The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 21, 1920, Page 16

Uncle Sam Makes More per | + Letter on Air Mail Than | on Regular Service | LSON | ‘That | alr delivery letter y Just re: | colved, or will shortly get, represents the coordination of money, planes ‘and risked lives all bent to the one | fundamental purpose of the newly | Organized transcontinentnal sky post —to shorten the span of communi. | ation between you and your friends | Or business asvociates and to make it as certain as clockwork ‘The outstanding surprise at ite in. Geption is its low cost in money} And men, as facts and figures during | the pioneer period indicate. FOUR PILOTS HURT PER MILLION MILES Limited air mali in operation tn Various parts of the country prior | to the transcontinental service, | shows that in 1,000,000 flying miles @overed, only four pilots were in) Jured, far better than railway ree ords. g And the annual Interest on rail Way terminals alone would keep a fleet of mail planes criss-crossing the continent for 20 years, accord Ang to official computation. | are a few of the striking | im answer to questions every | ‘One is asking about the sky post now fm daily operation More profit is made by the post on letters carried by plane two cents than on those carried railroad. Parcel post packages to 50 pounds will be transferred regular rates. ‘The larger planes now in use carry _@ ton and a half of mail, or an av. @rage of 120,000 letters per trip. ‘This exceeds by one-third the av- “@rage load carried by the ordinary postal distributing car, and only a rfaction of the oper ‘ating expense. PLANE TELEPHONE mail plane carries a tele- several rockets and red Should the flyer fall, he is off a rocket, followed with Mare and to phone to the near- y mail station for relief. In the meantime, anyone seeing his distress signals is expected to rush bis. ald. er is armed with apthor- to uigition any conveyance or Supplies needed, and may stop any in the United States. Should be unavailable he is rush his mail aboard Shad at i 235 | sf athe first train. At the neit aerial ‘Station the mail will again be trans- ferred to another plane. i: *t iF E Hy i if aa known type of plane, at all of carrying the mails, has itty [ ‘Reserve planes will be maintamed ‘at each station and used as required. | money, as well as time, will | the aerial mail route prove saving. | At is estimated by Colonel John A. | Jordan, superintendent of aerial mail | service. that the annual interest paid | by railroads of the United States - ©n terminals alone would operate an Serial postal fleet sufficient to cover the entire nation for 20 years. Postal authorities are calling up- @M every citizen to help reach max- imum speed and efficiency. If a mail flyer is found in trouble every Assistance must be given him. The United States sky mail must go thru TOPARADEFOR | SOLDIER BONUS, Veterans of Three Wars to March Thursday Night To stir up interest m referendum No. 2—the soldiers’ bonus bill—vet- erans of the great w: Spanish- American war veterans, Grand Army of the Republic and patriotic so cieties of the city will parade Thurs. @ay night in the downtown section. |}) The parade will start at Second |} and Virginia at 7 p. m. go down First ave. to Yesler, then over to Second ave. and up Second ave. to Virginia. The parade will be headed | by Mayor Caldwell and a platoon of mounted police, followed by the Elks’ | band and the Elks’ guard of honor. | ‘The Moose band will also partici. | pate. The parade will be enlivened with floats and a display of fire. ‘works. | Already 12 patriotic societies and their auxiliaries have signified their | intention to participate. Bert Swea- | wie, of the Elks’ lodge, has taken charge of the Grand Army and will | have automobiles for veterans un- able to walk. All music has been donated, and the Musicians’ union has not only granted a permit to all musicians to play without cost, but has donated & 50-piece band for the occasion. Ralph A. Horr, in charge of the Parade, has requested that all pa- triotic societies which have not al- ready signified their intentions to participate, n@tify him as soon as possible. All citizens, regardiess of whether they are affiliated with any organi gation or not, are requested to be at Becond and Virginia at 6:30 p. m, Thursday and join in the parade. Everybody is welcome, Horr suid | | HISTORICAL STEPS IN U. S. MAIL SERVICE “THE SEATTLE STAR IMILLERAND IS HAILED CHIEF Seems Certain to Be French days later, hanel'#| ° + non “Bluebeard”’Is | Again Divorced ‘by Another Wife at sort of a ma * Superior Judge ¥ Nick Carter Is Dead! Seattle Youth! Are Highbrow, Now! i HAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21—The President of 1 Watson, new They Spurn Old Heroes. life in Ban Quentin niten ‘ tak. Ye, le PTT MNO. PAIUS, Sept. 21.—Premier Alex-\tary for the 1 oe .|| Dead-Eye Dick and Frank Merriwell— |andro Millerand was acclaimed en-|wiver, came into court aqin y Alas! They're No More! thustastionlly as the next president| day, w Mra, Irene Koot of Ban Fin . ole ef Jwhen he read the resignation of| Francisco secured an annulment of| Just lke John Barleycorn and) of wonderful novela struck President Paul Deschanel to the| her marriage to him othe A ety od and respected & ‘oples chamber of deputien today Bhe first met Watson in amon. | Ceaned, Nick Carter, heroic solver of The Ghowt All rone to their feet tolton, Alberta, she testified; becarm t+ gagged sapere cope opi a and a hundre | Join in the ovation. his wife at Sacramento in March 4 printed page and ghastly] | Prenident Raoul Peret, of the|1919, Sho maid he deserted her two| aed . chamber, br aA preane the sor. | és cars beth an was Wat-| 100d anked. | ne hill, 1 guess,” tae mmented the vendor. |p» “He was a husband no woman | 0 From grandfather to grand- net's public service 4! would be idnined yrs aa the pa ha son, Three generations have|"'* wor’ ‘ lawer, “He was polite and a neat|t nty of propaganda ad- @ ; Caucuses of a majority of the par: | droxser,” | kid will have to turn to} YOCating everything from new im seen the transformation of |tien represented in the annembly to-|” Mrs. Root'a y, 8. BH. Rob.| 00 heed thought to birth control, could be r “wea ; A dy designated erand 4 “a ought, but “readin’ ” with c Uncle Sam's mail delivery} %*Y desmnated Millerand aa the | » that he had! bought, but “readin’” with a kiek in universal choice for the presidency, | ; It waa sald to be practically certain that Aristide Briand would become | premier, from the slow pony express, | which, in 1860, took four |months to deliver to San |Francisco the news of Lin- coln’s election, to the gigantic 'super-plane capable of flying It Looks Like a Big Day at Yakima Fair} With maid W time in prison to books, music art. son has been accommodations on one } Sleepers will be attached to the! Wednesday morning achievement in transporta- tion developments. Below is delivery of first transconti- nental aero-mail at San Fran- cisco to Col. John A. Jordan, superintendent of aerial mail service, and Postmaste r| Charles Fay. This, says Jor- the return trip will be made Thur day night ness Fri mobile rriving in time for bust-| evening Dealers’ Ashland, 0, makes more toy bal world feet. |Park Highway Tour | 4 tnoro search py a Star man A train at midnight Wednesday and!be given them at the Seattle Auto: | ¢ club Marshal Foch used to carry a cane during the war with which he map. loons than any other city in the|péed out campaigns in the soil at his t the only old standby who 1. Buff nO) it, stuff that would make the blood jaime turn cold and the hair point heavens ward, stuff that is spiced with gem@ such as “ . and two more rede xkine bit the dust,” could not be pure 4| has o}who k incon: | loop tn r.” He| the ne devoting hin| Dick 2 and | dinary, b 1 le | DEAD-EYVE DICK } DEAD IN SEATTLE extraor bucket chased. | rey WANT HIGHBROW | STUFF NOWADAYS | “Nick has gone on the bum; peo | from coast to coast in twol|sltecping car taken and reservations settan as nan! oie want highbrow stuff now,” wag ll | y of mukty boo! in var : P ¥ . enguged another, prospects for! Part Expected Here |(.2"",0 musty boo! : the epitaph hung on the dear, dep days, both pictured above, It), Tepresentative attendance of Be pees y i spel’ dates sola” Wibod te | at 10 the | eq gleuth of yesterday. His space : - of the American ailed to a ning is only 50 years since the last} atie at the Yakima state | , * parson geen | id tha-Vemeodble Sica ey Tena | (0, books s has been taken over ‘gp iriven by Gov.| fait Puset Bound day, ‘Thursday ; ith long-haired copies of “Appeal te | [spike was arven OY Mrs! are bright, it was said at the Cham: |; Shah gy 8 PR 43 anon,” “Pagan, ussian Coope| | Stanford of California, in the | ver of Commerce, where reserva. |x wa or aon a lshaant teats hee cane of pone erator,” “The New Day,” “Soviet Central Pacific and Union Pa-|tionx are being made. Raltronds|ticiais on atour of all national parks, | years,” one old via | tussle,” “The Little Review,” and leific railroads (middle photo) | «ve granted & special rate of / campaigning for a Park-to-Park| Book Shop, 701 4 Gonen other singe publicateas then considered the ultimate} *? 74 & third for the round trip. | Highway, They will reach Seattle| The Star invest ‘These futuristic pamphlets may be all right but, by gosh! it's tough on kids, and it’s a dirty way to show ra regular fellow like Nich= olax Carter! 7 May his bones rest in peace, dinner will| query as to the . popular nick cheap story has simply gone out of date and people are reading a higher class of story. Then. again, . ment his friend the increased cost of paper has been |" wie - OP i Soa largely responsible.” Of the 55,600,000,000 cigareta mam Down at Eckerta News company,|ufactured in this country last years: 102 Washington st.. row upon row 39,000,000,000 were consumed here, Wednesday dan, is only the beginning! What next? British-American Meeting Tonight At the regular meeting of the | British-American association In the Fine Arts hall at # p. m. Tuesday, | |a business meeting will be followed | |by a concert at 9, Those who will | take part in the concert are: Madame Clary, D. H. Ward, Mia Marian |}! Menker, Minn Almada Berry and Misw |]! | Winifred Bateman. | Arcana Lodge Holds Its Annual Reunion | | The annual reunion of Arcana | lodge, » F. and A. M., was held! jat the Scottish Rite temple o evening. John D. White pr and Rev. Major pronounced the invo leation. Music by the K erbocker | quartet and talke by Howard A. Han- | non, Rev. Sidney H. Morgan and Ar-|]) thur Jordan filled the evening's pro- j | the savings are yours. There are Bar A Big Splash in Rubbers 5,000 Pairs of First Quality Rubbers Bought to Sell at Low Prices. 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