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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-09
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-09
FOLKS IN
MARION GRIEVE
"Warren'S HON c Town"
Bears Burden OF Sorrow
ny LAWRENCE MARTIN

Bf IANkENtE MARTIN
ON BOARD THE PREsI.
DENT HARDING FUNERAL
TRAIN. Aug. 9.-Ohio. moihF
state IT six presidents. received
back today the latest Of her SONS
90 add luster to her name. Re.
turning In death. lac bore upon
his bier the garlands Of a ma.
tons sorrow and love.
Tho funeral train from Washing
ton entered Ohio early today. Il WIS
scheduled 20 end is Journey at
Marion about $50 a. m. Central
standard tlmel. a. that hour the
body OF Mnrlon's most distinguished
citizen was TO be turned over 10 tear,
blinded relatives, friends and neigh.
boris who awaited a.
Tiie coffin. Bhroudod by tho fas
or the country Mr.. Harding served
20 we'll again was the, magnet that
drew eyes Of Thousands during the
night IN Maryland and Pennsylvania
nH people put aside their own con.
csrns 10 look their farewell they
could not put into words.
Beginning az Baltimore. one hour
out OF Washington. and continuing
thru York. Harrisburg. Altoona and
pntsburE the scenes that marked
the trains transcontincntai progress
eastward were re.enactvd as Il Hped
thru the night aud dawn.
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The Attack Upon Diebctcs

"Insulin' has been given wide pub
Icity and We do not go into this
great medical discovery very ex-
tensivcly at this time.
The word diabetes is derived from
two Greek words, dia and bainein,
which mean literally to flow through.
Diabetes is the disease. in which GER
tain matter which should remain in
the human body, flows out through
the urine. 1t has long been known
as an incurable disease. but recent
developments have seemed to give
some hope that real cure for dia-
betes. if not already found. will be
discovered in the near future.
The word cure. when applied to
insulin. must be used advisediy. In
sulin is not a permanent cure of
diabetes. In fact certain forms of
diabetes do not respond to it at all.
and those patients who are benefited
by it must keep on taking the drug
constantly. Otherwise the original
condition recurs. The effect of in
sulin is to reduce the sugar content
OF the blood and 1t renders the dia-
betes system capable of assimilatine
carbohydrates. that is, the sugar and
starches. Even while taking the in
sulin treatment. the patient must he
kept under strict diet in which the
relative proportions of carbohydra ties
and fats are properly fixed.
Glycogen is what is known rs
animal starch. 1t is abundant in
ciams' oysters. yeast and mush-
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Veterans And The Bonus
IN V Times,

1t is the common opinion in Wash
ington that the next Congress will
pass a bonus bill. Everybody says
So" 1t is notorious that many Con-
Sressmen who have voted and will
vote for such a bill see the folly of it.
Why do they vote for it? They have
been told and believe that the veter-
ans insist on it, and they are all
gooseflesn at the thought of the
soldier vote
How do they know that the major
ity of the veterans seek this gratuity
at the expense of the taxpayers?
They have been so told by rep
resentatives of the American Legion.
That body is said to have some 600,-
GOO members. a very small slice of
tie total number of veterans. The
En- Service Mems League makes a
fair proposal through its President
to Colonel Owsley, National Com
mander of the Legion. Let there be
a referendum next December, a poll
of all the veterans on the bonus. AS
a matter of fact. what other than
self-assuned credentials and author
ity has the Legion to speak for the
great body of veterans? 1t COM
prises b ut a fraction of this number.
1t is divided on the bonus 1T is los
ing thousands of members every
year. Yet it has bulldozed Congress.
The referendum would at least Ing
form Congress as to the opinion of
the majority OF the veterans for
whose supposed benefit it would en-
act piece of incXcusable class
legislation to the detriment of the
whole country, Including the bene-
ficiaries.
The Anti-Bonus League has a
n,atform which is that of the ma
joritv of Americans: For the dis
abled, everything; for the able
bodied. nothing" In tie last fiscal
year more than s460.000,O00 was
spent by the Veterans Bureau. No
body grudges it. or more, if more be
needed. To fling away billions of
dollars on healthy men. able to sup
port themselves, would be mon
strous waste and political job. Do
self-rcspecting veterans wish to
bleed country that has been and
will long he more than generous to
those disabled in it's serviceo
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
Fish Feel Heat and Cold

Fish are very quick to feel a change
OF temperature in their native ele-
ment, and sudden cooling or heating
OF the water is very injurious to
them.
A hot Summer has been known to
drive herring to find cooler waters at
distance. Some years ago a fearful
storm ragged along the eastern coast
of North America. After it had sub
sided the sea was strewn with mil
lions OF tile. fish like a cod. but at
tanning a weight of so pounds or
more. A vessel was sent to discover
the cause of the strange phenomenon.
1t plowed straight ahead for $50 miles
ond estimated that an area of 5000
square miles was covered with dead
fish. 1t was discovered that the
storm had brought icebergs in it's
train, and the consequent great cold
had proved too much for the fish, ac-
Customed IS they were to warmer
waters. The cod has an objection to
sudden changes of climate, and if put
in colder water than that to which it
is accustomed will be numbed. EX-
periments have been tried to acclima-
tie English salmon in Tasmania, but
the difference in temperatures has
caused those experiments to fail.
Congers and pilchards have died
from cold off the Cornish coas and
the once plentiful boarfish have never
been seen in the shallow waters of
Cornwall since a violent easterly gale
blew in 1S79.-Rochester Democrat
and Chronicle.
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Damage by One Bush, $1,000

\ special study to determine the
extent of infection and loss from a
single bush was made by one of the
State leaders of b2rberry eradiCa-
ton. The outbreak of stem rust
which started from a known bush
Travelled in one direction. at least.
for about five miles. The total wheat
area affected on IS different farms
was 500 acres. The average yield
for that wear was only 81 per cent
of what it would have been without
the black stem rust. or a total loss
in yield of 1880 bushels. At dol
lar bushel the combined MONEY
loss from this single bush in this
one direction was S12520, or an
average loss to each farmer of $685.
worth of wheat A barbcrry bush
with a $4,000 potential damage pos
Sibility can be destroyed with ten
pounds of salt or an hours work
with grub Scientific Ameri-
can
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
GENERAL CONVENTION
OF UNIvERSALISTS
SUBJECTS TO COME Up
Providence. r. l.. Oct. 90.

Providence r. l., Oct. 20.
For the first time in forty Ave
years the Cniversalist General Con-
vention meets in Providence, Il. l.,
for its biennial sessions, October 90
to %. Nearly 1900 delegates regis
tered this morning for the opening
institute at the First Universalist
Church.
Several affiliated bodies are hold
ing their national conferences az the
same time; the Women's National
Missionary Association Order of
Cniversaiist Comrades, Clara Barton
Guild, and the General Sunday School
Association.
Governor William II. Flynn will
extend the greetings Of Providence
and Rhode Island to the assembled
Cnivcrsalists, who represent every
state il tic union. and the mission
fields Of Japan, Europe and the
Near East.
President W. II. p. Faunce of
Brown University will address the
Convention on The Church rs tie
interpreters House" Rev. w. II.
McGlaufiin, D. D., Scranton. Pa. will
deliver the occasional sermon on
Wednesday evening.
Professor Luther A. Weigla If Yale
the Sunday School Institute ca 1.-THE
Educational task of the Christian
Church il the Twentieth Century,"
and Professor o. w. Warmingham
of Boston University will speak on
Religious Education"
An ampliflcd rostateIncnt of faith,
the first since the historic Win
chester Profession of Faith in 1898.
Will he presented to The convention
for adoption. The three articles in
clude Improvement of life here on
earth. the willingness to lead the
way toward Christian unity among
religious liberals and the reorsani-
cation Of society so that cooperative
brotherhood will succeed competitive
sclfshness.
General superintendent John s.
Lowe, D. D.. says: THE Univer-
salists are committed to tho prin-
ciple to lead the way toward Chris
tian unity, We are ready If the
challenge comes. If, the Congre-
Unitarians and Univer-
salists should unite. they would
sweep the country behind 4 great
liberal Christian movement"
Evc:y financial appeal on the
part Of the Convention will lie side
tracked in favor of the Universaiist
missions N Japan. The Central
Church in TOXIC has been destroy ID,
the Blackmore Home for girls und
The missionaries home have been
badly damaged, but the church in
Shizuoka stands although tie tel-
frey rocked during the quake so thot
tie he'll rang like a dinnec ttN All
ard native preachers
are reported safe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-22
Safer To Fly Or
Ride Than Walk in London

London. Oct IA. =. by MaiD-
According 70 officials of the London
Safety First" Council. it is less safe
to walk the streets of London than
to travel by rail or by air.
During the past year 6S4. people
were killed and 26.S22 injured in Lon
don's streets. During the same time
the toll on the whole of England's
railways was only 7aS killed and 49,
462 injured.
Long periods of flying occur with
out a single passenger being Killed.
OF the fatal accidents in London,
sos We're caused by motor cars,
motor vans, etc, and So by motor
buses.
In the first quarter OF the present
year. street accidents in the metro
politan area totalled 1880, of which
149 were fatal. OF the latter 10Y
were caused by motor-cars, motor
vans, etc, and Is by motor-buses.
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Editorial Comment
Putting It 0trdfgHt
public Ledger

The announcement that Henry Ford
will return S1.750,0 900 of his war pro-
fits to the United States Government
clears up one of the postwar mys-
terics. Mr.. Ford had given the Ma
tion to understand that he would sur
render millions of profits. An appar-
emily authorized statement. asserted
that he had given all such profits,
1929. 10000 to the Government. with
no hampering conditions" 1t seemed
that the United States Treasury had no
record of any such transaction. 1t
now appears that the total profits on
his S90.000.000 worth of war contracts
were only 100000. of which Mr.. Ford
got slightly more than half. OF this
half. wGr-taXes relieved him of all but
$3.50 900. This he will now return.
The record is to be put straight. and it
is to be hoped that the Ford publicity
departments will take due notice
thereof. There is rather wide diff
ference between returning S29,000000
months ago and, promising to return
81, 10000 some time in the future.
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them there in idleness, for the most
part or at least not to teach them any
profitable trade or give them any moral
training to uplift them. During the
period from March !. 1920 to February
g. 1928 the State institutions took care
of the following number:
State Reformatory for Men 316
State Prison 222
State Reformatory for Women 1J3
The latter covers nearly period of
three years while the population of
the Jail covered period of only one
year. The auditors report will show
the average cost to the State to be less
for care in the State institutions and
maintain that the training is vastly
better as a whole.
It appears to me with these facts be-
fore us that the State of Maine should
awaken to it's responsibility in the
matter of it's criminals and should
improve it's court system so that men
should be sentenced Immediately to a
place of correction when they were
ready to plead guilty or no1o and that
the state institutions should be given
sufficient funds with which to take
care of those who are sentenced in
such a way as to give them a careful
training that would fit them to so out
lllo Inc liluuSlil NOIlu anu cdI II al
honest living and live a respectable
life. Until the State awakens to this
we shall be breeding criminals and
training such by enforced idleness in
our jails ard the State will at some
time have a much more serious prob
lem to confront than that before us
today.
BY name only today is Maine pre-
pared to confront its penal problem.
Legislatures should do something be-
sides create State institutions. They
should equip them and after eauipping
them they should pass laws consistent
with carrying out the purposes of the
institution to the end that justice may
be speedily dispatched and that those
sentenced be placed in the hands of
those who are to attempt to better
their condition at the earliest possible
moment.
Harold Z. Donnell, Supt..
State Reformatory for Men.
Oct 49, 1928
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rooms. 1t is found in the green
leaves OF lettuce. beans and wheat
and the bulb of the onion. 1t was
found by another experimental that
these materials contain a substance
winch helps the diabetic system, tae
system in which the pancreas is not
functioning properly, to burn sugar
The new insulin is called glucokinln
1t has been Established that the pan
creas takes the raw materials fur
nished by these foods and makes
1nsulin," that is, sugar burning
substance. to suit itself.
Another aid to sugar combustioa
Is the substance called intarvlh
This was developed in the labora-
tories of Columbia University ungef
the direction of Prof. Ralph H. NC
kee. lntarvin is also a remedy fof
diabetes. 1t is in the, form OF an
artificial fat. Its literal meaning :
intermediate fat and it is the mrs.
true olemargarine ever produces
lntarvin is made from margaric acH
and is essentially glyceryl marSar,
ate. This substance has been usel
on diabetic patients with success
The fat, which is of white cream!
color, odorless and tasteless, .
absorbed by the diabetic system y
about 90 per cent and seems I!
satisfy the hungry craving fer ias
that diabetes have. The results
that have been obtained with tins
substance hare been so promising
that it is hoped that diabetic. patiens
of all kinds will be benefited ps
tran mont IL
must be emphasized that a cholcs
between the several treatments hefs
outlined can be made only by
physician-perhaps only by a specia'
list-after careful diagnosis.
In conclusion 1t must be empna..
sized again that these differen.
indictments are not absolute cure
of diabetes. When they are effectFs
on the diabetic, they enable him =
live a more normal existence an0
prevent the development of compn.
cations which usually set in at soni'
time or other in every diabetic SUI,
ferer. They make life more wof.a
while living. but they do not ~
away with the necessity OF carelu,
dieting and hygienic living. IL.
patient must take the medicamen'
indefinitely, at least that is how u.
treatment appears today. Whether y.
not permanent cure for diabetes
will be worked out from further ~
vestigation and experiment along lil'
same lines. only the future can tsi.
Nevertheless the discovery Of insun.
and other diabetes indictments Dss
given great impetus to further wo s.
along these lines, to alleviate ".
sufferings of human beings from
disease, known at least for five cen
turtles. but only within the past yea
actually reme0icd in any marked q.
gree. And perhaps they point vi
way toward discovery of al actu@.
cure.-Scientiflc American.
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WANTED, A BIT OF GOLDEN
Rtll

The Journal received an unsigned
communication purporting to come
from a rural carrier. Its rule is not
to publish unsigned communications.
This is good one, though it Is not
difficult to suppose why the writer
did not care to sign. He pleads for
the application of the Golden Rule to
rural carriers and asks the patrons:
How would you like to pick pennies
from boxes, especially in zero wea-
Their, when you easily could buy
few stamps and put them on your
selves, in your own warm house? At
Christmas time patrons put in from
one to fifty cards at time and we
have to stamp them on the road and
lose stamps or wait until we get to
the Office and lose our dinner or sup
per in stamping them"
This is good sense. There is some
thing more about the two cent" pa
iron who puts in two cents but
enough had been said to appeal to
those who wish to be fair-when they
think of it, and this is to remind
them. Also it will do no harm to re-
mind them that the rural carrier is
underpaid as it is, that he should
not be permitted to delay the delivery
Of mail for many to fiddle around
with frozen fingers for coppers when
the patron should supply himself
with stamps. Those who don't care
for the Golden Rule and rather take
pleasure in seeing others bothered
there are some capable of acquiring
no other stimulant to their vanity
than such as may come from causing
bother to others-should be denied
the privilege of buying from a rural
carrier anything less than the value
at least of a nickel and by way Of
penalty should themselves be re-
quired to affix every stamp that
goes on their mail.
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LLOYD GEORGES MISSION

When Lloyd George arrived in this
country he tried to give the impress
sion that he was merely come
on a visit, to learn rather than to
instruct, that he wished to say little
and study much.
OF course he wouldn't be permitted
to say little and what he might say
was sure to be interpreted in various
ways. This is what has happened
and no note of displeasure has been
heard from our distinguished visitor.
He has, however, missed no oppor-
tunity to impress on his hearers the
idea that matters abroad are in very
bad shape and that only this country
may save Europe. However, when
it comes to suggesting how we
should do this the willy Welshman
passes the buck" in such a pleasant
manner that we feel complimented.
DO it in our own way, he urges.
Our susceptibilities are thus tickled
and he is spared the task of formu-
lating a plan. Meanwhile the at
tention to all this cannot be displeas-
ing to England's former leader, es-
pecially at a time when those at
home who are trying to lead are not
altogether popular with the home
folks.
It will be recalled that Poincare
foresaw in this visit propaganda
which might be a source OF en-
barassment to the French plans.
This was but natural considering
his encounters with Lloyd George.
Ever since his arrival on this side
OF the water our distinguished Wis
itor has missed no opportunity to
stress the desirability Of accepting
the suggestion OF our secretary Of
state to have Ge-many's ability to
ray thoroughly investigated by ex-
perts. In recent address he adroitly
replied to the French leaders ex-
pressed wish, that France might be
protected from some of her friends,
in these words:
THE evidence of our friendship is
scattered over very extensive grave
yards in France and in Flanders.
Protect. us against our friends? No,
I would ask him not to repeat that.
Not to repeat that-900,000 dead.
Why, at the present moment there
are 100000 of our best workmen
eating the bread of charity because
'ye went to the help Of France in
!t14 to 1915"
Pointing to his friendship for
France, as Evidenced in hi s public
life, the traditional position of his
political party and the record OF
Great Britain in the war and de-
claring that he was not an apologtst
for the German government, he de-
Clared that Germany should be
made to pay Preparations, up to the
limit of the capacity of the country
to pay, reasonably interpreted"
These are eloquent words and
worthy of consideration. but should
not induce us to forget the fact that
after all other methods were tried
England attempted to withhold
France from the Ruhr, where and
where only, it was possible to bring
Germany. to terms; that England did
this really on behalf Of what she
REGARDED her own interests rather
than on behalf of Germany or jus
tice
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WHY HANDSHAKE A PRESIDENT
TO DEATH?

Are we going to kill another Presi-
dent?"
That is a startling question. The
questioner is an official in a Massa-
chusetts bank. Recently he was OF
a delegation received by President
Coolidge and with whom he shook
hands. The waste of this effort, the
tax it is upon the chief executive
already oTcrburdened with cares,
evidently made a deep impression on
Mr.. King and he is making an effort
to lead public sentiment to disap-
prove of the custom. His letter ap
peared in the Letter Box Saturday
and is worth thinking upon. Public
sentiment should call for a change
In this handshaking custom.
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IS LITTLE JAcK RABn1r
~ 81 = DAVID CORY
NEVED CORY

he always believed in following the
directions on the medicine bottle ex-
actly and before you could sa!
jumping Jupiter" or Dancing
Dido" little dwarf jumped out OF
the bushes waving sharp sword.
Goodness gracious me! When that
terrible tiger cat saw what might
happen to him if he waited to nc
introduced, he turned tail and fed
into the woods without even saying
goodbye.
"ThanR you master dwarf" said
Little Jack Rabbit gratefully, you
have saved my life" :,
"That's what l came for" replied
the little man sheathing his sword. Il
will tell Lord Bruin that you are
safe" and he disappeared as sud-
denly as he came. !.
so that's the name of the bear"
thought the little rabbit, but Dapple
Gray said nothing, just threw out
his heels and galloped away and by
and by, after while he came to u
crossroad where stood tall SIGN most
on which was painted in big blue
letters:
ITO the South, Candy Town:
To the North, Mr.. Brown;
To the West, Robins Nest:
To the East, Mince Pie Feast"
1.-THE first and last sound the best
to me-" cried Little Jack Rabbit.
Every WELL" answered Dapple
Gray. We'll go East II it's all the
same to you. I'm fond of pie,
especially mince," and away gallop-
ed the little pony and by and by.
not so very long. he stopped at a
baker shop where about hundred
little bakers were making mince
pies for the fairies. Nobody but a
fairy could buy one Oh dear me!
Wasn't the bunny boy disappointed.
So what do you think he did? He
blew on his little silver whistle and
in the next story IF
A chocolate candy mouse
Doesn't nibble up my house"
I'll tell you what happened after that
Copyright 1923 David Cory
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II will reward you for what
you've DONE" said the grateful bear
whom Little Jack Rabbit had help
ed in the last story. YOU remember,
and untying the bundle, he took out
a little silver whistle. Here take
this" no said land If ever you are in
trouble, blow upon 1t three times"
Then, picking up the bundle he
walked off into the woods.
BY and by, after a while. Little
Jack Rabbit met a fierce looking
tiger cat, with eyes as yellow as
flames and teeth as long as spikes.
"Ha. ha." growled the big cruel
beast,
"Now indeed I'll have a fine feast,
A nice tender bunny, and a pony
that's fat,
Now. which do I fancy the least >"
But while he was trying to decide
the bunny boy blew on his silver
whistle three times but no more for