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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-13
The House of The Star

star is the universal symbol of beauty and glory.
For uncouned centuries il has been embematic oil the
greatest heights of achievement and ideals to which men
aspire >,
"Star of Hope" "Star of Empire, "Star of Freedom.
these the superatve phrases by which we express
our faith trumphs visions Whatever is not to
be surpassed beauty and achievement that we symbolic
by star.
In the hearts of Americans today star is set
above all others It is the service star in the windows OF
million American homes-he star which tells all who pass
that of that house fights for the worlds star of
freedom.
A service star in the window of a house that gives
son. simple familiar thing but we gaze at 1t there
rise many visions. We flag of many many stars
flying in glory a struggling on bloody field
mother kneeng in prayer; see, above and far
beyond democracy established in all nations the brother
hood of man a reality the world lumined and renewed
But cearest of all behind that star Son and
Mother.
Long ago. in the sunrise of history there another
house of the STAR owy house. like most of these where
shines the today And above the owy house hung
star of glory and portent, like these but greater, and
beneath it, now, there a Mother and Son.
Then, now the star marked house whose son
offered his life for the life and liberty of the world
where the mother knew with all mothers the agony
and benediction of sacrifice.
We who are but watchers of the battle pass these
houses of the star and look upon them with ten
derness and pity seeing too little We have need TO
member that first House of the Star and like wise men,
also BEHOLD it, and worship, and follow.
For from the house of the star then. and now comes
triumph of life death in the gift of life for ALL
and forever.
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HARD WORK FOR PARSONS

Editor The Star: Tho article Of "A
Star Reader" OF July 6 Is about the
best that has appeared for some
time. Yes. why are preachers and
parsons not made 10 work. Their
parnsitical life In Objectionable TO
any honest person. Preachers living
on the fat OF the land. produce abso-
lutely nothing except fog in the
minds OF some OF our bcst people.
The reason Of their teaching charity
is because they live on charity.
Our women are working in the fac
tories. shops, and farms 80 our boys
in France may be provided with the
necessities. TO lick Kaiser Bill To-day
any man who f. able to do productive
work and Is not doing IL Is n traitor
to his country. Let's put the par
sons behind the pillow. In the ship
yard. or in tho factories. for the
army and navy cannot be recon-
mended. Any man who persuaded
women and children TO sell part Of
their lives so no may live in idloness
is not to be trusted with rifle.
REASON.
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SCORES SEAT HOGS

Editor Tho Star: Around Yoalcr
way arc rows Of seats at the prsnci-
pal transfer points. One short one
a, Pioneer square and one at tho
weather station are distinctly mark
81 For Women Only ! am a work
ing woman. and scores OF women.
like me. wait a; these Intersections
daiiy-sornc with little ones hanging
20 their skirts. Passing these points
many times n day. notice Mt least
ono OF the spaces dedicated TO weary
women IL always occupied by men
Some nccm TO ait all day. ] appeal
ell TO the police on behalf Of sick
woman. They replied: Sorry. lady.
but We would have TO have a special
officer detailed to oversee those
benches"
Are tho citizens OF Seattle permit
ting chivairy 10 die and Justice. too
We do not ask for moro seats than
men. but an equal number. II we
have only one. let that one be occu-
pied by women only.
III. ID. SHELDON.
53G New York Block
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accelernting ~.
In the center was the emperor's
palace. where the shotgun or gen
eraiisaimo ruled. About IL various
daimyo. or fcudal lords. had built
their palaces. The retainerB OF each
daimyo settled In coneeutric circles
about his palace. And thesn group
settlements comprired n city that
wnH a city In Hize only. without
any Of the general orderly plan
the word city conveys 20 an Amer
lean.
That was the Tokyo Of yesterday.
This moderniEafion OF Tokyo has
To this yeritabio mazs OF feud-
allam the railways came in tho
early seventies The abolition Of
the shogunate and tho restoration
OF the emperor'H power had &C
CURED In isss The erection Of
foreign-s,yio buildings started with
the adven, OF railroads And then
began in Tokyo. almost 90 years
ago. the steady forward march 81
nnodrrnization that has not nncn
halted for n second. and will never
halt until In all hasac particulars
Tokyo II as modern M Chicago or
Paris specifically. In outward
decoration % architecture. for In
stance. some trace 81 Japan may
r~main. That IL 60 - hoped But
the core will b. concrete and steel
construction.
tse Electricity
This naturalization Of Tokyo has
been accelerated IN the last ten
wears Hor-r cars came in tho
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-13
PLAYING HAVOC

To the lovers OF drama there II a
trrat In store. Ar. Maclumpa has
been fortunate in securing tho serv'
Ices OF the famous and popular Win
nlpeg Permanent Players. who on
Monday will play Havoc" at the
L.ampman Hail.--MIdalo Cam In
tcrpriso.
OF all the rncn It's hard TO plcas>.
There's none like Henry Knott.
He always wants tho summers cold
And wants the winters hot
And yet II summers should be cold
And winters should be hot.
The first TO yell against the change
Would be old Henry Knott
They say Hugh Caldwell. corpora
ton counsel. sprung this ono. but
maybe Phil Tworog~r did H.
what Is n siackerT'
May BE- compared with custard
pie-yeriow clear thru and without
crust enough TO go over the top"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-13
Bastille Day

The people of France with deep feeling observed
Americas natal day. and the Fourth OF July
to the hearts of Americans here and American soldiers over
there than before The Stars and Stripes waved
French homes that day and heartfelt French cheers resound
ed turnout all France.
On the Fourteenth of July France celebrates her Independ
Day There they call it Baste Day. the anniversary
Of the birth of liberty and human freedom in France when
the Baste fell and the people reached out for the eins Of
government.
No finer tribute France could be paid other honor
We can besow French people will be half as well
precated uniting with them in cheering the memory
q those libertyovng and of Paris who july
H. 1879 stomed the Baste and swept that loahsome p
of oppression and handwork of cruel despos from off
the face of the earth.
Americans in France and that includes the million of
fighting will help France celebrate her sacred day
Of liberty But that isn't enough Even France observed
Independence Day in the United States should OBJ
serve her Baste Day.
Former President Taft is at the head of the
here and many other Americans just interested in
spreading the Bastie Day celebration movement all
the United States Will YOU help? viii YOU display a
French flag at your home and place of business the
Fourteenth? Will YOU do your bit toward making France
feel that America loves her and her citizens who fighting
with us against the treachery and brutality of the Huns?
Our report of that Chelsea baseball game indicates
that King George is not in the Walter Johnson pitching
class.
The presidents Mt. Vernon speech in condensed
form reads: "Freedom, for all, forever" With en-
phasis the ALL and EVER.
It is hard to find label fitting than just
'WiIheIm, the Hun"
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early eighties. electric cars about
20 years ago. Now several hundred
miles OF streets have been widened.
The electric car service compares
well with that OF other modern
cities. Wells have been abolished
and water mains furnish filtered
water taken from the Tamagawa
river, - miles up from the city.
The streets. and practically all the
homes. are lighted by electricity.
There are hundreds and Thousands
Of modern brick and stone and con-
crete bulidings--some OF them large
enough TO be imposing office build
ings in any American or European
city.
That IL the Tokyo Of today.
Suffrage Limited
The form OF government Is Ike
that Of an American city. except that
suffrage is limited. All men paying
three yen or more 81 50j In munich
pal taxes vote for municipal council
men. elected at large. The munici-
pal council chooses the mayor and a
smaller council OF aldermen. Nat
uraliy this method produces alder
men and mayors OF high capacity
higher than direct popular election,
toward which Tokyo and Japan tend.
would do today.
The former mayor. Yoshlto okuda.
a graduate Of the Tokyo Imperial
university. came 10 the mAyoralty
after more than Is years service In
the national parliament and depart
men,s. and as a cabinet minister.
Tho city Improvement program OF
the present mayor. Viscount Tajiri.
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HERE'S SPIRIT OF SYRIAN
LIVING UNDER u. S. FLAG

Editor Star: VIII you please
give me space in your valuable
paper TO say "A few words to the
descendants OF Syria who have
adopted America, with all her
pure ideals and true spirit. as
our future home? We who have
lived, or rather existed. under
the tyrannical torture of Ger
man influence know whereof we
speak.
Words fail mo when | try 10
analyzo the difference between
our country and America. with
its free government. democracy,
self respect and the highest civil
lizauon. And now that the steel
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House OF Peers. and above all. Yale
20. wrcaiies with tho same prob
iomH that engage Mayor Hylan 81
New York or Mayor Thompson Of
Chicago. and wrostlea with them In
much tho same way.
believe the biggest political dis
tinction I would draw between his
city and New York or Chicago or
any other average American city.
h that In Tokyo. there h more
government and less politics.
And tho biggest distinction
would draw between Nisoount Ina.
Jlro TaIiri. peer. noble and alumnus
OF Old ELI. -. and the average
American mayor Is that he II
more public spirited city admin
isirator and less "A politician.
Term Pour Years
lie has been In office one month.
His term In four years Tokyo
mayors are not usually reelected.
But without worrying much about
his tenure Of office this Yale grad
uato plans projects that will take
n AAAA VI - ~
lie must widen streets He must
put In an underground sever syH-
tenn. lie wants 10 eliminate poles
and overhead wires he wants 20
remodel tho oity'u water system.
Hut thena projects and others like
them--any one job biz enough
for single administration In
A ..assaNsaatsat aas
are chnda play beside his gigantic
dream OF making Tokyo. no~ prac-
ucally an inland city. n great COM
mercial free port. the Hamburg Of
tho Orient. and second 90 no port
In tho world.
I, will require n generation II
will take SO. 900. 600 to $50. 900. 600.
entirely likely that the hundredth
anniversary Of Perry'n rc-dincoyery
Of Japan viii ind Tokyo a city Of
3 900. 900 people. with Yokohama n
suburb. and ranking among tho
FIRST 1--WE ocean ports % the giobc.
About equal In stature and avoir-
dapols TO the nt,ia gan, o, Amer
can mayors. Baker. now secretary
os war. Nlscount InaJiro TaJlri. not
Unlike Newton u. Baker In appear
ancc save for sparse Eoaiea and
some eItra years has the vision
20 dream the dream and tho en-
ervy 10 make " reality.
Ranks With Beat
Hs ranks. In capacity and good
intent. beside the best American
mayorz
have talked 90 this unaEzum'ng
Straightforward Japano@-American
and have watched him work. and
he and bis kind constitute one Of
tho main reasons for my belief tina,
Japan IN perfectly capable OF hew.
ing out for herself destiny that
will exceed tho expectations Of tho
other great nations. instead OF TALL
ing short Of those expectations
Tokyo. or Ysdo. as IL was then
called. was already a great city
Of perhaps 100000 people when
Perry landed In tho middle OF tho
las; century. There were no
wheeled vehicles of any sort. 20
Kay nothing OF trains or street
cara so tho streets wore narrow
walkwayh All the dwellings were
OF wood. or matched weed. The
water was obtained from wells
except for a partial river supply In
wooden pipes Tho sewage ran
down the s;rctz. Even tho PHRASE
public utilities did not exist
Was Military City
II was military city. walled
moatcd and with Irregular streets
built to retard passage instead Of
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urfly Wcll.
But as long as tho bactorioiog-
lcal laboratory finds the germs
OF the disease arc in the sccrctions
OF such n persons nose and throat
order that the public may be pro-
tccted.
Knowing that the germs OF dlph-
liberia may bo lurking In the saliva
OF n perfectly wall" person. we can
easily see how in the course OF our
everyday life tho germs arc passed
on to other folk.
Tho street car conductor molstens
his finger tho more easily TO pass
out transfers. Tho girl on her way
10 tho matinee touches the tip OF
her finger 10 her tongue tho better
TO smooth on tho fingers OF her
gloves. The moistcncd fingers OF
tho peddIcr arrange displays Of
fruit, the bookworm with moistencd
finger turns the pages OF book
In the public library.
Everybody Is busily engaged in
this distribution OF saliva so that
the end OF each day finds this so.
erection freely distributed to tho
doors, window alls. furniture and
playthings in the home. the straps
OF street cars. the rails and coun-
tors OF shops and offices. In fact,
upon pretty near everything that
the hand of man touches.
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BABIES AND RENT PROBLEM

Editor Tho Star: Your paper has
been interested in the anti-rcnt rails
ing campaign. and. as n close follow
or. want To tell you OF conditions
In the apartment house where l live.
This house has changed hands and
the new owner. a woman. has begun
the rent raising proposition. She
has raised my rent from $40 TO $40.
II was formerly SIS. AS an excuse
for this. she makes the plea that she
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hand Is reaching across the
water trying 20 strangle all
this. say we must buy Liberty Z
bonds. buy War Saving stamps.
buy Thrift stamps and help our
adopted country to tho end OF
our money and with our lives IL
need be- The love of liberty
and Independence should be far
ahead OF dollars.
DO please bear in mind. you
sons of Syria, when in doubt
just look one up who has been
thru tho life, and Is proud 10
live and fight for the Stars and
Stripes OF his adopted country.
c. II. G.
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YALE GRADUATE RULES TOKYO
of Government and Little Poc
BY Burton Knisely

Written Exclusively for The Star
Copyright. 1918. Newspaper Enter
prise AssocidtionJ
TOKYO. July i3.-ln "A simply
furnished room In the heart Of tho
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wooden city which
il tho most rap
dly changing cap
|tai In the world.
i Yale graduate
|prcsides over the
ivic welfare and
|ientlnieA Of 1850.
poo japanese.
There his Hon
|pr. tho Mayor Of
Tokyo. Niscount
|Inajlro Tain.
veteran OF many
Important govern
ment services. tx
member of tho
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Sign In . Ballard grocery:
I'VE want fresh eggs and wc
want the1n bad"


hHf I<A&Ert t'"'~T
Simple Si-non. an ocnonrtc youth
living at Green Lake. hailed tho driv-
er OF a pic wagon In 'front.' OF hts
home yesterday morning and asked
for a piece OF cherry pic. The driver
said he had no cherry pic. whcreup-
on simon demanded that he 10 al
lowed to bite into a piece Of Gus
tard pie.
Have you the price," asked the
driver.
Il haven't cent" replied Simon.
Were not giving away bites Of
pie" Eaid the driver. Nobody Ia
giving away anything these days.
This In wartime"
The driver reported tho incident 20
tho police. who arrested Simon later
In the day. Simon will be- given the
Blnet test. and IL he fails to pasi 8,
he VIII be sent to IN. state hospital
for tine weak minded.
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ELlE1r1rlElRS TO THE EDITOR


Ia putting UP with my babies. She
also states that the cost Of coal. etc.
has gone up. but the children are the
chief grudge. arm Making you what
should ono do with ones little ones
when IL is almost impossible 10 get
place TO live In
sho also says that she Will have
no trouble in renting her apartments.
as there arc 1000 more shipyard
workers coming 20 Seattle In the
near future. A SUBSCRIBER
Editor The Star: You are tho only
newnpa per in Seattle that had the
CUTS 10 talk out loud on the Babcock
case and tell that thing what he
really Is. but you did not 80 far
enough.
You did not tell us why Mr.
Rcames lost his Wanted courage,
and with apologies. politely excused
the creature who conscientiously OBJ
,ecis TO helping US win the war by
giving us money. but who does not
object TO taking II. and building
ships To carry the soldiers 20 war.
What do you think Mr.. Reames
would have done had Babcock been
an obscure /. W. w. and not an in
nucntal business man?
Tho writer assisted n man who do
mated his services TO the Red Cross
in their last campaign. in dIsribut'
Ing literature and posters.
We asked storckceper on Sec
ond ave. 20 place n poster--a very
handsome Christy poster-in his
window. lie demurred at first.
When told no one else had refused.
he then consented with bad grace
and took II. but we passed the store
daily for that week.
The poster was never put in the
window. but thrown away.
Perhaps this firm will claim TO be
patriotic. / claim they arc not
You did noble work in exposing
the money slaekcrs. tho they were
rich and poworful-show up these
unpatriouc storekeepers. J. w.
Editor The Star: ! receive your
paper over here In France regularly.
Mother sends II 10 me. The soldiers
letter column is very interesting TO
us.
l have been in this country for 81
months. / found that for excitement
and interest, nothing can compare
with going over the bags"
That's what we call attacking the
enemy when advancing. Franco has
been a very picturesque country, but
has been destroyed by shell fire to
such an extent that reclamation will
be long. tedious Job.
CANADIAN HIGHLANDER FROM
SEATTLE SOMEWHERE IN
FRANCE.
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lnciuoes.
Improve Harbor
!. Widening more streets.
2. Rewidening widened streets
which already have become too
narrow.
3. Installation Of n complete
underground sewer system, plans
for which have already been vot-
ed. and work started on one sec
lion.
4. Simultaneous abolition Of r
poles, and placing Of wires In I'M .
playground oonduits. ut least In
the central section.
3. Extension of the water sup
ply by a system Of arte.ian wells
remote from the city. to replace
river water as largely n posi-
BILE.
G. Completion Of \ new ntra-
ton plant 10 increase the water
supply:
:. Extension and improve
ment Of street railways.
=. Hsrbor improvements.
Much remains 10 be changed The
bulk Of the city Is japanese. in struc-
ture and appearance-woode mar
row-sireeted. The highest building
Is now seven stories. Earthquakes
-rccorded 300 times n year and caus-
ing severe damage about every 30
yeSrs-will probably limit skyscrap-
crs TO 10 stories.
But in the main. Tokyo. which at
the time OF the French revolution
was the largest city in the world.
will not be behind.
A modern capltai-that In the e
kyo OF tomorrow.
And. lastly-the dream Of his
honor. the mayor.
He Wants Channel
Tokyo is situated on Tokyo Bay.
formerly the Bay OF Yedo. at the
mouth o. the Surnidagawa. or IN
English. the SunIda river. The es-
tuary harbor OF Tokyo In shallow.
Only vessels OF extremely light
draught can enter it. No ocean
steamers como up The bay. Yoko-
hama is the port
The mayors plan IS 20 dredge q
deep channel right down the edge OF
this bay. from Tokyo to Yokohama.
on the outer. or bay edge. the chan
mel will be diked. TO prevent refilling
by deposits from the tides. On the
inner side the channel will be from
half n mile TO a mile or more from
tho present shore OF the bay. Here
the water will be drained and made
land viii be built mp from the dredg-
ed soil and other materials. such as
manufacturing plant waste.
The largest ocean vessels viii
come up the channel to Tokyo
proper.
The made land on the inner edge
OF the channel will be dock. ware
house and factory sites. Its i'm
rnense value win repay no small
share OF the cost OF dredging and
diking the channel and making the
ground. And from Tokyo to Yoke
hama VIII be one immense port-a
greater Hamburg set down In the
Orient.
The mayor has never officially an
nounced this program in Tokyo. But
hints of 81 have leaked out And he
told me about Il in detail.
II Is no mere daydream. Engineers
have been at work preparing plans
and estimates And as / looked over
the maps and heard the figures ir
all seemed feasible to me--a certain
~ within generation.
THAT h the Tokyo Of T0MOR-
ROW.
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no NONSENSE
n AL m n=sIl

no NONSENSE
by Charlie. II. Driscoil
IN stand no nonsense from the
Yanks
When this big war 10 done.
III mako them open UP their banks
And iadie out tho monT'
The bully by tho River Rhine
Smot~ hard his royal hip.
As he slammed down his royal rteln
And bit his royal LIP.
Those tango lizards one day will
The violinist pay.
IA sure az / am bloody Bin"
Thus did AliIIighost say.
Thank God. tho lizards didn't walt
IA Wilhelm thought they would.
But started with their nonsense gnI,
while starting sull was good.
AZ things are going now in Franco
IL really doesn't seem
That Bloody BIN will have n chance
To realize his dream.
The lizards in their khaki suits
Arc treating Wilhelm rough.
Tho nonsense that their cannon
shoots
In pretty nasty stuff
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TO REMOVE WARTS

Miss II. NJ. asks; Can you tell
me how to remove warts7"
by tho electric needle or nitric
acid in the hands of n person skill
ed In It's use.
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n . n { n Officers
have TO cope.
M n y people
feel that they arc
unjustly treated
when qunrantincd
as n carrier" tc- .
cause they them =
selves feel en- .
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"A Song for July ~. Bastiic Day In France. Tun'
La Mnrsoillaisel
Ye friends OF France. allied In battle.
Now sound again your clarion cali
Men shall not be an kaisers cattle.
But freedom shall be shared by ALI
And all shall realize itH glory.
We do not share the bloody fight
For any mean or narrow right
But all for all shall be story
For all for all! y. brave
whose eyes and swords are wet
March on march on march on TO save
For Right shall triumph yet
Yc friends OF France now Joined together.
Whore hands linked across trs sea.
Who stand tho stress of wars wild weather.
And proudly hold your banners frcol
Yea, proudly hold your banners FREQ
on every field and tower and Hteople
Their fame shall brighten all tho sky
And earth remain. where they shall fiy.
heritage for all the people,
For all for ALI Sc brave
We high OF heart and mind
March on march on march on 10 save
For France and all our kind
Copyright. 1918, y L. A.
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1, was visiting day at the hospital.
Tho visitors were mostly old ladies.
and ono OF them stopped at the bed
OF Tommy and asked him ques.
ton he had b~en asked a ncorc u
times before. thus
How did you com. to be wounded.
my brave fellow
by a shell. mum" replied the
hero.
ibid &, e1plode,- queried tho lady
'NOh. no. mum. ~ couldn't do that
you know answered Tommy. rather
bored. 1T Jus; crrpt up and bit me. :
Ladies' Home Journal
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DPHTHERIA
How Carriers" Spread
Germs the Live
long Day

Tho "diphthcria carrier" Is one
OF tho hardest problems with which
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The presidents Mt. Vernon speech in condemns
form reads: "Freedon, for all, forever" With G,
ph1sis on the ALL and EVER.