The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 26, 1918, Page 7

Eshiea “47Gb - & £338 | bs Brass § sesh f uM ALADDI | tablishing civil courts in Palestine | ; Yankees in Italy —_—__—_. = Not all the luxuries are missing at the front. Here's a Seine of British Tommies enjoying fresh milk from } t cow left behind by a French peasant who fled from the Huns, In the background, their comrades are enjoying | 1 LAW AND ORDER 2 ARE RESTORED | IN HOLY LAND tial to The Star by N. E. A.) LONDON, England, Aug. —| With the gradual flight of Turks and Germans from Palestine, law | @Md order are again being restored, inhabitants of the occupied ter- | are beginning to realize what) Good government is like. England has issued a decree re-es- is the plan of the government to have the staff of the courts consist | as far as possible of native inhab ftants, assisted by British officers legal experience and ‘The salaries of these local officials Ihave been increased, doing away With any temptation of bribery, the @ource of evil in the Turkish admin- Local law will be adminis- tered unaltered, except for special military operations, when military will of necessity take preee- work of religious courts will interfered with, and Moslem !religious courts will be allowed to do " work in their own districts. Palestine, which now has a popula- Gon somewhat less than 650,000, can agriculture an additional of 200,000 under present & second addition of . irrigation dams and construction works have been | Haifa is at present the only fair- | Ty good one. Jaffa, the next best, | Might however, be rendered more se- Prince Henry, consort of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, is spending summer mountaineering Switzerland. BROTHERHOOD | | What makes him t all Both in the wrong and rig! _}That “brotherhood” born in most) men Is the seul ef every I'f-: | pride to every man | danger, life or strife. | fe that “brother-| e life | | of Caught Unieading Whisky From Ship John Miles, superintendent of the American Mills, at Aberdeen, and Hans Peterson, formerly of the same mill, were arrested Thursday by fed eral officials, when caught unload. ing two sacks of whisky from the steamship Grays Harbor at the American Mills wharf, at Aberdeen, 26.— | Tt is believed by federal officials that | the original shipment consisted of 18 sacks of liquor, 16 of which were thrown overboard when it was known the shipment was under fed eral surveillance. The men are both held under $100 bond. GENERAL C.G.TREAT | Maj. Gen. C. G. Treat is command ing the American army in Italy, which is ready to go into action at the front. The troops recetved a great ovation at Turin and Milan, Eastern Students to Train for Navy Students from as far east as Min Neapolis will attend the naval sci-| ence course established at the Uni versity of Washington this fall under the direction of Rear Admiral Chauncey Thomas, retired. On com pletion of the course students will be eligible for commissions as ensigns. HUNS FORBID USE OF BELGIAN SPIN WHEELS (Special to The Star by N. EB. A) AMSTERDAM, Aug. 26.—The use ancient and modern spinning wheels in occupied Belgium to rem |\edy the great clothing shortage has And while the world loves “broth-| erhood,.” We knew you will anve more On each Fall SUIT, COAT, DRESS | ‘and HAT, | At the FLORENCE UPSTAIRS) STORE, | Second and Union. | TODAY AND TOMORROW ‘Third Ave. and Republican St. BARNUM] » BAILEY] KEATEST SHOW -EARTH ) ann HIS WONDERFUL LAMP 1a Announcing I am now located at 511- 12 Joshua Green Building, having severed all connec- tions with former part- ners. Your future patron- age is solicited. | der penalty been forbidden by the Germans, un of a $1,000 fine or a year’s imprisonment. EVEN GERMANS DEAL WITH RENT BOOSTERS (Special to The Star by N. E. A) AMSTERDAM, Aug. 26.—Koenigs berg, capital of East Prussia, taken the lead among German in protecting tenants from the ra ity of greedy landiords, It has or dained that rents may not be in. creased without offictal permission. Use Your Diamonds And watches as security when you need money. Loans taken up from others and more mon- ey advanced. Liberal amounts. Lowest rates. You get full amemit of loans—no interest deducted. Ladies’ Dept. Loans on Diamonds, Watches and Liberty Bonds Empire Mortgage Loan Co. Established 12 Years. 20123 White Bidg. has LUSITANIA SUIT DISMISSED BY | EASTERN JUDGE: NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—The im-| perial German government, thru an act of piracy, is responsible for the sinking of the Cunard liner Lust tania, the United States district court | holds. In an opinion made public here to- | day, Judge Mayer, of the federal | | Court, absolves the Cunard company | |from lability and suggests that the | German government be made to net de when peace terms are made. | Relatives of victims of the Lusi tania's sinking and survivors of that disaster had sued the company for damages aggregating about $6. 000,000. } The company had applied for a rub. ing on its liability, contending that | jon the nation's maritime laws it could not be held responsible for | more than the value of the cargo and | baggage of the passengers Judge Mayer found the ship was Not armed, that she carried no ex.) plosives and that her destruction was & willful act or piracy, for which the | German government alone must be | held responsibie. He pointed out that there was no negligence on the part of the ahip's | officer and that there was no panic | among the crew and that the ship| remained afloat after she had been struck by « torpedo. ‘This is the first time an American | court has passed on the sinking of | the vessel and is the only time a | court in this country has determined | whether she was painted to resemble a transport, as had been contended by Germany. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—Amer. ica will enforce damage claims| against Germany at the end of the| war for Mea of American lives aboard the Lusitania. This is the sole man- ner in which relatives of the victims jcan be reimbursed in view of the| | New York court decision, dismiasing the Lusitania suits against the |Cunard Steamship company In that case, the judge said that the German commander's act was Sone of piracy and that Germany, as the responsible party, should pay th | damages This will be one of the | of reparation claims Ger. |many must meet | Million Dollars —this is the amount which Se- attle, now pros- perous as never before, must in- vest immediately to do its full duty to Our Country in the matter of War Savings. Be __ prepared, when the commit- tees call, to invest in War Savings Stamps to the lim- it of your ability. Idle funds should be put, this week, into the war service of Our | FREDERICK&NELSON STORE OPENS AT 8:30—CLOSES AT 5:30 At Your Service, to Outfit the Children Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday This Store “Tell Us About Your New Store’’ URING the months when artificial heat is required, an equable tempers ture throughout the building has been thoroughly provided for. Direct heat ts supplied through 240 radiators on the various ‘Sloors, with a radiating surface of 17,000 square feet. More than 4% miles of steam pipe are required for this installation. Indirect heat ts also supplied, through air tempering and reheating coils operated im connection with the ventilating system. A complete | Cleaning enables to be readily r without the use of excessive lengths of hose. There am cight passeng® elevators, equipped with the most modern and poal- tive safety devices, running from the base- ment store to the fifth floor, and apace ia provided for two additonal clevatora, to be installed as required. addition there are two freight eleva- two van elevators of sufficient ton- gent motor trucks from fub-barement to any flor, also an etn- joyes service elevator and two electric umd waiters. (TO BE CONTINUED) Ready With Boys’ School Clothing in Abundance UITS for boys from 7 to 18 years of age, feature military effects in loose-belted models, tailored from brown, green and gray mixtures, with slash or patch pockets. Some Suits have extra knickerbockers, and_ all knickerbockers are fully lined and have seams carefully taped. Prices~-$7.50 to $22.50. “DREADNAUGHT” SUITS are fine for schoolwear, for they are built for service. Every Dreadnaught has an extra pair of full-lined knicker- bockers. Price $10.00. ETON SUITS for boys from 3 to 8 years of age, in handsome gray, tan and brown mixtures, $6.50, $7.50 ’ and $8.50. BLOUSES in light- and dark- color shirtings, in new pointed -collar styles, with plain or French cuffs, $1.00, $1.25 and $2.00. BOYS’ FOUR-IN-HAND SCARFS in silks and knitted effects, 25c, 35 and 65c. “ee NEW STYLES IN HIGH-SCHOOL SUITS are designed especially to please young men just entering high school. They are carefully tailored from brown and gray tweeds, striped suitings and heather mixtures, in sizes 38 to 39 chest measurement. 0, Priced from $22.50 to $: 4 Second Floor The Boy Can Be Outfitted in the Basement Salesroom at Little Cost At $6.50 and $7.50, there are School Suits of serviceable suitings in gray, brown and fancy mixtures, featuring the popular military models, sizes 6 to 17 years. Extra-knickerbocker Suits in trench model, tailored from novelty mix- tures in gray, brown or green, $6.00. Boys’ Corduroy Suits in dark - drab color, with slash pockets and buckle belt, $6.50. Boys’ Blouses in percales and ging- hams, sizes 6 to 15 years, 65c. Boys’ Caps in tweeds, plaids and nov- elty mixtures, sizes 6% to 7, 50c —Basement Salesroom. AY ) Will Be Closed Friday and Saturday N order to be ready for business in our New Store Building at Fifth Avenue and Pine Street by the morning of Tuesday, September third, the old store building will be closed on Friday and Saturday, August 30th and 31st. The Attention of Parents Outfitting Children for School is especially directed to this fact!, and they are requested to make selections earlier in the week that might otherwise be made on Fri- day or Saturday. Will Return to School With a will find that their desires have been antici- pated here, with just the sort of apparel that | mother approves for the 6- to 14-year-old. THE NEW COATS are in plain-tailored and novelty effects of serviceable mixtures, mottled plush and corduroy, burella, cheviot and soft broadcloths, with trimming of beaver, seal and nutria, or moire plush and cut beaver cloth. Navy, Belgium-blue, Brown, Green, Rose and Burgundy, $11.50 to $48.50, b THE NEW SERGE DRESSES include a generous showing of Peter Thompsons, in sizes from 14 years to 20, $14.50 to $82.50. —Becond Floor. In the Basement Salesroom Attractively-priced New School:Coats provide for every age between 4 and 19 years, and introduce new Autumn styles in Two-tone Corduroy, | Egyptian Velour, Flannel, Zibeline and Novelty Coat- ings, $5.00, $5.75, $6.50 to $24.50. NEW SCHOOL DRESSES emphasize the practicability of serge and cotton suitings, and take for their trim- ming contrasting plaids, smocking, washable over- collars, embroidery and buttons. Sizes 4 to 16 years —$3.95, $5.00, $5.75, $6.50, $7.50 to $15.00. Basement Salesroom. School Children Are Well-shod With “Acrobat” Shoes HEY are comfortable and serviceable because made without tacks or metals—do not wear out stockings. —In Pearl Horse Calf, button or lace; also Cinnamon-brown Calf in lace style. —sizes 514 to 8, $3.50; 814 to 11, $4.00 pair. TAN CALF LACE SHOES for infants and children, sizes 2 to 5, $2.75; 51% to 8, $3.25 pair. GROWING GIRLS’ LACED SHOES of patent colt- skin with white reignskin cloth top, welt sole and low heel. Sizes 214 to 614, widths AA to C, $6.75 pair. SCHOOL SHOES FOR GROWING GIRLS, of Russia Calfskin in coco-brown shade, with welted sole and 11-inch heel, $6.75 pair. First Floor. School Shoes in the Lower-priced Lines in the Basement Salesroom OYS’ and Youths’ Box Calf Lace Shoes on broad- toe last, sizes 1 to 2, $4.00; 214 to 6, $4.50 pair. Children’s Play Shoes on “skuffer’” last, in black, smoke and brown, sizes 6 to 8, $3.00; 814 to 12, $3.50 pair. Misses’ High-cut Lace Shoes with vamp of black vici kid, and top of white or gray cravenette cloth, sizes 11% to 2, $4.50 pair. Growing Girls’ Tan Calf Lace Shoes with brown cloth tops; low heel style, with Goodyear welt sole and medium round toe; sizes 214 to 7, widths A to D, 5.95 i $5.95 pair. —Basement Salesroom. Specialized Autumn Modes For High School and College Girls Sand Dresses and Coats for every occasion in the schoolgirl’s day in a before-school showing of exceptional interest, in the Misses’ Section. The New Topcoats are in unusually attractive styles, of fine coatings—Pompom, Wool Velours, Broadcloth and Melton Coatings in the fashionable shades of Navy, Brown, Burgundy, Green, Plum an1 Taupe. Priced from $22.50 to $57.50. Misses’ Suits in Youthful Styles are of Wool Velour, Serge, Poplin, Broadcloth and @Novelty Suiting, in plain navy, Burgundy, Pekin-blue, brown, green and Copenhagen, also novelty mixtures. Priced from $25.00 to $57.50. i Wales” and Other Youthful Frocks —in modes especially created for schoolroom wear, of serge, serge com- : bined with plaid or plain-color silk— $25.00 to $45.00. —tecona Sa School Stockings For Service * — will be less mending for mother and a neater appear- ance for the youngsters if School Stockings are carefully chosen for durability. Suggested: Boys’ Heavy-weight Black Ribbed with double knee, and double heel, sole and toe, 606 pair. Boys’ Medium-weight Black Ribbed with double heel, sole and toe, sizes 6 to pair; §% to 10, 40c pair. Boys’ Heavy-weight Black Ribbed Stockings, very durable, with double heel, sole and toe, 85c pair. Misses’ Fineribbed Lisle Stockings, in pink, white, sky-blue, tan, Cordovan and gray, with double heel, sole and toe, 50c pair. Children's Medium-weight Black Ribbed Stock- ings, with double hem, and double heel, sole and toe, 0c pair. First Floor. Knit Underwear for School Children EGINNING school is often the sig- nal for beginning to wear Autumn-weight Underwear. These are selected from plentiful assortments of the practical styles and textures, se bir.’ B Girls’ Wool-and-lisle Union Suits, in ankle length, steam-shrunk, with Dutch neck and elbow sleeves; or high neck and long sleeves, Sizes 2, 4 and 6 years, $2.50; 8, 10 and 12 years, $3.00; 14 and 16 years, $3.50. Girts’ Cotton Union Suits of medium weight, in ankle length, with Dutch neck and elbow sleeves, or high neck and long sleeves. Sizes 2, 4 and 6 years, $1.00; 8, 10 and 12 years, $1.25; 14 and 16 years, $1.50. Boys’ Gray Fleecelined Cotton Union Suits in ankle length, with high neck and long sleeves, sizes 6 and § years, $1.25; 10, 12 and 14 years, $1.50; 16 and 18 years, $1.75. Boys’ Gray Merino Union Suits of medium weight, steam-shrunk, ankle length, with high neck and long sleeves; sizes 6 and 8 $1.50; 10, 12 and 14 years, $2.00; 16 and 18 years, $2.50. —First Floor, ~ |Nobel Prize Given _ |NAVY TO PERPETUATE | to Charity by T.R.| MEMORY OF ITS SLAIN OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Aug. 26.—]/ (Special to The Star by N. E. A.) ~ |WILSON TO REACH 8 Caught in Raid; COAST IN OCTOBER No Liquor Feo Dashing madly thru windows doors, 40 men and women sought. escape from sheriff's men when ti Meadows roadhouse was raided, 1 a, m. Sunday. Eight were : 3 Men Missing in Seaplane Accident) JASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—Three| (Special to The Star by N. E. A) . ale veuing aa a result of a col| WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—Much|'The proceeds of the Nobel peace] WASHINGTON, Aug. 26—To per- ae ts © United States seaplanes| interest is expressed by politicians in | prize, awarded Col, Theodore Roose: | petuate the memory of enlisted men “sgh eeiay night, 12 miles off | the proposed trip of President Wilson | velt at the Portsmouth peace confer: |in the navy who lose their lives, Sec- ine fog Sa! he navy department an:|to the West, In October he plans to|ence that ended the Russo-Japanese | retary Daniels requests their photo- | Wire island. re rhe missing are: {be in California, and Joe Tumuity | war, have been distributed to vafious | eraphs be sent to the recruiting divi-/ed. In spite of a thoro search, pee eeten Donald Pere, W. C. Jaegle| is now making up an itinerary based | charities. The entire fund was orig: |sion, bureau of navigation, Wash- |riquor could be discovered by the ron Jewman. on invitations from various organiza: | inally turned over to the government | ington. Copies of these photographs ution. Mubin ext mateths jand 1. A. Newman or the craft fail-|tions. Coming before the congres: | for the establishment of a peace com-| will be sent to the training station . and mirth were at tl perelinnnt mere sional elections in Novembeg, the| mission, but was recalled following|where the subject began his naval | height when the place was trip will have its political effects. lack of action in the matter, career, ed. H. C. BJORK Tailor for Men and Women 511-12 Joshua Green Bldg. RINGS AND WATCHES ALBERT HANSEN Country... Under the circum- stances, an idle dollar is a shame- ful dollar. Frederick & Nelson Shop Early Help Win the War Have your shoes repaired PLAIN OR JEWELED WRIST WATCHES DIAMOND —it will conserve leather and—help win the war. We call. ed to show any trace of the missing men