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STAR—SATURDAY, NOV. 4, INSURANCE BROKER PENS NOTE TO WIFE AND SHOOTS SELF After writing an affectionate in could go with me, but that ts 1916. PAGE 7 PP (PAID ADVERTISEMENT) NAIL farewell note to his wife, Ralph impossible, Don't waste any tears Alken, insurance broker, shot jor sympathy over me, It ts just a and killed himself in a room in | business proposition and I am tak the Seattle hotel late Friday !ing a short cut, Good-by afternoon, “RALPH He was gespondent over business} “P. 8. Don't think any other cares | woman has anything to do with| ‘The note, left on the dresser,| this, I am clean tn that respect,| follows | at least RALPH.” “Dearest 1 have always said Alken was employed by K.P. that ®& man’# usefulnoss| Hargrave & Co, 1417 Third ave., od it is time for him to! and his relations with the company way quickly and, were in good shape. He had been surely something] Interested in the Olympic Trading| for|& Supply Co, and lost salary} money, {t was pointed out, when| the company became involved! seemn en Ket out of the quietly, There is lacking In my general makeup, while | can make plans and devise) schemes that seem to have merit Harkness Trophy Race a Carnival to them, when {t comes to their| legally execution there ms to be noth With his wife, he had been living ing doing. So Iam going out of it) at the home of her sister, Mrs. Joe f. G d d all to make room for (he man who! Smith, 1 and ave, One brother, | ean make good You may not Rotwrt A. B, Alkin, is a local adver . or tole] year Cor S agree with me now, but you willl tising man, another brother, Jesse,| We are reminded from day to day by earnest and well- | soon, You are the only being on| is & school principal in Olympia, meaning citizens that had the proponents of Initiative ‘and a third br third broth END OF CAMPAIGN SEES BOTH SIDES IN VOTE SCRAMBLE Jparticipation tn polities. Women Are Active Of picturesque interest in the |kaleldoacopic jumble of the “last earth I love, and I wish r is in Spokane.} Aitken Distances All Rivals By 105.86 Miles an Hour Pace In 100-Mile Event At Sheepshead Bay Galvin, Wilcox, Henderson and Devore, all on Goodyear Cords, Capture Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Places. Measure No. 24 retained in the measure a permit system like or similar to the one now in effect under the present dry (7) law of this State, there could and would be little or no opposition to the manufacturers of the State reopen- ing their plants, regaining their export trade, and supplying the home consumer. Saturday, on the Sheepshead Bay Speedway, the audacious skill of Johnny Aitken and the meteoric speed of the Peugeot he drove captured the Harkness Trophy, established a new American record, and wrote another brilliant chapter into the racing history of Goodyear Cord Tires. For the sake of argument, let us admit such to be the case. NEW YORK, Nov, 4—The business of preparing the voter for exercise of his cholce as to On the other hand, and in the light of recent experience and for the benefit and information of all concerned, let us compare the two methods vy 4 PRESIDENT SAILS |; Marking the first sailing of the | new Pacific steamer President sailed from Se- Saturday, the speed, the spring, the athletic vitality and stubborn stamina of these tires successfully Race and in similarly severe and spectacular contests that have gone before, led to the adoption of these tires as standard equipment on the the next president will come to a close today Saturday night marks the of ficial end of the campaign—a en or minute” activity was the share of the w contributed by the nl train of wo Hughes alliance wor of supervision and control: 1ST—The P. Law. ermit system, now provided for by our so-called Dry fought offevery punishment and out- S | free-for-all scramble for votes its lle transconu gamed every ordeal that sustained Franklin, the Packard Twin-Six, the | that has been marked first by |nental trip last night. Its feminine 2ND—The written order, the permanent record book, open for i, the most strenuous stumping [speakers were called tnto service b, structure already established. Locomobile, the Peerless, the White, the Haynes Twelve, the Stutz, the McFarlan, the Roamer and the Lex- ington “Thoroughbred Six.” They should lead to the adoption of these tires as exclusive equipment tour a candidate ever took; sec ond, by reunion manifested by third, by ra war or p Both der ing of the issue of e rats and republicans |pletures to jfor numerous stump talks here in New York t In the der lay. ratic camp the wom Jon's bureau sent women cartoonists over the city, drawing campaiqn Nustrate points made by women stumpers the Initiative daily and constant inspection County and State authorities, Measure No, 24, and supervision of proposed under Initiative Measure No. 24 offers a sub- stitute system, requiring written orders, The brewers have not abolished the permit system. The truth is that the The lities in Goodyear Cord on your 5 are ineen yy eoarident of viet we ft ahs ts have substituted ea that a sen 4 cise Letoagead a permanent 4 .. t 5 It d over competi- r D ! e Reca ~? yl a a tar better system, one that is practical recor pOOK recor: ing such transactions, 4 Tires - trhamp! in the Harkness The Goodyear Tire @® Rubber Co. wort tha abemaaes Sereeue ‘bel and meets the situation in this com-| open at all times to the inspection and if Akzen, Obie country which in volume has never| munity and this state in such a manner | strict supervision of the Attorney Gener- been surpassed and tonignt wil! ‘ r ic good. al, Stat s i - q 300-mile oe nae Cincinnati 300-mile Sweepstakes; First and Second Places in the final words of oratory before th The authors of the permit system in- he be " fi y: Al orders musi Record: Breaking Aster Cup 250-mile race at Sheepshead Bay; Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and celebration of victory Tuend tended to extend to purchasers the right ‘ ge on file for a period of not less oe Pee an pine og oy ner stro Trophy Ee Cites Heetoays Fink, Toecad, bag soot ok Weibiacly dota ta gue Wal to acquire a sufficient amount of liquor | than three years. : last say at Shadow Lawn on “O to satisfy their personal requirements.| People who object to the permit Geedyear Tires, Heavy Tourist Tubes and ‘' Tire Saver’ Accessories Home da Charles E. Hughe Peak tier wih Unfortunately, they did not take into | espionage system can have no objection i 4 sheet eatacae SO abor will support Geo, ) 3 : are easy ta get from Goodyear Service Station Dealers everywhere. was to scatter bie parting IRD | Cottoriti for: eongrets Thee consideration the well-known fact that | to the beer arder book, and no objec- tions to voters In six specc here 4 : ¢ og : r in New York—-five {6 afternoon| Gay esome certain, in the light thousands of people refuse to place their | tion to officials examining it for the pur- gatherings and the last and crown-| of Indorsements given him Sat- names upon the record of permits at the | pose of obtaining information that may GOoOoD AKRON CORD TIRES Steamship Co. the|F. Haines, C company offic Alexander, B. als were presen Cc. Ward, A Fliye and other to Preserve the | Progressive Party | disease AR=™= ‘FRESH DRIVE IN DOBRUDJA operations. t wing, resting on the Rumanians repulsed all attacks. the attack in The renewal of was brought home to members of the! Charity Organization soctety by its secretary, Miss Virginia McMechen, | at the meeting at the Commercial Club Friday night. Unemployment, destitution, Ju venile delinquency, {mmoralit flourish side by side,” and she | said and explained that it fs necea- sary to get back of the result and | de’ termine the cause, to effectively | ing effort at night Two Mililon Bet In New York Probably $2,000,000 will change hands here alone Tuesday on the! verdict which the American voter) Roosevelt made his last || Easy Way to Get || Rid of Itching |} HOTEL 621 JACKSON ST, 250 —ROOMS— 250 —Running ice water In every room. —Absolutely fireproof. —Beautifully furnished; tm. proved telephones In every urday by President E. P. Marsh of the State Federation of La bor, and Samue! Gompers, head of the American Federation of The working people and the cit-| . and he has never failed to our aid on labor legisla His consistent fight for ar government is a public re consignment of whisky by the dry squad in his warehouse at 5 First ave, 8. The ex-policeman posted $1,000} to guarantee his ap-| bond Friday pop: | ord} pearance in the superior court tol answer an information filed by the state, the state law Margett was to have appeared in! police court one week ago, but his charging him with violating | county auditor’s office, but, in pref- erence, patronize blindpiggers and boot- leggers. This great class of people, among the very best men and women them in their homes. The permit system, upon its very face, is nothing more than a device that pr- use their right and obtain permits and turn them over to him for a profit?) The truth is the permit system has proven It is easy enough for those residing at county seats and who have the courage of their conviction that it is right to have mild beverages in the home, to go to the county auditor's office and obtain a permit. But have not the people re- siding in country districts the right to be placed on equality in this respect with the people residing at county seats? lead to the suppression of any unlawful traffic that might arise under it. The beer order book will prove to be the very best means of law enforcement, registers at the polls, There was) i ’ i Pilg ae ri Ir inte 5 att in fh bee ied nani, aeouost wire to hg : hea and every Pt act rsechagges? for the reason that it will be in the pos- while the odds fluctuated fraction eneInG <"vrgeee | OUNON Ter it Is no concern of their neighbors as | session of the brewers, and the brewers a tu ot} ally around 10 to 7% on Hughos lows: to what liquor or mild beer is kept by | know, and you know, that the very life of the brewers’ properties depends upon their seeing to it that the law is en- forced. In practice, under the beer order presume that unless Initiative Measure 24 is enacted into a law that the Practice will continue and grow, where such in- and other beverages for such functions. | Resinol Soap at “Tam sure that nothing would F Dobrudja, er, is believed to r : : o A the entire ath a! . ' : ing of German troops to the Tran-| With the — wacewirtore: to asec bin cision Ask Chief of Police Beckingham. have a law that will permit the head of sylvanian front fete chetwa the as hg ba comvehan, Nubian Gh ack auataat Ask Sergeant Putnam, of the Dry|a home to buy as his needs require? Bathing geo Sic gp yon Poe ma ed fected parts thor and consistent act behalf of| Squad. Why not have a law that will permit a wala to fill gape made in| ousbly,, until the the initiative, refer n and re-| ‘Ask Prosecuting Attorney Lundin. | purchaser of beer to do directly that | lines in their last offensive,| @F@ free fro Ly paces Polen finial oral nck po ; ? as which, prompted by the higher law, cus- and gp Pei ugh soir ed ; ig to "f Dr pisiven fir ment sear me! res ie permit System is aes objection- tom, he will indirectly do, and at all JAMES E. BRADFORD aoe rekon Cg ere | very gently, spread able, because it is one of the most per-| hazards? ° Coavily. a thgyic orn garth Mi on a thin layer of nicious pieces of class legislation ever Tt I : ‘ F round Vulkan pass and south of|the Resinol Ointment, and cover FINE MARGETT placed upon the law books of this state. ree we Mecitaiat ie a mistaken permit Red Tower pass ee eee eee iets rages i It discriminates entirely against many rb pit re mate this part of the bill, ity protect, the clothiog, — This thousands of good people residing at| thought they had made ample provision lly the distressing itching and burn $1 00 AND COSTS great distances from county seats. It to provid ee the needs and require- ing stop with the first treatment imposes upon this large class of people | ments Of the home consumer. Tested ar Rec a ta erred clear and the average laboring man the ne- by the present year’s experience, the yet ou we 0 e | Aa a ge R, Nesiaal: gan Yormer Patrolman Ei J, Margett,| cessity of losing a day and, in some | Mt System ts extremely faulty in this more, Md. Seana oT ae oie! * Sie pos: instances, two days’ time, besides the | Tespect- ” yuplication, and waste of e: J d y ¢ : : Sgr ite 4 ; e |in sociological and charitable —_ Judge Gordon Friday | to and from the county seat for a per-| permit my ere with the small chance of |should be minimized Margett was discovered about! mit final convictions in the Courts, expose This one of the points| three weeks ago guarding a large| the weak spots in the present law. Under Initiative Measure No. 24 the responsibility is placed squarely upon the shoulders of responsible business men, whose investments running into the millions, would seem to be sufficient assurance that the law will be obeyed There will be no incentive for graft and bootlegging. ° ° room. attorney, J. J. Sullivan, asked fo f " You can do this by voting for | get at the root of the thing. I —Very convenient for shop Mla contivuance, asserting his client Watch for election returns from the Which is the better? pers. was in California, but would return| country districts and you will find, for . : GALE WHIPS SOUND | The Finest Popular. imme diately. the reasons stated, that there will be, We believe there can be but one an- James FE. Bradford Progressive Candidate | for Governor He has constantly fought to preserve your rights by opposing A severe gale has around the outskirts of Washing ton ports for 24 hours, and may pop at any moment, ac ing to the U.S. weather burealt@@prt Satur day The storm winds are southwost-| has been flitting erly, with the center of the storm in| the vicinity of Prince Rupert. Storm warning signals have been posted for hours in Columbia river and Puget sound ports. Priced Hotel in the United States Prices 50c, 75c, $1.00 With Private Bath, $1.25 Transient—Weekly $3 to §8— Monthly $12 to $20. Private Bath, $22.50. We cordially Invite you to Inspect our fine hotel. BUSCH RAID ON COAL WILL | BOOM PRICE, FEAR WASHINGT Nov. 4<-Seare| that the private consumer is going |to pay heavily for his coal this win-| |ter were expressed here today by) |government agents investigating hae threatened fuel famine. A rush of wholesale buying by large industrial concerns in all sec- in the rural communities, a most decis- ive majority vote in favor of Initiative Measure No, 24. swer and are more than willing to en- trust the question to a discriminating and enlightened public opinion, Initiative Measure No, 24 does NOT do away with the permit system. Wines and all ardent spirits must still be purchased, as now, under permit obtained from the county auditor. ative No. 24 mild beer for consumption in Washington will be made in Washington, thus ‘keeping in our own state the thousands of dollars that now go to outside brewing interests. Do not be deceived by intentionally untruthful statements. VOTE FOR NO. 24 NEXT TUESDAY—and give back to the state of Wash- attle Friday for San Francisco with|the pier to bid the vessel farewe olttics, h b cleneet & ends : rill its the curious minded and gossipy per- | book and filing system, the brewers will | lnsay mark bis valediotory tn active His election would son to become a spy, prying into his | see to it, for the sake of preserving their =| : distinet gain in the move neighbor's private affairs. It is one of | properties, that buyers of beer are bona 4 . t for labor just edom and ‘ age f ae aie: i (Pald Advertisement) | Paid Advertisement) sally, Mi. Cotteriil's. pubite the most un-American, Re ae and ae fide purchasers, within the terms of the service is a guarantee of his broaa-| asonable features of the present dry | measure — ere Kill the Bond Scheme indednesa and sympathetic char-| ; Th : 3 BUCHAREST, Nov. 4.—Fol- : ount acter. SAMUEL GOMPERS."". | siti award hi he present permit system makes no ; lowing the Rumania suc- Marsh's indorsement of Cot In addition to this espionage, this wn-| provisions for purchasers of beer to ob- 3 | cessful resistance on the north- terill follows | American thing, is Sp not true that the tain a sufficient quantity for the pur- western frontier, the Germans Labor in the First congressional blindpiggers and bootleggers are dealing, pose of entertainin vests dant - ent 1 pote . Prati’ 4 a sts at a social |] yesterday attacked on the HOUTH F ND TAXPAYERS CoM hyped eg bay Sop yo = illicitly, in permits? Is it not true that | function in the ae bs j 1 elects 1 to co! Aig c . | whole Dobrudja line, after sev- | \ 7 | cress. His lab ord in and out one man is known to have made $125.00 Iti sas A gE eral days’ lull In Mackenzen's | state legislature has been in a single month, soliciting citizens to t 1s now the practice, and it is fair to | |] wing first eee gE Sh sane tk thal Tecsit bo GE A Riana Adana: Cevice Gee soonest og use their friends and but later was compelled to yteld Neg beans amar ie nepcorigr ; Bedi om en Aig , by the blind-pigger and bootlegger for bial a bie for the purpose of : itching # puble, Jus E t to rger field ©. ? % »bta aso: ity o 3 ground slightly. of Resinol Ointment and a cake a larger field of a his personal benefit and profit obtaining a reasonable quantity of beer PARIS, y. 4, — Intermittent} tions, in fear of a shortage, has tn ri ; : ~ Pepin ef urred last laht in| Jected an unexpected menace into ington its $5,000,000 export trade. 4 the Somme and in the region of the situation, Reports of this raid GIVE BACK to the state of Washington its famous brewing industry, em- Forts Doug nont and on the on the market poured into the fed en. All Referendum Measures jj viicmisrwsrse veins HOTEL pies! 2. fe" ploying many thousands of well-paid men 621 Jackson St. in some sections, as a result, are | quoted at from 60 to 100 per cent above normal, was officially announced today, but there were no important infantry = jactivities,