The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 8, 1918, Page 7

seas aE 65 ‘ARSE GF 5E Me ‘Dougall ¢ fouthwick = SECOND AVENUE AND PIKE STREE New Reductions on Skirts and Wash Dresses White Wash Dresses, 7.50 to 19.75 About 50, formerly 12.50 to 35.00 Of organdy, voile, net, Georgette and crepe de Chine. Also about a dozen dresses of colored organdy and voile in navy, black, pink, blue and yellow. Linen Dresses, 9.95 to 25.00 About 30, formerly 15.00 to 59.75 In tan, pink, blue, gold, lavender, green, old rose, white and combina- tions, Silk Skirts, to 19.75 About 25, formerly 9.95 to 25.00 Of taffeta, crepe de‘ Chine and Baronette satin. In white, pastel colors, navy and black, some in plaids, sports, figures and stripes. White Wash Skirts, 1.95 to 9.' About 60, chiefly of gabardine Formerly 2.25 to 12.95 “Washington Maid” HOUSE DRESS APRONS The Favorite Model in New . Shades and Figures Plaids, checks and stripes in fine Amoskeag gingham with the light and dark plain colors, The large collar is in white; white binding and buttons finish the dress; 3.95. The “Washington Maid,” in light percales, comes at —MacDongall- Southwick, Floor. ome Our oT Your grocer will refed the full price you paid for M.J.B. Coffee, if it does not please your taste, ho matter how much you have used out of the can. The best coffee at any price Vacuum Packed By Special Process WI. J. BRANDENSTEIN & COMPANY YW 313 OCCIDENTAL AVENUE SEATTLE THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SEATTLE First and James Offers For Immediate Disposal —Subject to Prior Sale United States Treasury 44% Certificates of Indebtedness MATURING DECEMBER 5, 1918 IN DENOMINATIONS OF $500 and $1,000 AT PAR AND ACCRUED INTEREST FROM AUGUST 6, 1918 These Certificates are posweus ever the highest character To any individu arily idle, this is an opportur in the world at tributing to the THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SEATTLE obligations of the Unt attractive feature of a short-time investment of ty to invert f interest pning of the war ration having funds tempor. n the best security at the same time con The men who stood throngs along the sidews ynaly comfortable cheer tween puffs of cigar amoke as th younger fellows marched away to war, are now getting next to them nelven. They're setting back their shoul ders, and their faces are taking on a more determined look, because BIGaSH |, The war is just around the corner trom where they live Men leading sleek, comfortable lives, subseribing to Liberty from substantial incomes, and reiter ating that “the kaiser must be lick | ed,” have had a jolt Everywhere in Seattle—in store, workshop and office—-the new law now before congress, which extends | the draft ages to all men between | 18 and 45, ts the big topic of di bonds u i How does it Brown, and Smith? clerk have to go? He's 32, but xin glo, Where'll we get h | the places of all these men to_nervice? Maybe I'l hs affect Jones, and Will my chief Should f ask for exemption? nd a thousand other ques tiohs of the like are the ones men of Seattle have been uttering each da wince the news of the new draft ages came from the capital More than twice as cnany men are affected an under the first conserip tion law, draft board men claim, Several of those off! touch with tate draft } at Olympia, Wednesday From that source th machinery for r will be identi ‘The work | tals got in adquarters, clannon of 1917. twice as heavy ference. “Just in time, men, “Class 1 is | hausted.” STAR READERS AIR VIEWS ON PROFITEERS WHO AID KAISER PROFITEERS HEL? ENE Editor The Star: Tt is a known fact that thruout the United States there is a subtle distribution of prop: aganda by the proGernan and Ger | man sympathizers, This propaganda is more dangerous than an army of 50,000 Germans. If it landed in New York, we could defeat it in a short time, But ence German propaganda gets a hold on the people and their infernal pessimistic ideas get rooted in the brains of the American people it will have a more demoralizing ef fect on the citizens than the afore mentioned enemy arny The profiteers are aiding in the | best possible way to spread the prop aganda of discontent among the working army of Seattle, as they are the cause of discontent among work ers of the present time. A majority of shipyard workers make a wage of $4 day, I am one of them. I can't live on that. I couldn't get a reason able apartment; I had to get @ hotel room for my family and eat in res taurants Here ia my expense account: Room rent, $6 a week; meals for wife and weit, $2.50 a day, or average of $15.50 & week; laundry, $1.50 a week; total, $23. I get work on an average of five and a half days a week, which | means a pay check of §22~-$1 a week | leas than my normal expenses. I am ponitive that there is a rem feay for these conditions, It had bet ter be applied promptly, or there will be trouble, These hotels, now charg ing $6 a week, were beeing people to stay with them at a $3 rate two years ago. A rib steak in San Francisco, in cluding coffee, potatoes and bread and butter, costa 45 The same meal he ‘outs 80 cen These conditions make a discon [tented clams, and fertile ground for enemy propagandists who are al ready at work planting their seeds every day. The men want t build ships to help make the world a better place |to live in. They are not dullding | ships to make Seattio a better place to profiteer in. } SHIPYARD WORKER. conus MAKES BLOOD BOIL | Editor The Star: My wife and I recently came to Seattle from Mis sourl. Our blood bolls at the rents charged for dingy, dull, poorty tur- nished rooma—from $5 to $6 a week. | Tt ts time for your council of patri | otic Commerce to get busy. E. 8. KEEP LIVING COSTS UP FAitor The Star: There is plenty of profiteering here, as well as in Portiand. The only restaurant in Bremerton that serves & variety of food charges outrageous prices, and keeps Increasing them. Men quit work in the navy yard because of this, altho the government needs workers, I have two sons in the service. Iam a patriot. But if your paper can do anything to curb the profiteers, 5.000 men and women here will be thankful to you. A PATRIOT IN BREMERTON NAVY YARD. TRANSFER COMPANTES, TOO Editor The Star: The transfer companies have the profiteering fe ver. One company I called wanted $2 to take two trunks and a couple of bage to the de The next com pany asked only $1—just 100 per cent difference! ELMER FARIS | sinigetans SAYS PLUMBERS PROFITEER Editor The Star: I was interested |in your extract from the Portland paper dealing with profiteers, There FAR The greatest demon that ex ‘There is n word With confidence ae ‘Gear’ werks overtti your health. roy it with your confidence, And create mental wealth. | is one kind of profiteering which the public overlooks, and he is the prof iteer in plumbing supplies which go into new ho A PLUMBER, | GIVE THEM DISCOUNT Editor The Star: I most heartily indorse letter written by Mr Tworoger, Many soldiers held good, remunerative positions, but are now limited t very small amount of money for the sake of humanity, and to make this world a better world in which to live. How can any have the heart to even want a profit off of what they nell to these noble boyn? I certainly hope a public sentiment will be created so strong that every thing will be cut in price for our one sailors and soldiers. [cents for half a pint! _1. too, visited the camp recently, and have come to know that the boys over there just love to come to Seattle, and sing Many praises of its hospitality ONE OF YOUR READERS SAYS TH E UNPARDONABLE Editor ‘The Btar: I think railways: stores, acnusement res taurants are very unpatriotic in try ing to take from the noldiers and sail ors the small amount our govern. ment can afford to give them. TWO BUSINESS GIRLS. places and GETS 40 CENTS A QUART Editor The Star: How's this for profiteering? Some of the armchair lunches have raised price of milk to 10 cents a glans, Think of it! Ten quart!” H.C England to Control er the War , Here Are Food Prices in London Food Aft Groceries and Restaurants AT THE FOOD STORES ‘These prices were furnished by one of the largest food stores in Engiand-—a store where prices may ‘They are given in American money ) Flour, 7 Ibs. for : (Government mixed) | Batter, tb. MarArine, Ib be taken as an average for London Mutton chops, Ib. . Bacon, best, Ib. . Sugar, Ib. New potatoes, Ib. Lard, Ib. Tea, Ib, ..... Milk, quart . Cheese, Ib. AT THE RESTAURANTS ‘These prices are taken from a | don restaurant where many Americ menu card at a moderate-price Lon- cans eat. There are cheaper places to eat, but this ie an average priced restaurant, comparing with a mod erate priced American restaurant as to food Ie 40 We Roast ribs of beef | Roast leg of mutton... Stewed lamb and peas Braised ham. spaghettl. Two fried cegs Ham omelet 100 400 service and your Chamber of } | (Food and Food Control are still the most intimate problems of the war to the American people, The guns may roar on the western front, but to keep the wolf from roaring at our door and the profiteer from roar ing at our pocketbooks is the most vital and Immediate task before us in winning the war. Food Controller Hoover is in London to become the world’s food a@ministrator, and the food situation therefore ‘now centers there. Thix news dispatch from Lon. don is by H. EK. Bechtol, European | manager of the Newspaper Enter- prise association, telling how Eng- land is fighting the Food Fight.) BY HAROLD EDWIN BECHTOL (European Manager of the Newspaper Enterprise Association) LONDON, Aug. 1.—Government control of the prices of food staples has come to stay in Great Pritain ‘This is the opinion of men high up in the direction of British food con trol For Instance, Sir WIliam Goode of the Ministry of Food, said today tn an interview for the Newspaper En terprise association “1 do not believe the prices of essential foodstuffs will ever again be entirely uncontrolled, “That is to say, I don't think the people of this country will ever submit to the profiteering in food staple@ which has been elim- inated by the setting up of con- trol of food and food prices by the government. “1 believe rationing, however, will disappear after the war. Not the day fighting ceases, nor even the day peace is signed per- haps, but gradually.” Price Control Checks "Em July, to July, 1917, From 1914 || food prices in Britain shot steadily THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY I, Mary MacLane “Men Who Have Made Love to Me” (BY HERSELF) The Stripping Naked of a Woman's Soul “SHADOWS OF HER PEST” A Sunshine Comedy Adults 10¢ Children 5¢ Including Tax They doubled | upward (Copyright, 19 SEND THIS TO CONGRESSMAN ....+00++0ne+e0+ U. 8. CAPITOL, WASHTNOTON, As a citizen of 1 nd rapidly Mushrooms on toast..........25¢ New peas R re 4 White beans Lettuce Rice pudding, — Orange 4 Canned fruits | Ham or bacon and oges Coftes . and more. Then price control was slapped on, and the advance was quickly checked. They dropped early this year. Now they are rising again, but slowly. They are not soaring as they were before price control was set up and as they threatened to continue to soar Price control was first made ef fective under the direction of the late Lord Rhondda. And friends my his personal view was that some sort of price control of easentials would re main. ‘This is also stated to be the personal view of Lord Rhondda’s successor as food sontrotieg, the Right Hon. J. P. Clynes, M. &., tho her man ever committed the 4 ministry to any policy on the matter. As indicative of the succens of food price control and the rauoning system, by the way, the Food Minis try is practically the only big gov ernment department that is not sub jected to spasmodic, violent criticiam, political or otherwise. |Age 21, She’s Been Mayoress 3 Years Bpecial to The Star by N. EB. A. LONDON, Aug. § Mike Mildred Slater, who has been mayoress of Waleall fOr the last three years, re ceived a presentation from women in the town on her 21st birthday, in recognition of her work. She became mayoress when her mother died Mural paintings by Puvis de Chav- jannes, chief treasure of Picardy mu lseum, have been removed Amiens to safety. Another reduction In paper supply to man newspapers has been made, says Berlin Reichsanze: iger. 18, N. E. A.) CONGRESSMEN > D. CG. believe that action congrrasional is necessary to curb for the pertod of the war the landlords who aro profiteering in rents. I urge you to work for the passage of legin- lation, either as an amendment to the new finance bill, or other- wise, of an act which will dectare all rents in excess of the rents charged for the year ending Sep’ allowance for Increased costs, to be EXCESS tember 30, 1917, plus 5 per cent igh upon which shall be levied » tax of ONE HUNDRED PER CENT. I shall watch with @ great deal of interest your action In this Very respectfully yours, (Address) ..... matter. Clip {t and send It to the two senators of this state and the reprosent ative in the lower house from your Poindexter, Senator Wesley L, Jone district. a; Representative ‘They are John I". Miller, the Seattle and Kitsap district; Representative Lynn Hadley, of the north west counties, including King count) | Albert Johnson, of the southwestern counties; Representative Wm Follette, of the north central counti | the Spokano diatrict. Address any y, outside of Seattle; Representative La jos, and Representative C, C, Dill of of the congressmen at Washington, D. C. | Senator Miles | Yorty cents a| | “| from that's the dif "wi draft board | tically ex: | Will Teach Boys (ill be given three free lesson by hall at Fourth and Pine of {per is figuring on doing her “bit in this way, busy naval vessel in Seattle's ha be guests of honor at a dance given) atthe Lepper Edison cylinder phonograph records | battle has been recalled to service, | FREDERICK &NELSON | * STORE OPENS AT 8 8:30—CLOSES AT 5:30 New Suits at $25.00 Accurately Forecast the New Season and show in many details the influences that are working changes in the mode. The one at right, has slash $25.00. At left, Suit with convertible pockets. style, of navy-blue poplin, with its silk braid and button trimming, shows just enough fullness over the hips of the jacket to give grace- ful lines, and it is topped with convertible collar. The narrow two-piece skirt Price Semi-tailored velvet collar in slash pockets and good quality satin lining in the coat. The skirt is a simple two- piece model. This Is One of the New Satin Dresses at $25.00 and very effective it is, Price $25 00. with its side-drape graduated overskirt and wide crushed girdle embroidered in harmon. izing color. ming, on bodice and overskirt. In Black, Navy, Plum and ee een 00. An Coastal Offering: 400 Pairs of Women’s High and Low Shoes Reduced to $5.00 the Pair HIS offering is featured for Friday, and com- prises: Women’s Tan Walking Boots with worumbo cloth top, reduced to $5.00 pair. Women’s Patent Coltskin Street Pumps French heel, reduced to $5.00 pair. Women’s Brown Kid and Brown Calf Oxfords with French heels, reduced to $5.00 pair. A fair range of sizes is afforded in each of these lots. with —First Floor. Kleinert and Omo Dress Shields in styles suitable for wear with Summer frocks and blouses of every description—regular, short flap (detachable), out-of-sight and jacket styles— 25c to $1.25 pair. “Her-eyes-on” | A New Liquid Tint It tints (by dipping) materials of silk and -cot- ton, and can be furnished in these colors: Pink, Yellow, Lavender, Gray, Mustard, Pea-green, Peach, Blue, Green, Flesh and Ecru. —per bottle, 15¢ and 25c. —xotion Section, First Floor. This Well-built Cedar Chest Is $9.50 NEW ship- ment of Storage Chests includes the style illustrat- ed; built of aromatic Ten- nessee cedar in a very con- venient s 15x34 inches; t up little room yet will store a goodly quantity of furs and woolens. The surface of the Chest is well-finished, and it is mounted on strong castors. An excellent value at $9.50. Upholstery Section, First Floor. Child’s Swing $3.00 LITTLE tot can get many hours of enjoyment from this hardwood Swing, which is made espe- cially for nursery and porch use. Price Child’s Swing ‘ $6.00 HIS Swing has green - painted frame and natural- finish swing; stands five feet high and occupies a ground space of 40x60 inches. Price $6.00. —Third Floor. |Irench lads. Record i t Girl Cadets of Washir Dance Steps Free ji sinters tan Mme, Lepper each| that men in uniform are should Sailors who wish to learn to day night at her private Mme. Lep Madame Lepper TO LEAVE FOR CAMP and expects to be kept Nine drafted men will leave French sailors from a por will] Camp Lewis, hall Saturday night. | | | | | are requested for music boxes for se Lepper's hall Wednes unnounces always wel Seat tle for Camp Lewis tomorrow in an-| st, book store French | swer to a special call for men from _ — Self-covered buttons are also used for trim- To Shop Mornings Is a Patriotic Duty —it distributes the day’s business more evenly, helps to reduce over- head expenses and helps to keep down the cost of merchandise. The Na- tional Council of De- fense urgently recom- mends that the custom of morning shopping be adopted by patriotic women throughout the country. In White or Flesh-Pink Georgette $7.50 ENETIAN lace medal- lions make an, effec- tive finish for the large cape frill and sailor collar of this new Blouse, while additional charm is lent by the crocheted buttons. Price $7.50. —secona Fioor. Exceptional Values in Aluminum Utensils 100 only, 4quart Alumi- num Windsor Kettles, as pictured, at $1.75 each. 200 @nly, 4-quart Alumi- num Saucepans, at 8O0¢ each. 200 only, 1-quart Alumi- num Stew Pans, at 45¢ each, 75 only, 4-quart Aluminum Covered Saucepans, at 31. 75 each. - usewares Section, Basement. TRIES TO ‘SELL TWAIN MANUSCRIPT; JAILED | Aug, 8.—Kogt Koshima, J butler, was in jail here today charged with stealing Mark Twain's original manuscript of the “I nd of the Spectacular Ruin” from the residence of BE, P, Clark, Koshima tried to sell it at a Main for $3. Hospital funds in Great Britain, A London man who lost an arm in| are increasing thru admission to Rely [fast shipyards of visitors. \