The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 6, 1925, Page 6

Newspaper En- terprive Asan, and United Press Service, Gilman, Nicoll & Ruthman, York oftioe,, Hor My mail, out of year $4.00. By carrier Here Is a Real Idea HAIRMAN O'CONNOR of the United ® States shipping board seems to have thrown a constructive idea in the welter of scheming that has marked considera- tion of our merchant marine problem, It remains to be seen how it will be taken, Briefly, O'Connor proposes that any sub- sidy that shall be paid by the American government shall be paid directly to the seamen, This yment, of cour would be made only to American seamen on ships owned by Ame ns and flying the Ameri- can flag. Twenty dollars a month is the figure he proposes the government should pay, in addition to the wages paid by the shipowner. The total cost, if every gov- ernment ship is bought by private ship- owners, would be $16,000,000 a year, The response of the shipowners will be interesting to hear, Their great complaint has been that American ships operate at a disadvantage in competition with foreign ships because American seamen demand higher wages. They concede that Ameri- can seamen are among the finest in the world, equal to the best, superior to most. At the same wage cost, they have said, mo American shipowner would wish to employ any other than American seamen, The matter of the common language of officers and crew is in itself a great advan- tage, they admit; from the passengers’ standpoint, in time of danger, it is more than an advantage, it is sometimes the difference between life and death. At one stroke Chairman O'Connor's pro- posal, if adopted, would equalize wage costs for the shipowners. It would enable them to man their ships with the best seamen that American ships could have and their part of the payment would be only what they would have to pay for foreign seamen. In the days when America had a mer- chant marine that held its own with the rest of the world, American boys went to sea. They are ready to go again, but not at the wages paid coolies and other Orientals. The Seamen’s act has improved living conditions for sailors, especially for Americans. The forecastle has ceased to be the hell-hole it once was, thanks to Andrew Furuseth and Senator La Follette. It may be that O’Connor is offering the next step forward. His plan deserves the study of all those who wish to American merchant marine. It is likely to appeal to advocates of an adequate naval reserve, for, in effect, the proposed $20 government bonus would make naval re- servists—and the best of naval reservists -—of the American sailors thus obtained. Chairman O'Connor has given the coun- try something useful to think about. Clean Mindedne ESSE LASKY says he believes that the public has become tired of sex and problem plays. We think the public as a whole was tired of them after the first one. Salacious literature, doubtful art and sex plays will always have their follow- ing. But the average American prefers the clean and wholesome, Le Weat sath a ality, 60 elty, Satisfaction CIENCE promises that in a short time actual scenes can be broadcast as well as music, Some wish speed to the day so that we can look in the eye that radio announcer who makes wise cracks to the musicians for the benefit of the listeners-in. The Seattle Star Bpectal office, 80T Montgomery St; Chicage offies Published Datly by The Bitar Mybiiahing Oo, Representatives, Man Francisco Phon 410 North Michig ston office, TE » Ave.) New np remont Bt r month, § months $1.60, 6 months $2.00, month, Memorials! NV ILLIONS of dollars are to be spent for memorials this year, One million will be spent in a Roosevelt monument in Washington; money is be- ing raised to preserve Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson, and the birthplace of George Washington, Memorials are fine things and they pay certain unestablished dividends in inspir ation to the public at large. But we wonder if Washington, Jeffer- } son, Roosevelt, and other Americans whose deeds we are reminded of in bronze and stone, would not prefer to have the money spent in other ways, such the establishment of new schools or the pursuit of science. as ‘ Speeding Up! HE postoffice department is shortly to start a double schedule on its air- mail route from New York to San Fran- CISCO. | Later, St. Louis, Detroit, Boston, Balti- } more, are to be linked to this great route. And a little later every state in the Union will be linked with every other Then what now “first-class” mail will be second class. is | “Sweet” Revenge [Pye Koreans, says a dispatch from the Orient, put the: r heads on a rail- road track, awaiting the train. Suicide to “revenge” themselves on a boss whom they thought cheated them. They were arrested before the train arrived. Lucky this practice does not prevail in America. Imagine the entire electorate of some large American city placing its head on a track after analysis of the work of some politicians. The Price of Gas HE makers of inexpensive automo- biles are watching the price of gaso- line very carefully. If gasoline goes too high, the man with the flivver will find it cheaper to use street and railroads. That will throttle the automobile industry. You can worry about gasoline prices if you wish to. But the makers of small cars will do it for you, and they are in a position to meet the situation by finding new sources, devising substitutes, or by im- proving motors much better than you are, Personal Element OST every city in the country is bothered with traffic problems. Many plans are being considered. | Remember this: No plan will be a success that does not take into considera- tion the personal equation. No rule can be made effective unless motorists and pedestrians—and_police- inen—favor it. A red light never stopped a runaway horse, and will not stop a motorist with a runaway mind. While Considering Pacts | HY shouldn’t Uncle Sam give the | glad acclaim to the efforts of Eng- | land, France, Germany and Belgium to | enter into a mutual safety pact? For one | thing, those countries are Uncle Sam’s | debtors. When a fellow’s debtors get to- | gether and agree to work, instead of fight, | it augurs well for the payment of debts. | In this case it also presages world peace, P P Answers to Your Questions ? ? — Q. Will Easter lilies come up again B! Philadelphia, however, is regarded after all the blooms and leaves|/ YOU can get an answer tol |as the first capital have died? {| any question of fact or in- paper {. Yes. They should be planted in| | formation by writing The Seat- | | : the ground after Easter and allowed| | tle Star Question Editor, 1322 | ih. WR 1s the he the to grow until they die down, when| |New York ave. Washington, | | Catholic diocese in which W ihey should be taken up and the| | D. C., and inclosing 2 cents in | | ton, C.,, is included, and wh Dulbs separated and replanted in soit| | }00se stamps for reply. No | |his addre about four inches deep. They can| | Medical, legal or marital ad- | | A. Archbishop Curley, His address be left outdoors all winter and twill | vice, Personal replies, confl-| |is 408 N. Charlea 8t., Baltimore, dloom again in spring. | dential. All letters must be | | avd. ; . . | signed. | eee * Q How many freight cars were in use in the United States in 19237 A. 280,582. struck against a oe “Miss Flora Mc- ~Q Who was Wiimsy”? “A. The heroine of “Nothing to Wear,” a satirical poem by William Allen Butler, A dweller in Madison wquare, then the fashionable head- quarters of New York city, she is| the discontented and indeed desolate} Q. From what possessor of extravagant gowns and | field” originate? | which was being land hammered; a doornail.” ———____2 nounce his arriv known as the door nail, and it was very rightfully supposed that noth- ing could be more dead than a knob thing ia dead, we say tt 4s “dead as} Q. Should one lay cinder under a metal knob to an-l cement walk? al, This knod was) 4 Im laying @ cement walk it ts better to put cinder down first as | this will help in the drainage, ea- | pectally if it is a long walk. Cinder continually banged aoe en oC" | ts not essential, but 18 recommended. hence when any-| sce .Q. Is night alr any purer than O53 | day air? did the name “Gar-| 4+ There is very Uttle difference |in the purity of the air, except that jewelry and native and foreign| A. From the Scandinavian word| there is less wind at night than in jinery, but still insists that she|“Garth,” meaning yard or garden,|the day and also leas traffic, and igs nothing to wear. Bat se therefore leas stirring up of the eeiie Q What was the first capital of | 2st and dirt of the streets, Q. Why do we say things are/the United States? “dead as a doornail’? A. Before the invention of electric hells, alt front doors were equipped wlth knockers consisting of a hinged Vandle or knocker, which the visitor A. Before the Lancaster, York, olis, Trenton an the meeting provision for a capital, Philadelphia, places Q. How many stenographers and typists are there in the United States? A. There are 615,154 stenograph- ers and typists in the United States, conatitution made Princeton, Annap- d New York were of congress. Teddy B. W, GO ON, smile a bit! There, that's the boy! G you just bubble with joy. holdin’ you seems just like handiin’ a toy, your cheekbones is spread? Wish you could know all rome milk. Piggies that wiggle whenever we touch, hever appear very much, hein’ so good, Still, we would love you all over again like and bad, no You are the t ton little was un count upon ‘olk# often say that little th When we want happines Teddy ¥. (Copyright, 1925, for 1 you Pickin’ you up isn't meant to annoy, but Say, little honeybunch, whence camo the red, that right on the peak of said of the cuteness of you, from your toes to your head. Wee bit of hair that is shiny as silk, Blue eyes that sparkle on seeing My, but we'd like to explain, if we could, how happy w brim full of gle 50,j10 of whom are male and 664,- 744 female, PEF EE AT, SMOKING ROOM STORIES UTOMOBILE accidents were being discussed by the smokers, “Too many of them," said the lawyer, “but the motor. ists are not always to blame, I had on unusual case’ recently, One friend of mine hit another friend, crushed his foot and broke his leg near the ankle, The injured man wanted to suo for $10,000. 1 hoped the matter could be settled out of court and 80 got the two together t the bedside of the ailin one The debate was acrimonious I failed The injured man would settle for 100 and not a cent loss “put, great Cacaar! man,’ said tho offending motorist, ‘I’m not a miliionalre,” “No! replied the man with the crushed foot, ‘and neither am I @ centipede,’” e, when you smile the things that are Tears? Well, they © are thru your | ou were cross-|* tho ings count, in thelr know we] in my purpose. snnounced he $4 | TIE er [OUT OUR WAY SEATTLE STAR WEDNESDAY : | “TH' BALL GLANCED OFFN “Th! BAT N' Hit ME ON “TH' CAN AN’ BOUNCED ON “TO “TH' ROOF AN TH KETCHER KETCHED IT WEN IT ROLLED OFF.NOW IS ITA STRIKE? AM T OUT? ER DO T WALK? oe WHICH? YES MISTER EMPIRE US “WH! CRECKT | DOPE - BUT BE SORE You'Re FIGHT, GINE a 1925, — date FILIBUSTERS, SENATE RULES |“ BY C. A. RANDAU SHIN suggestion of a ship @ubsldy in government = w American seame: TON, May 6.—Tho modified form of a an it . comin, shipping bus frustrated by filibusters. Once the republicans talked demoeratic bill to death, once the democrats killed @ republican program, and once lone democrat out-maneuvered republican senator who tried hard to put thru a subsidy, rectly, into the ness have Pe It was Senator F Carmack of 1 stopped the first su ruary and Mar ducted a ingt acob , the proposal ator H. Galling Hampshire to pay $ New 000 a year to American shipporn South America and to the Orient maintaining lines to When Carmack was accused of fillbustering he turned to the dictionary and read nat a filibuster was a fr joter, a buceaneer, a sea pit meant to obtain by buccanee ing freebooting. Then he plausibly claimed that the real filibusters were the sea pirates advocating the ship But he was beaten > were subsidy In 1915 came the second big filtbust ainst shipping meas ures 69 republicans spent nearly all of January and Feb- ruary of that year in prevent- ing the democratic majority from taking a vote on the Wil- non-McAdoo proposal to author- ize the government to establish a merchant 1 weeks the sen tinuous , ators es, the cloak slept in thelr offic rooms and even In the corridors of the capitol. ‘The bill was Mr. Fixit of The Star Undertakes Here to Remedy Your Troubles if of Public Interest amall to Van- days. I have a h to go Mr. Fixt dog, an couver, C., for a feu Can I the dog along? J.D. dog. To get the s, if any, call MA in-1360, th m require Mr. Fixit: Some time ago an agent offered me a act of silver ware which he said was worth 336, for much less, as he said the company twas aclecting one person a week for advertising purposes to whom they made a big conceaston, After paying four installments of $2 cach, he promised to send out the set which he did not a0, Later ar other man came and wanted to make further coltections, 1 ex plained to him, but have been ,unable to get either the set or my money back PL. 8 Read your contract carefully. No doubt you will find that it and the salesman do not fully agree. After you understand what you have agreed to do by contract, go to the address of the company and get a settle- ment. If unable to do this, ad- viso Mr, Fixit. see Mr. Firlt: Please fix the clock in the tower of the King st. station, at Fourth and Jack- At night this clock a pears to have four hands, and at 9 o'clock they point four dif- ferent ways. R. R, 5561 15th Ave. 8. The depot master declares there are only two hands to the clock. He promises to look it over the first night there is no moonshine around and see if ho can detect the trouble, if thero be any. son Mr, Firtt: Is there a law regulating the age at which young calves may be sold to butchers? They are - buying them in the Maple Valley that are not over 2} hours old. Inspection is made in Seattle | DOC--By H yGage| WHAT IS THE Doctors! Copyright, 1946, Public Ledger Byndicate both the city and the dally b and conditions other than sta’ age ia c red. Get in touch with the © department of agriculture, in the Maynard building, if you have specific complaints to make. phone is EL lot-2581. see The tele- Mr. Firit: Can you inform me tohere in Seattle aluminum tuba or pipe can be purchased? Thanking you. F, W. FURLONG, 1402 BE. First St. Anyone having aluminum pipe salo get in touch with this customer, Mr. Fixit: Would like to know why they do not open the Queen Anne tennis court at Warren and Howe? The Ever- green courts are badly crowded, and the opening of the Queen Anne court would relieve this condition, A, R. The park board reports that considerable work is necessary before this court can be used, but that preparations aro being mado to have this done. It will require several days to complete tho Job. prospective OIL HE traffic problem may solve itself. But the solu- tion may be disastrous. The world's of! supply, 80 per cent of which is supplied by the United States, is rapidly de- creasing, Figures, based on re cent surveys, show that con- servation of off must begin within the next few years, Conservation of oll will stim. ulate drilling on other con- tinents, but geologists claim there is no prospect of finding fields as large as tho present ones in the United States and Mexico, The use of shales, peat, tar-sands and low coals,even if made economically possible, would merely postpone the pro- gram of compulsory conserva. tlon. It {9 probable that off and gasoline supplies first would be reserved for naval and aviation purposes, Next there would be an embargo on exportation and then one on automobiles with lesser mileage than 18 to the gallon, Many are working on” possible substitutes and upon theorle eoncerning formes f cheap power, Probably the best substitute thus far aleohol from in the tropics aclentists suggested is Vegetation raised Miny Parisionnes visit the hair- droaser twico a day to have thoir colffures set so that not a single hair will be out of place, SCIENCE —————~ | abandoned lato President 0 establish a ship sub: just which ended March 4, 19 iblicans, 5 propo: 19 overcome democra refused order to givo the regular appro priation bills a chance of pas- as poorly but sand prog eolutely | vote to be taken on the Ha ing- Lasker | from $50,000,000 a year upwards | to concerns that would agree to | operate ships under the Amert- can flag. propowal in m vernmé I itne to some thin they would be C down the family stamps so treated get bh nding t old suit Glover eve can be practiced. If masters in cer ealth authorities don't object proved the pr ou can substitute a for veloped that n the now-fangled paper cups, In bee a ee some circles there's, still hope ders, but, tha —/ | tor a comeback by the old roller packages bearing in February in towel tion it comes to cutting postage stamps in two to meet the new fractional postage rates, then Uncle Sam steps in ut when Harding's attempt l fared Third Assistant Postmaster in the session General Glover has just issued 3. The instructions to postmasters all with fear and ho had fought the the cou y to hold iin12, , Were now in the 1 mail for postage. He « ° were unable to jon to the fact that mu O opposition of the tilation of stamps is a violation of the law a The order complaints coming | particularly tern state that many persons were cutting essives who | to permit issued when was began smith, to grant | 1-cent stamps in two in order to | save postage. | “He's ott The practice became so gen- | Mugwump. half = le : " sone —S BY WILLIAMS) 7H AT. TN A NAMES te bg 4M Es wey ) | BY RUTH FINNEY » \ ABHINGTON, 6. If | There are find Ww \ you wanted to, you could | Berlin i arent, t the whole United States | nly onge from the Atlantic to the Pacif “ hY the of Clinton thor furt tion ag There ave 66,915 postoffices in | » wt this Jarid of ours, and only half | + Ke a Ag0 ag of them have names that aren't | weil aa Iino states juplicated a dozen or mor ave t Cle Some town-nan © been* } Clinton, for instance engag fr they dig the favorit name thetr 4 can say” | states, from the Fa Chi I c mipled, the Far Weat Nor bk ho ome im and Arlington tle for ny of the f known Reco 1 favorite There are , Mo, of ¢ h of them, with two A The mist. little Heights thrown | for the of | good measure. Third in line Par | Washington, very former Wereth named fo him, but none me equal Washington's 28, tho ect 7 | ( | Manchesters 1 > c arm } ‘Twent ne Troy's und neased by « ou can hardly s of a Marior Dow in T on’t Cut Stamps in Two BY KENNETH WATSON p alll 6. eral tors began ™ ons on what™ rted 89 able to judge the ome let. at Dost shad ap. Inquiry de official y given out such of y offices stamps. | were passed thru without ques ” A Thought —_—J Work out your own salvation trembling.—Phil, glory } coming / a consiats . not in never faiting, but in rising every time we fall.—Gold- “Where! is your mother?” “She's chopping wood.” “Then where is your pa?” making her."—" Better Homes Week SPECIALS for you week May 11 to May 18 is to be national } ’ Better Homes Week. Its purpose is to pro mote interest in providing better, more harmonious home decorations and furnishings—from the standpoint of their influence on the lives and happiness of all of us, and hence, the welfare of the Nation. In co-operation with this movement, Futter Dealers are preparing to offer to you during next week three Better Homes Economy Paint Specials. For paint plays an important part in creating and main’ taining better homes. And these Futter Dealers are anxious to aid you in the brightening up of furniture, decoration of ornaments, painting of floors, walls, etc. These Specials provide both economy and con- venience. Watch for them. They willbe announced in large advertisements next week. W. P. FULLER & CO.» 301 Misston Street r SAN FRANCISCO $5 BRANCHES DI PACIFIC COAST Cire Distributors of Valspar on the Pacific Coast FULLER PAINTS VARNISHES PIONEER WHITE LEAD 76 YEARS’ EXPERIENCR—YOUR ASSURANCE OF FULLER QUALITY FACTORIES IN SAN FRANCIICO, LO¢ ANGELES AMD PORTLAND: ao Oo at tat Y h n