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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05

ter cooler. boxes OF cigars and candy,
baskets OF fruit. cakes! pies. IA bottle
% disinfectant. cans OF insect pow.
der. thermos bottle filled with hot
coffee. cans OF preserved fruit. Jars
OF jam. books and great stack ~
newspaper clippings. editorials and
letters from every part OF the United
States.
Every day the patrol wagon pulls
up to the Jail to get prisoners who
have been sentenced 10 the work
house or tho pcnitentiary. a negro
prisoner 10 whom has been dclegat.
ed the honor OF calling the prisoners
sings out their names with IA wall
like caruso singing the Sob Song.
Willsi'u'm'm MN Brow. n'n.n-n, get
all you got ana come on" he cries.
In a voice that runs the whole gamut
from hasso TO tenor.
And yet. II hasn't been all pleas.
urc. HAD SADDER MOMENTS
IN JAIL THAN EVER KNEW
BEFORE. NEVER FELT so
HELPLESS AND HOPELESS IN
MY LIFE.
For on all sides OF me were men
and women. boys and girls, 10 whom
the visit OF an editor In Jail. with
friends calling constantly. seemed so
strange that they have come 20 be.
lieNe ] could get them out OF the
plight they were In.
Girl Begs Aid
Last night In jail 1 was climbing
the long iron stairs To my room. after
exercising by n nightly walk In the
lobbyt when a slrl slipped me "A note
thru the bara. Sho and another girl
were sentenced 10 one year each for
nhopiifting and with four other
charges yet TO be tried The Jaiier
and he's thoroly good man. be
loved and respected by the prisoners
had told mo OF her. lie believes
she Il tho innocent and ignorant vic.
tim Of bad company. And 20 DO l.
When ] got 20 my room I read
the note. Misspelled and UNI
grammatical. u was q plea for
assistance from a giri who has
no friends. who says her baby
IL siek and her old mothc~ la
poverty--aionc In jail without
help OF support Of any Kind.
And q negro back in tho tiers Of
cells where scores and scores Of ne.
gro prisoners are confined. sent me
ou, petition by the guard. "a pe,i.
'tlon 10 pages long. and every letter
% II carefully printed. instead OF
written.
A railroad man on a charge OF
robbery. and Others. appealed TO mo
for help--yct couldn't honorabiy
keep even myself out Of jail what
ever I can do for them I shall. but
am afraid ~ Will b. little. Perhaps
II win be possible 90 induce IN. court
and the prosecuting witnesses to
drop the cases against the girl and
let her go home 20 her mother and
baby. HOPE so.
Wasted and s.detraeked
Living In jail and visiting In Jail.
| have discovered. are too very ar.
ferent things. AZ a newspaper re-
porter. used 90 go around many
jaiis. But I never stopped 10 think
what jail was before. l never had
seen 30 many men and women loiL
Ing around. day after day. In abso.
Lutte ldlenoss. nothing TO occupy their
hands or their minds. wasted and
Hidetraeked. IL seems 10 mo that a
Jail can best be compared TO tho rail-.
road sidings travellers pass 80 often.
where strings % roiiing. rusung and
dilapldated box cars stand. seeming.
~ forgotten and abandoned. It's the
Same way with these people. lie.
cause OF some deficiency. they. too.
49,. hl.r .IA.arnnLa - nrA hnn.ra...s
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05

newspaper editor In gets no
rest
! never worked 20 hard in my life
as during the ten days OF my i'm.
prisonment.
when | entered the Jail I started
10 keep a record OF my visitors. nut
| gave w In despair and lost count.
! came with n suitcase. but left
with a photograph. electric fan. wa.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05
LONG C0URTSHIP
ENDED IN COURT

LONDON. Sept. 5.--A story OF 20
years courtship was told at Birning.
ham when Florence Annie Hunt.
postmistress at EarIswood. brought
an action for breach OF rom $ c
against William Wright, a farmer.
Her counsel explained that the
courtship started In 1895 when the
lady was IS. and the defendant per.
suaded her to give up another young
man and accept his exclusive atten-
ton.
Three years later they became en-.
gagged. but one excuse after another
was given to postpone the wedding
day.
The plaintiff alleges Wright was
paying attention to another woman
last winter. He denied this. The jury
awarded Miss Hunt $3.50.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05
NO CABLE FOR TWO
YEARS.. SAYS MACKEY

Indicating that. altho the Postal
Telegraph Company favored the lay
ing OF another trans-Pacific cable, II
could not be done for two years,
President Clarence II. Mackay. OF the
Postal company. has notified Reginald
II. Parsons. president OF the Cham
Der Of Commerce. that even when the
cable Ia laid. san Francisco probably
viii be the American terminus.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05
RATS OF THE SUN
SET FIRE TO BED

.~|fHu.ADELPHIA. Sept. Sim
psrfecsions In a window pane. max.
Ing a sungiass thru which tho rays
were concentrated on a bed In the
bome Of Morris Kusher. so, North
s7nd st. today. irnpcriied the lives Of
two sleeping children.
This Is the only explanation the
firemen and parents have 20 offer
FOR the fact that the bed on the
third floor in which the children
were sleeping at o'clock began TO
-smoider and then burst into flames.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05

tionh Training Work.
Caulkins recently had little chat
with Castro. and the former Latin
American president. who was forced
TO give up his job because OF one OF
those frequent political upheavals so
common In Southern countries. as
sured him that league OF nations or
no league OF nations, the world was
doomed TO another war. sooner or
later.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05
Farmers Pocket Is
Picked; $3.50 Taken

Nels II. Oen. OF Poulsbo. Is the
first victim OF an epidemic Of pick.
pocketng expected In Seattle with
the arrival OF President Wilson and
the fleet.
oen lost $500 shortly after he
stepped from the boat at down
town dock. The police are looking
Friday for all known pickpockots
and viii pick them up on suspicion.
Den reported the money was
taken from his hip pocket. The
thief also stole picture OF Oen
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05
Another World War in 50 Years
Predicted by Don Cripiano Castro

Despite President Wilson's assur-
nnce that the league OF nations will
prevent n occurrence Of such n war
as Germany forced upon the world.
Senior Don cripiano Casro. one time
president OF Venezuela. declares that
so years hence there will be another
big upheaval at arms
Word Of this came to Prof. Ed
mund &. Meany. OF the University
OF Washington. in letter from
Glenn w. Caull<ins. university grad
uate. now in Porto Rico. in voca-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05
WHAT A MAN CAN LEARN in TEN DAYS IN JAIL
Felt So Helpless and Hopeless T.
THE FRIENDLESS GIRL AND BOY WHO STOLE

Editors Note; The writer. Edward
+, Lccch. editor OF tho Memphis
Press, has completed his jail term
Of ten days punishment for editor
iai criticism OF corruption in politics
and dishonesty In eourtsl
ny EDWARD Il. LEIGH
Editor of The Memphis Press.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. sept "a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05
TO CARE FOR PARKING

Kent win have uniform parking
strips next year. At the meeting
OF tho Kent city council 1t was
determined to spend $1,000 for the
maintenance of parking strips at
the expense of the city, The tax
levy for 1920 win be between II
and 10 mills. slight Increase over
the present rate. Thirty-six thou
sand and twenty-five dollars will be
raised for municipal expenses dur
ing 1920.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05

Sergt Raymond Jeffrey. who was
with the Seattle office Of the stand
ard oil Co. before he went to France.
more than 20 months ago. has re.
turned to Seattle and will resume his
old position. after a brief vacation.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
New Body Formed for
Fight on Tuberculosis
Christmas Seal Sales Are Ex.
pected to Supply Fund of
S65O,OOO for Work

Establishment of the New York Tu-
berculosis Association to take over the
work against the plague formerly car
ried on by the Charity Organization,
and to coordinate public and private
agencies in a more extensive eradica-
tion campaign, was announced last
night. DR.. John S. Billings will be the
executive director, and if expectations
regarding results of the Red Cross
Christmas Seal campaign are realized,
it will have approximately $650,O0O
available for its work in New York
City.
The announcement of the transfer of
anti-tuberculosis work to the new as
sociation was made by Robert w. De
Forest, president of the Charity Organ
ization. Heretofore anti-tu berculosis
work has been carried on by the Charity
Organization through its committee on
tuberculosis prevention, which includes
in its membership many medical ex-
perss Of national prominence. These
will become connected with the new
association.
Among the members of the New York
tuberculosis Association are DR.. James
Alexander Miller, chairman of the for
mer committee; DR.. j. Hermann NJ.
Biggs, State Health Commissioner;
Health Commissioner Copeland, DR..
John W. Brennan, Homer Folks, Lee
K. Frankel, DR.. S. S. Goldwater, former
Health Ccmmi ssioner DR.. Walter B.
James, Dr. Alfred Meyer, Victor Mora
wetz, Dr.. Alfred Hess, Lawrence Veil
Ter, DR.. Charles ]. Hatfield and DR.. l.
Ogden Woodruff.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Congress Asked to Give
85 Millions for Hospitals
50. 600 Beds Needed by July /,
1921, for War Patients,
Saws General Blue

WASHINGTON, Dec. Asking Con-
gress for $s5,000.0 900 to build and equip
hospitals to care foF war risk insurance
patients. Surgeon General Blue. Of the
Public Health Service, to-day reported
that more than 10000 beds would bs
needed by July I, 1921. No sites for
the location Of the hospitals were pro
selections await appropriation Of funds
to build the institutions.
In estimating the hospital facilities
to be needed, the surgeon general took
into account the treatment of selective
service men passed by local boards, but
later rejected at camps. Legislation
providing for their treatment by the
government has passed the House and
now awaits Senate action.
DR.. Blue also recommended that the
medical benefits be extended to men
who are suffering less than 10 per cent
disability from war service, declaring
that these men eventually would suffer
serious disability unless given proper
treatment now.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
o. l3z 245. sos. 5o5.
70 80 80 100 loe AGES

The chart shows how old age
begins in childhood largely be-
cause of neglect OF the human
body, failure TO inspect it and cor
rect Its weaknesses as it grows
older. Defects accumulate and
vitality wanes even IS early as
age Is, long before maturity.
Can any one with q modicum Of
common sense claim that the death
rate at 40 is more than twice that
at 20 Gust because" or in accord
ance with q fixed law? A man
should be in his prime at 40. and
some actually are at so, but the
mass are in their prime at the
early age Of ~, if the death rate
is any guide as to vitality.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Robins's Mutiny
Charge Arouses
Russian Veterans
Meeting at Madison, Wis, in
Uproar and ColonelAgrees
to Drop Allegation Till
He Obtains Further Proof

MADISON. Wis, Dec. 6.-More than
500 persons gathered in the Engineer.
ing Auditorium to hear Colonel Ray.
mond Robins tell about Soviet Russia
rose to their feet in excitement dur
ing the closing minutes Of the meet
ing when a group Of ex-soldiers, who
had served at Archangcl hotty chal-
lenged Robins's statement that, as an
indirect result of the Allies policy in
falling to recognize the Bolshevik gov
ernment, American soldiers in Russia
had mutinied
"We demand to know the authority
for that statement" declared Captain
John Commons, son Of Professor John
R. Commons. I'VE served at Arch
angel and there was no mutiny."
"I have it in the affidavit Of three
American soldiers. including an Of.
ficer," replied Colonel Robins, who
reiterated that he had proof not only
of mutiny in the American army. but
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
New Cars Expected
TO Check BROOKLYN
Transit Congestion
one-Man Safety Vehicles In
PRODUCED by City Company
Can Make Better Time: {:
lO8 Ready for Service

Transit congestion in Brooklyn will;
be greatly relieved within tho next ten
days, II is believed. by the adoption by
the Brooklyn City Railroad Company
OF one-man safety surface cars. Within
comparatively short time H. Hobart
forter; general manager Of the COM
pany. said yesterday. 1os Of tho cars
will be in use.
rests IN South Brooklyn with six Of
the cars have proved to the officials
that they can maintain a faster head
way during the rush hour than the
more penderous type car and afford
greater comfort to passengers. One
man will act ~ motorman and con-
ductor OF each car.
virtually every safety feature Of
proved merit is embodied in the new
equipment, Mr. Porter said. The cars
are OF the Birney type and Of all-steel
constructlon. Passengers will find it
impossible to hop on or off at their
Will, and they will not be injured if
they are caught by closing door. The
car cannot be moved or the brakes re-
leased until the door is closed. and the
brakes must be applied and the con-
troller resting at "off" before the door
can be opened. Rubber tubing edges
the door, so that passengers are in
sured against injury. There is spe-
cial safety device on the controller
which makes it necessary for the mo-
torman to be conscious of his work at
all times. Should he lapse into mat
tention the car automatically will be
stopped. A stool is provided for the
motorman, so that he may rest when
fatigued.
The new cars measure 27 feet and 9
inches over bumpers and feet 10
inches in width. The roofs are arched
and the sides are of steel, with win
dows arranged for raising. The bodies
are of standard form and size, the seats
run crosswise, and the door is 80 inches
wide. The car weighs $4,000 pounds.
There are no facilities for straphang-
ers, but instead each seat has handle
to which standing passengers may hold.
1t was pointed out at the company's
headquarters that the adoption Of the
new safety car is the first step of a
series in a program of improvements
designed to give Brooklyn the best pos
sible transit service. The road is un-
der independent operation since its
severance from the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit system:
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

mutiny Of British soldiers at Dover.
French soldiers at Brest and Italian
soldiers at Genoa at the orders to pro
coed into Russia.
Audience Demands Names
Soldiers and others in tho audience
including several women, demanded to
know the names Of those who sirncd
the afaadavit and the organizati ons
that were supposed to have mutinied
Colonel Robins said he could not
divulge this information, since It
would involve other persons and Fed
eral proceedings which had not been
concluded.
Eve have five men here who served
through the whole period Of Ameri-
can occupation in Russia, were on the
ground at the time, and will swear
there was no mutiny Of American
troops on TIE Archangel front" in
sisted the soldiers spokesman. with
to the idea fan audience being 81
lowed to leave the hall this way WITH
the impression that any Of our SOL
diers in Russia refused to obey
orders"
Agrees to Withhold Charge
One OF the soldiers asserted that
his army unit was fighting Bolsheviki
at Archangel on the date given as tha.
OF the alleged mutiny.
Tension frightened as the colloquy
warmed and Colonel Robins said he
was convinced Of his facts which never
had been challenged in any Of his
previous lectures, At the suggestion
of one Of his hearers, however, the
speaker said he would not include the
mutiny charge In future presentations
Of the Russia situation until he had
had further opportunity to reconsult
his original informants.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

men and women come to us every day and.
the request is worded almost the same in
every case: 2
II feel we'll enough, but I'm not sure
want you to examine me thoroughly and
tell me exactly where stand in regard to
sickness and health
That is the sensible way to do it. It is
the only way. If there is anything wrong
that you do not suspect, a periodic health
examination will reveal it,
The Life Extension Institute was estab-
llshed by group Of scientists, publicists, q
and business men, who desired to provide
a self-supporting central institution of ma
tional scope devoted to the science of in
creasing human happiness and efficiency
and preventing human misery and ineffi- "a
ciency-a responsible and authoritative
source from which the public might draw
knowledge and inspiration in avoiding
needless sickness and premature DEATH
A provision has been made for the util--
ization of substantial portion of the divi-,,
dends in public health work, under the >,
trusteeship of exsPresident William How-oc
ard Taft and Professor Irving Fisher. IS
Two-thirds of the common stock is held in ~
trust by Mr.. Taft and Professor Fisher r
for this purpose. f
in accord with the highest ideals of mod
ern, scientific medicine. It is irrevocably ~
opposed to fads and quacks and charla- =
tans. -
The Institute gives appropriate hygienic =
guidance and instruction to all its mem-.-7
bers, but does not include medical or surgi-ss
cal treatment in its service. If the inn-qp
pairments found are serious, the member
is told of the need of medical, surgical or 8
dental attention. and is informed of the "a
type OF treatment that would be most ad-
vantageous. &c
The Life Extension Institute has a Hy
glenic Reference Board of one hundred.
leading scientific men, including the Sur
geons-General of the Army (retired) and.
Navy, and U. S. Public Health Service,
several ex-Presidents of the American o
Medical Association, Commissioners off,
Public Health, and others interested in a
public welfare. A complete list will be !
furnished on application.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
At What Age Does A
Man Grow Old :?

ASKED friend of mine that ques-
ton the other day. His answer is
worth repeating: 1T all depends on
the man.
Take your own circle of friends as an
example. You know some men who
are old at forty. You know some who are
young at sixty. It all depends on the man.
General Foch is 81. Premier Clemenceau
is II. Wilson is g. General Pershing is
So. Edison is 72.
There is no fixed law of mortality. The
death rate at forty among males is more
than twice that at twenty. But it need not
be. 1t is entirely within the range Of scien-
tific possibility to increase the vitality of
forty to that of twenty. It all depends on
the man.
Good health means youth-no matter
what your years. Good health means hap
piness. Good health means wealth-for
the richest man is poor indeed without it.
Almost all Of us start out in life with the
birthright of good health. When we were
young we were made to take care of our
health. Our parents compelled obedience
to Natures laws-overseeing our daily
routine.
Only when we reached maturity were we
permitted TO neglect our health as we
plunged into the work-a-day whirl and
worry of modern business life.
The one thing to which the American
business man gives little attention is his
health. And yet that is the one thing that
makes everything else possible.
1t is not wise to worry unnecessarily
about health. You know that many people
think themselves sick who are really not
sick at all.
On the other hand, there are thousands
upon thousands of people in New York to-
day who need medical attention-but who
90 not have the least idea that there is
anything the matter with them.
Ignorance in regard to health, when
knowledge is so easily obtainable is sure
way to invite ill-health and suffering.
-Four out of every ten deaths in the United
States could be postponed for years with
proper care.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

Too many people think only of today 1t
is a fine thing to be able to sit back in your
easy chair this Sunday neutrality-suspicious.
with your wife and kiddies by your side
and plan the tomorrows, so full of oppor-
tunity.
The terrible thing about disease is the
insidiousness of it. 1t does not develop
over night. Like everything else. it has
it's beginnings-little signs that you hardly
notice at the time-a headache-a momen-
tary pain about the heart--a certain indie
finable soreness in the abdomen-loss of
weight, appetite and sleep-unnatural ner-
vousness, irratbility, etc. When the pain
does come it is all too frequently sign
that irreparable damage has already been
done.
You may be Suddenly taken sick" to-
morrow, as the saying goes, but in reality
it is not sudden at all. For days and weeks,
or months perhaps, some vital organ has
been giving way and finally it can stand
the strain no longer. Early attention
might have avoided the trouble
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Unrest Panacea Sought
Committee of Forty-eight viii
Meet at St. Louis Dec. 9

Delegates from every state in the
country are expected to attend the first
national conference of the Committee
of Forty eight in st. Louis from De-
cember to II. The purpose Of the
conference, it was announced yester-
day at the New York headquarters, Is
East Fortieth Street, is to "determine
those fundamental principles which will
lead to solution Of the problems of
American life and put them in a plat
form looking to political action"
tentative platform has been drawn
up from the answers to questionnaire
sent to each member of the committee
These dealt with government owner
ship, taxation, foreign relations, demo
cratization of industry, universal mill,
tary service, monopoles and trusts
This platform will be submitted to the
conference for approval
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
General Wood to Speak at
Indiana School on Iune d

BLOOMINGTON. Ind, Dec. 6.-Major
General Leonard Wood has accepted an
invitation to deliver the annual COM
mencement address at Indiana Univer-
sity, June 4. The event will be made a
notable one because of its connection
with the celebration of the Tooth anni-
versary of the university
VIII H. Hays, chairman Of the Re-
publican National Committee, and ia
cob Gould Schurman, president of Cor
nell University, will speak at the CEN
tennial Foundation day exercises Of the
university, January 20.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

years have been trying to naonopolixe
the telegraph and telephone bustness
and to wipe out all competition, to ad-
wise HIM"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07

Long before the heart
breaks down, or the kid
neys refuse to function,
or the arteries become
affected, there is a period
of slow change that re-
duces your efficiency and
your resistance to dis
ease Those signs of
trouble, which may mean
nothing to you, are read
lily observed and charted
by the expert medical ex-
aminers at the Life Ex-
tension Institute-train-
ed medical men who do
nothing else but search
the human body to detect
any spot of trouble or
danger which may bring
about premature break
down if not checked il,
time.
People are beginning
to realize this. Scores of
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Governors Will Confer
Coolidge Calls Meeting to Dis
cuss Rail Problems

BOSTON. Dec. Ex-Governor Coolidge
to day invited the Governors of the
other New England States to confer
with him on general transportation
conditions, with reference to the coal
strike and other factors in the situa-
ton.
The conference will be held at the
state house next Wednesday at p. m.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-07
Belgian Foreign P Policy Discussed

BRUSSELS, Dec. 6-The Cabinet
this morning discussed the foreign
policy of Belgium. 1t was stated after
the meeting that the government de-
sired to shape its foreign policy like
tnat OF France and England, and would
seek means to this end