The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 1, 1923, Page 8

| PAGE 8 The Seattle Phone Star Publishing Dally by The 8 t Jation ervien, By year 09.60, Ropegrentatives, Ban Francivee T Bide.; New York effiog Canadian Pacific Bilg.; Boston office, Tre pidge Teapot Dome Facts Let's not let this tempest stirred up by Teapot Dome naval oil reserve is not what up to be sidetrack our attention from the done the public by the Fall-Sinclair deal. The these: that it was cracked wrong reports real facts are Teapot Dome was a public naval oil reserve. It was transferred by executive order from the navy to the department of the interior. That was done without authorization of congress, which created the reserve, and without informing the public. Albert B. F secretary of the interior, leased Teapot Dome to Harry F, Sinclair, It was a private deal between the two men, made in the seclusion of Fall's New Mexico ranch, and not at Washington, Sinclair at the time’ estimated the value of the lease at $100,000,000 This huge public resource was disposed of by a public official to a personal friend—Fall and Sinclair just 1 turned from a European tour together—without permit ting another prospective lessee to bid for the lease. Fall tells the senate committee investigating the deal now that he turned Teapot Dome over to Sinclair in private because he felt could get a better contract in private than by calling for public bids Of course, Mr. Fall knew that the only his unique theory was to call for bids, and a test impossible. He knew t the law demanded public bids for all contracts, except those for personal service. He/should have called for public bids for the cou struction of the tanks to hold the navy's oil, but he disregarded that precedent in the deal with his friend Sinclair, who agreed to construct tanks in exchange for oil. way to test is now hese are facts for the public to keep fh mind when Fall-Sinclair witnesses come before the senate commit tee asserting that Teapot Dome contains but one-fourth the oil Sinclair expected when he and Fall made their deal. Perhaps Teapot Dome will Then again, perhaps it won't. Time only will tell. But time will not change the fundamental proposition that Fall dickered with Sinclair in private and let the public's oil reserves slip into the hands of a private exploiter in y contrary to the law. short fall in production Omaha, Neb. jeweler robbed twice in four days. been hunting a lump of coal Bandits may have Who is this man Ford we see so much about in the newspapers? Is he a presidential candidate? which Emporia, Kan., bank teller says women pay as quickly as is slandering the meh. The world gets better. Woman in Nashville, Tenn, shot for reading movie sub-tithe aloud. i never seems to rise ‘The sun never sets on American Legion pos: on a federal honus Do You Remember These Tales? Some few years ago, the Pennsylvania Railroad com- pany apologized for poor service by. saying the govern- ment owed the road so much money from federal opera- tion, money it could not collect. Time for settlement came and the government owed the Pennsylvania nothing. The Pennsylvania, on the con- trary, paid the government $90,000,000 because the gov- ernment had “over-maintained” the road during the period of government service. Some few years ago, the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, thru Daniel Willard, complained bitterly that the gov- ermment had not maintained the road properly during the period of government service. Time for settlement came and the Baltimore& Ohio paid the government $9,000,000 because the government had over-maintained the road. ‘ The New York Central settlement is now approved. The New York Central will pay the government $23,000,- 000 because of over-maintenance. Fortunately for the New York Central, th is no record of wild attacks on the government from that road, because its president was one of the chief government officers during the period of government operation. But the public, misinformed by the early railroad propaganda, gets no confession today from the railreads that the propaganda was either consciously ar uncon- sciously false. Joseph Babcock, man who sent mah Jongg to America, has landed in San Francisco without « murder. Nebraska farmer tried {o shoot his farm hand, which Is a new way to make a farm hand moye. People annoyed by vaudeville actors may enjoy learning one lost “her salary in San Frat Thanksgiving is our next big holiday and now is the time to get your indigestion in shape. You can tell when you are nearing a railway crossing by the pieces of autos in the road. Finds Civilization a Bore The manager of the Hudson Bay company’s farthest north trading post is Capt. George G. Cleveland. He's back to civilization for the first time in 10 years. Cap. says he’s going to return to the country of eternal ice as fast as he can, now that he’s looked us over. He'll have to wait until next spring, for the Arctic already is frozen solid. f “It’s all right to come back to civilization for a while,” Cap admits. “But after you've seen all the sights, you soon get tired of it.” A chronic city dweller probably would say the same about the Far North, after visiting it. The airplane interests Capt. Cleveland more than any of the other things developed since he visited civilization in 1913. His first glimpse of a modern flying craft was when two big planes, bound for the Mackenzie River oil fields, were forced to land near his Hudgon Bay trad- ing post. “T knew what they were, from having seen pictures of them,” he says. “But the Eskimos thought they were big birds and were terribly frightened when the planes approached. They hid under their blankets.” Republican leaders of New York have repudiated the statement William L, Ward, Westchester county boss, made on leaving the White House, that New York's delegation would be solid for Coolidge. Ward says he was only joking. See the joke, Cal? London ear doctor reports that the hh receiver to the left ear is developing a left ing from use, How about those doubk of holding the telephone red race, the hearing improv- eaded radio phones? The mortality from snake bites in India rose from 19,396 In 1921 to 20,009 in 1922. If that would only happen in America what an argument the anti-prohibitionists would have! New champ typist typed 9,120 words an hour, Now let's have a typist gum chewing contest. Presidential election is coming. Yoliticians are hunting crises, out rages and injustices, The muscle about Muscle Shoals has been Jaw muscle so far, NO WONDER THE SEATTLE STAR THURSDAY, } TZacauithwns Supreme Court’s Rise to Power BY LOWELL MELLETT Ediior's Noto—Lowell Mellett, of this paper's Washington staff, has made an extensive study of the movement to cur tail the power of the supreme irt, Mellett has written a ticles giving the out- history, This is the ninth ar ticle in the series. boring class to the excemsive pow ercixed by <he U. 8, at - naturally opposed ne effe in Dred habe Workera naturally op posed the court's theory, ex essed in the legal tender case, that money good enough for 4 was not good enough the income * could not the tax prob ably results leas from such de « these than from a long om almed been found yal. Congress ted another em: lability act and In 1912 > court sustained it ible to know how ix or thousands of ed or maimed dur ne intervening six years with no requirement for the re lief of their families. BASED DECISIO ON PUBLIC POLICY An act had been passed by con gress in 1896 making it a erim inal offense for an employer to a man because of mem bership in a labor union, An em ploye of the Loulevitle & Nash ville railroad discharged be cause he belonged to the Order of The case Locomotive Fireman, reached the supreme court, hich decta the act of con gress unconstitutional. This was in 1908, just after the same court had upheld the conviction of the Danbury hatters on the charge of boycotting, the conviction being obtained under—of all possible the Sherman anti-trust law! The ged unconstitution the anti-blacklisting act on the theory that it’ invaded personal liberty and the t of property as guaranteed he fifth amendment ne opinion ,written for the statutes (SAFETY HEAD | mington, Del, is the elected president of the Lewis A. DeBlois of Wil- newly | | | | | | | | National Safety league and will direct that organization’ s | nation-wide campaign against accidents in home, street and industry. ‘ourt and the di majority of th senting opinions of the mino: in this case esting for { the reason ¢ ow the | of 1916 ana of children des based t site as mills had me & natio blic policy ax up tation of the lav T w WHAT WELAY SAM) OF U.S This series of articles concerns country t dl has ever # acta of congress held The next important wherein the supreme court 1 fied the efforts of congre nd of the people was This is xo cane pi ct wan fi meet a der the child labor cane. recent that It still ech n the the f. 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