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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20
ATTITUDE ON WAR

Editor The Star: am an inter.
ostsd reader Of your paper and I
md much In IL 10 approve and
commend In your issue OF the
lth inst, however. In your ed
itDrfal column under the caption.
Mot War but Bad Business" you
make the following statement. TO
which I wish 10 register my objec-
ton:
1T has been the declared pur-
pose OF England to wipe out Ger
many"
A . British subject and a sub
scriber OF your very spirited paper.
4 would like To know where you
have got your authority 10 justify
you In making such an unfounded
statement. While you have a lot
Of nice things to say for France
and nothing to say in approval OF
Britain in entering this war TO pro-
tect violated rights and the IN
rasion OF Belgium by power that
was . party to the treaty to re-
apoct her neutrality IT. the event
Of war. am constrained 10 be-
iieve that you are anti-British and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20

I Connery spoke to the Pullman
conductor. and they conyersed In
audibly for minute That iS all.
shen." Connery said finally
What. he wondered. did the con.
ductor think. Eaton told himself
that there should be no danger 10
himself from this inquiry. directed
against no one. but including com
prchcnaiycly every one on the train,
lie went into the mems compart'
ment 10 smoke and calm HIS nerves.
His return TO America had passed
the bounds OF rccklesrneas and
what situation he wouid now he
IN n his actions brought even sc.
rious suapicions against him
lie heard voices outside the car.
and. looking out. he saw Connery
and the brakeman struggling thru
the SNOW and making. apparently.
some search. Presently Connery
passed tho door OF the compart.
mont carrying something loosely
wrapped tn n newspaper Eaton
finished his cigar aud went back to
MS seat IN tho car,
AZ he glanced ut tho seat where
he had left his locked travelling bag.
no saw that the bag was no longer
there. II stood now between tho
two seats on tho floor lie found u
unfantencd and with marks that Il
had been forced.
He checked over It's contents
Nothing had been taken. 20 far as
he could tell suddenly he noticed
that one OF hib cocks was missing
Tho DISAPPEARANCE % IA single
sock was SO pcrploKing that--un.
less II WIS accidental he could not
account Tor II at all
Ever since the receipt OF the tel
egram Of warning Eaton had been
trying coycrtly To determine which.
" any one. among tho passengers
was the 'one" who was following
him. lie had watched particularly
for a time the man who had claimed
the Telegram and given the name
OF llillward but the only conclu-
sion be had been able 10 reach was
that the mans namo might be- mn.
ward. and that coincidence strange
as such thing seemed might have
put aboard the train a person by
this name. Now his suspicious that
one OF them" must be aboard the
train returned
Eaton got up and went into tho
observation car. Tho card.room
was flllod with players. but
"Hiliward' was not among them,
and he saw no one whom he
Felt could possibly be one 81
them In the observation room.
tho case vas the same Glhnclng
thru the glass door At the end 81
tho car. he saw Harriet sAntoino
standing alone on the observation
platform.
sShe looked white and tired.
Il am suppoued TO bc resting"
ahe explained quietly. accepting
him as ono who had tho right TO
ask
How IL your fathcr'"
Just the same. there may be no
change for days II seems all 40
sudden and bo--tcrribic. Mr. Eaton
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20

You can hardly appreciate how We
feel about It without knowine
Father. lie waH 40 good. 80 strong
so brave. so independent And Al
the same time 500 dependent
upon those around him. because OF
his blindness II Is 80 unjust that
there should have been such an at
tack upon him"
They have been investigating
the attack
Yes. Donald-Mr. Avery. you
know-ard the conductor have been
working on II all day
what have they learned ,"
Not much, | think. at least not
much that they have told me They
have been questioning the porter.
THE porter
The bell rang. sou know.
thought YOU knew II rang some
time before Father was found
some few minutes before
Eaton looked away from her,
then back again rather strangely.
HbAAH nut AAih' u wv hAAiA iitA
portancc TO the bell. he said.
Father could not have rung e..
Dr Sinclair says that IL impossible
20 It's being rung shows that some
one was at the berth. some one
must have seen Father lying there
and-and rung the bell. but did not
tell any one about Father. That
could hardly have been an innocent
person. Mr Eaton
"Or guilty one. Miss Santoine.
or he would not have rung the bell
at all IL that all they have
learned"
NO. they have found tho
weapon"
The weapon with which your
father was Htruck7'
Yes. the man who did II seems
not 10 have realized that the train
was stopped %, at least that Il
would be stopped for 20 long and
he throw Il OF the train. thinking.
suppose. We should be miles away
from there by morning. But the
train didn't move. and the snow
didn't cover Il up. and II was found
lying against the snow-bank this
afternoon. II corresponds. DIR. Sin
clair says. with Fathers injuries. "
wat was IT.
Il, seems TO have been a bar OF
metal wrapped IN mans black
sock
"A sock" Ea,on's voice sounded
strange to himself. he felt that the
blood had left his cheeks. leaving
him pale. aud that the girl must
notice Il, "A mans sock"
Then he saw that she had not
noticed. for she had not been look.
ing ~ him.
II could be carried in that way
thru the sleepors. you know. with.
out attracting attention" abe OBJ
served.
Eaton had controlled himself a
sock" he said again. rcflcctively.
lie felt suddenly a rough tap
upon his shoulder. and turning. M
saw that Donald Avery had come
out upon the platform and was
standing beside him. and behind
Avery. no saw Conductor Conner.
VIII you tell me. ar. Eaton-or
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20
LETTERS SENT = TO: THE EDITOR

struetion on the sentence ap-
pearin9 In The Star. From the
lips OF the German prosecutors
OF the war has often come the
assertion that England's inten-
ton 10 TO crush and wipe out
Germany.
England may never have had
that intention. In America We
sincerely hope that. IN the inter.
est OF universal peace, no such In.
tention shall even. for moment.
attain the breath Of life. However.
the fact remains that the accuse.
ton has been made against Eng.
land by Germanys leaders and
rulers. who at tho same tlme &C
quilted France Of such charges.
But Mr.. Bourinot misses the
spirit OF The star altogether II he
believes this paper holds any racial
prejudices either against the Brit.
ish or the Germans. To rs I'm the
United States. the people of Ger.
many arc not all "barbarous
Huns" aud we trust that. in calm
reflection. there will be no per.
scnal ennIity and hatred between
the peoples OF Great Britain and
lie central powers.
We are not at war with the Ger
man people. but with the German
system--the iron heel OF Prussian
autocracy, and We shall wage that
var with all our might, shoulder
TO shoulder. with Great Britain
and all others allied with that
cause. Wo are in this war. in the
opinion OF The Star. In order that
a future Of greater enlightenment.
brotherly love. and a more char.
table relation between peoples OF
various countries might result.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20

BY VIM. MacHarg
and Edwin Balmer

out how near We were getting 10
him, Harry. this II the man hat
did a."
Eaton'a flsts elenched; but sud
denly, recollecting. he checked him
self. Harriet. not yet oomprehenG-
,ng, stood staring ~ the two. then
Eaton saw the blood rush 70 her
face and dye forehead and cheek
ana neck as she understood.
Conductor COnnery put his hand
on Eatong arm. ZONE WIN me,
sir." he commanded
Eaton thought anxiously for
moment. lie looked 10 Harriet
santolne as tho about 10 say some
thing TO her, but he did not speak:
instead. he termed and followed tbs
conductor. the footsteps Or Harriet
santolne and Avery close behind
them.
CONTINUED Tomorrow
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20
Copyright. rsEet Newspaper -er,ic~)
Continued From our Last Issue
CHAPTER VIII.
Suspicion FaatenA on atom

As he entered his own car. Eaton
felt a hand on hia arm. turned and
faced Connery
III you must aay anything. say II
was appendicitis" the conductor
warned MIR Durne was suddenly
seixcd. An operation was required
10 save him"
Eaton nodded assent. lie learned
by the conversation OF the pnaren.
gers that Connerys version had
been easily received
Eaton watched the car and out.
side the window for signs OF what
Investigation Conncry aud Avery
were making Whoever had at.
tackled Santoine must still be- upon
tho train. for no one could have
escaped thru tho snow. no ono
could now escape. A number OF
times Eaton saw Connery and tho
Pullman conductor with papers in
their hands questioning pasaen.
ger. They evidently were starting
thru the cars. exam.
lnlng each person. they were maxi.
ing the plea OF necessity OF n re-
port 10 the railroad offices OF
names and addresses OF all held
up by tho stoppage OF tho train.
They halted Eaton
Your name. sir1" Connery asked.
Philip u Ea,oh."
Your addrcas1"
have no address"
You mean you don't want 10
give H."
NO. | have none was going TO
a hotel In Chicago ono /
hadn't decided yet"
Whore arc you coming FROM
From Asia"
That's hardly an address. Mr
Eaton"
4 can give you no address abroad.
I had no fixed address there I
was travelling ; arrivod Ia Seattle
by the Aniatic steamer aud took
this train"
All you came on the Tamba
Naru
Counery made motto OF this.
iou can tell US at least where
your family is. Mr. Eaton" Connery
suggested
I have no family"
Friends. them"
IL have no friends"
What"
! say that can refer you 20 no
friends
Nowhere
Nowhere
Connerv pondercd FOR several NO.
ments. The Lawrence HlIiward
10 whom tho Telegram was ad
dresr"d which you claimed this
morning. your associate Who was
10 aavo taken This train With YOU
Sill you give me his address"
I don't know HlllwArds al.
dress n
Give me- Ne address. then. ~
the man who sent tho Telegram
am unable 10 do that. either"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20
Hanged BY Law in Washington State!

But the crime was committed on the Indian
reservation and the United States laws apply.
The federal government Furnishes murder by
the death penalty
Had murder been committed in Spokape,
or an inch or two away from the reservation
off government land. he would have been
tried in the state court. aud the death sen
tence could not then have been imposed.
But. you see. Mayberry wasn't a lawyer,
And the great. big federal government IS
no respecter OF the newer ideals OF this state.
which declare that one murder is not rghted
by another killing.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20

T1 DWARD MAYBERRY was not law
II yer. lie was a half-breed Indian. who
lived on the Colvile Indian reservation.
His sweetheart. Alice Vivian. was muir.
dercd. Mayberry was accused. tired before
the United States district Judge at Spokane
and. despite his protests 'of innocence. was
convicted.
Yesterday he was hanged.
Hanged. YOU say? Hanged in the state OF
Washington? Hasn't capital punishment
been abolished in this state-you ask:
Certainly.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20
CLEAN UP, PAINT UP :
BEGINNING M0NChY

Enthusiastic participation o. tbs
various districts 81 the city In Seat.
Ties third annual Cleanup and
PaintUp" week. which starts nert
Monday. will make this event one OF
the most thoroly observed OF any
similar movement ever held in Sc.
attic.
A number % communities arc
after the three silver cups which
we're won last year By Capitol Hin.
Mount Baker Park and West Seattle
for being the best cleaned, best
painted and best gardened sections
OF the city.
The pupils Of the schools win
take part In the movement. both as
respects the schools and thu
grounds at their homes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20
Food Souring Causes Indigestion,
Gases. Heartburn--Pape Diapepsin
Instant Relief! Neutralizes acid in stomach, stop
ping dyspepsia, pain, belching-Its fine!

dyspepsia a little Diapepsin occa-
si0nally keeps the stomach sweet
ened. and they eat their fayor!tc
foods without fear
II your stomach doesn't take care
OF your liberal limit without rebel
lion. II YOUR food is damage In
stead OF a help. remember tho
quickest. rurest. most harmless
antscid is papos Diape psin which
costs only fifty cents for a large
case az drug stores. It's truly won
derful--it stops food souring and
sets things straight. so gently and
easily tina. II is really astonishing.
Your stomach will digest your
meals Il YOU keep acids neutralized.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20

You don't know what upset your
stomach hich portion of the food
did the damsge-do you Well.
don't bother II your stomach is In
revolt; u sick. gassy and upset.
and what you just ate has fcrment-
cd and turned sour. head dizzy and
aches. belch gases and acids and
eructAte undig, sted food: breath
foul. tongue coated-just take lit
tie pape'r Diapepsin To ncutrslize
acidity AMI In five minutes you
wonder what became OF tho lndi.
gestion and distress
Millions uf men and women today
know that IL is needless to have
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20
nearly 30 strong man a.
Woodrow Wilson. Wilson car.
RED the United States iast fail.
BY e. ID. M.

nearly 30 strong man a.
Woodrow Wilson. Wilson car.
ried the United States iast fail.
What iH q that 10 sure TO 10
down. no matter how good business
isr-R ~. ?.
An elevator.
So far no scientist has come
forth TO announce that II nil the
,ooihpicks chcwed on Pike 81. were
saved a week there would be enough
wood 10 build one % those 1000
wooden ships the government
needs. This IL tho day OF econ.
omy. yc toothpick chewers.
a WORD FROM JOSH WISE
Most anybody 10 wdlIin' q try an
experiment II it's at somebody else.
expense.
DR.. Carrel. the Rockefeller sctcn-
list. says the war will last 90 years
Hooray, Then we'll be able 20
raise a volunteer army In time TO
take part!
4 murder n day! Why TO 10
wnr7
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20

comfort, and appeals 10 children
bec0se OF it's Pleasant taste. Drug
gist@ Everywhere sell It for sifty
cents a bottle, and every mother
should have II In the house for use
Whenever occasion arises.
To avoid limitations and ineffec-
tive substitutes, always be sure TO
ask for DR.. Csldwells Syrup Pep
sin. See that a facsimile OF DR..
Caldwells signature and his por-
trait appear on the yellow carton
in which the bottle is packed. A
trial bottle. free OF charge. can be
obtained by writing to Or. w. -.
Caldwell. 455 Washington St. Mon.
ticello, Illinois.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20
Hou About the War-Makers?

our Civil war. with its rolled gun barrels,
rotten blankets and mock powder
In our times and under conditions in which
the business OF warfare is conducted, II should
be the administrators labor 10 carly kill the
idea that war is 20 be money-making
business for anybody with whom the govern
ment has relations. There should be iieroe
inspection OF goods delivered. and a limit I'M
posed on profits. The administration has sue
ceeded in arranging limit OF proht IN the
matter of producing ships. There IS no rea-
son why the same policy should not be pur-
sued in respect OF other war necessities. u
might not only result in increase OF resource
but might also put quietuS on certain Gle
ments who go about bowling for war strictly
for what there IS IN II.
There's a whole lot more ~ adequate pre-
paredness than merely being prepared TO shoot
of guns plenty and frequent
Y y
That progressive national convention
recognizes the homeopathic feature OF
universal service Thinks that IL every
body has to fight. there won't be SO much
fighting.
Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thine
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20

Remember" postcards n. r.
that II you enlist. Il Is only for the
duration OF the war. But marriage
n for Hfe."
Jack and jill up to date. from
Kipton reader:
Nick and Bill
Went UP Mars hill.
Each one a royal CRATER:
Nick fell down
And lost his crown,
And Bill lost his soon after.
= Warning TO the war bride
gruoms. From the letterhead OF the
Milwaukee hotel. Harris. Mo-:
THE
MILWAUKEE, HOTEL
Rates Per Day. $3.50 and Up
Nv. b Hilton. Prop. On
Mrs. Hilton. Boss
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20
A 583-Page Paper

Once In the courBe OF It's long
career the London Gazette appear
cd for a while as a daily paper OF
stupendou- hlze. The cause was
rot war. but the railway boom OF
lis45 II was required by parlia-
mentary rules that details OF all
new schemes 10 be promoted IN the
forthcoming session should be pub
liFhed before December J.. and 70
numerous were these schemes that
turnout November the Gazette had
10 be issued in huge daily editions.
one Of which ran 10 5s3 pages
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20

A squad OF police escorted Billy
Sunday from the train when he ar.
rived IN New York We don't know
whether there was calliope on
hand or not.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20

Under government, permission. American
aviators at the front are now flying Old
Glory. 1t may surprise the Germans. but
they won't hesitate to shoot at H.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20

our secretaries OF war and navy send out
~ cheerful reports as TO the eountryS pre-
paredness for war and we can feel oheered
until some enterprising enemy succeeds IN
knocking the cheer out OF us We've got the
men. we've got the money and we've got the
talent to shoot up all creation. according %
the secretaries But we'd like some aSSur-
ance as TO preparedness in a matter in which
this country has never been prepared in any
OF its wars. SO far as we can learn, to-wit,:
Are we prepared TO stand off robbery by
the army oontractors'
We can still smell the embalmed beef scan
dal OF our last war. We have the ugly sus-
picion that some OF our battleships are pro
tected" by rotten arnor. and some OF our shot
and shell makers can't look honest man
ia the eyes without a blush. 1t would be
horrible 10 detail the munition scandals OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20
STAR BEAMS

I'VE decided n
year ago 20 get
marrie this
spring.
What they all
tell Marriage II
censs Clerk Ken
nety.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20

Kaiser Wilhelm wants a place in the
sun. and the Western hemisphere seems
inclined to declare that there isn't any
this side the globe.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-20

Do good to thy friend to keep him, TO thine
enemy 10 gain him.-Franklin.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-01
less than 10 per cent Of your total expenditures

Many think ohand if they could utility cheaper they
their living materially ACua will
all the
comfortable life happier.
This practically the
the last 10
Your electric light giving the best possible service
the least possible
of
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-01
MINING NOTES

The Grandview Mining Co. has been
formed at Grandview, Wash, to prose-
cute development of gold field re-
Gently found near there by G. w.
Davis.
1t is reported that the ANACONDA
Copper Mining Co. will exercise its
option on the Douglas mine, in the
Occur d'Alenes, and begin develop
ment work. %#
Many placer mines willbe in opera
tion next spring throughout the Oro-
grande, Dixie, Ten Mile and Elk City
mining districts and along the south
fork of the Clearwater river all the
way to Grangeville, a distance of so
miles. The owners of number of
claims have driven tunnels and sunk
shafts this winter, opening up new
placer deposits.
All plans and specifications for the
Enaville mill of the Consolidated In
terstate- Callahan Mining Co., to cost
100000 to $450,00O unit, have been
sent to the New York office for in
spection. Construction of the first
unit may begin this year, according
to d. F. Haley, consulting engineer.
Units will be added until capacity of
1000 or more tons has been provided.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-01
Peace Party Is Growing.

The growing opinion that Germany
can not hope to obtain all that is
desired by the extremists and the
passionate desire to have it all over
with on any reasonable basis, and to
get the members of the families back
home, has brought into being in the
last few months more or less pow
erful peace party. The cynics ar
que that the government, recogniz-
ing the existence of this faction, de.
cided on a moderate peace offer,
which, if accepted, would please the
peace advocates even thoHgh not en-.
tirely pleasing the Pan-Germans;
while, if rejected, the result would be
unification of the people and oblit-
Grafton of the chasm between the
peace faction and the Pan-Germans.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-01
The Community Club.

The community club is gaining in
popularity and influence as an instru-
ment in helping town and country to
hold it's own against the city grab.
The community club is an organization
composed of merchants, business men
and citizens who are interested in the
welfare of the town, farmers and
other populations within the radius of
it's trade influence. Its inception came
about through a realization of the ill
effects OF the drift OF the virile and
ambitious to the big centers of popu-
lation, and the drain of wealth through
the chanels of mail order buying and
city shopping, and the arousing of live,
energetic and far-seeing business men
and farmers to taking steps towards
putting on the brakes.
1t is the medium through which self
helpfulness along intelligent lines is
promoted, petty differences and mar
row prejudices eradicated and the true
principles of cooperation applied
Here are some of the things that the
progressive community club seeks to
accomplish: Such as improvements
of roads and avenues of transportation
as will reduce the cost of farm trans
portation. The improvement of trad
ing facilities along lines that will be
mutually satisfactory and profitable.
The merchants are enabled to ascer-
tain definitely wherein their stocks
and service is defective and to make
improvements that will meet the con.
ditions. Joint action is taken to pro-
vide the best possible market for the
productions of the section, in order
that it may make larger progress and
secure more remunerative returns. 1t
breaks down social barriers, and
brings the population into closer touch
with larger advantages. Better school
facilities are provided for, not only
throughout the district, but for the
town high school. The services of
qualified lecturers are engaged to help
correct such drawbacks as hold back
the community. Not only agricultural
problems are considered, but the de-
velopment of more efficient business
conduct. A comprehensive program
of events which will provide enter
tainment, get the people together and
stimulate interest among the youth
is provided for.
In short, the live community club
serves to give the people of the coun-
try districts the advantages of the
cities, without the drawbacks incident
to congestion in population, with it's