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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-24
.TWO-PLhTOON
|. SYSTEM UPHELD

That direct vote of the people,
az expressed In the referendum
on the tw,-b!atnon system. Is the
aupreme voice. and that tho coun-
ell cannot supersede IL or qualify
II by later ordinance. Is the opin-
ion given by Judge Everett smith
today.
He therefore ruled that the ma
rine fremen are subject TO the dou-
ble-platoon system. and cannot en-
force the three platoon or eight
hour shifts. which a council ordi-
nance provided. The double
platoon system provides for work.
ing days Of 10 and "A hours. alter
nately.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-24
SANE ANSWERS TO
FOOLISH QUESTIONS

Kindly tell me how TO pre-
vent my vacuum cleaner from
pulling the nails out Of the
floor.--Mrs. E. z.
Run the vacuum cleaner over the
under-sld, OF your floor instead OF
the top OF the floor. This viii pull
your nails tighter into the floor.
| am a dec ded blond and
have straw-colored crash
suit. but am not certain that
II will go we'll with my com
pleNion What do you Think
Jennie We've.
DO not woar it. A crash suit De
always loud.
am ten years old and at the
head Of my class In arithmetic,
but the other day the teacher
gave me a problem ! could not
solve, 90 I am asking you TO
help. How do you find the
square root OF a sassafrss tree7
willie K.
You cannot find n, as there Il
none. The sassafras has rounC
root.
please tell me what would bo
a good thing to plant In my
back yard.-C. s.
A cornct. ph0uograph, Aylophonc
dining room dome or o pair Of pat
ent leather shoes with white tops
fell over my umbrella and
broke three ribs yesterday.
Where can I have them re-
paired Ethel W.
Take your ribs to an umbrella
repairer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-24

OMAHA, March 24.--Two hundred persons are
some undoubtedly fatally, and 1000 arc homeless
the result of the worst cyclone in the history of Ne
braska.
The property loss is estimated at sl0,00O,OOO.
The tornado swept through strip five miles
long in the northern part Of the city at o'clock yes
erday evening, carrying death and destruction in its
path.
The tornado entered the city from the southwest.
swept past the county hospital and then travelled in
norhcasterly direction sweeping everything before
it. 1t then changed its again travelling east to
the Missouri river where it disappeared into the Iowa
bluffs.
Buildings were picked up and twisted, and then
hurled with terrific force against smaller structures
The wind treated rich and poor alike, razng build
ings in the most arstocratic section of the city
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-24
ANOTHER TOWN
is WIPED OUT

LINCOLN. Ncb March 2f-Rc-
ports received mere today say eight
persons met death in cyclone
which yesterday practically destroy.
ed Berlin. Neb. go miles south OF
here. Nebraska CITY is the ncares,
town % Berlin. but the roads be.
tween Tho two towns are impassa.
BILE only church and one res.
dcnce were leff standing In Berlin,
according so the report.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-24
SEATTLE MAYOR
OFFERS HIS AID

The following message OF condo
lonce and offer Of assistance was
sent by Mayor Cotterill of this city
TO Mayor Dahlman OF Omaha today;
Mayor J. G. Dahlman, Omaha.
Nebraska. People Of Seattle are
shocked 10 hear of disaster which
has overtaken your city. and extend
utmost sympathy Let us know II
more practical aid Will be accepta-
BILE. and public movement viii be
organized.
GEORGE F. CoTTERILL,
Mayor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-24


WIS do I Ro into those
facts Hecnuae they are facts:
not tho minimum wage alone but
clean clty government Is necessary
TO proter, thr women ~ a city.
10 not misuodersirnd me as un-
d,rraiimaflng the importance of ihe
minimum vago crusade As said.
II is vital
nut the greater Independence Of
we'll paid working girls viii drive
the alavera 20 desperation 70 sup
ply the demand. then The proper
administration ~ law and The hon
est exercise OF pollce. power will bc
absolutely necessary 20 guard wo
men from forcible slavery Such
administration of municipal gov
eminent aa is daily revealed IN
I Vow Yo-t Ci'r we suffrhglsta can
not condemn 100 severely.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-24
By Mrs. Jas. Lee Laidlaw

No minimum wage measure can
nrutect women from infamy nm
less Il BE- accompanied by honest.
decent municipal legislation.
Where police administration is
suhmoral the absolute physical
liberty Of many respectable rirls
and girls of high social position
lis menaced by criminals who
would not. aud do not now, fear 70
resort to abduction
OF the $4,000 girls who dis
appear every year. a large pro-
portion are taken VIOLENT
iY and HELD IN BOND
AGE.
while the realization Of the min
insum wage suggested would shield
sone wags-earnlng girls from temp
,atlon. many girls would stlll be
snhjec,ed 70 the awful fate OF alb
ducfion
FIry thousand girls In this
country drop out Of existence
yearly; pass from the knowi-
edge Of their friends and farm
lies absolutely.
will possibly be accused OF
s<nsationallsrn in stating facts,
but these facts are known.
Why should We hesitate 10 an
nounes the conciusionf
rnder our corrupt city govern
nenf. girls are being snatehed into
saxfcabs or kidnapped on the streets
II Is going on ALL THE TIMEt
Even with wages az low as they
nov are, the supply Of girls Is Got
sufficleut So we cannot look q
the minimum wage alone TO solve
the problem. especially so Ions ~
district leaders. blk politicians
magistrate and judges not ouiy
coantenanee. but acquire gain
from this iniqnitous traffic.
Don't you believe TT Well
listen.
Not long ago a girl was taker
ron the streets of Rochester and
brought 10 New York. Here sh'
fell into the hands % an aid 80
cleiy. Communication with Hoch
eater proved that the police there
we're looking for her and her fam
ily vas distracted II was only b.
chance that she was saved from
terrible fate
But there Is a tragedy of the kline
II which the circumstances arr
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-24
WIND BLOWS Z
BABIES AWAY

OMAHA, Neo. March "a
Many babies lost their lives
In the Child saving Institute.
on the West Side. II was d.
rec,ly In the path Of the ey-
clone.
Two babies were Whisked
GU, Of their beds and blown
away. One child called Thelms
was found dead a block from
the institute and another -
still missing. Others were
found dead, piled in heaps on
tire floor. Nearly every BABY
IN the institution was injured
many seriously.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-24
ARE YOU LAYING ASIDE
FOR THAT RAINY DAY?

To do so you must save, and the best way
to save is to make the money you spend buy
you the utmost possible. You will find that
of The Star each day will add wonderfully
to the purchasing power of your dollar.
Every day the ads in The Star tell of sub
stantal savings you can make on actual ne
cessities. These offers are made by Seattle's
leading and most reliable stores, and every
one of them mean. actual dollars and cents
saved for you. Are you taking advantage of
them? If not, don't put it off another day
start now-read the ads carefully and thor
oughly.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-24
MISS MILDRED ROWE of

MISS MILDRED ROWE OF
Ithaca Is suing New York
musle firm for $4,000. She
bought q harp and the firm
agreed TO teach her to play II.
she says the long hours she
was forced to practice in their
efforts 20 make good ruined her
nerves.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-24

4 Persons who watched the
\ Omaha storm from start TO I'M
= ish insisted today that they >
> distinctly saw the body OF a =
= man In the maelstrOm as II >
\ passed over the city.
4 4 = T. 4 4 n . y
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-24

THE STAR SHOULD TAKE ALL THE CREDIT TO
WHICH 1T is ENTITLED. | EXPECT THE Gov
ERNMENT TO MAKE A FAVORABLE REPORT.
TAKE A FAVORABLE STAND AT ONCE.
(Signed) "NORLE."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-24
STORM INTERFERES
WITH THE STORK


OMAHA, Neb, March "a
Mrs. C. &. medloek was about
20 give birth 10 a baby when her
home on Decatur 81. was badly
damaged by the cyclone last
nlaht. Her husband was Sc
rlously cut and her two daugh-
ters injured, their clothing be
ina torn from their bodies
Mrs. medloek lay four hours In
roofless houne and In a
drenching rain. attended only
by her husband. a friend
stopped with a wagon outside
and took the woman 70 the
home OF other friends. Her con-
dition is critical.
CONNECTICUT LEoisLA-
TORS are allowed so cents
mil. mileage" between their
home and Hartford. but have
passsd bill amending the
charter Of every railroad in the
state and compelling them TO
carry members Of the leglsla-
ture free. Gov. Baldwin will
veto IL.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-24
UNITED PRESS HAS ONLY TELEGRAPH
WIRE LEADING OUT OF STRICKEN CIT

- m of
American Tdepn the
thought man uttered h tornado we h oew eworNneo Of
owe I PREF or @ through is ohn reach
ry t an d t % D dobn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-24
TORNADO SWEEPS OMAHA: REP PORTS INDICATE
WEALTHY SOCIETY
WOMAN EXPOSES
TRAFFIC IN GIRLS

fe startling OF their srl friend the
a
.noes,d James millionaire YORK banker and
~. ~r. barrie, Burton the white
s.v. considered perhaps the foremost
sythcrlty subject IN Ameres)
By Mrs. Jas. Lee Laidaw
The nation minimum for working
AL. 81 means FOR suppressng asting
rsform BT THE MOST DIRECT STEP OR THE FIRST
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-24
NOBLE DECLARES THE
DIR.
WHO'S WHO AT CAPITAL!

IrAsrooNtsT CORY, back from writing ur
IL ard pleturina the Panama canal Tor The star
| !. IN Washington looking over the members e'
wg,.cns cabinet. His first story, on elll MeAdoo
speesrs on page !.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-03-24
WHY GIRLS co WRONGl

TO you know7 o. Henry, tho greatest short
~ story writer Of modern tmet, knew, and he
tells In his famous tale, THE Unfinished story"
tho first install OF which 10 printed on page
today.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-07-18
ARAPAHOE.

Mrs. w. G. Edwards has been
on the sick list the past we elk.
T. E. Howard spent last Tues
day afternoon with Karle Bail ey.
Karle Bailey is having his
eighty acres of wheat cut this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. ward
and Sarah Warren spent Sunday
in the Will Howard home.
Clarence Auten and John
Wyant spent Monday with the
latters parents south of town.
The infant babe of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thos. Seay. was buried in
the Arapahoe cemetery, Tuesday
afternoon.
Fernard and Fay Bidinger.
Mert Boyack and Lou Birn at
tended Field Day in Burlington
last Wednesday.
DIR. Homer and w. S. Moore
left for a pleasure trip through
the south. They expect to be
gone about a month.
DR.. Potter, south of town had
the misfortune to have his arm
broken when he fell from a
wagon, Monday evening".
Itha Quertermous, Lillian and
Gertrude Walker spent Saturday
night and Sunday with the Miss
es Dora and Anna Loster.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-07-18
TO DESTROY WEEDS
IN WALKS OR DRIVEWAYS.

1t is q rather tedious process and
hard on tools to remove weeds or
grass from walks by hoeing or cnt-
ting them out between the stones,
but there are number of chemicals
or sprays which can be used with good
success.
l. Salt. Take lb. of salt to gal
Ion of water, boil and apply while still
hot, or dry salt may be used and then
watered in, but this will color the
walk more or less and is not quite so
effective.
?. Crude carbolic acid, Il OF. of the
liquid to gallon of water will also
destroy ants.
3. Sulphuric acid. rs OF. of the
acid to l gallon of water. Best ap-
piled with wooden pail.
4. Take ID. of powdered arsenic
to- gallons OF cold water, boil and
stir we'll. Then add I gallons OF cold
water with 2 lbs. of sal soda.
5. Lime and sulphur. 10 gallons of
water, 20 lbs. of quicklime and 2 lbs.
OF flowers of sulphur are boiled in an
iron vessel. After settling, the clear
part is dipped off and used when
needed.
There are also a number of COM
mercial weed killers in the market
which can be bought at seed stores.
Applications of weed destroyers
should be made on hot day or right
after q rain, with watering pot
(sprinkler), and one good application
is usually sufficient for the season. AS
the most of them contain poison,
either arsenic or acids, great care
should be exercised in handling them.
JULIUS ERDMAN,
Colorado Agricultural College,
Fort Collins, Colo.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-07-18

Mrs. Laura Wheatley of Con-
roe, Texas and Mrs. E. j. Wieg-
ner and daughter, Laura Helen,
arrived from Sawyer, Kansas,
Tuesday for a visit with the
family of E. B. Mason at Arapa-
hoe. Mrs. Wiegner and daugh-
ter will return home Saturday
morning and Mrs. Wheatley will
remain the rest of this month,
then will go to visit a month with
her daughter, Mrs. Meryhew of
Ashton, Mo. She will be ac-
companied from here by Mrs.
Mason and two daughters, Vera
and Irene.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-07-18
COURT PROCEEDINGS.

At a special term Of the district
court, before Judge w. E. Nor
ris, in Cheyenne Wells Wednes-
day evening Geo. Alternately and
Howard Baer pleaded guilty to
stealing 4 head of horses from
w. F. Wyant, and were sentenced
from eighteen months to two
years in the penitentiary.
Elton johnson pleaded guilty
to burglarizing .. store at Kit
Carson in 1911, and was sen.
fenced to the reformatory.
Henry Pickerel pleaded guilty
to stealing and killing a calf and
was sentenced to the penitentiary
from one to two years.
We think the Judge dealt very
leniently with these parties, and
he gave them all good friendly
advice, by which they can profit
if they will but heed his advice.
We feel sorry for these men, all
of whom have small children
growing up. We feel very sorry
for their wives and parents. for
they will have to bear the burdens
of their. husbands downfall. and
we hope the Lord will give them
strength and courage to overcome
these tribulations, and may the
men come out and show by their
works that they have learned a
lesson, and that they will try to
be honest and upright citizens
hereafter.
Elton Johnson. the young man
sent to the reformatory, does not
bear the appearance Of being a
bad boy, and if he will heed the
admonitions of the Judge. he will
certainly be a credit to himself
and parents at last.
Here are four men convicted
and sentenced to the penitentiary
without having to go to the cost
of impaneling jury and saving
the county several thousand dol
lars. Let it be said to the credit
of Frank Williams, our sheriff
and M. w. Purcell. our district
attorney, that they deserve great
praise for the way they handled
these cases.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-07-18

page story in every paper in the
country. But these cloak room
chats are confidential and l refuse
to embarrass the gentleman.
THE FARMER DECEIVED.
To my mind the high protec-
tive swindle could not have per-
sisted in this country had the
farmer understood the question.
Republicans have told him that
he was one of the benefciaries
of the tariff, and to make the
deception complete they have
placed a high tariff on his wool
and wheat and other products.
But the price of most of the
things produced by the farmer
is fixed in Liverpool, the worlds
market. That is because we
have been producing more agri-
cultural products than we could
corsume and our surplus has been
exported. Every farmer should
know that the price of his wheat
and his corn is determined by
the condition of the Liverpool
market and that the price he gets
for his wool is fixed by the WOOL
en- combine and is sometimes
lower than the Liverpool market.
When the farmer learns these
facts he will, of course, refuse to
continue to support a system
which increases the price of the
things he buys and does not in
crease the price of the things he
sells.
Then the high protective tariff
fake will have reached its Appo-
mattox.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-07-18
FIRST VIEW NEWS.

Rev. DeMunbrun preached
here last Sunday.
Mrs. Thos. Hickman is visiting
in Cheyenne Wells.
Fred Mcdonald went to Den
yer to work last week.
Geo. Virgin who has been very
ill, is somewhat better.
Rev. Fir. Kieffer will hold mass
here Sunday July 10th.
Lee Roush was blowing fire
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-07-18
breaks here Wednesday.

breaks here Wednesday.
Angeline Pauls visited over
night in the county seat, Tuesday
G. E. Gregory had a horse
shipped in from Manhattan, Kas
last week.
Mrs. Melton and son, Kenneth
spent Sunday evening at Thos.
Mansfield's.
Mrs. j. C. Russell returned
Tuesday from a visit at points in
Kansas and Missouri.
The Ladies Aid Society held an
all day meeting with Mrs. G. C.
Calvert July 16. All report a
fine time.
Among those on the sick list
this week are. Mrs. Thos. Dwyer,
Mrs. Prodehl, Dolly Moler and
Mrs. Melton.
Mrs. Rachel King, of Charlotte
Mich, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs J.
H. Curtis and other friends in
this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Curtis, 70
ra Curtis and Miss Rachel King
visited at the G. C. Calvert ranch
Wednesday evening.
Joe Mousel can't find a name
that is good enough for his new
boy. If you know of an extra
fine name please notify Joe.
The Ladies Altar Society met
with Mrs. Thos. Dwyer July 10.
It was an all day meeting and
considerable sewing was done.
Mrs. Dwyer served a delicious
chicken dinner. The net meet
ing will be at the R. E. Frank
ranch south of town July "a.
There was a small cyclone here
Sunday evening. It blew the
school house barn over, tore down
a part Of C. S. Woodrow's fence
and carried away washtubs, etc,
which happened to be set out in
hopes of rain. And Gabriel
blew his trumpet sound, and said,
The rain has gone around"
Notice has just been sent out
by the P. O. Department, that
psrcel post stamps may be used
on any class of mail and ordinary
stamps may be used on fourth
class matter. The insurance fee
on fourth class parcels, valued
up to twenty-five. dollars is re-
duced to five cents. Insurance
on packages Fourth class) valued
from twenty-five to fifty dollars
is ten cents.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-07-18

Mrs. L. M. Dickson, Mrs. r.
C. Lewis and sister. Miss Holl-
gren, of Arapahoe were very
pleasant callers at Mrs. c. T..
Bogert's. Wednesday evening.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-07-18
for the life of me can't see
much hope for Che Grand Old
Party.

tAauSAA aOpS AOA SA0 ON
Party.
"You have disappointed us in
a most exasperating way. First,
we thought your leaders would
be at each others throats before
Wilson had been in the White
House 60 days. Instead they
seem to be conducting a contin-
uous love feast. Billy Bryan
permits Wilson to lead the or
chestra while he smiling scrapes
away on second-fddle Clark
and Underwood, who by all the
rules of the game, should be
waiting around the corner with a
baseball bat ready to swat the
Commoner, seem to be lying
awake nights trying to figure out
a new scheme to show their love
for him.. Bryan comes right back
at them and insists on placing
laurel wreaths on their brow.
Il cannot believe this harmony
will last, but if it does we are
lost.
"And then. look at the crops!
Think of old mother nature CIV
ing us good crops, the best we
ever had, when the Democrats
were in control of the govern
ment! How can yoh start a panic
when the farmer is prosperous,
and how can we ever convince
him again that his happiness is
based on the tariff when all this
money is pouring in on him while
the Democrats are tearing the
sacred old thing to pieces?
Talking of panics, did you
notice how Wilson and McAdoo
made Wall Street stop all it's
calamity bowling a few weeks
ago?' Just threatened to dump
$500, 600, 600 of government notes
into the channels of trade to re-
lieve a tight market. Have you
heard a peep out of Wall Street
since? No, and you won't
WALL STREET BUFFALOED.
And they will accept Wilson's
currency bill, too. He has them
Buffaloed. This is the first time
in a good many years that we
have had a man in the White
House who didn't give a thinkers
dam for the emperors. of finance.
Wall Street is just beginning to
get that fact through its noodle.
It will gurgle and gasp its indig-
nation for awhile but it will even
tually come to its milk. This
talk about the big National Banks
surrendering their charters rath-
er than submit to federal control.
is popycock. Wilson and Bryan
will have their way with the
currency bill, just as they have
had with the tariff bill.
but the amazing thing is that
the country seems to like it. l
have a lot of sheep men in my
district and when l went home
the otner day I expected to find
them up in arms over the free
wool. But they weren't. They
tried to tell me that the tariff
had nothing to do with fixing the
price of American wool, that the
Woolen Trust looked after that,
and that they believed Wilson
was an honest God-fearing man
who was trying to do the right
thing.
''Can you beat that, and in a
Republican district, too?
Young man there is nothing
to it, God is with the Democracy.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-07-18
Washington Letter,
BY Edward Heating,
Congrcssman-at-Large
From Colorado.

From Colorado.
Protection met its Gettysburg
vn July 7th, 1918, just four days
after the fiftieth anniversary of
the turning point in the conflict
between the States.
On that date 49 Democratic
Senators agreed to pass the I'm
,derwood Tariff Bill without ma
terial amendment of the import
ant schedules. OF course, the
verbal fusillading will continue
for weeks in the Senate. The
representatives of special interest
will make few more desperate
stands in the hope Of saving
something from the wreck. But
to all intents and purposes their
backbone was broken on July z,
and recovery is impossible. Lee
fought on after Gettysburg but
he knew Appomattox was newt
able.
1 suppose the inside story OF
this fight for an honest revision
of the tariff will never be written.
The viclors are disposed to be
generous and the yanquished are
not seeking publicity. As I have
often pointed out in these letters,
the sugar and wooden schedules
constituted the Bloody Angle"
of the battle. To carry that
position, we had to muster 48
Democratic votes in the Senate.
Two so-called Democratic, the
Louisiana Senators, deserted to
the enemy before a gun was fired.
ThsA left US with 49, just one
more than enough. For weeks
and months the sugar and WOOL
en- interests, backed up by a
hoard of other tariff interests,
moved Heaven and Earth in an
attempt to drive two or three
Democratic Senators into the
protection camp.
THE MEN THEY WANTED.
Shafroth of Colorado, Walsh OF
Montana, Newlands of Nevada
and Thompson of Kansas. were
the men they hoped to get. The
testimony before the lobby in
vestigating committee shows in a
measure the character and in
tensity of the pressure to which
these men were subjected. The
beneficiaries of the tariff never
made a more systematic fight.
They probably never spent more
money or exerted stronger or
more varied influences in strug-
gle. Yet they lost! Lost for the
first time in the history of tariff
legislation in this country.
It is the most notable defeat
sustained by the forces of special
privilege in the last half century.
The result is due to two influences
an awakened public sentiment,
and the remarkably able leader
ship with which the Democratic
party is blessed to-day.
With Wilson, Bryan, Clark,
Underwood, Kern. Simmons and
Owen working in complete har-
mony with an eye single to the
public welfare, it is difficult for
the opposition to offer effective
resistance.
A REPUBLICANS VIEW.
One of the leading Republicans
in the House described the situa-
tion very accurately while chat
ting with me in the cloak room
the other day:
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-07-18

Quite number from Arapahoe
attended the trial in Cheyenne
Wells, Wednesday evening.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-07-18

Robert Hancock arrived here
this (Thursday) morning for a
visit with relatives and friends.