The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 1, 1920, Page 1

4s TRIPLE ALLIANCE GROOMS b ‘SHORT FOR GOVERNO On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise The SeattleS: Weather Tonight and Friday, fair; continually cold, moderate northerly windé. Teraperature Laat $4 Hours Maxtnam, 45. Minimum, 33. Today moon, 43, = A all VOLUME 23. Ratered as econd Class Matter May 8, 18v8, at the Postoffice at seattle, “Wash, under the Act of Congress March 6, 1690. Per Teor, by Mall, Pree) a AS IT SEEMS TO ME DANA SLEETH SAP) = HAVE the idea that as had & nation we are progres: sive, and that as a na- tion the Chinese are ei ther, maintaining their status quo or are retrogressive. It may be news to some people to @iscover that China today has a broader vision as to public works than this country has to date shown. China has a river that can be Made navigable for big vessels for «More than $00 miles ‘This river, the Yangtse, runs ‘muck at flood time and not only wipes out thousands of lives, but by Booding rice fiekls and fertile lands brings starvation near miitions of peopic. ‘The Yangtse can be made a great Waterway tor 200,000,000 people, and Its reclamation and opening will ‘bring a development of com- Merce, civilization and education ‘@€ greater importance than any ‘@ther human achievement in the ‘World's history. And the cost is a trifle of merely $300,000,000-—a petty tax for so great a work—bdut, in the present ‘State of China's finances, an tm- + possible barrier. eee = }0 PRESIDENT SUN YAT S| SEN sets him down and _ figures it out, and ad- wilderness. little plan, that no great nation has the vision or courage to our Western states 60 years been as progressive as the Chinese are today, and had these Worthless tide flats, and buther- “geome forests, and rocky arbor Bills, and sandy interior valleys, been considered public wealth, and Ro Western state need have a dol- Jar indebtedness today, nor need tts Citizens face the necessity of pay- ing a cent In taxes. Consider what that little wilder- Ress tract was worth in 1852; that Httle, insignificant chunk of tim- Ber land adjoining Elliott bay; that petty little piece of acreage that today stretches from Lake Union to the Duwamish waterway. And consider what it is worth to- @ay, and then imagine what China's program is for the future. eee T WOULD kil! private initintive,” somebody will shout, Did it kill prt- vate initiative when Roosevelt had foresight enough to gave some small fragments of our Bational forests from the ruthless hand of the destructive logging in nd preserved our water sources our power sources, and gome.of our timber for our grand ( ghildren? Think you that !t really benefit #4 the nation or the Rockefeller family to control for two genera tions the oi] business of the coun try? ‘if the elder Mr. Weyerhaeuser could return and speak his little Piece today, he would probably ad- mit that it was an bad a thing for the Weyerhacusers asx tt was for the public to have hogged the tim. ber resources of a dozen states. If Miller and Lux were among us today, they would admit that their great empire, that stretched from Sacramento a third across the con tinent, had been of no real benefit to them personally Undue porsessions bring satiety, anzlety, a sense of the futility of it an. Ané the hogging of natural re sources brings public envy, nation al uneasiness and material discom fort to millions not that business should be federalized, nor that opportunity should not be accord ing to cach man’s ability, but I submit that it is silly to give half & dozen men a million times more than they can use or enjoy, while the rest of us have to pant under & dodble load of taxation If no more than a tithe of our Natural wealth had been saved for the public benefit, no man would have lost anything of consequence, because the difference between ten millions and a hundred millions in aah can be of no possible interest to any rightliving, decent think ing, righteous man. But this tithe, put to work for ail of us, would have by this time (urn to Page 2, Column 3) COURSE, that sounds socialistic, paternalistic; but it isn't. My idea is | | } | \8 | j | Fisher Flouring Mills Co., HOUSE VOTE. ILLS BILL TO RATIFY Ballot of 22 to 9 Is Cast Against Amendment Giv- ing Women of U.S. Vote DOVER, Del., April 1.— The federal woman suffrage) amejdment was defeated in the Delaware house here this| rod ie. by a vote of 22 to 9 Three members did not vote and ‘one was absent. ‘The action of the assembly, oppo- nenta of the suffrage amendment hold, definitely removes this state as the possible 36th state to ratify the GAS RATE CASE To Fight Boost of 25 per Cent in Courts Action of the state public service commission permitting the Seattle Lighting company to boost the gas rates approximately 25 per cent here, will be appealed by the city, T. J. L. Kennedy, first assistant corporation counsel, declared Thursday. A writ of review will be taken to the Thure- ton county superior court. Seattle gas users were paying $1.50 per cent per thousand feet, for gas Thursday, as a result of the public | service commission's decision, made | public Wednesday. The increase} means that the average consumor, | who used to pay $3 for his gan, in| now paying $3.63 for the same/ amount T ‘OOK PENNIES TO PAY WAR TAX, EH?} While Seattle citizens were dodg- ing the snowflakes Wednesday night. thieves crawled thru a back window of a grocery store belonging | tot Bishop & Co. 3300 26th ave, W., and stole $50 worth of) amokes and $2 in pennies. | His Purse Was Shy $47, He Reports! Eitel Burdick, an employe of the reported to the police Thursday that some unkaown person took liberties with | his purse and extracted a $47 check | therefrom last night. Kite! did not} include any details in his report REPE ON DOOR; RENTERS ON RUN MILWAUKEE, April 1.-~The hunt | for homes is getting desperate. See. | ing crepe on the door, a woman in-| quired if the apartment might not noon be vacant. She was too late, | Three applicants preceded her. { m WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE Water will be shut off in the district enst of 40th ave, N. and north of EK. Lee st, | tween the hours of 9 a, m. and 2 | | p. m., the city water office an- | | nounced today. a x WILSON IS ON | GEORGIA LIST President’s Name Goes on} Primary Ballot | ATLANTA, Ga., April 1.—Prest dent Wilson's name will go on the ballot in the Georgia primary elec. tion a9 a candidate for president The lints cloned todayyand the preat dent's name, which bhg been pre April 2, be- | | “* | markable sented in a petition sighed by 100 residents of Atlanta, had not been withdrawn, SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1920. “DOPE” Addicts’ Viewpoint “ Scorned, Is Reason Drug Evil Persists pebtic what he dectaree the evil, Twe ether articics, qo anncunced by The Star yesterday, fetlew.) HE DRUG PROBLEM, as a factor in the social and eco- nomic life of the nation, can be effectually eliminated within a period of time not exceeding three years, I make this unqualified assertion, notwithstanding the fact , conducted by government operatives authority, and directed b; nized executive ability, has proved utterly that a vigorous crusade, backed by federal than n ago, and the number is con- stantly increasing. DRUG ADDICTS OWN VIEWPOINT IGNORED The present statue of the drug problem in its relation to society ts prima facie evidence that the Harri son act, as a means for combating the narcotic question, is a failure. So, also, has been every previout legistative attempt to accomplish the same end. And the same measure of success will attend each and every like effort that may be made in the future, as jong as our lawmakers continue to ignore the viewpoint of the drug ad dict himself as a factor demanding On the other hand, just so sure as failure will follow every attempt to control the situation which over looks this phase of the question, quite ag certainly will success attend the first campaign that shall be con ducted along humanitarian lines, and which gives the personal equation, as represented by the addict himadif, ite true value. PUBLIC MUST DROP ERRONEOUS IDEAS Such a method of procedure 1 shall attempt to outline. However, that the public generally may be in # position to appreciate the soundness of its underlying principles, “it is necmmiry to correct, if possible, cer- tain erroneous ideas regarding the addict and his habit, now generally} accepted Such knowledge as 1 possess of the subject tp the result of 16 years’ ox as a drug ad dict. 1 am still a drug addict, And if I do, not continue an addict for the rest of my life, it will be IN SPITE OF THE FED- ERAL ATTITUDE instead of by reason thereof. Never, in all this 16 years, have I known the addict's side of the question to be presented in & form to reach the public. Why this ts true I do not knew. I am convinced, however, that had the public in general known more of the facts, the drug prob- fem would never have feached the serious stage that exists to- day. * ‘The misinformation now in posnes sion of the public, ax relating to the drug addict and the drug habit, is re no ley on account of the quantity than by reagon of its ab | surdity AVERAGE ADDICT ANXIOUS TO BE CURED Were it not that the attitude of the public today as to the drug ad dict is the direct outgrowth of mis taken ideas, littl would be gained in an attempt to substitute the truth therefor, Aq it is, however, it is ob vious that the problem will never receive the intelligent consideration it merits until the facts are more wide ly known and understood. Among the most harmful of the erroneous impressions indulged in by the average person is that the drug addict, as a rule, has no desire to be permanently separated from his drug. As a matter of fact, the opposite iq true, ‘The addict who is not only willing, but anxious, to be cured of his affliction is the excep: tion. men of rec y toun TTIS REAL SNOW Whiteness General Ti snow clad early today. four times in the history local weather bureau has fallen at An inch of white covered lands surrounding Green few youngsters ventured breakfast with sleds and minutes’ coasting before morning sun appeared. The storm was general thruout Northwest, carried by « cold from the north. A alight shestiy, ottee see ae lowed by a heavier fall in the | He forecaats, fair weather and continued @old for moderate tonight and Friday with northerly winds. eee Blinded by the Snow, Man Is Killed by Car With hin head bowed down to pro- tect his face from the wind, P. J, Hewitt, 45, a blacksmith living at 1411 Eighth ave. 8. walked into the path of a Rainier Valley street car at Maynard ave. and Dearborn at., shortly after midnight and sustained injuries which resulted.in his death before he reached the elty hospital. Hewitt was hurled 15 feet by the car, which he evidently did not see ‘approaching. Sergeant of Police | William H, Steen and Patrolman G. ‘W. Wilson were standing on the [street corner and saw the man as he walked in front af the car. ¢ Heavy Snow Is Falling in Spokane Zone Today SPOKANE, April 1.—Heavy snow began falling’ late last night, and wan continuing today with three or four inches covering the city, and may keep falling tonight and Fri- day, according to the weather office. $30,000 STOLEN FROM BANK MEN Two Messengers Robbed on Kansas City Bridge KANSAS CITY, Mo., April f. —Two bank messengers, carry- ing » $30,000 payroll, were held up and robbed on the bridge be- tween Kansas and Missouri here today. The robbery was witnessed by scores of spectators who sat in mo- tors and watched while the bandits kept them “oovered.”’ All traffic was halted on the bridge while the ban- dite wege robbing the mensengors, The payroll belonged to Swift & Co., packers, IN COURT lit Hh | if i fed Bye I } | | # § § i a if g 3 3 83 H H B i Frisco COPS FIND. CORRECT. ADDRESS BAN ‘FRANCISCO, April 1.~“For God's sake, rush the wagon to 1448 Bush, st.,” screamed @ voice over the phone to the desk sergeant of @ local police wtation early today, A dozen officers Jumped into the wagon and wore Off to the address given. They found 1448 Bush st. It is a branch police station, Former Congressman ° Dies in Topeka TOPRKA, Kan, April 1—Judee Cane Broderick, former congress- man, died at his home in Holton to- day. Judge Broderick represented the first congressional district ‘in congress eight years... He served four years as a member of the Idaho supreme court, “Black CABBAGE” LOCATED AT LAST ST. LOUIS, April.1-—“"Heah Pts, volunteered ‘Thomas Phone Calls oe 8 so. She Asks. Pay when’ ¥4 es 8 Chota yy April ‘< ti 4 setey. wan knocked down Dy @ he attempted to cross. Jackson, alias “Black Cabbage,” from |’ @ jail cell, when he overheard police-