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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-26
HAVE THEM TRuED

The fact that ball bearings have
become worn does not necessarily
mean that they are complete
loss. Instead OF installing new
set OF balls, have the faces trued
up and put in a new set OF over
size balls OF the size needed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-26
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should be closed, and this road ready
for comfortable travel within the
shortest time possible.
The Automobile club OF Western
Washington Is sponsor for the pub
licity campaign urging the compile.
tion Of the road, and II Is OF the ut.
most Importance that the people Of
Seattle cooperate with them at once.
as IL must be understood that the
county commissioners prepare their
budget and decide upon the highway
work to be done at least year in
advance OF actual accomplishment,
Therefore. unless the completion OF
this i1.mile stretch is strongly urged
at this time. IL will In all probability
go over for at least two years.
whereas the public welfare demands
that IL be finished during the next
summer. at the latest.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-26

seatiie-Tacoma Paved Valley Road-Fire
seattIc-T Tacoma Highiine Road-Thru Des
| Moines--Gravei section south Of Des
Moines. rough paved section o. X.
/ Renton- kent--GTavel road on east side OF
valley, good
Z Kent -Auburn-Grav road good (ciosed
between Kent and Thomas for PAVING
Thru traffic should use paved road on
| west side.
Kent-Des Moines-Good
Auburn Enumclaw Paving work in
progress between points 10 miles
! out OF Auburn. Detour at end OF pave
| ment, 3 miles from Auburn. Good
! gravel roads to picnic grounds. New
concrete pavement In open at from
/ about miles from Auburn into Enum-
claw.
, EnumcIaw District-Roads generally good
south Of Green river
kanaskat Franklin Black Diamond 49,
Good.
Auburn Black Diamond--Good over soos
creek road; also via Green river
Rcnton- Maple yalley--Fair. somewhat
( narrow road. Use care on sharp curves.
! Plans for widening and regarding this
road now In progress.
Maple Valley Black Dianond-Good.
Sunset Higbway--Renton to summit, via
Issaquah-Fal city and North Bend,
excellent. Road in good condition TO
Ellensburg
Mcclellan Pass-In good condition TO
Green Water-KinR county line. Pierce
county road miles east OF Green
Hollywood Rcdmond-Good.
Woodn v III -DuyaIi--Good
DuvaiI-Toit-Fair.
ToIt-Fat CIty-Good
kirkIaDd-EaIl City--Good over Yellow
Redmond -Toit--over Tolt hill, in good
condition.
Newport -Issaquah-via Lake sammam-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-26
LOCATE THE KNOCKS-AND FIX EN-

the shims on each side and then put
the bearing together again and
tighten up the nuts.
You can test the main bearing
OF the crank shaft by putting the
jack under the fly wheel and Jig.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-26
Community Service Stations
Are Feature of Safety Week

Community service stations will be established
of the big features of safety week. which is being spon
sored by the Careful Drivers club from July 81 August
q Free inspections of motor vehicles will be made during
period of four days. beginning July &c.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-26
SOUNDS GOOD

There is danger in driving your
car when your motor Is overhead
ed, and when the water runs low
in the radiator there Is danger Of
burning bearings or cracking the
engines cylinders.
To prevent this New York COM
pany has brought out what 1t calls
THE Motalarm," which blows a
continuous blast on a siren when
the water is too low and the cool
ing system is not working properly
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-26
Want Lake Washington Boulevard Paved

8
AUTOMOBILE WESTERN WASHINGTON.
4o5 University Seattle.
Date. ..........,................
hereby indorse the publicity Automobile
Bellevue
possible moment
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-26

mile stretch between Newport and
Renton is now ready and should be
paved at once.
The work necessary TO complete
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-26

the highway is'no great undertaking
In itself. but without II the value OF
all that has been done cannot be
fully appreciated The short gap
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-26

The average woman would worry
lot more than she does IL she listened
to everything she says.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-03

a sense of responsibility, full know.
ledge of public affairs at home and
abroad and an everlasting alertness In
seeing to it that the peoples voice
shall be heard and made to prevail.
Delegated responsibility and author.
lty will not suffice. Leaders there
must be, but followers must not be
blind. The divinity that was believed
at one time to hedge king no longer
hovers about the head of any man
in power.
II the people now do not respond
to the challenge of their supreme
hour there Is no assurance that ths
opportunity will ever again be so fay
oEable. There can be no longer pub
lie sloth and indigerence. The call Il
continued alertness is urgent ant
will not wait for an answer. Publ,
vision can be. must be, gained. Tn,
alternative is irreparable public loss
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-03
CURIOUS LOGIC.

/ It NAV be due to lack of accurate information
that the attitude of the allies and in particular
of this government toward the Russian boshe-
| Wiki appears to be illogical. The whole allied
world and as far as is known the neutral world
earnestly want to see Germany closely watched,
put on good behavior and so denatured of mill
tarism and means to it that she cannot again
Eprecipitate war This is logical state of
mind for sensible world to be ina world
that wants to live peacefully and in law-abid-
ing fashion. Any real evidence that Germany
was plotting for future war would be met by
most drastic measures and the world would APP
prove.
But the Russian bolshevih are in arms and
actively engaged in fighting the allied troops.
More than that, they announce the founding OF
Ia school in which will be trained missionaries in
anarchy who will be sent to other nations there
to foment anarchy This means to foment civil
war, the most terrible of all wars. Yet the
allies are reported to favor policy of virtual
abandonment of the bolsheyiki to their own de-
vices and of Russia to their mercy. How this
accords with the purpose Of making the world
safe in peace cannot be seen from the known
facts of the situation. It is curious logic to
center attention on the military threat of a bad
ly defeated nation; to build strong safeguards
against it to prevent survival of war spirit, and,
on the other hand, to leave in turbulent out
break power that openly defes. international
law, openly gives itself to the havoc of anarchy
lend openly declares that it is proceeding to
find means to deliver all other nations to sim
liar fate,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-03
TODAYS BIT OF VERSE
INSIDE THE ORGAN.

Within the great church organ is space
Enclosed by looming pipes of massive girth
Like sturdy tree trunks with a sapling growth
To this dark chamber of the organs heart
j climbed who threads gloomy wood
And waits the bursting of a wratfu storm
Then the console the organist,
Drew the ranged stops and from the banks of keys
And 1hunderous pedals hurled such tempest blast
on shrilling roaring tumult on my ears
Where stood prisoned in the cave OF sound.
That scarcely would my limbs support their frame,
The diapason shook the trembling flesh
Bombards the tuba beloved in their might,
With unda maris heaying underfoot.
Posaune clamored with its brassy din
The trumpets clashed in plangent battle call,
And ophiceide and oboe blared their strength.
Gambia and cello rasped their resinous chords,
The ouintadena flung it's high complaint,
And like wild storm birds shrieked the piccoo!
Yet when ! from that discordant place
Who said a noble anthem had been played,
And marveled the organs harmoniesl
So may the tumult of these troublous years
Wherein mems spirits besieged
And racked with clamor of rude dssopance,
Become TO listeners in later time
The surging ground swell of high euphony,
( That merges discords in sonorous chime,
And hears the hunana's passionate cry
Soothed by the rapture of the voix celestes
Still singing through earth's storms the gift of
Eliot White, in New York Sun
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-03
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Traer Star-ClippeJ: Isn't it marvel.
GUS how Iowa can dig up money
Here we have been buying bonds by
the million and expanding hundreds
of thousands for other war work, yet
| the bank deposits have been increas-
ing in most instances, instead OF de-
creasing. And few of the bonds
bought by Iowa people have been
sold. Really, 1t Is a question what
Iowa could have done with her money
the past two years had not Liberty
bonds offered an investment
Mason City Globe-Gazette: Suppose
that we had hard surfaced roads on
various public highways the past
week. What would it have meant to
the farmer to bring his produce to
market and the merchant with the
Christeas stock to sell. The dirt
road always gives out the wrong
time of the year.
Marshalltown Times Republican:
The Freeman-J ournal Is in favor of
hard surfaced roads just as soon as
the farmers, who will pay large
share Of the expense. want them, and
not before Good roads mean more
to the farmer than to anybody else,
hence other interests can wait until
the farming interests get ready to
ask for them.
Waterloo Times-Tribune: You rare
ly hear a complaint about high prices
from the fellow who pays $3.50 per
pint for bootleg whisky.
Des Moines Register: The Ameri-
can army Of occupation appears to
be making the discovery that some
Germans on their own soil can be-
have like human beings.
Coon Rapids Enterprise: The bad
roads for the past few weeks has
been the strongest possible argument
in favor of paved roads. Hundreds
of thousands, If not millions, of dol
lars have been lost because OF them.
But of course paved roads would cost
a lot of money and will be vigor-
ously opposed in consequence by
many.
Hamburg Republican: Good roads
and such other public improvements
are all right and must be made, but
we should not get in too big a hurry
to start operations on that line right
away. With the big interest pay
ments on Liberty bonds and other left
over war expenses to be met, heavy
taxes are bound to prevail during
the next few years.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-03
VISION AND THE PEOPLE.

Kansas City Star: Where there Is
no vision the people perish" reads a
familiar passage in Proverbs No
truth of the scripture is stronger
than this. nor was the need OF it's
application ever greater than today.
The many sermons that have been
preached from this text give 1t a
purely religious bearing and apply It
mainly to those in authority, the
leaders of the people. Such interpre-
tation, however, reveals only half the
truth Of the passage. Vision in affairs
religious, and leaders OF vision are
certainly needed, but without
people Of vision, politically as we'll
as religiously, rulers who have seen
and follow the true light may be rem
dered powerless.
just now the people" are OF great
er consequence in the world than
ever before. Democracy only now is
beginning to be realized in the
affairs of many nations Autocracy.
kingship, Imperialism were never
more unpopular than today. This is
supremely the day Of the people. Are
the people prepared to enter into
their heritage.
The question needs to be weighed
with the utmost gravity. Upon its
answer depends the future progress
of society.
There is only one way in which the
answer can come. The people ihdi-
vidually and collectively must have
vision Vision can be gained only by
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-03
Who Ordered Armenian Massacres

!, friends: I have accomplished more
toward solving the Armenian PROD
/ lem in three months than Abdul
Harnid accomplished in thirty
ye3rs!"
Enver Pasha, the Turkish minister
/ of war, like his associate. Talaat, did
not hesitate to take fun RESPONSE
lbility for the determination OF the
Armenians. .In protesting to Envef
against these outrages," says Ambas
sador Morgenthau, II began by sug.
costing that the central government
was probably not to blame for the
massacres. thought that this would
not be displeasing to him.
"'Of course / know that the cabi-
net would never order such terrible
things as have taken place said.
You and Talaat and the rest OF the
committee can hardly be held respon-
sible. Undoubtedly your subordinates
have gone much further than you
have intended. l realize that 1t IS
cot always easy to control your un-
derlings.'
"Enyer Strengthened up at once.
saw that my remarks. far from
smoothing the way to quiet and
friendly discussion, had greatly Of
Tended him. l had intimated that
things could happen In Turkey for
which he and his associates were
not responsible.
"'You are greatly mistaken. he
said We have this country abso-
lutely under our control. have no
desire to shift the blame on our un-
derlings, and am entirely willing to
accept the responsibility myself for
! ey erything that has taken place. The
cabinet itself has ordered the depor-
tations. / am convinced that we are
completely justified in doing this
owing to the hostile attitude OF the
Ar1nenians toward the Ottoman gov
eminent, but we are the real rulers
of Turkey. and no underlfng would
dare proceed In matter Of this kind
without our orders
sEnver tried to mitigate the bar
barity OF his general attitude by
showing mercy in particular in
stances. made no progress in my
efforts to stop the program of whole
sale massacre, but I did save a few
Armenians from death. One day /
received word from the American
consul at Smyrna that seven Armeni-
ans had been sentenced to be
hanged. These men had been ac-
cused of committing some rather
vague political offense in 1909; yet
neither Rahni Bey, the governor
general of Smyrna, nor the military
commander believed that they were
guilty. When the order for execu-
ton reached Smyrna these authori-
ties wired Constantinople that under
the Ottoman law the accused had
the right to appeal for clemency to-
the sultan. The answer which was
returned to this communication well
illustrated the extent to which the
rights of the Armenians were re-
garded at that time:
Technically, you are right; hang
them first and send the petition for
pardon afterward.'
"In all my talks on the Armenians
the minister of war treated the whole
matter more or less casually: he
could discuss the fate of a race in
a parenthesis, and refer to the mas
sacre of children as nonchalantly as
we would speak of the weather"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-03
AFTER THE MANNER OF ELKs.

Whenever the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks does a worthy deed it never adj
vertises the fact. 1t sedulously hides the light
of its good deeds under bushel and no fanfare
precedes or follows its doing of acts of benevo-
lence or charity. Whenever any such are
given publicity that publicity comes from the
speech of grateful benefciaries. And so the
world knows, because Commander Evangeline
iC. Booth, has told of it, that a check for sixty
thousand dollars the gift of the war relief COM
mission of the Elks, was recently given to the
Salvation Army The money is to be used for
war relief work In presenting the check, the
Elks' commission, Of which Former Governor
John K. Tener, of Pennsylvania, is chairman,
declared it to be Sin recognition of the untiring
Iunselfish effort of the Salvation Army and in
appreciation of great work modestly perform
led in the name of God and humanity
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-03
RATES FOR GAS IN IOWA.

Dubuque Telegraph-Herald: If
the Telegraph-Herald thought for
ia minute that the city would win in
litigation with the gas company it
would advise litigation.
Marshalltown took its dispute into
federal court and Judge Wade
authorized rate of $1.4O on all bills
not exceeding $500 cubic feet a
month, with a minimum charge of rs
cents month as long as there was
a service connection.
Davenport went into court and the
rate was fixed in Injunction proceed
ings at $3.50, with a minimum serv-
ice charge-meaning. you pay it as
long as your meter is connected even
If You don't uses any Eas-of one dol
lar month.
Keokuk referred its dispute for
settlement to the state board of con-
Citation and the board increased the
rate from $1.25 to $3.50.
The rate in Muscatine was in
creased to $1.55 net; in Iowa City, a
few miles from Cedar Rapids, to
s1.421a; in Fort Dodge to $1.42K net;
In Council Bluffs $1.30 net; in Wat
erIoo. SIPS net.
The average rate for gas in all
Iowa cities reported last spring was
S1.30. Since then the rate has been
rising. Oelwein rate went from $50
to S2.25. yet the company had to shut
down because it had a, loss of $4,000
on operation, and has not resumed
operations.
1t is out of reason to suppose that
ia gas company can exist on pre-war
income, just as 1t is out of reason to
suppose that the laboring man can
keep his head above water without
increase in wages over the scale pail
before the war. 81
This newspaper interest In the
gas rate is its interest in serving the
public wisely. A public se,yice cor
poration is lawfully entitled to con-
sideration equal with an individual.
| If 1t doesn't get fair treatment out
side Of court, 1t will get 1t in court.
II the city litigates the SLIPS rate, it
will lose. and have an enormous bill
of expense to pay. BY accepting the
offer Of the company to open its
books for investigation. 1t will ac-
complish the same result without
dollar of expense either to itself or
the gas company.
The council ought to get for con-
sumers fair rate with least trouble
and expense. and access to the COM
pany's books offers the solution.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-03
WHEN PEARLS ARE PEELED.

New York Sun: A pearl that i'd
clouded or. spotted or off color may
sometimes be peeled: in other words
IA layer may be taken off as is thel
layer of an onion. If the layer bel
meath. as sometimes happens, is of
beautiful lustre the pearl is many
times more valuable than before id
was peeled. In spite OF the fact that
it Is smaller
Pearls do not always retain the
color that they have when taken
from the shell. Some pearls become
cloudy. A pearl of extraordinary
lustre was once found in Wabash
river mussel, and its color was en|
trancing. Buyers bid for it. and two
OF them, combining their resources
paid $4,000 for the gem.
They hurried to Nadine lane in
New York with their find and de
manded $4,000 for it. There were
no takers. although the pearl was al
wonderful one to look at.
"A day or two passed, and suddenly
one of the owners discovered shade
on the surface of the pearl that
startled him. Pearl experts who had
been examining 1t nodded their heads
wisely AS the gem dried out the tint
and lustre changed.
The owner placed 1t in vial Of
water. where it was left for month.
When they again examined 1t they
were sadder and wiser men, The
pearl was covered with little snow.
fake spots.
Panic stricken, they searched for a
buyer. They received bids of about
$500, and finally a pearl Spectator
paid them $500 for 1t. They were
out $500. their time and travelling
expenses
The Spectator knew that the pearl
was worth little with its freckles, but
he gambled that when a layer or twoI
of the outer skni had been removed
he would have a pearl Of permanent
1ustre. Whether he won or lost bel
did not divulge.
A pearl possesses the hardness OF
limestone, and sharp knife or threeI
cornered file is used to peel 1t. i
takes good eyesight, hard thumb
to hold the gem and the nerve and
skill that will permit one to give jus'
the right pressure and no more.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-03
A DAY OF MIRACLES.

New York Tribune: On Christina.
morning the Tribune published tht
story told by Mrs. Ellen Flynn. O
Jersey City, who related low a blu
star in the service flag displayed Il
her home turned to gold about tn,
time Peter j. Mahon, her nephew
was killed in France. Yesterday tn
Tribune received the following lette
from Mrs. Kilburn Kilmer, mother o
Sergeant Joyce Kilmer, of the On
Hundred Sixty-fifth infantry, tn
Eoet, who was killed in action:
Dear Editor Tribune.-I have
just read in the mornings paper
an account of the blue star
changing to gold. and it has
emboldened me to tell you a
true incident. quite as strange
perhaps as that narrated in your
paper.
Before my son, the late Ser
geant Joyce Kilmer, sailed for
France he gave me little gold
service flag-red border, white
enamel and blue star--and l al
ways wore it, and shall always
wear it.
He was killed in action July
30. / was in Litchfield, Conn,
when the news reached me. in
August, and l said to my hus-
band, Il shall always wear the
little service flag he gave me.
but I'll pin 1t on bow Of black
ribbon" While / was doing so.
to my great establishment l saw
the blue star had changed to
gold!
There is no chipping of the
enamel 1t simply turned to
gold,- Just as it is today. / have
showed 1t to many, and none
can explain 1t. Many jewelers.
have seen it and they offer no
solution.
/ have not made 1t public be-
fore, but / thought / must when
l read the account in this morn
ing's Tribune. 1 have no doubt
it changed when ne died-it GER
ta0hly did SO when / looked at 1t
closely two days after / received
the notice OF his death.
ANNIE KILBURN KILMER.