The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 8, 1917, Page 7

treme Smash of Prices. to house a tenth part of them? the finest manufacturers in America. NEXT THING WE DID ® make quick work of it. fine instruments. New Player Pianos $196 tablished 40 Years | FORCED PRICE CUTTING 903 First Ave. RAMAKER BROS. CO. Throw Cff Shackles of Music Trade Combine and Cut Prices Without Ceremony on Finest Talking Machines, Pianos and Player Pianos —Fine Art Grand Pianos Aiso Included in This Ex- What would you do if hundreds upon hundreds of the finest selected and costly Talking Machines, Pianos, Player Pianos and Fine Art Grand Pianos came piling in on you, day after day, without a let-up and your store was too small We ask it in all sincerity—what would you do? Here's what we did in the face of so serious a problem: We moved to a larger store at 903 First Avenue, near the corner of Marion Street, and just emptied carload after car- load into this big store until about SEVEN THOUSAND square feet are literally packed like sardines in a box with the very choicest stock of Talking Machines in beautiful models and pianos and player pianos and grand pianos from And the next thing we did was to decide that it was simply out of the question to carry this immense stock until sold in the slow way of the regular one high-price plan. Of course, each single sale at the high price would give a big profit, but it would take so long to sell the whole stock tt it would break any music house to try it, so we decided QUICK SALES AT LITTLE PROFIT It was clear that the shortest way to relief and to make the quickest work of it was to CUT THE PRICES, and, believe us, folks, we are doing some PRICE CUTTING. It makes no difference whether it’s a fine de Luxe model Talking Machine, a beautiful Upright Piano or a magnificent Player Piano or even one of these many Fine Art Grand Pianos from the best factories in the world—it’s all the same; the CUT PRICE is here and let us tell you that these severe CUT PRICES are on instruments that have never before been featured in a public sale at CUT PRICES. TERMS ALSO DOWN Not only the prices are shattered to bits, but we are ready to accept any little monthly terms that will suit the convenience of any responsible purchaser. What we must do is to find homes, and find them quickly, for this tremendous stock of STAR—TUESDAY, Crowds Are Buying Great crowds are in daily since our first announcement. We heartily extend to you all the extraordinary privileges and money- saving advantages which are yours at this, the greatest musical instrument sale ever known in Seattle. Our extreme necessity is your grand opportunity and, if we do say it ourselves, we are big enough and broad-minded enough and good-natured enough not to begrudge you your good fortune. We will take the same careful pleasure to please you on just a single dol- lar of profit at this cut-price sale we would on a hundred-dollar profit in the regular way of selling such instruments as these. Pianos $115 | RAMAKER BROS. CO. 903 First Ave. Open Evenings THE PIONEERS IN CASH SERVICE ‘WEDNESDAY ONLY 49-Ib. Sk. Centennial’s BEST FLOUR... with a $3.00 order of groceries. 4 ‘100-Ib. Sack PURE CANE SUGAR.. Crisco | Medium ( Larger .. FREE DELIVERY in these da Sidering. If consultation, DR. EVANS Hours: 10 a. m. to 5 p.m.; 7 to 8 p,m. Westlake Public Market Stores at Fremont, Green Lake and Mountain View 92.19 $8.65 Small ..........38¢ eres {mee | Saving More Than Half war prices is an item worth con- you need medical aid, call at my office and get Treatment and Medicine, All for $1 I 1 regular physielan, not a specialist, and I render the lical service at half the ordinary charges. 401 Peoples Bank Bidg., Second Ave. and Pike St. HUNT PEACE SPIES |Kaiser Fights Home Cry for End of War BY ARTHUR E. MANN !ment and not the German people United Press Staff Correspondent who do the talking. Information COPENHAGEN, May 8.--The here indicated a wide-spread plan {German government started peace jtalk for its own ends, but now it is jeonfronted with a distinct and de cidedly growing movement among to carry the peace the German people. Dissatisfaction With Autocracy Meanwhile the people of the Ger movement to Germany today showed this new development in the peace plotting. They detailed an empire-wide bunt |tor “peace spies.” Military in Charge The hunt has been transferred from the civ’ authorities and | placed in the® hands of military jgvvetament with rewards offered | as the government claims, she is still making war and not hearken ing to “peace feelers.” id The result has been, according to advices here, that a formidable wave of dissatisfaction against the German autocracy {s sweeping over Germany. There {8 absolutely evi idence, however, that this dissatis for arrests of peace propagandists. faction and desire for peace are The German government appears sufficiently strong to have any ;determined that if there is any serious effect on the policy of the be the govern-| government | peace taik {t must | ps ‘ |rne son of Andrew J. Wilkte, weal |Still arene J Report |tzacnteriseeteeg cantar y Squa eport | Dry Squa P |of the M. J. Brandenstein Co. Gra | ham was a boyhood chum of Wilkie, Councilman Moore told the o . cll Monday that Soret. Putnan’s jr in Par hast tine for ten eport on the money he recetved| | 7 i from outside sources for dry squad |¥¢4s, following a quarrel. work wasn’t complete, and, on the| |work wann's complete, and. on !* | INTERNED GERMAN he report went back to committee orrections for | Erickson said he couldn't see the logic of Putnam's claim that the dry squad men had purchased evi- dence booze with their own money |because the city failed to supply | funds. “Sergt. Putnam always got what he asked for,” Brickson said, | | SAN FRANCISCO, May 8. interned German steamer was formally confiscated by the U. f. government today repaired and placed Mm service at the earliest possible moment. ARREST DRUGGIST The }the Parker Identification of Andrew J. Wil- way, when J. A rker, proprietor, lite, who committed suicide with tis} was arrested for violating the wife by taking gos in their apart-'liquor laws by deputy sheriffs Mon- ment, 1823 Nugle place, Briday, as day, its people for peace, which {t 18 man provinces especially are puz {taking measures to repress zled to understand why if England | Private advices received from {s as nearly broken and defeated | wis|ment of engineers will be opened made Monday by Fred W. Graham,| tomorrow in New York. Lieut. Col j with Jeven tho it takes men from the vol | unteer division 1917, GIANT ARMIES DEADLOCK ON WESTERN LINE LONDON, May 8—Another deadlock appeared to have been temporarily reached to- day in the fighting along the Hindenburg line positions held by the British, Field Marshal Halg's report omitted mention of any major fighting actions during the night and early morning, recounting a great number of raids on both sides, scattered along a wide front age. i PAGE 7 mN my artillery was active at intervals during the night at a number of places, particularly be tween Freny and Loos,” the state ment suid. “Ours replied, In the neighborhood of Neuve Chapelle and Fau Quissart, coneful raids “Northeast of a amall enemy party raided our lines yesterday and, after a hand-to hand fight, were driven out, leav ng a few dead. A few of our men we made suc are missing. South of Armen teres another enemy raid was re pulsed Germany ts making herculean ef. forte to cement together the erum bling ple of the Hindenburg line by reckless expenditure of her blood. =—- Battlefront dts patches detatled almoat continuous counter attacks along the allied fronts at the places where the Hin: denbure defennser have been smashed by the allied offenses: PRESS MUZZLE, LANSING'S PET, PUT IN PLAGE 100 New Silk P $2.95 WASHINGTON, May &—A i na ae pr oh the . IAL purchase department. Seoretary quality, well-made Si Lansing has ordered. that no officials shall talk with news papermen even on minor news matters. All news must come from him or from the depart. They are made of excep quality silks. They are ca they are in good fitting s are dozens of styles mental publicity buPeau. / Even interpretative matter Pla 1 P 704 | ain colors and changea from expert chiefs of th - , tl alle 4 mais, white, hunter's, w partment le barred. The muz- zle ie the outgrowth of a long @ffort by Lansing to curb the | press. } Officials of the department have made the charge on more than one occasion that not all newspaper men were to be trusted—and have always been able to get up an ar ete Splendid Values—Correct Styles gray, Nile, purple, magenta, navy, black, Values such as are rarely possible... . Fraser-Paterson Co Second Ave. at University S t Remarkable Values in 60 Women's New Coats a as — at $15.00 = On Sa HE newest exceptional fact, they are ¢ They are sple novelty coatings These colors “The price is etticoats of excellent Ik Petticoats tionally good refully made; style tyles. There —They show of wide belts, are the most silks -The sale price is very much less than ble effects, in istaria, sand, they would b: F oring and corre all out of proportion to the sale price. In $22.50, $25.00 and $27.50 There are belted, semi-belted and styles. Materials are dependable and fash- ionable gabardines, , velours, wool poplins, coverts, men’s w chartreuse, hunters, Copenhagen, navy blue, fj tans, gray and black -Take advantage of this Wednesday sale. Exceptional Values in New Black Silkk Skirts -NDID Skirts, panel and tailored models. Phone Main 7100. le Wednesday styles. Coats that are of material, exceptional tail- ct style. Values that are i 3 Soats worth ndid examples of tailoring. flared I ear serges, wool jersey and aw “— a v— — — pet te ail on bere ord eae od me oR! are included: Gold, rose, of new shirred, | assortment in pleated, the new and novel features Materials dependable quality taffeta , novel pockets. e at any other time. $6.50 raser-Paterson Co., Third Floor. FRENCH MISSION SHAKEN UP AS THEIR TRAIN JUMPS TRACK; gument Hide Behind Bureau Recently there has been talk of barring newspapermen from the/| department except for a couple of hours a day. Routine news is practically all that the department has permitted to leak ont; any- thing not sulted to its en has been shielded from the press, tho the publicity bureau was tnetalled with a view to opening up certain news channels, long closed. The department is clonely vised Counsellor Polk does most of that. | Newspapermen Spied on j Clone tabs bave been kept on newspapermen. Embassies have| been told to keep quiet and say nothing. Conversations of newspa- permen, so far ag they affect the state department, strangely enough got back in a short time to depart. ment eare, It has been suspected by press that a real spy) system was on thett trail, tho this har never been fully established Some diplomats have been reprt- manded for discussing business tn-| volving a state department angle. | Secretary of State Lansing fol-| INDIANAPOLIS, May 8— Government men aboard the French special today definitely decided the wreck of last night was not due to an enemy piot, but solely to a broken rail caused by heavy equipment on a@ light ral. BY GEORGE MARTIN United Preae Staff Correspondent WITH THE FRENCH WAR COMMISSION, Effingham, IIl., May 8—Traveling on a new special train, the French war commissioners resumed their tour of the Middle West today, following the wreck which shook up the members of the party last night. The new spe- lowed up his new iron hand cen clal was to leave Effingham at rorship today by announcing that 9 a.m, Its echedule was large- he will summarily dismiss any em-| ly kept secret. ployes of the department who give) Asdistant retary of State | Long, in the chill gray hours of the press any information upon Just before dawn announced which eriticiam of governmental policies may be bared that the new train was ready. Any department employe who! Marshal Joffre, former Premier dares personally to criticise any|Viviani and the others transferred policy alpo will be dismissed irm-/|their belongings, and the trip was mediately | resumed. 5 Long also announced the special ENGINEERS TO G0 TO FRANCE dianapolis, and the same length of time at Columbus, O. Beyond that, the new schedule was secret All Get Shaking Up Investigation at the scene of the accident, near Arcola, Ill., disclosed a broken rafl about 20 feet behind the rear end of the wrecked train. This might have been broken by May 8&— | train. Ly gallons Three | whe French special was derailed, engineers who enlisted | ..nerts decided, when cars bumped Roosevelt's division to | of the rails and the wheels shat- NEW thousand Col |day, offered their services to the tered the fishplates which join the| government as part of the first unit err precy § ae — i als dec! hat the derail- of Americans to go to the front In | ment was an accident. The train Frans, was composed of five steel cars, T. C. Desmond, who organised | drawn by two engines, and was run- the engineers for Roosevelt, of- | ning eastward at 40 miles an hour fered the services of the men to|over the Pennsylvania line. Secretary Baker, after a conference|cars were ditched and all aboard with the’ colonel, during which the|ghaken up, but none hurt. latter urged him to take the short- Stee! Cars Save Lives est way to get his men to France, After the jolt, M. Hovelacque, French inspector general of public Instruction; Viviani, Detausan and Our men can go into camp on &| other members of the party regard. moment's notice,” Desmond said.| eq their escape as miraculous. If “A recruiting office for one res! the cars had been of French or wooden construction, they agreed that many might have been Killed, Some members of the French com- mission tnelined to the belief that McKinsley will command the first reserve regiment which will be re- cruited, It will consist of 1,061 en- Mated men and 37 officers.” | rails , EW | Every member of the commission was calm and collected thruout VESSEL IS SEIZED COUNTER ATTACKS Serapis | counter attacks around Vauxailien She will be} continued during the night on the | plateau Vauclere and in the region | | WDENTIFY SOUCHDE p's ce atch tat comiapee | ot Craonne Pharmacy, 66 Yésler| ij BEST FOR RESULTS | STAR WANT ADS FRENCH REPULSE lig members were sitting in the din- er when the crash came, The lux uriously appointed car, bedecked with red and white roses, became a scene of turbulent confusion as it banged along the ties. Joffre and the others were showered with un lictted bouquets as the vases up- (Ladien’ highway), in the vicinity | °° 2 ide of Pantheon and Garny, Were COM |thh4gq and aaparngts salad. flow Pletely repulsed, today’s statement | iit, the laps of the distinguished reported, Violent artillery combats |.) amen Missiles Don’t Rattle Joffre Amid the flying food anit flowers, Marshal Joffre grasped the window ledge and remained unperturbed When the jolting, swaying car final- ly came to a crashing stop, awry on the track, the marshal of France arose, assured himself that there PARIS, May 8.—Strong German and along the Chemin Des Dames ——$_$————-® | Haute, an hour and a quarter at In-| |the two heavy engines pulling the) Three} German plotters had spread the] had been no casualties, and picked his cap out of the wreckage. He plodded back to his stateroom in the observation car, sat in calm, awaiting relief from the unpleasant situation. John Redmond, veteran engineer lof the Vandalia, living at Arcola, IIl., |was the hero and savior of the French party. The front car had | blocked the track, and if Redmond | bad not jammed on his emergency brakes the moment he felt the have piled up. A farmer boy giving the name of 300 ENGINEERS OF RESERVE OFFICERS | WILL FIGHT ABROAD |300 officers of the Engineers’ re- |eerve corps will be selected .to ac- company the nine engineer regi- ; ments soon going to France. | The only drafts from the regular larmy to aid this expedition—the |first to carry the flag abroad— will be a colonel and an adjutant of the Engineer corps to head each regiment. It is assumed that the reserve | officers will give the men basic military instructions and that it will not be necessary to call upon ing purposes. The war department announced today the following commanders of each regiment with their adju- tants: First—New York, Lieut. McKinsely; Adjt. 0. | H. Pric Second—St. Louis, Col. Curtis McD. Townsend; Capt. C. L. Hall. Third—Chicago, Col. W. C. Lang- fitt; Capt. R. D. Black. Fourth—Boston, Maj. W. Wolten; Lieut. L. ®. Aykins. c H Col. x P. gar Jadwin; Lieut. B. B. Somer. ville. Sixth—Detro!t, Lieut. Burgess; Capt. R. F. Seventh—Atlanta, Maj. John Sewell; Lieut. P. C. Bullard, Fighth*-San Francisco, Col, J, P. Cavanaugh; Lieut Crest. Ninth—Philadelphia, |Herbert B, Kyne; Lieut. W. Thompkins, Col. Harry Nowler Lieut. J.B Lieut. Col. WASHINGTON, May 8.—Senator Hale, Maine, who recently fathered a resolution authorizing the gov ernment to bring German prisoners from Europe to work on American farms and tn factories was to see | Arthur James Balfour of the Brit jish mission today. Eczema Wash A touch of D, D, 1. to any eczema sore or Itching eruption and you'll be able to rest and sleep once more. Think—Jugt a touch! is it worth \trying? @et a trial bottle today 50c and $1.00. Your money back first bottle does not relieve ie th D. Dz. Dz. | | BARTELL DRUG Co, bumping, the rest of the train would; i] WASHINGTON, May 8 —About | the regular establishment for train- | Fifth—Pittsburg, Lieut. Col, Ed-| 8 F./ Pehrregseg came running across fields in the darkness just after the wreck, and described having seen & man leaving the scene 15 minutes” before the crash. A bridge guard” near by had not seen him, however, ~ The first harbinger of {llluck since the French commission left © Washington was at Decatur when the special train killed a drunken © liborer staggering across the tracks. The smash came a few minutes later. ‘ Immediatiély after the jolt, detec Uves took the underailed locomo- tive and ran ahead to Filsom. They telegraphed Washington concerning the wreck. Champagne, IL, sent a special train. 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