The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 5, 1916, Page 8

Wh But ¢! Ste from the follow: First Prize $1,000 at is the 7th Point? From Maine to California, from” Texas to - Hudson Bay, millions of people have been ask- "ing ‘What is the 7th Point in SterlingGum?” In practically every town the United States and Cana ts of superiority have brought Sterling Gum growing popularity. city and village in ie ublished six he seventh point still remains a riddle, Point @)'Wtax t Now, we are offering liberal prizes to those who send us the best suggestions for the Sterling Gum Point 7. __ Before you make | 7th Point, read the following: | The Following Story Unfolds the Secret our suggestion for the of the Famous Point 7 wrappers), Cinnamon (in blue wrappers). There are some twenty varieties of the mint plant. The Sterling Peppermint is a product of the choicest, smoothest-flavored of these many mint varieties. The spicy Cinnamon flavor is extracted from the Cassia bush which grows in the tropics. The sap of the Sapota Tree, the cane sugar, the corn p, the Peppermint and Cinnamon flavors all come from the sap of some Gum is sugar and = plant or tree. Nature herself flavoring is of two = ter from which your kinds—Peppermint (in red Sterling Gum is made. | ry Winning Phrase ‘When you read thejsbove tects It is understood that the ‘the materiale that Sterling Gum = Gum Company will have the right ERM gd pelea to use the 7 Point oent you to knew oad in by the prise winners. The fire prise The contest is easy to enter, whose ee a the 7th Point. Then write it +f 1916. he j i New York City You may send in as many sug- pont for Point 7 as you choose. each suggestion must be writ- ten on a postal card as directed All answers must be received in York by midnight of May “Anewers will not be examined the judges until after that date. ouggestions received. New put on your thinking cap. Get your family to help you. Send im a8 many suggestions as you want to. Ali will be considered in in six words o less and send it in as directed in the conditions below. Even if you don’t first prize of $1,000, you chance to win one of the The prizes will be awarded by the following committee of five well-known men: John A. Sleicher, Editor of Leslie's Weekly. Edgar Sissor, Editor of the Cow mopolitan Magazine. Ino. M. Siddall, Editor of The American Magazine. Frederick L. Collins, Editor of McClure’s Magazine, Robert H. Davis, Editor of Mua- sey's Magazine, Announcement of Awards The winnersof the first 80 prizes will be announced in the July first issue of the Saturday Evening Post. Please do not write to the judges. They cannot correspond with in- dividual contestants, Just make a note now of the date on which the tize winners will be announced in the Saturday Evening Post. test Closes » therefore, cannot nowledgments of the these many prizes. Do not write the Sterling Gum Company regarding the contest or its conditions as all suggestions will be judged by the Prize Committee named above. 7 Lid The Sterling Gum Co., Inc., New York ‘The Sterling Gum Co. of Canada, Ltd., Toronto THE SEATTLE STAR | Sea and in the | Air |WAR GETS MORE ACTIVE | | BY WILBUR 8. FORREST | U. P, Staff Correspondent | | | LONDON, April 5.—Smash- | Ing from land, sea and alr | with unparalleled flerceness, German forces today are evi. | dently endeavoring to offset the Impression which the allied war council! In Paria may have din neutral and Teuton Four Zeppelin raids agatnat th Pritish Isles within as many days, | torpedoings averaging four dally, | }and the terrific hammering at Ver | dun are evidences of this supreme | effort. | The land, sea and alr attacks sopened simultaneously with the jclosing of an allied ring of steel jaround the Central Powers. | Berlin papers emphasize the fact that the new Zeppelin raids mean the beginning of a more active }warfare against England, which } Was demanded by the main reich jatag committee, Count Reventlow recently urged |that Zeppelin attacks make every [night one of terror for Londoners. Successive waves of men deen hurled against Verdun's de | tenses on both sides of the Mouse. At the first indication of a Ger. man weakeoing, the allies’ grand assault may begin. | + south of Douaumont, were not only repulse ack to thelr second ed but driven lines. H — | WASHINGTON, Aprtl 5.—Con. of the report that four firmation Americans were on the Pritish 8 | 3. Berwind sunk by a submarine | was received today by the state [BATTLE IN NORTH SEA COPENHAGEN, April 5. Dashing from the Baltic, a German squadron steamed into the North sea and fought a minor skirmish with British | torpedo boate off the coast of Norway, reports from two | sources declared today. A message from Kullen, Sweden, said that following « heavy cannonade, a damaged German destroyer was towed past Helsingfors. TALKS THEOSOPHY Last night, at the Arcade bufid- fag, L. W. Rogers, national lecturer ot the Theosophical society, spoke jon “The Laws of Destiny,” and ex- plained the operation of the law of lcause and effect as ft acts in the | mental and moral realms. Tt was {llogtcal, he said, to believe that there can be any cause with out an effect. A cause generated in one Iife might produce tte effect in the next incarnation, he said. Wednesday night Rogers will speak on “Theosophy and the Bible.” | Asm the result of the alleged non- payment of a $10 debt, Fong, 50, a laundryman, fs In the city hosp’ uffering from severe knife wounds about the head. Chin Chung, his cousin, ts held in the \city jail as the assafiant ‘SLANDER CASE LOST SALEM, Ore., April 5.—Mrs, Mar. lcella Clark yesterday lost her elan | der suit for $25,000 against Rev. A A. Morrison, of Trinity Episcopal church, of Portland, on the ground} friends over the minister's remarks | | were not sufficient grounds for the suit. 'HONOR BARD OF AVON Nearly 200 people met Tuesday afternoon in the Metropolitan thea |ter to consider plans for the tercen. tenary celebration of the death of Shakespeare. Prof. William Gor. such of the university presided. Hearty co-operation was promised by the Chamber of Commerce thru | Judge Thomas Burke and by minis |ters of various Seattle churches. | The supreme court Wednesday |has affirmed the ruling of Judge Dykeman authorizing Bremerton to issue bonds for the purchase of its own wa item. ‘Tonight Amateur Night | at Thalia Cafe— Second and Union Now for the big run. Thalia has lined up a bunch of the most prom. ising amateurs in the city for the | big show tonight. Don’t fat] to be jon deck. If you do you will mins one of the greatest shows ever shown tn Cabaret. When Wm. Conely gave out the pass word you should have seen them come. There will be long ones, fat ones, tall ones, Some can sing—some can't—but they will all be entertaining. | Thalia patrons are happy—get |the Thalia Habit ‘New Chinese Grill Opens The Shanghai Restaurant is now served, |department from tha American rt antil the county spends several consul at Cork, All are reported |inousand doliars dredging the Sam | m ish river. | Chin Ki) GERMANY MAKES WANTS REGATTA '50-YEAR LIMIT HEROIC EFFORT ON COUNTY FARM — 1S DISCUSSED Fun at Hamilton Purchase SUGGESTS CREW RACE Lake Washington Is so gusty this year that County Commie sioner Carrigan sald Wednee day he would urge Coach Con- Ibear of the university rowing crew to make use of the new county f “The Willows,” for Washington's champion sculls. “it'e a sheer expanse of smooth water,” said Carrigan, “subject to none of the winds and squalls of the lake. “The farm is also adapted for the use of clubs for yacht and motor boat regatta 41am thinking of sdgmeesting using the main field as a raceway during a summer aquatic festival, to be held under the aus |plees of the county “An a farm, of course,” he added, | “1 consider the whole thing a losing propesttion.” | Carrigan voted against the pur} chase of “The Willows,” but Com- missioners Hamilton and Knudsen loutvoleed him, and the place was ser Strikes Hard on Land, Commissioner Carrigan Pokes| Councilmen Decide to Make Thoro Study of Subject i | a i MAY PROVIDE BERTHS | | a problem that | } | } How to set an example for private employers In maintain. | Ing efficiency and at the same work in ‘the | men past 50 | thm years of age w: perplexed the councll judiciary and department efficiency com: mittee Tuetday afternoon. | Counefiman Bolton's resolution to have the 50-year age iimit rule! If for civil service employment of la borers, clerks and health inspectors jeliminated was neither passed nor rejected i | Instead, the committee Cocided tof |go Into the problem and find out if what the municipalities of Ger |i many and England are doing along!) that line. | Chairman Moore and Counctiman Erickson each urged a worthwhile study of the proposition. and adop tion of some policy that may be iu advance of the general trend tn American cities “While s mao ts young, apd giv-! ing efficient service a Jaborer,” be | FREDERICK&NELSO 2,450 Pairs of Scrim and Lace Window Curtains In Five Specially-Priced Lots: At $1.75, $2.25, $2.50, $3.95, $4.50 the Pair UST when Spring is disclosing in many homes the desirability of re-curtain- ing certain windows, comes this most unusual’ opportunity to secure high- grade Curtains of the favorite types, at savings which are well worth having. There are 95 patterns to choose from a pattern. Quantities, from 1 to 50 pairs of Arranged in five exceptional lots: 500 Pairs of Curtains, | | taken at C. D, Stimson's proffered) sald Judge Mcore “he should | price—$113,707 equipped, gradually, for service that [i] Stimaon formerly used tt as alean be performed with loss phyric: ff private hunting preserve, His) al exertion when he grows older. hunting lodge and two canoes are| “Many of the men, If they would ff still there. avall themselves of the night The Stimson duck swamps, In| schools and university extension years gone by, according to the old-| timers, were famed for thelr abun-| dance of wild fowl, | When, after the farm waa duly |bought, Deputy Sheriff Frank El Hott took a squad of lazy husbands) and other prisoners to “The Wil lows” to put tn the crops which were to be uned to feed the county | dependents this summer, fall ang) winter, they found the farm was 4) 100-acre take | Flltott contends the danger annual spring floods will continue ot! “As soon as the Lake Washington | canal is opened.” declares Com-| missioner Hamilton, “there will be no more flooding. There is water \there now, but it will noon disap: | pear. Crops will be raised on the! [bottom land this year.” MISS WHITTEMORE | TO STAY TILL MAY Miss Margaret chairman of the Congressional Un- fon, which ts organist women voters into a nonpartisan move ment in the coming election, will remain tn the state of Washington | !natena of going to Oregon, as pre | ¥lously planned. She will gtay here juntii the national leaders come here in May. Miss Whittemore | will vistt fn Tacoma, Spokane, North Yakima, and other cities tn the meantime. PETTIT LEADS ALL | Whittemore, TACOMA, Apri! 6.—Returns from \the primary election here practical-| ly Indicate that three of the four! candidates for the two councilmante positions here will be F. H. Pettit, |Owen Woods and C. F. Stoever, tn! the order named. | Ma ‘LA FOLLETTE BEATEN | commento | MILWAUKEE, April 5.—Wiscon sin defeated Senator La Follette tn the presidential preference prt mary, according to Incomplete re turns today, The conservative re-/ publicans appear to be fn control! of the national convention delega tion Edward P. Buck, 2515 First ave. |that her alleged {ilness and loss of|w., a pioneer furniture dealer of} Seattle, who once Iived on the cor ner of Second ave. and Cherry st., where the Hoge building now stands, died at his home Tuesday. ETS NEW COMMAND | BREMERTON, Aprtl 5 —Tele }Kraphic orders here announce the transfer of Commander Charles Tozer, now in command of the ar- mored cruiser South Dakota, to the position of commander of the Colo- rado a@ soon as the South Dakota arrives here. USE STEEL HELMETS LONDON, Ant] 5.—The English troops on the western front are coming to the stee] helmet, as well as the French The new headgear had tte first good trial tn the recent fighting at the “bluff,” north of the Ypres Comines canal. It proved a great success. In many caves the helmets were hit and dented by pleces of shrapnel which did not even wound the men under them The English helmets vary some. what from the French. They are of steel, painted gray, something like inverted bowls | OATANCe, CHINESE MARRIED Ortental custom was abandoned jand all the tradition of the West adopted for the wedding of ‘D. G Goon, son of Chinese Consul Goon |Dip, to Lucy Sylvia Chin at the First Baptist@hurch Tuesday night The groom wore a claw-hammer sult, His bride stepped forth with a flowing vell, and the organist pounded out the “Lohengrin” bridal shorus. ARMENIANS HELPED open for business at 106 Second Ave. south. This ts one of the Seattle aid h it to help af. |finest appointed Chinese Grills |fiicted Armenians Tuesday night by least of the Mississippi. No ex-|attending the benefit concert at pense has been spared in the|Plymouth Congregational church equipment, and the general appear-|A large audience heard local | ance is very pleasing to those who |musical artists and lstenéd to .an appreciate real Chinese cooking. A|address by Mra noon business men's luncheon {#|son on the suffering of Armenia chorus. vi ltol4 me about himeelf. Otis Floyd sonia Uva all night | courses, could learn to do some oth er form of work.” Erickson brought out the idea that the city should ;rovide for workers who wers more than 60 years of , but that they should not have to do work that was phys feally too hard for chem Bolton insisted that a physical | teat, and not an age limit, ts the) proper check againm inefficient service. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 REPORTER GETS GOOD “Well, young man, so you're the new fish that I've heard about,” he) began And then, without my asking, he He had been a banker tn a small town in Eastern Washington. | His wife had been cashier in the dank. Because of crooked deals en- gineered by men whom he believed to be his friends, the bank was wrecked and state officers pre- pared to arrest his wife. “I pleaded guilty to a charge of! breaking my own bank,” he eald. “I would have pleaded guilty to murder, in order to keep my wife out of prison. I am not guilty of any crime, Neither is my wife. But the laws are such that some one had to be punished. 1 am that one.” Wife Now Teaching School Hin wife is teaching school. | He bas lost a fortune, and will! leave prison with the migma of a convict's record. “But I've been rich all my life, j | | and I'm going to win back that at tune when I get out,” he told me. “And I'll do tt squarqdy. I'm going to show people that they can't break my spirit, even if 1 am an old) man, by sending me to the pent- tentiary.” | Then he began giving me fa | therly advice. 1 have often thought since of the undoubted good that gray- haired banker-prisoner must be doing by giving advice to the new prisoners as they come In. He impressed me strictly to mind my own business, while in | prison, and to be chary of new |i ces among the men. |i be a convict and stfl he mid. “Don't forget | Hf Talks of Prison Benefits | “Do you think {t will do a man|if like me any good to be sent over| ii bere?” I asked the banker. i | *Yes—-and no,” he replied, slowly. || ‘In your case I think it will help| ii to a certain extent, because you i will realize the inexorable law of||f} mankind that every man must pay|]] for his sins “But, on the other hand, you may be injured by it. You may become | soured on society. And when you||f} got out of here, you may see only! |i} the dark side of things, and forget in a few minutes the lesson that |i the law has tried to teach you tn years. “The present administration is advocating prison reform, and is doing a great thing, But the only |i} prison reform that ultimately will do any good {s the establishment of ||} trades schools for prisoners, by which they may learn to earn an|/} honest living.” | Should Teach Men Trades i “If a man could leave this instt-| tution, knowing that he had learned jan honest trade, and that his serv- lees would be in demand, he would ] ! hold his head high and try his level best to be a good citizen “But a man living here to y Is without a country, because i || | i he ie refused the right to vote, without trade and without hon- or, in the eyes of the common. Is It any wonder that wealth, h back, sooner or come er?” Shortly before 8, when all pris- oners have to be in their beds, one of the men came to me whom I had met earlier in the evening. I will not tell who he was, be- cause it might cause him trouble He slipped a little automatic gas- oline lighter thru the bars to me. “You can't get a Hght for your pipe after 80 clock,” he said. “But | thought you might not sleep well your first night, so I'll loan you this, in case you want to smoke before morning. We're not supposed to have them, but you ean return {t to me in a day or #0, and nobody'll be ‘the wiser.” . At 9 o'clock the cell lights went out Weird prison noises kept me \n was up and dressed by 5 o'clock. (Continued Tomorrow) : 500 Pairs of Curtains, Special $1.75 Pair ;consisting of Scrim, 650 Pairs of Curtains, Special $2.25 Pair comprising Scrim, Mar Marquisette and Etamine quisette and Etamine Curtains, in white, ivory Curtains, in white, ivory and ecru, trimmed with and beige color, hand- edging, or edging and in- somely trimmed with sertion, and finished with drawn - work hemstitch- hemstitching in linen and ing, lace edges and in- silk thread sertions. laces. Two other“Exceptional Lots at $3.95 and $4.50 Pair. , —Upbolstery Section, First Floor. Beocment Salesroom Bordered Scrims Special 10c Yard N offering of unusual in- terest to those planning summer window draperies for home or camp. There are 1,000 yards of the Scrims, in white, cream and ecru color- ings, excellent quality, with one, two or three lines of drawn-work on each border. Special at 10¢ yard. —Basement Salesroom White Outing Flannel Special 7c Yard coat, widely THOUSAND YARDS of this well-bleached, $15. soft and fleecy Outing Flannel to sell at this spe- cial price. It is a good Spring weight, for wom- en's and children’s under- garments. Twenty-seven inches wide, special 7¢ yard. —masement Salesroom. Price $12.50. and misses. Oriental Novelties Low-Priced SPECIAL purchase, com- i Interesting Special $2.50 Pair —comprising high-grade two-thread Bobbinet Cur- tains, in white and ecru color, beautifully made and trimmed with lacet and Marie A Special Purchase of NEW SPRING SUITS In an Attractive Offering at $15.00 HE smart styles and the desirable materials in these Suits would ordinarily justify higher prices. They are tailored modes from gaberdine, pop- lin and serge in black, navy, Copenhagen, tan and black- and-white checks. Half- and full-betted styles are in the majority, though | in the flaring. values) i - s WHITE CHINCHILLA COATS, $12.50— The wide variety of uses for these Coats make” them a valuable addition to the Spring drow. They are made of heavy white chinchilla in inch length, full belted, with two patch pockets and trimming of celluloid buttons. Sizes for women —Basement Salesroom Trimmed Hats at $3.95 Offers Interesting Values Antoinette prising Horns, Pop Guns, Drums, Dolls, Guns, Me- chanical Devices and other novelties, at 5¢, 10¢ and 25¢ cach.—nasement falesroom. 27-Inch Embroideries 25c Yard NUSUALLY good values are offered at this price in Swiss, Natinsook and Voile Flouncings. ‘There are heavy and open pat- terns, also dainty baby desiens, some with ruffle edge, well-work- e4 and finished with firm scallops. Included also are 224nch Allover Embrotdertes in desirable pat- terns. Desirable for lingerie frocks, undermuslins and other uses, and priced attractively-low at 25¢ yard. —Basement Salesroom. —_ Colonial Tumblers Special [18c] for Six Medium-wetght Water Tumblers in the popular Co- lontal pattern, ex- ceptionally lo w- priced for the set of 6, at 18¢. Basement Salesroom Women’s Union Suits, 50c A INE-RIBBED Cotton Suits, stronglygreinforced, in sleeveless style, with low neck and tight knee, Moderately priced at 5O¢. Union Basement Salesroom HE Hats in this low-priced group are principally in small and medium sizes, turbans, high-crowned effects and other early-Spring favorites. They are trimmed according to the mode, with ribbon bows and ornaments, clusters of flow- ers, feathers, fruits and other novelties, in costume shades and black. Attractive values at $3.95. 75 Trimmed Hats In an Attractive Offering at 95c Elongated Turbans and other prominently in this collection of Trimmed Hats. They are trimmed with flat fruits, shirrings of ribbon, ornaments and other compact effects, and represent unusually good value at 95¢. Gingham Middy Suit $1.00 GOOD quality of gingham is the material in the well- made Middy Suit sketched. It comes in check, plaid and stripe patterns of blue, pink or laven- der, and the turn-back cuffs and@ ty sailor collar are of plain material to match. Sizes 36 to 46. Price $1.00. —Banement Salesroom. Baskets, 25c TTRACTIVE values at this price in Baskets for sand- wiches, flowers and fruit, also Sewing Baskets, in the natural and mahogany finishes. Price 25¢. Basement Salesroom, small shapes figure —Basement Salesroom. => >