The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 21, 1917, Page 6

STAR—THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1917, PAGE 6 RRA ARR RR STORY ABOUT A HUNGRY AUTOCRAT—A MODERN FABLE Once upon a time, there was an autocrat who was waiting on his table, and in his vest pocket held lesser one and the autocrat badly needed money and victuals, That's the way autocrats look at things, you know, very hungry. He and all his subjects were ve hungry peoples, such as Italians, Turks, Serbians, Portuguese, for himself and all his powers, So, as any other person So, this mighty autocrat, not needing to use his own for both food and money, because a long, bitter war had Grecians, Rumanians and Bulgarians, while all he had to would do, he looked about for somebody having cash people, sent over great hordes of his Turks, Indians, Mex. been fought do was to put on a war scowl and go out and pick off the and food. And he found that somebody This war was a large war and it had reduced not only bushes all the Dutch, Swedes, Danes and Norwegians Not far away, by sea or under-sea, he saw a nation the victorious autocrat’s country but all the neighbor that he needed, Not only was he the autocrat over all that was fat with resources, money, breadstuffs and other fing vanquished countries to the starving point. To be these peoples, but his system of starvation had won him property, and he smiled a wide smile when he saw that bombed the children, executed the nurses and sick, and Sure, this autocrat had more power in hand than any other command over their former colonies and he could go down the fat party had spent its time, energy and opportunity cleaned that nation out of its fat, for the autocrat who ever lived, but he needed food and money to keep into Africa and get black power, or into India or Mexico in trying to decide whether the poor or fhe rich should Of course, this is only a synopsis of the story about his power alive. or South America and get partly black power, or into pay for the defense of that property, 90 or so per cent of the great autocrat. Some 530 representative men are try- le had starved a great people called the British and the Far East and get yellow power to do his bidding it being owned by the rich. “Strikes me as funny,” said ing to write a whole book about it, over at Washington, With them, their superlative navy. He had crushed a So, you see, this autocrat had power enough the autocrat to himself. “Of course, the rich shouldn't They'll fini h it, too, unless some sort of a is started, Great people called the French, He had the Austrians But, as already intimated, the war had been an awful pay.” Moral; The fatter they are, the sounder they sleep, icans and yellow men, who burnt down churches, schools and homes, killed the men, ravished the girls and wives, nae || ane pec peas rs HE SEATTLE STAR}-.©.D. K's’) “JANE EYRE” | snainie Co: j 1907 Seventh Ave, Near U st. LY UM mi “oa BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE : ‘ By Danie! DeFee 17 An fetters must bear the | |oationst port oe ood the bent OF SCRIPPS NORTHWEST L EWSPrArERS j name and address of writer | |hood of man. JAMES LUND, —— - and must not be more than Redondo, Wash, Telegraph News Service of A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL | (Continued From Our Last Issue) | by a warning fregrance, It is Mr.jmy existence upon receipt of bin 200 words long. If you do not White « wedding party was in y —-\. ‘ER IV Rochester's cigar jlong-delayed letter from = Mrs. 2 ne published, so. | | in Coellia hall, 1Ot Grand.» CHAPTER IV : Rooh-| Reed; tt had seemed almost itke »/ | “ant, Name Dulles I berg, early today, one 1 Find Love 1 was retreating; but Mr, Roch Use pen or typewriter. Do || been no arrests for circulating for bis wealth and favor. But! | not crowd space, Write on any petition to congress or LAR nnn mae Editor's Note—There have mall, out of city, thc per month ap to 6 m + * Ce » Ry carrier, ctty 25 n ut Riga wuit| Merry days were those at Thorn-| ester intercepted me Brg Richey gation r - | et hat | was to wed, it seemed | | one wide of sheet only. asking for the repeal of any acquaint my nearest ° tis | | Daity up «| field Hall; and busy days, too. But} “Jane,” he commenced, as we oe ieee emantin ‘ ’ lat last the party brobe up, and|strayed in the direction of the Ang 0 re erp ee = law, Arrests made hore Sa eR | head. “repped Quiet again settled over the house-|sunk fence and the horse-chestnut “ + on charges against men whe hold. “Thornfield is a pleasant place in| As the day of the wedding ap PETITIONING CONGRESS circulated statements alleged on the part of the guests te gee ahetr |, Nothing definite was sald of Mr. /summer, is it not?” jProached T began to look for a re-| xditor The Star In your paper of| to counsel forcible resistance the Cross trow the wardrote, sem. Rochester's marriage with Miss ! “You, sir.” |ply; ft would have been good to, wednesday, June 6, Tread of men| to the select service law. Urg special policeman gram, but the servants, and even! “You must have become tn yo have had some other than kind/in geattle being arrested for clr. ing anarchistic resistance to There isn’t any Cross of the Legion of Heaor for Manus ~~ ed Mrs, Fairfax, consjdered it a set |degree attached to the house a Fairtex wie me well, But culating a petition to the United, law Is not synonymous with fgan. .He led no troops that slaughtered. He bombed no| 'ested—Breekiyn (N, ¥.) Kagle. {ued affair, ‘The house party, she| "Iam attached to it, Inde ro - — = Ree ver look States congress. If it is a crime| the right of petition and free ee ee |said, was as ood as an announce-| “Pity!” he said, and sighed and |'n&, sin change of residence or|for a citizen to use his constitu.| speech. ment of the engagement paused Geath even could easily have pre- tional rights, they had better come | 3 It was the week after the party] “Must I leave Thornfield?” 1) Vented my missive from reach.ng|ond arrest me too, as 1 have cir gonists from the skies. He killed no one t Wak GMa for Say li se N. 1 He was but a miner, one of the rough, sooty fellows you! waiking. Ella B. Briter, say we | left that I was summoned to Gatos: | asked j'ts destined reader culated several copies of said men Joe oprings Novelty imes meet. He was young, had a little home, a wife and ank Leganek, a Cleveland /bead. In all these years | had| “I believe you must, Jane.” At last the day arrived, Sophie | tioned petition in my neighborhood! Friends of Lieut, Joe Mason at ‘tes 7 came at 7 to dr e; whe ant child. Just one of the plain, every-day fellows you pass e#mster, was injured in a runa never once heard either from or of Th ‘ou are going to be mar. | Cai long joabad te ite Meband got many signers the police station were surprised thout notice, whom you let go thru life without feeling that 2%, We are slad he didn't b my aunt and cousins. But now, | ried, sir? : If It fe & crime to Gleagree witt his Leganek |the message sald, Mrs. Reed was| “Ex-act-ly-——pre-cise-ly; with your re task; so long that Mr. Roches- | President Wilson on some of his to see him coming down the street y are your brothers. Manus Duggan! How common it Wa Shing ts the proprietor of a| 4¥!ns and wanted to see me. acuteness, you have bit the poi 4 1 fib Be 94 why I did not| war polictes, I also plead guilty. I in what looked like a grand piano ds when uttered with names that the world calls great! | Chinese hand laundry at 2301 Firet|, | had some difficulty tn obtain. ceived at th t own. I was re iam neither proGerman nor anti Thursday morning. Close inspec ; ; ave . " ing leave from Mr, Rochester, but or. och 'e foot of the stairs by German, pro-Enelish nor anti-Hng-|tion proved the vehicle to be noth Boerne Duggan saved men in that Montana mine catas Mra, Bump was shaken up bdy\t last he allowed mo a week. I soon, my—that is, Mr. Rochester. lish, but I am opposed to Prus|ing more than a Ford dressed up ia » and died. As his breath grew short, down there in) jing down a flieht of staire in a|@SDE Bay here It was a month be: | Eyre; Adele must Ko to achool; (Continued in Our Next lesue) sianizing and Morganizing this f. Circasian walnut finish, lack depths of the earth, he scribbled on a piece of paper, factory in Kalamazoo, Mich fore I returned. My aunt was dy: | you nm wien they have now found on his corpse, “Air's getting foul And speaking of the $200,000 | (9s, and I was able to be of use| uation r you, Miss Eyre, must get a new sit- : rs camp se 4 in her demoralized household Yes, sir, ¥ will advertise imme T'm not afraid to die ompaton ahat those of jut It was not with a view of| diate! blood and flesh be o| | The world will soon forget Duggan health by the Red Cross, th °| securing my services that she had| “In about a month I hope to be And the world will soon forget the fire at the home of | Fred Crosser, a meat cutter, 2409 neat. sent Pda letter, Dale wal bt re Soggy > ag Yeap Mr i och . Ss ie f ome PT *1) for. {Irving place, Seatth she had kept for years, and then | ester © have been good friends, i Deputy Sheriff Jack Madden Tuesda It will for place, Sea ; site lak Sent betes Gis Med: tate |Jabe) have we Bott . , wh 4 Ss ik ity to hitnself, broke into el y “Yes how a man, who kept his identity rinse TOMS TOO ss cestenn Latte. s. deaiotic tana | T y You, air ouse, and, scorning the fury~of the flames and the pos- UNANIMOUSLY . ; “And when friends are on the i ¢ yo-year-ok th « of th Tt was J unanimously thet di “ leve of separation, they lke to of death, carried two-year-old Elizabeth out of the |,1 wee coreed canctmontty Gat Gung Will you have the goodne: to | spend the Yettls tlie: that ‘Seiten e then vanished. Tho the baby later died, it does not ing and a drink. Or two things |8eNd me the address of my niece,|/"'' Uh th othen, Cems : , for = beverage. Several so- Jane Eyre, and to tell me how she| ; © each om e nize his heroic act Stromaburs have adepted that |ig: it is my intention to write short. | here in the chestnut tree; here is — : sen ae a fe . forgot- y, among them the W. €. T. 0 6 bene y The world will soon forget, if it has not already forgot-| Mi lately: among them the w. nd deaire her to come to me ap|th bench at Ite old roots. “We will i young Freeman Coburn, 16, of Seattle, who rescued one eee Mad Providence has blessed! ) : i fs should noevermore be destined to On June 11 King County awarded the contract for paving,, with concrete, fion, and was drowned in the attempt to save a second We notice that another call haa|My endeavors to secure a COMP | i ie. together.” He seated ti a been ixsued for volunteers, This|tency; and ae | am unmarried and) og yi aie the Houghton-Medina-Bellevue road, 5.02 miles in length, at a price of $96,000. ‘ P ‘ P wouldn't be a t gy oe sw jeniidiess, | wish to adopt her dur. ; eat Be roar of battle, no cheers of victory, no flag for the o¢ the S90000 whe bas pai for dod beh my life, and bequeath at] ot sae Pathe shin oe te 4 Just_a few weeks ago King County awarded the contract for paving with con- eyes, no glorious thought of sacrifice for comnry Lone with Roosevelt to enlist with Uncle | my death whatever | may have to! © before in my life, I nee erete, 3.76 miles of the Pacific Highway, known as the Duwamish-Renton Junction Seeaess, Garkness, as the air to breathe lowers and | Sam . 4% bg hes he roam ‘the necessity of departure; and it road, at a price of $65,842. é fs! In the Valley of the Shadow of Death, Manus feared Om SOHN AYRE *tandeive.” « like looking on the necessity of % either for himself, nor for his wife and babe. Young FATHER : : death.” No maintenance guarantee was required of the contractor on either of these om Brother spades tt, A fortnight of calm succeeded my Ww - . a : ; P Ptan8et. . could feel no such earthly fear. They had no need) Nates.ina encden ti return to the Hall. Nothing was sig cei or two roads, notwithstanding that bids for paving these roads with Vitrified Brick, were giving their lives for friends. The Good (ile Solr fo. ee dard “und? said of the master's marriage, and|” “Whore? You, sir, have placed backed by our guarantee of twenty years service, were also submitted. The cement MitgS the Cross of Honor on such, tho the world Sister seeds ft. T saw no preparation going on for|it before me.” manufacturers, who are promoting the construction of concrete roads, offered no Mother weeds {t— such an event. Almost every day| +4 what shape?” guarantee. ; Still its Father's Garden. { asked Mrs, Fairfax if whe had} in the wh: ‘et Seis 2 er 8 yet heard anything decided; hei your bride” ape #8 Ingram BARBAROUS CALUMNY Frese ik oe always in the nega!" ty bride! What bride? I have iss towns. He was no daring aviator who fought his 20 ‘ Ella B. Brite, a Cincinnatt school These contracts were awarded simply as the result of comparison of the first “Bat you will have.” a year ago a young fellew finished school and| Somebody has told 1 have bh fee bake the ee hed an cb | “Yeu:—I will!—I will!" He set belief is apparently shared by the King County authorities—that it is better to ’ i Y cong 1 , given the Nelson boy the bar- vain his teeth. build roads of concrete, because of its cheaper first cost, than to buifd with more sto work. His father wrote him a congratulatory note! pers itch and I want the peo. |‘ bed with the sun. [ watched!” «tien 1 must go—you have said : “4 » because of i heaper first st, tha: ) that he was glad his son had “secured a position.” ple to know that it positively ae ihe aleeg oe oes Sate her] ip yourself.” ; costly material, such as Vitrified Brick . ; . t tre . sought the orcha: No nook!” oy , ie ; a f son replied Spates ies thi ‘ Sone Te Ga nan || tarthe brotane acre! Maatiured Oeil pon cigae uke ka toned ene Within a few weeks bids will probably be opened, and the contract awarded, “Dear Dad: mi tte — Stews J . Ra : ; “ “ 1 OB dad roared = eee i “gy ‘ieee ane was ringworm on his neck. I ies Less itv Pi et of trees,|ing me to his breast, pressing hie for paving 12 miles of road from Auburn to a point near Enumclaw. If recent wrong. a position,” and | c c * r ‘ 7 . ve * ‘ i What I have done is to get a job, a chance to work have nothing like it, as I keep | 4104, wall abut tt ee ed eid lips on my lps: “so, Jane!"—nfter practices are pursued, the contract for this stretch of important highway may also re wrong on both counts. If you don’t believe it, look Ares shop. vf you don t 7" |court, on one side; on the other ie, Thy “daa, be cea “hy be awarded without any guarantee of maintenance. up in Webster. a a io Ja beech avenue screened it from|eiae inet Ce centing tte en matic “ ‘Secured’ ja to make safe beyond hazard. I'm just get over. W. H. Shepherd lithe law; from | bird that ts rending its own plum- fing started on this job. I may get fired tomorrow. I haven't re rr | 1 felt as tf 1 could haunt such |*8? in Ite desperation” ; Are the taxpayers of King County content that their money : it safe beyond hazard. I never can unless I get to own Don't be surprised if U-boat But |st fi ike ’ nother effort set me at Iberty, : : ave , ie y business. Even then there may be a fire or a slump in | peging to show signs of cold fect. |the upper part of the incleawes ce [and 1 ktood erect before him shall thus be spent without thought for the future; without any business, or I may lose my mind — ticed there by the light the now.| He rose. and with @ stride he form of protection on their investment in road building? “*Position’ means a fixed place, and believe me, I don’t He certainly must have felt that rising moon casts on this HOW-lreached me, agwin drawing me to Consider that I have a fixed place. Not if I ean help it. I an GUAeee, tae ew 3 Rene him. “Jane, will you marry me?” Want to go ahead, get somewhere. I'd consider that I was a es OO ao all Phe. pts stayed) still 1 did not answer, and still Our Company has offered to guarantee and maintain county roads built of Pretty poor stick to have reached my limit, position, at 23 yg ]1 writhed myself from his grasp; Vitrified Br eer htohirted jae “y YEARS aA A “I suppose you might say a traffic policeman on a little for | was still incredulous f ied ag ” 4 7 pode 1 of TWENTY YEARS. We know that it can be Box at a street corner has a position—providing he has lost FURNITURE CO | “Do you doubt me, Jane?” shown, to the a solute satisfaction of yone who is open to conviction, that _ ambition to become a captain and have a comfortable office Seat ries 808 remcrers) | “Entirely.” | roads built of Vitrified Brick, though their first cost be greater, are cheaper in With better pay. I suppose you might say that an old book- “Am I a Mar in your eyes?” he| the end than roads built of concrete. No one will attempt to deny that Vit- 4 e ha ren a doze! pd passionate’ le ep fg ab ? Keeper in a bank had a position if he had seen a dozen eaked passionately. “Little skep- | rified Brick roads are the best roads’ that can be built. gal move past him tc better Jobs, and he had decided tie, you shall be convinced. What/ ¢ never could become cashier or teller, and was re Hleve have I for Miss Ing: n? Noi faeeen to his fate. What Nath es a - an? nee It must, therefore, he apparent to everyone that, unless the cement manu- , “But not I, daddy dear. Take a tip from Webster. I las 1 have taken pains to prove; 1 facturers are compelled to guarantee their concrete roads at least for a period rt ‘secure a position. z may wet ares, bel I'd _ r get jeaused a rumor to reach her that | of years proportionate to their first cost, as compared with the first cost of Vit- : ee ee eee BO, MER TOO | jmy fortune was not a third of| rified Brick roads, there will be a tremendous waste of the money of the tax- ahead. what was supposed, and after that} |? presente’ myself to see the re- | or Ls A position is just as small as the man who fills it For the purpose of co-operating with the home- "What, ne!” T ejaculated, begin : purp Pp g 4 nance for twenty years. vail until further notice: ry Cen entieely my Cun. and only cost under guarantee of twenty years’ good service. Out of 1,600 men of military age ees on June 5 in| $100, nothing down, $1.25 weck, or $ 5.00 | “Are you in e@arnest?—Do you In Blackwell's island prison YT ONT AS FIT FOF sary to satisfy you, I swear it hy the county commissioners to give a guarantee of ten years maintenance on i] haps the physical condition of these young « f : : ll say that perhaps the physica ndition of these young ‘tates has proved that the cost of maintaining such roads for any reasonable The GOTTSTEIN original “addedto-account" polley will fe froom so & month T let It be. 1 Our Company is a heavy taxpayer and a large employer of labor. More than To Whom It May Concern— Ti From W ebster (Onetda, 11., News) tive, no bride!” cost of construction and without exacting any assurance whatever as to the cost | On Midsummer-eve, Adele, weary of upkeep. A considerable number of citizens have been led to believe—and this The boy was right. He may never get there, but he’s ty fou get a joba ck to s lor re see sult; it was coldness both from her | a Teting owt : ; A ao ih ea soa ee ee jend her mother. I would not—1} you to a positio jon o abot t could not-—marry Miss = Ingrar MMMAiing wages or salary. Tf you do the work the Siocytn Aineecyen sien et Taxpayers Should Demand This Honest Comparison: will take care of itself. That is, of course, if the job earthly thing!—I love as my own ‘ enamemnied = “= = eS just as big as the man makes it. furnisher during the present high cost of living, Uji init, Sarnestness to credit § t , |Wil you be min Jane, accept |truly love me?—Do you sincerely E ARMY. Everyone was a physical discard || $250, $12.50 down, $3.00 week, or $12.50 “Thon, alr, 1 will marry you." mm may be the chief reason for their presence in prison We Invite the Accounts of All Reputable and beboye at period of years is greater than the cost of building them? one for which you are adapted flesh. 1 entreat to accept me ns on ae 08 husband CONCRETE RCADS—‘heir first cost and the cost of mainte- | s Pu : his sincerit ee E t the following terms on homefurnishings will pre- J) “You, Jane. 1 must have you VITRIFIED BRICK ROADS—Their first cost, which is the last his Is Important News | 1S of : rig a Sten Sik gt | $ 50, th do {me quickly. Say Edward—give me Those who study prisons anc ry to find out why men no! ‘in, |my name--Edward—I will marry MEM will be interested in this news from New York city. 4 down, $1.00 week, or $ 4.00 yor." This 's the Whole Substznce of the Controversy institutions of that city, less thin 5 per cent were | $150, $ 5.00 down, $1.75 week, or $ 7.50 |wish me to be your wife?” leally fit for service $200, $10.00 down, $2.50 week, or $10.00 ; “I do; and if an oath ts neces: In Multnomah County, Oregon, the cement manufacturers were compelled ; ties ie Copia ds Beetp a a “Jane-—my little wife!” one of their concrete roads. Why should not King County exact a similar guar- A great many persons who have studied such things much $300, $15.00 down, $3.50 week, or $15.00 | “Dear Edward!” antee, when experience with concrete roads everywhere throughout the United And most of us feel quite sure that fine, healthy bodies Trustworthy Homefurnishers, sot MOCHA SS ES paid SORE inh d normal minds are most likely to keep their owners out | ld lira trie one gaa a . , continue as heretofore, Customers baving a current account may fg iad little money, so my ‘prepara. 90 per cent of every dollar it receives for its products is paid out for labor and It is with some satisfaction that we reflect upon the fact |f relect a Gus Range, Refrigerator, Go-Cart, Lawn Mower, Garden [| tions had to be of the simplest. | materials in King County. The only money spent here by the cement manufactur- ft this war will do a great deal to make human bodies|{ Tools, Garden Hose, Blankets, Comforts, Bedding or other seas. fgl,22CTe Were no guests that 1) ers is for selling their product i Stronger and healthier—and to that extent make prisons |ff Onable articles, and have samo adjusted without the usual firet cared to ask to my marriage, but 1 payment. did write to my unknown unele in is stior e ww tuk we fferi - useless. F Mddeira: talline lite of he comine But that is not the question. We know that we are offering the taxpayers ‘ Jevent. 1 had not apprised him of | greater value in guaranteed Vitrified Brick roads than they can possibly obtain in i | | unguaranteed concrete roads. It is our desire to present the case strictly on its is nnn | | “i f EDITORIALETTES Paw Is Looking for merits, and without consideration of support for an important local industry. | V \. } REFRIGERATORS | Honeymooners Who We believe that the taxpayers of King County should be alive to the facts, so Latest sanitary models. | Spurned His Advice| that, if a mistake has been made by those who advocate concrete roads, in the be- the vote of women to those above 30. Huh! Another way of dis- | x | | lief that they are the cheapest, the whole question may be subjec ah imnaet 1 Pathor a as } ) i ’ , ay subject to an impartial franchising them? | No money down. haa eM ied eM | inquiry and corrective measures adopted. P Pie SchcieteianiAaleas | Pay a little weekly or monthly. |The couple eloped Monday, and | | __ BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS, by its vote yesterday, limited | _MR. REGISTERED MAN, you who are to be called to the front |Porte says his daughter isn’t old All that we ask is “to give your life, don’t forget to demand of your congress to con. Customers now on our books may add Refrig- Jenough to marry, wealth as well as me % erators to account any time. Order now Mer iinu, who works at the Wash A JUST COMPARISON —_ i ond Vv ka, has be “ r EA COUNTY AUDITOR WARDALL will soon pay bounties due to and get a full season’s use. ling Miss Forte three ‘years ois A FAIR HEARING rs of wild animals. Wonder if that includes the “blind tigers” aan toe ter Sees ‘out of commission by Sergt. Putnam? q jek for her hand, and hos farhe A SQUARE DEAL ‘Sait three more years,” he or IF A man publishes my failings, he is my master, even tho he! M. A. GOTTSTEIN FURNITURE CO. jdeved to be my servant—Goethe. Seattle's Popular Homefurnishers | Mevline wouldn't wait, Leis THE OTHER day thunder wi so loud congress had to stop | Second Avenue, Between Pike and Pine are Home Bony ip Black By aralk = p lements coul k wwith ents could make congress do that, SOLE AGENTS: BUCKS WNION MADE w’ s |her trousseau, and with Mehlino _ GHIANG CHOO CHUNG, premier of China! That name would THE OOTRRMOOH MATTOENE ONY flew Une coo} song to go home singing early in the morning. \ The Fortes live at 1152 Sturgis ate eee : ¥