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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11
WANTS TO THANK
PERSON Who GAVE.
HIM INFORMATION
Overhears Conversation That
Leads to His Recovery
Gains Is Pounds

'T have already gotten back about
eighteen pounds OF the weight I lost
while sick. and now my health
seems to be just perfect" said Harry
v. Horlocher In a recent converss
ton at the Mattheson Hotel. 20t Co
lumbia Street. Portland. regarding
the benefits he has derived from the
Use OF TanIsc. Mr.. Horlocher IN a
wel-known carpenter. and is en-
.ployed by the Standifer Construction
Company. Of Vancouver. Washing
tor.
ION the goth day OF last March.
explained Mr.. Horiocher. II was
taken down with an attack OF stom
ach poisoning-ptomain poisoning.
believe they call (which almost
carried me away. and since that
time. until ! got Tanlac. nothing
would cat agreed with me. What
little did manage to eat would soon
sour. causing gas and terrible pain
and misery. lost my appetite al
most entirely, and often just the
smell OF anything cooking would
make me drea6fuily sick at my stom-
ach. My food evidently did me no
good. as fell off from one hundred
and eighty pounds 70 one hundred
D1nd fifty. just had 20 lay off from
my work. az felt too weak and ex.
hausted for several weeks TO even at
tempt TO do anything. Just climb.
Ing up the steps to my room would
cake all my energy and completely
exhaust me. I was constipated all
the time, had headaches, and no
ticsd that my nerves were going all
" pieces. as couldn't get good
Nights sleep. Nothing did me any
good and had become uneasy and
worried about my condition.
"One day. while in the owl Drug
Store, happened 20 overhear lady.
VINO was buying a bottle OF Tanlac.
tell the man who was waiting on
her that she had been suffering from
stomach trouble for years and that
Ianiac was the only medicine she
had ever taken that did her any
good. Wen, she didn't know IL. but
Just that little remark Of hers sold
me bottle OF Tanlac right then and
here, and IL / only knew her name
would Ike to thank her for putting
me onto the thing that has given me
oack my health and strength. Ny
stomach feels now like II is in just
~ good shape an II ever was. And
such an appetite as I do have' be-
heve could eat five meals day
without suffering a particle after
wards. BY using the Tanlac Tablets
" connection with Taniac. have
been relieved OF constipation and
I'm never bothered any more with
headache. / now feel hundred per
cent strong and well. and am put.
ting In full time at my work. and I
certainly do think Tanlac Is great
medicine"
Tsnlac IA soid In Seattle by Bartell
Drug Stores under tho personal al.
section Of special Tanlac represent
Observation-Disclosures.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11
LAND SETTLEMENT WILL
GET HEARTY SUPPORT

Col. Howard Hanson filed letters
with the Washington Land Settle
ment association Wednesday prom.
ising 100 per cent teamwork from
many prominent men in the task OF
providing land for returned soldiers
and worthy Americans. George w.
Duling, chairman OF the Seattle
Chamber OF Commerce and CONNER
cial Club state development bureau
was in Spokane Wednesday In at
tendance at cooperative meeting
called for consideration Of the prob
lem.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11
MASTERS AND MATES
PROCLAIM UlTIMATUM

VANCOUVER. ~. c.. July ii.-At
n meeting % the Canadian Merchant
Service guild. general strike OF
masters and mates serving on
Canadian vessels was decided on. 10
be effective AZ once. unless the fcd
eral government appoints by satur
day a royal commission 20 investl.
gate conditions. The strike will be
gin Monday night AT 6, unless tho
demands OF the guild arc met.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11

gineers were withdrawn. Another
battalion OF the same brigade came
to relieve the worn Americans. The
newcomers we're only two companies
strong. having themselves been com.
PEELED TO give up two companies be
cause of gas and Smelling The tired
original battalion remained with
them two days longer, but at mid.
night OF June "a. were ordered back,
"A regiment from another division
coming 20 relieve them.
a German attack Mt a. IN. and
another at a. m. threatened to pre-.
vent relief being made, but both at
tacks were beaten off and at a.
M the battalion--what there was
left OF twas on its way out OF the
woods.
The capture of these woods has
been described. but II II is remcm.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11

bochcs showed.
Most OF the enemy machine guns.
however, were taken in bayonet
rushcs
Reaching their designated obiee.
tive. they found the battalion with
which they were expected TO con
meet on the right was not there.
This apparently was due to fault
in the maps on which the advance
was ordered.
TO make the position safe II was
necessary. after extending the line
on tho right 10 occupy the ground
enormously shown by the map 10
be In possession Of other Americans,
TO attack again ON the left.
More prisoners and machine guns
were taken in this attack The bat
talon was then ordered to withdraw
on the left. leaving the ground To be
taken care OF by artillery Next
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11
BEAUTY QUEENS" WILL BE
CHAMBER GUESTS FRIDAY

The three queens Of the Seattle
Girls Victory carnival, and their six
attendants. will be present at the
Chamber Of Commerce luncheon Fri
day noon. at Masonic club.
Misses Helen Hagonburg. Barbara
Potter and Gertrude Sawyer We're
elected tho prettiest girls I'm Seattle
by committee OF sailors as the re
suit OF a beauty contest In which
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11

more than 800 girls participated.
Misses Ruth Miller, Margaret Cler.
lcus, Martha Dahlstrom. Constance
Hewitt. Frances Gotterdam and Dol.
lie Berger have been appointed ia
dies in waiting" and they also will
be presented with the queens"
All the girls win be seated at the
guests table during the luncheon.
and an address viii be made by Wei
ford Bcaton.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11
INSTALL ENGINES IN
FIRST LAKE VESSEL

The Mcacham 4 Babcock ship
building Co. at Ballard. IL at work
on the steamer Osprey Thursday. in.
staIllng engines and boilers in the
Lake Washington vessel launched
BY the Anderson shlpbuiidlng Co. n,
HouKhton The Osprey was towsd
By two tugs from HouRhton. passing
under the Latonn bridge. and thru
the canal locks late Wednesday Mt.
ernoon. II Is the first large sea 20.
ing vessel constructed on Lake
Washington 10 navigate the canal
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11
WATERFRONT STRIKE
LOOMS IN VANCOUVER

VANCOUVER. r. c.. July IA
tie-up Of every ship and tug running
out OF British Columbia will follow
the marine strike here Monday. I'M
less the government appoints "A com.
mission OF inquiry Saturday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11

morning. however. Il was found that
the Germans had infiltrated and
We're in the rear.
With this advantage the Germans
attempted to attack but were held
and the Germans In the rear were
wiped out seven machine guns be-
ing captured. While the fight was
the llveliest. n company OF engineers
came to the Americans aid and rem.
dered splendid service. The Ger.
mans scarcely ceased Smelling. They
used high explosives, gas shells and
ono FOUNDERS The last named
termed quick dick" by the Ameri.
cans. comes silently and explodes
disastrously.
Airplanes dropping bombs from n
low height contributed to the Ger
man fire.
Two days of-this and the en-.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11
STREET CAR STRIKE IN
VANCOUVER is SETTLED

VANCOUVER b. c.. July ia
long deferred settlement between
street car officials and electricians
out on strike was reached here yes.
terday. when the traction company
agreed 10 the strikers demands
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11

bered that they are filled with rocks,
often the size OF boulders. furnishing
the Germans with natural nests for
their machine guns. and IL adj
vantages offered by fields OF wheat
grown high and dense for machine
gun cmplacements are considered.
some idea will be obtained of what
is meant by we drove the Germans
out and took their guns
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11
NOTHING ELSE LIKE III
SEATTLE

There has never been anything in
Seattle with the INSTANT &C.
ton OF simple buckthorn bark.
glycerinc. etc, as mixed In Adler.i-
ka. ONE SPOONFUL flushes the
ENTIRE bowel tract 40 completely
II relieves ANY CASE sour stom-
ach. gas or constipation and pre-.
vents appendicitis. The INSTANT.
pleasant action of AdlerI-ka sur
prises both doctors and patients.
Bartol Drug Company and Swift
Drug Company.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11
Dispatch From
Lowell Mellett
Wire


WITH THE AMERICANS on
THE MARINE. June 25.-tBy Mail
Passed by the Censor They did 80.
moving down toward Lucy and al
vancing on Belleau wood.
u.ucy Is just west OF the southern
point OF Belleau woodrow the
Boia Dos Americlans-which extends
about n mile and n half northward'
nearly TO the village OF l3ellcau)
Fire From Hip
They combcd the ravlne on the
right OF the road as they went, ana
collected 3G4 prisoners The move
ment was made In n double wave
the first line in sklrmish formations
Tho second in squads carrying grcn.
ades and automatic rifles. The
administers fired from the hip
aomething new for the Germans--
and they fired accurately, as falling
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11
ELECT NEW DIRECTORS

Finances Of tho Merchants Ex
change hrc In excellent shape" &c
cord!ng 20 the report Of Robert G
Iun wednesday New directors were
chosen.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11
Clara Kinball Young
HOUSE OF GLASS
LOCKED OUT GIRLS TELL
HOW W.-U. HANDLED THEM

Alice Geneva MeBcth. Eva Rens
German. Grace Fay German and
yee Startin came 10 Seattle little
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11

II you value your watch. lot
Haynes repair II. Next Liberty
theatre Advertisement.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11

more than one week ago. They came
as pupils 10 the school which the
Western Union Telegraph company
l. operating IN the Bailey building
Monday morning they were locked
ou,''-iobie4s
Before they left waila waila they
were assured that they would not he
part OF the strike trouble in any
way. They we're told that student
employees were being taken so that
more men might be- freed for mill
tary and war service.
when they reached Seattle three
OF the girls were assigned to utilities
work at $50 a month and one 20 the
telephone room. Each took the
place Of a locked out union cmploye
in the hours when they were not In
classes.
Swallowed nj Hotel
They lived ut the Butler hotel In
rooms reserved for the students b.
the telegraph company. Guards who
were armed. according TO the girls
statements marched back and forth
along the runway which is provided
for them across tho roof OF the
Bailey building to the hotel
we were watched every minute. g"
one OF the girls said Tuesday
Women employed by the company
went thru our things IN the hotel
and followed us about to hear what
we had 70 say.
Followed on Outside
when we left the hotel no one
tried 20 stop us. but we were fol.
lowed by company agents who re
ported where We had been.
when we were locked out Mon
day morning there was only one OF
US who had actually Joined the
union. The rest OF us had been to
the Sunday night strike meeting at
the Labor temple and had been to
the union headquarters several
times"
sevcnty.four girls brought from
Oregon, Idaho. California and vari-
Gus parts OF Washington e.. stlll
with the Western Union az students.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-11
ncnuty Sheriff Matt Starwich ar

rested Roswell a. Schrodt and
Charles Adams at Maple VALLEY.
wednesday. asrTny deserters.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-02-23

was that of the stable puppy who
rows he must not be found in the par
Ior. Not thrice in his life had Verman
oeen within the door Of white folks
1ouse, and, above all things, he felt
that it was in soale underlined way
vital to him to get out of white folks
house unobserved and unknown. 1t
was in his very blood to be SUR Of
that.
Further than this point, the proc
esses of Verman's mind became mys
FERROUS to the observer. 1t appears.
however, that he had a definite
IthOugh somewhat primitiye) concep
ton OF the usefulness of disguise and
he must have begun his preparations
before he heard footsteps in the room
outside his closed door.
These footsteps We're Margarets.
Just as Mr.. Schofield's coffee was
brought, and just after Penrod had
been baiiled in another attempt TO
leave the table, Margaret rose and
patted her father impertinently upon
the head.
You can't bully me that way!' she
said. u got home too late to dress,
and I'm going to Il dance. 'Scuse."
And she began her dancing on the
spot, pirouetting herself swiftly from
the room, and was Immediately heard
running up the stairs.
"Penrod /" Mr.. Schofield shouted.
"Sit down! How many times am l
going to tell you? What is the mat
ter with you t%onight?'
Il got to CO. gasped Penrod. Il
got to tell Margaret sumpthing."
"What have you, got to tell herr"
'It's-it's sumpthing l forgot to tell
her.
"Well, it will keep till she comes
downstairs said Mr.. Schofield grimly.
"You sit down till this meal is fin
ished."
Penrod was becoming frantic.
Il got to tell her-it's sumpthing
Sans mother told me to tell her" he
babbled. Didn't she, Sam? You
heard her tell me to tell her; didn't
you, Sam?'
Sam offered prompt confederation,
"Yes, sir; she did. She said for US
both to tell her. L better go, too, L
guess, because she said"
He was interrupted. Startling upon
their ears rang shrek on shrek. Mrs.
,;chofield, recognizing Margaret's voice,
likewise shrieked, and Mr.. Schotield
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-02-23

voice, at first in the distance, then
growing understanding nearer.
"Oh, Ver-er-mani O-o-o-oh, Ver-er-
ma-an !"
1t was the voice of Herman.
"Oo-o-o-o-oh, Ver-er-er-ma-a-a-an"
And then two boys sat stricken at
that cheerful table and ceased to eat.
Recollection awoke with a bang!
'Oh, my!" Sam gasped.
"What's the matter?" said Mr.. Scho-
field. Swallow something the wrong
way, Sam?'
"Ye-es, sir"
cocoon, Ver-er-er-ma-a-anI !"
And now the voice was neal the
windows of the dining room.
whats the matter with your his
father demanded. "Sit down."
ITS Herman-that colored boy lives
in the alley" said Penrod hoarsely.
"I-expect-I think"
"Wel what's the matter?"
81 think his little brothers maybe
got lost, and Sam and l better go help
look
You'll do nothing of the kind" said
Mr.. Schofield sharply. "Sit down and
eat your dinner"
In a palsy, the miserable boy re-
sumed his seat. He and Sam ex-
changed a single dumb glance; then
the eyes of both swung fearfully to
Margaret. Her appearance was n
of Sprightly content, and, from a GER
tain point of view, nothing could have
been more alarming. If she had
opened her closet door without discov-
ering Yerman, that must have been
because Verman was dead and Mar
garet had failed to notice the body.
(Such were the thoughts of Penrod
and Sam.) But she might not have
opened the closet door. And whether
she had or not, Verman must still be
there, alive or dead, for if he had es-
capped he would have gone home, and
their ears would not be ringing with
the sinister and melancholy cry that
now came from the distance, "Oo-o-oh,
Ver-er-ma-an!"
VermaG, in his seclusion, did not
hear that appeal from his brother;
there We're too many walls between
them. But he was becoming impatient
for release, though, all in all, he had
not found the confinement intolerable
or even very irksome. His character
was philosophic, his imagination calm;
no bugaboos came to trouble him.
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After such rigorous events, every
one comprehended hat the game of
bonded prisoner was over, and there
was no suggestion that it should or
might be resumed. The fashion of its
conclusion had been so consummateiy
enjoyed by all parties with the nat
ural exception of Koddy Bitts) that a
renewal would have been tame hence,
the various minds of the company
turned to other matters and became
restless. George Bassett withdre"
first, remembering that if he expected
to be as wonderful as usual, tom0r-
row, in Sunday school, it was time to
prepare himself, though this was NOT
Included in the statement he made al
leging the cause of his departure. Be
ing detained bodily and pressed Ter
explanation, he desperately said that
he had to go home to tease the cook
which had the rakehelly air he Thought
would insure his release, but was not
considered plausible. However, he
was finally allowed to go, and, as hrst
hints of evening We're already COOLING
anu udIhClllS lit jill IN PEI 49,
up, its members setting forth, Wits
Ting, toward their several homes,
though Penrod fingered with Sam. Her
man was the lasl to go from them.
'Well, | got git at stove-wood T
suppuh," he said, rising and stretching
himself. Il got git AT ill soap-boA
wagon, an go on ovuh where's at new
house buil'in' on Secon' street; pick
I'D few shingles an blocks layin
roun'."
He went through the yard toward
the alley, and, at the alley gate, re
membering something, he paused
called to them. The lot was a deep
one, and they were too far away to
catch his meaning. Sam shouted,
Cant hear you,'' and Herman replied,
but still unintelligibly then, upon
Sans repetition of Cant hear you,
Herman waved his arm in farewell,
implying that the matter was OF little
Significance, and vanished. But If they
had understood him, Penrod and Sam
might have considered his inquiry OF
instant Importance, for Herman's last
shout was to ask if either of them had
noticed where Verman went"
Verman and Verman's whereabouts
were, at this hour, of no more con-
Germ to Sam and Penrod than was
the other side of the moon. Thai I'M
fortunate bonded prisoner had been
long since utterly effaced from their
fields of consciousness, and the dark
secret of their Bastille troubled them
not-for the main and simple reason
that they had forgotten it.
They drifted indoors, and found
Sans mothers white cat browsing on
q desk in the library, the which coincl-
dence obviously inspired the expert
ment of ascertaining how successfully
ink could be used in making a clean
white cat look like a coach-dog. There
was neither malice nor mischief in
their idea simply, a problem present
ed Itself to the biological and artistic
questionings beginning to stir within
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there must have been sumpthing kind
of inside of it,"
Mr.. Schofield shook his head slowly,
in marveling admiration.
"Brilliant-oh, brilliant !" he mur-
INJURED, while Mrs. Schofield ran to
support the e%nfeebled form of Mar
garet at the top of the stairs.
In the library, after Mar
garet's departure to her dance, Mr..
and Mrs. SchOield were still discuss
ing the visitation, Penrod having ac-
companied his homeward-bound guest
as far as the front gate.
No; you're wrong" said Mrs. Scho-
field, unfolding a theory, earlier devel-
oped by Margaret, that the animated
behavior of the cape could be salts
factorily explained OF no other ground
than the supernatural. you see, the
boys saying they couldn't remember
what Mrs. Williams wanted them to
tell Margaret, and that probably she
hadn't told them anything to tell her,
because most likely they'd misunder-
stood something she said-well, of
course, all that does sound mixed up
and peculiar, but they sound that way
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-02-23
al Got to Tell Margaret sumpthing."

When the boys closed the door upon
him, he made himself comfortable
upon the floor and, for a time, thought
fully chewed a patent-leather slipper
that had come under his hand,
found the patent leather not unpleas-
ant to his palate, though he swal-
lowed only a portion of what he de-
The soul-fabric of Verman was of a
fortunate weave; he was not a seeker
and q%uestioner. When it happened to
him that he was at rest in a shady
corner, he did not even think about a
place in the sun. Verman took life
as it came.
Naturally, he fell asleep. And to-
ward the conclusion of his slumbers,
he had this singular adventure: a
lady set her foot down within less
than half an inch of his nose-and
neither of them knew it. Verman slept
on, without being awakened by either
the closing or the opening of the door.
What did rouse him was something
ample and soft falling upon him-Mar-
garet's cape, which slid FROM the hook
after she had gone.
Enveloped in it's folds, Verman sat
up, corkscrewing his knuckles into the
corners of his eyes. Slowly he be-
came aware of two important vacuumS
one in time and n in his stomach.
Hours had vanished strangely into no.
where; the game of bonded prisoner
was something cloudy and remote of
the long, long ago, and, although Yer
man knew where he was, he had par
TALLY forgotten how he came there.
He perceived, however, that something
had gone wrong, for he was certain
that he ought not TO be where he found
himself.
White folks house! The fact that
Verman could not lave pronounced
these words rendered them NJ less
clear in his mind; they began to stir
his apprehension, and nothing becomes
more rapidly tumultuous than appre-
hension once it is stirred. That he
might possibly obtain release by max
Ing a noise was too daring a thought
and not even conceived, much less en-
tertained, by the little and humble Yer
man. For, with the bewildering gap
of his slumber between him and pre-
vious events, he did not place the re-
sponsibility for his being IN white
folks house upon the white folks who
had put him there. His state of mind
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-02-23

about half the time, anyhow. No; it
couldn't possibly have had a thing to
do with it. They were right there at
the table with us all the time, and
they anne right straight to the table
the minute they entered the house.
Before that, they'd been over at Sans
all afternoon. So, it couldn't have
been the boys" Mrs. Schofield paused
to ruminate with a little air of pride,
then added: Margaret has often
thought-oh, long before this that
she was a medium. | mean-if she
would let herself. So it wasn't any
thing the boys did"
Mr.. Schofield grunted.
'I1l admit this much,' he said. "rll
admit it wasn't anything We'll ever get
out of en-"
And the remarks of Sam and Pen
rod, taking leave of each other, one
on each side of the gate, appeared to
~corroborate Mr.. Schofield's opinion.
"Well, g'-night, Penrod," Sam said.
1T was a pretty good Saturday, wasn't
it?'
"Fine!" said Penrod casually.
"G'-night, SAM"