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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-10-24

Visitors to street Ninth puzzled This building has only
northwest building
viii
proceedings Appeals held the Ball
Hh Of the building, wants
appeal Julius Block who conducts clothing
1t
already complicated rental situation in this city
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-30

There have been several coatribpt-
Ing causes 90 The prodigious growth
Of Los Angeles but one Of the earli-
est and most pregnant Of them was
the suitability of the soil in It's yicin-
lty for the cultivation Of citrus fruits.
Without irrigation Los Angeles would
not have got fair start. The aver
age yearly rainfall is only 1913 inches.
But there were rivers some Of them
many miles away, to be tapped. For
The use OF the inhabitants water has
been brought from the Ovens river in
IRyo county, 2i0 miles distant Los
Angeles, hdehe bdiltl one of ore most
Observation-Disclosures in the N0lllhIwh
Pt have to .TqrS about itsq potable
@ater until It has population Of
g000000 At the san Fernando rescr-
ybir alone 25&Q00.0o0 gnllQas canbbe
delivered cbcu (av,
H.4s Utt.ft
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-30
&06 SHIPS FOR SALE
Government Seeks to DISPOSE Of
Wooden Vessels
One Of the Most Difficult Problems
Now Facing the Uuted S,atcs
Shipping Beard.

Northumberland Of more
than 100000 tons Of wopdpn shipping
sos vessels Of various types-hult
~ part OF The governments war;
time merchant marine program, IS one
Of tie most difficult problems facing
the slipping board,
TweniYonc az the craft, agerccat-
ing $1,000 deadwclght tons were Of
ferod recently but no buyers were
found.
Only 1914 of these wooden craft are
now in operation. Seventy-three
are tied up at various ports under
managing carctakers and 1870 are in
storage yards. One hundred and
seven Of those in storage are fin
ishcd hulls, while 30 are converted
bargcs
Officials Of the board say that when
the scryiceabilty of the wooden fleet
has hcen demonstrated little difficulty
VIII be experienced in turning it over
10 private ownership Mt about 500 a
ton. These vessels were built in an
emergency, many of green timber, and
some of them made poor showngs a
year and two years ago but now that
they have seasoned" officers of the
board consider them practicable cargo
carriers.
Because .of the had record Of some
OF the vessels, operators have con-
demncd them all, officials declare,
whereas the records of those now in
operation show very credHable per-
formancesa One wooden ship out Of
six round trips across the Atlantic,
Mt sea 500 days and I'M port an equal
number, was laid up for repairs only
% days
To date $50 wooden and composite
ships, aggregating 1,94s,250 dead
weight ions, consisting of 30 cargo
ships, ! tanker, 1l5 finished hulls, 10
sailing craft. SO hulls converted into
barks and % standard barges, have
been delivered TO the board A total
of ia Of these vessels, aggregatlng
39T 2Sl dcadweight tons has been sold
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-30
Woman 5 psau.Y no go

It all lies IN the case she bestows
upon herself aud in keeping at bay
those dread ifls peculiar to her sex
The flashing eye the elastic step
and the clear complexion never accom-
pauy organic troubles The distress
ed expression lassitudo, headaches
and mental depression are only the
telttale Symphonic Women SO
troubled should take Lydia e Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, that sim
PIE remedy made from roots and
hcrbs, and restore their health to %
normal condition Adv
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-30

The first automobile carrying u D. Mail across te America"
continent was made with light weight moderate priced Essex Ana
resulted in establishing the Essex holder Of the tansonnen
record both ways
The performance importance in the world OF speed
and automobile Sportsmanhps Of great value to the moos FOR
removes all doubt the reliability of light weight N the most dco anu
hardest road service.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-30

and 70 totaling 1876 tons have been
lost at sea.
The total cost Of the construction
of this fleet, estimated by the board
at Sl70 n deadwclght ton, was approx
mately $333000,000 Sale Of the ,500,-
600 tons now held by tho board at 500
a ton would yield $l35,00000o.
Those already sold brought about
SOS, 100000, SO that Il the a06 rcnain-
ing in the governments possession arc
disposed of TO private owners the to-
tai loss through the wooden ship VEN
twe would be something Ike SlT0,-
100000.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-30
Records PROVE What
.OwnerS KRolU, .,,.s,.

Ocean to ocean automobile travel
has not become so common as not
to be Of interest to all motorists
e regardless Of the time required in
making the trip. %
Hundreds of cars have sought
to set new time records between
San Francisco and New York
But it has not been an easy ac-
complishment. The records broken
by Essex had stood for four years.
Your demands can not equal
those made in The transcontinen-
tai trip. But you require equal
reliance of your car whatever the
service imposed
Light weight has meant economy
Of operation in fuel and oil. It has
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-30
MONDAY AUGUST 80, 1920.

As the campaign progresses it be.
comes REASONABLY clear that both ma
tioaal committees are trying to raise
as much money as possible and that
when one committee accuses the 9th
er it is chiefly with the intent to dis.
tract attention SO that its cwn efforts
may pass unnoticed It takes a lot
Of money to finance a national cam
paisn and both national committees
viii be broke before the second Of No
fember.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-08-30
Lucky Woman.

Mrs. Gasaway-rne judges wife is
the most fortunate woman ih the
world.
Mrs. Lissen-Whats the reason for
all the envy?
Mrs. GaSaway-EIer husband sen
fences all the tarlps that cone under
his notice to beat her carpets and help
ylrn tnu cleanug.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18
animal"

Thercb a Il In by animals
in Of
hfeless teddy b and loved.
The animals do ON
jungle Book" And then
What could be splendid
Sometimes men do not get beyond this childish
worshpd
today anddo II
In America Indians
claim descended.
Indian
symbol and honored by being called
All this shows likes
But civilized rcsen the nshp He speaks
he
public:
Animal
nmai
lacks II,
without
problem
managing his life
NC dencacy
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18
Letters to the
Editor
YNnrANs WHITES
INDIANS. WHITES
AND JAPS

Editor The Star Many advocates
~ the Japanese. as an argument, ask
Ghe question: How much more just
was II that the white man should
take America from the Indians than
that the laps should take her from
Tho white mani" This seema at
first. TO be good argument. but, on
consideration, 1t loses power.
Statistics show that the United
States Is the most civilized nation on
earth. She has the finest system OF
government and education. The
manners Of the people are peerless.
She leads the world when IL comes
to inventions and theories. She has
led Il ever since the Declaration of
Independence. But for America we
would still travel In small, ieaky sail
ing vessels, would read by candles
and smoky whale Oil lamps; would
travel miles on foot or by boat TO
get word from place to place. In
dad, we would do a thousand more
awkward things had white men not
routed the savage.
At the latter part Of the colonial
era the American colonists were a
vigorous lot They were animated
With Z desire TO advance and get
away from conventionalitics. Being
too much inclined to think for them
seivsA they were not content with
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18

IT'S wise that knows his
OF
az
mind:
seatte's 1880 population sis.es9.
OF
n
has o scent
year.
n
o
M o
0rnfts's
, SEATTLE IS THE TffIEsr AND
CITY IN THE WORLD RAISE
- 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18
Doctor Frank
CRANES
Daily Article
tCopyrfghe 1880
Believing.
THO Schools.
PROBABLE Things.
The impossible.

There has been q deal OF tank dis
putatious about what to believe.
Extremists on pns sids have con.
tended that we should believe moth
Ing we cannot prove. that we should
stick 70 demonstrabis facts.
On tho other hand extremists havs
gone 30 far M 10 assert that there
In no virtue Mt all In believing what
we can prove. but that the saving
faith In In what we cannot prove, or
even comprehend. stu further. that
the greatest credit should 20 TO those
who ''beiirve because II u irnpos
Hibie-
Both sxtremes are wrong. and for
tho same reason: to-wft. that they
mistake III nature Of faith and its
purpose.
This In the nature Of faith: that by
n we link ourselves 10 those forces
which we are unable 70 come At by
knowledge.
And this In the purpose OF faith:
that we shall thus 10 enabled. 10
use these forces.
Hence the way out Of the diff.
Guilty. the true and practical rule. Is
hiz 10 believe only what we can
use.
Not only what we can provo We
can uso many things we cannot
prove.
A. for those things that are Of no
use. we would best hang them up"
that In. leave them AZ open and
unsettled questions.
II at any time we can use them,
we can take them down and believe
them No long an we cannot use
them. they make no matter. Let
them alone.
For Instance. take one article that
underiies all ereeds OF decent folk.
that the forces Of Good ara stronger
than those OF evil.
This means that God n good, that
the universe In 10 ordered that good.
ness brings happiness. and that It
never pays 10 do wrong.
This is entirely disable. n cleans
the mind. strengthens the win, gives
health TO the emotions. and induces
contentment- IL actually produces
moro human satisfaction than
money. fame or anything else men
strive for.
Hence Il Ia sound sense TO believe
H.
Take. on the contrary. some such
question ms whether Jonah WA
swallowed by the whale. or the 10
cation OF heaven. or the issue be
tween the Homoounlans and the
Homoiounians. These arc matters
that eanno, concelvsbiy affect ones
growth or welfare In any way.
Then why botherf Neither bellows
nor dlsbeiieve them. Lave them
for those who have the leisure and
tho inclination 10 argue.
The credo that our dead i've on
undeniabiy ennobics and invigoratss
our life. II Ia uasAbia- Hence We b.
lieve H.
Most Of me non-usnbls questions
wither and die AFTER Z whiia They
are neither proved nor disprvved
People simply ret tir~d Of them
The usable elements OF crccds 1--we
on forever. Tn conviction Of i'm
mortality. for example. In stronger
now than five thotuand years ago
II has never been proved" as wa
prove a chemical fact. nor disproved.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18
Fears Unrealized

IT'S difficult
what will b
Of It's supporters fears Of s opponents fully realized
Prohbons thought
had not into
These
Of unfermensed
tonnage Of
emand.
Taxcab Of
But
convention Of National
The difficulty Of
why the Of civilization
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18

the best seat in the synagogue and
when white men came. II was sim.
ply a case Of some ono SELLING the
seat who could make better use Of IL.
Now comes the Jap situation,
which Ia 'somewhat like that of the
white man and, Indian, yet, vastly
different In the colonial period the
enlightened encroached upon the TX.
norant and set the world ahead.
Now. the ignorant are besetting the
enlightened and hauling the world
back. Tho American colonists had
some claim TO Justice. for they gave
the world lift; but the Japanese
have no claim TO Justice. for they re
tard the progress Of a great nation.
America In not thru climbing. so,
TO mako the contrast complete, let
her set her foot down and not give
way before them. A SUBSCRIBER
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18
Inviting Wars

When carries a chip
a
a nj is met with
The var
Of
bringing sharply conflict with
n Of
light of publicity public proberns.
we
war ana run vpr
Is shora md easily
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18

the bad rule Of the mother country.
1t was the worlds good luck that
these aspiring people could have
wide. new land TO conquer and thrive
In, for they were thus enabled TO set
an example before nations. Even
the Indians were benefited. An
end was put to the dissension and
butchery practiced among them.
Some may say. yes. but IL tho In
dams had been left TO themselves.
In the course of years they would
have risen To civilization Perhaps
that is no, but II is not good that
all mankind should have waited for
the Indian TO grow up. while man
kind itself piodded on in the same
rut, any more than a whole schoci
should back UP for one slow pupil.
In the case Of the Indian. not only
was DO backward. but he occupied
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18
James C0uZenS
Writes for The Star Today on
SerViCe-d-CoSt a makeShit
By CONDO

~aseiy '-where the public rtght even.
tuaiiy 70 acquire tho property In
safeguarsicd."
FACT
OVERLOOKED
There In one haric fnct which the
federal commission failed 10 lncor.
porate In Its report. namely. that
cities grant rights TO private street
railway manaFrmcnts for tho pur.
porc Of securing service. Tho man.
agcmsnts acc~p, them for the pur.
pose Of making money.
These two IDEAS are 70 dia-
metricsIiy oppos-d that cities
viii ncvcw be- fire. from xirc~t
car controversy until they run
their own lines
Tho scrvicc'As-cort agreement
eliminates the incentive for proper
efficiency and 20 my mind. for this
reason. In basicaily unsound. II mu.
inequalities have been negligent and
hay. not prepared themselves for
public ownership. possibly the serv.
ic~-af-co~t agreement win he worth
while. using u N n makcshift while
they do prepare for running their
own Inca
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18

- Ill II
there was any romance
TO tho life Of the house
I&f4RI mover. II seemed like a
sort OF a homely Job.
whore you got down in the mud and
heaved. or chung 70 n tottcring chin.
ney ana yelled. A job where you
were always blocking the street. or
getting begged down in n mudhole.
or tearing down trolley wire, or
something nervous like that.
But l was wrong. because moving
things. saying 10 this mountain 20
yon. and 10 this valley be thou ex.
allied. moving things IL wonderful
had occasion recently 10 associate
with crew OF house-movers for n
few days At the noon hour, and some.
times In between. They told strange
stories OF big deeds.
There was the yarn about the four.
story Goxso brick block that was
moved ak miles without cracking q
chimney. Some Job. that. I opine.
And then there was the story about
the ship that went ashore on tho Or
cgon coast and that defied ali efforts
20 float her. So finally along came a
honsemover. and he took that big
ship and showed IL overland for n few
miles. and launched her In a river.
IL took a year 70 do the job. and IL
was long way around. but he
did n.
This crsv expcctsd shortly 70 70
half across the state and move a 200.
ton concrete bridge that suddenly
found itseif without a river. The
river walked off a few dozen rods
ono wet night. but the bridge stayed
behind. Soon the bridge ID going 20
take a stroll across country and get
hooked up with lie old chum river
once more. That seemed like Q right
romantic chore 10 me.
And all these men work with IN
supreme understanding. . few jack
screws and some chunks OF wood.
They heave on the end Of their little
wrench. and the two story house
house steps right out of where II
WAS They consider anything less
than 20 tons as q mere afternoon
pasumc. and IL Tacoma really want
ed It's mountain In rs back yard. I
haven't doubt but that this crowd OF
husktes would load up a couple OF
squads with a few tons Of junk and
do the mountain shifting without
raising n sweat
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18
County Democrats
to Meet Sept. Is

King county democrats viii con
vens ~ the Arena on September %.
Charles q. Fuiien, chairman Of the
King county democratic committee.
has announced. 10 formulate . pro
gram Of principles ahd . platform to
govern the coming campaign. The
state nominees viii meet with state
Chairman George r. Christensen In
democratic headquarters In the Lyon
building, next Wednesday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18
6 UccMHI is $ ,
- III f E (!

~ fellow who spends bis two
VQoks with pay under . trce, has .
uoVoa vacation
IA rfanHt5in insisted slsAa n man
noewuen two lawyers In Ike q ash be-
tuoea two cata- Obviously the thing
- - = not to be a fish.
Tut and Mr.. Tutt admit the world
would Be q lot better OF II there were
- lawyers. but this In merely their
0ethod Of saying therein be no law
yegs when the world 10 . lot better
nan u h "a
Squire Harpington. being admitted
- ths stand in rebuttai. gets this on
N chest:
when old Doc Jones was m he
oent his son. young Doc Jones. to
treat IN old patient Few days later
ed Doc Jones. having gotten upon
his fees again, remarked to his son:
TN run around and go the patient
epday.'
: NO ned Of that. father proudly
unclaimed young Doc Jones. I cured
49,
Whaty exclaimed old Doc Jones'
sYou went and cured her. Why. you
Nc numbskun. rive been doctoring
that patient for 20 years. and she
va good for another dozen years.
and now you've gone and cured her.
WhatT ! do now for . steady In
oonnaPs
Every 20 often some wen meaning
but awfuIiy nutty cuss gets up In
public and recites that moth-caten
pdecs about letting him write the
na11on's songs and he wouldn't care.
. whoop who wrote the laws. Thus
~ Intended to convey the general
Impression that the ballads rather
than ballots are tho forccful factors
n human existence
n that bird II right ehen We can
tan you here and now what's the
matter with the U. s. A. and the
vest Of the world.
Everybody's been payfn too much
attention to the lawmakers. and too
uttle to the song writer's.
These human warbiers have slip
ped something over. Something?
Yep. lot Of EN-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18
BY JAMES COuzENS
Mayor Of Detroit

The report OF the federal electric
railways commission IL n truly re-
markahle document In that u virtu.
ally admits that pubic ownership Of
municipal utilities will become n bct
just an soon az the municipalities
have prepared themselves. legally
and financially. 10 enter into such
work.
The commission Incorporates In a
very prominent place IN It's repot,
this very specific conclusion:
Tho right ~ the public u
own and op~rntc public utilities
should b. recognized. and lerL
cbstaeice In the way Of its exer.
ci~ should be removed"
HAS BROKEN
DOWN
The commission APPARENTLY en-.
ioayorcd to ind . panacca for the
mul,iiudlnous troubles OF our street
rAiiway. but as Il entered into an
analysis Of the various situations II
appears 20 have discovered that
each city's case must h. handled
separately. the state OF public mind.
the local ard state laws the financial
limitations. as well M the personnel
OF the military management. all
varying In ~ many rcnpecfs TIM, "
was impossible 10 develop n general
plan.
Tho report n an official q. X. Of
the years old discovery Of many OF
our municipal executives that 'prt.
waite management OF street railways
has broken down and the public
regulation OF private management Is
Ineffective"
Tho federal commission tactfui'y
admits that "frnnchiscs'' are out Of
style. II suggests that In place Of
franchises citicH hereafter give street
railway companies seryiccat-ooss
agreements
scrvicea t-coss win not put an
end 10 our street car contro
vcrsic~. CI~veiapd's agreement
j. proof Of this. Such nm mr..
rangcment merely adds labor "a
third party 10 the Arguments.
because aitho capital has guar.
antce OF . fair return. Labor has
mono
The citizens want moro street car
service but tho commission falls to
incorporate any proof that service.
atcost agreements viii provide add.
tionai car tracks In new districts
where the matter OF operating profit
may be n question for a short period.
and such tracks are absolutely essen.
tiai n the nation In ever TO recover
from its present housing plight
ONLY a
BRIDGE
Tho servicc-at-cost agreement IL
only a bridge at tho best 10 reach
over the gap between private man.
agcment and public ownership aud
management The federal commits
sion in n icft.handcd way approves
this belief. IL states that servicc.at.
cost agreements may be entered into
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18

sells for $1,000. and that . few years
ago sold for $3.50. only in France the
cheapest II can be manufactured for
IL $1,000. Probably the muchder1ded
flIvver would cost $1,000 II manufao
tured in the biggest European fac
tory. and II would not b worth 10
cents more than the $500 brother We
all know and pretend to despisa
A five.to-one advantage over our
nearest manufacturing competitor
would seem to be enough 70 enable
the American workingman TO take it
easy. get record wages. and sttil
leave enough for the boss 70 put him
In the excess profits class. And. IN.
deed. II has been the American ma
chine. rather than the Americas
craftsman. that has enabled the
workers Of this country 70 ride IN
their cars and splash In their own
tubs. IN their own furnace-heated
bath roomA I
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18
and never WIN he.

But IL win be believed ~ long a.
IL continues 20 feed human beings
with idcaiism. hcroism and beauty.
With this simple rule. therefore.
you can find the essentials Of your
creed. The rest you can let alone.
Believe In nothing you cannot use.
Solomon WINS pessimist because
he believed 10 many things he did
not use. Jesus was an optimist be-
cause lie used all He believed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18

~ HATS one thing fhfs coun-
try always has been able
TO do--big jobs easily.
{llJ Other countries turn ~
their noses IT our crudeness.
but when there u something 20 b
done. q Yankee goes and does II. and
gets back for supper.
The French 75s werp wonderful
guns. and the French. after four
years Of war. might BE- expected 70
have mastered them. Cana the new
Yank ievics without guns. The
French supplied chs newcomers
with their pet gun. and casually ~
marked that Is shots . minute was
the fastest these guns could b fired
II took the American gun crews
about a week 20 get thoroly acquaint
ed with their new playthins. and
then. when they went into action on
the first barrage. they did IL shots.
then 20. and when they hh their
stride they were doing ~ shots min
ute. where but IL had been done b.
fore.
Get II over with. ana onto sorbes
thing else--that Ia America. and that.
peculiar verve and swing has 70 datS'
given this country just the least bit
OF an edge over the rest Of the Garth
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18

Ssyf~rn 6iffereos operations sre
performed by one press In printing
the ordinary express waybiil.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18

y automobfls salesman IN
France reports that the
French are-copyfng 70 The
last door hinge . popular
American car that here
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18

Oliver. 70 stop her clamoe,
When she would not dlaan Gsyo
dough.
mer.
To the chair - has b "a :.
On the fatal date advancing
Scores Of ladies sympathiss
With the prisoner enhancing.
For he has such lovely eyea
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-18
AS IT SEEMS TO ME
DANA SLEETH

\ T never occurred TO me that
Il there was any romance
70 tho life Of The house
J mover. II seemed like q