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THE SEATTLE OF SCHIPRS NORTHWEST LE. Bntered at Seattle, Wash, Postoffice as Second. one eae Mall, out of city, 88 per mon. up to six moa; six mos. § Ry carrier, olty, | Datly by The ftar Publishing Co, Phone, Main 0400. Private exchange connecting all departmeste. Immortality for Badger | 4 ow DON’T know what we will be called upon to do, ; but we're ready.” P Thus spoke Rear Admiral Badger as he started gunning] ) for that Huerta salute with the Atlantic fleet, and Secretary | Daniels says these “splendid words by an American naval hero” deserve to rank with those of Dewey, Lawrence, Paul Jones and with other “epigrams” that go thundering down the ages. | : We're willing, and we're going to back up Daniels in| Hhis appeal of 1,000 words of A. P. dispatch for support of r’s immortal words, } id Badger, after 10 years of lying around in New York, Hampton Roads and other eastern harbors, flunk, when called to lead the Atlantic fleet against vile Huerta's gun- Tampocumbulo, and say, “It’s awful, but we're not “4 ; No, sir, | 4 “Don't give up the ship!” “Strike till the last armed foe expires!” and such were old and worn 4 “We're ready!” said Badger. “We don't know Will be called upon to do, but we're ready!” How comprehensive! How defiant of all possibilities. Well fed, well rested for 15 years, the Atlantic fleet is for anything in the way of naval problems that Mexico offer. Tt is sublime. President Wilson and Mexico HERE'S nothing really surprising about the present State of our relations with Mexico. It is a condition might have arisen at any time since formidable oppo- to old President Diaz became possible. Pressed to the last ditch, Madero could have bronght on. Likewise Carranza or Villa. Huerta has, perhaps, iturely and unintentionally done it. To arouse national patriotism and unity against a foreign foe has been the recourse of despairing tryant, or rebel, times number. The Germans “lived by quarreling with their country (as Bismarck said 1900 years later) when Herman them against the foreigner and twice licked the in- Romans. “Mighty armies sprang up under Napoleon's cry against ign alliances. No matter how foolish the internecine invasion has meant union. _ President Wilson aims his action at Huerta. Maybe he has some understanding with the constitutionalists. Per- he relies on the fact that the Mexican, of all nations ith, is the most mixed of breeds. taken in these respects, President Wilson may find) Mexico against him and have to play his part of| which it was apparent Huerta was able to arrange Big Thing for Seattle TTLE’S first attempt at home-grown grand opera ended Saturday night with a flourish and with rosy pmises for the future. The curtain was rung down before cked house of enthusiastic boosters, who will not soon the miracle that was performed last week. It’s a fine thing for this city—made-in-Seattle grand what we} wl There is something inspiring in the spectacle of this of housewives, blacksmiths, tradesmen and school- dropping their every-day work and stepping into a ‘with world-renowned songsters. It's something of the nation will take note. ithout ise of any financial backing, and with but ike warm sympathy of music lovers here, the id Grand Opera company has paid its way and in » so has accomplished something that has never before - accomplished in the United States. opera for the people and by the people of Seattle, prices within the reach of all, has ceased to be an idle ucifixion Is Not Defeat HE miners were defeated at Calumet. So a thousand foes of labor are exultantly saying. What do you mean when you say defeated? Romans thought they were defeating Christianity they nailed Jesus to the cross and fed His disciples he lions in the arena, but they were mistaken. Frick and Carnegie thought they had defeated democracy workers when they hired gunmen to do murder at ttead. They, also, were mistaken. Truth, crushed to earth, will rise again. Justice, tram- ed, will revive. There is no defeat so disastrous as a vic- led on wrong. The heroic struggles of unfinanced workers in Michi- THE STAR—MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1914. HB “wet or dry” question is as much debat The Star i quite satisfied of thin, During this o the same amount for a letter opposing It are Guat Olson and Juhn M, Griswold, week ending Saturday ‘This week's winne: prohibition. Prohibition fs the paramount Issue of the coming November election, Your expression ts wanted, too. interested tn reading the opinion of Murderer in Convict’s Cell Wins One of |Last Week’s “Wet or Dry” Letter Prizes od as the Mexican complications tor having considered @ thounand-odd letters, received in the “wet or dry” contest for the wt & prize award of $56 In cash is given for the best 160-word letter favoring prohibition, and | Prizes are distributed at the end of each week | Olson ts werving timegat Walla Walla for committing murder. Griewold, who resides at the Olympic hotel, 105 Yesler way, is against a dry state | others on this vital subject, of the $5 weekly pri for the best wet and best dry letter Some of you wets, get in th: wim, a oe wert Editor The Star: in agitated for half a legistation, but o he youth, establishing social @ community and holding ever before the public mind of clean, sober, high-minded manhood for that same period entury, there would not be a third, possibly not a tenth, t th q building, is not attended with the iil effect JUHN M. GRISWOLD, Olymple He And come, you probibitioniats; there's plenty of room on the “dry” band wagon. Following are the week's winning lett " ——_——_—0 o This much-mooted “wet or dry” question He favors | Therefore every man and woman voter In the state te extremely As a matter of inducement, we remind you | DRY Editor The Star: The soup that | began to cook when | was under the Influence of liquor will take me ten years to eat after | get sobered up. 1 cannot blame any one for my downfall, except myself in the firet pla ind the liquor in the second place. 1 am convinced that a dry state Is the best thing for the state of Washington, for liquor is a curse. Take my own case, for ex- ample. | am @ young man condemned to serve the best years of my ‘fe here for taking @ human life while under thg influence of liquor, Liquor ruined me, broke up my home, drove me to di ra. tion, and has branded me as a convict for the rest of my days. Through a similar cause, this institution is filled with those of my kind. Liquor ie the main cause of our having penitentiaries, and if the state becomes dry, a great cause of crime would be removed. GUST OLSON, No, 6653, Washington State Penitentiary. “Tt ought to be ‘pie’ for a man to sell real estate.” “Well, It may be ple if you have sufficient crust.” clamorin’ fer adoption, but a | stray dog kin git a home | without much trouble.” oe 6 THAT “FISH WIGGLE” By Jim Manee Oh, mercy, folks, the latest dance “Twill really make you giggle; In New York town, where it was ° Now, even If I had the chance, 1 do not think I'd look; to me, TH bet ‘twill get the hook. P. 8.—“All right, professor, let ‘er rip.” pa ae In Bertin there ti wish to become brides are ex- hibited. 1420 Becond Avenue. Opposite Bon Marche. 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