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“An Undodgeable Question Mma OF SCRIPPS NORTHWEST LEAGUE oF a ‘THE SEATTLE STAR | NWS Arnone __Telearaph News Service of the United Meas As How Entered at Seattio, 1-Clase Matter, By © mail, Wash. six mos, $1.80; year $8.25 out of cit » to Ix mow Go, Phone oo Private lopartmen | One Man's Opinion RNP AKING Virginia arbitration a Western editor says “There is a remedy—a very simple remedy. “Recognize the combatants in the industrial war. Give them equal rights and let them fight it out “When mine owners, for example, are permitted to maintain private armies of gunmen to protect their property, let the miners have full right to arm them- selves to protect their own lives “Why temporize?) Why beat about the bush? Why not frankly admit that the industrial war is actual war, and grant to the other side the same belligerent rights we all know the one side now exercises without hindrance?” In short, this editor asks, Why war every time there ts a serious disagree frial world? Yo ow government It is indisputable that the people should have the kind of} ernment that they choose. If the people of Colorado, for ance, want a cowardly, brutal and impotent government, uch as they have, they should have it. It is THEIR OWN] wernment and they can change it to suit themselves. It is he. own fault if they don’t provide for themselves “thing better. Republican form of government is based wholly | and solely the governed To depart from] basic nothing than anarchy or} rehy a But, let us pass this feature by, and suppose Miners in West Virginia, Michigan and Colorado tte to arm themselves and kill as many of the as they could Tt would be civil war. which the federal government would bound to put down, and, so sure as war means “money, ley, money,” as the greatest warrior in history put it, hundreds of millions of the Rockefellers would win The miners of Colorado have resorted to arms They have instituted actual war. What have they gained? y enemy slain, the Rockefellers have hired 10 others. | Wery rifle that the miners have got hold of has been matched a Rockefeller rapid-fire gun. Have the miners been vio ? Look at the mutilated corpses of those women and} dren at Ludlow. victims of the servants of Rockefeller We hear that the conflict is on between men and dollars. | Age f our power of self-government so fictitious, our civilization} ‘yotten, our Christianity barbarous, that we can only ttle the issue and a dollar by cutting Others’ throats? © Who permits mine owners to ies of len who slaughter inoffensive as offensive work m and burn women and children in their homes? The ple. Is it our only remedy to equip another part of the} ople to shoot and burn? Ts it really Rockefeller greed—what is natural and rather —that is responsible for such conditions as those in prado, or is it the political ignorance and recklessness of lace, which populace it is proposed to permit to its differences by civil war? All men must despise the cowardly and senile government of Colorado and abhor the brutalities per- ited over there in the name of that miserable isy, Law and Order, but must we not all finally get back to the fact that what the people over there suffer is suffered at the hands of their own govern- ment? Mich of the “industrial wars” in igan, West and Colorado, and the futility civil} | community in the indu fair not a ment answer THEIR Rockefeller gives a © Color pretty ado men are fighting some upon consent of principle that the had been opposi- between a man each maintain priv m1 as well You Know How to Swim? SYAY, Mr. Seattle Man, can you swim? Ww Can your wife and children swim? Louis Anthony, a dweller along the beach, went out in| "small boat yesterday. He couldn't swim. The boat cap-| and they haven't recovered Anthony’s body yet } Seattle is blessed with a magnificent water front ‘umber of magnificent lakes Hundreds of people go canoeing every day. Thousands Steamboats and other craft. The surf bathing season at} ki Point will soon be in full swing. Few, indeed, are fesidents of Seattle who do not come in contact with Many waters in one way or another Your canoe may capsize. Your steamboat may collide another. You may get beyond your depth in the surf one of a hundred things might happen wherein your and the happiness of your loved ones might depend on and that of your family, to swim. THINK and HE YOUNG ARTIST who asked John D.’s New York pastor whether, as a preacher of the word of God, he} " thought that Jesus would uphold the oil king's attitude toward the Colorado strikers, of course asked a leading question But it was proper and pertinent question and the | Minister, by turning his back and walking away, did not dis- pose of it. The ministry must a face the problems of today with| Wthical counsel based on the teachings of Christianity or Suffer a collapse of credit. They cannot find refuge behind Silence or generalities. | | ©The Good Book is very plain in its assertion that a man fannot serve God and Mammon. “Choose ye this day whom| | ye will serve.” | ‘politician, and died from a chicken a his hand. THIN PEOPLE attempts at) THOMAS CURRY of Delaware went through a long, hot career as a to A BELATED WARNING (as cabaret sing Await, My Love that Just remin ordered bas bee since & o’clo Mellow Dine or war Ry me, & taxioa standing ° Poor but Just In one sense of the word he was very poor, In another | sense he was not, for he had a cousin who drew a big sal ary as man r of a football club. 8 ago he cal vinetr in his cateh at can you give to help me? I have jus my last penny!” He a made a point of spending his last penny before going to see his cousin, The affluent relia tive smiled un Y Why, certainly, A matter of fact spent I was jus going to pay a yw to out the ground for next Saturday's oup-tic atch But if you care to take it on, and you're a relation, I'll pay you $2! What do you say? Thanks, awfully, Jack but though I'm poor, I should not like to rob another man ot his job. So pay me the | extra $1.60 and Jet him mark the ground for 50 cents, as agreed—what? 0 cents cee A GENERAL ALARM Boy hurry, you! Officer MeGraw—Eh, what is it? Fight or fire? Boy—Circeus parade! see (exelted)—Better Baby's Finger Nails Cut them on Monday, you cut them for health; Cut them on Tuesday, them for wealth; Cut them on Wednesday, you cut them for news; them on Thursday, pair of shoes; Cut them on Friday, you cut them for sorrow; Cut them on Saturday true love tomorr Cut them on Sunday, your safety seek; you cut Cut a new jee your The devil will be with you all of| Pot! the week. . . Ye Modest Editor odging a pretty woman 1 as if she intended to kiss him, Editor Lindstrom fell over a barre! of salt on the depot Platform at Langdon, and then Lindstrom discovered that she had her eye on another fellow all the tin Bismarck, N. D., Trib une. . The Helpmeet Newly Wedded Husband (fresh from the altar)—Exense mo tak ing the liberty, sir, but do you happen to know of any place where my wife could get a little froning to do? “- BUT SHE MEANT MONCY. She—And when we're married will we have enough to live in a bungalow? He—Sure There's two of us, Best modern outside rooms, 50c, Stewart House, 86 ~Adve rtise ment | things. GAN INGREASE WEIGHT DIANA DILLPICKLES IN Thin men and women who would Hike to increase their weight with 10! ¢ 15 pounds of healthy, “stay there” | it, should try eating a little Sarge with their meals for ® while, a note Here in a good t Worth trying. First weigh yourself 3 id measure yourself. Then take reol—one tablet with two weeks ure again. It isn't a qu you look or f WHOOPEE, DAPHNE, Look } HERE'S A’ BIG FING STEAK 1 BOUGHT For DIANA To COOK FOR HER YOUNG MAN 1” mn story, and m roman ean easily ad ft pounds in the fi lowing this simple ¢ Of all, the new flesh » put Margo! does not of itself make fat, | i mixing with your food, It @ fate, sugars and nen € ou have eaten into rich, ripe ucing nourishment for the and blood—prepares it in an assimilated form. can readily acc deading druggists in sell it in large ay on package—on a rantee of det tner or money back,—Ad- wertise | OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE at A ~ se worry! HEY, 1 WISH You'p WA\T oN Me RIGHT \_ Because Ym ina AWA yy tA (NL lh DON'T WANT NEW ALARM, Editor The Star 1 have seen }nothing In regard to the “Silent Alarm” sy m now being tried out by the fire department. The city government ts trying to jeviee ways and means to reduce » tax levy to 15 mille or below,| is proposed, lutely unnecessary and r 26 years The amount to $100,000 or cost will 00 more The “Stlent Alarm” to be a benefit to the firemen, but | ft actually ts of no advantage. It | requires ® man on watch all hours lof the day and night. In the smaller stations the men will lose nearly two hours’ sleep each night A FIREMAN, CORRECTS STATEMENT. Fditor The Star: 1 am writing to correct a statement system Is said sald that Capt. Margett was not) captain of the Foresters of America| summer. 1 now remember that Capt. BR. 8./ Palmer, who had been captain of the team for years, died prior to that time, and Capt. Margett was in charge of the team during the | honor. W. L. WARRINGTON | COMPLAINS OF CITY CAMP. Editor The Star: Many citizens have gotten the impression that Cedar Falls Camp, No. 2, is a model camp in reepect to {ts sanitation. While the outside appearance ver 1 the Idea, one would be very much shocked upon seeing the sleeping quarters given those em ployed in the boarding house. I have seen some of the so- Hinky Dink™ flop houses c ern cities, but none that alled Fast. was as crude and uninviting as those at} the city camp. The officials take great pride in conducting the board of public works, councilmen and other visitors about the place in general, but are careful to keep aw the cooks and walters, The stables for the city horses are equipped more comfortably than those at this camp. ALBERT JULE. AGAINST ANTI-WAR LEAGUE. Editor The Star a few lines in reply written by Mr. Fehr, peared tn ago. Mr to a which Fehr, od Is that the Star-Spangled For shame, sir! Climb out of the groove, you will see new and clever people who firmly bell they have evo. IT'S A FINE ONG, AL({ “OH, MR. SPOONERLY — RIGHT — BUT TLE HAVE To Cook. (Tr AS USUAL SHE's ~ OUT PLAYING TENNIS: WITH 1 DN — wean- To Do- ir" made by} myself a few days ago, in which I) jdrill team at the time of the Pot-| }latch parade and drill during last) popking, 80, a bachelor of W' . and to him belongs the| from the sleeping quarters of; moisten the I am writing | matter letter) may have. ap-| The Star a short time }ing and digging of the scalp will | do you insinuate that | fufty President Wilson acted unwisely in| soft, and look and demanding an apology for a gross | times better. your attitude to| hair, the nation in which you are earning| dandruff, for nothing * | a living? | Mr. | out, hr, and look over the sides, and | gly strange |and everyone notices It Antiwar leagues are the| cet liquid arvon at any drug store. | West! ideas of self-atyled luted ahead poor savages CLIFFORD LOWMAN, years WANTS WAR WITH MEXICO Editor The Star; There ap ed recently in one of your tas. a letter signed “1. M,C er stated war is the most tt savage relic it little would find that the p elved the com-/ mand “Thou shalt not kill” had | | great number of wars afterward, | and, according to the Bible, by the direct command of God, War with Mexioo would be ter- rible, but if the U. 8B. would take charge of affairs there and “put the fear of God” into the hearts of the Mexicana, compelling them to live and act decently, the whole world, in. the long run, would be better off. H.C. CROCKETT, MAKES PLAN FOR HIS OWN FUNERAL FULTON, Mo, May 15.—Cassius tame: | | burg, made final arrangements to | | day for his bu when he closed a deal for a $200 casket with a local} lundertaker. The firm recently | opened a branch at Willlamabure, | land Hopkins went to the store to/ look over the stock. He decided | |the most expensive casket sulted him, and ordered it put aside for! him. COMBING WON'T RID ‘HAIR OF DANDRUFF |The Easiest and Best Way Is | to Dissolve It. The only eure way to get rid of dandruff {s to dissolve tt, then you destroy it entirely, To do this, get about four ounces of ordinary | liquid arvon; apply it at night |when retiring; use enough to} sealp and rub it in gently with the finger tips. Do this tonight, and by morning most if not all of your dandruff |will be gone, and three or four more applications w mpletely dissolve and entire destroy, ev-| ery single sign and trace of It, no|/ how much dandruff ‘you | | You will find, too, that all fteh- | stop at once, and your hair will be | lustrous, glossy, silky and feel a hundred | your get rid of destroys the 1 hair more quickly It not only starves the hatr and makes {t fall | but it makes ft stringy, strag , dull, dry, brittle and Iifeless, | You can | | If you do by all means want to preserve It is inexpensive and never falls to| do the work 4 SHARP Toneve’™ Cstonem We “CHILO* so ect impudence of Wealth gracious, what a sight What have you bee do The barber had just lathered me when some one came in and told him he had won the big prize in a lottery, and he retired at once.” . No Time to Spare It was thelr first venture at shooting, and they were dreadful ly keen. 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