The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 11, 1921, Page 6

te the Mita of the stata The ya ‘ the or ver for ¢ months By carvier, ity, Ube famous throat and lung is trying to get across to Horseshoe Luck For a good many years the finding horseshoes and of four-leaf clo hag been considered to presage luck. Clover leaves, prob- as plentiful as they used hormeshoes are disappear the roadways, due to the of automobiles, But peo | Yuck stays with them pretty | wee y* gs: oL 7 i i back im the centuries arose of @ horseshoe bringing tuck finder. In ty early days hoes were nalied up over And the reason for nailing | jem up over the portals was that | they “kept the witches away.” It ‘Was good luck to find one that the Witches might be banned, and after belief in witchcraft faded, the horee’s was considered a good omen | anyhow, and from thoes days to! these, it hag been the custom to nail §% above the door for luck. But one Must be very careful and see that The points of the shoe are up, else @f) the luck will run out! Very wise people have believed tn the efficacy of the nalled-up shoe. No lees @ person than Lord Nelson Mailed one to the mast of his good whip Victory. If it didn’t bring him| victory, why, of courve, he must ay you care for one, look the o14 Bible, or autograph album. Surely, there area few nicely pressed THE Se Ses. ae How Long Must They Suffer ‘Neglect and Injustice? | The American Legion has presented to the president, the | president-elect, and, thru them, to the American people a formal memorial directing attention to the “suffering, the shameful neglect and injustice” which the legion asserts marks the administration of the affairs of disabled veterans of the World War, This is a matter of most vital interest to every American. jImmediate attention is necessary. Something, and that | Wholly adequate and just, must be done NOW. Not tomor- row, but today! Altogether too much time already has been lost. Dying men cannot be saved after the last breath has ‘departed from their bodies; strewing flowers over graves |does not erase the stain of suffering, shameful neglect and injustice, | Thousands of disabled veterana, according to the Ameri- can Legion memorial, are “waiting and have waited for com- pensation for their injuries. ousands have waited for }months for an opportunity to re-establish themselves as self- | Sustaining members of society by vocational training. Thou- |sands are in need of hospitalization and the government has no hospital fagilities available for them.” | What better evidence of “suffering, shameful neglect and jinjust | The legion continues: “Afflicted and penniless veterans have been driven to refuge in almshouses and jails.” Is that the way we treat the “flower of American man- jhood” after it has returned disabled from the battlefields and now no longer is needed to guard our lives and homes? The legion furnishes the proof that such is the treatment. “Many have died,” continues the memorial, “and if imme- diate relief is not forthcoming more will die, destitute, with- out proper medical care, without compensation with which to obtain it, abandoned by the country they served.” That is OUR country the legion speaks of! It ts OUR treatment of which they complain. The legion rightly complains because thru legislative and administrative deficiencies provisions made for the disabled have failed to reach the veterans in most urgent need of help. The result has been— Delays in awarding compensation. Unfit and inadequate facilities for men fn need of hospital- ization. The failure, as the legion sees it, may be traced to the separation of the three needs of the men: Medical treat- ment, vocational training and financial support. The public health service has contro! of the first, the federal board for vocational education, and the bureau of war risk insurance, have the other two. There is much delay and considerable friction occasioned by thus dividing the rebabilitating ser- vice among three distinct organizations. It is not the ef- ficient way of doing it, It multiplies red tape and expense. The legion advises: “The functions of training, treatment and compensation must be combined. The disabled man has a right to deal with one agency, which shall take care of his physical, voca- tional and financial restoration. The bureau of war risk in- surance, the federal board for vocational education, and the public health service (as far as it has to deal with disabled veterans), must be co-ordinated, and all three placed under a common control.” é Bills providing for these reforms have been introduced in both houses of congress. No other pro legislation is of greater importance, and none other stands in greater need Upon EVERY: American resta the duty of urging legis res! to end—AT ONCE—the “suff the shameful and injustice” of which the Legion /" the magical place which may be only @ 30 minute car ride from her bome, She has a busy morning, what with crowding a whole day's household work Into a few hours so that she may start on her enterprine before noon. And, then, affixing a last Gab of powder te ber newa, she fares forth for five hours of what te a woman i» alent perfect happiness; five bours of shopping; of pricing: ef window gazing; of tryingon; of strolling thrn etore aisies—highways of woman's fairytand When she starts for home she may have bought little or nething, wut she regarde the day as a happy and successful ena Men wonder why women make so much of “going to the city.” that “going to the city” means @ few hour drudgery of kitchens and brooms anf dust pans and ecsubbrushes, It means a day off—a holiday! And ft te the ‘ene holiday that doesn't mean more work for ma in the ben. The Contest in the House In contesting the ecat of Rep. Davie Lewis, of the 28th district, Perce county, Mra. Frances M. Haskel aaturally hopeful that she will fall hetr to ft if be is ousted. Mrs. Haskell is a republican an@’ Mr. Lewts a member of the farmer. “| bor party. The party alignment may have some weight, but tt shou not. { The house should be careful to try the case entirely upon the merits. Far nore important than mere technical flaws that might be dug up is the ‘outstanding fact that Mr. Lewis recetved more votes in the district affected than his opponents. He ts the chotee ef those peopl, To rule him out t# inexcusable upon mere pretext. The burden of proof must reet upon Mrs. Haskell to show wuffictent cause The Star does not pretend to say whether Mr. Lewty was legally qual ified to run for the office, or w! Since, however, he did run, and that he waa, and ia, qualified That presumption will net be overcome by the mere fact that he belongs to a minority party, nor will f neces: sarily mean that Mra*Haskell should be given the seat. It would be far better, from the standpoint of the electorate, who should have @ voice in determining who their represent | election in case Lewis were found The Damed thelr epidemica on toe mach water 1 htatory on the back trck? — D’Annunclo apparently got the notion that the “me” tm Pieme meant him- welf, Chinese women whe show their ankics ere beng arrested; probably execution 4s the fate of those who show their Chi-kners. Invest Your Savings Carefully Tt hans been shown that $3,000,000 are lost an nually by Seattle mavern who confidently invest their money in get-rich-quick schemes. Be cautious. Conmult your banker about tp tended investments. He can give you much Valuable advice about contemplated investments. Savings Department wpen ev Satu: KE from 8 to 8 venience. The Seattle National Bank | i | Second Avenue at Columbia i a And the answer is/ WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SEATTLE? QUESTIONS L What was (he cost per capita for police proteation last year? 2 What t# Seattle's standing as regards the manufacture of wood pipe? 4 De you know what amount of tty funds wae disbursed tnat your? (Answers Wednesday) PREVIOUS QUESTIONS 1. The U. & Shipping board has placed Seattle's harbor at the head enough for #bips of any draught.” 2, Over 70 per cent of Beattio tum Lies are listed as home owners, 3. Approximately 9T per cent of the population of Seattle can reid English, BY GENE AHERN Biome bimbos are trying te start the war all over again by excavating the old Sunday blue laws t wish on the, populace. The blue laws | were in vorue when the only exotte ment on Sunday was Indian That meant to tee off the scalp | brokers with a gue and put ‘em ip he hole tn par. | But times have twieted up to these home brew days, The old blue | tawe new would ment with about as much approval as a benevolent fund for destitute landlords. We've got a double-barreled blue taw now with | the income tax, With the blue laws |bung om this village, Sunday would | be a fine day for all growing things. except humana. Citizens would have te quit the snore sole to answer the coffees and roll call at @ am. Bvervbeuy would have to wear their face at halfanast land converse in @ moan thruout the day, Postpone ali grina until Mon- day. All comforts would have te go tn camphor on the seventh day. No- body could take @ bath with per fumed soap. Only reading matter permitted after church would be stanctng over the epitatha Weather. man won't be allowed to predict a nier day for Sunday, Can't use the ftv except to skid from sermon to sermon. Ne movie Onty amusement sanctioned would be to give tableaux —_————$————— time wants a team of dapple gray, bay or white trotters to cart him to @ monu ment meadow, ~—Himem, let's all make bim may that, it must be good stuff Every Day in December, 1920, Receipts Were Greater ‘Than the corresponding Gay of last year, ‘SERVICE FIRST, SHOOND AND LAST, coupled with our low rates, spells Our succes, That's what you get when you cal MAIN SIX FIVE HUNDRED Seattle Taxicab Co. MAIN 6500 IT? THATS BOLDT’S APPLE PIE. You'll ttke {t, too, from the moment you put your fork into the delicious, flaky erust to the last bite of juicy, spicy apples, Take @ pie home tonight or have some for lunch. Baked fresh in Boldt’s Bakeries every day. AT ALL 6IX SEATTLE of class A harbors, “those deep | STAR 5 eee > a - “ ce _ ee = The diagram shows the latest method of coal transporta- tion posed, It is the suggestion of Reginald P. Bolton, consulting engineer. Anthracite, mined at Soranton, 130 | miles from New York, would be forced thru two 14-inch pipes by water pressure. Scranton is 2,000 feet higher than New York, thus giving a natural pressure, which, Bolton thinks, will carry the mixture of water and coal, half of each, at the |wate of seven feet @ second, In the Editor’s Mail HE RAPS THR eonal experience, the sooner we OIVIL SERVICE abotieh It, the better. FAitor The Star; Ina recent lerue) Civil service affects only such men of your paper I notiosd the wall of as the foreman desires to make tt 4 city employe in regard to the pro-| applicable to. It ix not necessary to posed cut in wages. Being acous-| bave a vote here, own property here, | tomed to have things their own way,| or mak@ application for a job thru | of course they think It in a shame to the elvil service if you want to work | even suggest something of this kind. | for the city, But, of course, you Such a small item as their employer) must be on the inside, going broke does not enter into their| Then why the civil service? important lives. Many employers| Some of our public officls ere better able than eur ality te stand the) harder to approach or get an audi present pressure have laid men off, ence with than the majority of the and out them off the payroll entirely.| crowned heads in Burope That is What comeback have these men?| the reasca why the lesser lights or || Another side of the quewtion is thin: | friendly appointees get away with it TODAYS QUESTION De you believe the whele world should disarm? ANSWERS D. R HOPPE, 8739 Wallingford “That's an ideal state we t fit for yet.” LEWIS 7. LOTH, 19138 Eighth ave, W: “I think M could be done |al right, and & would be @ fine thing.” CHARLES G. HOBER, Central bidg.: “No. That disarmament stuff ie bunk.” MRA, ALP NM, MALLSPRG, 1971 Pranklin Pi: “I don't know whethy @r it could be done or not, bat I'm certainty fer anything that would rid the world of war,” KNUT MBLAOM, JR, 6931 234 ave. N. FB: “It's @ thing that cast) be done, oo we had better have « | good army and navy while we're about it” Arcording to the Manchester Guar dian, & million workdays have been |lout to the world's tndustry due of futlle strikes im 1920, JANUARY 11, 1927. DR. J. R. BINTOR Free Examination est $2.50 ciasses on Earth ons, %. tow AE: 3 mart : SEATTLE—On VIKST AVR tobetriet Glaness ‘ok prescribed unless absolutely necessary. BINYON OPTICAL CO, ooo ee tae While the eity bas paid from $4.75 j} to $6.26 a day fer laborers, prt- vate firma have paid $4 per day and experienced po trouble in securing me fatrminded. comectentions em- ploye ef Chis city will, under the present etrcumstances, a@vorate a cut in bis own wages, regurdienss of whether they be in the civil service | keneral reduction in milartes who in sneral reductino in salaries and) wases, Any city employe whe is fuch @ how that he feels fostified tn acting the dog in the manger while men Who have built this city and) made It what {t ie are compelled to walk the streeta In actual want ig a detriment to the community. Of course, civil service employes feel hurt, beonune that particular branch operated for the advantage of a few and the disadvantage of many, The writer of this letter wae in the city employ for a short time, but wae dismissed becsune he was not a ctvil servies employe, and no other reason, I have been dent of this city for over 30 4 in fact, was raised here, and am & young man, pay a good big real eetate located tn this city, At every election, but am not permit. | ted te work for the city. Twiee I | bare been doublecrossed by the civil | service, therefore I believe, from par white center—that’s you will bake with the same splendid and pies. DISSATISFIED, . . LET CAR SYSTEM KEVERT TO &.W. OD, Pditor The Star: In regard to the street railway problem, I would sug gent that city let the car linee and rolling stock and all of it revert back to Btone Webster Co. An long as tt is only ulllity bonds, and Stone- Web ster has no other seourity, it in far better for the aity to let it go back and forfeit what it paid down than to carry thin white elephant thes. n R. 1, Box 169, ‘The Chicago jan! wage squabble with the landlords. The only way to beat a Iandlord & | ty moving, and even then you fal) into the claws of another ona A wife never hates to ask hew tras | band for money any worse than be hates to have her do it é ASK FOR aad GET Horlick’ or Original s Malted Milk for Infants and Invalide void Imitations and Substitutes Crisp, brown-crusted Biscuit with a flaky, the kind of biscuit you want to bake, and that’s the kind Blend Flour. This scientific combination of the choicest eastern hard wheat and the choicest of western wheats gives you the best qualities of both wheats. 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