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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
2i3 t5,h at. 8, W.
AoAlNsr MIIIrARlsM

Editor Seattle Star. II you vii
kindly give me space IN your mosi
valuable paper. would like TO ex
press my views on the much.talked
OF issue OF preparedness. az | be
lieve IL To be a false issue. and one
that ia being raised TO drag the
hard earned money from the peck
cts OF the people to enrich the cor
porations engaged In building wal
ships and in the manufacture Of
war munitions.
In the first place. large army
and navy never has been guar
antce OF peace. both England and
Germany have been taxing their
people for generations 10 prepare
suitable armies and naviea to pro
tect them from each other. but
what has II amounted to-
II we would work half as hard
to bring about the disarmament OF
all nations az We do 10 prepare for
war. We would have universal peace
as a glorious reality. and without
the cost OF money and time which
the doctrine Of preparedness Is
bound to entail
Let me add word in regard "a
military drill In our schools and
universities. am bitterly opposed
TO such drills as not being In keep
Ing with the spirit OF the age. and
not conductive TO such an education
as We wish our boys and girls "a
possess. savagcs educate their off
spring In the arts OF war. ,but Il IL
not In keeping with civilized 80
ciety. FRED ". BURWELL.
49, Globe Bldg. d.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
Johnny Writes

n. y. wensdy--after a Teller or n
lady gets purity old you can tell n
hole lot what there like by looking
al there faces a II back dore
handout gink dident Tern that
kwick he wood starve 10 dc;h or
20 to wurk
" these panhAndlers are at II for
a few munts they can tell By the
furst look II the dame IL going 10
pass over n good feed or call for
the pup. he lerns by ecksperence
with EN-
there Is hard faced dame what
lives on our st and the other a. m
a tramp comes along and promises
TO wurk 10 yeres for a cup OF coffey
and some more face filters but
when he gets done feeding his self
he wont wurk n lick
now you get bizzy with that
wurk. the lady said. or I will call
my husband
o. no. YOU wont. replys the tramp.
caus he Amt az home
how do you know, the dame IN
kwires
becaus. and the guy starts edj.
ing over to the steps. gink who
IL harnessed up with woman like
you amt home only AZ meal times
& he made dive for the gate
that looked like ~ cobb going TO
2 base on infeald hit
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
TO BREED A new
STRAIN OF YAK
U. S. Agriculture Experts
Have Great Hopes of
Success in Alaska
YAK STEAK JUST FINE
TRY some Of this yak steak

TRY some OF this yak steak.
youIl find IL nice and tenderl"
You may hear something like
this II you are fortunate enough
to go sightseeing In our great north
ern territory OF Alaska within the
next few years.
The department OF agriculture
wants TO undertake the breeding of
new strain of cattle TO be de-
Neloped by crossing the Asiatic yak
with domestic Galloway cattle.
Common cattle can of course. be
wintered In interior Alaska. but
they have 10 be protected by log
shelters. No so the yak.
Uncle Sans experts have been
In communication with experts of
the Russian government in Siberia.
Victor Pisareff. sdirector OF the ex.
pertinent station In the government
of Irkutsk, Siberia, writes that ex.
periments In crossing the yak with
common cattle In Mongolia have
''NH wy NtNN'rTiuit anu lnat nOtn
the yak and his hybrid offspring
are exceedingly hardy; that they
obtain their. feed through the long
and extremely cold winter practi.
cally without the aid OF the owners:
and that they are much used for
beef and for milk. as well as work
animals. Mongolia is high and
mountainous. with a severe climate.
The yak is n very large animal,
with broad flat forehead and with
a long face. the horns are thin and
cylindrical, and the body is wide
and massive. He has short legs and
a long tail. covered with thick hair
up to the root. like the tail OF a
horse; the body Is covered with
thick hair. which IL especially long
on the lower part OF tho neck and
on the sides OF the belly.
C. c. Georgeson. special agent of
the agricultural department, in
charge OF the Alaska experiment
work, has asked the department to
undertake this experiment OF breed.
ing new strain OF yak.cattle for
Alaska.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
HOW TO RAISE WAR FUND

Editor The Star: offer the fol-
lowing article in regard to strength
ening and enlarging our army and
navy.
War is usually waged for the
gain. or for the protection OF
moneyed interests. Certainly It Ia
the Weather class who reap the
benefits OF wars In other lands.
Therefore, why not tax these fin
anciers and multi.millionaires
force them TO pay so much on every
thousand above $4,000. 10 be put In
treasury fund appropriated for
the upbuilding and enlarging OF our
navy and army which stands
guard over their millions. and pro.
tects them from maraudlng coun.
tries7
In the statistics Of 1908. Il is
estimated that there are in the
United States. 1875, 900 persons rep
rosenting an aggregate wealth OF
s3a 900 100000. or an average OF
1864. 900 to each person.
Each person. paying $40 on every
81 900 above $4,000. would pay In.
10 the treasury annually. approx.
mately s2.1i0: or the $4,000 per.
sons would. at this rate. pay TO the
war Offices credit 1867 100000,
In time OF war the poor man does
the fighting. 80 why not let the rich
furnish him the goods to fight with.
is this not hir7
PERRY j. BRABON,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01

don't get a chance TO express real
choice n candidates.
II viii cost $4,000. 200 TO run
New York city this year. II Is esti
mated.
Suffrage fight ended In New
York with open air meetings and
continuous oratory In Columbia
square for 26 hours.
Sir Chas. Tupper. Canadian
statesman. dead. Age 81
Repairs on U. s. cruiser Sara.
toga at Bremcrton yards will be
about 100000.
Fire destroyed Columbia iotel in
Fairbanks.
Car jumps track in Spokane. in.
juring several.
New initiative petitions circulat
ed In California on prohibition
question.
Judge Bell Everett. rules that
eight-hour law on public works ap
plies to night, watchmen also.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Betaquo OF
Port Angeles race with i-year.old
baby on steamer Sol Duo TO Seat.
tie to get specialists treatment,
but baby dies a few minutes before
ship docks here.
Tom Wiseman claimed Sl05 from
Angle Koreyias, Snobomish coun.
~ farmer. and got gun to back
up his claim. The sheriff got Wise
man, which proves there's nothing
In name.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
FOOD SQUIRTING IN
STOMACH CAUSES
INDIGESTION, GAS
"Pape's Diapepsin" Ends All
Stomach Distress in Five
Minutes.

Wonder what upset your stomach
which por,ion of the food did the
dnmage--do your Well. don't both.
or. lf your stomach In in. n revolt
" sour, gassy and upset. aud what
you Just ate has fermented into
stubborn Jumps; head dizzy and
aches, belch gases and acids and
eructate undigested food; breath
foul, tongue coated--just take a III.
tie Papes Diapepsin and in five
minutes you wonder what became
of the indigestion and distress.
Millions OF men aud women to.
day know that Il is needless To
have n bad stomach. A little Dia.
pepsin occasionally keeps this deli.
cate organ regulated and they eat
their favurite foods without fear.
IL your stomach doesn4 take
care OF your liberal limit without
rebellion II your food Is n damage
instead Of help; remember, the
quickest. surest, most harmless re-.
lief is papes Diapepsin, which
costs only fifty cents for large
case at drug stores. It's truly won
derful-it dlgests food and sets
things straight. SO gently and cas-.
lily that IL Is really astonishing.
Please. for your sake, don't go on
and on with weak. disordered
stomach, it's SO unnecessary.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
LOOK WHAT WE'VE FOUND!

THE STAR wishes to pay few words of tribute
TO the short, fat conductor on the Green Lake
car who, shortly after 9 o'clock Sunday night,
hypnotized crowded carful OF grouchy commuters
into cheerfuneSS.
just to look at He had piercing voice, and every
time he called street the whole car roared
"Step up front, folks" he coaxed, in honeyed
tones. Lots OF room. This car stops al both
ends. Plenty of seats in the balcony All right
Let 'er CO."
Then he whistled. After which he made
noise like distressed kitten A fat man accidentally
stepped on womans foot. And the woman
laughed A woman accidentally abbed her UNI
brela into mans nose. And the man grinned.
Everybody grinned. II was contagious.
Maybe il was because of the novelty of the
thing. Such conductors are rare.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
CHILD GETS SICK,
CROSS, FEvERISn.
IF C0NSTIPATED
California Syrup of Figs"
Can't Harm Tender Stom
ach or Bowels
By Altman
ISN'T THIS siLLyr

A laxative today saves sick
child tomorrow. Children simply
will not take the time from play To
empty their bowels. which become
clogged up with waste. liver gets
sluggish: stomach sour.
Look at the tongue, mother, II
coated. or your child Ia listless.
cross. feverlsh. breath bad. rest.
less. doesn't eat heartily. full OF
cold or has sore throat or any 9th.
err childrens ailment. give tea.
spoonful OF California Syrup OF
Figs" then don't worry. because Il
In perfectly harmless. aud In few
hours all this constipation poison,
sour bile and fermenting waste
will gently move out OF the bowels.
and you have we'll. playful child
again. A thorough inside cleans.
ing" Is oftimes all that IL neoes.
sary. II should be the first treat.
ment given In any sickness.
Beware OF counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for n b0-cent bot.
tie of California Syrup OF Figs"
which has full directions for babies.
children of all ages and for grs-e.r-
ups plainly printed on the bottle.
Look carefully and see that II Ia
made by the California Fig Syrup
Company"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01

Several hundred arrested In gam.
bling raids on so houses In n. Y.
From Red Bluff. Cal. comes tie
story that Mt. Lassen got 80 busy
Saturday night that the SKY was
lighted up for half an hour. No
damage done. Just red bluff
what?
The Spreckels family Is evidently
too speckled with money to gauge
relatives by any other standard.
j. Homer Mckay. IS. Broadway
high school student. appointed to
Annapolis naval academy by Sen
ator PoIndexter.
How will Hodge hedge now?
Thousands OF caribou near Daw-
son. Y. T.. and annual huut Is on
G. Ellsworth Clausen. 3l17 Colby
ave. Everett. awarded Carnegie
medal for rescuing Miss Gale Bar
thoIomew from drowning last May.
Annual fall reunion Of Masons Of
Southwestern Washington TO be
held at Olympia Nov. 10 to ~.
Women are not as public spirit.
ed az they used to be. A year ago
or so they we're sweeping the
streets with their skirts.
Interests OF Washington-Oregon
corporation. operating electric sys.
TENS In Southwest Washington.
taken over by Eastern bondholders
at receivers sale at Chehalls.
II Is now announced that Mrs.
Gait has hought "a smart pair cf
walking shoes, buttoning snugly
about the ankle" Thank heaven.
Woodrow ssn't going 10 get wife
who wears sloppy shoes or.goes
barefoot.
Milwaukee freight train wrecked
near Aberdeen wher II cars went
thru wooden brfNge.
"Wtts" lose in attempt TO open
Chicago saloons for "soft" drinks
on Sunday.
Leon Norman Long sophomore
at California, cnnfesseg he WIS
burglar IT. night.
National convention srstfra bad,
says Speaker Clark. bec1use people
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
FAvoHs NAVIGATION
ASTRONOMY

Editor Tho star: Why do the
universities and schools teach the
Copernican superstition which no
one apparently. can learn. when the
astronomy used In navigation Ia 30
simple and practical that Il could
be taught in few lessons with the
aid Of biograph pictureg Copper.
nicns supposed the earth to be a
planet. but the fact that star II
ahead Of whore We expect n one
half OF the yer aud behind the
other half OF the year. shows that
the universe (uni. one. verse, turn
MAKES "one turn" around the sun
In a year. and II IL also a fac,
that Mercury and Venus could not
show the same phases as the water.
less moon unless they also are with.
out a watery atmosphere. And the
outer planets could not show a
round body. as they do. unless they
were selfluminous. as the sun is.
or destitute OF watery atmos.
phere, as the moon r.. II any
planet had watery atmosphere, as
the earth has. II would show n point
OF light Every star shows n point
OF light. Does not that provo that
every star Is like the earth, reflect.
Ing sunlight
WALTER RICHARDSON.
5l4 Fifth Ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
OUCH! BACKACHE!
RUB LUMBAC0 OR
PAIN FROM BACK
Rub Stiffness Away With
Small Trial Bottle of
Old "St. Jacobs Oil"

an ram ~ gone
Quickly Almost Instant
relief from soreness. stiffness.
lameness and pain follows a gentle
rubbing with st. Jacobs on"
Rub this soothing. penetrating oil
right on your painful back. and like
magic. relief comes. st. Jacobs
on is harmless backache. lum.
bago and aclatica cure which never
disappoints and doesn't burn the
skin.
Stralghten up Quit complaining,
stop those torturous stitches" IN
moment YOU viii forget that YOU
ever had a weak back. because II
won't hurt or he stiff or lame.
Don't suffer! Get small trial bot
tie of old, honest st. Jacobs on"
from your druggist now and get
this lasting relief.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
HERE S%nDAfEEWn[RE
EDfTOHIAI.ErTF

Vote for Dr. Qusekum for eoro-
ner. DIR. Quarkam cant make q
living At hi. profession. ". doesn't
know the difference between = css~
Of measles and . package % brrsl-
fast food. Hes . auset. fake
and an incompetent. ~. awn
mother wouldn't trust him 10 treat
simpi. headache. Hut he. =
good man for coroner. Vote for
him Hes . faithful member Of
tho Grand Old Bunkum party.
His papa Wa q member Of the
same party. And his Granddaddy.
too. BAhi Hshi Three cheers and
tiger for Doc qusekum. Down
with non parti.anship.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
BITS OF INFORMATION

On the average, married women
live two years longer than single
ones.
Germany formerly bought 10000.
600 pounds Of prunes yearly from
the United States.
Before the 18th century shoes
were not made In rights and
"leftg."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
PRO BONO HITS pRonis

Editor The Star The prohibit.
ton rules set forth In Friday even.
lng's Star are amusing. were they
not un.American and purlianical.
Do the trainers OF said rules ever
think seriously that such fool laws
can be enforced upon n people call.
ing themselves free7 II would be
far more sensible on their part TO
make laws 10 control the centrlf.
ugal forces than lose time. energy
and money upon such silly non.
sense. Let me state right here tha,
after Jan. ]. 1916, We are to revert
back TO conditions adopted in GER.
tain parts OF the British empire.
when prohibition was enacted In
ancient times. The government
had It's hands full.
PRO BONO PUBLICO.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
THE FATAL SKID!
IN THE EDITORS MAIL
ABOUT TIE CHURCHES

Editor Star; In regard TO the
articles on the different churches.
couldn't you make them more com.
prehensive. by taking mp the mat.
ter OF the pastors salaries. aud the
non.taxAbility OF them. the little use
they make OF them In the battle for
humanity's cause. bcing closed while
thousands need place TO sleep In
out OF the cold?
r. r. AUCLEisON.
S. Pike st.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
OFFER STATE $4,000

Because the public service com
mission refuses to consider the trac.
ton oompany's petition for relief
from certain clauses OF It's fran
chise agreement with the city until
II has completed a valuation of the
company's property, the company
has offered the commission $4,000
to carry on the work.
This Is the estimate made by
members of the commission some
time ago.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
SAME OLD DEMAND

IT HE biggest piece of pork" is already in sight.
Southern congressman demand soo,oooooo
for the Mississippi levee system and will oppose
the nations preparedness IL they don't get it,
Preparedness or no preparedness this enor
nous piece of pork should be thoroly inspected
before swallowed. Enough money has already
been poured into the Mississippi TO buy an ordi-
nary river and make an aquarium OF II and yet,
regularly, there is demand for millions and more
millions to bolster up or repair levees on which
millions have already been spent, until Mississippi
river appropriations have the appearance of I'M
mitigated graft, whether or not they are such. AT
any rate, no sectional demand should he permit
ted, at this crisis to interfere with conservation OF
the whole nations safety, and Southern congress
men will be wise in presenting this Mississippi
pork" as a secondary, not the paramount consid-
Grafton.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01

and city who par no taxes." They
have enjoyed representation with.
out taxation for a long time. revers.
ing what we fought for In i77s.
II Ia unjust and should be changed.
CHAS. DEAN.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
INTOLERABLE BUFFERS

IRON an unknown orphan TO the most fathered
L and mothered child in history fate promoted
John Doe, No io4," over night.
There are now between 200 and 800 parents
anxious TO prove their relationship TO the new little
Finley j. Shepard, who is some day likely to in
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
TAX CHURCHES. HE SAYS

Editor The Star: Careful consid.
GRAFTON II due to J. G.. Wards sug
gestlon that church and Y. NJ. c. a.
property be taxed TO raise funds
when saloon revenues are cue off.
Religious freedom" and also
freedom from religion n desired.
are supposedly guaranteed in this
country. yet the absence OF taxa.
ton upon the property OF religious
organizations compel all taxpay.
ers to support the various religions
In proportion 10 their holdings.
That churches are not conducted
for Srofit does not affect the above
argument. Yet. against this. may
be placed the fact that homes are
taxed. altho not used for profit.
An examination OF Y. NJ. c. AS
and other church properties will
prove that many OF them are in.
stltutions In competition with bust.
ness enterprises. which must pay
not only their own taxes but indi.
rectly portion OF their religious
competitors' taxes an we'll.
WALKER G.. SMITH.
1896 Franklin Ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01

AFTER READING the Of Of the at
torneys who appeared in the case, under
stand why they referred the dry" argument in
Olympia.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01

THE POLITICIANS joining hands in all parties in
California. succeeded in killing off the npartisap shp
law But it'll bob up again and it's reform to kill
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE SEATTLE STAR -:

herit considerable fraction of the Gould millions
Think once and these claims seem like ex-
traordinary cupdity.
Think twice and they appear TO be plain. COM
mon human stupidity. She Shepards spent $780,
900 preparing beforehand for the individuals who
would Try "to put something over on them.
Human pretense is mostly stupidity. Crime
is that. Vice is that. Disease is that Poverty is
social stupidity. War is national stupidity. 4.
The extreme or heroic varieties are uncom-
mon and TO be endured but persons of average san
y find nothing on earth so disgusting as affection
pretenSe and bluff like that OF the two or three
hundred parents" of little Finley J.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01

SPECIAL cable says Field Marshal Won Maeken-
plans TO be in Constantnope in December In other
words, he figured having Turkey for his Christmas
dinner
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
STELLA SORGHUM SAYS:

WHEN women 20
out to make q social
war. they seldom fail
to prepare by order
ing plenty Of am
munifion" from the
dressmsker.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01

Print shop TO do postoffice print.
Ing and work for 18th railway mail
division to he established In post.
office.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01

SOME OF those nations tina, have been fighting eac
other for months haven't yet declared Howeve
unlike all other businesses the business Of
doesn't have to be advertised 10 make IL a success
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01

TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
Serbian will 60 the firing line, says war
correspondent Well have been looking for something
of the The European running short of
horrors
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01

$40 worth OF prizos--see the A
u G Contest on page 2.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01

NAVAL RESERVE and merchant marine favored by
Secretary MeAdoo Now what1 Yankee Doodle do'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-01
HE'S FOR TAXING EN-. TOO

J. G.. Ward has struck the KEY.
note when he says that there are
hundreds OF churches in our state
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16
WINTER TOPS
Enable One 20 use Automobile Year
Round-many Dealers are Manu-.
featuring Them.

Nowadsys. or IN the last few years
TO be more exact. the tendency has
been not 20 store the car during the
cold winter months. Now one can
buy winter top which hts snugly
over the body OF the car. converting
n into limousine These tops dur.
INK the past few days OF cold weather
have been placed on many % the cars
in Wheeling. They make the car
warm. cory and comfortable The ap-
pearance OF the car is equal 20 that
OF any expensive one and the tops
are procurable a. very little expense.
Many OF the leading automobile manu-.
factureTs have taken up the making
% these tops for their own make OF
cars
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-16
REORGANIZATION
Of Ford Motor Company Made Neces.
cary ~ Resignation Of John
CouKons

A communication hae hcon received
hy Manager fOe Of tho Wheeling
agency. informing him OF the rcsiena
ton from the Ford Motor company
~ John COuzOns. vice president and
geenral manager that reorganlzation
was made necessary EdreI 10 Ford
a con ~ Henry Ford. has been named
al be- Fucceaaor The resignation Ia
said 90 have been The outcome of "a
difference 81 opinion between Courona
and Nr Ford over The laffer'a views
or peace and preparedness
Mr. Couy0ns. who ia also the treas.
urrr N The Company submitted bis
financial statement with BITE rcsigna.
uun. The statement shows that tho
company has sach ON hand ff4. 600 600
With Co. earning. fru months % sET-
1on1o 00 Sound biz. doesn't o.. but
nevertheless .ts true. according 90
The statement