The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 8, 1917, Page 6

ae Matter. “ 90; year doo, Prt Soak the Plain People! It’s the good iP gress and it's in full swing right now While the Plain People are at the height of fervor, registering for their country's service, registering t egive their lives if need and chance so will, congress whang them over the head with an unequal, unjust tax bludgeon The war revenue bill as it stands, almost ready for mage, PUTS THE BURDEN ON THE POOR 4 There is little sign of conscription of wealgh in this ; Such things as enormous incomes seem to have the notice of the merry gentlemen No increase in inheritance taxes is provided geeicy is overlooked ut they got right after the little incomes—-taxing them pwn as low as $2,000 for married men and $1,000 for single Millions are to be raised by stamp taxes on things that must have to live, but the rich users of those things will mo more than the poor users of the same things This must not be. There must no such abuses “this while America’s people stand ready for the ifice in the interest of democracy Ti the Plain People are to give their lives, the rich must their cash, whether they are willing or not Congress has got to understand that! Stiff inheritance taxes, good strong taxes on incomes un $100,000 and 100 per cent taxation on incomes over that, d a proper percentage of all war profits—that LESS THAN ENOUGH old game of con- patriotic pas bill re be as supreme Compared to the tax that the poor must pay, even under! lightest levy, that would be letting the rich down easy Congress knows this. Yet congress goes blindly ahead, fing at great wealth and digging into the wages of the for all in sight Se) This is not the way to fight a great war. All the people pay their share. The poor are doomed to pay theirs rich must pay theirs also if this country is to be suc ful. " There’s not a dollar of all the wealth in the country that | mot been made by labor expended. It can all be replac ed! more labor. And there’s not a life that when once de- d is not gone forever. Because this is so, we will not have wealth sneaking 0 jon behind the backs of bonehead congressmen; will not have wealth finding safety in the cloak rooms] of Bf congressmen who have got so far away from the real per that they can no longer hear the wants of the people Tt is time that the dodo birds in W ashingte mn quit hs conspiracies against the Plain he ape WEALTH MUST COME OU AND FIGHT AS | BEALL Tits + DEMOC RAC g ML ST RULI S Won't Stay Hitched Says a reader of our recent remarks on standardization: can standardize all products of human mind or energy, a cannot standardize the human himself.” ! And ‘tis a good thing ‘tis so. Humanity progresses the human animal cannot be tied, standardized, . tule, rote or measure. Human products are m umanity is spiritual. The human combat agai lardization has meant progress. food shortage, or new environment has di dization of beast, fowl or vegetation, the meant broken into it has ening, as a rule, the diminishing of power to lead the| life. Could man have been standardized, he would still trees for acorns, nuts and other things, instead of buildings for 18 per cent interest and other things. | EDITORIALETTES | be - | THE GREATEST miracie of love is the reformation of a coquette. joucauld. PERSHING WANTS to bar correspondents from sailing with his What, Jack, after all the nice things we've said about ONE OF the amusing things about the fight for a censorship is apparent belief some quarters that Germany’s spies get their! ion from the newspapers. _ VON BI ING told the kaiser Beigium’s annexation was necessity. But ‘tis to be feared that for Kaiser Bill thie of renunciation. in ab- the M.A GOTTSTEIN aja FURNITURE CO. Qiu SPECIAL NOTICE For the purpose of co-operating with the home- furnisher during the present high cost of living, the following terms on homefurnishings will pre- vail until further notice: *$ 50, nothing down, $1.00 week, $100, nothing down, $1.25 week, oe $ 5.00 down, $1.75 week, $10.00 down, $2.50 week, $12.50 down, $3.00 week, or $12.50 $15.00 down, $3.50 week, or $15.00 We Invite the Accounts of All Reputable and Trustworthy Homefurnishers, The GOTTSTEIN original “added-to-account” policy will continue as heretofore. Customers having a current account may select a Gas Range, Refrigerator, GoCart, Lawn Mower, Garden Tools, Garden Hose, Blankets, Comforts, Bedding or other seas- onable articles, and have same adjusted without the usual first payment. HOTPOINT DEMONSTRATION ALL THIS WEEK The factory demonstrator of Hotpoint appliances will be at thie store every day this week. Come in and have her explain the saving features and economy of the famous Hotpoint utensils M. A. GOTTST#IN FURNITURE CO. Seattle's Popular Homefurnishers Second Avenue, Between Pike and Pine SOLE AGENTS: BUCKS UNION MADE STOVES AND RANGES LMAN REVOLVING-SEAT BED DAVENPORTS iE OSTERMOOK MATTRESS $ 4.00 $ 5.00 $ 7.50 $10.00 or or or or or is asking Where climatic change,| 2 “Why ‘(Continued From Our Last teeue) | Even this leaves mo still It left me plied during division,” said 1, the dark,” also tn the dark,” re Legrand, “for a few days which I made diligent in quiry, In the neighborhood of Sul livan's Island, for any building | which went by the name of the Bishop's Hotel’; for of course, 1 dropped the obsolete word ‘hostel.’ “Gaining no information on the subject, I was on the point of ex tending my sphere of search, and proceeding {n a more sys Head Munitions Board of U.S. F. Scott has been appointed chairman of the general munition board of the United Staten created by the council of nation al de He ts a Cleveland mu nitions expert and has offered his plant to the government for the manufacture of war munitions A EB. D. K's... COLYUM | Our group of seek the sangui nary trial of atre in this From ot powers did not eth war © address King Charies Austria to the MAGAZINE MARVELS "Yes, be jogged.”—Sat, Post “‘Ah!’ hissed from Ladies’ World jE DK Word comes eee Reichsrat! Eve. his lips.” b from Washington that the tax on confectio vy le to |he paid by the manufacturer |W hat's the matter with him?’ Has e lost his mind? | A GREAT DEAL LIKE THE WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE HURRYING TO ADJOURN TO GO TO A BURLESQUE SHOW Bryan was escorted to Modesto from Merced yesterday | Judge L. W. Pulkerth Maddux, G. P. Schafer and ( Creasy, Judge W. H. Langdon was chairman of the meeting, and intro: | duce the speaker with laconic brief ness by reason of the time Imit| placed on the address in order to keep the promise to adjourn by 9 o'clock to give those who wished an opportunity to attend the Kolb and Dill performance at the Mo| theatre.—Motesto, Cal, ev +s NOT YET DUE Will T live | Surgeon t You have three more operations coming Lite OBVIOUSLY | “We ought to have named that} boy Flannel remarked the father. uld we have named him ‘Flannel'?" asked the mother, in | surprise | “Because he shrinks from wash ‘ing.”——-Ladies’ Home Journal. Wo met a broker yesterday who | said he had read in the papers that | [flour bad gone down $3 in two But,” he added, “I ne what I read mm the pa unless they say it's ve about fic ing in \) \4 | Housewives in the kitchen may be called upon to play almost as portant a part in the present war as the men in the| trenches time | onomize the use of Food is the fue the buman body. The kind needed in order| lthat the body may do its work are| bread, rice, corn and other cereals, jsugar, flour, potatoes, fat, but ter and the like, The chief building foods that are [needed to rebuild body tissues are meat, eggs and milk The body also ‘needs lealta, which are best supplied in| |wilk, fruits and green vegetables The economical housewife makes p her mind what she needs before | going out to market then uys all that she needs for the day It is a waste of time and money to | run out to buy before every meal | It is important to food that | gives the most strength for the | least money. The housewife should utilize the leftovers, | Leftover cereals can be used for thickening soup. A. meal can be made from left-over meat combined with some fresh vegetable Plain, psoas ee! wholesome meals, well prepared and propert will do the most good Peas, beans, fish and cheese give the same nourishment to the body as meat and at less cost One can save money by in quantities. Flour, sugar, cereals and butter can usually be bought cheaper in quantities. Buy as much of the week's supply at one time |as you can afford, |. ¥. U. “What causes bots? | Suggest a rellable treatment.” Bolls are due to skin infections, | A vaccine is sometimes used in ad-| dition to attention to the general health, including the bowels, and| the local treatment yee boil mineral buying of | Pay for the Liberty fighters; | | buy a Liberty Bond. Hae Atenas A | Heasop's Castle. {she could guide STAR—FRIDAY, JUNE “THE GOLD BUG” BY EDGAR ALLAN POE when into my denly, that the ‘Bishop's Hont might have some reference to an old family, of the name of Bessop, | which, time out of mind, had held] possession of an ancient manor house, about four miles to the northward of the island | | accordingly went over to! the plantation, and reinstituted my inquiries among the older negroes | of the place, At length, one of the} most aged of the women said that she had heard of such a place as and thought that but that nor @ tavern manner, entered one head morning, It quite sud | me to it it Was not a castle but a high rock 1 offere her trouble, and the consented to accor the spot. We found much difficulty, when her, I proceeded to examine place, The ‘castle’ consisted of an irregular assemblage of cliffs and rocks—-one of the latter being quit remarkable for its helght as well as for tts isolated and artificial | appearance 1 eclambered to ita! apex, and then felt much at a loss as to what should be next done While 1 was busted tn ref! on, my eyes fell upon @ narrow ledge in the eastern face of the} rock, perl a yard wt munit upon which I stood. Thin] lodge about eighteen nohes was not more t a foot wid a he in the cliff Just at it gave it a rude r m blance to one of the hollow-backed chairs used by our ancestors, I made no doubt that here was the| devil's-seat } and now | secret of the riddle woll some ¢ pany 0 it dismissing th for mur, | to} to pay her witho projected and MS | une ft 1917. PAGE A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY” \¢ Y EOWARD EVERETT mit HALE AAPA ORROLEDLLS | CHAPTER VU Mystery Solved, “The ‘ood glass,’ 1 knew, have reference to nothing but telescope; for the word ‘glass rarely employed in any other rense by seamen. Now here, I at once saw, wan a telescope to be used, and a definite point of view, admit ting no variation, from which to Nor dtd | hesitate to believe that the phrase, ‘forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes,’ and ‘north-| east and by north,’ ware tntended directions for the leveling of wl Greatly exeited by these hurried bome, pro and returned to} could | 1 let myself down to the ledxe, | and found that it was impossible to retain a upon it except in) particular position, This fact} confirmed my preconceived idea, 1| proceeded to use the glass, Of} course, the ‘forty-one degrees and | thirteen minutes’ could allude to thing but elevation above the vis-| idle horizon, since the horizontal direction was clearly indicated by the words, ‘northeast and by north This latter direction I at once es tabli by moans a poeke then, pointing the glass at an angle of forty degrees of olevation as | could do} guess, | moved It cautiously up or down, until my attention was | arrested by a circular rift or ing in the follage of a large tree | at overtopped its fellows in the| distance. In the center of this rift I perceived a white spot, but could | not, at first, distinguish what it} was, Adjusting the focus of the} telescope, | again looked, and now | hed of # nearly one by i b o grasp the feli|inese {t Get to be 6 Beaman akell.” (Concluded in Our Next Issue) Uncle Sam’s Naval Heroes | CAPT. JAMES LAWRENCE One of the most courageous heroes in the history of our navy was Capt ing has become a w James Lawrence, the man whose dying warn- ohword in the United States navy James Lawrence had little naval training, but when the time came to show his worth he astounded the world by hie marvelous bravery Lawren came a midshipman in th in His firet servic Tripolitan tox, where he dist ery tenant 8 was born fn Burlington N. J., Oc t 1, 1781, be States navy in 1798, and Meu e was in the war against tho inguisbed himself for his brav crew Disioyal In 1808, Lawrence came and became captain in Hornet off tb ret for more pay non, a larker disciplined crew In spite of the disloyal crew up to the Shannon before return he was wounded tn he directs battle, until the As the Chesapeake was d wer le men, this day Hut the untrainet and u stand the heavy of the captured, The to his surgeon last "Go on deck and tell the officers to fight on to t shall wave while I live * died on never strike the colors, The Pour days later Lawrence The Daylight Store Independence” For 1 Year's Freedom From Clothing ilie—For 1 Year's Confidence That Your “Looke” Are Right—For 1 Year's Assurance of Wear and No “Care"— Come in Today and Choose a Michaels-Stern Suit $15 to $25 We Can Fit You We Can Please You We Can Save You Money Do It Today and Be Prepared FOR THE “FOURTH” Furnishings and Hats JOHN LINDH CO. 1201-3-5 Third Ave. CORNER SENECA S&T, Robert J. Johnson A. E, Wilmot 1811 atill rebe heavier armed and with kane words of the unfortunate commander were In th oan Lawrence en he met the a Wwoll trained and Lawrence drew his ship close 1 a broadside. At tho first the arm, and, lying on deck, ship was captured. being battered into a use- mass of wreckage, Capt. Lawrence urged on his shouting the words that remain his epitaph to Don't give up ie ae ? 4 crew could not with and the Chesapeake was lat and board the Shannon |Star Readers Write on Many Topics = # alwayr been canning tin and prohibitively ne the laborer and poorer cla cerned, and they are th need it most, and the may seem at first p oun one, but to me ble The | habit pound | calling ache the next out both, and | been sucking surely | and a be meal Sugar th at i be far as * Con. on that suggestion a ridicule must be arttent ear ¥ ink, or by type must be slgned with the true name and ad dress of the writer, but the name will not be publivhed If the writer so requests sonalities must Tan in pen writer. letters and They "Gen. Bell, Who Has | Left Western Army °° be omit ted | Write on one sheet only Latters must be not than 200 words jn length role and wide of the D. fo head will have to go withp the child that hag a taffy stick, will @ healthier “tummy* er appetite for « square Your very truly c CHIUST " more CONSCRIPT CAPITAL Editor The Star; The govern ment does not beg for men; it con-| scripts them ] The government does beg for capital, Cun you tell me why it| does not conseript capita KE. A. HOLMES Editor's Note—Certainly, cap. ital should be conscripted, and we can each help by writing our congresemen to that effect Let us not delay. It Is true that never before hae any war been paid by the conscription of wealth—-and the idea is therefore and hard- er to put over than the older one of conecripting men, The fact that it never hy. been done before, however, d not diminish the justice behind such action were it adopted today, P SON, A CORRECTION Editor The In your {s giving the names of thove were arrested for “ «the ar law, you made statement that fam Sadler was national commit teeman of the socialist party, | Kindly correct that statement, ag he is not now and, in fact, never was national committeeman. MARY M. bROWN Recording Secretary Local, Bremerton, ho renistir the GERMAN-AMERICAN AID8 Editor The Star As a loyal American citizen, of German de scent, I desire to offer for the tree use of the gove nt one Inter. national Harvester sutomobdile model No. 1, the latest of that tyle, there being nothing but @ Nien of $26 against it. A TO HELLWIG, Kirkland, R. D. No. L NO ROOM FOR NARROWNESS | Editor The Star: 1 wish to sper a word in regard to your ed itor! about that old German co: In this country of democ nr we b no room for such narrow-minded people or person who could utter a word against such a noble effort to raixe enough money to purchase a cow for such exerving people as this couple. In my opinion, such one-sided, nar parties should not be| to live in a country such I cannot believe such par. | a citizen of the M ve * umbaswoao MAT.GEN. J. FRANKLIN BELL This picture ts the latest of Gen. Bell taken an he took up his new duties as bead of the department of the Bast, with headquarters in New York, succeeding Mej-Gen Leonard Wood, Until recently he wa command of the Western fepartmest, at San Francisco. He i the American lake site for ning reserve WOULD SAVE GRASS Editor The Star: While we are saving everything we can for the benefit of humanity, why not save the grass that is cut upon our streets every year and carted off to tot or to burn? There were ten tons or more burned at the foot of Roano! . two years ago, The same season I saved quite a mess of it and fed it buy a Liberty bond, no matter al) and liked it. It makes splendid hay if cured right and put into @ stack, always k ng the middie lof the stack or rick the highest, so jit will shed rain N. row-minded ty can be | 7 a tr - WAS HE FOOLISH? P pi Editor The Star: Mr. H. D. Par. fons, a friend of mine, came into the shipyard this morning with a amile all over his face, on account of the Kood move he made Mr. Editor, we are both working for the Skinner @ Eddy Co. ship builders, Both of us got off th car at Firet ave. and Yesler wa: walked up to Second ave., up Sec ond ave. to 810, to the Washington Savings & Loan bank, We stopped for a few minutes, when finally he ed that both of us buy our Liberty Bond. 1 told him a few dollars in said bank. afford it. His the cent unwise move, when giving bim 5 per Sam is giving him BA The postal sav- Uncle Sam's pays and yet many peo-} ple prefer to patronize Uncle. as) Mr. Ia foolish? Perhaps, tf} everything were counted in dollars | and cents, and nothing else. But there must be a satisfaction in Mr. Parsons’ heart and mind that the mere 5 per cent of a bank not give, It is the satisfaction that not only has he that $100, but made an bank was and Uncle per cent? Editor's Note ings bank of only 2 per cent M. GLADWIN, 134 Roanoke St CAN IT BE DONE? Editor The Sts Can you oF y one else explain how a man, ning only $3 per day and hav ing a family to support, with the present exorbitant prices on all the necessaries of living, can manage to buy a Liberty band, no matter it is being held for his BOY, while | now much he may wish to do so, | it Is also helping his country. He nor how economical and thrifty could not think of his boy fn just!ihey may he? that way by having a mere bank| ‘There {js a saying that “We can book do anything we wish, if we want to do it badly enough,” and I know {t_ SAVE ON CANDY BiLL | 2?" fact happens to the old man, I want to| Editor The Star: At this time, |, oiveq, tsk rove syhen te" -anene to" give the boy a start.” when it matter of saving food — He said, “Dy golly, I'm going to|and conserving in every possible |Oner—well, some People cas, of buy the kid a government bond.”| way, would {t not be possible also“ "0s" but “ners @ limit to ite He gave Mr. Darrow his bank | to save a useless waste of sugar by Gastictty. M B.D book and told him to take $288 | prohibiting the manufacturing of He Called Flag “Rag” out of this book and give it to! candies? Uncle Sam and “Make the bonds We can certainly get along fine and Gets in Trouble When William Sheppard, 2641 to my boy, Byron Kenneth | without candy, besides, it would Parsons.” |save a goodly number of dentist Mr. Parsons is considered the best | and doctor bills, and the sugar thus machine riveter on the Coast. His saved would help along in the can Mth ave, W., yard recently, Matt Subbat, a neigh- bor, told him to “take that rag down and bury it. Now Sheppard is bring- residence is located at 2413 Fifth ning season ave, W . while we are at it, send ing “abusive language” charges axalnst Subbat. nl at I couldn’ to me was thi Bob, | am a hard working a nd lam working in a danger ous place, aw you know shipyards | are always dangerous, and I've got one boy 7 years old, and If anything 1 asked my friend Parsons why | the candy maker out on the farm he made such a move, and he said, | to gather the harvest and pick fruit because The Star asked him to.|for a ange. Now, seriously, | Editor, don't you think that man! wouldn't th help some? LEND YOUR SAVINGS TO UNCLE SAM Because many pec not spare cash to buy bonds and pay for t LI For 10 The Banks Will Help You To Help Your Government . ple, who would like to assist the Government in financing the war, have Liberty Bonds, the banks of Seattle will lend you the money to buy hem from your savings during the next nine months. YOU CAN BUY ERTY BONDS o Down and 10% Per Month At 34% Interest The banks offer to sell bonds up to $500 for each individual on the payment of 10 per cent down and the ¢ deferred payments. cent interest earned The Governmer and supplies for the in the world and hol A $50 bond can be bought for $5 down ligation to pay 10 per cent per month and 3% per cent interest on the and $5 per month. The 3% per by the bond repays the purchaser for the interest on the loan. Your Money Helps Finance the War gets the immediate use of your money and pays it out for equipment iroops who fight for you. You invest your savings in the best sec urity d your bond as a certificate that you have assisted in conducting this war. nt You do your duty and reap a substantial profit. o to Any Bank and Buy a Bond Today LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE CF SEATTLE REPRESENTING THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY hoisted a flag in his) 4