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Jap Ai eoP Methods. Schemes Are Hidden. Ambitions Secret. Wants Eastern Asia. Eaitor’s Note—« ‘hartes Tt et Los Angeles, for the past & half years has been the © to lay data concerning the #e- « RRR is siberta, and Japan's part ‘there, fMuentty, and te ee American om conditions im im. Miberia and Russie, | BY CHARLES 8. SMITH Japanese propeganda is one of Aeception. That is the only way It can be eipal directions 1. The entertainment 2 Newspaper articles. & Thru her business men. 4& Thru her socialism and so “galled labor organize tions. Most foreigners going to the Orient visit Japan first. If they are "men of any note, they are imme @iately taken in hand by the Japan- ese and sumptuously entertained. ‘The visitor sees what the Japan e6e wants him to see—no more, no en he leaves his impres are proJapanese, unless he be of for entertainers than Japanese, + TALK impressions are generally ‘When the visitor to Japan China or Siberia he is im with the idea of Japanese su ity. ‘Unless one happens to stay in countries for any length of ‘one concludes that the Rus- Chinese and other Nationals Mf the Orient are unduly prejudiced is their attitude toward the Japan- However, if one lives there for months opinions will radi ly change, because an insight the double-dealing nature of the invariably is secured, and @iscovers that Japanese mill- is a poor replica of the Ger fortunately, most of the Amer- who have talked the loudest and for Japan are those who spent most of their spare time entertained by the Japanese. the Americans have not, to , understood real conditions in her newspaper propaganda, s hag been extremely success Ci Her principal news agency is Kokusai News service. It is ly accepted as fact that this is completely under the of the Japanese government Japanese military has a pub- bureau in Siberia to gather on for public dissemina- Many times this agency has information to mislead. ‘The Japanese military has, appar- @ntly, subsidized many Russian pa #o that even in Siberia the themselves do not get the ‘Gorrect news. Articles continually to the effect that it would ts due to the presence, not absence, ‘These men frequently state ‘are not in accord with the mik policy In Siberia. They have asked assistance of other Na. order, as they claimed. to relieve Japan of the yoke of mil) Harism. They claim to have in| Japan an organization for the pur-| pose of combating militarism and its accompanying evil—graft. Jud, ing by their actions, their talk _ from their real aims. : One also bears much about the! ‘@nions in Japan. There is no social fam, as such, and no real labor unions in Japanese territory. In the) ‘Why? If the Japanese military can keep! to the foreground their apparent home difficulties, these will serve as & screen to hide their am-| bitious territorial designs. ‘There has been much talk of the need of territory for expansion, but the Japanese have not even made) use of their own territory. The! Rorthern islands are not densely) Populated, and there is available in Korea and on Formosa room for ex Pansion. But the Japanese are not eolonizers, because it is extremely @ifficult, as a rule, to persuade the lower classes to leave their native - | The California, Hawaiian, and other Japanese-American problems @re not taken seriously in Japan ‘They are merely for the purpose of throwing dust into the eyes of the Americans to screen Japan's real —Dates 20¢ |b.—Figs 33c | {intentions | 9d Ib. ; ‘ Eastern hams, from And those intentions are to ac —Oranges as low as -fe k—¢ ¥ : quire over 1,000,000 square miles of for 25¢. wae fed se 9 1 igh by | territory on the eastern side of the 1a. or whole hams, continent of Asia. ALL URGED TO PROVIDE JOBS Unemployment in Washington was discussed by . Foisee, assistant Tegional director of unemployment tor the Pacific Northwest, at Thurs- day's meeting of the Young Men's Republican club. 'y employment will ably 1,000 men in re. Pairing the storm and flood damage |}| in King county twelfth of the n are jobless in declared. At employment Folsee was secre’ mated that there ployed men in the ptate Foises urged that p te citlzens, as well ax municipal ate offi ¢ials make an extra effort to have all work possible done at once. this ts only one- nen who rt'g recent un of which it was esti 26,000 unem E THINKS HE : AMT WAS CHEATED CLEVELAND, Dec. 23.—For $1,000 Alex Leatch bought a machine that @ glibtongued stranger said would turn out crisp $10 bills. But nary 2 one has ‘t made, he told police, Mescribed, And it assumes four prin: ious. There are no bet geems to be camouflage to draw |) the attention of other nations away ||) Aevelopment of socialism and labor |) main, it ts simply idle talk and/]/ Propaganda for the purpose of de | ception. | ‘DOCTORS BARE CHILD'S HEART Child Restored to Health by Daring Operation CLEVELAND, ©.,, Deo. 2%. Little! ty, 10 years old, who the said would never walk! . Will romp and play like other) | In a fow days he'll leave his hos pital bed just as strong as he was bile ran over him Hig recovery, at first despaired of, was brought about by a most re markable operation in which his heart was laid bare while surgeons “repaired” 4 broken phragm muscle Notes and | Comment on | THE OLD {HOME TOWN Land will be cleared and buildings erected next spring on the 5,000-acre tract recently purchased by Miller Bros. of Oklahoma, on Axford Prat rie, near Aberdeen, The land will be used as a stock farm, the cattle being brought from Texas and Oklahoma, where the Millers own ranches. eee All school directors of Grays Har bor county will meet at Montesano December 27 to hear addrensea by Mra, Josephine Corliss Preston, state superintendent of schools, Neely, assistant superintendent, and Mra. Clara Wilson Stewart, organizer of the famous “moonlight schools” of the Kentucky mountaina eee Auto buses operating under cer. | tifieates of public necessity on the | highways of Washington must be |properly Reated, under the rules of the state department of public works. eee Preliminary steps toward the or ganization of an American Legion post have been taken by war vet erans of Napavine. eee I. C Young, traveling mlesman, | has purchased the Interest of C. L. Brown In the Balfour 4 Brown Hard- ware Co. of Chehalis, ee More than 35,000 Eastern brook trout have been received and placed in the hatchery at Dryad and will be jready for distribution in about 90 | days Acting for shippers and growers of the entire Northwest, the Wenatchee | Valley Fruit Exchange of Cashmere |has made formal complaint before the interstate commerce comminsion, charging that the present refrigera- tion and heater rates on Northwest fruits are unreasonably high. eee “Green Stockings,” a threeact jcomedy, will be presented by Frank | Starr post, American Legion, at Cok Se February 6. eee Fastern Washington ranchers eay | p, | that the present cold spell is not help. @angerous to live in Russia if) ing winter wheat, but that they do} Japanese evacuated. Really the) not expect that it will be damaged! materially, eee ‘Thro their business men the) Dr. 0. J. Keating in the new head! also have conducted propa | of the Walla Watla Commercial Club,! months’ service during the world Allen, | succeeding Robert FE. oe oa] ~—Golden pumpkin pies, | —English plum pudding. 45¢. —Seotch Short Bread, $1.00 and $2.00. —Jock Jamies Bairn’s short bread, 80¢ Ib. —Macaroons and fancy cookies in good assort- ment, doz. 20¢. Mixed Nuts 25c Ib. —Oranges; nuts and dates of the very best quality at low prices. Chicken Lunch 45¢ cream; coffee or milk— all for 45¢. —Quick service at the lunch counter — prices 10¢ to 45¢. UPPE. MAIN FLOOR Satin finish candies 25¢ Ib. Acme chocolate drops, 5 flavors 35¢. Wiliam | | Let the Food Shope Help You to Make It a “Merry Christmas” Fruit Cake 75c a lb. Mammoth Cream | Fruit cake, filled with Cheese 35c almonds, butter, peels Wisconsin cheese— | and fruit of the very — especially delicious, at a best quality. most reasonable price. —Mince pies—my, but —Armour’s Star sliced they’re good, 45¢. bacon, put up in dust- ; . | Roast chicken with sausages, made al | dressing; hot buttered na ng lb. 286. fresh | biscuits; cake and ice Bon che Headquarters for Christmas Candies Still a Few 5-Pound Boxes of Oriole Chocolates at UPPER MAIN FLOOR TheBonMarché Christmas Store Hours—9:30 A, M. to 6:00 P. M. {fi T 6 “Once upon a time a witeh—« wieked witeh who rede a broom— heard of « little girt who was | naughty and wouldn't mind at | | By Wanda von Kettler | | In home. ‘Aha,’ she said, ‘I'll get her, I'd like to have a little girt Ike that.’ * “So the old witch flew down the! chimney, and placing the little girl | on the broom, sailed away over the city to her hut in the black woods | And there in the hut No, this tent a ‘Hans Anderson) fairy tale or a story told by Grimm. It is more modern than that. It in one of the tales told by Mrs. Adelina Carola Appleton of Seattle Now Mra. Appleton is known in Se attie for her musical accomplish ments. “And really,” she saya, “my ltairy stories are just incidental. 1} think I tell them beahuse I don’t Itke the fairy storten of the present day.” Mrs. Appleton’s stories neverthe leas are known by many Seattle chil dren who have gathered with her own little girl to hear the story of “The Witch,” or the “Piper and the Birds,” or perhaps “The Magic Cup.” Churches Here Plan | Christmas Services Special Christmas services at Trin- ity Parish church, Bighth ave. and James st, will begin at 1145 p m. Christmas eve, when the church will be lighted only by candies, Services Christmas day will be held at § a, m., }11 a m. and 730 p.m A “festival” service wil be held at the Immanuel Lutheran church, at 11 a.m. while a song service will be held at 74g p.m. | Y.W.C.A. to Hold i English Yule Fete CG. A. girls will observe Christmas after the Englist Friday evenin mime play, | given by the Union lols will be sung around t yule log, and the p and the Dragon,” wil burning . "St George! 1 be presented. | Portland Paper Co. Fire Costs $20,000, PORTLAND, Dee. 23. An earty.| morning fh which gutted the cen-/ tral office building of the Endicott | mper Co., caused a lows of $20,000, it as extimated here today. { A large stock of, paper was de-| stroyed. It is the second fire the! company bas had in the last few montha. | w war, ts on his way back to Europe, | to revisit the ground over which he fought in France j proof packages, half Ib, 49¢ Ib.. —Kippered Salmon, 22¢ per |b, —Paul’s jams—nice for any one to take to their 25¢ dinner hostess, 60¢ to $13.75. -Cranberry sauce, 3 to serve, lb. 1714¢. Home made mince meat, made in our clean daylight kitchen, |b. 25¢, or 2 for 45¢. Armour’s Star Hams 33¢ Ib. Jilg’s Super little pork é Mayon- naise, made fresh eral times a day, 31¢, Freshly Creamery 45¢. sev- Ib. churned Butter, Ib. —Special hexagonal boxes filled with Choco- lates, T5¢, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50. $1.85 |. “And Ahere tn the hut,” And third: make a downy pillow out of fouthers stuck Jar—all in one night, Wasn't that terrible?” Midren as they | ar the open 5 Kverett ave the ett home at nth hut he tittle girl she had wicked | n her broom, ‘I'm u three tanks to » them, you can't @ ther,’ Mrw ters, she didn’t up: | rls could do them, the tankn: | was told to count of her head in a very ' She was told to find vivo in @ very dark room ve valet, Sho was told to in @ molasses further explenation of her story-telling Mrs, Appleton says that for some reason or other the fairy Trumpeters will play Christmas | then Appleton : Mra, Ap. tales of the present day do not appeal to her a DON'T CHILD'S stories for children. been used on the screen, garding her muni clety of Composers HE SEATTLE STAR And a Little Bird Came”’—Let This Seattle Woman Tell well, Mra, Ap pleton is a member of Seattle's Bo which means “I do not believe,” she says, “that! that she does compone. they reach the heart of the child’ as| derson and Grin often And 1 he fairy atories, She has wold. v |ahort stories to modern magazines, | 6 x , have! fow r narios, written by Schools Opened for Farmerettes LONDON, Dee, 23.—Two Inatitutes have been opened in Engiand tific phasea of making cheese, caring | British ship. for poultry, choking and farming.| committed the crime to avenge the! in the forest until the pipe was made | Bertha Bight more schools will be opened | ili treatment of her walled with Fielding 20 years ago, next year, Now about th in the dark pened. who counted them for her little girl who was eo tanka: 1 a miserable time, the first night because she unt the hairs in her head Th ething bi A bird ca a magic bird And the he came again, and The third night he nd night 1 the pin |Waited 20 Years; Woman Kills Man) CALAIS, |Constre ban been sentenced to 15 earn’ teach farmers’ daughters all scien-| Capt. Richard Fielding, master of a|the right notes, The result was a| ¥., and Samuel Newoomb The woman said #he| terrible shrieking and riot of sounds|N. Y, and three dat Dec. 23 Mme. imprisonment for rourdering husband, who and| Elise) in the forest. And re came an before, but even the magic bird could not make a downy pillow out of feathers stuca in a molasses jar. “So he made the Mitle girl promise one thing—that when she returned home sne would never be naughty again, Then he gave her his own feathers, the downy pillow was made, the old witch, by her own words, was made Lo free the girl in the morn- ing, and the magle bird flew |. away to hide until new feathers grew.” That in one of the stories that the kiddie friends of Mra, Appleton Ike to hear. Another tells of a little boy who carried the plich-pipe for the birds And one day, that ntory says, that pitchpipe went out jot tune, and the birds couldn't find right again. Carols through the store from 2 to 5 p. m. Saturday The Happy Crowds Which Throng Our Aisles Last-minute gift shopping takes on the spirit of a holiday outing at the Bon Marche, where everyone is But we musn’t tell all her stories. ! Mra. 1 t be fair. A stories, and th ° by bern \To Bury Civil War Veteran on Monday Funeral nervices f new ¥ | Watsor nder n of Nile served v : hed 7 in "98 4 pur- 1% } when he returned to Seattle a chased the Bay Btate First ave. He is survived by two # litem ~=Newcon Whitacre, Mrs. A of § Was and Christmas Shopping Hours: 9:30 a. m. to The Bon Marche Foretell a Merry Christmas happy and good humored. You'll find salespeople who are eager to please, gift assortments that are brimming with helpful sugges- tions, and prices that are decidedly attractive. Join the gay crowds in our gift-bordered aisles, and your last-minute Christmas problems will be solved with speed and satisfaction. Package Postoffice—Wrapping Desk and Express Office All Christmas Merchandise purchased here on Saturday will be delivered before noon Christmas Day. Give Glove Bonds F you are uncertain of the size or style, you may buy Glove Bonds for gifts—redeemable at any time—and the recipient has a chance to select gloves to her taste. Where to Find Gifts for Men Men’s Furnishings— Lower Main Floor. Knives — Union Street 3asement, —-Leather Goods—Upper Main Floor. —Jewelry — Upper Main Floor. —Traveling Bags—Lower Main Floor. —Slippers — Upper Main Floor. —-Umbrellas—Upper Main Floor. Stationery—Upper Main Floor. Auto Robes—Third Floor. Smoking Sets — Fourth Floor. Golf Balls and Clubs— Lower Main Floor. All Personal Service Booths Cashier’s Desk—Fifth Floor Where to Find Gifts for Boys —Boys’ Furnishings— Upper Main Floor. —Boys’ Clothing—Upper Main Floor, —Slippers — Upper Main Floor, —Candy—Upper Main Floor. ‘ —Knives — Union Street Basement. —Books—Lower Main Floor. —Flashlights—Union St. Basement. —Tie Racks—Third Floor —Sleds—Fourth Floor. —Toys—Fourth Floor, —Sporting Goods— Fourth Floor, Where to Find Gifts for Baby —Baby Shop—Second Floor. —Books—Lower Main Floor. —Jewelry Section—Upper Main Floor. —Handkerchiefs— Upper Main Floor, —Stockings—Upper Main Floor, —Gloves—Upper Main Floor. ——Umbrellas—Upper Main Floor. —Candies — Upper Main Floor. ~—Blankets—Third Floor. —Toys—Fourth Floor. —Go-Carts—Lower Main Floor. Merchandise Bonds ERCHANDISE BONDS are redeemable at any time and in any department, so those receiving them have the pleasure of choosing gifts that he or she really wants, All Personal Service Booths Cashier’s Desk—Fifth Floor Short Cuts for Busy Christmas Shoppers Where to Find Gifts for Women —Jewelry — Upper Main Floor. —Neckwear—Upper Main Floor. “ —Gloves— Upper Main Floor. —Hosiery — Upper Main Floor. —Slippers — Upper Main Floor, Petticoats—Second Floor. F —Suits and Coats—Sec- ond Floor, 3louses—Second Floor. —Aprons—Second Floor. —Art Goods — Third Floor, —Towels and Linens — Third Floor, 6 p. m. FOURTH FLOOR Where to Find Gifts for Girls —Handkerchiefs — Upper Main Floor. —Fancy Goods and Leath- er—Upper Main Floor. —Toilet Goods — Upper Main Floor. —Umbrellas—Upper Main Floor. —Candies — Upper Main Fleor. —Dresses—Second Floor. —Furs—Second Floor. —Silk Underwear — Sec- ond Floor, ~—Brassieres—Second Floor. —Silks—Third Floor. —Corsages—Third Floor.