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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
SENATE TURNS
DOWN MEASURE
ON TAX REFORM

STAR BUREAU. state Capitol.
OLYMPIA. t'ch. 20 Some day soon
the state will arise and demand tax
reforms, despite tho action of tho
senate yesterday. This e. the pre-.
siletion ~ senator Rockwell of King,
who has been trying to convince tho
icgislasurc that vast wealth IL now
escaping taxation In this state,
lie wanted tho senate TO submit n
constitutional amendment that
would open the way FOR taxation OF
Incomes, stocks. bonds and mort
cages. Only % senators approved
this step, ard Il takes - votes, or
two.thlrds Of the membership. 60
submit an amendment
THE people know there Is some
thlng wrong, hut they can't tell Just
what Il Is" said Rockwell. They
are grooming under the burden. and
yet YOU gentlemen refuse to try the
one remedy that has been successful
Ia applied in nine states Some OF
sou will never come hack. Tho peo-
pie trusted you. but you won't trust
the people"
senators Conan. Ed brown and
Hastings. who had opposed the
Rockwell measure when q first
went to a vote. switched over and
voted for &; yesterday. Cieary and
r.. Ben johnson Topped over 90 the
opposition. The vote was Is 20 is.
Those who voted against the re-
form were; Barnes. Bishop. Car
lyon. Cicary. cornwcll. Cox, Craw'
ford. French. =. Ben Johnson. kuy.
Kendall. Loomis. Sinclair. Smith.
TAYLOR. wray and Young.
A tax reform amendment was sub
mltted 20 tho voters In 1913 and
turned down. The reason was. ac'
eoriing to Rockwell. that the
churches all thought they would be
taxed. and so worked against the
bill. The amendment proposed yes
terday would have exempted
churches.
Rockwell told the senate that a
lobby sent here 10 defeat the btu WIS
-dragglng It's Shiny lcngth thru the
corridors. dainnins with faint praise
and threats"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
INFORM SOLONS
OF EXCESSIVE
RENT CHARGES

OLYMPIA. f'eh. 26- Rent profs.
itccrs are responsible IN part for In.
duuttlal unrest thruout the North
west according Go workers who mp
peared before legislators last night
and unfoldod sorry 81 unbridled
protiteering.
Case after case OF landlord oppres'
sion was presented In an effort TO
show why fair rent commissions
should be provided In first class cities
20 hold hearings and establish rea.
sonable rents. under the proposed
O1larra -Iandon bill
Representatives of the Ambient
Profiteering league OF Seattle said
the workers were willing TO pay as
high as eight per cent net on the
Investment. but that some apartment
spectators were making so per cent
on their investment
Officials indor.e
Letters were read signed by chief
OF Police Warren, DR.. NJ. a Matthews.
city councilmen. steel shipbulidins
officials. all OF Seattle. and by Pres
ident Leonard Of the traction com.
pany. declaring that much industrial
unrest Is due 20 rent profl,sering.
Howard Coagrove. chairman OF the
federal fair rent commission that ad'
iusted rent disputes for shipynrd
workers during the war. appeared
20 tell ~ his findinEu.
Il don't know whether this bin IL
workable" he said IT viii take
"A lot Of money and lot OF time to
keep commission coins. But ! do
know that the tenants are paying for
artificial operation costs in apart
mentu. and inflated values.
BROKERS Ieeches
'-rhe lease brokers. who serve no
useful purpose. and who live like
lcccheH on the community should be
eliminated. This might be accom-
pllhsd BY taxing lease transfers"
r. :. Boyd. Hhlpynrd worker and
ex soldier. representing the Anti.
Rent PeofiiccrinE league. gave docu.
montary evidence 60 show how land
lords who were curbcd by tho gov
eminent during tho war are again
boosting rents az high as 50 per cent.
n. C. Merriam ard y A iiavercnmp.
% tho same organization. urged re-
lief
Mrs NJ. u. bliss. apartment house
owner. appeared IN favor ~ the hill
and said that normal rents and AIDE
auatc wages are necessary for con.
tentmen,. and eontenimcnt means no
strikes"
No opponents to the bin appeared.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
Child Maintenance
Act Is Endorsed

Resolutions addressed 80 tho state
legislature ana requesting passage
Of the child maintenance act now
pending w-rr adopted by the Seattle
Central Council % the National
Council Of Mothers and Parent.
Teacher associations. AZ its luncheon
Tuesday. at tho Army and Navy
club
The s2d anniversary Of Founders
day of tho national association was
celebrated simultaneously by a pro
Fra-n % music and speeches on child
welfare. a collection WINS taken for
the benefit o. Paul CaEnadann. the
French orphan ward OF the aNsoela
ton
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
NO MILITARY TRAINING
FOR OREGON'S SCHOOLS

SALEM. Ore. Feb. es.-There
win be no military training In the
public schools and colleges OF Ore
gcn. az least not for two years.
The bill which has been before
! the present session OF the legislature
providing for training boys and men
for the army. was killed yesterday
afternoon BY the house.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
DIVISION 8 nIsRiNDS

Division 8 90 the council u patri
otic service voted 10 diaband AZ a
meeting held In tho Warren school
Tuesday night. a committee was
appointed TO take charge Of the dis
trihutiou OF funds now ia tho treas
ury TO any OF the returned service
men OF the division who need aid
Any service men or their dependents
who may need assistance should call
az the Allied Veterans association,
Roosevelt Veterans hall. 1859
Third ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE

Memorial services for Private Geo
W. KrauNe. who was killed In the
fighting IN the ArEonnc forest. viii
be held In the Woodland Park Pres
by,eran church. sunday March ?
Mrs. =. Krausa. mother Of the dead
soldier, resides AZ 1918 Aurora ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26

The auto laws were amended 10
provide that spotlighs must be
turned 10 throw their rays six feet
TO the right Of the road. and not
further than - feet In advance of
the driver. whenever another auto
passes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26

70 proiec, the sale of high priced ap-
pies.
Unless a man can pay from 81
TO s. a box. under present condl.
tons. he can't provide many ap.
pies. Gellatiy wants apples TO be-
sold In the big cities for 81 a box.
The apple growers made a hard
nght against his bin
some % tho Gull apples so 10 the
by.producfs factories now. and some
Hre made Into vinegar. and some
camouflagcd as high grade apples
and put on the market uniawfuiiy
But tons 81 apples. Gallstly says.
arr dumped into the rivers and vast.
81. just 20 bull the market. and
keep up prices Ito believes his han
viii make Il possible TO supply ap.
Piles az a low price 10 hundreds Of
families now unable 10 afford them.
"Bliiy" rcaAe. Seattle commission
man. tried hard 90 defeat tho bill
and even attempted 70 block Ceiiatiy
from distributing Gull apples thru
the house ON technicahty that
they had not been inspected by tho
government.
THE public l. entitled to some
consideration here once in a while. !"
said Roth OF Belilngham. Tn. poor
man can't afford 20 buy apples at
present prices. This Is a measure
that viii help to cut the cost OF iiv.
Ing and we ought no, TO defeat 1, for
the personal gain 81 the growers who
are fighting the blli-
Most Of the organization leaders
including Mark Reed. Jimmie Davis
w. W. Conner. Speaker Adams. Gule
Pcase. Hull. TIealey and Mess. voted
against the biit
This bill IL aimed at by.producsa
manipulatarH and skinflint produce
brokers" Galletiy declared as a part.
INK shot. Just before the roll was
called.
The tricounty port terminal bin
submitted By the public service com.
mission 90 permit public rail ter.
minal control. was deal, the death
potion yesterday BY the utilities com.
mittse. Of which Howard Taylor OF
King IL chairman. The committee
recommended Indefinite postpone
meni. and the senate acqulescod.
Motorists who rambie along nj
night, throwing a spotlight into tho
eyes Of passing vehicle drivers. were
slapped on the wrist by thc senate
yesterday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
Muslin
Embroidery
at 15c Yard

has dainty Armenian pat
tern edge and small pat
terms of embroidery. Es-
pecially adapted for fine
wear and baby garments.
Four-inch width is 15c
yard.
THE BASEMENT STORE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26

A special meeting OF 81. Mary's
guild OF the Trinity church viii be
held wednesday at , .. m. AZ the
church
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
New Percales
and Ginghams
EOp SpP1NC NfEAp

are patterned in many at
tractive designs for house
dresses, aprons and mems
shirts.
THIRTY SIN-INCH PERCALE
in a good range of colorings on
light and dark grounds. includ.
ing stripes. checks. dots and
figured effects, for house
dresses, aprons and boys
and mems shirts. Attrac-
lively priced at zoe, 35e and
tOc yard.
STANDARD QUALITY CLING.
HAMS in plaids, stripes and
checks in a good assortment of
colorings are appropriate for
making school dresses, house
dresses and boys blouses.
Priced at csc and soc yard
THE BASEMENT STORE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
Total American Army Casualties to Date

by United
Saddler 1896 Eastakc
private Roy o johanna \ Norbom is7
building reported SICK and
hoapt
rhnktn
Tiona rubon. Ragcn
prev
Howell Miss Howell al
cd OF
Name Of
L.
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Nahhorn Mrs Elias
J.
DIED--PHr, REPORTED
W. Richard Oaksdac .,...C W Richard
SECTION NO. 2.
OF In.
ACrION-PREyIotsLy REPORTED
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
A NJ u S L NJ L n L S

er grades. are KEEP, off the market.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
LEGISLATIVE NOTES
BY TED" COOK
Seattle Star staff Representative

STAR BUREAU. STATE car.
ITOL. OLYMPIA. Feb. 80 a con.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26

test was wascd all
TUESDAY after
noon in tn e
house over Caliet
LIS Gull apple
bill. which finally
passed by a vote
OF 60 10 %. This
hiii permits the
sale OF Gull APP
Piles within the
state. packed In
boxes and an
wrapped
-
Under present
laws thousands OF
tons OF "Htsug"
apples. slightly IN
fsrior 20 tho high
- wFs a. ,...rtfaF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26
Silk Jersey
Boomers
at $4.95

THESE Bioomefs are es-
l. pecially designed for
wear with slender skirts.
They are fashioned of
very good quality silk jer-
sey in Emerald. Taupe,
Black, Navy, Cerise and
Dark-green, the lengths
assorted to fall hem
length.
They are daintily fin
ished at the bottom with
accordion plated ruffles.
Priced at S4.95.
THE BASEMENT STORE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26

Motorists who rambie along at
night, throwing a spotlight into the
eyes Of passing vehicle drivers. were
slapped on the wrist by thc senate
yesterday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26

billy" rcaae. Seattle commission
man, tried hard 90 defeat tho bill.
and even attempted 70 block Ceilatiy
from distributing Gull apples thru
the house ON technlcahty that
they had not been inspected by tho
government.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26

some % the Gull apples so TO the
by.producis factories now. and som.
are made Into vinegar. and some
camouflagcd as high grade apples
and put on the market unlawfuliy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26

daintily finishes muslin
underwear with little work.
There are widths TO A
inches; and there are also
fine seamings and bead
ings. Price 10c yard.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26

But tons % apples. Galic,ly says.
ara dumped into the rivers and vast.
81. just 20 bull the markct. and
keep up prices Ito believes his hiil
viii mako IL possible 10 supply ap.
Piles az a low price 10 hundreds Of
families now unable 10 afford them.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26

This bill IL aimed al by.producss
manipulatnrH and skinflint produce
brokers" Galletly declared. as part.
INK shot. Just before the roll was
called.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26

Most Of the organization leaders.
including Mark Reed. Jimmie Davis.
W. W. Conner. Speaker Adams. Gule.
Pease. Hull fIealey and Mess. voted
against the blli
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-26

TIANDKERCHIEFS of fine lawn, some
i L meperized.
In white and colors, or with colored
border or colored embroidered corner
THE BASEMENT STORE
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
Dust Of New ork
Berkovici at His Best
In Tales of East Side

DUST OF NEW YORK. Ry konrad Ber-
kovici Boni & Liveright. New York
In Dust of.New York" Konrad Ber-
kovici has tried conscientiouslv to
transmit that prismatic flashing Of
strange nationalities of which so much
Of the color of New York is composed.
Hungarian, Turk, Russian, Jew. Ru
manlan, Italian--eac have brought TO
some quarter of the city something of
the strange color and air of their ma
tive lands. and Berkovic has tried to
capture the mood of each in some char
acteristic tale of fiction.
But he seems to have spread too
wide net. He is not versatile enough
in imagination or manner to capture so
wide a sweep of romance. But when
he treads firmly on ground on which
he is at home he shows a shrewd
humor. There is no doubt of his init
mate knowledge Of the East Side, and
he presents it in a group of broadly
humorous stories in a fashion that is
reminiscent of Bruno Lessing. The
Marriage Brokers' Daughter" is an
amusing bit of caricature - with a
sharper wit and better finish of char
acter drawing than such caricatures
usually have. "The Troubles of a Per-
feet Type" and because Goldsten
Could Neither Read Nor Write" are
slight, but amusing. The volume repre-
sents an ambitious attempt to resent
very wide range of stories with a
limited technique.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
"Piggie" byMiss Gates
Charming Story Suffers
in a Test of TYPE

'PIGGIE." by Eleanor Gates Published
by d. Appleton & Co.
Print makes the book as surely as
clothes make the debutante. That is
why our heart aches for this unfortu-
nate little story. A light-hearted child
Of whimsical brain, surely it was
born to be adorped with beautiful
clear type and fine colored plates. 1t
would then dance its way into all
childish hearts, taking it's place with
the we'll beloved B'rer Rabbit and
Teddy Bear stories. We can hear
six-year-old laughter ringing out over
the merry adventures of the fat little
pig who fought the garden hose, and
see the most prim little maids change
their dignity for dimples in the final
glorious chapter where Piggie is the
CREASED hero of Fourth of July
picnic.
But alas! for the printers strike.
The little story that was born to be
beautiful has been made the victim of
publishers desire to experiment with
typewriter print. The story was writ
ten on the typewriter, the typewriter
pages were then photographed and the
book printed from the Photographic
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
For the Advertiser
Valuable Hints in Book
By Frederick ]. Allen

ADvHRT1sING AS a VOCATION. ;y
Frederick J. Alien. The Macmillan
Company. New York.
The author, who is connected with
the Harvard University bureau Of vo-
cational guidance, has rendered serv-
ice to the advertising profession as
whole through this book, which holds
out a guiding hand to the raw recruit
in this attractive field and is calculated
to eliminate the uncertainty habitually
experienced by beginners. This uncer-
tanty, with its consequent lost motion,
has long been stumbling block in the
way of developing new men rapidly
enough to satisfy the insistent demand.
Mr.. Allen has done what no other ad-
vertising writer has attempted in book
form. He has searched into every nook
and Granny Of the expansive structure
of advertising practice. and has an
alyzed it's possibilities and exacting re-
quirements in thoroughgong, orderly
manner, from the viewpoint of the po-
tental advertising man.
Any one considering advertising as
a vocation will do we'll to read this
book if he would win his way to the
goal by the shortest lossible route
However, the book is by no means of
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20

plates. The publishers claim to be en-.
thusiastic about the process and herald
tt as n forerunner of form in which
all books Of the future will be printed,
but we prophesy that the publishers
will return to the old-fashioned print
as quickly as possible. These pages
are unattractive, typewriting at best
being more difficult to read than print,
and this particular typewriting cow
ing. perhaps, to rcmcdiabe defects in
the printing process) being spotted
with blurred letters and uneven spac
ing.
The physical defects Of the book once
ignored, however, it is possible to
enjoy the story as one of the most
charming tales of animal life which
has been written for many years. 1t
has style and humor, as we'll as the
usual good nature of the tellers Of
young animal stories.
Piggie, the brightest and latest of
family of twelve, is made the pet
of Two Legs. and thus falls heir to
many an adventure in farmyard and
fish pond, which is denied to the
ordinary piglet born only to be bacon.
However, Piggie, like many another
victim Of a little knowledge, thinks
he can take care of himself in the
great world, and runs away, to deli
cious adventures in the woods. For a
time the wisdom he learned in the
companionship with Two Legs en-
ables him to lord it over the other
animals, but in the end, of course. he
is captured by hostile Two Legs and
is only saved at the very end by his
young master after terrible times.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20
British Soldiers
MIR. Graham Interprets
Spirit of the Tommies

PRIVATE IN THE GUARDS. BY Ste
phen Graham. The Macmillan Co. New
York
Stephen Graham may be expected
to give psychological coloring to any
narrative he writes that concerns man
IN action or in moods Of reflection.
His "a Private in the Guardsv is as
close study of the mind Of the Brit
lsh soldier as was his "Tho Way of
Martha and the Way of Mary Of the
mental habits of the Russians of the
East and of the West. Kipling led us
up to the dividing line between the
physical life of the man in the ranks
and the quaint and often violent re-
actions of his spirit to the restrictions
Of the service. Graham crosses the
line and gives us adequate and undc-
nlably true picturings of the struggle
TO make soldiers from raw human
material, and of the moods of de-
preston and exaltations Of this same
material when once in step. "poinp
strong" His book is to be ranked
with the members of the little shelf
of books on the late war devoted to
the life of the soldier as evidenced
IN his speech and in his spontaneous
acts. Hankey and Boyd Gable are
also represented on this shelf with
corner for "Bartimeus' on the man
of the British navy
Readers of the book columns of The
Tribune will be interested in Gra-
ham's chapter on "Thnking and Talk
lng, IN which he gives d swift glimpse
of the British soldier as an interpreter
of the English lower class acouant
ance with the glories of the national
literature: "I found that no one
knew anything of literture Our ma
Nonal glorjrs of the word were naught
to my mates. They were deaf to the
songs which should thrill and in
splre. Shakespeare was q mere name.
1ennyson and Keats were unknown
Dickens and Scott were little moro
than names. Occasionally one found
lover Of Dickens who craved in the
trenches for Pickwick Papers; occa-
slonally one met man who loved the
tales and romances of Sir Walter
Scott"
But these same men, to whom the
majesty Of England's literature never
had been revealed, knew the glory of
the empires past as made manifest
in war, and enlisted under the colors
of famous regiment, the Scots
Guards. They wanted to fight with
men who represented Great Britain's <
history. And out of this spirit came a
splendid devotion. a story of hcroism
that lifts Mr.. Grnhams book to n
high level in our long line Of books
or tho great war.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20

and ports of cmbarkation to adminis-
tering relief In the typhus-swept areas
of Russia. And whatever the job to
be done, tho Red Cross accomplished
it efficiently, courageously, humanely
Like all the other integral parts Of
the American war machine, the Ked
Cross was compelled to expand its ac-
tivities with tremendous rapidity upon
the outbreak of hostilities. Its success
in this direction represented triumph
OF organizing and executive genius
that should not be forgotten in admira-
tion of the more spectacular achieve
ments in other fields.
The bulk of the Red Cross effort in
Europe, of course, was concentrated in
France, where the organization per-
formed invaluable service in backing
up the men on the fighting line. The
atm osphere of n Red Cross canteen is
described in these graphic sentences:
"The great guns punctuated the
talk and the clatter; there was the
sibilant half-moaning whistle of the
German shells and the muflled roar of
their breaking; one had the sense of
being depersonalized, or the dual feel
ing that comes from hasheesh. And
ness, it seemed like dream. The last
exchanging columns having passed
away into the night the cantceners
slept-these men of varying age and
calling, who with gray in their hair
but with youths dreams still weaving
in their hearts, were keeping mercys
outposts on the borderland of doom"
The book relates an inspiring epi-
sode in American history. The war is
over now, but disease and starvation
are still ravaging many regions Of
Europe; and it is to be hoped that the
league of Red Cross societies, which
Mr.. Dawson describes in the conclud-
ing chapter of the work, will be sue
cessful in combating this widespread
,oicorv
New-York tribune., 1919-12-20

to the possibilities Of chaos inherent
in any immediate drastic revolution
airy changes:
II do not imagine, and l suppose no
one imagines, that If the world coutd
be, and were, set free from capitalism
tomorrow men would suddenly re-
cover the art of arts, OR, for that mat
ter, the art of politics, or Of the COM
monwealth They would probably
make very great mess alike Of the
art of government and Of the arts of
production and service. But there
would be vital difference between
that mess and the present condition of
the commonwealth. For the mess
alive and would have the character
of free, if chaotic creatures, whereas
our condition to-day is largely. that
of spiritual death and stagnation."
Professor Cole has word of sym
pathy for the downtrodden middle
class, which he describes as crushed
between the wealth power of capital
and the man power of labor. He is con-
vinced, however, that its best chance
Of effective survival lies in definite
alignment with labor. He mentioned
a number of technical and professional
unions which have already been formed
in England.
Mr.. Hobson devotes two thirds of his
book to a consideration of the enemie S
of democracy and one-third to dis
cussion of ways and means of COM
batting them. He upholds the old
Liberal ideology of Bright and Golden
free trade. pacifism, personal liberty
with a superpostion of animosity to
capitalism and zeal for the cause of
labor. He is opposed to the syndical-
list tendency prevalent in some labor
circles, and believes that the faults
which he sees in the body polite can
be eliminated by a vigorous and intel
ligent use of the ballot box.
Of the two books Professor Coles
reveals more eloquent style and a
deeper and more analytical study of
modern economic conditions. Both au-
thors live up to the tradition, common
to all Englishmen Of all shades of opin-
ion, of presenting their case fairly
and reasonably before the forum of
public opinion.