The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 28, 1924, Page 6

Why You Should Vote SEE nothing substantial in the arguments of either butter substitute referendum. W then er to vote either way?” queries a nie r should vote because it is your duty to vote ges of hs 1811 a Rhode Island farmer dallied to release his pig from a fence and arrived at the polls too late to cast hi The federalists lost that precinct by one sult, a representative who favored war with Great Br was elected to the legislature, which in turn by a majogity of one elected a United States senator who favored war. Then the congress, by a majority of one, declared the war, generally known as the War of 1812." The foregoing is quoted from the political observations of Richard T. Greener. It sho@ld be re-read and mem- orized by this man who says: “Shucks! my vote doesn’t make much difference. Guess I'll not go tw the polls.” * ee UR country, in its colonial days, fought a hard and bloody war to win its independence and to establish government by majortty. This primciple of government by majority Vote is the most valuable possession of democracy. Yet_for many decades there has been an increasing tendeficy among voters not to cast thgir ballots in presi- dential elections. This tendency has reached a grave and critical point where we are very close to government by minority. In the 1920 presidential election, for every 100 who voted, 96 who were legitimately entitled to vote stayed away from the polls. vote; asar O you want go¥ernment by majority or by minority? You answer quickly: “By majority © ore » But you help destroy government by majority if you neglect to register and cast your ballot. The yete-slacker, by not voting, expresses indifference as to what kind of government we have, good or bad. The ballot is the foundation of popular government. By wise use o the ballot, citizens can remodel our political and economic institutions—in short, can have any kind of government they want. Are you really indifferent about whether we have good government.or bad? a thousand times, no! Is your Yone vote unimportant among millions? Re- member the Rhode Island farmer whose failure to vote may have caused a war, and again you answer: “No! a thousand times, no!” “i Do you want better government, a voice in making it better? Do yeu want to help keep America a govern- ment by majority? Yes! a thousand times, yes! Then be sure to cast your ballot. The Hands of Death Tithe beginning of the year a Star artist drew a “death clock,” with the idea of publishing the progressive story of shootings and auto deaths during the year by advancing the clock hands. Space for 40 gut¥ deaths would give plenty of leeway, - it was figured, after consulting past records. Today the number of deaths by guns in Seattle stands at 45, and there are still two months of the year to go. Does that suggest any reason to you as to why Seattle ought to get solidly behind a bill that would abolish the promiscuous sale of firearms—a bill such as The Star suggested and Congressman Miller introduced in the last session of congress? Letters to the Editor C. UNGER, a contributor, suggests that many letters « to the editor must find their way into the wastebasket instead of being placed before the public as intended. Unger is right. 4 : Few readers have any idea of the enormous number of letters to the editor that find their way into the office of any big city newspaper. They come by scores—often by hundreds. They are from every part,of the state, and cover a multiplicity of subjects. ‘ The big majority are unsigned. Hiding behind the cur- tain of anonymity, they make vitriolic charges of this and that against public officials and private citizens, some probably real; much imagined. Many are tmmprintable because they are libelous. But)The Star is glad to publish signed letters on sub- jects of in@trest to the public, realizing that the city is merely a grown-up village and that citizens are as much interested in the views of their fellow-citizens as are the villagers in swapping conversation with their neighbors. Obviously, however, it is impossible for this paper or any other.to print ALL the letters received, and still have roon?'to print the news. One Gay, Aromatic Day E HAVE had “days” of all kinds, breeds and brands, but it has fallen to the lot of Springfield, Minn., to do a 100 per scent job of it. Springfield has just cele- brated ‘Sauerkraut day” with what might be descri as a succulent success, all ingredients being considered. Quite all of our “days” during and since the war have been stern and demanding im their way, and we have cringed and squirmed many times under their arrogant calls for self-sacrifice as well as their lack of appeal to our aesthetic yearnings. But Springfield, Minn., is differ- ent. In its “Sauerkraut day” it has offered us something in the way of flavor that no other day has known or To Promote a Cut RESIDENT COOLIDGE and others may reasonably hope for further disarmament of naval and land forces, but any future conference will find cuts in air forces an entirely different matter. In the first place, aircraft have what neither battleships nor armies have, and that’s a commercial advantage, and yet every aircraft is a potential warcraft. In the next place, France, England and Japan are not putting unlimited effort and money into aircraft with the slightest intention of their being scrapped by any confer- ence, The Washington conference that resulted in the 5-5-8 agreement was possible of results simply because Uncle Sam indicated that if it was a matter of building war- ships, he would and could go a whole lot further than any other nation. He will have to give a similar object lesson before any international conference will function in reduc- tion of aircraft, i ' Another Insult? XCLUSION of Jap coolies has resulted in a big increase “5 in eensnen of California crops, under white labor. onorable Japan ought to rear up and roar under this terrible national insult. Sd rHE SEATTLE STAR } 8, 1924 Here's Something New, Parents, in the Way of Bedtime Stories N These Five Brothers Are 428 Years of Age! || What Supreme Court's S THERE A FAMILY IN SEATTLE THAT CAN EQUAL THEIRRECORD?,| Labor Decision Means ) i ain - ~/lt BY N. D. COCHR eit te Tea | | 2k ned We ed! exerci#®A in behalf of be inter, ers and against striking « c uth | SES-LUGLIFELED REGS TESES JOE WEBER, 76 “DUTCH” WEBB, 80 SAM WEBB, 68 ENOCH WEBB, 91 “UNCLE NED" WEBB, 93) structive legisla Never sick, Farms 313 He's a railroad section Walks 12 miles ewery day. Has nearly 500 descend Smokes pipe once a day. Wet noted oF t | days a year. hand ants. The combined ages of the Webb brothers of Letcher county, Kentucky, total 428 years. The “baby” of the family is Joe Webb, 76. The eldest is “Uncle Ned” Webb, who admits he's 98. In between Joe and “Uncle Ned” are “Dutch,” | 80; Sam, 88, and Enoch, 91. Allare farmers except “Dutch.” He is a railroad section hand. Sam and Enoch both are confederate veterans. The brothers are direct descendants of Danit#l Boone. Each of the brothers has a slightly dif- ferent formula for long life, but might be incorporated into this one “Simple living in the open, breathing plenty of good fresh air, drinking pure water, obeying every law of health, eating and drinking moderately, and adhering to moderation in all things.” - 3 —_—_—_—_—_!. ight determine not mn oft preme court that | | , a b the fact and then when n employ trike: t | Tricks of Fake Mediums does mploy [sept ion p ||1s Re-Valuation Remedy) yy. Moving | | ve — |for the Tax Situation?)| Hand (Mayan Discovery | ° = ‘ 7 e: ae : holds iy still a tre average life ———_—_—__— di ak abi ea? | These articles on “Valuation” are the second of a serie BY HOWARD THURSTON NHERE t ae number of} Mbor everywher Aid sete oY six on Initiative », 50 (the 40-mill tax bill) that are pee ‘s Master Magicta exped a ree to the Q What is the rate of petsion/ appearing in The Star, written by leaders on both sides of M*s* wind madlavt eco ee the widow of a served the question. Articles to follow will cover: “Other Source |in « smait cabinet ¢ sain WESSZERPFE PEL sm ERA TS FE S8 ii teaenty'dellars tn. wunl Of Revenue,” “Schools,” “Precedents of Other States” and \One « 34 additional for cach min nud.|@ summary. They appear daily ee Z ped pairen : y = ha that Moats over Maya civilization be How ca tehes be 1 A rs “ & ne > ‘ ¢ the sitters.” The hand/1000 B. C. It existed down to the; JUDGE JAMES B. CARROLL 2 " BY FRANK C. JACKSON | BY ARTHUR L. MARSH |closes into a tint; cthen Spa but |Massashusetts supreme court: “Jus ie time of the 8 A. By erefully Siskin thes Secretary, 40Mill Tax League Secretary Washington Educational with) fingers out was rapidly falling Into t that | tice is not sold. It is not a weapon fice! late tha ian A “ Association erlomenon is repeated with |time thru the supremacy of the/ of revenge or malice Leg set ae AST one-ha HE chief trouble with our na rapidity * | Azteca http ea aka oa Bi so ollars of real present system of taxation The “hand” is painted On a square| The expedition found the ruins of! py NICHOLAS MURRAY comet cbatet™s the’ ehin in Washi In the obsolete method of amsex piece of cardboard, in luminous paint |11 large cities and Columbia college: **Unleis eh "sell Bteamal * ment or fixing the value of |Which shines brightly in the @irk-! monuments, with sculp' 1\ the athletics of an institution are con ls " sailing to pants rty for taxation purposes. |Res. An open hand in painted on/| painted friezes. On the east coast| ducted on a higher level of sports li You « nv ‘ states and countries The man with a political pull |©ne side; a closed hand on the other.|of Yucctan are the nt May by. nen, of “Gmanene ake | ¥ any xes under the prese xets his values fixed so |The medium attaches the cardboard cities of Tulum and others that fur- |, t athletics are a vital the | dekmedtien: bes ting them. The ex that; bé dese not ‘be s fair |%o the end of @ telescopic rod, and / nish much évidence of a civilization | secondary element in/an education le Star Questic 1322 Jon was no doubt needed In share of the taxes, The rich thrusts it out from the cabinet.« By | of a high order. institution, ‘they may well do more to for speculator has his lawyer twirling the rod, first one side of the| There are man York ave harm (han good Saha te r before ansensors any jeetthon ae shown, then the other. |ity between veka 5 a of equalization and b And the hand appears to open and | civilization and the r ||.stamps for rep! w valu f equalization and by = Dp p ivilization and the Mayan J. DAVIS, seéretary of has his va tace is found in the 2 of elephants, disc (Another article will appear tomor-| places where. the row.) or AGarital, advice. Per h ships is estimated at 90 you realize that no hy ® on the face of the earth tell within thousands how many American workers were kiliel 90,000. ot (oe wm 8 eee ewe ce companies s that asseasments symbol den: te are just a bundle power or authority. This was similar a ioe { patchwork, In many in -—_- | to the use of the elephant symbol in, jj last year. The figures Q. Under what tax stances valuable property is not Q . India are Ing ee ee we ss Vee nate sede arege Smoking Room |,- —_—_— Sate his daughter to the t should, while when the phrenologist|} DR. GEORGE W. COLEMAN, Stories veal quota orp eferences-within-quota| capes taxat tances came to that part of the examination | trayeler ‘The people of Europe are immigrant? ; the r ~~" | for the amuseme being hindered in thelr recovery be A. If ashe is unmarried and ts) the 46] REMEMBER, when'I was a boy |after trans! smith's|cause practically aff, Suamaieae under 18 she may enter is in the countr; a fellow 3;. the} bumps into acquisitivene: inquisi-|trades seems to be carried on by saying, “it was quite an | tiveness, receptivity and so on, hej groups or indiv working largely event to have a mind reader or a finally | 1 on one grand bump. hand and without the ald ¢ to gef his taxes c paying more than it shou But note this—Int quota immigrant; if unmarried over 18 but w as a preference-within-g 50 oes not change the Method | magician come along. A phrenolo: “*aht' exclaim Dr. Bumfell, ‘I | power pan rpecial laws of assessment one single jot or | came to the village one night to give|see that you are very particular aR eye it hundreds little, The reason for this is [an exhibition of every fellow's bumps. | about what you eat aad where you PRACTICAL JAMIE of the ain, The real estate ubecula had examined the grocer, the | get it, but there is one thing you are| «pig Jamie any thi Becarty te tecr whe axe Dackine pilt maker and was about to set to| MOST fond of, and that is veal his tisiote? é © taxation. are the ones w 4work en the village blacksmith. His} ‘The blacksmith let loose and hit ‘ “Yes, and no. There was nothiss by the present fn axsistant, who was recruited locally, | the poor phrenologist under the chin. |in the will for him, but he marie of this state in ds low as | method of assessment. They | whisprred in his employer's’ear, that | ‘Bust ye! he sald, ‘Whut's it to you|the daughter of the) laiyct r cent of actual It tee F al ¥ stenl a calf ‘handled the est valuation in some cou in were, therefore, very careful [the blacksmith was very fond of! where an‘ when | | Q How many times in the history ! of the U. & has the house of of 50 per cent of the when they had the bill drawn to representatives been called upon to| actual value. The pasnage of | seo that it did not change the — og Co ooo choose a president, and how man: Initiative No, 50 will compel the method of fixing wilues. If the }times has the nenate had to choose) enactment of measures regu bill passes they will still use | la ‘vice president, and whan? lating this whole question of thelr political pull and their | | A. There have been two elections) valuation so that as bétween | high-priced lawyers to keep their | class of property and an | of a president by the house, in , | valuations down. 1801, when the house chose Jeffer other, and between subdivisions | Because of the fact that It lson (February 17, 1801), and 4 of the state, a more just and a | then John Quincy Adams waa| fairer taxation of property wi | tay will be necessary to pass a sales or some other form of Life Is Worth } |chosen (February 9, 1825). There| occur, This can only be accom- | equally iniquitous tax to make | [has been only one choice of a vtec} plished by the passage of In | up the deficit, the speculators | “f : l president by the United States sen itintive 36. 60, forcing a re- | will be able to escape a still Z —, ate, namely in 1837, when Johnaon| vision of the taxation system. larger portion of the burden of | “ ns was chosen ry other means has failed. taxation than they do now. No | eee | The big interests above en- | | | wonder they are for the bill—if te f It passes they will indeed be bill, They are giving ald and | “sitting pretty.” | | | Q. Which are tne beat types of| Umernted are opposed to this jengine valves, the sleeve valves or poppet valves? A, The 1 says that both sleeve valves and To be well, avoid chronic constipation. $ dit The laxative for old people is Dr. \ Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin Yt would be of great benefit comfort to the opposition with- F Do not be misled by thelr argumynts that you are in | danger of losing your property | on account of high taxes No property is being forfeited for | Rureau of Standards coming into the open, be- they know that with the of Initiative Ne will be compelled to pay a fairer 50 they | poppet valves are satisfactory when |property designed and constructed. There lgxe been no teats made| share of the tax load. ( failure to. pay general taxes, to elderly people if they realized hie it nd hy shaaena DE et Pica te aeitiative ae axcent jraluslees property, mush | that all their complaints are aggravated of valves; nor is it probable that} half billion of dollars of valu reba Delay hey pata t ive | by Mecsedel tare te Vater 1s a form any tests coukd be made which| ation to the tax roll, which at | worthless for any other purpose of congestion that affects the brain, nerv- would prove the superiority of cither| the 40-mill Hmit rate will pro In a fow instances property has ous and muscular systems. |tupe for all classes of service more millions of revenue been forfeited because of high Headaches develop, aches and pains be- came worse, and rheumatism more painful. if you keep your intestines free from poisons you will find Q What Americ world war got the credit for stop will not increase the valuation not prevent that for it does not the lower valuation does Assessments for {Il-advised pub. r the present rate, and yet lic improvements, This bill would n division In the} Une | | yourself happier and wi | A. The war department doce not| erage home oF farm one dollar. | provements at all. | eA J; lonbeeradl. tet Wag: oda amanoos (Another Article Tomorrow) (Another article tomorrow.) | It isa mistake for old people totake strong \division for stopping the drive. In —— —~ -— Pathartie pills as they are seldom necessary and their une and 8, he merica "J mad " repeat use i Ses. ike- June and Sealy, AB18, the American FABLES ON HEALTH pe: requires larger and larger doses. Like. wise the taking of “candy cathartics” is bad, as many of these contain a coal-tar drug that often causes skin eruptions;.and if you have taken salt waters you know how@lty and weak you felt afterwards. The fact is elderly people need only a mild, simple laxative. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is gentle in action and free from griping, a vegetable feel censtipated, have a headache, biliousness compound of Egyptian senna with pepsin and pleas- flatulence, dyspepsia, night cramps, or in any, ant-tasting aromatics. Use it while and you will way feel out of sorts as a result of not having had soon be able to dispense with Hcines of all kinds, proper elimination, More elderly people use Syru i 's Sy in i : tt aay ote Peon! > use Syrup Pepsin Dr. Caldwell’s Sy Tup Pepsin is not an ts. Wesley Davis, 819 26th St., i arket So.Belingtam Wash ante, Free Sample Bottle Coupon Ins been oe ey AR MacLellan, 1209 Sixth St, There are people who very rightly prefer conve est celling laxative inthe f 4 ‘. fore t be el - ef iN lieve eis weed are healthy pointer gumetedadicnwtebsandwnde Ser 1, milion, bts ! added mas to the Pepsin Syrup Ci years to their lives, Get a bottle Ntonticello linol, and « tree erithe kone understanding that it will at a nearby drug store and try Der, Caldwell's 8 k vrup Pepsin will be sent th as we state or your money & spoonful the next time you postpaid by mail. Donot inclose postege. Teisfree. be promptly refunded. DR. CALDWELL’'S SYRUP PEPSIN e Family Laxative | divisions helped to shatter the enemy Jadvance toward Paris and to turn the retreat into a triumphant offen HOME REMEDIES ) sive. The Second division, Agtth cle © : | \ ments of the Third and 2th divis-|_” Geo | ion blocked the German advance| [TS THE little “pestory’* thinga wet paste ot cooking soda. TP out| towards Paris at Chateau-Thierry,~ With Which the children com@)jn the country land. rendered great assistance in|tunning in that keop a mother stopping perhaps the moat danger-|usy, Mrs. Mann often remarked ous of the German drives, The| A cinder in the eye, Ittle cuts | Soda when you reach home. Second division not only halted the|and bruises—all that sort of thing.| For sprains—If an arm or anklo enemy on {ta front but also recap-|Most mothers are perplexed as to tured from him the atrong tactical) what is best to do. Here are a few |positions of Hourcaches, Belleau|simple home remedies that might Wood and Vaur, On June 9-55, be cut out and kept ready for emer. |!" hot water and then let cold water 1918, the extreme left line ofetie) zoncy: be applied. Keep the sprained part salient threatening Paris wae Me quiet and raised upon a pillow for fended by the First division leyedropper handy, or an eyecup | aay: Tf it i a bad sprain use Mt do just aw well, Wash tho avg |tti8 a8 an emergency treatment ‘3 D b il D d Vie thoraly ‘but do at, touch 1e,| YMlle awalting the doctor eZ umbe u If the particle c nnot be washed OLE eee eee The straight ||\t's 1 good idea to wee the doctor | ree teal it A Thought | For poison ivy—If immediately at ——$$—$—_-___ path was all\ Like a father pitieth his children, a 4 |tended to much pain and discom right until the || tort can bo avolded, Do not il ‘ Mtlso the Lord pitieth them that fear him=Ps. 10% GUt0 Came }lunti swelling beging, but an ac along and |\after plant has been touched caused detours ||poxsiblo scrub with strong yellov Kitchen soap and rinse, Put on | in your machine, put on gasoline and scrub, Put has been sprained put on either hot or cold compresses. Or first soak For cinder in the eye—Have an wfeand wad it sold annually. Buy it with the ee axaungad SKA SARA ONEHY. PTT aT) a Pe ne ee eee itis ssessstorsssssees pi melts the mind to. love, Dryden.