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aici Ai EA ik Bis 2 NO a ima i * 8 #% TO NOV. 11 ' Approves Date. Fixed by Harding for Disarmament Conference é w. NGTON, Aug. 4 — The : } Am government was advised today that Great Britain Is agreeable to any date desired by the United States for the opening of the Wash- tngton disarmament and Pacific con ferences. Secretary of State Hughes ind cated his gratification at Great Britain's assurance that it is agree 4 able to the date suggested by Prest- ‘dent Harding—November 11, Arm Istice day. Hughes ts now awaiting replies from the other powers and hopes ‘that an agreement can be reached on ‘this date. . Bulgaria came forwart today with Solid approval of President Hanting’s Mpitiative toward disarmament in a communication received by the state @epartment from Dr. P, Lessinoft, Bulgarian charge, here 4 eee BY DOROTHY FAY GOULD “Ob, Death, where is thy sting?” the poet asks, and many a mother who has lost a young son will an- swer: “In the knowledge of ‘talent too earty buried.” ‘That ts always the tragedy of the carly death of a promising boy. Young Marshall Gill, son of former Mayor Hiram Gill, who died this " : Harding Is Praised H July, wag one of the most talented . by London Editor University students, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal. |: pis fellow students loved htm for Ang. 4.—'The nations will make 10} iy» inventiveness, humor, that en toward recovery from th /tertatned them. Sometimes it was the sign on the architecture shack window he cartcatured of three owls, or the song and dance he put on at meetings of the Atelier when he and 33 Frederick Lockman did stunts, or — the clever cartoons he could draw of m the Harding leverything from the campus cop to Proposal, which he believes gives the |~pang Gould.” as he trreverently ‘world the opportunity to avoid Wars. | nicknamed the head of his depart ment. A series of his cartoons were the Dit of last year’s Junior Vodvil. He had so many talents he didn’t know what to do Tt was no surprise to fellow sta dents that he planned to take next year for a trip around the world. Finances? Oh, no, he would earn them as he went, doing vaudeville stunts. And he would have, too. His professors were just as de voted to him for other more serious reasons. They were proud of the way he worked over Beaux Arts Projects, proud of the frequent “hon orable mentions” his drawings would . | receive in New York from the Beaux Arts Institute of Design. Out of 300 or 409 designe submit. ted from universities all over the country, his would often be among war if they continue to pre- for another,” declared Prof. W. Hirst, London editor, in age McGee, 9, 5213 42nd ave. S., was.cut and bruised knocked down by an auto in City Wednesday afternoon, Buto being driven by H. L. Grun- and on several occasions received the coveted “honorable mention” given to only six or eight. His last award |was an honorable mention in May -|for a design for an “Entrance to a 6507) 15th | Museurn.” A year ago, tho only 4 sophomore and just 19, he submitted the win ning design among 10 In the upper classmen's competition, President Henry Surzallo instituted for a recogniz-/ Sylvan theatre, a future ahrine for the famous campus columns, The four Jonie pillars were cut department |from cedar logs at Seabeck in 1859, eut 50 cents a day|carved by A. P. Line, at Steilacoom, firemen’s pay cut $15 a month, and set up for the porch of the ter If you haven't been in eral lineup of our stock. that were marked the For instance: Special on the Rack New lines Pumps and Oxfords, good sizes, splendid styles, all the 30 or 40 to recetve “mention™| Baxter & Baxter’s Week-End Specials! days you will note considerable changes in the gen- closed out entirely and are replaced by more com- plete lines of stylish Shoes at prices equally low. White Pumps and Oxfords Very pretty and very seasonable— many styles and all sizes—specially priced. Here! Pumps, $3.85 Special Values Black Kid and Calf Strap Brown Kid and Calf Strap Pumps, Black Kid and Calf Oxfords, Brown Kid and Calf Oxfords, all high grade. BAXTER & BAXTER Ss Black and and Tan and grades up to $9.00, all at $5.85 $6.85 $3.85 $4.85, $5.85, $6.85 -Men’s Special Best values you ever saw in Men’s Shoes at $5.85 and $6.85 1326 Second Ave. Art Loses in Death of Marshall * *» & Talented Youth Leaves Fine Four Ionic pillars, around which the late Marshall Gill, son of former Mayor Hiram Gill,| designed his setting for a Sylvan theatre on the University of Washington campus. columns were cut from cedar logs in 1859. The theatre will be a shrine for them. ritorial university as designed by John Pike tn 1860. When the building at Fourth and University st, where the Metro politan theatre now stands, was torn down tn 1899, the old columns were | stored away until the class of 1911 resurrected them, then 40 years old, and still in prime condition. ‘They have stood for 10 years near Denny hall, but are now to find a permanent location. Campus day this spring the columns were placed and rededi- cated and already the dignity and beauty of the setting designed by young Gill is apparent. His plan was especially praised be cause It took advantage of grass plots and planting already existing. The hedge haa been planted to sur round the grass plot in front of the stage, thus eventually giving the ef. fect of an outdoor theatre walled in by shrubbery. The theatre will be used for plays in the summer montha ‘The columns themselves will stand tm pairs in impressive solemnity at ipoater THE SE : Gill * * oo Memorial The education, but also as a memorial to one of this university’s most talented young men. T the ceremonies he did not know that he was erecting a permanent monuw ment to himself. An architect's true profession {s/ the service of beauty, and young Gill bas left an enduring monument | that will be a joy to many coming | generations, a sign of muccess greater than many another gray headed architect will be ‘able to leave. Marshan Gill and his brother were wonderful companions to their mother, On Thursday afternoons the three would always co off together, no matter what tempting invitations were offered any of the trio, and this companionship must be an irrepar able loss to the mother, whore tn- terest in her boy’s career was so un- ageing. But tho so untimely an end was made to his promising future suc cous, the Influence and inspiration of his companionship will live on among each end of & stage and serve not he many who knew him-—-a true im- ortality, ad jonly as the ploneer’s silent tribute to ‘He Wants k “Not now, wait” “Please Jean.” | No." Oh, pardon us, we forgot to men | tion the cast of characters, Yes, two lovesick boneymooners, and the) neene was in a Pullman car, and sh!-—-unknown to the lovers, two) seats to the rear, sat Shelton Brooks, | popular colored song writer, errator of some of America's most famous dance hits “Aha,” sexys Shelton, “an tnepira- tion.” And ere he had reached his destination he had penned the words of his famous song and dance num ber, “Jean.” ‘That's the way Brooks writes his songs. An, inspiration, a few hours’ concentration in manufacturing the words, more concentration before a piano in picking out the melody Lon Kis Brooks Jazzes on a Hunch “Oh, Jean, give me « kiss.” If to Write It * * * pent months ago when he watched |], SE Re 0 ts Seinen nce Tas Shelton Brooks ted or bummed wherever music is|/ ¢irt by Judge Wood. ‘ grateful to the girl for being kind | Special to The Star. TACOMA, Aug. 4 — To combat known in America. \ | our busy store for a few A number of broken lines lowest of all have been port Oxfords and White White, | record, Brooks said yeeterday when inter viewed tn his dremdng room at the Pantages theatre, where he ts appear ing this ween. “I was caught play ing with ‘the nuggets of ruimation’ when 19 years old. The song was entitled, “There Ain't No Such Thing as Friends,’ It was never published. “None of my ‘friends’ would bail me out and I didn’t want my mother and father to know about it. For tunately, I was released the next morning, went home and told my folks that I'd been fishing.” Other well-known song hits that Brooks has written are “The Dark- town Strutterv’ Ball.” “Walking the Dog” and “Everybody Is Going to Bee Mary Now.” Brooks does not devote his entire talent to the writing of “jazz” pieces. He is working now on “My Little! Ray of Bun,” a classic, which, when | completed, he expects will be sung | by John McCormack for a Victrola j Child Wins $10,000 Claimed by: Germans In spite of claims by heirs in Ger then to the publishers and in a few! <corge Heebel to Exther McGhee, }months’ time ite tune wil be whir| 14, “I wrote my firet song tn fafl,."|‘o him. _ RRASER-PATIERSON Co. SECOND AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET 50 Children’s Hats For Little Girls 2 to 6 years A Clearance Lot Reduced to [$2.00 Each] Formerly $2.75, $5.00, $8.95 Mostly navy and the darker colors which will be excellent for wear until late in the Fall. Silk and straw com- binations with trimmings of ribbons and flowers. Different novelty styles included in this lot at this price for quick selling. 11 were ...$2.75 9 were ...$5.00 80 were ...§8.95 Second Fleor A Clearance Lot of Neckwear at $1.29 Formerly from $2.00 to $5.00 Collars and collar and cuff sets, vestees, guimpes ‘and three - piece sets. Fine im- ported nets, organdies, dainty lace and georgettes —some hand- embroid- ered, others hand hemstitched. All are new and positively correct —First Floor in style. Criiotines at 55c a Yard A Special Selection of a Variety of Attractive Patterns and Colorings The majority would cost you twice as much at the regular prices. Repps, casement cloth, novelty prints and chintz cretonnes. The variety | of patterns includes both small mottled effects and large bold designs of | almost every description. MARSHFIELD, Ore, Aug. 4— & $10,000 legacy left by has been awarded the young Heebel was hers PANTAGES Matinees 2:30 Nights 7 and © ww foothold white slaver, Priced for Quick Sale at Fine quality Gingham in small and large checks, in ten clever styles. Among the pretty trimming touches which make these Dresses so attractive, are the following: smart little tucked vestees; wide organdie sashes; cross-stitch em- broidery; novelty cuffs and col- lars, pockets and skirt inserts of organdie; surplice effects; pearl bangles and narrow black velvet “seditionary forces” in the North- west and to rid it of “radicals and dangerous individuals,” the Ku Klux | Kian is mobilizing in Tacoma. Al jready several clans have come into jbelng in the vicinity, five operating | jacent communities, Accotding to an organizer in Ta- coma, the Klan numbers some 1,000,- in membership. Secretly and jsilently one of the most powerful |national organizations is gaining its | Every hour of the day and at all |sorts of places initiations are taking place. The ceremony that makes a man_a member is an hour long. | The object here is to drive out the alien influences and doc- trines being spread broadcast In the Northwest and to fight the the jointist and | other lawbreakers whose activi- | ties keep the community in a state of unrest, declares the or- —Fourth Floor * Special Price Basement A Special Lot of 100 New Gingham Dresses In Delightful Styles with Organdie Trimmings $5.75 bows. BLUE __ LAVENDER RED GREEN Sizes 16 to 44 PINK Attractive Values in Men’s Union Suits At a Special Price | $1.65 Medium weight ecru cot- ton Union Suits—rib stitch | | —full sized—well tailored —an in-between - season | weight. Fy —Men's Section, First Floor Odd Lots of Women’s and | Misses’ Stockings } Specially Reduced | } 45 pairs women’s white lisle Stockings, size 9% only. Regularly 45¢ a pair. Special for Friday at 25¢ 22 pairs women’s wool Heather Stockings in brown, blue and green} | Regulerly $1.85. Special for Friday at 65c a pair. iB 12 pairs misses’ pure silk | ~ Stockings in black only.| | © Sizes 7, 7% and 8, Regu-| * larly $1.15. Special for| © : Friday 75c. —First Floor Table Padding 69c a Yard 200 Yards at This Price for Friday, Only Good weight felt Table Padding, 54 inches wide. An excellent value in regu- lar stock at 85c, —Second Floor A Small Lot of Children’s Dresses Priced $1.50 Priced at Formerly Priced $2.45 Of fine quality printed batiste with white organ- die sashes. Children’s Embroidered Crepe Kimonos Sizes 2 to 12 years $1.50 Attractively embroidered Crepe Kimonos in pink, blue and rose. KU KLUX ORGANIZES 5 KLANS IN TACOMA; OBJECT IS PEACEABLE ganization are practically the same as they were when it vithin the city limits of Tacoma and ee ee a See in Kent, Auburn and ad.|keep them out of the it ts said, sections, These have in the times of Reconstruction. They claim to be essentially a peaceful or ganization and seek only to restore law and order when the civil author. Two Klans are operating in the central section of the city, and one each in the north, south and west tered since the early part of May. In all towns of the state having a popu- lation of 1,000 of more organizers are working night and day and the roster of the Ku Klux Klan is grow- ing rapidly, it is stated. When questioned about the activ. itles of the organization in the South in connection with the recent tarring and feathering of several lawpreak- | pre ers, the local organizer said that ere the guilt was certain the Klan no time in its action, The organizer denied reports that was organized practical manner. The Asia — owned by the ast Asiatic Ca | Copenhagen, DAWSON CITY, Y. T.—Forest destroys most of don's landing, Stewart river. pws fires reported in Fraser No More Gas in, Stomach&Bowe If you wish to bé permane: Nev of gas in the stom ring take Baalmann’s Gas-Ti je mintinetly and sage fait, etly ani sand particularly cu fects coming from they, seek to order entirely, all been char Baal pared ch ne and ote of your s! will disappear; that anxious and vous feeling with heart palpi will vanish, and you will once |He thinks that if Johnson can stay Brooks talks with a negro dialect. altho he was born and spent his childhood in Amisberg, Ontario. gunizer, The principles of the national or. He started hig career as an enter tainer in cabarets, music halls and other amusement resorts around Cleveland, Ohio, Brooks wants to see efther Jack Johnson or Harry Wills fight Jack Dempsey for the heavyweight crown. eight rounds with Dempsey he would be able to beat him during the next four rounds, but if the fight should fo over 12 rounds the champion would retain his tile Brooks {s appearing all alone in his act at the Pantages, He says that he let his last partner go be cause he refused to perform at a Red Cross benefit with him. Brooks’ home is at samaica, Long island, His wife and eight-yearold won are living there while he fulfills his contract with the Pantages cir partment stores Street, Athens dribbles away. 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Gerittity Is under 20-year sentence to penitentiary for assault, and Swigget ts dead, as result of bat- te with j “Perhaps You Don’t Know” says the Good Judge — : | How long a little of | the Real Tobacco Chew will last. | Nor how much gen- | wine chewing satisfac- tion the full, rich real tobacco taste will give. Ask mf man who uses the Real Tobacco Chew. He will tell you that this class of tobacco will give more satisfac- tion—and at less cost— than the ordinary kind. Put up in two styles W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco