Made from Cream of Tartar derived from grapes Royal Contains No Alum— Leaves No Bitter Taste