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Member of the Sertpps North west Laacus of Newspapers The Seatt Entered at Seattle, By mail, out of ctty, one year MORE THAN 60,000 COPIES SOLD DAILY. The American Shell ECRETARY DANIELS of the navy department ha for bids on armor piercing shells in the hope of An English concern, Hadfields Limited, of Sheff om on 16-inch shell at $513 per shell. The lowest $775 per shell. Furthermore, the British concern offers delivery in 16 months, while the American firms want to take 36 months to do the work. : The fact is that American munitions manufacturers are so busy with profitable war orders that they do not want to supply their own government with shells. Theit patriotism is of that variety whic Sively stimulated with gold to make it work. We are getting tired of that kind of patriotism! © must be built up and must be supplied with munitic 36 months or any other months longer than the shortest possible time in Furthermore, have to depend upon a foreign munitions-making concern to supply the Amer- / which these shelis can be manufactured. . fcan navy with ammunition. : There is just one way out, and Secretary Daniel —the building program of August 29,.1916—provided $1,411 for ing a government plant for the manufacture of projectiles. A beginning has been made on this plant, and Secretary Daniels is about to ask congress to | double the appropriation for the projectile plant. * Congress should not hesitate to do it. Furthermore, congress ought to B realize that the greater the facilities which the government itself has for man- ufacturing its own munitions, the more likely the government will be to get “reasonable bids for furnishing such supplies. ‘ We have put up with dollar patriotism about as To restore the death penalty in this state is a step rd. Murder cannot be legalized y We Mobilize ZATION of the United States navy has planned to| the minutest detail. Within an hour after an order from the| President, the fighting ships would have their orders and would to their stations. Hundreds of orders have been made out, /signed, ready to be turned over to telegraph and wireless operat All these orders fit a general plan Which has been worked out by 6 nAYy experts for use in the war emergency when !t comes. Prery) bas its station and every officer bis duties. ‘One of the first tasks in the mobilization of the fleet will be to every available vessel with its full complement of men. To do} many of the land stations and navy yards would have to be) upon. In case of . it would be necessary also to enlist addi-) for the navy, who would be used to put the reserve fleet) commission. The principal ships of the fleet—the battleships and at Guantanamo, off Cubda—are fairly well manned and could Auto action on short notice. They would, however, have to get ‘tenders and lay in supplies ané@ ammunition, in addition to the carried in peace times. The department has already acted to| extent of sending officers to their ships and warning them to be/ tm caso they are needed, Seattle man sues wife for divorce because she smoked in bed. Where there’s smoke there's fire, but mtly it isn’t necessarily the fire of love. Does Not Mean War are fourteen diplomatic steps which may intervene between "the dismissal of an ambassador or the breaking off of diplomatic | relations by other methods before war is declared. The Fabian | has investigated this subject and tabulated the various steps, ‘May precede such declaration. The United States was once with: @iplomatic relations with Italy for two years after the Mafia riots, Orleans. The Italian ambassador waa recalled, and he did not Until satisfaction, in the form of damages and appropriate apol- had been rendered to his country. The United States, however, Ro time close to war with Italy by reason of the mutual with- a of ambassadors The case of Ambassador Dumba of Austria is one of more recent fon. The seriousness of “a diplomatic break” between coun fs rather traditional than real. It comes down from that time the ambassador was, in fact, the only practical and authorized in of his nation, when diplomatic communications came tn long | documents, conveyed on sailing ships, after voyages lasting . They have little part in this generation, when Washington) talk with Berlin thru Sayville on an hour’s notice, or the kaiser can inicate proposals of peace by printing them in the London news- To the casual observer, the popular singer at the But- ler receives Piles of admiration. | DER the United States supreme court decision (o the effect that even “private escapades” across e lines come under violation of the Mann white slave law, Maury Diggs, one of the Californians the test cases, must go to the penitentiary. After his conviction, years ago, Diggs married the girl, and there is a child Passing up what Diggs and wife undoubtedly have suffered for a rm of “escapade” that’s pretty ordinary, if you tell the truth about ft, which suffering is probably full punishment of itself, there is the ing of the innocent child to be considered “My papa was a convict thru bad conduct with my mamma”—that’s & fine thing for a child to live down, isn't it? 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Gilbert, of Millbro, ‘Va., says that Dr. Caldweil’s Syrup ke psin is a splendid laxative for | children because they like its pleas ant taste, and it acts #o easily and ) naturally, without griping or strain, } and she finds it equally effective for the rest of the family. | Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin in a | combination of simple laxative Gy herbs with pepsin that contains opiate or narcotic drug. It is es | To avoid imitations and ineffec tive substitutes be sure you get Dr Caldwell'’s Syrup Pepsin. Seo that a facsimile of Dr. Caldwell's sig-| nature and his portrait appear on mild and gentle in its action, aud|the vellow carton in which the bot does not cause pain or discomfort.| tle is packed. A trial bottle, free Druggiste everywhere sell this ex-| of charge, can be obtained by wr lent remedy for fifty cents ajing to Dr. W. B, Caldwell, 45 Washington St., Monticello, Llinols le S oe jsome rasbo. |charge of a stri STAR—FRIDAY, FEB. 9, 1917, PAGE 4 RY THE PRESIDENT! W 4 Published Datty My The Star Pudliehing Ce, Y Main 600 tar | matter h up to # mos (Continued From Our Last | e) HLOEK, overwhelmed tions; the grim truth that love does not necessarily come run ning to meet Jove was all that #he could master. In three days b jface had grown woefully poin | When her mother gave suggestions |for following up her good begin ling and completing the fund, Chic jtook the lists of names, then went up to her room and lay on her bed all morning, staring at the wall “Chloe isn't well,” Mrs sald excusiogly, as she (ramped off for the day's campaign, “She must have a change And #o she spread the tale of her daugh ter'a need, And she came home shining with good news “Chloe, dear! She had to «it down for breath, “The nicest thing. The Commodore is plan ning to take out the yacht in June for ® month's cruise, and if he does, you are to be asked to go Isn't that splendid? For 24 hours the stimulus lasted and Chloe went about with a new step; then came the aweet, heavy dusk, made for lovers only, and the respite was over hated the steps now, but she pened the front door and stole out for a breath of tres A dim mass at her feot stirred took human outline. Then eyes adjusted to the darkness found herself looking upturned face, He sat [tho he had been there a T thought you we tng,” Alex said irritably had changed him; his dimmed, his shoulders had dropped Game s decided to re-advertise getting more reasonable ield, England, submitted American bidder wants h requires to be exces- The American navy ns and we haven't got we don’t want to s realizes it. The last bill 222 for erect- oun as he she lexe vily, as ne time never com color was long as we can stand it. COUNT FIFTY! NO “RHEUMATIC PAIN Don't Suffer! Instant Relief Follows a Rubbing With “St. Jacob's Oil.” rheumatiam not one rnal treatment petrating Ja on the “tender the time you > COLYUM — Here's one of Peaceful Henry's } aime “Just use my plant; no money | claims. Get the habit, Wilson, grab it You know a Ford killet Jesse James.” Stop ts fifty Rob dosing pain only requires hing. pe obs ON" right spot,” and by Jack Robinson rheumatic palm ar Jacobs Oll” conquers pain harmless = rt which never and jdoesa't burn the skin, It takes |pain, soreness and stiffness from laching joints, muscles and bones stops sciatica, lumbago, backache, neuralgia and red Limber up! emall trial bottle of old-time, honest “St. Ja cobs Ol" from any drug store, and ‘in a moment you'll be free from pains, aches and stiffness. Don't suffer! Rub rheumatism away | _" m WHY HAVE | GRAY HAIR ‘Sunshine and Air and Q-Ban Will Quickly Re- store Its Natural Color. DON’T USE DYES /You Can Have Soft, Lus- trous, Handsome Hair in Abundance Without Sticky or Dangerous Chemicals — “Back to Nature.” st out nes reas i di It isa Hotment ELH. K. WHAT HAS BECOME begged ee GAVE It) MT NU vias? ar THE TIME . Homer Fromage and the Hired-| Man Poet of Georgetown collaborat ed on the following “The councilman thought of his past And future, then, appalled, ‘By gum,’ quoth he, ‘I need to be Reformed, not just recalled! ee on gra 1 not In go i) gift natura Other auto lmerick contributors are Everett Hervey, 107 40th ave N. E.; G. 'T. Cororon, 1830 38th ave. | N.; H. A. Eyl, 1431 Third, and|{t Shorty.” p The limerick contest closes Sat-|! urday. Seats will be awarded Mon-|'\" day. ee A SIMP MORAL EDITORIAL Part 2. (Continued From Our Last) t Well, Tom kept going along at| with. his work like a Hindoo, and also| wh ran the Sunday school class on ; sleep morning. It was there ‘Tom | yr nt met Minnie Muzosky, the butoher’s| original, uniform daughter and manicurist in Olson’s| Met, Pretend to w tonsorial studio at the Grand|todungercus dye hotel, fake ©-Ban's It wasn't many months before, "ent and they both 6lid up the center aisle! one? *4 for an “until death do us part.” Meanwhile, Jerry was going|*! from worse to worser—he could| J throw sevens and elevens with a rubber ball, fooling with politics and had his eye on a couple of || lighthead box-fighters, Five Years Later—Same Cast Jerry, the boneheaded boob who only filled up space in the room when he went to school, is now Hie is alderman of! « rung a saloon, has| Pr’ of pugs; cleaned wears at and coveted of «ra Q-Ban Hatr Color Restorer, and rims belong eky paints and « safe, perma 1 keeps the le abundant a ronclad Guarantee Your money nderful the 24rd ward, up coin on ste lware of tache, brown derh and chewa'f cigars; has the police department |"; under his thumb and is quite some Pasha | Tom is etill with barrel foundry and has a blister on bis thumb from poking the time-clock, He tk also teaching his| 3°"! kids to walk on their hands phi : on account of the high cost of shoe| name 4 leather. moe IT'S ALL WRONG, ALL WRONG, | jin YOU HOPEFUL SCHWABS AND): CARNEGIES. p Simpson's |g Han Advertise free. ment TERETE ROTM PE ESE BUY MOET in disas-) | bery. ‘Jali going to feel if it is @ flat fall *|mo thing © 0000000000000000000008008 By Juliet W. 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Jaway from thelr fighting square | “I thought you were in the coun try,” Chloe sald, with cheerful ease | “T couldn't stand commuting j|Alex spoke thru set teeth, “It jarove me wild.” | "New York hasn't | nie she told him yachting next month.” “SUI raising the wind | How's the fund coming on?" ‘Very well, indeed,” she said | with spirit ‘ “Congratulations!” He waa ris ing to hin feet. “Good night,” he added over his shoulder; but @ firm | volee stopped him Alex—-do you think you are a very good boy tonight?” He half turned, “Forgive me,} Toto; I'm sorry,” he muttered, For} oment he hung between going staying, then with a shrug he himself off Chioe wat where she was until) the lights behind her began to go| jout; then she went to the corner! and crossed the street to look up} into her father's face | He does love me,” she nilently told him. “Perhaps he doesn't want to 1 don't care’ It's jall right Oh, father, | jI'm glad! been “Tl may 69} Chioe?| a to I don't know he loves me. I'm glad!” CHAPTER IV An Angel for Raiston’s Play Mra, Cartaret’s ally closed by this she | and Ralston was still hurry there in the early morn house the town, ing mat year between him and his inspi He returned | Sometime now it was ore bis family saw him I've got cba chance,” be cried as he evening, “Mra, Cartaret to back my play. She it thinks {t isa great drama. It will go on as it ie—aa I want rf no truckiing to vulgar, ignorant | managers and having the h it the number of laughs there are | a scene. It is going on whole beautifully produced, because | woman cares for pure art and ien't afraid to stand by it, My life has begun, at last! j Mre i not quite stand Ye t has always be Heved in you, Rawly,” she sald, a| tremble in her voice | The ood news even better by morning. The richness of the opportunity grew on them till the house seemed to hold no other topic. Chloe had had her secret |doubts as to Ralston’s talent. It takes years and much forbearance for a woman to surmount the an- cient convention that man, whether fitted to {t or not, must earn money. Now she saw how small her vision | had been. Ralston, if the play makes you very rich * whe sald You all keep talking about the| money,” he broke in. “I wish you could realize how little that mat jters. We don't «peak or think of it, Mrs, Cartaret and I. What we are trying to do is so much bigger} than money.” Ralston had demanded absolute secrecy about the play, implying darkly that a word might burst the lovely bubble, but Chloe begged permission to tell Alex He never repeats anything urged Oh, ston an And Chloe did that very The tale demanded | but Alex heard it with | jand a grim mouth, The an explosion, “Lord that man won't take!” Chioe reeolied, “Why he take “Why shouldn't he hold woman who has no one to | Alex broke off. ‘Look here, | Chloe, we've got to have this thing out. I've dodged as long as I can |Now I'm going to say everything I | feel, once for all. j “Helena Cartaret Is, without ques: | tion, a lovely lady; the only thing} she lacks is brains, She is no more room ening be-| ain my real irat In one is going | eves in| my she tell him if you must, ered Ral-| evening. | enthusism wered God, shouldn't up a (capable of judging the value of a |play than Billy is. To let her back jit without some cool, outside tn |dorsement is plain highway rob. She isn't a very rich woman, | Twenty or thirty thousand dollars | will matter to her. How are you| ure?" | Chloe clung to her anger, “Sup- | pose she wanted to back your dyna-| wouldn't you let her” “No!” He almost shouted it. “A woman in her position wasn't any way to replace her money. The o|/man who gambles with it gambles with her whole life’s freedom.” “Do be “You don't ston Is. for him.” “Yes; he'd be bored to death. 1 |m it, literally,” he insisted at |her angry start, “He has decided fair, Alex!” she cried understand what Ral An office would be death ‘|from the first that he was to sing for his supper; to have to drudge for it now, lke other men—he would fall {ll and die of sheer ex: | asperation. | “Oh, Chloe, T want you to gee this |thing as it is! Your father was a great inan, and the world was so appreciative of him that it has half ruined his other children. You came a little too late, thank heaven, but you are so loyal to your family that leven Toto, it's the most in jsidious danger in the world, to learn }to take! You can't do it indefinitely and not be corrupted, not begin to think {what you can get out of every per-| son and every situation, And it }makes you the under-dog—Chloe needn't tell me you d suffer when you ise that money, the other day! That suffering was your warning; but you can wear it down if you keep on.” ‘1 oried, Chloe, you didn't erla out hated and loathed it,” she| Nothing was ever so hor-! very }any “The Seed of the Righteous” Copyright, 1916 by the Hobba-Merrill Co they thought IT cowardly, not willing Hard things had What was the rible! But velfteh and to do my share. been done for me! answer to that?” “The anewer was that rn ft with your two hands before 1 Would go out and beg for it! What right had you to the earn ings of others? Dearest, don't take more—refuse! Don't join on the family graft! The last word was fatal. Chive hurt beyond bearing, flung off his touch You have no right to call it that! for the first selfcommand that others do? word, it's a joke Oh, | see your mother's but, for all that, she ts the grand t old grafter . The word crashed lke If that way you} see us, there in nothing more to be said, she rushed on My mother is the biggest person I bh known. When you are to understand her, yo back and apologize.” (Continued in Our Next Issue) you would time he lont Don't you #u Chioe, its a by the Gage way! finenens. a nto in the ver ough can come ew Patti Took ‘No Singing Lessons o N ‘eeccs GALLI, CURCI Galli Curci is newest grand op. era idol and calied the “new Patti,” but never took a singing lesson. | Her study in music was devoted to the piano. The new etar is 26. She | was unknown in the United 8! six months ago. She is the wi of Marquis Galli, portrait painter. She has just signed for five grand | opera seasons. The human body contains among other constituents, about two pounds of phosphorus. 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