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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10
John Law and the Crooks

MO profession has made such advance in the quality
IN of its personnel in the last few years has the
crime profession and it is about time for under
stand that crime in this country is profession and not
mere odd-hour, makeshift job for weak morons
In the old days there imagination in thuggery;
the bandit held you up and took what you had; then
he went away from there without goodbye. To-
day the highwayman is likely to inquire parting for
your address, your telephone number that he may
send you any vaueless to him. private papers, after ne
has gone them.
Los Angeles bandit his victims address and
leaves the empty bin fold in the mail box before his
victim gets home from the police station
Kansas City automobile bandit makes habit Of TAX
ing the address of his customers and later telling them
where he has sold their cars
Seattle hghwayman has sent to his victims the pawn
brokers' tickets for their stolen watches and jewery,
and frequently kindly burglars, after discovering the
family plate is only plate leave burglar alarm sugges-
lions that if followed will protect the home and also
journeymen burglars the trouble of friskng
profitable domiciles.
Meantime the esteemed John Law is bit behind
the crook brigade. But then, why shouldn't John Law
take his time? He doesn't make his living by catching
crooks, but the crook must make his by remaining
uncaught.
Maryland is satisfied it's certainly sill right with
good you plant
wonder WIN you have
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10
Conserpations Crucial Hour

IAN by Pinchot Pennsylvania
f>HE attempted destruction of the Roosevelt conser-
walton policy is the of the oil scandal which
is filling the front page of every newspaper An effort
made to set private profit ahead of the public wei
fare; to prefer private nterests-private oil interests
the interests of the nation thru its navy; to abolish
the Roosevelt plan to set aside oil for the Amer
lean navy insurance against lack of fuel in some
great future crisis word at the cost of the nation
help few rich grow richer still.
The effort to get the navys oil away from the gov
eminent is not 1t vigorously pushed forward
in congress during the Wilson administration but was
defeated by the efforts of friends of conservation who
told the people what going and brought public
opinion to the rescue. Having failed in congress- the
grabbers took another tack and this time thru the faith
essness of executive officers to their public duty they
won and the navy lost.
Beyond all question the who thus turned their
backs their obvious duty should be punished But
merely to punish them will not restore the navys oil.
The thing that really counts and the only thing is
that the navy should its oil leases To let the
grabbers keep the navys oil would mean utter failure
Whatever else happens the navy must have its oil again
Zone step in advance, however, we have definitely
accomplished. Of this may be very That he who
undertakes to violate the conservation policy hereafter
will find his unfaithfuness to his public trust on the
front page Of every journal and in the mouth of every
patriotic American. The time for giving away in secret
the natural of the nation to the grabbers whose
hands always reaching for them is past The Roose-
American people Let him who would defy it remember
Balinger and Fall From speech delivered in New
York city,
What could make getting German
station broadcasing Deutschland Uber
London boy Of appointed an honorary
movie star.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10
Frieda's Follies

WOMEN are not the only ons
WHO FEATURE their looks i.
toilet.
SOME men should be written Is.
PERMANENT wave, bored CT
bow ties
AND all.
THIS MAN had reached tn. i:
der age
WHERE badness was cres,s;
upon him.
HE SPENT hours making a a.
HEX
COVER the nudity OF his head.
HE PRUNED over complimer.
LIKE n debutante.
I LIKENED him TO one. one n
HE TOOK II as a compIImen;
UNTIL added:
YES, you look very debutauis
this season.
II PERCEIVE your hair Is ca
ing out"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10
What Folks
Are Sayinq

WILLIAM A. BRADY, thea.d.
manager II don't know what ! h
matter with New York IN psrtlevs
and the United states In gene.
II seems 10 be a craze 10 desr.
anything that Is home grown
REV. HOWARD A. yERSm|
Minneapolis: The great trouble \
the most OF I'm. when We try 70 !,
hold OF religion. we begin al N
wrong end"
A. ID. STEPHENS. banker, cr,c.|
ton. Minn.-'Unless congress 3,
something that remedies tho ~.
mental trouble or the agriculsu, y
America. there win be radical 4
every seat in congress"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10

U1IIAT Is the child OF tho
w next generation going 10
rcadT Fairies and enomes must
conquer and govern new
worlds. heroes and warriors
must achieve new adventures. N
they arc 20 intrigue tho youth
full mind after their old fashion.
What win be tho exploits OF
Aladdin. the witchery OF mer-
maids. and speaking statues.
and fiying palaces 20 tho very
aware young person familiar
with radio. airplancs. and sub
marinea7 And tho doughty hero
and warrior must likewise sur
render before the bomb and ma
chino gun: their past adyri.
lures ara much too simple and
naive for this advanced age.
Tho wonder tales have ali
como truo and faded into the
light OF common day. and bid
fair 10 become about as thrill
ing TO the future child as tho
Rollo Books or tho Dolly Dim
pie storicH Tho most they can
hope 20 do Is TO excite a mild
amusement IN their absurditics.
after the fashion OF tho Castle
Of orfranto" and The Children
Of the Abbey"
II begins 10 look M II the
small boy was going 10 BE- hard
UP for reading matter. Already
he has declared hts sophlsti-
Gated taste BY repudiating tho
sentimentalIty OF Little Lord
Fauntleroy' and tho once 10 cg-
citing adventures OF Tho Prince
and the PAuper::" and fond
mothers. who looked forward 10
the day when they might read
these books 70 their children.
have only tho tear OF dlSap-
pointment for their portion.
II IL time 10 invent n new
kind OF Juvenile literature-only.
invention OF that sort Is dead
gone with the childhood OF
the race.
Perhaps n more robust era IL
coming. In which children may
find interest in real things and
profItably stretch their minds
over problems Of chemistry and
physics. This idea. however.
would not suit Mr.. @. X. Chester.
ton. who. vehemcntiy II para
logically. maintains that the only
true things in life are tho fairy
stories.
II IL, after all. the old story OF
progress. and we need not worry.
Tho world natures. and has long
ago outgrown many OF It's youth.
ful enthusiasts. such as the in
terminable. tedious. impossible
tales which once entranced the
listener. in medieval camp and
hall. But Imagination must DO
stimulated and nourished, else
we die.
No great progress in any hu.
man field Of endeavor has ever
been made without II. but this
will be taken care OF. As long as
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10
WHAT HAPPENED TO US.

The people arc now wiser. and. un.
fortunately. much sadder than they
were on election day. three years
ngo. They arc now in tho unhappy
condition OF the unsophis;lcaicd boy
who put his hand into n barrel OF
turtles. and thercupon had ono OF hia
fingers severely bitten. While he
was stiil gazing at tho barrel. n
spectator asked him the question.
AT what arc you looking?' The
boy replied. IL am looking NJ the
critters in this barrel. / want 20
find out whether have been bit
or stung. Sen. Nicely D). w. Va.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10
Your Own Third Degree
TEST SELF FOR UNDERSTANDING

no you understand what prov.
~ crbB mean. what lesson
they arc meant TO teach? Prove
II By doing the following test:
first read the first proverb.
Then select tho statement that
best explains this provcrb and
writo It's letter after the proverb.
Then do the same with the sec.
ond and third proverbs.
You should 30 able 10 complete
this test correctly in TWO min.
u;ea.
Get out your watch. Rcady7
COZ
PROVERBS:
l. The burnt child breads fire.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10

/ given. nor can EXTENDED research
be undertaken. Unsigned re-
quests cannot be answered
J EDITOR.
Q. What causes an oastsS
A. Water from the mountains
gets between two layers OF rock
seeps between tho strata. and come,
out in springs or wells AZ certain
places In the desert
Q. witch counfrtc, hare paid a
bonus 70 their icorid tear veterans
4. Great Britain. Canada, France
and Italy.
Q. who ,eas Nikephoro, Biem-
mydesf
a. A Greek monk who founded
a monastery near EphesuA Ho was
a writer on religious subjects. he
lived iisT-i?72 A. ID.
Q. Where arc the federal prison,
iocafedr
A. At Atlanta. Ga; Fort Lcaven-
worth. Kan; and Mcneil Island
Wash.
Q. who ir1s the last A=ieo en-
peror OF Hericot
A. Mon,czuma III.
O.. What Is the meaning Of Ala.
medal
A. This is a Spanish word for
poplar grovc:" eolloquialiy prom
cnadc."
Q. Does the United States GOT.
ernmert onyrhcrc employ Hindu
oudrdsf
A. There arc Hindu guards and
watchmcn on u. s. government,
property at San Rogue. Cavitc
Philippine Islands and in parts oil
the cavito arsenal. Most Of these
Hindus, or Indians, arc British sub.
jects. nitho some have acquired
Philippine citizenship.
Q. Hoo much cork should be IN
a NE prcserperf
A. At least six pounds OF good
cork.
Q. When iods alien farm prop.
erfv taken orcr By the oorernmenti
A. On October 9, 1917.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10
What Will They Read?
BY MRS. CAMPBELLINA

sky and earth aud the wonder OF
tho seasons solicit the growing
sopl. there will be food 20 nonrish
It's visions ana fair dreams. Ma.
turo win not bciray ns. no matter
how often wo bc,ray hcr. and abe
viii IN some beneficial way take
caro- Of her children OF the future
even as sho has those OF tho past.
Blu, ono wonders II tho young
s,er OF tomorrow viii read any.
thing. lie win miss a lot Of fun
n he does not.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10
WHERE TO TAX

Nearly all OF the 100000 that
tho retailers will have 20 pay in
taxes win como from pearls. dla.
monds. precious and somi.prccious
stones--luxuries--and surely. II tho
government must have a revenue.
there Is no better place TO levy II
than upon such luxuries. - Rep.
Crisp OBJ. Ga.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10

tho Job OF state treasurer. \.
reluctantly accepted. He ~,
elected 70 an office which q,
ries $4,000 a year and dlsbur,t,
'55.ooo.0Oo public funds. aubls,'
70 his orders.
And that II the story O, .
captain Of marines who has d,
erection.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10
The Boy and Business

THE small boy understands his business. For weeks
he has been playing street hockey in the rain
every quiet street But the hockey sticks have gone
to the basement and the bat and ball coming out
little later he will have short of marbles. kites
and tops, but in the meantime he will be getting in trim
for the great American game.
Better than he knows, he is in training for the inn
portant places in department stores for factory
agement and the like. He is learning with nicely the
times and the seasons. And he is having bully good
time as he goes along.
Mexico viii send Olympic France II the team has
soldiers they should be
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10
Lenroot's Lament

WISH to state to the that the contingent fund
of the senate for the payment of witnesses and
penses of eapo Dome) Investigations is entirely
haused There witnesses in the city, now from New
Mexico who have not money enough to pay their fare
back to the state of New Mexco-Senator Lenroot (R
Wis.
Whist, senator! Maybe Sinclair would buy them tickets
back, if they'd agree to stay there and throw in
pedigreed bulls cows and hogs bonus, too.
Never the quality religion what he while
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10
A Buoy Boundary Line

CENAToR WESLEY L. JONES has asked the state de-
~ partment to establish by buoys the boundary line in
the straits between the United States and British Column
ba And the Canadian government will be asked TO share
in the cost If this is carried TO completion il will not be
long before passenger well bootlegger, between
Seattle and Victoria may know with certainty when he
approaching the l2-me limit.
champion fine print
Ia bad light
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10

?. Rome was not built In a dzy.
3. There is no smoke withssi
fire.
STATEMENTS:
a Time Is required 70 produces
anything OF value.
b. Failure follows frsquc-t
change Of plan
C. Unhappy experiences teasA
Us TO be careful.
d. Those in disgrsce alwsN
want 70 disgrace others.
e. There Is no result without =
cause.
ANSWERS: /. c: .. a; &c.
All rights Science Servi
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10
4 LETTER From
AVRD6E MANN
March 10. 1924.


Folks:
Joe Bungsarte noted OF spirits that never
blue Is seeking the office OF mayor Editor Homer
Brew. His column from careful inspection dscloses
facts OF tho case: He's 10 win the clectonheres
body else in tho race
And since subscribe 10 tho column conducted by
O. Brew. III vote for Old Joe solemn imperative
10 do With never chance Of my losing ballot
winner az last.
But Sun discover omissions by Editor Homer G.. Brew:
he's silent about propositions that share in the baIotng
too And 80 must study them, noting their natures
numbers In full and then, which I'm doing my voting I'll
savvy tho lever 10 pull
Tomorrow while after dinner, tho battle OF voting Is
thru. Joe Bungstarters picked for winner. by
Homer c. Brew Whatever nay be your selections this
item Is worthy Of noteThc people who gum the elections
slackcrs who don't yoic
M,1eae Ma~~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10
A THOUGHT

He also that Is jotlifnl In HIS
work Is brother 10 him that Is a
great waster.-Prov. xviii:9.
CLOTH, like rust. consumes faster
~ than labor wears. while the key
often used Is always bright.--Frank.
lin
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10
Telling 1t
to Congress
Excerpts from tho Congressional
Record

GOVERNMENT by WISCONSIN
II seems We arc having n new
government in America. II seems
that Wisconsin rules the house. And
wisconsin rules the mighty
wisconsln.--Rep. Hawes Cd. Mis.
soun.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10
Leape 1t to the Yankee

YOU can leave It to the American salesman Il is re-
ported by Hindu lecturer in Seattle that in but one
city in India is the elephant employed for transpora
ton purposes Everywhere else. he says you will find
Ford cars in great abundance. He does not explain
which is more pleasant to be run over by Ford or an
elephant
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10
.Tellomstip OF
praper

Daily I,enten Bible reading
and meditation prepared for
commlssion on Evangelism OF
Federal Council OF the Churches
OF Christ IN America.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10

Radio becoming very popular America almost
night the fans n revolution n tho air.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10

you plant md
wonder what have planted
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10

quality religion by what he while
making his income
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10
QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS

You can get an answer 20 any
question OF fac, or informa-
ton by writing 10 Tho Question
Editor, Stars Washington Bu-
resu. i5ss ~ Y. Ave. Washing
ton. y. G.. enclosing two cents In
stamps for reply. Medical. legal
and marital advice cannot be
given. nor can extended research
be undertaken Unsigned re-
quests cannot be snswered.--
EDITOR.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-03-10

Pussyfoot' johnson be buried Maryland
Maryland is satisfied it's certainly s1 right with
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-03-08

Labor in May, 1922, provided the channel through which the informa- tion reached the public through the labor press of the United States. It was on May 6 of that year that the facts were first sent broadcast from American Federation of Labor head quarters and scarcely a week has passed since that time that there has not been some statement of interest made in connection with what is now the most disgraceful episode in half century of our national history.
 "When the lease was signed in secret the great newspapers of the country were silent. For weeks afterward they were silent. For months afterward most of them were silent. And until a comparatively few weeks ago they remained silent.
 "But now the lid is off and every body knows what took place two years ago when Albert B. Fall was Secretary of the Interior. It is known now how supervision of the naval oil reserves was transferred from the Navy Department to the Department of the Interior to Sin clair and Doheny. It is not neces- Esary here to review the details of the transaction or to recount the various individuals who have figured in the actual or. reported financial transactions with the recent Secre- tary of the Interior.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-03-08
Row Between Two Grating
 Publishers Causes Expose
Inside Story of How Teapot Dome Investigators Got the Goods' on Shafer and Bonfs, Owners of Denver Papers-Conspiracy ito Steal Reserves in 1920, Right After Election

Teapot Dome lease was not signed on April 7, the date it bears, but was signed April 16, the day after Ken drick and Senator La Toilette made public demand for information about the negtiations.
 The intimation plainly was that Fall and Sinclair, surprised in the midst of their secret dicker, hastily signed the lease in order to confront Congress with an accomplished fact.
 Finney admitted to the committee that the action of Fall in sustaining the claim of the Standard to Section 36 in the Elk Hills reserve was hn- precedented, declaring that in 30 years of experience in the depart ment, he had never known of sim liar case. Finney also related that Fall did not permit him or Assistant Attorney General Hamel to argue the case for the government after Sutro had presented the Standards case.
 Vander1ip Refuses Names
 One sensational incident of the last week was the speech of Frank A. Vanderlip, former Wall Street banker and capitalist, in which he intimated that there had been some thing improper in the sale of the Marion Star, former President liar ding's paper.
 Called before the committee, Van derlip failed to substantiate his in- situations, and declined to reveal the names of the men who had made statements to him.
 Almost immediately, and without being requested for statement, Otto Kahn, New York banker, sent the committees long telegram from Palm Beach, Fla, denying that he had ever participated in the collec- tion or distribution of reported million dollar slush fund.-"
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-03-08
Cut Out Cancer
 Asserts Gompers
 For Union Labor

Washington, March 8.-In the leading editorial in the current American Federationist, the publica- tion of the American Federation of Labor, Samuel Gompers declares ''it is no time for political play or for the protection of political friends" in connection with the Teapot Dome scandal and that "the whole cancer must come out" through a fair and impartial investigation.
 Teapot Dome, the scandal of the decade, was exposed to the world through the activities of the Amer jean Federation of Labor, nearly two years ago, whe nthe ink was scarcely dry on the secret contract by which the great naval oil reserve in Wyoming was turned over to Harry F. Sinclair" says MT. Gompers.
 "Information concerning this lease and the lease of the Elk Hills reserve in California to Doheny came to the American Federation of Labor from those wh ohad learned of the infamous act and who knew of no other avenue by which to reach the public with the truth. =,
 'The American Federation of
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-03-08
Price Firing
Running Wild

Washington, March 8.-Price fix ing and price control by the great business interests of the country is more prevalent now than ever, in de- fiance of the courts and other gov ernment agencies, it was declared by Huston Thompson, chairman of the federal trade commission, in speech before the national popular govern ment league.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-03-08

"The fact that the leases were signed secretly, that the order for transfer of the naval reserves from the Navy Department to the Depart ment of the Interior was taken to the President for his signature with out covering letter and that every effort was made to keep the facts from the public after the leases had been signed were sufficient to arouse the country to demand for the full truth.
 ''But the subsequent revelations have shown corruption and debauch- cry almost without precedent. The leasing of the naval oil reserves is a colossal betrayal of national trust. Every indication is that the end of the trail is not yet in sight.
 "It is to be hoped that every guilty person will be punished, but more than that, it is to be hoped that the national property which was prac- tically given away will be, restored to the nation.
 'The only healthy course to pur- sue is to lay bare every detail of the filthy mess, to visit punishment on every guilty person and to make res titution to the nationa, so far as restitution is possible. It is no time for political play or for the protec- tion of political friends The knife must cut to the seat of the trouble. The cancer must come out"
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-03-08

24,0OO will be added to this number tomorrow unless there is an unex- pected settlement meanwhile. The trouble was serious as long as last November, but was kept down until January IT, when strike of dock workers tied up virtually every port in the country, wages being the point at dispute.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-03-08
Norway's Labor Upheaval
 Leaves 50, ,OOO Workers Idle

Christiania, Norway, March s. About 5O,OOO workers are idle in Norway in consequence of the un- rest in the labor world for several weeks past, with the prospect that
The Washington times., 1924-06-10
The Teellling Times
B, TINY TESSIk.

The school term end IL drawing
near. the average child - full
The SAD one needs quick szami.
nut H WhiIe the teacher grades each
0u test. her thoughts are really ally
far from blest;
Her frown betokens baffled sad
vexatiQn.
Her Usual smile IL seen no more,
her moath 70 drcoping to the
Her bright and robin eye has lost
She's mad ana aoured to the core,
she spanked . kid and made
him roar
Because hs spelled correctly "nH-
I heard . teacher young and sweet
the thing had swept her off
say, boy. just sOr a. alley ana
ia take that filibusssring fool, and
make him think ne was In
school,
"That numbskun from Nevada 10
q fright"
Now, folks. the papers hold some
q joke;
The bills Knocked out win come
through. but remember
The reason that they are 80 mad
and really at IL very sad
They'll lose two hundred bucks
before December.
The gentleman we say we hate.
cavorting round Nevada State.
May think they're harping too
much on the dollar:
But let somebody poor and grim
Just gteal two hundred bucks
from him,
I'll tell the world that Mars would
hear him holler.
The Washington times., 1924-06-10
SERUM IS TRIED
FOR CANCER
CURE
Philadelphia Physicians Are
Testing New Remedy on
100 Patients

PHILADELPHIA. June 1O.-A
new serum treatment for cancer
has been discovered ana is being
put to practical test by physicians
IN a local hospital, it was an.
nounced today. The new serum was
discovered by Doctor r. ]. Glover,
connected with New York hos.
pital.
The treatment has been given
100 patients in a hospital here with
beneficial results, according to the
physicians in charge. Experiments
extended over a period from 1929
until the pfesent time.
It Is planned to place the facts
before a medical society for discus.
sion and criticism. Cancer experts
here were holding an "open mind"
in the matter until further investi-
CATION IL made.