The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 20, 1915, Page 9

By Wm. G. Shepherd | United Press Staff Correspondent | (Copyrighted, 1915, by the Unt: righted in Great Britain.) | | DQUARTERS OF THE BRITISH | |} ARMY, NORTHERN | FRANCE, July 27,—(By Mail to New York)—-This is Frederick Villiers’ sev- enteenth war Every- where we go in the Eng- lish lines some officer says to him: “But I sup- pose you've seen all this sort of thing before.” And Villiers, who painted war pictures all over the world, says: “It's all new to me. I’m a babe at this game of war has new Washington Full Cream | Villiers’ first campaign was in } 1876. In those days no one touch- ed off a cannon until was in sight. It was like aiming a jrifle, But this afternoon we looked, jon at Twentieth Century artillery firing. The British artillerymen were at attention with their guns, when the officer in charge showed us a map. “You see, we're in this section,” he said, “and we're going to shoot at this spot.” How Artillery le Fired He indicated a point four miles distant, in the German lines. Farms and jand the English and German trenches Iay between us and the target. “There's a ruined there,” he went on. “German offl- jcers are always hanging around and we have to touch It up every now and then.” a... 10¢ [ew 12:¢ ped Steak ...18¢ WPitiuct .....1§¢ farm house | “Fire!” he said, } The shell drilied its tunnel thru oargd Shoulder tg |the sky and the British officer 1P°vee "100 mai 7c = vfew 12s en Open Until 10 P, M You Always Get What You Ask for at the Pike St. Liquor Co., 411 Pike St. Ask for Monogram Whisky, 5 Years Old, 60 Cents a Bottle All Local Beers on Ice, 4, 5 or 6 50c TELEPHONE ELLIOTT 2334 IPLL BE DRY THEN 0a the contention that after Jan- Mry 1 the bulidings will be almost idles, the King county board of | Sia ‘W@ialization Thursday cut $75,000 fen the assessed valuations of of the county. DOCTOR oan at the =e Drug >. 169 ington Secon @ want your patronage an fs you - doctor's as en ucemen| Too fer the Yellow Freee. LYMPIC PENINSULA Sunday, August 22 ON THE FAST STEAMER “Whatcom” /RETURNING ON STEAMER “SOL DUC” HERE IS THE SCHEDULE Returning Leave Dungeness 4:30 p. m. Leave Pt. Williams 5 p. m. Leave Pt. Townsend 6:30 A lve Seattle at 9:30 Going | Leave Colman Dock 9 a. m. Arrive Pt Townsend at 12 m. Arrive Pt. Williame at 1:30 | Arrive Oungeness at 2:00 $1.00 for the Round Trip. Children, 5 to 12, 50c. Children Under 5 Free. You may stop off anywhere you desire on the above route. er youre covers some of the most beautiful parts of Puget You will see many Interesting things on this trip—for Instance, the forts which guard Puget Sound—they are a very ressive sight—and Dungeness, which Is the home of the ous Dungeness crab, one of the best known delicacies of the Northwest. You'll enjoy every minute of the day. Dairy Lunch Aboard the Boat at City Prices— Coffee, 5c; Sandwich, 5c; Pie, 5c. Or you can take your own lunch If you prefer Remember, the excursion season for this year will soon Over. Don't let it pass without taking at least one of these beautiful trips. Remember, the Boat Leaves Colman Dock at 9 A.M. Tickets on Sale at Colman Dock. 1 Pree) | It is not all new to him, of course. | the enemy | roads and a village | FREE ‘BILL’ SHEPHERD LEARNS Af FEW THINGS ABCUT HEAVY ARTILLERY FIRE AT FRONT } some miles ahead of us, the shell exploc that tt had falle The guns were changed. The man fired .again, This time the MOASAKe came that the shell had | gone a little too far, | The British artillorymen tinkered with thelr gun as delicately as watchmakers adjusting a jeweled watch, and then the gun boomed jout again. | Some Perfect Shooting “It hit the farm house,” was the | message that came back over the | telephone, | It was 100 per cent shooting, for |the two test shots are almost al | Ways necessary In range finding The twentieth century British artillerymen were showing us how | Well they knew how to shoot. | But there's another point tn this twentieth century warfare that ts even more important. and that ts to keep In mind where NOT to shoot. Later we saw an astonishing ex ample of this, We were tn the Eng | lish trenches at Ploeastreet wood. who saw . telephoned back short Villiers bad trudged down the trench before me |_ Thru a periscope, we looked [across the grass and saw the Ger }man trenches, not a block away, Scattered rifle firl was Inces nt. Bullets whistled over the trench now and then, but {t was a Quiet sunshiny, lazy summer day Too Close for Comfort | The English soldiers sat about} STAR—FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1915. PAGE 9 almost SHOES School Shoes all leather bottom: regular Boy Scout Shoes Seattle; sizes 124 price $2.50; sale Sizes 2% to 5%, $3.00; sale price price regular price only, button or lace. tale price Special 2% to 5% $1.19 smoking, talking or ling Suddenly, from behind us. came} the yell of an English shell. It passed over us | A hit” was the word the pert scope man sent down the trenches. | Thru pe Opes, we saw a black cloud hanging over the Germa’ trenc There was a gap in their line of sand bags. 1 was glad that we could not see into the German trench | What was going on at that mo. | ment en from our eyes, we could not know. Surely there were dead and torn men, lying in a bloody mass of shri 1 The same afterno warming us looked sight which we could n The three hundred feet between us and them wae like the width of the world And that same ish shell would hav done the thing to our English if ae sun that was 4 expert artilleryman given a certain screw a twist too much to the left . Speeding 40 feet lower at the jend of its of perhaps four miles, the # bloodshed | would have Soglish and not in the German trench This shooting was uaknown six [months ago, but in n. French's artillery parks it has become a common thing. “I thought I knew war,” said Villiers, “but I would not have known a thing about artillery pos sibilities if I had not seen that shell falt on the German trench 'NO NEED OF DYING YOUNG, HE DECLARES We of the Unit ed States do < ive as long as the folks in Sw den, by five years. But we live 20 mger than those of India. we live to be 45; the 50, the Indians | | That is, Swedes live to only 25. This according to a paper read! [before the convention of state heal officials at the Frye hotel,/ ttle J. Claypron, of age length of has increased | from less than 20 years to 40 years. The greatest reduction in mortality has been with the children. Mor. tality from certain diseases has de-| creased. Deaths from tuberculosis }in England alone have dropped off} | one-half in 70 years. There has) also been a marked reduction in| smallpox, typhoid fever, yellow) fever, malaria, bubonic plague and | diphtheria “Pasteur has sald: ‘It is within | the power of every man to rid bim- | self of every contagious disease.’ EVERY DOGFISH HAS USE NOWADAYS FREEPORT, N. Y., Aug. 20.— | Dogfish are so numerous in Long! | Island waters that they are clutter ling up the fishermen's lines, No| | use had been found for them untt!| Roger Carman cut the two little} | horns off one of the fish and used them for needles on his phono-| | graph. Carman says these dogfish horns reproduce the records pertéctly, INDIANA SMITHY MAKES A FORTUNE LAPAYETT Ind., Aug. 20. | Matthew McNulty, who was at one ime known as the “village black- jsmith” of Lafayette, has retired fter being in the business for near- F 60 years. He estimates that he | has shod more than a half million | horses and mules in his career. | Ho was a horseshoer during the! days of the Wabash and Erie canal and had the contract for shoeing | the mules that provided the power! | for the boats between Toledo and | Lafayette. McNulty accumulated a | fortune of $40,000 and says he will| iF retire to his farm, | | | | IT’S AN OFF DAY FOR COUNCIL Our city council! looke like the hole In a doughnut right now. Counciiman Marble is In the Olympics, fishing, for a few days. Counciiman Hanna Ie Ill. Councilman Fitzgerald Is In Bellingham. Councliman Dale is sitting || with the equalization board. Councilman Erickson will leave Saturday for a jaunt to Califor Otherw' bership. ther full mem. | $6.00 and $7.00 Men’s Shoes, in Fl and $9.00. Sale price are worth more money whole- sale. Sale price ........... $3. 45 FURNISHING GOODS 15c Men’s Sox, in “ape | $1.25 Men’s Union 63 2c 69c tan or gray; all sizes. Suits, sale price sale price $1.50 Hallmark Shirts, sale pri : $1.00 Men’s Union 50c and 75¢ Work 50c Silk Sox, Suits, sale price... .. 59c Shirts, sale price..... 35 c sale price .... $1.50 Men's Union $1.00 Dress secira 35¢ Suspenders, wa Suits, sale price... 15) sale price .... 48c sale price .... All My Immense Stock of ..... CLOTHING 1/2 1422 Third Ave. Between Postoffice and Pike Street EXTRA SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY $1.65 $1.95 $2.50 and ¢ 00 Boys’ Shoes, all solid leather | Misses’ Shoes, sizes from 9 to 2; tan button counters, soud inner soles; as good a Shoe as | only; ar price $2.00; tl you can i anywh « for $ $1 95 sale price te eteeeereeses $1 45 - sale pri . Minses’ Vici Kid, Gunmetal or Patent Leather, BOYS SHOES Button or Lace in all sizes from 9 to 2; button only; $3.50 and $4.00 Boys’ Shoes, "Made tn Seattle regular ice $2.50; sale price. my 45 $2.50 and $3.00 Boys’ Shoes in patent leather y palr guarant sixes Girls’ 0 Cloth Top Shoes, "$2.75 MEN’S SHOES or tan, button or lace, rubber bottoms Pri and heels, in all lasts made by the lead- price ing factories of the country. ces Special for Saturday ....... $3.95 2 45 spd $5. pag in the newest toes, Men’s Shoes in button or lace; also in r] cloth tops or lea’ “signi | English last; regular pri ie 2 $4.50 and $5.00 Hand line’ in ia new- | Big Z Logger and 16-inch French Veals, Se : ie — SI 95 est shapes; large variety. These Shoes double sole, water-proof; retail for $8.50 POC -.os ores yey +49 haem s 98. SUIT CASES AND HAND BAGS LESS THAN FACTORY COST $2.00 Silk Shirts, J. B. ROBINSO ONLY For the Whole Fami y The prices for this Saturday will be cut inhalf. It will pay you to come and investigate. Don’t postpone till the middle of the week. Read these prices: for the Boys and Girls $1.65 hildren’s Vici .. 95¢ made in | $2.50 Boys’ Shoes, sale p $2.00 Girls’ and Misses’ Kid Button, cloth top; sizes 6 to 8%; sale price 8, Shoes, from 9 to 11%; sale price ... Ladies’ High-Top Shoes Hundreds of pairs of La- dies’ High-top Shoes, cloth tops, in black, gray or put- ty; regular price $4.00; sale black Ladies $4.00 Black Cloth Top Shoes, button only; all sizes. The very latest and newest style for Fall wear sale price ..... 95 31.95 & PANTS $2.00 Pants $2.50 Pants $3.50 Pants $4.00 Pants $5.00 Pants PRICE . $1. ‘79 . -$2.29 . $2.95 For Satur- day Only 1422 Third Ave. Between Postoffice and Pike Street My DEAR, IT’S A FACT! BARE LEGS ARE FASHIONABLE THIS YEAR cy Beauty and bare legs! On the avenue and at the bathing beach | bare legs are fashionable this summer. For promenading there are | |cute little roll stockings, as shown in the accompanying picture, while at the beaches they don’t bother wit! y. Have you a hole in your stock-;at the accompanying photograph. ing? There's only one drawback to the| Don't worry! Roll ‘em down as|roll stocking, The wearer has to as your shoe tops, or, if you/find another place for the “bank like, take ‘em off entirely—then go | roll.” promenading! At the beaches nobody wears BARE LEGS ARE FASHION-| stockings this summer. Fair bath- ABLE THIS SUMMER! ers don't even bother with socks. My dear, it’s a fact! Short-skirted bathing suits and On Fifth ave, at Newport and|slippers—and nothing betwedn, elsewhere you see bare legs. A| that’s Fashion's edict. young thing comes tripping along, It's rather hard on the girl whose you look, and then you don’t know | legs are skinny, for there isn't a whether to run or to stop her and| ghost of a chance to “fake.” | hoarsely whisper that you think er—something has broken But don't! She's only keeping up with the styles by wearing ‘em Less than 170,000, which Is one- [aith'the. present stjie of short |titth the usual number, left: thetr| es in the United States to tour skirts, passers-by get a generous J P homes ; r view of BARE LEGS, The roll ust rinters Europe during the last year. The} June exodus, which is «AIN 1043 large, was less than 7,000, stocking is the thing. You don't belleve it? 1013 THIRD Boe. Well, look | Would Hang Torpedo Between Two Landlubber Has Fine Plan to Knock Out Submarines Aeroplanes, and Go a-Hunting Over Ocean Uncle Sam will have two aero- pla hooked together with a wire 100 yards long, and then drop from each a heavy plano wire, with a torpedo on the end, and let them fly about the ocean and strike submarines the trick will work. MAIL BY AIRSHIP DENVER, Aug. 20. — An airship mail route between New York and {San Francisco will be established within a year, Postoffice Inspector Daniels predicted today. Such a route, he said, would make impos- | sible the delaying of important mail imatter by heavy snow or by any similar physical obstacle, WASHINGTON, Aug. 20— Eccentric and would-be In- ventors are bombarding Wash- Ington with thousands of “in- ventions” to protect the United States against all sorts of enemies that travel in or on | the water, overland or in the | alr, More than 3,000 letters of- fering “devic to swat the enemy have been offered to th war and navy departments within the last few weeks, One “inventor” has written to several congressmen asking them to urge the navy depart- ment to adopt hie plan for beat- Ing the submarine. This man, who resides In an Interior saye that if TAKE THEM AWAY! Saturday will be the last day of the semi-annual clearance and nothing but fall goods will be shown thereafter, so the balance of the season’s stock goes No at these $5.00 Wash Skirts, special $1.95. $10.00 and $12.50 ) : $3. 00 $15.00 to $28.50 Wash Dresses .. Wash Suits. f $4. 00 $28.50 and $30.00 } | $7. 50 $10.00 and $12. 50), ‘Wool Skirts ... Balance of Coats at eantecing Reductions. refunds. No exchanges. No approvals. J. REDELSHEIMER & CO. W. H. Fisher, Mgr. Ridiculously Low Prices Wash Dresses .. } $5.00 $15.00 to $19.50 Wool Suits | $4.95 Sale Ends Saturday Night Two Entrances—First and Columbia os