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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31
SCIENCE
Insect Study

This year tho world celebrates the
centenary Of tho birth or Henry
Tabrc. lie died In 1915 and had no
lived eight years longer he could
have attended his own celebration.
Fabrics entire life was spent in
studying insects. Tho world Is in.
debted 10 him moro than to any
other man for la knowledge OF this
subject This knowledge Is OF Inn
mense Importance 10 man because,
whilo there are helpful as well as
destructive insects, thcre Is never.
theless contest between man and
tho insect world as to which shuil
survive on this planet.
F'abro wrote books, not for the
laboratory soientlst alone, but for
tho general public. He inspired the
masterpiece Of his friend Mneter.
llnck, Tho Lifo Of tho Bee" His
last work was 1.-THE Life Of tho
Scorpion" This book completes a
1O.volumo series called "EntomoloEi.
cnl Memoirs"
He wrote Of many insects and al.
ways from direct, personal observe,
ton md In such plain and force.
ful language that all could under.
stand These works give tho reader
an insight into tho meaning Of tho
universe not to DO obtained by any
other study.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31
Frieda's Follies

OF COURSE, foit aorry for him.
A LISPING man is neither cuto
nor cunning.
But WAS aggravated when my
hopes for him
As A POSSIBILITY fell thru.
THOUGHT 1T might have occur.
red 70 him
THAT INTERSECTIONS In Gods
creations
MIGHT MAKE nm ideal match.
But THEN, a difference of opin.
Ion
DOES MAKE up tho world.
BUT THAT was no reason he
should have said
no ME YEARS LATER. when wo
met:
~ THEE YOU mlthed matri.
monv."
But I WAS UP 10 tho occasion.
WHEN ! responded:
II HAVE NOTHING on you,
j SEE, dear boy,
YOUR MISS Is still NTH"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31
The Price of a Life

TN the midst of wave of reckless automobile driving
J. when life and limb being sacrificed more wan
ton than before in Seattle persons accused of care
reconizances SIS bonds and other small amounts
ranging up to 800.
Is SIS the price of life in Seattle?
two-ton steeland-glass car in the hands Of a care
less or negligent driver is far dangerous than
gun in the hands of crook 1t is dangerous weapon"
Of high potentaty The first thing police do to crook
when they catch him, is deprive him of his gun The
first thing they do to reckless driver is free him on
Home ridicuousIy small bond and give him back his
weapon.
Nine hundred and ninety-nne motorists out of thou
sand mere careful considerable drivers Why expose
them, to say nothing of pedestrians to the menace of
wild pilots who nothing for reckless speed and
the transient thrill it gives?
Is the price of human life in Seattle less than s100?
There is only safe place for the reckless driver
There is only safe place for the reckless driver
and that is behind the bars And that is where the rec
less driver should stay until he has learned better how
to conduct himself on the streets
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31
"The Winds of Freedom"
COMETIMEs it takes enough i'll winds

COMETIMES it takes enough i'll winds to make a
~ cyclone before they blow any good.
So it has been with judicial tyrannythe usurpation
of powers by judges which they intended to
have.
Turnout the country in recent years the wind has been
blowing in this direction, each time little stronger than
the last Editors and other critics of judicial actions have
been fined and jailed free speech and free assembage
have been prevented public discussion has been enoned
labor leaders have been barred from carrying the
work of their organizations folks have been threatened
and punished for expressing opinions trial by jury has
been repeatedly denied thru the operation of injunction
and contempt procedure.
At last progressive republicans have been aroused TO
seek strict limitation Of the contempt powers Of federal
courts Congress before did this when it passed
statute in 1881, limiting the power of federal judges to
punish for contempt strictly to of contempt
ring within the actual presence of the courta statute
which federal judges have blandy defied construed
enabling them outside of court and punish critics
for writing and printing comments their judicial ac-
tions.
Senator Mcclellan has an amendment providing for
jury trial in indirect contempt cases-that is orig
mating outside the courts actual presence. This would
end the practice of judges who accuse prosecute try and
punish their critics, without jury trial. Indictment pre-
sumption of innocence any of the other guarantees
that supposed to protect defendant in criminal
case
Thus all the little winds of recent years combining
into big blow that promises to sweep from federal
judges their usurped powers and restore the liberties
and mmuntes that constitution and statutes pro-
vide
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31
Danger in January
i y y = y
Death Takes Big Toll Next Month

lsfn was fatal to i.eii. with wood
alcohol poisoning adding 1914 10
It's liat. A total Of is.osT women
died Of diseases related 10 child.
birth.
Country jewellers arc moro health.
fui than urban Inhabitants. The
figures are 4ss.eas rural and s2s.esi
city deaths.
During tho year there were T.sss
murders. an increase over the pre-.
vion years total Of i,sto, Acct.
den,a caused e0.Ss6 deaths.
Your greatest danger OF aecIdsn.
mi death n from crushing IN
Wrecks. or lanaalides. Fails nre
next most fatal. causing io.lpg
deaths. only GO under the total Tor
all tho fatal automobile accidents VI
the area. Drowning took toll Of
e.tsa; burns. b.sg9: poison. a.is7. and
accidental wounds from firearms.
2,sae.
Nearly az many people died by
falling down stalfB az IN ell The
straet car accidents Of tho year. or
ali the mine disasters. Automo.
bllca took just twice the toll Of
railroads and showed an increase.
while railroad accidents waro fewer.
Seventeen peraons met death by
starvation. Excessive cold killed
III and excessive heat ets, Light.
ming Killed 4si. while tho total
from nirpiane and balloon accidents
was only Ice.
Vermont has the highest death
rate 81 any Of the "a states
reporting and Montana the low.
est. According to statistics for
the larger cities, life Is most
hazardous in Memphis and least
in Akron. with the Bronx
borough. New York. and Seattle
next for safety.
More pcrgons do before reaching
ono year OF ago than Mt any other
period OF life. Once that time IL
passed. the second peak Of danger
does not CONS until the years be
tween 70 and "a.
In. 1921. 1860 perrons over 90
years OF ogc died and 9i0 who
wero over 100
Ranking next TO January ms tho
most unheaithful month IN the year
is March. while September has the
record for the fewcst deaths.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31
A wONDERFUL OIL FIrIp

The arteaian conditions out there
tsalt Creek field arc more perfect
than In any other field | know OF.
There Is no other field In tho world
whcro oil can flow for oven two
years. out there It has been flowing
for 10 years in that first Wall Creek
sand. II tho water had not flowed
ana replaced that oil and kept press.
ing against It, the pressure would
have gone down to, perhaps, 20
pounds n square inch instead Of a
few hundred pOunds.-Chestcr Wash.
burno. consulting geologist. before
senate committee ON public lands and
surveys.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31
Seattle'S First Resolution

CEATTLE'S most important New Year resoll-
- ton already has been made by every one OF
her decent citizens.
It is: Wanton destruction of human
life by reckless autoists must stop!
The unbelievable inhumanity of few mad
drivers, the careessness of Others, has brought
this city's patience to an end Already crowd
of usually peaceful citizens has threatened occu-
pants of wildly-driven car with physical vio-
lence Nor can one, taking everything into con-
sideration, blame those citizens very much. The
temptation to inflict punishment on fools who
menace ones safety is very great.
pUT we are law-abiding community. We have
~ legal agencies to guarantee us reasonable
safety on the highways We should insist, with all
our force, that these agencies be employed to the
utmost. The price, in dollars, does not enter into
the discussion. We are willing to pay cheerfully,
whatever is necessary to make the streets safe for
ourselves our wives our mothers and our children.
If our legal agencies shirk their duty at this time,
citizens sooner or later will take the law into their
own hands. An autost, perhaps an innocent one,
will be beaten or lynched by mob.
Such an act would be an ineradicable blot on
the city's good name. 1t should not be allowed to
happen 1t MUST NOT be allowed to happen.
THERE is but one way to prevent it. Reckless
- driving must be stopped-and stopped NOW.
Swift punishment must be visited upon fools
armed with motor cars. The first consideration,
of course is to deprive them of their right to drive.
The second, to imprison them for terms sufficient
to serve not only as punishment to themselves, but
as warnings to others.
You should help the police with every means in
your power. They are just as anxious to stop this
criminal waste of human life as you are. The
honor of the force is at stake. Policemen have
wives and babies, as you have; they feel you do
over this terrible oupouring of human blood. Tell
them of cases that come under your observation.
Be willing if necessary to let your business go for
an hour while you testify in court against poten-
tial murderer.
CEATTLE never failed yet in anything she I'M
- dertook. Now she takes the greatest New
Year resolve she ever has taken. And she will not
look back until that resolve is fulfilled:
Reckless driving--wanton destruction
of human life by mad drivers-must
stop!" .
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31
Tellamg 1t
to Congress
sHIps. MEr ASH pnY

I was surprised to read in the
newspaper this morning tho state
mcnt that the American Bar assocIa.
ton had engaged passage 70 London
on an English ship. While we arc
here trying 20 build M the American
merchant marine. for the great Amer
lean Bar association not TO pntronlzo
our ships Is almost unthinkable. Such
action on their part seems 10 mo TO
be very inconsldoKate. Tho agent OF
the association or Of tho shipping
board has evidently been asleep on
his Job,-senator Dial Dl. South
Carolina.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31

TURN over the page. for a year IL done.
Il And nineteen hundred and twenty-three
Is a hook that's finished. yarn that's spun,
A thing that isnt-but used 70 be;
Here's brand new page. and brand new pen
with which 10 scribbIe some brand new lore.
Wo emit write last year over again
so--whatI we write In FAT
CHALL we carry over the last years dope
~ or greed. hypocrisy. hate and doubt?
or shall we substitute Love and Hope
And leave those uglier passions out?
Here's q brand new page and brand new chance
For a brand new tally "A brand new score
WhatIi we write OH this clean expanse,
whatTi we write In 242
T'HE blots and errors OF '23
4 The biurs and scratches arc absent here
For this II a brand new page we see
A brand new page and a brand new year.
Whatever Is written Is ours 10 write;
Shall we improve the days Of yore3
It's up 10 us--heren page that's white.
Whntll wc write in '24Z
Copyright 1923. The Seattle Start
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31

WAsHNGToN. DOC. AL
w Tho august United States
nenaia does not tako very nori.
ouely Secretary OF state
Hughes panic lest tho Russian
bolhhoylki run mp n red flag
over tho White House. Hero'n
how Senator George Norris. re.
publican. Of Nebraska. mndo
merry with tho Hughes fred"
warning, as reported In tho
Congregational Record:
Mr.. Norris III was asserted
by our own officials under tho
last administration. under tho
pnlmy days OF Palmer, that
there was an organization In
this country composed OF aliens
who were going 10 overthrow
our government, and no spent
several million dollars Of our
money going out 20 arrest a
whole lot OF foreigners and dc.
pultiHk tHtfIls
I'VE sent a ahipload across
tho water. and the official who
passed on most OF those cases
haH eaid over his own sigma
tnrc. IN writing, that IN all OF
the Thousands OF arrests TINT
were made there were only q
very few cases, as / remember
Il, al least n very email mum.
hor. where there was anything
IN any way that showed Il Grim.
inal nature IN any of tho Eel.
lows who wero arrested. and
there wcro 5000 or 6.ooo ar.
rested.
yet. all at once all over the
country q lot OF nleuihs. detee.
tiyca. some Of them high.clasa
men. some OF them cx.conyietn.
Homo Of them who had been
themselves found guilty before
jnrios. were out ferreting out
tho evidence, and AZ a signal
from Washington they made d
raid all over the country. from
the Atlantic 10 tho Pacific.
upon clubs, residences. nmuae.
ment hnlis. and restaurants.
and arrested everybody In slght
without warrant. They filled
the jalls OF the cities. They put
those people IN chains. They
handcuffed them.
THEY put Hhaci<iea on their
feet. and thus bhnckied anil
thus handcuffed. carried them
hundreds OF miles from their
homes without permitting them
20 speak TO anybody, without
the knowledge OF their wives or
their children that they had
heen taken away. and hustled
them. WHEN the jaila were filled.
Into other public buildings.
where they were herded like
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31

WASHINGTON, Dec. ats--Take
care Of yourself noxt moushl
Moro people do Ia January than
In any month OF tho year.
And II sou live IN the state OF
Vermont, or the city OK Memphis.
take extra good care Of yourself.
for those arc the most unhealthful
places 10 tho country. Seattle l.
ono OF tho safest and most heal,hful
clues.
That II what mortality statistics
Tor the year 1891. Just issued by
tho United s,ntea census bureau.
reveal.
But on tho whole. their ssory 4
cheerful one.
Your chances for life arc I'm.
proving each year. tho statistics
show, In 1891. i.o3s.o03 persons
died In the - staten reporting 10
tho federal government. decrease
Of ifo4t9 over tho previous year.
In 1850. tho death ratio per 100000
population, over this entire area,
was 1906. In 1891. It was i.iss.e.
whlio tho number Of deaths from
sickness decreased. deaths by sui
eide, murder and automobile acct.
dents all Increased. the first IN
alarming proportions.
In 1921, Ii,l36 persons ended
their own lives, as against $3.50
the year before. OF the sui.
ciics, I.1se used firearms.
Hanging was the next most
popular method. with gas and
corrosive substances following.
Epidemic diseases caused isl,is3
deaths. OF which tho largest single
fnctor was tuberculosis. making up
more than half Of tho total. Heart
disease ranked next in fatality, fol.
lowed by cancer. apoplexy and
chronic nephritia.
Only two persons In the entire
area died Of the plague. Alcohol.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31

cattle, worao than the farmer,
whom no ahips 10 market. would
herd his own hogs most Of
them without a warrant, many
OF them held incommunicndo
for days, homo of Thorn for
weeks. They arrested everybody
In sight.
why, I have beon told by
n man who watched the raids
that they arrested In many Of
those plnces every man who
had whIskern. III tho depart.
mont OF Justice. now under
Dnugherty. are going 10 make
that kind or raids. they ought
at least 20 give tho secretary OF
state netlco before they mako
them.
III would be a real calamity
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31
Senate Isn't Scared of Reds

II such n thing took place. IL
our most iliustrioiis and able
leader on this side OF the aisle
should DO walking down Penn.
nylyanla nyc. arm IN arm With
tho great secretary Of state. W..
cure. supposedly, in tho pro.
lection Of the constitution Il
the United States over Their
liberty ana their persons. that
a lot OF these sleuths coming
from all parts Of the country
should capture them and. with.
out permitting them even u
call their friends. their families.
or their attorneys. rush them
on board a ship and deport
them 10 some foreign country
like Russia just because they
had whisIlcra."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31
UNCLE SANS SHOES

Tho shoe industry, 80 far as sup,
plying the needs OF the government.
would require the production OF up.
proximntely 100000 pairs OF shoes
annually, and II would furnish ON.
ployment 70 about 1000 men Cocou.
pants OF federal prisons).-Rcport OF
Joint committee Of senate and house
10 determine what employment may
be furnished federal prisoners.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31
A NUMBER HE KNEW

lilo had just arrived from tho old
country and was not familiar with
tho use Of the telephone. So no took
down the receiver and demanded:
"Ayo want to talk 90 my wife"
Tho operators voice cnmc back
gvcetly, Number. plcase7"
oh" he replied. she bnnc my
second vun"-Pooplo'A Home Jour.
nal.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31
rITY THE POOR MAN.

Magistrate You are accused OF
stealing 20 rcams Of foolscap and n
gallon Of ink. fIavo you any de.
fenses
PriHoreF--YcH, your honor. i am
IA novelist. I simply was collecting
material for my new siory.--Ex,
change.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31
A COAL SUBSTITUTE

There are large amounts. millions
Of acres, Of shale in our state that
I can take and burn almost like coal
because OF oil contentl--senator
smoot, Utah. in senate committee on
public lands and surveys.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31

DIR. Herman kreit. Berlin den.
list; Tho Germans arc con.
dcinnsi 10 die. For why7 be-
cause they can no longcr az.
ford 10 nay for dentist work.
Had tecth--or no iecth--cauBo
lad slnmnchs. bad stomachB
canso lad characters, bad char.
actera make had decisions, Had
decisions mean bad work. And
people who do bad work cannot
hold thoir place in tho world.
It Is no.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31

or WHAT I'D kI4Y NOFH WAsFs NsAJ
Oh, they say, Where's the coai?''
We swear off IN New Year ana
after that we swear of and on.
Say. Helen. is that young man
going 10 stay all night7''
He says he win. pa. II tiiero's4
plenty OF room. whcrc'll 1 70
hin? '.-Boston Transcript.
Teacher" Spell bird cage
Bird hyphen cage
why did you put the hyphen lny'
"Aw. so tho bird can sit on IT,
Judge.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31

A. A. Wolf. Ottawa. Kan.
state board OF Agriculture; II
cannot eco n chance for n Kan.
rms wheat pool 10 succeed, but
tho plan nhouid hBvo a trial.
4 wheat pool. the tontncles OF
which would stretch across tho
ocean, would 10 worth serious
consideration. but n small pool
win 10 nothing more than a
lone fly on sticky paper
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31

James ]. Davis, secretary OF
labor. II nrn for an immiEra.
ton policy truly American.
drawn by Americans, admins.
tered by Americans for tho
benefit Of Americans today and
ia tho future"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31
JOY
BY HILDA C0NKLING

ToY Is not thing you
II Ii what you feel when watch breathing,
or whon you peer thru net Of woven violet stems
In Spring grass
II IN not sunlight. not moonlight.
Hut aeparate shining.
Joy lives behind peoples eyes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31
WHAT FOLKS
ARE SAYING

Mary Garden: philadelphia
IL great for shopping and rnst-
ing. ] slept from noon ono day
almost to noon OF tho next.
such a divine city for rest oh.
yea, / Just adore Philadelphia"
Or. Helen 8. Mitchell. battle
Creek food expert. II have no
doubt that tho many cases Of
spinal curvature and ot other
dtforfnitles Of tho skeleton In
young girls are duo 10 INSULT.
cient mineral matter In tho
food. Young girls should drink
plenty OF milk and cat an
abundance OF vegetables"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31
A THOUGHT

Come unto me. all 70 that labor
and are heavy laden, and I will
give you rest.--Matt. xi.::2s.
WEAKNESS can snore upon the
flint. when resty sloth finds tho.
down pillow hard.-Shakespeare.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31

Star Want Ad rates are is cents
per line for a three.time insertion.
Phone MA in-os0o.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31
SMILES

Oh. what do the cold waves sayf
Oh, they say, where's the coai?'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-12-31

I.eam amor. q .-a wlaa. ertsasrIsa 4 a.alsa COB
New Britain herald., 1923-12-29
CORNERSTONE WAS LAID 3I YEARS AGO
Cathedral Of St. John the Divine
 Under Construction Since 1892

New York, Dee. 29.-The uncom- pleted cathedral of St. John the 1 Divine, which occupies d commanding
 position on Cathedral Heights, at 10th street celebrated Thursday the
 fifteenth anniversary of it's inception.
 and the thirty-first of the beginning
 of actual construction.
 When the structure is finished it's area will be 109,0S2 square feet, the ] largest in the English speaking world.
 Its size will be exceeded only by St. Peters in Rome and the Cathedral of
 Seville in Spain. Today, however, l only the great choir stands with rad l iating chapels and a section of the crossing.
 l A clause in the state charter pro- vides that seats in the cathedral shall always be free, and although it is the administrative center of the diocese of New York, Protestant Episcopal church. persons of many creeds and many races have gathered under its roof to worship in their own way.
 Besides the bishop, the Right Rev. William T. Manning, the speakers at lI1e ctleDTdtlOH were ath. UT. o. Parkes Cadman, pastor of Central Congregational church, Brooklyn, and George w. Wickersham, former at. torney general of the United States and one of the cathedral trustees.
 Services in the cathedral are held at times in foreign languages, as varied ethnic groups from New York city's mixed peoples gather there. Many services are conducted in Italian and spanish; occasionally in Armenian, Japanese, Chinese, Swed- ish and Welsh. On kossovo Day Serbian Archimandrite celebrated the liturgy of the Holy Orthodox church at the high altar of the cathedral, and a choir composed of Russians and Jugo-Slavs made the responses. On such occasions as the memorial serv- ice for President Harding throngs filled the cathedral and stood about the doors,
 The portion of the building now standing might be the end of an enormous loaf. It is faced over tenn porarily on the end that will be joined to the nave, and on the sides that will be continued as the tran septs. Around the circular end at the east, opposite the junctnre with the nave, are seven chapels Of tongues
 This standing portion, the choir. is late Romanesque in style. with By zantine influence. A feature of its construction is the great granite pil- lars, which weigh i30 tons apiece. Tho dome is i2e feet above the floor of the crossing.
 Construction was halted by the war, but the diocese intends soon to re- sume building and to complete the structure much more speedily than the choir was erected.