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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-25
SAY GAMBLERS HAVE
CONTROL OF MARKET

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-
Southern congressman today
were drafting n declaration Of
war on cotton gamblers. An
Indignation meeting OF house
members from the cotton states
will be- held tonight at the cap
itol, to discuss the alleged con
spiracy OF cotton exchanges to
depress the price OF cotton"
Measures to regulate cotton ex-
changes will be discussed.
Resolutions OF Representative
Heflin for congressional investi-
cation OF alleged manipulation
OF cotton markets also will be
urged.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-25
A LESSON ON
TAXATION

What are the real taxes,
both direct and indirect,
on a home costing $1,000
and public conveniences,
in the City of Seattle? We
believe they are cheaper
for the home owner than
any other city in the
United States, all condi-
tons considered.
Seattle Most Any other
Real estate
." Real estate
nome '-'''-'V' $500
w.,.,r.r, homo 49,. $4,000
an Water rent
pc per year. 1900
o,,r h.,,s In some
department. e
allows use
of city
6rtnL o., spring or
s,,,r,rc~,. distil led
49, a.. water for
Glued in drink ing an
water rent..-... FEIc,rf, Wv
Elactric light per
light per year, aver
year aver age 5-room
ago 5-room house -. 2l.oo
house 49, 1900 5 r ct
sprinkling
service -. see
sprinkllng Removing
service -. Tree garbage in
Revov, most cities.
rnrbaga yr.a per year .. soc
: n o
s n o. books for
books for one child
children E. free per year :. 400
si2oo $500
Hence n saving on both direct
and indirect taxation on your own
home. together with public con-
veniences I'm Seattle compared
with most any other city of &3s
per annum.
Now. MIR. Prospective Home
Uuy~r. do not feel that we are
throwing our hat in the ring of
the present taxation fight We
are only showing you that the
cost of owning a home in Seattle
f. less than most any other city.
And the man that you hear knock
ing our present taxation is the
large realty holder. He helps pay
for moving your garbage, he helps
pay your electric light bill. he helps
pay for Your children's school
books. he helps pay your street
sprinkling service. And who gets
the benefit1--the man who owns
his home. Not tho renter.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-25

Same Way With Nations
II Is the same way with nations
now.
Also. We have organized
means to compel individuals not
10 carry swords and not to slash
one another. and means to com
pei the strong not 60 assault the
weak. There is nothing OF that
Kind among nations. and until
there Is. nations must go arm
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-25
TO SKATE OR SWIM?
THAT'S the PUZZLE

VIII n young person who wears
a sketingHwimming costume. the
very newest thing OF tho kind. go
a-skating or a-swimming7 Mrs.
Julian Gerard. OF Now York. who
wears the dual costume. settles the
problem by Just promenading on
the beach.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-25
ONLY ONE IS JAILED
SINCE THE NEW YEAR

THE DALLEs. Ore. Feb. 25---
The city jail OF this city WAS used
for the first time this year tho
other night, when II held a real
drunk, the first since the prohibit
tion law went into effect.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-25
Home Is the Biggest
Word on Earth

A $500 home purchased
in Sea View Park. il paid for
in five years on the INSTALL
ment plan. will cost you less
than $3.50. including taxes
and interest. Considering the
cost OF our property. building
materials and labor today.
you can build cheaper than
ever before. We believe that
every home purchased in
Sea View Park now can be
sold for $500 within three
years.
We will assume that you are
paying to your landlord $40 psr
month rent. at the end OF five
years that amounts TO 1880. so
your homo will really cos, you
your rent money and $3.50. And
II will be worth at least sz.soo.
You have made a net profit OF
si.7s0.
There are other consideration.
and comforts which should bs
given serious thought Everyone
should and VIII be happier citi-
gems ~ they own their own home.
Sea View Park IL strictly n home
location, with It's school facilities
its ocean breeres. Its beautiful out
look over the Sound and noun
tains IL IL the proper place for
children. 40 that they will ssao-
ciats with children OF strictly
ome-owning parents. Now. frank
~. don't you think IL would be
much better for your boy TO live
in his own homo, with this al
ways In his mind. HOME IL THE
biG.EsT WORD on EAHTu--and
spend some of his time in tho
back yard raising vegetables
than being cooped up in down
town flat with no place to Ro7
DO you not think IL would he nice
to sit on your front porch and
see your daughter tying up the
sweet peas, trimming the rose
bushes or wedding tho pansiss7 In
fact would you not enjoy doing
these things yourEeif instead OF
looking out the small windows OF
n flat on dirty back yards and
dingy alleys. or tho front windows
on mass of brick across tho
street cutting out tho sunshiner
Would you not rather hear tho
birds singing. mn they fly into your
yard 10 pick up the crumbs which
you have thrown out. than to hear
tho rattle OF milk cans. tho olanR-
ing OF the street cars. and tho
blowing Of tho auto horns7 Again
I say, HOME ~ THE BIGGEST
WORD on EARTH.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-25

Aided by favorable wind,
which blew persistently for sew
eral days. the cotton boil weevil
IN Georgia made an advance OF 100
miles in a few weeks.
The sun., 1916-11-27
WARM WELCOME FOR
THE SEVENTH TO-DAY
Elaborate Preparations Made
for Reception Of Regiment
From Border.

The Seventh Regiment. n. q. n. G.,
will arrive home from It's tour Of duty
on the border to-day. 1t is due At the
foot of West Twenty-third street at 4
o'clock, and elaborate preparations have
been made for Its reception.
Veterans Of the Seventh will assemble
in the armory at Thirty-fourth street
n Park avenue at 3 o'clock n pro-
reed TO the ferry house at West Twenty
third street. They will escort the re-
turning soldiers to Fifth avenue and "
The avenue In parade formation.
The veterans and active members will
be reviewed from a stand In front OF
the Union League Club. At Forts sec
end street and the avenue the soldiers
will be under fire from a battery OF
motion picture cameras. At ~Sixty-sev-
enth street the veterans will review the
active members. w%hereupon the regi-
ment will proceed through Lexington
avenue to the armory.
Now that the Seventh has been re-
called. there are only three New York
infantry regiments left OF the border.
They are the Tw elfth and Sixty-ninth
OF Manhattan and the Twenty-third of
Brooklyn. The First Cavalry Is stifl
there, along with the Second and Third
Field Artillery. one battalion OF the
Iwenty-second Engineers, Companies A
and b Of the Signal Corps, the Second
and Third Field Hospital, the division
supply train and the field bakery, as
we'll as several ambulance companies.
The sun., 1916-11-27
SAM sOTHERN IN NEW COMEDY
EnEIish Actor Seen At Princess
Theatre In "Such IL Life"

Sam Sothern. who appeared at the
Princess Theatre or Saturday night, is a
brother OF our own +. H.. OF the same
Xix and a OF. late years played In
England more than In this country.
He Is an easy and skilful comedian. as
those who were fortunate enough to see
him In ~ Pair Of SILK Stockings dis
covered.
In that clever play OF Cyril Har-
courts he had the advantage OF acting
the hero in an amusing farce. II IL not
poe sib to say as much OF the piece
which has superseded musical plays AT
the Princess.
Harold owen. h Is It's author, was
formerly known only TO that degree OF
fame which attached TO n fractional
authorship Of Mr.. WI" Probably that
was more yaluable In England than In
this country. where MFR. WI" enjoyed
but a brief career.
Mr.. OWENS play was acceptable 20 the
audience on Saturday night chiefly be-
cause Il introduced such excellent actors
as Mr.. Sothern, Ferdinand Gottschalk.
Cathleen Nesbit and "A fair stranger in
Anne Cleaver. h was said to have
come from England especially for this
performance. The actors Jared better
than tho author. although there were
occasionally short stretches OF we'll writ
ten dialogue in such Is Life"
The sun., 1916-11-27
E.. H. SOTHERN AGAIN
SEEN AS FILM HERO
"An Enemy to the King" Is
Feature for the Week
at the RialtO.

r. II. Sotherr in the Aim version Of
King Is the most interesting OF the
in the Broadway picture houses
this week. The screen version OF the late
r. ". Stephens play at the Rialto
was prepared by Frederic Thompson.
and Is deliberately presented by the
Vitagraph Company. The advantage this
picture has over Mr.. Sothern's former
efforts for the screen Is that IL was n role
with which he was already perfectly
familiar. IL shows a distinc. cain ovSr
his previous efforts for the movies" II
also affords him an excellent oppor-
tunity TO display his skill as a fencer.
Edith Storey plays the part OF the
Huguenot beauty.
Pauline Frederick IL the bright partic-
ular star at the Strand Theatre for the
week, appearing In n romance OF the
great Northwest and the Canadian
MOUNTED police written for her by Will
lam Mack and called "Nannette OF tho
Wilds." Mr.. Mack plays the role OF
the mounted policeman who wins the
heart OF the girl of the wilds.
June Caprice in THE Mischief Maker
Is the william Fox offering for the
Academy Of Music for the first four days
OF the week.
Harold Lockwood and May Allison in
big Tremaine'' were seen at Loew's
y ? York Theatre yesterday. The f. II.
Sothern picture An Enemy to the
King will he seen to-day.
The sun., 1916-11-27
WILSON, BY SIGNAL, TO
LIGHT DAME LIBERTY
New System to Make Statue
Brighter Will Be Dedicated
Saturday.

President Wilson will accept the per-
flood lighting system for the
Statue of Liberty on behalf OF the nation
and will dedicate II next Saturday. BY
a rocket signal from he Presidential
yacht Mayfiower he will order the cur
rent turned on. while the guns of the At
lantic fleet In the harbor will boom a
Following this ceremony. the President
will proceed from the Battery through
especially illuminated streets to the Wall
dorf-Astoria Hotel. where there will be IA
public reception and dinner In his honor.
Mayor Mitchell has IN a committee
OF 200 to act as the Presidential escort,
and has asked Pierre Garven. Mayor of
Bayonne. and Mark NJ. Pagan. Mayor OF
Jersey City. to name cooperating COM
mittees.
The statue was the gift to the United
States OF 100000 citizens OF France. who
contributed $?50,000 to he fund Bar
tholdi opened. The site was prepared
on Bedloe's Island through contributions
Of 10000 given by 10000 Americans,
he dedication was held October rs. 1856.
President Cleveland officiating. The
hood lighting plant cost $4,000. which
was dontaed through h World by 49,
900 persons. The lighting will be kept
up by an appropriation included In an
amendment to the rivers and harbors
bill.
The sun., 1916-11-27
MRS.. TILYON QUITS
YOUTHFUL HUSBAND
Chevy Chase Villa Closed and
She Takes Up Residence
in Reno.

There's a vacant marble italian villa
In Chevy Chase: there's IN unhappy
young husband left helpless and alone In
a Washington apartment and Mrs. Fran
ces Duer-Jones Key Triton is registered
at Reno. New. So the scene Is set for
another episode In the busy married life
of Mr.. and Mrs. John H.. Triton.
Last April the omanc began. Mrs.
Frances Duer-Jones Key. a wealthy
Washington society woman. who ad-
mitted she was A.. decided TO sue some
of her folks for having her put In an in
sane asylum several years before. She
engaged a certain John II. Tilton. Just
turned 20 and Of good appearance. to
drive herself and a oma friend to
New York In her automobile that she
might consult her attorneys in the
metropolis. They got Ms far as Balti-
more. when u was decided that the
name Tilton ought to be tackled on to the
end of h Frances. &c. Key, for sake
Of euphony or for some unnamed rea-
son. so the young mans regular salary
ceased and he became a partner in the
business OF managing Mrs. Tilton and
her affairs. The woman friend bowed
and made her exit.
They got a new chauffeur and as this
threw Mr.. Tilton out OF a job 1t vas ar
ranged that he should take ISL 900
worth Of mortgages and buy a seat for
himself on the New York Stock Elk
change. There weren't any seats va
cant down there M anyway Mrs. Til
ton says the young fellow began TO
abuse her about this time. SO they sep
arated and Mrs. Triton brought a suit
which tied up the $5I 900. This "a last
June. A few days later the suit was
stopped and they vent back TO Wash
ington together.
A little later In the same month she
did II all over again. But this time Mrs.
Tilton went to the Waldorf Astoria and
at her own request was carefully
guarded from her husband lest her heart
should not be strong enough to with
stand his pleadings. But again he came
and again he conquered. so that by the
fourth OF July they were living together
In that Italian villa a. Chevy Chase.
Next It was Mr.. Tilton who took a lit
tie step in a legal way. He sued William
Grant Brown and Carl Wheeler Bliss.
who are lawyers with offices In the
ortH bulIuiHs' anu ~ peiiheA'
Aldrich. n real estate expert. Tilton
wanted these gentlemen to give him
back sl3.73423. because. he said. he was
only 'twenty-three years old and lack
ing in business experience" and he had
assigned mortgages for $4,000 when
they were worth a lot more. He hasn't
got II back yet.
Moses Malevinsky OF the law firm OF
O'Brien. Malevinsky & Driscoll Of las.
broadway. who has represented Mrs
Til,on in numerous AFFAIRS. said yester'
day that ne wasn't working for her any
more. He believed sh" had a new law
yer, he said. He knew Mrs. Tilton had
gone TO Reno. but not being her attor'
ney he would not attempt 20 say VIII,
she had gone. nor could he forecast any
Of her future activities.
The sun., 1916-11-27
France and Belgium would b, ,,,,...,
suicide for England and France ~'o"s'

France and Belgium would b, RATA,
suicide for England and France Wv"
Everybody is asking when N. 49,.
wi1l end. Recently the Queen ~ ~.
land put the question TO n wom,, ~
nobility who had been working a, a."
front. II depends on tho man poY..W.
Germany and the ability Of tne s,,o.
to equip the vast number ~ Rus..'
ready to be nut into the field -
success OF the Germans In npnn
would prolong the conflict. '"a
"1f the Germans arc SURROUNDING a.,
Ruman!an army II is up ,n Rlssi, '.e
20 to Rumania's aid. and If s.c az
II will be due to lack Of coui,,naa
Russia has the men and II ie n,,,.
matter Of time to equip them. G.r,r,."
cannot win. but the war NAV he Vs.
lonGed two or more years n i'm. 80
said that she can put 1900 600 no, -
the firing line each year. This rlrrho..
includes all men between tho ,pes !,
II and co. regardless OF disabilities az
when IL comes to a showdown u vrIWmI
found that this estimate Is much
aggerated.
Great Britain has moro men ,l.,
Germany. She a put more men on IS.
battle line and equip them better e.
man o v from England until 10 ,
fully fitted gu and trained. There a..
1000. 900 on the British side q, ~.
Channel still In training and they viii
not move untfl they are In the Ave-,
fighting trim"
The sun., 1916-11-27
END FAR OFF,
WILL IRWIN'S VIEW
Back From the Somme. Writer
Expects to Sec Much More
Fighting.

Will Irwin. war reporter, who has
been recently OF the somme front. got
back last night by the American liner
Philadelphia uncertain as to the dura-
ton of the war but feeling pretty sure
that he may 60 close to battle lines
many times before they are entirely
abolished.
Several weeks ago. while hunting quar-
ters in a hotel in a French town Mr..
Irwin pretty nearly got his" AZ he ex-
pressed IL. He had just rung the bell
OF the hotel when the house next door
went up Mechanically in dust and smoke
and flame. A German air raider had
dropped his autograph. The hotel was
n bit too spoiled TO sleep in and Mr..
Irwin lodged elsewhere.
Apart from occasional air raids. Mr..
Irwin said, the German sky service is
not what It used to he. The British and
French aviators have overcome the Ger
mans. almost annihilating their aerial
observation patrol. SO numerous and
skllfui are the British and French air
men that II means almost certain death
for a German aviator 70 venture out of
his own lines.
The greatest soldiers of the war are
the French" Mr.. Irwin said. 9TH
Frenchman. in trench n field. IL the
most democratic and most effective
fighter. man for a on all the battle
fronts. When of duty. officers and men
mlngle and drink together. calling one
another by their first names. This has
no effect on discipline OF the dignity OF
their relationship when they are on
duty apparently It adds to the esprit de
corps. 1t would be a great mistake
should the United States model her new
army after that OF Germany instead OF
France.
British technique Is growing fast.
Fighting alongside the French has
helped them, and they are now almost
equal TO their tutors. The French are
an inspiration TO all their allies. The
doggedness OF the British In its turn
helps the French. The British 10 not
give In except under tremendous stress.
The French and British feel that II IL
necessary for them to win. To abandon
the war until Germany IS expelled from
The sun., 1916-11-27
HUNTERS LOST FOR "A HOURS.
POwerbOat SiRnet, Aground, Towed
on Great south Hay shoals.

BABYLON. l.. l.. Nov. 26.-The Signct,
a small sail and power boat, containing
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Dodd and Mrs.
Charles X. Serle. all OF this place, was
towed of the shoals in Whig Inlet. Great
South Bay. yesterday after 1t had been
hard and fast nearly twenty-four hours
The party went duck hunting on Friday
and ran aground at dusk. Mr.. Dodd
tried unsuccessfully to release the boat
aud was unable TO signal any passing
craft in the darkness. All suffered
much from exposure during the night,
Mr., Serle learned OF his wife's de-
layed return when he arrived home from
his office In Manhattan yesterday and
started cut in his boat to look for the
hunters. lie located the Signet. released
1t and took 1t In tow. As he was making
the run home his own boat ran aground
and he had TO call upon the a Island
coas guards for help.
The sun., 1916-11-27

DAYS rave him the nerve to charge the
salary he now gets, tLaughterl His
nrst regular Job was singing in the
| choir of the Church OF st. Anne, for
the whole 20 cents to buy q scrap book.
~.ausn.e..I 49,. an
"en .e pev"'no no.eu ~
pI"uo anu nIA"y was r~a'ueu =.
ny NE tsacher. n r,Na, 10y eos"e"'.
" a matter OF recoro' we" s'du uo
medai away from nun. ineIeupo"
caroo@ MT the BOY IN inc nose anu VIII
one punch GREW lou quarts oI Imla.''.
l%I-auenter,I once an '.a.lan i.o""e.
VINO cou'dnt sing hired our guest o'
honor to stand In the dark under the
WINDOW or a fair juliet ana sing tne
ardent one making the lady believe ne
was the possessor OF the wonderful voice.
Sometimes ] think that II must nave been
In some such way that Flo Ziegfeld won
the heart and ham OF Billie Burke.
tLaughter.1
Next we hear Of signor Caruso In
Egypt. lie was there one nisht. where
upon the Government authorities or
dcred a special guard around the tomb OF
Cleopatra. tLaughter.l He gets three
dollars for sneeses. ffty cents a hack foi
every time he coughs. Recently he rode
on the New York Central to Buffalo and
during the night snored the railroad out
Of more h Ia 1900. Imagine n he
would rave done to the Erie! Laugh.
teri
From Land Of Garlic.
..o,,u ..
,ors a,.nas or nSn .ne ehaInp,on
It,. rnrid ua~sh,ss, TT. n' a.,
, sr~a. ,.rt~.hs 49, s.W"s NJ
$50 'o'e " Soss
a.. 49,, ,,.n.,s hoo.h. I. NV.
h msuss,"r ~ ~ "nu "S g.
I,aiv a,..d ali 10 xnu. "ou 80,
,ooL,r. i,S. Nvums
To- ,rho $50. .s,,u.,,. sne sN ~
native ,.ns % go 20 pones .,s
hoothiscLs = maan 81. pi.or u.na
RI avsh,sr "A ~ p,aa, II..s 49,
The sun., 1916-11-27
CHARITY COSTS N. Y.
$1S,9O2,629 A YEAR
City's Tax Rate Would Be ~
Points Less If There Were
No Exemptions.
REPORT MADE TO MAYOR
Churches and other Institu-
tons Worth $88O,952,91O
Escape Assessment:

A report showing that II costs the city
Of New York S1s.so2, s2s.7s each year
for charity, and that the 1915 tax rate
would have been ~ points less II there
were no tax exemptions. will be sent to
Mayor Mitchell to-day by Leonard NJ.
walistein. Commissioner Of Accounts.
THE purpose Of this report 10 confined
entirely to setting out the facts" Mr..
wallstein says In his letter to the Mayor
accompanying the report. Tho presen-
tation Of these facts - not to be con-
strued as . criticism OF the policy of
granting financial assistance to such In
.stitutions. Likewise no attempt Is made
in this report to compare the cost OF
such financial assistance with what
would be the cost to the city II the work
OF these private institutions were per-
formed by governmental agencies.
A to cemetery corporations. which
are among The institutions aided by the
city. and therefore included In this re-
port, this office 10 engaged upon a fur
ther investigation for the purpose Of de-
termining whether certain OF them are
In effect business corporations paying
dividends n not Justly entitled to ex-
isting statutory exemptions from taxes
and assessments"
The report gives in detail the aid
which the city OF New York renders to
charitable. religious. educational and
kindred private institutions in the form
OF exemptions from taxation. direct con.
tributions for care. maintenance or edu
cation OF dependent adults or children
and cancellations OF liens for assess.
ments for public improvements. watei
rents and axes"
The sun., 1916-11-27

Although Columbia University is
sometimes classed as a Protestant Epis-
copal institution. NJ. Wallsteln includes
its 3i9. 000. 900 worth OF worcestershire
property under the "non-sectarian" head.
THE property occupied by churches
and synagogues in the city OF New York.
assessed at Sl72.0s2. 900. constitutes A5
per cent. Of the total assessed value OF
exempt property owned by private in
stitutions." the report continues. at will
be noted that cemeteries talso exempt
from assessments for local improve
ments) own exempt property valued at
S29,bS4.470. which 10 moro han all that
owned by private schools n academies
In New York city"
The exempt property Of private In
.etitutions Is classified below according
to the purposes to which the property is
davotod.
The sun., 1916-11-27
To Honor Dead Emperor.

G~alician, Bukowinian. Hungarian and
oriental Jews. all OF whom ave their
separate declarations. will join Thursday
night at Cooper Cnion in n memorial
meeting for Emperor Francis Joseph.
Jacob PfeYer will be chairman. Repre-
sentatives OF the Austrian Government,
will be present.
The sun., 1916-11-27
VERA CRUZ CUT OFF.
strike on Railroad Ties Up Line to
Mexico city.

LAREDO. Tex. Nov. 26.-Railroad traf-
fc between Mexico city and Vera Cruz
Ii paralyzed AZ a result of n strike Of
railroad employees. the papers state.
Mexico city papers received here to-
night report tn. execution on November
% of J. Jesus Jaramillo. a lieutenant In
the Constitutionalist army, for alleged
participation In a robbery IN the Mexi-
can capital.
The sun., 1916-11-27
Columbus knights "a Give how

The annual minstrel show and recep-
ton OF the Vera cruz Knights OF Column
bus will be held Wednesday evening at
the Central Opera House, Sixty-seventh
street near Third avenue Proceeds are
TO establish a summer home. tho coun-
ell having paid of the debt on its
Twenty-third street building.
The sun., 1916-11-27
FAMED SALT CELLARS SOLD.
Limoges Enamel Work Bought Sy
Jacques selignana Of New York.
Special Cable DespdtcA to THs suS from the
London TinSS.

Sptc'dl Cd6Te Df5pdIcN 70 The SrS TOM INC
London Ttmss.
LONDON, Nov. ga pair Of Limoges
enamel salt cellars. which for years
formed part OF tho famous FountaAne
collection at Narford Hall. Norfolk. has
been purchased by Jacques Seligmanr. q
dealer In New York.
This pair ranks among tho finest In
existence. 1t realized $50 gutneas
t$..25s) at the Fountaine sale In 1884.
At Christle's, where tho salt cellars were
put up again in 1913. they were sold To a
London dealer for more han SIS, 900.
The price paid now Is understood TO be
"A considerable advance over this price.
The salt cellars. which are only four
inches high. are brilliantly painted in
translucent colored enamcls. with me
figures OF Juno. Mercury. Diana, We,
Apollo and the six MUSES..