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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10
Well Done"

THE CITY Of Portland has retired Hugh Brady, master
Rveman, with a pension. Some folks call Hugh
Brady the master diver, but he diver. City
grappler his title, and for generation Hugh Brady
for pttanee in all weathers, all hours devoted himself
to the job of Savaging human wreekage from the cold
twisting depths of the old Willamette river
If ever deserved high tribute il is this
Brady-ribute for his knowledge Time after time Brady
was called in after divers and rivemen and volunteer
eareherS had failed and Brady. sitting silent in his old
boat, would with the sullen river, and within
the hour discover the body, swept into dim river
nook by chance demon of a stray current Brady
knew his river other man knew il; placid
seeming river, with another rushing, twisting sucking
river running beneath.
lifetime spent battling river for dead bodies nights
Of solitude and wind and rain and currents
and graphing; feeling thru his old fingers the deep
hidden. pulse of great city river; not diving
and cawing aimesSly but from above with uncanny
locating his grisly treasure. lifetime of that
with scan pay and daily routine Of discomfort CHASTITY
discovery and mental concentration Of the highest sort
One of the binders up of the brokenheared Brady
Considering everything probably his pension is not unduy
exorbitant $40 month for his remaining years!
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10
This Crime Thing

THE Loeb-Leopold hearing will cost Chicago 100000.
That sum is less than regular trial would have cost,
but it is iuminatve in that it informs the public only
there but everywhere that crime enormously expensive
in dollars and cents, TO say nothing of its hdeousness
Chicago has attained record of a murder day.
Not all of these crimes will entail such expenses
attached to the LoebLeopold hearing but Of them
viii fail to take its money toll from the pockets Of the
taxpayers
And what is true in Chicago is also true in every other
community where crimes, great small committed.
Every time offense against the law is perperated.
whether it be of minor major degree reaches into the
pocket Of every citizen and takes hererom cold cash
either many cents many dollars the may
demand. Soak your hide with that fact
We deprecate it but do measure crime for what
is We look upon it merely infringement assault
Of persons upon others, individually col
lectively and in way another-as shock to the
human sensbilties. 1t is all of that and far more.
1t is money tax Of burdensome size. 1t is something
that permit to be forced and for which must
and do pay in cold hard cash. 1t is something that inn
Doverishes not only morally, physically and mentally
out financially.
The remedy is in the hands of civilization everywhere
That crimes repusve face eers at from every angle
is fault and ours alone. And we pay heavy price
for that leer
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10
His Bark Immured

GOV. CLIFF PINCHOT, of Pennsylvania, has sent his
NJ dog, Pep" to prison for life and it is doggone
shame. In the first place, governor has judicial
powers and cannot legally sentence bird beast man.
prison In the next place. Pep did not have fair trial
before jury of his peers the law requires But Pep
is in Jail despite all this.
1t is true that Pep killed the house cat with whom
he had amcaby associated for many and perhaps,
MS act waton and without Justification but he
entitled to offer little something in the way of mitiga-
ton is the modern process. He should have had his
day in court and aensts testify for him. since it not
improbable that his unexpected violence due to puppy
neutrality-suspicious. his endocrine glands had slipped
eccentric something Mayhap he has sandwich brain
whose upper layer applesauce and the lower plain
buckwheat batter. Who knows? Moreover, it might be
shown that while he knew right from wrong-if there be
any wrong in killing a cat-and fully aware of his
responsibility, he still poweress to resist handing
fatal bif to the family feline. You tell about
these things until court allows the aienists to horn in
with their stuff Pep however not only denied all
these safeguards of the law, but he deprived of all
his legal rights.
- The whole thing is rotten. They have treated Pep
like dog.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10

CLAHENCE DARROw On hls
y defense ~ Loeb and Leo
pold m Chicago. has rendered a
great public service bg tb1 De.
cul.ar turn De- gave 90 iha DE-
frnso 81 tHr Youthful murderers.
Before fhe trial had begun
public sentiment was practically
unanimous Tor hanging leaving
out only those opposed 10 eips
ial punishment on principle
Before barrow finished bis won.
dsffll argument however, there
vas pronounced change of
opinion IN Chicago
This waa not because ~ sym
patby for the murdsrors, but BE-.
cause Clarence barrow had
given the country a liberal sdu.
cation in biology, psychology.
psyehlatry. physiology and phil.
osophy and had caused fathers
and mothers 60 do tomo deep
thinking about their own boys
and girls and the critical period
Of adolescence
u would seem - II pnrroNs
long ne Of study outside u the
law had prepared him for this
scientific defense iu a murder
case. and he made the most n a,
Ia having the boys plead
guilty and not pleading imam.
rs. barrow dispensed with the
jury trial and on n the tricks
~ The law and q the lawyer
usurl power % eloqurnos lie
then buHt up his case Tor r plea
10 the Intelligence OF the Judge
And IN the plea barrow admit
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10
BY HERBERT QUICK

What stronger ierm1 II is hard
20 imhgne'
1T II hard 10 offer a satisfar
tory explanation Of such = term. 90
fnya he IL may have an origin
from early English as a profaus
oath"
~ Roy T Hei,on u The Penn
Ch-rts school q professor Or
English. points 10 the fact that
KING Henry VIII once said 70
Thomas Cromwell after Tho fall
Of Cardinal wolsey. I'm play
Hell and Tommy with you
This no rslatss--why know
MOTTO tho fac, that this king
and his daughter Mary had nu.
murouu Squahbles. Hell and
Tommy" he thinks. might DO
adjusted 10 Hell and Maria"
Csiarla being tho Latin form OF
Mary, and thus tho eEpreaAlon
Hell and Maria" might DO an
aAAaA'hA iNAAa@ AAh@fAtAAss htNA+
bio In family circles"
sometimes think that tho
Ignorance Of our educated classes
IS The greatest danger 70 our IN,
teillsenes.
Gen. Dawes has never. 50 far
as know, used tn, Holland.
Maria oTplelivs 10 Indicate trou.
bi. and confusion IN family
circles. Tho conversion Of
Tommy into Maria" is a nero
conjecture.
The origin Of Hell and Maria
Is obvious TO anyone with tho
least acquaintance with practical
profanity. II IA n broiG.r sI.
preston 10 You &C: 20 Helena,
Montana
II Is eamoufiaEsd profanity. II
goes along with darn" for
damn. and "Eoah." for a stll
moro incrcusablo czplctiyc. And
II IL thr carolcssnsas OF report.
ors which has given Il It's pre-.
yaiiiug form. They have mis-.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10
Smoking Room
Stories

INJECTION stories were in demand
II IN The smoker a politician.
with q large. linked gold watch chain
and tilisd cigar and hat, stretched
hls lcEs and sat forward IN that plot
ting manner and told the following
lie Fus the democratic candidate
and b. looked Like wo were runnin'
into republican landslide And
take ID from me-. I'm the little orig
inai political forecast, n I DO say u
myself lie was maxim his final
presidential speech in a certain state
where he was about ne popular A.
a preiEsl and glass Of beer in Lon,
don. ~ viii b. my wife says he.
70 tho republican out front. who were
Eiyin' him tho Icy stare, who'll be
stlin' AZ the head of the preslden
iinl table and eatln' the presidential
bread after election
Is that Eo7 snrcred a big Irish,
man. Wei. buEorry v she g.
therein bc a scandal iu the family u
'he defeated candidate For IL viii
be your adversary she'll be siltin'
and chtin' wid ln The white House
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10

Q. Are German marks and Ger
man bonds likely to 90 up In price?
Is Il possible that German marks
will return TO their pre-war yalus7
4. The future pdlas Of German
marks and German bonds Is purely
speculative. AZ present the return
Of the mark 70 its original ralne
seems most unlikely. THEY arc notc
sta billssd at tho rate Of one triilioH
marks 10 nc rcnfenmark. ,ciieh ia
turn Is north s5.s cents. Every eff
fort Il being made Z. Keep the ren-
feHmart AZ par. ds the renieHW1rk
stability hos been dependent largo
IN upon psychological factors. nc
Ddi1cs plan proposes 70 establish q
nsro German Bank Of Iasuc 10
bring about further stabdtsatioH
Of German currency The old Ger
man marks ieiil then b. exchanged
al the rate Of ono iriiiton 10 the
gold mark
As to German bonds, persons buy
ing them for iHucstmcut purposes
arc entering a risky speculation. az
The actual Uoluc Of ME bond has
not changed. despiie the recent ad-
tdnces IN price on account Of
speculative buying. The bonds arc
payable In the ordinary dcpre-
ciatcd mark currency and not in
gold.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10
BY n. d. COCHRAN

ted 10 could see llftle or no sal
wage In ths tW9 boys Ia fact.
De- thought perhaps % Tar -
they Rero concerned ID might ba
more merciTui 10 hang them Tor
either hanging or iife imprlaon.
mrnt meaut might Tor them
Their lives with ulI iha I'D
1antages Tire veaith u their par,
rntr had given them. were some
thrown away
90 be pleaded Tor the two fam.
iIle-. 10 save them from the ever
lasting disgrace 5f the gallofh;
and he pleaded FOR the thousands
and thousands q boys and girls
now approaching OF IN Tho adol.
ercsut period. and for tho untold
thouFands yet 70 o0ms Who must
pass thru o..
This II what made parents
th.nE. They saw the possibility
~ their own boys. thru some
trick u chemical Or Psychological
fate being boz The same position
OF these boyn with minds da
eassd thru no fault ~ their oRn.
Yes. and the possibility Of a sim
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10

Nov wonderful odor that ces
1S the breezes and Oh pleasure
draw
The calls from the Kitchen apphtes chn
make
wonderful blending Is
worthy big boiling 10 IN. pron.r
think doing what brawng from fr,
you for
coming canned things are
enjoyehe who cooked EN- EN- lot
Of hard labor employed
Copyright starr
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10

ILTAsHINGTOE. Sept. io.-sei.
w enos. having measured the
heat Of the stars and checked up
on The forces u the atom. has
now conquered new fields
n has, according 10 On an
nouucsmeut being brondrast b.
the Anti Saloon League of Amer
Ica. measured the sway af a man
made drunk on 21s per cent
beer
Wayne y Wheeler. grand COB
In OF the Anti Saloon league.
hsrAlds the announcement from
a report by the Carnegie Instltu.
lion OF Scientific Retearch. He
quotes in part ~ follows.
"Ono hour after taking a drink
Of the 255 per cent beverage.
Dr Miles found his subjects had
decreased 80 per cent IN their
ability 20 stand siili or 70 avoid
tie sWaying that accompanies in
ioxloatou. when two liters Of
this dilute drink were given. The
increased sway was Fl per cent
% minutes after the dose was
taken"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10
It's Helen Maria; Here's Why

spelled Gen. Dawcs' counterfeit
oath, Il should be spelled Helen
Maria
n ls TOO bad for the apparent
favor with which tho profane *
precision has been received has
led the Esutral 10 SO thru "a
sort u Eake'a Progress and he
l- now reported 10 he swearing
ilgt n trooper wherever be goes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10
KEEP WASHBOWLS CLEAN

MRS. MANN was an immaculate
1'l housekeeper. 20 there was little
need TO admonish her regarding
cleanliness OF washbowls.
But many people are careless and
here lies fertile field for germ pas.
sage and infection. Careful washing
OF bathtubs and bowls should not be
neglected.
A little borsr will keep a porcelain
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10

tub free from stains and discolorn.
lions while bathing, and when cleans.
ing tho tub or washbowl wiring q
cloth In fine suds and rub soap over
this. sprinkling with borax.
FLANNEL dipped in paraffin makes
a good rub for cleansing tho enamel
and little gasoline on wooden
cloth can be used in removing dirt
and Mt tho sams time leaving a
polish.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10
Rememb Der: 1852"

DEOPLE killed at railroad grade crossings in 1923
i totaed 1852. This is Uncle Sans official figure
Killed by one, they attracted great furore. If
single accident killed 1882 the country would be alarmed
into action
The logical action of course elimination Of dangerous
grade crossings rapidly possible. Meantime motor
lists and drivers should play safe-exercse more
caution than seems necessary. Chalk 1852" your
Windshield.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10
; Questions ;
!! ANSWERED .

Q. wha, is the weight OF Scent
pieces and i-cent piece, U. $.
money!
4. Fiue-ccns plsc,. 7T.Is 5rsiHs;
f.cent piece. lB graiHi
O. Ia there any woman candidate
for president or vice president on
any party Ticket running In this
.lectlons
4. Yss. Mhs Marie C. Brrhm. az
California. Is candidate for vice
president on the Eafiopal prohibition
party ticket
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10
What Folks
Are Saying

WILLIAM LITTLE, English
writer: Tho flrst chapter OF Daniel
Is tho earliest temperance tract. in.
spIred by the abuse Of strong drink
which he saw about him In Baby.
lon
FRED vOlBAND. tx president
National Association Of Retail
ClothierH. Topeka. Kan 1T seems
10 me that the greatest broadsido
for tho good OF all America il tho
fact that this country's best patron.
tho farmer, Is In the market again. .
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10
What Darrows' Defense Means to You

liar fate of their own children Or
grandchildren thru parental
fauit-fha visitation q the airH
N the fathers upon his children
and their children.
50 n tho murder q little Bob
bic franks. and the price h7
murdrrera psy-ths destruction
Of three lives results In moro
intelligent study o. children dur.
ing Adolescence. these Eacrifiera
may bring a wonderful compen.
satlan By the saving for Hoclefy
a. many Thousands o. useful
lives.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10

VoU can get an answer 10 any
i question OF fact or lnfoTma.
| ton by writing The Question
Editor. its3 New York ave.
washington. ID. C., and enclosing
two cents In loose stamps for 70
ply. No medical. legal or marital
ladyice. Personal replies. conf
| Dental All letters mus; be
signed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10
No More Will You
Freeze YourToes

NTAsH1NGToN. Sept. i0.-No
w longer win your toes poke
out from under q short
blanket II the trade adopts rec.
concentrations for standardizr.
ton Just made by the depart.
ment OF commerce.
The government experts would
reduce the number OF blanket
sizes from rs to IL. Tho shortest
length would be &c inches-four
more than that Of slx.foot man
while the longest would he 90
inchea.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10

Low LITTLE i, takes some
IL times 20 puzzle the special.
lsiaF
Tho philoloEtsts are giving
thought to The origin ~ Gen
Dawes expression. Hell and
Maria Dr. Hhney % the Cen
trail high school o., Philadelphia
IN quoted mind don't cay how
correctly as having said that
this was a common expression iu
America 20 or 30 years ngS. and
that II was used as "a polite
substitute for a stronger term"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10
A Thought

lie eaIlsih together his friends
and nelEhbors, saying unto thsm,
Rsjolcs with me. for have found
ms sheep which was i0st.-Luks
1876.
TUE cup of joy f. heaviest WHEN
i empty. Marguerite Do Nalols
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-10
What's Into1icating2

Wheeler holds this AZ final
and authoritative proof that
this kind Of far beer T. tnt0zl.
eating.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-30

the adjustment Of valve tappets e
about the best illustration 0f this
point.
Use 81 Two Nuts.
Usually there are two nuts 20
each valve tappet adjustment. though
in some instances It Is necessary to
hold the push rod with q third
wrench while making the adjust.
ment. Unless the motorist knows
that the top nut Ii for the adjust
ment OF the push rod length and
that the lower one Ms merely used
to press against that nut and thus
lock the adjustment he is likely
to keep turning them until he
either gets the whole business com.
pletely out Of adjustment or turns
the nuts against each other until
they shear OFF.
This sort Of thing can be largely
eliminated through the simple pro.
cess Of going around the car with
the instruction book before going
around it with a set Of wrencl1es.
Another warning Is to use the
right wrench for the right place.
"A wrench that il too large may
undo a nut or bolt; then again ii
may not. But IL 1t fails It usually
succeeds In chipping the edges OF
the nut or bolt, making It all the
more difficult to 1T the proper
wrench to It. This difficulty ID
particularly Objectionable IL the
particular nut happens to DO IN an
awkward position.
Kinds Of Wrenches.
Some motorists win use socket
wrench In places where an ordinary
open end wrench would be more an.
propriate. The trouble with the
socket wrench in the hands Of the
amateur is that he exerts too much
force on the handle, ana this com.
bined with the leverage acquired a
usually more than a bolt can stand.
He usually winds up by shearing OF
the head Of a bolt.
once saw a nn0torist shear OF
two transmission head bolts and one
on a universal joint housing--ail
within the space Of fifteen minutes
This necessitated saving across
the face Of the broken bolt with a
hack saw until there was groove
enough to insert q screw driver and
unscrew the broken section. with
an open end wrench the motoriyt
would not have been so likely to ex.
ert too much force because the lev.
erage action is less.
In going around the car with d
wrench 1t Is important to distinguish
between those nuts and bolts one
will have no occasion to unscrcw
and those which may need to be re-.
moved in the near future-and rs.
moved easily. This applies particu.
larly to the spark plugs. IF there
Is no oil around a plug It Is tight
enough and should not be given q
few turns for good measure" II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-30

The troubled ruler might have
made name for himself had q
|steed been forthcoming, but az the
garageman wisely observes, 'sThen
again he might have done with the
horse what the average automobile
tinker does with wrench when
he gets it. He begins messing
things up
When this same garageman
showed me the job he was working
on was promptly switched to his
way Of thinking. Here he was
replacing an entire steering gear
housing just because the owner had
mistaken the locking nut for the
steering gear adjusting nut and
frightened it until he cracked the
housing.
Encouraged Leaks.
Before I could draw any conclu-
sions from this the garageman had
directed my attention to the job
his helper was working on, q water
pump leak. I was told that the
owner had a mania for looking for
water leaks and that as a conse-
quence he changed the position OF
the pump packing nut so frequently
that he was actually encouraging
leaks. At best, he was taking up
on the adjustment so often, and
COMPRISING the packing SO unneces-
sarily that he was making repacking
an annoyingly frequent process.
This was reminder Of the folly
OF keeping the fan belt tight. IT
may sound like a paradox but here
was a seasoned repairer ready to
agre that the greatest cause OF loose
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-30
WIRES AND
WIRING
81 ALEXANDER JOHNSTON

&AAAb1AA1AANASAAAS
From questions asked me I know
that American car owners have
considerable trouble with the cleo
trical wiring Installed on their
cars.
our quantity production system
leads to quite q lot Of careless wir-
ing on cars, not all makes by any
means, but In certain instances.
There are q few cars, in fact, where
the owner would be well advised to
tear out the wiring installed by the
maker ana put in good insulated
cable.
Poor wiring Is very likely to lose
its insulation in places and to
have cracks develop through which
the current leaks out. Cracked
cable becoming water or oil soaked,
are going to throw out the whole
electrical system. The result is bad
lights, weak starter and in some
cases poor ignition.
When symptoms show that the
electrical system IL of, test the
battery first, See that it Is up TO
1880 specific gravity or higher; II
50 the battery Is all right.
Since the battery feeds up to
speeds Of fifteen miles an hour or
so, when the generator cuts in. It
is reasonable to suspect that dim
lights below that speed are caused
by detective wiring, the battery hav-
ing proved to be functioning prop
erly.
Look first at the insulation Of
the wiring at the terminals. A
strand Of wire which has worked
4 e1nx1 H. -
ing contact and draining the cur
rent, with irregular lights and tg-
milton.
A poor connection in the am
meter circuit may throw open that
whether or not the battery is be-
ing charged.
Water ana dirt work their way
frame channel or on the engine
water is driven into the engine
compartment, drenching wires and
cables. In time these get soaked
through and give trouble.
Whenever you find q wire or
cable that Is frayed or cracked,
wrap Il with tape, but II there Is
= 4CohAA "a - AAS~SA OACo-Ap RAS AAA -
new wire.
A loose or dirty terminal Is
another location to look for trouble.
because Il does not pass on its full
flow Of current.
A loose ignition wire and badly
corroded terminal may stop the
engine, put out the lights and put
the starter completely out Of bust
ness.
When you get q new car. 60
over the wiring system carefully.
Be sure that every wire Is fastened
50 that It cannot swing and chafe.
install flexible metal conduits where
you find that these are needed.
II the wiring system Of the car
Is properly protected, securely fas-
tened and given an occasional over
looking, there IL no reason why Il
should give any more trouble than
the electric wiring in your home.
The only thing IL the wiring on
the car IL subject to vibration,
which is likely to loosen It up,
with certain trouble to follow,
Therefore give It periodic inspec-
ton and tightening where It IL
needed.
Copyright, 1894, by the christy
Walsh Syndicata).
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-30

may be more important sometime
70 remove 1t quickly.
The nuts on the spring bolts
should be tight ct all times. but not
binding. There is difference. You
can feel It IN riding the car. And
the repairerss bill for new bushings
is another indication.
Spring clips are too delicate to be
handled roughly. True, they should
not be loose, but neither should they
he broken off. II a clip does nor
seem to tighten with turning Of the
nut remove the nut and bolt and
then insert one or two lock washers
In appropriate places.
In the case Of body bolts, which
are found under the car, an excess
OF force viii not do any harm. Bolts
that fasten the engine support como
under the same category. Likewise
bumper fastenings. It's just a qaes.
ton Of being sure Of the situation
before proceeding.
In monkeying with monkey
wrenches you can't go wrong Il you
initiate the knowledge, Of otheka
rather than their bitter experience.
Copyright, 192t.)