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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-01-02
MOTHER! GIVE SICK CHILD
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP"
Harmless Laxative for a BiIioua
constipated Baby or Child.
Constipated, bill.

Constipated, bill
ious, feverish, or
sick, collie Babies
and Children love
to take genuine
California Fig
Syrup" No other
laxative regulates
the tender little
bowels so nicely.
1t sweetens the
S t o m a CHI and
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-01-02
"DANDELIoN BUTTER COLOR"

A harmless vegetable butter color
used by millions for 80 years. Drug
stores and general stores sell bottles
of "Dandelion" for 80 cents.-Adv.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-01-02
Keep Well! Avoid Sickness.

Take Brandreth Pills. One or two Mt
bed time will cleanse the system, purify
the blood and keep you well.-Adv.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
u. S. Sen. Henry Cabot
Lodge Dies dtCambridge
Veteran American Statesman Passes Away
From Effects of Stroke Last Wednesday

ator's physicians, said
Senator Lodge died at 11li this
evening"
The senator had been in n coma
for almost 100 hours when the end
came His physicians had held out
little hope since the stroke wednc,.
day and were amazed M the vitality
Of the aged senator who held out
hour after hour against death
~ the bedside whom the end
came were Mrs. John Ellcrton
Lodge. his daughter.in.law, Miss
Helena Lodge. his granddaughter,
both from Washington, and his
physician. Or. John II Cunning.
ham. Senator Lodges son, John
Ellerton Lodge, and two grandsons,
John David Lodge and Henry Cabot
Lodge II. were In the consultation
room on another floor
Sunday had been o day Of grad.
ual decline and REIMBURSEMENT Of
hope for tho stricken senator, Early
yesterday. streets for several blocks
about tho hospital had boon lined
Off as q precnution against noise
~ 3 p m. physicians Issued a bul.
lctin which told Watchers tho on1
was not far nway. II road: Con,
dltlon hos failed pcrceptibly during
trurn TO Page l. Column .
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10

CAMBRIDGE. Mass Nov. TO-
" The senior United states sen.
ator rom Massachusetts. whose op.
position to American participation in
the league Of nations made BIS name
a household word thruout the world,
passed away in the Charlesgate hos.
pital at ii1I last night
He had been ~ for several weeks
and stroke last Wednesday left him
unconscious except FOR short periods
until tho end.
Senator Lodge was ~ his 18th
year. He had represented the state
OF Massachusetts continuously IN tho
senate for 81 years.
The body was removed from tho
hospital today 10 the home or Dr.
williams sturgis BIgclow q lifelong
friend
Funeral services win be held from
Christ'a Episcopal church Wcdncs-
day 81 noon. II was announced 10.
dry by Charles r. Redmond the
senator's private secretary.
Intcrment viii be M Mount Au'
burn cemetery IN tho Lodge family
plot
Announcement or tho death came
lust bcforc midnight when Drs.
Cunningham and winslow, the scn.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
-Four Dead Monday From
Traffic Accidents Here
Three Victims of Autos and One Killed by
Street Car; Nine Hurt

DEATH claimed tour traffic
~ victims Sunday and Mon
day. two more were near death
in the city hospital. and nine
other persons were recovering
from injuries Monday. Four
drivers were arrested by the
police ilit-and-run pilots in.
iured three persons.
Thinking that he was being held
up, John A. Peterson. 81, OF 42S3
Beach drive, early sunday morning
spoeded his automobile into a group
of four men who were trying TO
stop him at Fourth ave. S. and
Charles st pctcrson's machine
struck two of the men, killing ono
and fatally injurng another. Peter.
son drove TO his home, where he
phoncd and was instructed TO make
a report, lie came to headquarters
and was arrested, being released on
his personal rccognizance 10 await
action by tho coroner
Peterson told the police that he
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
STRIKE LEADERS
AT CONCRETE
ARRESTED
Sheriff Fears Strike Trouble
at Power Project
HART DENIES HIM AID
Everett Militia Ready for
instant Call

CONCRETE Nov. iO.-Strikers
" At the Baker River power
project. near here. vino have
been threatening trouble, were
all rounded up this morning ina
field by Sheriff Conn and his
deputies. Trucks were on their
way from Sedro. W ooiley and
Mount Vernon TO take tho strik.
crs 10 Mount Vernon.
CONCRETE, Nov. 10. - Con.
" crete was quiet on the eve
Of Armisticc day. with sheriff {.
H. Tip" Conn. Of Slsagit county.
and heavy staff Of deputies
prepared to meet any emergency
in the strike Of workers OF the
Baker river power project.
Sheriff Conn has twice appealed
FOR state troops but Governor liar,
has refused 10 send them. according
TO reports. Three companies OF the
state militia. however. have beer
called together at the armory al Ey
erett and fully equipped. The men
first reported Saturday night. wort
released until Sunday and were holt
at the armory all day sunday.
Sunday night the mon were die
missed. subject TO instant mobilizo
ton by telephone orders Monday
the officers OF the troops reported OF
the armory for Information.
About zoo men, with full
marching and field equipment.
are ready to take the field at an
instant's notice. Motor trans.
portation has been modified to
rush them TO Concrete in the
event OF an outbreak there. on
Armistice day.
Every precautIon has been takeE
by Sheriff Conn to prevent another
Centralia affair. Many Of the strily
ers arc said to be members OF th'
/. w. W, and feeling has been high
for several days. The strikers threat
en- 60 repulse with violence any at
tempt to send strike breakers int,
the camp
The miltiamen ready FOR actor
arc Company NJ. under command o
Capt. Morris Stevens: Machine Cur
Company L, under command Of Capt
Earl Lee. and the Headquarters
Company under command OF Lieut.
George Rasmussen.
The Baker River power project !
stone & Webster development.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
Mrs. Harding Is
Slightly Better

MARION. o.. Nov io.-Mrs. War.
rcn g. Hurding's general condition Is
slightly improved today" DR.. Carl
W. sawyer's daily statement paid
today.
Mrs. Harding rested comfortably
last night. She has been able 10
take some nourishment. and her gen.
eral condition Is slightly improved
today" the statement said
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
HOLDUPS
ESCAPE
In auto
Daring Highwaymen
Get Big Haul in
One of the Busiest
Streets in City

lE>0UR heavily armed
l. bandits held up lie Roy
Johnson. manager of the Lib
erty theater, and two others
as they were driving 10 the
bank at 1870 a. m. Monday
and escaped with between S.
600 and $4,000. the proceeds
Of the Liberty and Coliseum
theaters, Saturday and Sun
day.
Led b. Robert Murray. thsater
guard. police pursued the bandit car
out First ave. and lost trace Of them
az tho Queen Anne countcrbaiancl
over which the bandits fled
The robbery occurred on Pine ~.
AZ the alley between Firs; and Sec.
ond ave.
johnson. FrauE Steffcy. manager
o. the Coliseum. and Murray. tho
guard had left the front entrance
Of the Liberty with the money. Their
car had turned down Pine st.. when
the bandit car. an old Chalmers. shot
out tho alley IN front q them.
Three men covered the three IN
the thcater chr and dlsarmed Watch
man MURRAY. Transferring tho
money 70 their own car. the bandit-
fled. Murray commandccrcd a ma
chine standing al the curb and pick
ing up the traffic policeman on tho
corner. started In pursuit
The robbery was one Ok the most
DARING IN months
Traffic and motorcycle police in
fest the district An officer was sta
toned az the corner OF Second and
Pine. hair a block away. Others arr
stationed at corners surrounding the
scene OF tho holdup.
The ioag. according 20 II r. Rob
inson. secretary TO ], Won Hcrbcrg
OF the theater management. wa
covered by insurance
Manager stcffy % the Coliseum
was held UP several years ngo By
John Schmidt. young war veteran
who killed three policemen IN O
duel on a downtown street and was
executed. Schmidt obtained 1900
from Steffy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
ERICKSON HITS
UTILITY TAX
PLANS
Says CampbelI'S Ordinance
Blow 10 City Ownership
COUNCILMAN DENIES IT
Declares II Will Make Il
More Favorable

A STIFF fight looms when
n Councilman william T.
Campbell Introduces his ordi
nance providing ) pcr cent
tax on gross rrvenurs OF Sc
aiilc's public utilities. II was In,
dicaied Monday when Oliver T.
Erickson. former city council
man and prepayment Of municipal
owncrship. Monday launched an
attack on the measure.
This Campbell measure Do
charged. is nothing more nor lea
than the Reed bili. which Loaf by b.
overwhelming majority AZ last Tues
days election The principles In M
two measures are IDENTICAL and thr
legislation can only net 81 des,rur
tive force and a deterrent 70 seattle
public utilities
AS Tor the ITCH, department. .
per cont gross tax could only brnsn
land spoculatorH Who live outside N,
state The street railway system 4
already burdcncd 70 tho breaking
point. and while I have no, recently
seen statement Of is finances.
arm certain that any additional tnl
would hurt q immcasurahly
II call upon and hope that NJ
friends o. municipality owned utilitIe
will fight this measure
Councilman Campbell who "a
tbcrcd the measure. which was eE
pceted 10 BE- ready 10 be- INTRODUCES
az "a council session AZ p. m Mon
day. denies that his proposition vii
hurt Scatiles' public utilities
a per cent tax on the rroa
revenues Of our public utilities" b
sald will do more than any othe
ono thing 70 popularize and incrcas
business, particularly In the cit
light department
Tho Bone bill lost November 4
and am sure that tho principa
reason was because Taxpayers d
not like the idea that the city uul
itics pay no taxes
Campbell declared that there
no question OF his loyalty to n
city utilities, and that he did wha
he could for passage OF the Bon
bill.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
Vets Are
told RUM
ACT fails
Harding Told Him
1t Was Badly Adj
ministered, Doc
Says

VIOLENTLY denouncing
V the Yolstead act, Mayor
Brown Monday publicly de-
clared that '1f it wasn't for
the flag and the constitution,
these people who want TO
stop a man getting a drink
would be burning people
alive and boiling them in oil"
The mayor spoke at the opening
Of the third national convention or
the United States Blind Veterans
OF the world war. His remarks
were applauded. The speech also
contained another denunciation OF
the efficiency committee Of the
city council.
II was the last public official
to entertain the late President
Harding" the mayor said. The
president told me that II they
had known the Nolstead act was
going TO be administered n II
j.. they never would have pass.
al H."
Declaring that the intolerance or
the Yolstesd act and its supporters
brcoer violence and contempt for
the law" the mayor bitterly scored
people who clap their hands and
say. WONDERFUL when some poor
old man Is hailed into court for mak-
ing bottle Of beer"
Sobriety or morality never were
lcgislated into any nation, Tho
mayor told the veterans.
III this nation can spend 20 10
80 millions 10 enforce the Yolstead
act 10 satisfy a few people who are
afraid somebody's going 10 get
drink. X ought to be willing to
spend like amount TO start ],
school. not only for the war blind.
but for every blind person in the
country"
Defending his administration
| TO veterans, not more than half
dozen OF whom were Seattle
citizens. The mayor said that:
Seattle is not the worst city
in the world, allho some Of our
defamers here would have you
believe il Is. Some OF the best
people in the United States"
he added. come here"
Other advantages Of the city. the
mayor pointed out. were Cedar river
water a low infant mortality rata
and ?is cent street car fare for
Sunday school children.
The grafton agains. the dry law
was concluded with statement
that III everybody in the country
drank as much as ! do there'd 10
I business enough only for one small
brewery and distillery combined"
Personally. said the mayor, he
had never been drunk.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
Snow Comes
Little Ahead
of Schedule

TGNG WINTERS forcrunncr.
~ snow, reached Seattle sun.
day night a full month ahead OF
schedule. Lowered temperature
Monday morning and a drub.
overcast sky gave indications Of
possible snowfall Monday.
The snow was confined to
large. slow.falling flakes. which
melted almost as soon ms Il fell,
tho roofs were still white In the
north end OF town Monday az
daybreak
The snow fell shortly after
y. m, and covered the city gen.
orally. Two inches foll on the
Everett highway. while south
Of Seattle the fall was confined
TO small amount OF hail.
street cars and automobiles
crawled cautiously thru the
binding flakes.
Last year the first snowfall
came December %. when three.
tcnths Of IN inch was recorded
by the e. S, weather bureau here.
November snow Is unusual in
Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10

saw the men step into the road in
the glare OF his headlights and mo.
ton for him TO wait. He stepped
on the gas and sNThizzed thru them
Another u,otorist passing. picked
UP the victims. but found no trace
Of the other two men. one of the
victims was already dead; the other
was unconscious, Neither has been
Identified, but the injured man, in
his delirium. Monday morning, said
his name was Peter Hansen, A
few minutes later he said his name
was Christensen. lie is n Norwe.
giau.
Joseph Haleva, 6S, OF 2l5 10th ave.
was run down by hit.and.run driver
at 10th ave. and Il. Alder st. Sunday
night He has been unconscious
since. with a fractured skull. lie may
die.
Mrs, Marcus NJ. Page. Sc, OF lolS
10th ave, died in tho city hospital
carly sunday. after fighting death
Crurn to Page I, Column u
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
UNOFFICIAL BODY
USELESS, THEY
RESOLVE
Committee Would Be With
out Necessary Power
SHORT ATTACKS NICHOLS
Bitterly 0enounceS Head OF
Probe Body

MAYoR BROWNS COMMITTEES ap.
A'i pointed by himself 10 investigate
him and the street car deal Mon
day refused 70 accept tho commits
non.
A resolution introduced before O.
meeting 81 the mcmbsrB Ia the
county commissioner room by Judge
George Donworih. chairman Of the
COMMITTEES, wna adopted Tho rsfo-
luton stated that the committo be-
lived that investigation by an I'm
official committee. acting without &c..
gal sanction would not result In
any public benefit"
William Short, president Of Tho
state Federation Of Labor. aimed "a
bitter attack al Ralph Sichois
chairman OF ihc council efficiency
probe committee
II have no confidence In Nichols.
he nBid cut out all this scandal
uongruns and blackguardiug ot the
city and lct the committee set the
dope on these matters II they have
The goods let tho prosecuting Officers
take it over
I'VE do not doubt that there is
graft and dishonesty but VIC don't
believe Seattle IS any worse than
any other place Make it plain
that the efficiency committee is not
doing the right thing" he pleaded
Those attending tho conference
we're: Judge George Donworth,
Judge Thomas & Burke. r. IL. Watt.
f. H. Baxter, +. ". SiranE. Gerald
Frinke. u. J. Mcmahon, Homer ilill,
4. s. Eldridgc. worruil Wilson. Her
man Goetz Grover Folsom, J. w
SpsnFlcr " w. Elfcndahl. NJ. A.
Griffin. Lawrence Colman, Nathan
Eckstcin and Otto Regal
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
Hawaiian Governor
May Come to City

Gov Wallace n. Harrington, or
Hawaii. may be q visitor 10 Seat
tie within few days II was an
nounced Monday by tho Hui o Ma
Hawaii. the Hawaiian club.
900 Melhorn building The club has
invited the governor. who is In
Washington. D. c.. 70 attend It's
annual banquet. November 10. The
banquet is to be in the form Of a
'1uau." or native feast.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
Theater Managers Robbed
OF $4,000 in Pine Street !
MAYORS PROBE Off.
Good Ne2US
Seattle Postal Business
Shoics Second Biggest
Gain IN Country ia
October

CEATTLEs postal business In
- October showed the second
biggest Ealn o. any city in the
country over tho same month Ia
1891. according 20 a report ~.
eslvcd Monday b Postmaster c.
~ Perkins.
The business showed an 49,
psr cent gain over October 1873.
and h was exceeded Ia percent
axe only by Dayton. % where
tho gain was 81 per cent.
Total receipts FOR the month
we're ts75.7ls. compared 90 iz25
coo last October The net gain
was So tGg
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
Coast League Ball
Meeting Is Quiet

There were no fireworks at the
first meeting Of the Coast League
baseball officials in session at the
Hotel Gowman Monday morning,
Routine business was In order. The
new Portland owners filed the. list
of their stockholders Tom Turner
was listed as president and Manager
Duffy Lewis as vice president
Tho meeting adjourned until .
p. M
President Harry Williams pre-.
sided
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
Discovers Burglars
in Her Dining Room

Mrs. 4. Johnson eos 32nd ave.
heard noise in the dining room OF
her homo sunday night and invest.
gated, She found a couple OF burg.
lars ransacking the buffet The
mon fled, taking a quantity OF silver.
ware and linen They escaped in q
ramAhnckle nulo.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
BABES POISONED
BUT RECOVER
Sampled Pills, Quick Aid at
Hospital Saves Lives

Poisoned when they sampled tbs
contents OF box of pills with which
they were playing Sunday morning
Walter and Robert Wood. aged and
?, sons OF Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Wood
630S 18th ave. y. T.. were recovering
at their homo Monday.
The babies were taken TO the city
hospital, where medical attention
saved their lives. They had found q
box OF pills somewhere about the
kitchen and had eaten liberal sam
piles OF them before they We're dis.
covered.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10

Howdy, folks Wen. tho Wash.
inEton California game !, over
and nobody won excerpt the hot
dos vendors.
rodays definition 4 football p'sy
er Is a hind who vii, kill himself if
he can so enough people Go watch
him DO o.
We torrr 90 rAarch yesterday
TIC score 90 fhr end ~ fhr fusi
quarter fiShrB &c irfJ trass
FtriU ..r--s.s....s 100
Pep .s..s-.-.s.rs.ss-
Now We know why they csil ii a
griairon- It's because you look like
a waffle after you've played GA Il.
HOW TINES 10 CHANGE
CThai ne coilec'aHs trorr thea
end uowI
Rough.neck sweaters
Pegtop trousers.
Bullet ended shoes.
Tiny caps.
Bulldog plpes-
1921
yellow slickrrs
BALLOON trousers.
Chrumatic sweaters,
No caps.
Iatimas.
Tho ii1th anniversary Of TIE hat
ne OF Tippecanoe was celshuted by
=. The Third Battalion % tho Fourth
y Infantry at Fort iawton last week
and we'll bet some n the old.tim'
scrgeants claimed they were the mer
who tipped the canoe.
Fith ~ thc occgH.
Fish ~ the sea.
lf0onshine uud trhiskp
Fiil tho ccm-cf-cr-ccs
The Disabled American Veteran,
have organised Cane and Crulci
club in Seattle YEP. pedestrians car
loin. too.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
-rholo " rrank Jaeos, SOC 90 rhot0sr.pher

Get out" he said. Get out
into the country-up into the
mountains. Try a logging camp.
Youn set all you're craving
there
So I'm going-just as fast as
can get across the street TO
the station.
puT I'm beginning TO fear
u that this business OF getting
toughoned.up out here where
tho West begins and ends--is
just another lot OF bunk.
The people here are kinder,
yes. gentler than their Eastern
brothers, even tho they seem to
be fostering the gambling habit
by tipping me off at every turn:
You betr'
II / do. I'll wager that one
can't set hard-boiled. He just
has TO be born that way. But
I'm going to make certain be-
fore | leave this country. where
men take their corners fast and
women never use their brakes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
Is Last Day for
Absentee Ballots

Monday was tho last day for re-
ccipt by tho county auditors office
Of absentee ballots for the Novcm-
ber elections 4 large number
were stacked up for over the Arm.
isticc day holiday and viii be open.
cd and counted "wednesday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
Cutter Mojave Is
Due 5 P. M. Monday

The T. S. coast guard cutter Mo.
ioyc is due 10 arrive In Seattle
Monday ~ y, IN. from Alaskan
waters, Tho cutter has been cruis.
Ing IN tho Arctic seas for several
months.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
roornAIl oNEn rnr RApIo

Thousands ef seattle radio fans lis
-.ueI tn on fhr Warrington lfofiiiA
-suis Saturday -SeEp itrml-
Hr-r-r-r-r-r-rs buEf-r-r-f-H-t-
tsuttarm,ea Kicked off for Nashinstsn
d. Old Daddy Rabbit iurned TO Little fs-
ter Mole and said onipu. closed strong
On the iseal market weather forecast for
tomorrow ard Mouday h sItabi BAh !
Eaht The field was siipp<ry and
sOh. tho moonliKht'- fair tonight along
y hr wabash all together. fcilow~. long
rah for dental hygiene u NEST important
~ the homo heraus> Washington nov has
the ball on CALIFORNIA; t0-yRrd line and
the lights are lo-o-o-w and the Ticker
ing shadow. softly come and Tr.renu
usake- yard. thru a violin solo by Mr.
fic ffoo@rpiupir. But-I-r-k-H
Carlson caught the hall and ran "a back
thru the Palace hotel and the pe1t Num-
her 90 our special program viii b John
Mccormick staging Oski View Wow
whiski Wee Wee ON tho 59-Jard line.
Come % Ha.hinEtsni Toachdouni
Touehdawpi Igsv dsvn To the victory
81 Calvin Coolidge = attributed to 10.
Washington,
This Is Childrou's Book week. Why
not give one % the Riddles a nice.
new volume OF Eabclais?
yo. Horicnsc. maH-eafag shark
Is not as Hoisy 0s man eating
soap
one sometimes suspects that the
crossword puzzle vas invented by
the dictionary trust
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-10
BY AL HERMAN
New York Ncwspaperman

I HAVE Just finished a hike
L here from New York TO
win a bet, but to get hari.boilcd.
They told me in tho nows-
paper shop where ! worked that
there was just ono thing
lacked: that ! was too finieky;
that got excited too much
over little things,
Get out in tho open! Rub
elbows with the other side Of
the world Become hard.boiled,
they advised,
SO ! quit my job; got khaki
suit and a pack and started for
Il didn't know where, And |
wound UP in Seattle yesterday.
But I'll soon be leaving. For
at tho end OF i.000.mlle trail,
] have found more excitement
and ncrye.wreckiug experiences
than a tame Fastener can
stand
All the way across the com
try / looked FOR the Indians and
cowboys that put your West on
the map. But they were gone
from the prnirles of Wyoming,
the mountains Of Colorado, the
plains Of Idaho. was about to
give up in disappointment
when ! struck Seattle.
Here In tho heart OF the most
beautiful city, outside OF New
York, found the wild men OF
the Wcst--tearing up the wide
open spaces, and shooting
around the corners
In automobiles,