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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-07
CYCLONES KILL
81 IN ESTATES

CHICAGO, June Thirty.
two persons were known dead
today and 200 injured as the re-
suit OF tornadoes sweeping four
states Tuesday night and yes
terday. The property damage
was estimated at $4,000, 900 to
100000.
In Michigan three were killed and
30 injured by a storm which swept
the southern part OF the state. from
Jackson nearly TO Detroit, late yes
terday. The property damage was
estimated at 81. 100000.
Five persons were known to have
been killed and score hurt by a
tornado which struck Bevier, KY,
yesterday.
A series OF tornadoes In Missouri
and Kansas. Tuesday night and yes
terday, took toll of Is lives In the
former state and nine In the latter.
The injured number more than 1850
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-07
PORTLAND BLOCKING
STEAMSHIP SALE TO
HELP SEATTLE RUN

PORTLAND. June Portland
stands today firmly opposed to the
proposed sale OF the Great North
en Pacific Steamship Co. owning
the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific. and the San Francisco a
Portland Steamship Co. owning the
Beaver and Rose City. to the Pa
cifie Steamship Co.
The Chamber OF Commerce last
night adopted resolutions urging
. more liberal patronage OF the two
Aos by the people OF the state. and
-6ging the support Of the cham
Der, after a discussion lasting two
hours and a half
n the proposed sale we're made.
Portland would lose the steamers
which are nov engaged in the san
Francisco trade. and they would be
put on the Seattle-San Francisco
run.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-07
$500 Seattleites Already
Fighting With Our Allies

Over $500 former residents Of
Seattle are already In the fra,
line trenches with the Canadian
forces in France, according to a
statement made public Thurs
day by the Canadian CLUB Of Sc
attic.
Prior 20 the entry Of the Unit
cd States into the war. u was u.
legal TO enlIat men In this eoon.
try for service under . foreign
flag. but there was nothing 10
prevent Americans going seross
the line 70 Vancouver ard Vic
toria as private citizens and lat.
er becoming "soldiers."
OF the great number who left Sc
attic TO fight with the Canadians. q
doubtless came from other
portions OF the Pacific Northwest
states. but. in any event. more thar
3 800 elected TO give Seattle ss theii
port OF departure. Several OF thess
men. Americans. Canadians. Eng
lish. Irish and Scotchmen. have
been seriously wounded or killed
leaving dependents IN Seattle. ant
these latter are being cared for b,
various local organizations. amonj
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-07

Nuhnen two keepers were going
their nightly rounds on private
estate. when they surprised sew
eral men and women. with a horse
and cart, engaged in stealing pota-
toes from a pit
AS the keepers approached they
were fired upon. compliment
which they Immediately returned.
The thieves fled, but were after
ward captured.
This kind of robbery as In
country people never inspect po-
tato, pits at night time without
carrying firearms.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-07
fireman HURT IN
RUN TO MILL FIRE

Six dry kilns OF the Mcdonnell
Lumber Co. Of Ballard. were threat
ened with fire. and one was par.
TALLY destroyed. In a conIlagration
that broke out ut the mill Mt p. m.
Wednesday. The fire was brought
under control By Ballard firemen
before more than $1,000 worth of
damage had been done.
Fire Truck Driver H. c. Wedekind
OF Engine Company q. was injured
in making the run to the fire. when
the pole pin on the vehicle gave
way and the horses dragged him to
the pavement He sustained a slight
conclusion of the brain.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-07
CONVICT MAN WHO
ATTACKED WOMAN

Altho he had entered a plea Of
insanity. Harry l.. Roberts was
convicted OF robbery Wednesday In
Judge Frater's court. Doctors pro-
nounced him sane.
He lured Mrs. Emma W. Fossek
into the woods at Fauntleroy park.
ployment. and took her money.
pioyment. and took he rmoney.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-07
TRANSFER LICENSES

OLYMPIA. June Auto licenses
issued under the 1915 session. may
be transferred to another machine,
after June 7, when the new license
schedule goes into effect, without
additional charges. according to an
opinion rendered by Glenn J. Fair
brook, assistant attorney general.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-07
GREAT wheat SHIP
REACHES FRANCE

WASHINGTON, June THE
electrically driven collier Jupiter.
laden with 10000 tons OF wheat and
other commodities. has arrived in
France, II was officially announced
today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-07
BELGIAN ENJOYS TO
COME TO AMERICA

WASHINGTON. June 7.GBel-
gium is about to send a commission
under Baron Moncheur to this coun.
try to extend Belgium's thanks for
American assistance.
Loans TO Belgium to date total
100000. and IL is likely Belgium
will ask for further aid 10 the
amount OF $40, 900. 900.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-07

LONDON. June 7.---Gaby Dcslys
has entered society.
The erstwhiic Gabrielle Of the
Lilies" credited generally with
losing King Manuel his Portuguese
throne. Is now receiving titled BRIT.
lsh aristocraey In her home near
elassiest kensington Gore.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-07

dency OF the girl Hennig. now at
this. now at that cafe. There the
spoil was examined and was sub.
sequently pawned, the proceeds
being distributed by the chief
The latter when arrested still
had in her possession a quantity of
valuables. and 225 pawn tickets
were discovered in her bedroom"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-07
GANG OF YOUNG WOMEN
THIEVES BROKEN UP

"A band of ten well dressed
young women thieves. the oldest of
whom is only Il and the youngest
II, was captured by the Neukocln
police" reports the Berlin Post
Under the leadership of Fricda
Hennig, a pretty girl of 20. the
gang had for three months or more
spread dismay among shopkeepers
both In Neukoeln and Berlin.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-07
MUSIC HALL PUTS
PREMIUM ON SHAME

THE MANAGEMENT OF the Admi-
ralspalaat music hall" reports the
Berlin Vorwaerts. engaged a mum
Der OF young girls as skating art
lists. Their pay was TO be 50 a
week
when three of them tried to
convince Manager Wagner of the
impossibillty OF living on such n
wage he coolly observed: What OF
that? You are goodlooklng girls.
and you will doubtless find add
tional means of adding TO your In
come
THE girls thcreupon brought an
action against Wagner on the
charge OF offensive suggestions.
THE Trades court, In giving
Judgment. held that while the
charge appeared well founded. the
complainants. having signed n con-
tract with their employer, were in
duty bound to carry II out on the
terms agreed upon. They were,
moreover. condemned to pay the
costs Of the action.
These unfortunate girls will now
be driven to the necessity of set
ting aside sum OF money from
their wretched stipend to pay their
employers legal expenses. besides
their own. If they are further
forced by grim want to adopt Herr
Wagners Infamous suggestion. the
responsibility will lie heavily on
the Judge who tried their action"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-07
GABY'S IN BRITISH SOCIETY NOW;
ARlSTOCRACY THRONGS HER HOME

This home oyerlooka the park AMI
the monument 90 Albert the Good"
that Queen Victoria had erected.
GRhy IL said tn make n
nost denure and charming hos.
tess by those hprigs of no
/ ility that attend her teas. She
prosides over a dainty table.
and aside from entertaining aria.
tocracy she In devoting much OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-07
FARMERS WITH PISTOLS
GUARD POTATO PITS

The scarcity of food is respon-
sible for numerous resorts TO VIC
lence in Germany. The Berliner
Tageszeitung says that at Gross
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-07
Exceptional Values in
Bed Sheets

BED SHEETS of firmly woven
sheeting muslin. seamless and
neatly finished. size s1xgO, S.Je:
sixss. zoe each.
SEAMLESS BED SHEETS OF
closely woven sheeting. soft and
free from dressing. size slxss.
800 each.
SEAMLESS BED SHEETS. close
~ woven and durable. size Skies.
two especially good numbers
at S1.1O and S1.1j each.
NOTE: Sizes quoted are before
hemmine. First Floor.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
EIephants' Teeth.

The elephant has from twenty to
twenty-three teeth to each side of ell
ther jaw. He cuts his milk grinders
at two weeks, the process occupying
some ten days. He is "old enough to
vote" by the time he attains his full
quota. Fully developed, each row of
teeth appears to be one continuous,
mighty tooth. Nature renews these
teeth indefinitely; as fast as one set
wears out, another grows to replace 1t.
He is purely vegetarian, the articles
of his diet being roots of growing trees,
herbs, dubious growths, low branches
of trees, succulent, tender bushes and
tropical fruits, which by the means of
his powerful trunk he shakes from the
trees. His regular feeding time is,
however, between nine o'clock at night
and midnight, the coolest hours Of q
jungle day. There Is q single daily
time Cor drinking, also, being about
sunset, when a leader guides the herd
over the elephant roads" to a suit
able water hole. This practice is dis
continued during and after the rainy
season, when water is to be found
everywhere among the elephant haunts.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
OF THE cARoLINAs
SandhIll Country Among other SEQ
tlons Of the South Now Conn.,
ing Into Favor.

The Sandhill country of the Caro-
llnas is another of those bits of Amer
lea which have been, until recently,
overlooked by the rest of it, writes
Nlksah. In matters of recreation, as
in most other matters, we are the
slaves of advertising. Thousands go
to Maine In the summer and to Florida
In the winter because these places are
advertised and known. Only ip recent
years have the other parts Of the
South come into favor.
The Carolina hills have none Of the
brilliant coloring of the tropical South,
but they have a pleasantly mild win
ter, with now and then q touch Of
snow, and q climate which is always
dry because the sands act like an
enormous blotting paper to absorb
every drop of moisture.
The country is one of pine-grown
uplandU and narrow valleys where
sweet gum and holly are green all the
year around. There are thousands Of
quail and endless reaches Of unfenced
upland across which your dogs may
range. Foxes are abundant and fol-
lowing the hounds is standard sport
among both the natives and the WIS.,
itors from the North. Neither are
these latter insensible to the thrills Of
that ancient Southern sport-night
hunting for coon and 'possum.
The latest sport which enterprising
visiting sportsmen have introduced in
the South is canoeing. For some rea-
son this delightful adventure of fol-
lowing woodland streams in a canoe
has been confined to the North. But
during the lost few winters the first
canoes other than native dugOuts have
been launched on the Lumber, the Pee
Dee and other Carolina rivers. The
wanderers have found these wilder
ness streams creeping through cypress
swamps and pine forests where tur-
keys and wild hogs abound, no less
thrilling than the waterways of the
North.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

Attorney General Frank w. Meal
lister, in an official opinion Furnished
to the state board of agriculture, holds
unconstitutional the law enacted by
the Forty'seventh general assembly,
giving state aid to county fairs.
This measure was sponsored by
former Attorney General John T.
Barker when a member of the legis-
lature. 1t was enacted by the Forty
seventh general assembly, but was
vetoed by Gov. Hadley.
Under the provisions of the bill the
legislature in 1913 and again in 1915
and 1917 appropriated $4,000 for the
aid of county fairs, the intention of
the law being to give to each bonafide
fair $500 in support of its premium
outlay.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
uts officials Pay.

Hackmann cuts officials Pay.
State Auditor George Hackmann,
who has had a controversy with the
members Of the state board of equal
ization over their salaries, has adiudi-
Gated his fight.
The governor, secretary Of state,
state auditor, state treasurer and at
torney-general comprise this board.
The law permits them to draw $5
day.
During the previous administrations
each of them drew about 1915 an
nually.
Hackmann has kept tab on the num-
ber Of days the state board of equaliza-
ton actually met, and he will audit
only tho accounts Of the members for
the actual number of days.
Several days ago the members Of
the board requested their vouchers ap-
proved. Hackmapn declared he would
approve them for only the number OF
days the board was actually in session
Assistant Attorney-General Goss, in
an opinion, held the state officers as
members of the state board of equal
ization were entitled to draw pay at So
day, the same as members Of the
general assembly.
Under this ruling the warrants were
drawn for full time and were not ap-
proved by Hackmann. The state board
of equalization, at its last meeting, de-
cided to waive any claims for salary
except for the days when the board
actually met.
AS a result the present board will
receive only about one-third the
amount paid their predecessors as
members Of the state board of equal
ization.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
WATER COMPANY coNTEM-
PLATES SUIT FOR WATER
FuRNISHER PRISON.
TEST MADE AT UNIVERSITY
Public Service Commission Had Idea
State Was Paying Too Much for
Water--slx Cents Per 1000
Gallons Is Price.
Jefferson City, Mo.

Jefferson City, Mo.
The penitentiary water meter has
been registering Is per cent less water
than the state actually received, ac-
cording to an informal report of the
engineering department of Missouri
University. The water company may
demand 10 per cent more on back
bills.
]. Kelly Pool, member of the state
prison board, few days ago, after
scanning a water bill, decided the me-
ter was too active, and called upon
the public service commission for a
test.
The university engineering experts
weighed the water after putting it
through the meter, and the meter up
on several tests lacked is per cent
of registering the water that passed.
The states water bills for 1916
amounted to $9,160.67. II the Capital
City Waterworks, which supplies the
water, demands pay for the Is per
cent Of water which passed in excess
Of the amount registered, the state
prison board for that year would have
to pay the company $1,6165O addi
tional.
The state, under its contract en-
tered into in 1916, pays 6 cents thou
sand gallons for water.
The total registration by the meter
meter was 15 per cent slow during ali
of that year the state actually got /,
793,325 gallons.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
Comforter.

"The kaiser's speeches have lost
their victory ring, though they are still
.hopeful-in a way-well, in about the
same way as Squire Bancroft's."
The speaker was Maude Adams. She
went on:
"Sir Squire Bancroft once visited Il
sick friend, taking with him a fine
basket of grapes.
"The sick friend was grateful for
the grapes"
""Are they winter he gnsped.
"'In serious cases. said Sir Squire
Bolemnly, L never bring black"
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
Mumford Names Aids.

DR.. F. B. Mumford, state food adj
ministrator, has announced his cam
paign organization for the Hoover
Pledge"
Don Patterson was named as DIR.
Mumfords assistant. The members
of the executive committee are: Ed
ward Hidden, st. Louis, chairman;
Rev. Burriss A. Jenkins, Kansas City,
vice chairman; L. T. Golding, st. Jo-
seph; A. T. DUNN, Jefferson City,
w. s. Dearmont, Cape Girardeau;
George A. Mahan, Hannibal; Robert
S. Withers, Liberty; Mrs. B. F. Bushg
st. Louis, and Bishop Thomas F. Lii
lis, Kansas City.
The members of the advisory COM
mittee are: Gov. F. d. Gardner, chair
man; Edwards Whitaker, st. Louis;
w. D. Steele, Sedalia; ]. F. Osborn
Joplin; DR.. A. Ross Hill, Columbia;
Archbishop John ]. Glennon, st.
Louis; Bishop E. r. Hendrix, Kansas
City; A. N. Lindsey, Clinton; Chester
H. Gray, Nevada; Uel W. Lamkin,
jefferson City; Mrs. w. E. Fischel, st.
Louis; Mrs. Hugh c. Ward, Kansas
City; w. X. James, st. Joseph; Floyd
s. Tuggle, Gallatin; Mrs. 7. A. Hinch-
cliffe, Sullivan; Mrs. Walter McNab
Miller, Columbia, and Arthur e. Bos-
tick, st. Louis.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
To Develop state Resources.

More than $4,000 has been raised
in Missouri cities and towns by the
Federation of Missouri Commercial
clubs since last May for the purpose
of developing the resources of the
state, according to an announcement
by James A. Houchin, president OF
the federation.
In order to raise this fund, the fed
Grafton has expended $4,2S6.31 In con-
Quoting campaigns among business
men II nine towns.
The towns in which this work has
been conducted and the amounts
raised are: Webb City, $19,350; Jop-
lin, $4,000; Mexico, $S,40O; Jefferson
City, $4,000; De Soto, $4,000; Union.
$2,160; Troy, $2,16O; Sarcoxie, $2,16Oa
and Hermann, $1,650.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
Urged to Conserve Food Supply.

Every Missourian is urged to active
administrator in all efforts to meet the
necessities of the situation and to sign
this week the Hoover pledge, accord
ing to a proclamation by Gov. Gard
ner. His message, in part, follows:
1--WE have answered the call as to
men and money. The food problem,
rendered so vital by the U-boat on
slaught on shipping, which compels
the expectation of only the essential
commodities, faces US. There is a
world shortage of wheat, meats, fats
and sugar, and these we must save if
our armies abroad are to be sustained.
"The educational campaign of con-
serving, both by economy and substi-
tuition, those foods which go to our
soldiers is being carried on through
out the nation the week Of Oct. 2S-
Nov. by the United States food ad-
ministrator.
Therefore, most earnestly recon-
mend that all our people actively CO.
operate with the national food admin
istrator in all efforts to meet the ne
cessities of the situation; also that we
express our willingness to so cooper
ate by voluntarily signing the pledge
this week
81 need not point out that the inter
est of household economy and better
nealth compel deserving attention to
this campaign, and firmly predict
that when this enrolment shall have
been completed Missouri, for loyal and
patriotic reasons alone, will have her
place in the front rank of the states
in service to the nation"
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
Tablets and Pills.

A class of small children in the Hunt
ington schools was told by the teacher
to bring tablets to school.
Next morning the smallest girl In the
class gave the teacher tiny sugar
coated sphere and explained:
I'VE didn't have any tablets at home
so l brought you a pill."-Indianapolls
News.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
Negroes Go to Funston.

Thirty-one negroes, draft men from
st. Louis county, have left for Camp
Funston. Thirteen will leave fromT
Funston. Thirteen left from Clayton
district No. 1. The men assembled at
the courthouse and paraded to the
railroad station. A negro, who asked
that his name be withheld, said they
were bound to have bad luck, as "13"
and "niggers" don't agree.
Ten men departed from Ferguson,
district No. g. The men reported at
the city hall and paraded to the rail-
road station. The eight men leaving
from Kirkwood, district No. 3, were
escorted to the railroad station by
their friends.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

St. Louis.-Hay-Good high-grade
timothy is worth $28@31 and lower
grades in proportion. Straw, $3.50.
Potatoes-Potatoes are higher and
are quoted at $i.60@l,85 for best
grades.
Eggs-Fresh firsts, 35h@36c, in
shipping order. Cases returned, hc
less.
Butter-Creamery extra, 43@431sci
firsts, Ale; seconds, SOC. Packing
stock, SAC.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
Missouri U. Judging Team Wins.

The dairy judging team of the Mis-
souri, Agricultural College was award
ed first place in the National Dairy
Show held at Columbus, Ohio. There
were 16 other American agricultural
colleges represented by their judging
teams. Besides winning first honor
the Missouri team won four silver
cups, two gold medals and two $4OO
scholarships.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

Peace talk may be in the air, but
Uncle Sam Is going on with his prep
arations all the same. Perhaps that
Tact and this scale on which the prep
arations are going on have something
20 do with the peace talk.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
G. w. Korns Is Arrested.

G. ". Korns, superintendent for the
Richardson Lubricating Oil Company
in Missouri, was arrested at Union
vile. Mo-, his headquarters, and re-
leased on a $1,000 bond, following nine
indictments returned by the grand
jury on the charge of selling diluted
gasoline to the state.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
Or. Luckey Gives Advice.

Blackleg is prevalent among the
young cattle Of Missouri, DR.. D. F.
Luckey, state veterinarian, said. He
said blackleg vaccine produced in the
United States laboratories at Wash.
lngton can be obtained from his office
at Jefferson City and advised the vac
cination Of all cattle under ] year old,
the vaccination to be done by compel
ent veterinarians. The carcasses of
cattle which die Of blackleg should
Immediately be burned, he said. to
prevent infection.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

General Pershing was born on
farm. The farm boys who grow up
on hard work and privation have
way of developing into the country's
great men.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

If you must go automobile riding, re-
cent occurrences indicate the wisdom
of keeping away from the street car
tracks,
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

While the German campaign for
world empire is in progress it is hard
to get public attention concentrated
upon the menace of the tussock moth.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08

Italy is using 100000 mules on the
Austrian front, and we in this country
know they are not speedy but sure.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
news REVIEW OF
The PAST week
AuStrianS and Germans Drive the
italian Armies Back Across
the Isonzo.
GAINS OF MANY MONTHS LOST

Treachery and cowardIee Help Bring
About the Dlsaster-American
Troops at Last Fighting In
Front.Line Trenches-Great
French Push Toward Laon.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
Gardner Paroles a2.

Upon the recommendation Of the
state board, Gov. Gardner issued
paroles to % convicts, two of these
from st, Louis. The board made no
recommendation upon the application
of A. H. Frederick of st. Louis, whose
application for parole was supported
by Festus ]. Wade, st. Louis banker
and Henry Kortjohn.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-08
Richardson Gives Bond.

e. d. Richardson of Quincy, Ill, pres4
ident Of the Richardson Lubricatins
OIL Co. and president and chief owner
of the Continental Oil Co. of st. LOUIS
voluntarily appeared here and gave
bond to answer nine indictments re-
Gently returned against him by the
Cole county special grand jury,
Richardson is accused of mixing
kerosene with gasoline which was sold
to tho state penitentiary. The charge
is obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, His bond was fixed at the sum
OF $1,000
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-09-08
Schools To Open Next
Monday.

The St. John Parish Public
schools will open next Mon
day, Setember 10TH, for the
new term.
Superintendent Lubin Lau-
rent has announced that a
teachers meeting would be
held at the Edgard High
School to-day.
The faculty of the John L.
Dry school for the coming
term will be Professor Roe
Brown, principal, and Misses
Louise Hearns, Beulah Beck
|ker, and Blanche Perilloux.
assistants.
The grand jury empanelled
for this term of Court will
meet in the Courthouse al
Edgard next Monday.
The cases of Messrs. Des-
roches, Blouin and others
will come before this grand
jury.
TheState Highway DeparI
ment has completed a preli
minary survey of the St
Tohn roads on the left bank.
Due to bad weather las
Sunday, the local Woodmer
Of the World viii hold theil