The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 13, 1916, Page 4

¥ PBtemver of tne “PReripps Nortn League of papers The Seattle Star Entered at Beattie, By matt, out of city, one year, §: ety, She & month Postoftice ae second-class matter months, $1.96: Ie per month up to € mos Pubttehed Natty Ny The Har Puvitehing Co. Phone Main #00 Condition, Not Theory, Confronted the President HERE can be no possible objection to Candidate Hughes’ attempting to on make President Wilson’s action in preventing the railroad strike the paramount issue in the campaign, as he is trying to do. But unless the “hundred per cent candidate’ wants the country to believe that he is willing to resort to methods of the cheap ward politician, he ought to present the issue fairly. In every speech he has made attacking Wilson’s eight-hour-day action, Hughes has attempted to give the impression that the president had the choice between settling the threatened strike by arbitration or by having " congress pass the eight-hour law. i Either Hughes is ignorant of the facts, or he is deliberately misstating the facts. President Wilson had no such choice. The brotherhoods refused to arbitrate the eight-hour-day demand. They the position that it was a moral question; that they were strong enough win it and that if the railroads refused to grant it, they would strike. President Wilson had to choose between having congress pass the eight- “hour-day law, or having the country paralyzed by a general railroad strike. The eight-hour day seemed to him morally right and his action in in- ing congress to pass the eight-hour law prevented the calamity of a It was°a condition, not a theory, with which the president had to deal, and he dealt with it promptly, firmly and in the only way that could have the situation. 4 It would be interesting to hear from Hughes what action he would “have taken, but that is probably expecting too much. Whatever the president did or did not do in this matter was bound to meet with Hughes’ severe disapproval. WE CAN IMAGINE WHAT THE “HUNDRED PER CENT CANDI- TE” WOULD NOW BE SAYING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT IF THE STAR—FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1916. PAGE 4 f tenmensenren sunnnsgnassnasastesssussszacegaaasaitsy ‘A. Novel “The A Week Po ssrveveres rervrs sf Taming BY FRANCIS | CHAPTE ) “The Best Laid Plans” | We left the Island early next |day, I rowed to the main and an chored the skiff, Then me and Hartley walked up to the Neck road © minute he opened his mouth. T he says The scheme is this: 1 deter } mi to see what could be done to make things easier for the Spar. jrow girl. The only solution seemed | jto be the getting rid of papa. “So I tried to think of some way to bring it about, When you told me that Seudder owned the Spar row place I saw my chance, Scud der and I consulted. He was will ing to lone his tenants provided he didn't lose the rent. The rent was nothing; I promised to make that good until your season here was over and Eureka could return home. But 1 make it clear that when she | did return home her father musta't return with her. He must be pro vided for somewhere else, Then we saw the doctor and Morton, the minister, So between us we fixed jit up, | “Old Sparrow is offered a job as general shoveler and brick carrier jover there at the hotel, They're building a new addition, you know. |Mrown, the manager, sald he'd teks him on, as a favor to me, He has been offered the pince, If he doesn’t accept, why, out he goer | Soudder has told him he can’t stay in his house any longer, You jehould have seen him when we broke the news last night.” “S'pose he don't accept,” I asks. it about the children?” “They'll be looked out for. Lycurgus will board at Scudder’s, Eureka will stay with us, Editha and the baby will be roomed and fed by the minister. The others are to have good boarding places and go to school.” . They were waiting for us on the corner. Dr. Penrose was there, |and Mr. Morton, the minister, and Cap'n Benijah Poundberry, ¢ . man of selectmen, and Scudder, and Peter T. Brown, manager of the Old Home House. The crowd of us marched into the Sparrow yard like a Fourth of July parade. ‘|Hartley knocked at the kitchen | doctor,” Next Week of Red Butte Western” LYNDE that any kind of ettr and rumpus is the worst thing for me’ Auy doctor’! tell you “hat “Twas Doctor Jenrose who said it, and he stepped for ward Howh saya he again Wai looked at him as Te proachful and goody-goody as ¢ saint 1 forgive you for them words, says he 1 realize I ain't been able to pay my bill to you, and so I can make allowances.” Then up speaks Scudder, “You'll have to stir mighty quick he, “lL won't have no do tramps in a house of mine, take this chance or out next Saturday, bag and bag “Why, Mr, Beudder! Why How can you talk so! Just for a little matter of rent. You don't need it. Ain't you been telling me that you had a couple of soft rich folks over to Horsefoot Bar that was paying you a good living and more, too, all by themselves.” Shut up!" Seudder was purple. It looked to me like the fnvalid was having all the fun. I guess Hartley thought #0 too, for he says: “That's enough of this that he doesn't intend to accept. MY. Scudder, you nave given him formal notice. Come on.” Then Washy broke down, He sniffed and half cried and wanted to know things, The work would kill him tn a day or two, of course, “Bosh!” but he didn't mind that. When he thought of his poor fatherless chil- dren-- And Just then a horse and buggy come rattling into the yard. The horse was all over lather, like he'd been drove bard. Everybody looked out of the window. Sparrow looked and his face brightened up. ‘Twas Lord James that was driv- ing the buggy, and there was 4 young woman with him. The young woman was Agnes Page. Agnes jumped from the step and run to the kitchen door, The next minute she was in the room, star- ing solemn at all us men. And her eyes seemed to look right through a feller, “Why Agnes—Miss Page!” ex- claimed Hartley. “Why are you here? Whi the matter?” Editha opened it. It's plata | have had some experience.” Bhe flashed a look at Martin as) she said it. He turned white under he said, “you do rot understand, 1 must insist thar) you hear our reasons for this pro coeding”’ | | “It is not neceasury,” she says, | | cold as jee, “I have heard enough. | Does Mr. Brunt know of | this?" And just then who should walk |in but Van himself, | “Hello!” says he, surprised. “Kureka told me you were at the village, Martin, so Lycurgus rowed me across, One of the said you were here. What 4 surprise party? And Agnes, too’ Am I too late for the refresh: ments?” He smiled, but nobody else did. “Edward,” says the Page girl, “will you do a great favor for me?” “Yours to command, of course,” he answers, puzzled. “Will you find a boarding place for Mr. Bparrow “Who? Eureka’s father? Why certainly, What's the trouble? ts it time for the Sparrows to nest again? He can come over to the Island with us, There's plenty of room. Hey, Martin?” “Never mind your friend, please,” says Mins Page. “If he comes will you protect him and treat him kindly? Thank you. Then that settled. Gentlemen, I believe there conveniencing yourselves, Your several bills will be paid.” CHAPTER XI. The White Plague The fat was all in the fire, Hart. ley's scheme to belp Eureka had gone to pot to see the kittle bile. Instead of getting rid of Papa Spar- row, it had fetched that old hypo- crite right over to eat and sleep and groan under our very noses Bureka co out to the garden, where I was working the next morning. “Now, then,” says she, sharp, “I Want to know all about it. So I had to tell her. “I thought “Didn't you know Didn't you as far gone is woull | winter!” he screams. is no necessity for your further in-| B Joseph Copy right, An A Novel A Week Prrrrrrrrrrnrirg He moved then, like the boy in y Lincoln 108 | By nee & Co “The gal'a) with Vother hand She wants to kill me) “walking Spanish,” I\ the school-yard 4 Eureka opened the door, “No body can say,” says she, emphatic, that many pa-|“that I let my Pa die of consump tients act that way first along. ‘In| tion without trying to cure him. such © it is often necessary to| Come along, Mr. Pratt. Se use force.’ Mr. Pratt, will you take; We went out and across the yard Pa out to the tool shed?” jand round back of the barn. When Would 1? 1 was aching for the} we got to the shed there was s chance to get*my hands on the lit-| brand-new padlock on the door of tle rat. I stood 6p and squared my | it. shoulders, 1 got my fingers on the! back of that consumptive's neck.| He fought and bung back Then I grabbed him by the waist-band | ‘An Economical, Delightful Place to Trade Styles Plus Values AND INTELLIGENT, PLEASING SERVICE HAVE MADE THE UPSTAIRS SHOE STORE A PRIME FAVORITE WITH THE DISCRIMINATING AND ECONOMICALLY INCLINED Failtonsble Footwear A most pleasing and popules combination is the model pic- inzed — kid, Dp, S-inch white full Louis heel; close trimmed Goodyear weit sole. Priced gone loony! and get me out of the way shan't stir one sie¢p, You hear me? Not one step!” “This piece says “I put it on this afternoon,” says he. “I'm pretty bandy at fixing things up.” (Conciuded in Our Next Iseue) kid or patent Pp Boots, with white kid tops. Smart ‘button vamps of paten white kid toy welt gole .. Two new and very pleating styles have Kun metal or pat- ent bottoms, circular foxing and matt kid toppi: Good- P my Shoes Snappy styles for younger men, in button or lace, that fit and wear; also more conservative models for business men— i $2.95 .. $3.95 And Some $2.50 j does. “Am I In time, Mr. Sparrow? 1|be sure to go and see Pa and want didn't get your letter until nearly |to do for him? I've found out that nine. But I hurried right over. I|/#he’s been giving Lim money for was so ‘afraid | would be too late.| medicine and thiugs for over a Am I?" week.” The invalid looked at her. And,| Next day Eureka stayed at home if he'd been the picture of misery/and shut up the Louse, and that afore, be was a whcle panorama of/night she and Washy come to th it now. He coughed afore he a@n-|Isiand to stay all the time. ewered. She shivered, kind at) had rooms in the back part of the There was a groan from the din ing-room. Then some coughs, like a string of small earthquakes. Finally a dreadful weak voice or- ders us to step right in. Washy was crumpled up tn his rocker. He looked some scared. “Well, M Sparrow,” Hartley |began, “have you made up your mind about the position which this ES any one suppose that men as clever as ex-Patrolman ett, the Billingsleys and Johnny Clancy would risk | COL UM in carloads of booze, valued at thousands of dollars, FALL bes they had what they thought a reasonable assurance ce protection ? any one suppose that any “soft drink” place or sell booze without the cop and the sergeant on the || knowing it? is anything been done to disprove the charge of Ser- pt Putnam that many are fighting the dry squad or harder than the bootleggers? ; : pes any one suppose a dry squad of only eight or nine oes any one su: that the arrest of a half dozen fellows and smashing the $4,000 Edelweiss cafe will get as long as the police grafters go unpunished? nd does any one doubt that Logan Billingsley, for the town was going to get officially “too hot,” isn’t of a booze king than ever today? Charlie Fairbanks announces that this country is thru a great 4 are ‘“ Brighter epoch, “with amateur statesmen at of course, that Hughes and him- Oh, Lord! i speech at San Andrisa, Chihuahua, after L he had captured that town on September 24, Villa de- red that he was fighting only traitors to Mexico and denied ty toward Americans. to as one could want. country has lately been regaining its lost prestige |she He asked the Mexican mining notify their American friends to resume mining oper- and promised them protection. Which is about as a vindication of our present and past Mexican ly. More important still is the fact that, by coming onal contact with the American forces, the peons,| never can combat the scores employed by the liquor ringsters| | F E ote f h Hi i > eal hh | rh lf Fy i f - i i ; j i ii aid she, ‘it's all non @ woman can't buy was asked. ‘I just take along a sample stump,’ she sald, ‘and there's the least trouble about common classes” of Mexico, have become convinced | matching the shade!'” their fear of the hated Gringoes is without reason, There visible improvement in our relations with Mexico. - The domestic situation in Mexico is also improved. There Yess bloodshed; far less suffering. : : ; The United States is once more becoming “amigo” to its|ATOR OF THE WORLD WAR— brown neighbor. Pancho Villa’s men are stopping trains in Mexico gad taking the shoes off passengers’ feet. Evidently believes in preparedness and has somehow got hold @6 the fall price list of some Millionaire Mayor Rolph, New England shoe concern. of Frisco, says that about ‘the only “inalienable right” a workman has is the right ‘to starve. Will Never Be Without This Simple Laxative De Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin Her Baby When Nothing Else Would Little Max Pendergrast is now years old and a fine, healthy When but a tiny baby, ir it, almost from birth, he suffered great deal from constipation. His ‘mother, Mrs. Carl W. Pendergrast, : 4 Key, Ind., heard of Dr. Cald- é 's Syrup Pepsin, obtained a bot- “tle of it from the drug store, and it was able to quickly correct condition. Mrs. Pendergrast says Dr. Cald- i's Syrup Pepsin has saved them callicg the doctor ny and that she will never be it a bottle of it in the house use when needed. She found it ly effective as a laxative for and other members of the wit ey ‘Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a } combination of simple laxative with pepsin, pleasant to the 4 mild in action and positive effect. It Goes not gripe or and contains no oplate or marcotic drug. It is the ideal fam- ive, mild and plessant for Baby, yet acting quickly on the strongest constitution. To avoid imitations and inef- fective substitutes, be sure to ask idwell’s Syrup Pepsin, a facaijmile of Dr. Cald- well's signature and his portrait appear on the yellow carton in which the bottle is packed. A trial bottle, free of charge, can be ob- tained by writing to Dr. W. B. Cald- well, 456 Washington 8t, Monti- cello, Iinots, ALMOST EVERY NEUTRAL NATION AND EVERY CLASS OF HUMAN BEING HAS BEEN MEN. TIONED AS A POSSIBLE MEDI. EXCEPT THE WORKMAN THE TRENCH. IN NUTTY KNOWLEDGE The very embarrassing and un- | thy position = person is put inte by the staine om their vests and len from eatables can be over- | come by eating crackers, Hard water eau be made soft | by bending it. | | | | Clams never suffer from gout A drum tp mere musical when the insides are empty than if filled with Portland cement, Goldfish that refuse to swim can be made to look us if they're awim- A horse can't be made to go any faster by pushing on the reine —} AS SKIRTS GROW LONG. ER, MEN’6 GLANCES GROW SHORTER. “I wouldn't o' had no trouble wif de constable ner nobody,” said ErastugPinkley, “if it hadn't been for woman's love o' dress,” “What has dress got to do with it?” asked the jailer. “My woman folks warn't satis- fied to eat mos’ of de chicken. Dey had to put de feathers in deir hats and parade ‘em as circumstantial evidence.” NICE FOR THE SECRETARY Assistant lady, white, for dental office; keep office clean, receive patients, answer phone, sterilize instruments and secretary; also as- sist in laboratory; state age salary. Address 108-A, Star office. ~-Washington (D. C,) Star. ‘ LOOK AT CHILD'S *|euperfiuous to offer yout” He pointed to Brown as he said it. “Hey?” asks the invalid, feably. Hartley began to lose patience. “You heard what I said,” he snaps, sharp. “Have you made up your mind? “Don't get mad, Mr. Hartley,” pleads the sufferer. “Please don't. My nerves is dreadful weak ths morning and I ain't able to stand it. I've had coughing spells ever since I got out of bed, Weil, I won't have to linger here much longer. Pretty soon I'll be laid awa and—" you made vp your mind?” interrapts Martin. “Answer quick. The time of these gentlemen is valuable,” “Don't, Mr. Hartley. Please don't. How can you cruelize a poor feller this way? Don't you know lto otter. has been kind enough TONGUE IF SICK CROSS, FEVERISH When Constipated or Bilious Give “California Syrup of Figs.” Look at the tongue, mother! If coated, it is a eure sign that your little one's stomach, liver and bow- els need a gentle, thorough cleans- ing at once, When peevish, cross, listless, pale, doesn't sieep, doesn't eat or act naturally, or {s feverish, stom- ach sour, breath bad; has stomach. | ache, sore throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give a teaspoonful of “Califor. nla Syrup of Figs.” and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of its little bowels without griping, and you have a well, playful child agatn, You needn't coax sick children to take this harmless “fruit laxative”; they love its delicious taste, and it always makes them feel splendid. Ask your druggist for a 60-cent bottle of “California Syrup of Figs,” which has directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown- ups plainly on the bottle. Beware of counterfelts sold here. To be sure you get the genuine, ask to see that it is made by “California Fig Syrup Company.” Refuse any other kind with contempt. HOW TO REDUCE YOUR WEIGHT A SIMPLE, SAFH, RELIABLE WAY Peowe who are overburdened with superfluous fat know only too well the discomfort and ridicule that over-stout people have to bear, | If you are carrying around five ten pounds of unhealthy fat, you a unnecessarliy weakening your vit organs, and are carrying @ burden which destroys the beauty of your figure. There ts no need of any one sut- fering from superfiuous fat. If you want to reduce your weight in « simple, safe and reliable way, wit out starvation diet or tiresome exe cise, here ts a test worth tryin Spend as much in the open alr, brea get from Bai 000 drugg capsules. and one be Welgh yourself once a week, 40 as to know just how fast you are losing welgh id don't leave off the treat: ment on wkip a single done until you wh to normal. ON of ko jess, In ple digestion. ment has been reported to sho: noticeable reduction in weight, foot come lighter, your ler, and @ lighter an on who gutters from a oul ve treatment a trial - isis that cough, and I don't wonder. If ever there was @ graveyard quick- step, Washy Sparrow's cough was t. Agnes whirled around on us and her eyes flashed chain lightning. “Aren't you ashamed?” she says. “Great strong men, every one of you, and all banded together to torture a poor helpless invalid.” “Miss Page,” stau:mered Hartley, “I'm sare you don't understand. We—" “I think that is ¢ do—uanderstand,” she says. “And so, for a few dollars Mr. Sparrow is to be turned out of his home! He, a poor sick man! Oh! 1 can hardly believe there are such people in the world. And yet, I — Is the Time to Order That Suit OR Overcoat You will find we have one of the largest assort- ments in Seattle of the latest fabrics to make your selection from. When Stetson makes you a Suit or an Over- coat you can be sure of the finest workmanship and correct style. finest _ materials, The lasting qualities of Stetson Clothes stand for real economy, Prices as low as $25, =—_— Stetson System Tailors 921 Third Ave. Next to Orpheum Theatre Open till 10 p, m. Saturday house, three flights up. Ozone Island was chock full of secrets and whisperings by this time, Van kept up his little side talks and backyard confabs with Scudder; and Hartley seemed to have caught the disease, I see him and Nate looking mysterious at each other and meeting together in out of the way places time and time again. And the mall was get ting heavier and there was halt!- burned telegram envelopes in the stove ashes more'n once. But no- body ever mentioned getting a tele- Washy had been pretty decen for him, for the first week after he landed in his new quarters. But his decency didn't last long. Ho begun to fuss and find fault and groan and growl. One day Eureka comes out oa the porch where the Heavenlies was setting, and says she: “Mr. Van Brunt, would you and Mr, Hartley be willing for me to cure Pat" “Cure bim?" Van, sur. prised. Yea, indeed. Or kill him, either,” he adds, un- der his breath. Hartley didn't say nothing. He never spoke to old man Sparrow now nor of him, far’s that went. “AN right,” Eureka says, “Thank you.” That afternoon Eureka got me to help her lug the haircloth lounge from the front parlor ont to the spare shed, the one we did not use. “What on earth?” saya 1. “I'm going to tell you,” says she. “Mr. Hartley sald I could have the lounge.” Then she told me what her plan was. ‘Twas a mighty good one and I promised to help along. I laughed over it til supper time. That evening Hureka was § finishing the dishes. All of a sud- den I heard her say: “Pa, I don't s'pose you feel well enough to go to work?” 1 could hear her dad's feet come ~- off the stove hearth with a thump. + I knew you wa'n't fit to work, But Pa, I've been hoping to find a way to cure you some day. I've learned the way. And I'm going to try it.” 6 “Cure? Humph!” sniffs the old man. “I'm past curing, darter.” Eureka come in the dining room and took a magazine out cf the chest of drawers. Then she opened to a place where the leaf was turned down, and went back to the kitchen. “Consumption, Pa,” é6he says, “ain't cured by medicine no more. Fresh air night and day is what's needed, and you don't get it here by the stove or shut up in your room. You ought to live éutdoor, Yes, and sleep there, too,” “Sleep outdoor? What kind of talk {s that? Be you crazy or—" “Don't screech #0, " says Eu- reka, “Listen to this. Here's a piece about consumption in the magazine. They call it the ‘White Plague.’ I'll read you some of it.” Washy kept yelling that he didn't want to hear no such foolishness, but his daughter spelt out differ. ent parts of the magazine piece, It told about how dangerous shut- up rooms and “confined atmos- , and about what it call- id “open air sanitariums” and out- door bedrooms, “Pa,” says Eureka, “I'm going to cure you or die a-trying. The old tool-house out back of the barn ts Just the place for you. It’s full of holes and cracks, so there'll be plenty of fresh air. And I took the sofy out there this very day. You can sleep there nights and set in the sun day times. You mustn't come in the house at all, I mean to keep you outdoor all winter, and then—" Washy Sparrow howled, “an' ears a SAMPLE HOP NING] "2° Sccond Ave at Pike St SU DING Paid Advertisement WHOIS FINANCING THE WOMEN’S BILLIONAIRE The Women's Hughes Alliance is backed financially by: MRS. MARY HARRIMAN RUMSEY, heiress to Harriman mil- lions, treasurer. MRS. ROBERT BACON, whose husband left J. P. Morgan & Co. to be Roosevelt's assistant secretary of state. MRS. BERNARD RIDDER, wife of the editor of the New York Staatz Zeitung, leader of the German propaganda against President Wilson. MRS. CROCKER, wife of the California mining and railroad millionaire. On the BILLIONAIRE TRAIN FUND COMMITTER are: MRS, DANIEL GUGGENHEIM, of the smelter trust family. MRS. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, representing inherited millions. MRS. HARRY PAYNE WHITNEY, daughter of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt. MISS MAUDE WETMORE, of the wealthy Rhode Island family. ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH, whose husband inherited a fortune. In charge of the BILLIONAIRE TRAIN are: MRS. STOTSBURY, whose husband is the Philadelphia partner of Morgan & Co, MRS. PHOEBE HEARST, whose son, W. R. Hearst, owns millions in mines and Jands in Mexico, an area equal to one-half the state of Washington. MRS. JOHN HAYS HAMMOND, wife of the millionaire mining man. Are the Women of Washington Going to Permit These Plutocrats of the East to Dictate to Them How They Shall Vote? THE HUGHES CAMPAIGN IS BEING FINANCED BY THE GREATEST FORTUNES IN AMERICA In 1906, Hughes’ sworn statement showed that his campaign for Governor was fin ced by J. P. Morgan, John D, Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Charles M. Schwab, John W. Gates, W. E. Corey, W. Nelson Cromwell and B. M. Duke and others, OUR WILSON CAMPAIGN is being conducted by volunteer workers, on funds furnished in sums from ONE DOLLAR up, con. tributed by the plain people of the nation, YOUR CONTRIBUTION, HOWEVER SMALL, WILL HELP WOODROW WILSON INDEPENDENT LEAGUE OF WASHINGTON 227 Lyon Building—Telephone Elliott 4297 Officers: Robert P. Oldham, President; Edgar C. Snyder, Vice President; ©. J, France, Vice President; W, H. Gorham, Vice President; George R, Martin, Secretary; Adair Rembert, ‘Treasurer. Executive Committee: Grover E. Desmond, Ole Hanson, Dr, M, A. Matthews, Henry Alberts McLean, R, L. Proctor, R. C. Saunders, Hugh M. Street, Eugene R. West, C. J. Baillargeon, J. C, Rightor, Tom 8. Patterson, W. M, Elliott, Edwin” Brown and M. W. Taylor. ¥ Chairman Women’s Bureau: Mrs, A. Jeff Nelson. Washington Representative National Committee: Mrs. C. E. Bogardus, Ne We are for Woodrow Wilson becau places humanity and