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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19
TIME TO REGISTER
NOW; OFFICE OPEN
UNTIL. 9 O'CLOCK
YJAVE you registered for the
L---... -l..LI.r

HAVE you registered for the
IL primary clection7.
II not. you have until p. m.
tonight to do It.
The registration offices In the
county.city building viii be kept
open until TINT hour to accommo.
date stragglers and workers who
are unable to register during the
day,
10 be eligible TO vote you must
be registered and n resident Of
the state for ono year. OF the
county six months and in your
precinct for 30 days.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19
SKAGlT PLANT WORKING

Reports from the Vkagit project
To Councilman w. H. Moore Tues
day were that No. generator Is
working perfectly" No. genera.
tor is having some more work done
on u and will be ready for another
'tryout in a few days. the council
man said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19
MEX HOLD YAM!
Bandits Demanding Ransom
Be Paid for Lumberman

MEXICO CITY. Aug. 10. - The
American manager Of the Crock &
Lardi Lumber Co. in the state Of
Durango. has been captured by Me1i-
oan bandits. and is being held for
nnsonI, according to advices received
By the American embassy. The man.
ayers name is Berrinean.
Consul schoenfeldt Of the Ameri-
can embassy here has appealed to
the foreign office, requesting fun in
formation on the case.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19
THIEVES STEAL CEMENT

Thieves MondSs night stole loot
from EOS Greenwood ave. that may
be hard to recover, or hard bs0re
1t is recovered. G. f. Rowe. 4S6 y.
seth st. reported TO the police that
100 sacks of cement were taken
from this address.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19

Dunnbell
s. 0OO's
Colyun

Greetings; Isn't this wonderful
weather for somebody rlse's va
rations
Today's definition Rain Is what We
pray for when NC haven't u and
curse when Il comes
Newspaper says Gov Bryan Is 90
ing 10 acecp, the nomination for vice.
president. Whesv That suspense
Is over
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SET RECORD low"

BOSTON, Aug. 1e.-The lowest
temperature recorded in New Eng.
land for August in years was at
Northfield, VI. where the thermom.
eter registered 40 degrees
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19
WAS DETECTIVE
IN SALT LAKE

My interest in LAwshe started n
year ago. when he applied at my
office for work He furnished eE.
rcllent references from Salt Lake
CITY and other places where he
Ind zone detective work lie i'm.
prrsTod me strongly ms being honest
ard sincere.
After investigating his references
gave him some work investigating
industrial plants, and he always got
the dope
He corfIded his pcr.onal affairs
to me telling me about his family
and friends I was one Of the few
10 whom he told plans OF his mar.
rage last fan
Since the flrr- Of this year he
has worked Tor me off and on sew.
eral days When in Seattle he
always called e. my office. when
not hero he WAS usually working
in logging camng or on farms.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19
GETS INFORMATION
OF BANK PLOT

As ] was leaving my office Mon
day afternoon. August II, IAwshe
came running up TO me In the hail
lie wanted 10 see me Immediately.
We went into my office. and /
asked him what was the matter
i've got Information there's 80.
ing 20 be bank holdup. Thought
II might be valuable TO you"
We don't handle criminal cases, :"
I toll him You ought to notify
the president OF the bank How
far have you gone in this plot2"
He then told me OF meeting two
men three days before that who pro.
posci that he go in with them on
a bank stickup. one OF them in.
troduced Lawshe TO third party
]. Brown. who later proved 10 be
Turn TO Page 5, Column 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19

NEWARK. N. j., Aug. 19.-Whcn
Miss Sophie senkcvitch, n Russian
girl. danced n Spanish dance NJ n
festival, she was arrested for inflict.
ing mental anguish" on those pres.
ent.
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Three anyIIs were stolen from the
attic Chain Manufacturing CO. the
ser night. Police are watching the
ummers on several Seattle AK
chsstras
Two yisss we're also stolen These
viii probably be used TO keep the
audience from leaving while the or.
chestra is playing.
Decorations for fleet week are
up. Now we should get the po-
lice 10 comb and scour the city.
corn jumped TO six cents bushsl
Chicago yesterday How much per
Lon Is THAR
Two Of the best puzzles OF the
YEAR have recently been published
They arc the republican and demo
cratic platforms.
We suspect that the authors got
their early training as riddle editors
for some magazine.
HERE'S THE DUMBELI-S
Dumbeu bud j. 30 dumb he
thinks:
Butter Is billy goat.
4 wagon tongue il the tongue
Of a laxative person.-Preston
Roger, Prosser.
Lansing. Michigan, Is painful op-
eration.--waltsr G. Scott. 1925 West.
lake. N.
A scientist Is man who paints
ns-virgil Crabb. Everett.
4 golf course Is part Of a
meal.
Hoot Gibson Is a yell leader.
A small confectionery store is a
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Funk. Ar.
linEton.
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Says She
WANTED TO
Wed A COB
Nays Tip Results in
Capture of Girl in
Hotel, After She
Ran From Parents

7 LILLIAN COCHRAN. II. has been
IL found.
Saturday Lillian heard the call Of
the sea. whispered call from the
lips Of q sailor. II lured her from
her parents. She disappeared.
Today the navy found her, told
police where they might find the
little bobette who wanted to be
gobette.
Three days search ended when she
was found at the Palmer hotel. 72l a
Dearborn ST.. by Patrolman William
Reynolds.
In those three days police theories
Of the girls disappearance had failed,
The theory Of Lillian's mother. Mrs.
b. H. Cochrane. Centervine. Wash.
was proved correct. Lillian wes
found in a hotel and sailor was IN.
yolved. tho to what extent is not yet
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19
MIR. DuD's ADVICE

"Dumbcll bud: read In the
paper that thousands OF persons
drd from kissing Is that so'"
Dora.
Dear Dora: Perhaps. but |
think there are more than that
dyl.g TO be kissed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19

DoUGH tactics will be adopted by
~ the the city OF Seattle in fight
ing the high rates Of the telephone
trust. II the action OF the city coun
Gil franchise committee in refusing
to pay the new telephone toll is ap.
proved by the city council when 1t
meets next Monday.
Decision to tender the phone com
pany n rate that was in effect before
the recent increase was reached by
the franchise committee at a meet.
ing with Corporation Counsel T. j.
L. Kennedy Tuesday.
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WOULD REMOVE
PHONE EQUIPMENT


on motion of Chairman William
Hickman Moore. chairman OF the
committee, an ordinance will be pre-.
pared by Kennedy. directing the re-
moval FROM the streets Of Seattle of
all equipment used by the phone
company. This ordinance will 10
held ready for passage, should the
present court action fail to establish
the old rate.
Oh favor using the same strong.
arm methods on these untility con.
Germs that they use on us" Council.
man Moore said. IL favor an ordi.
nance directing the board Of public
works to remove all telephone equip.
nent from the streets OF Seattle"
Kennedy warned that such an ordi.
nance at this time would kill the
city's mandnmus action. which seeks
TO force the phone company to oper.
ate under the old rate scale
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SAYS SHE WANTED
TO WED A SAILOR

AT the police station Lillian's
mother and father, glad that she had
been found. met their runaway
daughter. While Cochrane wa. in
clined to be angry. the mothers hap.
piness wiped out every other
thought
Il wasn't kidnapped or anything,
the girl sobhed Historically. Il just
wanted to run away from home and
meet "A sailor that I'm In love with.
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NAVY TIPS POLICE,
Girl. Is RETAkEN

This morning the girl called
taxicab. In il she went to the
navy float al the foot OF Washing.
ton ST.
Il want TO see my brother on the
L. s s Tennessee, she told officers
Of the float
"All right, but the boats aren't
running until o'clock the navel
men replied.
Jumping into the cab. she went
back 10 the hotel.
a moment later an ensign re.
called the girls description in the
papers. He notified police. They
traced the taxi call; found Lillian.
SAYS SHE is TO
WED A SAILOR
She was dressed in the same
clothes she wore when she left her
parents Saturday at the South End
market. Third ave. S. and Washing.
ton ST. telling them she wanted to
run up TO the Totem pole.
Historically she told police that
she and sailor were TO be married
Wednesday,
Juvenile authorities are holding
her Her parents. camping at the
tourist park. have been notified. d.
W. Struver, Puget Sound Dredging
company. saw the girl enter the
Palmer hotel shortly before the ar
rest and called The Star, but police
had already been notified.
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You have 70 be a proofreader TO
get a copyright.
That a disabled submarine could
use an undertow.-M. d. Rusk. 2sOs
E. Roy
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AW. GWAN

Dear Dumbell Dud: bought some
auto bulbs. but there Is no iustruc.
tons about planting the same.
should plant them alonside Of cur.
rents and also. should they be plant.
ed in the light or the dark Of the
moon w. VI. Goodwin.
Mr.. bud Is afraid someone is try.
ing to kid him so will not answer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19

HERE'S THE WINNER
a catspaw Is kittens grand
pa.-Mrs. Carl Byers, 1925 18TH
s. W Come in and get your
/ Dollar.
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Two yisss we're also stolen These
viii probably be used TO keep ths
audience from leaving while the or
ches,ra is playing
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-19

Three nuyils were stolen from the
attic Chain Manufacturing Co the
4rr night Police are watching the
ummsrs on several Seattle iarz
.hsafrna
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WEATHER

tH'r'tied toussht sgtdussfay
partly Ssifv aHd -ear,sr,
weteratc westerly wndf
Temperature last "a Hours
"aNi'hunl, 81. Maximum. S..
To-day noon. @
Evening star., 1924-05-18
Mining for Bullets.

DERHAPS the oldest mine in Anne
lea is operated in a shooting par
on the outskirts of one of OUT laree
cities. Millions of leaden pellets tina
have been discharged from guns y
this park during the last twent}
years are being recovered, For a
dozen years or more nine or ten GU
clubs have used the park and II Is
estimated that during that time th'
contents of four or five million shells
have been discharged at clay pigeon
in the inclosure. The guns arr
gagged to carry about $50 yards
the shore line of the river, on tn
banks of which the mining machine
has been set up.
The soil on the banks of this riNes
is literally filled with the bullets tina,
have fallen here during the las
twenty years. Several tons of lead
are said to have settled in the sof
earth on the river bank. Allowins
for a shrinkage of 25 per cent. it is
seventy-five tons of lead which maE
be recovered. Pig lead can be sold a
a price per ton winch will yield .
handsome profit
The lead is taken from the soil hy
the process of placer mining. Tht
outfit for this work consists of Il
gasoline engine, a pump house, force
pump and wooden troughs into which
the bullet-incrusteF earth is thrown
The lead is separated from the soil b,
means of running water.
Evening star., 1924-05-18
Startling Inheritance
From Empress Eugene

753 francs plus a few cents NOR
than she receives
But she will have "a valid not,
against the French treasury fo"
something like 100000 francs. witt
unpaid interest running on. If sh'
could get some of the big worl"
banks to discount this note for he
she might still manage 10 realizy
out of her godmother Empires,
Eugenie's legacy to her millior
and a half of francs-say, 100000
But where is the bank?
On the other hand, if the French
government allows its debt to tn
empress estate which the princes
inherits TO run on, the interest vii
run up and nobody knows hoV
much will have to be paid eventually
So a few days ago, when Parliament
was rushing votes through 10 finish
up the session before the cominE
elections. the government frank,
proposed TO the members to vote tha'
this very peculiar government deb
should be treated like any other deb
to an estate and a balance be struck
between France tax collector ana
France debtor. This is not the usua
legal proceeding between the indivlo
uaI and the state-if the state owes
YOU money you cannot set the amour
off to pay the taxes which you owe I"
the state.
The little Princess Clotilde, VIII"
inherited what should have beeh
nearly $4,000 oOO, and what is stil.
half a million. may wait long.
STERLING HELLO
Evening star., 1924-05-18

win you? 1t shan't happen again
not here"
And William Page stayed on,
COOMBEARE was alone in the room
he called his library. 1t was long
past midnight In the great hall out
side William Page sat by the fire. A
dozen times since dinner he had been
summoned to the room, where Coon
beare sat at a table loaded with pa
pers, to perform trifling menial Of
fees. And every time he had gone in
he had been sworn at. Coombeare
ordered him to stay outside the room
and to come at once when called.
The shadow of unknown calamity
hung over the house. Coombeare had
been drinking heavily for a week OF
more. His temper had been frightful
One by one the servants who came in
contact with him had left, and Will
liam Page had been ordered not to
replace them. He himself was in
constant attendance night and day
He was old. He could stand it nc
longer. He had given ten years
faithful service to this loW-bred
domineering brute. He was worr
out.
Coombeare's thick voice was heard
calling him. He started UP with a
frightened look and hurried to the
door. When he came out of the
room again the word that would set
him free had not been spoken.
This happened three times. His
tongue refused to release him.
1t was o'clock in the morning
when, haggard and white-faced, he
was summoned for the last time. The
room was unbearably hot. Coombeare
sat a his writing table. where he had
sat for six hours with his papers
before him. He looked frightful; the
veins stood out on his temples and
on his thick neck; his face was
purple.
Take off my boots he said. as he
had said once many years before.
william Page knelt down submis-
sively to do his bidding, but fumbled
at the buttons.
Curse you for d clumsy fool"
shouted Coombeare, and kicked him
He got up slowly, his face very
white, his whole body shaking. Il
wish to leave your service tomorrow
morning, sir he said.
Coombeare rose slowly. his eyes
fixed upon his servant with sort Of
| stified glare of fury. He stood with
his hand on the table. swaying
slightly. Coombeare opened his mouth
! to speak. The old man uttered cry
for no words came, but a terrible dis
| tortion of face. and Coombeare fell
to the floor and lay there.
Evening star., 1924-05-18

the buffers son, or Rat-catcher 5
Joe?"
IT'S wonderful" said william
Page. How did you do it-Mr.
Joseph" he added, by way of COM
promise.
How did 1 do it? Why, as I'd
always meant to do 1t. l kept my
eyes open for chances, and when they
came ! was on top of them. I've
often gone cold and hungry, Bill
Page, and that's more than you've
ever done, but j never missed a
chance"
Did you ever think of old times
when you were making your money!"
asked William Page.
Evening star., 1924-05-18

The other laughed his great laugh.
Many a time" he said. You
know what l call myself. l hadn't a
name of my own. And I thought of
you, Bill Page. and laughed many a
time at my thoughts. And now I'll
tell you what" he went on, with an
access of determination. I've made
my pile in America, but I'm going to
settle down and spend my money in
! the old country. I'm going 10
be a big wig myself as I always told
you 1 should; and you shall be my
servant, Bill Page. at double your
wages, and help me-"
What was there about the man that
made William Page accept his offer
as command. and without a thought
of hesitation prepare to leave the
service in which he had spent forty
years of his life, and in which he
had expected to end his days? Not
the offer of double wages, which he
afterward refused.
"A months notice" exclaimed the
duke.
He was sitting at a big French
writing table in a room looking on
to the quiet garden of his London
! house, and turned round in amaze
ment to face his steward standing
| respectfully before him.
William Page told him he was
| going to take service with Mr.. COON
| beare.
Mr.. Coombeare. What on earth
| for? You've been with me and my
father for forty years, Page" he said.
"I think you have always been
treated well. What on earth do you
want to leave for? Do you want
higher wages? Is that it,
No. that was not it. He spoke of
gratitude He was quite evidently
distressed: but as evidently deter
mined. He did not disclose his early
acquaintance with Coombeare. That
had been stipulated. And he gave
no other reason for his decision: there
was no other to give.
oh very WELL" said his grace i'm
patiently at last. You must do as
you like. But l consider that in leav-
| ing me without giving me any rea-
son after all these years you are
guilty of great ingratitude. L don't
understand it
The accusation of ingratitude cut
William Page to the heart. He had
a real affection for his master. and
he left the service in which he had
lived in contentment for so many
years with heavy heart.
x * * x
| COOMBEARE bought Buckley Court
~ the largest property then for
sale within two hours rail of Lon
| don. 1t was a glorious house, as big
| as a college. full of treasures. IT had
| lovely old gardens and round the gar
dens stretched a noble park of beech
| and oak and ferny glades and
| hollows.
He had the sense, under expert ad
| vice, to leave his country house as it
| was, but the big London house which
| he bought at the same time he had
| redecorated and refurnished from top
| to bottom, also under expert advice.
| He was a great deal talked about.
as a man who is lavish in spending
apparently boundless wealth for the
amusement of his fellows is apt to be,
Evening star., 1924-05-18
BY ARCHIBALD MARSHALL

1 A YEAR later William Page sat By
Coombeare's bed in the great
prison infirmary-cIean, bare and sad
Coombeare's wealth had collapsed
like a house of rotten bricks, and his
downfall had caused ruin to thou
sands. He had been nursed back
painfully to stand his trial When h.
was sentenced to twelve.years' penal
servitude savage howl of self
graduation went up from those who
had followed him blindly.
He had had another stroke. and
had lain for months in the infirrnary
William Page, frail and bent, sat
by him, holding his hand The man
| dark eyes, as keen as ever in hi
battered face, were fixed on his old
friend in piteous appeal
Take me away. Bill" he whis-
pered, speaking with great diff
Guilty. Take Inc down tc the old
place. Don't leave me here whore
can't see the sky"
"It won't be long now joe" an
swered William Page. His lordshjr
has never left off working to get you
free. They'll let you go soon, and
I'll take you away. No one will know
who you are. They have let me TAX,
a little house, Joe, the one Mrs. Gu
len lived in, hard by the church, VIII
the roses. You remember. Well D..
happy there-happy and free-aI.G
everything that's gone forgotten.
The appealing eyes remained fix
on him.
slow voice went on. That last niGu
wanted you near me. | wanted
feel you were there all the time r..
sorry treated you so i'll
The tears stood in old WILL
rage's eyes.
That's all forgotten now, Joe
In the west country village VIII
the two boys played many years -
two old men are living together O
of them. paralyzed and pennies,
entirely dependent on the other.
They live in a pretty cottage, wa
ed on by an obliging middle eeo
woman. Sometimes the great peopl
from the castle hard by visit then
for the owner of the cottage is great
" respected. He is known to haNe
been in the highest service and T."
have amassed a considerable sum.
The invalid commands no respec.
There are other old men in the vii
lage, and old women, too, who r.
member him as a ragged outcast bo\
not at all the equal of his benefactor
in station. 1t is a matter of cor
tinual wonder to the gossips that Wi
| liam Page in his old age can burdel
! himself with such trash as RAJ
| catcher's Joe.
Copyright 1924
Evening star., 1924-05-18

and since his ambition for the time
of wealth and fashion. he may be
said to have gratified it fully.
None of those among the horde of
his new acquaintances who COM
mented on the correct manners of an
admittedly self-made man could have
guessed that they were the result of
detailed training by his quiet, re-
spectful servant.
"If you will excuse me saying so.
sir. it is not the custom TO allude to
the Earl of Something or the Count
ess of Something. And the same with
any nobleman under the rank of a
duke"
"Oh. that's the trick, is it? Really.
you ought to write d book. Page"
William Page was busy enough.
Coombeare's great staff of servants
under his experienced supervision
was drilled into as efficient a machine
as il would be possible to find any
where.
Don't know any one who does
you better" was the common verdict
on the new millionaire. But, of
course, ne can aHOru IT,
He could afford TO produce any
effect. but he could not actually have
produced this one if it had not been
for William Page.
He knew that. 1t was part of the
| unconscious art he exercised to keep
his hold over his one-time playfellow
whom at the bottom of his heart he
despised that he sometimes made it
plain that he knew it.
You've learnt something in your
life, Page" he said to him once. Il
can always find use for the men who
| can do one particular thing better
than other people. You're worth
worth money to me. Here's twenty
pounds for YOU. Go and waste it, if
you've got the pluck.
William Page took the banknote
but he would rather it had not been
offered to him. He had taught Coon
beare many points of good manners
but to avoid hurting peoples feel
| ings had not come into his course OF
tuition.
William Pages situation was one
| which most servants would have con-
| sidered the most eminently satisfac-
tory Money flowed into his pockets
| from the master himself and the mas
ters quests, and he was rapidly
amassing what to a man in his posi-
tion was a considerable fortune. The
staff under him was so large that
| he was neither obliged nor expected
| to do anything but supervise, and he
| had absolute authority over every
N the household.
And yet, in spite of his materia
welfare, he felt himself degraded, un-
classed. He had lived all his life OF
honorable service among those OF
high and assured position. He hac
basked in the reflection of their
greatness and had felt more conscious
pride in his masters birthright thar
| his master himself He would have
| been happier in the house of a poor
man related to half the peerage thar
| at the head of a great establishment
| owned by an admitted but usurpine
| leader of fashion.
| 1t was not, after all, the great oc-
| casions on which the house was filled
with guests of name and place thai
gave him the aroma of exclusiveEes:
| for which his soul thirsted-those b.
| had in his new situation as we'll A.
| his old. 1t was the privacy of socia
greatness that he missed, the every
Evening star., 1924-05-18

IL was June in London, and the
great territorial magnate served
by William Page had left his country
houses and had removed his house
hold to a grim mansion in the heart
of the town, all dirty stone and mar
row windows without, all luxuary and
beauty within.
This particular magnate's terri
torial greatness had been founded
some generations back upon finance
and finance still exercised some of
his attention, so that there occa-
sionally appeared for a day or two
at one or another of the country
houses or at dinner in London people
whom William Page looked upon with
mild disapproval. Especially was