The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 4, 1918, Page 4

% "THRU U.S, OFFICE CITY OFFICIALS | SAY GAS ORDER IS OUTRAGEOUS Seattle's city officials are unanimous in their condemns tion of the state public service commission's ruling on new gas rates, which heaps more burden on the consumer, and creates a now situation which is even more of a hardship on the public than the original demand of the cor- TO SHIPYARDS Beattle labor unions are taking ad Wantage of the opportunity to assert Meir ability for leadership by helm Ing solve the prodlem of absorbing nto the shipyards those skilled me-} @hanice imported from Kansas City, | Aocerding to F. A. Silcox, in charge “Of the federal employment bureau. Wrganizved labor is putting = its) Shoulder to the wheel and is help-| poration, Ming place the proper man in the} 4 symposium of opinio: MMEHE position to maintain a high| py The Star, follows | ite of work thruout the yards,| CORPORATION COUNSEL CALD. | an . a n ne public inion ana to ot ira nbaggee for granting the increase of «as a. 1 age i They, moat | Fates should not obscure the fact that | fe to develop the best con-| M* “ase was prejudged. | jeadership, to see that the| COUNCILMAN HAAS—1 am vory Methods are used to speed ip|UPfavorably impressed with the pub |tie service commission's decision. | shipds gram and protect DS OSPhis is a time when every one| Disease, This shows that wo should) Naatet make sacrifices to help win the| M8¥¢ home rule for these public utili . of tes. gathered | Sileox said 6,000 men have) COUNCILMAN ERICKSON—It's thru the federal employment! What I anticipated after I saw the into the shipyards. He way the case was conducted, and the that this includes those who] WAY the city’s witnesses were treat et at the university from the Municipal league brings the fransferred from one plant to/¢4. The only solution of such mat , as no separate figures on|ters is for the city to own Its own! re obtainable as yet t and then we won't have any | Sm oo ls eal public service commission to contend "SAY STUDENT TRIED ieee easy COUNCILMAN LANE—The de: — TO DESTROY COLLEGE) 0» is wrong and untair to Seat r a a But the most Magrant injustice is ALLA WALLA. Feb. 4—Accus-| hostile position taken toward the city Bae trying to fire the Walla Walla!) the commission, and the denying ee ee ant rae [Of 88 opportunity for a fair hearing. & nervous breakdown Sunday,| COUNCILMAN HANNA—The de being * placed under guard.| ‘ition is a great disappointment to ‘authoriticn say he admitted | €4® consumers of Seattle. started four of six fires in at-|Poration counsel put up to burn the school. Desire | f&ht possible, but it was appare for fancied wrongs was|*!! that there was too great a han Te usd | dicap to overcome — = COUNCILMAN HESKETH — In| NCE TO WIN $100 my opinion, the increased ra ed is an imposition on the ame ington university students/sumer. The “ready-toserve” charge to compete for the W:n. | is unfair, and if it has been added in| Prize of $100 for the best | another form, it makes it no fairer on “County Government in) OOUNCILMAN BOLTON—Seattle | ————." A letter | got a rotten deal. But we shouldn't | jeriticise the commission too much, | as they only ran true to form. My| regret ts that we haven't a 100,000 horse-power electrical plant, so we could give the gas company to the comniasion. | COUNCILMAN FITZGERALD— | The gas rate decision was a bad deal |to give Seattle. It looks as tho the| | decision is based on the comminsion's former statement that they were go | tng to raine rates, and not on any evi-| | dence submitted at the hearing. COUNCILMAN MOORE—1 have not analyzed the decision, but from / what I have read, {t would seem that the rates are higher than are justifi able. | REDOUBLE EFFORTS TO | PERFECT MUSKETRY Staff Correspondent | CAMP LEWIS, Feb. 4—The men lof the Wild West division now tn | training at this cantonment are go ing to be able to shoot and stfoot straight when they get to France. Anticipating the recent comptaint | of Gen. Pershing that the men were) not getting sufficient training in| musketry, the officers at Camp Lewis have been bending every ef fort along thene lines for some time. But, even these efforts have been redoubled Exceptionally aod scores are being made on the ranges now. | VERY HOQUIAM BOY IS DOG CATCHER NOW| HOQUIAM, Feb. 4—Every small| boy in Hoquiam now is a poundmas-| ter, Two thrift stamps per dog are) the inducement. Dogs are too numerous to sult the | police. Instead of having a licensing ordinance, the city requires that |dogs be kept in the owners’ yards. Absence of a dog catcher resulted in enlisting the small boys for patriotic | work iE -R ff iii! wes thea Czar |) RULE ON CALLAGHAN Lok Ad | anata | Charities Eeneoeed univer- | J. J. Callaghan is properly charged = ment to all with forgery will be decided in supe-| leading nations. rior court Tuesday. A demurrer en-| tered by him will be passed on on This man whose that day. Judge Mackintosh held ‘wasso poor Saturday that the charges contained times showed in the other two indictments were| proper and legal FILIPINOS ORGANIZE Filipinos in Seattle are organizing |in a Philippine society for the promo-| which if accepted, “would have kept for | sire the ental » a A distinguished Missourian who is grieved to discover that there's polities in congress _ T.R. Wears Th for Charm? Not Yet STAR-—MONDAY, FEB, 4, 1918. PAGE 4 ue U.S, WAR AIMS WERE NEVER QUESTIONED, BY LOWELL MELLETT } United Presa Corres LONDON son's letter to preaves exactly those persons ondent “President Wil Mr, Howard the view taken by like myself, de. ihment of a league of nations, which I think is the best} thing the allies have developed.” Lord Cecil, minister of NEW FIGHT ON __ WAR CONDUCT Continued From Page One e——_____—_—__—__“ clothing and overcrowding. The overcrowding we found due to a fall ure to provide an adequate number | of tents. We found camp hospitals | without drainage. plumbing or heat, | and sick men without nurses | “We found that the first heavy! artillery of Amerman make cannot} be received until July, and not be | fore 1919 can we expect to use in France American heavy artillery tr any great quantity. “We found that we are only now, | ing the war,! nine months after ente jurt beginning to work on two great powder plants, to costs $60,000,000 altho It was evident last summer | that we must have 1,000,000 pounds a day more powder than America| can now make, We cannot get more! powder from these plants before next August. No Ship Hospitals “We found that, tho the medical! department asked for ship howpttals| last year, they have not yet been order Hitchcock said-he did not deny | that much creditable work had been | done in the war department | Turning to the remedy, he declared, | “If a high class man could be e| director of munitions and be power to buy the various b partment, he w out of disorder delays and furnish the American urmy with its supplies promptly. | Better Methods | 4 then locate and cen sibility and authority of supplying the ¢ would be on up-to-date of great business conc Britain and France had ail supplies ne aus of the wa yuld soon bring cut red tape, SAYS LORD CECIL blockade, made this statement today in an interview regarding Prenident on’s letter to Koy W. Howard ent of the United Press, which repledged America’s unselfishnoss | in the war. “Our object always is to devine ‘nome substitute for war; some means of settling International dis-| putes; some method of enforcing what might be called ‘international | on, ON AN AgKTeRsor—without re- sort to arma.” Lord Cecil xaid. “I do not th if I may my #0 rempectfully, that it ts possible to express it better than the president. “Him object in to unite the world In protesting against flagrant vio- lations of right and Justice. It is always to be hoped that this will be one of the fruits of the co-operation between our two na- tions, without which It could never be entablished. s'There never hae been a qtstion of America’s disinterestedness.” opin. COULD ANYTHING BE MORE SIMPLE? Apply few “drops then lift) touchy corns off with fingers| Yes! Magic! Drop a little Free wone on @ bothersome corn, instant ly that corn stops hurting, then you lift it right off. No pain! Try it A few centa buys a tiny bottle of Freezone at any drug store. This is sufficient to rid your feet of every | hard corn, soft corn, or corn between the also all calluses, and with out toes | the slightest soreness or irrita-| It doesn't hurt at all! Free-| zone in the magic ether discovery o the Cincinnat! geniua tion. | emoker . Can a married man with three children, earnt $1 nth, keep up the American standard of living and save enough for war thrift stamps? This was asked Star in a letter from a reader. ‘The Star has passed the ques- tion to its readers, and $60 in prizes ts offered for the best six letters, The Y. M. ©. A. thrift committee will judge them, ‘This is Thrift week, and the letters of its readers may there fore prove exceedingly valuable to the campaign. The best let ters will be published every day. Contestants ‘must have their letters In The Star office by noon Tuesday, however. The following are among the first letters received. IT CAN BE DONE ‘Thrift Editor: Doubtless, “A Thrifty Father” feels that he cannot make & brave showing in the pur chase of war thrift stamps, ince he | must support @ family of five on a of $100 a month, whereupon | pride insidiously suggests to to invest in war thrift aps at all Father,” quantity is not quality Sam would rather have a small amount that you could invest in war thrift stamps without making your loved ones suffer than any large axnount which would cause neglect and pain. “Thrifty Father,” true patriotism begins at home, and extends beyond | the home aa its quality experiences natural growth it it is necessary to make the mind receptive to patri otinm, #o that a loyal deed will not appear as grim denial but as pleas | ant duty ‘Thrifty nalary false Unele Father,” if you are a you will find satisfaction in a cigar now and then and iat war thrift stamp to your) book your family of five attends the” cost of, say, $1 a week, forego one show and use this saving to pur chase war thrift stamps. You will find that your children, if given en- couragement, will take greater pride in their war thrift booka To wave war thrift pleasure—it matters little if the sucnpa are only a few in number, just no they represent the best you | can Go, and it would be selfishness to deny yourself and your family the pleasure of owning them. Sincerely yours, MARIE C. MOORE, 1453 W. S4th Bt. regolr stamps in a CUTS OUT FOOLISHNESS ‘Thrift Editor: My husband's sat. | ary ts $75.00 per month, which he turns over to me each month, We pay $10.00 for rent, about $25.00 for food and other amall expenses, $2.00 for insurance and the rest for clothing and houschold needs. | We use practically no meat —| about one pound of butter per) week. I bake my own war bread, sew for myself and three-year-old baby. We do not believe in spending | money for shows or other foollsh- hens an #0 many people do nown- days, and that ts where the leak is in many cases. Many people go downtown once or twice a week, pay cartare ané buy show ticketa,! Also a little candy or maybe some) other treat, and by the time they are thru they could have bought! five or six thrift stamps with this| oney We have taught our boy to save Kis pennies, instead of buying! candy and worthless toys, and if we add ten or fifteen cents every few days he soon accunmiat enough to buy his “Swift Stamp as he calls It He has now bought eight tn this way and has another dollar saved! up for four more. An we have not been able to nave anything never could have started a bank account for him tn any other way, but now we ha’ found this plan easy enough, and he Is Just as enthusiastic about it an we are | I think we have also maintained) the American standard of living! as T am sure we have food and clothing Just as as many in oy)F locality who make much more money A STAR READER, | we good CAN'T BE DONE ‘Thrift Editor: I am not mure this! can compete for a prize, as you state that one must tell how he may sup: FREE DOCTOR Ge te the RIGHT DRUG CO, movies” twice a week, at a total | |my c Three Attractive BEDROOM SPECIALS | Money-saving suggestions of particular interest to those who contemplate furnishing a spare room for rental purpose: Four Pieces, Exactly Like Picture, Special $110.75 All Three Suites on Display in our Show Windows One price and one set of terms for all. No deceptive phrases in our advertisements to mis- lead the uninformed. $ 50.00, $100.00, $150.00, $200.00, $250.00, nothing dewn, $1. $10.00 down, $2. Heaters, Blankets, nothing down, $1.00 $ 5.00 down, $1.75 $12.50 down, $3.00 $300.00, $15.00 down, $3.50 week, week, week, week, $ 4.00 month $ 5.00 month $ 7.50 month $10.00 month week, $12.50 month week, $15.00 month Comforts, Rugs and 25 50 other seasonable articles may be added to ac- count any time without We Invite the Accounts of All Reputable and Trustworthy Homefurnishers. | the usual first payment. a YOU SAVE $10 to $20 BUCK’S; === }RANGE Your Old Stove Taken in Exchange. basis, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., in- cluding Saturdays. Sole Agents Buck’s Union-Made Stoves and Ranges, the Ostermoor Mattress, Very attractive, moderately | Priced, +plece Ivory Pnameled Buite, consisting of 34-inch top Gréener with 20x24 mirror, 32- inch top chiffonier with 16x20 mirror, triplicate mirror tollet table and full size bed. SPECIAL $59.00 Nothing Down, $1.00 Weekly A Four-piece Ivory Enamel Buite, consisting of 3#inch top dresser with 24x26 mirror, dress ing table, chiffonier and full- size bed to match. Same suite may also be had in mahogany or walnut finish $82.50 Four-plece Ivory Enamel Buite, consisting of 40-inch top Greaser, with 22x28 mirror, chif- fonier, Greasing table and full size bed to match: May also be had finished in walnut @r genu- ine quartersawed oak. SPECIAL $110.75 Only $5.00 Down and $7.50 Weekly. When You Buy a 8-HOUR DAY This store is conducted on strictly-adhered-to 8-hour FURNITURE CO. LSEATTLE S POPULAR HOME FURNISHERS 1514 to 1520 Second Avenue, port, decently, a family, on $100 per month. However, you may publish views My first remark is that the above calosthenic cannot be engineered positively nm At present extortionate prices of all things entering into a decent liv: ing, he and friend wife are, indeed, a resourceful and well-managing pair f they come near making it cover 1© Many absolute necessities mere fact that you manage to bring yourselves and brood thra a given period, still showing signs of life and breathing, on a wage which has “tortoised” up probably 10 to 20 per cent, while living “rabbited” 60, 70, 80 and 200, doesn't mean you were thrifty—just proves the element of necessity or plain foolishness. I have no quarrel with Liberty bond, Red Cross or thrift stamps | and weeds. | To close, will say papa and ;™mamma are not thrifty when they | walk home, after a hard day, do with- jout shows and other little amuse- |ments. Dad soon gets grouchy from joverwork, poor diet and lack of amusements; soon can't do his work as well, or as much of {t, and ts scrapped before his time, and the | kids quit school to go to wrk in the factory. Ma grows old quickly and hates herself, | The employer who insists on pay- | ing such wages at this thne is not a | patriot, and neither ts he thrifty, but he is a very short-sighted man. DANIEL Y. AHERN, | P. S—Don’'t run a steam roller over a man and then “squawk” if he | does not hop on and fire for you. | Near Pike. 6527 Bighth Ave. N. W. TIM SULLIVAN TO WED Tim Sullivan, popular member of the second relief at police headquar- ters, assigned to duty as telephone operator, left Sunday for Eugene, Or., to wed. The bridetobe is Miss Amelia Miller, daughter of Eugene busi- ness man. Sullivan has been a mem- Albert Hansen ol z to those who can, I say'it's your| _ HERES ACTUAL BUDGET bounden duty to buy and keep buy-|, Thrift Editor: In repty to the ing; but to the $100 per and less man |!¢tter in The Star, I am sending in I say you are not a good father, citi-|™yY budget for a family of four— zen or patriot if you do try and skim | ™yself, husband and two children GLASS OF SALTS | tion of the interests of the Filipinos |, in the ctiy. The first meeting of the organization waa held Sunday. Mrs N. Lambert and Dr. Hugh W. Gil christ conducted the meeting, held in world a treasure millions of useful to it Tam told that some genius in t war department bureau succeeded in shipping to France a carload of saw 169 Washington St. and 1111 First Ave. And the Docter will give you a careful examination dust. It is not enough to use Good Judgment ‘mpowandthenoronce- in-a-while. | When the makers of | _ i Keene produced the 1) | DISBAND ASSOCIATION ‘Tom Keene you know to- [fj " . a“ The King County Federation of Parent-Teacher associations was din they had the good to stick to their banded at a meeting Sunday by unantmous vote, and reorganized un der the state constitution, as adopted in October. Under the new organiza tion, city members may be associates but cannot vot elation. Mrs, ( ific City, was elected president. City officials, how jever, say the action was unconstitu | tlonal | YOUNG MEN WANTED PULLMAN, Feb. 4.—Young men | of advanced high school standing are wanted at the Washington State col |lege, to study milk-testing, acco: |to word sent by Director v | Thornber to high schoo! principals | Testers for the 24 cow-testing asno- clations in the state must be recruit ed from high schools. AFTER ROOM LIST Persons having rooms to let, with or without board, are requested to | Met them with the housing commit |tee of the Chamber of Commerce. | 4988 Arcade building, a» an aid to the solution of Seattle's housing problen. Also cottages. The com | mittee has already placed a number of tenants by this means. the ¥. M. C. A. A committee of five | was appointed to draw up a constitu tion and determine a date for the next meeting. j Uncle Sem promises prompt Bivery while boys. It's Good Jude- ‘Ment to send them Tom Keones, FEATURE WAR HEROES The Lincoln day banquet of the Young Men's Republican club will be featured by the entertainment of vet- erans of the Spanish-American war and the present world struggle. which ts plentiful cheap enough there, whi 3,000,000 tons of freight waiting a chance month,” he « Conflicting orders for bag he asserted, had been in war department 1,000,000, another for 2,000,000 a third for 6,000,000. Fortunately of the civilian committeemen outside of the depart ment found one of the conflicting ors and secured a revision a blunder vel Diffieutt” ident and p evidently re enough and nearly has to go over been | for a ud. for masks, the one fo! one and tempted to chang “without legislation, but without # “It 1s not too much to say that the great transportation system ha broken de It is a gigantic wreck today. Even travel has become difti cult,” Hitchcock said. As for the fuel situation, he said that lack of knowledge, lack of trans portation and harmony between the fuel administration and other cila of the cause of the Raps Secretary Baker “We find that for supply alone it will requi ping in constant use, coming from? ‘The secretary of war in #0 out of touch with the shipping board, and authorities, and informa tion, that he makes a statement that is preposterous “Failure to coordinate the ship ping facilities with other branches,” he said, “had caused 2,000,000 tons of freight to pile up waiting for ships? and in New Orleans last week there were 250,000 tons of shipping with only 83,000 tons of food and feed to load them.” |In 24 ho CLEANS KIDNEYS if Your Back Is Aching or Bladder Bothers, Drink Lots of Water | and Eat Less Meat When your kidneys your back feels sore, don't get seared and proceed to load your stomach with a lot of drugs that| excite the kidneys and irritate| the entire urinary tract. 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Clothes | Household tucidentals Amusements War savings stamps of age: groceries. ...$ 32.00 . 1.50 3.00 18.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 5.00 1.00 15.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 «$100.00 | In explaining this budget, would |say that our food for the month never runs over $33, and occasional |ly a Uttle less. I bake my own | whole wheat bread and use plenty of milk and butter, as well as eggs, but very little meat. During the summer I canned about 150 quarts Jof fruit and vegetables, so that we |buy practically no canned goods | during the winter, as they are very |expensive. I also use plenty of the winter root vegetables. As to our fuel, we buy 4-foot cord wood at $6.50 per cord, as my hus band saws it. In the kitchen I use gas entirely for cooking. We take a daily paper and buy several good magazines each month, and, for amusement, go to a good movie oo easionally. The $15 allowance for clothes may seem rather small, but I do all the sewing for the two children and my- self, and I find that it is a great saving on such things as coats, and suits for my boy, The $5 allowed for household incidentals ig used in replenishing household articles, In conclusion will say that this is not a mythical budget, but are our actual expenses, which, as you will see, leaves us $5 per month to spend Oxygen Vapor _ Treatments | Bring Remarkable | Results |New ‘Treatment Partors recently | Opened to Public at 317-18 Bea- board Building (Formerly North- ern Bank Building, Prove Pop- ular. The past number of weeks has brought relief and complete recow- ery to many Seattle residents. 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