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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01

there with n. Once more . tried my
luck. but % wssnt any better thsn
before. . pulled In mn old corset.
Z thought that hsd found the
dressing room of some mermaid.
You eaa call that luck 10 you want
10. q should call "a bad lick. with
my head hung low . siourhrd home.
Y~s. caught ssm~thinEt shoe. m
corset. n cold and % scoidinE.
"Why. Hers. you might have
knowa Z wanted you To serve the
ladies'" N~s, imagine fti
BERNARD MORAN,
Auburn. wash.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01
CROWDS VIEW DOGS
AT CANINE EXHIBIT

Yesterdays session OF the dog
show at First and Seneca was by
far more successful than that OF
the first day. Crowds thronged
the place all day. The feature of
the show was the judging of near
ly all OF the favorite breeds.
Miss Anita Baldwin's exhibit will
tote several blue, red and green
ribbons back to California.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01

- ~ -
- stamford crew 10 being accord
- N edge on the U. OF w. gon-
lpaiers when the two eignts
11Ssee, next Saturday. on Lake
Washington
= = q
>ear's boys struck . tough
nch OF luck this year when the
Dvstorm tied up things. While
locals were hugging tho hot
~. the Stanford crew was get
in some good ticks In the
ifornia sunshine. and II ~
bred that said ticks VIII prove
RIB to lick tho locals.
= = =
schedule Of seattie's home
mes this season II . healthy
enc. II includes in all so con
tests at the local baseball battle
ments- Vancouver will play sew
erai OF its Sunday games here,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01

PALO ALTO. April six oars
men who rowed in the Poughkeepsie
regatta last year are on the way
North with the Stanford crew, which
races the u. of W. eight next Satur-
day in Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01

FIsuEuM PARADISE

. went 90 fnur~ihur.t 90 fish with
nay rod. hook aud fin~.
Talk about fi.brrmsp'. laekf
landed them on~ nj time.
From morning tttf evening I was out
there all alone.
with my knsek In fishing Z had
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01

Manager Williams has lined up a
healthy-looking training schedule
for his Indians. The first game
will be against Gonzaga, then the
Oregon Aggies. Lewiston. Idaho,
University OF Idaho and w. s. c.
follow along. not to mention the
Chicago colorod team.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01

uader sa old leg. ssa aowa 90 tho
stream . ~est Co get the fis~st mess
OF fish that day.
. wandered down the stream itke
started to bite. - . mas VIII
forget sspper $50 all. sss the seys
got kisd of afraid ssd hsd Co come
after me. for shey shsusht . hsd
allen In OF thought . wss lost.
~ was osiy Ia fishtaG. for my
catch ~ss exceeding my erp~ess-
ttoas.b
SO. 10 zoe aest have Is~h. try ssd
see 90 what they are feedias. You
viii fad . am right.
LOUIS PETERSEN.
at Homer ST..
Geergetews-
-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01
PLAYERS GET A CHANCE

Manager Winston viii have HIS
Chauncey Wright squad out on the
Walla Walla playfield Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock. Players
wanting a chance 10 try out should
be on hand
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01

ONE of these days going get old friend
q Freddie. the champ, into decision mixup and then
{gooda bye lawn. we'll have lightweight champion whose
name is NOT Welsh.
q q
- night Benny Leonard tangled with hero Madison
ZSouare New York All Benny did nine
the 10 rounds fought And Welsh is the champion to-
day,
Ne ao Britisher weighed 1861 pounds for the
hoe4le while Benny tipped the beam 49, Evidently Fred
~ Is no longer lightweight tho he still has scissors
hnld on the title The Welsh signs up for real
melee in which decision goes the sooner will he regain
the everlasting gratitude of the boxing game. While he
rIh have been one of the popular of champs Fred
dies tactics got him wrong and fans all the
try are pulling for him TO slip up
n
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01

! ana Rotn9 to
write ah.us. THIS
happened In Long,
fetlo W creek.
Nonaxtown. seat
tie. NY beg frtead
sad Z. only q:
Year, Old. vveat
fishing ON q sua-
dsy sffernoea.
We decided We
would follow the
road ss.at = mile
and q half from
the mouth of the
rr<rk ard ekea
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01

nat aewa the creek. TIE first time
] let my iine float under . log I
felt . ssreng j~rk. and ny uae
OaapDeA N TIVE shosss - tseh aA~se
ahe eas gut. This made nay blood
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01
GRAMMAR LEAGUE OPENS
SEASON

The opening games In the Gram
mar School ball league arc on Sat
urday. Twenty-Five contests were
billed for the opening day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01
Big BATTLE ON

The Bricks" and "Concretes"
meet In battle Saturday afternoon
in their annual ball game. These
teams represent the different build
ings in tho commercial section.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01
Complete Report
OF Market TODAY

frices Paid Whsf-sale Dealers for
Vegetable. and Fruit
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01
REAL PAINLESS
DENTISTS
afD|!!!': ~.
VNO

In order 10 introduce our new
(whalebone) plate. which IL the
highest and strongest plate known.
does not cover the roof OF the
mouth: you can bite corn off tho
cob. guaranteed Is years.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01
PRINCETON is WINNER

PHILADELPHIA. April L.
Princeton took first honors In the
intercollegiate gymnastic cham
pionships held here.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01
Country Hay and Grain
prices paid producar)

Star Want Ads cover the entire
Northwest.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01

TRUE rIsu STORY
one day my mother hsd = sewing
eiab ~ our house, ard every old
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01

Whti~ % . tsssie fishisg trip up
Green river We were eamptaG siesg-
side nj the water. asd 80 ushtsx ts
enc Of the beat sperss Ia the ~osstry.
I will tell OF . iittie esp~ries~e Of
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-04-01

rr ruE oIp GREEN RIVER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15

you had lots of cousins. too, boy and
girls, aren't they? II 1 were you, I'd
send them valentines tonight, checks,
you know, call them hearts desire
valentine
viii you direct the envelopes?"
asked Jack I'll write the checks if
you will
Surely it was the oldest kind of a
valentine celebration Ted wrote the
addresses at his dictation, with a foun-
tain pen They bought the envelopes
at the periodical stand. And she
watched him with happy eyes while
he wrote the checks, twelve of them
for fifty each, five for hundred each.
Those are precious old aunts,"
Jack explained, bit sheepishly. It's
all kinds of fun, isn't it? Will they
understands
go inside" Ted told him, writing bus
ily TITS after four already. Doesn't
the time just fly"
Jack went after the postcards. If
any one had told him he would spend
the night at the Grand Central Ter
Barbara, diligently sending valentine
checks to all neglected relatives, he
would have called it a fantasy. Yet
here it was-a lark, but surely the
happiest he had known in years.
by Jove. begin to feel bewitched."
he told her. can send you val
entine, proxy cousin? Let me send
you one to your Boston address,
can't II"
Not the same kind. 1 don't need
any, kind SIR" Ted teased. you may
send me a proper sentiment, though"
I'm find one after you've gone" he
told her. with an underlying sugges-
ton of earnestness that sent the color
into her cheeks. And I'd better wire
your father you passed through safe
ly."
The Boston train pulled out at $40
They had breakfasted leisurely down.
stairs, and he saw her safely into the
parlor car. After the express pulled
out, he started up Forty-second street
with an odd sense of unreality. A
florists shop was just opening on
Fifth avenue and he went inside.
IT want about half a bushel of vio-
lets sent to Boston on the next train
out. Send them first-class and spe-
cial delivery. Have you got a very
small box L can seal and enclose?"
While the violets were being packed.
he slipped a ring from his little fin
ger. 1t was one he had worn through
school, before wealth had hit him, his
monogram cut into jade, set deeply
she'd understand. He had told her of
it as they sat side by side, told her
he loved it because it seemed to stand
to him for all his boyhood hopes. Now
he sent it on to her
ITO my Valentine" he wrote on his
card then tore it up to use her own
words, ITO my hearts desire Valen-
tine. "-(Copyright, 1916, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
BRITISH TRADE POLICY.

Meetings and conferences are to be
held in the United Kingdom within the
next few months that promise to have
an important influence on the shapine
of the commercial policy of the British
empire at the conclusion of the war,
saws the Philadelphia Commercial
Museum. Late in February there will
be a Guild hall meeting; a few days
later there will be a meeting of the
association OF chambers of commerce,
and early in June a conference of the
British imperial council of commerce
is to be held. Local chambers of COM
merce and trade bodies also are to
meet and discuss the various phases of
the problem as it may affect their
particular locality or trade. The neces-
sity of encouraging a closer relation
ship between the many parts of the
British empire is generally recognized,
and from remarks that have been
dropped by representative members
the various organizations it is evident
that an attempt will be made to agree
upon and recommend such specific
legislation as will stimulate trade be-
tween the colonies and with the moth
er country. OF the proposals so far
made that which seems to command
the greatest attention is for an ex-
tension of the system of preferential
tariffs within the British empire. Most
of the dominions of the United King
dom already grant a tariff preferen-
tial to goods manufactured in the
United Kingdom; some of them extend
this preference to goods made in other
British colonies The United King
dom on the other hand, with free
trade policy in force, has no favors to
grant. The question is this: Will the
United Kingdom be in a position to
ask for a greater preference for its
products in British colonies if it does
not so revise its fiscal policy that it will
have concessions to offer the colonies
in return? Before the war the feel
ing was growing stronger in the colo
MES that they had gone just about as
far as they could, in Justice to their
own interests. and that further prefer
ence to British goods was out of ques-
| ton unless there were some reciprocal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15

concessions. That feeling is bound to
reassert itself after the war is over
and patriotic fervor begins to lose its
intensity. Another proposal would
continue the present entente cordiale
as an entente commercials. A policy
has been suggested that would limit
the possibilities of successful compe-
tition within the British empire and
the countries of the entente powers
by the manufacturers and traders of
what are now enemy countries. The
various chambers of commerce are be-
ing sounded on this point as prelini-
nary to a thorough discussion of the
subject at the meeting of the Associa-
ton of Cham bers of Commerce. 1t
may be idle to speculate on the form
in which these proposals will be
adopted, if adopted at all, or upon the
probabilities of their resulting in the
necessary legislative action. but that
does not excuse the government of the
United States and the American bust
ness men from giving most careful
consideration to the possibilities of
such action. The adoption of either
or both of these proposals, even in a
modified form, would have most i'm
portant bearing on the course of this
countrys foreign trade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
RURAL HOPE.

The farmers individualism and the
improved rural school have not been
amiable partners, writes Baker Brow
nell, in Teaching, the journal pub
lished at the State Normal school at
Emporia, and he continues: Fifty
years ago a mans farm was his king
dom, and his family the only citizen
ship of the community. Then the
world beyond his rail fence was hos
tile; his institutions were family in
situations. There was no rural COM
munity; there were no interests out
side of his particular interests, and
they were defended strenuously
against outer barbarities, from In
dams to grasshoppers. 1t required an
intense, protective individualism I'M
knowing of community interests. 1t is
this, set in the cement of fifty years,
that counteracts a movement towards
rural improvement. It is the farmer
of sixty years or so retaining the ira
ditions of his youth, who is the inertia
against rural school development. The
man who has yet to wake up to his
neighbors is very likely the man who
in youth had to defend himself against
his neighbors. He knows no COM
munity sense because in youth no
community sense was needed. The
necessity of a half century ago, in a
word counteracts the necessity of to-
day. Today there is a rural commu-
nifty where before there was an iso-
lated pioneer. No old man can real
ize the change. No old-minded man
can lead a society where such i'm
pressive changes have occurred. He
has factored in the change and
growth it is true; he can not readjust
himself to the new conditions of his
own making. On the young man or
the younghearted man lies the work
of ruraI-school advancement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
EIGHT CENTS WINNER
Cook & Son Awarded Contract for
Fair Cottage.

There was just eight cents differ
ence in two bids submitted to the
county commissioners by contractors
for the reconstruction of the superin-
tendent's residence at the state fair
grounds. The cottage was partially
destroyed by fire six weeks ago.
The contract was let to Cook IL Son
at the price of s477.77. The bid of
Leach & Mcconnell was for eight cents
more than that amount. The amount
of the first bid is exactly the amount
of insurance collected by the county
following the fire. Work will be
started on the cottage at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
A PoRrENToUs POSSIBILITY,

Shades of Jules Verne! Claude
Graham White. the noted English
aviator, predicts that inside of twenty
years passengers will be carried by
aeroplanes between New York and
London in fifteen hours. And this
means additional worries for the ex-
treme militarists and war prophets in
this country. With such facilities,
Germany would surely be able to land
tremendous force in this country by
the air route in twenty hours or so
from the time it left home. All that
Germany would need to do this would
be enough of these aeroplanes. And
Japan could do the same in two or
three days Amt it awful. Mabel?
And ergo, we should begin forthwith
70 make adequate preparations against
such attacks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
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ToMMY's NARROW ESCAPE.

"Who-o-o? Who-o-o?" called the
owl from his perch in the old pine
tree. "Who-o-o? Who-o-o? Who-o-o?'
Just listen to that" exclaimed
owl person surely does make me ner-
vous."
'sWhy, Tommy" said Mrs. Tommy in
surprise, what can be the matter
with you tonight
THAT owl is the matter with me
that's what" replied Tommy Just
s'Who-o-o? who-o-o? who-o-o?"
repeated the owl mournfully.
well, what of that?" said Mrs.
Tommy practically. Doesn't he al
ways talk that way? Why bother
but just think cried Tommy.
"he's calling and calling; asking who
is out tonlght-and nobody is out.
Nobody is in the yard to answer
him."
"Of course not" said Mrs. Tommy.
'sWhy should anybody be out in the
yard on this damp, cold, miserable
night! Thank goodness everybody
has a little sense"
"Who-o-o? Who-o-o? Who-o-o-o?"
called the owl again.
That's too much for me-" said
Tommy. I'm going out to answer
him-poor lonesome fellow" And
before Mrs. Tommy had time to say
that an owl wouldn't care bit for a
dozen mice Ito say nothing of merely
onel). Tommy had disappeared be-
hind the pile of boards and was run
ming quickly towards the side yard
wen, well!" sighed Mrs. Tommy
with a shake of her head. IT can't
stop him so / might as well make
the nest ready for him when he comes
back He will be wet and muddy and
tired, very well know. for Mrs. Hen
says this has been dreadful day"
So she set to work tidying the nest
and making ready for Tommy's re-
turn
And a good thing she did, too. for
what do you suppose that Tommy
person did?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15

L. Batten in the February Case and
Comment. We must know the causes
of these distressful phenomena of So
ciety, the criminal, the tramp, the in
sane, the idiotic; we must seek to re-
move the causes of these things. and
we must labor to secure a larger pro-
portion of sane, healthy, weil-en-
dowed, morally disposed people in the
community. The state must put its
resources in pledge in behalf of its
weakest and least promising members
that they may be lifted up into
strength and fitness. In this work the
wise state will cooperate with all the
other agencies of man-making, such
as the family and the church, that hui
man life may be touched and influ
enced on all sides. The unfit must
not be allowed to remain unfit, but
must be transformed. But more i'm
portant than this. society must take
adequate precautions against the
needless multiplication of these de-
pendent and defective members.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
MAY NOT REPLY AT ALL
Prospect Is U. S. Will Take Middle of
Road View of U-Boat Rule.

Washington, Feb. 15.-With only
fourteen days remaining, the state de-
partment today was still considering
tho attitude it would take toward the
Teutonic decree that all armed mer-
chantmen will be rorpedoed without
warning after February %. 1t was
even limited in high Official circles
that President Wilson and Secretary
Lansing have about reached the con-
clusion that 4 formal announcement
of how this nation views the latest
U-boat policy of Germany and Amer
lea may not be necessary.
A standpat, or middle of the road
attitude by the United States is be-
lieved at the state department may
cause the entente allies as an act of
self protection, to decide to arm mer-
chant ships into American ports
Such n stand, it was frankly ex-
planned by high officials, would not
mean the United States would not
protest the unwarned sinking of mer-
chant ships which carried American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15

Henry Ford is said to be figuring
on the expenditure of millions of dol
lars in q campaign of newspaper and
MAGAZINE advertising against the pro-
grams for huge naval and military ex-
penditures now before congress And
this, of course, would be an lndlrec1
but effective way of Keeping MT.
Ford's name before the whole public
and thereby advertising the most eX-
tensively the well-known article in the
multitudinous manufacture of which
he is so busily engaged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
FORM KRESGE CLUB
Store Girls Will Meet at the Y. w.
Building Monday Nights.

The girls employed at Kresge's
held a meeting last night for the pur-
pose of organizing a Kresge club. The
club is to have dinner every Monday
night at the Y. w. c. A. and will spend
the evening in gymnasium work, Bible
study and in a social meeting.
Wilma Shoemaker was elected prcs1-
dent and Lila Davey secretary. The
following girls are members: Elsie
Harris, Bessie Meliick, Katherine
Strickbine, Maud Renfro, Clara Cump-
ton. Leanna Hoover, Amelia Effinger,
Helen Irwin, Bernice Stovall, Hazel
Clark, Edith Gilley, Wilma Shoemak-
err Lila DaVey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
PLAN BASKETBALL
High School to Participate in Athletic
Meet, March 1911.

At assembly meeting today high
school students discussed the district
basketball tournament which will be
held in the high school gymnasium.
March 10 and II. This is one of the
big athletic events of the high school
season and fifteen or twenty of the
high schools of the First congressional
district are expected to send teams.
Season tickets for the basketball sea-
son were put on sale by Professor
Hepworth, manager of athletics.
Following the athletic meeting Sher-
rill Smith, director of the High
School Glee club announced the high
schools participation in the second
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
Journal Entries

Bull-headedness and ignorance are
often synonymous.
+ = !.
Dressing old jokes in new clothes
seldom improves them.
T. = +
People in good health ought not to
complain about anything.
+ + +
Nor is a perfectly square deal like
ly to be satisfactory to all concerned.
+ = +
Almost every man has two brands
of philosophy; one for himself and
one for the other fellow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15

But unfortunately. Old Man Owl
didn't hear word and Kitty Lou. the
house cat, did! She heard and worse
still. she slipped out of the front door
and made a quick dash for the very
ingi Think of that,
tommy didn't hear her soft foot
fall. but by some lucky chance. he saw
the CLEAN of her bright green ewes an6
Immediately forgot all about comfort
ing the inoarnful owl and ran slxitt,n.-
to his home, And he didn't stict ~. y,
much as his nose outside that barn FOR
a week (Copyright-Cla-a In
gram Judson.) In
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15
BIRTHS REPORTED

The following birth certificates
have been filed with the city clerk
today:
To CLARENCE E. WILSON and
wife, Kilmer. February II, a girl.
To LAWRENCE DONNIE and
wife, 210 German, February II. a girl.
To WILLIAM CAWKER and wife,
416 East Ninth, February 13, a boy.
To PRESTON P. CHAIN and wife.
100 n. Quincy, January II, a girl.
To EDWARD H. ALSDORF and
wife. 1716 Topeka. February IA. a girl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15

GuiIders, demand 1914 cables, 421a. iLres,
demand, GIL: cables, 60; Rubles, de-
mand, 81; cables, 32A. Bar silver, .5615c;
Mexican dollars, 43c. Government bonds,
steady; railroad bonds. easy. Time loans,
steady 60 and 30 days. 2a@2A per cent;
q months, 2A as
Cal money. steady; high. 2; low. ~ :;
ruling rate, 1$4 last loan, .; closing bid
Ia Offered at .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15

Winter still has month to run, ac-
cording to the gentleman who divided
the year into seasons, but a pleasant
taste of carly spring weather has put
in an appearance. Probably this
means some zeal winter weather in
the springtime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15

annual musical contest of Kansas high
schools to be held at Emporia, April
21st. Last year the high school took
first prize winning three out OF five
events. This year there are ten prizes
offered, for the best boys chorus the
best girls chorus, the best mixed
chorus the best boys vocal solo. the
best girls vocal solo, the best violin
solo. the best orchestra, the best sight
reading both in syllables and in words
and the best piano solo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15

Evidently the groundhogs in the
eastern part of the country didn't have
any more luck on February than did
their brethren in these parts. New
York and Philadelphia have recently
been in the throes of heavy snow and
sleet storms. If the sympathy of Kan
sas will be of any service or solace, it
is hereby extended
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-15

Those who are concerned in locat-
ing the whereabout of the many DEM
ocratic members of congress who fail
TO attend the sessions of the house
might find not a few of them if they
would make the rounds of the movie
theaters in washington.