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4 ; | GY BTAR PUBLISHING CO, 1907-1308 Seventh Ave. EVIRY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY Batered at the Posteffice at Geattien Waeahington, @* seoet re wh a — GOT oO THE BOT TOM sl The Star believes that if an investigation were made of police conditions in Se ay, there would be unearthed a mass of corruption that v tonish even the severest critics of the police department From a police stat nt, Seattle was never wot { than it is today. In addition to the thugs and highwaymen \ h nightly rob us of ouramaterial wealth have with us in all port: ms of the city the se urlet woman ar 1 her maort, and the vice that follows in the wake of these outcasts from society For the former conditions, we may lay the blame upon the or the latter ¢ nined at the department. F Had he of policy regar that inefficiency of the police Mayor Miller time he took is himself to blame deter ffice upon a definite line « Linge the social evil, and followed strictly along line, conditions would have been totally different But it was a bigger problem than Mr, Miller dreamed it was. During his campaign for election, he made promises freely, and when, after the election, he was called to account therefor, he sent word to his cheif of police to close up all) disorderly houses in that portion of the city known as the} “King street district.” Another district a little further a and there these women were told they might more Mr. Miller was waited upon] again the order wa to the was agreed upon, tree} go and be from interference. Once by indignant citizens chief of police to drive the sea and sent arlet women out women were gradually making their First Pike street and vicinity harbored hundreds of them, and others} And during all of this time, th way northward until upper aventic and] | residence districts and rented houses adjoining went out into those of decent people Today, this vice is scattered all over the city That women | are paying for protection from police molestation is as certain | as that they exist. That certain police officials not only know | of this civic rottenness, but that they are themselves many| times the guests of these people of the underworld, is just as true. | Mayor Miller's vacillating policy is responsible for these conditions. It may be true that if he had been left to do} just what his own judgment prompted, no such conditions would be with us today. It may be that he might have solved the problem as nearly as it can be solved if he had not been harassed by those who believed their personal interests to be af greater import than the interests of the entire city There can be no arguments as to the proper method ot } handling this evil. It must be confined, and the proprietors of these places must then be given to understand that it is not} necessary for them to pay money to any police officer or other person for the assurance that they will not | The mayor of this city should determine upon a district that in his judgment will be easily policed. And then should) begin the exodus of these scarlet women from every portion a} the city outside of this district. If this cannot be done with the Present police department, the mayor should see that the de-| partment is reofganized so that results may be obtained, THE WEAKEST MAN IN THE WORLD IS THE) ONE WHO IS SWAYED BY EVERY BREEZE THAT, BLOWS. THE STRONGEST IS HE WHO MAKES UP HIS) MIND AFTER MATURE DELIBERATION, AND THEN, | KNOWING THAT HE IS RIGHT, GO AHEAD. | STANDING ERECT, OBLIVIOUS TO ALL THE STORMS THAT RAGE ABOUT HIM. molested A monater rhinoceros came dash-| tection for the working girl, fag Out of the Jungle. It was a mo ftehtng constabulary palm doesn't | ment of peril. (Knowing that the appear to be an absolute necessity Portly Master was there, gentle) reader, your imagination as to what Mr. Hamillion’s inability to got! Rappened is as good as the next bail brings to mind an amendment feliow's.) to the old saw that @ fool and the state's money are soon parted. the) oo } It's the man who was too lazy to take down the hot-air heater when) Twas not ever thus. The preal- the sun was shining who 1s NOW dont sent a message to congress throwing meteorological bouquets ang not one of the predatorivs at himself. | ruttied & feather ‘The season of the year has ar | Hived when the amategr florist has | «4 ihe chip of state, Mr. Schively Baunting doubts as fo whether OF 4, ne would gladly get off and not he planted the nasturtiams up- | “*"* aie, sidedown, Pa If some one would kindly slow With the opening of the fair and When in doubt, investigate with the June bride season but three! particular reference to certain sus weeks off, the what-shalli-wear ex- j Dicious circumstances In our midat ditement is almost too great to] bear. | Mr. Boyle, who kidnaped in haste, will now have an excellent oppor ose to repent at leisure, In Mayor Miller's theoty of pro CL.AARLATT BY C, L. MARLATT. Entomologist and Acting Chief of Bureau of Entomology, Department of Agriculture, Washington. THIS THE OPEN SEASON FOR MOTHS. Get after the mothe. Now is tho, The moth W accepted time, jus. Job'e re They are probably tiwy laying| that is moth eaten” falls far abort of their eggs in your fine clothes right| proving him a discoverer. So does Pliny's deseription of the moth, ‘The always been with to “a garment now. In the north the moth deposits Its moth was In the garden of Bden. Jarvae early in the spring The In ancient times, before man wore | sat upon the green-patated bench jhench of | him |have sald #o!” i THE TEETH OF FATE PESOSEHOESESOEOOHOSOOOOS BY BTUART B, STONE The aun of the bright June mor ing made it very pleakant In garden where the prime Krew itn the shade of the hor kl totes, the tus Persian cat fought and tumbled with the foollm pink-nosed ter but Marshab} Ney, whe Was 16 and almost tooth ! lay upon the gravel path by the} groan-painted seat near the creaky, | swinging gate, It was a epot that a | dignified bulldog might pick after & lifetime of enifflug about the coun trysidea, and the Marshal | ed | there by the hour, suapping at the plague of Mea and dreaming of clined and grapple. From the pertor within, a plane rippled and Miss Vivian's soft, clea goprane volee filled the alr of the} garden with a mating melody. The} ballad had come tu with Mise Viv | lan's latest conquest, Mr. Ellwood, the attorneye-and the Marxhal had | at mes come near biting the attar: | “GRAAL” MENACED THE MARSHAL, WELL KNOWING THE CRISIS WAS NEAR. ney on the ankle, It was young High Denham, who at that partion lar moment was « thousand miles! away, who held the whale fancy; and a minute tat when | Miss Vivian changed to a tuneful! ditty’ of bridges in the moonlight the Marshal pined for a tail to weg] bia satiefaction | The old, whitewashed gate} ked and tho Marshal know with: | out looking that desirtog man had entered the garden of beauty, The girl tripped out and murmured al little welcome, and then they two The Hovorable Mr, Bilwood tw gan (0 talk fn hin easy, fascinating } Way about the agure sky above and the Wive in the girs a eyes (hat was deeper, Ob, Me, Eliwood—dom't talk that way,” marmured Miss Vivian; ao the Marehal Krowled omtnously But the girl, feet the compel ling tare of the man, Mushed so be comingly that Eliwood began onee |. more to plead. The air wae balmy the honeysuckles threw off a lull | eweetness, and Hugh Deaham many mllew away "Oh, 1 don't know!" erted the girl. ieee is Hugh—i half promised im.” “A tig for Hugh!” snapped the lawyer, “A thousand miles away \and already near forgetting. At the mention of the well-be- loved name, the Marshal arose and alked t and fro as a demonstra mi Also he mapped at Zo-Zoe, who was making up to this perfil lous suitor, searing that young kit ten of Ishpaban into an arched back spasm Of nervousness. But in spite of the Marshal's dem- ion, Mies Vivian was dipping - the keen attorney saw “Bay yes. Vivian,” he bending over, “We will live as the poeta" “Geer!” rumbled the Marshal, bracing bis ugly, squat form in the pathway “Just one little word— commenced the lawyer; and win Vivian opened her pretty, red Ii “Greet! Greer!” menaced the Marshal, well knowing the crisle was near “That abominable dog!" cried Mr. Eliwood. “He ought to be shot!” The girl took fire at this, “Shoot the Marshal! 1 think nott” And she shook a pinkish forefinger in her indignation It Was the signal the Marshal de- sired and, with a sidelong spring, he clinched the faney-patterned, {atiken howlery upon the attorney's alim ankle. With a shrill yell of pain, Mr. Bliwood leaped from the love's whinpers and hounded for the whitewashed gate, taking the panting Marshal with Throwgh the gateway they scrambled, And then the Marshal, who was very tired, relaxed the jaws of worn Iron, and the attorney, | relieved of the grim burden, tore madly on. The Marshal waddled back, very | sore and mich upset and, crouching | again on the sunmwarmned path, aay very quiet, until Miss Vivian out and patted him. | Shoot the grand old Marshal!’ she murmured. “Hugh would neve | } And the Marshal blinked happtty | at froway ZoZoe and the terrier, staring foolishly through the jes | samine arbor, himeelf | ¢ ariel they fed on wa about htman habitations southern moth, who disporte below the Mason and Dixon line lays one set of cage In the spring, | Th were scavengers then, When and follows it up in the fall with an-| man, along about the stone age, be other gan wearing hairy wkine of animals Don't bother so much about pureu- the moth ascended a higher plane of ing and killing the little y sh| diet. He's kept pace with man, and of full-colored moths you may see|is now subststin the art flying about your rooms at night. | products of the me s tailor In themselves they are harmless modiat enourh, for they take no food in the) ‘Th rt common destructive apectes winged state. They aren't actually | of moths oecur in this country. The engaged in eating your woolens, your| northern moth, known sclentifically furs and your furhelows. as the “true clothes moth,” the southern clothes moth, known as the webbing species, and the tapestry moth. The latter ts quite rare, how- ever, Center your attention upon clothes that are ranging away in closets, or are buried deep in chests and trunks. Shake them out, air them, expose them to the light. Rid them of the - larvae. Editor's Note.—-This ta the first of There are a lot of remedics for two articles Dr. Marlatt, famous motha, a lot of good reme As| government authority, has written good as any of them, however, in fre- on the subject of motha. In hin seo quent inspection, exposure to the ond article he will dincuss the wae Nght and air and shaking. | rlows remedies for the pest 1) Louis, $67.60; Summer Excursions East Tickets on sale June 2nd and Srd, | July 2nd and 3rd, August 11th, 12th, | by the Oregon Ratlroad & N tlon Co, Round trip Omaha and Kansas Cit Chicago, $72.50; New Return lmit Oeto- Other rates and par Union Ticket Office, | i, B. Bills, gen York, $108.50. ber Jist tHoulars at 608 First ay. agent. PIANO, | (Cut out this notice and bring it with you.) We fate @ plano, an good an now, on which the former purchaser paid $100, 8OME ONK In wolng to get thin brane and get the benefit of all pald by the former purchaser, who hae Kone east and decided not to move the pla KOHLER 1918 Becond Ay | Opposite Arcade Blig PESESESESESEHOROOOTS j DAY, MAY 11, 1900. CHE STAR-—TUE THE DANGER OF THE HOUSEFLY fy OF 0. HOWARD Chief of the Unite Sl Bureau of Entomology } Get your soreens up, DO It how The typhoid flies are jist besiniing to make thelr appear ance Don't Iet them get estab Habed It ts demonatyar® bey question that the fly—what ple uned to call the housefly the principal cause of typhold It ie also a big causative factor ju tubereuloale and \uteatinal Take the Spanish Amertoan war for example, Ut furnishes the mowt striking inetanee of the dan wor of the typhoid fly, previously considered harmloas One man of every five whe went to the front got typhoid fever during the campalgn, the disean manifesting iMaelf within the frat two months of envampment Ty phold fever caused #0 per cent of all the deaths in that war, Typhotd| was four mes as fatal as the Span lards’ bullets A United States army medical commission Wan appointed, eon sleting of Dre. Walter Read, U. @ A. Victor M Vaughe, U BY, 0, Bhakespeare, U. 8. V DR. L. O. HOWARD we commissioned apeciaily to find @bt the cause of this remarkable epidemic Most people thought bad water was the cause of typhoid. It wae not Had Water brought on only a amall percentage of the deatha The real cause, ag the tredicat commission lear after @ ugh investigation, Was the typhoid fly, They sod every source of information, they analysed every ether Un Upan tmously they deetded that the fly was the cause As it is in war, a0 It in In peace. Kvery year sees (ye t phold statietios preaching a high figure, The fly in the caus It thrives in the eouatey, where It breeds tp the atables and carries ab to the farmers’ homes. It ives in the city, where it cap apread the thousands of germa ft carries among thousands of people. Aw the horse la used leas by people in coming years, dup to the tnervased use of automobties and electric gare, the fy, having ho breeding place, aay die oul—or at least be leas of & menace to society Tet in the meanwhile it ts highly imp ant for poor to be on their guard. City ordinances governing stables and ( dis position of refuse, and the plac position of refuse, a - ihe plac doors of houses by individuals, will help mach Im the me ox : Vot Hay, Ongar, 1 don'd a ne lately ore you ditting now?" “Why, Adolf, | am superiatenting.” How-ww aloe! Und vere?” “By der dramatiq school,” “Ach sot Do you teach ta?" “Of course nod, lam von of dose pupils.” “iMease, why do you tolt_ me, de jot you wase superintentin?” Lecoss, Aceaovtsesetmeniinadesie amatntia tudlendatessniil a EB ALOT BET LT GRUE’S PREHISTORIC GROTESQUES much oe formerly, = THE WHUSHW ‘Thies oldest of creatures ephalous Never bad both brains unanimous; And when annoyed seme way behind, To rather like it had half a mind Bradbury System Men’s Clothes —Style —Fit —Service $18.00 to $40.00 —Pay a little down and a little at a time if not .convenient to pay cash no extra charge for the accommoda- tion. Eastern Outfitting Co., Inc. 1332-34 Second Ave. 209 Union St. “SEATTLE’S RELIABLE CREDIT HOUSE” TA eT EN 32333 232222 >>> 3333 { Extra Good Values¥ in Dinner Sets STAR DUST A Word from Josh Wise Mercer’ em P ivcidedly attractive tb bud fey. toon, acorn ild tines } 0 a fifty-piece service for $6.56 ¥ Guerin’ Limoges | of three @ pink spray pat! ler even twelve people, extra 17.50 { “vos san rts aoe aay Smart Neckwear Specially rm Nia Priced at 25¢ viata Going on Sale Tomorrow i t me ° om f Embroidery and | Ir bots of et r ; Lawn H J , ay Gibson Collars, trimmed witl n Cluny " or Valenciennes la A ce ider | , di, » ts : ane * : » lll tinea ae . ag i Riding Stocks and A t Ti it y white ok to ® ple fn madras j vind Mua ae Plain Tailored Stocks of White Linen, will hiecks to aeelig nad t drop trimming | The Fancy White Fabrics Much Below Value, 14¢c and Lawns, in crossbat, stripes, etc., in aq y desirable for shirt w Aprons, dresse, and lingerie Mus. | 1 you have hired our! 4 Crisp, Dainty Dimitic checks, ummer ing sacques he! MN i4c a Yard Is Less Than Half the Regular od! We { what dresses, oe “ |r Price of Many Pieces Mustont Pregedy AT 15¢ A YARD—#%-inch White India Linon, ing yee sume Sree 98 he one quality acceptable for dresses fh bad been er murdered | Cliloage Hecord-Harala Newer ‘ Strictly Tailored Suits of Exceptional Merit at $27.50) Semi-fitting, single-breasted styles, that will give faction wed Dent worry pet that shall never happen while 1 live Harper's Weekly Vinyed for « Lamb “ind ye 1 buy that wult for « we maximum service and satt ot fleeced. Roston Tran genet a ” Give Women Thelr Mights } 4 \* ttre i Aure! “Lat the women euf-| | tor th Fo sure: the men tor } AILIAR 6 Postrel Mr. Hnapp—life is full of contra- Proving Mer Potat And f way it ten't— tpt ? treatm Massage end ‘Gottog Rep te included I tm Treatment, Your Patronage. —TOURIST BATHS— 33 Wille v how many them, and some have three daya over—Boston Transcript THE DINING ROOM Can be completely furnished at small expense “Get Poy~ — nore Prices |. POYNOR BNITUR Waldorf Bidg. 706-10 Pike Bt. Mate and Bartell’s Big Busines Three Complete Drug Sto Necessitates the buying of extraordinarily large quantities of merchandise, and it naturally follows, at the very lowest prices. Hence our margin of profit can be just as great as the other fellow’s, even though we cut prices unusually deep. This is the secret of our ability to radically reduce long-establish- ed prices. We Can Surely Interest You This Week Perfumes in Bulk| Toilet Soa 85e per on. 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If it is still made you || * ieee # Septol Toot can have ft here at prices that a ats would have surprised the olf {6c Dupont's Sanitary Brushes .. . folks. | 20¢ Child's ‘Tooth rus |We Always Keep in Mind That Quality is Remembered Long After the Price is F 3 Bartell Drug Stores No.1—Old Store | No. 2—Main Store| No.3 —New Store 606 Second Avenue 610 S { Ay. Cor, Firat Ave. and Pike St. Near Vesler Way ~ Near the City Market | 2be Cascarets for }10e 20-Mule Team Borax for |10e full 14b, Chloride of Lime 6¢@/ | De Pree's Formaldehyde Fumiga: | tor; each lamp fumigates thor | oughly 500 cuble feet of room | 0c and He per Ib. Duchess | Creamy Chocolates for, per Ib r oo DBE New Eastern Candies recelv- |] ed regularly each week