The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 5, 1924, Page 6

Ba Asem. “s . The Law Must B “ORMER Secretary of the Navy | Daniels has issued a statement that the primary object of the naval oil re Serve investigation should be to have these reserves restored to t navy and that punishment of the g is ondary. We must disagree with him says that punishment of the guilty is secondary importance. It is impor’ that the oil lands be recovered for . navy, yes. It is equally important that the pumping of the navy’s oil into the tanks of Doheny and Sinclair be stopped instantly, yes. : But of even greater importance {s it that every man touched with guilt be prosecuted criminally and punished to the full extent of the law. For a generation the confidence of the people in their government has been growing less and less because of their recognition of the fact that all men are not equal before the law—that there is one law for the rich and powerful and another for the poor and powerless. Al- sec- when he | The Seattle Star (:::: , tehing P o 02.08, ne Mala fan Fre Representatives te New Tork office Vindicated r the law—by the litt true, it is due in great 1 that the big fellow s are not punished laws against straint of t ave been bi as gone to jail public ha rouged out of vast sums of result of these crimes The stealing of public utility has been the favorite sport of the big fel- lows, time without end. This has cost the public so many millions that it can't computed. The public has paid, but no- body has gone to jail. Is it any wonder that the big fellows have grown bolder and bolder? Is it any wonder that they have not | even stopped at stealing the oib of the navy, set apart by the government for the defense of the nation in time of need? | And now that they have begn caught | red-handed, a bigger question than the return of the loot is presented, important reasure to fact who commit The conspirac in ken b nobody been franchises be THE SEATTLE STAR TUESDAY, ‘all Exposure Aids Conservation War These Days in Washington ey wart fe LEND ry 400,000.00 \: “ ’ <r ae Ormcras weGoTATING \ ae - : me NA ft ume ane on OL Heyy WYESTICATE Met Oil Raids Will] Seas, Help Fight of Wallace Weshington Bureas 1833 New York Avenue of the out Alaskan trip of transfer to ment of agriculture y pledged to conse ic lands embr 100,000 acres ‘ation. v it took the expo onnected with the Teapot Dome and California oll leases to bring the matter to wide spread attention, If the trans it will be very has as that is. It is a moral question of the most vital importance, It is a question of the vindication of the majesty and dignity of the law. NO CONSIDERATION OF FINAN- CIAL OR POLITICAL POWER OR ID FLUENCE MUST BE PERMITTED TO to jail. | STAND IN THE WAY OF THIS VINDI- We hear much these days about lack of CATION, thes ways when laws providing fine and im- prisonment are invoked against the big fellows it has come to be taken as a mat- ter of course that the worst that will happen is that some or all of the loot will be recovered, possibly a fine imposed. but never does one of the big fellows go © of the ac Fall, archfoe of QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS YOU _can get an answer to question of fact or inf | Conmewesmal weAnnd ! Zs for VoRDA AccOmmeEO BY Tom ROA fi} Sims’ #* NEWS (€ PAPER CIENATOR HOWELL'S recent ra dio how! is creating static among | the bozos who deal in the big noises. | Federal Trade commission asks! congress to investigate charges of a! radio tr There ts something GmWhat ie the strange about congress Investigating} 0 0'"o eder tor the The Star |" * trust, Maybe congress is ATO Jealoun JAIL NEWS A girl bandit was cought in Cleve land. This one used a gun, but all of them don't, WEATHER Tt got so cold in New England |recently all the girls were shimmy: ing without trying. | SPORTS “A college education kept_me from | getting a job,” says Miller Huggins. | But even in sports if @ man works hard he can outgrow @ college edu-| election? cation. Look to the future, folks. A—Tuesday, March 11. Don’t let having @ college education Q—What candidates are to be discourage you, voted on? SCIENCE SECRETS A-—Candidates for mayor, cor- “A glance at the sky shows the| poration council and candidates stars are not all alike,” says science | for three counciimantc places, in ‘writer. A glance at Hollywood di-| addition to ral ordinances | vorce figures shows he is right, that require approval cf the BRO. TOM'S KITCHEN voters. One co unciiman to suc Put hair oil in the mayonnaise} tet Oliver T. Erickson, resigned, and it may go to your head. revra aeal oabean yc etal EDITORIAL deeb ngs " Bok !s spending about $300,000 for Serine, are: Cae. rorterae, OCF ‘i | elais? a ae | -A—Etwn J, Brown, mayor; The Skagit Investigation POLL of the city council indicates there will be almost unanimous approval of The Star’s suggestion for an impartial investigation of expenditures to date on the Skagit power project. This suggestion was made to insure the success of this Municipally-owned enterprise. The Star, long a staunch ‘supporter of public ownership, saw millions more than was originally estimated being poured into the work, its completion held up for years, and feared lest it should, be so weighted down with bonds and other financial obli- gations that it necessarily would fail. Why the delay? Why the excessive cost? sought facts—and got none. Council sought facts—and Members say they got none. Why? It was to get a report for the taxpayers on how their money is being Spent that The Star suggested the investigation that the council has taken up. What kind of an investigation should it be? The Star suggests this: The counci] has not the technical knowledge to grasp the intimate details of the Skagit work. Members of the board of public works are largely in the same situation, and so busy with their own city departments that they have little time to devote to the Skagit. Appoint, then, a committee of three, to include: One politically disinterested engineer to unravel the technical mysteries for the committee, _ One politically disinterested accountant to point out in “Jayman’s language what the Skagit account books show. - One politically ‘disinterested Seattle business man to ent the taxpayers of Seattle generally. ‘The committee should begin work as quickly as possible, and should report at the earliest possible moment. _ Skagit Engineer Uhden says he can complete the Gorge ‘unit of the Skagit to a point where it will operate by “May 1. Next on their program will be the construction of Srheré tear teat Thomas J. Kennedy, corporation angi permanent Gorge dam and the $8,000,000 peace being made, but ve a ree ang ay erage Ce Rul jam. being had ut any honest effort to} Fitzgerald ‘3 Hf If investigation of the $11,000,000 Gorge project now | R*k® Peace is worthy. Sens | = Who are:ths candidates fer i ’ | ee. Even Ford Pa ‘under way is favorable to Mr. Uhden’s management, The [couldn't make enough to supply the} ™¥°r?, - Star says keep him on the job. If it reveals adverse find- | demand. Bing ge : oh wicioee, tore ; . Seattle wants to know about it before further work ise Ghchetlanes Altes tr, Lame Lt started. din, former prosecutor; Mra, __ Uhden says he can get the first unit into operation with Ba Aa papers remit Bel sxlnryn = nya Reker eaten | the funds on hand. Fine—if he can do it, Let him go | SCHOOL NEWS ES reese Eh aatread atte ce _ ahead. : Roys who got caught trying to| — A.-Mayor for two years, cor- - But get the investigation under way pronto, so we will {blow up » school need to be taught| poration counsel for four years |1t was not so much m question of know by the time the present job is completed whether "MUSIC NOTES and ar ahrane. Bint Zears. | “representation” as st was of re. 1 not we want to leave the job of spending more of our | Alt. musician doen for a living {s| ly elected otficials take office? | ‘itt! ‘0 Participate, A i I j ; S " y E This resulted in a series of events ions in the hands of Uhden and his associates. play around, sat soeead, crentae iaaaeiin toe THE STAR HAS NO FIGHT WITH UHDEN. IT HAS ecu ahgireprasica gis NLY. TO INSURE SUCCESS FOR THE MUNICL Y R MUNICI- ‘PALLY-OWNED SKAGIT, WHETHER THAT FIGHT SOCIETY . . i , miracles pol Kerth a Frieda’s Follies | history of the world than anything scheol. Maybe he Is going to hold a | ace ee | BE AGAINST INCOMPETENCY, UNCONCERN OR | that had happened before. It caused spelling bee there all by himself. HE HAD just come home on pro- | THE EFFORTS OF THE POWER TRUST. able men in the colonies to announce A spelling bee, as you may know, is Professor Murphree, Bryan’s presidential candidate, says he post principles that had the greatest ef- fect holdi not a bee that spells. Go to the head | bation ‘ect in upholding the theory of hu of the clas, Henry. Send yourselt} HIS WIFE sooner or later would | lively will not admit that he is descended from a monkey, and, of course, that automatically shuts him out of politics. What Are You in Doubt About? Your Election Questions Answered annot be answered— and In what country e first sailboat made and used as a ineans of conveyance? There ts no exact information on the foregoing question, but it is |ocnerally supposed that the first , sailboats were used by tha Eoyp tions using skins for sails, adout £500 B. O, H in brief question and A~On Monday, June 2, er form, is the Informa- Q tion voters should have about the spring election in 1924, | George B, Worley Who are the candidaics for | | elected), Q—What charter amendments are to be voted on? No. 1, author comptrollers baence of ume other (one to be corporation counsel? A--Thomas Kennedy, date to succeed himself, {x un- cand. A.—Amendme tuing chief deput to sign bonds tn to the que reorganit ee was called the mauga, and why? Thomas, decause at the bat- of Chickamauga he held his po- sition as stubbornly as a rock, not only saving part of the Union army from destruction, but inflicting ter- | ridie loss on the Confederates, eee What became of the Monitor and the Merrimac? On May 15, 1862, compeny totth the Golena, the Nowgatuci:, |Port Royal and <Arcostock, the | Monitor partictpated in om unsuc- | cessful attempt to | while en route to Beaufort, she foundered in stormy weather |off Hatteras, four officere end 17 | men being drowned. The Merrimac jwas destroyed when the Norfoli: | Yard was evacuated by the Confed- | erates on May 11, 1862, Who Roc of , George sitions i rt roll, A. mer ¥. Conner, J. Asbury Y*. Haynes, ing $1 Thomas B. Lee, J. Lotgren, kane nt. bridge, and Proposition Willam H. Moore, Ralph D. B, providing for the tasuing of Nichols, B. F, Shields, Allen ©. $500,000 in bridge bonds for the | Spencer (three to be elected). Montlake-Stadium bridge. | The candidates for Oliver T. | {A THOUGHT } Erickson’s two-year incompleted term: W. G. Campbell, Glen 8. Hope deferred maketh the heart ‘lity of | ability of putting the national sick, but. when the desire cometh,| parks and the national forest Corkery, A. EL Flagg, RN, 5 it fy m-tree of life—Prov, xili:1t, || Peryice together? ] = ie aa Secretary Wallace— ... It H2" awakens courage, He would be practicable, Exactly ¢ Leeter, Crawford 3B. White, ie implant courage In the hu the same problems are there The Why of It in tho best physi as we deal with, except the cut- “Taxation without representation,” ting of the timber, is a phrase taught In all schools of | the United States and given as the chief cause of the revolution that separated this country from Eng land. The ectentific student of his-| and sociology does not accept the phrase an truly descriptive of the cause, Back of the phrase jies the {mport- |ant fact that the colonies refused to | have anything to do with the diplo | macies and wars of Europe. As they | had no vote and no interest tn Euro- pean plans, they refused to be taxed for the purpore of alding these plans vote w period of registra. this spring and all are can tion begins former registrations celod. Q—What is the date of the primary election? A-—February 24. Q—The date of the general Lou Cohen, L. Hardest ition A, app 500,000 for the W ‘ope ropriat. extent requires the same knowl- edge. There {s the question of fisheries . . . very intimately related to the production of food on land, Senator Harrison—Mr. Secre- tary, will you discuss the advis. man soul Von Knebel jan,— tor: HOT NEWS Orange (Cal) thieves who stole } | i | CALUMET The Economy BAKING POWDER 4 My bakings used to be a matter of ‘hit or miss’ — sometimes they were successful; then again a total failure, no matter how hard I tried. But that was before a friend persuaded me to try Calumet. Now I know what the result will be—what to expect every time — perfectly raised, uni- formly baked foods. Bake day is really a man liberty, such as the following home {f you don't study really “God made all men naturally HEALTH HINT DIVORC equal"; “Kings were mado for the Calling a bigger man n liar is not| BUT THESE temporary exties good of the people, and not the peo- Sent: | HAD BE an Intermittent pen-| P19 for them"; "No government has BEAUTY SECRET uy Sects.” a right to make slaves of its sub. FOR years, Sry that repallge on the bum} YoU NEVER could tell how tong | WI i F 1k } (Kel 0! Ss Bee Are Saying A pound can of Calumet con- tains full 16 ounces, Some baking powders come in 12 or. cans, instead of 16 ounce cans. It is believed they showed no TEMPERAMENTAL and vacil- lating. I CAME up to town from tho country | Telling It HIS WIFE 4 so temperamental, | Why? to Congress would like to inquire of those moss-backed poli- ticians who are trying to stir up interest in a (Excerpts from the Congressional “move to knock out Washington’s primary law, they hope to accomplish—and how. Possibly they can stir up sufficient interest to get re. _ They might even be able to muster enough conserva- tive spirit in the legislature to get such a measure passed. _ But so firmly entrenched in the public mind are the ad- “vantages of the direct primary law in safeguarding our eg that such a measure would be immediately knocked igher than a cocked hat by a referendum election. such a measure initiated in the state legislatur just what Record) | HUMILIATING Tt {s humiliating, very humillat- | ing, to a member of congress, after | he has introduced a bill and vouches | for {t by his introduction of it, after it is favorably reported by the department that the bill affocts, | after it is favorably reported by the | committee to which it is referred, | to be compelled to hunt up an in- dividual member of congress that} And that would leave us right where we are now. is not on the committee, that has JUST AS he reached tho cfty. UNDERNEATH his politeness T knew he disliked mo, WE MET on tho street. “ARE YOU long tn the city?” he asked. “YES,” I responded with a slg. nificant TOOK at his wife, “AND you?" LETTER FROM SM PHILIP GIBBS, English jauthor: “On the Volga, famine in |its most grisly horror was checked | | and thon defeated by the greatest act | of international rescue and Christian | charity ever done in the history of | the world, That was tho work of the| American Relief administration, | which fod 11,000,000 Russians every day for a year.” H ” Be rureyou gee ellight.”, a pound when you want it. Baking Powder plays an important’ part in the success or failure of your aking. The great American housewives all realize this. They have found by experience that a better leavener is not, and cannot be made—that for nutritious and wholesome foods it has no equal, Calumetismade in the World’slargest baking’ powder factories; human hands never touch it. EVERY INGREDIENT USED OFFICIALLY APPROVED BY U.S. FOOD AUTHORITIES Why waste money? Why impose on the voters? no personal familiarity with the bill, and to interview him tn order to prevent an objection being lodged against the consideration of the Among my prized possessions, I've a friendly little note; its cheering, kind expressions, quite a famous actor torote, I'd written something better than my ordinary stack, and so he wrote a letter just to pat me on the back. . . . “That fellow gives the living his bouquets of cheer,” I said. “He's not content with giving fading flow- ers to the dead.” | The gloomy, rainy seasons come in everybody's Use; withoub apparent reasons, we are weary of the strife. And when the blues enfold me, I recall the note I’ve got; I think of what it told me, and it bucks mo up alot! .. . No one can ever measure what a word of kindness starts— Mt leaves a growing treasure in a hundred human hearts? Thet letter—I've possessed it for about a year or two. Of course—you may have guessed it—it was written ma by you! I'm going down to see you playing Mr, Shylock's part; tho Shylock couldn't DR you, for he couldn't have your Teart! . . . If you were Shylock really, and I had fo hows an ear, I'd pledge tt to you freely—and I'd never have « feart Any program for annexing the North Pole is not likely to get much - popular support in the midst of zero weather. G bill—Rep. Hastings, Oklahoma, be- “What a Fall there was, my countrymen!” as Bill Shakespeare ex- {fore house committe le ‘claimed on another interesting occasion. a “4 3 ae SNUFFED OUT During the past year 362 men en- gaged in mining have been killed by mino explosions. ‘The long Ust of horrors, beginning with the 10th of Jast January, is, by states, as follows: New Mexico, 120; Wyoming, 99; West Virginia, 37; Alabama, 5; Candy Drunkards DYEOPLE are using less sugar. Willett & Gray, sugar trade authorities, announce that less than 96 pounds sugar was sold last year for every man, woman and iid. This is eight pounds less than the year before, ‘and only 11 pounds more than in the years before the el Dad arty war. 0; Kentucky, 9.—Rep. _ The most logical explanation is that people are making Fen its less wipe in the cellar. Candy eating continues big. Sugar is a tw brother of alcohol. There are plenty of “candy drunka ».” _ At a concert in Wexford, s., tho village undertaker thrilled his hearers by singing, “I'm Walting for Thee.” It looked for a moment as iu he would be denied the privilege. 2 . MONEY MAKING PARK | As to Hot Springs National park (in Arkansas) the record shows mora revenue is produced for the soy. ernment—not criticising any park— than by any other of the national parks.—Rep, Reed (D.) Arkansas, “ BEST BY TEST THE WORLD'S ‘GREATEST. BAKING POWDER Sales 2% times as much as that of any other brand