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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-24

AMSTERDAM. Sept 2i.-Dr. Carl
Won Helffrich. who succeeded the
late Count Won Mirbach rs German
TO Russia. has resigned.
TO information today.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31
Your Ticket.

On the first day of your vacation when you are
negotiating with the United States railroad ticket
seller for a piece of pasteboard emitting you to
ride to lake or mountain other vacation play
ground you will be asked to pay more than you
did last year to 60 to the same place. The cost
per mile will be I cent higher, or at excursion
rates. about 20 per cent than your 1917 ticket
Don't jump at the conclusion that this is due to
government operation and would not have hap
pened had the roads remained in the hands OF
private corporations. In the latter case increased
rates would have been necessary or bankruptcy
would have followed Railroad fnanciers knew
that when they turned their roads over to Uncle
Sam.
Increased cost of all raw material, particularly
iron products and coal;
Increased wages to 100000 railway employees,
so per cent of whom never got more than 5000 a
year under private operation;
Lowering of rate for transportation OF Ameri-
can soldiers to I cent mile.
OF these reasons the first and third will disap-
pear with the war, and the second will be wiped
out by the increased efficiency of employees hon
cstly paid for their effort.
In the meantime keep our vacation
travel cost down to normal or even lower level by
choosing a playground nearer home Instead OF a
Seeing America" jaunt we may partake OF See
ing Washington" expedition. This may we'll include
excursions into delightful and scenic won
ders right at our elbows and which we have never
visited. \ vacation spent on nearby farm costs
little in railroad fare and is productive OF valuable
results in health and food
The high cost OF vacation trip tickets will per-
suadc us to become better acquainted with tolk
nearer home, and they're every bit as interesting
as those living thousand miles farther.
Try it this year and let United States railroad
steam haul your weight in war supplies.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31
Mere Talk Is Nothing.

animals have every OF the five human
Senses but cannot talkI Why should they be sub
icctcd to unbearabc torturcs because OF one omis-
sion that would practically make them human
So asserts the New York Antivivisection Society.
Leaving behind the subject OF vivisection let us
proceed to pick other flaws in the statement.
Ntogcthcr too much emphasis has been placed
upon talk The world has known uncountablc
numbers OF human beings unable to talk and who
have lived lives upon a plane far higher than that
of animals. Higher, indeed, than any animal could
achieve even though it were gifted with the clo-
qucnt tongue OF a DcmosthCncs!
The greatest works OF human beings rarely have
been expressed in words. They stand in pictures,
books, buildings, bridges, railroads, and all the
thousand and one accomplishments OF the super
mind MI OF the spoken words OF yesterday arc
gone with the winds that blew them, while the
silent tongue that spoke in deeds reaches to the
farthcrmost parts OF the earth.
No. the ability talk is not the dividing line
between the human being and the animal. Between
the two yawns the vast ocean OF human brain and
human soul, across which none OF our friends OF
the lower kingdom will sail though they de-
ycop the most extraordinary conversational powers
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31
MRS. A. G. Vanderbilt
To We'd RAY BAKER
Capital Pleasantly Surprised at An
nouncement of June Wedding.

Announcement OF the approaching
marriage OF Ray Baker. director Of
the mint. to Mrs. Alfred G. Wander
bilt, daughter Of Capt. !. +. Emerson,
Baltimore millionaire. yesterday took
the Capital by surprise. Mrs. Wander
bilt, twice-wedded. has been devotlng
herself TO war service and chaTlty
since the death Of Mrs. Vanderbilt on
the Lusitania three years ago.
Senator Key Pittman will be the
best man at the wedding, which will
take place early in June at Hom.-
wood" the country place OF the bride
at Lenox. Mass. The ceremony will
be attended by a few friends of the
two families, among them being Sec
retary OF the Treasury McAdoo. Jo-
seph p. Tumulty. the Presidents sec
retary, and Admiral Grayson, the
Presidents aide.
Mr.. Baker lie extremely popular in
Washington. He was born in Oak
land, Cal. and since coming 20 the
Capital has won high repute FOR per-
sonality as well as efficiency in the
discharge OF his official duties.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31
BEEF And PORK
In BRITAIN now
LESS SCARCE
Workman S Diet More Solid
Thanks to Help Of
America.

The British workmen Is again getting
all that the government rationing
permits, owing TO the great guam
titles OF beef and pork products
shipped to England by the United
States in the last two months.
In April. 35s,o5s,o0O pounds Of
beef and pork products were ex-
ported, as compared with isI, ,oO6,-
900 pounds in April OF last year
and 100000 pounds in April Of
1914. before the war began. The
total exports OF meat products last
April were 22O per cent Of the ex-
ports of the same month last year,
and $40 per cent OF those in April.
1919
The British Ministry Of. Food
cables to the United States Food
AdmiRistration. il was announced
last night. that:
Thanks to the splendid response
from America, the shortage that
threatened in beef and bacon is now
no longer as serious as IL has been
during recent weeks. and the meat
ration. which was reduced, from the
workingman's point OF view. almost
to the vanishing point. has now
been restored TO the normal amount
under the compulsory rationing
system.
Supplies Of butter and cheese.
however. are still inadequate. but
II is hoped the imports from Ameri-
ca will remove anxiety"
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31
must abide by the decision reached
by the lawmakers.

by the lawmakers.
Russia continues to be the one
spoiled child of the heur-the one
tough problem which fails to per-
nit a solution or allow real head
way in the great march Of events.
The best thought the President
could give has been centered on
Russia. The President has not only
heard the Russian side presented
to him by his intimate friends and
the members OF the Root commits
sion. but he has gathered much in
formation from private citizens
who have visited the country since
the war began in 1914, and whose
ability at analysis OF situations is
much more than ordinary. Yet.
with all this vast fund of informa- =
tion the President finds he is un-
able to keep up with the sporadic
changes from time TO time in the
vast land.
Just what will come from it all
no one can predict. because unfor-
tunately there is nothing on which
one can hang the slightest thread
OF dependence. The Russians have
given Germany some slight hope in
laying down arms, but they still
lack a great deal of entirely sue
Cumbing to the Teutonic advances.
The victory at this moment is in
Germany favor. so far as Russia is
concerned, but the Germans them
selves would feel a great deal easier
il they thought it would remain
that way during the coming year
of general hostilities.
THE OBSERVER.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31
pilgrimage To
SIERRA POETS Cabin
California State Association to
Honor Joaquin Miller.

The annual pilgrimage to the cabin
Of Joaquin Miller. the poet Of the
Sierras. will be made BY the CALI
fornia State Association Sunday sf-
ternoon. The Miller cabin is situated
in Rock Creek Park on the beach
driveway close TO the Sixteenth street
entrance OF the park. II was origin
ally erected by the poet on Meridian
Hill Sixteenth street. and was moved
to its present location by the associa-
ton and dedicated and presented 10
the United states six years ago.
Literary exercises will he conducted
at the cabin. beginning at 5.so o'clock
Sunday afternoon. Introductory Te-
marks will be made by Representative
John ]. Nolan OF California. Senator
John d. Phelan, Senator Hiram john
son and Representative Julius Kahn.
Recitations from MiIler's writings will
he delivered by Mrs. Helen 5. Rapley
and Michael F. O'DonoEhue. 4 COM
mittee composed OF the following
Cslifornians will have charge Of the
pilgrimage:
Harry F. Ashton, chairman: T. P.
Maitland. Helen :. Rapley, John Tay-
lor Waldorf. NJ. F. O'Dononghue. Ma
rie II. smith, c. T. VoEel. Guy W.
McCord, Thos. F. Flaherty. John 1.
Nolan
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31
The New Revenue Bill.

To get back to the tax business that Congress
Secretary McAdoo, and the rest OF them have been
pulling and hauling about so much latcly-HOw
about it. What kind OF new tax do the people
want: This without regard TO what MCAdoo,
Claude Kitchin, or anyone else in Washington may
want.
The people want tax bill, and mistake.
1t has been plain from the start that enormous
excess profits taxes. so-callcd hitting the little
stockholdcr and the big stockholdcr alike, were
bound to fail. 1t has been plain that they only
pcnalizcd efficiency and initiative in business with
out gaining their one objective, C., without putting
the main where it bclongs-on individuals who
can best afford to bear it.
The proper Kind OF schcdule-thc kind the
country looks to Congress for this timc--iS ono
that will work on the principle of the graduated
personal income tax solely and exclusively OF
course there will have to be some sort OF a safe
guard TO catch the Stacker who says: "I just pile
up those profits inside the corporation in the form
OF cash something, ior the time being"
This safeguard may again be called an "exccss
profits" tax. But it will have to draw the line
sharply and distinctly between the man who owns
81 per cent OF those piled up profits and the man
who owns only the right to per cent of them.
Then there must be provision to hit purely war
proits"-the difference between what given corpo-
ration makes this year, under war conditions and
what it made several years ago, before the war
was thought Of This kind OF profit is mighty un-
popular
The Congressman who can go before the peo-
pie and show that his thought along these lines is
gesred up with their thought is the man who is
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31
The Mistake of Perkins.

Speaking at dinner Senator William B. King,
OF Utah. referred to the little mistakes that one is
liable to make and told the following story:
Some time ago Perkins had private telephone
installed between his place OF business and his
home Even as he was trying it out for tho
FIRST time business friend from adjacent town
entered the office.
Clad TO see you, old boy" cffusvcly greeted
Perkins "When did you break in? You must go
home with Tor dinner. l will call up my wife
and tell her You are coming This is a private
phone I have just had put in. One OF the best
ever stacked up against Clear and distinct a
bell
Mary, dear" continued Perkins. speaking
the new Instrument my old friend Smith is coming
home with me Tor dinner" Now then old man."
said he quickly turning to Smith and handing him
the phone, lust put your car TO the receiver and
listen to its wonderful dstinctness."
as that so:". the startling response that the
intended guest heard "Wcll just ask your old
friend Smith il he thinks we run hotel:"-Phila-
dclphia Evening Telegraph.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31
Eat SausrLraut, Begs
Hoover; It's Dutch, Not
German, Withal, He Says

The Food Administration corrects
Q libel; Il was all q mistake. sauer-
kraut is not German at all; It is
Dutch, Just like tulips.
And the Food Administration will
protect IL from patriotic, but mis-
informed zealots who traduce the
sour barrel Wand ss q Hunish per-
petration on an otherwise culinarily
happy. world. The Administration
comes out boldly:
mo matter by what name IL may
be known, sauerkraut is q valuA BILE
food, and its use should not be cur
tailed as q result OF oversealous
and ill-advised patriots"
These canards against cabbage
because of its evil associations with
wienerwursts and specknachen
may be the first subtility OF German
plotting. an insidious and specious
campaign to deprive Holland OF an
obscured fame and America OF a
way to prepare cabbage that would
go bad anyway, for the statement
says there has been q strong prop
aganda." Limberger is not men
toned.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31
True Love at First Sight.

Miss Rosalcc and Josephine
Are ladies we have met
Oh, don't get jealous; they just mean,
In Fransay, bayonet
Now spiked peashooters, they may do
For the doughboys' welded wives,
But the wagons soldiers are true blue
To the pretty seventy-hves.
For us the rest are also-rans,
Charlotte is the only one, a
And her other name is Swosontcans,
And, lord! how she hates the Hun!
zH, r Raakhage, in Lssli!
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31
New Swindle Scheme.

st. Louis. No. May 3O-John Thorn
as. OF Sokomis, Ill. came here for
medical treatment. He went TO the
office of a physician" He does not
recall the address. The doctor di-
agnosed the case as stomach trouble
and Thomas was put 10 bed at the
Morgan Hotel. A wet cloth was
placed over his eyes and when he re-
moved the cloth FIVE minutes later his
purse, containing S42. and the physi-
clan were missing.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31
RED STAR SOCIETY
PRAISED BY BAKER

The efforts OF the Red Star Society
for the relief of animals in the war
zones were warmly praised by secrc-
tary of War Baker in an interview at
the War Department with Mrs. Anita
the Los Angeles branch OF the or
the Los Rngeles branch of the or
ganiZation.
Secretary Baker personally thanked
Mrs. Baldwin for the work she has
done TO assure humane treatment for
the horses and other animals at Camp
Kerney and for supplying her own
veterinarian on numerous occasions
for the camp at Arcadia.
A conference has been arranged for
tomorrow with Surgeon General Cor
gas.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31
Placed Paddock Free;
Is to Receive $4,000
As Reward, Will Says

New .ork, May 30.-The most valu-
able paddock in the country found its
way to public attention yesterday
when Charles Hillyar. a collector en-
ployed by n Newark real estate agent.
found himself a beneficiary Under The
will Of Miss Emmeline Mclaughlin to
the extent of 5000.
Hillyar once placed a paddock on the
door of house belonging 10 the tes-
tatrix and received 5000 because he
did the kindly act without charge. His
present address is unknown.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31

going to have their confidence. The same Con-
gresham, trying to protect the big incomes-not
corporate incomes, necessarily but the divided or
undivided personal spending funds Of few million
aires-is apt to be out of the running. Or he Is
apt to be likewise out of the running If the folks
back home get the notion that he hasn't been
thinking about working at this problem at all.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31
Make Boche March to
Tune Of Yankee Doodle

Hazelton. Pa. May O.-Leon Beam.
OF West Hazelton. writes from France
that he and his comrades march
German prisoners to the rear 10 the
strains Of Yankee Doodle" and that
the Teutons seem TO like Il.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31
ALINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR
BY John Kendrick Bangs.
FAREWELL TO MAY.

FAREWELL TO MAY.
You are leaving US today.
Gentle May.
You are going as you should
Into regions fair and good
With your loving laureIs won
There to rest. your duties done.
Till another call you hear
To resume your work of cheer.
But no tear shall dim mine eye
AS I whisper my good-by.
For no matter where you are
I shall feel you from afar
Since you hold my heart for aye.
Gentle May.
Copyright, isn.)
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31

New Englands labor problem
recently became so serious that
one of the largest shoe manufac-
turing concerns advertised for
women with babies or small chill
dren who are experienced shoe
stitchers
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31
Barge Alloy!

New York has just sent its first freight to Bull
ialo over the new $I55,ooo,ooo barge canal, and
practical utilization OF the great inland waterway IS
assured The estimated capacity of the canal is
100000 tons OF freight annually, the equivalent OF
100000 carloads
Without doubt the barge canal will be OF great
assistance in getting wartime freight from Lake
Erie to the scaboard, and so, too, the strain on
railroads in other parts OF the country would be
corrcspondingly lcsscncd ii inland waterways
program had been halted years ago by the
selfish greed OF railroad owners.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31

"Grcatcst army ever transported overseas by any
country in the history OF the world" is Americas
trst-ycar-n-war record Which will only be beaten
BY Americas second -ycar-n-war.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31

"Thcrcs shortage OF June bridcgrooms, walls
a matrimonial statistician. All because there's a
bumper crop OF heroes headed toward France.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31

Uncle Sam, please read Great Britain, Canada
and Australia already preparing land oppor-
tuntcs within their borders for returning soldiers
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31

No doubt the Kaiser will appreciate any assist
ancc lobbyists in Washington may render him in
defeating the Presidents war profits tax program.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-31

Every american loss "ovcr there" should call
ior greater American effort here.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-29
TO Erase Dollar Sign In Baseball.

rUnited Press Leased Wire serTicsI
CHICAGO. Jan. 2s.-Major leasus
rfaxnasss are weary OF high .ir.Sea
IN baseball. :. ~ .ee::e- are lA..,s--1sls
form but are At logger heads owe,
the solution OF the vexed problem. Il,
viii BIO brought up at the National
league meeting in New Fork Feb
ruary II and possibly At the Amerl
can league conference also.
The agitation has como TO q head
over the $4,000 alleged offer TO,
Roger Hprnsby by President Weegh,
man, OF tho Cubs. AL parties con-
cerned claimed that they were hi
1ured in their respective pocketbooks
after tho deal failed to 20 through.
They reached the same conclusloa
after tho war time trades between
Boston and the Athletics and Chicago
and Philadelphia The owners havs
discovered that the thousands Of DOH
lars involved, instead OF yielding SUBJ
stantjal returns ct the gate. are like
ly to have the opposite effect.
II IL now proposed TO prohibit al
deals In the future where large sum]
OF money figure and contine thd
market to out-and-ont trades. It i
recoeussed that the switching Of tall
emit hom ono club to the other 4
NECESSARY for the life Of the game
but 1t the Same time they have be-
como alive to tho need OF erasins tad
dollar sign from the deals.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-29
Commercial Basket
Ball League
standing Of Teams

Owing to the suspension Of all hor,,
gymnasioum classes at the .'Yn' Il I'm
be possible for the basketball Learn.
to get the floor half An hour ssr,,,
than usual and therefore until m.
quarantine Is lifted prohibiting schoo,
boys from public places tho leaSrs
games viii be called at 7:45 and AL,
instead Of S:1b and 800. respecttv.ly
The race IL becoming quits ints,
esting in this league and this sye,.
ing the two top-notchers clash for ~.
FIRST time, at TAB tho K. BIS Will nav
Irwfn-Phillipe. This game promhe.
to be an interesting curtain raiser IA
the $3.50 game when NJ. r. P. Co, WIN
battle with tho Railroaderv foe Tia
cellar position.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-29
Trapped by Postal Inspectors.


Tunited Press Leased Wire Service.l
DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 29.-John
Sluraski, an Austrian, was arrested
today by postoffice inspectors. Soon
after, he confessed, said the author
tiles, that he had written a threaten
ing letter to Henry Ford, demanding
SIC, 900. The letter was said to threat
en- both Ford and his son with death
IL the money was not forthcoming
within thirty days.
When arraigned before j. Stanley,
Hurd, U. S. commissioner, Sluraski
stated he was alone in the plan, al
though he signed his demand by the
Association Black Hand"
He was held for the grand jury
under bail OF $1,000.
Slurash is twenty-five years old
and single A few years ago, he
says, he worked in the Ford factory
In his room was found typewriter
on which the note to Ford was said
to have been written
Ford received the note on January
25. Sluraski was caught by means Oh
decoy package.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-29
pemp.sy 10 sxtele Morris.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Jan 29.-Jaok Dempse!
is to do battle with Carl Morris again
They are to 60 ton rounds befor
Charley Murray's Queansberry clu
in Buffalo, N. T.. Monday might
Kearps closed tho present match owe
the long distance telephone. Dem7
sew defegted Morris In a four roun
hattie ON the coast = short time bsc
and firmly believes no VIII knock h
bi~ fellow out thke ttmA
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-29
Iowa W. Purdue.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
IOWA CITY, Iowa Jan. 2s.-loT
won tts first conference oasketo1
game Of the season by defeating ~
due, SO to 10. The first half enas'
Iowa, 10; Purdue. 8. \
The Hawkeefes' victory was y
to fast floor work and exceptions
fine basket shooting. Captain W
Lackum and Olson were stars wy
Church excelling for the visitors
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-29

Henry county. care insane. S1.52
County road fund, land for
l. S. Saltzgaver, Jr-, bounty
ground hog ...--......-. 20
L. Brodsky. z sheep killed.. 5000
Henry G. Weirather, services
B. Of r.. JAG o. S-......... Is 90
VIII d. Turner. same. 800
Mississippi River Power Co,
refund taxes per decree OF
court $780, II
On motion the report of Ed. @.
Vaughan, deputy county recorder, for
the year ending Dec. 81, 1917, WAS
approved and ordered filed.
On motion the board adjourned to
meet Jan %, 1918, at 8 o'clock a. N.
Township Road Reports
Township road reports showing dis
bursements for road purposes In the
various townships. of which the fol-
lowing Is a synopsis:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-29
Baseball and Rowing for narvt.
prasa leased Wire Sel'W

[ Un1CeU fTeSb hc1ooU %
NEW HAVEN, Conn, jan :.
Baseball and rowing may come v
to Yale for the duration OF .ns
but the stand on the remaihue'
the athletic curriculum Will y. ,.,
cidedly informal, 1t was Serr-
here today by Prof. H. Z. Io y,
head of the athletic council VI
university. ,oheh
Efforts are being made 70 soA' u
rowing and baseball contests
Harvard and Princeton. me!
the only contests being consiu''s
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-29
o'Mara Joins Army.

limited Press Leased Wire seF'N
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-The sev ,.,
member of the Brooklyn Nauo,
league club to join the nauU
armed forces Is in the navy toea;
the person Of Ollie OMara, lnneu
O'Mara has been with the pous
off and on for several years.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-29
- ,nx.xtioate His Past

rI1uited Press Leased Wire S ,s,,;s,
PARIS, Jan. 29.-Formei nreat
Of the Interior Malvy's con ar ID
with the Bo1a Pasha and o,ne
dals is to be investigated y. n
Elementary inquiry, accorola asv D
cision of the high court tooS'
such a probe Is competent
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-29
w7iIIax,s 70 Manaos Red soI

rUnited Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, jan 29.-That ChaTle
G. williams viii be connected vii
the Boston Red Sox as business maj
ager waA admitted by the forme
secretary Of the Cubs today.
Mr.. williams said he had been u
gotiatinE with the Boston club an
he hoped to close the deal soon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-29
LET'S BE up to Date.

Minneapolis Journal: A new edition
of postage stamps is under consider
alton. What would be the matter
with a picture OF Susan B. Anthony
upon them?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-29
Madison Square to Be Musscd

Madison Square 70 30 musseo ~
limited Press Leased Wire Servo
NEW YORK, Jan. 2s.-Madls
Square Garden will be all mussea
tonight. -Four wrestlers are sen .,
uled to twist each other Jonn =, "
will meet Zbyszko, and fussll ~
sane is down on the cards for g "
with Joe Stecher. famed owner
the body scissors.