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-paihe a Sate ae PPODROME Seland Chey "THEA TRE £0cine Levy, Mer TODAY —Everything New— The Bimbos “CHAPLIN IMITATORS” Robt. Athon & Co. || Jackson & Florence Character Changes The Musical McDonalds Novelty Musical Act BRAMBILLA’S ITALIAN ORCHESTRA 2 EXTRA FEATURES /ELKS AT TACOMA DEDICATE THEIR NEW $160,000 TEMPLE These pictures were taken at Tacoma yesterday, exclusively for Hip- podrome Theatre. 15,000 Seattle “Brother Bills” on Parade. HUNTING BIG GAME WEEKDAY MATINEES EVENINGS 1to 5 P. M. 6 to 11 P. M. 5c 10c WHY PAY MORE? WHY PAY MORE? 3 ee ¥ ae CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE “the contents of that vanity case have to be augmented by Interest in life and at least hope of happt- ness, if you would have your com- plexion the same live rose leaf tint that it used to have. “Eliene looked at me critically. “Have you looked In the glass lately, Margie? “I think if you did you would find that you needed a good deal of that beauty balm yourself.” “Cat,” I exclaimed with a laugh, and then we both sighed, and ex- claimed in concert, “What is it that makes you unhappy?” Eliene looked at me critically. came over and sat down on the bed, and, taking one of my hands, she held it up to her cheek in @ ca- ressing mancer. “It is Harry,” she exclaimed. “Margie, he ts simply broken- hearted you just love him and that ts all “It ig always rather laughable to me to hear @ woman tell what she would do if her husband did ‘thus and #0." My dear Margie, she doesn't know what she would do, for, until the opportunity for some great sacrifice comes, she never knows whether she really loves her husband or not. ou then learn that love means giving, ot receiving, I wish I could ¢' larry the chance of be ing mayor of this town. If I could, at great sacrifice to myself, I would do so. But, Margie, I can not sacrifice the children. They, the darlings, are innocent of any wrongdoing, and it hurts me that ‘the sins of the father should be visited on their hea ; 1 —— this is the reason why am pale, dear, but I try not to because he cannot run for! worry, for I have them all ‘with me, mayor. He says if it were not for | and, dear, I almost feel as tho | me and the children. he would 40 | could not live without any one of ra anyway and let the whole scan-| them.” 1 come out. Just the: oe teak tee soon sities te in, little book, Harry and I would say, ‘Go shead; re ich | stand it,’ and truly, Margie, t| Of course, Dick was the injurious, as it dries the| were not for the children, I think /somest, but I would have PE oo ‘and makes the hair brittle. [1 would, but I can’t biast those) given my bad leg to have seen his best thing to use {s just| boys’ careers with illegitimacy, nor/eyes brighten as he looked at me mulsified cocoanut oil, for|can I have the breath of seandal jay Harry's did when they rested guge and entirely greaseless.| bout her father come to Eliene’s|on Eliene. One thing, little book, cheap, and beats the most| &ars when she grows older. Some-|1 got from Eliene or anything else|‘imes, Margie, | think the manjing, and that was exactly what p rage oe can get this at| Pays well as the woman; Cer) Donna Tenney told me. ‘be store, and a few ounces) ‘inly Harry is paying, but I have! Both confirmed me yted the whole family for|¥et to seo why I and the children, | solve to stick to Dick 3 who are perfectly innocent of) { hsve had confirmation of the pen the hair with|*Tonsdoing, should be made to/right of this from Mra and rub it in, about a tea- help work out the laws of compen- is all that is required. It sation for him.” an abundance of rich.| i, aioe inet came back | faithful Annie would say yy lather, cleanses thoroughly, to Harry, Eliene?” | She fs coming tomorrow, r si ” in ut | , and rl ry ¢ ‘iy. ke he looked at me fn utter sur. jask her. quickly and evenly, and is prise. (To be continued.) fresh looking, bright, fiutty, ATEN Sees as “Why Margie, I could not do! me a re cine ex reg * . and, if the way had eas je. jen, nm mucl could not be! - — Fagen gs every * pt sorry. You have to ‘stick,’ dear, | HURJA TELLS ABOUT dandruff—| you love a man. It is not a case . ent. of your happiness or unhappiness, HIS TRIP ABROAD . Student members of the Ford | Peace party were taken along to ioe war conditions tn Burope, rather than to get the boys out of |the trenches by Christmas, 191 gE | Emil Hurja told the Congregational Men’s club Tuesday night. Hurja was Henry Ford's guest from the ml m Were certainly good to look at. in my re- only remains to heer what my an Why those Pains? Here Is s testimonial unsolicited “If Thad my will it would be advertised on every street corner, The man or women that has rheumatiom and faile University of Washington CHINESE RALLY TO RED CROSS RANKS | to keep and gnc sae al ment is like a drowning men Chinese citizens of Chicago oom a ropes a Vas are helping the Red Cross to Dyke, jewoed, N. J. increase its membership to 100,900, Twenty-two naturalized Chi nese are taking Red Cross | training, RAMSAY ADVISES ’EM Claude C. Rameay told the Sons xz of the Revolution that it is time for ey JE business men to take a more active Vv <§ part in politics at their annual ban Ay? cuet Tuesday night at the Univer city club, Bishop Frederick W. Keator said that preparedness is WM exsential to protect democratic ideals, Manson F. Backus was elected president "USE STAR WANT ‘ADS FOR RESULTS Dick came in together, and they! talk that morn-| Selwin, | | Donna Tenney and Eliene, and it! | 'STAR—WEDNESDAY, CONFESSION OF WOMAN GIVEN | Reveals in Detail Method by Which Gang “Bled” Victims INSISTED UPON CASH Following !s Mra, 8 ‘s con |feasion ax to how the syndicate loperated here for the past two} years, Her confession was taken |by a sheriff's stenographer ver- batt. “They worked like this, G . who was a member of the Rainter club, produced most of the sub The financial agent did the ment with a firm of photographers to use thelr room and matertals after hours to do the developing. Girle Get a “Cut” “Then the girls got what they could when they worked, and were be put in on the collection (the ey obtained from the victimes) whenever they were tn the pictures “ then did the bluffing He would call the man to bis office and tell him he had been instruct ed to bring sult for divoree against some woman, and that this wom husband had given him pho pxraphs of the man he had sent for, showing him in compromising positions with the wife In quest He would ask what the man he had Tnent for was going to do about It Jand he usually bluffed him.” Says 8——————— Was “Tough On Mra, 8-———— then explains what Mr. & did when confronted by photographs of himself in G——"s office. Mr. 8—— & man Miss Peter gon and Misa Clayburg are alleged ito have trapped. “s ~ Was a tough one at the start,” says Mrs, 8 '* confes \aton, “GO told him he had [been running around with another man's wife, and that be had pic jalleged member of the gang, who |tures to prove ft. | “B——~ asked to see the plo ltures, and G — showed him jsome. S——~ got fussed and man. aged to break one of the plates. “— Just laughed at him and sald, ‘Why, you don’t think we tare so foolish an not to have duplt joates of these? } o— said, ‘This ts nothing but blackmail. I shall go right down to the prosecuting attorney's | office," “Then G- — did give him the laugh and said, ‘Walt a minute till I get my hat and we'll both go down to the prosecuting attorney's office.” “Of course, when a man would come in, G—————— would’ natural ly show him the worst picture to start with, and then the man would wonder how many more we had. “In this case & told oe he didn't know whether the could get the cash, as G - jhad told him he would not take a check. Came Back With Cash “Finally 8 went across the street to the bank and came back with the cash, but they didn’t give him all the pictures they had. They never did. They always held back a bunch of them After this happened to 8-— he never came back. All the pic tures I know of were taken at the 20th ave, house.” GERMANS STAGE PARIS, Feb. 23.—German forces are staging a strong offensive around Verdun, it was officially |admitted today. Many regiments of infantry are attacking along a 15 [mile front. The German attack on this stra- Itegic point In the south ts apparent- lly being pushed without heed to loss of Ife, for German prisoners de- clare whole German battalions have jbeen annihilated. Luneh at the Hollywood, 212 Pike —Ady, AMUSEMENTS NEW OFFENSIVE) Ladies’ Musical Club ) ij PRESENTS EMMY DESTINN PRIMA DONNA SOPRANO From the Metropolitan Ope THE MOORE THURSDAY EVE, FEB. 24. Prices—75 Cents to $3.00 at | THe BEST OF VAUDEY 2:20—TWICE DAILY. GrORGR DAMEREL & CO, 7: m aod Hunter—Dupree and Dupree—Trave! Weekly. | NEW PANTAGES Mats,, 2:20—Nights, 7 and 9 THE BOARDING HOUSH GIRLS Uproarious Musical Faree. pS COMPANY OPEN NOSTRILS! END A COLD OR CATARRH How To Get Relief When Head and Nose are Stuffed Up. | Count fifty! Your cold in hend| or eatarrh disappears. Your clog: |wed nostrils will open, the air pas sages of your head will clear and| you can breathe freely, No more snuffiing, hawking, mucous dis-| |charge, dryness or headache; no| \struggling for breath at night | Get a small bottle of Hly'’s Cream| Balm from your druggist and apply a little of this fragrant antiseptic cream in your nostrils. It pene trates through every air passage of | the head, soothing and healing the swollen or inflamed mucous mem brane, giving you instant relief. Head colds and catarrh yield lke magic, Dont stay stuffed-up and miserable. lief is sure, LEADING MEN ON LIST OF VICTIMS Bankers and a Former Judge “Bled” for Large Sums. GET GOOD Complete exp Seattle “badger ed” tte vietime, men of eminence and wealth, contained tn the remarkable con feanton to the sheriff of # woman, PICTURES ation of how the nyndicate “work all of whom are is says sho has been double-crossed and victimized herself by the more greedy members, At least four of the most promi nent banker fn Seattle, another man honored and respected an former Judge and man of affairs wealthy lumberman, a hotel owner, & capitalist, a big merchant o y others are sald to have been “bled” for large sume “They would study the Intended vietim for months to learn his tastes and the sort of women he admired,” said Deputy Sheriff Hal- &. who ran down the syndicate. hen they would get that kind of a woman and jay the trap, She would meet him™in a ‘regular way and pay bim marked attention, de voting her whole time to it, until! he waa finally taken to one of their several camera-houses and photo graphed, The photographs are remarkable In every case the victim's face is plainly registered, while that of the woman {# turned from the camera #0 that ft cannot be seen Reports are being recetved by Sheriff Hodge that the same gang operated in many other cities, Late last night he received a tel ephone message from a lawyer who sald he had a client in Vancouver, B. C., wha had been victimized, and who wished to see the sheriff pri vately to discuss the matter, SAYS FIRST BORN HAS BEST HEALTH CHICAGO, Ped. 23.—The seventh son of the seventh daughter ts not the lucky member of the family, aa| the old saying goes, according to} Dr, Anna M. Blount, who told so eugenics society that the first born ts the first in health and rank, LONDON, Feb. have conquered 730,000 square! miles of German Africa since the war started, according to announce ment in Commons today, His Cigar Doesn’t Taste Right And Yet It Is the Same He Was Smoking With 80 Much*Relish After Dinner, Last Night. Out of the Very Same Box, too, Every smoker has experienced this peecullar condition of the stom- ach and liver, the result usually of| imperfect digestion of food, And the blame is usually not put where) it belongs. The allies What's the Trouble? 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We Knew You Would Agree IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE 644 Seats Sold Up to Noon Today We Will Sell 2,000 By Noon Tomorrow METROPOLITAN STARTING SUNDAY DON’T FORGET THE $1.00 MATINEE WEDNESDAY MISS CLAYBURG | TELLS ABOUT IT g | Woman Arrested at Los} Angeles Says She Is Innocent A VICTIM O ANOTHER LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23.—In the county jall today, Miss Isa | —S———— A Great Food for Growing Boys and Girls =— bel Clayburg, arrested on a charge of blackmailing a uy a vrowe wantthy Seattle luntberrhan hi Money cannot buy a better food for gr Ww she was undecided whether to | ing boys and girls than Washington Macaroni, fight extradition to Washing i 58 > ton. Here's the reason: — She retained Earl Rogers as attorney, and an attempt to re- on a writ of hab corpus is expected. When her room was searched, an expensive camera was found there. She denied ever having used it for blackmatling purposes, A pound of good steak con- tains 950 units of energy—a pound of Washington Maca- roni contains 1,664 units of Ss = Cards bearing the name oe gaa, ’ energy. The Kz wo} aid they had) Ff) 2 been the property of her mother,| Us More than that, Macaroni costs less than ho is dend, \ tna rE mn « “Alto avo said she would have] I half the price of steak, and its nutritious ele ments are far easier assimilated. Washington Macaroni is a staple food in no trouble convincing « jury of her Innocence, Miss Clayburg objects to going back to Seattle ax a pris-| oner. Mins Clayburg was arrested the best homes. It is good for old and young Tuesday afternoon in the office of} . the Lon Angeles Record on a war-| alike, and better far for all than heavy meats. rant telegraphed by Sheriff Hodge of Seattle. le Reports for the Record, acting| fl] promptly when news of th mB An's impending arrest came ove’ the wire from Seattle, rounded Miss | Clayburg up and took her to their | office, where they obtained a state ment from her, Later the te graphed warrant arrived and si into custody, ement she sald ye She le Innocent “I have bean made the victim of a terrible set of circumstances. So} has Miss Peterson. Sho is a» good! beautiful a girl as one I ever It is horrible rhe should be! . Phome Sidney 317, or write, and we will mail you our little Cook Book. It telis how to make scores of appetizing and satinfying dishes. A. F. Ghiglione & Sons met brought into this affair. “I know nothing of blackmafling Two years ago 1 met a woman In| Seattle thru an advertisement about) Roston terriers, 1 went out to her home and bought four doge Carpenter Builds Staile “A carpenter came to my home and bullt stalls for them in the basement That was the only carpenter work | ever had done in my house. “Later, the woman from whom 1 got the dogs came and asked if sho! could stay a few days while she wan moving. 1 let her, She was there three days. At that time I was running a millinery’school In the Eitel building, Second and Pike ats. | was away during the day Sees Hole in Wall “One night when I came home I noticed where a hole had been bored thru the wall. “It did not look at all suspicious, ut I thought it queer that she should have done this without tell POISONER MAY MAKE SUFFRAGE | ~ BE IN PORTLAND, AN ISSUE AGAIN 7 CHICAGO, Feb. 23.—Jean Crones,| WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—With poisoner, may be in Portland, Ore.\a political stupidity which is be- This was” indieated today by re-|coming traditional with the demo- celpt of a postal card by Chief of cratic party, woman suffrage has Police Healy, purporting to be again been made a political issue. signed by the missing anarchist. The powerful house committee on Dated Portland, Feb. 19, but judiciary has permitted itself to go bearing a Portland postmark of the on record as opposing considera- 18th, the letter read: |tion of the Susan B. Anthony “Chief Polis, Chicago: | see | amendment. you're till after m Why | This was done by a vote of the don't you kom out after me. democratic members of that com- Mabey | can give you some (mittee, in accordance with secret soup. Look out for orders by the democratic leaders, to hapen heer soon. ' in order that members of the a %y ing me. I asked her about it e| had got the old bishop and,.| house facing elections in the fall said it was a place for a curling} Judge in the soup but ma: might not be em by vot- iron. 1 get him yet. I'll get some “jing for or against woman suffrage on the house floor. Instead of removing this ques- tion as a political issue, however, with her. rests me will blow up with me. (the leaders have invited the very Take Indoor Pict “JEAN CRONES.” active campaign under the auspices a ake tnceer Pietures Tho not convinced that Crones|of the Congressional Union, led by Evidently they bad been taking/actually sent it, Healy said that| Miss’ Alice Paul, and backed by pletures, for she showed me one On)the signature appeared to be gen-| woman voters of a dozen voting the dresser of herself reclining on} yine. | states. bishop heer | guess. You look, My true print | always go with bom on me. Whoever ar- “One day I came home unexpect- edly from downtown, because of I1l- ness. A big fat man was there the bed. “They explairied they had been = experimenting with photography tn indoors, ° , ite “I thought it funny, but let it go zz with the remark, ‘Why not take t them outside? * “L have never been involved tn anything evil, nor have we ever had a any notoriety.” CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “WITH STACOBS OL” Rub Lumbago, Pain and Soreness from Your Lame Back—-Instant Relief! 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Act| quietly.” Yesterday Matlock wired, “Miss Peterson left on the 20th for parts unknown.” Hodge today wired to several! other points in his search for her, Most of the blackmail gang's op: | erations in Seattle are said to} have been conducte? in a bunga- low on 20th ave. At this house the camera was lo- cated tn a clothes closet. A hole had been bored thru the wall into an adjoining bedroom, so the cam-| era had a clear view of what went on there The gang also worked in hotels and tn other houses in other parts of the city JAP FLEET MAY MIX UP IN WAR | iy LONDON, Feb ty today refused to comment on| German reports from Italian| sources that a Japanese fleet had | arrived in the Mediterranean | As the story went, the Japanese The admiral- |Vessels were accompanied by aero, planes, and were apparently sent to that section in view of the de struction of two Japanese mer antmen recently Unconfirmed Tokio messages| some time ago declared Japanese store, pour a little in your hand and rub it right on your aching back, and by the time you count fifty, the soreness and lameness is gone. Nothing else stops lumbago, sci- atica, backache or rheumatism so promptly. It never disappoints! In use for over sixty years. are on Washington ‘The nation's capital was never better worth | visiting than now. Congress is in its most moe ht. Stop off in Washi en route to Noarinston One to ten days stopover allowed on all | through tickets, not only at Washington, but at Baltimore, Philadelphia and other important | points ness travelers, made $100,000,000 better Finer train service on better track and road- bed does not exist. The all-steel trains are the newest 1916 models and carry beautiful | day coaches. The Pullman sleeping cars are the very latest in every detail. Four splendid all-steel through trains from Chicago daily The Interstate Special--10:45 a. m. —an exceptional advantage for busi- The New York Limited—5:45 p. m. The only soltd trains direct to Washi 4 the on! equipped with compartment and ebesrvation sleeping care. ‘The Washington-New York Exprese—8:25 a. m. ‘The New York Exprese—9:00 All trains leave Grand Centra! Sti ni Sid Steet Station 29 minutes laters ns eRe and teav ships had been sent to protect the| Suez canal. Hitherto the Japanese govern ment has not taken part in West ern operations, tho stories have been current that more active Japartese participation was desired D. L. MELVILLE, Traveling Passenger Agent. 208 tation Bldg., Se } H.C. PICULELL, Paciho Const Agent. nun Wath Baltimore & Ohio “‘Our Passengers Are Our Guests” More than 10,000 miles of © macadam roads have been or- dered, built’ in Afghanistan since the ruler of that country became the owner of an auto mobile, Y \ eit