The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 23, 1918, Page 6

THE SEATTLE STAR 1307 Seventh Ave. Near Unies St. OF SCRIPPS NORTHWEST LEAGUE Telegraph News Service tered as Second-Clasa Matter May Beattie, Wash. under the Act of Mail ont of city, S5c per month; § months, $15! | Fear, $5.00, in the State of Washington. Outaid be per month, $4.60 for 6 months, or $9.00 per year. By o ty, 306 mo, Peblished Dally by The Sine Publishing Co. Phone Main 608, Private 7 cxehange ce ‘all departments. TWENTY. EIGHTH CHAPTER 1899, at the Postoffice at SYNOPSIS A coldness comes betw Private Robert Lorimer, as ry Jong talk with his ife, This talk man may be working to uplift, while another may be pulling | . One may be fighting the Huns in the trenches} “over there” and another may be fighting for German in the United States. Both may be Americans. That one “over there” we know is American; the other says he is. That other is P. P. Claxton, United States commis- sioner of education. first of @ new generatio: family oe . EVENTS CROWD FAST ON LORIMER FAMILY AND PROMISE MUCH y Last March, early in the month, the German kaiser) ** a 3 9 was boasting of what he would do to the British, F rench | ..)"town Bead be i oe Lorimere' 1 and “that miserable handful of Americans” in France. He} jm giaa 1m not going to dictate it to was preparing for the big German offensive, the one he| After I have seen Tony Curt d thought would drive the British back to the channel and] *ck to my own prosaic orbit! 4 a Today as he handed Baby Barb: carry the Hun standard into Paris. | tgoet-tye" and fied tomy room. ‘Th All the civilized, democratic, human people of the world) My hat was at its most becoming ang rman offensive. But NEVER would I have done nited States commissioner. ffm 4 ride wit Bob! And my nerve At luncheon, Daddy Lorimer tok nxt delightful trip. It seems that before Certeis came ' were facing that problem of the No, not all! P. P. Claxton, U i education, was mobilizing himself and preparing for) 4 mi. his drive to put the German language back into American| little island! Dr, Certeis thinks that a this fall will make Daddy Lorimer qu before him Certels goes up against any further elimination of German from Amer- n high schools. : On the 12th of March American soldiers were being ‘killed beneath German bayonets, and Apperican soldiers "were dying in the hel! of shrapnel and shell from German | ry year to try he assures Daddy Lorimer that the spe Mother Lorimer is to go, with Be: keep darling mother company Chrys will not be with us erty Loan at n é On the 12th of March Claxton was pointing out the ) richness of German literature, and pinning verbal medals |'™«" '* ce nly going t0 prove some on seeming, Gosthe, Schiller and the whole brigade of} pact morse te numer hastened writers. influential citizens drove their autos The committee o nt gives out this statement: “The Americans east of Tess” me to talk | Meville again raid the German positions. Going far be-| Ana ne decided with the committee d their objective, they engage in hand-to-hand fighting, | worried. And no wonder. I shouldn their automatic pistols and rifles.” men who are so strong in state polit On the 12th of March Claxton wrote: “Germany may reek Seite thblede m yet become one of the leading nations for the preserva-| worried n of the peace of the world patriotic about the source of that big ¢ PRECEDING Eee RENEE a | r come to herself, Th Hot in ati thread Many things may happen on the same day, One| time, “Gane. s country girl, married into rich ) : ) After an unexplainabl ria, she finds tha it a She is training to spe. vies andghotels and clubs and str He had had a dreadful morning. (To Be Continued) Copyright, 1918, by the Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n. CHAPTERS . war bride, anit her husband, ee, It arines partly from the ly she is to ‘This is A most wonderful world, but sometimes I feel that the Lorimer | is getting more than its share of excitement Do all war brides have such perplexities thrust upon them? Or am I only growing up and life is like but I am perfectly am an! finding out what I can't decide. sure that it's a blessing 1 only ehild. If there we as many would have to hir eretary to ave a silly confess! anybody . and always takes me a long time to get a to her nurse, | murmured a quick | en I surveyed myself in the mirror. | et ter coming home ph, Me! Certels had proposed le, my hair was pe this silly thing ss were all fluttery us that Dr home from that last course of med. 4 jeal lectures in Berlin, in 1914, he had rented from its foreign owners: Public schools. ( leeise poten neete n 5 reign r a On the 12th of March he wrote a letter to tht presi- Aitats ae wiles on ka se pane a hae © dent of the South Dakota university urging the restoring There are forests and sand dunes and hills and cliffs and coves and| German in American schools and colleges, and protest-/a mansion and a fishing shack and a hunting lo¢ nd a perfectly lovely a little fishing and hunting up there ite fit for the very strenuous winter | out some motor boat inventions, and ing prospect is indescribably good and I, to njie’s baby and the nurse. k for the corners next Lib Miss Lor attraction on a soap box! the decision today to soothe daddy's It appears that two to the country club on gasolineless On the 12th of March the United States war depart-| Sunday and the committee on membership decided to ask the men to t over with daddy, He said that the | government's least request should bind every patriot like a military order but I could see that he was awfully t think he would care to offend two jes, on the very eve of his own cam all thru. I'm so grieved to think I heck he gave me On the 12th of March Lortdon reports that Hun air- and non-combatant men, destroying dozens of homes. reports an attack by German airfleets in which 34 were killed and 79 injured, mostly women and x— sons ildren. On the 12th of March Claxton, United States commis- ier of education, was writing a letter praising German re, German language, German literature, and talking thé “Kinship” between the German language and the The Pilgrims fled the ty nded Freedom's ho! ose stalwart men of Bled that victory In sixty-one men dared Their lives alone made Heroes of the long ago. © On the 12th of March, Baker, United States secretary War, was driven into a cellar by German airplanes over War! ross the bleeding sky ‘columbia! On the 12th of March Claxton urged that we prepare ves to talk German to Germans who come to this and refuse, or neglect, to learn English. On the 12th of March the United States war depart- it announced that 800,000 of our best and bravest boys uld: be called during the second draft. oat: what happened on the 12th of March, 1918! xton still is on the job. He still is opposing the ination of German from our schools, “He still is leading "his pro-German drive to stick the moses of our school | ghildren deep into the literature, language and culture of many. He calls the opposition of millions of American Arise ye men; heroic Onward! Onward! ti Onward! | Our sons beside the me: Stayed the heathens Onward! Till the sacred dawn of Freedom for the world s attacked the Yorkshire coast, and killed women, chil-|%#——————________—_— Freedom for the W When the light of Biberty was dim and burning low, might be won Take thy golden sword, Bring to France her just reward! sons! Go forth ye brave—man the guns! Men of might Holy army of the right!” Heroes heard—went forth to die. In distant fields of Flanders Old Glory flies unfur bold advance They shall not cease rant's hand ly land Washington. the grave free the slaye- rolled the eagle's buttie ery ed n of France peace! Sweep the foe from land and sea— Bring again sweet liberty— LEO li. LASSEN SHALL CLAXTON GO? “Wild Bill” Hohenzollern says his Hun armies aren't defeated yet. No, not as badly as they will be defeated later on. The Star Will Gladly Publish ‘ GRATEFUL FOR SMOKES hat’s Halting Burleson? What ‘is the matter, Mr. Burleson? Why all this) Pau! Kindinger, a Ruffalo, N. ¥ ? youth with Headquarters Co., Fifth Field Artillery, A. E. F., in France, tells how the boys over there appre More than 200 Seattle telegraphers have been locked of their jobs by the Western Union Telegraph company | ciate the smokes furnished by “Our nearly five months—simply because they belonged to| Boys in France Tobacco Fund.” Hid Union. President Wilson’s answer to this outrage was|'*ter follows izi f the telegraph lines and the reco dation! y, re Sean each seizing 0 grap! es and ecommendation| aitor The Star: Your package of it these men be reinstated in their old positions. He smokes contributed to the “Boys in ced you, Postmaster Burleson, in charge of the wires.|¥rance Tobacco Fund” reached its destination yesterday, Aug. 15, 1918 lurleson has the authority to reinstate these workers VHY DOES HE NOT DO IT? Most of these victims of Western Union czarism have ‘That is, one of them did anyway I filled out the card last night; but this morning when I or receipt, in the service of the company for years. Theircame on duty at 4 weclock, and rity entitles them to sick benefits, vacations with pay,| thought came to me that a little card sions and other concessions. If they are merely “re- nployed,” as Burleson apparently wants to do, they will lose all this. They will go back on the extra list where = of them started 10 or 15 years ago. They would have status of a newcomer. Tf reinstated, as they should be by all the rules of fair- Mess, there would be nothing in dispute but the question ‘of lost time and undoubtedly that could be easily settled. Reinstate them, Mr. Burleson. clean out the gang of trouble-makers that brou un-American condition. like that wasn't enough to express my gratitude, and that chances were you would like a letter rything is quiet this morning in our sector, but in a sector not far distant I can the rumble of heavy artillery fire—a very common thing at any time over here, Things more lively and interesting the firing is in our own sector eels more at home are always there, where the are, and we like it far better | rest camp, but of course we | can't keep on going without a rest hear seem | when And while you are doing| 4 person f ght about s The men get tired pumping over | Makes It Easier he tes ieee ae in ine way of large shells and high ex- A Seattle boy, writing to his father here, says: “Dad, we of the A. E. F. sure do appreciate the way! men back home are breaking into the war and work. shows up over here wonderfull _ of everything to win the war. 7 “It is the knowledge that the people back home are ith. us Sita gupkes Be PEPER cross over and face all ; infernal stuff of the Hun. You people make it possit “forhand him back 10 to 1. ie —— i “Our battle cry here is: ‘Heaven, Hell or Holbroken by Xmas.’ And, believe me, we are going to make it, “There goes an alert of some kind, so I shall close. “From your loving son, BURNELL.” plosives, also gas Iam a telephone operator at headquarters. I must confess that I am not very busy when the sector is quiet, but when we are r busy, a fellow finishes his shift a nervous Not a moment's rest all th time. feverybody is in a hurry and on the jump. I've often heard of youg wonderful city and have often wished to go there some time 1 came from the eastern part of the States, Buffalo, Y., being my home. ‘The guard is around now, waking | all of the men up for breakfast, It| we call our ly in the way of plenty wreck i ‘ j ai, 't very often that Over The e gh eh eed vo amane 1h apg for the boys Gals by their respective names any ‘ ere to “face all the infernal stuff”? more; every meal is “chow” for us. | We will have to wait until we come | back to the States before we again | Jearn table manners, and all other! kinds. Well, I will now come to a close, | thanking you very much for your] share of “smokes” to me. I remain | your friend in the service, | PVT. PAUL KINDINGE Why Let Him Hold It? _ At a time when we're threatened with a woolless| _ winter, Washington experts announce that “the South can | and will hold its cotton rather than accept the current _ price for it.” | The current price for “middling” cotton is 30 cents! | the pound. It was 28 cents last year, 18 the year before) { id 12 in the season of 1915. And shortly before that! South was down on her knees praying that we buy| at 10 cents! 3 be the Northern farmer, whose wheat prices were| fixed for him, would like to say a few words to the South- em farmer who won't sell cotton at 30 cents. Bes: SAYS SHE’S A WONDER Editor The Star: Reading your ed-| itorial, “How Do They Do It?” just naturally touched a tender spot in my by I cannot remain silent, knowing that a countryman of mine is suffering thru his efforts to Hoo. verize. | (The editorial voiced amazement at | LETTERS FROM SOLDIERS From Sammies Interesting Communications the skill of bakers with wheat flour substitutes.) My wife as a baker will make any forget about pre-war products: Fla Say, man! The flavor of yellow corn maize or oatmeal bread that the Missus bakes is something to dream about FRANK HAMILTON 6005 Fremont Ave. Editor's Mail or's Mai HOW ABOUT BOAT OWNERS? Editor The Star: With all the rumpus that has been raised concern ing the profiteers, what about the owners of boats plying on Puget sound? They have raised the fare to $1, but still pay the oilers and fire | men but $67.50 per month How can 1 married man live on a wage like that? And the living conditions aboard thase ships are very bad; this is espe cially true of the sleeping quarters, which are not even sanitary AN OLD STEAMBOAT MAN SAILOR PR. eS CITY | ditor The Star: I would like to} si few words in regard to the| hospitality you peop. of Se show to the men in uniform that are stationed in your city and to those| that visit it from nearby camps. My tentmate and I are stationed out at the naval training station and | are both from the “Show Me” state, | id we sure have been shown a good ttle time by the Seattle people. Many times while at the Soldiers’ and Sail ors’ club we have been taken out for long rides in machines and have been asked the night in homes of your people, giving us ev erything of the best. And we would like to express our appreciation. It is with association with such people as have entertained us that we are able to live a clean and moral life, Such hospitality makes us feel that brotherly love exists and that the American people are back of us. Uncle Sam is good to us, but camp life at its best is not pleasant, and everything that you do for us, big or Uttle, is appreciated. A JACKIB. to spend ditminated by wearing th minater y wearin, the Lundbery Rupture Bupport. '@ e trial to prove its superior- f° fre “ 4 LUNDBERG CO. 4101 Third Ave. Can be | by r Gen. Styer Leads ' 27th in Siberia —te GENERAL HD.STYER: Lewis, Wash STARSHELLS HER HIRE WORTHY OF members of the missionary ty had assembled to turn in r money, and to relate the diffi cult and amusing experiences in earning, each, her dollar Important Message sewing, ete., at night that they may give all the time possible oe not lov ge to Prd te » worl 4 Al A > ‘orbearance, impel them the more to this noble work, while others—I need not say it. It is too) Pian ty wuceor--even to the ‘on | needed to devote to this work. | ic letter, as it spea Brig. Gen, Henry D, Styer ts in} command of the 27th regiment, U. 8 army, Which has landed at Viadivo stok to ald the Czecho-Slovaks con }trol 8 ti has seen | service in the F sand Mexico and was formerly commander of the 11st infantr ade at Camp | loved one fighting, all the more reason they really should do “Sister Lamm, how did you earn | your dollar?” asked the chairman. I got it from my husband,” re plied the good sister, tendering her money ‘Oh, but that ts not earning it remonstrated another sister. No?" asked Mrs, Lamm. “Then you don't know my husband.”—Har per's Magazine NOT SO LOUD “Sleep is one of the greatest o! luxuries.” “For heaven's sake, don't say that or they'll tax it & “I am firmly 6s convinced that the members of the German soldiers’ union will exert Russia has begun to pay the in demnity to Germany, If she pays it in paper money she'll never finish The mayor of New York says he is going to publish the name of every man who dodges his personal taxes We don't know who is going to do the work. Probably the New York city directory company eee ANSWERED BY MR. C. GREY Dear Mr. Grey I read the other day of a man who had been sick for a long time, He had a sudden coughing spell and coughed up a tooth. Wasn't that strange?-—1 ann, Yes, it was, But we beard of a man who ate about 30 cents’ worth of food in a restaurant and when he handed the check to the cashier he coughed up $2 What kind of clothes can be found along the Atlantic coast?—By Heck Capes. Whom do you consider the most inconsistent of business men?—Y Knott ‘The butchers tinually making price go higher While they are con cuts in meat the What domestic animal is the hard est for a man to catch?—Otto X Press. A cow. Didn't you ever see a cow. hide? Why is a prizef always fought minutes?—Andy Didd Recause it cannot be fought by sec onds, QUESTIONS MR. C GREY CANNOT ANSWER best What is the way a crossroad in a good humor? r.%. Is there any woodyard or sawmill in Seattle where I can buy poker chips?—J. D. If we have national prohibition, will there be any more tight ropes? M. P. Do the railroad companies enploy hair dressers to look after the switches?—G. F. G I used to be a baseball player and wish to go to war. Don't you think I would make a first-class aviator? I have been out on many a fly.—w.| DH Tho Military Training Camps as. sociation, 1304 Hoge building, a civil jan organization, authorized by the war department, examines men who wish to apply for opportunity to at tend officers’ training camps, Age limit is from 20 years and months to 45 ars. STOCKS BONDS LIBERTY BONDS Be AON ANE ISSUE '—SOLI JUOTED MACFARLANE ane Elliott 1324 505 Lowman Bldg, GRAIN COTTO: TAILORING CO. Headquarters for Suits, Coats and One-Piece Dresses 425 Union Street ¢| Wasn't careful OMT MM 7 eight | = RM as we are but pas of evolutionary man perfection ing thru a stage progress. If, | however, any should become f M S ] immune to the moral leprosy of their environment, should it not be dn- or Mrs. Seattle verry ten om wa PK _ ., | their narrow ‘path of rectitude to Dear Miss Grey: We are wondering if by your kind in- reach out into the highways and by- 4 g fluence we couldn't make it clearer to some ofethe women and ways as did the Good Samaritan, and : lend a helping hand to their brother girls who are not interested in Red Cr work, that the fiercer the battle, the greater need of all surgical dressings. Many of our women are doing their own work, canning, or sister who may have fallen among thieves and robbers? And if their lifepartner should become #0 beset, well understood. Please try to impress upon them that this part of Red} Cross work must not lag, for every effective shot that is fired means a wound that must have care. If they have no of their journey? Christ advocated forgiveness “sav enty times seven,” and even to the eleventh hour we know that there have ben ys extenuating cir- cumstances which mitigated most all offenses except in cases of hardened criminals. Also we know that there are extraneous forces over which we have but little or no control, whit cause many to succumb contrary to their inclination and better judg- more, We would advise that some of the “housework” go un- done, eat less of “the good things” and thus give the time In writing to you we are sure our message will be seen, because thousands read Cynthia's letters every night, and ment. Th forces operate thru those same thousands in a measure will respond. salaparhy hypnotism and mesmer- ONE RED CROSS AUXILIARY. sary, I believe, to add anything to your cs for itself. In turn, it will and must bring the lagging ones into that vast army of woman- hood which, united closely, forms “THE GREATEST MOTHER IN THE WORLD.” Surely, we are not to say otherwise! Human experience is of little value if simply relegated to prophecy; but when we act on its premonition and seek to eliminate recurring events that may be deleterious to our well- being, physically and morally, then it becomes an asset of the highest valt It is unnec Palretennsaetrcevnrar | their past remind me of a story. A mun came to a mining camp in the Better to be monoecious and go thru life alone, than too awful right cous to hearken when a sinner does Isn't the Best Place for Piano then “wild and woolly West,” and the 4 3 Dear Miss Grey: We ar West think He tid the pesdela wal etre J. C. Bi move in a house-boat. W that he once was a gentleman, vely plano and I have been tol Things went from bad to worse that keeping it over the water In 4! with the stranger, and after a year float house will ruin it. Do YOU) or go he committed suicide. Some think it will? MRS. 1 one asked a cowboy why the man A houseboat isn't the best suicided and the cowboy replied, “Be- place in the world for a piano, | cause he could not forget that he it In true. If the floor ts secure | once was a gentleman.” P. W. B. and well covered, and the room well heated, it should not injure the piano provided it is placed against an inside wall | Pessimist Sees Hole in Doughnut Dear Miss Grey “The difference ‘twixt the optimist And pessimist is droll; The optimist sees the doughnut, Past Should Not Be Repeated Dear Miss Grey: Do you remem- “ne pessimist the hole.” ber the man who said there was no - need of a stenographers’ union be. Here's this “Anonymous” man cause they were getting good wages? | can't see anything but the hole I think I know the “employer” who then right at his heels comes this con, FIRST AVE. AND PIKE ST, wrote that, as he said to me that “Mrs.”, mornanatic admirer of his, Phone Main 4965 the working people were going to| tho she can’t consider a doughnut “IF | HURT YOU, DON’T PAY ME.” with a hole in it at all—prefers muf. fins Now run the whole world if the “money” Of course we should have a union. I always had a weakness for The fact that positions are plenti-| sourdough biscuits ating with | This my message of delivers ful and wages fairly good now is no/ flapjacks. See what a difference in| ance to you from th © fear that ace ign they will be so in the future. this tr We'd never come to any °F TRACT. FILL, CROWN. and In the past fine stenographers, cap- decision were we the board of ad- TREAT Teeth absolutely without able, and with utive ability, have justment for war claims, pain in all cases but acute abscessed ‘or ane 5 pel Pe ‘artety is the sj of life, so what Conditions. worked for $12 and $1 r week, Variety is the spice of lif what Lowe prices in vour city for sometimes axsuming the heaviest re- more could be expected? If the land | high-class, guaranteed sponsibilities of an employer. Let was studded with geysery ice, and every day was bright with sunshine, how monotonous and stale such days must soon be to us and every living thing! We would yearn for the clouds with their gloom, mists, rain, hail, sleet and snowflakes. STERLING . DENTISTRY wu the thorns emphasize the Gray Hair \ 5 Hie. so should the tribulations of this life | a pres | oviay aration fer restori: accentuate mortal happiness. bg ee There can be no such thing as hu-| us to it that there shall be no repetition of the past. In other words, “In times of peace prepare p for war." EXPERIENCED ONE. Couldn’t Forget He Was Gentleman Dear Miss Grey: I wish to butt in on this “people with a past” ques tion. People who remember all of ta Cy zed jewarks Med w DING _ vu = Y We take pleasure in announcing to our patrons and the public generally, that The National City Bank HAS MOVED to its splendid new and greatly enlarged quarters in the Marion Building, SECOND AT MARION where we will be pleased to greet our patrons. We offer the most modern equipment and facilities that a progressive banking institu- tion can provide—every con- venience possible to aid indi- viduals, firms and corporation in the transaction of busin The officers and directors take opportunity to express thanks for the patronage ac- corded this bank during the years of its continuously rapid growth—bespeaking an even more beneficial relationship in the future. The National City Bank of Seattle OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS W. L, SUITER, As MAXWELL, President. F. W. BAKER, Vice President. J. H, BLOEDEL, Vice President. N. H. SELL, Cashier, A. F. Anderson. F, W. Baker. J. H. Bloedel. Albert Daub. F, T. Fischer. J. W. . Cashier, HOTCHKISS, Asst. Cashier ’, Asst. Cashier, R. JAMIESON, Asst. Cashier, W. C. Prater, A, J. Rhodes. N. H, Seil, David Whitcomb. Clifford Wiley. R. R. Fox. . H. Jackson. J. W. Maxwell. Cc. L. Morris. Olof Olson, Our new telephone number is Elliott 5470, —XwWwWWS8.T TIMI TMM ano i