The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 28, 1916, Page 4

*| The Seattle Star [ie Member of Portppe No sawn of © an eepon@-clase matter i intathe, 1.88) she Per month up te @ mos elty, ae @ month Kniered at es My mail eur of olty, on MORE THAN Go to It, Dodos, With Court-Martial What's this? Is it true that they are going to discipline the Eighth Ohio for uncovering bad treatment of the militiamen on the Mexican. bor- der? Even court-martial some ot its members That’s right, O, dados of the war department! Co that objects to your blunders! 60,000 COPIES SOLD DAILY irt-emartial anybody % Court-martial anybody that sees how the army is being dragged down oB to weakness. And don’t fail to rob the mails to get your evidence. ; Court-martial every one that has a mind of his own, every one that Bm denounces red tape and dodoism, every one that has any ideas born since 1686. Turn them of mediocrity. Court-martial everybody that wants to go ahead or make any ments or cause the army to be an arm of the nation’s social club. Court-martial about them. Court-martial every one that knows why it is impossible to recruit the army to Authorized strength. Every one that tries to straig hte *n out blunders you hav e made; every one that seeks to make conditions more decent for en- listed men. Go to it. Go the limit. Do eve a medieval, caste-ridden, moldy and feeble thing the war department has be- come, that the public may more quickly learn the truth and more quickly kick out the whole bunch. Go to it, and earn our pr found thanks, O, dodos! The country stands in a position of peril. The next few years may see it swept from its pleasant old haven of peace and int TERRIFIC CON- TEST FOR ITS LIFE. If such a crisis should come upon it with a war as ours is at present, God knows what might become ot us imagine the whole of the disaster that might engulf us. Y« avert it by exposing the department to the public gaze. ¢ all out, Make the whole military establishment of one mind improve and not a defense every one that knows the facts and will not keep still SAL AOL ALAR HE AB i: thing you possibly can to show what epartment managed all! No one can 1 are helping to t and merito- rious is the work. O, dodos; go to it! Do a lot of it esitate not, but plunge in and save the nation by doing yourselves out of jobs Farm Loan Bank in This State 7 ASHINGTON received fur re Editor’s Mail MG Galina Wide Sookane was designated One|” Vaccsuscuaaa : fair ; ee \ bi . ANSWERS ROBB the 12 cities in which a farm loa ank to be estab ¢ Edit The Star: Replying Within two nths, the bank will 1 Mr. W. V. Robb, secret of th A 1 air roducts burea would } fk truly representative of the great agrigultur ntere o oie bee ae ihaee. Gan 6 this state. Here the farmer, tthe with who can sell milk at 6 cents pe 1 Tt is good milk, same as equality, at lea vith | ty at shanty of epeat mans. ot good m'ik, why does 4 the health board get after th The farm loan bank bill may not be perfect, but it is the | BOt Me hewiin bow ag inner of an cra that will see the s free of And in « housewtte,| why does each one the | This will However, erbial mortgage. And, in the , there will also be a more bounteous period for dweller measuré of the have I have been slack ek in this city for the past ten Spokane is : to be congratulated on i a aN) and raenber “ ink. It brings its benefits close to the farmers of our state! not to have a j harged up wit nt How abc Ad they will be inclined t it were located at a more This has been, is WHILE IT IT WAS NO LOGAN SLEY SOLD, Now that even the Chamber and Commercial club are ‘on peace terms, the only ones still to be heard from are the kaiser and Lloyd-George. CLEARANCE SALE OF GOOD USED PIANOS JUICE WHAT On recent sales of Grand and Player Pianos e taken (as part payment) several splendid pianos, many of them used only a short time and practically as good as new. They but among them are to be found names tain guarantee of real value. e not cheap, worthless instruments, which stand a positive and cer- are to be sold immediately, ar rs this week © quote just few CHICKERING & SONS PIANO—Can hard LARGE GRAND $475.00 KRANICH & BACH UPRIGHT PIANO— ne $185.00 SMITH & BARNE UPRIGHT PIANO— mien, S| SHONINGE R UPRIGHT PIANO— ee cr i .. ..... $385.00 years WM. KNABE & CO. LARGE GRAND PIANO WINTER & CO. UPRIGHT PIANO— AD On eit exami otsere teuss. $165.00 }] MANY OTHERS AT LESS PRICES j tl 5 Pian in discont 1 ‘| third of Push é Jatt une Pinne 6b. MANUFACTURE RS WHOLESALE SEATTLE STORE 1519 THIRD AVENUE RETAIL solve the bottle queatior 18 EVIDENT THAT DORE STAR—THURSDAY, DEC. 28, 1916. 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There |YOUNK Cratchits went to fetch the| an Serooke and rit went{he cared for at a distance 1 had| In almet «, hospital, 4 il, in ] was no doubt about that, But it one, with wht they hoon re- along the streets, the brightness of ywn that they delighted to re] every refue ere in had underac A surprising | turned in bigh processton the rouring fires in par c hir man 1 little brief author coiling were so hung with living ™ISht have thought « goone the | wonderful |Scrooge, while Mstening to tne| barred the Spirit out, he green that it looked a perfect grove, | rest of all Virds, Mra, Cratehit Here, the filckering of the blaze oaning of the wind, to hear al and taught Scrooge from every part of which, bright |™ade the gravy (ready beforehand showed preparatior for a cony| hearty laugh, It was a much great gleaming berries glistened. The |!" @ little saucepan) hissing hot; | dinner. There all the children of | rpr to Berooge to recognize} if it were crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe and | Master Pe mashed the potatoes the house were running out into|i own nephew's, and to find! ¢ Ke had his ivy reflected back the light, as if] With Incredible vigor; Mins Belinda | the snow to meet their married sis-|himeelf in a bt, dr eaming Christ Oo many little mirrors had nisweetened up the applesauce: ters, brother ¢ ins neles, | roc with pirit od ecattered there; and such Martha dusted the hot plates, Bob/ aunts, and be the first to greet |smiling by und looking blaze went roaring up the ch took Tiny Tim ide him in a | them that san th ro’ s that dull petrification of a t corner at the ta the two Ar without a word of |affabil ad never known in Scrooge’s tine, Your . Cratehita set chaff for! warning the ¢ t atuod He, be ed rooge tered in his outward form, the © Mariey *, or for many and many very body upon a and desert moor, | nephew ha! He e@aid Ghost r Jer clear f rm 6 eaid G grew olde early older & winter season gone At last the dishes were set on,| Where mo: masses Of rudelthat Chrints a hombus o had ‘cbneeved this Heaped up on the floor, to form }and grace wan It was auc-|stone were cant about, and pothing || jive!” eried Scrooge's nephew $ never a M it, unl thar a kind of thro were turkeys,|coeded by a breathless pause, as|krew but moss and furze, and|,.6 believed ft, too red re ee Keene, Kame, great joints of meat,| Mra, Cratchit, looking slowly all | coarse, rank grass Sidra chains to le a children's Twelfth Night ng Wreaths of sausages, mince | along the carving knife, prepared What place is this?’ asked | gaiq se party, wh poking the rit ples, plum-puddings, batrels of oys-\ to plunge it in the breast; but Scrooge 4 as at together in ters, cherry-cheeked apples, julcy' when she did. and when the A place where miners live, who x 1" \ place, be noticed that its hi oranges, immense twelfth-ceakes,! expected gush of stuffing labor In the bowels of the earth eidnakion era and seething bowls of punch, that forth, one murmur of delight chamber dim with their/all around the board, and steam. In eary niate Tiny Tim by the pon this couch, there sat a jolly ,young Crate Giant, glorious to see. with the handle exclaimed the Ghont, |feebly erted know me better, made t delicious even two ton the table his knife and Hurrah! There nover was such a goose Come tn! Come in! and int Bob said he didn't belleve there Scrooge entered timidly, and tho /¢ver Was suc bh a goose cooked Its the Sptrit's eyes were clear q|tenderness and flavor, size and cind, ne did not Ike to meet them, | Cleapness, were the themes of unt Iam the Ghost of Christmas |Y¢rea! admiration, Eked out by mashed applesauce and Present.” said the Spirit, “Look potatoes : t was a sufficient dinner for the a. nalerated whole f Ny indeed, t t Scrooge ently did so, It was | “hole fami ade © younke Cratehits {n particular, were steeped simple green robe white fur nage and onion tc At Inst the dinner wa yebrows! all done. no other cov holly wreath, set here b jot ee cleared, the hearth wept, and the firé made up. Then ere with hining fete tit ap li od ré made up. T brown curls jail the Cratchit family drew round the hearth, in what Bob Crat free as ite ge . called a circle one; and th sparkling eye, it meaning tts A Merry Christmas to y dears. God bless us! ieee . ae the God bless every one!” waid . Tiny Tim, the last of all en . ‘ » child, and an. | Wished to keep him by his side, an ve {dreaded that he might be taker sald Scrooge neo. erest he had never fel oad eo if Tiny T ve the ne t went,” replied streets in thetr best clothes, and | te Ghost the poor chimney wit t faces. And and « crutch without an : ern carefully preserve if scor ade remain unaltered eople, carrying eir dinners i al Oh, no, bakers’ shops “ « Spirit! say he 1 be rr appear these shadows remain nd r ere What then? . rease the surplus slation. ‘ yore hung his head to hear twien |DIX OWN Words quoted by the nery words be arriers who had da few Spirit, and was nitence and grief thin time tt some ¢ retting dark led each other, he sh of water on them A thelr good rt t wa God love it 1 peculiar. flavor in at . kie from our torch?” asked Scrooge “There is. My own Would it apply to any kind of 4 his day?” asked Scrooge given. To a poor Scrooge. , Becaune it needs it most The nvinible, as they had t nto the suburbs fthe Ghost (which § wt the baker's) Lot Be and 3e his gigant | Suspenders aly he could accommodate hin Price any place with eane Smoking Jackets, worth And perhaps {t was the good Spirit $3.00 $1.98 power now ture, and hb or ome mnand onethe threshold of the door | Hil wesiw sm ate, mare OC T rose Mra. Cratchit. Crat chit’s ¥ the cldt ane 1, came teart € t outside the baker's they had and known it for king in luxurion: and onion, the dar iced about the eit the goone. and t thoughts of oung Cratchits able What has ever got yo * said Mra thetrown ir precious Cratehit Think of it Crash. father then? And your brother, Tiny Tim! And Martha warn't as late last Ch t Here's Martha, mother! erle the two young Cratchit Hurrah There's such @ goose, Martha Why, ble our heart alive, my Jear, how late you are!” said Mrs wels, worth Cratchit, kissing her a dozen times, new and taking off her shaw! and bon. | (al net for her with officious zeal Last 2 Days Hurry and You'll f Save Money! We'd a deal of work to finish up last night,” replied the girl, “and had to clear this morning mother!" away Never mind me uid Mra, Crate fore the fire no lor Ladies’ Miah Claas Novel- ty Shoes; worth to 20,00, ot ‘There tetnar_ cos (REE? $2.45 - ‘01 ||, aa who aT where it once, a worth to eels 89c So Marina hid herself, and in ee eee aa a came Bob, the father, with Tiny | Tint upon his shoulder, Alas for Heavy Finnnel Shirts; Tiny Tim, he bore a little crutch, aoe 00. a now and had his limbs supported by an| fron frame! ea warm, Lord ble the two young ¢ sik Vongees sells Wh where's our Marth ard, now erled Pob Cratehit, looking round Not coming,” said Mrs. Cratentt Not coming!” said Bob, with a udde cleasion in hia high spirts Not coming upon Christmas Day?" Martha didn't like to see him die appointed, if {t were only in joke; so she came out prematurely from behind the closet door, and ran in-| to his arms 9c overcome with | man on board, wa or sleeping t stood good or bad, had } inder word and th were cheerful: on for another on day than on/f and they were just Printers lany da th 1013 THIRD MAIN 1043 hared Suits, Overcoats, Rain- coats, Mackinaws, Pants, Almost Given Away! COME AND SEE Men's Finest Dress Sutts for Sunday; made of fi Mackinaw to 87.00, = LAST 2 DAYS THE WIND-UP — THE WHIRLWIND FINISH “Gag Starts tomorrow at 9 a. m No reasonable offer will be refused during the finish of this mighty Bargain The prices mentioned here tell the story The Final Rush Starts Tomorrow at 9 a.m. “WE United Wreckage Syndicate 1509-1511 Fourth Avenue, Near Pike Street Occupying the Large Double Store Next to Colonlal returned the Spirit But they | jr mout “Are spirits’ lives so short?” know me, Bee! of eyes you ever saw in any little | *#*e4 Scrooge. A Hght shone n the window | creature's head My Mfe upon this globe is very of a but, and swiftly they advance Fi 4 comical old fellow,” said >fef.” replied the Ghost. “It ends toward it. Passing thru the wall! scrooge’s nephew, “that's the tr tonight of mud and stone, they found &]and not so pl nt as he r t be Tonight!” eried Serc cheerful company assembled round| However, his their| “Tonight at midnight. Hark th-| The nkeR Car a glowing fire. An old man own punishn and I ha bell struck twelve and woman, with their ren that, all decked dally tn sein aintad Seemnesio wise, | “Ac Seact Ghost, and ne Au the last holiday attire. The old man, in ®|you always tell me no.” © AOS) peecke: conned So vivente, BS ere that weld rose above the What af tke, war. danit’ enid 4 the prediction o oo ne of the wind upon the bar-| gerooge's nephew. “His wealth Ber +. wast ir ris cated hs ae ae ¢ draped tmas good with it. He don't make apa ay t ech 7 Page Me (Continued in Our Next Issue) whither? ha, ha t he is ever going Built to t US with ft." from shore obse 1 Scrooge’s nie chafed Oh, 1 have!" said Serooge's| house. couldn't be angry with him if I But even here, two that thru the & - het ‘ f hehe Here, be’ Pirst Dose “of “Pape’s Cald stone wall shed o } od geod - Karenina bye Compound” Relieves All = Ph ga won't come and dine w ’ ' vd What's the consequence? He Grippe Misery rny hands ¢ table at which th lonen a ve good dinner, and some which could do him no barm. 1 am ter companions than he can t stay blow nt moments A Compounilt until three ire he loses as in thelr ca all damaged and arred with find in his own thoughts, elther tn will end grippe ard weather, as the figure-head of *# mouldy old office, or his dusty k up a severe cold an old ship might be, struck up ers, J mean to give him the ad, chest, body or sturdy song that was like a ga chance every year, whether iteelf, es it or not, for I pity him opens clogged-up Again the ¢ sped on, above may rail at Christmas till he i air passag the black and heaving sea—on, on dies but he can't elp thinking| D@sty discharge or ; ntil, being far a a 14 | etter of Ht Gety hine—t? be finds e, dullness, Scrooge. frot or me going there, {n good temp ot, <r look-ont his the rooge, how are mee ss known and ahe gures severn! a ™ ss pat os: or spoke below his breath nvenience. Christmas ay, with homeward many homes they visited - aT with a happy end b pes belonging to it. And every beside sick Hoye’ Long Pants Sults, worth to 810.00 India Lines, worth Bo ard, now eS ce =a worth (© AQe $1.98 worth $1.49 worth to m Handa, worth te Be 7c Men's Wool Underwear, werth to 82.50, 98c some soiled, mow Vests, we $2.88 Cordurey to 84.50, Conta, made tweeds includ- Men's Fine Sutts, worth to Mackinaw Contes; » E8"§2.48 “6c 4c Paper, make; wort hotties Ink, £2.00; now FRIDAY AND BIG SATURDAY Of the Great Wreck Sale at 1509 FOURTH AVE., NEAR PIKE ST. Join the crowds here. You will save as you never did before. Read and heed them. Be here early to avoid the big afternoon crowds. Waists, £2.00, ne 496 Last 2 Days Hurry! Don’t ! Act Quickly! Woot SPECIALIZING RAILWAY AND MARINE WRECKAGE Theatre. Merchandise Including Any Damaged Goods. 8c werth to Cc worth 1.85 now 98C dd $3.00 Soft and 79c ‘Trunks, worth to $12.00, now $6.45 Exchanged, Big lot 95c ud Sweet Capornl Goods, yard, Net Clanrettens, indies’ 44c Logwer and ‘sw Shoes: worth $3.95 * Fine Shoes; worth to $4.00; 1.49 now Suits, Young Men's Overcoats, now... $2.98 Ties in worth to 50, now Work Shoes to 84.50, $2.85 13c Wash 81.00, 29c : 6c Shoes and Montweny 49c