The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 26, 1917, Page 7

'U. . SOLDIERS _ GET TASTE OF LONDON AIR RAID BY LOWELL MELLETT United Press State Correspondent LONDON, Sept. 26.—Upwards of 100 American soldiers and sallors got their firet taste of war during the alr raids of the past two nights on London. They liked It. The sound of the antl.alroraft guns, bringing to them the first warning of the raid, was greeted with a cheer, They marched out tnto the street from the Y. M. C. A. hut, where they Ladies Here She Is “We're Comin’, Kaiser Bin.” Denounce Baby Killing Coming direct to Seattle after a record- breaking tour of the world 4 killers.” A preliminary .report French indicated there were raids during last night jreach London, being driven off by }the first statement from The Yodeling Minstrel BM fronchythe total killed and wound were playing cards and pool, singing, | Lord | cording ed inthe raids on Monday and Tues- (BUTTE DRAFTED MEN IN BRAWL; Ry Ataf Correspondent CAMP LEWIS, American Lake, Sept. 26.—Investigation was begun by army authorities today of the killing of Texas Harris, a negro porter on the especial train which brought 466 drafted men of the Montana quota to camp Monday night. Almost every mar of the contin gent, upon arrival at the can- tonment, was ous, and train in order, the preliminary physical examina tion, and getting them lodged for After the raid they joined the) the night British in denunctation of the “baby Find Much Liquor More than |the train and from the men's bag The first group of flyers failed to! gage. The recetving officers also re moved almost 200 loaded revolvers —also— hot fire from anthalreraft guns and | aeroplanes | The second raid was of brief dura-| tion. With 20 casualties reported in, the subject of various storivs, from the men. How Tex Harris met his death ts Ac to -| Harris foined tn nm the train, and in a brawl, some _ PORTER KILLED, drunk and mutin- a display of an armed) equad with fixed bayonets was nec) 1s easary before they would leave tho} | Most of the night woe taken up with calling the roll, giving the men! 100 quarts of Mquor by Lord| which had been opened, and 25 un two opened containers were taken fran one ourrent account, the conviviality STAR—WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26, 1917. PAGE 7 Basement Salesroom The Season’s Top Coats Otter Wide Choice in Style $9.75 to $23.50 ANY are the favored style-ideas, the well-liked colors and modish fabrics represented within the above moderate price range. The Coats are smartly tailored from Melton Plush Kersey Army Cloth Wool Velour Fancy Coatings in some with enriched cloth finished instances collars of fur plush band hem or crushed and with of the same mate- rial at The Favored Colorings Include: FREDERICK*NELSON | Basement Salesroom Women’s and Misses’ Jumbo-Knit Sweaters, $5.75 HESE heavy Sweaters are warm enough to take the place of the top- coat, if desired They are knit from heavy yarns in shades of Oxford, cardinal and maroon, with roll collars, patch pockets and extra long sleeves, Sizes 34 to 46. Price $5.75. —Basement Salesroom. Children’s Sleeping Garments, 75c 50 New Trimmed Hats In an Attractive Showing Arranged for Thursday At $6.50 | (THEY are the simply-trimmed Hats of smart | lines and good materials that are so desirable for wear with tailored suit or coat. Fashioned from velvets and hatter’s plush, often in combi- nation with satin, they feature ribbon cockades, wings, braid effects their Suit colorings are and feather in trimmings particularly favored: Navy Black Brown The Hat sketched, a softly-draped Tam of midnight-blue Lyons velvet, is trimmed only and that day nights amounted to 106. | where between Dutte and Spokace, | Not more than two machines drew a razor, Some one hit him on Belgium-blue, Burgundy, Ma- HILDREN’S Fleece- with a self-color ribbon cockade. Price $6.50. penetrated our defenses,” French's statement taday declared. “Stx_were killed and 16 Injured. _ MUSICAL COMEDY Co. was driven off.” The American soldiers and sail raiders wanted to rush into sound of the guns. Women Remain Coo! card tables at which street to cellars. 'ARBITRATORS END PUBLIC SESSIONS | The board of arbitration, which | is to decide what amount is a living | wage for Seattle and Tacoma em- com. | pleted {ts work of taking testimony | ployes of the Traction Co. Tuesday and by November 1 will report its findings to the company jand the men. While the public sesstons of the board are finished, three weeks or a month will be required to analyze the conditions of the two citie: | fix wage scales, according to Dr, | Henry Suzzallo, chairman of the board and neutral member. Eight or nine economists and students of domestic economy wil! be employed by the board, accord }ing to Dr, Suzzallo, to determine | what is a fair Iving wage, under ‘existing price conditions. most way We and to Are Priced HE styles displayed include The tailoring is exceptionally Cheviots and other fine suitings, be glad to show you the new Extended of making your purchases Attractive Suit Model ° For Fall and Winter Wear From $24.50 And Upwards | plain tailored, semi-tail- ored and belted models. good, and the materials, which include Serges, Poplins, Needle offer a very wide selection Come in tomorrow and we will models. Liberal Credit Is Our Credit Plan is the convenient and the easiest te your credit account arrange the payments will suit WESTBERG & CHILDS, Inc. “The Credit Store” 1312 Second Avenue ENROLL TONIGHT FOR WORK IN THE Seattle Public Evening Schools CLASSES BEGIN WORK MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1 And continue in six months, meeting on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 7 to 9:15 p, m. (Also on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Broadway only. SCHOOLS Ballard, Broadway, Franklin, Lincoln, Queen Anne and, West Seattle high schools; Central, Main St., an@ Washington elementary schools FEES required at enrollment This is returned to the it session ($3.00 for student if his A small deposit most classes) attendance warrant FULL PARTICULARS As to subjects offered, fees, etc., may be had at any of the schools listed above. Lord the chin with “The second group of raiders ors brought under the fire of the the Hyer, Maj. Sherman and Maj. Geo. street to see the attack at the first) L. McKeeby. ‘|socn after, WI Be Vried The following committee of offt-| cers has been detailed to make al thoro investigation Col. H. D, Whether those Sent to Hospital base hospital here, while one man, Vincent suffering with two broken rigs. It is reported that he was in |Jured when he fell from an upper berth. SEATTLE FIRM GETS If enthustham can't keep our ae. lect service men at Camp Lewis warm, Seattle stoves will, That t» the way Uncle Sam felt about tt and consequently he has awarded |the Puget Sound Stove Works contract for manufacturing 1 airtight heaters, according to report made by the industria! he Seattle Ch Commerce and Commerctal Club The plant at Elifott ave. and Wall st. Is running at capacity, and will }finish deliveries to the cantonment by October 13. ry 500 the " of PORTLAND BUILDERS |_ FOR BOARD RULING By United Prees Leased Wire | PORTLAND, Sept. 26.—All Port land shipbuilders were willing to abide by federal adjustment of the shipyard strike today. Following « lconference between the heads of 11 plants and city authorities last night, the shipbuilders | brief statement to that effect | In the meantime a few men are |heing put to work in the various plants. Following reports last night that | picket lines had been established at jseveral points along the water front, the police announced to. day they would stop picketing, and increased the number of men on water front duty. FRISCO WORKERS RATIFY. “NO STRIKE” By United Press Leased Wire | SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26.—Al tho no statement has yet been made by officials of the Iron Trades council, indications early today were that the temporary agreement ending the San Francisco bay ship building strike had been overwhelm- ingly ratified by the 25 untons con cerned, Officers of the council are canvassing the vote and will nounce the result before noon union is the only o fled to ratify the ment. tern makers do not get an in @ under the agreement. Some of the unions voted nearly 10 to one in favor of returning to work It was predicted today that the strikers would resume work tomor. row or Friday. ers’ » inve tempora Musical Director for |Army Camp Appointed | staff Correspondent CAMP LEWIS, American Lake, Sept. 26.—Word has been received here of the appointment of W. R Jenkins, secretary of the Bremer ton navy yard recruit camp of the Y. M. C. A., as musical this cantonment. Jenkins hag left for New York to attend a meeting of the musical directors of the na tional war work counctl of the Y M. C. A. and will come to Camp Lewis immediately after the meet ing CHARGE JURORS ARE | DRAWN UNFAIRLY PORTLAND, 26.—Jurors are selected in by the amount of property they own That today is the charge made ‘by the Multnomah Bar association against the county commissioners. The lawyers point to the fact that a judgment for the plaintiff has not been returned in a damage action in any local court for over a month. The attorneys will investigate. RESTRICT WOOL FOR WOMEN’S DRESSES iy pited Press Leased Wire P. 8, Sept. 26.—War restric tions limiting the amount of woolen |material for women's dresses to five yards or under, has been a \« pted by the dressmakers’ synd! cate without # murmur, Sept B: a cloncbed ‘ist, and Harris fell agsiuet a seat and dicd! responsible for the killing will be tried in federal! ‘The sergeant in command order-|court or before a court-martial will] ed them to remain at the pool and/be determined later. they were playing. Then he commanded them | to form in line, two abreast, and tne field they marched out and across the) dergoing treatment for alcoholism, Farity, is Several of the Butte men are fn un- BIG ARMY CONTRACT issued a} director at! Multnomah county! genta, Brown, Green, Taupe, \ Navy and Black | Regular sizes for misses and and extra sizes from 51 Prices $9.75, $12.50, $15.00, $17.50, $19.75 and $23.50. —Baseoment Salesroom women 41 to One-Piece Utility Frocks Of Wool, Silk-and-Wool and Silk || . $12.50, $15.00 and $16.75 T these enter HE season is just begin ning when such frocks as fullest for wear undtr the into their usefiliness topcoat, for shopping, for bus- ir und afternoon occasions They show the new modes Pop with plins, rverts, Serges, ¢ Satins and Taffetas, and par- ticularly favor straight line, surplice, Eton and Empire ef- fects. Tucked Georgette crepe and are often used for e y collars and cuffs Sizes for women and misses. Basement Salesroom. satin novel Mill Ends of Cretonnes At| 15¢ Yard FAVORABLE purch@se of 2,000 yards of Mill of low They are in lengths from feature this A price Ends Cretonnes makes possible 2 to 12 yards, in | . | various fine weaves and desirable patterns and colorings for many different purposes Exceptional values at 15¢ yard Basement Sal |} Women’s Cashmere i Hose, 35c Pair garter to 10 pairs Basement an T It ts understood the Pattern Ma MOUJIK IGNORAN ? D d ‘This is another of 2 , atatt cles by Eadwns write to Russia, It would there and the correspondents who pent three | belong to the Amalgamated Sons yee — ghey etticlet| of Gloom would have good reason ieadlen povermncnl. |for their low pressure stuff Righty per cent of the people of Russia are peasants, and if these jare besotted and {gnorant we might as well give up hoping for and think about something BY CHARLES E, RUSSELL (Copyright, 1917) The peasant is the backbone of | her Russia—also the arms, hands, else, heart and a lot of But It len’'t true; tt tent any the brain | pe read Faby ada We think of an coasuee lence him as queer| Harvard graduate, if that fact sreature with! gives you grief, and he doesn’t tousled hair groW-| know anything about differen- ng low over bis! tial calculus or Greek roots, He his eyes, a thick,| never carried a cane with a big, tangled jungle of| bulging end and was never un- a beard, a blouse) der the enlightening influences with a belt) of the Eata Piece of Pie fra uround {t, high| ¢ernity, But as a general ru boots and an alr! pow he can read or has some of fbolish, dod-| one in his family who can, lering good na- and he always has a good mind ure. We think] and very often an amazing tf him this way,| eteck of good common senes. RUSSELL this. w f at gil, because) Phere are other ways of train- tus is ue Way he always has) ing the mind besides learning (and |been pictured for us and we stlek | sieodily forgetting) how to read to tradition, avery Gme, he Anabasisy, or Wearing on your | Also, we think he is very igo t lapel the pin of a Greek letter Jrant. Why not? There are no] society schools in Russia, you kmow, and | the whole population 1s literate |It is a very barbarows country. Aj few persons of the better ord are nice, but the mousik, or p jant, is the human limit. He used | to be drunk all the time. Perhaps now that vodka is abolished, or |sald to be abolished, he has his {sober intervals, but the travel ers and all the writers agree that | the moujik is the human limit, and what is the use of having Mterature lif it gives us always the wrong | steer? If @is notion aboW the peasant, which is still held by many of us who ought to know better, were | try. correct, you could say goodnight The Russian long wirters and the peasant’s mode of life have combined to educate him without many books or learned professors. He lives In a village, always, There is no such thing, so far ‘as T know, as a farmer who lives re motely on.his farm Village life beats Isolated farmhouse life all to bits, Loneliness atrophies the av: erage human mind; association with your fellows keeps It ip mo. tion and being. If there are only 16 persons in your village, that Is 16 times better than communing always with yourself. Russia ie a very northerly coun- A lot of it Hes close to the Acctic clrcle, or within, Ig the lined Sleeping Gar- ments with feet, in white and gray, sizes 2 to 12 years, T5¢. Basement Salesroom. New Low-Heel Walking Boot For Women $5.50 Bae beta | Boot, tan Russia Calf vamp and gray cloth top; height; Goodyear welt sole round toe. 4 to 7%; widths A Price $5.50 pair. —Basement Salesroom, w - heel as pictured, with 9-inch medium 2% and Sizes to C. Cups and Saucers Set of Six 75c LAIN WHITE Cups and Saucers of medium - weight fem - porce lain on the Hudson shape, ex ceptionally good value at, set of six, 75¢. Japanese Teapots 19c Farthenware Teapots in three- cup size, in various decorations. Complete with infuser, at 19¢ —Rasement Salesroom. — AN each Basement Balesreom. Flannel Waists $1.95 OFT, warm flannel tn red, gray and navy fashions these shirt-style Waists for Autumn ‘ sports and outing wear. They are cut amply full, with cord fastening be low the convertible collar. Sizes 36 to 44. Price $1.95, Remnants of Ribbons and Laces HORT lengths of Silk and Satin Ribbons, Lace and Embroidery Edgings, Ajover Laces, Chiffon Vefling, Chit- fon Ribbon — pieces suitable for many trimming uses— AT REDUCED PRICES, —Basement Salesroom, Remnants of Cotton Goods at Reduced Prices HE month’s accumulation of short lengths, including Lawns Dimities Outing Flannels Batiste Chailies Muslins Percales Sateens Percalines Galateas Ginghams Sheetings Towelings all at sharply reduced prices. _gesement Balesroom. New Billie Burke Dress Special $1.50 XCEPTIONAL value ts of- fered in this well-made and attractive Billie Burke Dress. It is of plain chambray in Pink Light-blue Delft-blue with round collar, cuffs and wide belt of plain white material, Special, $1.50. Coverall Aprons 95c Aprons in the popular shoulder fastening style, pink or light- blue percale, with wide belt and patch pocket, and ing of es Jain white piping. Price 9 Pian Wiite Fokscnient: Saleeroom, WENTY-FOUR sheets of linen- finished writing paper in white and pppylar tints with 24 < "nee. in box, moderately priced at Basement Salesroom. | Stationery 25c Box never out of the northwestern sky before the new day begins in the northeast. In June and July there are a few weeks when no artificial light is used In the streets all night and none is needed in the houses that have good windows, But the other way about, a win- jter day in Russia is shorter than your mother’s ple crust. It ts over before ft has well begun, It has |Whittier’s description in “Snow Bound” beaten off the ma “The |sun that brief December day,” says | Whittier, and in Russia there usu- jally isn't any sup to it, A gray |light warms up about 10 a, m. and quits In a weary, disgusted fashioh jat 2 p.m, and that’s all, Daylight |has gone off the job until the next |morning at 10. Of course, in these conditions, farm work practically ceases in |Beptember and doesn't get started again until March or April. The farmer has close to his house in the village his horse, cows and pigs. When he has fed these and |put the wood handy to be thrown into the big brick oven that heats the whole house, he has nothing else to do, Heating the house, by the way, Is easier than you might think, considering the fiendish climate. The house Is bullt of loge carefully trim and fit- ted together and every chink caulked airtight with moss and plaster, so that not a breath of cold air can penetrate, The windows are dou and caulk- ed like the timbers. The house is small and the room In It scanty. The great brick oven easily keeps the temperature at 70—-or above, And | may y that no national yearning for fresh alr In winter complicates the heating problert In any way, ON’T THINK IT, SAYS RUSSELL “| Long Winter Nights Gave Him Plenty of Time in Which to Reflect, Learn and to Exchange Ideas With Others be all off;summer, at Petrograd, the Hght is ness that Russia owes two devel- FREEDOM. opments that have been invaluable To give but one flustration, a ‘to her—the spread of inf®rmation|chapter in history that the csar among the peasants and the per-| particularly desired to have kept fecting of what are called the peas-|from his people was the American ants’ industries. |revolution, The story of It spread | ‘There is nothing to do but to|over all Russia, jtalk, to carve things, to weave and | The soil was good. The natural to Knit. So the peasants do all| instincts of the Russians are all these at the same time. For centuries their They sit_in a row, talking and | ent eee ete ttn ey nueva ae working. Every scrap of knowl-| ( eard |edge possessed by one becomes the | RftTussle for Hberty anywhere the jcomimen property |slowly, under the watchful eyes of In the old days of the polsonous|tho police, the revolution ripened. Jorar every effort was made to keep| The long nights and the village the people from knowing anything gatherings made their schoolhouse that might stir them to revolt./and tuition, Without them there For a long time the policy was ab-| might have been no revolt, The |solute ignorance of everything ex-!| evar and the police spy might have cept how to plant, reap and serve | reigned on tidefiattely. ft the \Dima, a change was forced and ‘DENVER Cops GIVEN [fret object ot government then| §$5Q FOR UNIFORMS was to supervise and control this! river Colo, Sept. 2¢—Den- | ver police and firemen today step- education, and, to that end, no| 00k, zines or newspapers ; ne gh pea rg ane papert|ped jauntily forth, clad in new uniforms—the gift of the | democratic. were allowed in the country except such as the government approved ioe But see how far autocracy is out Jof place in this world of today In|. The city council ‘voted a $50 spite of the absolute prohibition of | POnUs to each policeman and Tire- the xovernment and the most won-|™@@a with which to purchase winter \derful system of spies that went|Utfits. As a further aid in the snooping from, house to hoyse look: | M&h-costofliving fight, beginning ing for forbidden books, \« very [January 1, their salaries will be tn- knowledge that the czar mdst fear-|°Tessed $15 a month ed was the knowledge that spread most rapidly 500 JACKIES WILL GO TO VALLEY FAIR ALTH TO HIS WORKI Five hundred jackies from the NIONS, A PEASANT | U. S. naval training station at the WHO HEARD PROHIBITED DOC- | University campus will be a feature TRINE IN ONE VILLAGE RE-/of the Puyallup fair Seattle day, PEATED IT IN ANOTHER, THE| October 4 MEN AND WOMEN SAT AND CARVED AND WOVE AND KNIT- TED AND ABSORBED DAY AFT- WHO COULD | PROHIBITED | Ltt coRA D READ IT BY} |COM It 18 to these long nights of idle’ ER DAY. THE PHILOSOPHY OF { ‘