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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-10

The $1,000 worth OF insurance for $50 year, COM
with standard OF about $500 year Tor $1,000
for of p is possible because the does not
require hgfpriced statesmen, advertising and offices The
bill provides for the assignment OF part OF each mans
to his family for separation always be paid by the
crnment graduated scale OF payments for total par
disability for death indemnity and for the insurance
II a who fails to make application for insurance
the 81 to So per 81 900 plan is killed the government pre-
him have made application for $1,000 policy and
paws his widow o. his estate that amount
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-10

against all tho rest OF the dogs. And sup
pose | said 10 you. I must eat 10 fight.
and I must fight TO win. therefore YOU
VIII 20 on short rations.' How'd you like
thnt7'
"Why jump on me- asked. II
didn't start the war The only
thing I've done 10 help along food
conservation Is to start a war gar
den
That's right" growled Mr. Bow
ser. Pass the buck Blame tho
kaiser. Blame Wilson Blame Mr..
Hoover. Blame anybody can't
reach. You can't pull the wool
over my eyes. I'll have you know
I'm a direct aetionist, ! ann!
You needn't think you can bully
me-" said
Bowser Was Sore Bout Il
I'm not trying 10 bully YOU. !
want you TO know tho situation and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-10
ADVERTISING MANAGERS
DAILY TALK


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Look them over while making
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-10
ARMY PLANS SUPPORT FOR DEPENDENT WIVES AND CHDREl
TRAGEDY SPOlLS BOYS PLAY
Jackie De Saulles Had Too Many Parents;
rents; Now He Has None

court
Whether ;hc mother is convicted
or freed. the court may decide she
Is not a proper person to have the
child
BY risking all TO obtain him. she
Is likely to lose him completely.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-10

TaE FACTEsT GROWING PAPER
~ THE NORTHWEST
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-10
Not a Decent Meal Left

'DO you know how many OF W. mere
are IN this country? Twcnty-seyen mil
lion And there are uncountcd millions
Of us in the world Contemplate. II you
please. what would happen II we all the
dogs were TO institute the retaliafory
measures spoke Of"
And he stared 50 fixcdly at the
calves OF my legs that / could
scarce preserve dignificd front
lie started away
Good day" said /. politely, but
he only answered. Wool"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-10

want 10 bite if barking will serve
! told Mr.. Bowrer / would do what |
could
have noticed that do not wag my tail
] do not cringe and flink. ! confess with
shame that there was a time when
would wag my tail. dance and scamper.
and even roll over for a BIT OF T-bone
stehk Nui not now,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-10
Bowser Was Sore Bout Ii

I'm not tying % bully you. I
want you TO know tho situation and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-10
LAST EDITION

Keep watching The Star for add.
tionsl names OF drafted men called
for physical examination. Weather
forecast: "Fslr tonight and satur-
day"
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22

Just as the cities were reconciled to prevailing sOberness and seriousness a prominent theatrical firm announcd a run of farces and light musical come dies during the continuance of the war abroad. It is, of course, a box office project, but has its nobler side, to re- lieve the gloom. Thinking hard about the war won't end its horrors any more than talking does, and there has been a flood of talk. War is grewsome, so welcome the clowns and other fun makers.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22
RATS.

Massachusetts is infested with rats so the extent that bill was presented in the legislature calling for rat.proof buildings all along Boston's water front. This bill was one result of an active campaign against rats.
 The Women's Municipal League has 5een studying the rat situation thoroughly, and has brought out con- Eincing evidences of proof that every xat costs the city $1.S2 day for it's support.
 To think that in 8 city like Boston the damage done by 8 single rat amounts to practically laboring mans wages, and that in these time of ex. gensive living millions of these nasty pests must be supported by harboring them and permitting their depreda- tions to continue, is quite enough to stir up the ire of not only those who find it pretty hard to support them. selves, but everyone.
 Members of the league have given addresses before grocers' associations to teach the economy side of getting rid of rats. They have also investigated Che spread of disease by rats. That rats do spread bubonic plague and vari- ous other forms of disease is evident, and. there is always danger of ships from foreign ports bringing in rats bearing filth diseases.
 The rat-proofing of buildings is Iper- haps quite as important as fire-prooing, Apd among those who contemplate the
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22
SPRING SPRUNG.

It was a disagreeable parting slap'' that Old Winter gave us on Monday, but "Gentle Spring" began immed- lately to assert her authority by entic. ing the mercury upward in anticipa- tion of her arrival on schedule time yesterday.
 Robins, blue birds, grackles, red. winged blackbirds, meadow larks and song sparrows are here, and it will not be long before "the voice of the 'turkle " and the peep frogs will an- nounce that spring is sprung. Then will Young America shoulder his fish, pole, adjust the wire snare on the end of it, and launch forth in the annual occupation of "sucker yanking," the only important feature lacking in the formal opening of the season being the hand.organ and hurdy-gurdy.
 An exchange evidently sized up the situation differently, however, when it advertised:
 Wanted-A few yards of spring poetry; must be the genuine article, with the manufacturer's signature blown in the bottle.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22

Canaan for sale, owing to poor health. The organization of the North Ca- naan Water Co.,, was formed at the law office of A. T. Roraback on the eve- ming of March 24, and Frederick Wat. son was authorized to solicit the pur. chase of stock at S25 per share; capital stock S5000.
 E. R. Lorrain of East Canaan began the erection of William Sardam's house in Canaan Valley.
 Thirty seven Years Ago This Wsek-fSSo
 Telephone wires were heinz put up in Great Harrington.
 Horace Landon moved from Chapin. vile to Salisbury.
 Mrs. Murray c. Hoag. Ashley Falls, died March 22, from the effects of shock.
 Arthur $. Lane of Falls Village W as appointed agent at West Stockbridge station.
 Billy Humphrey was filling his ice house with a carload of ice purcht sed from the railroad compa ny at s. a ton.
 Frank Gorham, Charles Abbott and | W lllihAAl bWttl bl AhiltN Ihllh James Hayward of South Canaan started for Dakota to wolk for the sharon and Amenia Land Co.
 Mary Cummings of Canaan was en. gagged to teach the south Canaan school, Lillie Wooster the Sodom dis trict and Grace Landon the Huntsville school.
 Willard Underwood and Grove Knickerbocker of Canaan began build ing boat 33xl2 in which a 83 h. D. engine was to be installed. They ex- pected to ship it to Pittsburg by freight and launch it on the Ohio river enroute to the Yellowstone Park via the Mis- sissippi and Missouri rivers.
 Mrs. Henry Brinton, Falls Village, died March 2l, aged 3S.
 Mrs. Patrick Fenning, South Ca. naan, died March 20, aged 62.
 Thirty sir Years Ago This Kssk-fSSf
 k. R. lorrain of Canaan fell from a second. story window while working on the new axle shop in Norfolk and was picked up insensible.
 Henry Hanchett moved from Fact Canaan to the George Gillette house in Canaan.
 Samuel s. Camp, Norfolk, father of Dr. Camp of Canaan, died in Norfolk, March l6, aged 80.
 Mr. and Mrs. Horace Smith of Sails. bury celebrated the 60th anniversary of their marriage March l9. ' Lyman Couch of Southfield and Miss Minnie Sanford of East Canaan were married tn Millerton, March IL.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22
THURSDAY, MARCH %, 1917
AN EVENTFUL WE FIX.

There has been something doing ill the outside world since the last issue of The News.
 The great nation of Russia has been born agaiL and her people have taken on a r-new lease of life. They have freed themselves from bondage and have immediately shown their determination So fight the war to victorious finish with vigor that cannot be pleasing to German sympathizers. Will the Ger =nnns get their fill of fighting for a { military clique or the egotism of the Kaiser? It would almost seem SO. And it would almost seem as if the ex- ample set by the Russians would tend to ''start something" in Germany. It =-eally looks as if the days of Czars, Kaisers and Kings were numbered and the sooner the better.
 Outside of Russia there is !. something doing in the world of conflict, and ii t he headlines in the papers are any cri- 4erion the British and French are hav- Sng the time of their lives chasing the ~Germans off the earth. The latter should have no cause for complaint, as they had everything their own way in the early part of the war and it is only right that the others should enjoy some Sof the fun-if there can be fun in war 5efore the game is closed.
 The past week has been an eventful one in our own country as we'll as abroad. It has brought forth conditions which practics Fly amounts to a declara. 5ion of war with Germany and all that remains undone is to say the word.
 China, too, is following in our wake zand making preparations to enter. the fight. Should this development mater salize, what hope can Germany have. after nearly three years of the awful strain, sacrifice and expense that she has already suffered, of conquering England, France, the new Russia, Italy, United States and China? Some job you are up against, MT. Kaiser!
 Aside from the foregin war activities of the past week, the settling of the threatened railroad strike in our own country was accomplished, and, although the men won out by taking advantage of circumstances, will it pay them in the end ? There comes a time when patience ceases to be a virtue, in all shings, and it's long road that doesn't turn, sooner or later. When one class of people, already the hightest paid workers in the world, and at time when the necessities of life cost So much shat ordinary people can barely exist on what their incomes will supply. rise up and force demands which increase still more the cost of living, is it not time the people turn their sympathies in an. other direction?
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22

erection of buildings of any kind, and in any place, it is the wise man who makes rat-proof foundations and takes every precauting to keep the rodents out. Especially in poultry houses are rats particularly destructive, killing the little chicks and feasting on grain that cost the proprietor $500 a hun dred. The first cost of rat proofing is saved many times over when every thing they eat and destroy costs as much as it does now.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22
War and War Alarms Disturb but Do
 Not Stifie Business.

make demands for ankle watches and other things to match and keep trade moving. Philosophy of that kind is the key to business success. Because peo- pie have money it cannot be taken for granted that they will buy. But new incentives work when old ones lose force, and so trade thrives by adjusting itself to circumstances. War upsets routine, but it creates new needs. Wear CTS of dress suits will doff them for high class uniforms and keep the tailor in work and good humor. Attempt to prepare against wartime's shifting needs is to gamble with chance But the merchant and the manufacturer can be primed with alert common sense to face new situations as they arrive They may spell success.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22
FllPPANT WORDS AGAINST
 AMERICA

First and Alone" the Brooklyn Daily Times criticised the pastor of Plymouth church for refiecting upon the dignity
 of the Unite d America Should States. It began:
 Be First We read, For
 Centrally and more than fifty Identically, Not years the moat and Merely Relatively. wall of our country
 have been the At lantlc ocean and the English navy And with amazement we realize that this is part of a sermon delivered to Plymouth church, whence in other daxs rolled the thunders of American pur- pose and American pride. Why does Dr. Hillis say these things? They are not true. If they were true, then for fifty years we had not been Washing tons country, but the dependency of George III. Then for fifty years we lived on Brita &,s forbear- ance, for fifty years we were a slave nation, for that which protects can ohu lIhl WHICH uGlleIlilS lllllSI obey"
 The Times is Republican and, dis claiming any partisan bias for MT. Will sons conduct of international affairs, continues: "To insult him is to insult the flag he bears. To charge that our country is weakling, dependent for its political life upon anything but it's own strength, is untrue in fact and wrong in sentiment. Let us all be American in our first thought, Amer ican centrally and identically and not American relatively. Be for Grcat Britain if you will, in this war be- tween Britain and Germany, or for Germany, if you will, in her contest with her enemies, but when the question is between America and any power out side America be for America first and America alone. The reflection of Brit ish opinion that comes so ferociously from the lips of some of our public men and our newspapers is much too like that sin which doomed Philip Nolan to be for half a century a man without a country"
 These reflections recall a slur often heard of late that an Englishman is safe anywhere ill the world, but any body can insult an American with i'm punity. Such remarks are also wide of the facts. Even within half cen tury insult to our flag by Japan and abuse of our citizens by Koreans have been resented by force, and by martial demonstration Chile compelled to make amends for outrages on our citizens, and England brought to terms for ignoring the Monroe doctrine in the Venezuela case. Taking in the whole life of the republic, these few cases could be null tiplied many times where the govern ment has been quick and effectual in springing to the defense of individual right and national principles regardless of risk.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22
DIED

PALMER-At Falls Village, March IF, Lynne Dunbar Palmer, aged l6. kLLEN-At Sheffield, Mass, March IS, Mrs. James Allen, aged 39. GRACE At Philadelphia, Pa., March l5, Miss Kathryn Grace. SPENCER-At St Mary's hospital. Waterbury, March lb, Fred Spencer former resident of South Canaan. WHITING-At Middletown, March I5, Mrs. Catherine Sedgwick Whiting a native of Cornwall.
 ARTENI-At East Canaan, March I5, Adelin Arteni, aged 42 years.
 BORN McCARTY-At Sheffield, March 16, daughter Marion, to MT. and Mrs. Frank MoCarty.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22
THE sixrY-FouR.H CONGRESS.

When the SiXty-fOurth congress met iii Dccemt,r. 1915. the members and the people whom it represented felt that t faced heroic duties. International
 complications were Conoress Made coming nearer and
 Itself Felt ever nearer. It was and Steadied the rellef to reallzc
 Excited that the legislative
 Public Pulse. body of the govern
 ment was on duty and ill the main buSily disposed to- ward executing it's duties. Many times during the congress the administration needed an expression of the country, and the response came through the acts or attitude of the country'S official rep resentatives. Seldom does a parliament please everybody, yet whcn the sevcrcst criticism is voiced upon t'}c chambers which dissolved on March .. there is abundant reason to be t...,E!iful that so much timely and valuable service was given. In the matter of national de- lcISc IL uldue llDcIdl HINl " lSc DIONl- sion, more than would have been pre- dicted, if even hoped for, at the begin ming. Not only the navy, which has long been favorite with the people, but the army has been given support on an unprecedented scale. Some mili- tary measures, strongly backed, failed, but systems have been established which may be widened and improved. National defense is a fact, not q dream facing the gantlet of opposition and mischievous meddling. Treaties with Haiti, Nicaragua and Denmark have brought advantages to the nation. Laws for the improvement of labor, good roads, rural credits and the tariff have been passed. The increased rev enues needed to finance an increased scope of national activities have been provided for without imposing any thing worthy to be called hardship un- der the present circumstances.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22

A hint as to the most economical way of cooking potatoes may be taken from an old song, The potatoes are so small. down below.
 down below; The potatoes are so small, down below The potatoes are so small that they cook
 them skins and all, And they eat them, skins and all, down
 below.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22

The way men in epaulets and gold braid have been scolding congress and the people about unpreparedness war rants the country in supposing that when the tug of war comes General Strategy and Admiral Tactics will win hands down and keep it up until the enemy Is completely done for.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22
DOGS AND DEER

Any dog that is permitted by its owner to roam the woods and hills, making the midnight hideous and awaking people from their slumbers by its howls, should be put where it will do so no more. The best cure for thls complaint is large dose of lead pills, and anyone who sees dog chasing a deer should have a legal right to administer the dose prescribed.
 One morning last week a fine large buck deer was seen to come from the hill known as Barlow's woods, jump the two railroad fences, apparently enroute to the mountain, but evidently the un. certain ice On the river did not look safe and he turned his course south ward across the fields jumping five high fences before disappearing in the woods. In few moments dog was seen following the tracks by scent. The deer was away ahead and appar. ently safe, but later other dogs joined the chase and the bowling was kept up for half the day. Later passerby on the road from Salisbury to Canaan at what is known as IDdian crossing, was attracted by two dogs on the river bank barking, and in the river, foundering and almost exhausted was the deer, which had doubtless been cornered by the dogs and forced onto the unsafe ice where it broke through. Speeding the auto to the nearest house, help was secured and an attempt to save the animal was made, but upon return to the spot the deer was dead.
 It is quite evident that this was not the last deer in this section as the fol. lowing night was anything but night of rest for those who listened to the bowling hounds chasing over the hills. No one knows what became of the object of their nocturnal carousal. although it is safe to surmise that it was driven to exhaustion and mangled to death by the miserable CUTS, or that it went into the river and was drowned under the ice.
 Years ago it was the farmers sheep that were sacrificed for the diversions of the canine tramps that are now mur- dering the deer, and the whole sheep raising industry has become lost art in New England because of this nuis. ance.
 A deer carcass is conceded to yield thirty dollars worth of choice meat, and yet, in this age of the highest cost of living ever known, this valuable food is permitted to go to waste, to furnish sport for the worthless sneak ing CUTS that are an abomination in any continuity.
 A dog that is what it should be is valuable animal on any country place, but these are not the kind that put the sheep industry out of business and are now numbering the deer. If bounty were paid on the scalps of roaming dogs there would be less of them, and the owners of good dogs, us we'll as other people, would be benefited. There would be more sheep raised on land that is now going to waste and less hydrophobia in the human race.
 The good dog is the one that stays at home, catches the woodchucks, keeps the foxes and skunks out of the poultry house, makes it is business to butt in when tramp gets too familiar, and considers it his duty and pleasure to act as guardian about the place, and, as such, is one of the family.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22

The way Funston is represented as putting in long, long hours boring over headquarters documents, returns, re- ports and all that, 1t looks as though the job of a major general today is merely that of hired man, a sort of war department clerk.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22

Some schoolboys armed with toy flags and toy guns and loose in a vacant lot can master more military details in one half holiday than a West Point of fcer could drill into them in the class room through a whole term.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22

Charlie Chaplin contributes his earn ings to help save England from Ger many. Now if he would contribute his own vigorous self there would be less call for the United States to butt in on the job.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22

Mexico started preparing the sinews of war by setting up a munitions fac tory. What seems to be needed most down there is a money factory.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22

It was a relatively small filibuster, as legislation goes, but big enough for skid chains to keep the country from sliding into untimely war, perhaps.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22

For all of the hue and cry against spies 100000 of them would be wei comed with open arms right now if they bore the proper brand.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22
THE OUTLOOK FOR BUSINESS.

At the recent national convention of jewellers a note of optimism appeared which bears a lesson to all kinds of business. It was argued that if war
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22

Unless onions and potatoes behave pretty soon vegetarianism will throw ID its hands and cry "tOrpedoedp
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22

Time now to prepare for putting back some of the potatoes we took "out of he trenches before Christmas"
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22

League baseball will open on time. .ven though tie diamonds have to hug The trenches.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22

depressed the trade in staples there was a pros pee t that fashions f follie S W q help out. For instance, the short skirt fad will
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22
A HERALD OF AMERICAN LIFE.

It is gracious but trite to refer to the fiction of William Dean Howells, who has just turned fourscore, years, as "a portrait gallery of American char
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22
HoweIls' Characters Are More Than Mere Figures Set Up For Display.

them through the ages. The work could be faithful photography of ac- tualities, but still lacking depth and soul. Howells has not been a maker of hits appealing to transient sentiment and emotion and dying out as swiftly as they came. Without revealing an aim in the mind of the author to serve q certain defined purpose pressing at the hour of their birth, many of the stories have not only filled the given hour, but hours ten and twenty years later and for later born readers. Faithful records of natural people in familiar environment they are, and all of the components of the pictures con- tribute something of soul so that Amer ica lives in the pages, not merely is shown by some trick played with skill upon the senses. The guild of learning places Howells upon pedestal to stand alone in cold solitude much as lapi- dary does a gem having superiority which is purely accidental. But the countless readers who know his stories by heart and his characters as personal acquaintances, yet must be prompted before they can name the author, form a tribute more to be desired than any that stone or niche or formal canoniza- tion can convey.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-22

Anyway we can't blame the high links of March on the European war.