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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13

under the seat.
When he spoke my hands went
up, and | think they we're up quick
er than any ones else In that car"
How did IT feel to look down the
business end instead OF the handle
end OF a rung"
We'll, II looked natural"
Jennings continued;
"A night or two ago a package
was sent 70 me. IL contained the
little purse which had been taken
from me by the two masked men.
Il was glad because It contained
n brief note from my old.time
friend, O. Henry. and a clipping of
a funeral service which l preached
over a little eirl In Colorado.
Il was nightly touched by that
action, for 1t showed there Is some
good In the man who sent 1t back.
! have been speaking at a little
church down at Ocean Park since
the 'holdup' and ! think those two
men must have been In the audi.
ence some 1t ght | honestly be-
lieve they will make themselves
known to rae. | truly hope so. |
want to HELM them"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13

sations we're when he had the
tables turned on him. and two
masket bandits held up an electric
car. recently. in which he was one
OF the victims.
THE Rev. Mr.. Troy and I had
been holding special meetings I'm
Pomona that night" he told me. Il
had taken the collection and drop
ped It into paper sack. Strange
thing for me TO say. maybe, but
had a premonition that we were
going to be held up.
1T was around 10 o'clock and we
had travelled along about mile.
The car stopped. suddenly.
II knew In second by the queer
rush OF silence and odd expectancy
that we were In for Il.
II heard one Of them speak 10 the
conductor.
I'm the brief interval II took him
to come In and give the order
! Hands up!' | slipped my paper bag
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13
~ FRED [. BoAlT


cannot square the life story OF
Hulet NJ. Wells with any OF the
rules of conduct laid down for me
whom | was boy.
The story books from our SuM
day school library we're good read
ing They made II clear 20 mo that
good boys. who were gentle ana
klnd, and who we're obedient TO
their parents and respectful TO
their elders. Invariably became
rich aud great.
On the other hand. bad boyH
usually landed IN jail. were acorn.
cd by all nice people. and wound
up their ignominious careers on
the gallows or In a drunkard's
grave
Ii never worked out any other
way. II YOU were good. you we're
happy. II you were bad, you were
miserable according TO the sun
day school story books.
II sounded reasonable. too.
thought tho rule memorable
that. n YOU we're a good boy. you
STAYED ont OF Jail and that. II YOU
were a bad boy. YOU deseryediy
lost the respect OF society.
And now comes Hnict NJ. Wells.
at time when am middlc.agcd
aud sot In my ways, and telln me.
by the life he has lived, that the
authors OF the Sunday school story
books didn't know what they were
writing about
Started a. Farmer
Having been good boy, Kind
and gentle. ohedient 10 his par
ents and respectful TO his elders.
Wells served two terms in jail
Having served two terms In jail.
Wells now enjoys profitable en-.
ploymen,. tina love Of bis family
aud the high respect OF soei4,y'
Can you beat it,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13
MEANEST MAN m
WORLD IS IN KANSAS

SHERIDAN, Kan, Aug. Ia
The "mesnest man In the world"
has been found by automobillsts.
A man and team camped near a
mudhole Is or 20 yards long and
made It his business to pull auto
mobiles thru the bad stretch OF
road. charging each owner 81 for
his services. The man had an
accomplish stationed at Scandal to
direct tourists TO take this impass-
able road and the two cleaned up
considerable cash before the auto
mobilists got next"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13
DYING, SHE WRITES
BABIES EPlTAPn

SAN ANTONIO. Texas. Aug. 10.
Three little mounds OF earth,
three little knobs OF sod, three
souls have flown back TO the light
OF God"
These lines were found pinned
on a center table in the bedroom
where Mrs. J. r. Rowan and three
OF her children were fatally
burned. An empty gasoline can
stood nearby.
Just before Mrs. Rowan died she
told doctors she knew nothing of
the cause OF the fire.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13

Veal Loaf, per 10. .............Sor
Ham Loaf. per ID. ..........So -
Fancy Boiled Tongue. per 10. -
shrimp Salad. pint. -
Potato Salad. pint ...........ls IL
Also
Swifts Premium Boiled Ham. per
pNubd $500 49, ~
swifts Pressed Ham. per h.. -
Fancy Ripe Olives. pint. ....-..3se
Fancy Din Pickles. pint.......ise
chow-chow, per pint. lee
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13
6QB. BOY; GLIB.
FISH; BOY WINS

PRAIRIE DU CHEN. Wis. Aug.
13.--Myson Gotham. Gotham, Wis,
Is being touted as coming wrest-
ling champion.
Myson weighs go pounds. He
caught a 62-pound catfish In a shall
low pool between the Mississippi
bank and the sand bar.
He grapplcd with the giant fish.
and the bout went a half hour be-
fore he finally dragged his captive
ashore and pinned It down.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13
"My Hands Went Up Quickest
of ALL" Says AL Jennings
Reformed Outlaw Tells How II Feels to Be Victim of
Bandit
nv GERTRUDE M. PRICE

BY GERTRUDE M. PRICE
Los ANGELES, Cal, Aug.
t2.--"Any end Of q as looks
natural to me.
"Nou bet, obeyed that
hands up order, just like the
rest Of 'en, only ! did II
QUickERi
~ wasn't afraid at all, but
mighty sorry for the fellow
with the gun. because ! know
some day he'll get caught and
pay. They all dol"
Al Jennings. one-time bandit
whose subsequent reformation ant
good work merits sincere com
clapped his hat onto his
red hair. and showed his hands int
his coat pockets.
We were standing In front OF tn,
cory Jennings bungalow at Holly
wood.
He was telling me what his sen
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13

Goethal' shOmeBa keIV
STALL AIS STALL. $40
big iosvcH hm-md. Bread for He
SO iosyes home made Bread. .c3c
coffee caker. each 49,. &c and foc
e-iaycr Cakes. zoe. Slayer. .3or
Jelly Rolls. each. 10c
Dark Spice Cakes. : for........ 2sc
Msesroons, per doc r .......... Zoe
Rolls and Cookies. . dox. for. :sc
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13
SIXTY PERCENT OF
ALL BIRTHS GIRLS

LONDON. Aug. 1s.--Experts
statistics from London's East End
show that since the war 60 per
cent OF all births are girls, com
pared to statistics from Vienna
which show the opposite extreme
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13
zE11SsuRATED
fkAGN.ES'R

A wei1-known medical writer says:
IT always first prescribe Birurated
Nagnesia IN every case OF hyper
acidfty fsour acid stomachD that
comes 70 me" A teaspoonfui in
fourth Of glass Of hot water usual
~ gives INSTANT RELIEF. Sold by
all druggists In either powder or
IA biet form at 50 cents per bottle,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-13

Defense In United States Cashier
Co. case for alleged fraudulent use
u mails, rests at Portland, Or.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10
HUBBY HAD NOT FORGOTTEN
Was Right There With Wedding An
niversary Present, and Vet Wife
Was Not Pleased.

1t was late afternoon and time to
get her husbands supper, but the
woman sitting moodily by the fire
never moved.
Her heart was breaking.
1t was her birthday She had been
married only four years, but he-her
hns ns0aGddNzhad forgotten her birthday
already. That ~srerning he had given
her no present; not, even an extra
kiss before rushing off t0-toWn.
Presently there was the s0dfad OF
a key turning in the lock. Into the
room came her husband. Still she
never moved
He bent over her and whispered as
he dropped tiny parcel into her lap:
Many happy returns, darling!"
Her heart was mended. She sprang
to her feet and seized him in frantic
grasp as she realized that, after all,
he still loved her. Then she opened
the parcel.
"Pipe cleaners!" she gasped, as she
displayed a little bundle of feathers.
Eyes, sweetheart" said the man. 81
knew that they'd please you, as you
object to my using your hairpins!"
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10
Taking Papa Along.

The baggage master halted the fam.
lily party and politely explained that
under the new law the value of the
contents of each trunk must be given.
After a brief consultation, with her
daughter, mamma pointed to her own
trunk and said; please put this one
down as containing one thousand dol
lars worth of personal belongings.
This one" indicating her daughters
trunk, "you may put down" for eight
hundred"
'How about this little one?" asked
the baggage master, resting his heel
on it's top.
"Oh, that!" replied the lady con-
temptuously. 'Ten or twelve dollars
cover that one"
see," returned the official. 'Fa'
theirs going along too"
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10
Foreign

According to the London Daily
Telegraph, Great Britain for the last
three months has casualty list of
6,439 officers and 100000 men.
Mrs. Alexander M Thackara, wife
of the American consul general at
Paris, is seriously ill. She is daugh-
ter of the late Gen. William Tecum-
sch Sherman.
Ninety persons were killed, most of
them women, in the explosion of a
pyrotechnic factory at Marseilles.
Only four whole bodies were recov-
cred by searchers.
Premier Asquith announced in the
House of Commons that the British
naval and military losses in killed,
wounded and missing in the opera
tiOns against the Dardanelles up to
May 81, aggregated 38,635 officers and
Ecen.
Porfirio Diaz, aged S5, former Pres
ldent of Mexico, died in Paris. He
served thirty-four years as chief ex-
ecutive OF the western republic. He
was overthrown by Madero in 1911
and has since been in Europe, most
of the time in Paris.
An Amsterdam dispatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph Company says that
the Dutch government has decided to
issue new war loan of 9OO,O0O,OO0
florins ($36,O0O.060) to pay the cost of
mobilization and other war expendi-
lures.
One year ago the Austrian archduke,
Francis Ferdinand, and his wife were
shot and killed in the little Bosnian
town OF Serajevo by Garvio Prinzip.
1t was the act of Prinzip, poor stu
dent, which ultimately resulted in
eleven nations going to war.
Countess Gianotti, widow of the
prefect of the royal palace under both
Kings Humbert and Victor Emmanuel,
died at Lake Constance. Countess Ca
anotti was a daughter of Francis
Sherwood Kenney, the tobacco manu-
facturer, who died in New York in
1908, leaving an estate of $4,000, 900.
verd1ct OF guilty was brought in
by the jury in London in the case of
George Joseph Smith, who was
charged with the murder of three of
his wives. 1t had been alleged by
the crown that Smith had killed his
wives while they were in their baths
and had collected insurance money on
their lives Smith was sentenced to
death.
There has been Zzarked deelip2
in the birth rate of France since the
war began. The rate in 1914 averaged
1000 births daily, but at the begin
ming of 1915 the figures dropped to
$50, and there has been a rapid de-
cline since then. In the week of June
8 to June II, which was the last week
recorded, there were only 356 births
in the entire country
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10
CARE FOR YOUR HAIR
BY Frequent shampoos With Cuticura
Will Help You. Trial Free.

Precede shampoos by, touches Of
OF dandruff, itching and irritation Of
the scalp. Nothing better for the COM
plexion, hair, hands or skin than these
fragrant supercreamy emollients. Also
as preparations for the toilet.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Xxx.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10
And No Wonder.

What made that stout woman so
iurious?"
Just as she was going on the sub.
way train the gateman sad Both
gates, lady"
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10
Her Worry.

Darling, will you love me when I'm
old?"
l"I will if you'll promise to love me if
/ should grow fat"
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10
sition Awarded to Walter
Baker e. Co. Ltd

The Grand Prize for superiority of Co.
Apoa and Chocolate preparations has been
awarded to Walter Baker & Co. Ltd, Dor
4cfester, Mass. This famous old house has
received 55 Highest Awards at the leading
eXpositions in Europe and America. Adv.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10
Sporting News
Standing of Western League Clubs.

Stanley Yoakum of Denver knocked
out Johnny Lewis of Los Angeles in
the fourth round of scheduled ten.
round bout at East Las Vegas, N. M.
Charley Weinert of Newark out
fought Gunboat Smith of San Fran
cisco in seven of the ten rounds in
their open-air bout at Ebbets field in
New York.
George Wingfield's Scarlet Oaks re-
peated her former two good wins
when she captured the Electric Club
handicap at five and one-half furlongs
at Overland park in Denver.
Running horse racing for thirty
days, beginning in August, at the
Panama Pacific exposition was as
sured with the organization of the
Golden Gate Thoroughbred Breeding
Association.
The Pete Jensen-Billy Wagner go,
scheduled to amuse the multitude in
the big tent at Milliken, Colo, was
called off when Sheriff McAfee and
District Attorney Fleming announced
that they would prosecute the pro-
moters and principals if the encounter
took place.
General
Statewide prohibition went into eff.
feet July l in Alabama. Every saloon
and dispensary in the state was
closed.
More than 200 business and profess
sional men of New York City have
signified their intention of taking a
months military training this summer
in a government instruction camp at
Plattsburg, N. Y.
Compared with other sections of the
country, crops and conditions in the
Tenth federal reserve district are ex.
cellent, according to the official reA
port for June made public in Denver
by the Reserve Board. The Tenth
district includes Denver and Kansas
City and the report indicates that
these two cities and the entire dis
trict are in better shape financially
and commercially than any other dis
trict
Nathan Straus of New York do
mated to the Zionist cause his steam
yacht Sicilian, valued at $4,000.
Governor Whitman granted Charles
Becker, the former New York police
lieutenant under sentence of death,
reprieve until July 26.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw has been
served with a subpoena at Malone
N. V, to appear in her husbands san
ity tlia- in New York.
Archbishop Edward J. Hanna of San
Francisco, in statement made pub
lie at Los Angeles, said that peace at
any price is not policy the American
people will accept, and to maintain |
peace with honor the nation must bs |
prepared for defense" |
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10

A mothers fervent hope is that her
daughters, when they marry, will do
better than she did.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10

Generally speaking, a crank is a
man with an enthusiasm for some
particular form of idiocy.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10
Never Get Tired.

4'You dance like an angel"
"You fatter me-" said the girl. Il
could keep going much longer if l had
wings"
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10
Willing.

lid you punch the time clock as
vol came in?" asked the foreman.
did not" replied the burly work
ms ''but I'll punch the face of the
m; that dares to dock me for bein'
telh minutes late"
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10

Ten smiles for nickel. Always buy Red
Cross Bag Blue; have beautiful, clear
white clothes Adv.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10

The piano practice of a girl is music
to her ma only
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10
Calm Resignation.

Reference having been made to
beautiful resignation, Congressman
Joseph J. Russell recalled an appro-
pirate story.
During dinner party some time
ago, the congressman said, the topic
turned to the connubial state. Among
the guests was bachelor person.
Speaking of marriage" eventually
remarked the bachelor, 'it seems that
-ttzhrl ffonge 1rsaslgs is married"
I rhe happier he IS" imRulsively
bro ke in spinster party with a@cHe~
full glance at the other.
was going to say" resumed the
ba' elor, disregardingly, that the
lo1 er a man is married the less he
SCI lis to mind it."
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10

Marriage is lottery in which the
priZe-winners draw alimOny.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10
eunderstood.

I; !: W. :: !: J: ]: !: J: J: ]:
h young man who
dsly egotistic. Some
hoes were one day
a before an old lady
DIP" in the slang express
The time she met him she
Ut out a congratulatory hand.
"Oh, Mr.. Smith," she cried. Il am
ESQ glad you are better! l heard last
8 week that you had a swelled head
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10
A sc0ap.

"Im writing hisSofy 81 the Eug0s
pean war"
But the war isn't over yet"
That's where l get the bulge on
the rest of the historians. | can
put my book on the market the day
after peace is declared, and they'll
have to wait two Or three months"
The Benson signal., 1915-07-10

Pa Knows Everything.
Father, what is a 'sepulchral tone
of voice'?"
"That means, to speak gravely."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-19
ITALIAN STEAMER
SUNK BY AUSTR|ANS
Six PASSENGERS AND FIFTEEN
MEMBERS OF CREW OF ILL
FATED VESSEL DROWNED.
Vessel Was Forty Miles of Egyptian
Coast When Attacked by subna-
rine, No Warning Being Given =
Those on, Board.

Rome. The Italian steamer
Firenze, 1878 tons, has been sunk by
submarine. Twenty-seven passen-
gers and ninety-six members OF the
crew were saved. Six passengers and
fifteen of the crew are missing.
There were no Americans aboard
the Firenze, so far as could be learned
as result of inquiries made at the
steamship offices.
The Firenze was sent to the bottom
by means of shell fire off the Egyp-
tian coast.
The Firenze, which was the best
and most modern steamer belonging
to the Compagnia Martina and cost
$1,000,000. left Syracuse on Tuesday
for Alexandria. Forty miles off the
Egyptian coast, according to the ac-
counts received at Rome, she was
ibombarded by an Austrian submarine
and was obliged to halt, when a shot
struck her rndder
Five boats were lowered in which
to save the passengers and crew,
while the submarine, 1t is declared,
continued to lombard the Firenze un-
til she sank
The passengers comprised nineteen
Italians. eleven Egyptians, two Swiss
and one French.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-19
TEUTONS SLOWLY
DRIVING SERb|ANS
DEFENDERS FALLING BACK BE-
EoRE AusTRo-GERMANs, BUT
HOLDING BULGARiANS.
Russians Take Offensive In East
AGAINST Won Hindenburg, But with
Indifferent Success, Owing
to Marshy Ground.

I.ondon.-The Serbians are 1aiilng
81 from mountain range to noun
tain range before the advance OF the
Austro-G German forces, whose oInclai
reports enumerate the capture Oh
thousand or more prisoners daily,
few guns and quantities OF stores. Inc
Serbians are fighting continuously,
however, and are infiicting consider
able losses on their pursuers.
Along the eastern front, the Ser
hans appear to be holding their own
against the Bulgarians and are max
ing stand on the western river bank.
So stubborn has been their resistance
the Bulgarians have had to call Tor as
sistance from the Austro-German ar.
tillery in their effort to drive the de-
tenders out of Katchanik pass. Thus
far they have been unsuccessful.
The British and French troops,
which are receiving achievements,
are meeting with some success, and
besides repulsing the Bulgarian at
tacks. have undertaken small offensive
movements with good results. The
Austro-G Germans and Bulgarians, how,
ever, made such progress from the
beginning of the campaign that 1t will
now take serious work to check them.
For the moment, the political situa.
ton is graver than the military situa.
ton. The central powers have again
protested to Greece against the land.
ing of allied troops at Saloniki King
Constantine is reported to have replied
that as Saloniki is an open port, there
has been no infringement of Greek
rights in the landing, and that Greece
will remain neutral until one of the
belligerents mas transgressed against
these rights. Italy has now joined her
allies by sending a warship to Salon.
Xxi, which on Friday bombarded the
railway station at Dedeaghatch, Bull
garia.
The Russians have definitely re-
PEELED Field Marshal Won linden
burg's drive toward Riga and Dvinsk
and along the Dvina river and have
themselves taken the offensive, but ap.
parently, owing to the state of the
ground, have been able to make only
slow progress In the marsh region
west of Riga.
Along the Styr river, in the SOUTH
the Austro-Germans, by counter
stroke, have pierced the Russian lines
and captured 1900 prisoners, accord
ing to the Berlin official statement
These strokes are about all that can
be expected on the eastern front
while the soft weather continues.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-19
WANTED
Plans Incomplete.

Mr.. Wilkerson, the architect h,
been invited down to the clart, !.
display the plans of Clark's new house
to some guests. ''
Here is the front elevation" o,
planned the architect, as he laid Ss
plans on the library table for the i
spection of the visitors, with the out
side window and the circular gallery,
this is the east elevation, showing IN
tower"
After various comments had been
made by the guests, little Arthur aged
Z, who was enormously interested IN
the new house, cried:
And where are the two MORTGAGES
father said he was going to put on,a
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-19
MExIcANs STOP SCHOOL BOYS
californians Detained When They
Visit Juarex.

Ell Paso.-A party of twenty-eight
California high school boys, winners
of transcontinental trip as result
of their efforts along agricultural lines,
had an anxious few minutes in Juarez
Sunday, when an excited Villa officer
mistook them for an American inva-
sion of Mexico and patrol rode up
and surrounded the party.
The boys were detained nearly an
hour, while explanations of their peace.
full intentions were made.
The party is travelling under the
guidance of R. M. Hagen, agent of the
department of agriculture. A pickpock-
ct took advantage Of the excitement
to take the watch of a member of the
party,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-19
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON DEAD
Noted Leader of Negro Race Suffers
Nervous Breakdown.


Nervous Breakdown.
Tuskegee, Ala.--Booker T. Wash
ington, foremost teacher and leader
of the negro race, died early Sunday
at his home here, near the Tuskegee
institute, of which he was founder
and president Hardening of the ar
teries following nervous breakdown
caused death four hours after DR..
Washington arrived from New York.
Doctor Washington was born in
slavery near Halesford, Va, in 1857
or 1858. After the emancipation Of
his race, he moved with his family to
West Virginia. When he was able to
scrape together sufficient money to
pay his stage coach fare to Hampton,
Va, he entered General Armstrong;
school for negroes and worked his
way through an academic course,
graduating In 1875.
Later he became a teacher in the
Hampton institute, where he remained
until 1881. when he organized the In
dustrial School for Negroes at Tuske-
gee, to which he devoted most of his
attention during the remaining years
OF his life.
The institute started in a rented
shanty church. Today it owns $500
acres of land in Alabama and has
nearly 100 buildings valued at $780,
600.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-19
He Found Out.

The smart man stood on a corner
in the little country village at dusk
He was looking for amusement, and
the first object that attracted his at
tention was an overgrown boy, per.
haps 10 years of age, riding horse
that might have come out Of the ark.
Hello, sonny" shouted the sales.
man. How long has that horse been
dead?"
Quick as a flash, the boy replied,
Three days, but you're the first bus
card that has noticed It,"
The travelling man moved on to the
hotel.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-19
Run Down ON Street.

Salt Lake City.-Edward Davis, a
carpenter of Sacramento, CAL, was in
stantly killed and Miss Gladys
Mitchell Of Riverside. Idaho, was
probably fatally injured when they
passed around street car and were
struck by an automobile being driven
at a high rate of speed.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-19
A Gentle Hint.

81 see you have your arm y ;
sling" said the inquisitive pasSeAs
Broken, isn't it?" ros
Eyes, sir" responded the o'nsi -
senger.
MET with an accident nat
mo, broke it while tryine
myself on the back"
Great Scott! What for! ..p
For minding my own BUSINESS