The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 4, 1925, Page 6

The Seattle Star |»: » placed on x purchased for r could have after unde uld have in resuscitating been the been i some, occasions of a diver, scene promptly, And the only divi able that car patrol, If only one life were saved by the in- stallation of such a diver patrol it would | be worth many times the expense, And the opportunity exists to save many lives, WE, the streets to gaze upon the sky. The Shenandoah is passing over, a won- derful, silvery man-made bird, We read, with glad, proud hearts, about the saving of a hundred people from a sinking ship, out on the ocean, rescue due to the wireless which called for help across the miles of raging sea. But is there anything finer, braver, more stirring of the God-given sentiments of pity, mpathy and fellow-love than what is being done in frozen Alaska? A thousand people, many of them chil- dren, are in the grip of the merciless scourge, diphtheria, at Nome. Hundreds of miles away is the serum that will save. No aircraft. No help by any of the won- derful mechanicals that man has devised. To save, only man's own strength and hardiness, and dogs. “Wild Bill” Shannon puts the 20-pound package of serum on his sled at Nenana and yells to his dogs. Away they go into the blizzard. Miles and miles over the almost endless snow-buried plains, across ice-bound crags, thru the gloom of trees that crack with the frost. Salvation for dying people, if Tolovana is reached on time. Man and dogs win, and “Wild Bill” says “TRank God!” At Tolovana “Jim” Kalland, with his dogs straining. in their harness. Strong men are dying, tearful mothers are hanging over their choking children and Death works his will, “Jim.” A run of 60 miles, with the temperature at 58 below zero! On time, thank God, “Jim”! Then Len Zeppela, with his 20 derby- winning dogs, 65 miles thru deep snow, biting wind, cutting ice and darkness. And other heroes, man and dog, to carry on, till disappointed Death moves on from the bedsides of Nome. Isn't it just fine? It is enough to make a fellow take his Airedale, Boston Bull pup or any other dog by the ears and kiss him. e.¢ harbor is When Inventions Fail DROP our work and rush out into Q. Is compensation paid by the government to world war veterans if the disability is not of service origin? A. No; the disability must be due ‘9 injuries received, or disease con-| | > tracted or accelerated while ‘in the service. tle New York medical, legal Persona: All Q. Who ii est child star in the movie A. Perhaps Baby Pegoy Montgom- ery, born October 26, 1918 the yo! Then the water. Q. Are there any women members| produce of the French academy? A. Three, Madame of Rumania and Curie, the) the queen Madame Dike. | phenolphthalein, Q. What is the railroad| drops of lemon tunnel in the world? A. The BSimplon tunnel, which connects Switzerland and Italy. It is 12.5 miles in length, | longest colorless again. Q. How many in Budapest, water] A | cording records. Q. How turn ia, wine? « Plenolphthatein is put into the do magicians to the foes is the day that our mind runs aw garden in summer. How truly ‘tis said t 4 plot that we hoy hummer. We'll hike to the in mind. The thought tha original kind. We'll read ma starts countin’ his dough. We luck th that we pr: Right here is the ho buy Whatever you're growing, oll of your plans go to weeds. will bring. Impatientness grows. Then, y for the coming of spring. (Copyright, 1925, for The Star), | greatest difficulty is going to be similar Answers to Your Questions ‘OU can get an answer to any question of fact or In- formation by writing The Seat- Star Question Editor, D. C., and inclosing stamps for or marital letters oe ——$—$ $$ ___—_—_—_-s when it is desired red color, bicarbonate of woda ia dropped into| water, and it becomes wine color| owing to the chemical propertica of} When it is to turn it into water again, juice any other similar acid will make telephones are there} Hungary There are 24,205 telephones, ac- latest available y with the thoughts of a at we're planning ahead on 4 we'll draw on a card the plans for the layout is main is our plot won't be plain, but of very zines with their tinted up scenes of the gardens it’s ea to grow. The wife lends her volce to the one of her choice, and then hubby| send for the seeds that will fulfill our needs and we wonder what most everyone knows, place for a kindly meant trace of a hint to all folks! pay heed to your hoeing, ere Senate The He (the and with the « of the supreme ce Constitution Forgets shalt ate and onsent of the senate appoint judges urt From United State FEW d con St ttor Stor atte for appointment to the United » bencl d Stone neral, its advice and consent It had a perfect right ed his law, how how he } school he wher leart an attorney, bia u ity how justice iver was dean, and the department of attorney general, It had t to inquire into the Owens n Mr, Stone appeared as Morgan & ¢ before the me a perfect rig wherei for court by ci attor y upt 0. decidedly overstepped its committees undertook to put Mr. Stone on the grill turning over to a grand jury in Wash- ington, D. C., a case involving Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Montana, in what the department justice thinks may be a conspiracy to defraud the government, Th decidedly overstepped its authority en it permitted Senator Walsh, attorney for Wheeler's défense in this and other cases wherein Wheeler involved, quiz the attorney general regarding the evidence intends to sub- mit to the grand jury id to urge that the activities of the Washington grand e senate ority when one of sena | jury be stopped. of his fellow citizens Senator Wheeler should , the submission of a case A grand jury the last thing fear and, anyway is | to the grand jury involving’a senator has the consid- | supreme | | nothing whatever to do with eration of Mr. Stone for bench. The senate’s advice and consent to Mr. Stone’s appointment should withheld solely upon his qualifications for the high office, and not upon whether or not the senators like or dislike it when he submits a case involving one of their num- ber to a grand jury. the given or ighborhood Dryness pe ‘SIDE! “ALLES is up to his ears in “liquor aeitatton He js a dry and, ready, some few of the Mexican states are likewise, Most important of all, he is backed by the Mexican Federation of Labor, which has declared for the closing of all saloons, complete abolishment of sale after three years, and school instruc- tion in the effects of alcoholism. sut, in enforcing prohibition, Mexico's to our grea at, if not greatest, one—“home brewing.” Prohibition is bound to move slowly in a country where the thirsty can ‘go out and pick a three days’ drunk off a cactus plant, any time. Helping Disease are quick at adopting phrases and “trick” names. pecially quick at applying them to diseases. “Flu” was one of the best advertised | epidemics in all history—largely because of its name. And now we have its varia- tions. “Stomach Flu” is the name applied to a now prevalent intestinal ailment. The same thing in a certa Eastern locality is called “Devil's Grippe. y However, it’s as disagreeable under one name as another. We are interested less in the label than in the cure. | @ How many ditterent size flags are used on the White House? A. Only two sizes: the amaller, or| storm flag, ia used in ine lement | weather, and the larger flag in clear | | weather, | | catch ? | | | 1323 | Washington | 2 cents tn | ye | | reply. No ad- replies, confl- must be Q Will cyclamen bloom more than| one year and where should they be| placed to obtain the best results? A. They will bloom more than one | wear, but not as successfully aa the first year. They need sunlight to) Christmas flowering is desired, a pinch Of) would be well to plant them if| a in July. Q. What are the most valuable} desired! sapphires and from where aré the} @ few’ best stones obtained at present? | rel A. The most valuable sapphires |are cornflower blue in color, with a} | velvety lustre and not too dark in| artificial light. The best stones are obtained from Siam. ar) Q. What was the Ninevah when at the glory? A. According vinegar Population of height of its| lo the Book of Jonah, it has been estimated as\ about 600,900. Since, however, it has} | been calculated that the population| | of the city and suburbs could not} have exceeded 350,000, white the city| itself may have been the of 000 souls. home see Q. Is the use of cotton great antiquity? A. It is known to have been used in India 3900 years qgo. o-. Q. Does the death rate exceed {he birth rate? A. The annual death rates in the largest cities of the world are only about three-fifths of the birth) | rates, according to figures compiled | oy a French atatistician, His re- | ports show that for every 10,000 in- habitants an average of 250 births | and 154 deaths occurred in the large | metropolitan centers for the year ended July 1, 1923. | Q. How in concretdolored red? 1. Cinnabar is mixed with cement) to produce a bright red conercte and\ carmine to produce a violet r of very | 96 6 | 26 plaints received today. | week,” 8h THE (OUT OUR WAY BY WILLIAMS} ‘WHAT SEN. GOODING , NOW OONT BE EXPECTING PEOPLE WILL BREAK “THEIR NECKS "10 BUY “THAT CHEAP JEWELRY. mv GOLD J \NHM MA OU DOr \/ KNOW A BARGAIN. CUFF LINKS wre |\ BY GOLLY, HLLTAKE A Pair } \O'THEM RIGHT Now. 4 DIAMONDS | INTHEM FOR Oni TEN CENTS. / Onn FIRTV OF Them 7T’ BILL Seattle — ee \ \ How \ Short SELL AN’ T Kin GET EMER A MAGIC LANTRUN / ER AS SOWELL AIR GUN, \ MOMENTS WE'D LIKE “10 LIVE OVER-~ SS THE FIRST VICTIM. —— SCTENC ( Wa ater The Eighth Voyage of Sinbad \ NEWLY 4 much bird, the Re ished him take to Samarc mid-air precious of the 2RT QUICK Mr. Fiat Finds Skin Game| A “SKIN GAME,” reported operating at a First ave. amen dress, has been reported to Mr. Fixit, The Star's} This is only one of many com-| Fixit’s answers: by a reader. Mr. Thrift trouble man, With t week,” Mr. Fixit the are called on t try “Golder Rule week K. J.B. This ix an excellent suggestion. Who in Seattle would like to start thi movement? No doubt it would take a little practice on the part of many, but there should be enough who do try to practice the Golden Rule, to get it, going. weeks that we why nH) other to observe, Mr. Fixit: Ie it not against the | se for chickens to run at large in e city? In the neighborhood of sure ave. and E. Spruce st. are a great many chickens. are very annoying to those who are trying to have flowers or a garden B. HL. It is against the law for chickens} This matter has| to run in the city been referred to the proper city au- thorities. If it does not end. the trouble call MAin-7810 and ask why. There arg a number weighing ma- Mr. Fixit of ponny-in-the-aslot chines in t out of adjustment. When you drop a coin in one of these in few cases you get correct results, Jw MC. machines in which coins are deposited are under the department of weights and meas: ures. But it has not sufficient in- spectors, Report specific the department at MA in-6000, The matter will haye immediate atten- tion, do All: weighing - Mr. Fixit What can be about the planking between the car tracks at California ave. and W Dakota st? SMOKING ROOM STORIES 66. FUNNY thing happened at the hospital in New York, the other day,” said the doctor as he flipped the ashes of his clgur about a foot wide of the cuspidor, “A workman was brought in and he wag all battered up, and his scalp was laid wide open, Despite his wounds and the blood that oozed down over his face, he was laugh ing boisterously Indeed, he never stopped chuckling, even while we were sewing up his head, At last, our work done, one of the doctors asked tho fellow what was the joke “Well, surrh,’ he composed him self enough to say, It's a fine Joke on the felly that knocked me galley He sez to me, sez he, as he that, ye dagot* west. awit and all of the} there) They} city that are badly! cases to] done| Some of the planks are} sible any A Tho The angel of the L yund about them and delivereth then ey TIME gte a con are ati Modern dizzy w : about? power as taken HOWE, KAN neve Ed ne anybody ED pos more Ifice against Haul F ‘or divorc IS | A ALL ffected | e Long and| ress | ae ten rote Minto, Ip tong termediats SeDLALivgy sted in the told con, mmneree Com, t neceasary sp right to the for short hauls over The G the commis. ority and woulg upon the T rates direetiy etween shi + already acta Senator Gooding ow strugeting n the fige atives of cast, railroad own. states and Py. is lined» Up againge nd Chicago has Soines western ports solid opposition of ate points, al of the Pana important route 5 at stake, the es of the sponsors of Tl and of Sts op. re based on the effet will have on thelr pocke, Ee Les Miserables! ERHAPS you have had many ead experiences in your IM seen heart-breaking conditionse(|] friendlessness and || th; witnessed terrible ach s and appalling catastrophes: yourself have ey . have you ever sea 1g more pitable and touch}! oman fixing a flattine? tongue-tied barber? 4 —bald orchestra leader? —diplomat without a dreseguit? ‘bachelor trying to sew ena button? pretzel without beer? —fat man in an upper berth? movie actor earning his ir ing? cross-ey ing a nee shiek without a sheba? vampire too broke to oma chaise longue? millionaire baby? fisherman without an img ination? —pork sauce? enographer without chewing gum? —taxi-driver with a sense @ humor? - —bootlegger without a milla AS PHIDOSO- || gottars? knew a really —one-armed chauffeur with tht ver ran for of | nives? t the pres per square ught J ard encampeth that fear hii —Ps. xxxivel. <d coal-heaver thread man. you Tt m it is a cock essman’s wife, ¢. Wonder if hirl” you read | chop and no apple drivers and} MBH. | eet car |dangerous to both auto iqua This in a matter for the company, and Mr. Pier |ised to look into it pede as prom | Mr. Fisit: Is there a state law or city ordinance prohibiting swindlers from openly operating in the city? There is @ “skin game” operating |on First ave, that should be stopped. H. &. J. Report this to the Better Business| | Bureau in the Central building. If |yotr have the facts that you claim this bureau wif put the concern out of business. Fixit: There seems to de! people in Seattle who would) keep the votera from saying wheth er they want the manager form of city government at the coming elec That does not look like good Who are those peo M. V. 0. Hugh M.! been asked Mr. tion. sportamanahip. ple? Walter F. Meter Caldwell, lawyers, for an opinion by real ostate dealer named Robert H. Atkin, at 206 Marion st. Those back of the |movement are supposed to be a} group of citizens who oppose any change in the present form of g ernment Meler and Caldwell have given their opinion that the case to | keep the proposal off the ballot can be 1 to stand in court eee Telling It to | Congress Excerpts From the Congressional and have a | | | Record) | ek si ei a OS | ACROSS THE A BY AIR Trans-Atlantic air mail service jundoubtedly coming. American bus already have taken the preliminary steps to in-| Jaugurate its actual operation. They are deterred only by imm e ina bility to buy their pro © fleot Jat reasonable prices Cope |land (D.), N.Y iness me | necessary st MORE ADVICE FOR FARMERS What the farmer needs to do is to organize his co-operative business on @ better bi to exercise a higher |measure of good § |play a greater amount of painstak. jing and skillful management, to be | more punctual and prompt; in other |words, to prove himself a better | business man in every respect.— Sen, Bruce (0), Md. ee BETTER PEO! bettor, abler nd morally in the history of Iman (D.), Arkan:| BETTER TIM People are ¢ physically, me than ever befor the world,—Rep. sas, Prophecy HERE were few who shared the faith of the pioneers who undertook the de- velopment of the telephone. With an infant art to nourish constantly by new discovery and invention, and handicapped by scanty capitaland public apathy, they held to their vision of a nation-wide service. Nearly two score years ago, when the telephones of the United States were fewer than those of a single New York borough today, the business was organized -essentially like the Bell System of the present. That is: a central advisory staff, a central scientific organization devoted to development and re= search, a central department to promote progress in operating” technique, a central source of supply of standardized material, local operating companies fa- miliar with local needs, and a national net-work of lines interconnecting these come panies. ‘Telephone pioncers planned this organization structure, lieving it necessary for efficient and economical national service. The nation’s experience has proved the clearness of theif vision, The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Com BELL SYSTEM One Policy + One * System - Universal Service SEeaERE .BERRETER. 2 Bu REP RRR RR BSBae SS. 38 seen = PY AFERCRRIFER ES SU EeT FPL PFIGPR LI FFF