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to ¥ Temperature Maximum, 64, Today at Last M4 Hours Minimum, 51, noon, 57, Entered as Second Class Matter May 8, 1499, at the P at VOL. NO, 7 25. SE ATTLE, WASH,, Heway) folks! folks! The Seattle Ad club sponsored a “Know Seattle” luncheon today at the Arena, . y 4 Speakers told all about Seattle, but they couRin’t tell anything about the pedigree of the soup. ther was a mother was a C The soup’s in Texas, and nese noodle, If the Ad club really wanted tell people about Seatsle, they have their information out in alphabet soup? RETURN ENGAGEMENT Would it be proper to call al- phabet soup a Literary Digest? eee 11'l Geo Geo has a scheme to beat those florists who raised prices on Mother's day. Next year, sho says, we ought to keep the date secret. eee A committee of the American Bar | association has gone to Europe to| study crime. How did they happen | to overlook Los Angeles? Few girls, says a Chicago paper, | chew tobacco, Wake up, girls. se KNOW SEATTLE WEEK (What do you know about Seattle? Can you tell a tourist any interest. | ing facts concerning this city? Here are a few memory testers): Who was the first Seattle mayor to wear a necktie during office hours? Why did Billy’s Mug go out of business? What was the rainfall during the 24 hours commencing at 6 72 to why didn't spelled | What is Seattle's annual con- sumption ef toothpicks? Why is Ballard sometimes Copenhagen? What is the name of your q bootlegger? | eee ‘Leprosy has broken out at McNeil faland. This is the only thing that has broken out there since Roy Gardner. ‘ *. Leprosy, it is said, causes the Mesh to fall off. But it's « poor way to reduce, girls. : oe * The dog days and the cat nights | ‘will soon be with us. eee “You're all run down,” said the doctor as he wound tho hall clock. CANDIDATE or “THe POISON | IVY CLUB The gink who says, “I'm just as happy as if I were in my right mind.” | o- Vim'a girl ia tall and stim, My girk is thicker set, Jim's girl wears shell pink silk, My girt wears—flannelette, Jim's girt is wild and gay, My girl demure and good, You think I'd change my girt for Jim's? You're darned well right I would, ere “Standard of Milk to Be Ralsed Here.”—Headline. What's the matter? Are the boot- leggers using all the water? eee - “You can't laugh that off,” said the warden as he adjusted the stralt- Jacket. EXTRA! EXTRA! . SEATTLE AGi AIN +8" DUMTABO ‘sopauy soy ‘pawpiod “noua, 95° z nw 11v8 3° on Onna esos ies 4 toosawia ug a WOT HOM AQOVAT ISVOO OLAIOVE . The safest way 1s to elect three nice adjectives and use them every time the wife asks @ new hat. see Between a movie and a chorus gist What difference can you see? Why, the first, a dimple in her face— The second, in her Ienee, “« Burglars carried off another safe d. Is the Smith ly nailed down? ory Home Brew BALDY Chancellor | made | municated with | automatic your opinion of| N PREMIER OF GT. BRITAIN Called to the Palace by King; Will Form New Government LONDO win, chanc old Bonar ; Baldwin was summot ham palace by ernoon May 8 r the excl King George this aft conference it i pted t ng to form a ation of the government. The announcement | Was made at 4:30 p, m. Selection of Baldwin was made after the king h id indirectly © ers of the con- jServative party, of which Baldwin |‘s @ momber, Baldwin arrived at Buckingham | Palace at 3:20 p. m. Before ca’ Baldwin, the king had a long cc ence with Lord Stamfordham, wetetary, who had just conferred with leaders of the conservative party Lord Curzon arri tn Lon before Baldwin was called to the palace. Baldwin is expected to re ive th et probab iy| will be appointed tomorrow | Will be no material changes. ‘The conference between the king| and the new premier lasted more} than an hour, Baldwin went to the| Toyal offices in a taxicab fram No. 12 Downing st. panied him, As soon as he arrived he was ushered into audience with King George and the offer was made. Baldwin was the popular candi date for successor to the office made | nation of Bonar Law, whose throat} (Turn to Page 9, Column 4) ‘EFFORTS FAIL TO END STRIKE «: Not Meet Increase All efforts on the pa Drydock Co. to end strike of 350 raise would amount to. refused the offer, officials, claims that it is not a con. tract shop, and on that ground re. fuses to grant the increase. "Todd | company officials sald Monday thetr| present overhead would not permit} the raise sought. Unskilled workmen are being hirea| | to take the places of striking metal} trades mechanics on the city water| line leading in from Swan lake, ac. cording to Cooper. He states that| jthe line fs in danger of going to| | pleces-shortly after it {4 completed, | |due to the class of work that is be ing | done on it. ‘The work Is reported to| be progressing stowly on the tine, | which is being put in by the West. | ern Pipe & Steel Co, one of the con-| cerns refusing to grant the 80 cents a day increase, says Cooper. But four of the 20 shops affected | by the strike now hold out and refuse | to grant the raise asked by the strik. | ing metal trades workmen. ‘They | are the Western Pipo & Steel Co, the Todd Drydock Co. the Commer __JAMES, THE CAR! OLD MAN ‘TROUBL TEMPUS TODD KNOCKED ME DOWN AND THEN KICKED ME IN on 1 Boiler Works and the Pacitie| ring Wor ssgagasasaesesstsassesseessssssseeesss SSOUSSSUDERSSUESSITESSIIEESTIS SISSIES Avridge Mann Greets “City in Fairyland To Seattle: City set in irylar where the nbow open, green and airy land, land of loyal friends! I, like a loyal son, hold your standard high, till little day is done, till I say good-bye! F er City white; vhere the mountains rise, clothed bringing, down the distant skies, light! How can hearts be aught but gay? How courage flee? Mighty mountain to say, trong ast in sn me cem we! City where the setting sun brings hues; painting, when the day is done, Nature's g: est views! Weary days or dre days end in sw est rest, where the soul can sit and gaze down tinted West! its brigh City where a mighty tide human-hearts are open wide, every East and West are meeting here, You! Destiny is standing near. man's a frie -keep our epirits t City where the hand of see know; May I learn the life that lies deep within your brea till at last my spirit flies out beyond the West! Grritge God, souls can OMe Seattle, May ssages merging here Was under the Act of Congre rch 3, 1879, Per Year, vy Mall, $3.80 The Seattle Star Tl ESDAY, MJ AY 22, egnggggganneazazaauaaututusannaaauananaanengngggggetaanuananenangnnaanaaeeaseennstatt iS 3) nds; : : my owy 8 of can test the meets its journey’s end; nd! in rue! and where the feet of angels trod, in the Long Ago! ast; sesstesgsasssteseest Lith Sabanhnahababhbabahbhehbhhibibahhanthsashshasihshsahsibnineahaninian 2 000 TURN OUT CHINA DANGERS TO STUDY CITY ARE INCREASING ‘Two thousand Seattle folks donned| His wife accom paeven jammed tho Arena to tho doors at/travel the great “Know Seattle" luncheon, |area-are taking thelr lives in thelr | | given by tho Seattle Ad club under! nands, he of Vacant Sunday night by the resig-| noon. Club Luncheon league boots today and thru according to a Auspices of the tourist bureau) sued today by the legatiun: the Chamber of Commerce at |owers. the soldiers ae gas Packed at Great Ad Foreigners Warned of Perils in Shantung Area BY RAY G. MARSHALL May 22.—Foreigners who the Shantung bandit warning ts | a of the | guirding the While the police band, led by R.| railway line are distrusted because |B. Colby, and tno Hughson Jazz/of their constant contact with emis- orchestra played their Jazcient tunes, | gartes of the outlaws. the great crowd filed to their places.| ‘Train scheduies have been changed | The giant auditorium seemed allve/and trains are traversing the Shan- — “Know 8 spirit. tung-Tien Tsin route only by day- Following tho meal Community | yignt Song Leader R. H. Vivian led the) Steanwhile, the Amertean and assembly in a series of rousing other captives remain on the moun- Council Says Todd Co. Will residents. ‘These men| rus, with its songs, was one of the * sald Cooper. The | features of the luncheon. Todd company, according to union|the musical selections by || SPLENDID OFFER troops in an effort to reseu ean and other foreign Pe ee ertna it you are |{th® Chinere bandits was again do. | ngs which told of Seattle's cam- despite contact. with those Following the po: (Torn to Page 9, Column 5) ANOTHER WASHINGTON, May |sion on whether to use | ferred. today, the market to buy a home ||) 7+ eon Secretary of State tain top, where they wre held for} brigauda TROOPS’ USE IS DEFERRED BY A. L. BRADFORD —Deet American io Ameri- captives of | following a conference | Hughes | you had better look this one }/ang acting Secretary of War Davis. aver. | Hoth officials sald after thelr talk 3 FEE = || that there was “nothing new" in the WALLINGFORD MILL DISTRICT }/aituation, but that they “still hoped $500 cash. balance Mke rent. This || the bandits would not kill the Amer lot alone is worth $2,500. The || {cans bungalow consist of large com- q te ENE I bination living and dining room |} The American troops in the Phil- extending the entire width of ||Ippines, as well as the smail force house with 3 sets of double |lin China, are ready for servico at inch doors ‘opening onto |lany time, Davia wald. large porch; modern cabinet || 93 kitchen; breakfast nook; at- || Hughes hoped to have definite tn- tractive. bathroom: one well- ||formation by the time the cabinet lighted bed chamber with largo || met. ‘The lot is lar closet, After his conference with Davis went to the war pl Hughes, ans div You will find this home with many others listed in the Want ||#!0n of the war department, where Ades aoday |troop movements aro planned, He | (turn to Column 4) MY BRAND NEW AUTOMOBILE 1S ALL BUSTED UP. AND MY GAL HAS EC eay ME DOWN 43) RESCUED Fireman Needle Champ COUSUL HERE AS STEAMER COES DOWN! Canadi Liner Runs William Kennwsh, city \fireman, learned to da \faney work after watching a native of Japan working wonders with gill: thread. He was in the navy then and spent much of his time perfecting his work. When he isn’t busy with the lawn an: PACiiC!l mower or sada he | still “throws a wicked needle” Marvale|and his friend up and down the coast have pieces Aground of work that he has turned al “ out. Only once has he sold Off St. Johns any of his work, and that time it was ina reffle. JOHNS Pa 1 Canadian former! passengers and crew, numbering 430 persons, were gotten away to shore fely yenterday Tt le, ay of, 1,121 the firt big ship to apring, and had passdd safely thru the straits apd foo fi om her way to Liverpool largo num of Americans were on board. 0 Nat includes A. Dalton Harrison, Fran and Mrs. Joseph Holmes, Au a, Ore : tw and Mrs. Amy tia, Angeles. The Mar n into a rock and stove a the waterline eaterday y before sundown Capt, Lewis, in an effort to save the passengers, ordered full speed} ahead for a | beach which |The hole tor | was #0 great, however, on ahe| became wat: seven fathoms. of water. REDMOND SAFE CRACKED AGAIN | | Garage Strong Box Blown |: Third the t past year, M Brown Broth: and blew op | the safe sto} {believed the that hour, jarrest were |the explosion jautomobile i ‘escaped. On two oth past yer t robbed, Oner |away an elec | used to drilt Hisland bank. the safe net wt No trace of the bandits or clues that ¥., Ma nteamer 0 he holographers f Mary jean, of th uck hard on the rock narrow stretch of sandy | lay a few miles away. mn in tho: vessel's, side | ‘Embroidery Work erlogred and BY 8. B. GROFF IFTEEN years ngo am American of Nagasaki, Japan, stopped to watch some natives who squatted in jthe narrow strevts working beauti- |fal designs in colored thread upon| jsilk. He watched in amazement as nimble’ fingers brought out tho Time in Year patterns. When the youthful jack tar re- | turned abourd the U. 8. 8, West Vir- jginia he brought with him a quan- }tity of silk and embroidering thread Monday | and a packet of needles. hird time during the} jonday yeses broke into ers’ garage at Redmond pen the sife. Pacifie Coast: blugjacket on liberty in the port | | wonderful harmonizing colors of the | ! | Gains Fame on the true artist with the embroidering needles. His work is perhaps better known in other coast cities than in| his home town of Seattle, for such are the vagaries of fame. HIS HANDIWORK IS AMAZING TO FRIENDS During his spare moments at the fire station or while he {s not hoe- ing the garden or mowing the Jawn at home, Kennish trots out’ his néedies and thread and proceeds to |amaze his friends by. creating deli- ely tinted and exquisitely formed centerpieces, piano covers and table | renners, which must be seen to be really appreciated. The quality of ‘his work can be (Turn to Page 9, Column 5) | pal, Satin to get acquainted with her | ransom, this being thelr third week ‘night's’ prowl by the sufecrackers To William Kennish, 2217 W. Lloyd Spencer, president of the|‘quey wt’ surrounded ty bandite, [Metted them $200 in cash and/ ssth st, pipéman at station 18, Be Ad club and toastmaster at’ the| many of whom are afflicted with a eee aiactriemen te fire department, 19 known as a | + of the Toad Of al nranched of eactu's city Wee fon tr oar og piel lta ap al Charles Kearney, who investigated | re who were to give the speeches of eR. ithe robbery Tuesday morning, re- metal trades workmen, now in effect,| the aay. land the fact that their new camp |!rrtd te Sheriff Matt sarwich that had failed Tuesday morning, accord.| Rev. J. Ralph Mageo was cheered lig in more depressing surroundings |{2° NK was apparently done by | . ing to EF. K. Cooper, secretary of the | when ovaries ‘moh adolces tai the Wiis the, fiver: expert, The safe handle was knock. | Oth P Seattle Metal Trades council, |crowds, He pointed out that resi-| soso, commercial boales jed off and a big dynamite cap in-| er rlso “The mea are striking for a raise |dents of Seattle should have a geN-| ov idine targe supplies of f i toe serted in the safe lock Tho ex faucet e of 80 cents a day and the Todd com.| eral knowledge of the city, in order |tno” Guttawn so they wii pe ra plosion blew the lock into pieces pany <efuses to grant it," said Coop.| that they might answer intelligently | stealing the prisone yefrain and the burglars slid back the Dr er. “They have, however, called up| all questions put to them by tour-| 1 . brischers’ Sup |tumblers, Tho door of the safe} a number of the men and offered| iste. — hers not even warped, them more to come back than the| The Chamber of Commerce cho- A clock hanging on the wall over BY STEVE: ARNETT | That leprosy might bo readily | transmitted to the cellmates of Je#us to their} MeNell Island prisoner who pped at 240 and it is explosion ceeurred at might lead found. No ono heard | Lira, n and no ene saw the| Was taken from the penitentiary in which the yeggmen’ Sunday night and sent to Mexico, was the opinion advanced Tuesday by Dr. Ira C, Brown, medical in- spector of the Seattle public schools, who was in constant contact with, her occasions during the he garage has been ¢ the burglars carried trio drill that later was the safe of the Vashon A second assault upon ted a considcrable sum for a number of years, “The disease may be readily trans- planted thru any bite of an insect,” lof money. said Dr. Brown. “If any of the men | ‘The inner doors of the safe were | who were with Lira in his cell were left unlocked by the garagemen and} bitten by any vermin or insects that the rifling o! the thieves ace SHIP A TOTAL LOSS SAN FRA Story by Octavus Roy Cohen (Bur TLL SHow THEM. L \r IDERSTAND THAT: TLL MAKE THEM UN! TA! — had bitten the diseased man, they would be reasonably certain to have f the comportments by was easily accom: WILL BE was believed to be a total loss, vessel is fast bbreaking up, ing to reports recoived in circles here, Captain Rassen and his crew of 16 men reached safety Monday morning The accord: marine CO, May 22.—The lumber steamer Coquille River, | when a power boat from Arena coast which went on the rocks north of ar station took thelr small boat | Point Arena, Cal, Me Ing, Hustrations by H. Weston Taylor Setar RAR eRe vee" School Doctor Believes Ira Brown Treated Lepers on Isle of Cuyon, Philippines the disease in the Philippine islands: ners Exposed contracted the malady,’ continued Dr. Brown. Prior to his removal to isolation quarters on the island, Lira was in constant contact with seven of his} celimates, and it is the belief of Dr. Browngthat they were exposed on many occasions. “The disease may not make itself apparent for many years. It "may remain dormant for 27 years and then suddenly show itself in all of its horror," said Dr. Brown, Dr, Brown was for many years a| major in the medical corps of the U. $. army in the Philippines and was for two years in charge of the leper hospital on the Island of Cuy-} on. Prior to the occupation of the} island by American troops the lep- ers roamed about without interrup: | tion, They were later confined in} tho hospital under the suryeillance of Dr. Brown, “On a number of occasions T have seen lepers on the streets. I had no authority for interrupting them and paid no attention," said Dr, Brown Tuesday. HAVE THE STAR FOLLOW YOU Before you leave for rural scenes Where the chickens cluck and fat cows moo, Be sure to have the clerk ar- yrange To have The Star follow you. Half the fun of vacation is wetting letters from home folks, If The Star reaches you every day that fills the bill, Surely you will want to keep in touch with the Duffs, Quy Boading, House, Toda and the Slave great: buttery of funs makers, You will not want to miss a Aingle chapter ‘of Rex Reach's “Plowing Gold” and tho news of the ball games, The Star can follow you wherever you go and the fate mail, including postage, is 500 per month. ‘ont Send your order ce oF drop into the Chee partment of The Star before 1 you leave and order, | plans announced Tuesday by Luther | missioner, |ico to admit him, the case will as: |may not “be settled until the diplo- |mats of both nations have probed RUSHES WIRE 10 OFFICIALS ‘Declares Victim Is Not Mexican; Prisoner Speeds jf South on Train — By Lester “M. Hunt Telegrams warning all Mexi- can immigration officials along the border to refuse admission to Jesus Lira, the boy leper re leased Sunday from the federal penitentiary on McNe island, P| were dispatched Tuesday by J dose A. Valenzuela, Mexican consul in Seattle, BI } ira, in a special car, with a doe ; tor and United States immigration inspector, is now believed to be somewhere in California, speeding | toward the land of his nativity, He is destined to arrive within the next 48 hours at an undisclosed point on the border or coast line, | el where he will be turned over to the Mexican authorities, according to 9M Weedin, Seattle immigration com] Thru the expected refusal of Mex: | sume international aspects, which deeply into international law and = conferred at length on precedentand custom, BOY NOT AWARE HE HAS LEPROSY ae In the meantime, Lira, barred by ~ the land of his birth and facing de- portation from the land of his adop- ~ tion, is @ man without a counts ostracised by his family, n even hig ‘fellow convicts on island, a victim of the loathsome ease whieh has terrified m since the origin of history. He ts not aware that he fs a leper and does not know why his sentence was 5' ward Mexico, or why transported in a private car, at- tended only by a doctor and im-— migration inspector. CAR BOARDED UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS ‘or will he understand why will be shunned at the border his homeland and {isolated in jshack along the border while a try paces before his door and \him to avold men of all races. Dr. E, E. Reinstine of jand Immigration Inspector John Zurbrick of Vancouver, B. C., ai the other occupants of the lepro car, They boarded it under co of darkness at Steilacoom whi passengers wondered why the limit ed paused at the little station Puget sound, across from the pet tentiary. Had they known, few would hay completed their journey. Mr. Valenzuela, in explaining. action in ordering the immigratt service of his country to refuse ai mittance to the leper, declared Lira was not a Mexican citizen. “He has lived practically his (Turn to Page 9, Column 1) © J. frankly amazed the police Monday evening, when he turn over to the officers a black pi containing $105 in cash, which declared he had found on a dor town street. While the police were still honest man. Willlam Colby 226 Second ave. W., walked int headquarters to make a report 0 losing the purse and money. TO BURN HO Make Fire Box of House Batchelor; Probe Cause An elaborate plot to destroy {home of 1. F, Bohannon. 8421 can aye, was discovered by Fire late Monday night when tho fh eee broke out in the house during B hannon’s absence. Fire May Robert TL, Laing was yigo pushing an investigation Tu which, may result in one or mére rests, e Holes had been punched in | brick basement walls, to form a fh box, Timers had bbeen saturated with oi, as was the front porch @ The fire was discovered immediately 7 and after somo difficulty it was coa a | trolled. a Bohannon had no insurance. The Seattle Star was a bachelor, living alone, and had trouble in the note boca was announced.

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