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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-23
CLAUDE K|TCHIN
ASKS PUBLICITY
OF INCOME TAX

WASHINGTON. April 23.-Claude
Kitchin. democratic leader OF the
house OF representatives will make
a fight TO include in the revenue
bill a section making all returns
open to the public. He so announc-
ed today.
Il have always favored publicity
of all tax returns in principle."
Kitchin said. but | held back from
insistence upon publicity OF the in
come tax. because felt it might not
be good policy TO introduce il until
that form OF taxation had secured =
firm root.
But now, with our nation
calling for every dollar Of rev.
enue that can be raised to pay
the enormous costs OF the war
upon which we are embarked,
am convinced that we should
wait no longer, but should AT
ONCE adopt every means that
will stop evasion and fraud, and
make every citizen pay his Just
taxes into the federal treasury
Publicity of the tax returns WIN
bring into the treasury within the
next year millions and millions of
dollars which would otherwise es-
cape taxation. II can only be oppos-
ed by those who would rather see
their nation crippled than to take
the most effective means of putting
an end TO tax lodging"
We had publicity OF income
tax returns during the civil war.
II eserted a powerful Influence
for good then, and there is every
reason to believe that 1t Will be
even more effective now. We
must have il as an essential
part Of our program for financ-
inq this war"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-23
CAPT. KUHN IS
TAKEN AS SPY

PTTTsBURG. April 23.--Captain
Arthur Kuhn, n mechanical on
gineer. said to be on the active list
OF the German army. was arrested
by Justice department agents and
interned as an alien enemy today.
In n raid on his offices in the
Farmers Bank building important
communications we're found. II was
said. Most OF these were in Ger
man. Kuhn is local representative
OF Carl Still company. which man
ufactures machinery for explosive
planta.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-23
10000 TO MARCH

Ten thousand Snohomish county
people are expected to march. un-
der the leadership OF the Elks. to
demonstrate their stand behind
President Wilson. In the war against
Germany. in a parade Wednesday
Schools. mills and fac
tories will close. Labor, rraternal
and civic organizations will take
part
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-23
HOUSTON ASKS FOR
FOOD SURVEY SOON

WASHINGTON. April 23-Sec-
retary Houston today asked the
senate agricultural committee for
power and money TO make an i'm.
mediate survey OF the food supply
OF the country to determine what
the resources OF the country are"
The total supply now. he told
the committee. cannot be estimated.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-23
RESTAURANT MEN
BALk At Demands

To discuss the demands OF res.
taurant employees for increased
wages and shorter hours. the Seat.
tie Caterers association will meet
Monday night at Good Eats cafe
terra
The increased cost OF food makes
Il difficult TO grant the demands and
keep from ruin. say the restaurant
men. The employees get free board
wherever they work. and thus are
not so much affected by the high
cost OF living. is the opinion OF the
caterers association.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-23
Government WINS
R. R. LAMP CASES

WASHINGTON. April 22.-The
supreme court today decided In
favor Of the government In the Ore
gon and California land case. in
volying millions OF acres OF land
granted 10 railroads. and claimed by
the United States by forfeiture.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-23
They Used to Chase This
Kind Out of Camp to the
Music of Rogue's March

When Great Britain found itself obliged 10 enter this
two members ol the British government. John
Eurts and John Morley.ws unable TO agree with the
views of the majority
They quietly withdrew and retired TO private life
The half-hear,ed in OUR national affairs do not
withdraw from the government they refuse TO support.
They remain to plague It, to hamper its action, show
themselves IN the spotlight of noorieiy
The world had respect for John Burns and John Nor
ley because they showed that however mistaken they
might be. they conscientious, sincere and dis
interested.
THE WORLD WILL HAVE a VERY DIFFER
ENT VERDICT FOR THE MEN IN THE SEN
ATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
WHO ARE NOW TRYING TO DISRUPT AND
RUIN THE POLICY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE.
1t will say Of them that mouthng the formulas Of
democracy they tried 10 stab it IN the back in the hour
OF its greatest need that, pretending be Americans
and public servants they loved and pose upon
tho stage Of public action better than they loved their
country or regarded common deceucy.
Today there appears advertisement thruout the
nation financed by AN American Union Against
Miltarsm urging opposition the "selectivc draft"
plan OF the prcsidcntthe modern. scientific democratic
method Of selecting for the tasks they best
fitted 10 do that the end OF the may be FASTENED
This union and the congressman who give it aid
arc merely giving aid to the kaiser and Prussan mill
tarism tho Of the world
They should have the common decency to let the
president who is chief of the nation in
time OF war, prosecute this in the effective
manner possible. according to his best judgment.
PRESIDENT WILSON IS ENTITLED TO THAT
CONSIDERATION FROM ALL PATRIOTIC
AMERICANS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-23
BREAKS
WITH The U. S.

WASHINGTON, April 23.-
Turkey has broken relations
with the United States, the
state department was officially
advised today by Minister
Stovall at Berne.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-23

The 700 members of the Marino
Engineers Benegicial Association.
No. 3s. OF Seattle. will donate 10
cents each to the Red Cross month
ly for the duration of the war.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-23
WALKS TO DOCTOR
after Being SHOT

Clyde Singer. II, walked -four miles
to the office OF DR.. J. l.. Millett. III
y. 73rd st., Sunday. with n bullet
lodged I'm his left shoulder. The lad
was hit by stray 22-caliber bullet
while coming from the woods at
s7th and Aurora SITS, beyond the
city limits.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-23

Probably the rumor about the
kaiser being in Holland started
from the fact that he Is In Dutch.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-23

The best offerings of Sc
attle's best stores appear
regularly in The Star.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-23
ADVERTISING MANAGERS
DAILY TALK
tuesday Offers Many
Opportunities to Save

And, as usual, today'S
Star contains full partiCu-
lars. You'll find the ads
we'll worth careful atten-
ton today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-23

The old town wall also remains
intact. even where Il runs over a
fair-sized hill. From tho wall. too,
the country can be surveyed. The
tower and the wall are tho highest
structures in Bapaume.
Paintings slashed
But In the church. paintings have
been slashed with knives from their
frames. and In the homes furniture
has been chopped sQs clsserns liiied
WITH debris and ostai. draperieH cut
and mutilated. and silver aud books
carried away.
Grayeyards have been crisscross-
ed with shallow trenches. graves
opened. leaden covers stripped from
coffins. and tombs broken open.
Fith has been spread over
unopened graves and In opened
vaults. Filth has been placed
in living rooms Of houses:
filth has been placed on priest
ly Vestr,ents torn from
streets-and. 70 all appear
snees. deliberately placed.
Houses have been made un-
irhsbi.sble by fifth sresred
about the walls.
AND AMONG THE RUINS OF
THESE ONCE PROSPEROUS
FRENCH TOWNS AND VILLAGES
ROAM SAD. FURTIVE-EYED
WOMEN. CRtNCfNG AT EVERY
SUDDEN NOISE. SCREAMING
MALEDICTIONs At GERMAN
PRISONERS BROUGHT THRU TO
THE ALLIED REAR. AND MOURN
ING FOR DEAD CHILDREN AND
LOST DAUGHTERS CARRIED
INTO EXILE by THE GERMAN
RETREAT.
They will not talk easily o' the
things they have seen. the suffer.
ings they have passed thru
Women Are Jailed
"Sufferings7 The moral suffering
vas the worst o, ALL" one woman
told a party OF newspaper CORE
spondents making a tour OF the re-
conquered waste
Another told OF being fined 90
francs. because. penniless. she visit.
ed her father and mother without
obtaining passport the stamp on
which costs 4 francs.
She couldn't pay the fine. 80 was
cast into jail for two weeks
Another party OF women had been
turned out OF a small village near
Nesle at 2 A. m, when the Germans
fired the town and left.
They wandered back 10 Nesle
purely by luck. Otherwise they
might have gone on for days thru a
desolated land without human habi-
tation.
saddest were those women
who had seen their daughters
forced 10 leave for some point
farther back OF the German
lines. They had no assurance
Of the fate reserved for the
girls. so were left TO imagine
the worst fate possible.
Wait til We cross tho Rhinel"
We heard French soldiers threaten
between clenched teeth.
II the Germans. by widespread
destruction. hoped to terrify the
French or dull their military ardor.
they have failed.
The ruins thru which the French
are advancing have just the oppo-
site effect
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-23

N&iE FASTEST GROWING PAPER
m THE NoRTHWEsT
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-23
GROW POPCORN

County Agricultural RAIDER tells
star readers today how TO provide
for the kiddies In tho war garden.
Turn to page 5. Have YOU started
your garden scrap bookf
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-23

Logan Billingsley would make a
good contortlonist. He's had some
close Hcrapes, but that wiggle thru
seyen-inch opening was tho
closest call he's had. Fair tonight
and Tuesday; cooler tonight" says
Salisbury.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-11-22
DEVIL PENS EPISTLE
TO KAISER WILHELM.
Continued from Page One)

on friends and foe alike and the
murder Of civilians showed my teach
ings had borne fruit. Your treach-
cry toward neutral nations fastened
a universal upheaval, the thing l
most desired. Your under-sea war
fare is a master stroke, from the
smallest mackeral pot to the great
Lusitania you showed no favorites;
as a war lord you stand supreme, for
you have no mercy; you have no con-
sideration for the baby clinging to
it's mothers breasts as they both go
down into the deep together, only to
be torn apart and leisurely devoured
by sharks down among the corals.
Il have strolled over the battle
fields of Belgium and France. /
have seen your hand of destruction
everywhere; it's all your work,
super-fend that l made you. I have
seen the fields of Poland; now a
wilderness fit for prowling beasts
only; no merry children In Poland
now; they all succumbed to frost
and starvation drifted down into
Galicia where formerly Jews and
Gentiles lived happily together; l
curious pride in my pupil for it was
found but ruins and ashes; l felt a
all above my expectation. I was In
Belgium when you drove the peace
full population before you like cattle
into slavery; you separated man and
wife and forced them to hard labor
in trenches. l have seen the most
hendish rape committed on young
women and those who were forced
into maternity were cursing the
father of their offspring and I be-
really up-to-date.
"You have taken millions of dol
lars from innocent victims and call
ed it indemnity; you have lived fat
on the land you usurped and sent
the real n away to starvation.
You have strayed away from all
legalized war methodbl land intro
duced a code of your own. You
have killed and robbed the people of
friendly nations and destroyed their
property. You are a liar, a hypo-
critic and a buffer of the highest
magnitude. You are a part Of mine
and yet you pose as a personal
friend Of God. All, Wilhelm, you are
a wonder. You wantonly destroy all
things in your path and leave moth
ing for coming generations.
II was amazed when l saw you
form a partnership with the impos.
sible Turk, the chronic killer OF
Christians, and you a devout wor'
shipper in the Lutheran church. ]
confess, Wilhelm, you are a puzzle
at times. A Mohammedan army
commanded by German officers, as
sisting one another in massacreine
Christians is a new line of warfare
When a Prussian officer can witness
a nude woman being disembowled
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-11-22
INOoRSES War
Pacifists Routed by LoyaIists In
Buffalo Convention.
Roll Call Vote Expresses Full Conf.
dence In President Wilson and
Gompers.

Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. 21.-Loyalty
triumphed overwhelmingly with the
American Federation of Labor when
the $50 delegates in annual convention
here through a roll call vote expressed
their highest confidence in President
Wilson and the war program.
Placing the needs of the nation and
the necessity Of working hand in hand
with President Wilson above all other
considerations in questions involving
the workingman's part in a vigorous
prosecution Of the war, union leaders
put their stamp Of approval on Samuel
Gompers, president Of the federation.
who has been doing everything in his
power to aid the Washington govern
ment in the conflict with Germany.
The vote Of confidence came after
more than three hours Of debate in
which the paciflst element was given
ample opportunity to express itself.
Only Is delegates were reported In
opposition.
Test Of Strength.
The tes: of strength came when a
committee reported %favorably a reso'
luton indorsing the patriotic work"
of the Alliance for Labor and 1'emoc'
racy which Mr.. Gompers took an &C
tive part in organizing as an offset
to the Peoples Council, a pacinst or
ganiZation.
President Gompers closed the debate
in a ringing speech in defense of the
alliance aid his own position.
Mr.. Gompers went into the history
| of the Peoples Council. which he said
was an outgrowth of the Socialists
| He took full responsibility for the call
ing of the Minneapolis meeting OF thu
alliance.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-11-22
bv q swarthy Turk, committing

by a swarthy Turk, committing a
double murder with one cut of his
saber, and calmly stand by and see
a house full of innocent Armenians
locked up, the house saturated with
oil and fired, then my teachings did
not stop with you, but have been ex-
tended to the whole German nation.
confess my Satanic soul grew sick
and there and then l knew the pupil
had become the master. am a back
number, and, my dear Wilhelm, l
abdicate in your favor. The great
key of hell will be turned over to
you. The gavel that has struck the
doom of damned souls since time be-
gan is yours. I am satisfied with
what have done; that my addica-
ton in your favor is for the very
best interests of HELM the future
l am at your majesty's service.
"Affectionately and sincerely,
"LUCIFER H. SATAN"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-11-22
u.s.soLDIER KILLED IN CLASH

American Patrol Active in No Mans
Land on Front.
With the American Army in France.
Nov 21.-(By the Associated Press.)
There has been another clash be-
tween American and German patrols
in No Mans Land. Full details are
not known beyond the fact that an
American soldier was killed.
American patrols have been espe-
cially active the last two nights. One
encountered a German patrol close to
the German lines. Firing at this point
was hot, but brief. There are believed
to have been German casualties but
they cannot be determined.
Artillery firing IN the sector con
tinues more active.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-11-22
For a Weak Stomach

As q general rule all you need
to do is to adopt a diet suited to
your age and occupation and to
keep your bowels regular. When
you feel that you have eaten too
much and when constipated,
take one of Chamberlain's Tab
lets.-Adv.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-12-29

IuuilCutLA5E p p1s7sysr 80
Ryanne,1 assured that no one he knew
was about, proceeded into the writing
room, wholly deserted at this early
hour
He sat down at desk and opened
the cable. 1t contained exactly what
he expected. 1t was a call for ad.
vice in regard to the rental OF Mr..
| George P. A. Jones mansion In New
York and the temporary disposing ~
the loose valuables Ryanne read II
over a dozen times, with puckersd
brow, and finally balled 1t fiercely 'n
his fist Fool! He could not, at thaf
moment remember the most essen-
tial point in the game, the name anu
office of the agent to whom he muae
this very morning send reply. Hurs
riedly he fished out the letters; one
chance In thousand. He swore, bE'
in relief. In the corner of one OF tina
letters he saw that for some unknown
reason the gods were still with him.
| Reynolds and Reynolds, estates, Broad
street: he remembered He wrote out
t reply on a piece Of hotel paper, in
> tending to copy 1t of at the cable
5 office. This reply covered the ground
+ convincingly. Renting for two
D months. Old friends. Leave things
]. as they are. p. A." The initials
2 we're little stroke. From some
{. source Ryanne has picked up the fact
d that Jones business correspondents
v was conducted over those two Initials
e He tore UP the cable into small illegt
IS BILE squares and dropped some Into oiS6
A. basket and some into another. Next.
0. he readdressed Georges mail to LeipT
t. zig; another stroke, meaning delay
of two or three months; from the
n head Office of his bankers there tr
9. Paris, Paris to Naples. Naples to New
IL York. That Ryanne did not sper
Ie these letters was in nowise due ts
as moral suasion; whatever they CON
g. tanned could be Of no vital Importance
Is to him.
be "Now, Horace, we shan bend tn
re crook Of our elbow in the bar-roca
i'd. The reaction warrants a stissnleE.~U
ed An hour later the whole affair wa
on nicely off his hands The cable hs'
al cost him three soveresgns. But VIVA
Ter was that? Niente, rien; nothing;
Oh mere bagatelle For the first time 4
nd weeks sense Of security invaded hi
re- being.
lay It was by now o'clock; and POI
ho- ciyal Algernon still reposed upon b
aat bed Of ease. Let him sleep. Man
un- days we're to pass ere he would agai
i'm know the comfort OF linen sheets, U
ing luxury Of down under his ear.
nto (To BE CoNuNuED)s
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-12-29
Z r1ERRTLL COMPANY I

EaYou couldn't take care of her"
I"Yes, I.could. With but little effort
could make these two hands as hon
II as the day is long"
4 have my doubts" smiling little.
SaSuppose, for the sake of an argu-
lent, suppose Fortune accepted meg
MRS. Chedsoye's good humor re-
hrned. She knew her daughter toler-
bly, we'll; the child had horror OF
ZEN. Poor Horace! Do you build
bon that?"
LESS, perhaps, than upon my own.
hight invention. My suit, then to be
lief, is rejected?"
Emphatically. l have spoken"
'Oh. we'll; the feminine prerogative
all be mine, the last word. Good
kit; dormi benel" He bowed
bndly and turned toward his own
bm
( He possessed that kind Of motkery
bich was the despair of those AT
hom 1t was directed. They never
4 -
lew whether his mood was one OF
rmIess fun or Of deadly intent. And
ther than mistake the one quality
|r the other, they generally pretend
to ignore. Mrs. Chedsoye, who
Id similar talent, was one OF the
Nv who felt along the wall as one
{oes In the dark, instinctively To
light she recognized that there was
b harmless fun but real desperate
less behind the mask; and she had
3eld In her temper with a firm hand
Ibis was not the hour for a clash
She shiyered little; and for the first
lime in the six or seven years she hao
Known him, she faced a fear OF him
His great strength, his reckless cour
lge, his subtle way Of mastering mel
" appearing to be mastered by them
leld her In the thrall of a peculiar
fascination which, In quiet periods
he looked upon as something deeper
marriage was not to her an ideal state
lor was there any man, living or dead
THO had appealed to the physical sid'
.jf her. But he was in the one Sc
What she was In the other; and Whil'
l 2 d. f...-
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-12-29
CHAPTER WIN.
The PurIolned Cable.

George, having made his bargain
with conscience relative to the Yhior-
des rug, slept the sleep OF the untrou-
bled. of the just, of the man who had
nothing in particular to get up for. In
fact after having drunk his breakfast
cocoa and eaten his buttered toast. he
evinced his satisfaction by turning his
face away from the attracting morn
ing light and passing of into sleep
again. And thereby hangs this ta}e'
So much depended upon his getting
his mail as 1t came In that morning
that Fate herself FAUST have resisted
sturdily the desire to shake MIN pS
the shoulder. Perhaps she would nave
done so but for the serenity OF MI
nose and the infantile smile that lin
gered for while round his lips. Fate
as with most Of US, has her sentiment
al lapses.
The man next door, having no cor
science to speak of (indeed, he had dc
railed her while passing his twent
eth meridian!) was up betimes. ii
| had turned In at four; at six he wa
stro,ling about the deserted loungint
room. watching tae entrances. II
Uncomfortable how easily mail may b
nurloined In large hotel. There al
al many ways as points to the win
Ryanne chose the simplest. He waite
for the mailbag to be emptied upo
, the head-porter's counter. Noncha
antly but deity, while the porte
looked on, the adventurer ran throue
! The bulk. Ha found three letters al
I cable, the latter having been
ceiyed by Georges bankers the d.
!. bafore and mailed directly to the b
> tel The porter had no suspicion tn
+ hold theft was being committed U
!, dor his very eyes. Moreover, circu
! stances prevented his ever learnt
J Of It, Ryanne stuffed the spoils ~
W pocket.
! s1f any one asks for me-" he sa
! asay that shall be at my BARKER
4 tho Anglo Egyptian bank, at 10 o'clo
4 eyes. SIR replied the porter, as
e baean to sort the rest OF the mi
i not forgetting to peruse the postal
], Ryanne went out into the stre
q walking rapidly into town, Mahom
! E.Gahel shook the folds Of his clt
u and followed. The adventurer did
slacken his gait till he reached =
m beard.s hotel. Upon the steps
II paused. Some English troops Y
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-12-29

R1u
81 gnss4q rorenany Of New York, thirsting IoF
r rsne is in Cairo on business S. UP p
Horace Ryanne arrives at the the h S8ndl ln
Gairo with a carefully guarded pui WI
Salro va sal,s tones the famous holy 9hi-
a Taea rug s Which he admits having stolen
from pasha at Bagdad. , Jones mSe to
Major Callahan and later IS lntro To- wbo n,
-Fortune Chedsoye by woman 70 w W.
&c sor bad loaned $50 pounds at Monte CARO-
ae naI months previously, and who turns
out to be Fortunes mother htaa Jones to 'I polo
hars' 1Snn+yne returns to Jones the
same boTrowed by her mother. Mrs
Gb Oasy appears to be engaged in n some tht
mysterious enterprise f.r uahnG JONES in The
s qgn.fad Romance and Adventure com ,
,n un,seo concern which for price e vii vii
KIND of an her aq broRsF NJ %a %
GET ,,.,n wallace and Ryanne, as IN
SIn,ted Romance and Adventure COMPANY pan,
s.,an risky enterprise involving Jones
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sor cloak, his head pillowed upon ms
5lean arm, motionless with that pre-
Aended sleep Of the watcher, Mahomed-
El-Gebel kept his vigil. Miles upon
miles he had come, across three bleak,
cold. binding deserts, on camels, IN
trains, on camcls again, night and day,
day and night, across the soundless,
yellow plains. Allah was good to the
true believer. The night was chill,
hut certain fires warmed his blood All
day long he had followed the accursed,
lying giaour, but never once had ne
wandered into the native quarters OF
the city. Patience! What was a day
week, q year? Grains OF sand. he
| could wait. Inshalla!