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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-01
Readers Write Why Our
Yanks Are Kept in France
DOESN'T WANT son IDLE


Editor Tho starr am a constant
reader OF The star and generally In
accord. heart and soul. with ita pol.
iclcs. Hut tho front page editorial
in the issue OF March rs. accom-.
panying a mothers complaint that
her son was building roads In
France. some way struck discor
dant note. | had Ia read ~ over
twice TO be uurc Il really said what
II appeared 20. SO | was glad TO
see tho subject again taken up IN
tho letters from Mr.. shorrock and
MIR Cartwright on March IS.
I agree with Mr.. shorrock that
every German prisoner should be
used 10 help undo some OF the dam.
age he has done. they can't do too
much that way. but Il seems Go me
the damage Is so enormous there n
work for all. II our men are being
kept over there Just for road making
and other reconstruction work.
when they would otherwise come
home, /. too. say. WHY when they
did not enlist for that purpose. But
IL that the case II looks 90 mo Ms
II the men were being returned nH
fast as ships are available hut they
can't all come ut once. How about
the time being uselenaly spent by
the mon who have 10 waltz We
wen; there TO fight for the same
principles for which France was
fighting. but got into the game late,
while she fought for the cause.
which is our cause. too. three long
years before We bcgsa to help. tho
country itself suffering most terri
bic physical damages as well aA
what was suffered by It's people
Why should not our men be willing
and proud 20 utllls. time which II
of no other value. Ia helping France
TO get on her fee, again.
have a son over there who has
been waiting three months 60 come
home, but instead Of helping. no has
been kept Idle In camp. with nothing
but arbitrary daily drills To pass tho
time and hold the men in good con.
dition. Although his speciality over
there was work with brains. not
hands. feel sure. II II did not delay
the time OF homecoming. he would
have welcomed even road building
as useful and helpful way 20 panz
the time Of waiting and would have
been proud that he could do some.
thing for France. certainly would
have been proud 90 have him DO H.
My first thought when fighting
ended and realized how long Il will
take to Ert all those men back again
was; How fine II viii h. II those
men can help France rebuild her
country while they are waiting"
Uncle sam must pay those men
$50 per month while they are wait
ing anyway. Why not lend them 90
France and keep them busy and unr.
full during the necessary wait. IN.
stead OF having them eat their
hearts out waiting In camps with
nothing 10 dor Always providing
IL does not delay their return.
ANOTHER SOLDIERS MOTHER
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-01
BELIEVE NURSE
SLAYER KNOWN
San Francisco Police Near
Arrest in Murder Case

SAN FRANCISCO. April The
hetraycr OF Ines Elizabeth Reed.
army nurse. viii he under arrest IN
- hours. police state today. follow
ing arrest OF pr Ephriam Northcott'
a san Francisco physician. ON "A
charcc OF numbering the girl Miss
Reed died IA the result Of criminal
operation. and her body was found In
n canyon near san Matco March ).
Police charge Northcett with per
forming the natal operation, Miss
Frances Crouin. nurse employed
by tho accused doctor. Is being kept
under surveillance. She may prove
an important witness. police said.
Arrest OF Northeott followed dts
missal OF n manslaughter charge
against him. growing out of tho
death OF glrl from an alleged He
gal operation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-01
ExCAvAT0RS DIG UP
5O-YEAR BOMBS

BuESoS AIRES. Argentina. Aprfi
i.--workmcn making an excavation
for n building at Bahai. Brazil. I'M
eartiItd zinc box containing four
dynamite bombs. says a report from
Bahai. Tho bombs apparently had
been buried nearly half century. as
they WIRE wrapped in n copy OF the
New York Weekly Bulletin Of the
year 1874.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-01
Capt. Magee Is Now
Shipping Head Here

Capt. W. A, Magee Tuesday as
sunsl his duties as district man
ager az the United States shipping
board in this section. on retirement
OF Capt. John +. Blain. Capt. Magcc
was formerly assistant to Capt
Riafn. No changes viii be made In
the personnel OF the local board, u
is announced.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-01

SAN FRANCISCO. April T.
George Satsu bought the presidency
OF the Western Pacific railroad for
1850. but he hasn't taken the job yet.
The stranger who engineered the
deal for the $3.50 hasn't returned
with the office key vet.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-01
Aviator Is Killed
in Sudden Plunge

RIVERSIDE. Cal. April Lieut.
c. NJ. Eippcrrer. of Moline. Ill. was
killed at March field yesterday. when
his plane took sudden dive earth
ward while Ripperwrr and Cadet
Packard wcr. a,,empuK 20 make n
landing. The cadet sustained
broken les. bu, was otherwise unin-
furcd
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-01

Free Moving Pictures ofthe Life ofthe Silk Worm

From 80 to 80 Every Afternoon of Silk Week
Interesting Silk Talks by Miss University
Washington and Miss Frances Heero Of Bon Marche Personal
Service
If you have any silk questions asdrop them the Silk CUES
ton Box-Miss Hevero will gladly them
HALL OF SLKS-UPPER MAIN FLOOR
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-01
Special for SILK Week
Silk Bandeaux
$1.OO to $500
An offer Of Unusual
Importance for
Silk Week

Especially good looking Silk
Bandeaux--the garments needed
to give the correct lines-and
many women would not feel per-
fectly dressed without them.
These are of silk-prettily trim
med. Glad to fit them for you.
THIRD Fla
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-01

After only a short Illness. Arthur
r. Gardrsr. owner OF the standard
Furniture Co. OF Vancouver, n, C..
died at that city sunday. OF influ'
snza. Cashier was well known In
SEATTLE. II, is survived by widow
AMI two s0s. Ralph and Paul Gard
ncr. who were associated with him
I'm the rurrsfture business.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-01

40-inch Silk Suiting Poplins-splen-
did weight; very appropriate for
suits. coats and dresses % differ
ent colors; also black and white.
UPPER MAIN FLoC
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-01

THE question is NOT whether we
should help France or whether we
must maintain an army ito police
Europe; the question is why must the
Yanks who have already given service
bear the whole burden while the rest OF
us bear none of it?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-04-01

The Dung Mems Republican club
OF King County will hold an election
Of officers next Saturday evening. Mt
n meeting in tho Arcade building
assembly room
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-21
Largest Shade Tree in
Country Is Sycamore; %
Feet in circumference

The American Forestry Magazine is
urging the planting of sycamores for
shade trees. 1t shows that they are OF
rapid growth and attain large size. 1t
also calls attention to the beauty OF
the tree-a thing which many people
do not really appreciate. In the in
terest of more beautiful cities, it is
desirable that sycamores be encour-
aged, the magazine urges.
The largest shade tree in this coun-
try is a sycamore in Worthington, Ind.
1t is 46 feet in circumference and 80
feet in height-the most beautiful
specimen of a tree to be found at least
in the middle West. But it isn't the
only 'grand old sycamore to be
found; there are thousands and thou
sands of them in this country, says the
Columbus Dispatch.
The sycamore requires plenty OF
moisture, but moisture is easily sup
piled in a modern city. Besides, the
tree has habit of reaching out after
moisture, it's roots extending for long
distances and going deep into the
earth.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-21
Stoppage of Circulation
Causes "PinS and Needles

After being for long time in
constrained attitude peculiar numb
ness and prickling is often felt In the
arm, the leg, or the foot. This is
caused by some interruption to the
circulation of the blood and can usual
ly be removed by rubbing or eXer-
else. Physicians say that the reason
for this sensation, which is decidedly
uncomfortable, is that pressure for
certain length of time deadens the
sensibility of a nerve. When this
pressure is suddenly removed (as IN
strengthening out the leg after sitting
with it doubled underneath the body
sensibility gradually returns to the
nerves and as each nerve-fiber COM
posing the trunk regains its normal
condition of sensibility a prickllng
sensation is felt, and these successive
pricklings from the successive awak-
enings of the fibers have not inaptly
been called ''pins and needles"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-21
Short Measure in Canned
Goods to Have Attention
of Federal Authorities

Federal food inspectors have been
instructed to watch for interstate SNIP
ments of canned foods which have
been slack-filled: that is, which con-
tain too much water and too little
solid food. Officials of the bureau or
chemistry, United States department.
of agriculture, who are charged with
the enforcement of the federal food
and drugs act, say that action under
the law will be taken against viola
tors
The practice of slack-flling food
cans, in the opinion of the officials, Is
demoralizing to the trade and unfair
to the consumer To put full can in
competition with a slack-filled can
places the honest Gamer at disad-
vantage. The consumer almost inva-
riably receives more for his money
when buying full can than when
buying slack-filled can even though
he pays higher price for the full cam
In some instances, however, when the
Gamer sells his slack-filled cans to the
trade at prices lower than the market
price for full can, the consumer is
charged as much for the slack-filled
can as for the full can. In such cases
both the Gamer and the dealer share
in unfair profits at the expense of the
consumer.
Putting excess liquid in cans adds
unnecessary expense in canning, stor-
ing and shipping, since the excess
liquid requires more cans and in
creases freight and storage charges all
along the line-through the hands or
the Gamer, broker, the wholesale and
the retail grocer. Since this addition
al and useless expense is borne inva-
riably by the consumer, it adds its
part to the high cost of living.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-21

quaint account of the landing of the
Pilgrims at Provincetown:
"Wednesday, the sixth Of September
East, fine small gale, we loosed from
Plymouth, having been kindly enter
tanned and courteously used by divers
friends their dwelling, and after many
difficulties in boysterius stormes, at
length by Gods providence upon the
ninth of November following, by breake
of the day we espied land which we
esteemed to be Cape Cod, and so it
proved. And the appearance of it much
comforted us, especially on seeing so
goodly a land, and Wooded to the
brink of the sea, it caused us to re-
joyce together and praise God that He
had given it to US once againe TO see
land And thus we made our course
South South West, purposing to go to
River ten Leagues to the South Of
the Cape, but at nighte, the wind be-
ing contrary, we put rounde againe
for the Bay of Cape Cod, and upon
the II we came to an anchor in the
Bay, which is a good Harbour and a
pleasant Bay, circled round except in
the entrance, which is about four miles
over from land to land, compassed
about to the very Sea with Okes, Pines,
Juniper, Sassafras and other sweet
wood; it has a harbour wherein one
thousand sale of ships may safely
ride, there we relieved ourselves with
wood and water, and refreshed our
people, while our shallop was fitted to
coast the Bay to search for habita-
ton, there was the greatest store of
fowle that ever we saw"
The Pilgrims had a hard time the
| first winter at Plymouth, but in 1921
determined 70 have a period of rec
| for their many mercies." The gov
ernor thereupon sent out four hunts
men who in one day secured enough
game for the purpose. Massasoit, the
! Indian chief was invited to participate
! in this first thanksgiving. He accept
ed and brought 90 people with him.
The celebration lasted three days.
The first Thanksgiving day observed
by all the states of the Union was rec
commended by proclamation of con-
gress after the surrender of Burgoyne
| in 1777 and was fixed for Thursday,
december IS. Each year thereafter
until 1884 congress continued to rec
ommend a day for Thanksgiving. the
several states accepting the date. Then
! for a time the observance was left
wholly to the states. The day had its
ups and downs. President Lincoln
nationalized it by proclamation in
1868.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-21
Forty Is Sacred Number
With Respect to Weather
After st. SWithin's Day

The 40-day period of imaginary
flood or drought following st. Swith-
ms day is now long past for this year,
and we shall hear no more of that
singular superstition, says the New
York Herald, until next summer, when
it will doubtless bob up serenely,"
only to be discredited again as it has
invariably been every year since the
worthy bishop of Winchester was bur-
led the second time. For, of course,
the prophecy has never so much as
once been fulfilled. 1t requires every
day from July Is to August "a in every
year to be either rainy or rainless,
which is something that never has
happened in any year.
Why 40 days was selected as the
period of meteorological monotony is an
interesting question, though it is prob
able that it was suggested by the 40
days. downpour in Noah's time. AT
any rate, it is only one of the many
noteworthy uses that have been made
of the number 40 in fact and fiction.
After the 40 days and 40 nights of
rain at the deluge, it will be recalled,
Noah waited 40 days before he opened
the window of the ark and sent forth
the raven.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-21
Rabbits Afford Good Meat
to Help Check the H. C. L.

1t seems a pity that more families
who are struggling with the high cost
of living and who are appalled, at the
price they are forced to pay for their
meat supply, do not know what a
help few rabbits in their back yard
would be. Two or three does and a
buck will afford an abundance of the
finest meat the market offers, and at
low price, too, especially if a person
has little garden or can get green
stuff to feed them, although the grains
they consume are of the cheaper kinds
and they are far from expensive to
feed. Fried, stewed roasted, pot-pie,
any old way you take them, they are
simply great eating. The meat is
white like chicken breast and of ex-
cellent flavor. Rabbits are ready to
butcher at any age from six weeks
up, growing very rapidly.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-21
Useful Asbestos Is Found
in Most Parts of Country

Asbestos in modern times has come
to be very extensively manufactured
into incombustible cloth, gloves, felt,
paper and other articles of common
use, and is much used as covering to
steam boilers and pipes, in the manu-
facture of gas stoves, and, mixed with
metallic pigments, it is employed as
paint for wooden structures, roofs,
partitions and the like to render them
6reproof or fire-resistant. 1t is found
in most parts of the world, chiefly IN
connection with serpentine. Scien-
tifically it is described as a highly
useful mineral, a fibrous variety OF
several members of the hornblende
family, composed of separable fla
ments, with silky luster, the fibers
sometimes being delicate, flexible and
elastic and at other times stiff and
brittle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-21
Clothing the F amily
Consideration Of Real Purpose Of
Clothes viii Help in
Economizing

Clothing the family is a business
which should be handled as systemat-
ically as any other business, declares
Laura Makepeace of the Colorado Ag-
ricultural college.
What do you want your clothing to
do for you and what do you want it
to show? Do you not want these
things:
Protection from cold, heat, moisture
and rough surfaces?
Freedom in movement, breathing
and standing?
Beauty, by choosing materials, col
ors and designs suited to you and your
occupation?
Self respect, clothing which is ap-
propriate, becoming and within your
means, makes yourself and neighbors
think well of you.
Have you thought of the different
kinds of garments you should havei
These can be divided into three
groups: outerclothing, underclothing
and accessories. You need to think,
too, of the cost of cleaning, repairs,
renovation and remodeling.
Allowing Is per cent of the yearly
income for clothing, a good proportion
is, outerclothing, 70 per cent; under
clothing 20 per cent; accessories 8 per
cent, and care, per cent. Go over
the garments on hand. Decide what
can b. freshened or remodeled. Est
mate what this will cost and what new
things are needed, then make your
budget and stick to it.
Go shopping with purpose.
Learn to recognize quality.
Choose slowly and thOughtfully.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-21
Millions to Be Spent by
Japanese for Aviation

The japanese government is pre-
paring to appropriate the equivalent
of s125. 900, 600 for the development OF
aviation. the amount to be expended
over four or five years. Interest In
aviation has been stimulated there by
the special French aviation corps
which is teaching the Japanese army
Japan is seriously backward in avia-
tion and the fact that she is subscrlD-
ing such large amount of money in
dicates her intention to try to attain
the place in aviation occupied by the
other great powers.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-21

comprising the nucleus Of the colony
and seven were servants or hired
workmen The seven remaining adult
all soon died) or else the list is inn
perfect. In this compact lies the germ
of the Declaration of independence.
1t is as follows:
"In the name of God Amen. We,
whose names are underwritten, the
Lord King James, by the grace of God,
of Great Britain, France and Ireland,
King Defender of the faith, ETC.. hav-
ing undertaken for the glory of God
and the advancement of the Christian
faith and the honor of our king and
country, voyage to plant the first
colony in the northern part of Vir-
ginia, do by these presents solemnly
and mutually in the presence of God
and one another, covenant and COM
bine ourselves together into a civic
body polite for our better ordering
and preservation, and futherance of
the ends aforesaid, and by virtue here
of do enact, constitute and frame such
| just and equal laws. ordinances, acts,
constitutions and officers, from time to
time, as shall be thought most meet
| and convenient for the general good
of the colony, unto which we promise
all our submission and obedience. In
! witness whereof we have hereunto
subscribed our names at Cape Cod
| the eleventh of November, in the
year of the reign of our sovereign,
Lord King James of England. France
and Ireland, the eighteenth and of
Scotland the fifty-fourth, Ammo Domini,
1920"
Americans should understand and
appreciate the difference between the
Pilgrims and the Puritans. The Pill
grims were few; they were Separa-
lists; they withdrew from the estab-
lished Church of England; they came
to America to secure freedom Of wOr-
ship: they cared not how other men
worshiped; they did little colonizing,
their influence upon the nation was
small as compared with the Puritans.
The Puritans came over in thou
sands, beginning with 1880: they re-
tanned their membership in the Church
of England: they brought the church
with them to reform it; they intended
to worship as they pleased and to
make everyone else worship the same
/ way; ''they fell first upon their knees
and then upon the aborigines;p they
colonized widely and effectively: from
them the American people got what
is known as the Puritan conscience y
In the famous book entitled Mounts
Relation" one will find the following
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-21

enjoyable holidays OF the
year. So at this time we pause occa-
sionally in the mad rush of the TWEEN
tieth century to give thought to them.
Next year the tercentenary of their
landing will be celebrated with con-
siderable pomp and ceremony in the
United States, England and Holland.
Every American schoOlboy of course
knows that the Pilgrim Fathers OIL
cially landed on Plymouth Rock. and
that the famous rock is at Plymouth,
Mass. But there are comparatively
few Americans who know that the first
landing of the Pilgrims was at
Provincetown, Mass, and are familiar
with their doings during the month.
The Mayfower lay in the quiet har-
Dor inside Cape Cod.
There was no Provincetown there,
of course, in 1920, but-Cape Coo was
there and it's name was Cape Cod.
In 1902 Bartholomew Gosnold, the ex-
plorer, had visited the region and had
found Goldfish so plentiful that he had
Just naturally called the long narrow
neck of land Cape Cod. Ever since
there has been any Provincetown,
however, it's people have been sensi-
tive on the subject of its claims to first
honors. That's why Frovincetown
now has a monument on High Pole
hill. Many years were required to
raise the money for its erection
The landing Of the Pilgrims at Ply
mouth was slow job. The congre-
CATION of John Robinson at Leyden
procured from the London company
for Virginia patent Of land and made
financial arrangements for the sailing
of part of their number. The Speed
well of 60 tons, was purchased in Hol-
land, and in July 1920 it sailed to
Southampton. England. There the
Mayfiower of $50 tons was awaiting
1t. The two ships with about 12O pas
sengers put to sea in August. The
Speedwell was soon reported leaking
and both ships put in at Dartmouth.
At sea again, the Speedwell was a Sec
ond time reported leaking and return
was made to Plymouth. 1t was not
discovered until later that the alarm
over the Speedwell was due to its mas
ter's trickery. The Speedwell was
abandoned at Plymouth and the size
, of the party reduced. The Mayflower
left Plymouth alone early in Septem-
Der.
In nine weeks it sighted the shore
of Cape Cod. Being far out of their
course the Pilgrims headed south. But
a few hours later the course was again
changed for the nearest shore. Sat
urday, November IL (21 N. ST., 1920
the Mayfiower rounded Cape Cod and
found harbor.
This radical change of destination
introduced complication. Some of
the hired laborers threatened to break
loose from their engagements on land
ing. because of the loss of the author
itv delegated in the patent from the
Virginia company. The necessity OF
some form of civil government to unite
the well-affected and to restrain the
insurgent was imperative. SO the ia.
nous Mayfiower or Provincetown com
pact was drawn up and signed before
the first voyager landed. OF the Al
signers to this compact, which is often
eulogized as the first written constl-
tuition in the world, "a were the adults
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-21

The unprotected condition of the coast
was brought to the nations attention
in the War of 1872 General Bernard
planned the Notifications of the whole
seaboard. as we'll as systems of inn
provement for internal waterways and
canals. The government spent Is
years in this work, of which Fort Mon
roe, in Virginia, is the principal visible
reminder.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1919-11-21
Frenchmen Who
Served America

Among the names of distinguished
Frenchmen who have served the Uni
ted States is that of Gen. Simon Ber-
uard of the French engineers under
Napoleon General Bernard was Sc
lected by the United States govern
ment to superintend the fertilization of
the Atlantic coast. With Napoleon in
exile be offered his services gladly.