The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 7, 1925, Page 8

he 92.00 | osoe } It All Depends CENATOR PEPPER tells © the United State wuld relinquish its claim to Cuba because it got the Isle of Pines thru the Paris treaty with Spain, in which this country was acting as trus tee of the unborn republic. By the same Paris treaty we got the Philippines bought what Spain had stolen. We had to shoot up the Philip- pines to establish ourselves as “trustees of an unborn republic” atid we have been sitting on the Philippines ever since. The fate of unborn republics seems to depend much on their opportunities for profitable investment by the “trustee.” Do you “regular” senators, like Pepper, working to turn the Philippines over to the Fili- pinos? You do not, the ser Moral Obligations REAT indignation over Great Britain's objection to the elevation of guns on our battleships. Great racket over'the picion that Great Britain’s two new alr plane carriers are, in effect, OaLucdape, in violation of the Washington agreement. But no official stir over the fact, an- nounced by Attorney General Stone, that $07 British ships have been engaged in the business of smuggling liquor into the « United States during the past year, Over 300 British ships conspiring to and aiding in violation of United States statutes. Millions of United States money necessary to squelch such violations, And not a thing done about it. Who said something about “national conscience” and “the moral obligation of nations”? , Your Eyes PPROXIMATELY 12,000 school chil- dren undergoing vision tests by the United States public health service were found to have defective eyesight. This represented 37 per cent of all the children examined. It is “striking evidence of the limited extent to which the eyesight of school children is being given attention,” says the Eyesight Conservation Council of America, Especially so, since the number of chil- dren with defective vision at 16 years of age was four times the number at 6 years. Regular eye examination should be as much a part of school curricula as arith- metic. We are criminal if we continue this neglect. Rich Man’s Law, and Poor Man’s HE mills of justice grind slowly, but they do grind. A court in New York has found Gaston B. Means and Thomas B. Felder guilty of a conspiracy to bribe an attorney gen- eral and other public officials and have sentenced the former to two years in Atlanta penitentiary and the latter to a $10,000 fine. Another court in Chicago found Charles R. Forbes, former United States veterans’ bureau chief, and J. W. Thompson, an accomplice, guilty of conspiracy to loot public funds. Thus there comes to justice the first of the group of men who conspired to loot the United States government. Court cases are under way against the others. Harry W. Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny, who garnered the profitable privileges of exploiting the navy's oil reserves, and who advanced money to Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior, are facing trials. Fall is under indictment. Curiously, Means, Felder and Forbes are not rich. Thompson is a wealthy St. Louis contractor, but not influential. Sinclair and Doheny are not only rich, but are powers in the financial world. Their coterie of lawyers is one of the most skill- si SETS Ce of legal talent ever gath- ered, Doheny, Sinclair and Fall are charged l same crime of which Jer and Thompson were to defraud the with practical Forbes, Means found guilty government The public will watch with much these other tr power a conspiracy ess of rerein wealth | ability can delay the slow-grinding whee of justice, Always, the public will be ask- ing itself: “Is there one law for the petty culprit, and another one for the rich and power- ful one?” It is a fair question, which Time alone can answer, Cruel Senatorial Humor “ON "SS passed a law to raise the pay of postal employes up to the point of “a living wage.” Coolidge vetoed this law. The senate failed to pass it again over the veto, ‘ Now it has passed a substitute designed to meet the president's ostensible objec- tions, namely, that the original bill did not provide of itself the revenue to pay the increased wages. This bill, sponsored by Senator Moses, undertakes to raise 00,000, The postal clerks, desperate after their defeat by the president, joined in urging its passage, All but eight senators voted eight are Borah, Brookhart, on, Norris, Norbeck, Under- wood and Swanson, The eight remembered—as most of the others must have remembered—that the constitution contains the following: Section 7, Article 1 All bills for ralsing revenud shall originate in the house of representatives, but the senate may propose or coneur with am a as on other bills, The senate must know that the only course for the house is either to kill this senate bill or else join with the senate in kidding the poor postal employes into thinking something is being done for them. If the house follows the latter course, Coolidge doubtless will veto the bill—this time for a real reason. If he joins in the kidding, the supreme court will have the killing to do. iR Your Clothes MAN’S wardrobe, says the National Association of Merchant Tailors, should include: Four overcoats and several suits of sports clothes. Tuxedo and full dress suits, Waistcoats (the more the better), Sack suits for business (number op- tional), either single or double-breasted, Riding suit. Morning coat and waistcoat, with striped trousers and silk hat. To most of us this sounds more like the wardrobe of a matinee idol than the ordinary citizen. Either it is a lot of clothes or else we are a nation of raga- muffins. Perhaps the merchant tailors will yet make Beau Brummels of us all, Saving Streets NE reason our pavements do not last longer is that they are forever being dug up to repair sewers and other pipes. Sometimes, it seems, the finer the job done by a paving crew, the quicker it will be plowed into and patched by diggers, When the pavement is replaced the patches inevitably sag. The surfacing goes to pieces prematurely. Then the street has to be paved over again. Why not do away, once for all, with this foolish waste by putting all the pipes in tunnels? The initial investment, to be sure, would cost more, $ But in the long run the saving would be tremendous. THE SEATTLE STAR EVER TASTE FOOD FIFTY THOUSAND YEARS OLD} (our ouR WAY Counting the Cost of Forest Fires fe - GOSH I Herre oN BE GOIN T PEEPULS DOORS, ASTIN’ UM | T BOY This JOOLRY. | ERNIES GOTA AwFroL BOUGHT ALLO'HISN OFFN ‘IM, / | AN' HE'S SENT FER HIS MAGIC LANTRON AWREADY. SNELL MA- SHE TR williams SENT HIOW IT NOW NOU GET OvT / \ oe \ WELL EANESTS FOLKS ‘ HAVE MONENM TO ThRow ANAM, AND WE HAVENT: | T TOLD You WHEN You FOR THAT TRASH WOOLD BE f AND SELL THEM OR SEND "THEM RIGHT BACK / ————_— 2 | BY E, T. ALLEN Forester for the Western Forestry and Conservation Association t led immediate fighting and more inj Doubtle Of thin the te J ax to produ: much more taxt about it is re We have no way of estimat Umber and ¢ 4 lumbermer ri ) ty y nus fully __ BY WILLIAMS } QUACKS ) H. ROWELI bY C v Which Would You Prefer? Ww u wet out > wet and have © enough » want them. Action Is One Virtue of House let the at house of repre lify its one thru” the es exer by of congr h the nenate % Jon use ago & p all pretense of being a “deliberative bod. I ad, it the nate pacity for act rules ce ax devel had sped what ever the ca rule a def number of hours for debate on this bill, vote bringing It that ow they are to a at the time Members know Mammoth Me Rarest Food, rad Delicacy i there ig bre-historis the meat ‘9 sample ment hay urrounded by Lunter saw a © OM the ioe sea, and they He discov. eria Salama, off Sibert, ned unknown, only & own of the LUSe Of the i dramatic rex taken plage rs. This is Alaska, aler sighted it in 18 nd no record of its discovery before that time has found whole An Am bee soil of these ie lands seems to consist of bones Iy dug there from the tusks of millions of mammoths which perished. There bones dozens of other historic ant d trees are found proving that in the age of the inammoth trees grew at least 400 miles farther north than they grow today. There are no permanent fs habitants on these islands: of ot Fossi are varieties mals. there > a year and sometimes Fixit Gets More Troubles | Does wot th prohibit firms rf merchandis ordine city p- If Hilly B. has not tc Fixit dog, Mra C. has an pup she will give him up, Billy, If you want th walk of ware way of pedestrians MRS, H. I. If this is not remedied within & day or no, call up MA In-7510 and report it pe eG ers Telling It to Congress Excerpts From the Congressional Record) und his | Bpeak | 4 | sidewalka ke Junk o of their Fifth in’ front business? near Denny ia used daily that are On way, for in the Thome there is a dangerous hole in | coment. Can you hive it fired? | D. ¢ was reported to the fore the This department and was repaired in ot | yesterday | noon. The light poles ¢ Henderson h been in for several weeks, but we have no lights, When do get them BA Mr. Fixit Sith W. and we It will be three or f before the lighting depart will get to thin At preser entire force is engaged in urg work elsewher A POLICY We have uniformly, In our postal laws, but In our revenue laws, recognized as a matter of nub- lic policy the wisdom of making | ap 1 exemptions in the interest Jot education, zion, philanthropy Senator Simmons | not only Mr. Fixit: Saturday night tee were backing in to park @ little coupe cama rushing up behind us and gurned in quick- ly, striking a fender of a stand- | ing car as it did so, and settled | down in the space we were | United es ix fant changing from| clearly entitled to. What }the localized service of individual} you do with a man like that? | stations to widespread “tnterconnec: | A. F. B. with service rendered over ‘There {a not much that areas not only larger than munic be done with this sort. We all | palities, but also larger than indl- | havo met him. He is in the | viduat s Report of the federal class with the man who sneezes | power commission. in your face and who whistles ee his soup at the restaurant. eee aa jand | em), N. C. | econ | \ NEW TRUST > power development in the acience can MILITARY TRAINING Everywhere we see evidences that the benefits of military training to the Individuals and the nation, for | peacé ng’ well as for war, aro be- | Mr. Fisit: My son, 12, at- tends a public achool for music. Can he use hig school tickets MRS. G. C. 6 to 100 urket for labor and sup- ssand feet de- ‘This ts t four times b and applies to merchan od immature timber allk we have & $400,000,000 “ttem without much ing and there is tragedy, 4 money loss, in unem- ployment and vanished markets Meanwhile, if we are destroy- ing some hundred million of ac tual property values a year, with it must go a tax revenue of a million or two, Our items now add to make annual fire bill well over $500,000,000 « year, but for notnd numbers call it that—half a bil- lion, All reckoned on the average year, not the worst, and on pres- ent for conditions, as tho everything were repli by opening new fields without con- sidering the Incident cost ft creases and the distresses of fu- ture forest shortage Half a billion dollars a year already; growing because va involved are growing; and very largely, if not wholly, prevent able, I still say that whother or not this represents sufficient attac on our prosperity to be called a national menace, the processes that are content to let it go un- dealt with are a menace to any nation. DOC--By HyGage EXERCISE, My MAN, THAT'S WHAT YOU y exint atret an well going to vot the nen. bates, nothing to add to If they want to m atic for home consumption, the “leave to print” custom takes care of that, and requires no time This way of doing things be u g- Sots the wh institution the “lame duck” session ing these conditions, the thing is to use them. It can be done, even in the brief time’ remain- ing, and it is up to the house to do It. They have heard and em. have SMOKING ROOM STORIES — HEARD a conversation n two lads,” sald @ smoke a boy once himself. father gave my mothers |new car for Christmas, also a new | radio, and we have a new babyy J have a new suit and my mother giv my father a new diamond ring fer | Christmas. What did |eive your mother?” ag a | “‘A mortgage on your father General | house."" TOSS ke explan- ot But, i It’ may be* true that | Washington threw a dollar ee |the Potomac, as reported, but even| THEY MAY REFER MUSOA at that he bad nothing on congress. | Shoals to a commission, that belig -— |the surest way to dam it, Mr. Bryan Insists that the demo- —— ae jeratic sun will rise in, bigger,| EIGHTY-THREE COLLEGES |brighter and better. Evolution, you|the country have the “raw-raw” material. Star Wamt Ads | Are Growing — Faster Than | lever. The Reason Must for this? School tickets are only good for attending public or private schools where the regular gram- mar or high school courses are taught. He could not use school tickets to attend ing appreciated more and more by | |AND WALK, WALK, the people. The civilian compo- | WALK! DIO You! nents are requesting more and more|loay Yo = A instruction and more and more fa-||Mmaic .k® cilities. Report of tho secretary of war. Pe? ? ? Answers to Your Questions * os A, Yea, but there connected with sec cur | Q. When did the San Francisco earthquake and fire occur and what was the loss of life and property? | A. On April 18, 1906. The main | shock was felt about 5:13 in the | morning. The property toss was ca- timated at over $200,000,000. The| | toss of Ufe was about 4 of which | tlan ansas City: 266 were Killed by collapse of build-| jewels and money, ¥' ings, 177 by fire and nine by acct-| nating, we fritter away olic churches at the beginning of the| dental causes. > | uable thing in the world: 20th century? | ere pias i @. How can brooms be preserved?| Roman Catholics 250,000,000 and the! A. Yes, but the ooin must not go A 7 oug ‘A. Dip them for a minute or two|Greck Catholics about 125,000,000, | back into circulation, for any at-| ——<—<——————— . tempt to pass it a mone L lo~- kettle of boiling suds. as money ts a vio. ina of Nae radio| lation of the law. business? He shall stand before Q What was the numerical nasi sd Kings; he shall not stand before atrength of the Protestant and Cath- mean men.—Proy. xxii29, | we t diligence before idleness, rust above Q Is there any difference between the eee the meaning of “porch” and “ver- A. The Standard dictionary says a PO ww « woverea mructure form. ing the entrance to a building,” while the definition for veranda is) “an open portice extending along ‘one or more sides of a building.” eee Results industrial revival, particularly in | What Folks Germany, has been #0 astonishing | ‘ 7 |that American exporters have hard Are Saying ly recovered thelr breath, after re re , finding that the Germans ha re- REV. ROY RUTHERFORD, Chris-|hold in Latin America, which was ° We guard our! temporarily lost to them during the @rviee he most val-| (Rep), N. J. time. Life eos that the world Is flat from seeing it down on the floor digging at the guined the biggest part of their foot- y procrastt:| war, Representative Ackerman aybe Mr, Vollvai gute his idea Jeute little cross-word dingrams. | is no charge ring the license, . | ‘OU can get an answer to | any question of fact or in- | | formation by writing The Seat- | | tle Star Question Editor, | | New York ave, Washington | D. C., and inclosing 2 cents tn | loose stamps for reply. No medical, legal or marital ud- vice. Personal replies, confl- dential. All letters must be en membe! @ Are there any women members| | {Otel | of the British parliament? A. Lady Astor, the duchess Athel, Mrs. Hilton Phillipson and Bliss E. Wilkinson are the four) Copyright, 1925 Public Ledger Syndicate of 7 —— SCIENCE il BEE INSTINCT | A. In round numbers the Protest-| Q. 1s it true that a person ma -_—$————— | ‘comen members of the present (ee 6 | mutilate a United States coin if he house of common: | y f ants numbered 175,900,000 and the) chooses? T HAS long been known that the | greatest architect is the bee, But) it is not so woll known that the bee also is the most expert Judge of tem-| perature, This fact has been ostab-| lished by government selentists in studying the ordinary honey bee.| The bee knows exactly when the |temperature reaches 67 | Fahrenheit. ‘This point means ger to the bee, When the mercury | drops to 67 the bees huddie together. The ones in the center of th generate heat by mu Those of the outer layer: together, usually with their heads toward the center, and conserve this heat. The worker bees in the center produce heat to the extent that the center of the cluster often attains a temperature of 90 degrees. The in- sulation on the outside of the cluster is so perfect that heat can only es- cape very slowly, | Commercial beeReepers try to keep their colonies under such conditions as to temperature that the bees do not have to protect themselves b their own efforts. ‘This rv Mr. nis is reported that Trotsky hus gone South ior |health, and, by and large, it looks like a wise precaution, Again it Seest thou a man diligent in his Q. Is it necessary that a sending station be licensed by the government? Q. What is the rule for “crowning the men” in checkers? | A. When a man first reaches any of the aquares on the opposite ox D treme Unesof the board, it becomes : ont a king, and can be moved backward 3 and forward as the limita of the - /] \ L EM | board permit (tho not in the same| 7 FABLES ON HEALTH play), and must be crowned (by| S IN E A H | placing a man on the top of it) by| ALT TH B di @FTEN have wondered, do folks really know what love, in its a the opponent; if he neglects to do easure, means? It’s something that comes to us all here below, In| 0, anu proceeds to play, an lay |" Bie youth, front age, in our Xesns, shall be put back unlll the man. be| A HANDFUL of salt, preferably jalso the skin, and they cost but a ‘The love of our kin is just born in the soul; a love that there's nothing | crowned, thrown in the bath | cent or two. can sever. It's naturally real and deep-hearted| nt érie | An excellent bath bag is made as and whole, and something that lives on forever. | Q. What ia the meaning and what Sliows: But what of the love that we give fellow men?! #re the variations of the name Flor- Make “the bag from! oth, ‘Tis friendship that leads us to find it, It comes ence? }iearned in her next lesson on the} and put a running string on {t. Save to us over und over again, There must be real It means “blooming” or “fiour.| bh all pleces of toilet soap, and when. reason behind {t lishing,” and tte variations aro PMo,| Salt algo fs @ good tonle for the) they are perfectly dry, pound to a Faith is the thing, when you add it to trust.| Flossie, Flore. ‘lekin. An ounce of ammonia mixed | powder, When other men have that in you, their friend-! ee with the water is excellent for un-| Mix four tablespoonfuls of borax ship is something immune from the rust that} Q. Is Pola ri married strung nerves. But ammonia is not! with four ounc of the soap, and gathers when friendship's not true. | she ever been married bef. very conducive to beauty, so it/stir this mixture into four quarts | their energy and the output of a col-| A man who is for you, in good luck or bad, and| Pola Negri has married| should not be used frequently. of bran. ony of be : | i blots out your sorrow timd scenes, is likely the| but once, She wedded Count Kugene| Use of bran or cornmeal bags in| A half rint of this mixture, tied et | snswer to feelings you've had—what fellow-man love really means, 4 while abroad and divorced|the bath is very good for the skin./in a bag, should be used for each| FRANCE HAS 13 POLITICAL (Copyright, 1925, for The Star) ‘These not only soften the water, but| bath, using the bag as a wash cloth, | parties and look at its luck! ' A newly-discovered African mon- key climbs §0-foot trees. There be- nobiles in that neighbor. monkey for doing it. RE unless you esteem brightness.—Plato. ing no wute hood, he is 4 The Seattle Star Want Ad Dept. sea salt, LApitd from Mann LA water, helps to pre catching cold afterward, Mrs. SS nd has co! 1307 Seventh Ave. MA in-0600 been »