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My Are You Thinking About Joining the U.S. Army?) free Star Reporter Tells How Uncle Sam Makes a Soldier of a Fellow (To let the young men of Seattle just) what Is requi by Sam's recruiting officers, at time a most interesting topic, Star had a reporter attempt to He telie his experience to the thousands of young fellows Whe are eager to go to Mexico.) BY A REPORTER » ual do you have to do to en TI stood before a tall, sinewy recruiting sergeant in the r bullding and looked up at him for the distance of a foot. He “Btopped walking and looked down me, much as an experienced does with a horse. / “Want to enlist?” T answered that I did. “Gan you leave for San Fran tonight?” I told him that | not, and he lost interest tn it least he # appeared. AD le Want to Make Your Spring Suit Tt you are.one of the many who, | lack of actual experience, refrained from having your made to sult your individ , under the ‘mpression that Clothes were a luxury, we taking this means to correct fmpression. We are making Mine of Men's Sutts at that are far supertor to any- you could possibly obtais the best ready-m: le stores, *"Neil’sTailors “LADIES MEN 1419 Third Avenue Beattie, Wash. ECIALISTS FOR YOUR and TEETH 3. Brown so as to catch my pe- eee an Optical Department oar Dental praction | care for me well es the, Wh ‘The most modern Bn4 8 shillled Op more than 35 crperiges in straight- EYES, reilev- rE eTnAiN and cor. ‘Visual and muscula 4] Gi it is fact that ever one. * Of the headaches and exhaustion result from Ie Ridden or unconscious detect ait of the EYES. on me personaliy an@ 1 shall in you to Dr. © & Knowlton, the SPECIALIST fn my offices. and tee results for you. DENTAL FRACTICR Grows now remodeling my Dental of- 13 First ay. in the Union| in 14 yours. | my patients and BEST there te tn Denttet en completed my Dental and Op aggemced WH occupy 32 offices, 1¢ 2 extracting roo: eception rooms. 1 gold laboratory, 1 plat ‘and my private office | offices are said to be the tareost| most modern equipped Dental Offices ‘world. Every instrument used ts! before it fs used again or} | et of teeth Is guaranteed to fit filling 1 guaranteed to stay tn | bridge or crown ts guaranteed. y prices, then a0 to tet you Gesire and have them a0 Epwry J. BROWN, D. D. 8., Dentist ‘713 First A: tal Department open evenings Sundays until 4 for people who Manufacture and Carry a Full Line of Trunks Suit Cases Traveling Bags : Shoe Findings in stock, Repairing Promptly Attended to. Phone Elliott 1655. Olswang Bros.& Co. | I atarted disconsolately away. But a big hand fell on my shoul der . Come on," sald the sergeant "We will see whether you igible. Then if you pass the ex amination, you can sign up tomor row In another corner another | meant sat at a typewriter, ner He gave me the same glance with which I had been favored a| THAT little while before. 1 WAS BEING CANNON FOOD. ‘Get on th my coat hundred | welght ts all right The sergeant piloted me against a ed a scale of height “Seventy inches,” he grunt d en your mouth.” My d the cursory exam- APPRAISED AS I took oft ‘One Your yed order fifty-two. awiftly ny sores in the are por on which was mark-/ roof of your mouth?” he asked “Any trouble with your teeth | or anything tike thatr’ 1 | sured him that | hadn't. And my mouth was reported in good condition. Then I stood by the looked at a chart containing ters of different sixes, such see In the office of an oculiat Read the chart he ordered. I read, and going on through which diminished In size. He re door and as you starting with the top row the type peated the operation on the other| eye. I was introduced to the surgeon, a dark, black-eyed, never lost a motion judgement ts final Take off your clothes,” he sald, sharply 1 harried to do his bid ding A and deep, heavy sear, from appen lictti# operation, caught geon's eye immediately. Wait a minute, Tha puts you out of the running, I guess,” aid It's a little less than atx inches, part of It is all right.” And the surgeon prodded the scar, punching into It with his knuckles and Increasing the force at each blow. All the time he shot ques tions at me. “Hurt? Hurt now? How long is it since you had this operation? But the scar passed muster. A stethoscope came out of the doctor's pocket and took place over }my heart Hum,” he said. “Do athletics?” }1 told him that T had run quite long little man, who whose he} lot Athletic heart, but sound, |smoke too much,” he sald | hen he started me running! | around the room, slapping me bard jon the back, on the cheat, on the| legs and on the arms, sending the! |blood tingling through me and} | bringing welts whe |hand smacked against You | flesh, hand against the base of the body and pushed upward, looking for } traces of rupture, | “You're through and | * he you're all sald, “Col- I told him I waa, "There's no necessity of putting you through the mental examina | tion,” he said | We were Interrupted by the ser- | reant “A detachment of 50 men leaves ee tonight. Sign here.’ But | didn't sign. think 1 will for a whtle, Mexico Navy Sails Into Vera | Cruz; Sails Right Out Again ZARAGOZA, with its 270 men and its trim appearance, ts the pride of the Mexican fleet, but Is now so! old as to be practically useless under fire. trated by the equipment of the emaiier United States craft. guna, two six-pounders and two one-pounders, tt ie 2134 It has no torpedo tubes. HUMANITY Presents AN AMERICAN CITIZEN VERA CRUZ, Mex. April 24. —Two Mexican warships, at- tempting to enter the harbor he last night, were turned by the American fleet, after shots from the American warships ‘one-pounders were fired across their bows. On board the Mexican warships were armed forces. As war has not been declared, Admiral Fletcher could not capture them. The Mexican gunboat Progreso | |was entering the harbor when it! was halted by the battleship Ar-| kansas. Federals Massed on Deck The Mexican federals were mass ed on the deck of the gunboat. The commander was informed by signal that the Amert forces | were in charge of the harbor, and the Mexicans could not enter. When the Progresso hesitated, a ae jsmall shot was dropped over her| [ bow and the gunboat hastily re turned Then the Mexican gunboat Ta-| |regular crew, carried basco appeared at the harbor en- trance. from the Arkansas in a launch equipped with a 1-pounder, and ap- proached the incoming vessel. Turn Tobasco Back The federals pretended to be ready to fire, but It was evident "| they were tgnorant of recent events. McCandless approached close to mander to leave the harbor. Again a parley was attempted and McCandless fired a 1-pound| shot across the Tabasco’s bow. She quickly put to sea. The Tabasco, in addition to her| 120 armed men. AMERICANS GET CITY CLEANED UP: CREMATE BODIES By Bernard Rucker (Correspondent United Press) VERA CRUZ, Mex., April 24, —Though there was still an occasional shot fired at a blue- jacket or marine in the streets here, the Ame get- ting Vera Cruz pretty well In hand today. city as rapidly as possible. It needs it badly. ‘The bodies of the dead Mexicans | Were cremated. |. The houseto-house search for |arms continues, with now and then an arrest. Among the prisoners was a priest, who, when arrested, dropped on his knees, protesting his inno cence, and then began to pray, POOR THING LONDON, April 24.—She has ul- sters on her head,” was the excuse given by a mother when summoned to account for her daughter's ab- | sence from school, the Tabasco and ordered the com-| Lieut. McCandless put ont| The marines ate cleaning up the |!" |soul expression that is seido Rev. Dr. Alzamon Ira Lucas, Ph. D., the gifted and renowned Minister Philosopher “Physician Author Lawyer Lecturer and Paychopathologiat, who will lecture in the DREAMLAND (Corner Seventh and Union #t.) Sunday Afternoon, April 26, at 3 o'clock, “THE AMERICAN CROSS AND THE AMERICAN FLAG. (Suggemting a way to harmonize Re- Neion, Politics, Business and Recreation.) See the new crows funday Night, April 26, at 8 o'clock, “HOW LONG AND NOW HEALTHY MAN SHOULD LIVE. (A wondertul lesson on longevity—reat “ite and life more abundantly.) Monday Night, April 27, at ® o/elock, “YOUR MENTAL rowERS AND HOW TO USE THEM. (Rxpthiniog the laws of:consctous ex- pression Adaptation, Concentration and Activation.) —' Tursday Night, April 28, at # o’elock, “THE WONDERS OF THE #Un- CONSCIOUS MIND.” (Wisdom in the unfoldment of the Soul and Spirit Projection.) SPECIAL NOTICR Dr. Lane has been a student-teacher of Psycholory for 24 © mixtore of Oriente 4, together with j1o and Spiritual Temperan owed him with « faith, reas m fe erving service to hy cows and joy the standing, He demonstrates at each ieo- ture. He cordially weloomes every vio- life. and jude there, No ehildren under 16 years, unless ao- companied by parents or adults, will be rei for themselves, should be r Pleane be in yo tures will comme: 1213 Occidental Av. THE SHOE REPAIR MAN 216 Union 8t.—2 Shope—110 Madison The boat was constructed in 1891, and its armor could be pene- Vg feet in length and carries six 4.7 Its tonnage ts 1,200. ‘AMERICAN CLUB STONED BY MOB | IN MEXICO CITY WASHINGTON, April 24.-—In a message. to the state department AAmiral Fletcher describes how the | news of the American occupation of Vera Cruz was received tn Mexico City, the information being gather. ed from refugees from the capital who arrived at Vera Cruz. The first information reached Mexico City Tuesday afternoon. Mexican students and clerks | swarmed the streets and made vit- |riolic ant!-American speeches. When newspaper extras confirm- ed the report, American buildings, American clob, were bombarded with stones and missiles by the mob. The American colony hastily gath- ered at the American embassy Huerta after a conference with Charge O'Shaughnessy, promised thorough protection to all ‘foreign ers, particularly Americans, and sent special police to guard the American embanay, STOCKTON, Cal. April 24 G. Mar, a Stockton Chinese mer. chant, volunteered his services to the United States today in case of war with Mexico. Mar is a natural ized citizen of Idaho. Thin Folks Who Would Be Fat Increase In Weight Ten Pounds or More notably the F.| A PHYSICIAN'S ADVICE “I'd certainly give most anythin to be able to fat up a fe stay that way,” declar cosstvely thin man or & result is not Imporsibl: past failures. Thin peop! tims of mal-nutrition, & condition which prévents the fatiy elemonts of food from being taken up by t blood, as the when the powers of nutrition normal. Instead of «etting into the blood, all the fat and flesh producing eleinents stay in the intestines until they pass from the body as waste, To correct this condition and to produce a healthy, normal amount of fat, the nutritive processes must be artificially applic with the ower which nature jenied them, This can best be accomplished by cating a Sargol tablet with every meal Sargol is a acientif bination of six of the best at wiving, fat-producing known to the medical pre Taken with mea! ) it mixes with the food turns the sugars and starches into rich, ripe nourishment for the tissues and blood, and its rapid effect is remarkable. Report ed gains of from 10 to 26 pounds in a single month are by no means infre- quent. Yet its action is perfectly natural and qhecieeet harmless, ¢ Bartell Drug ha macy and other whe: Aayertisoment ution: cod Fermarkable. ‘feeuite tn ing ment of nervous indigestion and neral stomach disorders, {t should hot, owing to its remarkabl producing effect, be used who are not willing to increase their welght 10 pounds or more,—Adver- Usement, When I stopped he pressed nie! And f don't} HE STAR—FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1914, SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT TILL 10 O'CLOCK Tod of the BANKRUPT STARR-MacPHERSON DEPARTMENT STOCK ay’s dollar is astonishing. selling will be a revelation. The buy ing power of the The balance of the STARR-MacPHERSON Stock, together with thousands of dollars of new Spring Stock has got to be sold. JUST GOT TO BE! $2, $3, $4 FOR ONE DOLLAR 1420-1422 THIRD AVE. the bare) 100, Mattenbere Lace and Insertt to 1be Kmbrold Embroidery Insertions, | to 26 at Laces, cream, in, ato oe Oe Insertions Up to the Vaivet Ribbon ery, — at Less nk Mug: tic | of the Loom and | Muslin sold Seotts Linen at ibe patterns Bwine Wonderful at mirror yaction! ‘ « of pri Here are smart Dresses, such aa fous dressers, A # newest spring mode eal to Yer Women and “vanes | Choice $1: 3.75 theatly deslened nlers, bustle effects, ruff ty with rich laces, collar effects THE SUITS The very } NEAR CORNER PIKES Last of the Starr-MacPherson | | Laces and Embroideries Mesh Chiffon tinge quinette I values wide the Allover if tn. in, wide Than Mill Prices Pequot Pillow Ine | Ifo Bitkotine } at lée Curtain Ladies’ Spring Suits at 1/2 to 34 Off Bults # latest fancies, at bankrupt cleverly des! offering of dowens of | DRESSES Choice $13.75 THE ORESSES with the newent yryy4 V2 to Hooke per 9c Lace and Mar rtions up 6c Shadow and bo ic Eyes card She white 3 in, to 6 Brushes 100 small cy and ibe Pearl But 3c | Dre Embroid to 29c *, card 350 Omo Shields at oe 160 and White Tubing, wide, Crash Toweling hes wide, sold the Silk Middy Laces the Baby Rib bon, 10-yard bolt 106 buneh . 3c | Sc | Whalebone lOc larwe Box hold fast hair pine and Dreases w. the Taloum Pow- der, large ...6¢ box . od Suite and moat faatid Vor Women pls Be at per pair Broken lines of Ki and $2 grades, Mitts, wh They are artin ate tunies, pan a White nets, embroidertes and the new Everything for the home milliner at one-half to including fa — neles, Oxfords, Patent and NOTIONS 14¢ | Mourning | $1.00 Chamets Gloves mall aizes, pair up to $1 values NOTHING RESERVED .- - - - Ladies’ $2.60 White Oxfords and Pumps, Pair 69c Ladies’ $5.00 Black Velvet Button Shoes, all sizes. Palr $2.45 $1.50 NI 360 Silk lavender, maro high spliced 3% Off bunch Hate Pins | | Ne 100 card mere Mend ing Wool tho De Twiet—all | orn: extra large spool Boys’ with two patre wines 4 to 16 Little Fe wood rw Millward a muniwar 2c Cash 3c Luxe col~ 9c Hatr 260 Mercerized etten, fects in brow eda and baby biue 260 «Fane: Striped an ered c Em 10e Bone | 186 gross box of Bone or Japan- est Pants 5c Buttons +2ho Omo Rubber Diaper 1 1 c at | Ribbon, values Bp to 180 ra Bi chie t for the wise o Children's Handkerchiefs Skirt Binding loo Hair all shades. at Koae "4c .48e 4 Gloves, $1.50 49c Lisle Gloves, 29c tte. cream 28c 14¢ Up to 100 values Up to values Up to 800 values 10¢ Bath Towel and Huck Towe! 1bc Huck Towe' ate... = Mousquetaire Gloves, pair Lado $1.25 embroidered . three-quarters off, frames, flowera, plumes, stick-ups and rib- ff $5.00 Tweed emboanad Ladies’ Handkerchiefs | EVERYTHING GOES Ladies’ Ladies’ $3.50 Patent Leather Blucher, Dull Kid Tops. $1.95 9c 19¢ Knee Suits $2.95 00 Suite; tweed 1.95 Button Pair $1.98 ht Shirts, white. ne flannelette cream Lisle E binck, tan, on; four-thread soles, and Cheviot pants; latest atyler $4.00 and $5 Summer Fabrics 4/2 to 3 Off | 2 e Ging hams, beautiful new | mercerized effects in colorings... VIC colorings 26o Silk Stripe isc | in all t w } i c color eff Last of the Starr- rson Drews at belf off Sots ef- n, Fo- 11¢ | ‘corded broid be Bilk Stri Extraordinary Handkerchief Selling At 14 to % Off utiful Pla! t le in and Embroidered han material cost. and amazing don't describe the po nes 1c | Up to 200 Up to 25e values Up to 880 4A 1¢ values Ladies’ and Children’s ..8C | + od TOWELS 26e White Huck Towels... 28e Linen Huck Towels 15¢ "Oc! .18¢ Trimmed Hats, Values Up to $10.00 at $2.95 3 MORE BLUEJACKETS KILLED WASHINGTON, April 24.— Bound for Vera Cruz to rein- force the rican a brig companies of artillery, under command of Brig. Gen. Freder ick Funston, embarked on four =" at Galveston last yesterday three more Americans were killed, making a total of 16 in the fighting there. Yesterday's dead are: D. J. LANE, seaman. E. H. FROHLICHSTEIN, ordinary seaman. E. C. FISHER, ordinary seaman, With the departure from Mexico Fear that Federal Gen. Maas, who/ City last night of American Charge ie stationed a few miles from Vera/d’Affatres O'Shaughnessy, Brazil Cruz, with a Mexican foree, might| was chosen by the United States receive reinforcements and attempt | government to look after American to occupy the city, was responsible | affairs. REAL PERT, SAYS MAURICE LEEHEY The fair country of Alaska right up and coming. All assertions to the contrary were put to rout when Maurive D.| Leehey came home yesterday from the frozen North, after a six-weeks’ pilgrimage there, with the informa-| tion that since the passage of the | railroad amateur back. But they are not banking en- bill everybody—old and Alaskans—4s_ flocking | Formerly Starr-MacPherson Department Store 1420-1422 Third Avenue—Near Corner of Pike— 1420-1422 TROOPS OFF FOR VERA CRUZ; ALASKA FEELS AWNINGS Properly installed. Plans and estimates gladly furnished. || Linquist & Lund, Inc. 1104 THIRD AV. —_Elitott 5340 WHY SUFFER TOOTHACHE? While Sargol has pro-| for the movement of American troops. The American troops will also patrol the railway from Mexico City to Vera Crus, to protect American! refugees from the Mexican capita In the capture of Mexican bre: works three miles from Vera Cruz The U. 8. army fn Mexico will have to go some to get into as much trouble as has been facing the local Salvation Army the past few days. When the I. W. W. squad rushed the gospel workers last night, and among other things clouted R. J. Rogers, a militant bandsman, he tried to come back, he says, but the World Workers closed in and ‘ih |stampeded the Army before he had a chance. The trouble last night started, it is said, because the I. W. W. object- ed to the Salvation Army band and revival services at Second and Washington. Before peace reigned special po- licemen were called out to protect women members of the Army on their retreat to the barracks, missiles were hurled, detectives thrust aside, and a brick carried away Patrolman J. 8. Veitch’s hat. Scenic Cafe FIRST AND STEWART — A Place to Eat MOB ATTACKS SALVATION ARMY: POLICE RESCUE WOMEN | French consuls will serve in this capacity where there are no Brazil jan consuls. This precaution was taken, not | because a of war formally ex | tats, but because a formal declara- | tlon of war by Huerta is hourly ex- pected. Thousands of spectators added to the difficuities, “Kill the detectives,” somebody shouted, and a hoarse roar of ap- proval came from the mob. The police could not distinguish rloters from spectators, but finally forced the mob back to the spot where the war started. Hot arguments and spirited de- bates were waged by small groups juntil a late hour. Chief Griffiths personally bossed the police relief expedition, REBEL FORCES PLAN AN ATTACK UPON TAMPICO BROWNSVI E, Tex., April 24.—Gen. Luis Caballero, com- manding the rebel forces be- sieging Tampico, haa given Gen. Garazoga, in command of the federal troops, 24 hours in which to surrender the city. This action disposes of the re- port that the federals and rebels will unite forces against the United States. GIVES THE REASON NEW YORK, April 24.-—"I heard a man say he wished all the booze was at the bottom of the sea,” said Pres- ident McGlynn to a New York hotel- "worm rue. nt relief, fll tirely on the railroad for prosper. | ity; they pe Dad oar ad velopment, and are hoping for the! passing bf a workable leasing bill. one gran ee i fe the uoren prevent Pe Es Coke manufacturing ts also being! pa Bogs oo effective By well or at considered, 8 Mr. Leehey. | Mining has been making steady, | "~~ ~"™* ©o~ et though quiet progres 3 j A TRUE PROPHECY NEW YORK, April 24.—Three weeks ago Mra. A. McCann proph- esied that some day an auto would kill her little daughter Frances. The prophecy came true last night. SHANGRAI CO. Makers of Ladies’ Fancy Silk Undergarments of all kinds. Ready-made and to order. Ladies’ Silk Lisle Lace Hose, black, blue, pink and lavender. Regular price 35c. Special Saturday, all SHANGHRAI CO. 1323 Third Avenue—Opposite Postoffice WALL PAPER 3,000 Rolls 15c PY ARRIVED—A CAR- per double LO: AD OF VARNISHED I TILES 2 20e “and “Sse | 35c 2,000 per double roll........ 10c 30c Paper at, per OATMEALS— double roll ...... per double roll....... A complete line of Room Mouldings, House Paints, Varnishes and Floor Wax. Estimates given on Papering, Painting and Kalsomining. GLOBE WALL PAPER CO. | BULL BROS. Jusi Printers 1013 THIRD AIN 1043 peace oA men's convention, “Later I learned he was a diver.” 907 SECOND AVE. BURKE BLDG.