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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-26
WILL OBSERVE
ALASKA WEEK
Celebration 10 Commence
rate Purchase OF Country

ON oct. rs, 1857. the American nag
vas raised over sitka, Alaska. and
the Americans took charge OF the ter,
ritop The vast section had been
bought from Russia for tho sum Of
5000 900 and Russia was glad 90
set rid Of il, Since that time coal.
oil. lumber. fish and precious metals
valued az hundreds OF times the pur.
chase price o. the country have been
taken out and have enriched the PEG.
pie Of the Northwest and the nation
as whole.
on oct. rs OF this year. the seth
anniversary OF the raising % tho
American flag In tho territory. Alas.
ka week viii open In Seattle and will
be observed for seven days by the
Young Mems business club and other
organizations Of this city. During
the week. exhibits showing tho rapid
growth and development OF Alaska
viii be shown on the first floor OF tho
White HEMP. Stewart building,
Programs In the city schools In
which the resources and natural
wealth OF Alaska win be featured
have been tentatively arranged by
the Young Mems Business club. &C.
oouding 10 Herman q. Celian. Lunch.
cons in which many of the largest
clubs OF the city will Join have also
been arranged for Alaska week. The
exhibits held in the whi,e.Henry'
Stewart building win be augmented by
the collection OF Alaska products
owned by the Chamber OF Commerce
and displayed win probably be sent
down By the territorial government,
according 20 Celian.
The fact that the inexhaustable re.
sources Of Alaska have scarcely been
touched win be dwelt upon by tho
various clubs. Il II announced. Ef.
forts TO acauaint the people Of Sc
attic and the Northwest with this fact
win be made by the club members
and the Chamber OF Commerce. The
decision 10 celebrate Alaska week
was arrived at Tuesday az a melting
OF the lnter.ciub council OF the Cham
Der OF Commerce.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-26
Young Man Learns
More About Women

Say. boy. YOU look blue. WHAT
the ideaG Tell mo your troubles
and you viii feel better"
"oh. doggone u. I'm losing out
completely with Elsie. That dern
John Is shining around her all the
time and she seems 10 fall for all
that line OF talk about her hair
and eyes and how pretty she looks
In the new drcsa and all that"
"Of course she does All the
women fall for that line. DO you
mean TO tell mo you never did
try the CAB yoursclfl No won.
der she's passing you up for the
other fellow
oh. thunder. can't say all
that stuff that sounds like poetry
My tongue gets all twisted and
can't SOY anything. But that'a not
all. / can't dance and need a
now suit. am afraid never
will make an Impression on that
girl"
Buck up. Jim. buck up. Elslois
a peach and you don't want to get
the blues. Learn to dance and
learn TO say pretty things, and sc,
your new suit. too. Shabby clothes
mako a girl ashamed Of man and
that's bad policy"
1T viii be hard TO learn to
dance and harder to say the poetry
words. but ] can't afford a suit
for month and know IT,"
You can II you buy IL at
cherry's. They allow a man six
months to pay, and they have some
fine suits. too. and n range Of over.
coats that are wonders. See them
today. They arc at 1915 Second
ave. in the Rlalto building. Just
over the PiE'n Whistle. Take Gle.
vntor. Advertisement
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-26
oVERW0RKED MOTHERS

We all know them. Mothers who
in their anxiety 10 keep their homes
neat and attractive and their little
ones as well dressed ns their play.
ma'cs, toll on day In and day out,
sweeping. busting. mcndlng and cook.
Ing. often suffering from baokachc.
pain In side. headache. nervousness.
siecplessness, all symptoms OF more
serious ailments. Thousands OF such
women have found relief from such
suffering by taking Lydia Il. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound. hs is
evidenced by the letters OF recon.
mcndation continually being publish.
cd In this paper, For nearly fifty
years this oldfashioned root and
herb medicine has been restoring all.
ing women to health and strength
Advertisement.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-26
OSCAR TEACHES
CHAIR GAMING

Oscar teaches chair Gaming al the
shop OF the Lighthouse. 1894 Firth
ave. an occupation which is succens.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-26
Sec. Mellon Reneus Anti-Bonus Campaign
Still Fighting in
Parts of Bulgaria

LONDON. Sept. 20 Bloody fight
ing continues Ia many parts OF iiul'
Earia as the government moves In
vain 10 put down tho agnrlan'
communist rebellion. the Sofia cor
respondent Of the Daily Express
today teleEHphed.
Tho rebels lost 100 killed In an
unsuccessful attack on slrambcy,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-26

gross had majority In both houses
Tor the legislation.
with an election In November Of
next year. politicians In both parties
viii play TO the soldier vote" and
pass the bill as a political measure
Politicians win contend. also-lr
the expected business letdown oc.
ours next year-that n grant OF a
cash bonus win stimulate business
again. This argument viii be espe.
cially strong with the republicans.
who would suffer most. politically.
from business depression.
And. finally. II Is now insisted
that President Coolidge Is committed
10 a bonus bill. because he. as gov.
ernor Of Massachusetts. signed tho
first state soldier bonus legislation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-26
HIGHER TAXES
HIS ARGUMENT
He Sees but Little
Chance for Vic
tory in Fight

WASHINGTON, sept % -secrv.
,ay OF the Treasury Mellon has re-
sumed. quietly. his anti-soldier bonus
campaign.
Convinced that everything points
20 passage Of the bonus legislation
nj tho forthcoming session % con
gress, Mellon has not rclonted In
his opposition 20 the bill nor retreat.
I'd from his contention that the GOV.
eminent Is financially unable 10
stand additional burdens.
lion Is doing what he can 20
ate the country 10 the menace
n Increased taxation. He feels that
II the consumers could understand
how taxes eat into the pay envelope
each week. and how prices have
been increased Tor almost every.
thing manufactured. BY taxation. the
one cry OF ne country would be
against additional taxes Such In.
formation. II thoroly understood.
would result In opposition to the
bonus from the soldiers, according
TO Melons theory
II Is along this line that Mellon
and his friends in the cabinet are
operating. They are strcssing the
tax problem constantly Their cry
is for tax reduction aud against ev.
cry increased expenditure And
Melons recommendations 20 the
next congress will be Tor tax reduc.
tons and more tax reductions.
on the other hand. Mellon recos.
nizes that the effort Is almost hope.
less OF success. These are the fac.
tors in the situation which are al.
most convincing that honus bin
viii be approved:
The next congress will be more
fayorably disposed toward the bonus
than was the last. and the last con.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-26

and after consultation with Di.
vorce Proctor Eugene Meacham
and Justice c. C. Dalton was re.
leased on his personal recognizance,
his hearing was set for October g..
The couple were divorced last fall
and Palmer agreed to pay SID a
month for the support of the five
children.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-26

complaint was made By Mrs. Marie
L. Palmer, who says her former
husband is in arrears s3s5.1s. in
support payments. and that she is
destitute and about to be evicted
from her home.
When informed OF the warrant
Palmer appeared at the courthouse
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-26
E. II. Palmer Held
for Non-Support

Erven II Palmer. former deputy
prosecuting attorney under Al Lun.
din. was placed under technical ar.
reat Tuesday on a charge OF failing
10 provide for his children. The
Evening star., 1923-11-11

A glimpse of the poetic life of old
Japan rapidly disappearing before the
advance of prescnt-day commercial
ism and almost lost to sight as
consequence of the recent Japanese
disaster, is afforded American ad-
mirars of oriental art in program
to be presented at the National The
ater Tuesday. November 20, at. 4:30
o'clock, under the auspices of the
Washington branch of the American
Association of University Women.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michitaro Ongawa,
Japanese artists who appear in the
entertainment. nave evolved pro-
gram which depicts the drama, music,
dance and legends of old Japan.
Michitaro Ongawa is a descendant of
long line of Samurai ancestry
The gaiety of the great night fes-
tivals. an inheritance of earlier days
is reproduced by gekkin and traps in
the Feast of the Lanterns" The
"Kojima Takanori," a type of the
sword dance, illustrates a famous
historical incident, the pscue Of the
Emperor Godaigo, Who was being
Evening star., 1923-11-11
THIS BEGINS THE STORY.

Hawkins. an old New York cabman. unable
10 throw of his love of drink, pawns his little
m0therless daughter Claire. 20 his old friend
Paul Venixa, to be brought up without knowl-
edge of her real father until he can redeem
his pledge by overcoming his weakness and
redeeming himself. Twenty years later a
futile attempt made by a young, unknown
white man to stow away on a passenger ship
sailing from Samoa. brings him under the
keen observation of one of the passengers.
who follows him ashore and astonislies him by
revealing accurate knowledge of his former
life. as San Francisco youngster of wealth
bling. Persuaded by the tentative promise of
q passage home to relate the story of his
wanderings since his disappearance from San
Francisco. the stranded youth tells of touching
the low spots of life in vain effort to fol-
low successfully the lure of chance. Satisfied
that the youth has criminal record, the
mysterious passenger draws up strange con-
tract. whereby the younger man agrees TO
pawn himself body and soul into his service.
Gilbert IArman il the signature of the older
man upon the written bOnd-a name known
widely as the head of Americas wealthest
chain of gambling houses. The younger man
writes his signature with native invisible ink
requiring the action of the salt water to
bring out the simple name-John Bruce. In
the gambling house which Bruce visits"
and through the management is given a chance
to pawn some valuables. The pawnbroker is
marvelously beautiful girl. Trailing her
taxicab he gets into a brawl with
cited foreigners, bct finds sanctuary Just as
he keels over at the feet OF a girl.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES.
Evening star., 1923-11-11

tieman?' lie took from his pock ct
little case, produced n hypodermic
syringe and pushed back his sleeve.
"A doctor is not u magician. If
he finds a patient beyond reach of
atu What can he be expected To do?
MY dear Claire, where are vour
Drains tonieht-you who are usually
SO amazingly clevcr?'
1ou are mad-insane with drug.'
shg cried out piteously,
he shook his head and coolv ia
serted the needle of the hypodermic
in his arm.
Not yet" he said II am only inn
piacabie. Shall we get on with the
story! Monsieur de Lavercnc saws
ne sent a gentleman by the name of
Jonn Bruce out in your fathers car
Httle while ago, for the prrpose
OF obtaining loan in order that the
aald John Bruce might return TO the
gambilng Joint and continue to play
But Mr.. Bruce did not return. and
the doll, for some reason being
ANXIOUS, telephones here to make in
quiries. OF course'-there was a
savage laugh in his voico-.tt Is only
a suspicion, but could this gentleman
on the fioer here by any chance bs
Mr.. John Rruce?"
Yes, she said family. "He is
John Bruce"
"Thanksl' said DR.. Crang sarcas-
ticaiiy. lie very carefully replaced
his hypodermic in his pocket Now
another litre matter ! hapDen 10
know that your father is spending the
evening uptown, SO | wonder who
was in the car with Mr. John Bruce"
Evening star., 1923-11-11

mans form now; she could not even
feel his heartbeat. Yes, she wanted
DIR. Crang now, passionately. wildly.
John Bruce-tkat was the mans
name. She knew that much. But
she had left him miles away-and he
was here now-and she did not un-
derstand. How had he got here.
why had he come here. climbing in
through that window TO fall at her
feet like one dead?
The front door opened without pre-
monitory ring of bell. and closed
again. a footstep came quickly for
ward through the outer room-and
paused on the threshold.
Claire Veniza rose to her feet. and
her eyes went swiftly. sharply, to
the figure standing there-a man OF
perhaps thirty years of age. of pow
erful build, and yet whose frame
seemed now woefully loose, disjointed
and without virility. Her eyes trav-
eled to the mans clothing that was
sponginS. to the necktie that hung
awry to the face that, but for ts
unhealthy. pasty-yellow complexion,
would have been almost strikingly
handsome, to the jet-black eyes that
somehow at the moment seemed to
lack fire and life. And with a little
despaIring shrug of her shoulders,
Clare Nsniza turned away her head,
and pointed to the form of John Bruce
on the floor.
II am afraid it is very serious.
Dr. Crang," she faltered.
That's all right, Claire" he said
complacently. That's all right. my
dear. You can leave il with conf
dence to Sydney Angus Crang, NJ. D.
She drew little away as he
stepped forward, her face hardening
into tight little lines. Hidden. her
hands clasped anxiously together.
lit was what she had feared. Dr..
Sydney Angus Crang, gold medalist
fIom one of the greatest American
universities, brilliant far beyond his
fellows. with additional degrees from
London. from Vienna from Heaven
alone knew where else. was just
about entering upon. or merging
from. a groveling debauch with that
Thing to which he had pawncd ms
manhood his intellect and his soul.
that Thing of gray places. of horror,
of forgetfulness, of bliss, of torture
drugs.
Halfway from the threshold to
where John Bruce lay Or. Crang
halted abruptly.
"HelIor' he exclaimed, and glanced
with suddenly darkening face from
Claire Veniza to the form of John
Bruce, and back to Claire Eeniza
"oh, will you hurry" she i'm
wound"
Il am more interested in the man
than in the wound" said DIR. Crang,
and there was a hint of menace in
his voice. quite gentleman or
parts! / had expected-let me see
what | had cXpected-well. say, one
of the common knife-sticking breed
that curses this neighborhood.
Claire Neniza stamped her foot.
oh hurry" she burst out wildly,
Don't stand there talking While the
man is dying. Do something.
DR.. Crang advanced TO John Bruce's
side set down the little handbag
he was carrying. and began to ex-
anime the wound.
Yes. quite gentleman OF parts!'
he repeated. His lips had thinned.
How did he get here?"
Il do not know" she answered.
He came in through that window
and fell on the floor"
How peculiar. observed DR..
Crang. a gentleman down here in
this locality, who is, yes, | will state
it as a professional fact in a very
critical state, climbs in through Miss
Evening star., 1923-11-11

Claire Veniza:s window. and
The telephone in the%other room
rang. Claire Veniza ran to 1t. DR..
Crang's fingers nestled on John
Bruce's pulse; he made no other
a listening attitude in the girls dl-
rection: he made no effort either TO-
examine further or to dress the
wound.
Claire veniza's voice came dis
tinctly:
s Yes No. | do not
think he will return tonight".she
was hesitating-"he-he met with an
-accident-' -
DR.. Crang had sprung from the
other room and had snatched the re-
ceiver from the girls hand. A wave
of insensate fury swept his race now.
He pushed her roughly from the IN
strument and slapped his hand over
the transmitter.
That's one lie you've told me' he
said hoarsely. IN attend to the rest
of this now" He withdrew his hand
from tho transmitter. "Yes. heiio!'
His voice was cool, even s9aue;
What is it? Monsieur Hehri
Mister-who? Mr.. John Bruce
yes" He listened for moment.
his lips twitching. his eyes narrowed
on C.aire Venfza, who had retreated
rev steps away. Nv, iol toH'ehs'
he said, speaking again into the
transmitter. Yes, slight accident
Yes Goodbye"
Dr. Sydney Angus Crang hung up
the receiver, and with placid smile
at variance with the glitter that sud
denly brought life into his dulled
eyes, advanced toward the girl. She
stepped backyard quickly into the
other room, retreating as far as the
motionless form that lay upon the
, floor. DR.. Crang followed her.
And then Claire Veniza, her face
grown stony. her small hands clench-
. ed found her voice again.
Aren't you going to help him
Aren't you going to do something?
Is he to die there before your eyes?'
she cried
DR. Crang shrugged his shoulders.
What can l do?" he inquired with
velvet softness. II am helpless.
How can / bring the dead back to
life?'
Dead" All color had fed her
at "oh' 5Gnn no; ofonei not yet" said br. crang
easily. But very nearly So.
And you will do nothing?" She
was facing him again. "Then-then
l will try and get some one else
She stepped forward abruptly.
DR. Crang barred her way.
II don't think you will, Claire,
my dear" His voice was monoton-
GUS: the placid smile was vanishing.
You see, having spoken to that dear
little doll of man, Monsieur Henri
de Lavergne. I'm very much inter
ested in hearing your side of the
story"
story" the girl echoed wildly.
"Story-while that mans life is lost.
Are you mad-or a murderer-or--
Another lover" said DR.. Crang,
and threw back his head and laughed.
She shrank away; her hands tight
against her bosom. She glanced
around her. If she could only reach
the telephone and lock the connect
] ing door, No. She did not dare
leave him alone with the wounded
man.
.What-what are you going to
| do?" she whispered.
"Nothing-till | hear the story, he
! answered.
Tiff he dies"-her voice rang
steadily again-"I'H have you charged
| with murder
! What nonsensew said DR.. Crang
imperturbably. Did l stab the gen
Evening star., 1923-11-11

lutely, even pleading with central to
hurry, she asked for the connection.
1t was not a matter of choice, or
aversion, or any other consideration
in the world save a question of
minutes. The life of that man in
there on the floor hung by thread.
DR.. Crang was nearby enough to re-
spond almost instantly, and there was
no one else she knew of who she
could hope would reach the man in
time. And-she stared frantically at
the instrument now-WaS even he un-
available? Why didn't he answer?
Why didn't
. A voice reached her. She recog-
niZed it.
DIR. Crang, this is Claire Veniza,"
she said, and it did not seem as
though she could speak fast enough
Come at once-oh, at once-please! !!
There's man here. frightfully
wounded. There isn't a second to
My dear. Claire" interrupted the
voice suavely, instead bf losing one
you can save several Hy telling me
what kind of a wouTd 1t is, and
where the man is wounded"
It's a knife wound, a stab, /
think" she answered.: "anG it's in
his side. He is unconscious, and
The receiver at the :other end had
been replaced on its hook.
She turned from the* telephone, and
swiftly. hurrying. bu. in cool self
control now, she obtaihed some cloths
and basin of warm: water. and re-
turned TO John Braces side. She
could not do much, sha realized that
only make what effort she could to
atanch the appalling flow of blood
from the wound that, and place a
cushion under the mans head. for she
could not lift him to= the couch.
The minutes passed; and then
thinking she heard a footstep at the
front door. she glanced in that di-
rection, half in reiieS. and Yet. too. in
curious apprehension. She listened.
No. there was no one there yet. She
had been mistaken
Suddenly she caught her breath in
a little gasp, as Though startled DR..
Crang was clever. but faith in DR..
and faith in him: in other respects
was quite anothef. Why hadn't she
thought of it before? 1t wasn't too
late Yet. was it?
She began to search hastily through
John Bruce's pockets. DIR. Crang
would almost certainly suggest re-
moving the man from the sitting
room down here and getting him up
stairs to a bedroom. and then he
would undress> bis patient, and-and
it was perhaps as we'll to anticipate
DR.. Crang. This man here should
have quite sslm of money on his
person. She had given it to him
herself, and-yGs. here it was,
The crisp new $50 bills. the stamped
and numbered =ticket that identified
the watch-fob he had pawned, We're
, in her hand. : She ran across the
room. opened, little safe in the
corner, placed. the money and ticket
inside. locked the safe again. and re-
turned to John Bruce's side once
more.
And suddenly her eyes filled. There
was no tremors no movement in the
Evening star., 1923-11-11
Poetry Of Japan to Be Portrayed
In National Theater Program

carried away into exile by the usurpcr
Hojo.
A series of folk dances include the
Genroka Hanna Mi Odori. a formal
dance on the occasion of cherry blos-
som season; the Cho Cho, butterfly
interpre t. tion. and the dance of Okarni
and Hyotogo. between whom some
comical relations are portrayed. In
Upside Down" Mr.. OnGawa maxi
clear that Japanese customs. while
apparently the reverse of the occi-
dental, are as practical as the latte.
Mrs Ongawa describes the latest
feminine fashions in Japan.
In a play. THE Fox Woman" found
ed On a superstitious belief that the
wicked red fox often took the form
of q witch woman and caused all
manner of mischief, the family life
of the farmer is revealed. Mr.. and
Mrs Ongawa, the two actors, take
all the five parts. This play is an
eXemplification of the latest achieve
ment in dramatic art in Japan and
resembles closely the realistic pro-
due lions of the west.
1t takes a widow to fiirt and make
man believe that she doesn't
Evening star., 1923-11-11
CHAPTER Nv.
A Doctor of Many Degrees.

knees beside John Bruce.
Dead-he did not move, 1t
was the man who h:rl
pawned his watch-fob hardly half
an hour before! What Gid it mean,
What did those angry shouts, that
scurrying of many feet out there
in the lane mean? Hurriedly, her
face as deadly white as the face
upturned to her from the floor. she
tore open the once immaculate shirt
front. that was now limp and wet
and ugly with a great crimson stain.
and laid bare the wound.
The sounds from without were re-
ceding, the scurrying footsteps were
keeping on along the lane. "A quiver
ran through the form on the floor.
Dead. No, he was not dead-not-
not yet
A little cry escaped from her tight
ly closed lips, and for ali instant she
covered her eyes with her hands.
The wound was terrible-it fright
ened her. 1t frightened her the more
because. intuitively, she knew that it
that she could give. But she must
act, and act quickly.
She turned and ran into the ad-
joining room to the telephone, but
even as she reached out to lift the
receiver from the hook she hesitated.
DR.. Crang. A little shudder of aver
sion swept over her-and then reso-
Evening star., 1923-11-11

She stared at him with flashing
eyes.
Il wasi" she answered passionate
Iy. Il don't know what you are driv-
ing at! | never did il before, but
father was away and Monsieur de
LaYergne was terribly insiStent. He
said it was for very special guest
II didn't, of course, tell Mon
sieur de LaYersne that iather couldn't
go. | only said that l was afraid it
would not be convenient to make any
Loan tonight. Bat ne wouldn't listen
to Il refusal. and so / went-but Mon
&ieur de Lavergne had no idea that
it was any one but father in the
car
Dr Crang's lips parted wickcdly.
(To be continued tomorrow.)
Evening star., 1923-11-11
MAIL CLERKS IOLLIFY.
Armistice Day Eve Festivities by
Registry Division.

An armistive eve program was held
by the division Of registered mails at s
o'clock last night in the conference
room at the Post Office Department.
There will be a dancing carnival, sing
ing and Il play.
Those who took part in the program
were Jesse Il. Yeitch, Mrs ". Parks
CSater, Marguerite Licarione, Lhcile
Lutich, Lydia Hunter, Bernard Bailey.
J. Martin Scranagc. John Hoffman and
Adelaide T. Borah.
Evening star., 1923-11-11

1t takes a widow to fiirt and make
man believe that she doesn't.
Evening star., 1923-11-11

Puffet. china cabinet, oblong
table, closed server. walnut fin
ish. side chairs. l armchair.
with leather seats, Bozart room
size rug.