The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 7, 1918, Page 7

SEATTL THU ‘STAR \ ) o CITY CARLINE GERMANY’S HOPE? | Onn 5 \ \ om eel ~ With the ve roving of the ot city car tine purchase by a vote of “ arly 4 to 1, the property of the “ Puget Sound ‘Traction, Light & ss Power company will be taken over , jby the city as soon as possible, ac rs jcerding to Mayor Hanson os Just haw the railway will be han: | i dikd by the city is arousing much a interest thruout Seattle, Thomas | * Murphine, superintendent of public | ~~ utilities, and head of the city’s pres ent municipal lines, is sald to be al vered by Mayor Hanson to be the new head of the traction com . Be ines when they are taken over by . the etty Many legal detaite will have to be na worked out before the deal is closed The segregation of property owned jby the traction company, and the = j transfer of bonds and mortgages in ~ jwhich the company is involved will | jhave to be made ty |, QorParation Counsel Walter F. | Meier will be called upon to draw up ¥ the necessary ordinances and pass on the legal end of the deal Referendum No. 10, the bonedry law . tate wid m carrie: & ood majority tn coun. convention, approved by } The port proposition of paying the | | membe rs of the port commission a |aalary of $3,000 per year was Also n f. | approved. _ Mede with that old- MINNESOTA IS REPUBLICAN “s BLICAN feshioned pure H i we y to all ST. PAUL, Nov. 1.—Minnesota . vans has sent eight republicans testes. democrats to the house, ret Ath for it by name dicate. W. L. Cares, demoeret s feated Representative Miller a Ne, 2 for 25 and 1% sises |iiean, in the heh diate i~ ' 44 JOSE LOVERA Co. Representative Van Dyke, democrat, it “y TAMPA j wee reelected in the Fourth. These four socialist leaders may lead the way to a decent and | — ~~ | resurrected German nation, They are: Top, left to right, Scheidemann (ABACHER EYES OUR Ty and Harden; bottom, left to right, Dittman and Liebknecht. perience in fitting x and making glasses, and ovr low operating ex ad pense, enable us P to make better . elas for less CAMP LEWIS, Nov. 7—Unatinted | W Me Sond Nov. 7.—An inter y Reading or, Distance Glasses in) | Praise fru ‘he American command: | esting contest is likely for the mpeak: | gold-filled frames, ing general has been won by the Pst cranin of the house Half a dozen | ia eae | division, which is principally compon- «hs vps i ed of men from the Pacific coast | Ames were mentioned by republic a ediiin -Rieneen Geetented on | etaten ans today in connection with the! Shere notice at redsosd priees. The authorities here have made — ena en ree r Free Examination and bic 1 rece! sy the divi. | ands In March Satisfaction Guarenteed an * - y woe d ing offi me Pont mae Longworth of Ohio and Gillette of SCHOONMAKER OPTICAL CO. mn ler of 1 army corps of machunetts apparent e the of 1228 Fiest Ave Male itt « at ng to's a Char D- One Bieck South Public Morket: un bons i ie act : “ ” c piican leader j PHONO” THEATRE IS Representative Mann, Iilinols, the LATEST IN FRANCE “s n leader, in too ill to be con i sidered for the place, it is aaid, tho! (Special to The Star by N. ©. A) | he would doubtless be the almost PARIS, Nov After the movies | unanimous chotce were he able to un- the “phono” theatre. A French-|dertake the duties spoil man is starting it in Paris, There| I¢ Gillette is chosen are no actors, no motion pleture| worth probably will mover sereen, no orchestra. The entertain | repubtions owe leader. ie ad ment consists of a series of records) Uncle Joe Cannon, former speak: | er, played by ® huge gramaphone &@t/ will get a complimentary vote in the | one end of the hall, The program republican eaueus, but he fs not con includes classical music and Ameri-| sidered seriously for the place. the king eutranks the kaiser a 4 the work beth carried throagh. | ||We have King Flu now almost shipped. And the leer making pleas, ring fer the bending bie autecratic knees can ragtime, Admission is 5 and 19/ With republican control assured by | conta a ferable majority ‘will save - — a nterest centered in their T, COAT, DRESS BOOKS, BOOKS. leadership. Kitchin, North Carolina (Special to The Star by N. EK. A) PARIS, ‘The reports from camp libraries all seem to agree on the fact that the American soldiers show remarkable capacity for rapid reading. In nome campe there are many who average two books a day and a few three. por leader, probably e the leader ker Clark, however, in f by some, particularly from the North and West. Kitchin's lukewarmness on some war measures hax alienta some of the democrats, who believe Clark would make better use of the sninority strength } wi AT. at Se ae B UPsTains ‘ov ed a rg Miia. Old Times Bids. GENERAL ALEXEIEV DEAD —- | (Special to The Star by N. B: A) * | PARIS \Wontine tw a|Republicans Make | message from Pale, General Alexe 3 “ee, Dra thec teat ithe tl Gain in Illinois erinodar. He wna chief of the) CHICAGO, Nov Probability o Russian general staff at the time|® republican gain of when the car's armies were driving |" {n Ilinots was seen the Germans before them early in rly complete unt showed the war. ks, Rep., leading Representative er, Dem., by a small margin in |the 23d district Country districts wiped out Foster's early lead in the |count With 20 precincts unreported, | | Brooks’ lead was more than 200! | votes | In the event of Foster's defeat, Ili nois will be represented in the next republicans and five detn | AMERICAN ART EXHIBITED (Special to The Star by N. B. A) PARIS, Nov American paint era in the old Latin Quarter Associa- jtion, disbanded when America en | tered the war, have Joined with the French ArcenCiel in an exhibition | this month, The Americans showing | | paintings include Lucy Scott-Rowen, Florence Este, F. A. Bridgman and B. Lachmar | SOLDIER MASCOT LOST ‘ p,” the brindle bull mascot of Co. K, First infantry, Camp Lewis has strayed from bis military home | The soldiers are eagerly sending out linquiries for their pet, to whom | they give credit for lightening the | period of thelr quarantine. Perfection Oil Heater stands guard against RUSS MUST STAY HERE Russians will not be allowed to r 0 Bibe tt eatile ntil dampness and chill in the Rio ante, Geink: th ooeeherna / home. Easily carried from faileoad i ondit ae n Siberia ac room to room — upstairs a diits. Aemecary eobert Laceian by the tT sian ambassador at or down — anywhere heat is needed. Washington, D. C SDAY, NOVEMBER 7, HOUSE WON BY REPUBLICANS; SENATE CLOSE BY L, C. MARTIN United Prony Correspondent WASHING Nov 7 With the holine repu Mean and control of the wenate e#till in doubt, a tremen dous erturn Of legisiative affairs in expected after March 4, next, The passing from democratic republican control means the great house committee chair manships will revert to republicans Whether a similar change will take place also in the senate appeared to depend upon the final returns from three staten Mexico, Idaho New ‘and Michigan ntaten have 47 Exeluvive of these three the republicans appear te votes in the senate to 46 for the democrats. The republicans must get two of the doubtful states to win the majority With five districts not yet heard from, the republicans appear to have carried the house with seats, or 15 more than the neceanary for a majority Foresoeing the inevitable conflict in which the advantage will rest with congress, since it makes the laws, the president's friends in con gress may attempt to forestall the republicans by acting now. Control does not pans from democrats unt!! March 4 Pass Reconstruction Bill In the short December sension, democrats may try to pass the reconstruction resolution, providing for study of reconstruction problems and framing necessary measures by & commission to be named by the president. Republicans would put all struction questions up to congroms thru a joint congressional reconstruction committee Meantime, the prenider ing reconstruction legish own, ix prepar on of his first reconstruction bills undertaken by the new congress, Republicans demand tariff protection for now American industries growing out of the war, but which will continue In peace times, including dye making and nitrate plants: teturn of railroads, and t nes to private after the war as practicable {1 mean another battle Absolute repeal of all unusual and extraordinary war measures, confer ring new powers upon the president, will be innisted on. The question of | ship subsidy will come up in diseus | sion of the future of the great new | merchant marine, Republicans generally are i favor of a budget system, to myatematize and make economical expenditure of telegraphs owners government money, and such a #sy* tem probably will be proposed Pres di Ison has favored guct ayater t real military training seems to be made 4 permapent pol as republicans strongly favor it jon, certain to come uk ley Tax law r after the war, struggle between democrats and re publionns. FORD'S VOTE IS _ RUNNING BEHIND DETROIT, Nov ‘Truman Newberry was leading Henry Yord by approximately 6,000 votes today with less than 200 mall rural nor mally republican precincts to hear from. 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U. W. W. C. GAS RATE RAISE Only an Army Cook, But — He Stuck and Won D.S.C. . 'SPOSTPONED {fj ‘The increased gas rates asked by | BY €. C. LYON ground and continued his work the Seattle Lighting Co. have been ; (xX. BE A. Btaft srrespondent.) | until ordered to leave. suspended by order of the state WITH THE AM ICAN ARM- Served Wounde’ Public service commission until No- ig IN FRANCE, Nov. 7--Where| “He carried water from « spring | vember 25, when @ hearing will be ) GES ole bravest. American soldiers which was repeatedly chelled and /held in the rooms of the Chamber come from—the East, the West, the when others would not approach it.!of Commerce. The company had South or the North? Unaided, of his own volition, he|announced that from November 10 | “There are no boundaries,” Gen, conducted a first aid station for the 10 per cent discount on bills Pershing declared, as he pinned wounded and exhausted men at his paid before the 10th of the month Distinguished Services Crosses on kitchen, Constantly in extreme | would be eliminated. danger from machine gun fire, from low-flying areoplanes and bombard- ment by high explosive shells, Cook / Ricket devoted himself entirely to Corporation Counsel Meier, in ac- cordance with an ordinance passed by the city council, is preparing to enter a vigorous protest against the the breasts of a number of boys. Sergeant Dan Daly, weather- beaten little Irishman from New York city, 20 years in the service, |stepped forward to receive from|the needs of others and made pos-|new rates. Gen. Pershing his hero medal. Hel sible the care of several hundred has already four other hero medals. | wounded, exhausted and hunsry $5 000 Bail Is Set Twice in 20 years congress had/ men v voted him the Medal of Honor, the cee in Bootleg Charge highest of all bravery insignias Capt. Jessie W. Woolridge of San asi Mulvey’ bean i ‘ Both times, under fire, he had Francisco, who was also decorated, | ¢5 999 bail” is at liberty oF 5,000 ball Thursday,, following his saved the lives of officers and led 189 of his men into a counter- . Bessa spay rearrest Wednesday on the charge fellow men. attack againgt five times as many of paving shipped 17 barrels of Took Souvenirs sed acter “the agg Thierry, liquor into Seattle concealed in soap Soon after coming to France hej ouqioe wy ‘as over, @C-| chips September 14, Murray was cording to the official citation, ; get into the German tsenches and|<ooo” than 1.000 of the enemy | on nil for the alleged Ghlpmant 2 lfound himself cut off trom his) DOr? tee a ne taken pric. | 14 arrels of Hquer into Seattle two ‘ i hoes tata tie ee ee eee oe companions and facing donee | one.” boches. With hand grenades he é — ° sunch to flight, cap-| ¢, ree SERVICE MEN CALLED | put the whole bunch to flight, cap-| Corporal Alex Newell of Ct ‘i tured a couple of them and brought rporal Alex Newell of Chicago) . Ninety-two select servios men, $3 P led a squad of nine men “fearless-| from local board No. 6 and e them back for souvenirs. nine For this the French government ly thru an enemy barra; captured | from board No. 1}, leave Seattle for presented him with two hero med- five machine guns and 83 prisoners} Camp Lewis in the Nov. 19-20 call Bregented him with two ere smne/and Fecovered a wounded Ameri-|The majority are Sept. 12 regis: Croix de Guerre fonts laigni bla iaeaicahie mw The feats for which Gen, Persh ing pinned the Distinguished Ser vice Cross on Daly are almost un- bellevable ef en | Within a period of five days, ac- cording to the official citations, here is what Sergeant Dan Daly XK ° ‘ Discovering fire in an American || { ammunition dump close to the th f id es ee Se ee price you pai F his coat and blanket extinguished | fi d e . | } vast quantities of munition | i Ss | i A German machine gun em- t t t | plachcnent wan pearl @ wiciaring ||. ee ase your tasie, no i fire into the American lines. - ii |gun crew single handed and cap-| J |tured the whole outfit. I have used.out of the | Brought in Wounded can | During the battle he visited his 1 gun crews all the time, being ex- i posed to violent bombardment, en- | 1) couraging them and setting them ‘ such an example by his own cool ! H ness and unconcern that they were | t |able to repulse every enemy attack, | He went out on a fire-swept field, in plain view of the enemy, and} brought in wounded American sol- diers. i eee The whole American army is ap- plauding Cook Harry C. Ricket of Columbus, O., because cooks are not supposed to take any unnecessary lrisks, Here ts Gen, Pershing’s of- ficial citation on Cook Ricket: ’ io, maintained his kitchen at SV, J, BRANDENSTEIN & COMPANY =" Chateau de la Fo! near Villers jsur Fere, during a bombardment | OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE so intense as to drive all other kitchens out of the village. When 313 OCCIDENTAL AVENUE his stove had been taken to the [rear be improvised Gre in the SEATTLE