The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 4, 1918, Page 7

STAR—FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1918, PAGE 7 MISS RANKIN TO ENTER THE RACE FOR U, S, SENATE BY GARDNER WASH Jan, 4A num ber of United States senators have begun thelr campaigns tion, or are making up w Fraser-PatersonCo. 100 Coats for Women and Misses Clorence Let ¢ SLO.9D Smart New Winter Styles, Formerly $25.00, $27.50, $28.75, $29.50, $35.00 HIS offering is one of the best of the season. A hundred correct-style Coats, the very best of this season's belted, semi- belted and Empire si Made with the wide collars, deep pockets, so fashionable. —Materials are splendid, serviceable vel- ours, burellas, broadcloths, Bolivias, etc. —The colors are Burgundy, Snuff and Seal Brown, Green, Grays, Taupe and Black. —An exceptional Coat opportunity for Sat- WAIEY Ul cots sacwe'siaiss © ...+. $18.95 ~-Fraser-Paterson Co, Third Floor. January Clearance of Girls’ Coats and Dresses Savings of ONE-FOURTH Basement Salesroom Basement ET A Beeson | FREDERICK NELSON Fifty New Advance-style Frocks Added to the Showing of Silk Dresses at $16.50 HE various ways that Frocks may show their ~ allegiance to the approaching season are shown in these new arrivals, which introduce The January Display of Lingerie Notable for the Profusion of Fresh, New Undergarments It Offers, and for Attractive Values Fr reelec minds ether or not they will be candi wenators whowe 1919 HE range of choice is wide in practically Georgette Crepe. broadly every desirable type of undergarment ates Were tateere and the values most attractive. GOWNS 65c, 69c, T5e, 85e, $1.19, $1.25, $1.45 and $1.95. ENVELOPE CHEMISES, 50c, 59c, 69c, 79c, 95c, $1.19 to $2.50. CORSET COVERS AND -{ UNDERBLOUSES, 25c, mn TH \ 29¢, 35c, 45¢, 55c, 59e and n iliman, of is approaching th 95e. - SKIRTS, 59c, 65e, 85c, 95, $1.25, $1.45, $1.65, $2.00, $2.25 and $2.50. DRAWER _ COMBINA- TIONS, 95c and $1.19. DRAWERS, 25c, 35c, 45c and 55c. The new Gingham Plaids in taffeta Taffeta Frocks with Georgette crepe bodices viewed with 7 non, | Thomas J. Walsh, of Helena, | Mont,, has not been back in Wa ington since the adjournment of the special session, Reports from M tana say that his health is not good. | Mins Rankin, the woman member of the house, looms on a senna Hy \ rival to Walsh, and it is confidently Gs predicted that whe ix to be promoted | myer from the house to the sena at the \\\ next November elections | \ \ \ tion - notice plde \ 59e, —distinctly new in silhou- ette, collar and sleeve de- signing and in color-com- binations, they make a very interesting display at $16.50. ah comes up for Substantial Savings Are Offered in Women’s and Misses’ Winter Coats at These Reduced Prices: : ” $6.95, $8.85, $11.75, $14.65 Basement Salesroom these day " been in failing health will retire at the end of this term and the place will be open for a younger and more vigorous man. Some Kecord Went Virginia will choose a new senator in the place of Nathan Goff Once since he was elected Goff ap peared in the perhapa twice—once when he took the oath, and once afterward, Goff is what might be termed a Senator Emeritus rather than a functioning senator He has been in public life so long that it really makes litle difference now what he does. In addition to his personal income of approximate ly $260,000 a year, he Grawn a pen. sion of $13 a month aw a veteran of the civil war and another pension an a retired judge. He went into polities in 1867, when he was first elected & member of the Went Vir kinka legislature. After occupying I the political positions known to West Virginia, he was appointed necretary of the navy by President Hayes back in 1881, He served in both branches of congress and as a United States federal judge, and now he is rounding out his career as an honorary senator from his state. He will retire in March, 1919. John K. Shields of Tennessee. uthor of the Shields waterpower grab, will have @ chance to submit to the people of Tew t summer, and if they do ot lke having a senator who ts rimarily a representative of preda-(fl ering, reduced to 25¢ ory interests, they may choose somebody else in his place. each. —nasement Salesroom. Jim Loses Sleep ty aieta, 6 —Rasement Salesroom. January Offerings in Household Linens NCLUDE Table Damask, Napkins, Towels and Toweling, Sheets, Pillow Cases and Bedspreads. White Dress Cottons of the staple and novelty sorts have an interesting showing also, ; LOSING out all odd garments, all broken lines, all special purchases, all surplus lines. Many extraordinary values © are offered in Coats and Dresses for girls of 6 to 14 years, and in fact some for 0000000 000000 COCCOOCOOCOS OOOO OOOO OOOOOOOOTOOOSOOOOOCODOOEEOR OWNS of firm mus- G , made-up and ready to wear except for the embroidery, stamped in dainty designs. Special 38¢ each. Dresser Scarfs Reduced to 25c i. SCARFS in a number of pleas- ing patterns for embroid- —Basement Salesroom. Boys’ Extra-knickerbocker Suits, $4.15 HE extra knickerbockers that accompany these suits are important when wearing- popular here. Sizes 6 to 14 y _ wanted colors. Formerly $7.50 to $25.00. /) Special Saturday. ..ONE-FOURTH LESS ; THE DRESSES —Ali are splendid, smart models, in pleated, belted and Empire styles. Both ' wool and silk and serge combinations. Sizes 6 to 16 years. Formerly $7.50 to $35.00 at .........ONE-FOURTH LESS “Paterson Co, Third Floor. NewP.N.Co: at 95c HE Corset pictured, is” admirably designed for the figure of average proportions, and may be had with high or low bust. It is made of firm i Beis, pe it ribaziislaeeai on o aed A A clearance of the last of several excellent lines. _—Skirts of correct styles, formerly mecieg * S050, $7.50, $8.95, $9.50 and $10.00. y in the January Clearance at .$4.95 —Fraser-Paterson Co, Third Floor. _—Navy blue and black. Repriced for Satu The fish easily caught, seeming sluggt but, tho carefully fried, they could | They appeared half petrified, and Trueblood concluded the limestone water had affected OY, Ga. Jan. 4—Having stock- not be eaten. §. an old stone quarry with fish . | them. Trousers UPSTAIRS Trousers for Dress Fine worsted and cassimere; also blue serges and gray clays— $3.50 to $7.50 a great saving on every pair. Trousers for Work , Medium and heavy weight, in worsted and cassimere; also corduroy and khaki. Exceptional values— $1.75 to $5.00 Large assortments and every pair guaranteed. Tailored Ready Co. 401-403 Pike Street were of good size and Sammy Marks Big Rat With Bottle WITH THE AMERICAN EXPE |DITIONARY ARMY, France, Jan. j4— Ol Ding Dong is still running | around the trenches—a marked rat He is a big fellow, even for a trench rat, and the average trench | rat grows as big as a Shetland pony, according to the Sammies. | A youthful infantryman caught! him one night as the big fellow! scampered around the dugout. The | Sammy was standing on guard, and| not being very busy guarding, he got ja Y-shaped tree branch and clamped the Y over the rat's neck. With the rat held helpless, he tied ja little bottle around its neck and | turned the animal loose again. The next occupant reported that |" the rat was still an inmate of the dugout. And the Sammies have named him Ding Dong, because the | bottle sounds like a bell when it! strikes the flooring. | If you value your watch, let |Haynes repair it. Next Liberty | theatre.—Advertisement. Among others who face re-election are James Hamilton Lewis of Ili nois, who mays he will not be a candidate unless his present {nsom nia atates, If hie health t* real good he may get into the scramble. Meantime, there is no doubt that Medill McCormick of the name state is a candidate for Lewis’ place, McCormick used to be a progrennive He wan one of Roosevelt's most en thusiastic supporters. Then he be came more or less regular and got into congress as a progressive repub lean, and has adopted quite a re publican attitude of critictam of the administration's war policy Thomas W. Hardwick, of Georgia is a candidate for re-election. Hard wick is a member of the democratic faction in his state, which has not been overfriendly toward the Wilson administration. He opposed the dee laration of war against Germany. In Nebraska there will be a tryout to determine how strong the old pro- gressive sentiment in in that state George W. Norris comes up for re election. Other Candidates Among others who will go before the people are James K. Vardaman of Minsitsippl, William H. Thomp- son of Kansas, William Alden Smith of Michigan, Thomas Sterling of South Dakota, Ollie M. James of Kentucky, William Hughes of New Jersey, Henry F. Hollis of New Hampshire, John F. Shafroth of Col rd Saulsbury of Dela tobinson of Arkan sdell of Louis y of Oregon, lowa, Bert Fernald of Maine, Albert B. Fall of New Mexico, L. B. Colt of Rhode Is John H. Bankhead of Alabarna. {mmons of North Carolina, Francis E. Warren of Wyoming and John W. Weeks of Massachusetts. | ADAMS | 9 Pure Chewing Gum Hoarsei.ess BLACK’JACK away Galvanized Iron N exceptionally low price on @ strongly-built Ash Can as pictured, made with rained bot- tom (to prevent rusting - out), stoutly reinforced sides and fit over cover, Featured for Sat urday at $3.00. Housewares Section, Basement, satisfaction is considered. The Suits are in pinch-back and plaited models, tailored from tan and gray herringbone mix- tures and navy suitings with pin to 1 BOYS’ and fancy suitings, sizes and $5.00, white madras, sizes 6 to BOYS’ CORDUROY KNICKERBOCKERS in dark drab-color, sizes 7 to 17 years, $1.25. JUNIOR NORFOLK SUITS plaited and trench models, of navy serge, corduroy A NEW SHIPMENT OF TAPELESS BLOUSES, tail- ored from fancy striped percales, ginghams and plain stripes or checks. Sizes 11 7 years. Price $4.15. in pinch-back, 3 to 8 years, $3.50, $4.50 15 years, 50¢. BOYS’ CAPS in tweeds, plaids and fancy mix- tures, sizes 634 to 714, Basement Salesroom coutil, with cork protec- tor under front fastening and two sets of hose sup- porters. Sizes 19 to 28. Price 95¢. —Rasement Salesroom. 3-Day Limit } Effective on — Returned Merchandise No goods will be re- ceived for credit or ex- change that are not offered for this pur pose within three days from receipt. AMERICAN ENGINEER BRINGS Staff Special SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4.—A fortune for which the kings of crookdom would have cheerfully risked their necks has just been delivered to the government aft- been carried half way world like so much Junk. Sheer Yankee pluck turned the trick. It was transported from the Ural mountains in Russia to the United States by F. W. Draper, an Ameri- can mining engineer, who has turned 21,000 ounces of platinum over to the department of commerce. The rare metal was carried in boxes, as Draper's luggage—a king's | ransom at the mercy of every porter, baggageman and longshoreman in Russia and Japan believe a as to lug a und like that To yoxes ax precious would t to lose them— and probably my life as well “It was just an interesting bit of practical psychology.” His wife and 4-year-old companied him. On the railroads across lawless Russia and Siberia, under the nose of irresponsible Bolsheviki, and past thousands who would have cracked his head for a fraction of that wealth, Draper smuggled the pre- cious dust. Express companies had refused to take the risk at any premium. “You'll never get it out of the country,” they said, “Not with plat- inum worth almost its weight in dia- monds.” fon ac: Slept on Boxes “Well, there it is,"" he said, kicking some old boxes on the San Francisco pier. “I've slept and boxes for over a month, I wasn't sitting on ‘em m eaten on those And when F. W. Draper, Who Slept on a $2,000,000 Pillow did it in a casual fashion that didn’t arouse suspicion, “Say,” he added, “do you know where I can find the nicest, softest feather bed in town?" ‘The 21,000 ounces of platinum, bad- ly needed in the manufacture of ex- plosives and for selentific and sur- gical purposes, was consigned to the secretary of commerce who will #u- pervise its distribution. Draper, whose home is in Boston, has spent the past six years as con- . | sulting engineer to a number of the I've become quite ac sleeping on a $2,000,000 pillow, I want to say it was deucedly hard on my head. “But while Mrs. Draper and I guarded the shipment carefully we largest Russian mining companies in the Ural mountains, He has been specially commended by the U. 8. gov nent for his courageous and highly valuable serv- ice to the nation, o_o | Public Markets o—— ees ND , $2.15 gal; nary inegar, 3c Kal: Stall 42, . 200 Th ‘Sem Se a Stall 2, Te jar; Queen Del Monte apricot, 24 ly, 120 ginws. Stall 50, 26¢; doughnuts, 20¢ dox PINE ST. Eliott Fish Co,, cat fish, Ie Tb; cod, 2 Ibs, 25; boneless smelt, Ib. Stong’s, pkg. Aunt Je ima pancake fl 10c; cream of rolls toilet . Tbe. Red rolls toilet ing apples, 10c doz, cans Carnation milk, | , 13 Ibs, 25, Stall 24, | coffee, 30¢ value, 19¢ Ib., 2 Ibs. 35¢; |fresh eggs, doz. 5c, Stall 20, all |kinds of bread, 3 loaves 25c, Stall |19, fresh ground peanut butter, 18¢ |1b.; oleomargarine, 35¢ Ib. 2 Ibs. 650 Stall 192, 10 Ibs. best patent flour cans tomatoes, 200; biscuits, 250. Stall 109, fancy red Jonathan apples, box 5c; Bell Flower apples, box $1.00; Yakima Gem potatoes, sk. $1.75. Stall 130, No, 4 pail cottolene, 85c; new pink deans, Ib. 10c; 2 cans old Dutch Cleanser, 16; 45¢ Hills’ coffee, 36c, 6, Yakima Gem potatoes, ; Burbank potatoes, sk, $1.65; carrots, sk. $1.25, Stall 156, fresh white bread, 3 loaves 25c; raisin bread, 3 loay ‘rench and milk bread, 3 loaves 250; rye bread, 3 loaves 25c; fruit-filled coffee cakes, 2 for 26c. Stall 105, 4 Ibs, yellow corn meal 25c; small white beans, Ib, 15c; Campbell's soups, can 100; 20c can Van Camp's kidney beans, Th, 12c, Stalls 18-19, 26¢ can K. C. baking powder, 1c; rolled oats, 4 Tbs. 250; cream of barley, 2 250 pkgs. A6e; tomatoes, Ihc can 10c; Silver Shield peas, 2 20c cans 2c, Milk Stall, butter, Ib. 500; Borden's milk, 2 cans 260, Sugar Stall, best local patent flour, $2.64 sk.; Gold Bond flour, $2.59 ak. “pkgs. Uneeda “yon a charge PLATINUM TO U.S. A. FROM RUSSI BRITISH ADVANCE IS — REPORTED SOUTH LEI LONDON, Jan, 4.—British ts advanced their lines south of last night, Field Marshal Haig: ported today. North of Cambrai, in the n hood of the Canal Du Nord, he there was local fighting resulting in no material change the military situation. Hostile artillerying was 0 during the night in the Bull and Ypres sectors, TWO POLICEMEN ARE ON SUSPENDED Officer E, BE. Himmons must thought the last day of the year ia policemen’s holiday. At any rate, he failed to report for” a work, and Thursday was suspended five days without pay for being off duty without leave. Officer BE. F. suspended for 30 days without of while on ¢ CHARLEY SUE NEW YORK C| NEW YORK, Jan. 4 leaving yesterday for Florida his family to spend the winter, G Herzog, Giant second baseman, clared he had left instructions his attorneys to bring suit the New York Giants for a that will exceed $800. The represents back salary, which Here zog declares is due him. It ulated during his absence, last mer. USED TO SERVE POO WASHINGTON, Jan, 4 Woodrow Wilson today 4 the White House baggage truck be used for the delivery of to the poor in this city, The being furnished by @ local new per. WHITE HOUSE TRUCK — Brafford has been