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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-19
1.-THE MOSS MYSTERY
CAROLYN WELLS Copyright Eswrapum
"um. And how did she roach the

"Um. And how did she reach the
gas ?"
with an umbrella or cane or
broomstick or any such thing
Maybe she had n yardstick. or -
"Or n tape measured" exploded.
did hate 10 have poor little limo
cent Cissy accused. And Just how
did Miss Carrcau enter tho room
and also make her exit. leaving the
place barricaded ms n for a siege7'
THAT I haven't quite worked out
yet"
We'll. 20 and get 10 work on It.
and don't come TO bother me again
until you do. Understand. Mr.. Wei
don. this II n perfect mystery prob
lem. Generally. the criminal leaves
some overlooked clue. some forgot
ten procaution. but In this In.
stance there isn't trace. A. n
problem. II has no flaw. am busy
solving II. and I must ask you to
do your solving yourself First
must be discovered how the muir.
derer got into and out OF tho room.
Until you know that. for a certainty,
you have made no progress. and
any time spend with you In
wasted"
hated to score tho poor fellow
so. but he was. II seemed. n jelly.
fish with an armadillo's skin, for
he only said. II suppose 80. Mr..
Prall." and went awny.
began on my matcrin. Tho coil.
ing first. ! went over II inch by
inch. but found nothing but what
any well-conducted ceiling would
chow. There was no torn paper or
broken plaster. No cracks or seal.
ings In It's kAlaomined surface. The
ornate plaster centerpiece from
which the chandelier hung was In.
tact and perfect. The chandelier
itself. an elaborate affair. had eight
brackets made OF brass tubing bent
in curlicued pattern and eight gas
burners with tho usual ground glass
globes. The electric fixtures had
been added below these burners
and hung down with pink shades
over their bulbs.
A. tho room above war the one
I had occupied on the night OF the
tragedy. had no suspicion OF a
trsp-door 10 that. and indeed there
was no chance OF such n thing. SO
the ceiling was dismissed from my
mind hs affordlng possible entrance
TO tho intruder.
Tn. floor. next. proved equally
innocent looked under the rugs.
I moved all tho furniture. and !
tapped around the mopboard TIL !
was sure nobody. not even a mouse.
could have come in thru tho floor
Each wall took separately. and
found no openings or apertnren.
even tho tini~si save tho doors
and windows. There was no ven.
tilator or transom. with the aid OF
the steplAddor I scanned the tops
Of the windows and doors. the cur,
tain poles and fixtures. and tho on.
tire chandelier. There was moth.
ting. nothing in the least indicative
OF recent disturbance or suggestive
OF q way 10 look for tho truth.
CONTINUED In Our Next issuol
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-19
1 NEAR BULL'S-EYE

There's bu's-eye hit in the Alliance for Labor and
Democracys call for the socialists give all their backing
Uncle Sans management
German autocracy and mtarsm." says the Alliance.
the last citadel OF the worlds dark reactonary
forces"
Socialism claims to aim at progress and light German
autocracy and marism may be the last citadel OF dark
and reaction but they certainly the strongest
Are American socialists wooden-headed that they
cannot Gemanys triumph would their death
blow a political force? Some Of socialists
dense; they're hurryng out Of the party.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-19

Three brand new lead pencils Of
ours vanished today spurios YER
senkt.
Tax the rich. says Senator Hard
ing. and there will be nobody who
will buy bonds. Tax the rich and
II won't be necessary to sell bonds
A London cable says the kaiser
is ambitious to sit In the cars
throne. The fellows a glutton for
trouble.
Who VIII Help Him In That Hope7
Undertaken yedder has Just received
the municipalities for his new hearse and
within three weeks hopes TO have the
car In uso.-upiand (Cnl) News
Ono OF the militant suffs sent TO
prison for disorderly conduct at the
White House gates lost five pounds
while In jail. We know a woman
who would gladly spend year in
Jail n she could lose five pounds
and not gain 10 after she was re-
leased.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-19
] Observation-Disclosures IlIIIIIIIIIITl
! Cynthia Crey's ;
| LETTERS |
Young Mems Conduct
DEFENDS Upon Girls

Dear Miss Grey: I have been
reading your letters for some time
and find a great many OF them
worth considering. have recently
tested some OF the facts stated In
the letters regarding the friendship
OF boys and girls.
After u fair trial and due consid'
Grafton. made the following con
illusions: II the girls are respect
able and use common sense when
they 20 out with young man.
1. edo not see how much money
he will spend on them. but how
much enjoyment they can get out
OF tho least amount then the
young men will enjoy their com
partnership.
II 10 often asked: why don't
men respect the girls whom they
meet on the street or In public
placesf" My answer 10 this Is.
they do n the girls prove them
selves worthy of their respect In
a great majority OF the cases. find
the girls are TO be blamed for any
serious misfortunes which may re-
cult from forming such acquaint-
ances. II In quite true that the
larger half OF our young ladies' OF
today ARE seeking only to have
swell time on the other fellows
money, regardless Of the rights OF
others.
Girls. don't you know that tho
young men have your number" as
they often term Il? A young man
can tell Immediately what sort OF
a Girl you are and Just how far he
can 20. Your speech. your actions.
and your manners give you away.
Usually II ia the little suggestions
that como from you girls that con
vinces the young man.
All men are not evil minded. and
even the lowest class will respect
a decent girl. I DO not mean by
decent one who ats around with
arms folded and Is afraid 10 speak
her own thoughts. No. II there
ever existed such girls. they are
far out OF date now. But ] do
mean a girl who has a clean mind.
noble thoughts. and all the yirtn-
Gus qualities which lay the foun-
dalton for a strong moral charac-
ter.
Readers. do not misiudge me. !
DO not lay all the blame on the
giriA Far from H. This question
involves forethought and consider
alton OF both parents and edu-
Gators II the courses OF study In
our public schools were revised.
and In the place OF 20 much
mechanical memory work. course
in systematic moral training be In.
stalled. tho results cannot be over.
estimated.
II IL an evident fact that we can
not reform our young men without
having our young women undergo
an equal reformation. As long as
our girls insist upon being the
"fas,..ee.whix" typo. Wa viii GER
'siniy find a similar type os boys.
Ne do not often find a modest and
diwnified girl sssociating with the
fast boy. neither do We find the
hes, type Of our young men 1850
eating with the gee. whir" gfre.
Girls and boys. when forming ac-
illlntances with strangers. be-
are; evil may result where good
bounds. But II you are both the
sAmo class. 1 a.. equal in intelli.
gencc. social standing and IN NOR.
als. and n you both have good In.
entions. ! eco no reason why you
houid not become acquainted. with.
at the usual formality.
Live true 20 yourself always. re-
yardless OF the eyes Of the world.
JEAN.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-19

II you value your watch, let
Haynes repair II Next Liberty
theatre. -Advertisemen
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-19
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-19

LEADING surgeons claim that
- per cent OF the drafted men
cursed BY rejection as unfit could
easily be made fit IN reclamation
campo; that even conscientious
ocruples" could be cured by asso-
citation with men who are not
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-09-19

wTLMoT LEWIS. expert on east.
ern affairs. thinks that Japan
hasn't bigger hand In the war be-
cause England and France suspect
her sincerity. A German. Russian
Japanese alliance has long been
dreaded
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-21
TEXAS RIOTERS
EXPIATE Crime
ON THE GALLONS
Thirteen Negroes of Path In
fantry Hanged for Part in
Outbreak at Houston

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec. IL
Thirteen Of the negroes Of the oath
Infantry, United States Army, found
guilty of completely in the riot and
mutiny at Houston on August %, were
hanged on the military reservation at
Fort Sam Houston at 7:17 o'clock this
morning. Announcement Of the carry.
Ing out OF the sentence was made at
headquarters OF the southern depart.
ment at 8 a. m.
Only army officers and Sheriff John
Tobin Of Bexar county were present
when the sentence was carried out by
soldiers from the post. No newspaper
men or civilian spectators were allow.
ed, the time and place Of execution
having been kept secret.
or the So men tried by the same
courtmartial, Al were sentenced to
life imprisonment One man was sen.
fenced to dishonorable discharge from
the army. forfeiture Of all pay ana ali.
lloWances and to be confined at hard
labor for two and half years. Three
were sentenced to be dishonorably
discharged from the army, forfeit all
pay and allowances and be confined
at hard labor for two years. Five were
acquitted. G-..<
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-21
CLASSIFICATION FOR DRAFT 20
TIMES BIGGER Than REGISTRATION
There Will Be 10000 missionaries and Each Will Contain
236 ouestions-Cap Green Appeals for Help to Accom-
Aish Task Within Specified Time

upon you will rest, as before,
the responsibility and the burden, but
with the confidence born Of the know l.
edge Of good work done by you in the
past, the administration is assured CT
your patriotic support and help.
anticipating a favorable answer. |
am inclosing herewith one OF the
Questionnaires which is TO be filled
out by all of those who registered on
July 81 This will give you an oppor
tunity to judge the character Of the
questions and the tremendous maGn;
tude Of the operations which must BE-
carried on throughout the territory.
In replying be careful to give the
number OF your precinct, the district
and the county. and remember an i'm
mediate answer is requested.
Il am incloSing herewith a list Of
the members Of the legal advisor
boards throughout the Islands. In
each case the first name appearing is
that OF the chairman of the board
VIII you not send TO headquarter:
your reply to this letter, also forward.
ing a duplicate OF the reply 10 the
chairman OF the legal advisory board
of your county,"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-21
SOCIETY FIGHT IS
RETURNED TO COURT

Despite Circuit Judge Ashfords rec.
concentrations that the affair be peace.
fully settled outside of court, The
Associacao Protectora Uniao Madei-
rense Of California apparently is de.
termined TO keep its fight with No. Z
Funchal Council. the Honolulu chap
ter, in court, as 1t has filed an amend.
ed complaint charging the branch with
sundry new alleged violations OF rules.
Among other things, the California.
organization says that the officers OF
the local chapter deliberately violated
the rules by refusing to compel all
members present at meetings to give
the password. It is also charged
that the rules we're violated because
the chapter failed to make monthly
remittances from money collected
from the members
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-21

are very reasonable in price. The ex-
tension division Of the United: States
Department of Agriculture has sent
out some very excellent recipes for
vegetable jams or marmalades; one
must remember that these marmalades
should be cooked very slowly until
ingredients are tender and the mix
ture quite thick.
The state food administrator re-
quest that there be one wheatless meal
a day as well as one wheatless day a
week means that nine out of every
twenty one meals a week should be
wheatless.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-21
HOW TOSAVE SUGAR IN COOKING
TDESCR|BEDBY WOMANEXPERT

SEATTLE, Wash.-How to save su-
gar, the second of the four foods that
Herbert Hoover, national food admin
istrator, has asked the country to
economic in using, is explained by
Miss Mary Rausch, assistant professor
Of home economics in the extension d.
vision Of the University Of Washing
ton. She says:
For years women have been aecus.
toned to the use Of granulated sugar
in making all pies, cakes, puddings
and desserts.
Now, the government says we must
divide our white sugar with the peo-
pie who are fighting with US in the war.
II we are really to help, We must use
brown sugar, molasses, syrups or hon.
ey in our kitchen cookery. There are
many excellent. candies that can be
made with brown sugar.
Use Brown Sugar
Use brown sugar in bread, if you use
any sugar at all. Use brown sugar or
syrups in making powder biscuit, in
mullins, in cakes, in whipped cream
buildings. in all the desserts.
For years we have used molasses
and sour milk in many ginger breads
and plain spice cakes and cookies.
We must get our old cook books and
revive some of the good things that
our grandmothers made.
Buy or make one-third less candy
than usual. Do not make cake icing
out Of white sugar. Boil brown sugar
and when it is clear syrup, pour 1t
over the stiffly beaten whites Of the
eggs and you have a delicious icing.
Make ioipgs for special occasions only,
like birthdays, Thanksgiving or Christ
mas "~e~:>> =
One Of the largest bread companies
of Seattle is using brown. sugar in
bread and thinks the. flavor much inn
proved. Do not make drinks like,
lemonade, that require a great deal of
sugar. Use brown sugar on cereals,
and use less sugar In your tea, coffee
and chocolate. 49,
The government wishes you to use
sugar for Jams, or fruit buffers; they
are most healthful in The family diet.
airy, and may be used instead OF butter.
ThA N>lA-.t.S pacinA Cor Canadian
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-21

war cake is absolutely reliable. II
contains no butter, no eggs, no milk
and no white sugar:
Take two cups Of brown sugar, add
two cups of boiling water, one table
spoon of lard, one package of dark
seeded raisins, one teaspoon cinnamon,
half teaspoon cloves, one teaspoon
salt, one teaspoon vanilla. One table
spoon of marmalade or jam is an i'm
provement.
Cook five minutes after it starts
boiling, remove from fire and add one
teaspoon soda dissolved in a table,
spoon of hot water Let cool. Mix
three and half cups of flour inca.
sured after sitting once) with two level
teaspoons making powder. Add to first
mixture. This mixture should be quite
stiff.
Bake in two shallow pans in a very
moderate oven for about one and a
half hours. If the oven Is just right,
1t takes about three-quarters of an
hour for the dough to come to the top
Of the pan. 1t rises a good deal in
baking. Baked in rlHfiin. nars ms
makes about twenty-five good sized
cakes. Be sure that the pan is thor
oughly creased and Toured before YOU
put the mixture in. Drippings should
be used for this purpose.
Brown Sugar Icing
Brown SUGAR Rin2: Take one and
a half cups Of brown sugar, packing it
in tightly. Add three quarters cup
Of cream from the top of your bottle of
milk, one teaspoon of butter; cook I'm
til it forms a soft ball in a cupfull of
cold water. Remove from fire, let
cool, stir and spread on cakes for spe-
cia occasions.
, Use raisins, dates and fresh fruits;
they contain good deal of sugar in
a form that cannot be shipped.
In making your fruit buffers use
brown sugar, Color and flavor may
not be quite so good, but the jam is
good and Wholesome. Housekeepers of
Washington hasea great many vegeta-
bles, and before cold weather comes
should make some ofesthe vegetable
They take less sugar
than most OF the fruits. -. 80 y. y
Veretahlas On the Wastarn Coast
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-21
The Hawaiian Annual
For 1918

Its 44th issue win appear today, and
will be found fun OF historic reminis-
cences and timely articles on current
events, among which are:
Hawaii in Wartime, Red Cross in
Hawaii. Hawaiian Pineapple Industry,
Hawaii's Agricultural Strength and
Weakness. The Passing of Kameha-
meha I, Early Days In Reign of Kane.
hameha ~, Death and Lying in State
OF Queen Liliuokalani, Child Welfare
Movement, Must We Countenance the
Hula, Customs Review, 1917. ETC., with
the usual retrospect for the year. sta
tistics and reference features. Price
Is cents, at Thrum's, Ltd-Adv.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-21

The Spirit of Sisterhood' will be
presented at the Mission Memorial on
Friday evening, December IS, by the
Fort Street Chinese Church club. un-
der the auspices of the Y. W. c. A.
The receipts will be donated to tho
war relief.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-21

Boss-Why don't you let the office
boy do that. instead OF doing it your
self?
Self-Important Assistant-Theo office
boy isn't intelligent enough.
BOSWELL. then, all right. But
keep the office boy busy-better give
him some of your work.-BuffaIo Ex-
press.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-21
BRITISH CASUALTY LIST

LONDON. Eng, Dec 21-British
casualties on all fronts for the week
ending Tuesday totalled nearly eigh-
teen thousand. OF officers, 331 are re.
ported killed or died of wounds, and
1899 are posted as wounded or miss
ing. OF men. 1881 we're killed, and 49,
425 are wounded or missing.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-21

The Business Girls club of the Y
w. c. A. will 60 to the Industrial
School on New Years Day A pro-
gram has been arranged and presents
will be brought to the boys in the
school.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-21
Y. w. c. A. NOTES.

Mrs. A. K. Lincoln. vino will have
charge Of the business classes at the
Y. W. c. A., is a graduate of the
Bryant & Stratton school. the oldest
business college in the East.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-21

He proposing in taxi)-Say yes,
darling.
She-Giye me time.
He-Yes but. good heavens, not in
here. Dallas News .'.'
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-21
WAR COOK BOOKS FOR
LOCAL WOMEN WANTED

: A hurry-up call for 10000 war cook
books for American women has been
sent to the national food administra.
ton In Washington by the woman's
committee OF the territorial food COM
mission. The books will be distribu-
ted among the women of the territory.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-21

A timely and thrifty Xmas GIFT. A
subscription % the star-BuIietin.-
The Detroit times., 1917-07-07
HOllweg To Exploit No
AnnexatiOns' In
Speech
GIVES UP HOPE FOR
RUSS DETECTION
New Effort Will Be
Made To Escape
ReparatiOn

AMSTERDAM. July German
Imperial Chancellor Won Bethmann-
Hollweg Is 20 announce Germany's
adherence 10 the principle OF no
annexations and 10 indemnities" in
speech he Is expected 10 deliver
AZ the reichstag meeting today, nc.
cording 70 reports received here.
Germany. y was indicated. looks 10
tho speech as afTording immediate
opportunity FOR opening OF peace
negotiations The chancellor. II was
indicated. has long supported the
mo annexations, no indemniiies'
principle. but because OF opposition
Of other governmental forces has
made no announcement of THIS
stand Tn efact that all opportunity
OF a separate peace with Russia
seems now 10 have failed has i'm
PEELED the German government TO
decide on new peace announce
ments.
The term peace without annexa
tions and without indemnities" was
frat agifated in connection with
the German efforts TO call "a Social
ist peace conference" at Stockholm.
II was coined. apparently by Philip
Scheidemann and other pro-govern-
ment German Socialists. German
propaganda in Russia was strenu-
ously directed TO have the Russians
approve such a slogan. the German
propaganda system even going so
far as 10 distort the Russian prin-
ciple of mo enforced annexations,
no punitive indemnities" into the
shorter form.
NO annexations and no indemnl-
ties" would mean in effect restora-
iion OF the status quo ante in Eu-
rope. Restoration OF the former
situation in Europe. as President
Wilson has pointed out In his Dec
Grafton day speech. would merely
mean that Germany, thru her ALT
ances with Austria. Bulgaria and
Turkey. would still menace the
world peace thru her MittelEuropa
scheme Of empire.
The Detroit times., 1917-07-07

men are wroth al the fact that load
ing of the transports was so open
that everyone with eyesight might
know OF H. Secondly there Is dis
satisfaction at the manifest opportu-
nifty OF German agents TO get tbeis
messages out of the country both
Dy mail 10 the south or by cable TO
neutral countries adjoining Ger
many.
Meantime the secret agents OF all
branches are helping in the round
up OF spies.
The state department is the clear
ing house for the secret service ac-
tivities and probably will be given a
fuller hand TO direct the work Of az
departments.
The navy and war departments
propose 10 act more secretly when
they send further troops 10 France.
probably using smaller port than
the one they had on the first trip.