The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 27, 1915, Page 4

8 TAR—SATURDAY, MARCH 2 THE SEATTLE STA MEMBER OF soRirrs NORTHWEST Lmacun or NEWSPAPERS Telegraph News Service ete the Uw ited “Prees Aasectation Batered at at Beattie, , Waa, Postortice Matter, om: # mow $1.60 month, Billions for a Navy for PEACE INSURANCE Not 1 Cent for a Navy for Sorpemen E California Leads Wesildnasbin Again a HE California lower house has passed a non-partisan | tion bill, and again the big state to the south of us is Moving in the vanguard of progress | By. It will not be long before all intelligent Americans will] @emand non-partisanship in city, county and state govern ments at least. Despite such a setback as Washington re-| eeived by the 1915 legislature, this state, too, will rise the common-sense view that a county engineer a Auditor or city councilman must stand on his own merits mot on a party label for electi We have been electing our mayors in Seattle on Partisan basis. We do not ask them if they republicans, soon to or state and | 4 a a non are We size up the man for the jo Why not do the same with the governor's office Ihave been getting better councilmen than any town in the United States where they still cling to party labels Why not elect our members of the legislature in the same way? AWAY WITH PARTY FETISH AND SLAVERY. | i Why They Like Mexico City | A! NOW we have it! Now why | party and then another occupies Mexico City | Gen. Obregon, last occupant, levied a special tax of about} 7 per cent on all business houses and property owners and} gave them three days in which to pay up } Tt had to be a special tax | All other sorts possible were already levied in al Spot-cash, hurry-up special tax there’s no need for study,} and deep figuring, as in the case of our income tax.| “Hands up! Pay in three days Obregon, and, | Phaving collected, out he goes and in comes Gen. Zapata, or ) Gen. Francisco de Cingo Furioso, or some other ex-banc Who needs pesos, while bearing the only we know first one 4 and a says true standard « popular liberty. | : It is a fine policy for pauper generals, but it must t wearing on municipal prosperity With the Strap HE long-suffering strap-hanger’s day has dawned at After months of vain pleading with railroad officials Mor a Scent fare from Los Angeles, Watts, a thriving little own on the Long Beach line, has called an election for April] 5 to allow the people to vote on a bond issue of $12,000 for @ municipal jitney bus line. % The people of Watts, Cal., are now paying a 15-cent one ped fare to Los Angeles and have been vainly praying for ef. © last The city trustees, after careful investigation, declare Mthey can purchase for $12,000 and operate 14 nine-passenger ars which will earn $18,000 a year, on a five-cent fare, sav-| ted the people of Watts $12,000, or the cost of the cars, in one year. What ho! the jitney! Wants to Join Us ROM El! Paso comes the report that the rich state of Yucatan has resolved to secede from the Mexi fan republic and secure permission from the United States to become a protectorate of this government It is believed also that the Mexican terri Southern y of Quintana F Roo, to the south of Yucatan, will join in the movement. This 4 Would form a solid block on the south of Mexico, under Amer Hican control or protection, adjoining Central America. Yuca / tan has sought for half a century to secede from the Central ernment of Mexico, and being, as it is, geographically ated and cut off from railroad connection with other part Of the republic, the move would be a good one for itself of much advantage to the United Stat Until—You Guess It! HE Dupont Powder Company has increased the wages} of all employes 20 per cent, beginning April Ist and to continue until the end of the present year and, if sible, longer. | Meaning, we presume, until the war ends and the demand for powder becomes again normal. It's ill-wind that blows nobody good Wait Till They Go at It! ON. JOSEPH WELDON BAILEY « an Hf Texas is expected to announce his candidacy for the United States senate am a speech which he has been invited to make before the Texas legislature next month. Opposed to him will probably be O. B. Colquitt and} ‘Thos. M. Campbell, both ex-governors of the state. The| “Bailey issue” thus revived, Texas will have a scrap of its own that will cause the European war to »%k small Remember whenever you are troubled with minor ailments of the digestive organs, that these may soon develop into more serious sickness. Your future safety, as well as your present comfort may depend on _ the quickness with which you seek a corrective remedy. By common consent of the legion who have tried them, Beecham’s Pills are the most reliable of all family medi- cines. This standard family remedy tones the stomach, stimulates the sluggish liver, regulates inactive bowels. Improved digestion, sounder sleep, better looks, brighter spirits and greater vitality come after the system has been cleared and the blood purified by Beecham’s Pills (The Largest Sale of Any Medicine in the World) Sold Everywhere. In boxes, 10c., 25. democrats, progressives, socialists, et: | | We elect our councilmen on a non-partisan basis, and we} | really f DIANA DILLPICKLES IN HER HOT SKETCH * PARA, TOM, CK Al ONE oF WHEN LT CALL You 1 You To @& READY. "= \ A PONTO THE PURP | THEVVE GIVEN ME A STAR, Ano TMA PULL PLEDGED POUCE Dag, Now FoR A * PINCH * At a Standstil! { understand Miss Whatyou maycall is going to have a birth day party this evening,” the fat neighbor observed. Yop.” answered the thin neighbor, “I've been invited Did she keep her last birt day Yes, and I'll tell you in con fidence | don't believe she eve intends to let go of it.” BEEN ACTING QUEER LY OF LATE, THEM (1% IN THERE NOW. ND HARRY HAVE WANT “WELL, Tom, You HERE AGAINE WHAT'S THE GOO WORD?" DIANA, WE'VEr DECIDED To BE REAL FRANK. WITH YoU. “THE SITUATION (5 THIS BR, AHEM ore SOME IMAGINATION Wuazybug-—1 hear you were on toot last night’ bug—Pact! 1 slept tn an automobile horn JOHNY'S LETTER y y A wen little gorgie didn't make such a big bit with his maws cuszen tn law as he ex he was only doing tt for her own good he thot and for the church too at that next time he will look out fe no and } his maws inzen take care herself thin is what happened to gorse gorgle e# off to church with his maw evry sundy and he never trys to hold out bis nikle from the preecher but last sundy his maws cuz zen went along and when the kollekshun plate went round she ed a eye gle got skared is your munny? pt it, the cuzzen only ate wa we awa br ft ne worke you and | will « kie, that aw in my Roodnens, you ueht te seen bis maw joo! i when deekon jones hit there pew just an gorgies hoofs disa red un der the 1 bet got home johny Close Buying i pmend me to the average woman shopper for real shrewd ness,” says th anager of a well-known establishment We received a visit from one the other day that taught us some thing. She was considering the pur chase of a yard of milk at 80 cents, The woman's purchase left a remnant of a yard and a half, which the saleagirl sug By Herbert Quick Special Writer for The Star. The Unite has launched $14,000,000 worth of iron States just sorgie got hisn when he” OUTBURSTS OF ~ “FATHER! THE HOOK!" LITTLE Ber At, EVERETT TRUE 1 DON'T KNOW —— 1 Gvess HE yusT FAINTED. p. 4 4 AIR, — WHAT THIS N Ne@eDs AND HE'S GOING is wented that she should take, What'll it cost’ asked the sho’ Fifty cents I'll take it,” was the prompt response, ‘and you may keep the n off Kept Busy She's a devoted mothe Isn't she? For weeks she's been sewing and getting Susie | ready for college.” Well, she'll her daughter goes.” p & rest after Will she? After Susie goes her mother will be just as bus getting a lot of clothes re to her to come home Luxury “1 would make her my wife ver's sigh light of my life it bills are SO high! “THE BOYG HAVE A AND ——= 99 ON ‘YOUR. Hm— Mf YOU VILL LOOK CLOSEL DEAR. PIOUSE, YOU Wht, NMON1CE THAT 1 HAVE A CRAMP NER CAPE ~ Pa, who wrote ‘Lie is life is earnest, and the grav not it's goal’? Dunno, my son, Eidently an undertaker oe A Hearty Meal When I was a an old resident of Seattle of being was Just before proudly the Ma Thanksg told him pend the in New Yor Really? hono’ Twain tha Well dinner ago “Oot ed to know. ‘Very Mr. Clemens solemnity be apparel that fit for comfort ‘Oh, 1 pager! your t humorist shook No, no, h e gentle sadness ng, and I ver 1 was holiday he drawled most flattering show of interest I hope you will feel just as I did Very wasn't know shoes ‘my little ¢ introduced going with my ree | instantly demand- ‘How thankful,’ s that?" very 1 But his head corrected, w His Reward Don't I get a tip? barber, after he had finished cut tall man's hair ting the “What for? man. “Why, for e of you. Ge ally give Well, so will 1.” said the tall mau You may ke hair.” Symptoms “Has your busband the golf ee fever? Zz I guess so, He's started studying the game from a book.” taking such good gener- asked the nulemen me something.” real, not nays I had aunt with the after when I went f there to a banquet a few months answered with preternatural thankful ause | still had one article of too tight guessed the umbrella! * asked the AND QUITE ACAP IT is to to A087 WELL, 17 WAS \AsscReour PROPERLY WAMEO THE APNOI CAPES ith tall PENNSYLVANIA EASILY, and without receiving a scratch, unless) her crew and officers should al! be struck blind of paralyzed. The Qu Elizabeth is SIX and el in the form of battle ot meet te the form of.s bat 3 AN HOUR FASTER THAN She is called the Pennsylvania ENMETLYANIA. She hes Wise i pehed a man/@ht 1hinch guns, The Pennsyl-| iia bas but none ove aA named Je us Daniels made a‘ . The speech is worthy of| (4 inen | 0 QUREX BELL eee ee anes ead ca| BETH WILL SHOOT THOT the things which the people wanted|SANDS OF YARDS FARTHER to hear THAN THE PENNSYLVANIA'S + GUNS BUT HE DID NOT TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE PENNSYL VANIA. Therefore, | propose to tell it. 1 am no naval expert, but some things are mere matters of the exercise of the reasoning pow- ers with which all sumably gifted. Josephus Daniels said Pennsylvania can lick ship afloat. That is, he said that she is a more powerful battleship than the Queen Elizabeth, Great Britain's latest wonder of the seas This is not true. The Queen! Elizabeth is a more powerful ves-| sel, and COULD SINK THE men are pre-| that the any other One needs only to be moderately! well-informed to be able to scribe exactly what the Queen Elizabeth could do to the Pennsy} vania. She would begin hammers) ing the Pennsylvania before th Pennsylvania could reach her. The Pennsylvania would crowd, on steam to get within range, and the Queen Elizabeth would crowd on all steam and by her BETTER SPEED would carefully, but easily, keep out of range. SHE COULD NOT POSSIBLY LOSE. The vania will go into Pennsy “When You're Well, Keep Well” Another article in The Star’s health ¢ campaign being conducted As the warm days approach, s apt to Ket a bad case of what is one} ommonty called pring fever | Energy seems to ooze « away, one becomes listless ured and “good for nothin Generally th is ue to a lowering ‘ of nerve vitality The strain of the winter season on 1 powers has caused our stem to run down. our, phyale nervous sy This condition 18 dangerous for| three reasons | First—It leaves one open to di ease attach Second—The mone strong and efficient ne tem, although difficult to precisely, is nevertheless very high Third—Perhaps the most vital of all is happiness, and one cannot t happy unless one’s nerves a in good working order, with co-operation of American Medical Association cocoa, tobacco and elcohol results in overstimulation of the prevents natural, healthy sleep Hee » of thie artificial stimu lation many people postpone their hour of going to bed long past the time at which nature, if not tam pered with, would dictate. The re. sult is sleep that does not satisfy People can avoid hives by using care in their diet. Avoid eating heavily of foods that are very hea ing to the blood and keep the bow. els moving freely. brain and] ! | ecpilly " ENGLAND WILL BUILD E | Diagram of the Battleship Pennsylvania, showing her chief points. THIS YEAR TO EQUAL THE TOTAL FLEET OF UNCLE SAM; GERMANY BUILDING TOO Those Americans who ing upon the United States taking a leading position as a naval pow er wuse of the destruction of the naval vessels of pat Britain and rmany overlook the fact that both of these beiligerents are building vessels far faster than they are losing them, and, unless their destruction proceeds in far ‘greater ratio than at present, their naval strength will have incroased | by the end of this year, while their relative proportions are not likely to change greatly! | A naval expert in reported To maintain strong, healthy nerve| @8 saying that England will, cells and nerve fibers we must) ‘uring 1915, finish, equip and j have four things: Plenty of sleep;| commission a new navy, prac proper nourishment; the right| tically the equal of the present |amount and sort of muscular exer-| ‘leet of the United State sise, and the proper chemical stim. Along with these 15 new ulants generating in the body, capital abips, Dogiand.” we. are Now the majority of people, at | told is building — the y though they will hardly admit ponding suppl even to themselve do not atl of Mahe cruisers, de enough sleep, That is, they do not| ®24 submarines. Her orp ttn garb rm yards are performing wonders Nhe old ee ge, Re n respect to quick wor Excessive wu f coffee, tea.! Germany, too, 19 bullding new eraft day wa ‘The new and night ‘Dandruff } 17 j To Remove Get a 25-cent bottle of Danderine at any drug store, pour a little into your hand and rub well into the scalp with the finger tips, By morn? ing most, if not all, of this awful scurf will have disappeared. Two three applications will destroy every bit of dandruff; stop scalp itching and falling hair, vessels of both powers will be so |rcreat an improvement on present jfighting strength that our navy will be Ansignificant in = mmparison. A FATAL COMPARISON Hasn't that Mrs, Brown beau tiful teeth! When she smiles with them it reminds me of the Milky Way Yes, they are just like the stare They come out every night.” Use Star Wants Ads for Re- sults, Jcommission a year or so hence.)AND IS PLANNING NO NAVs The Eliz i dy in com. for peace insurance or defense. mission. of r best ships| The money we have in the Penne in 1916 or 1 will not be as good| sylvania would have built 50 eub- as England's at the beginning of}marines, any one of which & leasily send the Queen Elizabeth to TTLESHIPS ALONE ARE) the bottom by a single crashing — NOUGH FOR THE PRO-| blow. GREATEST NAVY _ IN| = WORLD, ARMOR CANNOT URE SEL. 2 ITS FOE AND BE SEP OUT WITHIN REACH, OF HER COMMANDER. » United States has not a sin HERBERT QUICK SAYS NEW BATTLESHIP PENNSYLVANIA NO MATCH FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH, NOW FIGHTING FOR BRITAIN- SWIFT OF F AT THE | Although in receipt of a list names from the secretary of state” lof persons in King county alleged “to have committed irregularities in” signing initiative measure 18, the liquor bill, Prosecutor Lundin stated gle vessel of this big-gun, swift-|Saturday that prosecution is unlike speed type. It has no plans forjly, 1 list contains several hum lany, Therefore it_has_no_navy,|dred — ee _— |HARRY Too KEEN | py e st. and Belmont. Young | | IN HIS CELEBRATION Goetz says the other car had m0 | tail lights. He is charged with driving & machine recklessly, % Goetz, sr, is a promi At the home of Mr. and Mrs. / tractor, naan Herman Goetz, 707 16th ave. N., a - sal silver wedding anniversary was) ROCHESTER, March celebrated Friday night Before water is let into the As a climax to the celebration, Cane! near Palmyra, in May, young Harry Goetz }dad’s Packard and it out for a little spin When the police found him A. m. Saturday, he was under the car, narrowly bumping into another car at having after escaped cranked up his machine, injury | tt Horace Van Sandtvoort Co, Rondout will ask permission to a steam dredge to a point near Pittsford to dig up muck on the 7 bottom for $10,000 in gold, lost from ‘ood scow Bridget Finnegan in ~ took at 188) Or, Veneer, a Can You Beat This? A $5.15 Home Value for $3.50 Hot Point Iron. . . .$3.50 Quart Jap-a-Lac... Liquid Veneer .... Wilson Gas Toaster Ivory Soap Total ever | in other words, if you buy a $3.50 Hot Point Electric Iron new, we give you an 80c quart of Jap-a-Lac, Wilson Gas These will help you to clean and polish up. 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