The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 22, 1916, Page 10

THE SEATTLE 5 EE E_EE_E________ CUT OUT THIS MAP; FOLLOW VILLA CHASE WITH PENCIL A remarkably complete map of the section of the United States and Mexico where Uncle Sam's boys in blue are in action. \ Agua N Peat ina! Tasajera San Oreqe The map shows even the ‘small towns on each side of the border, making it P ossible to follow every movement of the troops and keep track of everything that happens in that zone. GERMANS SHOWER LIQUID FIRE ON FRENCH POSITIONS; MAKE GOOD GAIN NEAR VERDUN ‘The city council will hold ite ~ weekly meetings on Monday oe. r nights Instead of Monday after. eons after June 5. ‘The return to evening ses- tone was decided upon by a “vote of 5 to 4 Tuesday after. noon, when the counclimen met with the judiciary and depart. ment efficiency committee to formulate rules. Hanna, Thomson, Haas, Moore ‘and Dale voted for the evening ses- sions. L 4, Hesketh, Bolton and : voted against them. change will not go into ef. June 5 because notices of pon sessions until then have sent to property owners who ‘may want to avpear and enter pro- tests against improvements. Flag Resolution Pased Dale's resolution to have flag un- foring a at each council ) yesolution, charging it was not in mien Log {s to have the flag on roller, like a map, so that the ex- ercises can be executed quickly. All peopie in the council cham- will be requested to stand at tion during the procedure. Erickson voted against Dale's spired by patriotism, but by poll | ties. | “I yield to no one in patriotiem gaid Councilman Erickson in Statement Wednesday. “The great-| @st emblem in the world fs tne American flag, and my heart is full ‘@f reverence for it. it is for that Teason that I object when the Stars and Stripes are made the object of mut politics—and that is all the resolution intends. “Why Not in All Offic “If true patriotism dem unfurling of the flag, should be adopted ~in every pi council chambers. | “I realize that political villains will attempt to stab me in the back by saying that I voted against the American flag. | “But I never was a coward, and| I am not going to vote for peanut litics, which seeks to cover its famy by seizing upon the Ameri- ean flag.” Counci!man Bolton's amendment @ require singing of “The Star- Spangied Banner” and “America” at council meetings was side- tracked. Dale told the conucil members that when he went down to the city of Mexico in 1900, he was the only one ina party of 12 Americans who took off his hat In front of the American flag. THICK AND FAST WASHINGTON, March 22.—With Primaries in Indiana, Minnesota, New Hampshire and North Dakota out of the way, candidates on both sides of the political fence are awaiting the voice of people from 16 other primary states From now until June 6 the pri maries will be frequent. Here is the latest list at politic quarters in Washington, with the number of delegates to be named Michigan, April 2, 30 (Michigan also will name a national committee. man); Wisconsin, April 4, 26 k, April 4, 8%; Illinois, April 4, lowa, April 10, 26; Nebraska, April 18, 16; Oregon, April 18, 10; Massachusetts, April 25, Mary California, May 9, 48; Pennsylvania, Jersey, May June 6, 10; Wi al;, head-| New| BY CHAS. P. STEWART United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, March 22.—Liquid fire played Its most successful role since the war began when It enabled German troops to make an advance at a point 10 miles northeast of Verdun. Reports received in London today said German artillery showered shrapnel a high explosives on French positions In the Avocourt woods with- out success. But jets of liquid fame and billows of smoki the French from se sar hundred of trenches southeast of jlancourt. This new success menaced several square miles of French positions northwest of Verdun. Latest Paris dispatches, how- ever, insist the shifting German attack is a confession of failure. By their gain the Germans arrived within seven miles of the St. Menehould rallway, over which supplies are car- ried for most of the French po- sitions around Verdun. if the Germans fail to squeeze the French out from their northwestern positions, they may suddenly change front and smash southwi in an attempt to seize this rail- road, HOW THEY STACK UP Mexicans Pigmies Beside U.S. Men) re oe How the boy In bi shows the two photographed si BY LEON STARMONT Border for the Star Staff Special JUAREZ, Mexico, March Juarez today is fillea with the boy soldiers of the Mexican army. Com panies, ments, are constantly parading the) streets. And always they seem to wind up in one place Paso. There they all go thru the same strange performance An off ps out a shrill com mand with a grandiloquent his sword and the boy soldiers come or as near attention ver attains t they stand there, showing themselves to the gringoes on the other side of the line, and then march back into the city. The troops at Juarez are the best in Carranza’s army They are actually uniformed in ill fitting | of recruits in-| Any khaki, which means they are, it | deed, a corps d’elite, oy It is hard to imagine these little up with the Mexican soldier. by side in the middie of the inter-| national bridge leading from El Pasoto Juarez. build and height—it is typical of the entire armies of the two aa jslou Special Correspondent on Mexican sare the Mexican | aide of the international bridge that |“ leads into the American city of Eljof our fighting mar }international bri among | This Note the difference In y soldiers as serious adver of the husky re: m, Some of them cannot be than 15 years old. Many look| even younger. Of course, in the there are older men Mexican army-—plenty of and some times full regi-|them—but the companies marching about the streets of Juarez today contain more boys than men ‘The beat way to see how the Mex" soldier stacks up alongside is to visit the There the sentr za army and those es meet peacefully ev day The men of the ieal of the of the Carran of the United two armies they are nations repre The shoulder: Americans stand head bove the Mexicans. They are slick and clean and shaved The Mexican soldiers average from 10 to 20 pounds lighter than the big-muscled “Americanos,” There 1s no physical examination for Carranza’s army. one who can walk and has ight can enllet # # Maviogn regiment marches Hare of Un-| RESCUE SCENES ARE DRAMATIC Story Told of UL U. S. Troopers’ Arrival in Casas Grande. \WOMEN WEEP WITH JOY et PASO, March Brought from their places, United States were dusted off and once more unfuried in the sun when Col. Dodd's cavairymen galloped Into Casas Grandes, saving American Mormons there from the Villa menac stories told by that district toda: The rescue scene was dra- matic. For days settiers had lived In hourly terror of a Villa raid. Mexicana at Casas Grandes shouldered them out of the way on the streets. When news of the U |tion’s start arrived, | were Increased. They | would take days fo: croas Chihuahua de meantime more bandit were expected But Dodd‘’s cavalrymen made | record speed across the wilderness. | Two days from the time the troops crossed the border, settlers looking toward the northern horizon saw a cloud of dust. They thought a horde of Villistas was coming, fleeing before the sol diers and murdering as they went The cheering of men who had gone out ready to fight brought to women, in thelr biding places, the first intimation that Americans Jand not Mexicans were approach jing Then the Stars and Stripes were brought out, shouted, and women wept as the Yankee troop urged their weary mounts to a allop into the settlement. Children ran out with fruit for the tired soldiers. Water was car. ried, and women cooked for them. The Mormons produced hay and forage for the horses. Dodd's cavalry rode thru Casas Grandes, the main body encamping outekirts Pershing’s men with a base at Dublan, «as Grandes, where nt and aviation head rected WILL RUSH heals ~ March and Senators 8. expedt thelr fears believed it the troops to and in the outrages Gen Joined the | | var outst less equit jauarters w WASHINGTON, — President Wilson Walsh, Swanson, Myers, Stone, Martin and Kern, tn a conference decided to push the national de fense bill ahead of the water pow er bill now before the fenate. SPOKANE, | March With prominent mining men from four states and part of Can ada in attendance, the third day of {the Northwestern Mining congress opened today WILL GIVE PAGEANT A religious pageant, to be entitled “A Pageant of Early Methodism,” will be given at the First Method: ist church Wednesday night past, it Ie easy to pick out hundreds of soldiers whom no United States Jarmy surgeon ever would pass. | Yet th undersized boys can march 20 mile un-up and noon with a huge bundle of food and equipment on their | backs. In se men and hand-to-hand fight, ting would all be in United States soldiers, But when {t comes to living for months upon whate food the devastated country affords, march- ing thru desert wastes without wa. ter, with nothing but straw sandals between their feet and the hot sand the little Mexican soldier can ‘di | tance almost any gringo, the bet avor of the wire | between | STEAMSHIPMEN WILL HOLD OUT Strikers Declare ’ They’re Pre- pared for Long Re- sistance. BOATS RUN ON TIME With no prospect of an im. mediate settlement of the Puget Sound steamshipmen's strike in sight here Wednes day, word wae received at the union's headquarters that one steamship company at Tacoma had agreed to the terme de manded by the strikers. Nearly al! Doats operating on the sound are running accord. ing to schedule, but with Inex- perienced crews | The steamer Puget, running be tween Seattle and the San Juan islands, is tied up, as are most of the steamers plying out of Tacoma ; Those carrying United States mall jhave been supplied with crews *We are prepared to hold out for wage increases and better condi-| tions of labor all summer,” union official Four hundred men are on strike, out of a total number of about 600) working on boats inside the straits. Strikebreakers who had been em. ployed Tuesday to make up a crew on the steamer Sol Duc, walked out when the boat docked Tuesday | night. They were replaced by a/ new crew. Joshua Green Puget Sound de clared the union was in the wrong fn striking at this Business inside strats than in years,” he sald earnings are steadily de creasing it is a poor time for men to ask for more wages.” CYCLONE KILLS TWO; DAMAGE THOUSANDS LOGANSPORT, Ind., March 22 W. J. Ricketts was killed tn his | home when the roof of a broom ctory was blown against his resi #. Many have been injured The losses will run into thousands. | | | {dent of the tion Co. pr Nav time the in wore | “When MUNCIE, Ind., March 22 {8 reported killed near Montpelier by the gale which swept parts of Indiana early today CONSUMERS MEET The next vintt « on “the program of the Consumers’ league will be a! jaunt to the plant of the General Rasic Products Co, on First ave. The league will leave the Hen ry building, Friday, at 2:15 p. m. sharp. | | TO TEACH BUSINESS Instructor Malcolm Bruce, of the university, organized a class in business correspondence, to be a part of the university | extension | work, 1n the Henry butlding lecture | room Tuesday night, Applications | for enrollment will be considered | Friday evening ALUMNI AT ‘BANQUET The annual banquet of the Wis consin Alumni club was held Tues day night in the Hotel Sorrento. Dr. EB, C. Elliott, chancellor of the} University of Montana, was the guest of honor. DOC BUTLER TALKS Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia university, addressed the Young Men's Repub liean club at a luncheon at the Butler Wednesday noon said al TAR Basement Salesroom Many Styles in UNTRIMMED HATS At These A ttractively-Low Prices: _ $145) $195) (3245) At $1.45 High-crowned Hemp Shapes Hemp Turbans in various styles Roll-brim Hemp Hats. 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For helmet and other small shapes—Ready-tied Bows to'stand high on the hat, and tall, nodding Flowers For Broad-brimmed shapes—Clusters of Fruit, Black Cherries, Wreaths, Applique Foliage, Flat Flowers, Field Flowers, Wings and Imitation Goura For Roll-brim shapes—Crown covering of Lacquered Foliage, Wings, Imitation Goura, Quills, Novelty Pins. —Basement Salesroom, Spring Top Coats Are Very Attractive $12.50 and $15.00 G MART Coats of Chin- chilla, Gaberdine, Pop- lin and Wool-and-Silk Com- binations, featuring the cape or roll collar and other ap- proved ideas of Spring. They are designed in three-quarter length, full flaring or belted models, with touches of velvet and bias bands of taffeta. In Copenhagen-blue, Dark-blue, Tan and Black, and moderately priced at paaseene and $15.00. Basement Salearcom, “Mill Ends” ” of 36-in. Muslin Special '7c] Yard are 1,400 yards in this special offering, i ranging well-finished, HERI mill-end 5. yards, The Muslin bleached quality, very serviceable, and can be put to many uses. Special at 7¢@ yard. —Basement Salesroom lengths from one to is a Curtain Materials Reduced to 10c Yard A VARIED of Curtain this price, including Plain and Figured-border Scrims Marquisette in imitation hemstitched effect Plain Marquisettes Figured and Dotted “ae Bungalow Net —lengths from 2 to 10 yards, sharply underprift at 10¢ yard. assortment Fabrics at exceptionally low —Rasement Salesroom Checked Dress Goods Special 39c| Yard A TIMELY offering Dress Goods in the fash- ionable check effects, including Wool-and-Cotton Mixtures in black and white and red and black com- binations, also Mohair Mixtures in combinations of blue, red or green and white. Very desirable for Spring dresses and skirts and for children’s Widths, 36, 38 and 45 inches Special 39@ yard school dresses. —Basement Salesroom Teapots, Special 25c Each A pictured, these Earthen- ware Teapots are in dark brown marbled effect, with decoration of double band at top. They hold about five cups, and are unusually good value at 25¢. —Basement Salesroom Crepe de Chine and Tub Silk Waists at $1.95 HESE de Chine, Waists of Crepe Tub Silk and heavy Japan Silk are excep- tional in value. Some are in plain blouse style, others are embroidered, and have low or two-in-one collar, long sleeves and elastic waistband Choice of Black, Flesh-color, White, Pink, Apricot, Maize, also striped effects in blue or lavender and white com- binations, Sizes 36 to 44. Price $1.95. =i ment Balesroom New Boudoir Caps, 25c EVERAL dainty styles in a new shipment of Break- fast Caps—pink or blue Dan- ish cloth with lace frill or ribbon bows, also Caps of flowered lawn or dimity with self or net frill and bows of ribbon. Price 25¢. Basement Salesroom, Boys’ All-Wool Knickerbockers \85c Exceptional values featured at this price in Boys’ Knicker- bockers of all- wool brown and blue mixtures; two hip pock- ets with button flaps. Sizes 12 to 18 years. Unusually low- priced at 85¢ pair. Boys’ Tapeless Blouses in light .and dark stripe ef- fects, also plain white and blue, with military collar and open-vent cuffs. Sizes Price 25¢. ment Salesrvom 6 to 15 years. — Base Cotton Vests 10c to 25c Women’s Swiss-ribbed Cotton Vests in low neck, sleeve- less style, at 10¢. Swiss-ribbed Vests with lace yokes in various styles, 15¢ and 19¢. Swiss-ribbed Vests with fancy top, also band-top Vests with wing or short sleeves. Price 25¢. —Basement Salesroom ‘Middy Aprons 50c HIS well made, attrac. tively - styled Apron will serve equally well as a house dress. It is belted in at the waistline and has lacing in front In plain pink, blue and laven- der, also white patterned with red or blue, fin- ished with fancy piping. Price 50¢. —Basement Ralesroom. Walking Boots $3.50 Pair W'‘ IMEN’S Walking Boots « of fine White Sea Island Duck, made over English-style last, with rub- ber sole and heel. Sizes 2% to 7. Price $3.50 pair. —Basement Saivsroom a smart