The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 8, 1921, Page 6

Poesia id | | Measures DistantSuns Pres. Harding on the '¢ League of Nations Why do you think dance halls BY i. N. RICKEY should not be closed? (Representative of Star and Assocé-| ated Papers at League of Ne =| CONFIDENT HARDING : vont gn duns Meeting) | FOR WORLD LEAGUB : MRS. WILMUTH WOODWORTH,| MARION, O., Jan. #—It was my! Harding, who, by the way, ts 4318 12th ave. N. E.: “Who said 1) privilege to give to President-elect | of the bent listeners I have ever =. When con, passes a law saying this must be done and that must Nor be done, does it mean anything? That is the question involved in the disposition of half a billion dollars’ worth of oil lands, title to which, ostensibly, has passed to the Southern Pactfic railroad. | There is no question but that a government patent, signed | by a secretary of interior, was granted the Southern Pacific for the lands. But congress, in the act authorizing the grant of land, Seattle Star } ae Tt of etty, Bee per month: 3 REA BLD: € months, $2.78: year, B08 in the State of Washington state, The per month, months, er # per carrier, efty, Ide per week Enterprise — Assoctation TODAY'S QUESTION with the leading statesmen of maay of the nations. United Freee Service ret specifically provided that mineral lands, excepting coal and | jiron, should not be included in lands given the railroad. Datty by The Star Ca Phome Mam ¢ | And as oil is a mineral that would seem to cover oil lands. thought they shoaid not be cloned? | pfarding the first personal report of | showed intense interest in my re I'm sure I'm against them becaure | the meeting of the league of nations | port and interpretation of world com they put the stamp of approval OM | assembly held at Geneva, Switzer: | ditions a» manifested at the Geneva ey commingling of perfect land, from November 16 to Decet- | agnembly. When oil was discovered on some 165,000 acres of the land patented to the Southern Pacific, a government suit was) begun to re-establish the government's title under the reser- vations made in the granting act. The road, it was provided, would have the right of selecting, in lieu thereof, an equal area of non-mineral lands elsewhere. But the road didn’t wish to substitute. It wanted the oil lands. It fought the suit and won in the California courts. Attorney General Palmer, who as prosecuting officer of the government was charged with pressing the suit, refused to take it to the U. S. supreme court. ~But a private suit, also testing the railroad title on some five sections of this land, remains pending. And a resolution directing the attorney general to interplead for the govern- ment in trial of this suit has been introduced in congress. Who is boss—congress or the administrative officials of the government? The issue can be settled if congress will pass the Raker resolution ordering the attorney general to “assert on behalf of the United States the claim and right of the United we| States” to these oil lands given away in violation of the law. Come on, gentlemen of congress, let's have the showdown! Do you play second fiddle to Uncle Sam’s administrative man whe Invented fly paper officers, or not? He not only helped we eet ri) When you pgss a law is it LAW? pest, but he upset the ancient | as The Shorter Life that the way to succeed was “The longest average life th Norway.” Maybe \ Records of longevity are not generally credited. One reason may be that the farther back one goes into history the longer men are said to have lived. Also the vital statistion wpre lens accurate. There's est possible time after he is inaugur-|tnited States mint, tells that the ated. mints where cents are made fre minor Christmas there has been| more than suspicion that connection exists between these two facta. erime than ever, It may be) Thomas Carn is said to have lived longer than any other in modern 1, One-third of the American vearel the bandits are preparing for times, The authority in this case is the parish register of St. Leonard's, tonnage between American and| And farther, there is ne quently run night and day, turning ~y Harding realiges that out the “most artistic.and beantiful Christmas, Shoreditch, where he ie said to have died at the ripe age of 207 Philosophers have always sald that the more a man knows the lens| Asiatic ports for 1920 Is credited to! Se | important he appears to himerlf. Sclientiste are demonstrating that this! the Washington customs district, of if she would, medal ever minted” at an annual She Fate of 3,750,000,000. . And there was Old Jenkins! IONS ARE LIVING WHO) mundane sphere is as Insignificant as a pinpoint among the prodigious|which Seattle is headquarte: WILL NEVER DIE” |} That ts, they called him old, But when he died tn Engtand be wan) ie teen minor pinoy peadquarters i ees by reason Crate wt i ertraal amd po. | The cent is an industrions worker, financtal, as busy as the bee, and ought net only 160. . y : Above in shown the famous 100-inch telescope which Prof. A. A. Michel) 9 Gea Indian arose after the/ William Wakley, accorting to the record of St Andrew's church.| 5 aed in connection with his recently perfected device to arrive at BET poss: f hag A po tong tential power. I frankly told Harding that I con. |‘? be thrown aside. A hive of them, lourred in the opinion of the great|Properly directed, will produce .@ washed his face, and was ap-| - ‘iin ‘world | flow of golden honey. resets the wetee for the eel peranne an “weg at least 134 when he departed World Of line exact dimensiorte of the orbs unthinkably @istant in space. His 4i® ‘There wefe 2.276 arrests in January s i. m4. coveries have been astounding. He found that Alpha Orionus, hitherto | 0 : His condition, however, became |“ Mary Yates lived at Licant Common, Shifnal, It must have been| onsidered more or less a stranger {0 as eee See eee cn Se Bn Joa nang al vs ber 18, Bich remarks as he made, inf Believing that the prewidentelect | cated thet, notwithstanding the would be interested in getting inside | multiplicity of his duties, he facta aa to the assembly meeting | been following every developm from the first man to return to|the world situation very closely. Ameriea from Geneva, I advised him| And not only has he been follow. of my return and received a prompt ing It closely, he has also been works ond cordial invitation te come to ing out in bis mind 4 plan for the Marion. | participation by America in world | ‘The Interview, |affairs which, when ‘Tinally form- or conference, or | whatever It may be called, lanted | tiated, will be made public for upward of an hour. thought and discussion by the peo Harding asked me to give him an outline of the workings of the ma- chinery of the assembly. He interrupted frequently with | questions which indicated his | interest in the more important phases of the aasembly activities, es pecially those phases which had even the mont indirect bearing upon any | posible future relationship between WHAT DO YOU [fic vnet'stase and the’ roropean| KNOW ABOUT | jnannixe ramveert. “i ron BARI + Bont af | There has always been Q FOR EARLY /T10? ‘e ye an une SEATTLE? | I am not at liberty to intimate | swered mystery as to what be@tomes QUESTIONS what views were expressed by Har. | of the great quantity of needles and i How many « ‘ ana| 8 [pins and cents, Fuctories and mints itn TC But it t» quite within the propri|are kept running continually to im, Bonrtie eties to say that the president-elect |keep the supply up with the de 2% What percentage of the city’s! convinced me of his earnest desire to| mand. And then, frequently, the population i# native American? | meet and solve the vita! question of | production falls to keep pace with $. How much has the U. 8. asmy|the relationship between America | requirements. Office in Seattle received and paid for gold in the past 20 years? (Answera Monday) and the rest of the world attheearll-| Ray T. Baker, Girector of PREVIOUS QUESTIONS ELLIE GRANT, 10th and “Tecaune they do give! an opportunity for enjoyment, and people in the halls are always woder police protection.” MRS. 8. L. BURRINGTON, 1571} 18th ave, Ni “Because places of Amusement are absolutely necanmry. | The question is not one of closing; it is one of regulation.” MRS. GRORGE LONG, 4314 12th ave, N. EB: “I believe they should be cloned. ‘The evils connected with | them are too hard to remedy.” | MRS. M. B, RODERICK, 205 19th ave: “Because young working peo- ple, girls and boys, are entitied to dance halls, We've got to keep the halls decent, that’s afl.” uration the first step will be taken toward the goal of Ameri a's participation in world re cormtruction, owtul big lot uy clouds fy umber uy stermus we see ‘Annunsio makes his exit, but heve Charlie Chapia, ‘ee ire-re-eb beet feng ago New York's police told the folk in his (hat the crime wave there was, ® to bandite who wished to buy bs presents for thelr friends. majority of those who attended the Geneva meetings that the league} The little bronze cent now com was very much alive, but that its — to us had ite beginning in 1864, during the night, and he died). eaieneul neighborhood, Shifnal She married her third husband at ability to live and function depended | when a brother two-cent piece, now the effects of his pummeling @ days later —Portage, Wis, Reg- the age of 92, and lived to be 1237, when she died in 17 Every little while someone comes forward with a recipe for long @ameter, Compare this with the 5,000 mile diameter of the earth, then compare yourself with the Rocky Mountaina, and you one where you! *n of $3.443.028 with which to be- to m very great extent upon what the attitude of America is to be really stand in the scheme of things. sawrnontoaudbae: OTHER NATIONS WILLING Nf. Hut not much attention is paid to It. Nor is there any great rush for Norway. The trend of emigration t# In this direction. Bvt | dently many persons prefor the sort of shorter life which te lived }in the United States. The sun has always been considered a fatrty stable object, but Prof. Michelson says Alpha is 200 times as large, and that ite diameter tp as great as the complete orbit of Mars. The pleture above also shows the Mt Wilmon Observatory near Pasn ‘ dena, California, at which the experiments were made, together with a TO MAUD POWELL jand onefourth pounds. That was drawing showing the size of Alpha Arionus compared with the sun, earth | Miss Powell died Jan. §, 1980 | tee: Sires no <8: Teent”. te our. ema and Mare In the Editor's Mail changed a number of times since, LIGHT BY WIRELESS? QUITE POSSIBLE : Réitor The Sr: school, vacation chances for| €!ving some of the wonders of “wire lena” gave me some facta on which to base a theory that the whole unt- verse may be lighted by “wirelens.” Now, if it be possible to steer a ship. Hest cine hap ar Sart anlage mene ie | automodtie means re tively hak current, at a distance ie | he bank. If bankers would reverse wveral miles, without swires, what |‘"¢ Common run of business, help in would be the natural of the time of need, then there would pot TO CONCEDE TO U. & T also told him that, in hard to tel who gets more for Jack Dempsey or @ boot. SOUVENIR | i i |in value, and the 100 to weigh two i ; s & READY TO OPEN A QUARRY W. Ridpath, M. D. of Indianap- is related to the Ridpaths of this ty, of whom he came to Inquire, whose families he fs apt to in at, some future date for cal purposes —Oskalooss, Ta, eee blames capital, tabor and the for the present business He overlooked the chil Fee i i ‘That children may measure a city’s “clase” is the suggestion of Pro fessor William B. McKeever, of the University of Kansan McKeever has made welfare work among children in many parts of the country & specialty. Recently he has tmwued a score card by which a city’s standards can be figured, based on its environment for children. ‘There are 10 points tnctuded in the score card upon which may be fudged the town as @ place in which te raise children. ethan ad F4 Play for children tm parks and Industry, inctnding work classes in the it, and the conditions for juvenile employment; Schools and the method of “connecting them wp” with the com munity; Health, covering nursing, health tnspection and bespitaby Scouteraft for both boys and girls; Moral safeguards, such as inspection of movies and dance halls; Sociability, which touches that side of existence known as com munity life; 4 eee “Navy's New Boat Takes to Wa says a New York Tribune bead- | What else can it get? | fe lamp in the newspapers the) for Uncle Warren's “cabl-| intl ence America, that !t did not/about the Lost—I lost my ginss eye at the| seem be within the realkn of prac | under some other nam: tof Ping lease ret: tical statesmanship. a pig urn to/ "| was careful to explain ts the! A Chicago T need my glans eye, a8 T| president-elect that I would not pre-|out that a star i be a-0-e8 EE net.” Uncle should be ready by now to hold a few seances. . ‘Word comes from the Congo that § girls there are wearing higher he shoes and silk stocking. But > Re doubt they are still too modest to | Wear the stylish skirts and waista eee " HOUSEHOLD HINTS Never throw away the mercury om the back gf an old mirror. Save fo and use when making a ther Coffe. grounds can be removed @isily from a percolator by using a vacuum cleaner ever starch an Oriental rug. An old cushion or pillow placed on | the bottom of @ kitchen sink will! is | trades, not to mention that no auto tool kit is complete without a jack.) t ht from being scratched by the dishpan. An oll painting should be scrubbed @nce or twice a year with soap and Water and then rubbed with brick dust. eee From all sides come reports that ‘the probiem of taxes is bothering the Fepublican leaders. But their bother fs nothing to that of the man who has to pay ‘em. : . We began to work A month ago On our income tax return And then forgot tt. We shall begin again flext Monday And if we have luck ‘We'll finish it About noon, March 15, Ana file it About 4 o'clock, And we shall probably meet you In the Federa! building Ag you file yours. cee Uncle Warren wants to keep a dog while he is in the White House but he can’t decide what breed he should pick. We feel certain every- body will agree with us when we say the most appropriate would be the bull. ~ cee ‘Btrange, but a company with a lot Of water stock nearly always has dif- fieulty in floating a loan. ‘They're talking now of Hoover for @eeretary of the interior. He made @ great success of that job in Bel- gium. SHOULD CAUSE A REDUCTION TION Doctor—-You have been in the jaws OF death, but your strong cogqutitu tion pulled you thru. “Patient--Please recall that, doc, When you write out the bid ’ Religion, in af tts forme; Service, to include clubs to deal with children's constructive as well | an educational problems; Housing, features of which include Its adequacy, sanitation, and com Joe Miller’s Idea On « hot afternoon many years ago a traveling drummer was driving his “hoss an’ rig” along « country road near Winchester, Ohio, Noticing a farmer boy working with his jack-knife on a large piece of hardwood under the shade of a wild cherry tree, the drummer reined up his mie an-hour steed and hitched and climbed over the fence. The farmer boy explained that he didn’t iike to lift burgies and heavy wagons when he greased their axles, so he had made a con trivance to do the lifting for him. The @rummer loaned the farmer | boy five dollars to take out a patent. | ‘That boy was Joe Miller and his Invention was the Iifting-Jack which in various forms is now used on farms, in factories, and in the building | We don't know whether Joe Miller is still allve, but if he is he must | get a lot of satisfaction as he looks about and contemplates the work | that his simple device haa saved in this none too easy world. It is one of the queer ironies of life that this particular Joe Miller 44 mot become famous, much as he deserved It. Mention the name, | Joe Miller, and every one thinks you mean the Drury Lane comedian who two centuries ago was falsely credited with writing that immortal | Classic, “Joo Miller’s Joke Book.” ’ Three Cheers! Considerable amusement is expressed by members of the Interstate commerce comminsion at the statement recently published by the anno. ciation of railway managers, telling what fine and noble things the railroads have accomplished sinca they were returned to private man agement. Among other things the private managers potnt to the relo- cation of 189,000 freight cars and the untangling of congestion of ‘the various freight centers. ‘The interstate commerce commission derives tts amusement from the fact that all this work happens to have been done by tho interstate commerce commission. Last May the railroad managers came to mitted their inability to meet the difficulties. They begged for ald. The commission had power under previous legisigtion to apportion cars and direct traffic and since May the commission has been issuing orders which have brought about the movement of coal and the use of cars where they were needed. Now the railway executives rush into the open and propose three cheers for themselves. Berlin’s Best Joke A returning American traveler reports that the best joke in the vande ville theatres of Berlin runs like this: Hans: “So you're back from the war at last? Fritz: “Yes, it took me a long time to get back.” Hans: “You must have been the last one.” Fritz: “No, there is one who isn’t home yet.” Thus do the comedians of Germany sneer at the while the house roars with ribald laughter. This is about as good news as has come out of Germany for some time. When a former subject people learn to laugh at their autocmt, jt is a sign that they are releasing themselves from the great lusion of hereditary and divine authority. ‘The rage of the inspired orator shaking his fist at Divine Right not half as effective ax the clown poking Divine Right in the ribs and proving it is only straw. the commission and ad deserting war-lord, Marketing Wheat Sometime about January 10, there will be a big meeting ington of all kinds of farmers’ co-operative organizations marketing grain. The object to form a terminal pany on a natidn-wide scale, The farmers have ched the citrus growers and handle their product from the farm into the hands of the retailer The farmers see that wheat will always be a subject of speculation and manipulation if they permit It to be marketed by people who do not grow wheat. . Wheat producers finally are getting torether to arrange for building their own warehouses at all important terminals and will be abl hold thelr wheat grade up, clean ft, store it, or market it as the n demands. at Wash. inte da in is marketing com organize to arket Attorney General Palmer saya he'll be glad to get back into private life. The ayes seem to have it; the aves have it. It’s unanimous The next generation will wonder what folks meant when they said, “Le's swing his wild oats.” ; de. | in themselves centralizing of all the vast number of powerful electric currents on waves which are continually being sent out | from every one of the many worlds in this great universe? The theory ts that at the meet- ing point of these currents will be created a great electric light. That | these great lights are the suns which |Tight the universe | Im tt not the wonder of the scten- \tric world that these suns have burned for millions of years without | becoming lens fn volume or power? lAnd would not this theory, after having become one of the proven |facts of sclenes, prove to be the ex planation of this apparently unex- plainable natural phenomenon? WM. MEUHINEY, Bremerton. eee HE BLAMES DEPRESSION ON THE BANKS EAitor The Star: Who haa knocked the last prop and let businens fall?) Answer: The banker. Who tx the |first to desert in the fight for busi |neas? Answer: The banker, Who) fa the first to depress business by! | calling in his loans? Answer: The banker. Money talks, but the bank ers are always ready to close these talking traps. When it comes to! general business, the banks age the| very bugbear of our nation. They} are the very enemy of good businens. ‘They are the cowardly snapping tur- tle that pushes out {ts head and snaps you up when least expected It would be better for business if every business man would have his own nafety vault. I have done busineses with banks in my early career, and managed to get all the accommodation I needed, but I was always on my guard so| that when depressions came the! bankers did not get @ chance to| squeeze me by calling in their loans. | But I have always noticed that when & busineses man wanted a loan to tide over in a depression like the present, the banks gave practically [no help when most needed. The} lim Rev.M. A. Matthews will deliver a sermon Sunday morning entitled, THE CHURCH AND THE NEW PROBLEMS In the evening he will discuss the subject, SANITY, SOBRIETY AND SONSHIP NEEDED FOR | THE | COMING CRISIS | GOOD MUSIC } FIRST | PRESBYTERIAN | CHURCH Seventh and Spring be any depreesion kept at wuffering at all. pantech aD Vv. W. CLOUGH. See ey ue Help would be/no longer have the eyes of youth.—| sume to advance this as a mere per-| eter 300 times work, and practically no | Advertisement i as large as (IL) | sonal opinion, but that ft was the| Tho star is so far a result of many talke I had at Geneva will be able to contradict iy DEP ARTE T Open Saturday ings from 6 to 8 ne § in Fairfield Ff i (Journal. NDINBV CARE OF CHILDREN A good healthy child ts a source of a great deal of pleasure (except when you have to wi alk the floor with it). Seattie bas promised to care for 1,515 orphans in the Near East. A drive is now en for t he 1g2l expenses Hoover is back of a drive for the United States to eave at least @ portion of the 3,500, Bu Would they A years. other 000 starving bables tn Europe. t what would become of your kiddies if you should be killed and left no estate? starve or freeze to death? kind Iady—Mrs. O. H. Ryther—has been caring for Seattle orphans for the past 37 Today she has 97 under her wing. Kiddies from 2 to 12 years old who have no home. The Ryther Child Home is now asking for help. They want eastoff cloth- ing (any size, they make them over), all kinds of food (no amount too small), bed cloth- ing, furniture, in fact anything that is at all serviceable. Let each family look in the attic, the old clothes closet and the food cellar and give them Tell something. lephone this bank (LC, Bogardys) or Elliott 1287 if you cannot send it to them @t 4418 Stone Way. Deposits Guaranteed By Washington Bank Depositors' Guar- anty Fund of the State of Washington iy oun 1) Member Federal Reserve Bank. TBE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN BANK, SEATTLE Branchal Ballard a eee ee.