The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 18, 1924, Page 6

who offered one, must be sent to jail, PAGE 6 THE SEATTLE STAR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1924 | Rs | Newspaper terprise Asm. and mail, tatiy Bide. Dide The Seattle Star, Published Dally | by The Star Publishing Co, Phone Main pe 0409, Keep Our Feet on the Ground UBLIC OPINION, righteously aroused, will force a housecleaning of the widest scope in th Teapot Dome me: Every crook in government who accepted a bribe; every crook in industry by near-sightedness thg crooked work to go on under his nose, But we must keep or At was ur feet on the ground. to run away with them, : % With public indignation at fever heat and with the outery for purifica- tion of this rat’s nest of crookedness so bitter, it is natural to expect that in the enthusiasm of the cleaning-up process, the names of innocent men will And every incompetent in office, who, either accidental or purposeful, allowed this must be driven out. We must not allow our heads [ Some Folks Have All the Fun | fA Cure for the J ‘ax Evil It’s Publicity, Says Senator Harri BY GEORGE W, NORRIS United States Senator From eb, 1 Telling It to Congress from the Congressional Mecord) | | gged into the limelight. le Tt is natural to expect, also, that some peanut-headed politicians who Cannot sense the blackness of the disaster that has fallen upon us and the danger if we delay in stamping it out, will seek to use it for political purposes, BOKKOW TO VAY TAXES f tho treas in 4 to the prent aid that pract weretary ar | S Zhe, We who are o (Excerpts } | | ALLL SWerving the investigation to suit their political needs and thrusting their Political enemies into the glare of its limelight to be smirched with the stigma of oil. : : i Only prompt action by the senate investigators saved the good name of dead Warren Harding from being dragged into the oil mess because of idle gossip in connection with the sale of his newspaper. ; We must be on guard lest the names of innocent men be eternally stigma- tized. For no curse is so damning as the curse of having bet rayed a public trust. Den by Quits ENBY, secretary of th e@ navy, resigns. President Coolidge refused to fire him even after Senate investigators of the Teapot Dome mess showed clearly, by the testimony they produced, that Denby, had he been competent and on the job, could have prevented Al Fall’s plot to turn over naval oil leases to private 4 The public wanted Denby fired. The senate, by vote, Tequested the president to fire him. t, But Coolidge stood a instead he suddenly called off the Arctic flight of the igible Shenandoah, a trip sponsored by Denby, thus iving the navy secretary an opening to resign “in the of this loss of confidence in him by the adminis- ition.” + Simple, isn’t it? The nation gets rid of Denby and the President gets himself out of a bad jackpot without the Darrass Members. » Shrewd politics, no doubt! But in a mess like this oil fraud mess, the nation is in ho mood for seeing polities played with it, at the hands of the president or anybody else. Tf Coolidge knew Denby to be guilty at the time of le senate vote—and later developments indicate that he did—it was his duty to fire him immediately. Only that kind of action will convince the public that Washington. 4 The To urist Dollar ity of going before the voters later with an em- ing story of why he had to fire one of his cabinet _ there will be no attempt to call in the whitewash man at (\ MERICAN tourists have*been spending 300 million dollars a year in Europe. : Travel is increasing and it is not improbable that in Americans will leave in Europe enough money to jay the interest on what Europe owes Uncle Sam. |, They say Melion’s plan abolishes nuisance taxes. ‘This can't be true. juisances, taxes are ni A Priceless Possession | Joccur again tn 2,500,000 years. rte | | calculation, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS get an jon of £ riting t Star's” Waahin, ¥. Aye. ing- enclosing two cents in 8 for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. aigned re quests cannot answered. — EDITOR. Q. What ts the middle verse of the entire Didler A. Verse vill of Psalm 28. eee t Ke r t be Q. Was there ever a month in which there no full moon? A. Yes, there was no full moon in February, 1866. This will only . Q. Is it on record that anyone ever held @ perfect hand in a game of whist? | A. Yes, such a hand (12 trumps) was held in a game occurring in| the United Service club, Calcutta, on January 9, 188%. (We do not know who players were), The chances of this oceurring are one} in 168,750,000,000, accor to one ing Q. What ts the greatest “fox state in the U. BF Michigan. Both gray and red foxes are found there in large num.| bers and fox farming taining sil-/ ver and biack foxes—is being car-! ried on. . Q. In Mt proper for a man to tift his hat from hie head or merely to touch UU? A. According to the rules of per-| fect conduct, the hat should be Utted from the head. ‘Touching the! hat however, Q. In the word has become more common, “whereabouts” —Ttavier= 24-Year-Old Boy Walsh’s Chief Aide \ ASHIN t-yeur playing the unfoldin Domé oll sca His name is John G, Holland Jr. In government records he appears merely as ‘clerk’! ax signed to the office of Senator Walsh of Montana. TON, Feb, 18—-A id Jaw student tn of the chief roles in the ‘Teapot }+ The part he has taken in ex- posing the rotten state of affairs in the interior department ts second only to that of his chief @ public paid even passing attention to what has now the sensation of m century, young Holland was tudying documenta, scanning of ficial correspunder and dig ging thru literally tons of gov rment recorcs. Ho knows the oll lease cases better, perhaps, than any mem. her of the public lands commit tee, excepting only Senator Walsh. At every hearing of the committee it in to young Holland that Senator Walsh turns when he wants to make sure of some point. When Walsh ad dresses the senate on matters re lated to the oil leases, Holland a always present, working hand in glove with his able chief. It was Holland who discovered among the interior department files tho letters which have proved so embarrassing to many of the witnesses summoned be. fore the committee, These let- ters tended to discredit one of the geologists hired by the com. become fine BY C. A. RANDAU wise tended to place in the handa of the committee much valuable evidence Like Senator Wash, baila from Montana. to Washington ‘on his own’ nearly four years ago in onder to study Jaw. He obtained em ployment in the Indian bureau as a stenographer and typist and attended night achool at George town university, In January, 1921, he learned of an opening in Senator Walsh's office and obtained employment there as a senate clerk It Holland He came was not tor discov 1 of a nv worker, Wh points were nenator ¢ the work to long before the ed he had got uL-born rene n important leg: to be looked up the nfidently entrusted im youthful axnist ant of the extensive research that Senator Walsh’s activities in the Becaune senate ¢ volved, Holland ha Feputation as research men cy the sonate. Ho is now walting an oppor. tunity to take his bar examina tions, He graduated from Georgetown Law school last June, but has ever since been so busily engaged on the oll lease canes that he has had to pass up the bar examination last autumn. He now hopes to be able to enter the examinations to be held In June. employed in | verso fm limited and not endless. has| [taken the length of the milky way as | | { member of tho student tr at 1 The biggest thing Holland getting out of his present hii Important public wervice Is t experience. The government does not appreciate his services as much as it well might, for it $1,440 a year. A Big Yardstick How big la e universe’ Measur. ¢ to the most remote blo fixed st stron. ors in such nee rows of fig ures that in order that the measure- ments may make any appeal to the brain It is necessary, in trying to fix the extent of th ern, to find some 5 ra involve year has momic meral use. ‘A t year ix the distance a ray of + traveling 196,000 miles a nee ould cover in one year The latent scientist to size of the univerne, ¢ stein supposition that estimate the unl. his foot-rule. The milky way in es- timated to be 20,000 light years. This scientist says the diameter of the unt- Verse is 10,000 times the length of it his tax & tax A of pr I eve taxable melt nd I ¢ propert rned un ot myself un the samo r 1 the same income t should not that would come into 's pocketbook Everybody 14 know about them, and without any question that would not only bring to us the ability to legisiate in the on incomes Ur we r farmers in ould be clowed in o rowed mone » Decemt at a t r to pay THE FALL OF THE HOUSE wed to take what IOWA'S EXAMPLE fome day I hope the governmen 1 the states will go as far as th te of lowa has gone. In low b ne boy led. They 1 | jan } the right to go to Iowa are rehabill. is possible, from bipth,— John J. Tigert, commissioner of before house committee, h now is tn 4 there they De. l education, No. 6 Your Own Third Degree Test Yourself for Rhyming Ability rhyme correct rame with the MINUTES for all 5: | Example | One, two, three. ch oth: Here 4 te down as y with t word WORDS. Go! | a, iF ‘ &. C many words, long or first word in th Work RE! POUR you write jingles or quickly think of words that rhyme with a chance to show your ability +, as you can think of list below. Then do t quickly and take only THRE! Hat, cat and rat rhyme because they sound alike. STONE cRMIT sT BINE Have one of your friends correct your lists. (All Rights Reserved by Sclence Service) t " No Cost to You For this delightfal test jthe milky way, It would take a light ray « mfition years to make the circuit of such a universe, Slight reaches the earth | from the in about eight minutes. | | To travel around such a verso at }86 miles an hour would require 11 quadritiion years. singular or plural? STARVING pauper, picked up unconscious in a New A.. ‘The word is plufal tn form York street, refuses $500 for his dog. He Says the [and singular in construction, and} is his only friend. ‘Police gave him the price of a airays taken a verb in the singular, | stew. He goes his way, and shares the stew with Beas tment jar icky Sm tae dog. | _A loyal friend, dog or man, is a priceless possession. h a whole lifetime, few of us make more than half a | n such friends. Yet there are plenty of men who, | n-and-out, would sell their last human friend for 5500 or less. Slowly the Chinese evil, mah Jongg, is dolng its work. his flivver “Mah Junk.” mittee, exposed a conspiracy among government officials and private citizens to split proceeds fraudulently acquired and other. A THOUGHT Neithee their silver nor their gold | shall be able to deliver themiin the day of the Lord's wrath—Zeph, | if, Some years ago, Holland had | set his heart on belng a mining engineer and attended the Mon- tana State School of Mines for several years and also spent some time as a laborer in the mines near his home in Butte. Being below draft age, he did not get Into the army, but was a | Q. What is the method of mix. ing plaster of paris for moulding?, A. Fill a suitable vessel about two-thirds full. of water. Add the Plaster of paris by shaking it in thru the fingers, or, If possible, thru © Coarse sieve in order to break up |!umps. Continue to add plaster un- One player j tit the conical pile, which it forms jin the center of tho veasel, comes jabove tho surface of the water so {far that it stays dry for about 15 | seconds. Do not agitate in any w: ers {CASSIDY JOHNNY'S MORNING FACE “Johnny, your face needs washing. | Did you look at it in the mirror this bd morning?" ICHES cannot rescue from the| “No, mother, but it seemed all grave, which clialms alike the | right when I felt it."—Boston Tran monarch and the slave—Dryden. | script. Small but Strong during of Daniel,” Justice Richards will pass upon men’s lives, ‘with a wave Judicial custom. cog UDGE J. E. RICHARDS has been appointed to the state supreme court. tive political leaders in He had strong support f: San Francisco.” rom Thus saith a telegraphic news item from Sacramento. d it a second time. You don’t know Judge R item, under a one-li your newspaper. for all you know occurrence, But, Property and freedom. tution of your nation. have when the causes ose of the poor are in con: fessional politicians are so strong and ichards. It’s ine head, Very ordinary item. vV an inconsequential in an obscure corner Mr. Richards may be a “second Jery , and rights He may even pass upon the of the rich and influential flict before him. is elevated to the supreme bench. _ A little news item but one well loaded, isn’t it, now? Some 250,000 Bibles were distributed in Massachusetts last year. one way to “have faith in Massachusetts.” Wonder of Wonders REMARKABLE thing has happened in San Francisco, A United States court has thrus' of the hand an He didn’ _A bootlegger was arre: t even strain at a gnat. sted. that the search warrant that discovered the offender wity. “What difference iwtridge, testily. what sort of warrant it setiled it, for the di her to say. Probably ; ing. This kind of action on n possible, but no one ever ro; e. Technicalities aided and been the chief and quite sa handed. A departure now that the Friseo court ha ying to put an end to the cloggin as the frequent defeat of justice, is it sure to raise courts in the estim fe had reason to entertain serious Judge Partridge has set back to the intent and purpose of the law Mimipatin ‘a ig the legal jugg! irgely employed accordin does that make? is used in his Enormous is the power he and And pro- active for him that That t aside technicalities d unblushing disregard of His attorney contended was ‘ 2 asked Judge ‘A bootlegger is a bootlegger, no mat- apprehension.” lefendant attorney had nothing he was breathless, or stunned, the part of a court long from them More than doubts. an example. ing of those barristers who g to their ambidexterity branch of court vaudeville. has sily dreamed it was prob- abetted by courts, have fe refuge of those caught , if it becomes com- s broken the ice, is g of court dockets as this ation of those who Perhaps we may by are in sired consistency, | | ware, } cn add more water or plaster, as this process. Lat soak for about one minute, then stir thoroly may be required to bring to the de- Q. What is the tween gold-filled artic! plated articles? A. The difference in the thick- ness of gold over base metal. Plated gold is a thin layer of gold over a base metal. Gold-filled is a base- metal covered with a gold of ap- preciable thickness and calculated to wear much longer than plate. oe difference be+ « and gold- Q. How may the taste of fish be removed from atect knivea and forka? A., By rubbing them with fresh orange or lemon peel. ae ae} Q. What is the largest desert in the world and what is tts size? Does it ever rain there? A. The Sahara, in Northern Af- rica, Is the largest desert |in the world; the length from ae to west is about 9,000 miles, {ts/ average breadth about 900 miles, |its area about 2,000,000 square mild. Rain falls in torrents in the Sahara at intervals of five, ten and twenty years. . . Q. How are diamonds out? A. With an iron wheel, which Is made to rotate very rapidly, and is armed with a mixture of diamond dust and emery, . Q. What causes moisture on the outside of the eyes? How can it be prevented? A. The Jachrymal gland secret tears which act somewhat a: lubricant. Tho constant motion of the upper eyelid induces a continu. ous gentle current of ‘s over the surface, which carry away any for- eign particles that may have been deposited on it. This moisture is necessary. If, however, it peems ex. cessive, it may Indicate aj weakened condition of the eyes. In/that case, an oculist should be consulted. eee Q. What is Ash Wednesday? A. The first day of Lent. It re. celved its name from the custom of putting ashes on the heads of pent. tents as a sign of mourning for sin.' SS LETER F ROM VRIDGE MANN Dear Folks: February 18, 1924. 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