The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 29, 1921, Page 6

By mall, owt of $5.00, In $4.80 for @ The Seattle Sta Per month; B mentha, $1.60e¢ mon et ington per year, Outside 0! Ry carrier, Xt is easy to criticise France. It is never difficult for anyone in safety to condemn he apparent overanxiety of those im danger, Premier Briand’s defense of France ‘ore the disarmament conference was a pathetic plea for understanding. It must be admitted that France's position is not enviable, geographically. To have live next to Germany, while the German war spirit is smoldering, would be disagree- e for any of Germany's recent foes. Nevertheless, successful living is the art of taking risks. This is true for nations less than for individuals. The Washington conference has had an example of it ‘tn the risks America offers to run by conceding to Japan 60 per cent of this country's ‘aval strength. Great Britain also is running a risk in ceasing to build capital ships. | France, too, must assume risks. Before the world war, France had no agreement ith Great Britain or America to go to her aid. Yet both countries sent their armies France and under France’s commander-in-chief saved France from destruction. The war's lesson to Germany is that she cannot strike without bringing France's into the war, as a spontaneous act. Germany dare not strike again, unless estranges her friends. That is France’s best assurance of peace. There can be no better impetus to France to begin running risks as other nations do. ‘ "Let France reduce her military strength with courage. Only by over-timidity can ince work herself harm. ia’s Day "Numbered Discovery of » super-microbe, BY Dk. WM. E, BARTON RAN across this interesting item a few days ago in the reading of the letters of Pliny, governor of Bithinia, to ‘Trajan, emperor of Rome. Pliny wrote to the em- peror that there had been a dis- astrous fire in capital city of Nicomedia, and d the purchase of 4 fire en- and the organization of a vol- fire company, whose mem- was to be limited to 150 I shouid like greatly to know what sh of fire engine he proposed to iJ Many years ago I lived in a town % e they had an old hand-engine. ron there was a fire, the town 1 compelled any men whom called to that duty to labor at the es” as they called the long eat the side of the engine. That was primitive enough, and 1 we worked at the “brakes” of such engine; but Pliny’s engine must been a pump of very primitive | Prey were always having fires in Houses were of brick, but there was much combustible ma-/| i in their construction. It was et so in Bible lands. There houses | cold, it ‘gether with mud cement. There was ‘ot much to burn. There is nothing in the Bible about houses on fire. But they had many fires in Rome. What do you think Trajan replied to Pliny? He told him to buy the fire engine, Put not to organize the fire com pany. He said that a company of ‘What sort would be sure to get into “polities and to make trouble! ‘That shows, of course, how fearful the Roman emperors were of even small gatherings of the people, in “the day of Rome's imperial great ness, But it also illustrates that men Organized to put out fires which oc cur with great irregularity, or for “Any other purpose which leaves them “with time to think and talk, must think and talk about something; and Trajan was sure that they would talk politics! Rome was a very modern old town In the first and second Christian cen- _ turies. | cake, Two things are sure to make a girl laugh—dim- ples and good teeth. ‘ Maybe Seattle could get ornament, : ‘ a battleship for a park That great silence we hear is prices dropping. by Seattle men, in Seattle, for Seattle.” That's all right, if the editor of that publication feels that way about it. The Star, for its part, prefers this designation: “A newspaper, published by Se- attle men and women, in Seattle, the whole Pacific North west.” Count Bzechenyi probably re- fused to come over because our alphabet is damaged enough al- There must be a mistake in the Bt. Lowis wire saying @ woman who stole 300 petticoats was caught “Bluebeard” Landru may plead he was solving France's problem of surplus women. Perhaps the Kansas janitor who burned 35,000 in radium was try- ing to save on the coal bill, How our enemics succeed, the devil only knows Dear Folks: I'm glad to say at last, Thanksgiving dinner ail is past; we've had our fill of pie and recovered from our stomach ache, and finished all the noble work of masticating roasted turk. ‘The turk was great, I'll bave to say, when it appeared Thankagiv- ing day; there never was so great @ treat, in all the many things to eat; and so we ate until we felt the need to loosen up the belt, On Friday, too, when I was told that we would have the turkey didn'f make me mad a bit to. have a it, and every one began to say, ‘It's better now than yesterday!" I lost enthusiasm some, turkey hash began to come; for then I started in to think, I'm glad I'm not a wealthy gink-—v satiated money king, who has too much of everything, For even things on which we dote, too much will often get our | goat; so when, at last, I had to stoop to contemplating © turkey soup, T shouted, “Take away the stuff—I'l tell the world enough's enough!” And so I'm very glad to say, IT don't have turkey every day; but |in the many in-betweens, I have jto live on spuds and beans, for }that is why it seems a treat to |have a roasted turk to eat, when Ciritge omn Try This on Your Wise Friend A man killed one goose the first day and twice as many each succeeding day as the day before. it take him to kill 63? How long did to yesterday's; His crown, A Service to the Public The thanks of Seattleltes gen- erally, as well as of the American Legion, are due to John von Her. berg for giving over the Coliseum theatre for the Marshal Foch meeting Wednesday, « In the absence of the great pub- le auditorium which the city needs, the Coliseum is probably the best bullding available for the purpose. I¢ seals 2,200 persons, and its large and well organized orchesira, which is being made even larger for the occasion, will be in readiness with suitable music to greet the allied hero, To turn this theatre over to the American Legion commities free of charge means an interruption of regular business which the Usual commercial amusement pur weyor would never agree to. This makes Mr. Von Herberg’s cour- Tf Newberriy/s famty, tf his friends, if his business associate, his attorney in fact, could expend this huge sum of money (almost $200,000) and he not know it, then he is too much of a babe in the woods to sit in the senate.—Senator Ashurst (D.), Arizona. . Keeping the Record Straight On Saturday, the Sth of Novem- ber, 1921, the statute of limita- tions became bar against the criminal prosecution of some 2,000 persons and corporations who had defrauded the government in ship- ping board transactions. At least this statement is made in house, senate and all over the nation, and nobody denies it. Time will roll on. Campaigns will come. Parties Will be op posed. Candidates will be mak- ing speeches. And the republi- cans will attack the democrats for the shipping board “scandals.” And they may be right, at that. But when they make the attack, let it be remembered that there are 2,000 or more men at large | who might, many of them, have been put behind the bars if the republicans had not let the stat- |ute of limitations run in their \favor, after being warned over and over again, The banks won't close for a 10- year naval holiday. Foch has been given 1% college degrees but will recover. mestaisar’ If you combined the curative prop- erties of every known “ cough remedy, you probably could not get as much real curative power as there is in this simple home-made cough syrup, which is easily prepared in a few minutes, Get from any druggist 2% ounces of Pinex, pour it into a pint bottle | and fill the bottle with syrup, using either pris ranulated sugar syrup, clarified molasses, honey, or coro syrup, as desired. The result is a full pint of really better cough syrup than you could buy ready-made for three times the money. Tastes pleas- ant and never spoils. This Pinex and & gets right at the ea ives almost | loosens the phlegm, stops the nast throat tickle ‘and. heals the sore, ire tated membranes #0 gently and easily that it is really astonishing. day's use will usually overcome the ordjnary cough and for bronchitis, croup, hoarseness and bronchial asth- ma, there is nothing better, Pinex is a most valuable concen- trated compound of genuine Norway pine extract, and has been used for generations to break severe coughs, To avoid disappointment, ask your drugaist for “2% ounces ‘of Pinex” with full directions, and don't: accept anything els: iaranteed to give abseltite satlataction romptiy refi ‘ Fe ind, yrup preparation or taxpayer which is 67 per cent. Mother, Bol THE Editor The Star: to get justice. relief thru publicity. upon my own efforts. Madison st. cause of my injuries. the railway system; courtesy, but that was all, to her? Respectfully, Publicity Helps Chest Campaign Editor The Star: As chairman of the Seattle Com. munity Chest campaign, I want to expresk to you my heartiest appre ciation for the splendid co-operation you have given to me. Publicity is a great factor In. a work of this kind, Without it very little can be accomplished, and the generous support you have accorded has enabled us to attain the euccess we have had to a great extent. Very truly yours, W. L. RHODES, , Chairman Community Chest Campaign & Observations on Municipal Cars Editor The Star: After reading your Peter wit article of the 25th instant, written by Mr. Hal Armeatrong, I could not refrain from writing a few facta re garding our street cars. Having been employed in the maintenance department of the Se attle Electric Co, and tn the same capacity for the Northern Pacific R. R. Co. 1 am in « position to note the shortcomings in all departments of the line, In January of thie year T appeared before the utilities committer and a number of the leading business men and received favorable expressions from all on this proposition, which I took to the editor of another Beattie paper, who told me it would be im possible under thé present contract between the city and the 8. E. Co. to do anything at that time, A lapse of 10 months has now occurred and I find that paper using same for the headlines. Fivecent fare is handy—will anve time in making change on care and he fair to patrons who object to pay- ing the entire amount By cutting out long distance transfers and turn ing all vehicle traffic down First ave. and up Second from Jackson st. to Pine st. N., giving the right side track to care loading points south and weet and inside track to care unloading, and same up Second ave, th time and danger would be ved. 1 timed a Fauntleroy ear loading at First and Pike at 5 o'clock p. m Tt took seven minutes to load—then the traffic cop turned the stop sign and delayed tt two minutes more The first car behind was a Union st. loop with onty one block to go. It was delayed nine minutes—seven cara were delayed from two to eight minutes. Our cars are not a pile of junk We have them of nearly every man ufacture now in use, The large cars are especially adapted to long dis. tance runs and the small one-man care to short hauls. I have figures to show from 6 to & a. m. and 5 to 7p. m. that large cara on long runs are crowded with 20 per cent hane. ing to straps. If any shortage should occur, it could be placed in general tax fand at the end of each year. ‘This would make the non-resident turn in his percentage, Very truly yo F. H. RO’ ETT. 6101 47th 8. W. her, tring home some ot Nat's Milk Bread!—Advertisement. J / j | BINYON DR. J. BR. Free Examination BEST $2.50 GLASSES on Earth re one of the few optical n the Northwest that really from start to finish, and only one in KON FIRST xamination fre etriat. Glass #8 absolutely AVE, Dy gfaduate op- Drager ibed weary BINYON OPTICAL CO. ‘ 1116 FIRST AVE, Between Spring aud Seneca eats Tere ats [LETTERS TO EDITOR Aged Widow Injured by a City Street Car Propounds Question. I am writing to you in a final and desperate effort I have tried the city officials and failed, but | thought that possibly I might get some I am a widow, 71 years old, and entirely dependent On August 27, last, I struck by a municipal’ street car at Eighth ave. and My right shoulder and collarbone were broken and one ankle was permanently injured. I was in the city hospital for five weeks, and then was discharged, unable to earn my living any more be- I took my case to Mr. Henderson, superintendent of to Mr. Meier, the corporation me counsel; to Mayor Caldwell; to Councilman Fitzgerald, and to Mr. Dennis, the claim agent. with the exception of Mr. Fitzgerald—treated me with P They said I had no claim || 1 against the city and that they could do nothing for me. What I want to know now is this—if the city can afford to pay a Cleveland man $1,000 a week to come here and putter around on the car lines, why can’t it afford to pay its honest debts, and recompense a poor , widow for the irreparable injury that it has done MRS. C. A. MORRIS, SEATTLE STAR |Outspoken as to ne Star sone world’s disarmament, | and agr A. Weston in hig} stand in regard to Japs, Not only | are they being brought in here by shiploads, but they are increasing at| an alarming rate by birth, And that statement is substantiated by the lately! It will} not jong, at the rate of American | births, when the Japanese will not| need to fight for the possession of | this country, " They will hold it by lbeing born under the “Stars and| | Stripes. And yet we do not pick up| or that does not ¢ the| of the American laws by same yellow peste when yellow aliens | bre the laws can't they be ported, if them can't show cith ship papers? Rooia it not be eh er than arresting them, and, after fine, turning them loose to do the same thing over? And not only thém, but all aliens? Then, per #, the true American would come into his own statintios comp! was thene I way, for shame upon the Ameri All of them— || oun that hires or patrontzes the TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1921. for our Book. AT EVENTIDE BY LEO H, ‘LASSEN When the sun winds down the western way Along the hilis the sunset light Speaks in awful splendor The glory of Hin Might The magie of the flaming sky—~ A touch of evening's Along the sleeping valley A wonder mantle throws Aloft 1 hear the chapel bells Chime the hymnal of the bills; The ewe celestial music My soul with worship fills ‘The shadows deepen round me ” myrtic light is gone; chapel bells are silent Ti the coming of the dawn. am an American woman, a | daughter of « civil war veteran and | the mother of a United States ma | rine. And as such, I every jtime an alien breake the laws, de port him or her, and put a real American in their place. And not only that, don't patronize or employ | }them and always look on them as ja menace to our beloved “Stars and Stripes,” Yours, forever, MRS. J. C. BRETTLAUCH, 721 Valley St., Port Angeles, Wash say, for Americans, now and 1108 Sixth ave. For Tafeats, avalide ond Growing Children ‘Tee Original Food-Driak Por All Agee ood Substitutes Rich mith, matted grain extract in Powsee ! Ne Cooking — Neurlahing = Digeeas tire dealer | headed for in 1922 NE of the most wholesome signs of business settling’ to a hardy basis again is the unpopularity of big talk. Theyknowthestrad- dling days are over. And more and more of them are classifying themselyes as sound, constructive business citizens. They have seen the tire-trader flounder from one season to ‘the next. Switching customers to this brand and that day they prefer tohave come minus the oratory. They are looking for a practical program. Delivered in good faith. they’ve ever been. They are negotiating Sales and Service Agree- ments for 1922, : Talking over with dealers the values of a Sales and Service Franchise for U.S. Tires. __ Not merely trying to sell some merchandise. But’ carefully building business relationships for next year. They see bigger op- portunities ahead than any ever thought of in the past. They want these op- portunities protected. . s s The past year or so hasshowntire re- tailers that they can be only one of two things— A legitimate tire-merchant. Oratire-trader. brand—under the dp- peal of “big discounts.” lose them to the better dealer up the street. The tire-trader is never satisfied. Less so are his customers. Prices on all U. S. Tires and Tubes Reduced Nov. 10th. Ask your dealer. Where the U. S. Dealer Franchise separates from the rest and asserts its prerogatives are in these things— It bringsto the dealer’s store the and It su withthemostconstructive and courageous publicly expressed policies today. It carries the presti baw U.S. Royal Cord ire. It is the most sought- after Franchise in the whole tire trade. United States Tires United States @} Rubber Company Tire Branch, 212-216 Jackson Street