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Evening star., 1924-05-12
May Sale Special
Underthings, $1.95
In the Lovely Blossom, Tints

III t7LE LO0cIy DIOSSOHC Il I5S1C
A new fashion for summer, fea-
tured in the May Sale. These
dainty underthings in cool green,
peach, orchid and pink-of voi1es,
nainsook and shadow batiste. It's
most unusual to find them at such
low prices, and many women will
take advantage of this opportunity
to buy what they'll need for all
summer.
Co,ons, Special, $I.95
Envelope Chemise, Special, $I.95
Musiin Underwear Section, Third noor.
Evening star., 1924-05-12
Tricosh,an1 (CLos), SI.85

The best colors-jade, copen, red, silver,
navy, cocoa, brown, black and white; for
street frocks or sports wear, it is much
liked
House Dress Section Third floor.
Evening star., 1924-05-12
Underwear Tubing (Clos), 81

The woman who makes her own under
things will be especially interested in this
special value; in pastel colors, pink, law
ender, peach and white.
Evening star., 1924-05-12
Russian, Crepe, $I.85

A handsome, heavy quality silk-andwool
crepe for street frocks and sports wear
in white, zinc, almond, cocoa, navy and
black
Evening star., 1924-05-12
Sports Satin (CIos), $I.85

In black and white only, is this smart
sports satin-1OO yards in this sale.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
NURSE POISONS.
SELF DIES
Friends Say Girl Moody; Is
Found by Landlady

The coroner ana the police were
making every effort Tuesday 10 un.
mysl the mystery o. the suicide
of pretty Miss Irene Erickson. Is.
year-old graduate nurse az the VIZ.
gtnia Mason hospital She died
Monday night nom the effects Of
poison.
Tho nurse was found IN her
room. 1904 Marion a.. unconscious
and dying. by her landiady, Mr..
lG Dresser. The SRI was zen, 20
the Swedish hospital. where she
died.
Nurses az the Virginia Macon hos
pital. who had been acquainted with
Misa Erickson during her Two
months OF service there. said sho
Was Of a peculiarly retlcent nnturr
snd seemed moody and never talked
Of herself. The Eirl lived with
her sister. Miss Lucille Erickson.
az tho roominE house on Marion
a. No motive for the suicide can
be assigned By her friends or rela.
tives,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
SLEEPS ALL NIGHT,
NO MORE PAIN,
PRAISES ALVITA

Hundreds Of mon will welcome
the news OF w. T.. Sanborn OF
Pasadena. who tells about the won
dcrfui benefits he received from the
new discovery. Alyita Tablets:
II have been a sufferer with
bladder trouble for a number OF
years which finally developed into
an aggravated case OF prostate
gland trouble. During the past two
years IL has been very bad 70 that
/ have been unable 10 slecp nights.
The suffering Is something awful.
1 have been taking your ALvfTA
Tablets for only n short time and
am delighted TO tell you that ! am
now we'll. l sleep all night Ions
and | have no further pain.
know a lot OF men that have this
trouble and / tell all ] al Of my
own cure"
Alvita Is prepared In highly con-
centrated tablet form from the
d~ecp-rootod alfalfa plant, which. by
scientific analysis. is found TO be
rich in lime. iron and phosphates
Unlike drugs. Alvita Is a vegetable
remedy which has benefited thou.
sands OF men and women. A dol
lar buys n box at any drug store
Always in stock at Bartelts Drus
observation-disclosures.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
FEEL BETTER
IN Ia HOURS
OR LESS!

Make this test End suffering
from Indigestion. Pimpies. Pains In
Rack and Sides. Constipation. Head.
aches and tired rundown condition.
due 70 seif-P Poisoning because OF
sluggish liver and ciogFed inicstincs
~ this time o. year.
Take a pleasant spoonful Of Or.
TEACHERS Liver and Hood Syrup be.
fore the next two meals In less than
"a hours notice quick difference in
way you feel. Contains pure ycEc.
table ingredients prescribed by Physi.
clans. Helps Nature cleanse and
tone your ilver-strongthcn your ~.
gestiyo organs sootho the tired and
overtaxed nerves. brace up the whole
system and purify your blood. II
has helped Thousands feel tho return
of strength. vigur and energy again.
You. too, viii be satisfied OF no cost.
Dr. TEACHERS s sold and recon.
monded by Pioneer Drug Company.
6:T In, Ave: Lion Drug Company.
500 LIST Ave: Rainier Drug Company.
Dis ist Ave: Cascade Drug Com.
pany. Ballard Station: Columbia
DRUG Company. 4SIs Rainier; War.
ren DRUG Company. Cor. Howell &
Minor and Cor. ith & Olive. and Tie
Washington DRUG Company. MadI.
son at 2sth Ia Seattle: Enuinelaw
DruE Company In Enumelaw; Ma.
smyth DRUG Company In Kent, and
by ioading druEEists In every city
: and town-Advertisemcnt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
MAYORS DANCE
PLAN HALTED
Council Refuses to Give Hall
Monopoly on Business

The city council refused 70 indorso
Mayor Browns plans for the opor.
alton OF public dance halls operating
below Ycsler why by a decisive vote
Monday afternoon. The mayors
plans. according TO the council.
would have the effect OF giving tho
Liberty dance hall n monopoly OF
the business.
Early Monday afternoon Mayor
Brown summoned tho council to tho
mayors office and requested them
10 refuse a license TO tho Droamland
hall. operated by Joe Mnrsell at 40s
Fifth ave. $. He declared his inien.
ton to veto tho councils license,
given last week to the Columbus
hall nj 1914 Washington ST.. oper.
atcd by X. Il. Myers.
Mayor Brown contended that tho
two halls were tot well supervised.
and. being In Easements. were no;
sanitary. Tho Liberty. he claimed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
High Tension
Thrills Seen
in Met Show

II you like n thrilling meiodrama,
chock full OF mystery, you should
see whispering Wires at the Met.
ropolitan this week.
The play opened Monday night for
n weeks run. and the flrst.night
audience sat oil the edge OF their
chairs turnout the three acts. enawcd
their flnscrnalls, shriokcd at mys-
terious gun shots. and gave every
evidence OF having a lurid hut pleas.
ant time.
whispering Wires" Is OF tho same
typo as The Bat THE Cat and
the Canary and "Threc Faces
East" 1t easily challenges compari.
son with any of these melodrnmas.
and has n distinct element OF com.
edy TO boot.
Tho plot has to do with the mex.
plIcable murder OF Montgomery
stockbridgc. n money.klng OF Wall
street. who IL shot In his library ut n
moment when II Ia completely sur.
rounded by detectives. Stockbridgc
Is killed in full view OF the audience,
but the manner thereof Ia not al.
vulged until the final curtain.
The name OF the play Ia derived
from the threatening whispers that
come over the telephone wires. warn.
Ing the inmates that they are marked
Cor death.
An excellent cast has been pro.
Yided, practically every role being nd.
nirably enacted. The suspense is
maintained thruout the play, and tho
audience liz kept In u continual state
VI bcwildcrment and excitement.
Whispering Wires Is a dandy
thriller. A. j. s.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22

first hall 10 be opened under Mayor
Browns policy OF affordIng working
men recreation. and was owned and
operated by Roy Thornton. said to
be a close personal friend OF the
mayor. The Columbus and Dream
land were opened subsequently, but
the mayor is understood TO have al.
ways been opposed TO their opera.
ton.
The application for a renewal Of
the license for the Liberty was taken
out in the name OF Frank Dowd.
| manager.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
S above ground ana properly CON

is above ground and properly con,
Quoted.
Returning 10 lts chambers, the
council voted 10 renew Marsell's H.
ccnss by a vote OF Z TO 2. Mrs. Henry
Landes and Mrs. Kathryn Miracle
voting against the license. Chair,
man Robert II. Hosketh. OF the coun.
Gil license committee. following the
conference. declared that the council
could not afford TO be put In the
position OF granting a monopoly. and
must either grant or refuse licenses
10 all tho halls in question.
Tho Liberty dance hall was the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22

Hop in and roll Il awuv for SeI.S5," inptes N. G. Tag
CART auto salesman, trying 10 fnrei0ie the marine reporter
into a Detroit Electric. The reporter is looking for a s25
car, and the mGgnifceHce of the little gldssed-in perdplbU-
idhHg pdrlor operloheimS him. IT can't be triel" he si0hs,
moodhg. But IL Is. Photo ~ Prank Jseos. star sar PAaorsBh.s
BY THE MARINE REPORTER
E"VoURS," said NJ. G.. Taggart. the super-salesman, with
L a suspicious tremor in his voice. yours for S21.85.
Think Of It! A rolling parloF, plate glass windows, carpet
on the floor and n place for your wife TO put the rubber.
plant. A little moving home from home"
This was up at the Auto Bankers association, whence
the marine reporter had been lured, so TO speak, by the
offer Of an automobile for $50 or less. He had looked over.
a 1910 Lozier. at Sl5.65; an Oakland, at S17S7; and a
|Studebaker. at S1923. There was a Packard Twin-Six
there, too. but ii was expensive-up in the $50 class.
Then Taggart rolled out the Detroit Electric, under its
own power!
The reporter lifted the fore and aft hatch coamings and
found the power plants. He looked in the cabin and over
the engine room, with indicators and everything.
How much? u he asked.
"You give me S21.S5 and roll il away" said Mr.. Taggart.
The marine reporter counted over his worldly wealth. It
lacked 81 cents Of being enough. So the reporter turned
sadly away. IL was tough, mates, but that's life for yuhl
not yet in its teens, that NJ. c. Ferguson, the sprightly
sales manager, would part with for a quarter-century Of
iron men.
Rosie Lowenthal, out on Westlake, had a Baby Lincoln
at S25.
you take n lot Of these S25 cars said Mr.. Lowenthal,
"and you need two OF them; one to take you out and the
other to bring YOU back, but this here car, she'll take you
both ways"
Tuesday the offers OF S25 cars continued to come in
and so did requests from citizens who want n chance to
get the surplus ones after the marine reporter has picked
his.
But the reporter is going to be careful. He doesn't fling
away S25 every day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-22
Pioneered for 40
Year; Passes On

After 40 years residence In the
Puget Sound country. C. w. Hope, OF
Chehalis. is dead II his home. He
settled there April Z. 1884. He is sur.
vved by two sons and two daughters.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Murphy's Fortune.

Charles f. Murphy, leader of Tam
many Hall, who died in New York the
other day, had been twenty-five years
at the head of the organization.
Though engaged ION the side" in
various business enterprises, he was
not specifically identified with any
professional or commercial career.
Yet report attributed to him a large
fortune. He was variously rated as
worth from S1,O0O,00 TO $4,000, 900.
Yesterday his will was filed for pro-
bate, and the attorney in filing it
stated the value of his estate at about
s450,000. Surprise is now expressed at
the smallness Of the estate, and esti-
mates of the pecuniary value of Tam
many leadership are subject TO re-
vision.
When Richard Croker retired from
was worth much more than is now
stated to be Murphy's estate. Nobody
knows exactly how much he had ac-
cumulated. He made no confidants on
this subject. He admitted that he had
worked for his own pocket all the
time. He had enough to go to Ireland
and set up an elaborate establishment
and indulge in the racing game. which
is one of the most expensive of hob
bieS.
Murphy was not a rich man when
he took the leadership in 14th street.
If he died worth $450,O00 the deduc-
ton is that he accumulated savings
at the rate of sec. 900 a year Adding
his living expenses that means u fair
ly rich reward. The job of running
Tammany Hall is no sinecure. 1t is
worth big money to the organization,
but it is actually non-salaried. The
boss must keep himself. Mr.. Murphy
kept himself very comfortably and
piled up half million. The position
brings Opportunities" He evidently
grasped them, not greedily, but profit
ably.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Coolidge Odds Increase.

A little over two weeks ago cam
paign bettors in Wall street were
quoting odds of to in favor of the
election of President Coolidge in No
vember. Friday the odds had
heightened to s to 5. Whether this
was the result of the primaries in
California and Indiana is only a mat
ter of speculation. Certainly those
primaries indicated a strength on the
part of Coolidge, with his party at
least, that warrants some reflection
in the speculative reckoning on his
chances for election.
While these odds were posted on the
general result other odds were being
quoted on the Democratic nomination.
Smith was given rating of to 8,
McAdoo 1 to and Ralston 1 to AZ.
Thus, though Smith is rated by the
betting fraternity as the most likely
of the three named, there is no
odds-on favorite in the field. The two
thirds rule is recognized as a suf-
ficient handicap to prevent early
nomination. 1t is significant, how
ever, that while Smith was quoted at
l to 8 for the nomination he was
quoted only at I to for the presi-
dency if nominated.
Here again may be reflection from
the recent primaries: Coolidge at to
for election and Smith, favorite
in the pre-convention betting for
nomination, at 1 to for the presi-
dency. This would look as though the
Wall street bettors. calculating Mr..
Coolidge's chances at 8 to 5, were
looking for the nomination of Demo-
crat not now in the reckoning.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
Progress for Conservation.

Public response to the appeal to
protect the dogwood in the vicinity Of
Washington has been gratifyingly
general. AS a result Of this years
campaign" for the preservation of
this beautiful Towering tree there is
much more beauty along the roads
this season than for some time past
And the gain is not only for the pres
ent. Trees that are protected this
year from vandalism Will be more
beautiful next year. There is a
further gain, too. People are being
shown the unwisdom and selfishness
Of breaking the natural growths in
the woods and fields, and a respect
for Towering things is being taught
that will have pronounced effect in
the future.
The tree that grows in the open
country is everybody's tree, for every
body's pleasure. 1t is the height of
seltiShness to regard it as common
property 10 be broken and stripped of
its blooms and branches. Whether
the flowers last" or whether they
fade and shrivel quickly, they belong
on the trees. They are part of the
landscape. When they are taken away
and put in rooms they are for a very
few. In the open they are for the
thousands.
Undoubtedly one of the reasons for
the stripping of these Towering
growths in the open country is that
people think they are getting some
thing free" That is, they are not
paying money for it. AS a matter of
fact they are paying very dearly.
They are paying a price that cannot
be computed, the ultimate loss Of
beauty in the open country. Just as
soon as they realize that fact they be-
come conservators instead of destroy
ers, and it is especially reassuring that
so many have been converted to this
view as result Of the present work
in behalf of the dogwood.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
BY THOMAS II. MARSHALL.
Former Vice President OF the United
States.

The brakeman on our train was
most remarkable whistler. He could
whistle a duet, a trio or a bass solo
with a chorus. l learned by talking
with him that he was not satisfied
with his status in life. He was in
clined to think that the world would
be better off If every one were just
the same, possessed of the same capa-
bilities, sought the same objects, en-
joyed the same pleasures in life.
By way of showing him that he.
himself, had just disclosed the utter
futility of any such thought I asked
him whether he would like to give
up the marvellous gift of whistling
with which he had been endowed. OF
course, he told me that he would not
give it up for anything, that it was
the pride and enjoyment of his life
ana that he had been enabled to con-
tribute to the pleasure and happiness
of thousands L felicitated him upon
the JOY which he had brought into the
world, and expressed the wish that
all who were gifted would use their
talents with his high purpose of max
ing life a little better and happier.
But he came back at me with an in
quiry az to why it was that he was
not satisfied with his position in life.
/ was unable to answer him then, and
l am unable to answer him now.
X \ X !.
1t seems that it is the fate OF our
common humanity to be dissatisfied,
if not discontented, over the niche we
occupy and the thing we do. j often
have wondered why this was so, but
ha
conclusion, probably because the tend
encies and vagaries of humanity are
beyond ordinary comprehension. We
all are Democrats; we all are down
on aristocracy; we all are for equal
ity-that is, we say we are for equal
ity. AS a matter of fact, we are for
equalizing everybody that we envy to
our state, but we are not equalizing
ourselves to any condition which is
less pleasant and agreeable than our
own. For one thing, we cannot be
convinced that there is not great
difference between trade and pro-
fession. and we are all down on trade
and all in favor of n profession.
Notwithstanding the increase of
knowledge and its general diffusion
among the people most of us still are
impressed with what we regard as
learned professions, and we conceive
the happy warriors Of humanity to
be those who fight under a banner
bearing the inscription of some pro-
feSsion or other. Ambitious souls
the generations have been
struggling to get themselves into one
of the professions. and they have been
trying all the while to make their
distinction in life secure by some Wis
ible mark. | well remember when the
doctor, the lawyer and the minister
were looked upon as members of
learned professions, when each OF
them was set aside from the body OF
our common democracy as quite S2cro-
Evening star., 1924-05-11

living expenses. The government is
not disposed to grant the request. So
the postal clerks, it is stated, decide
to go on strike on the 1st of May, not
by quitting work, but by scrupulously
conscientious observance of the rules
and regulations. They propose to
weigh every letter with care to make
sure that it has sufficient postage, to
examine every stamp to be certain
that it has not been used before and
ineffectively Cancelled and to read all
post cards to sea th..t the law which
prohibits the writing of insults and
threats on them is not violated. If
this plan is carried out it will un-
doubtedly paralyze the postal service,
which is not at its best particularly
speedy.
The postal authorities, it is further
reported, are determined to discharge
weighers or card readers. Herein will
arise difficulties. What will be the
standard of speed? 1t would seem that
the postal clerks, if they adopt this
means of forcing a grant of more
money, would have the advantage Of
the situation. There are the laws, and
plainly they should be observed and
enforced. Clearly, they cannot be en-
forced effectively with merely per-
functory examination of the mail mat
ter. If the authorities fire a few of
the clerks for too scrupulous a scru-
tiny, however. the question will arise
whether the remainder will have the
nerve to persist. And in any case, it
will be interesting to note how far
the French public will react to the
slowing of the mails.
AS an experiment in concerted ac-
ton this adoption of thoroughness as
means of reducing product to COM
pei higher wages is worth watching.
Evening star., 1924-05-11
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL

Reorganization of the Republican
national committee after the Cleve-
land convention is gcfng to be very
nearly complete, so far as the officer
personnel is concerned. For the
friends of Fred .Upham of Chicago
are predicting that he will lay down
the treasurership of the com
mittee. This means that President
Coolidge, in addition to naming the
new chairman, Mr.. Butler, will also
name a new secretary and a new
treasurer. In short, the new com
mittee is to be completely dominated
by the friends of the President.
1t would be entirely erroneous to
leave the impression that Fred Up
ham is to retire because of any lack
of sympathy with the Coolidge wing
of the party. The truth is Mr.. Up
hams health has not been of the best
for the past two years. He has
found it necessary to spend much of
his time in Europe and California and
the arduous work Of financing an
other presidential campaign is more
than his friends or physicians want
him to struggle with at this time.
IT has been reported that Mr..
Upham was quite "miffed" over the
manner in which President Coolidge
shifted the national convention from
Chicago to Cleveland. Long before
President Harding died Fred had re-
ce1ved pledges from a majority of
the Republican national committee
men that the Republican convention
would go to Chicago, as usual. Mr..
Upham had taken great pride in hav-
ing the convention more or less under
his wing. He always raised the
money for it, distributed most of the
tickets and always a pleasant time
to be set for the usual happy time
this June. Even after Mr.. Harding's
unexpected death and the accession
of Mr.. Coolidge to the Chief Execu-
tive's chair. there appeared no good
reason to believe the convention
would go other than to Chicago.
But one day last December Fred
Upham called at the White House.
Mr.. Coolidge broke the news to him
He said he wanted the convention
neid In cleveland. He thought the
Ohio city more desira BILE for many
reasons. OF course, no true Chi
cagoan could see such reasons. but
the treasurer of the committee was
a good soldier and said that in view
of the Presidents wishes he would
to Cleveland.
Fred Upham is a regular to the
core and anything that is good for
the party is good enough for him.
X
John w. Davis, former ambassador
to Great Britain and still the fay
orite son" of West Virginia FOR the
Democratic presidential nomination,
rapidly is becoming the foremost
corporation lawyer OF New York
City. Almost every day finds him
merging himself deeper with the cor
poration fabric, and showing that he
nurses no illusions as to his political
future
Evening star., 1924-05-11
NV Mother.

Who watched me as chubby babe,
As IN her arms snugiy lay,
And made me "pat-a-cake" for her
When she was young and spry and
gay?
Who watched me in my slumbers
then,
And vigilance then DER me kept;
Who prayed to God no harm would
fall
Upon me as IN dreams I slept?
Who taught me lisp that little prayer
Qn my poor heart still planted
deep),
That little verse which runs like
this:
'Now I lay me down to sleep?
And as the days and years sped on,
And 1 to manhood grew to be,
Who always had kindly word,
A loving smile and kiss for me?
When aged and bent, who still was
dear
To me, as in those days of yore;
Whom did I watch with tender care,
AS she had me, in days before?
And when, in death, she passed away,
And 1 gazed on her lying there,
For whom did then drop tear
For whom did I then say a
prayer
My mother.
John Cagett Proctor. !.