The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 29, 1916, Page 2

STAR—WEDNESDAY, MAR, 29, 1916. PAGE SMALL MAN IS HIT Court Lessens Tax tet pt Aas a result of a ruling of the #u-|change wan instigated originally preme court Tuerday, thousands of|the railroad companies and othe small home ownera formerly ex: big rations, such Ket empt from taxation will be ax 3 Traction Co, way nome Oey TODAY | ie f nites ng in'th , and thousands of es to the #mall home thetr personal pi nts doubled, or nearly #0. The supreme court ruled that} under the law the $200 exemption allowed to householders on their) t The Ever-Popular Emotional Star in THE + saa LAW Assesen Thatcher incensed at Asnensror aunty is greatly ult THURSDAY personal property must be deducted | “While the supreme court un | from the actual value, not from the |doubtedly interpreted the law,” he FRIDAY AND) Bim asronsed vatue said, “tho result 1s, nevertheless SATURDAY | Under the aystem tn this ntate,| burden against the amall man, and the assessments are levied only on|a gift, pure nd simple, to the bie 50 per cent of the actual value. corporations.” Thus a man who owned $600 The ruling will necessitate ¢ worth of personal property would | large extra cort In changing the a be exempt from any taxation under |sesament rolls this year. the old system, as 50 per cent of} | that amount ts $200, and the law allows an exemption of $200 HOLD GIRL FOR ARSON Buperior Court Overruled | Under the new supreme court! ruling this method of figuring ex emptions ia swept aside, altho it has been in existence ever since CLEVELAND, O., March 29 Accused murder and arson, I ale Reimers, a 1o-yearold waitre | me emai Washington no a state, In} jail here as « rent * | the case mentic A the assessor Is pe that her apartment Miss | required to deduct $300 from the| W&* set on ecidentally in an] actual value, instead of the 50 per|@ffort to end | Reed cent value, This would mean that} Lying on } Rotmers | J] $200 would be taken from the $400 | turned « and waited for Was | amount, leaving $300 on which|death. A lightéd stove in taxes will have to be paid on a 50| room ignited the gas, the flame * | | cent bast |epreading over the entire hov it Recently | wTues the tan Whe owns $600| Killing two persons and severely | property will have to pay taxes on|!njuring 18 more a Seen $160, where formerly he paid noth. George Hanson, a walter, and | | ing. coerpe mannan, named tn a inthe | The man who owns $500 personal | S!rl’s confession as two men who} ste property will bave to pay portion. | Were trying to lend her into a life | Sensa- and the only ones exempted wil] | of shame, were arrested be those who own only $300 or leas. Di | Benefitea Big Corporations | tional | fi) re nic was Started yy tne tate| WOULD KEEP ISLANDS | | ‘tax commission against the county pant | Success jassessors, The Pierce county #u- > | | fi lpertor court sustained a demurrer, |4,4 resolution recently adoned N/T “New | but the supreme court overruled | ["° Ms | | this and ordered the case to pro | commerce, urging the government |} York’ | coed. jto continue the retention of tho} | | Philippine tslands until such « time |f) This Tcmasacrisnorn doe = — hens hon the | as the people of the tslands are fit-|]) ; at ASK FOR and lted for self-government, was re-|[] | cmt jeetved Tuesday by the Seattle | | Theatre HORLICK? [Chamber of Commeres, which wav 4 | urged to pass the resolution, on the| ‘A OCENE FROM “THE WOMAN'S LAW” (PATHE) THE ORIOINAL SE ieee meting edo wits. ibe United States would be cut off by Farewell Week of MALTED MILK granting the talands independence THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN TROUBADOUR SEXTETTE a —| ENGLAND ANIMATED WEEKLY cation over the British Islen ts al- most entirely paralyzed as a re 4 COR THIRE 4 UNIVERSITY! sult of a storm that has been —_—_—_ I NAESSES fall of Great Britain Cc tuule et 48 hours. . é | ND AVE Wi i], WILL AID STRINGER | | SECOND A FOR Le G | At @ meeting held Tuesday, 25 AND SENECA lemployes of the sheriff's office vot | YOUR Ww 1S l K | Jed to consolidate and work for the| election of Deputy Sheriff Jobn a Ee mua Stringer as sheriff of King county BACKED BY A RIGHT PURPOSE, A BIG STOCK OF THE WORLD'S BEST PIANOS w | Lines of Merchandise DICK THINKS |married ageint” asked Dick after |>row stuff,” answered Dick. |the old crowd had gone, Mary THE BON MARCHE’S Quarterly Clearance Sale | FOR TWO DAYS = THURSDAY AND FRIDAY | { i All Short Lots and Odd} a Quarter, a Third, a Half Less And in Some Cases Reductions Are Even More Drastic A Tri-monthly Housecleaning to make way for } the finest stocks of Easter Merchandise that the | | Bon Marche ever brought to Seattle. No Exchanges No Refun No telephone orders can be ac- cepted for these specials, for we are going to be far too busy to give them proper attention. THE BON MARCHE Pike Street-—— Second Avenue ——Union Street—--—Elliott 4100 | Come Early for the Best Bargains For quantities are limited in many cases, and first choosing will be by far the best. IT 1® ROT—)Don't you remember what George joes PERHAPS HE I8 RIGHT Eliot saye?” to “Nev read her high-| “Then why “Is Mary really going it td on Nag thing affect my love for you, Dick?" “This ts not ‘highbrow,’ Dick, | P she asks, ‘Why {fs it poets have 1 think so. Aren't you glad {f/ 4414 eo much about our first love can find happiness any-/and fo little about our later here, that she will take it? Why | loves? “I don't know. I only know it does. You women have such a habit of ignoring facts when you begia to discuss things.” “But, Dick.” ldo you resent {t? She was a good| “George Eliot was one of the!) 111" not be “butted,” my dear, And prices that have never before been duplicated in Seattle | with a sigh. | wife to Jack.” “Yes, 1 suppose so,” said Dick “1 guess it rather first women to be honest with her readers and herself on the sub- ject of loving.” I've got to go to the office. I'll tell | Mra. Selwin we sre coming over there to live with her. Shall I?” we will sell a hundred instruments by Honestly Did you ever see a Cut-Price Sale advertised where nothing but Standard makes of Pianos were offered? There’s not a “stencil” Piano in our store. We have agreed to retire the Lloyd Jones interest company. There’s only one way we can do it is time—turn Pianos into money and contracts. reductions will move this big stock, low that you can’t afford not value at KNABE—the World’s Best Piano—and Twelve Other Leading Makes, Are Included. Grands at the Price of Uprights—Player Pianos at the Price of Ordinary Pianos. “The Opportunity of a Lifetime Should Be Grasped For This Lot of Brand New Pianos Re ar $350 Sale ue PLAYER PIANO Val Price $175 These pianos have been sold in Seattle for twenty years at from $325 to $425. Our price NOW ONLY $200 walnut, are priced $368, STORE OPEN EVENINGS DURING SALE Out-of-town people should write ur phone for descriptive list and prices. Phone Main 3121. JONES-ROSQUIST PIANO CO. w. 1510 Third Ave., Seattle A Few Good Used Pianos $80, $100 Up to $197 ts afd There are Seattle today marked at $150 more than we are getting for good Standard makes of known During the Lifetime of the Opportunity.” We would like to place every one of these fine instruments in homes where they will be appreciated—with good people, who want music, and its refining influence, with them., However, this is a case of “first come, first served’—come early, while you have a large selection. F Another group of artistic instruments of the highest quality, some of them in art cases of fancy mahogany and Circassian LITTLE ‘MONTHLY ‘PAYMENTS: ‘ACCEPTED ON M)3T ANY PIAY) IN TA ST)RE turday night | Get This Straight “stencil” Pianos in this sale. | “Won't you $2977, $315 to Etc. 4 i Don’t Look for Further Reductions — We Are Offering Some Pianos at Less Than Cost Now *< “Wait another day, I want to know how long T'll have to lie here like a log.” ‘A shade passed over Dick’s face, as he placed his hand on my cheek “It's rot, Margie, and {f you! joverturne my theories that &® Wom | were not tied down in bed, I'd be! jan should never marry @ second| wondering who was making love | time.” |to you.” I laughed. “But mother! “Dick, how can you be so com- has married again.” |mon—so vulgar?’ for an instant—then turned quick- Margie, you don't for one mo-| “Yes, that is just It. The com-| ly ment think mother and old man|mon is what we must always call Trent are in love with each other. | the vulgar, but is {t? They only wanted the calm com-| “You let your mind dally around panionship of old age.” | trying to find some outlet for “Oh, did they? Well, my dear| your love because you think I have Dick, listen to this.” I read him | been untrue to you. the letter Mollie wrote me. When Won't you ever understand, my | reached the part where she told/dear, that {n a man's scheme of| The plece of land you are look- about seeing Mr, Trent kiss ber|life, what you call being ‘untrue’! Want Ads. mother and both of them blushing, ~ — Dick muttered, “I should hope they would, Why will old people make such fools of themselves?” Are they fools, Dick?” I asked. your way, little book, there seems to be a great pity in Dick’s eyes when he looks at me these days. | wonder why. (To be continued) bi Dick looked at me in surprise. What do you mean?” “Would t you he asked. like to live it all} old, and, beside, lied Dick glidly. 1 . You are not, What you are liv now is very different fram ‘the terrible emoticnal earth. | quake’ that upheaved {n your life when we first met. “L don't believe we would be hu jman if we both sometimes did not wish it back again, We all say love is eternal, but it rarely laste, with its mingled ecstasies jand anguish, more than a year or two, Then you men go seeking |the divine thrill again, but deep back in your mind, you have bound lup with ur man's egotism the idea that having known you and oved you, no woman could again feel the tender passion for any oth Jer man, ' This, my dear Dick, fs another of the man-made ideas of woman. ever realize that while woman's love is less tran sient than man's, t there is no reason why not, Ic To Fashion-Lovers | We take pleasure In announcing the OPENING of a New BRANCH OFFICE and BHOW ROOM OF || The ELITE PATTERN SERVICE, Inc. 1020 SECOND AVENUE SEATTLE Hore wit! be * On April 1 we will move to our new ground floor office located on north side of Pike, between Third and Fourth—316 Pike Street. 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