The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 15, 1922, Page 1

1% r Saebt haeaal , 4 - aa Bs Home Edition VOLUME 24. NO. 43. Entered as Second (Hone Brew] q Howdy, folkst Just when we finish paying eff the Christmas bills, along comes Raster and we have to start all over! Bitter Half's Easter roof-gurden, think of the poor bimbos who shied their hats into the ring and won't get em back next Tuesday? eee But if tt is tough to pay for your| Hope the earwigs don't get Into the flower bed on Mrs, Brew’s new wat eee EASTER LAMENT Dr. E. J. Brown pretends to be} Much perturbed because “he sees be- | bind Dan Landon the sinister face | of C. B. Fitegerald.” } The Doc is seeing things again. = | eee j Gregorie Semenoff, Cossack leader, | has been put in jail in New York | ‘They won't even let the Russian gen- eral hang around the back-steppes! eee A ou NDIDISCOPES: } F. Meler t Tuesday will be a day of | doubt and disappointment for | you, according to a most inter. | | esting configuration of the | / planets. Beware of a long. | haired aky-pilot in black and a | group of money-mormons who | want to “wave the city.” Re- sist al} efforts of unknown [| gentlemen to pin the Order of | the Rising Sun upon your coat. | On thin day you will regret that | | you took your wife's advice, |} but will feel happy that you |} did not resigm your present job | otherwise you might be out | | of a job with nothing in sight | | | but the Millionair’s Club. : = — | ere Only 19 bartenders were arrested | in Seattle last year, according to the | annual report of the police depart-| ment / The other bartenders practiced| their profession in a retpectable man. ner and were not disturbed by the} police It may be only a coincidence, | but the Seattle Dog Show ends tonight, just before the “redhot™ season begins at the ball park. mie te yoasts that it delivered cir 1 dis FIGHTEM, FIGHTEM: There was a young flapper Tightem Love letters? Gosh, could wrightem! | med how she {Turn to Last Page, Column 2) | => The Star has made a gain of 8,882 subscribers (more than 40,000 readers) on EVERY week day in the last year. This is an unprecedented record. It gives this newspaper a clear lead of MORE THAN 15,000 over the second most widely circulated Se attle paper and 20,000 over the third. Class Matter TOWNS UNDER From Death in Path of Flood; Rich Area Swept CHICAGO, April 15.— Following five weeks of nearly daily rain, rivers in the Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri basins were >, CAs ing ‘mlllioha of “dollars Property loss and intense suffering. Hundreds of families have been driven from their homes. The heaviest loss will be suf- was most severe along the Iinols river, where levees have given way, flooding thou- sands of actes of land. Beardstown, HL, whose popu- lation ef 8,000 is accustomed to floods for many years, has ex- perienced the greatest high water loxs in its history, The levee protecting East Peo- ria also was threatened, Lowlands along Indiana rivers were flooded, with heavy loss to livestock and winter wheat. Guards were stationed along Wisconsin rivers, running bank full. Rain continued today. see INDIANAPOLAS, Ind. April 15.—Kivers and streams, surging over their banks, continued to rise today in the biggest flood Indiana has seen since 1913. More rainfall in some sections of the state last night and today sent lowland residents scurrying to higher ground. Hundreds of families, who vacated their homes two or three days ago, saw the muddy waters climbing up on the windows. oe . April. 15.—Flood waters, swee nois river, hay homeless and caused dh Ls (Turn to Last Page, Column 5) Nervy H. Brew Tells Truth on Candidates By Homer Brew At the risk of insulting all the voters of this bailiwick, I} am going to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about the men now running for the office of mayor. | at the pri asking qu © were you “Why? . “How many children your” have Are they self-supporting or y also have to support ive your rea running for may 1 whall now 1 out Yhe informa , if any, for sex fol H. 8, TURNER place Turner at the he 1 think he ought to be 1 of sone list and I know dog ud of the} at the| — \ % ; Mrs. Brew is garbed anew. At every Baster season; Jenny's togged in baby blue, Expensive beyond reason; | Even little Homer Ju- Nior costs a pretty penny; Homer needs some new duds, too, But Homer hasn't any. cee ; | q | | | i] 1 | ' - the eggers wil dev tire | o bd h o ‘ iy ana! " r ! t won't be ¢ are four in his fami ee DR. BE. J. BROWN lection n wears his hair long, y nd of the pe-eec nt oplé of the WALTER F. MEIER This 1 1. that ed for (Turn to Last «ge, Column 1) WATER ‘Thousands Flee “SEATTLE, WASIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1922.0 | | | | | is re-| gold | derson, @ like propor: | thi | mystery, neigh | the mother died before help could be ob tained, MILLIONS LOST IN EASTERN FLOODS! On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise | The Seattle Sta May 3, 1499, at the Postoffiee at Beattie, Wash, under the Act of Congress March 2, 179, Give Us Back Honest Gas! (EDITORIAL) Herbert J. Flagg, chief engineer for the state department of public works, left Saturday for California to collect data for use in the pending telephone rate hearing. . The Star hopes he comes back laden with facts which will result in lower costs to Seattle sub- scribers and other phone users thruout the state. Also while he is in California that he do some- thing for the benefit of Seattle gas consumers. Seattle has seen an alarming increase in its as rates. And an increase in its gas BILLS isproportionate even with the rates. : his latter jump was brought about when, in 1920, the public service commission permitted the sale of “weaker” gas. Cut Heat Units on Plea __ That It Won't Make Any, Difference! It allowed the company to cut the number of “B. T. U.’s” from 600 to 500. A B. T. U. (Brit- ish thermal unit) is the technical name for the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one de; Fahrenheit in temperature. In permitting this dilution of the gas the state board promulgated the theory, which sounded absurd to the layman, that a reduction in the calorific value of the gas would not result in a corresponding increase in consumption. In reaching this view it was influenced, ap- parently, by the testimony of George E. Whit- well, instructor at the state university, who said the 100 B. T. U. cut would not make any ma- terial difference in the amount of gas required if the gas appliances in which it was used were pro A og adjusted. his new lift-yourself-by-your-bootstraps the- ory was accepted by the Washington authorities and has been in effect ever since. AND OUR GAS BILLS SOARED. In the meanwhile somebody sprang the same remarkable theory on the California commission. This commission employs an extremely cap- able technical staff, and it doesn’t take some corporation’s plausible hokus as fact without due investigation. }Find Washington Commission’s Novel Theory Doesn’t Hold Water Its scientists have been studying the B. T. U. reduction idea, Their full report will soon be made public. Preliminary reports have indi- cated that the theory the Washington commis- sion has been operating under is diametrically wrong—that a reduction in the thermal value of gas DOES result in a corresponding increase in the amount used. That is plain common sense, of course, and, naturally, good science. For this reason The Star advises Engineer Flagg to look into the gas question as well as the telephone problem while in California. Seattle is tired of paying for 600 heating units every time it receives 500 (at unduly high rates, too). Seattle is tired of being gold-bricked. Seattle wants the B. T. U. content of its gas put back where it belongs, and it is up to the state commission which blundered in allowing the change, to rectify the error promplly. « FARMER KILLS (TRAIN DERAILED, WIFE AND SELF SIX ARE INJURED Bix passengers were injured eariy today , CENTRALIA, April 15.-—Gus An-| SAN FRANCISCO, April 16 ® farmer cut his wife's and then shot hime dying instantly, « The cause of ing ignor:| Ney y| the Western according to word received Pacific A broken rail, it was wreck floor deaperately wounded. The | caused the Six children survive. were derailed. when eastbound overland train No. 2 on the Western Pacific was derail: edy is aled two miles west of Winnemude general offices believed, One day coach and three sleepers Yer Year, by Mail, $5 to #9 “TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE _ LANDON SCORES GRAFT! Promises Big Sav- ing in Purchas-| ing Department) if Elected Dan Landon declared in a speech #t South Alki Friday night that if he is elected mayor he will “not for one, minute tol- erate the graft that ls going on in dhe clty ball.” “It im notorious.” said Landon, “the graft that there iy in the pur chasing agents department tn thie purchase of stationery supplies alone, “It bas been reported to me that Pot Benatc ranch hess eee ra tiadns WALTER TO GET HIS ORDERS WEDNESDAY --IF HE GETS THRU If Walter F, Meier, candidate || for mayor, comes thru the prima |] riew next Tuesday, which many of |] hig supporters are beginning wert || ously to doubt, he will be seen Wednesday noon by a committee |] @f tive, who will define hin poll ciex Thin decision wan reached, it |] Was learned today, at a meeting Friday noon in the Seattle hotel by the board of trustees of the Associated Industries, Wiltiam D. Freeman, the purchasing agent, eutimates a saving of $150,000 & year could be made by establish. | ing a city store room, purchasing all stationery supplies in bulk and ts suing them to various city offices and departments as needed “If Lam elected mayor I will not be satisfied with saving the city $150,000 in that department. 1 will say it will be nearer a quarter million dollars a year.” Landon again declared he would! stand for enforcement of the laws and ordinances of the city as his | first duty, if elected, and advocated Scent fare, Skagit river improve. (Turn to Last Page, Column 3) 13 SLEEP ON TRACK; KILLED! [ WORTH, Tex., April 15.—| ance Riggs, John Shoemaker | and Elim nrill, of Columbus, Ohio. | } |were killed by a Texas & Pacific |train today | A ling to Edward Minor, who| | accompanied the boys, they lay down | on the track and went go-sleep while | waiting for a train. Minor rested a fow feet from the tracks. |John McCormack : Much Improved NEW YORK, Apri] 15.—The tion of John MeCormack, Irish ill here with throat trouble, was much improved,” it was said at his | home today $25 in Cash Prizes || $15 First Prize, $5 Sec- ond Prize, Next 5 $1 Each For the best letters telling of satisfuctory — transactions from the standpoint of savings and made thru ad vertis ts in The Star be. tween yril lat and 15th Letters hould be limited to 100 words and must be In The Star office by Aprif 20th, Get busy and sen? in your letter. You doubtiems have had some profitable experience v4, || With a Star advertisement be- 7 tween April Ist and 16th. it on so, tell us about it—and may win one of the sh |) prizes | Address Ad-Reading-Pays Editor, care The Star. re 8: e 5 fer If only at Fa We could lay aside The drab clothing Of our thoughts {nd don a clean, New garments eee cu Banishing the past, Haw fragrant The flowers would-be} fienrG tia y Copyright 1992, by Meory Clay Dan Landon Is the Man to Smash Selfish Cligqu (EDITORIAL) Many issues are involved in the coming election. Elimination of graft, waste and duplication of work in city hall; lower taxes; lower street car fares; the fate of city’s Skagit river power project and street railway system; sti or loose law enforcement; lower light rates; suburban moto transportation and many other issues are bound up in it. The people cannot vote on these issues separately and dire but only indirectly, by casting their ballots for or against th candidates who favor or oppose them. ; There is-one issue, however, on which the people can directly. That is the issue of might vs. right. That is the impe ant issue in this campaign. It is not right for a clique to hand-pick a candidate and bi him a seat in public office, as is being attempted in Seattle to- day. It is not right for a candidate to accept that sort backing. Cliques do not do that sort of thing for nothing. They do ne spend their money lavishly ona man for unselfish reason: Whether the candidate thinks so or not, when he finds himse in office he discovers he is also asked—and obligated—to do hi clique’s bidding. i Such a clique, the most powerful of its kind that in recen years has reared its head to control an election in Seattle, is at- tempting to buy the mayor’s office for Walter F. Meier. He he accepted it as his master, and behind him is all its personal in- fluence and its tremendous money bags. . The Star quickly learned what had befallen Meier. His rival candidates soon grasped its significance. It became notorious, But, tho notorious, it is none the less powerful in its aggressive= ness and strength. ie, It is splendidly commendable of all the other candidates for ease that they turned on Meier and the clique that coddl im. Some of the candidates opposing Meier are unalterably o posed to several issues The Star considers good. Others are per- haps in favor of them, but, The Star felt, could not beat Meier. The one man in the field who favors practically all the good issues and opposes all the bad, and, on top of that, has proved in the state senate that he is unafraid and honest and powerful enough ,to smash a political ring to smithereens, is Dan Landon: So The Star has indorsed Landon and urges honest voters to vote for him to beat Meier, to eliminate graft, to get a right car- fare, to save our publicly-owned utilities, to insure a clean ad- ministration, lower taxes and, paramount over all, TO SMASH THE CLIQUE, THE SELFISH RING. 4