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BEGINNING TODAY, GRAPHIC, TABLOID HISTORY OF AMERICAN NAVY—PAGE 4

SPEND FIVE MINUTES WITH

the STAR S JOKESTEK. ON THE

EDITORIAL page, it will

CURE YOUR BLUES

WRITES LOVE NOTE; DIES?

CLEANUP

HUSA

SNAG

Offlstte plana war* laid

Taasday by taachar* and prin

cipals In tha public achools

•aaraby every atrav bit of pa

ir, avary empty can. and ev

ary ether unaightly apot on Se

gtMa veat will be eradicated

tf auaila thla week.

Mifft school atudenta balked

■lee the echool claan-up pro-

Itm waa announced.

Tkair principals announced

Taaadsy mornlno that It

be hard to get the boya

la ■ark," Judging from Indlca-

Mas, aed no effort will be

eias to organize a clean-up

tftd In any of the high

a: kaa la. Reeommendationa

tit the atudenta take part In

tt general aweeo-up move

mr\, however, were made.

li gr»maur achool#. following a

Miw Yonday eight with City

kg Cooper, principal* conferred

dt teacher* Tueadav and the re

■ft U» been that efficient *<]uad*

4 de*&er* have been organized

it Mine achool* the work will

■nenre Wednesday, at other*

Inlay

City Ce-operatlen Needed

let we mu*t hare co-operation

■ tke part of the city," *ald one

Itetpal "After we have gather

d ail the »tray paper In the

Ullberhood. where are we to put

»? If the city will furnlih recep

■dn. w« can do the re*t."

TW ii>|gestlon wa* made that

•4 Mhool have a "bonfire night."

•A th* -inderatandlng that all tn

taaabl* nibblah be gathered

Mo a vacant lot and burned by

Xpta nader the protection of the

Ik* lepartmenL

htTDlroen were bu*y Monday no

•jla* property owner* that thla la

te-si/ week and In cbaalng

bit* of utray paper.

Will Cultivate Lota

IV convention* clean-up and

Wltu;> bureau ha* begun work

a vengeance that bode* 111 for

1 rotghtly lot owner* who are

* Baking in effort txi 'perk up."

Before the close of the week va

iwoperty all over the city will

k jet under cultivation —aome

llutad with vegetable*, other lot*

Cower* But thl* will not be

>11 ve*tlge of filth ha* van

ittti and every can. bottle and

M «ra*igned to the flame* of the

iocfnerator

IBK HAUTE MAYOR

M 21 PALS GUILTY

INOIANAPOLIB. April 6 —

Don M, Roberta of Terr#

and 2® other* who were

Wti here on a charge of elec

tle# fraud* In Vigo county were

•"■•dimity by a jury today.

Tke men Mill be eentenced

Anderaon of the U. 8.

,Jj* Instructed th# 27 con

■WKm wed a* the 89 who

yßjUHflto b«for« the trial*.

SHtMpiii home* and re

-12, whan he

I that

I TLiriii rrr~"

Just Like Taking Candy From Baby!

True to It* announcement, Th# BUr gave «h* people of Seattle flrat nawa yeeterday of the out

coma of tha championehlp battla at Havana.

Within two mtnutea aftar tha ftaah announcing Wlllard'e victory ovar Johnaon waa received. Tha

Star praaaaa ware grinding out thouaanda of estraa, containing a complete atory of the conteet, round

by round. A new record for apeed and completeneea In the laauance of estraa In Seattle waa eatab

llehad.

FULLY 2i MINUTES AFTER THE STAB EXTRA WAS ON THE STREET. AND THOUSANDS

SOLO. THE OPPOSITION EVENING PAPER APPEARED WITH AN EXTRA, which waa greeted

with amllea by the public, which already had read the complete atory m The Star.

Peggy O'Ncil Doesn't Want

Husband, She Tells Boall;

Likes Present Job Too Well

BY FRED L. BOALT

" Tla a harrd Ufa." aald Mlaa

Peggy O'Sall to me

Hard your grandmother!" said

I to h«r.

"All wurruk an' hurry," said

Peggy O'Nell, "till I'm that tired 1

can scarce »leei> An' me hearrt*

sick for a home."

' For why would *ou ahut your

self In four walla*" 1 aaked. "You.

that ran make people laugh one

minute and cry tha nejt?"

That pleased bar and changed

her mood. Oar talk waa In her

dressing room at the Moore The

second act of "Peg o' My Heart"

waa Juat over.

"They like It then —oat In

front?"

They like It flo»." I told her

"They've laughed their heads off

and cried their eyes out. and

they're atttlng tight for the next

act."

"I'm glad." said Peggy O'Nell,

simply.

Boalt Put In Hia Place

" 'Tla a fine life." aald >, en

vloti* "Living In fine hotel*, and

traveling on tralna. and *ee|ng the

rountry. and eailng nothing but

the be*t. • • • Wearing »llka and

•atln* and Jewel#. • • • With a

pur*# full of (told. A fin# life, Mia*

Feggy O'NelJ," aald I, even If you

take no count of the pleaaure you

bring to ua poor *tayat-home*

Shame to you for being dlscon

tented'"

At that ah# laughed, and all th#

little pucker* and frown# left her

pretty face

"Tell me wan thin*." ahe aald

"Did you come to Interview me, or

waa It to acold?"

Itelng thua *«"t In my place, I

nave her a haughty look, fetched

out a pencil and an envelope fcon

talnlr.g an Impudent note from a

creditor concerning a *m»ll obll

gallon which I would pay If I could,

but can't), and the Interview be

gan.

Peggy la "Black Iriah"

I Judge " aald I. "from your red

hair that your folka come from

County Cork or thereabout*"

"They don't." aald ahe. mad

right away. "And me hair lan't

red."

Hhe lifted her wig an Inch and

ahowed me the ahlnlng black hair

under It.

"I'm Black Irlah. I'd have ye

know, and me father and mother

were born and ralaed In Connaught.

Put It down."

I did

"You have, then, black hair and

blue eye*," aald I A pretty com

blnatlon."

She gave me a ahrewd, quizzical

look.

"I may be mistaken." aald *he,

"but ye aeem to me to have the

worm and worried look of a mar

ried man. If ao. cut out the blar

ney. What llae would ye know?

Ye have a marveiou* appetite for

mlacellaneoua and uaelea* Infor

mation."

The Seattle Star

The Only Paper In Seattle That Dares to Print the News

VOLUME IK. NO. 35.

"You apuke, a minute ago, of

Irg h«>rt ilrk for a horn* Why,

then, have you not married?"

A* an asker of questions about

matther* that aro none of your

concern. ye etrlte me admiration,"

•alii Pegav O'Nell ' Your Impu

dence ahud be rewarded.

Many'* tha time mo mother's

told me the atory I'm going to (ell

ye now. It la a atorv of the daya

before tb« king* come to rule n»»r

Ireland—the daya of the falrle*.

and the little people. and the gl

anta who come to Ireland by way

of the (ilaatte' Causeway.

"Wane#, me mother told m*.

there waa a young gurrl lived «I 0

her mother Hhe waa gifted In a

certain kind of wurruk. though

what kind It w»» 1 dlnnaw

"Anyhow, It was wurruk that ahe

alone could do Hut the gurrl tie

come weary of doing the wan thing

over and over

Asks Aid From a Giant

"And whin the bhoya paa*»d by,

and smiled at her. she smiled

back, and shed fall to dreaming

• • • Her mother scolde.J her, but

It didn't do army good Ho the

poor woman wlnt to wan of the

glanta. and sal<l AVIII ye come

over to the house for an hour or

ao* I want ye to tiretlnd ye're me

daughter'a husband Thrun a

scare Inta her

" Wld pleasure, ma'am,' aaya the

giant, who ain't a had felley at

hearrt.

"80 the giant goes over to the

gurrl'a house, and oar* he'a her

husband And she think* It'a fine

to have such a big man for hus

band

" Ketch me me dinner," saya the

giant. She fetches It

"He growl* because the broth Is

too cold, and the lay too weak

and the pltatlen too hot. Nothing a

right at all. at all.

"H* He* In the warrm mm, and

makm her cut peat for the fire,

and mind the plgi and dticka, and

mend hi* do'*. and carry wather.

And whin the wurruk '* done, It a

all to he done over agiilrs

No Fun Havlna a Huaband

"And nlver a kind wurrd ran ahe

Kit out of him. but only growl* and

mutterin'a

"The poor. foollah gunT* hearrt

la near broke, and ahe learn* It

lan't aa much fun havln' a huahand

aa ahe thought 80. whin they tell

her 'tla only a Joke, ahe'a glad to

git back on the old Job —the one

ahe like*, and Is fitted for.

•" 'Tla the aamn wld me, me bhoy.

There'a gnrrl* that were made for

wlvea and mother*. And there'a

other gurrl* that have other

wurruk to do In the wurmld.

" 'Tla the aame wld men. too. Ve

have yer wurruk Which remlnda

me that ye d beat lie about It, For

'tla near lime for the laat art, and

I have ran dreM to change "

—Hotel cl«rk, witnei* In T»m«r

Ontiorn broachof promlHe flizl#, on

$12,000 ball for porjury

GUESS IF THEY'RE MARRIED

SEATTLE. WASH . TUESDAY, APRIL 6. 1915. ONE CENT SuviWr\mo«.*»

— Prof. Newblll

I Pullman collene)

loll* women of

fw-mtle Mother*

Con*re»a not to

f.ed children on

:> re »err e ■ Oh.

| tell. the kltU mill

I . ** « something

to live for He

didn't pul any restriction* on

p4e

—President Alexander Meikta-

John (you sneeze In of Amherst

roll'*" sddressed Seattle alumni

Monday night

—Snappy coHaoa musle and pop

ular colics* none* promised hv

Whitman College IIIm club In con

cert at V W. Wednesday night

"We oaaaed through an

army of 2.000.000 men ao

cunningly concealed w* aaw

only 2.000 of them." aaya a

war correepondent. Like

wiee we reached In our

pocket for ti.000.000, but ao

cunningly wsa It concealed

that we found only 10

centa.

—Park board petitioned to estab

llsh fire patrol In Ravenns park

during summer.

—Admiral Baron Urlu of Japan

Inspected Hrenmrton navy yard

Monday.

—Will of late Maraaret L. Denny

Includes $50,000 bequest to state

university

— Rev. J. F. Dunetsn, after com

ing all way from Australia to West

Seattle Congregational church, has

accepted call to Valder

—Pat McMugh of Seattle award

ed 165.000 contract by Whatcom

county commissioners for five

miles of concrete paving on fJulde

Meridian road fat will have more

Jobs now for 11 s dar laliorers

—State highwaymen get $7,000

near Hye Valley. Wasn't etage

money, either

—Mayor, chief of police and po

lice commissioner of Muncle. Ind

arrested for trying a "Felix Crane"

stunt

—D. C. Jackllng, millionaire min

ing man. who built fancy yacht In

Seattle, ami Virginia Jollffe, sister

in-law of Rudolph Spreckela, mar

ried In Frisco.

—John Barleycorn loet decision

In Monday's election at Michigan,

and 266 more suloons will have to

sell grape Juice.

—Boom! Booml B Iff! Bang!

Boss" Harries damage suit against

T. Roosevelt to come up April 19

for trial.

—Prof. Taft says European peace

depends upon neither aide winning

I/et's wire It to the Ualner quick.

GIRL POSES NUDE FOR "NAKED TRUTH" MOVIE FILM

Perfect Miss Telia of Taking Horseback Rides Without Clothes

LOS ANGELES, Cel.. April

•.— Margaret Edwards, known

as a physically perfect girl,

has answered the criticism

mads against her appearance

as the "Naked Truth" In a mo

tion picture play, the exhibi

tion of which was prohibited

here.

Advocates of the condemned

picture claim the role taken

by Miss Edwards is artistic,

and, being symbolic of Truth.•

is portrayed as painters and

sculptors have imagined It and

produced It for centuries.

Member* of the l,os Angeles

censor lioard. while not condemn-

Inic nakedness In art. declare that

the animated figure of a nude wom

an should not he exhibited.

In defense of her appearance In

the "Naked Truth," Mtus Kd wards

recited her life a* n "child of na

ture" and advanced her own theo

ries why the picture should ho

shown.

"I have been taught," she said,

"Ihat my body Is a temple of pur

Itv 1 was a child of nature and

I love the open, the truth In every

thing

"I have been blessed with excel

lent health and consequently my

bodv Is well formed.

"I have never worn a corset 1

Miss Margaret Edwards

have been declared to be a p!>> rlc- .

ally perfect girl. 1 hate clothes ]

They are awkward, unhealthy and

unnatural.

"At our ranch home I often

mount a white horse of mine

and, without clothing, ride

FEWER BUILDINGS

liuiMlnn permits for March nhow

11 an compappd with

Mnrrh of lust year. Thprp wcrp

HIO pprmlt* Imiipil In March, IS 15

for a total valuation of $i>89.675

In March. 1914. thprp wprp BRI ppr

I mIM, for a total valuation of $f23,

I ISO

This Is the

?

•

woman la Immoral. It la not ar

tlatle and ahould not be ahown.

A Una muat ba drawn between

what (a art and what la Immod

eat. —Judge A I'. Ttigw®ll. pr«*a

idf nt of the censor hoard of Lo*

AngHes

There la art In the appearance

of a naked woman In a role aym

bolic of the truth. It la not Im

moral or Immodeat. A partially

draped flgura la immoral.—Miss

Margaret Edwards. player of the

rule of the "Naked Truth."

. through the hills In the moon

light.

"It l« not because I wish to

be vulgar that I aay these

things, it Is because It was this

sort of a life that made me

healthy."

RATES ADVANCING

Murine Insurance rates have ad

vanced iemurkrflih since Januar>

1 as a result of big losses sustain

ed by underwriters during the war.

Insurance on steamer* owned by

the tirand Trunk Pacific- company,

recently renewed, showd ad

i vances of to per cent

HERE'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT

MR. MERCHANT

Average Paid Circulation of The Seattle

Star for March, 1915 58,628

Average Paid Circulation of The Seattle Star

for March, 1914 47,737

Gain 10,891

This is a gain of more than 22 per cent. That

means that tlie merchant who has had an advertising

contract with The Star during the past year has had his

investment increase in value more than 22 |>er cent.

lias any other investment that you have had in

creased in the same proportion during the past 12

months?

Last

EDITION

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DRAGFOR

BODY OF

BOY

The police are dragging I,ak«

Washington. off Leschl park, in the

1 hot* of finding the body of Charles

! Carter Anderaon, 21. Mlna Joule

Asher, the pretty object of Ander

son's unrequited love, doubts If they

will rind It.

•'( barley v>< always threatening

to commit suicide, and never doing

It." said Miss Asher Tuesday.

F. O Carmen, boatman at Iveschl

park, Tuesday found an empty row

boat In the lake. On a s«at bo

found a pocketbook containing a

note, which reads:

"Whan a parson has nothing to

tlva for, thara la only ona way.

Good-bye. dear old world. You hava

held soma pretty good things for

me, and some bad ones; but. Jo,

from the bottom of my soul I love

you. So, good-bye, dear, and

sometimes think of mo."

It Is signed "Charles Carter An

derson."

There are two postscripts, one re

questing that Anderson's moiher,

Mrs. J. Shiner. 316 Wall St., and

Miss Josle Asher. 2019 Ninth ave.,

be notified; the other stating that

the writer was Insured in the Metro

politan Insurance Co.

Left Note at Her Home

Miss Asher Is the "Jo" referred

to In the note.

"Charley was here last night."

she sail, "and left a note for me.

saying he was going to commit sui

cide. He'd made the threat so oft

en I didn't worry. He was always

going to jump Into Lake Vnlon or

l,ake Washington. Aud once ho

showed me a revolver and said he

was going to shoot himself.

Tell Us About Your

Most Embarrassing

Moment and Win $2

It would he had enough to walk

into a stranger'* bouse and sit

down, thinking It the house of a

friend when one was "slightly stim

ulated." or "somewhat exhilarated."

as Kuggles of Red Gap would sav.

but to do it when perfectly sober

—well, that's what F De\V. E did.

and it was his most embarrassing

moment.

What's yours?

For the best letter received this

week, describing the most embar

rassing moment. The Star will give

a prize of $2. Address your letter

to "Embarrassing Moment" Editor.

The U*i time I ««« nt *an 1 mnrlmn

a amu«lng Incident occurred to me.

It wa» in) ftrat Sunday in the ill.*, ami

I thought I nonlil % I*ll unr of my rela

tive* In Oakland. 1 had a tins? recollec

tlon of hla residence, hnt after exploring

In the for some little tlma

I rame upon a hmiae which I a««ured my

(.♦•lf niii the right one. I'hU a»«umptlon

Ha* douhly atrenfftheued hjr the api»ear

anre of a maid whom I thought 1 recog

nlved.

II ii« Koherl home? Ae«. Would I ha

»f * I ed .*

I walked Into the parlor, and upon

.r->nK »oiiie people n h<nn I »uppo**Mt

herr friend* of Itoli'n, I made un emy

w 11iitiitIon. and seated nijiflf In the man

ner of a man mlih In perfectly at home.

Intiiiine my anrprlae when It devslopfd

In the eonveeaath»n which enaiied that I

had entered the wrong home Neediest

to aay I departed a# at»on an the explana

tion* whleh I offered were accepted.

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