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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08
Open as Usual

The Bon Marche Tea Room, Mems Grill and Lunch Coun-
tiers being maintained at their usual excellent stand
ard. The same moderate prices prevail.
Tea Room and Mems Grill-Sxth Floor
Lunch Counter-Fourth Floor
Lunch-Lower Main Floor
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08
SLATE YANKs FOR HOME

WASHINGTON. Feb. s.--Ths war
announced the following
organizations as designated to ear.
Iy convoy: The 10Th. goth and 2ssth
aero squadrons: Signal Corps Cas-.
uai company fs3. base hospitals
Nos. and -. ss,h Balloon company
and 32sth Bakery company.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08
Small Nations Get
Two Delegates on
League Commission
ny FRED 5. FERGU son

Omitted Press Correspondent
PARIS. Fch. T.--aDelayed THE
initial governing body OF the league
81 nations will he an executive COM
msttee OF seven-one representative
for each OF the five great powers
Rnd two for the smaller countries
1. was learned from a reliable source
today.
This agreement l. said TO have
hwen contained Ia one Of the y ar.
tlciex OF the constitution. half OF
which are accepted by the special
committee on the league OF nations
II would indicate that the minor
powers lost their contention for
larger representation on tho execa'
tive committee.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08
Maru Goes to B. C..
to Discharge Cargo

VICTORIA. u. c.. Feb. s--The
D. 3. X. liner Arabia Maru. Capt. Ha'
madA. arrived here today. IA days out
from Yokohama. She had a cargo
a. over 5000 tons for Seattle and
Tacoma. hut there Is a possibility
shss she win Be- sent to Vancouver
to dtscharwc the whole cargo. owing
% the strike nj Seattle.
The Arabia Maru s the frs; OF a
1eet OF 81 Japanese and seven
Chinese ships that are routed thru to
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08
THE Bon MARCHE
EDISON'S ONE TIME PARTNER
NOW HAS BIG GERMAN PLANT

his payroll. His immense electrical
plant devoted itself almost entirely
to making war materials during the
war.
Before the war his skilled mechan-
les earned an average OF IL marks,
or 50 day. as against 20 marks. or
IS a day now.
My shop in dominated entirely by
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08

BEI.I.BOY LEFT ESTATE

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Feb. s.
William span,on. a bollboy who died
recently from influenza. leaves an
estate OF more than $4,000. accord
ing TO Tommy West. the head bell.
hoy. who was with Spanton when
he died. spanton was the oldest en-
ploye in the beiihoy department
spanton's estate is the result of his
earnings In tips.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08

Especial TO The Star by ~. r. A.
BERLIN. Feb. s.-slgmund BERG.
mann. who. with Thomas A. Edison.
was one Of the founders OF the Gen.
erai Electric Company In America.
and who was a partner Of Edison for
many years. In now one OF the
largest Individual employers Of labor
in Berlin. having 10000 persons on
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08

the councils of workmen. and l han
little or nothing to say since the n
olution." he says. They fix the
own wages and hours. and ! asFJ
to them. Better that than have Tho
seize the plant entirely and thro
me out, ms has been done In Rusu(
When their demands get too exOe(
,ant and ! can't run any longer. y
either close up the plant or turn
over TO them. so they can convtnl
themselves that I'm OF some acco0
around the place"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08
BREMEN IS NOW
UNDER CONTROL

BERLIN. Feb. g. delayed -
Casualties In tho fighting between
spar,acans and government troops
in Bremen yesterday were heavy.
according to reports here today
Many buildings were badly damaged
BY artillery. Most Of tn- Spartacan
leaders are said TO have escaped
Tn. government has obtained com.
piete control Of the city.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08
Verdict Given by
Coroncr's Jury

Raymond Ox.rom. taxicab driver.
Murdered January 81 near Auburn.
~came to his death as the result
a. : gunshot wound inflicted by per
sons unknown. whose motive prob
ably was robbery" according to the
cpruner's jury Thursday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08

COPENHAGEN. Fob. Ship
yard workers IN kiei have struck to
prevent foodstuffs reaching govern
usnt authorities. accor Inns TO dis.
patches here today.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-17
WEST DANVILLE

Mrs. Jennie Allsopp, who has been
visiting her mother, Mrs. Albert Dan
iels, has gone to New York.
Mrs. Sidney Harding and little son
of Fairfax are visiting her father
Oliver McCosco.
Mrs. j. E. Parker spent a few
days last week at North Danville.
Roy Dryer of Berlin, N. H., has
been visiting his father, Clarence
Dryer.
Miss Mary Aver came home Mon
day and is working at C. C. Earring
toms.
Quite a number from here attend
ed the Milk Association meeting.
Mrs. George Kittredge, who has
been spending several weeks at Eu-
gene Kittredge's, at Walden, came
home Sunday.
Mrs. Alberta Tillason has gone
back to her school at Passumpsic.
Mrs. E. F. Aver spent Tuesday at
ST. Johnsbury.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-17
MEXICO HIT BY FLU
Most Fatal Epidemic in History
of Country.
Shortage of Necessary Drugs One of
Reasons for Heavy Death
Rate,

Laredo, Tex.-Aeeording to reliable
information brought here by arrivals
from various portions of Mexico, the
present epidemic: of Spanish influenza
in that country has been the most IA
tai epidemic in the history of Mexico,
the death rate exceeding that caused
by any previous epidemic of typhus,
yellow fever or smallpox. The under
takers of Mexico were caught in the
influenza epidemic without practically
any supply of collins or caskets on
hand, and even the old custom of rent
ing caskets for burial purposes only,
after which the body is removed at
the grave and placed in pine box,
had to be abandoned, as some of the
Weather class were buried in caskets
that were formerly used for rental pur-
poses only.
In Mexico City it is estimated that
at least 10000 cases of influenza were
in that city the middle of October,
many cases developing into pneumonia
and causing several thousand deaths.
these latter being mostly among the
poor people who contracted the disease
and were compelled TO lie down on
the dirt floors of their jaekals and
there contracted pneumonia and died.
A big death rate also occurred among
the better class, despite the care CIV.
en- them. In Guadalajara, Guanajuate.
Torreon, Tampico, Saltillo and Mon.
terey the number of cases of influenza
were heavy, while the death rate was
likewise heavy. In Vera Cruz over
one-third of those stricken with the in
fuenza are said to have succumbed to
subsequent pneumonia. In many
places the heavy death rate in Mexico
was due to the shortage of aspirin,
quinine and other necessary drugs used
In the cure of influenza.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-17

England has gone back to the time
of William the Conqueror The cur
few which provides that all public
places be closed at 1870 at night, is
the first to be enforced since 100.
The curfew was used for the first
time in England as military measure
to prevent the civilian population
from roaming around at night and at
lacking troops.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-17

Mrs. John @. Shumway, a sister of
Judge E. L. Waterman of Brattle-
boro, died at her home in Jamica Jan.
II, of heart trouble. When she re-
tired she seemed in her usual health.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-17

George Stephenson's engine, "ras
Rocket" weighed four and a half tons,
while modern engine weighs as much
as 100 tons.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-17

"Sweethearts," Colonial, Jan. IT.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-05-08
RECORD LOST IN ANTIQUITY
Windmills Probably in Use Since First
mankind Acquired Power of
Cohesive Thought.

When first Aeolus set the sails or
windmills in motion is not known. but
there were mills in Europe when
Caedmon sang of the dawn and doom
of the world in the monastery on the
wild coast of Britain. There is some
thing fantastic and inhumanly large
about the great rotating arms, which
Pantagruel beheld the giant devouring
all the brass pots and pans of the
Tohu Bohu islands for lack of wind
mills, his customary fare; and on the
other side of the Pyrenees the Knight
of SOrrOWful COuntenance, beholding
those 80 or 40 giants of the plain of
Montiel, recommended himself to Dull.
cinea and charged, with what conse-
quences to himself and Rosinante all
the world knows. Unfortunately for
Don Quixote the windmills of La
Mancha have sails which nearly
sweep the ground.
AS if every mill must have it's
quaint story, the one which used
to stand on the Thames side, at Bat
tersea, was said to have been original
~ the packing case in which the en-
peror of Russia intended to carry off
Battersea church to his own country.
Battersea refused to part with it's
church and the packing case remained
where it had been deposited. On that
small section of the coast of Holland
) between Amsterdam and Zaandam
mills are to be counted by the hum
dred, gayly painted mills, as is the
fashion with the Dutch, though the
white mills of the softly gray East
Anglican coast are not unknown. A
landmark in the country is the great
white mill outside Bergen op Zoom
on the road to Tholen. Painters have
not failed to record their sense of the
poetry of windmills in landscape.
Daubigny painted mills at work in
windy sky with running water in the
foreground. Old Crome's white wind
mill against gray sky is one af the
worlds famous pictures, while Bran
gwyn has glorious engraving of a
windmill in full motion in a glowing
midday sun in his book dedicated to
Belgium Christian Science Monitor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-05-08
Hybrid Hens Must Go.

The ordinary hybrid hen must 60
and standard breeds be substituted in
order that the best results in egg pro-
duction be attained.
A Minnesota poultryman, in touch
with the poultry specialists at univer-
sity farm, is finishing his years work
with flock Of 262 hens, with an av-
erage egg production for period of
IL months of more then ITO eggs. The
average farm flock in this state pro-
duces about " eggs per hen. An aver
age of at least 100 eggs per hen
should be striven for. This would
mean an additional income from the
ordinary flock of $84 a year. STAN
dard bred poultry, given little at
tention, will give these results.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-05-08
They Scorn the Telephone.

1t was a sort of apprehension which
made people 50 slow in adopting the
universal and houshold use of the tele-
phone. The invention came in about
the year 1877. 1t was a queer little
'lnstrument then, but it could do prac-
tica1ty everything that it does now.
The voice came for many miles over
the wire, and that voice was personal,
recognizable, intimate, just as it is
today. The form of communication
WAS an achieved fact in 1877. 1t soon
became quite common in business
offices. But not in private houses. A
household telephone was the exception
up to the ZOOS. If you had one, people
used to come in the middle of the night
from a distance of two or three blocks
away and ring your doorbell, and
alphabetically ask the privilege of
calling the doctor-a privilege which
was, of course, always granted 1t
was not, indeed, until we'll into the
century that the household use of tele-
phones became practically universal.
Even now there are some people,
perfectly able to afford dozen tele-
phones, who won't have one in the
house. They are, however, very rare.
They make themselves a solitude and
call it peace. And perhaps that is
what it is.-Boston Transcript.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-05-08
"America First"

In this world all nations are striv-
ing for supremacy. Each wants to be
first, to outrank the others and to put
something over on the others in the
easiest way possible for itself. Let
us face the facts rather than cherish
delusions to our own undoing; there is
less idealism among governments than
among individuals.
The man who does not see this ele-
mentary truth is either blind fool or
an arrant knave. The man who does
not take account Of it in his dealings
is bound to be made a fool of. For
us Americans let the word be "Ameri-
ca First" Any nation that takes Of
Tense at it is no friend of ours nor of
the truth that is in US.
Other nations may not let us know
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-05-08

how much they want to be first. It is
diplomacy to get what you want while
the other fellow sleeps. But are we
sleeping while someone else is en-
gagged in the manly art Of "watchful
waiting?"
Americans will watch till death for
Americas sake. They are not ignor-
ent of the elements of human nature.
The nations show only too well that
they have not suffered change Of
heart. The diplomats want all they
can get for nothing and when given
an inch they will take an ell. The
leopard does not change his spots
though men may be simple enough to
call spots something else.
Any man who tries to tie the hands
of America and to limit it's liberties
and possibilities is untrue to America.
The higher his office the greater the
error or wrong he has committed and
the more severe should be his punish
ment at the hands of all true Ameri-
cans.
Now more than ever is there need
of that eternal vigilance which is the
price of liberty. We want no hyphens
or hyphenates. Again and again for
ever, "America First."-W. S. Irwin.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-05-08

right, Though, and could a.
knowledge that she was in the wrong.
Her welcome would be pleasant one
she felt sure of 1T. As the car drew
near the camp she pictured what a
fine time Gerald was Neutrality-suspicious.
parades before applauding admiring
people, dances, parties, receptions in
his honor and in honor of the uniform
he wore. Oh, it was wonderful. she
knew 1t was.
Leonore held her head very high as
the guard escorted her to where Pri-
vate Gerald Montgomery could be
found. She felt sure she would find
him partaking of afternoon tea with
some Of those Red Cross girls, and
smiled at the thought of the envy they
would feel when they saw him kiss
her.
"A lady to see Private Montgomery"
called out the sentinel
"Why Leonore." It was Gerald, but
very different looking Gerald than
Leonore had expected. He was in a
very untidy looking uniform and his
sleeves were rolled away up, display
ing red arms and hands. In one hand
was a knife and In the other he
grasped potato, half peeled.
"Come right over here" Gerald said
reassuringly, for he could see that
Leonore was confused. AS in dream
she followed him over to where he
had been sitting on box peeling pOta-
toes. A half bagful was before him
and large pan of peeled ones were
by his side.
Il am on fatigue duty" he ex-
planned. Gee! it's great fun. Why,
today I scrubbed out the cook house,
chopped wood and helped make bread.
Isn't it great joke? Think of me,
an ex-banker, doing such work Why,
six months ago l would have scoffed
at such thing. But do you know,
Leonore, I see things differently. In
times like these we have to do real
things to help set the world right. no
matter whether it's work we have been
accustomed to or not. I see all your
arguments now about the hospital, and
do you know, little girl, think it is
wonderful-your going there? If one
only sets his mind to it, big tasks be-
come awfully small and lots of fun.
When are you going back?"
Tomorrow" she laughed gayly.
"And, do you know, I think it's Won
derful of me, too.'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-05-08
A Pact With Old Nick.

Edwin Fisher, who died last Sunday
night in St. Paul at the age. of 104
years, claimed to have entered into a
pact with the devil.
He was born in Vermont, April II,
1915. At the age of ten he met the
devil in the shape of superhuman,
he used to say in telling the story.
It was after a revival meeting in an
old Vermont church that Fisher met
Old Nick. He declared the devil
asked him what he wanted most and
for answer he said he wanted to live
to be 100 years old.
On his Tooth birthday Fisher de-
clared he had a dream in which the
devil approached him and asked if
he were ready to fulfill his promise.
For answer, Fisher said he replied,
EYES,"
He was ready for death at any
moment and has said for some time
that he would much prefer hell to
heaven, for he believed hades to be
place of progress, and that those
people who reach heaven will have
reached state of mental perfection.
But the question still remains-has
this old man gone to the depths of
darkness to perform the mission for
which he has been preparing?
Fisher never attended a school, but
through study he had made himself
acquainted with the best of literature
and philosophy. He was able to re-
peat lengthy quotations from Shake
speare, Shelley, Chaucer and other
authors.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-05-08
School Report.

The pupils attending school every
day in Poplar grove school, district 8,
for the seventh month, ending May g,
are as follows: Ernest Gems, Arnold
Gems, Esther Gerth, Raymond Gerth,
Theodore Hoeft, Ella Hoeft, George
Kornmann, Lillian Prahl, Edward
Rosen, Edna Rosen, Albert Rosen,
Willie Rosen and Alfred Rosen.
Willie Rick, Ida Rick, Ella Hoeft
and George Kornmann received the
four months perfect certificates of at
tendance issued by the county super
intendent.
Edward Rosen, Arnold Gems, Willie
Rick, Julius Kornmann, Edna Rosen,
Lillian Prahl, Gehardt Strauch, Martha
Strauch, Olga Hamann and Ernest
Gems were perfect in spelling during
the entire month.
County Superintendent Wesenius
visited our school again on Wednes-
day afternoon and endeavored to in
terest some Of the pupils in the boys
and girls pig, potato and bread-mak-
ing contest for Mile Laos county for
the coming year.
We lost no time during the influenza
epidemic, but Poplar Grove school is
in session later than usual this year
owing to the late completion Of the
new school house and not being able
to begin, for this reason, until October
IT. However, a little time was lost
when the teacher was called to her
parental home owing to the severe ill
ness of her mother, and school will be
in session on Saturdays during the
month of May in order to close not
later than May 80 Parents please CO.
operate and send children ii. possible.
Mrs. c. M. Serrur;ier, Teacher.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-05-08
He Knew the Cashier.

Young Leslie Harris, on his initial
visit to a Pico Heights church, was
extremely interested when his father
started to take up the collection.
Unable to stand the strain, he deftly
eluded his mother and attached him.
self as convoy to papa, following him
down the aisle with his eyes growing
larger and rOunder as the money
flowed in.
This method of obtaining wealth
was new to him, but he thought he
knew its destination and as the ushers
reached the rear of the church and
turned for the solemn march to the
pulpit his. voice rang over the room
"Give it to me. dad; can take 1t to
mamma !''-Los Angeles Times.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-05-08
PAGE TWO
Poor Dear Germany!

OO1 xICo1 UCx0ANAAys
Mr.. Wizards Nation rails shrilly
against "the peace of coercion" which
is being prepared by IAN unsatisfied
and vengeful enemy against the out
ragged people" of Germany.
That is because the peace congress
seems inclined to require Germany to
make some partial reparation for the
irreparable thefts and destruction of
property which she has wantonly COM
mitted upon our neighbor nations. The
particular measure of reparation
which Mr.. Willard has in mind in max
ing this eructation is that Germany
shall be required to pay $25,000,000,-
600 during period of thirty years -
say $834,OO0,O0O a year. To do this,
he protests, "would rob Germany of
any shodow of economic self-deter-
mination and put 7O,OOO,OO0 people to
work as slaves for the allies and
America. It is neither moral nor eco
nomic."
That is to say, it is immoral to make
a thief surrender stolen goods. Also,
it would be uneconomic to give France
and Belgium a fair chance to regain
the industrial prosperity of which Ger
many deprived them.
Of course it was, in Mr.. Wizards
mind, quite moral and economic for
Germany to infict losses of twice
five billions upon other countries, wan
tonly and for her own pecuniary gain.
1t was entirely moral and economic for
her to infict such losses of seven bill
lions upon Belgium alone. It was in
complete accord with the moral law
and with sound economics for her to
steal more than $900,OOO,OO0 in cash
from Belgium under the guise of "war
contributions and fines" It was the
height of morality and economy for
her to steal and to destroy 81, 100000
900 worth of Belgium machinery, ma
terials and factories.
But to make the thief disgorge the
plumber, to make the destroyer rebuild
the ruins-what an outrage! Why,
cries Mr.. Willard, mo German govern
ment which agreed to such a proposal
could endure for day!" "
Remember that Germany came
through the war unscathed; that not
one of her cities were destroyed; that
not one Of her factories was plundered,
dismantled and burned; that not one
of her mines was flooded and wrecked;
that not one piece Of her machinery
was stolen and carried away; that not
one of her orchards or forests was cut
down. Her industrial efficiency re-
mains unimpaired, just as it was be-
fore the war. Indeed, it is actually
increased by the enormous mass of
stolen machinery and materials with
which it has been endowed.
We expect ravaged Belgium to re-
habilitate herself. We expect plum
dered and PROSTATE France to snake
good" under the crushing load of debt
which Germany has imposed upon her.
But to ask uninjured Germany to
make even a fifty percent restitution
of her thefts and vandalism that would
be ''coercion" by "vengeful enemy"
upon an "outraged people,"
Give us an ounce of civet, good
apothecary, to swee.en our magma
tion!-Harvey's Weekly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-05-08
The TWO CorporaIs.

Pat Casey arrived home on leave
OF absence and was being greeted by
Mrs. Casey and the seven little
Caseys.
.''And what do We think!'' said Casey.
"Oi've been promoted a corporal"
And are we all c6rporals. too?'
shouted the little Caseys.
stNo." guardedly replied Fat. "Only
your mother anu nc! Cartoons
Magazine
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-01-01
BY BRIGGS

prosperous as YOU nigh, think from
the way his wiie dresses
y man often says that he has been
operating N the stock market when
lie means that lie ha. been operated
upon
Fc" men ever stop 10 figure ,ha, IL
:, the things they 40 not DO that
bring them the most happiness.
Before marriage he regards ma,t,.
mony ~ a step But alter marriage
he regard, matrimony q, whole
doggonr ladder
\ baby Is 50 contrary that lie will
pick up bread with q spoon aud mo-
la''e, with his fingers And man
- nothing but a grown.ur baby.
Nothing So sober, a married man a,
ihe iact that he can't remember lust
what he did or where he was the nigh,
before.
Aitcr all, the way 10 appear mo,-
pcrnu' n To throw the llnclight on
Your good luck md keep your hard
lick dark Bu; 4 man never thinks OF
that.
Isn't II funny that the fellow YOU
used TO be able 10 spell rings around
"nen you went 10 school Is. now die
'aiing TO his own s!enographcr. while
you ttc ioilins Tor 50 much a week.
On the other band, il people never
talked unless they had something 10
say the conversation sure would drag.
After man has fooled himself for
a while the durn TOOL gets the idea
that he ian fool his wife.
And To: folk, who voted dry should
remember TIA, a turkey headache is
Just as SINFUL As } booze headache.