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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-22
Here's an Idea That's Good

Tonight the King County Patriotic Council of Defense
will plan send-o for boys who to
leave with the select service army
The Star suggests the council that il give thought
idea advanced by Daniel Treethen, executive OF city
district No. 4.
Trefethen has under way in his district which comprises
Queen Anne HILL plan whereby folks Queen Anne hill
will continue take neighbory interest in the boys from
their district during their Of training and after they
70 to France.
"Let not" says Trefethen give boys hurrah
when they depart and then forget about them Let's give
them rousng sendoff by all But let then keep
in touch with them Let organize system by which
residents OF their home communities tho unknown per-
sonaly the soldiers will write them frequent cheerful let
detailing local happenings of the neghbohood and keep
them in touch with affairs at home.
These boys OF going out to fight OUR fight
Some of them will back. AS executive OF my
district board know many of Queen Anne
hill boys very we'll in the last few weeks. When they go
away they're going be separated and assigned
mands where their companions will be strangers They're
going be homesck. and if home help them by
writing them by sending them articles which will add
their comfort, il is duty TO do it
committee already is work the Trefethen plan
in the Queen Anne hill district.
Why not members of the Patriotic Council of Defense
your meeting tonight that the Trefethen idea
be made city-wide?
Why not enlist in every district and who
will help look after the boys from THEIR district
We have nucleus OF city wide district organization
the district boards and the registrars each district who
worked registration day.
Why not them basis upon which to build this
"followup" system OF keeping in touch with boys?
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-22

vate h,c. and this mans proposition
TO kin all dogs As 4 war measure Ia
monstrous exhibition OF selfish
ness.
The dog Ia doing hia share In this
world war. II man 10 not. He 10 oc
cupying n bigger station today than
ever before in tho history o, the
world. and we'll he has earned H.
There are no greater heroes In
this war. as far as sheer bravery
and devotion 90. than tho dogs on
tho war front In France. They
draw light artillery. carry dis.
patches and drag wounded men
from no firc-swept zones where no
ambulance corps will dare 10 20,
and they have saved tho lives o,
thousands. who. but for them. would
be dead today.
And dogs everywhere. pcdlgrced
and mongrel. will show their worth
II given half n chance. They all
have the same attributes In varying
degree. and they are life-savcrs and
companions. guardians and friends.
4 good dog is worth more TO a fam.
ily than a Waterman at a hundred n
month. for he cannot DO bribed and
he win never desert his post: and a
man who will not share his provis.
ions with good dog doesn't deserve
a crust for himself NJ. +.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-22
JAPANESE QUESTION

Editor Tho Star: Tho article in
your issue OF the 9Th from Mr.. Nil.
ton Bronner. relative 20 the coming
Japanese war commission. indicates
that finally some part OF American
offlclaldom. ut least. II awakening
TO the importance OF paying more at
tention to the claims OF Japan and
the other risins AsiAtic nations.
Mr. Bronner. however. Is mistaken
when he states that the matter OF
immigration IN an important Issue.
The naturalization of all other
aliens except Asiatics IA tho basis OF
all the friction between the United
States and AsiatIc nations. This
discrimination is based solely on
race aud color. and indicates preju-
dice against Asiatics simply be-
cause they are Asiatics. n the
United States wishes TO retain the
present discriminatory federal stat
utes on naturalization. she can. OF
course. do so. but we win have to
give up our influence In Asia in
such case. That this is becoming
clear 10 Washington officiaidom is a
hopeful feature.
The very personnel OF the com
Ing commission IL sufficient to in
dictate that things OF unusual i'm.
portance are to be considered. and
the fact that Baron lshli has been
granted plenipotentiary powers fur.
Their indicates that some things, at
least. will be settled.
News from Japan. however. indI.
Gates that tho commission will not
open the naturalization question n.
self. II America IL satisfied with
the present arrangement. then 9th.
CT matters are up for immediate set.
Element. America never faced a
more important matter. and the Wis.
II OF the commission will mark an
epoch in our relations with all Asia.
u. @. MURPHY.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-22
AGAINST BONDING CO.

Editor The Star; ] see there In a
Morrison Bonding company Offering
TO bond jitneys in Seattle. We had
jltney bond here in Everett with a
Morrison company. and when the
traction company started to put jit-
neys off the streets here. few
months ago, this company Cancelled
our bonds without any reasons and
under very peculiar circumstances.
Our bond was only good for three
months longer.
Now. hope all unions will give
their assistance and help them liz.
more this Morrison company. and.
furthermore. see why the state pre-
fcrs a company approved by this
traction company.
MRS. O. A. FLOSS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-22

very deeply IN love. with winkspp-
ner. Bhe had been conscious DIR
ing the past week or ten days that
abe did not receive his undivided
attention. Something obviously
was on his mind. That he bad
shown quite a partially for the SO
oiety OF the dashlng widow Of the
Mexican mining man. she knew.
The Cadogans lived at the ALL
son. Whenever occasions offered IN
the lobby groups or at the grin.
Winkeppner had not been particu-
larly Holicitous In avoiding the AZ
tention OF tho dashing and viys-
clouB brunette. There had been .
mild, light whisper occasionally
that he had been seen In her com
pany outside the hotel. Certainly
Miss Cadogan. shooting swift 70
the core OF the situation with the
intuitions OF Jealousy. knew there
was something between the two.
Wlnkeppner had danced win
her at the ball-ssyeral times.
And that was the point Miss
]
any other woman under similar
circumstances. with a woman's In
buttons. that winkeppner had no
uced the couple OF whom she
spoke, and knew one OF the two 70
be Mrs. Pernau. But he had DELHI
erately kept his counsel until she
had spoken and then had fatty dis
posed OF her tentative question.
And. merely because OF some
reason. best known TO himself. the
man she loved was shielding an
other woman. she permitted
things, in her momentary excite
ment and worry. 10 rest in that
manner. Had she but known II,
there was another person In that
room whose intuitions were a
keen as her own. flanagan alone
OF all the rest had caught the fleet
ing note of hurry. OF defiance, Ia
Winkeppner's voice when he re-.
piled 10 Lanagan's question. asking
him whether he had noticed the
couple that Miss Cadogan had no
ueed: I did not" And flanagan
had caught Winksppner's infin-
itesimal start when she first had
stated that she had noticed such .
couple lowering near Miss Allison
Altho Leslie had scorned Lana
gan's suggestion that Miss Cado-
gan and Winkeppner go back on
the floor and search for this
couple Miss Cadogan claimed to
have seen. Miss cadogan had swift
~ determined. the instant the sus-
gestion was made. that she would
o. her own initiative adopt It She
had been unable 10 locate tho
Juliet costume again on the floor
that night; and the telephone to
Mrs. Pernau's room did not an
swer. The next day she was told
at the desk that Mrs. Pernau had
left the hotel.
CONTINUED In Our Next issus)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-22
CUT PRICE OF ICE

Editor The Star: II Mayor Gil
wants to do something to square
himself with the people. in general
OF this city. why not cut tho price
OF Ice? The mayor of Portland,
George l.. Baker. brought the ice
trust TO time on short notice. and
made them cut the price from 81
TO 70c per 100 pounds. and our may
or, II he IL the right kind OF man.
can do the same here. Surely. ice
In this city is not worth any more
than It is in Portland.
MARK HAYES.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-22

Letters TO the editor will not
be published unless they are
signed and address OF writer
given. II you do not want your
name published. say so. We
will respect your confidence.
but tho editor must know your
name.
Letters should not be more
than 200 words long. and
should be written on one side
OF the sheet Use pen or type
writer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-22
. . r.. ID. TX. S . q i.
COL YUM

Probably Truo
Miss Cooper has a pleasing
voice and sings with affoctation.--
Chicago ulll Post,
Tho Chicago school board rc-
fused 10 remove from tho spoilers
page lauding the kaiser. but par.
cnts are tearing the leaf from the
books. We never had any such
luck when We were kid.
zone OF The Stars proofreaders
and several OF the linotype operat-
ors declare that 40 far AS results
20. We might as well have torn out
all the pages.)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-22
Man Who Brought
Women West. Dies

Asa Shinn Mercer. the man who
brought wives from tho East TO
marry the pioneers Of the West. Is
dead ut HIS home In Buffalo. Neb
Mercer was ~ years OF age.
Mercer came 10 Seattle IN 1861.
and year later was made the first
president OF what later became the
state university.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-22
PRAISE FOR DOCQ

Editor The Star: In rely TO r. M.
Shoup, Tieton, Wash:
This IN a time for unselfishneas
The government Is calling for IT,;
calling for II from everybody. every.
whore, In military, official and pri.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-22
EDITORIALETTES

"kAIsER vocFERousLY proels'ms Victory" Gays cable
Bill Stone going emit
U. No Wilhelm
this writing and he yell such let him yeI
sEvENTYTHREE THOUSAND have applied for places In
officers training We officers
even we do thereby expose our military Ignorance
Of a Q us sraeI
GERMANS poisoning plaster o
getting a without Of
yard for IT,
REMAINS show csmes lived In
Maybe they'll back.
ship small anchor,
a single hope-Epeteus
CHICAGO GARMENT makers decided women are to
with their winter. Oh
clothes don't make the man-spokane Press
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-22


Tho Choir Invisible
she-How Is your daughter com
ing on with her lessons on the
harp7
Howell. her mother isn't quito
90 keen on going to heaven
Judge.
Slip
She-How wonderful You new
or think about anything but me.
He-Nothing else. Did you say
your father was outY-FToth.
Fourteen Days In c. D.
Captain--four rank. sirg
Rookie-Dont rub n In. cap
That's Jus, what the sergeant told
me.-Record.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-22


ny united Pres. Leased wire
CHICAGO. Aug. 22.-Anton
Paeut originated an estraordl.
nary way for Furnishing run
away sons, according to ad-
missions which police ssy he
made.
He built In hls cellar. at 244o
Ciybourn ave.. a permanent
cell four feet long. three feet
wide and five feet high. OF
solid board. with a tlpht.flttlng
door. Then, the police declare.
no forged handouts for ankles
and wrists. and staples 20
chain the boy to tho wall.
While police were taking Anton
10 Jail. following tho discovery II
the cell OF Frank Pacut. his II
year-old son. who had stood ter
hours in his chains. without food
or water. Anton told tho officer
the system did not work "He II
stlll a bum and a thief" he said.
The boy was 20 weak he could
hardly walk. Il have 10 beg and
steal" he said. TO get enough "a
eat. Ny father starved me. have
hunted In nelghbors' garbage cans
"Ho has chained Emil and Antor
IN the cell. too" Emil and Anton
are . and 7. respectively. "And be
has beaten Baby Fred. who IL {?
with tho uluetongued whip he
made 20 beat me"
Franks last imprisonment in the
cell followed an absence OF two
weeks. 10 get away from tho cruel
ties at home. All the air he go'
in the cell came thru the cracks
between the boards.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-22
Next Novel
Persuasive Peggy"
By mAvARENE THOMPSON

tho Allison hotel. II was here some
time later-nearing ] In the morn
ing now--that Loelie finally found
him. Mnggart had been ms good as
his word.
Jack" said Leslie. grfmly. i've
worked with you good many
times. I've never found you wrong.
But you're harboring a fugitive
from justice. and friendship ends
with me there. Deliver him up or
10 to jan"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-22

FOSSIL REMAINS show csneIs lived In dry weste
Maybe they'll come back.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-22

Neither should a ship rely anchor, nor sho
rest O. a single hope-Eplctetus.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-16
EDITORIAL COMMENT

This is a good year in which to
junk the junkers.-Chicago Daily
News.
There is a strong peace movement
afoot between -Arras and Soissons.-
Brooklyn Eagle.
Hindenburg seems to be rather
OVERRIDING the strategy of retreat
Chicago Daily News.
The Car was said to have been
scheming for a separate peace, and
now he has it.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Kaiser is notified that April is
our lucky month for going to war;
New York Morning Telegraph.
oh, well, if this government ever
gets hard up for cash 1t can slap an
extra income tax on popular evangel-
ists.-Washington Post.
Our advice to the Hohenzollerns
and Hapsburgs is to take out insur-
ance against unemployment.-Da
News
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-16

Within two or three weeks, recent
ly two important things happened in
the advertising profession, and they
have such q direct and important
bearing upon the interest of the pub
lie that they will be found of inter
est to everyone who must buy things
and that, of course, means all of us.
The first of those two was a de-
cision on the part of the Associated
Advertising Clubs ef the World to
make a most searching investigation
into the relationship between adver-
tising and the cost of living, and the
other was the adoption by the COM
mittee in charge of building the pro-
gram for the great annual conven-
tion of the Associated Advertising
Clubs. in st. Louis, June 8 to Z, of
the slogan, Advertising Lowers Cost
of Distribution"
The Underlying Thought
Only a few people know, perhaps,
that the entire advertising club move
ment has been built upon the propo-
sition that advertising can only grow
in fact. that it can only survive
as it benefits the public; and that the
whole great movement known as the
Associated Advertising Clubs has as
it's very foundation the thought OF
making advertising even a greater
economic force than it has been.
Advertising men have known that
advertising reduces the cost of man.
ufacturing things, and that 1t brings
down selling costs, both as this has
to do with the manufacturer and the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-16
The American Navy

/ saw a band of stalwart young fell
lows who had just enlisted in our
fighting navy. They held up their
heads, and had a right to hold them a
little higher than when they offered
themselves to the recruiting officer.
The American navy! All, my lads,
the chronicles thereof outnumber in
thrills five hundred to one the most
dramatic exploits recorded in the
novels of Cooper and Stockton.
Think of that youngster, then under
thirty, John Paul Jones. What ship
is that?p demanded the captain of the
British Drake.
Then answered the intrepid Jones':
THE American Continental ship
Ranger. We are waiting for you. The
sun is little more than an hour from
setting. 1t is therefore time to begin"
Time to begin! And when that hour
of sunlight vanished this American sea
rover was master of his foe.
And then that even more classic re-
ply from the sinking Bon Homme
Richard
Have you struck your fiag?" shout
ed the English commander.
NO" replied Jones. II haven't yet
begun to fight"
And he sailed away an immortal
victor.-Gerard in the Public Ledger
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-16
rrSIE GROWS SHORT

TT the sentiment which seems to
prevail among the members of
the Legislature regarding final
adjournment indicates the probable
action of the law-making body as to
the date, there yet remains less than
a month, perhaps, for the transaction
of the important business that must
have consideration. There is no gen.
eral demand for an increase of the
laws, but there are certain measures
which should have prompt attention.
Among these is the joint resolution
providing a constitutional amend
ment to enlarge the home rule of
cities and other municipalities. This
resolution is still hanging fire in COM
mittee without any rood reason for
the failure to give it place on the
calendar.
1t is intimated that certain selfish
corporate interests are opposing the
proposition on the score that it might
interfere with their plans to exploit
Should this be the case then it is
about time for the municipalities to
get awake to their own welfare. for
this is a reasonable proposal based
upon the right of communities to de-
termine for themselves the sort of
government which they prefer. 1t is
understood of course, that all local
charters would have to be in con-
formity with the provisions of the
constitution.
Senator Beidleman's bill to create a
single council, comprising one repre-
sentative from each ward in cities of
the third class, is opposed by many
of these cities and it is said the Leg
islature will probably determine that
the various amendments to the Clark
act which have been suggested by
representatives of the third class
cities, should be adopted pending a
further tryout of the commission plan
of government.
Whatever shall be done in this di-
rection it is quite evident to all
thoughtful citizens that it is neces-
sary to bring about an improvement
in local administration. Harrisburg is
a fine example of the deficiencies and
shortcomings of the present scheme.
No argument is required to enforce
the need of reform.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-16

retailer. They propose now to gather
information, classify it in the form of
definite evidence and have it ready
for presentation.
For the purposes of this article,
and one that is to follow, shall con-
slider only the influence of advertising
on retailing. and will show some of
the ways in which it brings down the
cost of doing business, to the benefit
of the public as well as the business
man.
Clerks Sell More Goods
Without advertising, a merchant
can eventually build a reputation for
his store among those who chance
to come into it. and among their
friends, so that they will have con-
fidence in him and in his clerks or
salespeople, so that they will buy
goods more readily. having greater
confidence. But that :akes years and
years.
Through advertising, salespeople
sell more goods in a given number
of hours because, through advertis-
ing, the merchant has made the pub
lie know that it is safe to buy from
him, and the salespeople do not have
to argue the merits of the goods. All
wool is all wool and fast colors are
fast.
The simple result is that each
sales person sells more goods in a
given number of hours and his or her
salary is distributed over a greater
number of sales, so that the cost of
selling the goods is actually reduced
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-16
Let the Staff Decide
kansas City Times1

The general staff bill providing for
universal training and service was
framed by men who understand the
defensive needs of the nation in the
crisis that confronts it. They know the
kind Of men the army needs and they
know from the history of the present
war as well as from our own past ex-
perience that they cannot be obtained
by voluntary enlistment.
This expert military knowledge
ought not to be lightly set aside by
Congress No law that could be framed
by civilian committees, acting from
whatever motives of patriotism and
under whatever spur of zeal to raise
armies in the quickest time, could
possibly operate to give to the general
staff which must direct those armies
when raised the material of which
modern soldiers are made. That was
shown in the last attempt Congress
made to raise an army, when untrain-
ed. unfit and unequipped militiamen
were called into the national service.
The general staff bill was framed in
the light of that experience and would
prevent a repetition of that dismal
breakdown in our land defense sys-
tenn. 1t is based on the sound demo-
cratic theory of universal obligation
to military service of every physically
fit American citizen of fighting age. IL
has the approval of the President
and his advisers, and Congress should
accept it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-16
Spring Fret

/ do not feel like fighting, Fritz.
And would not. save in self-defense.
But he will shoot my peace to bits
IL don't teach that guy some sense.
And think of 1t! He chooses spring
To sail in and upset my plan:
Just when the birds begin to sing
And / get strong with Mary Ami
The fishing and the swimming, too,
They're getting good-and there's
the game!
Old Fritz, you don't know what you
do
The way you spoil sport Is a shame!
Doggone you, Fritzie, anyhow
You ivory head; you heart of stone!
You've got me peeved-T1l teach you,
now,
TO let peaceful guy alonel
Chicago News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-16
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

p. V. Hoy, elected head of the
Norristown fire department, has head
ed that organization for eighteen
years.
-Ex-Judge Dennis Bauman, of Le-
high, has just celebrated his 9Sth
birthday.
The Rev. d. J. O'AIahoney, who
has just taken charge of a church in
Philadelphia, was one of the first
priests to volunteer for religious work
in the Philippines after american oc-
cupation.
james B. Neale, named as JUS
tice in Schuylkill county the other day.
is a wealthy mine owner and has some
model tenement developments, too.
Thomas A. Fernley, elected secre-
tary of the American machinery and
supply companies organization, is a
Philadelphian.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-16

Board of Public Grounds and Build
ings are more than pleased with the
scheme of treatment outlined and
which will be followed as soon as the
legislature shall have made an ade-
quate appropriation.
1t is quite necessary to do the grad
ing so that the planting of trees and
shrubbery may not be delayed. This
grading will include the terracing
along Walnut and Third streets. which
highways will be increased in width
by the elimination of the present
brick sidewalks and the establishing
of walks under the trees in the park
at the top of the terrace.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-16
Act, and Act Now!
New York Sun1

lNeW 1ofk sun
The planting season is already we'll
advanced.
There remain not more than a few
weeks for getting the seed into the
ground. The period may be counted
in days.
The farmers, handicapped by short
age of seed and of fertilizer are now
faced by lack of labor They cannot
get the help they must have to pre-
pare the ground and provide for the
fall harvests.
These facts are of vital moment to
every American. They are of para
mount importance to every soldier OF
the allies, to every worker in the
shops and laboratories who labors for
the downfall of Prussian autocracy
They are the prime factors in the
struggle in which the United States
has entered. Unless they are faced
and the problems they set are solved
now the outlook will be dark.