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HAD rather have my son go to Heaven in France than go to hell in America,” was reply of a Dallas, Tex.,father to one of the tribe of whispering traitors who ask: “Why should we send our boys’to fight in a foreign land?’ TheSeatlleStar = The Greatest Daily Circulation of Any Paper in the Pacific Northwest ae 6 genera VOLUME 19, ° FUL SMASHED, WIRE, SERVICE SEA TE, WASH., MONDAY, SEPT. 3,'1917. PRICE ONE CENT Evazyhere RUSSIANS GIVE U A or THE MAKIN’S! What.They Mean to the Sammies in France o Editor's Note—Arthur Guy Empey, author of itor of The Star believes this is@s wo@hy and “Over the Top” and “Tales From a Dugout,” patriotic a work as any in which the eatarmy is an American who hagpbeen in the thick of of Star readers could interest themselves. “Send THE END OF A PERBECT DAY r ——_—_—_ 88 _—_@———__- AN S44, COR, OUR LoEese )COPPED ; FimsT Penee Jim, Yoo SURE Dip LocoK< the great war. He forngpriy was machine gun. in your tQney—anything from 25 cents 6p ner and bomberGwith H. imperial arm a Send in stamps, bills, by checks,°or—if you ish expeditiogary ferce y France. He knows wish to contribute 25 or 50 cents, just wra® it what war is, up in paper and put it in an envelope. We will He has writtenOthis arkglecter “Our Boys in trust Uncle Sam's mail to get & to us France Tobagce ge ” He geeks for the men Fill out the coupon which you'll find on page iD the trendeae ot Biter iva Bieae Bq 10, and send it in withOyour contribution, so soon will be in ye that the soldier who gets YOUR tobacco can Read@s @ Pim Chape Ber Ryne os Wb wa. rite you his thanks ly $1,300 fae “ Seeger 18 Graney Pernice Rerener, every Fund.” Teh Gah QW eat ® Pas waren —eEec<@, cach with of aneighn ® G28 Ht AGB qatet Tm B (BO thy Mrds of e Co) ° - a vies tr Wer te a Pense Teheme Vent I had lage Hing@ate weeetaSed im om stack on the German tines and had been At oO Gp Pypw.amppinel at Rouen, The bed next to mine was empty. The shee{s vem aunmmg Jowa, the pillow was missing and a rubber sheet was strep enone gte center of the bed, the ends of which were neatly tucked ume Ge gmatiress, PL wep avy first time in a hospital, but even to me, a recruit, it seemed at Wigt tak was specially prepared, was waiting for some special case. hu Mee Beg og ty left was a Jock, a Scottie from the Fifteenth Royal Scots, wh, “ailus trove bell,” as this particular Highland regiment was lovingly called Tite Sete had fost his left foot from a shell burst. 1 asked him why the bed wye seaie op insuch a°peculiar manner. He told me that the occupant; a "i Was up a the “pictures” (operating theater} having borh hands ser’s Men to Success: as: | Royalist Plot Is E Up in Moscow. « Wiecet 1p ‘The Star © @ Ue wrists and atso that the Canadian was blind, caused by the o# 4 tumb while raiding the German trenches. 4% Sor four white orderlies came down the ward carrying a ‘Qe wake of the stretcher came a Red Cross nurse. eng: ° y GR 2 led bed om my fight. 1 marveled at the wounded man was transterred from the hich the vapaadl™ eft, Sup ‘the Red Cross nurse sat beside her THONGS CHEER Arthur Vanderlip | ro a Wins Star’s Second Labor DayBikeRace gee changed te @ shout af “Ammo! (ammunition) jew com) hear bum all aver the ward. ong 4 érmming little tullaby, The shouting ceased. # inition Suse OF yomacamnews Senettated tn the brain ef the wounded [Bh Sitecnet “ance te wan | bere ries sa a RTE: - fh Sctrevancsrmee wwe woe | epornens “Thum @ tp ate th, fe Seawvenn Wedath, date Toke Bsr wns se te te sere | | various tha dase og en te Sel on, Wheto ho au. Squtepw wuss toe ence | ap oo oe ter welll my, . ‘tial, nitihacteries sm deca. ed ee ee -. BS x © tm pire: bgn@ of the Dvingst This) dieiginiadl's) daa, Stacia om Wee gilts. HED ae Gwerned Sag | Melle, whe bi gt orleans : i ! ! erent, areanyg te in fe region of Tem $gRts Gan &) eed before tre kro. Some of or Demands: " tor @ Last Smoke. base: Ienoh ont Weeden waa ee @he nurse Fas tgleing to Birwse » low voice and Creweping Her Tallies. GF ' ema niga Me ded It was net lon® etce@ Me Bwds CwtPier M51] wwBe@. GB Oslc i? See THtee Boye, ands down I t ft resn Leased Wire ghe nurse besige Pie, : NDON, Sept. 3—Me @a- rman offensive inst Riga. In 18165 @ was held in check » n. Russkey, de- @n for Othe Géman drive against Riga and toward Petro. the a ie Fikhes!”” 5 Then the forsn of th® be@ stirred. “Where am 12” derfly asked. “Where an@!? Turn on @he @ghts! Turn c The sgn was streaming thru the window The nurse gas cryitéy. So was I. The Jock on my left*@%a@ cursing softly to himself. ee ( grad was seen today in the roy- alist plot uncovered in Moscow The German pian, apparently, was to lend all aid to those who sought restoration of the mon- Bicycle 7 @,2 4 * ~ archy, while simultangpusly ° f The angel of merc leaned over her patienPand in a low voice whispered ao Sv ertha @mashing ¢ ane eorenees say pete to him: ver mind, dearie;Qou are in the hospital and will soon hg in donsted| ‘eathe hom oP rPaching@retre at the most complete »Blighty fr a nice long rest.’’ " ilgm B Hapatches emphasised on of Russian troops « ‘nig 3" @ newNo. 1 clean-up of, all inte® Ho @n Goc@@ar ahead gt Wil@ donated : sg nal § aul dorape Fn Ap te Rint 0 |e vnireds, of ests @ERMAR INVADERS ° the@rize list. HB won! No 1 °@ Bron iNe CROSS THE DVI “What @me is it?” You'll feel better The Canadian’s mou@h twit She answer “Threp olclock, pretty soon.” ‘ Z The Canadian asked in a piteous voice, “Wh® is ip so ArG® sed. He asked the nu rie. Try to go to sl p. fourth place ‘ see @ id @so the wa donated by @ Then @e shguged in 4 ror-stricken voice: “I kriw! b kno®@! They’ve s for being the first bo H. @arren® \? ay. and the exact By United Press Leased Wire ie 3 ec. ’, 2. ‘ \ er to sh is wo sin oe Custoc aad ne Oxas IE “4 4 ut my lights out! Good God, I’m blind! I’m blind!” And his voice diec out el he , ; D : bortive plot ar@witht DERN London), Sept. 2: F 3 arrying canes for § al praise on account of} ‘Tent 75 Sturdy Se eat German forces crossed ‘the D¥iaa na sob. nd blue ribbons, "The his ¥ bieyel 4, however, tha river (on the Rign front); atin with black shirts and) =A jog of 20 ar@some odd mil@® planned to kidnap the whole of the a of Uxkul, Babaee Three doctors came thru and held a low @oiced consultation. Two of th@n | | | cas, ¢ after the patternmak- is quite a trip for the ordina® b i provisional left; one stayed. *® and the American flag was of 14 ‘ ® ‘Eleventh (1 combination Hy 0 eer borne in their midat The race @tarted at Second anf clomete onatec ustay (Oe , their positions, th e' An Illustration of What That Change x The tron shipb eon, and ended in front of TH | qeome ag rates LW _Suetay | ning in om tory to the |tHelr Positions, the statemeRe Ral In YOUR Pocket Could Do for Boys at the Fron (Continue@o Star, on Seventh av [Van Geystedt, 4210 Thomsa; No.| ments admitted aatwo-fold drive| The German advance across the S the Dvina eAtheast of Rig@D¥ina probably explains the ane | nouncement from Petrograd that orders have been issued for the abandonment of the Riga region, © The Joc! t. ® know the ) gold ent over him. She had a d: “Deari® the rail is to the folks—just a sHort vith them in a couple of ispered to m@ “Poor bloke! He’s going signs.” Tht man began to mutter. The nur writing pad and a pencil in her hand. She whispée going out. Do you want me to write a note hom note telling them that you are all right and will be months?” The patient answered. “Home? Folks? I've gpver had any sinc®! was a kid. Home! God, | wish I had one!” ” farther south on the front, pear Mitau uchieved by the enemy in both e gen- 8 were | Alber WILSON. ON THE JOB «:°"<: : ford, 4259 Tenth 'N. E.; No. 27 laces } |Proves He’s Plager Manager by Derhooracy |, "irioonth (1) G0 racing sad rf RUSSIAN ARMY is : dent Wilson is running the w n| France BUT HF is AT THE 14th — (One pair @ 0 handle} | THINKS THOMPSON © 5204.0 tere oe teas ile ON | bars, Kelly ican Stove » Vanestrom, 43 » BPC When the presid find out how some pa The writing pad in the nurse’s hand was wet. Th®voice of f{e wounded » is war machine {is running ois 8 | man again: ‘ I want—want—want a’— team, on the and looks at the thing hime 15th (One $1.00 Veeder cyclome. In the opinion of Adjt. Gen.| than 95 per eent of the entire Ruse i a: ‘ > A field and in the Instead of Waiting in his lter, donated by @cle Exchange,| Maurice Thompson, the abandon) sian army is ill sound fighgng The nurse: “What de you want, boy? What can I get for you—a’ nice jubhouse White Houffe office for the de- |799 15, Pike) Leonard Strave, 7248| ment of Riga by the Russians is a| material,” decl A. J. Sack, @ie cool drink?” rhe kaiser's| partment heads and bureau® | oth ave. No. 15 big militry victory for the kaiser,@rector of the Russian informatio ; dea of running a| ¢hlefs to come to him with 16th (One $1.00 bicycle horn, | but notecessarily of great bearing | bureau today ing reports The answer came hack sae trom the | ty#iewritten summaries and sta y Cycle Exchange)—John |on sitnation. 's mi situation, j t buh $. og ee tion is: nde were 4 ink? i; ! f, ings?” tystics, the president often puts 67th S.No. 51 from Riga to uati¢ n@ so despers A drink? Hell, no; P%vant a smoke! Where’s my makings? ® Sh his hat qd walke over to First of 14 or|P he said \ and mizht be ledsto believed’ She looked at the doctor. He nodded, She left the patient and cange over their offices 1 road connections are he sald. “As soon ae the five a he wl ve { { > g tte lea I > If its a h day, and a distant 1 ($15 gold watch set, dgpated | exce undoubtedly the Rus-| per cent of the army affected by) Bee: ne 2 Ueperce Have you a cigarette, my dear, for that poor bo building, he gets in the biz lim-|by Helipse Machine Co., Efmira,|sians have taken precautions to| Maximalist agitation recovers, Gna le are { ; ee r te » people . ; Sig ) » We t nt the Germans reaching| is amputated, the splendid fightin We are all out—ha not received any for ten day If the people at home apiousine and drives ever, sccom-|N. ¥ Lyle Weymouth preven he Germans reaching amputated, the sp ghting: od ha isend b: for these poor wounded it { F hey would ee resident panied by no one but the chauf 2—(One pair red Firestone Non-| Petrograd by this means. I hardly | spirit of the army will be restoreds tealized what a godsend tobacco is for these poor wounded lads they woulc LEECH Law and polit-;feur, Of course he ts trafled and| Skid tires, donated b® Firestone|think that the downfall of Rign| Russia, in full accord with her Bis (Continued on page 10) | Le ical necessity for preceded by the secret service ‘Tire & Rubber Co.)—William Mac- | will have any far reaching effect] ies. will do her bit to make the ! |bid wa American president to (Continued on Page 10) Adam. on the entire situation.” world safe for democracy