The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 3, 1925, Page 8

aper En The ‘ | me A | 4 Unite an, Nice eo Bervion | f t | Yer’ of As the Money Goes N THE ne) $54,000,000 def d tot 50,000 be u aviation by , and the Northwest P in this respect, is a on of congressional timidity, d parsimony. There should be an out appre a ion or tru to Postmas- he purpose of ets with ter Gene encourag or by private p good governr The government is paying more every day than it should, thru mail-carrying co tracts with outsiders—the railroads. How ever, the report ru to form in that it provides for an ional $3,500,000 for transportation ¢ mails, An en couraging recommendation for the United States postoffice depar and more pap for the United States railroads. Sounds familia His Particular Ghost T TAKES Rear Admiral Phelps, mem- ber of the general navy board, to scare up the real thing in the way of war ghosts, He tells the women’s peace confere at Washington, that we must have a strong ng because British and American trade policies conflict. The admiral’s ghost is a change any- way, and may answer while the Jap ghost is taking a vacation. Of course, the admiral doesn’t see that, if our traders, suicidally, make us fight Great Britain, civilization and navies, including rear admirals, will go under, but we understand that those women received Admiral Phelps’ introduction of the British ghost with close attention. PEAKING of “bulling the market,” there are ways and occasions when it is a legitimate and a mighty good thing. As a horrible object lesson of wreck- age the new Haven railroad has held first place for years, its stock selling for 954 only two years ago. Not long ago the road was faced by a maturing bond issue, without the wherewithal to pay. Where- upon, the directors appealed to their em- ployes, shippers and the public generally -for a loan. The loan was promptly over- subscribed and, at last reading, New Haven - was at 36. “Bulled” the property by trust- Much nicer than Wall ing in the folks. How- treet “manipulation,” wasn’t it? ‘ever, it is quite likely that Wall Street was in on that rise from 95g in/1923 to 36 in A Daniel! J E DON’T know hith, but we're solid t for Judge Hudner, of Los Angeles, who decides that Charlie Chaplin’s pants have nothing to do with his private life, or “Vice versa. It would be a pretty howdy-do if a man had to explain in court why his pants were wrinkled at the knees, jutebaggy at the seat, or on hindside foremost, wouldn't it? One of the constitutional rights involved in the pursuit of happiness is that a man can wear his pants as he darned pleases, so long as the buttons are all on and the suspenders performing morally. Publicly delve into private reasons why a man, especially a married man, wears his pants as he does and you abort the bill of rights. Gents, they've got most of our bill of rights away from us but, thank heaven! there’s one court that upholds our preroga- tive to wear pants how and why we pre- fer, if not where and when. me something % Q Can you tell about Rembrandt? A. He was one of the world's greatest painters, born at Leyden, Holland, July 15, 1606. From his 12th vr 13th year he studied paint- ing under various old masters, He | tle | New Seattle Star |; ? ? Answers to Your Questions ? ? | Yo can get | any question of fact or in- | formation by writing The Seat- Star Question York ave., D. C., and inclosing 2 cents in stamps for legat or marital ad- All letters must be began his career as an etcher very) | loose carly and etched beggars and pic-| | medical, turesque heads, including hia own.| | vice. Personal In 1631 he setticd in Amsterdam,| | dential. where he set up a studio and took| | signed, pupils. His preserved works tota over 650 oil paintings, 2/00 draw- ings and studics and $00 etchings. He dicd October 4, 1669. O5ec8 brightness of Q. How can steel instruments be} kept from rusting? A. Clean frequentty; after using,| wipe off with an oiled rag. A mizx- ture of equal parts of carbolic acid and olive oil, smeared over the aur- comedica, much used and found very effective in preserving both the polish and the moist and warm the climate may be. Q. Who are the Dolly slsters? A. Tico sisters who first appeared clean with dry chamois leather and| in vaudeville in the year 1909. 1910 to 1920 they toured in musical | plays and revues, they returned to face of the instruments has deen brief period before appearing at the Published Daily The mer hing Oo, * Mala «00 Pobt rotten old world t d the Oldster, as thru the b he watched a cop drag to the corner patrol pyuat window of his ¢ a tottering drug victir box and call the wag« “This is a goog old world,” said the Young looking up from his paper. “Listen to this ‘Simon Guggenheim, mining magnate, has given, as a memorial son, the sum of 000,000 as a preliminary endowment for 50 fellowships for study abroad.’” to his “What's that!" growled the Oldster. “One man does a good deed while thou- sands of others are turning the world into a hell-hole. What can one man do against the tendency of the whole world?” “One man!” exclaimed the Youngster, “Did you know that 22 people, in the last 12 months, each gave $1,000,000 or more to help this old world mend its ways?” “Twenty-two nothing!” the Oldster ch lenged. “I'll bet you me five. “You're on. Check ' » I enumer- ate: James B. Duke, North Carolina, $6,000,000, eventually to be inc ed to $40,000,000, for education, East- man, Syracuse, $15,000,000 for education, Elizabeth B. Frasch, $19,000,000 for chemical research, orge F, Baker, New York, $5,000,000 for education, Lotta Crabtree, the actress, $4,000,000 for vari- ous charities. Mrs. Mary Couts Burnett, Fort Worth, $4,000,000 for education. Andrew W. Preston, Boston, $6,000,000 for charity. Col. W. B, Thompson, Yon- kers, $5,000,000 for plant research. Henry R. Towne, New York, $2,220,000 to vari- ous schools. Mrs. Montgomery Ward, Chi- cago, $3,000,000 for education. Miss Josephine Williams estate, Hartford, $1,200,000 to hospitals. John D. Rocke- feller, Jr., various gifts totaling $4,000,- 000. Laura Spellman Rockefeller Me- morial foundation, $1,175,000, various purposes. James A. Patten, Chicago, $1,500,000 in lands for Community Trust funds. J. P. Morgan, library valued at $8,500,000. P. A. Ewert, Kansas City, $1,000,000 for Y. M. C. A. Andrew Freed- man estate, $2,000,000 to a Bronx charity. Mrs. “Jack” Gardner, Boston, property worth millions and an income of $1,200,- 000 to maintain it. Edward S. Harkne New York, $1,000,000 for education. Mis Mary Friend Bennett, New York, $1,000,- 000 for education. James Brown, Boston, $1,000,000 to 20 institutions, and William W. Cook, New Haven, $2,000,000 for edu- cation. Total: About $130,000,000. There, do I win?” “Well, what does that prove?” “That every year this old world is get- ting better and better. Some of these endowments, opening the way to study and research as they do, may give the world another Pasteur, or a Locke, or a Des- cartes, or a Watts, or a Newton, or a Long, the discoverer of anaesthetics. They may find the way to rid the world of can- cer and tuberculosis and other scourges of men. Or they may lead us to world peace and to such a higher type of civilization generally that ultimately the very rotten rottenness of which you complain will almost completely, and of itself, disappear. Do I win?” “Twenty-two such many.” “I did not have time to mention the 108 gifts, averaging about $150,000, and totaling between $15,000,000 and $20,000,- 000, made in 1924. Hundreds of others gave without our knowing anything about it —large gifts, too— while hundreds of people of lesser means donated liberally to make this a better world to live in. Yes, this is a good old world—if you'll only look at it the right way. Now, come ” across. gifts are not so You he-pollyannas make me an answer to “®} London Hippodrome in “Jig-8aw" and the New Oxford in "The League of Notions.” The sisters were born October 25, 1892. Jennie Dolly's first husband was Jerome Schwarts, She is now married to Harry Foz. Rosie Dolly has never married, eee Q. What are the earliest books known? A. The earliest production answer- {ng to our modern books, of which we have any record, were tiles cov- ered with inacriptiona in soft clay by the Chaldean scribes and render- Editor, 1 Washington, reply. No replies, confi. atecl, however|¢d permanent by baking in ovens. Some tablets, believed to have been e produced about 6000 B. C., have been discovered. The first work printed by movable type on the Gutenberg press, catablished in Mainz in 1450, was a Latin Bible, soe From Then vaudeville for a| Q- Who Is tho present head of the Federal Council of Churches of pian Paving AY, I'd like to catch the fellow who invented paving streets. you know just how I feel about it. The trouble that it brings you, any Other trouble beats, and if you have some youngsters, you won't doubt it. From morning until evening they are digging up the clay, or sending| Just like a bunch of youngsters who will wallow in their play, are men who ply this trade, that seems unfair. They pile their bricks in wallways that will tempt a tiny tot, for young- “We'll build a house,” says Tommy. ‘Then they do It, like as not, and they're busy from the morn to supper dust a-flying thru the air. sters, as you know, are wont to climb. time. When homeward come the youngsters who have helped to pave the street, poor mother knows, right quickly, where they’ve been. There’s mud upon their clothing and there's mud upon their feet and of course they érag the bloomin’ stuff right in. Yep, thi fs that mother is enslaved. It meat: But gee, we're giad to use the highw for The Star) ving gag is troublesome and yet it’s got to be. The drawback a lot of muddineses while going on y when it's paved. America? A. The Rev, Dr, 8. Parkes Cad- man, pastor of the Centrat Congre- gational church of Brooklyn, was elected president at Atlanta, Ga., December 4, 192}. He succeeds Dr. Robert A. Speer of New York, who has held the office for four years. ] | DOC-By HyGage Perhaps OLLEGE BASE] STICK CLOSER BALL TEAM? To HOME Copyright, 1944, Public Ledger Syndica b beneficial j mento, Cal., and Springfield and Dayton, Ohio Editors in Sacrame STAR nto, Springfield and (our OUR WAY — Dayton Tell Experiences ERE is the second installment of views of newspaper the city manager plan of gov ij editors in cities where ernment is now operating, giving their unbiased judgment as to the value of the plan. request of The Star, which asked making up its own mind as to whether the plan would be} Today’s installments include for Seattle. These letters were sent at the for the information in Sacra Tomorrow |The Star will print the facts about the condition in Cleve- j land, Ohio, as two newspaper editors there see it. nt ef to you ts that the city man- Dayt ager plan removes from t ayton pean Me et | The y ety. coun or The Star cil and the city cou ta commission-manager form | the city manager t of city government in Dayton, | way all t which wna tnstalled immediately | neas—the choore following the flood of 191%, has the directore and the directors > , I whould say, on the se those who will run the most satisfactory to our rporation and conduct it in people It does not provide an alts tight political machine, tho this is a matter which is pretty much up the electorate, It you nominate ordinary men for the office of commisstone you get ordinary service. If you elect machine men you have @ machine, If you want the best, you can have the best the b will give you a first-rate bustness administra tion In Daytan the manager fs an sincer and he understands these problems which have to » in large tneasure with munio- ipal affairs, ‘The members of the commission, I should say, were representative business men, Your city manager Is responal- ble to the taxpayers, and it is up to the city to make him un- derstand that, ‘The commiasion-manager form of government, tin my judg ment, dors not remove from the people their direct control of things. Under the old council- manic system every councilman was interested in his own ward ‘The five commissioners here have to keep sustained Interest in the whole city without spe. cial reference to any one seo ton's needa, I do not believe that a very sizeable number of cities in the country which have adopted th new form of government would be willing to go back to the old form. Cincinnat! haa just voted in favor of the new form. Of course thin form in exactly what a citizenship makes It. If you get the right kind of men in public office you will get a business administration along economical and progress lines There in nothing magical about the commission-manager gov: ernment. Theoretically tt ta « business matter, But, like any other kind of busines, if the people pay no attention to ft, as stockholder, and you have the wrong kind of men tn of. flee, you are apt to go wrong. But this was even more so un der the old form, In an age when centralization of authority and responsibility in recognized as a valuable bust- neas practice, I should say un hesitatingly that the commis sion-manager form of govern. ment ts @ step in the right di- rection. The best evidence of this is to be found In financial and other reports In cities whero it fs being practiced. HOWARD EGBERT, Editor Dayton News, Dayton, Ohio, eee Sacramento Editor The Star: Now, in a few words, the city manager plan can be ejther a success or a failure; can work elther for the advantage or the disadvantage of the citizens and the community in general—it all depending on the kind of a man you. get for clty manager and the kind of city council you elect to back that city man- ager, On the whole, it has been a great success in Sacramento, Tha, the practical administra. tion of municipal affairs, under the city manager plan, has been generally successful and satis. factory, is best indicated by the remarkable growth of the sys- tem. Beginning tn 1913 tn but threo municipalities, no less than 347 in the United States had adopt- ed it at the close of the past year, as listed by the World AL manao for 1925. And these In- cluded Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio, among the chief cities of the nation in population and commercial importance. Thirty-three municipalities in California have a city manager, so in this regard she leads all the state in the Union. In the list of those best known and most populous are Sacramento, Alameda, Bakersfield, Berkeley, Long Beach, Pasadena, San Jose, Richmond, San Diego, Stockton and Chico. Beyond question, there Is gen- eral satisfaction in this state with the city manager plan, 60 far as it has been tried, and the Prospects are favorable for its much more general adoption in California. Professor Crane, a noted econ- omist of the University of Mich- igan, stated not long ago that four out of five of all new city charters had made provision for a city manager, So far as I am advised, only three municipalities in the United States “have abandoned the city manager system, after a trial, and they are of rela. tively small size or importance. These ‘9 Little Rock, Ark.s Waltham, Masa, and Lawton, Okla, You say that the opponents declare the city manager plan makes for the upbuilding of an air-tight political machine, ete., ete. So far as Sacramento is concerned there in infinitely less of politics in our municipal elec. tions and our municipal admin- istration than there ever was before. © The second objection present+ leased a store above. vance, and was allowed one month's rent for cleaning the rooms and putting them in lving When the rainy season came on I found the roof leaked so badly that the house was hardly habitable. The owner refuses What can be done? an organization of citizens aim is declared to be to municipal problems and to dissem- | | inate findings; active part In municipal affairs; to help in securing competent officials; to further wholesome city tion and to promote municipal’ im- provements, clean and attractive conditions, It the Interest of t tty change the directors and t tors to change the 1 1 government fur rom the ¢ ¢, and It cer far more bust sible method whole thing proper man for the city r « who will | mitted generally to have his own wa to @ very great extent and not be interfered with all the time and it will prove a failure tf you do not get the right man and leave him somewhat un pered CMIAS, K McCLATCHY, Editor T Springfield Eéitor The Star: The Springfield charter was adopted at a special election in 1913, and the city manager form of government has been tn effect here since that time long enough to be thoroly toated. I have been In Springfield three years as editor of The Bun, and it ts my belief that the people would not go back to the old modified federal (mayor and ward council plan) if given the tunity, Woe havo a city manager who in bors—and who must or get out, Wo mayor, but his chief duty is to act as president of council, There are five city commission, ern, elected at large. In 1924 this city kept within tt» income —something unusual—and erated on a pay-as-you-go basis, deliver also have a op. Theore liy, the city mana ger plan is supposed to build up one-man power. I find that it does tho opposite, Inatead of running from the mayor to council, to the director of safe- ty, director of service and what- not, there is one man responal- bie for the success or fallure of the administration policy. If the manager js extravagant or ineffictent the people do not lin- ger long in making thelr howl to the city commissioners. Com- missioners are only human—and they are also elected to offico— and they soon get action, The city manager plan does away with much of the buck-passing of tho old days. I believe that the city mana- ger plan comes nearer to giv ing “home rule” and placing the government close to the people than any of the other city government plans now in operation. Robert W, Fiack, present city manager, now starting second year, is a lawyer. He is on the Job and he is getting results, Here's an example: He went to a street soon after an as- phalt paving job had been com. pleted. It “looked” good, but \ ZZ Aw aw TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1925 FACTS ABOUT MANAGER PLAN IN 3 CITIES BY WILLIAMS WE'VE HEARD SOME CLASSIC MUSIC BUT IT SOUNDED AWFUL PUNK, AFTER HEARIN' CORLYS MOUTA HARP ROLUND A BLAZIN’ MESOUITE CHUNK Pewillianws, esas oy mea seme mc 3 3 Young Points Way to World Peace BY N. D. COCHRAN | WEN PD. YOUNG 1 well worth wat first came into the 5 the tructive genius of n that formulated effect the so-called sa practical rem after-war ils of tly after his return to s country, at a ¢ given to him by other big business me York, Young ad vocated a continuing foreign | for the United States—a | that wouldn't Mop pped to another in a y wrong about that—just plain common When wo boll our vart foreign policies down to one, and keep it going no mat- ter w political party hap- pens to win at @ national elec tion, then the other govern. ments of the world will be able to figure on just what to ex+ from us our relations them. ‘That would make international understanding, lot to do about sense. ous pect which has a w ith world peace ng’s latest public utters 6 in a speech at Baltimore announcing the proposal to es- tablish at Johns Hopkins unl- versity a school of international relations, “for the purpose of inquiry and research as to how the nations and the peoples of the world may better live to- gether in prosperity and in peace.” Nothing alarming about that More plain common sense. Wars took cores in various places. He found that the contractor had skimped in the depth of the concrete base. He immediately held up all estimates and or dered tho street torn up and re- paved. Thero was the usual howl—but the contractor had to come thru. That street today represents just what the people paid for—one which lives up to specifications. H. B. KERR, Editor The Daily Sun, Springfield, Ohio. Mr. Fixit of The Star Undertakes Here to Remedy Your Troubles. if of Public Interest Mr. Fizitt There aro three ma- pla trees growing in front of 4401 Phinney ave. The roots of ona are causing the cement walk to bulge 80 as to damage the walk, Whose duty is it to remedy this? F. H, P. An owner of property is supposed to keep the roots of trees on his parking strip cut so that they will not damage the walk. to do this, notify the street depart- ment, EL jot-073: If he refuses e Bome time ago I with living rooms 1 paid three months in ad- Mr, Fixit: condition. to repair the roof. MRS. M, 8. If your lease provides that you look after all repairs, there is noth- ing to do but have the roof repaired. If there was no such agreement, you can demand that the landlord put the root in good condition. e. Mr, Fictt: What is the Municipal league, and for what does it stand? B. W. The Seattle Municipal league ts whose study information concerning its to induce citizens to take legisla~ looking to healthful, walk of life, istance for 12 or 1 eee years, Mr. Fixit: many fat powdering their noses? naments? A. B. gating, but had no luck. eee Mr, Fixtt? smash into standing there. drunk, I drove to Howell driver, and left them there. why? W, A. 8. rence but says that the drinking. rest. The license number of car has been given to vestigate further, 4iplomatic usage and exper ence, effects of artificial eco nomic barriers upon interna tional amity, effects of new im Lim! y step ventions to expedite communt ‘ He cation, and all the hundreds of things that enter into the com tacts of nation with nation. “These facts will be digested, ematized, cross-referenced, analyzed and made accessible te fact-finding © Walter Hines Pa International Te Young draws everybody who’ needs to know this pleture: ded by pro- them. The men who do this re Sieant at. Aiatinaltaes resell search work will become. ex work ulate this in perts in international problems. form, sources er the rack farmer ning his crop |) tells us that as he sows so do || the brokers || reap. Some will continue their service of original in pure research as a life ca will gath- tudy international reer, Others will be teachers of the science, Others will be drafted into the government service.” Conceding that all the world wants peace rather than war, this offering of practical ideal ism from a hard-headed captain of industry with vision and im agination will do more to get the world headed toward inter national peace than thousands of high-sounding but practically worthless resolutions by organ zations that settle humanity’s problems by resolution. A wise old plan- grow out of conflicting opin- jon: Long after the wars are he was not satisfied. So he is composed of citizens from every been in ex- Why is it there are so women gazing out the various windows at the county-city building, manicuring their nails and Do they draw salaries or are they only or- Mr. Fixit spent some timo investi- Ho has made two trips around the county- city building without haying seen any of the faces you complain of. Hoe will try again somo other day. Monday evening, Feb- ruary 16, at Ninth ave. and Howell st, I saw the driver of a Paige car the rear of a Buick T went back to sce what was wrongs and found that the driver of the Paige car was and Eighth, where I found a policeman and took him back to the drunken Upon inquiry next day at the police sta- tion I found that the driver had not been arrested. 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