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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24

urgently.
Mr.. Hardy biushed-
Its simply" he explained. that
I've been too busy knocking round
the world TO pay attention to women
seriously.
This offer Of myself for sale IL
genuine. and anybody that meets me
$3.50 on IL II going To find me
straight and honorable. and more
than ready 10 do my share. I want
money to pay back wha regard as a
moral obligation. I don't want moth.
Ing for myself except food and
clothes and n couple Of theatres a
week. and few boxes OF smokes"
Anyhow. here he Ia ladies and gen.
tlemen. offering his capital Of youth.
health. amiabllity. honor and general
capacity for returning value re-
celved" for a consideration.
Line forms 20 the left Don't
crowd. And. remember. the early
checkbook catches tho bargain.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24
SAY WARDALL
VIOLATED LAW
Election Statutes Not Oh.
served by Auditor

That a number Of Seattle voting
machines have been opened to check
up alleged discrepancies In victims
lists by direction Of County Auditor
Norman wardali in contradiction u
state election laws. is the informAtion
being circulated Friday at the county
city building.
The FIRST intimation that some q
the machines had been opened came
In the affidavit Of man who saw the
machine In precinct 10. 10th ava.
N. e., opened by the custodian and
several Of the auditors deputies.
wardall IL said to have admitfe4
the opening Of several machines but
declared that the act Of removing
only the back did not. In his est1mns
ton. constitute tampcring. He -
clared that in the past this had beea
done before 70 clear up confusion -
the voting.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24
BY ZOE BECKI.EY

NEW YORK. Sept 24.-To those
returning early from the country
and having a fe-v thousand handy. a
real bargain awaits. He is a husky
youth OF 20. Just out OF the United
States navy. and awaits purchasers
in his modest hall rom at 2s w.
37th st.
Note carefully the address. and
call early. for he II an unusual offer.
ing, sound In wind and limb, pos
sessed fhe admits IL himself. of a
good disposition, a fine intelligence
and an education which has mostly
been absorbed in the course OF much
travel and worldly experience.
Jack Hardy. for that il the dashing
name OF the latest claimant to a
place on the public auction block. re
ceived me cordially In the top floor
sx11 in which he In Ia present inten.
sively living.
What" began, "is the exact
ideaY''
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24

TOPEKA. Kan. Sept H.
KhnnanH. aided and abetted by Bar
ney Baruch. are trying TO find the
cat that's getting the cream.
In other words. the hands taking
too much toll between the producer
and consumer.
They want 10 know why 80 many
farmers can't make living profit
producing food which Is costing city
folk NO dearly.
Baruch has an Idea.
"a Cat II Licking Up the Cream-'
Farmers. too. hold 10 that idea
But none OF them are quite sure
what cat II is. or where the cat
hides.
This cat gets the cream. IN fat
years and lean" Baruch and the
farmers say. "If II weren't for the
cats enormous appetite. producers
would get more for the food they
raise. and consumers would pay less
for what they eat"
Baruch got firrf-hand experience
In the high cost OF distribution as a
tiifItibff VI INV Wat hfAeRhfS t"s't -
II dawnod upon him that something
was getting the cream OF pfoduc.
ton. IL wasn't. he learned. the pro
Queer. Nor was II the consumer.
Kansas farmers suggested 70
Baruch. In Wall Street. that he
come out and get on the trail OF
tho cream-taker.
That's how and why Barney came
to Kansas. He went up one side OF
the state and down the other. criss-
crossing between. always on the trail
OF the cream. loving cat
lie talked with farmers. and with
those who bought farm products ut
local elevators and warehouses. He
found the leak somewhere between
tho farm gate and the consumers
mouth. Somewhere something Is
getting the cream. Farmers insist
the cat In none other than tho mid.
dlcman. Baruch hasn't given his
opinion Soon. he says. he will tell
whose cat II II and suggest methods
OF teIling the cat 80 consumers and
producers may know when 1, comes
near.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24
Hey, Kids! Hows This Man for a Teacher?

Twelve other prizes are offered i'm
each school for efficiencics In actual
school work.
The judge receives a yearly salary
OF $4,000 from the county. He uses
this. In addition TO nm appropriation
Of $1,000 out OF his own pocket for
his gifts 10 children.
II was a boy myself once. and !
know what l used to think OF school
and my teachers" the Judge says.
I'm not going TO allow any young
stcr in Somerville county to harbor
any such ideas when l have the
means 10 prevent II.
when 70 from school 10 school
on trips OF inspection ] never ask the
boys 20 recito for me. What | want
to sec is ball game.
1T was just theory with me at
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
WITH REAL ADVENTURE

met the champion brcadmaker
Just as he was leaving home for
Fltchburg. a neighboring town. u,
was but the second time he has
been there. 20 the trip had the
aspect OF adventure. He was ceie.
brating his 18th birthday.
wesicy's longer journeys have
been confined TO two trips TO the
county seat
"The last time I went all by my.
self" he said proudly.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24
FROM LONDON TO FRISCO TN 3 DAYS
Barney Baruch Goes
All Over Kansas on
Still for Cat

Now the funny thing Is TO be
noted. Everybody agrees the cat is
getting the cream Baruch says he
elevator men, profiteerr. railroad
magnates. retailers. commission men
and bankers. They all agree that
the cat In getting the cream. and
every mothers son OF them insists
he isn't the cat.
Nevertheless the cream In miss
ing. !, In there when the product
leaves the farm. as the lean profits
OF the farmers prove. II is gone
when the product appears at the
consumers kitchen door. as the high
prices prove
TN find that cat. II I have TO
spend the rest OF my days on the
Job" Baruch declared 10 a bunch OF
Manhattan. Kan. farmers. When
he has gathered all Kansas evidence
he's going TO Manhattan. N. Y. and
there In Wall Street, continue on the
trnii OF the cat
'-Thc technical name for this cat. I"
observed Baruch. lis distribution,
but II has as many names an the
feline has lives. Some call IL trans
portation. others marketing system
and stili others refer to II as storage.
speculation. etc"
Finding the cat In merely Bar.
noy's way OF telling that he Is max
ing a strenuous effort to solve the
nations food distribution problem.
He's going TO learn why a farmer
gets 81 for the wheat in a barrel Of
flour. and the flour eaters pay $40;
why potato caters have to pay five
and six times an much as the potato
grower gets for the potatoes he digs
out OF his farm.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24
Gotta Have Good
Sense to Spoon

TOLEDO. Ohio. Sept 14.--'R !
sec girl that looks like she ha4
common sense spooning a little With
the right kind Of a fellow. 1nge
turn my head" says Miss GaU
Kaufman. probation Officer here
but SO few OF them have good SEM
and 10 few Of the men are the righe
kind. We oughta have some Womoo
patrols In the parks"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24
And a Good Sleep
Was Had by All

CORBIN. KY, Sept 2i.-In re-
manned for Miss Rcbccca Booker TO
spring something new In the party
line. She entertained with a Stun.
her party for Miss Anna Edlin of
New Albany. Ind. Blankets were
spread for Misses Edlin. Lillian Tay.
ior. Josie Taylor and Maud Rivers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24
Plays Golf; Then.
Dies; Heart Fails

Marcus T.. Wells. prominent Seat
tie cIubman. was stricken with
hart trouble while driving home
from a game OF golf at the Country
club yesterday afternoon and died
before doctor could be reached He
vas so years old and had shown no
former symptoms Of the disease He
= survived by his widow. Mrs. Anna
c. Wells. 1927 Bellevue court and
his mother. in Denver. The body rs
II the Butterworih undertaking es-
Adjustment
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24
IS AMERICAS
BEST BOY IN
THIS CITY?

One Of the WORST boys in
America has been found In Scat.
tie. Now let's find the BEST
boy.
Is your boy n better boy than
Wesley sheldon. aged IL. Of Ash.
burnham. Mass? II you think
he Is. or II you know Of a better
boy. send his picture and the
facts about him 20 the editor of
The star. Let's show these New
Engianders n thing or two.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24
Infant Hurled From
Window by Father

EDINBURGH. Scotland. Sept ~.
After killing his baby son by
throwing him from a window into
the street, Samuel Fraser jumped
from the window himself and died
from his injuries.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24
Don't Take
Any Souvenirs

LONDON. Sept 24.-The following
notice to visitors has been placed on
the porch of Friston church. near
F.astbourne: 'Tn leaving open this
ancient church. II Is requested visit
ors should treat it with reverence. II,
IL not a place for smoking. deposit
ing cigaret ends and patches. pic.
nicking. impromptu concerta or
noisy conversation"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24

The Apartment House Owners and
Managers association Of Seattle will
enlist the aid Of their tenants To re-
duce the rate OF taxation here, 1t was
decided at a meeting held at the
Chamber Of Commerce Thursday eve
ming. A committee from the associa-
ton will attend the budget hearing
a. the city council Friday In the in.
terests OF lower taxation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24
set Of jacks, a rubber ball and a doll.

Every boy gets tops. three dozen
marbles, with four good "aggies" for
"taw." and q ball bat.
Eacb home, from which child at
tends school, gets six children's
books, a game Of authors, set Of
domInoes and a checker board.
In each school he offers athletes
three prizcS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24
Baby Drops Into
the Noodle Soup

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept IA
Young Maxwell Hess. years old.
knows wha, 1, means to be In the
soup. His father julius threw him
high into the mir. and whsn he came
down he landed In kettle Of noodle
soup. His burns weren't scriouh
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24

ASHBuRSffAM. Mass. Sept. -.
This New England village boasts
Of having -the best boy in Amer
lea"
lie 10 Wesley Sheldon. 4. years
old. who lives with his parents on
a farm at the edge OF town
Wesley has just beaten all the
girls of worcester county making
bread Culinary experts OF the
Worcester county farm bureau.
awarded him the prize over a large
field Of entrants.
HERE'S WHAT HE
DID IN THREE MONTHS
Made IS loavcs Of bread in 10
basings-
Did rs hours Of homework.
Spent "a hours running crrands
for his mother.
In addition to this he found time
to:
Deliver f.s papers nightly.
Go to school.
Make a cake or two and some.
times biscuits
Wash dishes
Shovel snow.
Play baseball.
Take long rides thru the hills on
his bicycle
Go swimming frequently.
Despite his housewifely talents.
Wesley Is all boy. red-headed.
frcckled and full OF pep. He can
twist a curve over the platter better
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24
first that IL could promote real

sport in Somerville's schools I'd be
making better Americans out of the
students.
I'll has ceased 10 be theory
now--it IL fact.
"The pupils are all healthy. They
are interested IN their work. and
their schools. They learn faster than
children who do not play properly"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24

DAYTON. Ohio. Sept. 34.-H. II
Krcitzer. attorney. ID still holding HI
breath. He returned to his car ana
found a not con the steering wheel
reading as follow4 Your hack
fender is bent Cali me up at Main
$3.50 and I'll fix II for you II wnn
an accident and l haven't time q
wait"
The pain Of . hat lo~e b Whno
many a woman has paid for q houna
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24
PLANES TO
ANN|HILATE
DISTANCES
Monster Machines to Travel
ESQ Miles an Hour; Cross
U. S. in 20 Hours

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. "a
Monster monoplanes with wings six
feet thick. and speed Of $50 miles
m hour night and day. will soon
cover the United States In a net
work OF aerial mail routes. reaching
every city and hamlet
Mails viii cross the continent IN
less than 20 hours where II now
takes five days or more.
Railway mail cars win be scrap
ped. and slow mail steamers will
give way TO air cruisers crossing
the Atlantic In a few hours. Aerial
mail routes viii DO established from
the United States to the Orient.
70 Europe and South America
People living IN San Francisco
viii receive mail from London In
three days where now IT takes three
weeks
WILL COME IN
IMMEDIATE FUTURE
This Is the studied and confident
prediction OF Colonel John A. Jor-
dan. superintendent OF United States
aerial mail. based on developments
already made In the recently
launched transcontinentai sky post.
And II Is due In the immediate
future. practical. certain. says Col.
onei Jordan
Representatives OF the u. s. post.
office are being sent TO Europe TO
attend the Gordon Bennett cup race.
A speed of $50 miles an hour Is ex-
pected there. and the best features
OF each plane will be embodied in a
super plane to carry Uncle Sans
mail.
such planes. he says. win never
fan. night or day. In any weather
and thousands Of planes will be en-
pioyed-
NAIL PLANS TO
OvERTAKE STEAMERS
Perhaps not for five years will
the plans Of Colonef jordan and his
associates DO fully realized. But
already plans are completed 10 have
steamers leaving New York for Eu-
rope on one day reach port with
mail leaving America two days after
sailing. In planes with enormous
cruising radius. They will ride
alongside and transfer mail while
the steamer Is under way.
Gigantic air cruisers will traverse
the United States with safety and
speed as yet undreamed OF by any
but the initiated.
AS yet we have only scratched
the surface" says Jordan. But We
have vision. Wen batter away
enough to show what can be done.
then the youngsters Of 81 whom we
are training will carry on our work.
Well impart to them what we know
and will save them years We're
only pioneers
TO US Will 20 only the satisfac-
ton Of having pointed the way"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24

LONDON. Sept 2s.--For the sec
ond time within a fortnight. ex-sol'
dlers In tho chcviot village OF Wool
er have thrown a German gun into
the Tweed. In the presence OF a large
and cheering crowd.
Frequently y man In honest be
cause he In afraid TO be dishonest.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24

Bread making. ns a hoyish &C.
complainant did not seem strange
TO Wesley.
Another boy. Ellsworth Prouty.
of Ashburnham. won the champion
ship las, year. though, II he
could DO Il. could So l had
mother teach me"
Wesley and tho former cham
pion beat ali girls In their neigh
borhood IN thr ,ry-out for worces
ter county's team They lost IN
the state contest 20 a team Of riris
from Franklin county. That was
bec}0se they hadn't practiced &c
retf,sr enough. Wesley explained
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24
Will. BE ENGINEER
OR MAYBE EDITOR

Every boy ough, to make bread"
Wesley declared. ITS easy. Sup
pose you had no mother. where'd
you get your bread them"
Wesley " faving money 70 pay
for four years at college. He's In
the eighth grade now at Dolly Whit.
nsy Adams school and expects 20
enter the Cushing Academy at Ash.
burnham next term.
I'm going TO be an engineer he
told me rs We reached FitchburE
Attic sometimes think I'd like
to be an editor"
Hes the best boy I've ever
known says Mrs. Irene Wilcox OF
the junior department OF the
Worcester County Farm Bureau.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-24

than any OF the neighborhood sand
lot ball players.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-24
THREE CONTESTS ON
TODAY'S SPORT CARD

Basketball Navy VS.. ST Joseph's
College OF Philadelphia, Dahlgren
Hall, p. m.
Swimming Navy. VS.. Johns Hop
kins. in the swimming tank at Luce
Hall. 4 p. m.
Basketball Il. S Marines VS. Camp
Holabird, Bladen street armory. al s
D. III.
The above is the calendar OF con
tests offered the deyotees Of ath-
letics today The Navy St Joseph S
Basketball game was arranged hur-
riedly i'll the last two days to I'LL an
open date on the middies schedule
caused by cancellations Of Union
College and Lehigh. The Hopkins
swimmers are coming to Annapolis
Iall cooked and primed for their 60
lagaiRst the embryo naval officers. In
the State armory tonight, the fur will
fly when the units OF Marines at
Itached 10 the local naval station, and
The Army lads come together
: The basketball team went over to
Washington today to engage the five
of Georgetown University.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-24
aCarnct pasn At Mt. Morinll

Tomorrow will be "everybody's
day" and Carpet Day" at Mount
Moriah African Methodist Episcopal
Church, Franklin street. Rev. J.t A.
Briscoe. pastor All members and
friends Of the Church are asked to
give half yard Of carpet. The pas
tor will preach two special sermons.
AT the II a. NJ service, the. subject
will be The Swelling of Jordan
and at 3 D. m. a funeral sermon sub
ject, The Gospel. a Dying Saints
Triumph"
Al the evening service at O'Clock,
the sermon subject will be The Two
Offerings ~ Cain and Abel" Raw
Briseoe win show why many church
members stay al home. why church
people get mad at the church door
and in their ptws, and finally stop
going TO church.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-24
EVANGELISTIC WORK 4
AT FIRST M. E. CHURCH

The evangelistic campaign will be
continued AT the First Methodist
Episcopal Church. State Circle, all
day tomorrow and every night next
week. In spite of the inclement
weather this week the attendances
have been good and much interest
manifested
Tomorrow at 10 a. m. the Bible
School will meet Mr. A. W. Bennett
of Baltimore. the singing evangelist
will sing in the school. At IL a. n.
the service will be featured with the
baptism of infants and the reception
into membership of a group of per-
SONS. A mems mass meeting will be
held in The afternoon at 8 o'clock
The Epworth League Bright Hour
comes at 7.15 p. m. followed by the
revival meeting at O'Clock Mr.
Bennett will sing at all these serv-
ices
Mr.. Benefits work as an eVange-
list is OF high order, and he does very
effective work. You are cordially in
yited to attend
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-24
ONE-FOURTH WORLDS
WOMEN m CHINA
Seventy Per Cent. Employees in
Shanghai Cotton Mills Wom-
en- and Children Working
Twelve Hour Salts.

One-fourth of the women In the
world are Chinese 900, 100000 OF
them. They are going into industry
in large numbers TO work long hours
and for little money.
In Shanghai, for instance, ssventy
per cent of the employees in the
cotton mills are women .snd children.
Working hours for spinHsrs are from
six In the morning untilF six at night
and from six at night until six In the
morning. Weayers work from 5 80 in
the morning until seven at night and
the wages are from ten to twenty cents
"a day. Hundreds OF women are EN-
ployed in silk f1lature mills, standing
hour after hour washing cocoons in
basins of boiling wate< In the eX-
cessively hot rooms necessary for
apartments where fine silk is spun.
In Canton alone, there are 10000
women in factories at a maximum
wage of forty cents day for women
and of fifteen cents a d;iy for girls.
AS part of its program of world
service for women the N-ltional Young
Women's Christian Association is ex-
pecting to put on its 9staf of sec
retaries in China an expert on in
dustrial conditions who will develop
social work in factories, and work to
improve conditions for women en-
ployees. This work will include the
Introduction Of recreation and social
life among the workers md of health
lectures and edueationas1 classes.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-24
Y. W. C. A. STUDENTS
TEACHING y CHINA
Physical Training School Main
tanned in Shanghai.

The vast majority of Chinese men
remember their mothers as cripples.
Many a girl wanders ilto a mission
school who has not had her own feet
bound, but has never cen a woman
of her own class who cerld walk, end,
therefore, she walks in ) most ungain-
~ fashion-scarcely conscious OF her
natural feet.
The Chinese Medical Association
an Association composed only of Chi.
nese physicians mostly graduates from
American and English institutions
have asked the entire educated commu.
nifty OF the country t. cooperate in
better health for the Children Of Chi
ma. All the Mission Boards operating
In China felt that one of the greatest
contributions the Young Women's
Christian Association could offer to
the health of China would be to es-
tablish normal school for the train
ing of physical directors
Accordingly, in Sha.5 ghai, which lie
the greatest port in CT ma. the nation.
al committee establishes such school
IN 1914. The school Jas won favor
with all educationists, both missionary
and government. There have already
been nine graduates from this school.
MISS Wing Mel Chqp, graduate OF
the Wellesley School Of Physical Edu-
1cation, has been dean of the school
Graduates OF the school are scattered
from Canton to Picking, teaching with
conspicuous success in twelve mission
and government schools
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-24
CONTINUED STORM
PLAYING HAVOC
ALL OVER STATE
CONTINUED From Page one)

The iceLoat Latrobe. which was
dispatched TO the assistance OF the
steamer, Iurned back for fear OF be-
ing caught in the jam herself. filled
her bunkers with coal 10 meet any
emergency and left again 10 try To
break through 20 release the Read
ing.
Three other ships are in the same
lpredicament below the Reading 1.-The
Winnebago and the Salto. from New
York. and the Allentown. from PORK
Lobos. Mexico.
The Reading IS not eblieyed To lie
in immediate danger for no further
call for aid has come through
The Reading came through the
Capes early Thursday and made her
way up the Chesapeake. anchoring III
the afternoon off Sandy Point after
finding il impossible TO break through
the heavy ice barrier.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-24
Presbyterian Church

Preaching in the morning by Dr
Persons Subject. Relieve and be
Baptized and Thou Shalt be Saved >"
Why "baptize?" What relation has
baptism to salvation? In the evening
Dr. Woods, of Severna Park, will
preach Tuesday night. Or. George
Mead will give his lecture on "Bolshe-
vism. etc" Are we ready for revolu-
tion?" The men og the church invite
the public, men aud women. to this
lecture, nj eight O'Clock Tuesday
pight. No charge for admission.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-01-24
Hostess For
"Opeu House"

For the Sunday afternoon open
house" al the Y w c. A., Mrs w. d.
Brereton, of Murray Hill. will be host
ess tomorrow She will be assisted by
Mrs. Stanley r. Canine. wife of Lieut.
Commander Canine, IT, s. n. Mrs Har-
old II. Little. wife of Lieut.. Command
err Little. u, s. ~, has kindly consent
ed to sing The usual informal sing
ing around Me piano will be feature
of the afternoon of entertainment. and
tea viii be served All of the young
people of Annapolis. boys as we'll as
girls. are invited TO attend