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brit | ete) & abe f2s 8 LED Buy War Savings Stamps R SAVINGS fixed rate every month. vestment in the world, and you can always money back if you need it. —War Savings Stamps for sale at every counter. There is no safer Fraser-PatersonCo, Second Ave. at University St Phone—Main 7100 Clearance Days om the Ready-to-Wear Floor —Extreme values in the remaining Women's Winter Suits, Coats and Dresses. Today we mention Coats and Dresses. Coats and Dresses Clearance $7.95 Each —A collection of odds and ends of several lines—the most remarkable values of- fered this season: 13 Winter Coats in good, practical styles; 6 Dresses and Party Frocks. Of course, the for- mer prices were much higher. Friday clearance, each, $7.95. Women's Dresses Clearance $15.00 —Values that are extraordinary—a lot of 24 Dresses, some silk, others serge—the last of several lines, formerly priced at $20.00 to $25.00. Splendid styles. Many models for general wear. Friday clearance price, $15.00. ~—Fraser-Paterson Co. Third Floor Splendid Friday Specials in STAMPS increase in value at a in- get your STAR—THURSDAY, FEB. 7, 1918. PAGE THRIFT LETTERS BY READERS DISCUSS $100 MONTH BUDGET Analyze the “thrifty dollar.” from ¢ Biar's content for the beat letter on how a father of a family, drawing a salary of $100 per month, can support three chil dren and still save enough out of his earnings to purchase war savings stamps. ways have been sug gested by readers who have an swered the question, “How ean it be dom Here are four of them ANALYZE THE DOLLAR Thrift § It iy ible to save on a salary of $10) per month, I am a married man ¢arning a hundred dollars per month and thru careful management and e®operation with my wife find it an pasy matter to save, Careful management and prevention of all waste will greatly reduce the high cout of living. We give a great deal of attention to the subject of waste, Each time we see where we have prevented add a thrift stamp to our thrift book. In this way alone we have saved enough to War Sa itor purchase quite a fow Stamp. ; thrifty dollar Living expenses, 60 per ¢ ingen charity, 10 per ‘ont: education, 10 per cent, and ree reation, 10 per cent. We have ana yaed dollars accordingly and have succeeded in getting along very nicely. On the other hand, we have saved som for another day and by investing our dollars in gov ernment bonds and War Saving» Stampd we are doing our bit for has been ana od 20 per « our V. W. CHASE Bank of California, Seattle. GARDEN DOES IT Thrift Editor Replying to “Can a Man, With a lary of $100 a Month, Buy Thrift amp?” I may yeu, several of them erage from $80 to $100 a month bought two Liberty bonds the nent plan, both of which are nearty paid for. I can buy from $20 to $30 worth of Thrift Stamps per month and still keep my family of four in comfort Here is the way I manage: I raised 40 sacks of potatoes, 4 mcks of carrots, 100 pounds of beans. Ta and have on neta! great a sacrifice to help the boyn{ over th their | = to give who are rish un freedom would like to may to the man| BOLSHEVIKISTS PLAN REVOLT | BY AUSTRIANS BY JOSEPT SHAPLE | United Press Correspo PETROGRAD, Feb. The greater portion of the Russian armies want peace—regardiess of terms. Hut the Bolsheviki, adopting a “win or by * polley © determined to surrender to Germany only as a last resort They are hoping that a revolution in Rumania, of possibly in the cen tral empires, will save the situation for them ope for Revolt veviki are n AustroCierm rev planning to delegate to lead Mf the wocialists in the central empires the task of representing Russia in Berlin and Vienna after the war. They have picks! Liet knecht, the German radicai an the Russian representative at Berlin and Otto Bauer, at Vienna. Germans Cot Wires Smoiny institute at 1 in the last 36 hours. have cut the wires to prevent the Russians receiving news of the gen eral «trike in the central powers. Under Foreign Secretary Tehi cherin demanded of Mirbach, one of the German delegates, an explana tion of the cutting of the wires. Mirbach denied the Germans were responsible. decloring their wires were cut “Rather Raw" Tehicherin replied that the ex planation was “raw,” and that the severance of communications was “unquestionably deliberate.” Smoiny institute does not know positively whether the peace nego tations have been resumed ‘The delegates are awaiting Thie strongly counting #0 ready orn devel | the whole government with a salary of $100: Do not live on pastries, but eat good, substantial food and plenty of vexetables: J, DP. HOUGARDY, WILSON SEEKS BROAD CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT WASIIIN N, Feb, 7,—Shock by Germany's dramatic stroke America’s transport lines, the Amer jean government today gathered it f for the greatest effort it has ywn into the war | Congress had before it President | wil leginiation giving for n's request for him reorganization the er unprecedented unparalleled powers and nating tire gover work | The ard) announced nation of an inter-allied transpor shipment of trooy shipping — boy n indebtednens 4 per cent in 6 heralding the | a third Liberty loan innuen of $5 very two weeks until the next dering a plan t and Increase serv n transatiant de sident Wile h red tape mercilessly yest for restrict im ¢ of neutral rmined to} In hin legislation to empower him to break the fetters of peace time | reanize the « create or dixband bur a fit f to stop competitive laws, reo minsions as he between | buying empower the war | board to enforce its rulings, now merely advisory, and co. | ordinate various departments now | working at crowspurposes or dupli cating efforts. Hitehcoek Opposed “The president wants to reorganize anid Senator military affairs propone to go the art industries | | Hitchoock Th ommittes does not New Cloth Dresses at $35.00 introduce smart Spring models suitable for street and business wear, well-tailored from Serges, Tricotine and Another version of the overskirt effect is offered of navy-blue Poiret beauty or white satin is used to face the tunic, and the collar is of the white satin. (At right.) Price $35.00. ary. the 7495 Surgical Dressings were made for the Red Cross by the workers of Station “B” (Third Floor of this store) during the month of Janu- More and more are needed—more workers must be enlisted, immense reserves that must be Poiret Twill Three Examples Pictured: MODIFICATION of the bolero jacket is shown in this Dress of navy-blue Serge, which is piped with self-color messaline. The jacket effect is lined with Ameri- can-beauty satin, and this bright material is also used to face the overskirt and line the pockets, The tucked front and collar are of sand-color or French -blue |) Georgette. Price $35.00. (At cem ter). Navy-blue Tricotine is used for this good-looking business frock, with its smart braid trimming and graduated overskirt. The collar and vest effect are of white satin. Price $35.00. (At left.) —Second Floor modish tunic or in this Frock twill. American- New Slip-Over Aprons $1.50 HIS convenient new style, made to slip over the head, is of firm to ensure hich wed to fatten a hog, and OPMents of the German strike, it! ¢), a s . jake pes pt fag ene tyes ged bese poly nod don Md at far. Pe TSE RENE accumulated for our base hospitals at percale in stripes Women's Underwear Peas, sora, pumpkins “and” waunah, Feceas toward that end |cramberiain bil, because ‘we teieve || the front. of lavender, pink can’ Py a " Oe Ceara tie menas (es T weaeee | | the Feorganization and centralization Will you give your time? Every or blue with white, can Women's $2.50 Union Suits $1.95 3 3 m= eS") HANSON WILL INVADE |= srcoinzuenea wytnout srant'|I! thing else is supplied, free of charge. The belt, collar, rench SPECIAL lot of 150 Women’s wool and cotton ¢/|*orked in the garden until ® p ™) GEORGETOWN; FAVORS |**,° eke" Full particulars supplied upon applica- cuffs and pocket eae e : I do not think we can make too ’ That the measure will meet the : ; : ed ro Union Suits in the Dutch neck, elbow sleeves, $}—— —___ HOSPITAL BOND ISSUE! most stuttorn opposition from the|f| tion at the Station. are trimmed with minority side of the house Ole Hanson addreaned the largent| mitted mend hide gp was toi political gathering ever held at the dicted. ould e Gest Mebitio hich’ saheet Wetene = po Ftot sewed gather strength from day evening. Thos. Horner and Tom|~ 4 “ m element which sprang up when pp a ye arp nem Bogue the senate gnashed its teeth In vain pecial Appeal | over the Garfield fuel order is atrong to the voter to pass the Firlands |; Y opposed to granting any further Tuberculosis Bonds in the coming) general powers to the president. election. — —— ne erate Tere tate euter| ALIEN ENEMIES ARE HELD BY GOVERNMENT taken than Increasing the capacity of the tuberculosis hospital,” he ald It ts absolutely necessary | Hundreds die every year thru neg.| A® far as known, the first two lect and incorrect treatment. No Alien enemies to be arrested as the city can afford to neglect the white Teult of registration statements plague. | Were taken Into custody In the police “One of my family ie now suffer-| tation Wednesday afternoon. Arthur Kurth, 502 Aloha et., told | the officers he had been to Mill Creek, B. C., since war was dectared Ing from tuberculosis. We had the on Germany by the United States. money to send him to California for treatment in order to give him a Frank Krause declared he came to the United States by way of Mexico. | fighting chance for Ife. How about the hundreds who are not #0 for. An Investigation will be made by fed eral authorities. tunately «ituated? The voting of $60,000 will, | understand, double | BOXERS PROVE BEST EVANGELISTS IN CAMP the present capacity. Th cents per day from each of us. CAMP LEWIS, Feb. 7.—George Reuf Teddy Rheinor, two well plain white. Price $1.50. —Second Floor. i low neck, band top, ankle length styles; sizes 4, 5 and 6; regularly $2.50. Friday special............81.95 Band Top Union Suits 95¢ —The popular band _ Union Suits, in a good, serv- iceable cotton; sizes 4, 5.and 6; ankle length styles. Friday special .......c.scsececseceseseeeeees BSG Children’s Vests and Pants Special 79c Garment F INE, warm, serviceable wool and cotton Vests and Pants. Vests high neck, elbow. sleeves; Dutch $ neck, elbow sleeves. Pants, knee and ankle lengths; sizes 2 to 11 years. Friday special.............79¢ Fraser-Paterson Co, First Floor. Odd Dinnerware Hlallf [Price CLEARANCE of high-grade imported Din- nerware Sets from which the plates and cups and saucers have been sold, and some patterns that we are unable to restock. The China Is of Fine Quality The Pieces in the Sale Include —Soup Plates, Fruit Dishes, Vegetable Dishes, Platters in all sizes, Salad Bowls, After-dinner Coffee Cups and Saucers, Pickle Dishes, Tea Pots, Ramekins and Plates, Bouillon Cups and THEO KARLE America's Great Tenor appearing with SEATTLE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA JOHN SPARGUR, Conductor at the METROPOLITAN Thursday Eve., Feb. 7 at 8:20 P.M. Ouly Appearance in State of Washington. Magnificent Program Seats On Sale NOW Asmaniter Rugs in the Popular Sizes HE Domestic Rug Section is show- ing a large assortment of patterns in these serviceable floor coverings— including many of the newer Oriental designs and simple conventional ef- fects, in appropriate colorings for the various rooms. 27x54 Axminster Rugs, $3.50 and $4.25. 36x63 Axminster Rugs, $5.00. 36x72 Axminster Rugs, $7.50. 4-6x6-6 Axminster Rugs, $12.50 and $13.50. 6x9 Axminster Rugs, at $22.50, $24.00 and $27.50. 7-6x9-0 Axminster Rugs, \]| and $35.00. 8-3x10-6 Axminster Rugs, $27.50, $32.50, $37.50, $42.50. 9x12 Axminster Rugs, at $30.00, $35.00, $40.00, $45.00. —Second Floor. New Printed Satins In Striking Patterns $1.25 Yard SPECIALLY effective in after- noon dresses and skirts are these new Satins, featuring colorful floral and dot designs on grounds of gray, navy, sage-green, tan, old-rose, Copenhagen, and lobster-pink. Soft in texture, with lustrous fin- ish; 86 inches wide, $1.25 yard. —Basement Salesroom. abitiiee Ht r bh agli $28.50 COCCOCCOCOC OOOO OO EOOSS OOOOOOOOOO OOOO OOOO SOOOEOOOOOSEOOSOOOOOOS OOO OOOO OOO OSES SOOECOOSESEOOOSES Prices— 500 to $2.00. 7 can be ‘bought at this Thrift store, wherever Stamps dise is sold. When Ole Hanson speaks tonight at Ward's hall in Georgetown he will invade the territory which housed the race track, which he put out of bustness yearn ago upon the Paamge of the anti-race track gam-|known boxers, have «i¢ned up two bling bill thirds of their company in the Y. M Mr. Hanson will be accompanied CA. ible drive. A man who aliens by Dr. B. J. Brown and Thomas) pledges himself to read the Testa Horner. ment, which the association in fur —— nishing to soldiera. The boxers’ rec | Oxen bought at s recent sale in| ord beat that of any Y. M. Cc. A| itzerland ranged from $440 to| secretary in camp. | — 80 the pair, cows sold for $250 to $280 each. fog | | [AMUSEMENTS “COX'S FIGHTERS” DIDNT LIKE SOLDIERING AT FIRST; METROPOLITAN NOW THEY CRY WHEN DISCHARGED FROM CAMP LEWIS an Am nt may be able you at the Hipp next Sunday even Ing at 8-15 Fifth and University Are you Saucers, Oatmeal Dishes, Covered Butter Dishes. —There are no Cups and Saucers and no Plates in this sale. All are Half Price. —Fraser-Paterson Co, Fifth Floor. AMSTERDAM, Feb. marine yards by British here from the frontier. First and Madison DENTISTRY DR. P. L. AUSTIN, Pres. 608 Third Ave., Cor. James T have severed my connection with Painiess Austin and the National | Dentists, at the corner of Third and ned a much larger and © at the corner of invite all) ell as new h clase dentistry. or 22 years I have been manter that dread dineane called PYOR- KA, or Riggs’ Disease, If trou-| sore and shrinking gums, Conmultation | “United Painless Dentists 608 Third Ave., Cor. Jamen 4:30 a. m, to 8:00 p, m.| CHORUS GIRLS’ CONTEST DON’T MISS IT FELLOWS Prices 15c, 25c, 35 Hours: Phone Be sure to get BRITISH DAMAGE YARDS Severe damage was {nflicted on the Ostend naval | forces, according to word reaching GAIETY COR. FIRST AVE. and PIKE 8T. Phone Matn 4965 “IF | HURT YOU, DON’T PAY ME.” This ic my message of deliverance to you from the fear that accom panies Dental operations, I EXTRACT, FILL, CROWN and TREAT Teeth abso! aay without pain in all cases but acute absceased conditions, Lowest prices tn your city for high-class guaranteed STERLING DENTISTRY Office Hours: 9 A. M. to 8 P. M. FREE DOCTOR Eix-Gevermment Physician 11) FIRST AVE. oF 169 WASHINGTON ST. RIGHT DRUG Co. sTORKS Look for the Free Decter Sign. UNION Week Starting Monday, Feb. 11 Seats Now—Mail Orders Now OLIVER MOTNOSCO'S | Never Dying Dramatic Triamph Neen | PARADISE By RICHARD WALTON TULLY (NEW PANTAGES Matat, 2:20 Night Billy King and His 70 “EXPLOITS IN AFT Chie Grosy Beauty | ‘TESS VERONA On the Cxymbalem ren. General Adminaton 26c . | ] K «|| Zaigler Sisters, Al Shayne and 3 Other || ‘Acta Rvies Danrntie ond 5it) 506, Mats, 100 to | bth & Pine——Tel. Elliott 252 Tonight—All Week Wednesday, Saturday Bullding © It might happen to you can toll Nights 220 to 550—Mati PALACE HIP) Continuous Daily, 1 to 1 | STEIN & SNELL: you never 170 and the GAIETY THEATRE First and Madison NOW PLAYING BURLESOUE ER. Gira” | of field arti duced four from Battery | knuckles CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, Feb. 7— Did you ever hear of the Mission? It in “south of the slot” in San France’ and reported to be the! t part of that outside of Barbary Coast. Its inhabitants are men who work | with their muscles. They weld steel! and cast tron and ft in their ham mers that fashion metal fabrics of | great vessels Like the stuff they work tn, they | are hard and unyielding, firm friends | and unch ‘ul enemies. | A few months ago young men, fresh from colleges and homes of culture, tolled at the Presidio to | prepare themselves to teach a vast | army how to fight. Day by day it| | was pounded into them by their In-| heart be hard to handle, Its members country and it would require stern | discipline to make them amenable | to commands and orders. | Now, take if you would | know something of the spirit that animates the greatest army ever as: |membled in defense of a great prin-| | ciple | They're in Artillery | At Camp Lewis there is a battery | y known popularly as On the books it shows as Battery B, 346th Ar | Ullery, and after the nam ery | man is an address in cisco’s Mission district men with high school tra x's Fighters.” ng pro: | A call plumbers or steam fitters or steel workers would bring ry man to the front, and help from one Battery B r would rally 249 double-hand- wcrappers They fight for the sheer Joy of the fight. When possible, they fight in the canvas-covered square, but if the occasion occurs when no canvas is in sight and no gloves available, hard turf and hard} de very well Fought Cowboys During the snow storm a short time ago they fought each other, and for diversion put to rout’a com pany of Montana cowboys, with snowballs pounded hard and icy Two of them, it is said, invaded Tacoma on the night of their ar rival in camp and the next day Ta- for Jor Ufted a | tory and there was a new full bed in the general hospital. Thta's the kind of men they are This is the kind of soldiers they tough etty | are: On the day they stepped from the train at this camp and marched in thelr greasy overalls and Mission district Sunday clothing to the bar. racks on the hill, Capt. E. M. Cox, known to every sport fan in Oak land as the falrest “third man” who ever threw a leg over the ropes nqueror’s mitted hand, asked how many men wanted ex emption. Contracted Bad Hearts On the instant every man con tracted flat feet, sore eyes or a bad Here was confirmation of |structors that this new army would| the things taught at the Presidio. But Capt. Cox had seen real men | woura be unwilling servitors of the| before, and he didn’t “bat an eye.” Other companies organized debat ing clubs and held dances, but Bat B didn't have time for these things. It held smokers and boxing matches, and it also took a short course in the aclence of “dislike.” You men are fighters,” the cap tain told them. “You are here to learn how to fight. The more you practice with your fists the better you will be with a bayonet. ‘This ts now, and it’s golnggto keep on be ing, the best outfit on the lot, and so you are going to learn how to fight with field guns as well as with your dukes. “What's more, you're going to know what you're fighting about.” Cat Out Knives There were some Irishmen tn the battery and also some whose near relatives came from Mediterranean countries. Ergo, there were im- promptu, not to say pitched, battles in the barracks, and since, whatever may happen outside the squad room, there must be peace within, an un spoken order went the rounds that knives and guns would not be used in personal combat, but that there was nothing in the regulations to prevent “grudge fights” in the box- ing ring. Capt. Cox took the field against a sea of competing company com- manders and wrested from the grip of the quartermaster corps the first uniforms to arrive in camp, He ob: tained the first rifles and the first overcoats, smokers and reading of Hun atroci- tles to his soldiers. There was a subtle change in the men. Esprit de corps came into being. There were fewer fights within the company and them outside it. From a company commander's boast, Capt. Cox's dec and Rattery B now holds the record for the best work with its field pieces. They mans. have a hate for all Ger whole : old tribal laws that ssion. more of The marching thru Berlin. Discipline? There isn’t any. a stead there is @ loyalty and derstanding between officer ont man that transcends the narrow bounds of discipline and makes coherent, able fighting unit from so |many pounds of raw brawn, laration of superiority became a fact, | The Mission's gift to democracy’s army is glad it's here. Three men discharged last week as underweight cried when they The men tell other soldiers of oth | heard the order. It's like the gang spirit that | | pervades the er companies their captain te the e it wrong best in camp, and the captain boasts \to beat a fellow and right to tram-|of his company. ple on an enemy are written in the | code of Cox's Fighters. Cry When Discharged They live in the eager | mailed Makes the Presidio idea of @ fist sort of discipline looky like the katser’s claim to divine — hope of | right, eh? THOUSANDS OF WAR PRISONERS FACE STARVATION IN RUSSIA PETROGRAD, Feb, 7.—Thousands of war prisoners are starving in Rus: sia, as a result of disorganization of transportation, it was declared today. Russian officials admitted fear of an uprising Commissioner of Prisoners Mentzi- their koveky said he would “decline to take the consequences” arising from the situation Efforts to move supplies to the on camps and transport prison ers to points where foods have been stored have failed thru lack of train facilities. WAR NEEDS CAUSE OF WORK ON PORT HERE} War needs have induced the port commission to decide to go ahead| with certain improvements and ex-| pansion of port property, President C. EB. Remsberg announced yes: terday, He called attention to the ct that a bond issue to meet in- st on the bonded debt and oth- er expenses must be voted at the fall election, PROFITEERS CAN’T RAISE FLOUR PRICE) “Substitutes for wheat flour shall | be sold at not more than a rea-|when the house the actual| merce committee intends to com= sonable advance over purchase price." Charles Hebbard, federal food ad- ministrator for Washington made coma’s police was shy 4 man, Hvenings he spent in planning tis announcement Ribs renal | BROTHERHOOD CHIEF MADE DIRECTOR OF DIVISION OF LABOR WASHINGTON, Feb, 71.—W. & Carter, chief of the Brotherhood of Enginemen and Firemen, is made director of the division of labor under the permanent organization of the government railroad admin= istration, announced yesterday by Director General McAdoo, Most of the personnel of the temporary staff serving since the government took over the roads is retained. The amended administration ratle road bill to be voted upon Friday, interstate com- plete its report, provides protec= tion of smaller railroads by rout. pod she less important freight z