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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-12

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-12
SUES FOR $50, 900 FOR
STREET GAR INJURIES

Mable P. sneed has filed suit
in the District Supreme Court
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04

his life work, believing that police depart
ments were in need Of educated officials.
He's right, of course.
Police in American cities are nearly al
ways both honest and brave, but all too
often they sorely lack competent direc-
ton.
One reason why London has 80 many
fewer crimes than Chicago, which is but
a third as large, is that Scotland Yard al
most invariably brings criminals TO jus
tice. In Chicago-and this goes for al
most every other large American city
the reverse is true.
II every man knew before he started TO
commit crime that the chances were 80
to / that he would be caught, he would
think twice before doing it. II isn't the
severity of punishment so much as the
certainty of it that scares criminals.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04
A. 2. p. PIP. A.
kssaFapsr IA.
tsrprise Aun
and uuitsA
freaa ksrTieA

IF you've got room on your coat lapel
L for another button. they'll probably
be after you to join the A. p. p. p. p. A.
Whszzst?
The American Prohibition Protestant
Patriotic Protective Alliance.
William H. Anderson, former New
York state superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League, is the founder. He ex-
plains in public statement that he got
the idea while serving his term in prison.
after his conviction on the charge
of third degree forgery in connection
with the finances of the Anti-Saloon
League.
by driving me out of a position with
an agency limited TO the liquor question"
he said. "the enemy has forced me to
consider other phases of anti-American-
ism and nti-Protestantism."
The A. P. p. p. p. A. may be a
beautiful thing, but somehow it doesn't
seem likely to increase sweet reasonable
ness within these United States.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04

Q How much gasoline was CON
sumed in the United States in iaat7
A. 7,7so.6aS.oss oailora
Q What European country has
the greatest expectation Of lie at
birth?
a. Recent statistics oiee Denmark
highest at 500 years. and Nor,eav
second az 55e5
q Is Klngsley's Alton Locke" a
description OF an actual condition
that existed. or r. II purely fiction3
A. IL portrdvs real condition
iohich eSisted at Cambridge at the
time Of the iDritino Of tho story
Saunders naokovo Is based on a
business man IN Cambridos ,1ho
played part IN the trouble. b.
fioccn capital and labor ,ohich
Kingsley describes.
Q. Why is the Mason and Dixons
line 20 called7
A. II u NAMED for the Enor,h
engineers ,1ho Surveyed u IN f76i-
1851.
Q. Who was Father Mathew
A. Hc ;5ds ;deo;dld Mathe
apostle Of temperance. born IN I'm
Dcrnrp. Ireland. studied FOR the
Catholic priesthood, but joincd tho
CaDpohip MinoritcS; ,cos IN 1914
ordained a priest and located IN
Cork. tohsrc al sight Of tho cruel
fctfccts Of drunkenness on flc mass
Of the people, he resolved on a cru
Sddc 10 stamp u out; he started on
THIS enterprise IN 1927. but q took
n year aud a hnlf before his mission
bore any Jruit. and then 4, tcas oc-
com painted uiH marvellous succcss
phercver he tGent Ho Nued from,
1900 10 1856.
Q. what was tho foNe bin OF
1890?
A. A bill Introduced IN the United
| states house Of representatives. bD
Lodoc NJ MdssdcJtusetfa ~ provided
that on petition Of 500 totcrs IN am
local hsbtot federal officials o,
both parties bo appointed on cleo.
ton boards. The biii pds aimed a,
The Southern states. Bhcro Inc
ne1ro had beon illegally ercl,,Ieo
from me polls. II aroused storm,
and tho n pdsscd me hopso o,
representatives. u ncucr came 10 a
tote IN the ssNdte
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04

Q. why are people from North
Carolina called tar heels?
A. Bccnusc Of the fact that tar q
one Of the principal products Of the
state.
Q. What II the cause OF left
handcdness and what proportion OF
children are left-banded from birth !?
A. Rioht-handcdncss or the dbH-
ity 10 use the right hand moro easily
than the ictt, Is due both TO acquir-
cd habit and certain structural and
functional pecuiidriics IN the hu-
man body. The same "a true OF left
haBdedness. Records slow that fully
! per cent OF all tic children born
in this country ara lctt-hdnded from
birth.
Q. Is tho boa poisonous snake,
and OF what country liz II natve2
A. II Is natipo Of Central and
South America. ~ IA not poisonous,
but Kills bv crushing us pionnS to
death.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04
ROOM
STORIES

DACK from tho dining chr,
- tho smokers woro combln.
Ing thcir attention on the smok.
ing weeds, GOSH" said ono OF
them. but l sure did eat like
n farm.handr'
THAT reminds mo OF Carl.
who worked on my father.ln'
laws farm In Oregon" said the
smoker from Portland. carl
sure could cat His gustntory
Adventures excited sarcasm that
got under even his hide He
complained TO noiBhbors about
II and said my fnthor,ln-lnw's
folks were too close for any ,iSo,
"'1'hls very morning hc said,
Tho mlssuH asked mo n know
how many grlddio.cnkca | had
ot told 'er didn't, sho said
] Ind OF 20. II mndo mo no
darn mad that I Just rot IN
from tho table and went out to
work without any breakfast :"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04
Cal and G. ".

COMMEMORATIVE of the 150th ami
~ verSary Of George Washington taking
command Of the Continental army, Presi-
dent Coolidge's speech at Cambridge,
Mass, was not without its international,
as well as national, Importance
The old world and the new came in for
a lecture. Was Washington an isolationist,
he asked in effect. No, said the president
He hsrmonired the divergent and conflicting Inter.
csts Of different nstionales and different colonial
governments BY conference and agreement lie dem
onstraied BY his arguments, and country has
demonstrated by experience. that more progress
b made by cooperation than by conflict.
Tho world has not outgrown. II never out
Trow, the absolute necessity for conformity 10 these
eternal principles i want 10 America assume
leadership among the nations in tho reliance upon
the good faith Of mankind. do not see how civil
iration can expect permanent progress any other
theory. IL what Is saved In the productive peace OF
today Is to be lost In tho destructive OF tomor
row. the people OF this earth look forward TO
nothing but everlasting servitude There Is Iust-
fcation for hope. This not tho conception which
WashinEfon had Of life
So much for those Americans whose
principal stock in trade is the theory that
Washington, were he president now, would
tell the rest of the world to go hang
And this was his message to Europe:
II the people OF the old world mutually dIsrust
fui OF each other let them enter into mutual cove
rants for their mutual security, and when such
nants have bccn made let them b. soleunly observed
matter what the sacrifice 4. i.
Such would bo 10 cndow the par.
flcipating nations with abundant material and
spiritual reward. On what other basis there bc
any uragcment for n disposition TO attempt TO
finance . revival Of Europe,
Here we find a repetition Of Ambassa-
dor Houghton's warning of few weeks
ago. Now, however, it comes at critical
time. The new European security pact,
suggested by Germany and fostered in a
slightly altered form by Britain and
France, is in the balance. The various
parliaments have yet to ratify it. The
presidents open advocacy of it is likely
to meet with criticism in England, France
and other countries where the pact has its
enemies-
Here at home the speech will bring
gooseflesh to the tender skins of our iso-
lationists but, on the whole, it must be
said that as far as it goes the advice is
fundamentally sound.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04

there arc considerable others
who have simply got TO hear
he'll fire sizz. figuratlvo speakin.
before they'll head toward heav.
en-. Then there arc some. who,
convinced that it's heaven any.
how. cut loose with perfect dew.
il,ry.
For instance. take old Sim
Grossbeak. That old skinflint
was pretty decent in his
early manhood. havin hell fire
preached directly at him twice
a Sunday, beside havin tho liver
scared out OF him In Sabbath
school. since the pulpit hell
fire has been put out, Sims
been chargin widows is per
cent on ono-ycar mortgages.
Then there's Lem Atwater. You
couldn't drag Lem into any
heaven that hadn't at least q
barrel of bootleg in It, Tho only
possibility OF bavin Lem. so ho'll
stay saved IN in plenty OF hell
firo, bollln pits, and demons
brcethln birthstone fumes.
II really seems that in putin
hell fire out OF the pulpit and
tho gorilla In some of tho great.
eat sinners amt goln TO feel
properly affected, and, OF coune,
tho bigger tho sinner saved tho
bigger the glory. TX. +.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04
A Decision and ApoZoau

EEDERAL JUDGE KENNEDY's un-
i qualified approval of the Teapot
Dome lease came as q shock 10 a great
part of the public. Only three weeks
earlier, Federal Judge McCormick's de-
cision in the case of the Doheny leases
had indicated the publics belief that
the Fall-Snclair-Doh transaction was
not only illegal, but essentially dishonest.
Now the cases are back where they
were One federal judge has found the
California oil leases very bad. Another
has found the Wyoming leases good. 1t
means that higher courts, and eventually
the supreme court, will be called upon to
make the final decision.
Tho they grew out of the same inves-
tigation, the Doheny and Sinclair cases
were not precisely alike. In the one case
there was the evidence of delivery of
money to Fall while the negotiations
were in progress. In the other this was
not proved in court, tho government
lawyers attempted to introduce evidence
of it.
But there was still greater difference
in the two trials In Los Angeles. Judge
Mccormick had the advantage Of hearing
all the important witnesses. Then he
gave his verdict In Cheyenne, in the
Teapot Dome case, four of the most inn
portant witnesses could not be produced
by the government Two were in France.
another in Africa and another in Mexico
and points south. Two came back after
the trial; two arc still absent. Maybe
these witnesses will have occasion to be
heard before the oil cases pass into his
tory. Their evidence might change the
verdict.
There Is another marked difference
between the two verdicts, viz: Judge
Mccormick offered his without apology,
while in Judge Kennedy's there appears
the following strange paragraph:
In reaching conclusion in this case
we fully realize the degree of unpopu-
larity with which it will be received. This
IS true, in the nature of things, because
the great general public is reached only
with the sentimental features surround
ing the transactions involved and being
largely in the dark as TO all the other
multltudes of circumstances with which
the case is surrounded, and knowing
perhaps less of the great legal principles
which the experience of the ages has
taught mankind must control in dealing
with the rights of persons and property"
The sentimental features" TO which
the Judge refers no doubt include the
Little Black Bag, to say nothing of
"Aples,' and Peaches and other fruity
aspects of the deal that delivered the
navy's oil into private hands, under cover
of the dark.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04
!? !? Ansvers to Your Questions ? ;

O. Was there ever n political
party known AS tho middle Of tho
road populists'?
a. This term tcas applied TO n
group OF mcmtcrs Of the popuiist
party trho IN the campaign Of 1900
refused TO accept their pdrfDa In
dorscmcnt OF William J. Bryan.
They belonged 70 the radical group
Of the party tohtch believed that the
essential reforms for trhich .hey
stood could be secured only By In
dependent action In the election Of
1900 they cast 10000 rotes.
O. What cities In the Unite
States lead in the amount OF postal
receipts per day?
A. EeD York CITY has the largest
and Chicago the second largest.
Q. why are there $50 degrees in
a circle?
A. This number tods selected
largely because of the number Of
days IN ichich the year t1ds once
diutded-
Q. Can n corporation be sold for
an amount In excess Of It's capital
Ization2
A. Yes. It's stoct may hare In
creased IN Doiuc Nth The oroUth oi
the corporation. In tccli cstdb-
Hshed company, doing good bust
mss. "oood teiW" Is counted az an
asset In the sale price and a money
value set upon u.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04
SCIENCE -
Faraday's Work

TN America alone the work OF
l. 10000. 900 men Is done by
electricity. Tho capital invested
in electricity In the United
states Ia over 10000, 900.
There are over 100000 homes
wired for electrical service. Elec'
trio washing machines. cleaners.
cookers, sewing machines. etc,
are almost countless.
All this is due to tho fact
that, just 100 years ago, Michael
Fpraday, a young research
worker nj tho Royal Institution.
London, mado his first effort to
produce electricity from n mag.
not. Ills notebook. just before
that time, contained this re-
mInder. Convert magnetism
into electricity" lie then proved
that electricity could BIO gener'
nted by moving n wiro In tho
nelghborhood OF n magnet, His
experiments we're crowned With
success, in 1926. when no madc
machine cmbodying tho prln-
olplo of tho dynamo.
From that timo on, expert.
monts followed rapidly and. In
1871, tho dynamo was made
commercially useful whom
Grnmmc applied tho ring nrmn.
turc, From this resulted tho
discovery that electricity would
produce power, and tho original
work OF young Faradny took IT'S
place IN hiatory Ms ono Of the
greatest of human events It's
centenary IA now being oh.
served.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04
The Earthquake

How unsafe Earth's founda-
tons"
Safe only is Gods;
We've forsaken our Father.
Hes using tho rod.
We live for our pleasures.
We hate. and We lie;
we all make II up"
But we pay by and by.
wo have all around US
The unmved and the lost
Losing precious moments
And all at our cost.
Come bnek. Oh. my people"
The pleading stu stands
Reckoning MS ever
With nail.pierced hands.
In plaques. storms and earth.
Quakes
Hos using the rod;
Return, oh. my people,
Come back TO your God"
III. A. Barnhnrt s2s Broadway.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04
Gut the Comedy; Tune I'm the TRUTH

7 LIKE 10 laugh. and / enjoy
l. bidding rome things that I
can't take too seriously. but l
don't SEQ anything TO laugh at
In the Scopes trial. soon 10 be
started in Tsunosses.
Tho issue, involved strike too
deep into the hearts OF the
great mas OF the people Of this
country They may Joke about
politics and nearly everything
clss. but they take their re.
iigion seriously.
Bone OF the alleged humor
I have read concerning what
witieas professional humoriat,
call the monkey trial. indicates
tina; the authors don't car.
much about either science or
religion
Some Of the wise cracks
sound about a. funny al a jass
band would sound a, a church
funeral.
All over this country are
thousands and thousands OF ain.
oero and honest church mem.
bcra TO whom nothing means
quite 80 much rs their faith.
II makes no difference whether
their faith Is your faith or my
faith It's enough that r., their
faith.
Some OF them may honestly
believe with air Bryan that
tho scientists are trying 90 take
their Lord away from them.
and II they do their souls are
seriously psrturbed. Certainly
there's nothing funny about
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04
MIR. Fiixit of the Star
Undertakes Here to Remedy Your Troubles
If Of Public Interest

Chicago. Milwaukee & 81. Paul.
Mr., Frii; The ladies' ldvo-
tory Va The tcoitino room at
Per "a in an unsariiarv con
dihon. Can u BE- kept IN bet
Ter eorditlont
oUT-oF-ToWN.
Tn. health department viii
give this attention.
Mr. Ftrii; Can you print hs
University street car schcduls
after mhniohu People often
miss the cars because they do
not knoio the late schedule.
WHITES PHARMACY.
Every IL minutes between IL
and 1 o'clock. Then there is a
car at 1880, at and 1855.
Mr., Fi5it: n +. no,o ! o'clock
IN the morning. The snn G Just
peepinO oocr the mountains.
Most beautiful sight. Ny lifs
habit "a 10 d,cdko 10th the risiro
Of tho sun, ! am enjoying a
f6-hour day J con understand
the long aud short day. B,a
cannot understand ,chp tho
North Pole IN rs stDinO TO the
south comes to a dead stop this
month and starts back, WHY
doesn't the Garth keep going
steadily on is rotdtiont
Y. w OLoUGH.
Can anyone give this brother
a good. short answer, Mr., Fixit
is slow on astronomy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04

his right to hug Il 20 his hos.
ON n perfect.
Now ! think tho Scopes trial
js something OF tremendous I'm.
portancc. n science can recon
Gle truth with religion. and in
stead OF shaking the faith OF
Christians in a Supreme Being.
Justify and strengthen that
faith. Il will have won a NON
dsrful thing
In any event. what ws want
II tho truth. one thing the de.
Tense In this trial Is earnestly
fighting for the right OF our
young people 10 got all the
truth thsy can, and then be.
llevs what they want 10 believe
and can believe.
Nobody is trying 20 prove or
wants 20 prove that man de,-
etbdcd or nseendsd from a
monkey or an ape. Dragging
monkeys IN 90 be humorous
only clouds tho issue and helps
nobody who is seriously con-
cerncd IN tho educational vRlus
Of tho Scopes trial. Cut out
tho feeble wit and tuna in on
tho truth.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04
On Civic Progress

Editor The Star:
AS interesting and patriotic
Fourth OF July subjects for
thought, 1 suggest the follow.
ing for tho consideration OF
Tho Star renders, They all con.
Germ matters OF vital Importance
for seattlc's progress and Illus,
trate how our city Is tho key
for tho whole country's pros.
perity,
/, Seattle fres harbor, with
industries connected and tho
mediums for securing tho same,
2. Capital and labor as co.
workers, with methods for solv.
Ing wage and bonus problems.
3. Cooperation as challenger
and successful manager OF
strife and crime; producer OF
thrift, prosperity, good will and
happiness,
4. symbols OF our Flag. tho
starSpnnsled Banner: Love,
peace on oarth and good will 70
mon. ANBL JoHANSoN.
b22.2b Pioneer Bldg,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04

NJ. Firis. ~ sss Hinrcdr
place there has been a can Of
garbage for three uecti that
they uiH no. take aicug Thev
take ono bur 7 have tioo, and
they do NOT take one Of them.
Can you help me got thu re-
moucdg q. a.
Tho garbage department viii
look Into this and you should
have immediate relief
Mr. Firii: win you pleais
furnish ma nth the NAME and
addre,ses Of oil Tho railroad
roundhouses In the Norfhcesff
am an-ious 70 become an dp-
prentice IN a rourdhonse.
C. N.
Write 20 these railroad COM
panles. all in Seattle. Northern
Pacific, Southern Pacific. Union
Pacific. Great Northern and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04
What Folks
Are Saying

FRANK o. LowDEN. former
governor OF Illinois Tho rem.
eiy for tho troubles OF asricul.
,ure 4. organization. no industry
reasonably organized suffers
from instability OF prices"
EBERHARD PHILLIP Won
NATHUsrUs. Germany. visitor;
Motion picture production Is a
hobby OF mine. Germany pro.
fucss tho bnst motion pictures
IN Europe. but America II far
ahead OF us."
CAPT. JULES DucHEsNE.
French ship chief. visitor: Il
nm amazed and also pleased so
acknowledge that San Fran.
cisco cen boast tho most beau,
tiful knees In the world, When
l return TO Paris shall tell
them what I have seen and OK.
hiblt tho photographs I have
secured"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04
IS ''s|eI:pit&S&I$k>N'e<;|l2glllE!'|EEE:;>,

WHY wcarn old suit OF cothc logged
w Well lsnI know cherry grows
I'm pickin' cherries today
Dad spIaddor out from tho shed promised
The sport boasfuy my YOU
a quort'
pretty soft buddy, The
THAT sort appealing IN every fruibcang
limb
heyro promised nsefs
.a,,b think right
oouda fellow ASK
vIn' the pleasure pIcln the fruit and gon'
Then get paid for tho cherries ia boo-but doesn't include whnt
I a,-,l. 80. -. r,,. 49,, -t...
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04
On the War Spirit
Editor Tho Star,

Editor The Star:
With defense propaganda
working steadily and with ever
increasing volume upon the
minds and feelings OF the peo-
ple already wo see the old war
spirit manifesting itself again.
Tho use Of physica, force TO
win decision Is british. We
see this method working in the
lower kingdoms of nature and At
their stage II is rxcusablc.
At certain stnge in mans de-
volopment. might WINS the only
right. Everything worth having
had to be fought for, even
woman's love. Tho spirit Of as-
gression was necessary uv that
stage of mans progress.
But great periods OF time have
passed over our heads and we
arc beginning 20 feel great and
owerful force. Everything
worth while Ia done thru It's
wondrous workings. II Is the
ultimate aim of all and Il IL thru
IL and It alone that world peace
will become reality. It's magic
namo IL LOVE.
Wc must zach as an individual
feel this force within ourselves
nll nations and all lifol
When we can reel MS well as
cny. that oil arc tho Fathers
children, then war as mems
OF settlement will appear IN Ito
truc light, a blot upon our elvlli-
ration.
Lovo Ia tho most powerful
force, II Is not tho weapon for
tho oowardly savage, but for the
Courageous man OF today, his
best device In meeting all cmer.
gencles.
Try n n you are fearless
enough,
GLADYCE n, CARLSON.
b2si nth n. 70.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04
Letters s sT9R Readers
All letter, to Tn. Star mus. hsr. name and address

ness on my part. We were driv-
Ing fast. when suddenly the
door flew open and hs was
thrown 10 tho side OF the road.
We picked him up. unhurt.
except for a slight scratch.
Some may call It luck or good
fortune that he did not hurt
himself. but I think It was no
less than miracle.
At any rate. II was all the
lesson l shall ever need to be
more watchful in tho future.
am hoping this will serve to
warn others who travel with
little onas to keep them away
from the doors.
MRS. HARRY RANDOLPH.
Creosote. Wash.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-07-04
New Program for Congress Eliminates
Dangerous Weaknesses in Pacific
Warrington Bureau. II


TITASHINGTON July A comprehensive and CO
wv ordinated naval and air base program for the
Pacific Coast and Hawaii designed to remedy admit
teddy dangerous weaknesses in that region Is now being
prepared for congress.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur today is on his way
West with his portfolio bulgng with reports bearing
on the situation These, which he is taking along for
study on the spot include alternative projects for San
Francisco bay and other West Coast points, well
the inside dope of the referees who watched the
Hawaiian maneuyers.