The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 8, 1924, Page 8

Auto Shon r r A Row this week has bee row” with th thing n display, a J Orient passing thru Seattle amounted in value to $230,000,000. Most of this went by rail express New Y nd: New Jersey It requirec 0) express cars to tr yort this raw materia cross tne ry. When it has been turned into the manufactured back to the Mountain sent rt much of it will be i the Pacific mills located th Northwest nts. This would tend to increa raw silk nvest ise importation of Predict Record Vote JOLITICALLY predicting a record vote P é ext Tuesday's election. The primary vote of two veeks ago was considered very large, but it is a safe guess at the vote next week will surpass the primary vote by vera! thousand. The citizen who is too busy or too in fferent to vote this time had as’well say nothing about remain in good standing with his wise ones are he wishes to Preserving Our Scenery 4\ CONFERENCE looking to the preservation of the EA scenic wonders of the state is scheduled for next week versity of W: ngton. This is an important conference, and it is fortunate that the newspaper-editors are to be in session here and have been invited to attend. One of the great assets of state is the scenery, and far too little attention has zen given it. The ruthless destruction of the “beauty spots” of Western Washington should have been stopped long ago. But it is not too late to preserve much of it, the men and women who have undertaken the work are to be commended and encouraged. A Page in History *}iE newspapers of Abraham Lincoln's day were small, i usually four pages. They had very little advertising. Ask grandpa. He’ll recall that old-time advertising was limited to classified ads. And most of these were the publicity of patent medicine firms or companies that had unusual services or devices for sale. it took real courage by A. T. Stewart, when he began ~mning 10-line ads about bargains in his New York store, for advertising was a new device. John Wanamaker bought Stewart out and “plunged” by inventing modern department store advertising. This was'a page in history. For, after all, the history cf business is the history of America. Your Chance With Wood Alcohol yl, ‘OOD ‘alcohol is queer stuff. A good drink of wood alcohol will kill two men out of five, say; two more will go stone-blind; and the fifth won't be any worse off than if he’d been drunk on bad whisky.” So writes Dr. Ernest M: Poate. ; Wood alcohol, like all deadly poisons, is mysterious. It is characteristic of some poisons that certain few peo- are immunized by nature. The reader will observe that Dr. Poate says the average drinker of wood alcohol I ly one chance in five of not being blinded or killed $50,000 for a Banquet wealthiest man in South America, Senor Garcia Alvarez, was invited to a bananet in London, Eng- He went. steamer could b own livestock and poul- mn $50,000. be dra harmoniously, you you could do the A 2. RR VEINGE MANN BY HARRY HINGTON, March 8 That the I era) Harry M. Daugherty and the country guessing Gamble uncovered by the ! land lease 10ut the 7 I ticking in t Perhaps Secretary of the poker, He threw down early in the game. Many good as Daugherty’s, but tl kill to play ther why Daugherty stick a admitted embarrass: , administration, is ¢ explanation behind Attorney ena B. HUNT The best poker player in Gen ability to keep Washington his play in the Great Oil | te investigation of navy 1 more inserutable “poker | kes than Daugherty has Jome session in connection quit the cabinet. Whether ally got the cards to only he himself | Navy Denby never played hand and lost his stake | believe his cards were as | at he lacked the nerve and in the game, however, to nent of President Coolidge another matter, } Daugherty does not feel the G. O, P. organization | to force him out an uch d fire would imply. To save next campaign he is asked ciency, incompetency or wo The present administration IS tration chiefly BECAUSE it. His efforts alone put H lican nomination in 1920 ing factor in the selectior which was continued intact Had Daugherty not put I ination, another combinatior made for the de Coolidge out in the cold vice pre To tell Daugherty now th the administration anythin As he sees it, all the debt out him, they would never Daugherty—Best Poker Player in Politics! he owes either Co eads who have beer bt as his resignation under Coolidge’s p in the virtually to admit ineffi- rse in himself, the present Harry M. Daugherty r arding over for the repub. His advice was a determin 1 of the Harding cabinet, by Coolidge larding across for the nom 1 doubtless ney that would have been left would have 1at he “owes” Coolidge and g is to give him a laugh is on the other side. With- have existed! FRET AND FUME Ano Fi AND CUSS AND ” ano BY GOLLY | Ain’) GONNA worey “Be GoteenwenT wists That) FLL OuT ncome TAX Blank AND | Gola DoT oniGHT /* , ee No. Your Own Third Degree TEST YOURSELF RE you resourceful in doing things? you some idea of your ingenuity. Warning: .Do not look at the problems. Suppose you had only an elght wanted to measure out exactly three quarts of water. How would you do it? ty or estimate {t. The pails are not graduated, but can the eight at the qi be poured from one to the other. lem and it can be solved e out paper the you took and co: wart pall first. the desired quantity, !f he starts by filling the seven-ounce bottle? | Answers: Problem 1. Part of quart the He pours part of th ounce bottle. nts Resery: heavenly n should Neve {t in. thelr Jerus paid, Are the standards of Jesus practical? , PRAYER: Almighty God, encour. age us to draw near to Theo In sin. cerity and in truth. Savo us from a worsalp of the ps while our hearts VERY LAST minule. * y. Work out the problem mentally with- you are thru, write out the steps that pare with the answers below. cond problem: A doctor wishes to measure out exactly four ounces | of liquid medicine, but he finds that he has only two plain unmarked be five-ounce bottle, filling ft exactly, then empties the five-ounce he rest of the five-ounce bottle. The five-ounce a. The desired fo - proper to accept the Invitation of a loin to the bill itself, being merged ABouT T wil. The ” Fis MCOME-TAX BUSINESS IS The BUNK - DAG NAB IT ~ Yur GOTTA WORRY ANO STew AND IGURE . Ox oscar / DO HURRY Avo DRESS, re LADY'S LITERARY LEAGUE !s ENTERTAINING The MOST CHARMING PoeT Tonic Ano we yusT CanT mssiT * 2 FOR INGENUITY Here is a test that will give answers ‘until you have tried the and a five-quart pail and yet you Start by filling You must not guess There is not a “catch” to the prob- jes of bven and five-ounce capacities, How does he measure out the water in the filled eight-quart pail, which is then emptied. The eight-quart pail © seven-ounce bottle’s contents into ince bottle into the five-ounce ed again and sufficient liquid r ounces of medicine will be ed, Science Service) “QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS YOU can get an answer to any question of fact or informa- tion by writing to The Question Editor, Star's Washington Bu- yeou, 1222 N, ¥. Ave, Washing- ton, D. C,, enclosing two cents in stampa for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot bo given, nor can extended research be undertaken, Unsigned re- questa cangot be answered.— EDITOR. Q. Je st correct for a lady to ac- cept a gentleman’s invitation to | dine when traveling? A. A lady does not accept the In- vitation of a stranger but it is quite nd. Q. What are known as “riders” to @ bill in congress? A. Provisions added to a bill, for- with fmportant bills by a minority,; making the passage of the bill with the rider or amendment the condi. tion of its passage in any shapo, Riders are sometimes added to pre. vent, in a measure, the executive's | veto, the Important bill carrying the rider thru. They aro mostly at- tached to appropriation bills, see Q. What ts the difference in the words, “peopl and “persona?” A. Use “people” when speaking of a body of men collected as a na- tion; use “persons” when referring |to one man and his group, For ex- jample: "A small group of persons directed the government of the peo- ple." are far away. May we have true wisdom to learn ‘Thy truth and to do Thy will, Amen, (Copyright, 1924—F., L, Fagley) yeaa ear mare l Telling It to Congress (Excerpts from the Congressiona: Record) IT’S UP TO CALVIN Mr. Daugherty cannot remain in the cabinet an hour unless the pres- ident desires that he shall remain there. He must answer to the people of this country for retaining Mr. Daukherty.—Sen. Borah (R), Idaho, eee And what did we get out of the war? One hundred and twenty: three thousand dead; over 200,000 cripples; $40,000,000,000 of costa. be- aides losing most of our traditions as to liberty and freedom. We gain- ed 23,000 new millionaires. These millionaires. represent the only vis- ible asset—invistble, however, in many cases when the tax assessor comes around.—Rep, Berger (Social- ist) Wisconsin, 7:30 P. M. MAYOR BROWN’S RECORD Lecture by Dr. Hawkins, showing by private corre- spondence, police records and present-day conditions the colossal failure of Brown’s administration. Whitman Glee Club Men and women from Whitman College will give a concert. RARE MUSICAL TREAT 11 A. M. THE WONDERFUL WAY OF LIVING PLYMOUTH CHURCH Sixth and University The responsibility is the | | preaident’s. Which moves the more time or light?—D. G. R Light mov rapidly uly hear of men you fre passing time, Do all railroad tickets have square rnerat—F Many of them, Th on @ round trip ticke em have, but not all of Are no square corners What kind of a knife should a lawyer or # judge carry?—W. W. M. A case knife. t game do West Seattle men who work downtown play every day?—J. W. F. Bridge. wi What part of @ room ts most diffi- cult to keep warm?—R. 8. The frieze. Questions Mr, Dud Cannot Answer Where can I buy a reunion sult?, x. L Pleane give me the add Ticultural college whe somethin, bout plant flag rushes —M. D. D If, when & man delivers a travel lecture, he calls it a travélog, when ® man lectures on cattle would it be a catalog?—H. P. T. 1 can get an earring In a telephone exchange, but can I get a herring tn a hairdresser’s shop?—Angeline. Which do I get, water or oll, by pumping a tire?—E. D, ress of some me + MR. DUD'S HOUSEHOLD HINTS Never throw away an old $20 bill, It can be used to polish the stove. Never use a can opener to open Jetters as paper dulls steel quickly, A rubber doormat can be freshened ing it with a hot fron, manufacturer in Maine ts about to place paper olives on the market. Only an expert can discover |any difference in the flavor of the artificial and the natural olive. ‘The appearance of bean salad can | be greatly improved by dipping the beans In shellac. ee DET Song] a) ques. cond. office, Attorney the ag. Unistra. mar c 2. Is it the duty of the nd without r in order 8 pe i? To “gaye his day in court, to accept | to adv: the family name?” De GHERTY thinks not He beli the cards hold succe y for the plays them out to the > man wh bluffed. » the ante, will stick in the gar “called,” he If, when he lays down his hand, he reveals onlyg pair of deuces, then the world will know that he wa just a bluffer. If he turns up a winr in any uneasiness he r and the “administration. nce the future man ¥ will not be Until he i ing flush, he will feel justifie) have caused even Coolidge Yew War Weapon Protects Cities From Aerial Raids AVOTO BY U.S. AiR. SERVICE The Barrage Balloon at McCook Field oe AYTON, Ohio, March 8.— new system of aerial defense has been evolved by United | | States air service engineers. It is the barrage balloon, from which are suspended tiny and and Invisibie steel wires. With a cordon of these ships | fying around a city, enemy planes could not get thru, engi- | neers declare. Their propellers would become entangled in the maze of steel, crashing the ma- chines and their loads of ¢x- plosives to the ground. {.. ‘The balloons can be filled with either hydrogen or hellum. One being used In the tests at Mo Cook field here has a gas capas ty 0: roximately 20,000 cuble feet and a “celling” of sbout 17,000 feet. Large fins,on the sides pro vide for the-expansion and com) traction of the gas as the shig| ascends or descends. a To be effective against an, vading foe a whole fleet of the balloons, of course, would to be used te protect on> city, Had such a system been ployed by the British during i war, London would have bea spared from overhead raids the Germans, officers say. ARENA in Ballet FEODOR Feodor Chali mont, Myrna Sharlow, Kathryn Krowne, Jone vieo Ollviero, Angelo Minghettl, Lucte Defrere, Glido Morelato, Hallet; Conductor, Et SEATS NOW THURSDAY SATURDAY The Greatest Musical Event — | CHICAGO CIVIC OPER/ | COMPANY 1} ] HEAR THE WORLD'S GREATEST OPERA STARS CHALIAPIN G Thursday Night, March 13, 1924 “MEFISTOFELE” in, Kdith Mawson, Forrest La- and Ballet; ductor, Glorglo Polacco Friday Night, March 14, 1924 “THE JEWESS” Roan Ratsn, Charles Marshall, Virgilio Laxenrt, FRIDAY Seattle’s History THE a and Stage Equipment AS USED IN CHICAGO MARY Saturday Matinee, March 16, 192 “SALOME” Mary Garden, Georges tf, rtin, Virgilio Laszarl, Alexander Kip Claeanens, Desire Defrere, Mojiea, Alice D’Herman: vico Oliviera, Wil Harry Steter, Mt Marin Clnessens, Mojien, Lodo-~ Con- . Saturday Night, March 15, 19%4 “BORIS GODUNOFF” Chatiapin, Forrest Lamont Alexander Kipnis, Marin Clacssem D'Hermanoy, Tamara Stecklwith Lodovieo OL Wittiam Reeky jo Morelat Western, Desire Milo Luka, and tore Paniaxa SELLING Harry Stelter)