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They come on almost every big liner that arrives in port from Yoko hama and Kobe—shy, strange, foreign girls, clad in the pletur esque garb of the cherry-blos- som land, To them America is a myster! ous, fantastic, strange country that they cannot understand Even Hubbies Strangers ‘The language ts strange to them, the people are strange-looking and, above all, the husbands they have come to seek are total strang ers to them. They have been 60 lected and wedded by mall Out of this quaint custom, ro mance steps into the ives of some; of the picture brides, and some times tragedy stalks forth—ro- mance when the strange new hus- band {s young and prosperous, and tragedy when he ia neither of these,| | The story ts told of one Nippon maid who left her father’s heme and the rice fielés and the garden with the crooked bridge and the old stone lanterns set along the paths, and crossed the Pacific to meet the stranger-husband who had ‘to for her. And when she arrived, he met her on the dock and sald: “She'll do, I guess,” and turned and left |her there. When he returned again she was gone, and there was ever so slight a ripple in the green wa- ter under the wharf. | ‘Twas romance that came to one, little slanteyed damsel when she arrived aboard the Chicago Maru, jin Seattle, Monday, however. She was one of the picture brides that| |the big Mner brogubt He Had a Ford | She brought with her the picture lot Joe Yowhida, 27, the proprietor |of a dye works. Yoshida has been) a, \in Seattle seven years, and ts very |American. He owns a ford and | wears a derby. At the immigration | station, Monday, Yoshida had in hin | hand a picture of @ very young and pretty Nippon maid. | My wife.” he said, with pride And when he found the original of his photograph in the crowd of Ort- ental women, his greeting was a! big, very American hug. Afterward edie wait hela | 80 ok her to thelr home in the| south of Tartar)” ‘there ie much red tape to one of these picture marriages. When a Japanese wanta a wife,| he informe the Japanese consul, who ascertains that the young Jap ISKY ASSUMES LIFE- SAVER’S ROLE |:;":° It he he Sip pletnie te taben Cork life belts found on D. John-}and sent across to friends tn Ja-| son, 42, and James Milestone, 35,/ Pan. Who choose the bride. epec' B-—-heary stock ivory pow der puff and hair re eeiver to match, me dium size, with knob on cover; regular WIth 3 perfume bottles, Very new and dainty: Fegular 900; special. .6e linings with cots purse and mirror segetar 96.06; ope. Srarschette back-strap puree; silk metre lining: convenient ‘ntte! good Valve at $1.45: site |S—purse bag fted leathers, with je at cS brought to a standstill that point. The R positions to the SLAVS ROUTED wy ‘United Press Vensed Wire , via London, July 25.— Kaiser Wilhelm watching German troops beat back a attack on ground rising laborers, as they came off the/ picture is tn turn sent to her suitor the south river plain — teamer President, when sbe land-|in Seattle, If he approves, the au- Tuesday, were real life savers.|thorities in the Nippon isle «ive piled | They contained 15 pints of whis ohnson and Milestone were arrest-|her across the sea. ed by Dry Squad Officer Braillard| They, of course, have to remarry) and charged with having liquor in| in the United States j thelr posse: | . Y WAR BOARD IS WILSON’S NEXT WAR MEASURE hed United Press Leased Wire | WASHINGTON, July 25.— There is to be one more big re- organization, and then Uncle Sam will ttle down to com- .|her @ marriage certificate and ship divisions” stood the brun assault. East of this sector, | the eastern bank of the Sereth,| troops occupied the pation of Stanisiau, een | sad Nadworn is Catce| JURY DELIBERATES | from the Russians, wi 4 in the statement. Enemy Minor indictments were expected | guards were driven off. In| to be returned late Wednesday by! Salta valley (Wooded Carpa-|the federal grand jury, which re- the statement said, Rus sumed its hearings Tuesday. None had penetrated the Teutonic| was returned, however, at noon. but were immediately | Hearings are believed to be chiefly aaa | Fegarding slackers } ARTHUR E. HAGENS | GIVEN LIEUTENANCY | -_—-- In publishing an item concerning, pleting his first year’s war pro- ul Relief for Sore, Aching, | the appointment of a Seattle manto gram. Pre: nt Wilson today ‘Tender Feet, Painful Corns a first Heutenancy in the army, an’ ig ready to announce the long- error was made yesterd: It was) expected change In the present Arthur E. Hagen, of 5803 24th ave. national defense council organi. ng Tee Mint on N. W., who was commissioned. | zation. | raing fee An! ~ - pow | Assured of a definite end to CONTINUE CASES wrangling in the shipping board with the sweeping changes made Ice-Mint, corns oras and’ pain palatal’ cal. and ‘$e iY want to dance humbug Jee Mint yt Twenty-two men arrested In con yesterday, the president will now nection with strike riots will be up take up the slack” in the defense) iced feat for trial before Judge Gordon council ener, end, 60 ae at yea Thursday. They aep-seg not guilty, An “industrial war board” of atx i cieenoue to te te the friends of lee Tuesday afternoon. On account of members, directly responsible to jthe mass of testimony, the court) the council of #ix cabinet members, | was forced to continue the cases. | will be announced this week The war board probably will in-| clude Bernard Baruch, in charge of raw materials; Julius Rosenwald, in charge of finished materials; Frank A. Scott, munitions, and three oth-| er men whose names have not yet] been learned, i These men will have executive charge of all the industrial work,| and under them will work commit- EDWARD F. WITTLER Edward F. Wittler, who came to Puget sound in 1888, died Tuesday mubstanen | at the family residence, 1109 Broad- told Janagy ware the people | WAY N. With Fred BH, Sander he cared:for Nie feet on earth. | owned the Yesler way cable line be- mewied orhow many | fore the fire. He acquired a snug conifort that | fortune and owned a lot of real es- |tate here, Ho is survived by a wid- SB clean. creamy. mow-white cvoling, soo! Store to-day for » email tees on labor, medical supplies, e 4 give your poor. suffering, |OW, two daughters and three sons./A separate “priority board,” to de-| Toss the west of thet |The funeral was held Wednesday termine what products shall be nf dafternoon. given priority in shipment during} the war will also be directly re-| sponsible to the war board STRIKING COPS TO APPEAL THEIR CASE Prosecutor A. L. Lundin Wednes- day morning filed informations charging with nonfeasance in office the 16 policemen arrested lest| {= week, following their refusal to ride with nonunion crews on traction! company cars The men will appeal their cases AN EXCEPTIONAL SHOW! TOMORROW TO SATURDAY TOM BROWN PRESENTS THE SIX HARVARDS MUSIC AND SINGING mbone and Saxo} ik and Acro~ NEWELL & MOST—Musical Comedy Favorite to the civil service board. They! JOF, ROLLEY—The Man with the Jazz Harmonics, Bore arrested last Week on war LOVE—Comedy, Singing, Talking, rants, and are free on $500 cash MURHAY & . yo ball each GA NER—Dan | Whirlwind Apache \f all the alcohollo drinks made in the United States in a vear were turned {nto Niagara river, they | would take about 10 minutes in go- ‘ing over the falls, nEDFO 0" An an Photoplay, “ “The » Vanishing Woman” Afterncons 1005 Fivenings and Sundays, Ie. THEY GET MARRIED THRU MAIL Strangest Cargo of Orient Vessels I Photo shows a number of picture brides upon their arrival in Seattle. |from the top they felt they | Br | By United Preas \the attorney general of the | STAR—WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1917. PAGE 2 Nipponese Picture Brides IF YOU ARE WITH US, LET US BE WITH YOU If you believe In the fight The Star is making on behalf of the striking unlon carmen, and if you have not been receiving the paper regularly In your home, HADN'T YOU BETTER iCRIBE TODAY? Telephone the circulation manager at once, Main 600, or fill the following coupon and mail it to him at The Star Bulid. ing, 1307 Seventh Ave. (if you are one of our “regulars,” bor In YOUR paper, why not interest a neigh. ¢ treulation Manager, Please enter my subscription for The Star, and begin de very at once at the address given below. | agree to pay the carrier 30 cents a month for same Yours Cordially, NOMO 20.200 were et eeeer renee Address ..... By mail, 35e per month; $1.90 for 6 months; one year, $3.50. ‘AMERICA'S MEN \GONTRACTS FOR RUSH TO ENLIST ARMY LUMBER a eee hace | ARE IN DANGER NEW YORK, July 25— America’s men of fighting are flocking into war service. An unprecedented wave of eniist- Cancellation of contracts for | ments in the army, navy and lumber for the army canton. | ments by the ,authorities at | Washington may result from | the failure to settle the strike | | } whose numbers were drawn far down in the master list and fear they may not be cafled for army duty are crowd- marine corps is sweeping the among mili operatives and country. Men of conscription age, woodsmen in the Northwest. This is the opinion of Rob- Ing. recrulting stations thruout cok MRA ented dk aie: || the nation. Weet Coast Lumbermen's asso. | The first rush came after draft! Ciation, Just returned from | day, recruiting officers declare | Washington, where he has rep- | Reports gathered by the United nted Northwest lumber in | Press today show the rush to the colors is country-wide Others Volunteer In addition to men who want to! make sure of seeing service, many | numbers were drawn well! volunteering In terests for three months. fears the businesa which has been obtained by milis here may now go to manufacturers of Southern pine, on account of the delay here. Northwest lumbermen hold con whose up in tho list are the hope of being able to select |i... 'ts for 67,000,000 feet of lumber the branch of service with which ¢,- the De fean they will fight lake cantonments, foet During the past two days 333) for National Guard camps in Call | men havo volunteered, been exam: | ¢ornia and 158,000,000 feet for the |ined and sent to Fort Slocum for | construction of wooden vessels for training in New York. In addition |ine merchant marine | to acceptances, there have been 88) seanwhile, the strikers and lum many more applicants, More are! nermen wore still deadlocked Wed still coming. Most of the volun-/negday, with no ¢urther posslbility teers here are men drafted so tar! oe settlement. j would) “Fires are reported in logging! camps in various parts of the state, not be taken in the draft Ns rae 9 and six members of the 1 W. W, have been arrested for investiga W. B. TAFT WINS i's; ND SHOOT Caught Running Valted Press Leneed Wise | Robinson ‘were arrested by deputy | PORTLAND, July The an-| sheriffs of King county, following a nual shoot of the Pacific Indians | fire near the camp of the Snoqual-| eb y will end here today The Indians| mie Lumber Co. Murray and Ka all t appeared today in fancy dress,| are alleged to have been caught run-| wy wearing feathered helmets and| ning from the direction of the fire) 4 ¢jr other regalia of the redmen |when the camp workmen hurried) Th W. B. Taft, of Seattle, won yes- \"h to fight the flames down Wednesday, according to re- ——— __ ——_____. terday’s special event of 26 targets,| Robinson was arrested after he! norte given to J. G. Brown, presi the men shooting from between | attempted to communicate with! dent of the union, and 600 mill two traps. Frank M. Troeh, of|the two men when they were being! workers joined the strikers. The We do not sell your note and Vancouver, Wash. captured the) Droneht Mv het a by Dep>| {lls affected are the Dempsey mortgage when you borrow uty Sheriff Ludw > 5 hit-and-miss event Hi ny Ray ek Sapo, Ani Sound and Donaher lumber money here. Your affairs do A grip in his possession was found)” seven other mills have granted hot page Inte ether hands. | MINE BLAST FATAL to contain seditious Hterature and|ing eight-hour day, says Brown a pass to the Mare Island navy yard which ehould have been returned several months ago. He was turned over to By United Press Leased Wire HALIFAX, N. 8. July 25.—BSev eral men are known to have been fled and 61 are entombed in the Dominion Coal Co.'s mine No, 6, at | States marshals for rae United | hig , , e y y 5 New Waterford, following an ‘ex-| Kane and M sig Poth TW. Ws) sorts, “Clear shingles are selling borrow in any amount from $200 to $50,000 at favor iy.|are in the county ja at $3 0 st $1 a i F y any plosion, ieecerecae to word recetv- | Fires in other parts of the coun-|%t 98:40 per 1,000, as against $1.30 able rates of interest. You can repay any amount any One report was that 12 bodies|tY have caused Sheriff Stringer S4 lhad been recovered | dispatch deputies to lumber camps, Later advices stated that five| 2nd to send a request to Gov ‘are men had been rescued alive. Thero| for 190 soldiers to ald in the patrol were 56 men in the section in| the large camps, | which the explosion occurred, and Rangers Arrest Three with those rescued, 51 are still un-| ‘Tom Nolen, 8, A. Matson and Rob: accounted for. ert Solen were arrested Tuesday Some of there, the reports de-| Might at Port Angeles by forest clare, are certainly dead. The rec-|@nsers, who allege that the three tion was badly wrecked. | attempted to interfere with rangers | —— who were fighting a forest fire in| the logging timber of the Snow |Creek Lumber Co. They are held in DEFENSE AD BUREAU the Clallam county jail, pending the| n ke post oper By United Press Tensed Wire Br plik a Jato inc os AS Copper advances. ZOAKLAND, July 26-—Ustablish-| "At n convention af etetking 1. w.|Th9 action is declared by operators |{f ASSETS $6,300,000 LOANS MADE PROMPTLY ment of Pacific coast advertis-| zw. jumber workers in Seattle Tuew.|t0 nave “broken the back” of the Ing defense bureau, as a nucleus| day, plane for am LWW costece|f W. We agitation in the camp. tor & nation-wide defense advertls-/ant and commissary, io accommo Tho I. W. W. retaliated by inaug- bureau, was the main subject| date mombers who are in need ae «| Urating intimidation tactics. Se STARTING WEDNESDAY before today's session of the Pa-| result of the strike were made. eral boarding house keepers report -__ cific Coast Ad Men's association Refusal Brings Trouble od threaf¥ made by agitators to be The organization a resolution introduced by R. Steeple, of Spokane was proposed in| 8 Secretary J. M. Norland, of the In-| C8 ternational Shingleweavers’ inion, asserted Wednesday that 1. W. W troubles would have been obviated jhad the mill owners consented to | mediate before the labor differences began & “Our union could have handled| , the I. W. W, then, but now they are beyond our control,” he said Norland asserted the union men ed Wire SAN FRANCISCO, July 25.-Kd win J, Justice, special assistant to 8., who has been In charge of the gov ernment's billion dollar oll land suits in California and Wyoming, the liver dropped dead at noon today in the| were unable to understand why a! weamns fe Ed Thind Haar Pine Any Seat federal building here, bunch of I, W, W. will walk out of and invigorates, ‘Advertisement aaaaoaoa—e—eeee—eaeaesSSeS—wa@wVXaX—X—X—ralcc————ee—eaeaeaeaeaeaeEEE==_—=_===>>_—_—_—_=_, a lumber mill that has signed for an Three of these are at Granite Falls, one ne a year ago. 2,000 BUTTE MINERS By 0 RI striking miners returned for mine MOLY MPIA sumers to carry home their bundles, ac] Jou gall-/outhwick Charge Purchases Made Thursday Will Be Billed on Augus Statement, Payable September First Have Fallen Low i in n Price EVEN large tables and two long show cases of Trimmed Hats, every model, without reserve, from this summer’searlier showings, all go at one of these three low reduction sale prices $2. 50 $5.00 $10.00 It requires a persc pection of the showing to reveal the satisfactory va- riety and great ieldictii ns to be had in these remarkably low-priced Hats. All are up to MacDougall-Southwick standards of stvis and quality, just as if paid the original prices. —MacDeugall-Seuthwick, Second Fleen, Special $25.00 and $35.06 Coats of Silk and Satin, luxurious garments radically reduced to popular prices. There are some splendid Black Coats among these, as well as bright and dull colars. Some are half-price, or even less, yet well worth the original cost if you have a place for one in your ward- TObe. —MacDougall-Seuthwick, Second Fleer. you Most Interesting Wash Suits $10.00 to $29.75 RIGINAL embroidered and printed motifs and other charming details add distinctiveness to these smart Wash Suits of linen and crash, Palm Beach cloth, cotton gabardine and white and the | unusual novelty weaves, in wanted summer colors. eee we Thursday—-Apron_ Day Features Work-a-Day Aprons of More Than Everyday Cleverness At 95c At 35c Aprons with and without bib, ging- , : 3 hams and percales; plain checked and Coverall Aitpos es brown, blue and striped; white or colored piping. pink checks and stripes, trimmed with plain colors; butterfly sleeves; square neck, opening at front on either side, At 75c or round neck buttoning down side Belted Coverall Aprons with butter- fly sleeves; black, blue or brown checks with white piping. At $1.45 Full-c Aprons th bib; check . . i aed auitped sihohaing! A bib; checked Extra-size Coverall Aprons; light blue Rubberized Aprons; black and white | and dark striped ginghams with plain check; washable | trimmings. - At $1.95 “Peggy” Aprons, with their pretty scallops, splendid ginghams with contrasting piping. Gingham Overalls; light blue checks and plain colors; contrasting piping; ruffles and elastic ankles —MacDougall-Southwick, Third Fleer. short sleeves, belt, pearl buttons; at — |ing campaign for the 18th engineers jis being rushed to completion un- |der the personal supervision of Cok J. B. Cavanaugh. The men of the regiment expect \to leave for France some time ure jing the week, ENGINEERS SOON TO LEAVE FOR FRONT With the time of departure for the| war zone drawing near, the recruit t-hour day, unless it is because stand for the organization of he plants or none. We organize the mills a unit at ne,” he declared hree large Tacoma mills closed When you make a Real Estate Loan here your ab- tract and insurance papers are kept in our vaults, where you may examine them You ca at Sumner, one at Orting, and at South Bend. price of shingles today is the er known,” Brown as at a moment's notice, ont time COMMISSION—NO RENEWAL ON REAL ESTATE LOANS NO CHARGES GO BACK TO WORK a sed Wire Two thousand July Washington Savings and Loan Association 810 SECOND AVE. to work seal mines today, following the ing of announcement by ‘ators that wages are increased with proportion an per day, ETHEL CLAYTON HOLBROOK BLINN —IN— “HUSBAND AND WIFE” That Big Broadway Success CLASS “A” {ed out if they packed lunches turning to work ed Prens Leased Wire July 14.—One item in cost of living is the cost of de-| Consequently, Chairman of the state defense coun-| issued a bulletin asking.con-| 5c 5c