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Evening star., 1914-04-05
PUPILS OF EASTERN HIGH
AGAIN SCORE AS ACTORS
"A Knight of Arthur's Court Pre-
sented at School Before
Large Audience.

Another success was scored by pupils of
the Eastern High School last night in
their presentation of "A Knight of Ar
thurs Court which was given in the
school auditorium before large au-
dience.
AS on Friday night, when the first per-
formance was given for the benefit of
athletics and other school activities, the
audience was greatly pleased with the eff
forts of the young actors and actresses
The play, which has four acts and seven
scenes, was written by Miss Maude c.
Gunther. a teacher of the school. Miss
A. McColm was general manager and
chairman of the dramatic committee
Others on the executive staff of the play
were Miss Gunther. Miss f. T. Prince
Miss NJ De Lattre and Miss A. NJ Merrill
Mrs F. Byram acted as accompanist on
the piano. A large proportion of the
stage settings were made at the school,
under the direction of Miss v Van Doren.
Raymond Clark had charge of the carpen-
try and other stage business
Clair johnson had the part of Sir Gala
had last evening. Miss Ingrid Westesson
had the role of Blanchefieur Herbert
Bradburn was King Arthur, while Queen
Guinevere was portrayed by Miss Nietta
Droney.
Others who took part in the perform
ance We're: Irving Dennison, Raymond
Clark. Harold Williams. Leon Tashoff,
Walter Graves, Helge Dieserud. George
Bassett. Wallace Yater, J. Mckim Had
daway, Karl Lutz, Edward Lawson. Doug
lass Powell. Margaret King, Thelnla Da-
Wis. Ethel Brockman. Catherine Jarboe,
Mildred Smith. Marian Tucker. Isabelle
Allen, Marcella Cook. Ralph Childs Nor
man Stockett, Egbert Armstrong, Theo-
dore Chisholm and Evelyn Naylor.
Evening star., 1914-04-05
HELD AS TRAIN BANDIT
One of Alleged Seaboard Air Line
Gang Is Said to Have
Confessed.

NORFOLK. April 4.-The Seaboard Air
Line railways general offices here today
reported the arrest at Columbia, 5. e., OF
one. Radcliffe. as one of a gang of six To-
cal men alleged to have been connected
with the hold-up of a Southern Express
Company's messenger on the Seaboard
Tampa-New York express train at Co
lumbia, March 2s. Radcliffe is alleged to
have made confession upon which it is
expected to apprehend the five others
within the next twenty-four hours.
The Seaboard Air Line today also re-
ported the taking into custody OF one
Fletcher a Southern Express messenger
who is alleged to have confessed that
report that he was held zip on a Sea-
board express from Birmingham to New
York at Conner. Ga. April >. was a hoax.
Seaboard officials say the motive is al
legged to have been hope of reward and
promotion for brave service.
Several Suspects Held.
COLUMBIA. $. O.. April i.-Local po-
lice officials admitted today that three
or four suspects We're held i rthe city
Jail in connection with the robbery of the
of four suspects We're held in the city
limits last Saturday night. hut refused to
confirm the report that one Radcliffe was
among the number. 1t is reliably re
ported. however, that Radcliffe was
rested this morning. He was formerly
employed by the Southern Express Com
pany as a driver and clerk on one of the
delivery wagons it is said.
Evening star., 1914-04-05
: ructures are substantial and of an ar
tistic design
Secondhand Vendors a Study.

| In the course oi today's walk came
| upon an Interesting aspect of Brussels
| life. A great open paved place fully POO
! yards square. where scores of second
, hand goods vendors We're conducting their
| traffic They had for the most part
! merely spread old carpets or mattings on
! rhe pavement and laid out their STOCKS
! for public inspection. Some had testles
and even tent coverings. while the SIM
plest shop of all consisted of couple
of newspapers opened on the ground
weighted down by half dozen pairs OF
old shoes.
These people pay d small license fee to
the city for the privilege of selling here
in what is known as the 'NieuX Marche,
or old market. 1t is stipulated that noth-
ing new can be offered for sale Every
thing conceivable is there. old clothes, oia
slippers. old lamps. old furniture, oio
clocks OLE collars even old toys one
stand consisted o: a pitiful handful OF
childrens playthings worth III all per-
haps a dollar. at generous valuation, over
which possible buyers were bending Gag
erIy on the perennial hunt for bargains.
These venders in the "VieuX Marche
are all specialists. They gather in their
wares from all possible places and it is
grades of stolen goods ultima tely Will be
found there. In one corner OF the square
are half a dozen metal workers. dealers
in old keys locks. etc These are arti-
sans. who make repairs and fit keys and
do all sorts of odd jobs on demand. sun
day morning is the big time at the NieuN
Marche.
Al night these vendors must completely
clear off all their goods and trestles.
They are kept in good order by special
guards. who tramp back and forth
through the maze formed by the 1ayouts.
and in case of disputes the law is invoked
in the person of one of these solemn po-
licemen BY the way, it is a fact worthy
of record that. although ! have seen
many policemen. both here and in Ant
werp. on this and on a previous visit.
/ have never seen one laugh.
Good order prevails in Brussels. Ii is a
well behaved city. and notwithstanding
the iberality of the excise laws it is
temperate city. ] have no statistics
to the local consumption of beer. wine
and spirits. but it is evidently enormous.
Yet | have not seen a single person un-
der the influence of alcohol. nor any
quaTreling in the streets. On Sunday
nights there is perhaps a bit of bolster
Gus conduct here and there. induced, it
may be, by free imbibing, but it is all
noise and laughter. Last Sunday night
was awakened at = O'Clock By a singing
Evening star., 1914-04-05
BRUSSELS DIFFERS
FROM GUIDE BOOKS
Traveller Finds Neither Marsh
Nor River at Belgian
Capital Today.
is NOTED.CHIEFLY FOR
CROOKED STREETS
Entire Population Observes Caution
in Trafic-Accidents on Thor
oughfares Rarity.


BRUSSELS, March 10 1914.
Il j. related in the guide hooks tuat
brussels means the city on the
marsh Nowadays visitors will look m
vain for the marsh. or. III fact, for any
sign Of a river. although the maps snow
that the Belgian capital lies on the Senne,
a tributary Of the Schelde Many years
ago the stream was not merely put in
harness. but put out of sight 1t now
luws literally under Brussels. the great
boulevards covering it. Here and there
a basin has been left for lighters to carry
goods to the seaport. hut the aspect of
the city in chief is that Of d strictly dry
town.
Whatever may have been the original
character of the soil ON which Brussels
was established. centuries ago. its marshv
nature has been completely altered. The
PERCEPTIONS hills thanking the old town
We're early occupied as the community
grew. and the streets Were carried up
their sides in the easiest possible curves
Thus the Brussels of today IS city
chiefly of narrow, crooked ways, with no
perSpectiVeS save in the newer portions
and along the central business boulevaTdS.
Indeed. so accustomed have the people
become to the curving streets that they
insist upon following the same plan IN
laying out new streets. and so some Of
the tine modern thorou%hfares are bent
hither and thither. preseryin. the old
time system. which is utterly destructive
OF ones sense of location
In old Brussels little space was wasted
in street making, and less in siGev alhS.
There is room IN some of the busiest
downtown streets for two vehicles to
pass. and at the same time two reason
ably slender people can walk on either
side of the traffic. But most of the side
walks are built for single OCCUPANCY and
some of them tax the balancing powers
of one
Evening star., 1914-04-05
Central Railway Station Plan.

Some day Brussels will have a CEN
trail railroad station. located in the
heart of the business district Work
was started two years ago on this great
project. which it is conservatively es-
'timated will cost a hundred and fifty
million francs. or about $50 eco. .OGO
Ground for the station has been
cleared. and work is well under way on
the approaches. which Will he chiefly
By viaducts. II is expected that fully
twenty years longer will ne required to
complete this great undertaking. and
some doubt is expressed as to the wis
dom of the plan. inasmuch as "a one
point it Will be necessary 70 drive a
tunnel through bill about $50 yards
away from the great Cathedral of St
Gudule The possibility of striking
Guicksand is regarded as a grave one
and some aver that the vast church
may fall if the bore il not driven for
the entire distance through solid rock
In the lower part of town the quick-
sands are encountered in almost al ex-
carations, the buildings standing on
great masonry floors.
When the central station is in onera tio,
travel to and from Brussels will be
greatly facilitated. but / doubt whether
the city will gain enough in convenience
TO compensate for its loss in picturesque
ness. due to the destruction of MANY old
buildings ! passed through an area oil
demolition this afternoon in stroll
through the poorer section of the city and
saw scores of houses of the quaintest pos
staae t"T"s 'seff@'~ r4~ad ThA yi@11-e.
Evening star., 1914-04-05
Sales at Baltimore Custom House.

Sales Of interests in vessel property en-
ployed in traffic on Chesapeake bay and
its tributaries recently mace have been
recorded in the custom house at Balti-
more in the past week as follows:
One-eighth of schooner William Layton.
80 tons, from Samuel T. Brannock to
Luther Phillips. s5.
One-quarter of schooner Robert, 161
tons, from r. Duke Wathen to W. w.
Jarrett, So.
Evening star., 1914-04-05
Majority Walk in Streets.

In consequence of thhse conditions the
majority of the Belgians walk in the
streets. and ever since my arrival
have been marveling at their freedom
from accidents. My first impulse was to
propose the immediate formation of "a
Street Safety Association. but now it
is evident that the whole population is
already enrolled in one of the oldest
organizations of that kind. They take
very good care of themselves. and the
drivers and chauffeurs are exception
ally watchful and considerate. A street
accident is a rarity. for the reason that
even though every one goes across the
thorouShfare at all points vehicles are
Kept at all times strictly under con-
troll. The noise of the Songs of trans
and horns of motors and the sharp
cries OF carriers. whose Attention"
serves quite as well as an electric sig
nal, make the streets noisy. but it is
good noise. for it means security
There IS no rule of the road for
pedestrians. although vehicles follow
the riSht-hand rule prevalent in the
United States. II would be impossib BILE
to maintain a fixed passing rule for
loot tra:.se, for the sidewalks are not
wide enough to permit regularity. You
simply do the best thing under the cir
cumstances. and if a collision results
ask pardon and pass on. No one is ever
annoyed at being bumped. and it is quite
common for a coupe walking togetheS
70 be separated by a passing pedestrian.
Nor is there any sort of precedence for
women. "A man naturally gives way
but ii is common to see handsomely
dressed woman step from the sidewalk
10 give the wall to a passing man. who
taxes MS way without question.
Evening star., 1914-04-05

When the steamer Robert NJ Thompson
Virginia capes by the schooner Augusta
w. Snow, the impact shifted the coal in
the steamers bunkers and she listed so
heavily that the two holes the schooner
had ripped in her hull were lifted clear
out of the water.
Evening star., 1914-04-05

party passing under my window. nome
ward bound from some jollifcation. Pos
siblv | have heard much very bad Ian
suagA without knowing it. That is one
Of the advantages OF travel in land of
strangne speech G. A. LYON, JR.
Evening star., 1914-04-05

Miss Jane Orris of Ickesburg, Pa, an6
Lloyd Losch of Juniata county, Pa. who
were married in Hagerstown, Md. me,
with a surprise upon returning home The
bridegroom was arrested at Harrisburg
on the charge of being implicated in the
larceny of $175.
Evening star., 1914-04-05
Comradeship of the Pave.

Tho o,ber sf,a,no,,, i,o;ao,,. 90.
'S' MON an iieiueht oc-
CURED illustrative CT the good nature and
comradeship of the pave in this town.
We v-era n,als;n, o,,- r-a +hro,,c,, a
"
hdrro" piace anu one OF the members OF
our party, turning i'll passing to speak
To another coIIided with man ua
c,,ick,,. ho,,-a,. ,,, ,,,,,; -, : -,
"oe" "'iV ei'i'iieu' III FIeheii-
OF course: Pray. don kiss me. madam,
fc her utter astonishment when with
laughter ono of our f,,.,,esa,, sr;a,.,.
,,,,,.,,.o, ~ -.
translated the phrase
There no public Fairgrounds in
Brussels eave tb. ,.,,t-s .,,d ,,,,,s.,,
uuentIy the cb;idran in tba oiIiay. 49,, 80
,n,.n arc co,n,,alf1t -, - .,,1 lii.a..p: pis ..
~ st,aats IT,, ri ~ M 81 soil III
T.; - -, - pc s'i oils vi saHies
-. =, ~. "". ..T ..ooAeu, iouShiN paved
passages, ana without INJURY No one
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-28
SYMBOL of Friendship

Editor The Star: Liquor has long
been q symbol OF friendship and
merriment Its presence anywhere
is usually accompanied BY Eaioty
and good.fsilowship.
II the old saying that age In
honorable" In true. then liquor II
indeed a venerable commodity. II
stood tho test OF time. and has
found increasing favor amongst
both rich and poor. king and clown.
No feast. banquet. wedding or
other occasion where mirth and hap.
piness reign supreme has ever been
found to be complete without H.
IL energizcs the body and invigor-
ates the brain when fatigued. IL
helps digestion, keeps you warm In
cold weather and distant climes. re-
stores consciousness 20 those who
have temporarily lost II. promotes
good-fellowship amongst men. and
Is the creator OF optimism.
There are evils In our country
that should be eradicated. but from
what appears above. one could
scarcely call liquor an evil. that Ia
why ask every reader OF this paper
to vote WET"
MITCHELL SHANSBY.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-28
When Choosing Treatment
for Drink Habit
Call at the Seattle Neal Institute
and Investigate the Neal
Treatment

Men and women who have be-
come mastered by the craving
for drink can be saved from ruin
by the Neal Treatment. Censure,
fines and imprisonment Will not
reform and save them. They are
poisoned with alcohol and the crav-
ing for drink IL stronger than the
will.power TO resist. II you drink.
or II you have husbands, sons or
friends who drink. It is your duty
to investigate the Neal Drink
Habit Treatment, which Ia a safe.
sure, internal. vegetable treatment
-hypodermic injections are never
used-that Will remove the craving
and necessity for drink In three
days. DO not delay until some
thing terrible happens, but spend
three days now Mt the Seattle Neal
Institute, 1875 10th Ave. Call or
write or phone for full Information.
Phone East 1881. All drug hab-
! its treated.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-28

This 10 the last week of The
Stars series OF bio weekly
contests on tho "wet or Dry"
Issue, In which two prizes Of
IS each have been given away
weekly 10 readers.
The contest Doesn't close until
Saturday afternoon, 50 " you
hustle you still have chance
60 take one Of the flves.
Each letter Is limited 20 $50
words. Contributors are re-
quested 90 write on one side
OF the paper only.
The "Wet or Dry" contest 10
one OF the most successful
competitions ever conducted
through the columns Of The
Star. Several thousand have
taken part.
The contest has attracted
nationwide interest Among
the letters received. one came
from New York and another
from Philadelphia. The Phlls-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-28
Cost Him His Father

Editor The Star; am opposed 10
liquor because have lost father
and a brother through the influence
OF liquor. and because | have two
sons whom do not wish TO bc ex'
posed to the temptation OF the IA
loon. and because | would feel no
prid. In them II they should come
home. after their exercise Of per.
aonal liberty" with tho smell OF
liquor upon their breath.
The liking for liquor IL not naiur'
nj. but acquired. and the next gen
Grafton, not having booze" Will no,
want Il. JOHN w. MONNET.
1874 f9fh Az g.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-28
Calls 1t Anarchy

Editor The Star: As the human
race is not capable OF controlling IT.
self separately. laws are made to
control all. Personal liberty died
when laws began. Personal liberty
Is anarchy. nothing else. Breweries
are fighting hard 20 re-establish
saloons in North Dakota and other
dry territory for the purpose OF
more business, so the people must
be too highly civilized to allow a
criminal to crawl into a basement
tends to degenerate the human race
and defy the law. Anything that
should be abolished. The brain is
diseased that's composed OF liquor,
and it's a poor athlete that trains
on such.
Police search first the saloons for
criminal, and the asylums are only
monuments to the offspring OF
drunkards, and ! don't believe In
placing a basket of grapes In a
school house yard and teaching the
children "Thou shalt not steal"
j. M. WILSON.
1921 Eighth Av., City.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-28

They we're drunk. Two beautiful
girls they were. when We all went
to school In little country town
only n few years ago. Now they
are loud and coarse.
a few nights ago young man
In this city went home TO his moth
er. who is keeping house for him.
He was drunk. Because his moth.
or did not have his dinner ready
Just on the moment. he flew into a
rage and slapped her on the cheek.
lie called her names. She. like all
good mothers. wept and forgave her
son. The personal liberty always
goes too far when II slaps a mother
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-28

Editor The Star: | very strongly
diaapprove OF intemperance. but
temperance and prohibition are two
different things. Temperance has
10 do with your own will power and
personal freedom and Is self I'm.
posed. Prohibition IN imposed and
enforced by some one else. thereby
losing our personal liberty. for
which our forefRthers fought 30
nobly IN the Revolution.
We cannot prohibit person from
drinking any more than We can pro-
hibit them from eating.
The saloons are not the cause OF
poverty. Poverty is caused by In
capahility. bad luck. poor Judgment,
and tho Industrial trust system. In
which tho big fish eat up the little
fish"
Intempernnce is caused by the
lack OF will power and the weakness
OF body and mind The mothers
will not make their sons more TEN
perats by prohibiting Il. for TO the
youth stolen fruits are sweetest"
CLAIRE BRUCE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-28
Souls Sent to Hell

Editor The Star. In regard TO the
liquor question, viii say | am In
favor OF prohibition, mainly because
40 many souls are sent TO hell
through alcohol
We men spend our money In sa'
looms when Il In needed more badly
~ home. therefore. keep the major.
ity OF our young men broke. and
old ones ~ we'll.
Alcohol makes persons physical
wrecks. when they should be In the
prime Of life. makes them unde
pendablo. leads TO immortality and
debauchery. and ruins a mans
chances for position with n salary.
Hoping TO see this IN print. am.
Yours sincerely.
q. V. D.,
Az saith ST. Anacortea.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-28

about personal liberty forget the
fact that they are forcing physical
and mental defects upon their Off
spring. for II has been demonstrate
ed beyond question that hahitual
drinkers cannot produce healthy
children. No one questions the
right of the saloonkeeper to re-
strain his careless neighbor. whose
liberty 1t is to build a pig-sty on
his own ground, but alongside the
saloonkeeper's front lawn.
There is no guarantee that per-
sonal liberty shall infringe on the
happiness of others.
w. A. HODGINS (Farmer),
Langley, Wash.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-28
He's Going to Vote Dry

Editor The Star; Why intend 10
vote dry Is because those who are
against prohibition failed to NOV
me that the drunkard In the highest
type OF civilized man. They have
failed TO show how a city can gain
anything by licensing a saloon when
q; costs the city several dollars for
every dollar OF revenue II receives
| from the saloon TO take care OF the
insane and prosecute the crime pro
duced by the saloon. They have
failed 10 show how gold can right
the ruin that the saloon is causing
In tho world. They have failed 20
show that the liquor traffic will not
do as much. n not more harm. 70
the United States. as opium has
done for the Chinese. II II II allowed
to exist. IL they can show me that
the products OF the saloon are an
uplIft to the human race. instead oi
a curse, then I will vote wet" In
stead OF dry"
ELMER WEBB.
2ff0 Seventh nv.. rear, Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-28
Will Miss Revenue

Editor The Star: | am for wet.
as I am broad-minded enough TO
give my neighbor some rights and
privileges. even though | don't feel
like using them myself / might
want him to make some allowance
for me some time. The Golden
Rule. that all.
After the smoke of battle clears
away. all you will miss win be the
revenue; the booze will be here
Just the same. only the system will
be different.
Booze certainly has kick COM
ing. but he takes II like a good fell
low. and goes along paying revenue
as though nothing he'd happened.
Respectfully yours,
ID. l.. CRASSEN,
Bremerton, Wash.
No Excuse for Liquor
Editor The Star: II for no
other reason the squandering of
their wages by our laboring men,
artisans and mechanics over the
bar often depriving their families
or dependents of the necessities of
life il enough to condemn the open
saloon. II is conceded by all fair
minded persons the use of liquor
is an injury and of no benefit to
anyone. Then. what excuse for its
sale and useg Not the revenue
that does not cover the cost of
prosecuting criminals and the care
of paupers caused by the traffic.
| l have 3S years experience In Its
use and know whereof | speak. The
| greater part of this time I have
tried to quit, but was only success.
full when and where II cannot be
gotten. ONE OF MANY.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-28
For Welfare OF All

Editor The Star: The chief rea-
sons for prohibition are the welfare
OF all the people and the especial
welfare OF some OF the people.
Al the people will be benefited
by lower taxes on account OF fewer
penal and corrective institutions.
Some OF the people will be saved
from poverty. insanity and crime.
ID. w. MYERS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-28
Pleads Personal Liberty

Editor The Star; The constltu-
ton of the United States guaran-
tees life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness. There can be no argu-
ment against the fact that state
prohibition OF liquor is consttu-
tional
Those people who are howlinl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-28
DO YOU BELIEVE SAL 0NS SHOULD BE
VOTED OUT? Write US YOUR IDEA!

birth. and therefore they start life
with poor chances. What do we do
with murderers and thieyoa1 Lock
them up. SO why not lock up the
liquor that ruins manhood. aud often
wrecks homoA7
A YOUNG MOTHER.
Kirkland, Wash,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-28

on the cheek and calls her names.
There is no such thing as personal
liberty. We are all responsible 10
each other at all times.
G.. w. O'GANNON, Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-28
We're Responsible

Editor The Star; When one
looks Mt the humanitarian side of
this great question. Wet or Dry,
one can't work for anything other
than the dry side.
Last Saturday evening ] was
walking up Pike st. At Eighth and
Pike ! saw two girls | used TO 20
to school with some years ago,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-05-28
Favors High License

Editor The Star: AZ regards tho
wet and dry question. wish TO say.
/ favor high-iicensed saloons. as n
great number OF the saloons patrons
are people who pay no taxes.
SO. By abolishing saloona. We
destroy tho revenue. which must
come. and place that much moro tar
upon Mother Earth.