The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 15, 1914, Page 2

WOMEN BUY GARBAGE CANS At John Panton’s Retiring Sale of Housewares and Tell Frankly That They Intend TO STORE FLOUR IN ’EM Yesterday was another record-breaker. John Panton’s store never sold so many Pans and Pants, Carpets and Rugs, Dishes and Dusters, in its history. One woman who is fixing up a new apartment house on the First Hill, bought supplies for fifteen kitchens at one clip. And she paid just the marked price, same as anybody else. Even though she took a wagon load. The purpose of this sale is to close out the Housefurnishing Section, the Rug and Carpet Section, the Stationery Section. Every dollar invested in these lines is to be used to develop the Dry Goods and the Women’s Garment business. Reductions range from one-fourth to one-third and one-half. In the Carpet Store, on the Fourth Floor, you can buy two- dollar Bath Rugs for $1.39. You can buy dollar and a quarter Oak Screen Frames for 69c. You can buy Brussels Stair Carpets for 59c a yard. And reversible Brusselette Carpet for 39c a yard. You can buy Art Squares for $3.65. And eight-dollar Hall Runners for $4.50. é Axminster Rugs that are usually sold for seventeen fifty | are $11.75. They are big ones, too! Body Brussels Rugs, worth twenty dollars, can be bought for $12.50. All the Floor Coverings on the Fourth Floor are to be sold | out as quickly as possible. It would be a good plan to come as early as you can, be- | fore the best patterns are picked out. In the Basement Salesroom you can buy almost any kind STAR—TUESDAY, SEPT. SPONDENT BURTON, IN CORRE FRANCE, TELLS HOW BRITISH} “° TAKE COWS WITH’EM TOWAR | By Harry Payne Burton (By Mall from Paris, Sept. 2, 1914.) “IX “Tommies” In khaki, S clanking thelr big English guns, are all the signs of war you see as you leave the old gray quay at Folkestone, the one place in all England you can sall now indy beach there, beneath candyatick awnings, eit, with all the tranquility of former years, scores of white haired Britons ing their Times and pufffhg their pipes, while old ladies near by knit blue channel nd, | they have al waye knitted and blinked. But an hour's run on the little milk-colored steamer brings you into Boulogne and suddenly you are| fn the midst of —-WAR! You do not mistake it from the very moment you start down the gangplank Starting up the gangplank, at Folkestone, the guard scarcely queried “Nationality?” and my easy / ‘eply, “American,” coupled with the ut of my clothes and the twang in my Volce-—the two earmarks of us Americans {n Europe-—passed me with margin, BUT NOT 80 AT BOULOGNE! I had to show my passport get ting off the boat. 1 was escorted by a gendarme to the ticket office, where a prefect of pollce now examined my passport He turned me over to the ticket t, who also had a look at my port. eee Pe ORMALLY the run from Bou N logne to Paris is done in five or atx hours. It took me 26,| and they said I was lucky to make | it fm that time. There are trains, | they say, that have taken 96 bours| to follow the Seine to the sea! 15, 1914, PAGE And then for a mile there streamed by ambulance wagons, water wagons, wheeled hospi tals, medical wagons and doo lery, Including many mounted howitzers. B . UT the cows! Just plain, next contingent ordinary Jersey cows, #0 that the Britisher can have | d, fresh milk t home There were 300 of these English cows, and a keeper to every 20 of them. y day, lke he BERLIN DOES NOT ADMIT ANY DEFEATS GERMAN REPORT BERLIN, Via The Hague, Sept 15,—-Germany’s western campaign continues, the war office announc od today, without any decisive re sult. French efforts to break through the German line and isolate a part of the German forces were deciar ed to have failed It is stated that the German ad vance in East Prussia continues and that the main Russian body has been driven back across the frontier, GERMANY '8 GLOOMY ROTTERDAM, Sept. 15 spread throughout Germany feeling of deep gloom was indicat ed by advices received here today The | of a| And bringing up the rear were many wagon loads of dressed meat and chicken, for without his meat which he eats three times a day |Johnny Bull would not be in fight ing trim! This wae but @ emall contingent of the complete British fighting force, you are to understand, and| not a particularly showy section, At least | was so told by the French gendarme who watched the| procession along with me. “IN TWO WEEKS,” HE SAID, |“THE BRITISH. HAVE LANDED AT THIS ONE POINT 185,000 SCRAPPERS LIKE THESE—OR | BETTER!" GERMANS ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW FIGHT FRENCH REPORT PARIS, Sept. 15.—The Ger- mans in Northeastern France are beginning to stop and show fight today. bs They are using thelr artillery effectively, and the Franco British allles are losing more heavily. East of Amiens the kaiser’s forces are concentrating, evi- dently for a determined 4. They drawn up in a con- cave line extending from St. Quentin through Guise and Ver- vine, and thence southward to Rethal and along the Aisne. If they succeed in reforming Men Will Find Comf ort and Style in the w Balmacaan Overcoats (RAINPROOF ) Wonderful Values You will see in our Upstairs Clothing De. partment at $15.00 $20.00 $25.00 New and distinctive patterns, the same as you will find others showing at $25, $30 and $35. Come and see for yourself. We surprised many a man Saturday by the great variety of patterns and the su- perior values we show at $15.00. Slip-Ons at $5.00 variety of and up. Large Mackinaws, all colors, $7.50 and $9.00. Tailored Ready Co, 401-403 PIKE ST. Special Showing of Balmacaans for Ladies $15.00 and $20.00 The hour's walk I took in Bou logne, before THE ONE train that foes to Paris each day started, told me WHY. Every avaliable railway coach tn France today is being used to con vey British and French troops to! that fusillading frontier For not all of th MEANS, are mobilized [German line an yet | | French reservigts are still arriv ling from | globe. And England will be pouring her army into France for months, From Canada, from New Zealand, from Australia, from Africa and from India they are coming on every boat that ewings Into the Mersey. And there {ts still to be heard from that army of 600,000 men that Lord Kitchener {s raising in Lon don! T solutely besieged with Britieh troope in khaki. Fully 60,000 of them were in evidence the day | passed through. First of all came the office: of the cavairy corps on their perfect chargere—euch pranc- muscular ponies es they from Berlin This, it 1s sald, was in spite of the fact that the government ts publishing only part of the nation’s losses. Business, it ts admitted, ts paralyzed. Discontent {s increasing at the government's failure to provide for | the aployed. The socialist | of Graniteware and Tinware that your kitchen may need at one-half price, or very near it. Even Haviland China, which is going up all over the world, has been going down here. It’s all marked down to less than the cost to import. There never was so fine a chance to buy Haviland China! Lawn Mowers, Bird Cages and Garden Tools are all re- duced to cost and less. Saturday we sold three Garbage Cans to one Scotch woman who is going to use them to store flour in! She thinks the war in Europe is going to last a long time! And she is prepared for the shortage. Please remember that deliveries are made at our conven- ience. We can’t do any better, because the delivery department is swamped. Also, we can’t take telephone orders. Better come and pick out the things you need yourself. Sale resumed tomorrow morning at nine o'clock. Store open Saturday until nine p. m. All sales are cash and all sales are final. at all completely, it Is agreed | | ‘The guns were mounted five mil they might resume the offen. | away from the forts, but so pre sive. | rately had the German aviators —-— | s aimed them that hardly a shot SOME LANDLORD ey | Fort Lantin presents the most -—— | LONDON, Sept. 15.—Lord Lin-| iS REPORTED sinshire has given instructions terrible aspect. It is on a high ridge, and looks for all the world lke he ci e > of no rents will be collected dur ike the crater of am extinct the war from t nts of cot on his estates whe any LONDON, Sept. 15—That 14,000 of ‘Gen. Von Kluk’s troops, including the general cano. Huge blocks thrown * grea adult member of the family has torts chiiied joined the colors or volunteered for twisted like tin. public service. j z himself and the members of his staff, have been surrounded and captured In Northeastern France, is reported in a Central News dispatch today from Dieppe. The war office had no Information. story is not generally believed, though It le known as a fact that many stragglers have been taken prisoners. | BY ANY against the| of cement were distances, and the steel turrets were 4 of giving it to idle} ta Some reports intimate | Ist uprisings were pos Germans that sock sible. INFERNALLY BAD SHOTS, SOLDIER SAYS OF GERMAN four quarters of the} Golden Opportunities are of- . fered in Star Want Ads. ICE DELIVERY CO. ELLIOTT 5560 town of Boulogne was LONDON, Sept. 7. (By mali to New York.)—One of the most * vivid stories of actual fighting on the continent has reached here in a letter from a wounded French soldier to a friend In London. “Tam in the field wrote the wounded man, guna, | see a flash and the report is reechoed from the surrounding [hille, It is strange, but, in the | face of death, | catch myself trying to make out where the shell has fallen, an ff I am an interested spectator at a rifle competition. “I am not the only one. I see many curfous faces around me, hospital,” ceith ‘a | faces With expressions just as if We are closing out for good the Housefurnishing business! Written at John Panton’s Store, By Geo. Francis Rowe. 1p. raise only in jand—and each officer eat In his spotless khaki like a statue, as calm and as reserved in expression as though he were going nice little hole in my left shoulder. It feels as If some one had touched my shoulder with a Mghted cigar.” | Of the fighting writer said: “For some time the rattling of| their owners formed the audience at a highly entertaining theatrical performance. “In the midst of the fiercest fight- ing later I heard jocular remarks and funny expressions used around ARE THE TOMB A Thorough through the maneuvers In Horse | volleys has been audible. Then at AMUSEMENTS. WEEK Matinees Wednesday and Saturday KITTY MacKay The Love Story With a Laugh in| Every Line | Nights and Sat. Mat., 25¢ to $1.50 Wednesday Mat., best seats, $1.00 | | Marcus Quality Vaudevilte | 6—BIG ACTS—<4 | S—PHOTOPLAYS—5 || MATS. 1,000 SEATS Sundays and Holidays excepted, 106 Seven big national dignitaries of the Shriners are scheduled to ar- Five here next Saturday night, to Spy out good hotels and complete arrangements for the housing of | their brethren when the national| convention is held here, the second week in July, next year. THIS WEEK METROPOLITAN D’Annunalo’s Photo Spectacte CABIRIA Orchestra and Chorus PANTAGES That Versatile Organization ‘Webber’ s Juvenile Orchestra 106 AND 200 ‘TIVOLI THEATRE = First at MaGioon i mady Com “THE KING OF PATAGONIA” Dillon & King’s Big Dally Matines 150. Evening We Thought Old | Jesse Was Dead) A man grabbed the bridle of an express horse driven by W. F. Schulz, 2544 Beacon ay, at 12th av. and Plum set. Inet night. Another stuck a gun in his face. “Come through,” they invited, In. conteally. Schulz came $18.40 worth, all he| had. | KICK ON BRIDGE) North end property owners are protesting today before the coun cll’s street committee at the in creased cost of the proposed bridge at 20th av, N. BE. They declare} changes in the estimate of cost have boosted assessments 70 per cent. They blame the city engineer-| ing department. BULL BROS. | Jusi Printers 1013 THIRD “<AIN 1043 | AAAI LE OE LAEPILE — AOIT MEAT PRICES | CUT TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AT FRYE & COS MARKETS AS FOLLOWS: vi A 2ke Choice Shoulder Pork Roast . Choice St Steak . Choice Lamb Chops Choice T-Bone Anchor Brand Bacon . Look for U. S. Purpie Stamp It signifies purity and quality. Shops open until » Choice Spare |and exuding on OF LEIPZIG IN BATTLE OFF PACIFIC COAST Possible corroboration of re- ports of a naval battle off the Oregon coast recently, when persons ashore heard contin- ued cannonading, is contained in a letter received at San Francisco today, telling of the sinking by the German cruiser Leipzig of an unnamed Rus- sian cruiser off the coast, The letter was written by Joseph Von D et of the Leipzig to Chief Steward Thomas Dowd of the 8. 8. Yale. Von Dwucet claimed that 68 men were killed and many wounded Von Dwucet, a German reservist, was employed ond cook on came into port, on August 17, to coal The letter was posted at Guaya mas After discussing various personal and business matters, Von Dwucet sald: “I'm still alive. It pretty near was the end of me after an engagement with a Russian cruiser, which resulted in the sinking of our enemy and on our own boat 68 dead. We got 32 shota tn the bow, masts, smokestack and deck. I am cut on my body by a grenade, After the fight the captain or dered the band to play the nation-| al anthem. We all stood and salut ed, I forgot my pain and cried like the Yale e the Lelpal a baby. The captain cried, too.” WANTS PEEK AT THE POLL BOOKS Quoting from Grover Cleveland his own account oodles of verbiage anent the causes prompting him to forsake the republican party and enter the democratic party, Joseph R. Ander son filed a complaint yesterday ainst County Auditor Phelps, de nding to see the poll books Anderton was a “sticker” candi date for auditor on the democratic tleket. He says he has been denied per. mission to see the poll hooks to learn whether he bas been nomt nated. Judge Tallian issued an or- , t | der citing Phelps to show cause on Friday morning. GRAB TWO MORE, VANCOUVER, B. Officers of the Canadian Pactfic were yesterday notified that the British admiralty has commandeer. ed remaining vessels of what was the C. P. R's splendid transpacific fleet, the Empress of India and the Monteagle. With only the “GC, P. R. 100,” an old coal hulk, left, the company may |eharter vessels to continue ocean traffic, C., Sept. 15. the two its Guards’ parade behind Bucking ham palace. Then came countless num- bers of Infantry—every Tommy Atkins in his careful best, a contrasting relief to the bag rather emeary effect pro eye by the not-too-c! a distance a heavy detonation ts heard. Arrived at the crest of a hill, we drop ourselves, and right in front of us, on an opposite hill, is the enemy fn a fight with a di vision of the allies’ troops. Soldiere Are Curious “I can distinctly see the German artilierymen moving about t The New Gas House- - HeatingSystem Is New Only in Through I a Sense ts Success In the East Its Use Has Become Universal You have but to turn a switch, the gas is auto- matically turned on and lighted; immediately heat is being transmitted into the rooms. You may light every radiator at once or each one separately. The automatic control of waste; the moment is reached, the gas shut The products of combustion are ¢ doors and, therefore, do r the air of the rooms. tl (ft lf prevents any possibility the desired temperature s off automatically ied out of not come in contact with In addition to being an ideal heating system, it also serves as a perfect means of ventilation. The low rates prevailing in Seattle make it possible to use gas economically for house heating as well as cooking and water heating. SEATTLE LI Main GHTING CO. 6767. me which proved that the specta- tors’ thoughts were far from the terrible happenings of the battle, Germans Poor Shote “It Is not heartlessness or any |thing like that. I don’t know what it ts “We fired volley after volley at |the enemy. The German shells and bullets 4 over our heads |The Germans may be, and tn fact are, our superiors at executing parade steps, but they are in- fernally poor shots, “Inatinctively we stooped as the | bullets passed, though when one hears a bullet it has passed al ready, “It is n queer sensation the first |time you hear a hail of bullets. It is like a fever, but this soon | passes. “The earth was shaken by the |incessant cannonade and the air was torn by the rifle fire. A com jrade on my right stumbled, drop- ped forward without a word, and lay dead, killed by a bullet in the! |breast. A man in front of me |threw his arms up, fell, struggled | to his feet, and fell again. Shell Bursts Among Them “A shell exploded near us and there was a terrible cry. Five of us were lying in a little square. | One man had both legs blown away and was still alive, conscious, and begging us to kill him “An officer opened his mouth to give a command and at the same |moment got a bullet in the mouth He spun around twice and fell heavily close by me “We began to retreat. Our men showed remarkable self-con trol. Notwithstanding the terrible scenes, I now felt perfectly calm. | “I had Just reached the crest of| a hill when I felt a slight shock in my left shoulder, nothing else. 1) did not heed it, but some moments | later I felt a burning pain, I saw that I was wounded. The weight of my arm seemed to increase |Some time later I found myself | neatly installed in a field hospital.” SINK SUBMARINE | LONDON, Sept. 15,—The German |submarine which sank the British | cruiser Pathfinder recently was her |xelf sunk by the fire from seven British warships, according to al statement published today in the! Scotsman. BOYS ENLIST IN GERMAN TOWNS. ROTTERDAM, Sept. 15,—Mere boys are enlisting in the German army, according to the Berliner} Tageblatt, which reports a recruit named Scheyer, 14 years and 11 months old, and a volunteer named Billert, 14 years and 9 months old. OF THOUSANDS | By Karl H. Von Wiegand LIEGE, Sept. 6, (via Aix La Chapelle and The Hague, de- layed by the British Censor.) — The battered forts of Liege, for | days the admiration of the en- | tire world because of their heroic defense by Gen. Lemen, | are the tomb of thousands of | brave men. Once representing man’s highest | ingenuity as works of defense, they are today great ruins of broken con- e and twisted steel | Deep in the ruins are the bodies of many of their defenders, few of | whom survived the fire of the dead: ly German siege guns. It 1s almost | impossible to approach them, so horrible is the stench from the de- composing bodies Not one of the forts survived the terrible rain of explosives from the | new 42-centimeter guns, which are | the latest product of the Krupp fac- | tory Spend Less Buy More Drop into the ¥ Store and see just how much you can save on FURNITURE, These prices should indicate $13 $10 $20 $20 quertered Oak China Closet . $15 Fumed Oak k ather ment $35 Clreassian Walnut Dresser $14 Satin Finish Brass Bed “DENNY-RENTON” All Clay Products 1007 Hoge Bldg. of the Title is the basis of TITLE INSURANCE This company owns the only complete title records of King County, including copies of many documents destroyed in the great fire of 1889. From these records our title attorneys examine all titles submitted for insurance. 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