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- THE SEATTLE SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1909 ON£ CENT. HERE’S A CHANCE TO AID SANTA CLAUS t 4 ‘Why not a bachelors’ Christmas? | Everybody knows it isn’t Christmas without children. There are hundreds and hundreds of young men and old men in Seattle away from home folks and without children to whom Christmas has lost its | And there are lots of little tads in Seattle who will hang u; oredr p their stockings Christmas eve, and Christmas morning those little stockings will be empty. In some families the fathers are in jail. In other homes is dead. ‘ SANTA CLAUS NEEDS HELP. WILL THE BACHELORS OF THIS CITY HELP HIM OUT? WILL THE BIG-HEARTED MEN WHO LOVE CHILDREN AND HAVE NONE “COME THROUGH” fH A “MERRY CHRISTMAS” FOR THE YOUNGSTERS WHO WILL NOT HAVE ANY UNLESS THE BACHELORS GIVE IT TO THEM? _ The Star will help. All the bachelors in the office will work ni . ing house for Santa Claus. Write to the Christmas Editor of The Star, giving your name and address, with your contribution, or call up by telephone and we'll see you. Maybe you'd rather buy the toys yourself; that makes a lot more fun for you get into the Christmas spirit. Any way, so the bachelors get busy and get their Christmas boost into The Star office. Join the Bachelors’ Santa Claus Club. It'll make your heart glad. : ght and day to boost Santa Claus down the chimney. They'll give of their time and money and will hunt up the “chilluns”—they’ll undertake to be AN SHARKS nea 2 sre ura ff WT MAKE sopERDERC. DF MIGAATS BELIEVE KE RATES. ceeecece OFFENSE WS A.V. BOUILLON WILL BE be common thief, William FOR HOLIDAYS — REPUBLICAN NOMINEE hie family, He ought to pro man sharks means an in- Hity, etolen hie time from WITH MEL SE : ' ' longs to hie family. | terill’s Supporters for i | } 8. T. HAMMERSMARK, | 4 | morning im the case ‘ A \ | state neninet Jokk Ripliager, His Not Caring to Be a d with embezzlement of city Candidate unds while he was city comptrol i , Was taken up by attorneys for VR ARNEH, The above letter w The Star this mort vest of usury. During this ers who desire to ke ¢ to the story told tr a wi lesire to make their} yesteréay about W nee in trying to the Th A.V lon will be nom- ¢ seized upon by the Shylocks who pheferred to a testimony given yeater nated for m the repub- at ‘ than m@ipport bis rhoon by Edward ¥ jean ticket v on of the ti rey re perse want 1 their salaries . eee erey. ' . 4 {| Idiing away his #ix months’ sen depu r secret me ne offices fc, So the loan off ve ra ¢ of interest ] | tetice fn the Jali, William Soderberg during th i r re f 7 re he Empire D eleven nths of the year $ btained by 48 ho Good to the city or to xoctety. | testified y , ne * —_ | i democrats, 1y good to his | Riplinge The On January 3 Employes of | democ Least of all ts b called to select for mayor ig 1 per cent. inte ay season the oivere” wite and family, decided that too low. This year, as ss mae i 30 Eastern Railroads “' Al 1 ted that 93 ‘ f sb ae sug Why shouldn't William Soder. - ° : r * 7 fear in the past, t iber rate of sake Widen” Wr ahi, wees tat te Will Demand Raise and a carcfui ; situation that for a loan of $10 for four month family? Better Hours. oon On vom ie) to he“loan compan The’ superior judges have the Fea hi to, pay: theloan ypany aah Sn do thin, ta the: ta NEW YORK, Dec, 8-4 \ ggeronretend “s yo four months is only 280 per cent. interest }Juatic# Frown, who ken ou =e 2 : re ola | Trainmen's ualc pilin sa | Bode rbers ; democratic nominee should # | “The criminal code provides the here is t " n of the type capable of B® a liberal rate is ap-) Not only tn m the superior judges ehall incet the t a ee the fact that the legal/mas season a | te time to. preserihe rules. for freight movements in the AN AO at in 6 per cent. per office thre lation of the ald B " ‘ fe ga law, however, provides increase morning t w that ea ‘ Bs may contract to lend | victims w 12 per cent a 5 Any ‘of new nam greater than ary parent harm ender can be per ‘or | sh 8 out of the an enormous number ns Decelved by the a news of the loan power over the employme temperance and instruction of | one ate” ane would not a candi rate. lowing a foolish custom of mak pe pen or t put t were veeoteenly ald ¢ i ncrease of | 7ate was due to the fact that Cot- Costs $18 Now. ng Christmas gifts ont of pr © = | the $3.0 day. 1 be gps : ' sion régafding | ‘erill had ‘satisfied himself, that B shark's manager (tion to one’s income borrows some that the judges and the com: iene tite tt be ne hours, Thig Boulllon would be nominated on the sterday for the loan |™oney of the loan sharks. His HUBBY OUT OF JAIL THEIR érs could-arrange between them to |X \ ‘ by the men . ; manager, who is a Wages are just sufficient for living ’ turn the money over-to the family.” | \ro1.,, ‘ ‘ e individual road nds reported him d that it would cost | expenses of himself and family Why shouldn't this be done? ger and not as members of an orgar good citizen he ier sso comm ex HONEYMOON WILL CONTINUE i en ta rae d why the usual rate of , i aad Men ie te soi we (CHI‘a eaneeee a oO 0 = not x 'e utes" pleasure in ps - ieee ilar leaker echers tersrevte te vice Mary Case Will Wed = jiuyici on. agg LOCAL STRIKERS tterill. knew ine Chivietmne he takes upon himself months of {iy Untied Prev) followin Constable} Nephew of Metcalf! ,,../: ated. eithorte: STILL CONFIDENT 4 ee Mere peovle want money. ‘rouble, anxiety, worry, humilia-| SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. §—Her- Louin W and to call them ed, b njare Bouillon's Galis for more money | ‘io ring. Nine out of woot Portland archi who! SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. §—It Grandstand tarted i 1 candidate tan iend. We can get ten t enroll on the loan office's arrested last Friday OneCULE) wan offict « t peeche mac eon n thi esent favored how. it’s the regular Toll of folly never free themselves in i abled 4 oth- | day Cal gly to in " ‘ Moore as rate.” from the self-imposed burden. nt Ns ramps friends. | the | fe Wy F y a ute re are not exempt fr Month after month they sink into ee ee t mailed | wy Boar ao ¥ “ F é a Mi ha me support. The See that suffer most. The) Wage earners who are thi The advices from” the Portland |meriy y hat proceed er ny th were in favor of O. T. Erickson as already have the of borrowing mo chief of police upon which King was he ‘most candidate D ihal ox loaccee on an Gat arrested stated that a warrant galasecd ‘ir fon usurious |with had better month in-| minutes’ imaginary « advent of making Christ yted = worker « diess we CHEER UP, YOU MATINEE GIRL; JOHN IS THEY RODE FORTH TO DO DREW. IS NOT INJURED IN THE FACE |“! tove my papa and my mamma, )Htis daughter was present at the at targe in Beattie? ss Mt TELL ARQUT TITLE WITH THE ARIZONA REDSKINS | : # complicated parent ii bank and | love new ma tt ee. 8.—Armed with repeating rifles and moun (Ry Vetted Press.) ' love » best lawerie “anit: of er articles of ap j, Je rd and Herman Pric two 16-year-old NEW YORK, Dec. §—-Cheer up, Thif cht to J farel Sant 30: ine baat 4 gent tured her: terday and are being held Ness te a ie iFyatey. spok frint , ft ! chav ents from Los Ar © take them cr ‘ asian wicks voloe by Grac Chure tat Fina Last night Mrs. tackles, prc Were en route to th sert country of Arizon going to die. dec 6 legal strug etweet r wit! t ie. eee "th > Mbeit intention to fight Indians. The war expedition Your idol of them handsome Dr. Foy: McClure and Mrs. | ized that 4 seat ne haiien aes yay Pye rere An November 29 in the face of parental objections. You locks and dreat yes is only Lowist McClure for the pc ion | would be ‘ athaa Ge eae thee he ven) That the prices of groceries are father x i the aid of the sheriff when, he discovered | wigntiy hurt, and not in the face, at {ot the 11-ye i-girh the child's preference gadis valaua ae ove nor in Be ttle end Se sn bad dev 1. He send word last night that he would |)” ; het gee sa ae Father sother, divorced, each | deciding tor ' ; oe rocers themselves would some lay to take his son back to Los Angele : asdlnattes wantéd the little girl, and took their played on the : Sart eut 7 if they dared, was the - = y er for soon again John will reagobs into court. Accusations and to make h ; Dh a nine testimony given before the grand pr e forth from the wings to cap- countr accusations were made, to fond papa an : . eM Py 1, Jury, this morning by grocers, Se | tivate the female population of the the ihystification of the nocent she had to t 1 Tie dir ny | jeg Attlé housekeepers are being com- ie ; lgnuaeciof theit renewed strife. Some | kindness, one as Wwe plumen feather, tack in |Pelled to pay prices that many of i | country | yearnfago the father and mother had had te ; hai jtoh'¥ aa ote he groc would willingly lower d Drew's collar bone was decided, they could live together ao heart on the if they had nothing to fear ited Prew areer of the Belgian king. Nature | when he was thrown from his horse longer, and set about securing a she mi tab or KK RKKKAKKRKKKAARKRREK, The older retail grocers, backed piee. 8.—1 i, the | ts revenging the wrongs of the), central park yesterday, He was | divonge as easily as possibte ton * # bY the whole keep out all of royalt g. An| blacks in the Congo Sie Women Tia with his daughter Louise was Guxious to be frec he And litte | & THE WEATHER. * competition. ss of credit, if not Hetin wan ,. of his own country. He 74 years |! 7 - 4 and they made their bargain. The child 11 ing * * kruptey, is th punishment he old © Albert {s his heir pre-| Sure, he has a daughter. By the girt Gus given to the custody of the | girlhood make the|% Rain; warmer tonight and * d out by the combine to the : ptive way, he ia 56 years old, M or mothPr, the father retaining certain choice bety ved ¢ *% Thursday; high southeast * prising grocer who invites Smproved, ©| ‘There will be no tears wasted on | row for the matinee girl, “Who'd a righté of companionsht will probably remember that. mo-|% winds. My » by entttr the rc I Leopold by his country thought it?” she groans J The father married a second time, ! ment until the a: he dle MMMM MEN MRR] The gre r erse to giv. little hop - ing the jury lefinite informa. is ond ' : Tn wee tile Retail Grocers’ elation cers testified that prices 1, but Dillon Writes of First Ward Ball, the Most Vicious Celebration in the World, and hat the above norm ————_—_, the Vice Which Keeps Hinky Dink and Bathhouse John in Favor in Chicago. : er was } change ore Shopping 5 the condition of affairs, If the | " grocer cut prices to get competition Days Before.s! By T. J. Dillon { tennes ny snot in Christen-|and there ix a bar which must be | ingly make thelr bow to the public | laugh, the delirious curse, the fool: | hustled outside, like so much dead | {ro whaltnines oe ted at 4 Cc For the twelfth time tn as many.| dom the law of God! patronized on whom they prey ish blasphemy rise above the hub- | timber they arc upposed toOlonce and his credit was t off hristmas & P Lok tek cteaht Pee the aw of man Some day when a Gibbon or a In the meantime the bar has been | bub of a thousand feet; songs, vile, have spent to their ability by thi Evid ‘ and ei of the _— pacisil hicago is wrought up over! only by Inatallments and degrees.| Ferrero writes the story of Amer-|pnt. in readiness loads |obseene and depraved, come from time, and consequently are of no grocers that iy be na RI First Ward Ball; the second} Here reaide the thieves, murderers, |fea, this iret Ward Ball will teke | of beer are handy close by, cases of | throats burned hoarse with whisky. further value ah nag ohhle on WHY of the nation knows of no other | fallen women, and the intinitely |its plaice in historical Iiterature|whigky and even champagne, for | Fights, inctptent riots, start up in| And all this time the dollars |Bice of & staple eran DOMT THE v nr Ree apih ntous inter-| more fallen men. Here they abide jsvith the Bacchanalian orgies of/ each ts expected to buy according |ali parts of the hall, to be quickly have been piling up for two men | sere pitied: th ensign: ‘é SHOP now : , as in peace and security; here is their) Rome, when Nero fiddled and Call-| to his means; and the thief who can subdued by a cor of efficient) who help to make the la for Tr) os ed that the wit ean WHEY wouLD OIF ANNUAL OFBY, WHICH FCP’ | sanctuary, where they are safe from | gula feasted. For sheer debauch-| afford wine had better not indulge | bouncers; old fer of the under- | ¢ KO. ss sent GET THE PreK the highest development of | t1.¢ molestation of the law—as long | ery and brutal defiance of morality, | too offen in beer world flare up to ¢ udden ex: | * eleven years the pre 1 " is ¢, OF EVERY ft and blackmail as they contribute to McKenna and | it will rank as a classi¢; for dirt tinction, for the men and women! pl ad i t Ch ss d blackma as th C 1 The Danc Sh hae en 4 women | pit and peor of Chica ve | gel ‘ the lst, US THING Ano Ke hatin’ eh annnally by| Coughlin, it | lit qualid | sordid viciousness, it will always be he Dance Begins Who scorn the law fear “Hinky |fought against this First Ward |i ‘ paging A heed aac de .4|monarehy of vice, ruled by two|a model In o few minutes the first dance | Dink” and “Bathhouse John Ball, but always in vain, Last year |trou kruptey, for the tw \ be vom n MeKenna, “Hinky Dink,” and) gosnots, who | tributé on ft The ball opens with a grand |strikes up and then the orgy is; Im an hour the dances have de|they even sought the officers of |. yt epane i ’ Gi Pras fog r ehl Bathhouse John filthy traffic in return for the pro-|march at midnight, when a thou-|on for six hours. Many have ar-| generated to a whirl of dervish |the court: a for ar junctior Th ha sut for a large ‘al ot! ts them about $50,000. One| tection they extend to its citizens and men and women, the scumfrived drunk and seek with per-/ abandon; alcohol incited gaiety Which was deni@d, This year they /pumber of re it is pos gw, t money goes to “Hinky Aldermen Get Money. or the underworld, brazenly flaunt | sistency to get drunker Those) goon sinks to shocking vulgarity,|®re relying on Mayor Busse Phe |sible that days wil pied in | aaa io athhinin their presence as, arm in arm, they | Who came sober endeavor to over-|and at last to disgusting bestial., ball 4 heduled for De 1 13. | tal the testimony in regard to DY ~ ute tha” ethereal 3 criminal and prostitute troll about the spacious hall, Here} come the handicap under which |jty, ‘Thore is no restraint tnposed and the mayor vas tak od e groe t The jury has é 4 tl rad igated to attend this | pass In review pickpockets, sneaks, they are participating, and soon the on the dancers and they go te fay /cided stand as yet, A ' informed that th ‘ocers Who . 4 ball and spend liberally to build up |bludgeon men, burglars, the entire| general condition is one of intoxt!as human beings. mas as he is, he heattate : he busi and have Wickedest Ward in the World. | 4 campaign fund for the two alder-| confederacy of crime with thelr|cation which grows more hilarious For hive dapper Jol K iffered the most from being pre en I mall are the First) me Failure to be present means |female allies; toughs, thugs and|with the hours. At the end of Thrown Out When Drunk and big bloated John Coug) ed m cutting prices to get ward of Chicago is assembled more | expulsion and the withdrawal of | desperadoes shoplifters, safe/every dance, men and women rush| As the drunkards fall in their| kings in Thuggeryland 1 le are willing to tell all they rime, moral and political rot-| protection admission fee Is $2 |crackers and tratn robbers—all smil-|for the barroom; the loud, drunken | steps, men and women, they are| power is not smail | now it the combine,