The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 4, 1919, Page 6

PAGE 6 The Seattle Star Ry mail, out of of $1.5 ty in $4.50 for 6 carrier, city or $9.00 D . per year. By ic per month ee i $$$ $$ ______ THE SEATTLE STAR DITORIALS = FEATURES MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1919. The imprisonment of T. L. Leech, editor of the case. It did not tend Memphis Press, for contempt is a fit subject for con- gressional investigation of the usurpation of power and the encroachment on the liberties of the people by the courts. The Leech case is an example of judicial tyr- anny, an illustration of the tendency in this country away from democracy and toward despotism. In July, 1918, the people of Memphis and Shelby county, Tenn., were aroused by the political condition there. A campaign was on and judges, among other public servants, were to be elected the following month. There were two tickets in the field—one the gang ticket and the other a ticket supported by a citi- zens’ movement—fighting for American democracy against a political despotism. On July 20, 1919, an editorial appeared in the Memphis Press headed, “The Shame of It All.” There have been times when that same editorial might have been published in any one of many of our cities, perhaps even including Seattle, without chang- ing it in any way except to substitute the name of the other city for Memphis. It referred to no judge, no official. It referred to no court and no particular case. It did not seek to in- fluence, or tend to influence, any court in any pending court. and put it on. He had before an associate ju many people outside Senators Jones and I Investigate the Judiciary justice. It did not tend to bring into public contempt any court unless it happened to be a contemptible __Yet a Tennessee judge who happened to be a can- didate for re-election thought the editorial shoe fit him ing gang, a political case that kept the gang’s election commissioner in office. And this judge had the editor of the Press c was found guilty and given a jail sentence. Leech is to begin serving his sentence on August 4. This is a clear case of judicial tyranny. to the people of Memphis, and will be made clear to ment there is with Editor Leech. We call the attention of congress, and especially of Miller to this exercise of unconstitutional power, and urge a sweeping congressional investigation of the general tendency of the judiciary, federal and state, to encroach upon the liberties of the people and to tear down and destroy the bulwarks of American liberty—free speech and a free press. to obstruct the administration of just decided, in favor of the rul- A) ited dge for contempt of court. He Editor It is clear of Memphis, that public senti- Poindexter and Representative Keep Up Your Insurance To Every Ex-Soldier, Sailor or Marine: Don’t) allow your government insurance to lapse. There is not a single reason for you to give up your insurance, and the after-care department of the American Red Cross does not intend to allow you to do so. Capt. Sydney T. James, in charge of the insurance Lbareat of the Red Croce, announces the receipt of the following telegram, Friday, from the treasury depart- me, and I love her, and she kisses me with “Treasury decision approved today provides that/the kisses of her mouth, and is favorable lapeed insurance may be reinstated within 18 months | unto me. from date of discharge by payment of premiums on Summer is for love, and fine days for “ 4 + |laughter. | month of discharge and on month of rein- The children are playing in the meadow, | BY DR. FRA and to | Praise to the Father of Summer, the Lord God that makes sunshine. He makes also warmth, and from warmth Lah and from life joy, and from joy more | ife. Thus the glad wheel of the earth rolls along its path thru the spheres. | Glory to Summer! for my Phyllis loves | statement, providing app states that he is in as '¢), good health as at the time of his discharge.” ey scream with delight, and roll upon, the That is, if a soldier who was Gocharyed in Janu- A little lambs leap up with all four feet | ary and failed to keep up his insurance to re- : iin new it, he may do so today by paying up the last Janu-| ayn’ the fiend Hie olen tig then dn rd and August ene Wh le does not have to pay mnths, colts bow and twist and kick with intermed mon ir hin ee! the The kittens frolic, and th i | Sey ee eelee net Soon te the aftercare de- [tke mad after nothing at al, "| The wind fingers the golden breast of the of the Red Cross and renew your insurance. |... which trembles and heaves, for that | it is full of great tides of life; also hidden | Were you speaking of sky pilots? The Rev. A. W. |among the wheat are red poppies, as if some | W. Little uses an aerial runabout getting to and from | passionate secret. his Liverpool, England, church. , Likewise the barley and timothy are high ——— jand of a sweet-smell, and among them the partridge runs with her young. a 9 | A oods Jack London’s Last Novel |cotsing, aut el a beeen ~ |nigh smothered in the infinite. When Jack London died on his 1,000-acre ranch in Cat- The cows lie in the shade of the great ifornia’s Valley of the Moon the whole world mourned. His|locust tree and chew their cud, and their vivid stories of adventure had been ip Sry Shaicee | oon are very serene. every language. People in every corner e world eagerly | read each tale he wrote. Why was it that a man, born in poverty in San Fran- cisco’s squalid Mission district, could attain such heights? It was because Jack London led a wild life of adventure, and translated his life into fiction. He roamed the world, fought and observed, and was himself the central figure in an ever swerving storm of —, He had been a —— man, pirate, gold hunter, sailor before the mast—an adven- Fes ad ae Se . turer in every climate. He “answered the call of the wild |Cosdeeterr” Heart saaseeban bie Gannon watt Just before Jack London died he completed his last | Rufus vente pay Bled Abe ein acted accident sexipt been offered for publication by his wife. It has been) court was scandalous for ite decadence and debauch prrenced to give Jack eon last great moma the | ery. Hie brother reacted against these conditions and masses first. It will appear in leading newspapers thruout)>rousht to the throne the vigor and zeal of @ re America before it is published in magazine or books The|‘"™™ : Seattle Star has arranged to present “Hearts of Three” Pg fn aaa Shin tad seoedan to the the Pacific Northwest. The first installment will appear in|throne at the age of 12, and for a time his power the issue of next Monday, August 11th. This is the most|was unlimited and his disposition uncontrolled. At) important fiction announcement ever made by a Western |?4, when his first rasa y noe rac nie et ° on was ruined and his mind already «tfiken Newspaper. A. tight thook while, ve: suttored. totaly Ceracged him. For the rest of his life he was given to inter | mittent periods of insanity | In 1816, on the Sth of August, the Nine Days’ Mas sacre of the Protestants at Nemes, in France, began. On the Sth of August, in 1864, Admiral Farragut, in command of the Union fleet, won the battle of | Mobile Bay. Farragut, lashed to the rigging of his flagship, the Hartford, ran his fleet past the two | The Pageant Idea | N the 6th of August, in 1100, Henry I. became king of England, Immediately upon his succes: | sion to the throne he granted a charter to the nation which restored the laws of Edward the Confessot as Charles VI. of You can say this for the watchful-waiting style of por: It distributes the casualties over a long period. strong Confederate forts, Morgan and Gaines, that guarded the entrance of the bay and attacked the Confederate fleet ; In 1888, on the 5th of August, General Philip Sheri By all means, let’s have more pageants. dan died. General Sheridan commanded the Federal Seattle’s big outdoor spectacle, staged by the war camp cavalry in the Wilderness campaign in 1864 Later he was given command of the forces in the Shenan community service at Denny field Sunday night, filled a long-f2lt want. More than 25,000 men, women and children enjoyed the open air and took advantage of the occasion. The pageant created an appetite for innocent, clean outdoor pastime which it is well to nurture. Big outdoor pageants such as that enacted Sunday night will prove a greater — source of happiness to a greater number of people than| | any other single amusement if conducted properly. By| turning out by the thousands Sunday night, Seattle has shown that she takes the pageant to heart. By all means, let’s have more pageants. doah valley. During this campaign Sheridan made his famous ride from Winchester to the Federal camp at Cedar Creek and turned the tide of the bat tle that was going against the Federal troops, ARDENER SAYS: | ener at eds alba I People were surprived at the high prices charged when they cam@ to buy pansy plants this season For jess than a dollar invested in the begt seedy ob tainable you can grow enough plants for the whole garden, Now is the time to start the seed, Sow it in a cold frame or in @ well-prepared seed bed in the open garden. Keep the ground moist even if you have to throw some straw or grass clippings over it, until the seedlings come up. Then do not stint them for water. When the pranta are well grown you should transfer them to another bed, raised a few inches above the surface of the ground. If covered very lightly they will winter safely and begin to bloom early in the spring _ Still, however, it seems as difficult to hang on to a fifty-cent dollar as it was when they were of the 100 per cent hue. Can it be possible that the dollar is tryi into the half of one per cent class? “iia dita Hymn to the Father of Summer (Copyright, 1919, by Frank Crane) NK CRANE The air is tense with insect life; flies scamper and swerve, devil's darn-needles dart and poise and dart again, grasshoppers leap, butterflies flutter, swarms of gnats | thrid the spaces, and there is a droning of bees among the blossoms as they load them- selves with plunder and fly home to build their golden masonry. Among the alders the brook is gurgling) with laughter, for it knows Phyllis’ secret | and mine, for upon its banks I told her; also a squirrel was listening and peeping, and when I kissed my Phyllis the squirrel ran away and told all the woods people. So that now our love is known in all) the nooks of the world; that is what the thrush yonder is singing about. Therefore all the earth praises the Father of Summer, because Love is. Love has come to me, and it has unlocked | the heart of the cosmos, and shown me the Great White Throne of happiness. All pain and sin and ugliness are not, for they are a dream, they are bracts that must fall from the sweet flower, they are but seeming. Phyllis loves me, therefore I am wiser than all the sages, for the sum of knowledge is love. » Therefore’ do I praise the Father of Sum- mer, Him that made the unending cycle of loving and living, of beasts, and birds, and insects, and the souls of men, bathed them all in Summer. Happy we two stand in the glad sun and I praise the Father of Summer. BY 0. B, JOYFUL Couple of naturalists claim to have discovered a flock of talking monkeys about 5,000 miles east of congress. Don't s say whether the squee ~ excrown prince acted as inter EEK ~ EE preter or not Monks were found playing cocoanut —golf, and question ts, did they cuss In monk mumble or straight wolf English? = First thing the monks chirped was, “Did the land lords raise our relatives’ rent in Lady monks wanted to know And when told, said the zoos and circuses? what the latest fashions were. the styles were making monkeys out of our women. When they heard that the nation would only be drinking faraway beer after July 1st, they took to the tall palms to shake @ cocoanut highball, Next stunt the naturalists are going to try is to set a clam's words to music. eee Once upon a time There was a circus; And it had a parade. With bands, And ponies And elephants, And cages full of Lions And tigers, And lec 1s But it n't have A calliope At the end Of the procession. And everybody said It couldn't be A real circus one This nostocking fad they have started in Paris may be all right, but what's the girl to do if she has varicose veins? and) On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise _ Why Not Be Different? — e —" Ry Sg, WHAT LE en Witt a WELL, SIR- yum Mave? YOU KINDLY Vib) WHAT CAN STATE YOUR ie: orne I po FOR { susimess? pnavare you? THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY, REALLY, SiR- THIS 1S A WELL, WELL? NOW — DowrT My TIME 13 EVERY BLOKE ||) TRIFLE Too START WO VALUABLE, vith’ a alae TROUBLE om VOY b2. LucK STORY IN HERE, UMNERS' BUSY TO-DAY ‘Stvse ME, Boss —1 KINDA FORGOT MCSELF. D'you HAPPEN TO NEED A NICE POLITE ASSISTANT, | THAT'LL BE ALL FROM You —- TAKE THE AIR! USED TO HANDLE rug (avate Cus TOMERS? | ne Cr eee | | Sealed tight - Ke 2f rigit | i UICY FRUI fe selling gum in the world nat- urally has to have a package worthy of its contents, So look for WRIGLEYS — in the sealed package that keeps all its good- ness in. That’s why ee ees And do you suppose they'll shave with an. old fashioned or a safety razor? ri But, as the dressmaker remarked, “We must cut down the waist.” eee Don't let Germany worry you, Like the well known lady, she protests too much, The Flavor Lasts [MR Fee