The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 3, 1918, Page 6

THE SEATTLE STAR 1307 Sevemth Ave. Near Untom St. MEMBER OF SCHIFTS NORTHWKST LEAGUH OF NKWsrarEns Telears jews Service of the United Press Assoctatton ttle, Wash, Postoffice as Second-Clans Mail out of city, 40¢ per month; 3 mon! ad year, $3.50. By carrier, city, 3 Published Dally by The Star Publiching Co. Phone Mata 600. Private exchange connccting al! departments, |All Poised to Kick, But— 4 We were just about to kick, when we saw the point and let Postmaster Burleson oft. | paralyzing our mail service with chain letters, chain prayers, | jete., and P. M. Burleson gave us | ‘clogging the mails with “unnecessary stuff.” Now, along " seomes an “official” United States envelope and we think )we have one on Jim Burleson, as a clogger, upon first read-| jou please, air Jing of this: i “SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan.—Some of our theories about monkeys are all wrong, according to Darwin, modern Raturalist who lives on the island of Guam. That monkeys Sare not searching for fleas when examining the fur of one ‘another, but are in quest of little masses of salt-tasting “solution that exude from the pores of the skin, is the of Sergt. Robert L. Darwin, retired member of the States rine corps, who is owner of a monkey Fanch on the Pacific island ‘ : Looks like “unnecessary stuff’ clogging the mails, n't it? But, study the evident intent, and you discover it is restoration of the high reputation of the monk. there’s a hint of war conservation in it. Next there's a salt famine, you'll know where to get salt. However, when San Francisco sends out anything indi- ig a let-up in the search for fleas, we suspect camou- Maybe the monkeys out there are scratching for ‘galt solution, but it’s a solution with cactus legs and with ©& two-inch drill on its nose that the humans are scratching, “all right. “Smokeless Friday” ay” been launched as a national m to divert tobacco to the ‘men in the trenches. — Tt is not a local suggestion. From New York to Seattle, thousands of smokers will rrow, and give their bit for solace to the men there. Shortly, it is believed, “Smokeless Friday” will be ob- d as conscientiously as any of Mr. Hoover’s foodless | The only suitable tobacco Sammies can get must be from the United States. A great profitless organization has been organized to the suppiy. . ' Newspapérs thruout the country have been enlisted get the public behind “Our Boys in France Tobacco ” ‘The Star is performing this service efficiently in So if you are big enough to observe Smokeless Friday, ft smoke mioney to “Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund.” " Each 25-cent donation buys 45 cents worth of Ameri- tobacco for Sammy. "John Wesley, the great founder of Methodism, once “Make all you can; save all you can; give all you Be | In the view of the national administrattion, this is the duty of every man and woman who is today employed Temunerative tasks in this country. They are to make all they can—because thus they p the country prosperous even in wartime. They are to save all they can—because thus they cut waste and extravagance, which are especially sinful wartime. And they are to give all they can—give to their govern- so that its ies and navies may be fully equipped prepared and so that the war may the more speedily brought to a successful conclusion. One of the ways to give to Uncle Sam is to buy a Thrift np for 25 cents. The next is to buy a War Savings mp. And to go on buying them as rapidly as you can save $4.12 or $4.13 or $4.14 or whatever the price may be the particular month in which the purchase is made. And it isn’t GIVING, when all is said and done. It LENDING to the American government at the VERY OOD INTEREST OF 4 PER CENT. bio MES. WILSON—That’s all. | THERE ARE 0 many whisky rings that no wonder our officials run _ @round in circles. “WE TALK about great sinughter in our war. When Titus took n, in 70 A. D., he slew more than 600,000 people. | EMPEROR KARL says it will be the finest day of his life when he “MRR conclude peace. Possibly somebody holds a string on Karl. WHAT PETROGRAD really wants is a provisional government that Gish out some provisions with its proclamations, Even newly born have stomachs. “MY DOWNFALL,” said a young man to a New York judge, “in Gee to wine, women and song.” We refuse to believe it. More probable ‘that it was due to wine, wornan and ragtime. Feels Better Now Than for 30 Years a red hot warning to avoid! her recon STAR—THURSDAY, JAN. 8, 1918. PAGE 6 Germans Like to Kill Allied Doctors So They Bomb and Shell Our Hospitals SIGNS OF THE TIMES Windsor ont “Minerva (My dear, you wou! know In Tokyo: “Fresh and pure | aqueexed out by Veterinary | clothing store in New.) You will get tt right here." In| Ia: “Tie here, Five dollars In a north side hotel parlor jon using the blic parlor after pok will p turn out the In Paints that) milk Ok.” ark Agden, ti 1 Ugh e- | . ‘ For months there has been talk about the Germans | (eceived by a Physician tn Atvine,| Ark.) Dear Doctor; My wite have lost nee for me, She are giving her distributions to another) man. I want you to send me some thing to put in her coffee and make her rhalignify herself to me again, if Yours truly ‘ see WORSE LIBRE Wood Nymphs Once In a while We see tn the Moview a scene Supposed to be A garden party With society people Sitting around Drinking tea and ‘Talkthg about somebody Else. The surprise Feature then comes— Out from a grove Of trees come Hopping « sextet Of damseis draped With mosquito netting Like an cel in With feathers. In the de NOTE Information, Washington, By MILTON BRONNER Speclal Staff Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—War on hospitals, on doctors, on the nurses, on wounded men anrathe- tized and lying on the operating table—this is the latest phase of jun atrocity as practiced in and are Dc. 1 Not Cavort around to The music of A volid flute In a circle, then Reverse, their hop Up in the air Léke a flock of Penguins, then they AD fall to the Ground. We Figured the next Move would be For the squirrets To bounce down From the trees, or bus from the Foolish foundry pull Up and all the en In the archives of the War Depart ment there is a thrilling set of stories of Gernan barbarity and American heroiam. These stories are the official reports of what German Recently I learned that there were thirteen American base hospitals in | France. of which six were serving our allies, And it was officially short time ago that medical officers, nurses, ete. at tached to the British and French forces ; 870 medical officers and announced a we had 3180 2 LOSE, |!<7 OVER 4| “The German never does anything without method.” was his reaponse. “He figures to accomplish three hospitals line trenches, If they are thus lo ca‘~d wounded men can be quickly treated. If by bomb attacks he forces increases the chances of our wounded getting gan- grene and also the number of cases in which amputation becomes neces- |sary. He thereby depletes the fight- jing forces quicker. | “SECOND — He cold-bloodedly fig- |ures that to kill a doctor Is equal to | killing 5@0 We can train | soldiers in a few months; we can't BOOST STAMP SALE The bank that doesn't push the sale of thrift stamps has the wrone slant, states a letter from C. J. Lord, president of the Capitol ational bank, at Olympia, received by State | War Savings Director Daniel Kelle her, Wednesday, “For,” theletter de- | clares, “if America doesn't put a suc \cemmful war across, no bank will be |worth a whoop anyway.” In the Danish sailing fleet sre no fewer than 16 vennels, each more than 100 years old. The oldest is the Constance, registered at Nalskov, and built at Aeros in | 1723. mar | NO TEAM WORK HERE C. J. France became a mayoratty candidate Friday. Gill has not signi: fied hin intention of withdrawing rtment of the Nord, France. rca reer pape epee nelowe this clipping Ihhprovise doctors. : “THIRD—The same thing applies tin @ lenser degree to trained nurses.” And now you know why on a clear = pit night In France every doctor, nurse and orderly in the big |is on the qui of the airp | It ts on such nights that sentinels [keep up unceasing vigilance a! enpecially, see to it that they have emergency lights for the operating room, so that the horror may not occur of a man being partially oper German reports of a large roor nized army under command of Gen. Von Falkenbayn, preparing to block the Hritish advance in Palew are discredited by the contin- gant promises to the Turks which he cannot carry out. Gen. Allenby’s procedure since the }mume time the uninterrupted activ ity of the British army demonstrates that there is no intention of the Palortine drive being halted. Shows How Un BY W. 8S. CARTER President, Brotherhood of Lecemo- tive Firemen and Enginemen TI am not one of those who are shocked at what ix claimed by some to have been the Auppression of * and of a “free presn” during this wartime period. Lat un analyze some of the prin- cipal grievances of certain members of organized labor against the Amer. ican government and nee if the trade unions are not responsible for sim ilar “war measures” in many in rtances. First, it im claimed that “tree speech,” guaranteed by the American constitution, has been denied. But when labor unions are en- aged in a strike for better wages and to secure justice, no guarantee of free speech carries with it the right of the member to talk againat the strike and in favor of the em- ployer’s contentions, If he does, he is expelled from membership, and rightfully #0. Recaure the American people have deemed it wise thru the action of their congressional representatives to enact a law that “conscripts” Ameri can citizens those members of labor from the race in order to support the new candidate. Now that the big drive on traffic offenders han been started, we are sticking round the police court wait ing for them to bring in that fellow who ran over our shoelace at 45mph the other day. All quiet along the H. Gill and B. Spurck fronts yesterday Some time ago the slogan was, “Do your bit.” Now let's change it to “Do your BEST.” A bit isn’t enough. You've got to do a lot to help win this war. It's a tough one. eee THE MEANING By Berton Braley Fruitola and Traxo Used With] inerty never nas meant that men Most Gratifying Results, “Fruitola and Traxo have made me feel better than I have for more that 30 years. I can now eat any- thing without having indigestion or heartburn, and am free from those terrible dizzy spells and pains in the back and sides. ¢ made a new man of me.” This is the statement of Dr. Dan- fel J. Pellier, 3 Mason st., ter, Mass. Thousands have used Fruitola and Traxo with equally sat- | :ougptptld peepbeatd Isfactory results, and testify to the congener of this treatment. Anyone who suffers with stomach or trouble or intestinal disorders should at least try it Fruitola and Traxo are compounded in the Pinus laboratories at A iticello, Til, and can be purchased in drug stores; a doctor’s pre is not necessary. Fruitola is a pure fruit ofl that acts as an lubricant, disintegrating the hardened particles that cause so suffering, and discharging the accumulated waste, to the sufferer’s One dose is usually sufficient to indicate its efficacy. is a tonic-alterative that is most effective to restore and rebuild ‘weakened, run-down system. _ A booklet of special interest to those who suffer with stomach trou- be obtained by writing to the Pinus Laboratories, Monticello, Ill, ,» mest (0 saltsbnnse—slave, Bot Leond Could @o ns they pleased without re- straint; Never in history has it been A creed of license, unbridied, free To hardened sinner and pallid saint; Liberty simply means that we (Tom and Dick and Harry and mo, Kila, Mary and. Marjorie) Shall have a decent and equal chanee ‘To howe and labor, pregroms and advance, fo long an we do not Interfere With the rights of others to do the aame; Liberty monn that the field ts clear For # fair-fought fight and an honest same, Liberty ten’t a gift Like air and water It's something mort won, Won by the ronghest, of roads they tred, Won by braving the scourge and rod, Won by battle on bloot-arenched sod, And held today and to be held Only by struggle and toll and fight, Liberty means the ri reed ja have nought and madly weld «in a union of righteous might ‘That we suffer and labor and sacrifice ma d-wide freedom we hope to fet Liberty lives at @ staggering price, And he who will not pay muat be sister}” COMEDIES OF CAMP LEWIS LIFE “Aw, gee! Loekit the poor kid heavin’ ? Analysis of the War By J. W. T. Mason - The ruins of a civilian hospital caused by\a German bomb. All hos- pitals are marked prominently on the roofs to indicate to enemy airmen the nature of the buildings. this the Germans have not spared the helpless occupants and those caring for them. You can get the photograph from which this cut was made by sending TEN CENTS to the Division of Pictures, Committee on Public or mention photograph “F. O 138." Jated on and then coming to in the darknens for Want of proper anes | thetion. Attack Three Times 7 famous pro olunbia Uni France in charge of the sbyterian Hospital unit In mid-July his hospital was asked to send volunteer teams to casualty clearing stations just behind the lines Thee teams consist of an operat ing surgeon, anesthetist, operating | nurse and orderly. Dr. Brewer him Moves Written for The United Press 5 eocccccces ‘The kaiser has bad to make his | chotce between using troops released from Ruma cither for belping Tur- key or bolstering tie Western front. mythical. The Christmas and New Year's oration of the kaiser appear as aad- the| capture of Jerumiem has shown aly bombastic in relationship to the theory was about these raids on how | large degree of caution, put at the new collapse of PanGerman ambi- tions tn the Holy Land. Every mile of additional progress ANlenby makes |is one more biow to the kaiser’s | MM telouropa dream. Railroad Brotherhood Chief ions Use Draft Idea unions infected by this German con: tagion are convulsed with anger. Every labor union “conscriptr” ev. ery man or woman engaged in an industry when a strike is deciared. When two-thirds of the workers en- gaged in an industry decide that a strike in necessary to secure justice, a “draft” that has no “select™ fea tures immediately goes into effect and every man who excludes him self therefrom is expelled from his organization as a “scab.” The “con scientious objector” finds no relief. [SMALLPOX foot of the triumphs in the of Aiseane have come an the direct nuit of the 4 cries of and the establl ment of what known aa germ theory Aineane Refore the tit of Pasteur, a notable advance made in the discovery of vacein ation by Dr. EAward Jenner, 1798 Previous to that time about © person in every ten @ied of small pox, In EB one person in Jevery three showed pock marks Om the face. For many yearns it had been ob served that cows suffered from an eruption located about the udder and flanks, and that milkers were; to become infected with vention not contract smallpox He began to experiment by fecting people and then watel their subsequent history. This © firmed bis observation absolu' that an attack of this disease whi is known vaccinia prot against & subsequent attack of am po: As a result of this we have cination and scarcely any smallpox} compared to former epidemics. Ho long does this protection last? some persons it lasts for life, the average person should be cinated every few years or time they are exposed to the ease. POLICE TO REGISTER ALIEN ENEMIES HERE If you are a German and don't; want to bump into the city po you had better register as soon federal forms arrive. A letter recetved by Mayor Gill Weds from Attorney Genegal T. W. G ory, at Washington, stating that tl registration of alien enemies in Kegardless of self was four miles from Yser Canal during the hot fighting there, recetv- ing one day 900 wounded. In August his station was at- tacked by airplane bombers three times In five days, Miss MeDon- ald, his office nurse, lost her | right eye. She pluckily remained on the job. Campaign Regularly | Kenneth Gaston of the Harvard Medical Unit, wrote his mother in New Jersey concerning any number of raid experiences. In the earty fall he maid the Germans were main- taining @ regular campaign against howpitals, ‘The hospital to which he was at- tached had aviators hovering over it for three hours one night raining nm bombe. Two surgeons were ed and five were wounded, Relief comes instantly. A dose taken every two til three doses are taken grippe misery and break uj vere cold, either im the head, body or limbs. promptiy capacity with badly wounded me fighting chance to live. NATIONAL DENTISTS THIRD & PIKE “Saving Thru the Universal—It’s the Way to Be Successful” We Announce Our SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND ' For the Half-Year Ending December 31, 1917 A full six months’ dividend will be paid July 1 on all savings left with us on or before Jan. 15. No fees, fines or forfeitures of any kind charged— every penny drawn. shares in the earnings and can be with- Watch Our Window. amen Universal Savings and Loan Association 816 Pike Street.