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OF Tie scuirrs | xonri PH Siete tale z OF NEWSPAPERS, Tel jain Private exch the “United Dress” Association. ONES ™*frcting’ with ait anpaet fice, Beattle, Was secon. " hed by The Star Publishing RATES ™, 277"; 4" one month tn ening except Sunday, a $1.80) © 0, JOY! Chicago experts announce that for 6 cents you can buy beans containing much nutriment as a dozen eggs. Gov. Lister Blunders Again = ’ OVERNOR LISTER has blundered because he failed to OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT rere tvs cine sf totace ts Grogs 1 We. | |Famous Authority Tells ~_t he | | ~* he Viewed calmly and dispasstonately, the governor's posi-|, * tion was most astoundingly asinine | “te Ngcr nn Quy ag nes . le ° 2 y sez astounding nie sxgnatons of four] | EE Sa Aan tH GE in Plain Language Just Fegents was because they voted to remove Dr. Kane as presi s z. . | Reras pier wa ) f sity ddle o choc a 4 eRe YA ARe AGAIN | hed ida riage afin Idle of we ie Ain h Aree ams! a 4 3 4 f that were the real, underlying reason, Ov" or} ¥ = Ate THE owe Piiy, t t li h should have asked the resignations of the rest of the regents, AGA | WANT yon ts’ E a ] ccomp Ss including his own appointees, who voted the same way. NOODLE EX This he didn’t d | 4 Az _ yp a 5 : By Prof. Jas. Lawrence (°%® ‘he reserve of the banks, they D ic ; | , seen the power of the banks to It is a well known fact that Lister has been anxious Laughlin lend | (Head of Department of Political Therefore, a measure which to remove the old regents—it was in a manner a tacit bap : . WAS oonomy at Chicago University| will, in time of danger, hell ails paign pledge. And the people of the state were with the and Author of “Principles of the reserves and the lending ‘ ah) } ‘ * y Money.”) power of the banks is of chief Governor on that proposition. There was, and is, a demand | u . iy “ (Copyright, 1918, by Newspaper Enter-| importance—of far more impor: for a new board | n prise Association.) tance than increasing the mon. 3 ; i . “Ay r x 4 ’ This measure stands out aa ey in the hands of the public, That demand was not, and is not, prompted in any way ; . ky the most Important legisiation which serves as a means of ex- y the controversy that has since arisen over Dr. Kane, It \ % on banking and currency eince changing goods; because we 4 " : the olvit w 4 ha highly developed f , : fe civil war. ve a highly developed me | or a < ogres: . ¢ Was brought about by a well defined sentiment of progressiv-| > “1 Ite obvious purpose |e to dium in checks (a deposit cur- fism against standpattism. © both our cu nd recor) ¢ 4 ‘ ‘ , id! \ ’ credit systems more elastic, This organization of credit should | Instead of making that the issue in a frank and candid) . A snd to remove the noceibjiity of |be the central point in s great eal y F manner, Gov. Lister went off on a sidetrack and picked a - . sh Ae frequent paroxyeme of credit. rency measure. ;, * ‘. =e an aly stify hi oe \ IGHT WHEN YOU CAME IN, YOu Hefore this, we have had a highly Pane Mecidedly minor and petty issue, comparatively, to justly sl : n . 1h!" COULD HAVG SEEN THAT 1 4! |individualistic system of over 24 How has this purpose been cap Wemand for the resignations of the old board \ Rw 4 4 / ; CHANCED THE FURNITURE e 1000 banks, each acting for Itself, i out - apd new act? tic - . ally politi in c : $ te BOON . . 4 AROUND 3 ] The new law {* tntended to tn netead of one central bank, we : Such tactics, most emphatically political in character, a : NOW YOU CAN GET OvT troduce co-operation for the com-|*ball have at least eight regional B) were certain to bring down deserved rebuke and protest from i , i | |mon good banks in as many districts into « ; a Jalker’s ¢ AS .. %y In our principal cities the banks, “Mich the country is to be divided How the governor could expect to censure the old re- . ? |through clearing house associations, | CB!Cs St. Louis, San Francisco, ~ i signation for so hing for whic ‘ F, ~‘ established local 1, v ans, ete., etc.) _ gents and command their resignation for mething for which e hun ers iaset eh ten - ke’ {a ouch tai Walker was equally responsible, and have W alker remain ’ effects of stringency and panic scribe the og erie: their own fed- a ar m= : = . THI8 ACT AIMS TO EX eral reserve bank, which can lend On the board, is beyond understanding. : oe ; : Saueding Cua wo eXTEND fo any mamnber bank, ac ae Walker was right when he said a self-respecting man Ma ayy . p ACTION OVER ALL PARTS OF pablie ‘ dad : ‘4 fl . ey. 7- SA » } THE COUN i n time of etress, when a mem! could not remain on a “dummy” board, such as Lister con- , URES SF of nt) , } : aN i BCOUNTRY. | baci te hana nents ty A oat ee ¢ bare k 4 We ‘ | Unconsetously to many, our bust os poembay age is pies ae ially i nor’s “ C ¢ < \ * fabric hb. te s ne comme paper e Especially is the governor's “pernicious and unwarranted ‘ er pgs ae been | cloping 8 the notes given by borrowers and interference,” as Walker puts it, aggravated by the fact that iy ins ’ change of deposits to take place| eld by the bank in its assets) <@ a | , it ° P| P | be has seen fit to absolve from executive punishment the/| meatal by checks drawn on bank {ee teteral renee Oe ee : | eponite 2 8 Standpatter of them all, John Rea, of Tacoma. ae ° 4 ; Wi | Only in purely rural districts are|" Tha promeche ot thie ae ea Gov. Lister fell down on the square, plain issue r — money = notes absolutely neces | counted by the member bank as ® * * ss . . j 7 i @ary to buy wit 3 ; ; part of its reserv of standpattism versus progressivism. His retention : - + 1 Vet the: tdsnt te: widenprend;” [ore ise on oe os lone. oat of Rea is in line with his appointment of Dudley sonia dows to us from times | reserve bank. caret i joni the kesman - ad ur money-economy was | What is the result? The Wooten, the anti-conservationist, as spokes: | generally “rural,” that our great | momber babk hee weurte for this progressive state at the conservation con- | 2 a ee —— = | need In time of crisis is more Ing power touc and ao ong ing debt by a check on that of goods, that bank can lend to gress, and of Charles Shields, the rabid standpatter, . “money,” although its customers can to the taxation congress. : : THE DIARY \ bank. them. That is, no firm doing pre borrower can short-time (90 days, etc.) com- h ging Standards the use of American-made garters,| World's W. C FATHER TIME In fact, the more we look into the| a legitimate business in buy- | : / | |tacts—as in the panic of 1907—we | at a bank and meet his matur- mercial paper, based on a sale . 4 ” ‘ ss but they wear them on the outside | deal less than ing and selling goods need ever used to be a great sin to say “damn!” Indeed, it was} o¢ their trousers tle credit to the : @ pagal lhe _______J |find the center of the difficulty in| in'the future ne inte Sania once a crime, alongside that other awful act of smiling on | *¢ 8 ry Suppose they had to live to fork,” said one of tts newspapers tn 1852, “is one of the od lending power of the bauks.| cy for lack of a loan. This feat- ag days now seem ver: | “So the Youngweds have sep-| England. great shipyards of the world. Our clippers astonish distant nations) hen paniostricken persons draw ure Is t of day. The laws they wrote in those days n ™ VCTY | arated. 1 suppose it was because we 8 with thelr neat and beautiful appearance, and our steamers have suc-| gm = - he couldn't support her in the atyle| An application for divorce has| cessfully competed with the swiftestgoing mail packets of Great Brit-/ ¢ Ito which sho was accustomed.” [deen written in verse by a Low An-|ain, In the farthest corners of the earth, the Stars and Stripes *uve FOU GEN The Shoe Repair Man | Any lawyer will tell you, of course, that law necessarily | “ «gay, rather, because she couldn’t| eles lawyer. An n legal document | over New York-built vessels.” 216 Union St— 0 usually lags a good way behind. That|accustom herself to the style inj /t was orrectly filed. As a verve In contrast to this, the following statement was published fn 1881: custom and 7. 96 y {itch he could support her.” Mt needed a little, sandpaper, “Passengers on the ferries saw something that made them stare, why it often appears so stiff-necked and fussy oe. The curious object was a new clipper ship, fresh from the shipwrights’ | ‘ears vi rsons did much business peddling} HE SURE DID! Missing manuscripts of Bobbie) hands, and flying the American flag. The old flag had become such a) ¥ a hii evil pe F 6 Burns have been discovered in this| novelty, and a new clipper ship such a rarity, that old-timers recalled stories and pictures. Their motive was just that of} eer cae ng be reearene to| the days when such objects were common and shipbuilding was at its | sor to capitalize degradation and shame.) Scotian Thus International com-|senith. Many looked at the object as an omen of better days.” j cadet—they sought P & 7 plications of grave import may be And now, in 1913, the biggest boat bullt in New York is a scow or a so there had to be laws, and pretty stringent laws, to} | avolded. rowboat. | cee ch them and to protect — public eg: : : 3 “Tha tad ibd eectag Wilek ao 3 Those anti-obscenity laws served a good purpose in has reached Tacoma. It was only ° : ‘their time and well meaning folks applauded when the) ja little behind hand, Our Daily Animal Story panders to pruiency were indicted and punished. 1] , |. Charts showing the course of the : ‘ ridiron should b . But to use these laws, as some extremists are now try-| — fg argon gees 008 i OnlyOld7 tigers ing to do, to prevent an honestly intended, and, in the judg-| | ithastrate the Mexican battles of Attack Humans \ay \ 4 ACCOUNT 4 ‘ment of our day, a necessary and wholesome candor in the| aenican | \ , j \.° #4 4 ase lp J7 THis_YEAR ; blic discussion of the dangerous abuses of the laws of} One reason why aviating upside The tiger, next to the lion, fs the , Pe : 3 “ bel ¥ | down will never be popular fs that largest of the cat animals; in gen- \ Xs SWEAR OFF we, 18 annoying, unwise and, we believe, wrong | a fellow is so likely to lose his! eral strength !t is the Hon's equal; j opaes fi 5 : F “Did you hire that plumber I rec: 1°) nh ‘ : in agility, ferocity, and bl : ANY) ‘ § a The judge in New York who, recently, ruled against the | .umended to yot ‘- ney out of his pockets. y, - 7, * oodthirst- a EXTRAVAGANCE 4 Metter but for the spirit of these statutes by holding that the) “Yos.” | Who 80 friendiess, unrespected ‘ Tigers live in close proximity to 4 | “How did he turn out?” [i : N T ‘ _ and suspected these days as the . man in some sections of India, and ? Hactor of motive was the important thing, it seems to Us| «ony he filled the bill, af seller of exgs? are not dreaded or dangerous until AND NEX . "showed the proper conception of his duty. | right:” ar ( Oy they become old, when, being un- - Why don’t they build pay wer] ,| able to capture their prey so easily, NEW Y EARS 7 If it is the motive of a printed article to coin profit out] , scientist tells us that there are|velopes in the shape of pyramid SS aN they attack human belage. The | @f obscenity, or out of a skirting close to the edges of filthi-|a million tons of radium at the bot-|‘The top dollar t# always the small tS ot worship of the tiger by some of the DAY wil l FIND 4 ess, then the article becomes unlawful because vicious tom of the sea. We ordinary mor-| est and the biggest one Is the bot- sects of India is based on the fear tals who can only tell les that get tom dollar. of the great cunning and resource. ‘ » & But if, for a good motive, writers of books or plays deal] found out do envy scientists with all! ee fulness of the tiger. : You MUCH HAPPIE SPECIAL AT “3 PIER. With social problems in the new spirit of frankness which is| °** . , THAT CHRIOTMAS SMOKE RET 4 Coming to doubt the value of covering such truths up, then,| About the time that a boy scents : | NEW GOVERNOR ' = | ays this judge, it isn't obscenity at all, but rather social|® Uvoree coming theta l ) 35 Happy New Year to you. This means everybody. Our” ; r : 4 A | gets his mother to let him do things . ° _ ‘eervice. |by telfing her that father said he jfriends in particular and the whole community in general. “Out of the heart the mouth speaketh.” | mustn t, and then works the same OF HAWAII T0 AlD Next New Year will be here as surely as this is. If you gag on father. k 3 ‘i ; t money h ank a ve EX" Sau Wale : A good heart may utter shocking or unusual truth, but YRS j ¢ Men's and Young Men's ' ene bea bank all this year NEXT New Year's bes . : e a order of liver will find you happier and better satisfied. Each su not filth. You cannot get a 4 f Suits, Overcoats and ing r should find each of us better 1 for OLD —. , Jand bacon these days without pay-| ) us prepared for : ing three times as much as once! : Raincoats regularly AGE, which we should enjoy in comfort. ‘ou had to. Oh, this high cost of " | voll bey —_ ert shiegd priced up to $18.00. L. FE. Pinkham, 63, bachelor, « Make OUR bank YOUR bank, B retired hardware merchant orlg- We pay 4 per cent interest on Savings. This Store Wishes You a \¥), «1:22 :n2t, Heit, orem tes | if Happy New Year she keep it secret? ———— | ’ : na of the U. 8 supreme court at Values Up Special Bi) Washington. : Mrs. Wise—Mary Ann, are you| to $13.50, now.... $8.95 “The most Important change tn e conomy 0 as | conn Gant ‘ h the Hawaiian policy that I will put to $25.00, now...$16.85 Bl into effect will be a more liberal YDE’ ity i ; 3 « Mary Ann », mum; {t's your! a H S quality in Wines and Liquors mum, tryin HB to $35.00, now... $23.15 construction of the land laws with husband, one av thim will be strictly upheld during this “as Cigars yuo gave htm for Obristuas: Ae : nes Gov, Pinknais ee apr signee as Fuel Is Beyond C+ ‘ . jinally of Massachusetts, is the new . of Hi 1 Other Lines )"s"srer"tm wee » ve] Northern Bank & Trust Co. ido a record as head of the| COF: Fourth and Pike. Reduced as fl) scur'st'weuts°trrn son ts $8 | ae The_Uptows Say and, upon this showing, was ap. | . | New Year and every coming year. “There are considerable tra 7 ‘ }land in the islands which could Tk i ties st eats sito In Editor s thrown open to homeseekers and ||| a Question }are suitable for development under than “HYDE” quality in Wines and Mail Boys’ Suits and irrigation.” Liquors for the home. MOST PERNICIOUS Begging on the Streets | Overcoats NEW YORK, Doe. 30.—Judge he Star: In regard to the |IAndsey sald moving picture por When all the many benefits of good service | article published Saturday, r | s tat |trayals of white slavery were not f sidered i i ous 3 SAVE YOUR BEAUTY | Regular pecial B) only of no moral benefit, but were are considered in connection with the actual ring to the Jobless and destitut: | ‘ A $2.85 |) most pernicious A heating results of gas. Its cost is a small item AND YOUR HEALTH whom the Christmas shoppers were |f. $3.50 and $4.00... unable to avold, and “had to run the |M $4.50 and $5.00...83.85 | W. L. Keene, a fuel dealer at 1834 among other expenses; it is most convenient gauntlet,” ete. I wish to say a few} [Boren av., was arrested Monday, a “i : Ipessenary ‘ts weridlng + $6.00 and $6,50...84.70 Bf charged with billing wood to cus and’ most sstistactory..1 Haviog. bts aa y e iquor oO seis 5d patlonse ana Resith "| ehonoora did ‘tool. eacbrtem ee elm $7-50 and $6.50... AGS! tomers by the lload: instead of by |i enced its advantages and economy, having -We ’ hy Si ning that) boing appealed to or observing ap {ff $9.00 and $10.00. .$7.35 ee once enjoyed freedom from the use of other or 0 »-|peala by the army of unfortunates, | er fc f e S 208-210 PIKE STREET ng. for me wit ative the Pere the foot sierehOneee Cent | —s MIL AT THE THEATRES fuel, no other form: of syst evet wil) He ” . rato ed to overflowing, It seems strange! a i Between Second and Third Avenues SNOW WHITE WORK that these same cnnaane de nek J R d J h . THIS WEEK It is only necessary to use 500 cubic feet Begin be delighted and wie you(feet annoyed or embarrased at . KRedelsheimer Se cemrae OW lteie oti “a per month, ’ 4 this way, once you|chureh, where the collection plat . ropolitan—"Little Lost Sis- SEATTLE’S BEST LIQUOR STORE SE eee ene asg|ters are prevented to them several & Co. er se. "*"\ times every Sunday and on specia!| Moore—Dark. LOWEST PRICES—PROMPT SERVICE Cait queen Ane Q Cnoastons during the week. First and Columbia Seattle Malloy & Mitchel Co. SEATTLE LIGHTING CO. ELLIOTT 68. ELLIOTT 66, “CENTRAL fe . church organizations not a greater Strongest Overcoat House Wont, kihhor esis 2g Henry Bldg. Phone Main 6767. cep —eeeey | crime than begging by starving peo- in the State. Tivoli—Keating & Flood Co, 1 LAUNDRY ne | |ple on the streets?» i J MK etter AUTO 6RAVICE } 8. G. HAMLIN, _ SRE SESS |