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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-14

Boy Guessed Right very First Time.
While Sunday school anperin.
tendcnt Of the G2nd ri. NJ. y. church
some time ago. I was reviewing the
lesson before the school. the sub.
jeet under discussion being sin and
It's awful consequences. both 10 In.
dlvidpais and nstions In summing
ny asked What 10 the one thing
we must fear above all thingnr'
meaning sin. NJ course got no 70.
ply. and repeated the question. The
situation WAS hecoming eInbsrrssa'
Ing when . small boy iesped To his
feet and shouted; "A cop"
NJ. =. MILLER.
~ SECS Third av. y. w.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-14

"uiiious' Was Julius Brother.
A German friend Of mine. named
Julius. has two brothers. August
and hill, Julius was sick recently
and J was with him when the doctor
called.
Julius pulse and temperature
were taken and his tongue exam
ined.
"you are bilious" said the doe
tor.
No" said the sick man. Il am
julius
GEORGE wEsTENHAUER.
t25 2zth nv. =.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-14
No Humor In ThIs one.


This IL an actual experience OF
my own AT the telephone. II you
have a tragedy" editor. pass Il on
to him.
Central Number. please.
Subscriber Main $40.
Main $50,
s.-No: Main $40.
C.--Main $40.
s-Ycs.
Three minutes eiapse.
What number arc you call.
Ing. pleased
H. Main SEQ
C.--Main st0f
~ Yes.
Three more minutes elapse.
c. Main $40 has been changed
20 Elliott $40. Call central aud she
will connect you.
Three more minutes elapse.
C.--Numbcr. pleased
S-flliott so.
Elliott Asoy
S-Yes.
c.-rhe line IN huEy.
A. NJ JONES.
2os Mehlhorn Building.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-14

as he answered with a weary shrns
OF the shoulders.
Nee no know. but me guess
Every morning Fixem.'"
". NJ. MEfSE,
Robson. Williams Co.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-14

visited one OF the public school
buildings In Seattle recently on the
occasion OF an exhibition of the
terms work Here aud there
among the exhibits we're signs
which said: 'Hands OFT" One OF
these signs decorated statue OF
Venus. A small hoy regarded tho
sign dssdainfuliy aud said: ANY
darn fool can see that"
HELEN DAHI.BY.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-14
NO, DON'T DO 1T

OAKLAND, Cal. May l3.-"Don't
you ever speak TO US again" said
two pretty girls. ordered out Of an
automobile In which they had been
joy-ridlng as guests or John Houil-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-14
HELEN DAHLny.


A crowd was watching working.
men decorate the Totem Pole In
Pioneer square. Some one asked:
Who's getting up eelebrationy =
"Tiiikums. another answered.
It'll who comcsv asked the
seeker ~ Information.
~fotiatch. was the reply.
The inquirer got huffy and walk.
Cd away Ho was from the Fast. 1,
was his first day sn Seattle. and
he thought he Was being kiddcd
A. y. SCHMIDT,
sit Washington Riig.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-14

he ehueklcd Il know she's home
because can see a light In the up
stairs window"
MABEL WEIGH.
Ills Minor av.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-14

let and Ralph Page. San Jose stu
dents. The machine was stolen
and the boys were marched off to
Jail.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-14

a. s,a !. ding Dentist
H 81, First Avenue
o.. \ Union Block.
Door T.'s South Of the Postal
oysa . ss.ss'raph Building.
d. snings until 8 and Sun.
until : for people
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-14

The following are shs average
pyfrss paid ~ iooas eomnisgton msr.
ehanss 20 The producers Prices In
Al oasss ere subject 70 variation,
according " frsshnsss ana 9susral
sresfisnce but these prteee, unless
oshsrwiss Indicated ere for strictly
raes ana Dusssr-ssiifrg Yries.
Native washington but
ter ss4s.as sas'atts+ rs
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-05-14

Here 10 . specially drawn dis-
gram picture 81 the best plan suas
eessed 70 the British admiralty
since the loss Of the Titanic, for
the saving Of life AZ sea. The
author 10 Frank r. 6uIIen, probably
the best known nautical expert IN
England. Bullsn's plan. In brief.
10 70 have a large part cf the boat.
or top deck. 50 built a. 10 be de-
sschsble In sections, forming great
RATS which will hold 1000 or 5000
people.
The picture shows deck raft No.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

THE grocer pays $4,000 a year for
paper bags
1t was just a scrap of sentence, but
1t reminded the woman who overheard
of a primeval friend of hers-a mountain
OF towering foliage and biS-girthed boles
way UP in the trackless greenery of West
Virginia-and of the lumbermen who are
forever Telling trees and shooting logs
down stream to pulp mill that will
never stop it's voracious chewing until 1t
has digeSted vast forest into shoe
boxes. wrapping sheets and paper bags.
And the memory of it started the wom-
an to figuring out how long nature's
woods can hope to last, with mans in
satiable appetite for shoe boxes wrap
ping sheets, newspapers, books and paper
ba-
But. 10. you can't ever figure on what
nature is going to do. She might take a
sudden notion to yawn us into oblivion
long enough to grow a fresh crop of
forests primeval-yOu never can tell.
The one thing that the woman could be
sure of is, that a grocer must do a
mighty fine business for his paper bags
to cost him $4,000 year.
Two people stood before the registered
mail window OF branch post Office.
The one who was being served was a
stylishly rugged young woman whose let
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

ter had to be handed back by the clerk
because she had failed to seal it.
"Well, wasn't l stupid.'-the exclama-
ton was sincerely accusing-''and I've
got $50 in it. too-there, 1 bet that's past
ed good and tight
The clerk gave the letter another look
and showed it back once more through
the window. The young woman had fail
ed to write her address.
"Oh do 1 have to do that when the let
ter is registered? Never mind. it won't
take a second
She scratched down her signature and
showed the letter back.
You should have written the address
on the upper left corner"
my dear me! didn't know that made
any difference! It's the fashion now, you
know, to write 1T on the flap. You'll have
to excuse the blot. l wrote in such a
hurry"
Twelve cents. please"
"Why, thought it was only temp
''Ten for the registry; two for the
stamp
1.-The young woman slipped a five-dol.
lar bill through to the clerk. He looked
things. but only went to drawer and
made out the change. The young woman
raked the money together and dumped II
in her bag without counting Then she
turned to go. but was called back. She
had forgotten the receipt She took the
slip with" an air that was playfuliy CO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15


Goodness, forgot, but anyhow. 1
know you wouldn't cheat, would you? /
hate receipts. anyhow"
The clerk looked about as responsive as
a stone image in a museum, and the
young woman tripped off to make room
for small. slant-eyed man with a black
plat wound around his head under his
American hat, cheap nand-me-downs and
soft-soled Chinese shoes.
His letter was properly sealed and d.
rected. And when the clerk had hunted
up an address in the catalogue of foreign
offices and made out the receipt the
Chinaman slipped II cents under the graf
ing, took his paper and went his way.
Strange things happen once in while.
which is the only way of accounting for
an Avenue car having but one passenger
at 10 o'clock at night.
Perhaps the rain. skirt dancing out in
the windy blackness. was keeping grip
fearing people indoors. Perhaps. again.
the people who didn't mind the weather
were in the middle of their good times
at theaters and dances. Anyhow
There was but one passenger In the car
and she was bumped up in corner seat
with the collar of her storm coat even
| with her eyes and her eyes turned to the
window. She had wiped a peephole in the
| sweaty glass and was staring out at the
ra gtime rain when lOwWhiStfed waltz
tune caught her interest and she turned
| to see that the conductor had started in
| q mysterious way some wonders to per.
form. And he was so obviously wrapped
up in his performance that the woman
gave an extra jerk to her collar. SO that
she could take cat glances without at
| tracing the attention of the star. His
| back was toward her as he danced III
and down the aisle. forwarding and re-
versing. in long. sdlted steps with a toe
| spring at the end of each. and whistline
to beat the band. After a bit he changed
his whistle to the husky hum of the
BLUE Danube bowed before one of the
empty seats. extended his arm as If to q
partner and circulated down the aisle
for all the world as if lodging othel
| couples on a ballroom floor. He was &
most attentive gallant, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

He kept an alert lookout for passengers.
AS the car neared each corner he craned
his neck over the shoulder of his MAKE
believe lady. but the streets showed only
sWirling rain and electric lights and other
cars as empty, almost, as his own. He
also gave investigating glances at his
lone fare. but she might have been the
sleeping beauty-eXcept on looks-and the
revel would be resumed
AS the car neared 18th street the con-
ductor escorted his partner back to the
empty seat, famed her while he thanked
her for the dance, bowed. smiled and then
ballroom-as two dripping men got
aboard.
And when at last the woman got out,
not even the puddles she splashed into,
nor the windy blackneSs that blew her
| umbrella inside out-almost-nor the icy
| rain that drenched her like a hose. could
| chill the warm friendliness she felt for
| that conductor. because
Because he was Oldish, and subdued
and. oh. because he was SO awkwardly
plain that it didn't seem possible he
could ever have danced like that with a
real girl at a real party.
| 1t was a red automobile, with horse
| power enough to represent a cavalry
| squad, and it was skimming down the
Avenue with goggle-eye chauffeur at
| the wheel.
| 1t takes a whole lot more than a bang
| I'D machine to astonish the natives these
days. and yet as the red auto buzzed
. along the asphalt people on both sides of
the street stopped to look and grin.
| For small diked-out Santa Claus in
goggles was perched on the front Of the
car like figurehead on a ship.
| Which shows what little bit Of a bit
it takes to catch the attention of that
optic we call the public eye.
Move UP forward, pleased
| One of the women cOngeSted In the
bunch at the entrance end Of the car
nudged her companion to step ahead.
But the companion wouldn't step ahead.
She stayed put.
| "Come on, Eliza, why don't your?
| Because I won't. I'm not going to
wobble in the aisle as a living hint for
some man to get up and give me his seat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15


servatory at Rome. DR.. Abetti is well
known in the astronomical circles of
this country
Allen will represent the American
Museum of Natural History at the
ninth International Congress of FOOL
ogy. to be held at Monaco in March,
1913.
DIR. Reid Hunt. United States public
health service, has been appointed a
member of the board created by the
bureau of mines to study the hygiene
and dangers in mines.
Frank Meyer. agricultural explorer for
the United States Department of Agri-
culture. will sail for China. where he
will conduct botanical exploration in
the interior for the next three years.
Prof. L. A. Clinton, late director OF
the Connecticut agricultural expert
ment station. has accepted position
Of the United States Department of
Agriculture. Prof. Clinton's work will
be to have charge of the farm manage
ment Investigations for the north At
lantic states.
w. Cameron Forbes, governor general
of the Philippine Islands, has given to
the Peabody Museum of American
Archaeology and EthnOlogy and to
the Museum of Comparative Zoology
some important collections of objects
which illustrate life on those islands.
Capt. r. w. Sylvester. for twenty
years president of the Maryland Agri-
cultural College. has resigned because
of i'll health. He has been made presi-
dent emeritus and librarian of the
institution. Prof. Thomas Ii. Spence
vice president of the college. has been
acting president
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
A. P. Crockett Indicted.

The grand jury of Russell county has
begun an investigation of the recent con-
gressional election in that county, and
among the perons already indicted for
irregularities and for using money in the
election is y. P. Crockett 1t is charged
that he handed and disbursed some
500 in Russell county for the benefit of
MIR. Slemp. being the private secretary
for the lone republican representative.
1t Is understood That the grand jury is
looking into the actions of many other
lnen VINO were active in the ection and
the chances are that more than a score
OF men will have 10 face he jurieS there
and tell something of the sending of
$40 to $50 in letters in many of the pre-
cinCts in that county. Judge Skeen is
also looking into the reports of Illegal
voting in his circuit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
BARRED BY THE LAW
Saunders Election to Con-
gress May Not Be Certified.
FAILS TO OBEY STATUTES
Neglected to File Statement of His
Election Expenses.
PROBING TAX ASSESSMENTS
Investigation of Tax Returns-At-
torneys Preparing to Appeal
the Allen Case.
FAILS TO OBEY STATUTES
PROBING TAX ASSESSMENTS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
RICHMOND, Va. December 14.-Un-
der the laws of the state of Virginia
Representative Il. W. Saunders Of the
fifth district will not receive a certificate
OF election. IT is said he has failed to
tile his statement of election expenses.
as required. and if the law is enforced
he viii not be able to take his seat. He
had very large majority over his re-
publican opponent. In the past there
have been several cases of men who
have neglected to attend to the duty of
filing expense accounts. and not only
does the law stipulate that the success
ful man shall not have his certificate, but
there is fine of not exceeding 5000
for such failure.
All the other candidates for Congress
have complied with the law. but Ii is
being explained by the friends of Judge
Saunders that Il few days following the
election he was compelled to leave the
state and to make trip to the Panama
canal with the members of the congress
siOnal committee. and he did not return
in time to make the report.
There are four of the congressman
in order to obtain election after they
had been nominated, and two of these
are the new members-Andrew jackson
Montague and Walter A. Watson. Rep
resentative Slemp spent more than $4,000
In order OF be reelected, while Gen.
Ayers, his democratic opponent, spent
only about half that amount
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

her comapnion moved up. in compliance
with the conductors second call.
Three squares ahead a man got out
of a third-row seat and the Eliza woman
sat down.
Ten squares ahead the woman who had
moved up front was still standing.
Moral:-But what's the use?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

Besides, from here / can see whenever
anybody leaves vacant seat w men
I'm forward | can't see And as 1 have
paid for a seat l shall stand where
have some chance of getting one later
on
And the Eliza woman took a fresh grip
on the brass loop of the last seat. while
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
Refuses to Honor Requisition.
SCIENCE NOTES.

Col William G.. Gorgas. the chief
sanitary officer of the Panama Canal
Zone has been presented the Buchanan
medal by the Royal Society of England
= DR.. G.. Abetti has been appointed as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

The ninth annual meeting OF the Mary
land State Turnpike Association will be
held in Hagefstown, Nd. Thursday. De-
cember IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
Changes in Laws Probable.

Radical changes are likely to be made
by the legislature at its next session in
the matter of licensing and managing
the dspensaries In Virginia. There are
about . dozen of these institutions in the
state The reports of operations for the
year ended September 30 show that the
state has received less this year than for
the year preceding. Whether this is due
TO the poor quality of liquor dispensed in
these Establishments or to the return to
the o conditions in the moonshine dis
tricts IS not known, but it is the inten-
ton O. Nj Moore TO prov de for the ex-
animation of the books and accounts Of
these esta biishments by the comm. ssion-
ers of the courts. and to have the ac-
counts certified and approved by the
court before they are transmitted to him.
The shrinkage in revenue may be due to
the fact that many of the consumers of
liquors are sending 10 the larger cities for
their supplies instead of buying from the
local dispensaries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
Father and Son May Die Together.

In case there Is no relief either by the
supreme court of appeals or by Gov.
Mann in the Allen cases. and both Floyd
and Claude Allen go to the death chair
January IL for participation in the horror
at Hillsyille in March of last year. 1t
will be the second time in the history
OF the electric chair in Virginia that ia
ther and son have gone to their reward
there. The hrSt case was about three
years ago. when John and William
Brown of POwhatan county, colored men,
murder OF an ageC woman and her farm
manager in the county of Powhatan.
That affair was the work of some ten
negroes, members of society, who con-
ceived the plot of numbering the old lady
and her manager, robDlng the home and
then burning the bodies to hide their
crime. Ii was shown that the intention
of the negroes was TO get possession of
in that section. Five negroes went to
the death chair foc that crime and three
TO the prison for long terms, only one
of HON is living at this time.
Speaker Richard r.. Byrd of the house
OF delegates is chief counsel for the AL
lens. Floyd and Claude, who are to die
for the Carroll county shooting unless
the courts intervene. He is hard at work
preparing the final appeal to be made to
the supreme court. Belief is growing
stronger that the condemned men stand
a very good show for new trial on new
evidence. and espt cially a better chance
for Communication tlan before the comp,e-
tiou Of the trials o. Sidna Allen and IVES
ley Edwards. when the state accepted
pleas of guilty ard virtually abandoned
the conspiracy charge.
Refuses to Honor Requisition.
Several days ago there was presented
q reQuisition from the Governor of West
Virginia for l.. r Boyd of Pittsylvania
county. Mr.. Boyd has been in Virginia
about Year, having come from Pennsyl-
vania He is interested In mining con-
Germ in Mexico. and some time ago a
man whom Mr.. Boyd does not know went
TO West Virginia and sold some stock.
using Boyds name. II is alleged that
fraud was perpetrated. The mine in
which Boyd is interested in Mexico is a
paying property, and certain persons In
West Virginia are alleged TO be trying to
obtain control of the same. Gov. Mann
declined 10 honor the requisition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
Moore Gets Tax Returns.

Just how much money the state will
get as a result OF the investigations
which have been going on in different
parts of the state regarding the increased
and corrected tax returns is uncertain.
Perhaps the most interesting report is
that which has come from the county
of Cumberland. where the Judge had in
structed the inquisiIors to make a COM
plete examination of the returns. The
grand jury went to work, and in two and
half hours. according to the report,
made to Auditor Moore by Deputy Clerk
Garrett, that body made a record in look
ing into the affairs OF the entire county
IN just two and half hours
Compared with this is the work done
in the county of Henrico, where the
grand jury sat for more than a month
and succee ded IN coaxing more than
$4,000 from the pockets OF the taxpay-
ers. In this city, where the work is still
under way, already more than 100000
in values have been reported by men who
had overlooked that much property of
a personal nature. and the state and the
city Will get taxes on that amount.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

sistant astronomer in the Vatican OBJ
servatory at Rome. DR.. Abetti is well
known in the astronomical circles of
this country.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-06-28

velous speed the exaggerated sketches
called cartoons. and following each eth.
err in rapid succession. sometimes a
dozen appearing on one sheet of pa per-
he never allows the interest to lag for
a second of time from his first joke to
the last scream.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-06-28
WEST VERNON.

Dan Coughlin left Saturday for his
home in ST. Paul, after spending few
DAYS with his brother and father.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. +. Drilling and
family entertained number of friends,
Sunday.
C. E. Miller and son Alfred, of West
Union, accompanied Mayme Miller to
her home, Friday, by auto. They
spent the week with the F. Miller
family and other relatives
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fish and son
Chaales, Mr.. and Mrs. Elton Eldridge
and daughters, and Mr. and Mrs. VIM.
Tilson and family, of Cresco, spent
Sunday picnicing at the Iowa River.
A number of our people attended the
dance at Jim Lathrop's, Friday night.
C. E. Miller and son, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Miller autoed to Lourdes,
Saturday. and spent the day with the
latter's mother, NJ as. Catherine Dugan.
Mrs. Joe Fleck returned to her home
in Omaha, Saturday, after spending a
week at the F. Flick home. Her son
Frank remained to spend the summer
with his uncle, Frank Fleck.
Mrs. VIM. Woods and children spent
Sunday at the VIM. Wilson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fish and son
Charles and frankie Jones spent Satur.
day evening at the Eldridge home.
Miss Gusta Parchman, of Cresco, is
assisting Mrs. Adol phi Peters3with sew
ing for few days
Chas. Refs and children spent Sun
day at the Bouska home.
Elton Eldridge is building a new
kitchen quite an addition to his house.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mullen. of Cres-
co, spent Sunday at the Frank Miller
home.
Mr.. Coughlin is making much i'm
provement on his farm by painting all
of the buildings. Mr.. Scott, of Cres-
co. is doing the work.
Miss Huber. of Cresco, is working
for Mrs. F. Fish.
Miss Bird and children and all who
attended the picnic given by Miss Bird,
report good time.
Some of our people attended dance
at the Ed Booth home, Wednesday.