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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-28


Today's candidate for the Poison
W. clui, i the gink who reads the
hws against fraud which are tackled
N his hotel room door. and then
Proceeds 10 steal the Gideon Bible
Ashes 70 ashes.
Dust 10 dust.
~ "oos7 goes higher.
Our flir triH rust.
Anybody can get up on the house
)pp and tell how to run the affairs
n the world. but IT takes a man to
b d. rn cellar and make the fur.
lace Observation-Disclosures Star.
lives Of wireless fans remind US.
We can buy a crystal set,
md each evening then will lind US
Cursing stations we can't get!
These red. green and golden traf.
b lights are doubtless very eff
k.ent. but they make II pretty
6ugh on a driver who is color
k.rd.
J long for a prince
Wifh a bHckIsr and sicord;
BIT I'd ereH fail
For a 0fHk IN a Ford
LII Gee Gee.
The paramount problem confront
rg the American family today: rs
Pat the doorbelI or the telephone
fnging?'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-28

Ronald sentence
her to serve from
three to Is years
without a flicker
Of emotion. The
girl was permit
ted 10 plead gull
~ 20 grand lar
ceny. Instead Of
r o b b cry. with
the understanding
that she would
not ask a sus-
pended sentence.
just as she step.
ped away from 10
front OF the bench
her brother, Glen
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-28

HoWdy. folks Has Spring
Fever hu yuu yvts Ncp, NC
cant work. either,
what This World Needs 90 More
,-smais with three-lettcr names. or
"a FcwCg crossword puE=lcs.
Wreisv 70 Pat S1n o. Gun,
rAfunf HcafltHf
BIT hou trG fhc BOY get &, on
lls pluisF
We have passed Exclusion Acts
ssainst Japs and Cinnamon. Now
~herc Is the rarsishtcd legislator
Nho will pass An Exclusion Act
AGAINST statics
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-28

sally Ijyerwurst. alias ''Sally the
IGuimp." Gold Tooth SAL" ''r'rivol.
sus >af' and ''sal Hepatica." was
found this morning by Chief OF Po-
1lice 4. X. Nendlc. Of Auburn sally.
who has long been sought by radio
?broadcasters. was discovered by
iChief Nendlc. who identified n
sssooth-mark In used waffle as be
ling that Of the missing girl. The
iuafflc viii be sent TO Providence
hospital for treatment for rabies. il
Is announced.
Governor Hartley Is trying 10 run
/ lAs state Institutions on an econom-
Ylral basis. hut he has overlooked
I,ne bet. Why not charge tho pris-
pners at waiia walla for board and
Tocmg
Lifilc WHItc. angel eyes.
Tells his father Girfni Hes
WiHie's mdHIna says that hs
Some day teiH statesman BE-
Ten Of the wives OF the former
ulian OF Turkey are going to mp
par on the American vaudeville
Sage. No doubt. they win be billed
Is The Ten Little Harem- Searuns.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-28

Governor Hartley has appointed
lsy Thomas as state printer. and
Pow Jay Is studying the Typograph.
tzl Journal so that he won't make
mistake and print his periods up
DC down.
Before u or not. bet there Is an
prdertaker IN aurora, no, bU the
cnle Of Finis.
w DIARY
February ~
ktp betiu,ss. u warm, glorious day. the
= ~ the flood and the sun shining on
oiympics; anon 10 the Office, but
Eerd! II do be hard to At a-serissning.
nm one might be plying paddle
eund foulwestber Bluff. or drifting
~ the tide thru Agate Pass into Dog
- Bay; but alas. little Homer Brew,
q. doth need shoes. aud Dame Brew
~ furbeI0ws, 90 that Z needs must slave
Esy these golden days, heaven help
- passed. In tain dreams. the
'fning, and TO lunch. and thence 10
Jing billiards all the afternoon. ana
- home, tired out with this days
1sery. And 10 bed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-28
SENTENCE GIRL
AND BROTHER
Hazel Bond Given Three to
Fifteen Years in Pen
is SILENT IN COURT
Brother, Glen Brandt, Given
Five to Twenty Years

A SISTER, and brother were sen.
n fenced to the state peni,entlary
at walla walla Saturday morning.
Mrs. Hazel Bond. pretty giri taxi
hnnhIf. SATURDAY heard Judge ]. 7.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-28

his property from robbers early Saturday morning, at the
possible cost Of his evesigh "Ten bgares IN co gears
is too much says Poz. PN be deck ne1t time nth
automatic, and somebody's going to der Shattered
glass from the peanut boW pierced his face and
bullet fluro,ced his arm
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-28
is WARNING
TO BANDITS

Tho minimum sentence under
state laws Is five years Prosecutor
Colyin and veteran members OF the
King county bar said they could
remember no heavier sentence for
tho crime ever handed down here.
This should be a deterrant 10 the
recent wave OF holdups and kindred
crimes" Colyin said.
In pleading for leniency for his
client. Dooley. Attorney Agnew said
This Is o time FOR observation-disclosures
on the bench There are too many
holdups The public is aroused.
The tendency is 20 make an cx-
ample. but YOU should not make an
example OF Dooley. tho bank-rob-
bing IS such a popular pastime."
Attorney J. !. Sullivan made plea
In behalf OF Mrs. Fasick. charging
misconduct by colvin in telling the
jury this woman is stepped in
crime" Sullivan said Colvin was I'M
able to show she had been in trouble
before.
With the fate OF these three set
tied Sheriff Matt Starwich said ef-
forts win be redoubled TO arrest Mr..
and Mrs. Joe o. Neal. They disap-
peared week before the trial, for
felting bonds toialing $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fasick and Dooley
were heavily guarded by Starwich
and six deputies. They took the sem
fences without a tremor.
The defendants will appeal
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-28
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

To produce hair on n bald
head, soak the head IN salt
water until the hair gets dry.
and when il comes out for
drink, grab 1t and tic II into a
knot.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-28
ROBBED TEN TINES
IN TWO YEARS

Victim OF the 10th robbery in two
years. with eyes and arm cut with
flying glass and lead. Polzin will
protect his property or die in the
attempt.
After the eighth time his grocery
had been robbed OF hundreds OF
dollars worth OF goods Polzin re-
bclled. lie started camping In the
store at nights. on an army cot,
with small revolver and a one
bullet pistol shotgun on hand.
MY staying here nights has
nearly led 10 divorce in our fam
ily," he said. grimly. "My wife
fears III be killed. but what's
fellow TO do with six children
TO support! must stay here
and protect my property.
A month ago a robbcr entered
Polzin's store. Polzln fired The
bandit carapnd
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-28

Added AxIOMs
Blessed are the poor: they
shaIl not be sued for breach Of
promise.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-28
WOUNDS BANDIT
IN HIS STORE

Saturday morning. before day
break, the latest chapter was writ
ten. Awakened by a noise, Polzin
grabbed his guns and peered from
the back room. a man stood mid
way down tho store. Polzin chal-
lcnged. and the bandit answered
with two shots. Polzin fired his
pistol low and the bandit yelled.
you've shot me. / give up"
Disarming the man, Polzin dragged
him TO the telephone directly inside
the glass entrance door. As he took
down the receiver, a second bandit
outside threw himself across the
door, and half reclining, started to
fire on Polzin.
stop, I'll shoot you. shouted
Polzin. letting go the man he was
holding. With his second gun in
action. Polzin exchanged shots with
the bandit thru the glass door. at
three.foot range until his gun was
empty.
Bullet holes surrounding the phone
Indicate the bandit cmptied two guns
Turn TO Page 9. Column 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-28
GROCER BATTLES
TWO ROBBERS
Wounds One in Store, but
Both Thugs Make Escape
GLASS CUTS HIS FACE
I'm Going TO Stay on the
lob With a Better Gun"
nY LrCILLE 9. nUTLER

UVou bot your llfe I'm going TO
l. sleep In the store topight.
And I'll have another gun-an auto
mattel I'm either going TO die here
or get somebody
Thus did Henry Polzn. much
burglarized grocer at 1916 wes,lake
ave. y. Saturday hurl def at all
crookdom. following furious gun
battle with two robbers. in which
four guns we're empticd and a thug
aud tsofyf,, ,,.ot,nded
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-28

Miss Lucille Voikey. daughter Of Mr. ana
Mrs. Theodore Volkev. 1917 Summit dUe
A., has her pet cat, "Freckles," licensed, as
per city rule. She thinks too much Of the
cat to let him-or maybe it's the other kind
of cat-be picked mp bv the humane So
ciety, ,chich is having a cat drive here
abouts.
Photo BY Carter bradley. star saff Photographed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-02-28

A month ago
Polzin's store.
bandit escaned.
Evening star., 1925-09-20
Continued from Third Page.)

(COntlnue0 from 1nlfd PaSe.)
whole battalion was presented to him
by Gen. Heras. Both of these incre-
ments were valuable additions to the
recruits drawn from the Cuyans. 1t
was this assembly of men that was to
win the enviable name of the Death
less Army of the Andes.
Even the Argentine government.
torn as 1t was by intrigue and jeal-
ousy, recognized the organization and
made San Martin commander. Nolun-
tary subscriptions from patriots and
a small tax upon the Cuyans sup.
ported this army. and made 1t possible
for 1t to give freedom to the Chileans
and to the Peruvians.
In 1915 the Argentine government
was impressed with the achieve
ments of San Martin and made him
a brigadier general. It was the last
promotion that he ever received from
his home government. In this same
year Michael Brown, an Irishman. of.
fered his five boats to the Argentine
government. and the fleet that was
The hour for the great endeavor was
at hand.
San Martin inspired his officers by
q stirring address in which his enthu-
siasm glowed in his eyes and yibrated
in his voice. ITO the first shot fired
across the Andes against the oppres.
sors of Chile he cried, and they
caught his fire and magnetism.
The passage was singularly free
from mishap and San Martin saw the
two streams of armed men converge
on the plain of Chacabuco in time TO
give battle to the Spanish forces. He
sat his horse and watched the contest
that was to decide the fate Of Chile.
Evening star., 1925-09-20

ference. San Martin went to Bolivar
in the simple faith of a little child,
seeing only the cause to which both
had given years of service. He prob
ably asked Bolivar for troops with
which to complete his work in Peru.
and Bolivar. eager to gain this honor
himself, refused the request.
Disillusioned and silent. San Martin
returned from this futile meeting. and
In his years of poverty and exile re
manned superbly inarticulate, for he
recognized in Bolivar a great man
and a great general Under this de
he felt that he was no longer wanted
by the Peruvians. He seemed to
feel that his hour cf sacrifice was
close to hand.
He had given his best years to his
native land. and now he must step
aside and let another complete what
he had so nobly begun. His decision
to renounce the glory that was his
was not easily made. but 1t was
made without resentment. for before
he retired from public life he had
built up splendid army for the de.
Tense of Peru.
sembly Of Peru met he resigned his
command. accepting from the new
government the honorary title Of gen.
eralissino, with a promised pension
Of $4,000.
/ For a quarter of a century San
Martin lived in exile in a foreign
land, knowing loneliness and some
times want. Toward the close of this
period Peru began to pay hin what
she owed him, and Chile enrolled his
name once more among her com.
manders and gave him a salary. Only
his homeland gave him nothing.
Evening star., 1925-09-20
BY STEPHEN LEACOCK.

T HAVE just come back--now with
the closing in of Autumn-to the
city. / have hung up my hoe in
i my study; my spade is put away
behind the piano. | have with me
seven pounds of Paris Green that I
had over. Anybody who wants 1t may
have 1t.
/ didn't like to bury it for fear Of
its poisoning the ground. ] didn't
like to throw II away for fear Of it's
destroying cattle. | was afraid TO
leave it in my Summer place for fear
that it might poison the tramps who
generally break in in November. /
have it with me now. / move it from
room to room, as i hate to turn my
back upon 1t.
I should like also to give awav
either to the Red Cross or to any
thing else 10 packets of radish seed
(the early curled variety, l Think
Is packets of cucumber seed the long
succulent variety. I believe 1t says)
and 20 packets of onion seed fhe Vel
low Da MYERS, distinguished, j under
stand. for it's edible flavor and its nu
tritious properties). 1t Is not likely
that I shall ever. on this side of the
grave, plant onion seed again. All
these things / have with me.
My vegetables are to come after me
by freight. They are booked from
Simcoe County TO Montreal: at pres.
through Schenectady. But they will
arrive later, all right. They We're
seen going through Detroit last week.
moving west. ] never understood he
| fore the wonderful organization of the
| railroads.
In other words. am one of the
| legion of men-quiet. determined. reso-
| lutte men-who went out last Spring
to plant the land, and who are now
| back.
With me-and | am sure that /
| speak for all the others as well-it
was not a question OF mere pleasure;
| it was no love of gardening for its
own sake that inspired us. 1t was a
| plain national duty. What was said
| to ourselves was: The high cost OF
the economic situation has got to
stop. The whole thing" we argued,
| "is plain matter of food prodution.'
l suppose there was never a more
| grimly determined set of men went
out from the cities than those who
went out last May. as l did, TO con
quer the food problem. Some of the
men cultivated back gardens; others
! took vacant lots: some went out into
the suburbs: and others. like myself
| went right out into the country.
We are now back. Each of us has
with him his Paris green. his hoe and
the rest of his radsh seed.
The time has therefore come for a
plain, clear statement of our expert
ence. We have, as everybody knows,
failed. We have been beaten back all
along the line. Our potatoes are
buried in a jungle of Autumn bur.
docks. Our radishes stand seven feet
high. uneatable.
Our tomatoes. when last seen. We're
Ereener than they We're at the be-
ginning Of August, and getting
Sreener every week. Our celery
looked as delicate as a maidenhair
fern. Our Indian corn was nine feet
high. with tall. feathery spike on
top of that. but no sign of anything
eatable about il from top to bottom.
| look back with a sigh OF regret
Evening star., 1925-09-20

Andes wrote back: Il pray you ac-
cept my resignation as comma nder-
in-chief.' 1t brought the promised
sum.
For this nondescript feet there
was provided the greatest naval COM
mander since the time of Lord Mel
son, no less a. parsonage than Lord
Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald. He be-
lieved that victory is the justifica-
tion Of the folly of a reckless ven
ture,' and his many daring deeds
won the last stronghold of the Span
ish on the western coast of South
America This made Chile absolutely
free of Spanish control and the
united army was at last able to move
into Peru.
When San Martin began to draw
his lines close about Lima, whole
sections, under the spell of propa-
ganda, came over to the liberators,
and even some of the Spanish forces
laid down their arms. Within three
months after the campaign had start
ed much OF Peru was free of Spain 8
dominion, and San Martin was busy
establishing public schools, free
press and all that belongs in a re-
public. His work was not easy, but
he kept steadily at it.
Inc WOrk OF freeing Peru was
far from finished, however. AS is
well known, Bolivar had liberated
Colombia, Bolivia and Venezuela and
was eager to make all the northern
part of the continent free by driving
the Spanish out of Ecuador and up
per Peru. Bolivar, had done magnifi-
cent service. San Martin met him to
talk over a plan with him which has
never been made public, for Martin
never opened his lips to any one con-
cerning what took place In that con-
Evening star., 1925-09-20
New Honors for. South American Hero

1t is this pose that the sculptor chose
for Martins statue in Buenos Aires,
duplicate of which is to stand in
Judiciary Park in Washington The
battle was an overwhelming victory
for the travel-weary patriots, and it
spread panic among the foyalists in
Chile. Two days later. when the vic
torious army Of the Andes entered the
capital, the provisional government
named San Martin Governor of Chile.
with unlimited powers. but his mis-
sion was not to rule but to set free. so
he declined the honor in favor of Gen.
O'Hfggins and moved on to the next
scene in the drama of emancipation.
The royalists were especially pow
erful in the south of Chile, and 1t
was not until 1918 that the patriots
risked battle with them at Cancha
Rayada, where at first it appeared
that the whole army was lost, but
Gen. Heras, by sheer generalship,
finally saved the nucleus Of their
forces. San Martin reassured the
Chileans. established a camp at
Maipo, where his beaten troops won
torious forces that Maipo became
for Chile the decisive battle in their
struggle for freedom, and the spirit
of the Spanish army was broken
throughout South America.
In order to reach the next field
OF action, Peru, 1t was necessary to
have a fleet large enough to trans
port 5000 men. Subscriptions were
raised, and the governments of Chile
and Argentina promised sums. but at
the last minute word came from the
latter that her portion would not be
| forthcoming. Immediately, so swift
were his decisions, the lonx.suffe-ihg
but never -hespairing general Of the
Evening star., 1925-09-20

But Geo. put on the stop signal
like a silent cop, only he was far
from silent.
Say, he says. but that wasn't all
I dreamed, lemme tell YOU the rest.
| was looking at the hall, see. and
all at onct | realized where Freddy
F'reenash was sitting on it. He
wasn't no bigger than a grasshopper.
but somehow wasn't a bit surprised
at that or AT him being there. so 7
merely says to him hey Freddy that's
my ball. amt II?
And he says it sure is, and next
thing / knew we was out on the
course and Freddy was the 4th, but
he hadder fly. he couldn't walk, and
we all felt real sorry for him until
he commenced singing All Alone,
and then / pretty near stepped on
him by mistake and it scared me so
bad it woke me up, now wasn't that
peculiar?
And 1 says are you sure you have
actually woke up yet 1 hadn't no
ticed 1t. but that dream amt moth
ing, why last night ] dreamed /
went down to the Emporium to
But right then Georges mother
which was visiting us, busted in and
SAYS do you know, that makes me
think, that reminds me of the one /
dreamed last night. l had pretty near
forgotten, d'you know i woke up in
the night right after 1t and / says
to myself, there, | must be sure and
remember to tell them that at the
breakfast table. and here / come close
to forgetting all about it. IT certainly
was the strangest dream You ever
heard. not that l believe in dreams
myself 1 think they are mostly indi-
gestion or something that is on your
mind. and / suppose it was me buy
ing that green hat yesterday made
me think of it, but anyways this fly
ing pig had a green hat on, and 1
just simply couldn't make up my
mind was it becoming or not.
So took 1t into the kitchen TO see
what the cook was doing, and I
don't know, daughter. if it is sign
of anything or not, bat l dreamed
she was taking sugar and butter
home, and l caught her at il, and all
she says was well Mrs. Jules I've told
you to keep out of my kitchen just
hundreds of times, if you didn't come
in here shopping you wouldn't see
things you don't like.
Can you imagine such impudence
my dear? OF course l don't insist
that you fire her on account of what
she says to me in my dream, but
do think you better look at your sugar
and butter this morning, you know
I told you you'd better watch that
Evening star., 1925-09-20

bles. In the fifth game Umpire
Graham called Deuce all'' instead of
plain Deuce" Players and spectators
alike lost their tempers and went after
Graham as II he were per cent beer.
He escaped harm by donning a false
mustache. but in the meantime some
body had let loose the police dogs
which guard the base lines at night
and these inflicted bites on the limbs
of a number of spectators.
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, June 2s.
The British open championship was
won today by Abe Solomon, home bred
professional of the Edinburgh Golf
and Cycling Club. Cecil Boonheffer OF
America was three strokes in the lead
going to the final hole and it looked
as if nothing could keep him from win
ming or losing. But as he was about
to drive. the Glasgow Choral Society
appeared on the tee in front of the
ball and sang 1.-THE Messiah" by Chas.
Handel. Boonheffer's shot went into
Evening star., 1925-09-20
"AND THEN / WOKE up

woman, not that | think she is dis
honest, but that dream Of mine was
just as vivid, just as real as If l had
actually been standing right there in
the kitchen. / don't know the mean
ing of the green hat being on the pig,
but I'm conner look 1t up in my
dream book, not that I believe in
dreams, but they do come true once
in a while. Just think of that girl
daring to tell me | interfered i'm the
kitchen too much, But Of coudSe II
was only a dream.
That wasn't no dream, | SAYS, ex-
cept Of course about the pig. Dreams
come true lot of times, and then
again a lot OF dreams is just a guilty
conscience. But I've heard, too, they
generally go by contraries- l hope
so, on account that last night I had
a dream about going down to the
Emporium, to try and
But by the time I got this far
Junior had swallowed the bread and
jam which had been occupying both
the inside and the outside of his
face and he says oh Ma, he says,
l wanner tell you my dream, I dream
ed ] was awful good boy for days
and year, so Sandy Claws brought
me all the toys in his bag and he
didn't give none to any of the other
such a good boy. Ma.
And L says that's nice, dear. YOU
try and make that come true, but i
certainly hope that dream l had dom
come true, why 1 thought l was down
to the Emporium And here Geo.
pushed back from the table. Say.
I'm just about conner make that
train, he says. g'bye all, see you in
church. And he beat 1t.
Then Hot Bozo! Junior seen one
of his little playmates & dashed out
to see him, and Ma Jules folded up
her napkin and says well I guess I'll
go on up and make my bed, l never
can get that girl to do 1t to suit me,
Well. here l was left all alone with
that dream of mine still unspilled,
and it was by far the stra ngest of the
lot Somebody was conner listen to
it or / was conner know why. So
l thought well. there Is Annie Gooch,
she's merely the cook, ! pay her
wages, I guess she won't run out on
me, not before she's paid. anyways.
So l went in where Annie was
washing the pots and Annie didn I
| walk out on me, quite to the other
| hand. she beat me to it. Say Annie,
| SAYS, last night l had the strangest
dream, ] says l dreamed / was down
to he Emporium, l says. And at
ono. Annie charged my defenses.
Is that SO, Mrs. Jules? she says, do
you believe in dreams?