The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 13, 1914, Page 9

STAR—FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1914. PAGE 9. HAS GERMANY THE MONEY TO KEEP UP WITH THIS WAR? SHE HAS, ASSERTS CORRESPONDENT BABSON HOW LONG WILL THE WAR LAST? That is the most important question in the world today. It is important in America, Everybody in the United States wants to know. The length of the war depends on how long the resources of each side hold out. The chief resources are MONEY and FOOD. Nobody in America is better able to write on the matter of the money and THIS IS A GROUCHY, BLUE, PESSIMISTIC ADVERTISEMENT---AND THERE’S A REASON food resources of the warring nations than ROGER BABSON, the noted statis- tician, banker and international student of Boston, Mass. Mr. Babson gets hii tistical information from his agent parts of the world and also by visits he makes personally to important countries, Mr. Babson has been specially engaged by The Star to write on the financial and food resources of each side in the great struggle. We herewith present nis first article-—Editor The Star. e Faile We Tried 916 “ive 916 At Madison All Day Saturday 3 Superb Double Service All Weather Raincoats Balmacaans English Slip-Ons lish TEELEPEE Mitten We have a right to be grouchy. Three years ago we started the Union Label Clothing Co. with the brightest kind of prospects—at least we thought so. We invested our good money, backed by long ex- perience. We had a fine store at Fifth and Pike—at least we thought we had. We put in a fine line of men’s and boys’ clothing. We treated every customer fair and square. We were energetic, we hustled, we advertised. We still think we should have succeeded, but we didn’t. Tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock we start to give up the ghost—we quit and we are sore about it because we have to sell to the public at less in many cases than the goods cost us. And we have to pay rent and hire clerks and pay The Star to do it. Wouldn’t you be sore? Sure you would. And if you look through the fine big stock we are sacrificing you'll appreciate why we are sore. Store has been closed last three days —blue signs all over the windows— and those clerks seemed to take positive delight in cutting prices on everything in sight. But they should worry—their money is not being sacrificed. There is only one bright light in the whole thing—mothers will get a chance to buy suits for boys at less than cost—and maybe they need it. savay Women, and Giris 33 Per Cent Off _—_— $15 Rain- | $10 Rain- proof All- Weather Coats for Men and Women PELERGELLEULERLEEUUEEUETLELLEE Mili : é In Julius tower at Sapadau, just outside Bertin, lies the $66,000,000 war fund of the kaleer, This money, all in gold, is security for emergency issues of paper if war makes it necessary for the Ger. man government. A huge moat surrounds the castle, deep under which the gold is buried. Even If the strong guard should be feated, the subterran passages could be flooded so deep that an enemy would never find the treasure. Bismarck originated the fund shortly after the Franco-Prussian war, when $30,000,000 In gold formed ite leus. Since then annual withdrawals from cireviation of goid coln are popularly be lieved to have ewelled the fund to twice Its original proportions. The kaiser can declare war, but the reichstag must vote him the money. That gave Blemarck his idea. A war chest would permit the kaleer to fight t! "es batties re less of oppos! from any of the provinces, and would also prevent any of the states from going to war alone. The system does much to preserve a united Germany. | By Roger W. Babson | (Banker and Statistician, and Stu- $18 Rain- proof Coats Weather for Men Coats for Men and even unable to sell bonds at home. After one or two small in ternal loans she was obliged to the money will be spent in Germany rather than tn for eign countries. When Turkey, or Argentina, Girls’ Storm Capes at | Capes at 65¢ $1.65 Alterations Free Open Till 10 Satur- day Night FULTON, Ky., Nov. 13.—Mra. J. B. Lamb brought to the Leader of- fice a formidable looking worm which she captured on a tree In the back yard of her home on Carr st. dent of International Economics) The recent German war loan is the largest war loan ever of- fered for subscription at any one time in the history of the world, It is for 1,318,000,000 marks in exchequer bonds and 3,071,- 000,000 marks {in imperial bonds, making a total of 4,389,- 000,000 marks. This means that by one act, in the course of a few days, Germany sold an issue of gov- ernment bonds amounting to over a billion dollars, which ts about 50% of the total debt of the United States. M@reover, this {s on top of her special war fund collected when I was in Europe last year, amounting to over & quarter of a billton dollars. Perhaps readers can better understand how great this amount is when I say {t {s two and a half times the cost of the Panama canal, five times the bonded debt of one of the greatest American railway sys- tems, and several times the cost of all the railroads in New England. or any other of the newer na tions floats a war loan to have battleships built in England or to buy aeroplanes from France or guns from Belgium, the na- tion Issuing said loans is {m- poverished, as the money goes out of the country. Moreover, unlike the battle line where the poor man must stand up and be shot at while the wealthy man's son {s an of- ficer in the rear, the well-to-do bear the burden of this loan. It must be a great temporary Aistributer of prosperity. Therefore, however we may personally dislike the Germans because they are hard to com- pete with in business and have different social standards from our own, let us not get the idea that Germany {is yet bankrupt. It was only 44 years ago when France was in worse predicament, for she was then resort to our own great bank ers, J. P, Morgan and company, who floated at 86 a large issue of 6% bonds, which ytelded to purchasers nearly 8% at the start. These bonds sold around 65 within a few months of their fasue, although three months later they were quoted at 101! Because the cable reports from Europe tell only of the strength of the allies and the weakness of Germany, let us not permit our hopes to get the better of our judgment. The big German war loan has been offered; it has al- ready been fully subscribed to, and I believe these subscrip- tions will be fully paid. In his next article, Mr. Bab- son will tell us the facts about the food supplies of the war ring countries. AL LUNDIN, NEW PROSECUTOR, prices. Sale Starts Sat., 10 A. M. 25c Men's heavy 11 Cc winter Sox for.... 35c Men's heavy winter Sox for... Je $4.00 Men’s heavy Wool Sweaters FOE i 05 05:6 MOTHERS Read—Save 2.50 & $3 B en Aste me $1. 45 3.50 & $4 B ie ae wih $1. 85 $5 Boys’ Suits, Fully Lined, Some With 2 Pairs Prices below are quoted, not because we love the dear public, but simply because we are compelled to. A year ago we could have sold the lot at wholesale at better Sale Starts Sat., 10 A. M. Pane ext t0.,,° om $2.50 Men’ Pants ye «91.39 $1.89 $3.00 Men’s 3.50 Men’s .. oom Trowsergp Ze 18 Pants cut to... PIPE LAEEESSEACRE SCORED CARR EAU Oana In fact, tt would mean about $50 for every family of the United States, or about $100 aplece for every family in Ger- many, This monster worm is nearly six inches in length, and longer when n motion. It has eight horns on !t« 4, curving backward, and is a seary looking object. It is more than 1% inches in circumference and {s green in color. A little boy called it a “devil worm,” and for the lack of a better name we will let ft go at that PARIS, Nov. 12.—A French sol- @ier captured by Germans writes “home that the Germans train French captives at target practice and drill, but whether to force them to serve in the German army or because the kaiser thinks he ts going to annex France has not been disclosed. CASCARETS KEEP BOWELS REGULAR AND CURE COLDS Get 2 10-cent box -whether in the head or the body—are quickly urging the liver to m and keeping the bowels free of poison. Take Cascarets tonight and you will wake up with a clear head and no doubt you will wonder | {what became of your cold. Casca- Yrets work while you sleep; they cleanse and regulate the stomach, | remove the sour, undigested food and foul gases; take the excess bile from the liver and carry off| ed waste matter and the bowels. the quickest way to} ide is one two Cas night to cleanse the sys Get a 10-cent box at any! store. 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If your stognach | store. t is the quickest, surest pitt, f0r, the exGovernment jis five min item von can't get it|stomach relief and cure known, It| ‘This position he held for nearly oes bysician at the regulated, please, for your sake,|acts almost like magic. It is a sci-/threo years, during which he hung) y47, l i RIGHT DRUG CO te Pape’s Diapepsin. It's so need-lentific, harmless stomach prepara-| up successful convictions tn tmpor- len you lose something, 160 Washington t. less to have a bad stomach—make |tion which truly belongs in every | tant cases. leave it to STAR WANT ADS Fae meal s favorite food |home, | When young Al became daduy ot}to find it * $2.35 49c 65c 85c 35c $1.25 Men’s Heavy sien Suits for. 79c $1.50 Plush Wool Under- wear, per garment $1.00 Merino Wool Un- derwear, per garment $2.00 Men's heavy ribbed Union Suits Pants, Cut to . 75c¢ Boys’ Pants at 0 as $1 Boys’ Pants Cutto.... $1.50 Boys’ Pants Catto’... 50c Boys’ Sais Cutto.... IS SOME SCRAPPER; ALSO HE’S | a me rawr om ces || YOUNGEST WE EVER HAVE HAD and American newspapers | prophesied that the loan | would be a great failure and then after it was officially an nounced to be a success, In sisted that the people were compelled to subscribe to It at the point of the bayonet The long and short of the matter is that we hoped the loan would be a failure, but the fact is that it has been a suc cess and has been largely sub- scribed from sheer patriotism. The great mass of sub- scriptions, I believe, were wholly voluntary, for the Ger- man people have this war very much at heart. | Although the censored and | doctored reports, which the | American press receive through the cables from Eng- land and France, give the im- pression that the German peo- ple are not with the kaiser in this conflict, private corre- spondence which Americans are continually receiving from friends in Germany tells ex- actly the reverse. Ninety-nine Germans out of a hundred honestly believe that this war has been forced | upon them by Ru that Russia is endeavoring slowly to absorb Burope, and that Germany is fighting for her very existence. Furthermore, they cannot un- derstand why England and France should go back on their own flesh and blood and up- hold the Slav in this great $5.00 and $6.00 J. B. Stet- son Hats, all styles and $3 & $4 Soft & Stiff cut to. .... 91.48 eraraamaen } 6S) S$ $2.85 Harking back a few years, you|though, of course, there was that/ may recollect perusing your paper element in the recent election, as it one evening and reading of that|is in every election. lucky chap who fell into the Jack- Al Lundin is a boyish-looking | son street ditch when the regrade work was on and came up with a| diamond ring. That fellow held the horseshoe championship against all comers for some time. But he's outclassed now. His title {s gone. He's in the |bush league. He might have been |the real article in the luck line in his day, but that was before Al Lun-| | din came in sight Came Out With a Smile Al stood face up against a land- slide on November 3, which swept the country from ocean to ocean, buried the river of Doubt. knocked the pins from under the army at Armageddon, in which Al was aco: poral or something, and almost) blew the colonel's hat out of the | ring. $6.00 Suit Cases cut to ... $12.50 Men’ cut to .. $15.00 Men’s cut to .... | Al faced this avalanche, we re-| | nlanc | $20.00 Men pent, and came out of it with a| edt 40 Fifth & Pike Watch for the Blue Signs Being the son of a blacksmith, as Sale Starts Tomorrow at 10 A. M. $10.00 Raincoats cut to $15.00 Raincoats cut to $15.00 Balmacaans cut $15.00 Overcoats cut to cree $20.00 Overcoats cut to $25.00 Overcoats ne by you have undoubtedly gleaned from the copious effusions of family his- tory revealed in the recent cam- paign, Al took the precaution to load himself down with a number of horseshoes that would stand any kind of weather. Alfred Lundin chap, but he has big, broad shoul- it Was Rough Weather ders, and {t wasn't the horseshoe It was rough weather, all right,/{n his pocket, but his broad shoul yacial atruasie. for bull moose candidates, but that| ders, which gave the republican One more thing in this con- | 4idn’t bother Lundin |landalide the merry ha-ha nection, let us remember that | And, speaking seriously, it really| He Used to Play Football | this 1s not a war loan which wasn't just horseshoe luck that won| Al used to play football, and he will tmpoverish Germany, for the prosecuting prea af learned how to fight - He fights hard, and earnestly, and| fairly | He fought tard for an education. At the University of Nebraska Lundin smashed a record or two in scholastic work, took two degrees|~ in five years, and was turned out|the smartest little boy in the world, | of the law factory before he was of|be decided to branch out into pri-| Ko. vate practice. He waited a few months to be Now, after three years, at the! Id enough to hang out his|age of 29, he's going back ‘Into the| came to Seattle when he| prosecuting attorney's office, but} , and immediately plunged| he's going In as its head into law practice. | p*waving wade a clean, though vis-| Two years later he was appointed | orous, campaign, Lundin enters the deputy prosecuting attorney. joffice with the united well wishes| Now He's Going Back of the entire county, PETEGERIFE ELE eres tee ton Wilson to pardon John Deitz from his life sentence for the mur | der of Deputy Oscar Harp, member lof the posse which besteged the Deitz home in October, 1910. WASHINGTON, D. ©., Nov, 13.— A search is now being mad he family of John F, Deltz, the “Out law of Cameron Dam.” for the mys- terious impostor who is tramping half of his “father.” The motives of the fictitious Deitz are mysterious. From news= paper clippings which he produced he evidently had been playing his |.” game in all parts of the country, geceinier [about the country posing as Leslie Deitz, the old man’s son, and claim- ing to have a petition with over 8,000,000 signatures, asking Prest- ‘meal then take a little Diapepsin case and Northwestern College of MUSIC Plano, volce, violin, mandolin, gultar, theory and harmony, 409-418 PEOPLES BANK BLDG, Second Floor. Main 1769, Recently this strange tramp fl in Washington, and told} correspondents that he was about | to present his petition at the White | House, He told a logical story and | exhibited many letters from seni tors and state governors on be- your next