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THE STAR—FR IDAY, MAY 1, 1914. MEXICAN SOIL AT V Brig-Gen. Funston, tn command of the “Fighting Fifth” briga Vera ¢ example of a nat iral soldier came to his pro- fession through love of fighting and the needs of a dintressed na tion. Funston was born tn Carlisle, O and moved to Kansas with at of the family when he was » old oy, Fred Funston, was grad uated from high school and attend ed the University of Kansas for two years He left there and took a job on a railroad Becomes a Reporter But the life was monotonous There was too much of the adven turer in the boy to remain at pro laatc pursulta. He went to Kansas City and me a reporter | In 189% the department of agri culture sent out the Death Valley expedition to Alaska to report on the flora of that country | Fred Funston accompanied the Jexpedition as botanist In June, 1896, Fred Funston was a wanderer In New York City, a Rewspaper man and botanist, just back from Alaska, out of his ele |ment in the ble city and waiting door. Joins Cuban Junta A little later In the same year he was with the Cuban Junta In New York, learning the mechaniam of a Hotchkiss 12-pounder, breech loading rifle in a dark little room over a saloon well up on Third av. In Cuba he and five other Ameri cans made up @ large part of the artillery of the Comic Opera army of io ban patriots a charge of the same Hotch- ise oc He saw action immediately on his landing under Gen. Gomes and later! under Gen. Garcia. Both these men were veterans of | the tenyear w the hopeless! WARES Pevane Gen Frederick Funston —_—_ “ ISSOME TALKER | NIX ON PARADES ROME, May 1—Wm. Marconi.) NEW YORK, May 1.—Virtu inventor, declared he be-| Coney {sland wants no more bathing | second, third and fourth follos of it would soon be possible to! suit parades. A taxpayers’ assoct RIDE THE THINGS oe *- across the ocean. The problem) tion is moving to have pretty swim- Shakespeare, printed between 1623 | id 1685, were sold here for $6,000, _fadio-telephony has practically) mers forced to go straight into the} — bus solved, he said. | water. This is the harvest of the “motor- WESTERMAN ||" & SCHERMER | messenger boy, both riding motor. SEATTLE’S TWO BIG UNION STORES LONDON, May 1—The first, cycles, collided. Men hurt, ma- chines wrecked, at 17th av. and E. Olive at. Oscar W. Young, driver, 2131 Waverly place cut about head and| jlegs, Struck by car driven by 8. E Adams, St. Regis hotel | Broadway car wrecked automo | bile and injured H. Yamamoto, |chauffeur for H. N. Anderson of} | Codarharst. GILL IN N SEQUIM Mayor and Mrs. Gill are guests of Sequim today where the mayor | was the chief speaker at the May Day celebration. They left at mid- | night on the steamer Bellingham. They will be entertained by of ficlals of Port Angeles Saturday. The mayor will inspect the new line of the Milwaukee, make a speech or two and Jook over municipal works, AFTER SCALPS Yip! Yup! Yoooa! The fierce! tirbes of the Klones, Moxts and| Ihkts are on the warpath. Scalps} are being sought. } The Kiones held a war council in the Rathskelier log house at noon, planning vengeance on the enemies, | Moxts and Thi who are seeking to get the largest number of new war- riors by June 2, HOLD AUTOIST | J. B. Parker is held at the city! [jail on an open charge in default of } $1,000 bail, following the death of | Christ Mackris, 21, who was struck | down by Parker's auto Wednesday | night, Third av,, between Pike and | Pine sts, Mackris {# survived by al widow and two brothers. BARE TOES STYLISH | PARIS, May ae Bare feet, sad only with sandals, are the latest {fashion fad in Parts, Jewelers are making rings for posed toes Mile. Provost, actr who intro duced the trouser skirt, started the sandal fad HIS "SOUL YEARNED| NEW YORK, May 1—His soit| yearning for company, Angelo Bar- bardello embraced Mrs, Anna Col- ley at the movies. Arrest. In court Mrs. Barbardello and two lustily howling twins mitigated An- gelo's fate, He paid a $5 fine. CASH FORFEITED | |} NEW YORK, May 1.—"But I made $25, said ©, EB, Cashmore, when Justice Ford reproved him for being late as a Juror, “All right,” said the judge; are fined that $26.” STORE No. 1—220-222 FIRST AVENUE S. STORE No. 2—103-105-107 FIRST AVENUE S. Buys a Swell Spring Suit Made to Order. Correct Styles. Wool Fabrics. Perfect Fitting. Hand Tailored. Union Made. Headquarters for Union Made Clothing, Shoes Hats and Furnishings Home of the ‘Leopold Morse” Line of Union Made Clothing Nowhere in the world are there better values at 15.0 Blues, Grays, Brown, Pin Stripes, Checks and Tweeds. It will pay you to call and see what we have to offer you for $15.00. We are also showing a fine selection of Suits in the very highest grade of worsted and cheviots at $20.00 and $25.00 We fit them all— The short, the fat— the thin and the tall. SPECIAL! Ask to See Our Line of $2 Latest colors in blue and Vienna greens. Makers of Good Clothes. Hats 304 PUKE ST. “you | Se ot mri We See a el A 6 ie Aleem Ran san ver General Fred Funston of the for Opportunity to knock at the) ‘TIS A GOODLY SUM! Anny Anns PPP PLA PAL PDL PPP LLLP LPP PDP FORWARD, MEN, MARCH! ON ‘DOUBLE QUICK? CHARGE! ERA CRUZ. struggle for Cuban independence, | which was finally closed by United States intervention Becomes a Captain Hoe was given a commission as | captain. In the fall of Guatmoro, Funston and bis gun took an important part, opening the way in fortifies tions through which the victorious the town Cubana toob He was made lieutenant-colonel in the Cuban army. Toward the end of the struggle he was wound ed, captured by the Spaniards, and, wracked by tropical fever, his re covery was considered doubtful. Though the y of his cap tors, was sent home to the United States with the laurels of a hero upon him Goes to Philippines When the army of oceupation em-} barked for the Philippines, Funston accompanied the 20th Kansas volun teers os colonel At ¢ mpit he came into his own through a deed of daring. Calum pit {x on the Grand river. The brigade of which the 20th! Kansas was a part, came upon the) Filipinos there. There were £,000 of the enemy under Auginaldo’s own command, They were lodged across the river) and seemed Impervious of success | ful attack and dislodement | Hero of Daring Deed The Americans opened a contin-| nous fire, covering the Pilipino trenches with a “dead line” of lead so that no Filipino dared lft his head to take aim: Protected by thie “dead line, Funston, with a few men, crossed the river on a fragile raft, napa! a Colt repeating gun. They landed at the head of the| Filipino trenches, placed ¢! jun 80 that it swept the trenches of sed | enemy, and by its infiatin | etruck death to the enemy, d lodg. ing and sending them scurrying for shelter. STILL WEARS MOURNING | Mrs. dohndecobAstor | | WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, |W. Va, May 1.—Mra. John Jacob| Astor, the widow of the late Col Jonel Astor, has recently come out of mourning, but 6! still wears | the somber-hued garments when at-| | tending ehureh. She is staying at the White Sul- phur Springs. “This picture shows | er leaving the chapel of the church in which | of the Greenbrier hotel, she ts living. |GOAT PAINTED GREEN| | VENICE, May 1.—Tom |tigan, a true son of Ireland, now has a green gogt, not a mythical | goat that romps on various occ | sions, but a real butting goat, He re | is how he got It. Carrigan has a house painted green and rides in an auto painted green. Recently ho entertained friends from Blythe, Cal. They were struck with his favorite color. Today Carrigan received by ex- press an Angora goat painted |green. With it came a letter sign-| jed by ©, G, Welch, “Wild Horse | Bill,” saying Carrigan could use the goat with his green auto. | Car | LONDON, May 1.—John White- | |head, who died at the age of 102, |had smoked a pipeful of navy eut every morning before breakfast for 87 years, THIS IS AN ACTUAL PICTURE OF A CHARGING LINE OF GEN. FUNSTON’S “FIGHTING FI This exploit, carried on his own initiative, brought Funston the rank of brigadier general of volunteers. Captures Auginaldo Emilio Aguinaldo, the Filipino patriot, hid away in the mountain fastnenses and Incited the natives to continued rebellion, maxing Amer occupation almost unten able the efforts es army to cap. Bat a trusted man, ters southward from Aguinaldo to his subordinates, was induced to betray the whereabouts of bis chief. Gen. Funston took charge of the correspondence, deciphered it with the ald of a friendly native, and laid plans for Aguinaldo’s capture. bearing let thing and everything in value-giving and deep public to purchase. compels me to make quick piled in on me and I'm going thing to do, and The Decks all materials and colors; value up to $45, for of colors; values to $20, at $12. * terials; regular $16.50 values, Two hundred Coats, and moire Suits, all shades: price .. jaunty Coats, price all shades, cut to $1 serge of all shades .. ‘ment of 60 men who were guarding opening wedge. ERE’ | CLEAN UP! My annual May clearance sale is now on. This year it will be a hummer. No Hesitation for Me I can’t afford to hesitate. The racks and shelves are groaning with overplus of fine merchandise. to take my loss Prices have been reduced, cut and slashed. There will be no let up until I can get rid of a big part of my stock. ITS YOUR CHANCE. SALE NOW ON! Come Early. Help Yourself—Big Red Price Tickets on Every Article—-Flelp Yourself Righty fancy and tailor-made Suits, regular $22. Choice of 32 Suits in value up to $30, all shades, materials and styles seven ees S19.50 Choice of 40 Suits, in value up to} $15 Misses’ All-wool | $7 tatlor-made Skirts in honeycomb $25, good assortment, at.-$12.95 | Suits, sizes up to 38, | aad Shepherd plaid materials se One hundred new fancy Coats, Bal-| i browns, — tans, i macaan and other styles, in moires,| greens — and —mix- J $10 fancy Skirts i $4.50 Ronavooes) materials, ae tures. Cut $5 $12 and $15 fancy Skirts....$6.95 Fad wince vensacd + $17. to cok ah Choice of 150 fancy Coats, all ma- terials and styles, good assortment 50 One hundred and twenty-five fancy Coats in all the new styles and ma- + 8S.) including long and short lengths to fit odd-size and stout women, in ailk, serges, ete.; J Silk Dresses $3.50 percale House Dresses, values up to asvscenetabnte Cut $3 95 tra large sizes; special at sess $6.95, § ‘and $12.95 eee oh Dieehin: cape Deainees aii $20 all-woo! Suits $9.50 | $7.00 Cheviot Skirts, | Fancy chiffon Waists, in tango and $25 all-wool Suits . 12.50 | wre oh chook values ‘up to $5 and $60 samples of imported silk poplin sale $22.50 $37.50 to $50 samples silk and moire kimono snares; sale 2.50, $15, $17.50, “$20 $5 silk crepe Petticoats, tango and serge suits Roman violet Taleum Powder; 15¢ eae suits: $O).Q6 | tate cee nee te $1 G sine Hoffman System tailor-made Suits ce eh be ate and Coats included in this sale at 95 R6, SROe ©] special prices. Balmacaan Coats 14. Cut made in our own shop of all mater- to ..ceseeeee WUC | ints. Skirts to match at one-half $25 fancy tallored Spring Suits tn see B14.05 Shipment of Manufacturer's Hats at $ HOFFMAN CLOAK & SUIT CO. 1326 Second Ave. T H” BRIGADE WHO HAVE LANDE b ON ROMANTIC HERO COMMANDS ARMY IN MEXICO “Fighting Fifth’? Began Career as a Kansas Reporter An m af 81 Macabebes, | him. tthe fighting men who had Funston brought him back before transferred their allegiance from the Filipinos knew he had been Spain to the Americans, left for the | taken. north, disguised as Philippine guer THE WA ENDED. THE iNas. BACK OF REVOLT WA Accompanying them were five) BROKEN. FUNSTON AND HIS American officers, who were sald to| MEN BY THEIR DISRE RD OF be prisoners DEATH HAD TAKEN THE Funston was one of these LEADER He was in charge of the expedi For this ex t was given the tion unk ¢ eral in the reg Funston and his men left Manila, ular y and the Medal of Honor landed on a desolate coast and trav- for his work by cor eled through the mountains, isolat When the “Fight " left le country. Galveston, Gen in upon Aguinaldo hiding command capturing, In the event of the taking of Mex- detach-| ico City, his command will be the S WHERE I'm going to sell any- my big stock that sensational price-cutting can induce the My system of buying for cash turn-overs. New shipments have The first loss is the best loss, now. There is only one Are Cleared for Action The Big Stock Is at Your Mercy $20 chiffon Party Dresses. .$7.95 $10 ratine Dresses .. $4.95 $15 silk poplin Dresses $7.95 -- $4.95 EXTRA SPECIAL 50 $10 fine serge Dresses . $3 brocaded Seco silk Petticoats, in tango, Kelly green and American Beauty . $1.00 Ladies’ and all-wool tai- lor-made serge and] 3 sik messaline Petticoats $1.95 cheviot suits in 1 easabe ‘ 4 on i Nek sateen Petticoats, tango an at | Newest style other popular shades . ibe 95 | Cut Blue Messaline Misses’ plain tallored Suits, in whip- cord, ete.; $15 values . $15 browns and checks. * -$2.50 and $3.50 Five hundred kimonos, tn silks, crepes etc.; values from $3 to $15, especially brie ed at from : Te to $7.95 § high-grade tailor - made blue price of coats. -95, $2.95, $3.95 and $4.95. Agency McCall’s Patterns