The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 1, 1914, Page 4

OF SCRIPTS NORTHWEST LEAGUE OF NEWsrarens the United Press Assoctation, Entered at Seattle, Wash. Postoffice as Second-Class Matter. ‘Mall, out of city, 85 per mon, up to six mos; six mos, $1.80; year $9.25 By carrier, olt 1 month. Star Publish Pho Mate 9400, Private Delly “Zarhsags sounscting sik Sopartasste: VER IN OLYMPIA they are having one more women's minimum wage conference. We have been regaled with conferences, and meetings, and public statements, and "wage-carning girl any tangible benefit of this great, humane © Somewhere there has been inexcusable delay | has been too zealous a desire somewhere to drive as hard a bargain as possible with the wage earners. And the mini | mum wage commission has procrastinated. The commis- sion have been quibbling day after day, week after week, on $9.50 or $10 a week. They haven't yet decided! And now there seems a likelihood of further delay, be- the employers insist on long-term apprenticeships. Prentices do not come into the benefits of the minimum under the Washington law That was the joker inserted by the standpatters in the Tegislature, before they would pass the law. Apprentices, Y standpatters evidently believe, do not have to live ac- “cording to the minimum standard of decency. . From a humane, decent, progressive standpoint, which | ould guide the application of minimum wage laws, no! apprentice or no apprentice, ought to be required to/ r less than the minimum wage | and more statistics, and more conferences for a year) | And nothing has yet been done which has given the} There | "month after month, whether a girl could get along decently | THE STAR—WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, AH, @xCusé me, dou MS WHERE L'LC FIND 6uT A MAN IN TOWN BY THS NAME or —-—— @ _ _ The law allows apprentices. The commission cannot| help that. But it can reduce the term of apprenticeship to/| a@ minimum. It can refuse to recognize apprenticeships ex- ‘sept where they legitimately belong—in certain trades only Tt can fix the minimum wage without further usele: AND THAT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT FURTHER | ‘WASTE OF TIME. THE BATTLE at Gomez of a soap factory. Sam's “waiting” policy will prove to be the very thing. lacio, Mexico, was mainly for posses if the Mex are going to fighting over soap, | fjome Court Reform POLICE judge in Indiana recently discharged a} prisoner when the arresting policeman mumbled 10! 20 words and concluded with the statement, “So I ar-| a * The judge declared that he would no longer consider| esti! of a policeman who did not have sufficient grounds | which to make an arrest and to warrant him speaking out and convincingly in open court. same judge also discharged prisoners whom detec-| iS attempted to convict on the sleuths’ unsupported evi- Police courts have long been considered by many as tribunals far inferior to the more majestic superior ot me courts. As a matter of fact, it is the police court in which the without influence and money are most vitally con- ees oe este She passing of judgment on youthful| offenders, or possibly innocent people, should be en-| d to men with as keen insight into human nature and) | strong it of the men in whom are vested power higher courts are ‘THE DISTINGUISHED adjutant ly safe again. He's got “Mother” county. P Jolt in the Jaw i 3 OWN near Hampton Roads the other night an athletic| young naval officer took offense at the manner in which chap was tangoing with his wife at a public ball! mext day, meeting the other man in a hotel lobby, mocked him down. / ~~ What he said or did to the wife is not recorded Wives who need such drastic guardianship happily | aren't many—though, truth to tell, the disappearing dancing dementia caused quite a number of usuall: ‘to act rather foolishly at times. To be sure, the fist as a weapon of social reform is| Somewhat primitive, but on general principles we're glad} this husky servant of Uncle Sam used it. Such a jolt on © jaw may help a number of men to regain a due respect | womanhood, even in cases where women themselves fail to remember it. Jollity is fine, when clean. And tha’ ‘Feason for keeping it clean, don’t you thin! supposed to possess. ral of Colorado feels reason jones tucked away In a little jail t's a mighty good | k? | | ANIMALS YOU DO NOT KNOW | ‘THE ARMADILLO WHICH, FROM HEAD TO TAIL, 1S ARMORED LIKE A KNIGHT OF OLD, IN MAIL Be Ee | Sat ti +t Fgie Bape ebss: | CAE Gar y _- ai) hed P ey Te a Be hes oe aa TT hiss Never was « mail-clad knight of; When attacked, he rolls himself old, or stee)-sheathed warship of) up in a ball, leaving only this im-| | | i , r armored than {s this|penetrable armored surfac | ©dd South American animal, the posed. vet armadillo. From nose-tip to tail,) But the armadillo has other “he wears a complete suit of armor,| ways of escaping enemies, Run-| of jointed, overlapping! ning into a hole, he will burrow is the only mammal! deeper and deeper, faster than| over thus protected ; Hist ‘two men can dig him out | RUB RHEUMATISM PAIN AWAY WITH | _ OLD, PENETRATING ST. JACOBS OIL ‘Get a Small Trial Bottle and Rub It in Your Sore, Aching Joints. points and cannot burn, or blister the skin, limber up! Quit complaining! Get a small trial bottle of “St. Ja cobs Oll" from any drug store, and in just a moment you'll be free from rheumatic pain, soreness stiffness and swelling. Don't suf-! fer! Relief and a cure await you “St. Jacobe Ol!” has cured mil Hons of rheumatiem sufferers in Count fifty! in gone. Rheumatism is “pain only.” Not ome case in fifty requires internal treatment. Stop drugging! Rub | #oothing, penetrating “St. Jacobs | O81" directly upon the “tender _ Spot,” and relief comes instantly. |the last half century, and is just os “St. Jacobs Ofl" is a harmless rh: good for sciatica, neuralgia, lum matism cure which never disap-|bago, backache, and sprains, HOUGEN nane Shoe Repair Man 2 Bhops—110 Madison ly estimable women !eading his rebel troops into battle|!"! here jof this grandparent of submarines |{2¥rs for 10,000 Americans just to [You'Re wo Fmeno | OF Mine 3 No Hurry “Geet up, get up! There's a burglar in the house,” whispered the poet's wife. “What of it? Lat him find out his mistake for himself.” . The Early Bird “Did you come out well on Christmas, Willie? asked the Sunday-school teacher. “Yes'm. I got more than any of my brothers and sisters,” re piled Willie, jubilantly. “Indeed? How did that hap pen?” “Tl got they did.” ROCKVILLE CENTE! Mo., | April 1.—The other day was hold the third annual parade of the most unique woman's club tn the land—the Society for the Promo tion of Perennial Parentage of Improved Progeny. The society's real name is the “Bonnie Cripple Club.” It was only today that its secret purpose became pub- up two hours before “ONE BABY A YEAR CLUB” GIVES PROGENY PARADE, SHOWING THREE YEARS’ RESULTS 1914, SPINNING’S CASH PRICES Let you In on the ground floor, where the money \s to be saved, Red Devil Glass Cutters, each 106; for 25 or 1 doz. Combination Try Square %-pint can Bath Tub Enamel b0c Atkins’ Offset Handle Grass Sickle Maynard Solld Steel Socket Garden Trowel H0¢ 60c Natural Finish Box or Crate Opener . Ae $1.50 Stanley No. 3, ane End, Adjustable Level $1.25 Can Potmend ........-..1¢ Will mend granite and tin ware $1.00 64n. Starrett Combina tion Square . 90¢ $1.26 94n. Starrett Combination 8 30 Ampere Fuse Plugs, each LD Yu THU THIS PART OF re . + SL10 No, 10 Sinith Premier Typewriter ..$39 Good Roll-Top Oak Desk 810 No, 221 Badger Hair Rubberset Shaving Brush ...... poceveee voce ise SPINNING’S CASH STORE 1415-1417 FOURTH AVENUE Granger—Goeh ding the journals! What do th’ know about farms? His Nephew—Perbaps some of them are practical pharmacists. editors AVOIDING OFFENSE The man glared at the tele phone. He would fain relieve | his mind, but there were ladies | present “Why,” he at length ex- claimed, ingenuously, “should | I say ‘hello’ when the reverse | is true?” ° DRY GEATTLE keeping up all necessary pulic ex- Editor The Star: It 1s a mighty|Penses easier for Fgh Bo | fine thing Seattle has dry Sundays, | ides, the person w pigs 4 |N why not go It one better and | erty, would and ought to be put on see that the saloons are cloned ev-|the same footing as the person ery day of the remaining six of| With Invisible must be sev'ral miles tong! |the week? Then there wouldn't be | OMMON SENSE. Why didn’t you come up in one I) so many families tn need, as many of the elevators there? |men emptying their pay envelopes | Cyrus—Not much! 1 jes see |/in a saloon. Money spent for booze one of ‘em full 0’ people fall does not buy shoe: down that hole there!—Bohe- || FORMER DRINKER. mian. — _* see Not for Him (entering a 16th-floor office, anting)——Them = stairs Cyrus A CLEAN CITY Editor The Star: An annual | spring clean-up is tmportant for sanitary and hygienic reasons, and every one who has the best inter- jest of Seattle at heart ought to |Join hands against unclean back- Nearsighted | “- NO BOOZE THERE Editor The Star: Referring to a “When Beanbrough was in || i : jyards, vacant lots, fly-breeding was a postcard picture of a big || issue, headed erent ae ane Indy | Proken-down fences and unsightly pavements and buildings. |. Seattle boasts of being the healthiest city in the world. Why not keep up our reputation? W. D. T, . fish he caught is that so?" “Yes; but, you know, he ts a trifle nearsighted, and the post card he picked out bore the pic ture of a submarine boat.” ture of a submarine boat. No End to It “What did your wife say about your staying out so late the other night?” “Don't ask me yet. When she |) gets through with the subject I'll condense it for you.” who wrote this article did not only do the railroad men of this place an injustice, but also the sheriff's office and the Great Northern rall-| way. In the first place, the sher- iff's office and the Great Northern |have made every effort possible to | keep this place and other dry units in their jurisdiction, closed. But, as you no doubt are aware, this is |much easier said than done. 1 would like to ask the “Lady of Tye” if she has ever lived tn a town where the people were as nearly on the square as they are CUT- Weakest © at Tye? GENTLEMAN OF TYE. ra) H | eake! e, ¥ “What's most Hable ts get broke i hoatlitc 9 RATE about your automobile?” DYAL’S ARREST 4 the owner,” replied Mr. Editor The Star: The recent ar- DENTISTS Chuggins. By rest of Har Dyal, Hindu lecturer jand philosopher, {s another in-} we make « specialty of teeth Expensive Thirst “My busband sees pink ele phants when he drinks.” “Mine has worse delusions than that. He seen green dogs. It's expensive, too.” “How's that?” “Why, he goes and buys i- censes for ‘em.” oe Wouldn't Do “Why did you break your en- gagement to Cholly?” “He bas one of these whisk- |stance of misguided energy on the zealous government offi- jecials. His deportation would be a sorry and farcical spectacle and considered by all Mberty-loving peo- |ple as unwise, unjust and un- | American. | Is ft an unpardonable offense to jenlighten one’s countrymen by |showing them the Ught of a better iday and thereby instil in them hope of life, Nberty and happiness? in India live wretched- been {ll-treated (as re- without plates by our method. Amalgam Filling . $1 Gold Crowns... $3 Porcelain Bridgework $3 Full Sets Teeth $5 & Up painless part of Me. The unwritten law of the club is that every year at least one of the mothers who compose . shall contribute one infant to the Its success so far is shown by the fact that seven members al- ready bave 24 children and two more are scheduled to arrive (By Staff Correspondent of the United Press.) “For our country,” answered the | Peons. RREON, Mex., March 31.—You| “Well, I'll take you,” says Villa, | wouldn't set Pancho Villa| And then he snaps out: “But if! down as a general to see him|@VeT see you run or quit fighting, 1 kill you myself. Understand?” “BI, senor,” declare the delighted | Garbed in a tattered old suit, a/ Peons | dirty sombrero, and with a red) | pheaeld | handkerchief around his neck, Villa} | Villa's looting in a store in attends personally to the work of| Manaca was the helght of orderly | fighting. He goes among his men| Pillage with wols of encouragement. If} He had given orders that any there is an outpost to be captured | man who looted would be shot, and by a charge, Villa double-quicks at|fve men were killed that day. But the forefront, loading and firing|he learned that a Spaniard, owner his rife as he rune. of the largest store in town, had His is a diabolical bravery. He| been working against the rebels. never has been seon to falter, and| The next day Villa himself went wherever the fighting has been the|to the store and took possession thickest, there has Villa been| Squads of 20 men were permitted | found. And, needless to say, his|to enter the store at n time men worship him | “Hand down those hats,” sald z . Villa, pointing to a supply of broad. brimmed Stetsons. While Hue! in the Mex The clerk brought down a hun ican capital, is seizing farmer | ared or more hate boys In the market places and | “Come here, Jose,” sald Villa to dragging fathers from thelr (4 soldier. “Take off your hat families at midnight to get sol- | Then Villa slammed a new Stet diers, Villa is getting them in json onto the head of the happy sol this fashion: | dier, and twisted it about critically “We wish to join your army,” fit you, huh? two Mexicans, approaching slamming on another rebel leader. ‘ sized hat. | “Did you ever fight before?” snaps! Aj) day long, and all the next day,| Villa, half closing his dull, gun-/yiiia himself worked fitting coats, | metal colored eyes. trousers, shirts and all the things senor. ‘ |his men needed “Why do you wish to joint | “This isn’t iooting,” he explained ac tayo seaitiprecataibaa | “It's confiscation of warfare.” | THE DIARY OF Villa met half a dozen of his men later, all dressed up. | “Got everything you want?” Villa; asked them. | “Got shoes, clothes, money, hats, | guns, ammunition; everything you} want?” | | “SL, sl, senor. We are very hap py and content.” | “Very well, then,” snapped Villa, with a dreadful look on his face, and with an oath. “Now I've taken care of you, but if you don't take care of me when it comes time to fight, I'l kill you with my own gun.” ry There’s one American, somewhere the southwest country, that Villa FATHER TIME When the divers were searching around in Plymouth bay for the) English submarine, A-7, that re- cently sank with 15 men on board, I thought perhaps they might find some signs of the diving vessel which went down in that locality in 1774 and never came up again. | That was the very first submarine ;j_ disaster that ever occurred ny | would like to find. The present day submarines are |” « ” really direct descendants of the as etre earn aren onye Ville, diving bell which had proved that air could be provided for breathing | j_ purposes under water. ngland 0 can claim priority in this kind of |' Gquidn’t get a Job, either. adventure, although, the first #ub-| ican Yeliow cn tre wana Amer. marine boat was ‘invented by a took me 46 & retaurant afl bouent yuteh: sepaner wks ateues me a $10 meal ticket. That was the mgr gta ogy last | ever saw of him, but I'll do “There a price on my head Mexico, and | didn't have a cent. boat, d by oars and, ea L, the trial was made on the Thames. The|P@¥ him back.” hief secret of the inventor, Dre-| bell, was the composition of a} Villa doesn’t drink or smoke liquid that would restore to old air It's an old story that he first be- such a proportion of vital parts as|gan life as a bandit when a rurale would make {t again fit for respira-|(a mounted policeman) outraged tion for a good while, his sister, and was killed by Villa, within a fortnight. Moreover, broom mustaches that kept brush- |cent strikes showed), due to the ar- ing my complexion off.” ~~ rogance of the ruling class. ‘Any work that doesn't prove iti ; satisfactory will be repaired free “Py f charge at any time, TAX THE BONDS “Ss Editor The Star: Stocks andj come, i", SOON—today, if you bonds should be taxed, and when estimate, |WE STAND BACK OF WORK FOR 12 YEARS’ GUARANTEE University St. 2nd and Unk versity St, Opp. Fraser. they legislation. not it certainly is class They are equivalent to/ money, and why should not all) kinds of property be taxed? If this is done it makes the burden of | 207 who had to flee for his life. ' A mysterious American gir! bas been his consort for several years. She ts black-eyed, black-haired and beautiful Villa is a bad man as far as the custome of civilization go. But he is a strong man, who controls not Is Villa a killer? He is. He ha taken the lives of scores of m He hae pulled Pascual Orozco's ry presence of Oroz- rd, hoping to get an excuse to shoot him. “Kill” is Villa’s solution of most difficulties, He has come unscathed only other men, but himself. When through a thousand close calls, just he ig bad, it Isn't through weakness, because he is always able to get his and that may be a point tn his favor.' gun out first. ~ Free Baseballs for Se EVERY ONE 18 INTERESTED "IN A GOOD PLACE TO KAT. Visit This Home-Like Restaurant The Menis Are Good. 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