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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26
Have You Noticed
the Broken Window

Tho Union Dye Works has q
broken window Everyone walking
down Pike st. wonders how Il hap
pened.
did something break your win.
dow"
"Oh. no." answers the clerk. III
fell 10 piecas from old age and de-
cay"
Another person entered 10 ask a
question. Then another After the
50th repetition. the clerk hung a
piacard In the shattered window. II
reads
1. Yes. Il was just an accident.
2. No. nobody hurt. 3. No. the
earthquake didn't do a. g. An
automobile did. 5. No, the driver
was not In the ear. 8. Yes. but he
couldn't run fast enough. Z. Yes.
tho auto was damaged a little. 8.
Yes. the owner will pay for H. ..
Yes. the pane was insured. 10. Yes.
It's too bad
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

The average expense OF a family
Of the rooile class In Canton china.
II $3.50 a month. Of which 20 cents
Il Tor rent. 50 cents for firewood.
ard the remainder for food aud
clothes
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

Mr. Furniss Is an ice cream deal
or IN Columbus.
Spick s Span arc tailcrs Ia To
ronio.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

An Iron amokestack 40 feet high
ln Venice. Cal. began 10 corroda 30
feet from the top. How 20 remove
tho top was puzzle en- J. X. por.
ter. a crack Hehot. volunteered 10
shoot Il OFF. He spent two days per
foratlng the top with bullets. max.
Ing line 81 holes around the stack.
The alignment did not vary an inch.
When he finished a gust Of wind
blew the top off.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

stick candy Is supposed 10 be less
popular than II was - or 80 Year,
ago. but government figures show II
forms half tho candy consumed In
this county.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

exhibited. II IL a three masted yes
sci. 100 feet long. with 30 foot
mainmast. Only one iunk has ever
sailed across the ocean.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

be'et'@ &ANNN~ "
That when you grow W you can
90 ms you please
That a motofman and railroad
brakeman ought 10 work for the
fun OF n.
That school life is a prosaie one
That the comic supplement- Ia
funny.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26
Most


Chicago has a man who can dis.
iocate every Joint. And 90 think
that Now York lhs no policemen
who can even locate lolnt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

Editor The Star. In line with the
defense Of Mayor Cotterili's admin
istrati0n In a recent editorial let
ter 10 you. wish TO say few words
IN defense OF the purity squad.
] don't know any OF the men or
women officers who compose the
purity squad. but what | do know
and what everyone else knows or
should know Is that under the old
open-clty rule there was neither any
restraint for, nor protection for
young girls who were being lurcd
astray, and that there was con.
tinuaI cry and complaint for better
protection and prevention OF their
being eniiced to their downfall.
Now the city has a strong, clean,
fearless mayor. an honorable chief
OF police, and a purity squad to
watch and rescue young girls who
are iured By the glitter OF white
lights"
The purity squad doubtless make
mistakes In their zeal TO save girls
and boys from going astray. But
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

Editor The Star: have always
admired The Star for the stand IL
takes on all moral and public ques.
tions In which the rights OF the com.
mon people are involved. The Star
has always championcd the peoples
cause. and for this you should have
the support OF every true citizen.
i,ut there IL one crying evil exist.
ing that reforms and Progresslves
should take more notice OF. | refer
10 the private employment agencies
As condcted IN Seattle they are
disgrace 20 civilization: the way
iaboring men are skinned aud vic.
timlzed Ia simply scandaious. I
have been sent out TO Jobs that did
not exist and to those which were
flagranfiy misrepresented.
This Is common occurrence, as
MANY men can testify. Why doesn't
the city run two or three ehpssy.
ment offices nj q nominal CHARGE
This would occasion the sincerest
thanks OF many working men and
they are worthy. OF some considera.
tion. r. IA. WINSLOW.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

New York state has about $500,
600 savings bank depoaltors. an IN.
crease 81 SOC. 600 In a year aud a
half
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

Trinidad has = population OF only
31s. 900. but Its trade with the
United States last year amounted
10 $4,000 900
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

Cabolc n said TO be the most
costly wood in the world. The tree
II found In only two places. on the
west coast Of Africa. and on the
island OF ~ Thomas
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

IN strap my knapaack on my back.
Ny gun upon my shoulder.
And away I'll go 10 the Mexican war
To be a valiant soldier.
old Song.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

The railway from Mombaaa 10
Lake Victoria NyanEa la unable to
handle all the business offered 20
~.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

A Chinese war Junk. the Tai
Fung. has sailed from Shanghai 20
San Francisco. where II IL 10 be-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

ANYHOW. Dan Hanna got
one part Of "a machine like
father used to havc"-the noise
OF the cutoff. Cost thousands.
but Lord what a noise!
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

Tho Wells Fargo Co" says a
San Francisco dispatch. lis better
than a gold mine" Evidently the
man who wrote that dispatch never
owned any stock In q gold mine.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

The Newchwang district Of China
imported 100000 pounds OF old
newspapers last year and used them
for wall paper
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26
COMPUTING on

COMPUTING on election
returns, Los Angeles claims
900, 100 population. But for
weeks the courts have been
trying 10 discover what the
election returns are.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

Where there IL 40 much smoke
there must be some tobacco.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

Wages Of farm workmen. not &
GLIDING those paid Ia harvest tIms
increased sos per cent from Iazs
10 1909.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

Roscoe swatis spcnt Sunday
night with Robert Ford. Lafayette
lInd.) Journal.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

Editor The Star Don't you thiak
II would be we'll for the cify council
70 pass an ordinance prohibiting
the throwing of papers. tin cans. and
other refuse In the sfr~ctsf And
" there Is such an ordinance.
wouldn't Il be good plan 10 have
il cnforcedg
! notice that some people make
the streets dumping ground for
everything they wisn 10 Kct rid OF.
II seems TO me that II Is enough
work for one man 10 shovel up the
dirt and manure without having TO
pick up all the tin cans IN the
neighborhood.
Not long ago saw broken chair
lying In the street. ! shouldn't be
surprised sometime 10 find an old
cook stove In the middle OF the
highway. People ought not to be
more careless about dropping ref.
use In the street than they are Of
dropping their money
A STREET CLEANER.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

COMPOUND TT II looks
as il that federal court was
trying to keep Jack Johnson
out OF Russia
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

Editor The Star; what has be-
come Of the oldfashioned man who
used to take off his hat when wo.
men were In the elevator OF a bust
ness block?"
Glad you brought this up. Last
time | was in Seattle a man took
his hat off In an elevator. but the
others did not follow suit. Years
ago the New York Herald had a
symposium on this. and IL was de.
cided that hats should not be re.
moved In an elevator or a street
car. Are not these public convey
ances alikey BALDHEAD.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

Wores of Fsrou. Werner.
phAraoh's daughter--~Oh. iOoi
who's here"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

special investigator Tor inc otaf
Many OF the can factories In the
smaller towns OF New York state
hfiu0 unar fauuf.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

What has become Of the old
fashioned man who wore n dicksy
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

foundation ~ purity or a broshei Of
lost souls and unfortunate girls
What are thr crimes OF the purity
squad compared with the crimes
the unSpcakahlc misery and corrup
ton OF the open-citys
A TAXPAYER.
Editor The Star. seattle's cru.
sade AGAINST vice and rambling II
being watched BY the mothers and
homemakcrs Of the nation. They
know that the price OF partnerwhlpI
between q municipality and vice 4
hebauched human souls: that when
greasy money Is accepted from the
fallen for protection. officials nearly
always want their piece OF blood
money. the habit grows and II IL
only step further downward to the
horrible conditions existing in New
York.
When this city had a flonrishins
vice district the writer used 20 sell
about five dollars worth OF noa-
trums for the alleged cure OF veneer
cal disease per day, since the abol.
ishment Of this district he has sold
not one dollars worth OF theae nos.
trnms. This is the report from all
other dealers. physicians aud hoa.
pitfalls, who will toll the exact truth.
The city IL cleaner. purcr and less
immoral than ever before In its On.
tire history. proof that segregation
OF vice Is snare and delusIon. de.
signed and upheld by those who
worship the Golden Calf, who value
the dollars above the price of a hu.
man soul. The city that cannot
exist without the greasy money oh.
tanned from the down.fallen. the
gambler. the sporting element, has
no excuse for existence whatever.
Homemakers everywhere rejoice
at the increasing evidence on every
hand OF an awakening public con.
science. az the knowledge that hu.
manity Is being exalted above prop.
eriy and the dollar. The prayers OF
mothers are ascending for more
men like Governor West. Mayor
cotterill. DR.. Matthews. and papers
like The Star. which Is not afraid
10 present the moral side OF public
questions. J. G. NATTRASS,
us Il. Holly ST.. Belltngham.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

Editor The Star: You seem TO
always get what you want and what
you 30 after. Why not help promote
q Y, w. G. A. building Fund.- IL IL
indeed a worthy ceuse and much
needed building.
MARY CoTTRELT..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

CARNEGIE has given an
other 100000 to the Founda-
ton OF the Advancement Of
Teaching. He took it out Of
the Foundation Of the Nd
.varcement OF Eating.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

v. W. A. Brewer OF the English
lnaiituto Of automobile engineers.
after inspecting a large number OF
American auto factories. returned
home and told manufacturers
there that no country could make
cars 80 cheaply an this.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26
LURED BY FREE HOME PROMISE, CANNERY
WORKERS LIVE in JNSPEAKABLE SQUALOR

tho free housing" and the country
air" adduced 10 begmiie low wage
woskerAfrom Buffalo. Syracuse and
Rochester. There are great fac.
tories and costly machinery for the
product. and for the workers wretch.
cd novels reeklng with filth.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

Also Evidence Of Residence IN
Chicago.
Ills clothing gave evidences Of
moderate prosperity silk hat. a
frpck coat and pearl gray apats .--
Chicago tillj Record Herald.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26
Nothing Serious

and reached the United States 90
years later.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

Andrew Carnegie is again tsIkins
OF the disgrace Of dying rich. WV
doesn't Andy hire two or three ~.
years and make poverty certalns
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

JOSH WISE
SAYS:
Everybody In
eeeleyspors V In
favor o. estsbilah.
In a ehllcren's
playground. bus
everybody In Dee
ieyaport IL sn'in
hsyin' Il near
their property"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

Not quite 10000 persons "a.
along Broadway. New YORK civ
on foot In a day. but 700 900 pass 4.
street cars. autos and other Con
Ycyances.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

UNIVERSITY Of Pittsburg
discovers that Pittsburgs
smoke has l0l phases. These,
added to her l0l stcnches,
make 202 for Pittsburg. which
is going some.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

An American company will build
a railway between Valencia aud
Madrid.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

TACOMA boasts that more
chickens are kept in her back
yards than those Of any other
city OF her size. But more are
put in Seattle's. The differ
encc between kept and put
represents the variety in moral
tone Of the neighbors. Seattle
keeps more OF her chickens in
her parlors than Tacoma, any
how. She has TO.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

The new battieships Nevada an
Oklahoma VIII burn oil. This Nm
reduce the fireroom force 50 -
cent. take 300 tons OF weight ~
the boat, and save 81 feet ia space
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

We have received question
from Mr.. Lon Moore regarding
grass IN a back yard but wc must
refuse 20 answer H. We are afraid
there IL some kind u a catch la e..
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

Tomorrow - FILTH AND
CANNED FOOD.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

IT. - Ws ~
A new baby II reported AZ The
home OF James and Nellie Bear on
the Calumet ID Mercyyille TIA
Banner.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-26

MARY CoTTRELL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-02

heavily armed as our Texas, having Only
eight Pinch guns. But that battery
ranks her far above the average of bat
tlesbip potency. There are only ten OF
orr thlrty-five first class battleships
which surpass or even equal her In main
battery strength. But In addition 10
that her S4OOO-hors6power turbines
drive her at the rate Of nearly thirty
knots. while our great fighters are rated
at only twenty one knots or less.
Interest of still another kind, but by
no means inconsiderable, arises from the
fact that these ships represent navy
which is one of the most powerful IN
the world and yet which has never been
engaged in war. The German fleet mas
been developed in unbroken peace, not
TO meet the actual needs Of war but only
in preparation for the possible but I'M
desired contingencies Of the unknown
future Indeed, the German Empire,
which has become on both land and sea
one of the very foremost military pow
ers Of the world, has never engaged In
Anything like an actual and general war
in all the forty-odd years since the great
conflict in which it had its birth.
Whether the peace has thus been kept
for more than generation because of
or in spite Of this tremendous military
development is one of the specuations
which the visit of the squadron may sug-
cost
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-02
A DEADLOCK AT BALTIMORE.

The results of last weeks Democratic
primaries and state conventions increase
the probability that the Baltimore con
yention will be deadlocked. Speaker
Clark has now 354 instructed delegates.
Only 1916 delegates remain to be chosen
and If he should get them all-which Is
far from likely-be would have only
5OO-47 less than majority OF the con-
vention and DDS less than the two-thlrdS
required to nominate. Governor Wilson
has 21S delegates, and the third largest
group is that of uninstructed and I'M
committed, which numbers 100.
1t is plain that the two leaders have
little hope of drawing enough votes
from the minor candidates and the I'M
committed column to make the fight
merely two-Sided, thus compelling o
choice between Clark and Wilson. The
minor candidates have 115 votes among
them and will linger In the field in the
hope of finally attracting the lightning.
Moreover. there are unavOwed candl-
dates in reserve, like Mayor Gaynor am
Mr.. Bryan, and their friends will try to
keep the vote scattered and thus force
the retirement of both Clark and Viii
son. 1t may easily happen, therefore,
that the nomination will go to an as
prant who or the first half-dozen ial-
lots has not received q single vote.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-02
ATLANTIC CITY'S SHA NE.

Last weeks disclosures at Atlantic
City. which will this week be carried
further. if not completed, show how far
the rake's progress Of that Ill used
municipality has gone and how much
need there was Of the vigorous action
which when Governor Fort began 1t was
denounced as unwarranted and as a
despotic invasion of the sacred right Of
home rule. II will be remembered that
attention was first drawn TO the need Of
reform by charges Of the open violation
OF the Sunday law In the selling of in
toxicating liquors.
There were earnest protests against
any interference with that practice, some
of which were made by men who ought
such traffic on Sunday was demanded by
the public and was necessary to the pa
tronage and prosperity Of that great cos
mopolitan pleasure resort; and it was
seriously proposed to enact legislation
differentisting the license system of At
lantic City from that Of the rest of the
state. 40 that it could continue to do
that which was forbidden elsewhere.
TO this specious reasoning, which was
il informed when it was not insincere,
the reply was made that the lawbreaking
Of the saloons was merely one essential
link in chain Of general iniquity which
comprised large part of the business
and political activities Of the city. This
was holly resented as libellOus asper-
sion upon the place, which, we were told,
was governed In an honest and enlight-
ened manner. Investigation proceeded
inexorably, however, with results which
have now apparently reached climax.
Ii was shown successfully that in ad-
dition TO Sunday violations there were
other gross breaches Of the excise law
that In connection with the lawbreaking
saloons gambling, prostitution and other
vices fourished, under the protection Of
the "ring"; that to assure lawbreakers
immunity from punishment there was
systematic Jury fixing" and that to re-
tain control Of the machinery OF justice
the grossest frauds were practised upon
the ballot Finally, II now appears that
there has been a wholesale reign Of
graft in public works and Of bribery Of
municipal officials.
This should cause no surprise, for II is
merely the repetition Of an old story.
There is nothing more familiar in the
morbid pathology OF municipal corrup.
ton than the solidarity Of vice and
crime II has been demonstrated over
and over again in New York, in Phila
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-02
HIGHER ECONOMICS.

The economy and perfection OF man
agement by which the great meat pack
ers have been enabled to utilize every
thing but the below of the steer ana
the grunt OF the hog have been hardldcd
as remarkable. They are surpassed tar'
it appears, by recent achievement
For, if reports Of the Department OF
Commerce and Labor and statements or
the packers themselves are taken In con
junction. the startling. amazing fact
stands revealed that they have actually
repealed that most potent and time
honored of statutes, the law OF supply
and demand On that basis alone can
be explained The present prices Of meats
Figures compiled by the Bureau OF
Statistics of the Department OF Com
merce and Labor show that the receipts
Of livestock at Chicago, Kansas City
Omaha. st. Louis, st. Joseph, St Paul
and Sioux City during April of this year
were heavier than in any April since
1907. Moreover the livestock receipts
for the first four months of this year
at those markets. the biggest In the
West. were greater than for any core
spending period in decade. Thus,
plainly, the supply Of meats has been
creat--unusually great.
The demand for meats has not in
creased in proportion. High prices, tenn
porary boycotts and the like have had
tendency to decrease the demand.
Any theory Of economics. therefore,
proves that the prices OF meats should
have been declining rapidly since the
beginning of the year. Any head OF n
household. however, can prove from bis
bills that facts have as little TO do with
that theory as the packers recent
statements that livestock was scarce
had 10 do with the facts.
There remains this condition: Record
breaking meat prices. in the face of an
unusually large supply of livestock. OBJ
viOusly the packers have managed 10
suspend the law Of supply and demand.
modestly. without any publicity acting
on their usual policy Of not letting the
right hand know what the left hand
doeth. It Is to be hoped they will not
attempt TO interfere with the laws Of
gravitation. the binomial theorem or the
multiplication table. Prices are inordi-
nately high now. and the packers ought
to let well enough alone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-02
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
fFrnm The Tribune Bureau.l

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, June 1.-There were TWO
great objective points for the social world
to-day-Annapolis and the ball game be-
tween members OF the Metropolitan ana
Chevy Chase clubs, for the benefit OF the
free wards OF Providence Hospital.
The American League park was well
filled with distinguished spectators. The
Postmaster General entertained g. party In
his box. Chief Justice and Mrs. White had
guests in their box, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Christian Henmlck entertained the Swed-
ish Minister and Nine. Ekengren. Count
Claes Bonde, Swedish secretary; Lieuten-
ant General Miles Miss Isabel Wells and
John L. Gignoux, honorary attache OF the
Swiss Legation.
William Hit entertained at dinner to-
night at the Manor, Randall Highlands In
honor OF Mr.. and Mrs. Reynolds Hit.
Among their guests were Countess
Gizycki, the Misses Meyer. Mr.. and Mrs,
Preston Gibson, Miss Katherine Elkins,
Miss Jean Oliver Miss Katherine Britton.
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Elkins, Craig Biddle
and John Cotton Smith. An old Maryland
dinner 81 fried chicken was served from
small round tables each laden with flow
crs. The guests danced until midnight