The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 14, 1917, Page 14

Mrs.Gould’s Patriotism StrongerThan Dislike for Star LUMBERMAN'S WIFE GIVES. $20 TO SAMMY SMOKE FUND | THE TRAGEDIES ot like The Star,” A. H, Gould, 3206 “but here Is $20 8 emoke fund to nar tobacco for the Sam- at the front.” Mrs. Gould Ie the wife of the well-known lumberman, A. H. Gould, head of the Gould appreciates Mrs. | broadminded patriotism. exhibits the proper spirit to-| the smoke fund, The wltt-| thing to be considered is the | t the front. ce | Even a pacifist ought to contrib: | to this end, for the appeal to} the needs of our boys in) ce is based on humanitarian entirely. Wounded, the | often would trade all other t for a smoke. After the} of a day of battle, he would) pe his food for a cigaret. | t ask for tobacco first they start out; and, when |'® France Tobacco Fund,” spectal | their first request is for consolation that comes from a of the pipe, the puff of a or the taste of a cigar. reason ts obvious: With ‘poldier’s system in a ceaseless of tension from danger and it, tobacco becomes a real and joy when he can find for this well-earned tn- Passed Pipe Appeal the Regulars and the Na Guard troops went to Mex- & censorship was placed | mews from the flying col- gent to “get Villa.” one of rat messages O. K.'d by the aide to Gen. Pershing was to relieve the strain by | some “Missouri meer to the men in Mexico. The French soldiers say that in fighting the pipe has be an indispensable accessory life, where anything that | ip kill time fs welcome. It) the same time a distraction | @ an occupation, and, as one sol- puts it, “it has advantage hide the end of your nose Send In That Quarter go far none of the govern- has made any provision for supplies to the soldiers. It up to their friends and to fill this human as we are contrib: ts Star’s Smoke Fund Previously acknowledged serie Mrs. A. Gould, stoe ny ave. John MeNell, 1817 First » Ellis, #14 HH ton st. Mise Isabella Gray, 6558 19th ave N. EB. wh, S13 16th ave, Bugene 1. Siegfried Daniel Plano, Black Diamond Cash Mins Jean King, 206 Methow at, Wenatchee Hasel Strout, 3076 Gard 5. W. Mr. and Mre. J. K. Kice, North Mend, Wash., Hox £35 Mise Ida Baroff, 413 tard ave. Cash Mre. TK. A. Cochran, R. PF. D. No. , Sunnyside, Wash. jargaret Virgiline, 1408 14th Na ennrrnrnees uting medical ald thru the Red Cross. Twenty-five cents enough smokes to week, For, thru will buy st a soldier a “The Our Boys rates have been granted by lead- ing tobaceo companies. Each quar- ter buys 45 cents’ worth of tobacco at retail prices, Wipe out all prejudice! There is but the one thought to keep in mind: the Sammy at the front suf- fers without his smoke. Give him that smoke by sending your contribution, with the follow. ing clipping, properly filled out, to he Star: GERMANS CAPTURE SOME PRISONERS Wire By United Press Leased BERLIN (Via London), Sept. 14. Special German troops forced thetr way thru to French second-line po- sitions, west of Gugnicourt, In the Aisne sector, today’s official «| ment declared. Heavy casual! were inflicted on the French and a number were captured. On the British front, the war office re- ported numerous prisoners taken in attacks north of Langemarck Wednesday olght, by which the British were ejected from a sec- tion of woodland. WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE Water will be shut off tn the mains in Georgetown, east of the railroad tracks, which are supplied from the old Georgetown reservoir, on Saturday, September 15, from 9am. tol p. m. Walk | When Town Ba Trimmed Velvet Hats— the Newest | Shapes and Only A splendid purchase of Trimmed Velvet Hats— smart drooping brim shapes with novel tam crowns mushroom and rolling styles. Navy and black. THE SEATTLE STAR FROST RECOUNTS OF LUSITANIA “Presiding at an autopsy on a 70-day-old corpse that drifted on an Irish beach, practically two month hi the Lusitan one of the tittle things that come into a consul's Iife, In a submarine infested port, ac- cording to Consul Wesley Frost, United States represent- ative to Queenstown, who ison @ epeaking tour of the Middle and Western sta’ Consul Frost was forced to return to the United suffering from a nervous down. “It's the land of corpses,” paid | the tall, extremely lean, young con- sul Friday morning. His Irish |gray eyes are full of the energy | that his body lacks, and he has a | quick, nervous shrug as he talks, | Tells of Tragedies | “Queenstown {s situated tn | point of the gulf stream, which jured in strewing bodies for 260 miles along the coast after the sinking of the Lusitania. We pick ed up one mother with her baby twins still clutched tightly to her breast. The man on whom I per- | tormed the autopsy was thrown on the beach, after 70 days’ buffeting in the waves, battle to prove whether his wife or he had perished first, #o that the money might go to the right rel- atives. We had to prove by scien tific Investigation of the digestive organs that he had lived two hours after he was thrown from the ship.” “There were so many heart: breaking tragedies,” continued Consul Frost. “There were two families named Hamilton on the boat. The husband of one family and the wife of the other were res ened and taken to | Pitals in Queenstown, They learned the whereabouts of the other and were thanking God for sparing |them. But when they met and dis covered thelr mistake thelr an- guish was twofold. “The smallest child in Queens ip “survivor,” said treets are almost con- stantly swarmed with barefoot men, in shirt and trousers, who have been brought to port after | thetr ships are torpedoed.” Mr. Frost is a graduate of Ober- In college as was his father and grandfather, He will talk at a public meeting at the Masonic tem- ple at 8 o'clock tonight and leave afterward for Portland. the fig- town Frost. “T! 'K. C. MEAT GUTTERS ARE BACK AT WORK United Freee Leased KANSAS CITY, Mo,, Sept. 14.— |All Kansas City packing town was |at work again today, following last | night's agreement between strikers jand employers. The strikers won a victory, since |the employers agreed to permit | them to belong to the Amalgamat- ‘ed Meat Cutters and Butcher Work- There was a legal) WELCOME Seattle Merchants soldiers royally, le the unofficial slogan in thelr dealings with Uncle Sam’ ye from Camp Lewis, at American lake. For patriotic ressons, as well as for the welfare of the city, and Its good repute, business men of the city are endeavor Ing to give Sammies a square a al and something re deal when the Seattle Cham- ber of Commerce and Commercial club say that not a single com plaint has been made that any thing but a royal welcome has been accorded either officers or enlisted men in Seattle, Raw Deal at Tacoma General dissatisfaction with thetr treatment in Tacoma ts expressed by boys from the lake post, how- ver, “The boys certainly are peeved at Tacoma,” one Heutenant sald Friday, “1 personally know a lot of fel lows who are clubbing together to buy in Seattle “Here are 1,500 officers, with sal aries of $150 @ month and up, be- sides the enlisted men, Our ag gregate trade is a big thing; but the Individual officer or man doesn't get as big a salary as the civilian and can't pay such prices [as are being charged in Tacoma. ‘And besides that, we can't help noticing the difference In the wa. we are treated in Tacoma and the SAMMIES! Give Soldiers Best} way they tres us in San Fran elsco and are offering to treat us in Beatle Frisco Stor “In San Franc p GAVE DISCOUNTS TO OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS. The Fairmont) hotel gave up an entire floor fot a tort of club for army men. It made a rate of 60 cents a night for room and bath for officers, The big hotels all gave dances for us. “In Seattle, some of the mer chants are offering to pay the tn terurban fare of soldiers who buy | the The Washington hotel has lfixed up {ts basement with Mghts, tables and every convenience, for |the use of army and navy men, “But In Tacoma, if we go Into town In the evening, everybody |g- nores us. There's nowhere to go but the movies, Left the Dance “I and a bunch of other officers tried to go to dances at the Ta-| [coma and Olympus hotels Saturday |nfght. In addition to awful prices | for dinner, they wanted to charge |us 60 conte just to get into the din ing room “We turned around and left at both places. “1 pald a dollar for two eand- wiches at a hotel the other day. A friend of mine paid 25 cents for a | shine, "1 heard somebody say the other | day that one store In Tacoma was | igiving 10 per cent discount to sol-| jdiera, 1 ¢ a8 Th MUST HAVE HAD TO BREAK SOME SORT OF RULE TO DO IT." GOAL RIOTS IS PICTURE DRAWN FOR GARFIELD By United Press tensed Wire WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.-—~ The spectre of coal ricts and confiscation of passing coal | shipments by local authorities | was presented to Fuel Admin- | Ietrator Garfield today. From ail parts of the country small Jobbers—those who handle the householders’ trade and the basket-atatime trade — are | writing in the warning. | Freezing poor, they storm the coal yards force localities caught short of fuel in midwinter to seize any coal to sight, as the mayor of Des Moines ldid last winter, supported by pub- |lic demand. A typical letter from ja jobber unable to obtain onetit- |teenth his nornml tonnage, with 70 small retailers to supply, eay® | “If these retailers cannot obtain fuel for the poor they supply, the latter won't let their children | freeze. Thero will be coal riots.” different hos-| sald, will | my United Freee Leased Wire | PARIS. Sept. 14.—Violent hand- tohand fighting marked French ro- pulse of a formidable offensive blow by the Germans at daybreak laround the Casemates plateau (Chomin des Dames), north of the Alsne, today's official Yeport de clared, ers of North America. THE BON MARCHE RGAIN BASEMENT, (Have You Visited the Millinery Shop | In the Bargain Basement? There you will find displays of the season’s newest Hats for women and children, and newest Millinery Trimmings. You will be de- lighted when you see the clever styles and low prices— which are made possible only under our low profit and big volume policy. \ Trimmed Velvet Hats, the Season’s New Styles, $2.49 bri 3 | Made of fine quality Panne Velvet in roll and droop- rims in large and small) ing brim—soft stitched brim—plain sailor and chin-chin styles, in blue, black, purple and brown, Children’s Trimmed Hats New Fall Styles Many chic little sol all vet some with accordion pleated ribbon and rosette These Specials for “September Garment Day’’ $18.65 Of Cheviot, heavy Boucles and | Pompon Cheviot; all or half lined, Women’s Smart New | Autumn Coats for { with large fur collars of black plush. and brown. ° $1.25 | styles in | id and combination colors; made of good quality vel cons, prettily trigimed '¢ | New Serge Dre: And we emphas' red and Jeet root, green, navy | belted models, embroidered with up with Novelties - Birds’ Splendid Value at In Millinery Fancy Feathers at 19c much trouble to trim smart little Fail Hat some of these Feather | € Wings, Quills, Heads and others to choose from. Not a numerous Pp d $11.50) ize they're splendid | |. | tire We pur lot h | Dresses at this low price; high waist | abling’ us to offer them at this low D | a | Price red | Moss: | and ‘and blue, and smart, pleated styles. | drapes HUNDREDS OF OTHER BARGAINS NOT ADVERTISED | small Trimmings Pompons, ( Party or Dancing Dresses Are Priced aline, some New Bargains Arriving Daily Soft Velour Hats, Untrimmed and Trimmed, Priced Neat shapes suitable for women, tailored = styles— misses and girls. Large and of soft, velour, in red, blue, green, purple other styles, rich brown, and shades. Fancy Feathers at 29c This lot includes Feather Wings, Breasts, wl Juills ; Hea and a large assortment of 1s, Plumes retty colors afford a splen- id selection $4.25 chased a manufacturer’s en ¢ wished to close out, en- of resses de Chine net over- Crepe with They will} SELECTED MEN STUDY FRENCH AT ARMY CAMP. By United Press Lensea Wire CAMP LEWIS, AMERICAN LAKE, Sept. 14.—Camp Lewis is not to be merely a dusty drill fleid when its 4,600 men arrive, and the camp is or ganized for work. 1t will also be a big unl- versity, with 4,600 students. At night, in six big buildings, courses of Instruction will be given to officers and enlisted men in a wide range of subjects The camp educational work is to be under the direction of Nor-| man F. Coleman, professor of Eng-) Heh at Reed college. French and Spanish promise to} |be the favorite courses in this big! |untversity. Men who are proficient | |in these languages may be given |opportunity to become instructors. Examination of 400 men of the first contingent, who arrived here) Sept. 5, was completed Thursday | afternoon. | Capt. H. B. Reynalds, the exam-| ing officer, declared that about 5} per cent of the men who have al-| ready been parsed by the exemp-| tion boards will be sent back from | the camp for physical unfitness. | Most of the boards had made pro-| vision for a 10 per cent loss on | this score. Officers are still arriving daily, anticipating the coming of 14,000) more drafted men Sept. 19. As soon as the base hospital tx com- pleted, 100 trained nurses will ar rive at the camp, They will be fob lowed by another 100 later. APPEAL BOARD CHANGES MIND ON EDRIS CASE. The district board of appea and then re. decision Thumday, of William Edris, son-in-law of D. E. Skinner, of the Skinner & Eddy Shipbuild. ing corporation, who claimed | Industrial exemption. Edria filed affidavits stating that! |he was a shipfitter’s helper, They |bore the signature of Manager | Dave Rogers When Corporation Counsel Hugh | R | Caldwell ss tion in the p reading of KE | Skinner, Au jpeal Agent T, J. L. Kennedy Kennedy contested the exemp- |tion to the appeal board, pointing} }out that Edris was a lawyer, and| |the exemption ruling was reversed. “I filed an affidavit stating that| I was a shipfitter'’s helper,” sald | Hdris today, “just as dozens of oth er shipfitter’s helpers have done under the law | “That's the work I've been doing, | despite the fact that I happen to be | Skinner's son-indaw | “I'm no slacker, and if the dis |trict board chooses to certify me| for service, that's the board's priv-| flege ‘I did pass the state tion while in college, but haven't chosen to follow the law. I went to| | work in the shipyards, and I'm | Working there still.” |. He exhibited a pair of calloused handa. LORD READING TO AID U. S. FINANCIERS By Vaited Teaned Wire | WASHINGTON, Sept, 14 Lord | Reading, Britich financial commis stoner, is in this country to offer! firsthand information to the Amert-| can government for the solving of | financial difficulties which | arise He did not come to negotiate! |private credits or loans, and will, not take up such matters, unless | joccasion arises, during his stay | here, he told the United Press in an | | exclusive interview today the notice of exemp pers and remembered ris’ marriage to Miss 5, he notified Ap: par examina may | | An Englishman has Invented a safety sult for aviators covered) |with parachute-like pockets, by which the entire sult can be in fated. with beautiful contrasting embroidery. | THE BON MARCHE Bring the Little Folks Down Town Saturday and Fit Them Out for Autumn in -« For Saturday Is Children’s | 4 Day at the Children’s Favor- | ly i 1 Clever Little Autumn Dresses At $3.75 to $14.50 In the assortment are Corduroy Dresses, straight-line serges with fancy blouses; Empire and yoke effects in serges; the ever-popular Peter Thompson models. Girls’ Autumn Coats—for Style—for Service Prices From $5.00 Up to $25.00 These new Coats are arriving every day. They are fitted for school wear and dress occasions. Fashioned like grown-ups’,they are made of velours, zibelines, burellas and mixtures, modishly trimmed and buttoned. ; Extra fine, heavy Wool Sweat th large Girls’ Wool Sweaters | idunabie “tier colers: gttce socket yh belts. at $5.50 In rose, green, Nippon blue and granite. SECOND FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE. The Children’s Shoe Shop Has Misses’ Shoes at $3.25 Shoes made for either dress or school use—well built of gunmetal or patent leather, with cloth tops—on the new foot-form lasts. Button style Shoes, in sizes 11% to 2, at $3.25. Small Boys’ Shoes at $2.50 | Tan Skuffer Shoes at $3.25 Skuffer last Shoes of black patent! A new lot of Shoes that we find are leather that look best for dress wear and | made exceptionally well—the uppers are wear well, too. Lace styles with medium | of Russian calf, lace style, with heavy soles. Sizes 8% to 11. | stitched soles. Sizes 8 to 11. In the Regular Shoe Shop Boys’ Gunmetal Shoes at $2.50 | Boys’ Gunmetal Shoes at $2.75 Strong School Shoes that we earnestly | Another lot of dependable School say will wear well; made of heavy gun-| Shoes in round toe and English last metal calf with solid leather tips and good, | styles, of gunmetal calf with heavy welt dependable soles. Sizes 2% to 5%. | soles, in sizes 2% to 5%. Boys’ Ironwear Shoes—None Better Youths’ sizes 9 to 13, $4.00; Boys’ sizes 12% to 6, $5.00. | | UPPER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE. | | The New “Bacmo” Kid Gloves Have Arrived Bearing Fashion’s Stamp of Approval “Bacmos,” one of America’s well- known brands of Kid Gloves—to glove Milady in proper style. Several good lines in black head mochas— $2.00, $2.25 and $2.50 Pair WOMEN’S WHITE KID SLOVES, SPECIAL $1.50 Dress Kid Gloves, with self or contrast- ing embroidered backs, half pique sewn, in all sizes. Some tan, putty, canary and | pearl. Women’s Union Suits, Special 95c Included are medium-weight twin needle ribbed cotton Suits; low neck, sleeveless, knee length with French band tops. Sizes 34, 36, 38; also slightly fleeced Suits, sizes 34 to 44 Women’s Heavier Underwear | Women’s Union Suits at $2.00 New stocks of Munsing-wear, Globe| White Silk and Wool Union Suits Tailor made, Forest Mills, hand trimmed, | in Dutch neck style; sizes 36 and 38 only. and Carter's Underwear, in all sizes. | A special Saturday offering. UPPER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE. WASHABLE KID GLOVES $2.25 AND $2.50 PAIR New Autumn kid, in pearl, canary, putty, gray, tan and black Gloves of washable Better Stock of Boys’ and Girls’ School Stockings Than Ever Before Children’s Stockings 17¢ Boys’ and Girls’ Hose 35c " . Misses’ Hose of fine silk lisle; heavy cotton, Or 60 cents will buy three pairs of these fast , ; black Cotton Stockings, so durable for school | for boys, in black, white and tan. Three pairs wate for $1.00. Children’s Wool Hose 35c A special lot of fine ribbed, fast black Wool medium | Cashmere Hose, with reinforced heels and toes. er All sizes. Cotton Stockings at 25c Maco cotton, in strongly reinforced; Stockings of real and heavy welghts; and white; all sizes. Upper Main Floor, The Bon Marche. Saturday in the Grocery Store Washington Creamery Butter 47c lb. 3 Pounds for $1.40 Delivered only with other Groceries Mayflower Coffee 25c Pound A moderate priced Coffee that's an excellent blend and always satisfactory, being freshly roasted by our cof- fee expert De | cans, | Solid Pack Tomatoes; Luxe brand; No. 214 15¢. Egis; a good substitute for | rgs for baking; a pack age, 25¢. | Clicquot Club Ginger Ale; | quart bottle for 15¢. i | Dromedary Golden Dates; pkg. 14¢; or 3 for 40¢. Seedless Raisins; Thomp- son’s unbleached Sultana Raisins; pound 15¢. Peel; extra y; pound 2he. each Citron quali Sweet Potatoes, this year’s crop, | good fine and dry; 4 pounds 25¢, | Carry Home Specials in the Delicatessen Mayonnaise Dressing; Bon Marche brand; fresh and pure; pound 38¢. New York Full Cream Cheese; medium | California Strained Honey; new shipment; strong flavor; Saturday only, Ib. e. pound 22%¢. FOURTH FLOOR—-THE BON MARCHE. Dill Pickles; small size; good quality; per quart 20¢. °