The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 12, 1918, Page 11

ONE GIVES UP AFTER MONTHS OF HARDSHIPS BE x” x | Special to The Star by N A. | " EL PASO, Tex, July 12.— Rageed and starving, sweating out a bare existence on farms of southern Chihuahua, Mexico, is a colony of a hundred deserters from the American army, exiled a! from civilization and home, The story of the privations en "\ dured by the expatriates is told by Garland Whitt, a deserter, who has turned, sick at heart, to “take his j medicine.” Clad in rageed corduroya, with little left of his old uniform save his shoes, Whitt, who is only 18, is now in military prison. Walked Into Mexico Whitt's regiment was stationed at Fl Paso, and one night tn September he, with two comrades, slipped away from ¢amp, waded the Rio Grande, and started on their hike into the heart of Chihuahua. Sleeping by night tn any Mexican hovel they could find, living on beans and tortillas, riding burros when they could, walking when they could not, and occasionally getting | a ride In a wagon or on a freight train, they drifted Into the land of One day mesquite thru which they had hiked! who for days, and came out upon a hary t field, Hammering on a fence t Was a man, dirty and ragged. but an American. He also was clad in the remnant of an army uniform, | and proved to be another deserter. Reach Mormon Colony They had struck the outskirts of! one of the famous Mormon colonies of Mexico. The Latter Day Saints knew that the occasional wanderer drifted down from the north probably had a past he did not care to rehearse, and they offered him 4 nee to make a@ living. was all comrades were members of the col Jony within a colony, the group of men without a country, herded to wether because of their common crime Their homes were barns and sheds Their wages were their board, and just enough money to keep them in tobacco. Few words were © the great country Whitt's know rained him somew? of hin fellow dene nd he ne cured a job ina an store at Bl Valle, once occupied by the Ameri can punitive expedition, For this he got his board, a place to and $10 a month Held as Horse Thiet Three months Whitt spent In El they emerged from the Se Ne MUSIC WILL HELP WIN lic WAR = Tey er spoken of » north Spaniah the level oxic Valle, and the @ went to work for a M cattle corpor tlon as vaquero dove” dollars nth ne day Whitt r ony to nee the twe he had deserted ly one waa left the other ng been starved out }and gone back to take his medicine. While he was in the community into the col with whom horse stealing “1 know you're not horsethieves,” he said, “but you're deserters from the American army which is & sight worse TU diemias the horse } stealing charge if you will go back to the states. If not, I'll nee that you get a good term tn the Mexican \ pen, which imm’t nearly as nice as | Leavenworth,” Two days later the deserters were bound for Juarez on foot. At Juarea, Whitt walked across the interna tonal bridge and surrendered. “I suppose T'll get a heavy turn) @ mill.“ he said. “ mot it coming, I guess, but if I get out fore the war is over, I'm praying |for a chance to go to France. Nine [months in Mexico will make a patriot Prick of any man.” |Consider Probe | of Coal Prices, Declares Reply ‘The federal trade commission and the fuel administration are considering the question of a probe into coal prices and supply | is which when ced in the corner takes up no more space than an up- Dak beautiful Grand Piano wiih costs no more than a good upright— $535 Convenient Payment Terms Dealers in Bteinway and ether Pianes, Pianola Pianos, Victrolas and Records, Player Musia here. In reply to Mayor Hanson's re quest for an investigation, the trade commission wired Thurs day that the matter was now un- der consideration and that Seat- te would be advined later if a probe were advisable at this time. Here is the wire received by the mayor ‘Telegra:a July 9 received. Are taking the matter up with the fuel administration, Will advise if as- sistance can be given.” on A THRIFT STAMP “a day way. * lee seri Upon baby's health and strength now depends the sturdy growing voungster of tomorrow Upof proper nutrition now, depends his robust mind and body tn later years. ** Be mare the Eagle 190m the label’ Baby 1s too precious for you to take chances with his feeding. ‘If nature's own food fails to nounsh baby properly, use Borden's Eagle Brand. It bas been standard for sixty years— pure. wholesome. dependable and economical. RORDEN’S CONDENSED MILK COMPANY Borden Rodding New Vork DF YOR! Wirt it FI At all better drug aml grocery sores Wir but that!) For three months Whitt and his white man rode up and placed the| two under arreret on a charge of STAR—FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1918. PAGE 11 100 U. S. DESERTERS ENDURE EXILE/ | OFFICERS OF U. S. HOSPITAL SHIP BRAVE Ht HUN ‘The U.S. hospital ship Comfort's officers and surgeons, who are to brave German submarines on the Red Cross vessel without defense. The sinking of the Canadian hospital ship Liandovery Castle has given rise to grave fears for the Comfort, whose sailing has been widely advertised so that the Germans will have every opportunity to show whether they intend to respect the Ked Cross emblem, The hy ot ort in the front row, left to right, are: Surgeon R.A. Warner, Medical Inspector Chartes M. Qman, Commanding Officer and Surgeon J. A. Says No Mortal | Man Could Fill Wilson’s Place ) Editor, The Star: In an tamue } { of The Btar, I noticed you called for opinions of Star readers on | the question of our president \ making a trip to Europe. |, ana 100 per cent loyal citizen, would mont certainty such an action. In my humbl think that we er mortal ma place of our president at this crit ical time, As the powers above { know, we have one of the best { presidents that ever entered the White House, and let us not take unnecessary chances of los ing him. } 1 answer for my wife and my / | welf—a thousand Umes no. ) CLIFF L, MOORE. U S, PLANNING HEAVY TAX ON PROFITEERING. WASHINGTON, July 12--War profiteers will the heaviest taxes under the provisions of the new war tax bill to raise $5,000,000, 000; taxes on luxuries used by the people will be a secondary considera tion. Such is the Intention of the house ways and means committee, | which ts drafting the cgeasure. | The profiteers, it was dectared, | must disgorge and return to the pub | lle some of the huge sums they are making. When the war profits tax sched: ules have been drawn, careful esti Mater will be made by experts work ing with the house and senate com mittees to determine how much they will yield The remainder of the necessary $4,000,000,000 will come from lux uries. The taxes will be based on the department's suggestions, greatly modified. “NEVER GO BACK TO OLD RAIL SYSTEM” “We can never go back to the old system. Whether the railroads are | returned to their original owners or not, they must maintain the stand. ard that has been set by the gov ernment.” ‘This waa the opinion of R. H. Aish ton, regional director of thé federal railroad administration, in a talk to members of the Transportation club at luncheor JAPANESE OFFICER ‘ON | WAY TO WEST FRONT A Japanese cavalry officer, Col Manato Ishibashi, arrived in Seattle | from Tokyo Thursday. He will pro ceed on a visit to Tennessee and then | overseas to the western front, where he will act as special representative ot his government. | SPEND TWO MILLIONS ON INLAND WATERWAYS WASHINGTON, July 12.—Approx imately $2,500,000 will be expended by the rajiroad administration in the establishment of a system of branch lines on the inland waterways pro-| | vided by the Missistppt and Black Warrior rivers, it was learned today bear Casualties of U.S. Fighters in Great War WASHINGTON, July 12.—Gen, | Pershing today reported 62 casual | tes, divided as follows | Killed in action, 9; died of wounds, | | 1; died of disene, 6; dled of airp’ | aceident, 2; died of accident and other Jeauses, 4; wounded severely, 15;| wounded slightly, 1; wounded, degree | undetermined, 2; missing In action, 6, Tievta. Ww! ; HM. M. Cop-| J.C. Pala | M. Trotter Miller, Lan. Capt. G. R Taeuts RK. | Privates J. W u DIED FROY Apalding, fl Taoute. FA W. R. Lux, Fort Hondrioks, J. Ensley, | Ww. y DIRD FROM DISBASE erebure, Va Fireman C ten AIRPLANE AOCIE D. Robbing, Raleigh, Nw. ¢ NT AND OTHER , Bentein, | )BIGGEST DRAFT QUOTA LEAVES HERE JULY 25 TORPEDOES Credit Gladly Bradbury Clothes fy On an average of h day by t be received ea . vision draft exemption board from O d dt red classes and r y reclansitied « Class OW oO necute de Good Tailoring is within the Reach of an Cl 1,4 weck to secute 4 Soe riiloe ie eae ferred classification again, Chairman that the “Hrad= » Higher ia It. L. Proctor The appeals have in volumes Fron $25. and Upwards too great to board now bas th weekn’ w in all the smart summer styles and Bigs yoy with more coming each da and ready for you now at th whone canes are The matter of ready cash |s not who do not Just Open an Account Here the July eal ntrainment month, set July a date of departure for Seattle men Hoard members way that the quota will exceed by nearly 50 per cent the June contingent of 788 and arrange the pay: ments so that it will sult your conven- lence, Why not come in tomorrow? means of — men If the August call is as great as those of preceding month board member said on Thurrda 1 Clans 1 men will be taken, including the 1918 registrants Hurry up orders on the enforce ment of the “work or fight" rule LONDON, July 12.—More than 120 | have been received “by local boards jovernment agencies and the gen eral public are all urged to aid in the of evaders. A reward paid to any one aasiating io the apprehension of a deserter prinoners and 10 machine guns were taken in a minor operation south west of Merris, on the Flanders front, Field Marshal Haig teported today Successful raida were conducted eluewhere on the Flanders front and| Where do old newspapers go? n Picardy Thousand them finally reach here they are used by mer- wwosmpeniengt Will Bi. Moore, of Mount Vernon, nts for bundle wrappl One YOST ongkong firm alone «pent nearly a quarter of @ million dollars for old United States newrpapers last year st Monday, in on, His moth led Thursday. who came to Be being sought t er, Mra. Kate M Confirming and Concerning a e-War Principle In pre-war times, when the selling of flour was more or less competitive, we emphasized in our ad- vertising the fact that HOLLY FLOUR was UN- BLEACHED—believing and claiming that bleached flour was unwholesome—and in this we were sup- ported by Dr. Wiley, the famous authority on dietetics. Now Comes the U. S. Government and in their Bulletin No. 85, calling upon the millers to supply them with flour, they positively state: “Flour for Account of the Food Administration Is Not to Be Bleached” It’s very evident that bleaching flour is an unnec- essary, unwholesome and wasteful process. We call this to your attention to emphasize the fact that the same purity of manufacture that has always charac- terized Holly—the Unbleached Flour—is found in [2s Milo Maize, Rice Flour And Other Flour Substitutes Use Substitutes and Save Wheat