The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 18, 1917, Page 10

NEAR DEATH AT ce 18 bay ae FRA? Sopt Wrecking of the United Suctes army “‘PMansport: Thomas, with 2,000 men Qboard, in. Oriental waters, was averted only by « coarbination of “peamanship and goed fertune, ac ‘ to letters received here to day. During a typhoon on the night of meee 20 the the Thomas was _ariven from her course and toward the storm center, Suddenly the sheer wall of a 300-foot cliff loomed | nvan could reach out and touch tt ahexd—so close it looked as if a Quick reversal of the engines and & huge comber, which threw the Thomas to seaward, saved tho day, altho bottom was touched and the vessel had to go into the dry docks Nagasakl, SETTLEMENT OF | ‘SHIP STRIKE IS BELIEVED NEAR ‘The chance of an early set- tlement of the strike of need ters and helpers, ca week to enforce the re “mands of striking timber work- of an eight-hour day, were r Tuesday, according to nt J. G. Brown, of the tional «= Timberworkers ‘union. “Commissioner of immigra- Henry White plans to to those shipyards | contractors who sign the t we offer that they | be supplied with eight. lumber sufficient to meet needs,” said Brown. ‘SYSTEM BREAKS GERMANY'S SPY UNDER EXPOSURE | By United Press Leased Wire WASHINGTON, Sept. 18— Germany's spy system and her International intrigues are be- ing rapidly uprooted by govern- mental disclosures. While a om still flourishes, of- clare that the - ures of the Argentine, Mexican and Philippine plots have made Germany's workers more cau- tious than ever before, As for the Philippines, author! ties say the detention of German Vice Consul Conrad Andre, of Cebu, on a charge of trying to incite an in surrection had proven quite eff tive. Since that time there have GEN, KORNILOFF | eat | investigating THE SEATTLE STAR THE BON MARCHE MAKES DEFENSE OF HIS REVOLT | hy United Press Leased Wire PETROGRAD, Sept. Gen. Korniloff's fate the hands of the government today. He completed his defense last night before the special com- mission appointed to Invatigate the causes of the general's re- 18.— was in volt, submitting a full state ment In writing, Examination of other officers Involved with the former commanderin-chief In the rebellion was continued today, but a full report from the commission, making rec ommendation as to future ac tion, is expected shortly. Meanwhile Korniloff continues in strictest custody of the govern: | ment He and 23 of his officers) are confined in a hotel at Mobiley, | guarded carefully All Russia is anxious to learn what defense the former general issimo has made to the treason charges against him. The demand of the part of the public that he be executed as the best possible xample to all Russia's troops that discipline is to be enforced with out fear or favor, showed little} abatement today. In the streets the greatest inter | was manifest in whether the commission would recommend a civil trial or a mill tary court-martial Kerensky's | proclamath how White plans to back, been no evidences of any German|Korniloff as a traitor, it was re the guarantee, Brown did not Tattempt to stir up the natives and , but he said that there was t© cause trouble for the United) hope of a bdianket agreement States the Master Builders’ associa-/ In addition to the Andre revela jm, under which the lumber users tion, it ls known the Germans have Jease a number of small pursued their intriguing methods in ‘and operate them on an eight- the Fu: mast extensively, China basis. | was a hotbed of activity, but this {Do Own fe have met with no opposition ‘the shipyards whatever,” sald “Every employer has said jhe would gladly sign the it if he could be sure of sufficient fair lumber. A ‘of the steel shipyards were) to sign, believing that they thority to do so under ied they hold with the U. board. vee foner White has told the shipping board con- does not prevent the agree- | we ask.” 1. W. W. Haven't Acted said that the threat of the IW. to effect a day today strike id not been carried out so far as/ . The I. W. W. agreed n to return to work in the pand then walk out at 5 p. m.| day, after eight hours’ work | been done. were continued Tuesday) contracts with shipyards f contractors in the Northwest only eight-hour lumber. Many Have Signed following had signed Tues- Shipyards—Skinner & Eddy, & Babcock, and Winslow Railway & Shipbuiiding . Inlahn, R. Gray & Barasch, A. A. Nel- George Groppenbacker, the! p light department and the port of the contractors have ex- @ desire to deal individu- Hy with the unions rather than a the Master Builders’ associa- Brown held a conference President L. Booker and Sec- J. W. Douglas, of the asso-| Monday, and at that time entire situation was discussed | tentative plans for a confer between the union officials id the builders latd. | fficials of the Anderson ship- denied Tuesday that any car- had struck at that plant Men were not organized at time the strike was called, union organizers have been at| fk among them since the = ited the walkout. Pimnee 700 men, employed at the| ond Lumber Co. mill, in As- Ore. walked ont Tuesday | fn the demand for an our day, was the report to President J. C. Brown, of Timber Workers’ union here. i other milis were to shut later in the day. @ expect that the strike wilt! general all along the Columbia today,” declared Brown. } ae ON ACTS IN SEATTLE STRIKE f Continued From rom Page 1! 1/ “wage adjustment board, the} ping board attempting to take! solution of the Coast problem ol 5 the hands of the wage adjusters did not meet with the approv al of labor men affected But behind the general labor un fn the West 1s seen a protest| labor against the death sen-| ce imposed upon T. J. Mooney| F preparedness day bomb out | in San Francisco. No German Coin for |. W. W. It may be stated positively that | the government has found no evi-| dence of German money in any of disturbances, including the 1 . W. plots. The Mooney case was used thru > out Russia by German propagan djsts, who spread the report workers that “the United yet claiming to Beas An effort was made by the Root) commission to dissipate feeling! aroused by this propaganda, but it| was emphasized upon return of the | commission that further work must be done—preferably by labor men _ of this country actually sent to Russia. To Act in Mooney Case Before the commission can go, however, the president ts expected) to take a definite stand on the Mooney case. Appeals are reach fog bim by thousands for clemency. There is doubt among laborers as © to Mooney’s cullt, and they say the _ president, taking cognizance of this / doubt, may accomplish a two-fold} benefit—do much to clear the la _ bor unrest in the West and squelch German [has been stamped out by Chinese| | Germany, governmental action tn rounding up plotters. There was talk today that with the break between Costa Rica and| German activities to cre: ate ilifeeling and trouble in the Americas would be found to have developed in that little country, | ‘YOU'RE INVITED TO OUR BIG FOUR-BIT FRIDAY MATINEE Continued From Page 1 fea See —— of the company. | id will do @ turn, won't you, Siar” Thus Sidney Grant was drafted “And I'll do as many acts they'll let me,” volunteered M reasey. Ten minutes after Charlotte Greenwood first heard Ring's dea. she was in the center of the stage, close to the footlights, helping Morressey write a special song in honor of the occasion. The whole show, from the print ing of the tickets by Hert Swezea to the donation of the house must jand talent, will be contributed for the benefit of the smoke fund. Will Last an Hour The show ts guaranteed to last from 12 to 1 Friday noon, but from ; the enthusiasm of every one con nected, we have a hunch it will last longer. The program {s developing In a zippy way, and by Wednesday full details of its extent and character will be available. Tickets will be on aale at the Metropolitan box office Tuesday afternoon and all seats in the bab cony and downstairs will be re served, so that purchasers will be sure of accommodations The prices! Honestly, it’s a crime for such a galaxy of stars to play at such a reasonable charge. The reserved seat ticke will cost only half a do The gallery tickets will two-bits, first come, first served. Can you think of a more pleas ant way to spend your lunch hour Friday? Forget your lunch for one day! Room for 1,500 Peopie In that way you get a heap of fun, help Herbert Hoover in his food conservation campaign, and {swell the fund that goes entirely to purchase of boys in France. There's room in the Met for more than 1,500 people. Manager George Hood says he'll be disap smokes for our ordered that he and his ac be delivered to “ctvil) | called, complices: tribunals of Justice.” covet 1 EE Spading, Is | Judge’s Advice to | Man Who Lost Wife Dy United Press Leased Wire TACOMA, Sept. 18.—If Linn! B. Capps ever plants another war gar- | den he'll be mighty particular what | man he engages togjo the spading | for him. Linni tol®%Judge Easter. day today his wife, Bertha, fell in love with the spade expert he hired to prepare his garden and left him, Therefore he wanted a divorce, Judge Easterday pondered the case and then decided the divorce would be granted, but that neither party may marry for six months. He added “1 would advise the plaintiff in this action, and all the attorneys to! |hereafter do their own spading.” | MEET TONIGHT TO PLAN LIBRARY AID Money is needed for the erection of libraries in the 32 cantonments thruout A meeting will be held Tuesd vening in the Central Library building, under the chairmanship of Librarian Judson T. Jennings, to organize plans for the $25,000 campaign, which ts Se attle’s part of the $1,000,000 nw tional fund. SUZZALLO TO HAVE COUNCIL ASSISTANT By United Press Leased Wire TACOMA, Sept. 18—C man Henry Suzzalio, of the state coun cil of defense, will appoint a vice chairman from among the members of the council to ald him tn his do th Ata eeting of the council held here y rday, Dr. Suzzallo announced that, because of the pressure of other duties, Including his work as arbitrator of the de mands of traction compa: ployes and as president of the iversity, he would either bh resign or allow some one ¢ assume part of his work with the council. The council at once voted to per: mit Dr. Suzzallo to name a vice chairman to assist bim. The council laid plans for a two- day session of county councils, to t eld with the state counct! at Yakima 1. It also plans » obtain signature of e¢ woman in the state on the Hoover tood Ke cards Chairman E. P. em ate ve to to October the Marsh, of the la committee, made a ort on the lumber strike situation, but there was no discussion | ‘Standing Room Only before Friday noon MORE ABOUT IT TOMORROW sign long ge ye | emo if he doesn’t hang out the|}' WATCH THE STAR ~ 2 CIGAR STORES TO BE DOWNTOWN | STATIONS FOR THE SMOKE FUND Cigar stores will act as branch, stations the “Our Boys in France Tobacco fund,” for which The Star has been appointed collector in the Se to receive donations for | attle-Northwest district A list of the cigar stores will be published in a few days, Each store will be supplied with the nec essary stationery on which the con tributor will write his or her nam address and amount of contribu tion. These names will then be published in The Star This fund is national in its seope It has the indorsement of the war and navy departments. All the ex | penses of administration, such as | stationery, postage, clerk hire, etc., are paid by prominent citizens, so that every penny contributed by} the general public buys tobacco for the soldiers And it buys more tobacco than can be bought for the same money, usual ly, at retail prices By @ spectal arrangement with the leading tobacco firms, soldiers’ kits have been made up, containing 45 cents’ worth of tobacco, for which the fund 1s charged only 25| cents each. Thus a dollar contrib: actually + uted will buy four of these kits, or| $1.80 worth of tobacco at ordinar stall prices. A kit, it is estimat will last a soldier a week | In each kit is also placed an en velope, addressed with the name of| some contributor, so that the sol-| dier may return It with his thanks. To help this fund, clip the fol lowing coupon, fill it out, and send it along with your contribution TO THE EDITOR ‘The Seattle Start Inclosed find .. Boys in’ France Tobacco | | lar will agree to send me « message of Name Address oo... ity to boy packages of tobaccs Fund" for Amerlean fighting mer ayn fon 4 Street pecifically branding >| Good Cheer Boxes to send to your Soldier friends—ready for mailing price $1.00,Lower Main Floor, Autumn Displays of Silks and Dress Displays That Are Proving an Inspiration to Many For Women having their clothes made at home. These and cover such a wide range that you find much to choose from at almost any given price. Here are a few examples from the lower registers’ Ruffsho Suiting Silks 95c Yd. Bright, New, Handsome, Serviceable and a "Full Yard Wide Only 9Sc for Ruffsho Silks—that’s all—and they're ever so pretty in that semi-rough Plain color and a splendid quality. weave that is so desirable. IN PURPLE, RESEDA, GOLD, NIGGER BROWN, CERISE, CARDINAL, Seattle Women are fast realizing the practical economy of COPENHAGEN, WISTARIA, DELFT FIELD MOUSE GREEN, CHAMPAGNE 56-Inch Worsted Suiting 69c Yard This serviceable, medium-weight Worsted Suitings is splendid for separate skirts, coats and even suits; black*and white shep- herd checks and neat mixtures. s 36-Inch Plain and |} $ Messalines c Shades and street colors. Hooveralls, the officially designed Uniform for the Women’s Home De- fense—price complete, $2.95, Caps, 50c.—-Second Floor, Goods | Autumn Displays are so varied IN THE Individuality— Youthfulness— BLUE, BROWN, TAUPE, RUSSIAN AND BURGUNDY MILLINERY SE 00 Style— for In these New Hats that have just emerged from our Millinery Work Rooms. —Bringing with them all the newest touches and most beautiful and season- able colorings. —The scalloped embroidered edges of Fancy Silk 95c Yd. attractive assortment of Silk offers plendid selections. Included are Taffetas, and Satins in fancy stripes, plaids and plain colors, in light This hecks, b——— If you are making your own Coat, it will pay you to see these 56-Inch Wool Coatings at $2.50 The Coatings are excellent value at $2.50; medium and heavy weight and all-wool, | worsted and worsted pompons are very new. ‘ —Double edges of folded ribbon or scal- |loped edges formed by tiny wings under | the brim are very striking. —And all made of a beautiful quality of in new plaids, stripes, fancy mixtures and plain colors, in velour, basket weaves, kersey UPPER MAIN FLOOR and camel's hair novelties. velvet. SECOND FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE. THE BON MARCHE Specializing o on Suits at $35.00 Enables Us to Give You Better Value Enables us to give you better. looking Suits, because we buy in quan- tities—and the manufacturer, knowing just what we want, can give better materials, better styles and just as good tailoring as is to be found in higher-priced Suits. For instance: A Suit of brown Forstmann and Huffmann’s Broadcloth is very refined and youthful—having the strapped pockets and large collar of fur. Another very attractive model of Wool Velour chose green for its color—the high waist line, the large collar and button pockets all express newne SECOND FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE Many Wise Women Are Buying “Heather” Linens Now know only too well that once this importation of “Heather” ens is sold, there will be no more at these prices. Linen Damask 65c Yd. They Linen Damask $1.15 Full bleached Table Damask, pure linen; heavy satin finish and a good in this lot 70-inch strictly variety of pretty floral patterns are included Mercerized Damask 59c Yard Mercerized Table quality and 64 inches wid Damas extra heavy » cl 1 hotel use. durable for home ar All-Linen Crash 10c Yard Natural color and very All-linen Crash Toweling, 16 inches wide; coarse, heavy thread towe z, best for kitchen use. Not over ten yards to each LOWER MAIN FLOOR that wi Pp we € a w THE ach quality Warm Wool Blankets, $6.00 Pair Are Necessary to be Comfortable on Chilly Nights. The foundation and every these Blankets is absolutely inches; white with colored two pairs to each All-Wool Blankets $7.95 Pair Better, heavier Blankets that are strictly all- wool, size 68x80 inches; block plaid patterns in pink, blue, lavender, gray, tan and black. | LOWER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE. Apron Gingham 10c Yd. 2,000 yards of 27-inch Apron Gingham and plaid patterns in blue, green and brown— lengths to 10 yards. Not over 10 yards to each. 32inch Shepherd Check | Madras Waisting, 32 in. School Suiting; in| Wide, in printed stripes lengths to 10 yards; per | 8" bee Ping | or 10 pede ay over 10 yards to each), ad 15 LOWER MAIN FLOOR— THE BON StARCHR. Lin- other thread in all wool; size 68x80 borders. Not over hed eable Tat De ly bleach wt ask, ask for general In various floral & inches use atterns All-Linen Crash 12'%c Yard All-linen Bleached Crash ng; firmly with colored borders endid crash for ten yards to and hand t All- Linn Crash 20c Yard Heavy Crast « thread wide; ve er wels. Not over ~check g. every being bsolutely all linen 1 heavy and excellent toweling that stands hard 16 inches ear BON MARCHE Re-Curtaining Your Home—Yes? Then See These New Curtains at $1.95 Pr. Of Etamine Voile and Marquisette you are thinking new Curtains—don’t fail to see our extensive showing, both in Etamine Voile and Marquisette. some have the insertion and edges, others with edges and hemstitched ‘hems. They're 25 at $1.95 a pair. If % yards long: Marquisette Curtains at $2.50 Pair Also pretty Voile Curtains in stitched and trimmed with Filet, yards long; white, cream and a larg Cluny, Arabian Marquisette and Voile Curtains $1.50 Pair Neat, strong Curtains for your bedrooms; some styles have pretty | lace edge, others lace edge and in sertion; 2% yards long; cream and Arabian, THIRD FLOOR For white, | stitched lace edges; THE Use Eversharp Pencils They're much things is: coualdee school use. as well as appreciate handier, you'll the point y) a =~ a sell Barmen Insertion Marquisette and Voile Curtains $1.75 Pair moderately these of fine Marc | are exceptional value; and Dy BON MARCHE, being time Savers Splendid for At $1.00 to $3.00 Each UPPER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE. Pieces of. Dinnerware for $1.85 English Semi ) Tea Cups, 6 No telephone porcelain in the Chantilly pattern. Included are: aucers, 6 Plates (9 inches in diameter) orders taken. Full Size Carpet Sweepers $1.75 With good bristle brushes, rubber - tired wheels and_nickel- plated trimmings, are neatly hem and Edges; 2 priced Curtains juisette and Voile | all are hem- | Model Wash trimmed with pretty | Boilers $3.25 yards long. | Made of heavy tin, Punch Polish Mop $1.25 One of the best with copper bottom, Mops made and the stationa handles y e whi has ionary randle only on vhich has if you've these | and fit-in cover office or | Large No. 8 Fourth Floor, Bon Marche, the any-angle han- The dle. with Punch Cedar Oil. ‘Treated