The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 2, 1918, Page 7

PRES, WILSON TO WHAT IS Fraser-Paterson Co. ®. at University St Phone—Main 7100 Exceptional Saving Opportunities in Women’s Coats and Suits eer ary Special Offerings that represent the most extraordinary of values, values that are doubly attractive in Mext season’s styles, this season’s view of the similarity to models and the scarcity of woolen fabrics suitable for Wom- en’s garments. Women's Coats, Special $23.50 Formerly $35, $38.75 and $39.50 A Burellas, LL late styles, excellent qualities of Velours, Pom Poms, and Bolivia cloth. Coats for dress, for utility and for motor wear. ~—Good assortment of and mixtures. Blues, Browns, Greens Special .. . Special $23.50 Women's Suits Formerly $35 to $50 dain entered and semi-novelty urella, Broadcloth, Cheviot, étc. styles in Gaber- —In Navy, Hunters, Seal Brown and a few Eng- fish Cheviots in Rose, Slate or Pekin Blue. Some are trimmed with velvet or kerami fur. Women’s Suits Half-Price —High-grade Novelty Suits of rich velvets, fine cloths, oo een. Many of silvertones, etc. Navy, brown, the finest examples we iown this season. _—Formerly $65. 00’ to $150.00. HALF PRICE. —-Fraser-Paterson Co, Third Floor. ” eee LY TAKES ALL LAND TO TILL FOR FOOD d Titenents will be borne by the nment, it was stated, and all ‘of persons ‘cultivating the il will be Sag until the crops are next summer. ‘Sctentific instruction will be given farmers, and highly specialized intensified farming will be in- upon. ‘The distribution of land is gratul- us. No charge ever will be col- lam the land, it is said here tu ernment will see that diverted so they will s ! cega possible value to INGTON, Jan. 2—Two men Ee ified and seven injured in an| xplosion in the Philadelphia navy d power house yesterday, accord. to a dispatch to the navy depart- from the commandant. It is lleved the explosion, which was in four-inch boiler tube, was due to PCCOCOS COO OOCOCOCCCCOE COLO COOOEOOCS GERMANS LOVE ART BUT THEY STEAL IT NOW PARIS, Jan. 2.—German offi- cers at prison camps where there are French artists are forcing such prisoners to give the Fa- therland all their handiwork pos- sible. A French painter recently returned from one of the prison camps told the story here today. When the first French prisoners arrived in Germany, the officer in charge of the camps inquired wheth- er there were any artists among the captured. It shonld be remarked that Germans have always had an enthusiastic admiration for the work | of French painters. | Get Extra Soup If the officer among the prisoners, these were “commissioned” to execute likenesses ot the “Herren Unteroffistere.” An extra bowl of soup was the Price for the portrait. In one camp an artist of international reputation was given orders by the general in | command and all his subordinates, at $10 per canvas—and the artist had) | to provide his own paints and can- | vas. One of the colonels generously | added $2 extra for his likeness Aren't Paid, Tho At the Holtu camp the offic command organized a regular and crafts” industry among his pris-| oner artists. Fifty of them, painters, | sculptors, designers and skilled craftsmen worked for him a whole ‘ound portrait artists | STAR—WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2, 1918, SPEAK FRIDAY T0 — BY LAWRENCE MARTIN gating what Is past. Four of tho probes renewed work today—the fuel and food, war department and Interstate commerce. The navy inquiry will resume tomorrow, while on the 8th ao new attempt will be made for action on the probe of disloyalty charges against Senator La Fol- lotte, President Wilson's appearance be- fore congress Friday will be the oo ecaaion for regommendations incident to Kovernment operation of the roads, ‘That his requests will be is certain n after congrese convenes, an urgent appropriation of $3,338,000,000 will be ing a $700,000,000 master supplies, ordnance and engi neers; $2,000,000 additional for the fuel administration, and $6,000,000 for seeds to aid the agricultural de pargment production campaign. Britton in Fight With resumption of the navy probe tomorrow, Representative Brit ton, of Tilinolx, lated ax unfriendly to Secretary Daniel», will ok to ascer tain the truth of infe ation before him that American transports were endangered because convoyed = b veswels slower than themselves. Spurred by knowledge from Chief age t* holding up artillery transpor of Ordnance Crozier that ship short tation, renate leaders today p: domand a bigh paign when bles. The new demand followed an extended secret session between the senate shipping investigating com. mittee and Bainbridge Colby, ship, ting board member, and a military mmittee meeting with Gen. Cro Can't Get Enough Ships American troops abroad, Crozier said, must depend on allied artillery, | because American ships enough to| sport our own cannot be had. | nators Harding and Fletcher ned to lay the highspeed ship- plan before the senate | ic in pointing n troor defictency | frow tack of artillery plies, with present in Re. transportation. The counct ticnal defense also beran t» we ndee military committee guna. Questioning developed a trend to} ward ferreting out the real relation ship of the council with the war, navy and ship departments. Wheth: er this organization ts an ald or a red tape hindrance is expected to be brought out sharply. | BY GILSON GARDNER 1 Staff Dispatch WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2 “After all the laboring man has In his hands the problem of winning this war. The government must take the laboring man into partner- ship and work out the problem with him.” So spoke Raymond Stevens of the United States Shipping board, who is expecially charged with the prob- lems pertaining to labor “Money alone will not build ships. overnment legislation will not build He Turns Copper Into Gold; Try It Here's a modern Aladdin who doesn't even need a lamp to wish himself into opulence and happiness. He turns copper into gold by the | simple process of saving his pennies, J nchy” Lambert is a San isco newsboy who knows that “coppers” make dollars and dollars win wars. From sales of 1-cent pa- pers, he's saved enough to purchase | $1,500 Liberty Bonds. And he’s going |to purchase an equal amount of the| next bond issue. Some magic, that!| — | |Cousin of Kaiser | Dead in Seattle Countess Anna Pauline Fredericka Von Gorst, Kaiser Wilhelm’s first | cousin, and a noted singer, died early | Tuesday morning, one minute after the dawn of the new year, at the home of her daughter, Mrs, John S. Mountain, 5634 12th ave. N. B.| | She was known here as Mrs. Von | Kalow. ‘ She was a daughter of Prince | atbert of Prussia, and was known to the musical world 35 years ago as Madame Ver! co-star of Adelina Pattl, She studied under the direc- |tion of the famous composers, Liszt and Rube |letin ctreulated today | printed Jorn’ club. | the evening UNIFORM FAIR POLICY ONLY WAY TO PREVENT “LABOR STEALING” FATE OF AMERICANS HELD BY HUN? BY J. W, PEGLER United Preas Correap WITH THe AM IN FRANCE, Jan, & fate of the seven miasing American soldiers of the 12 taken prisoner by the Germans in their trench raid of | November 3° Thousands of RICAN ARMY What in the Sammies over the American zone were left to draw thelr own conclusions today on whether the Boches had murdered the seven helpless captives. The | matter was called to every soldier's attention in an official division bul-| The article sets forth these tacts In the November raid the Boches took 1 Tater an illustrated German paper of the first American prisoners, surrounded by a} taunting crowd in Berlin--AN ‘OGRAPH = SHOWE Re. | on no suRKeRtions as to the fate of the missing seven, but few officials are hopeful that they are yet alive A certain f commenting on *, declared ment of prisoners ix one of the most frightful chapters of the war, The Sammies must be warned and must prepared to sell thelr lives at the ext price, to flight to h, even in the face of overwhelming num bers.” The traditional good humor of the Americans was transformed into bit: | ter rage when the Sammies today | read bulletins announcing the Ger-| | | prisoners. photographs ous major general, | German atroct o Hunn’ mistreat man plans to treat future American || prisoners as“ of no intelli renee,” and to y m under un tsual hardsnips UNIFORMED MEN ENJOY HOSPITALITY OF CLUB, More than in uniform were entertained ‘Tuesday by the D. A. RL and the Soldiers’ and Sail Among the gusts were three adianw just returned from | the front. The program included a skit in the afternoon and a dance !q | 200 men HURRYING TO CROSS STREET, WOMAN HURT In her haste to get across the street to greet some friends, Mrs Hattie Dodge. 1163 Eastlake ave. falled to watch her step, and she is now in the ttle General hospital with a broken leg and oth injuries. She was struck by a machine driven by H.C. McElroy, 2012 Firet ave. ships. Ownership of shipyards will not build ships. What build is labor, ‘The laboring man r dealt with fairly, intelligently and according to some uniform plan, if the building problems of the war are to be successfully worked out.” I asked Stevens about a report that the navy was to furnish naval reserve men as crews for all ships in the mercantile marine going into the war zone. Untrained Men Won't Do “That would be a very fine thing, according to theory, if theories would work out,” he replied. “Some peo ple think the crews would be better disciplined by bringing them under the authority of the navy “Perhaps they would, but it must be remembered that the only way the navy would get the thousands of men for operating the ships would be by volunteer enlistments in the naval resery and it is very doubt ful if the making $90 a month would volunteer to come un der naval discipline at $20 a month eonides, org ee untr alned men will not do. ment th must be men who had ence on the ocean or th not be safely or properly navigated. “But returning to the qu labor in our shipbullding yards, we are finding that some steps must be taken to bring about a uniform pol fey in handling labor problems. The government in a larger measure must step in and handle questions of wages and threatened strikes Must Have Say on Wages “The relation of the employer and employes may be leave alone in peace times, » government must as to what sta stablished and whe ions are recognized. one firm is running on the cost-plus basis and another firm on a privately made #kin-flint contract, the former shipyard will take the la bor from the latter. The government departments are already bidding against one another and stealing labor from one another. Labor Council Coming “Sooner or later there Will have to be @ labor council or whatever it may be called—some central body to co-ordinate all the divisions of the government which have to do with labor probleme (and this means nearly all departments of govern- ment) where the labor problema can he worked out as to questions of policy and settled uniformly and fairly. “In other words, the government must become to a greater degree a Job-finder for the laboring man and! wage-reguiator for the laboring| man; also the establisher of good | employment conditions for the labor- ing men. This will do away with issatisfaction, strikes and ineffi- ciency, and do much to help win the war.” sailor ion of Suspected Teuton Escapes Watchers B. Bjornbak, believed to be a pur chasing agent for the German gov- ernment, and who was arrested about a month ago and placed in the custody of Ed M. Bayless, a guard, money-saving prices which are in many fective. Naon Sioa Man WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. 8. Naon, the Argentine ambassador, | placed tn a position of even greater HESE displays are the occasion for introducing new Spring productions in Lingerie, Blouses, Dress Cottons and other lines, and provident buyers will find them unusually interesting, too, for the cases ef- Especial prominence is due the offerings in— AMERICAN-MADE NEW WHITE LINGERI NEW EMBROIDERIES HOUSEHOLD LINENS AND BEDDING First Floor, STAPLE AND FANCY DRESS COTTONS First Floor. AND.PHILIPPINE LINGERIE -—Second Floor. BLOUSE Second Floor. —First Floor. —and similarly interesting are the offerings in the lower-priced lines of White Goods, provided by the Basement Salesroom for these January showings. Suits and Coats In the Winter Garment Clearance at $28.75 N every instance the reduction from former pricing is a sub- stantial one, making a saving well worth while, THE SUITS are of broadcloth, burella and wool velour, in green, brown and navy, with handsome Hudson seal and blended muskrat trimmings. THE COATS are of wool velour, pompom, tweeds | Kersey, also Cravenetted : The Coat pictured is eheviot in black or plum full-} with Nutria collar. ertone, color ined, fur —Second Floor. In the January Displays: New White Embroideries At Interesting Prices CHOICE assortment of new Convent Embroideries, executed on fine longcloth, includes dainty designs in raised“and eyelet work, finished with square or cir- cular scallops in large and small patterns. Very desir- able for lingerie and children’s garments. Three to nine inches wide—the yard, 20¢. New 27-inch Flouncings $1.25 Yard —of Swiss, batiste, organdie and voile, introducing new floral designs, scroll and conventional patterns, with circular or square scallop finish. New Baby Flouncings at $1.00 Yard —twenty-seven inches wide, embroidered with tiny floral sprays on fine batiste and Swiss, and finished with narrow embroidery ruffling; extremely dainty. —First Floor. The Thirty-Eighth Semi-Annual Furniture Sale Now in Progress —the Semi-annual Clearance of odd samples, broken suites and discontinued patterns at exe treme price reductions; also special purchases of new Furniture at substantial concessions from regular prices. THIRD AND FOURTH FLOORS, THE BASEMENT SALESROOM Presents Advance Spring Styles in New Silk Frocks at $16.50 by this early showing of the styles introduced for the new season one glimpses changes in many details. Hip and bustle draperies take new forms, over- drapes are of novel design, and colorings and pat- terns are new and interesting. Four of the New Arrivals Are Sketched Left to Right Bustle-draped Frock of | Striped with cerise and old-blue taffeta, with | white on brown g over-collar of gray silk, | is this Taffeta Frock, Georgette sleeves and | showing bouffant hip trimming _ of soutache | draperies and Georgette braid and _ self-covered | sleeves of graceful design. buttons. Price $16.50. Price $16.50. The Overskirt of this | A panel of brown Geor- Gray Taffeta Frock, so | gette Crepe is set in the broadly draped at hips, | skirt of this plaid Taffeta is flattened in back by | Frock and the coves. ae broad tucks. Georgette | ep try the sleeves. e crepe is used for the ustle drapery is manipu- sleeves, and for the bodice | lated to form a bow effect also, over metallic lace. | in back. Price $16.50. Price $16.50. —Bascment Salesroom, Women’s Black and White Pumps At $3.85. Pair Three good leathers featured in these low. priced Pumps: Light-weight Dull Leather White Nu-buck Light-weight Patent Kid —with light, flexible hand-turned sole and covéred Louis heel. The Black Pumps are cut high in front to insure a trim appearance when spats are worn. Sizes 214 to 7. Brice $3.85 pair. Women’s White Calf Pumps At $4.15 Pair . Modeled on a graceful, snug-fitting last, and very well finished—Pumps of fine white calf, with flexible, hand-turned sole and covered Louis heel. Sizes 214 to 7. Widths AA to D. ‘Price $4.15 pair. —Basement Salesroom. "trom entering the war, on account of. | President Irigoyen’s rigid neutrality. of the Argentine | Ambassador Naon—his friends call Romulo | him Dr. Naon—has suddenly been Found Dead Afar New Year SAN FRANCISCO, Reverend Jones Is Called in the East A call to the First Baptist church, | Philadelphia, was received by wire} Fe 2—An . autopsy is expected to determine the Tuesday by Rev. Carter Helm Jones,| ©*4ct cause of the death of Mrs, He| pastor of the Seattle First Baptist |Maud Hudson Smith, wife of Rod B, is his nation's principal adviser—|church. He probably will announce| smith, wealthy Portland insurance living at a downtown hotel, with between and adviser when Secretary | since Washington is the world’s war | his decision at the Sunday service. | man, who was found dead yesterday permission of White, it 1s believed, Lansing published Count Luxburg’s | capital. Dr. Jones has held his Seattle|in her room at a local hotel, from which they moved on Dec, 30,) notorious diplomatic correspondence, | Immense business of the Argentine | pastorate for five years and three) Her husband was lying on the bed _ after Bjornbak had paid the bill. Eif-| Since the Luxburg duplicity was ex-|republic—the South-American coun-| months. He has taken an active|in a stupor, while @ score of forts to find the men since that posed—the Argentine republic has|terpart of the United States—is| interest in civic affairs. |champagne and Scotch whisky time have been unsuccessful, White been going thru one of the greatest transacted at 1806 Corcoran street,| Under his leadership, the First tles and a half dozen full ones stated Tuesday that he did not know crises in its history. The strong pro-|in a cream colored brick structure,| Baptist church has more than dou-|the story of a New Year's c where the men were at present. ally party there has been balked magnificently furnished. bled its membership, tion. Smith is in a serious |MADISON CABLE CARS SMASH INTO 2 OTHERS two well-known sculptors for a draw-| Passengers on two Madison st. ing suite for whi the stipulation! cable cars were severely shaken up was $50. When the order had been| Tuesday in two accidents with other carried out the artists received $5,\cars. One car, at 3:25, crashed into at 1531 Fourth ave. for|They very respectfully suggested|the rear of a Phinney car on Sec- of the Seventh company, | there had been a mistake in payment) ond ave., and another at 7:05 struck Coast artillery, has —and the next day were transferred|4 Beacon Hill car on First ave. Postponed until January 16. — to work in a salt mine, [There were no serious injuries, by Immigration Commissioner White, is reported to have disappeared. and an ardent exponent of Pan-Amer-| importance than his president, both of Philadelphia, coal Bjornbak and Bayless have been|icanism acted as the strenuous go- Injured an order with are also of Philadel- party, to have been given Ria,