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EVERYBODY TIGHTENS HIS BELT IN BERLIN | THEATRES DRAW ) lied War Prisoners | BIG CROWDS IN f ENEMY CAPITAL Ry EDWARD M. THIERRY * . 2 | (N. FE. A, Staff Correspondent) [ : RERLIN, Dec, 19.—1 am hun a ¢ eternally hungry, here in ybody is humery 4 > . Living is unpleasant, even in § 4 the finest hotels, where the best | ;: food obtainable in Germany may | , ~ ’ be had. | j The food ts not nutritious be eran fr banat tn | - | | Adoption of New Selling Plan to snip way Team get nui, ; Have Marked Effect on Price enly way I can get nutrition In the streets crowds of people may be seen nightly munching ap . 1 ¥ * ‘inary dolar For some years past Seattle has been familiar with the “Gro- inary dls : . - ceteria,” “Shoeteria” and “Cafeteria” method of selling merchan- “erga hs food. 5 Ss . secon ~ = ” » , : n fheor is ot 7 terior quality, but it . : ‘a ‘ dise. This method embodies a successful attempt to bring the owe Gory aris . z : : consumer just as near as possible to the manufacturer. That the can buy theatre seats only by apply: | | ’ nh tae idea is practical—that it’s operation DO. effect remarkable sav- ane Systm sdvance i _ 2 a if nae ings for the consumer—is evidenced by the rapid growth of these Wilhetm Unpopular - : ; a institutions. The next step in the development of this modern 1 attended a production of “Car ; ‘ Fi : @ival Fairy.” a musical comedy | This group of ally prisoners released by Germany contains men of the American, French and British idea is in its application to the selling of Furniture. Which has been running for four| armies, The uniforms are American, supplied by Yanks, who met the ex-captives walking Into Paris, f P . Months at the Metropole theatre. It Can you piek out the nationalities in the photograph? Which of these five men are American? Have you ever stopped to consider just how large a proportion was witnessed by a packed house. | Which British? Which Frene of the price you are accustomed to pay for Furniture must go to hy it “ > Tar ondlyetuemaggeeuen iy ta min cover the cost of the following “Overhead Expenses” ? its popular star, Frits! Massary, a Metis 2st em BRITTON PAPERS WILL SEND AID SYNDICATE FOR Elaborate Bookkeeping Systeme Highly-trained Sales Organizations @f the German kaiser are being re Moved and covered up thruout the | os = r Maiemheliee™ The. fret OPPOSE ALLIED EXPEDITION T0 | BOOZE TRAFFIC ee eet eaenc te 4, “K keller.” The firs ' " “) Swe”? bait pr - erg ert | | Experienced and Persuasive” Collectors Gitar 22 PLANINRUSSIA WARSUFFERERS IS DISCOVERED te ieee Hohensollern over the doorway ts | | “Bad Pay” Accounts Row canvas covered. | | . Actual destitution among the Ger. | #—— | WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Govern.| Seattle police believe they Expensive Store Furnishings and Fixtures. man people is observable only under| Continued From Page One }} mental support will be given to ® have uncovered operations of a the surface, I have learned by mak — cores ——@| plan to send doctors, nurses, agri si asonable to i . ing a tour of the poorer districts. for occupying Petrograd, sup. cultural machinery, clothing and) " whiky cyniiento tnt | Is it Lead baer ene peeongsseed tat 8 sate which could a as | pressing the Bolshevik govern. [fuiTt, machinery: clothing 820) amuggles liquor into the elty by | ceed in eliminating all of these expenses could™ sell Furniture—a MA bags a, _ | mene and establishing order dur nenians in Asia Minor, it was learned, muto truck from a rendesvous | line of merchandise which is expensive to handle at best—for a exanderplats and Jacc ing the present winter. 1 beach, deal le: h if i i i j < Sage: ' ak | oe ae | today. | on Lacote . by way of | great deal less than if it were necessary to maintain these Ove are but scantily stocked. The win newspapers pupman com | A bill ts pending in congress to| Everett. | head Expenses? That this IS possible we have proven to our own Seer eh high oriced, | Pitints from soldiers who allege} incorporate a committee, to mail soon} Valuable information was discov isfacti “‘Theref = i is GEskty qooda bet Inside the enetves |luy nave been ordered to Russia. on a U. & transport with relief sup- | ered. police declare, in letters taken! satisfaction. Therefore, ui The press of all shades of political) nies Henry Morgs former | from W. 8. D. Smith, proprietor of Peanut the copeae cee re {Opinion hint that great opposition | ambansador to Turkey, is aiding the|the Diamond Transfer and Storage a i to do their Christmas bu: tng. | wil develop if an attempt te made | pia | Co, Smith was arrested with George varing INS. / to carry out such a plan. | A presidential proclamation asking | Homer, real estate man, at 419 Lake 9 Christmas Gifts ge | Newspapers Opposed support, it is understood, soon will vo, Wednesday night, when 410] And here are some of the prices) « ; quarts of whisky were seized. | Attack on the newt: formed © tasued. The plan contemplates | 4% Shag win Lave te pay to stock there) g Stas 68 the newly formed oe te en emcee mcg| ‘The. lettre, it ts believed, were The COOK FURNITURE CO., located at 208-210 PINE ST., Ghristmas trees and to make their |}o tne deash eld about that Garne | extending over several yearn jwritten by Raleigh Faulkner, boot-| will be operated as a Christmas dinner. The prices are lensing king now serving a atx racy, would } Several abandoned American hos a e | OE aged aap er Per nay omc og ican fuss, |montha’ federal sentence in Pierce | So 2 marke, A mark 9 Jost “lin some circles,” sald the Chronicle | pitals will be reocoupled oe | . This is regarded as significant be | force will give protection to the mem. |" ay 2 amg candy, 13 marie * | cause the ae te ted aa|bera of the commision, and the | According to the police, these let 66 59 pound; coffee, 30 marks (obtained by | Ti5°) bovedits sone ¢ seers tt | project also will have the support of | eT itemized operation costs of the stealth); cotton handkerchiefs, 4 ands booze “route,” and detailed transac: | this comment is mild compared 1 marks; collars, 5 marks; cotton socks, " ” Uons involving 89 cases of whisky,| & marks; cotton underwear, 106|*ith that of some of the other|| Turkish officials still tm power) sig tor $6,403, ‘The record indicates Bier: w wes hat, 65 sonra; wemn- | DOWSDADET | DEVE given ‘wonsent te ten en | payment of several thousand dollars A store in which every article is marked with a large tag on 9 “Before any big military develop | 01 Py ‘ P A ‘fan's felt hat, 60 marks | for attorney fees. which is shown the net selling price, and a careful and accurate ‘The working classes which use the |™ent, such as committing this na-| rT} rT] | - oe Te ; eubways in the morning show piain.|Uon to war with Russia, the people ERRATIC FLU description of the construction, finish and style. Such additional ly their impoverishment. For most | this country should be consult LUDY KNEW WAR | information as you may require will be gladly furnished. ed,” the Express said. | The Manchester Guardian has SITUATION IS A visi i i cing argum | 2 eater < isit to this store will prove a most convin: ent as | been hinting for ral days that WAS HOPELESS to the economies to be effected by this selling plan. It is impossible to obtain soup, ex. the government is proposing to en- eept such as ts rendered from fish | ‘ter the Kussian project en a big/ ; bones. scale. | FAVORING CITY LONDON, Dee. 19.—Gen. Laden. The more you shop, the more certain we are I saw a horse fall on Unterden-| “We might be sending machinery | dorft was told more than a year i ‘urniturtenia Linden and its Ing was broken. Its and tools to Russia, instead of ma) goa nigh infiuen thet in orter to win the war be runt S06 eee ree fs Customer throat was immediately cut by the | chine guns,” declares the News, F panish influenza reports Thurs-| acture Paris, London and New| Authorities and it was conveyed to| Russians in London are divided In jecith wathorith Proved a pumtle (0) yvory He admitted it could not be the slaughter house to be prepared |their opinions. Representatives of | "\trer « marked done tor food. the old regime are keen to mee a big | 4, Afr ® angie decline Wedhes | ‘Thin was revealed today in an tn- No Rabber Tires military demonstration by the allies |“y2",rourna., made by | attendant! terview with Dr, Ratheman, head of Gasoline is scarce and there are| Carried out. Moderates of the type}veaind iil fnew cates and» two|th® German General Electrical Co., only 150 taxicabs in all Berlin. jof Kerensky say they would welcome | geathy. Only 87 new cases were lixt lemploying 70,000 men, obtained by Most of the autos are without rub- | @ilied intervention if the Americans|.4 wednesday, but there were 16|t%* Berlin correspondent of the Ex ber tires. As a substitute they use |Predominated. They declare no oth- | geathe press & four-inch iron band with spiral °"* would be welcomed by the Rus-| tieaith Commimioner McBride) “Cermany ts ruined for the next springs between it and the wheel. | a9 liberals ‘Thursday noon again reiterated his|feneration. politically, | industrially ‘There is plenty of brass and other| “en. Eugene De Miller, former | warning to the people of Seattle to|*P4 economically,” Ratheman was 5 chief of staff of the Fifth Russian | keep away from crowds if the daily | Wwoted as saying Machine gun bullets have marked |@/™my om the East front, who has | jist of dead is to be lowered. “The people do not know whom the royal stables. But the only dis-|0ne to Archangel to command the! “Parents are imperilling the lives | they can trust quicting factor is the growing power | Russian troops co-operating with the | of their children when they permit] “I told Gen. Ludendorft tn July, Of the 4,000 soldier deserters who | allies, estimated that between 200,000 | them to go downtown,” he declared, | 1917, ‘To win the war, you have got are holding meetings of discontent. | 4nd 300,000 men would be needed: “Again I repeat that “we must take| to capture Paris, London and I have been surprised at the ef-|00 the Northern front, and a similar/every precaution. It's hard to go | York.’ ficient operation of the machinery | force in tho Ukraine, lon day after day repeating the same| “We can't do It.’ he admitted, and for displacing the women In the fas He expressed the hope America injunctions, but there is no sudden|*id he wanted ‘a peace by under tories with soldiers as rapidly as|Would provide the bulk of these| way to kill the epidemic. We must | standing.’ ” they are demobilized and finding|troops, He believes the winter ts be as cautious as possible: I believe| Regarding the present conditions other work for wornen. the best season for operations, as|that dances are the most prolific|!n Germany, Ratheman sald: \ ‘A woman tram car conductor told | sleds can be used for transport where | cause in spreading the disease.| “If the allies do not send food with> me she came from the country and|in the spring mild weather would | Drops of germ-laden moisture from|in two months, there will be riots was eager to return to her country | hamper movementa the mouth of one “carrier” will in.| and sickness thruout Germany.” home, where there was more food ae fact half a dozen people with the than in Berlin. * | ” 1 rt overnm | now in operation, eight in public DON’T WANT CITY TO BUILD For best quality gold filled lockets |! CHILD LABOR in Berli ent schools, where dozens of children are Margett Says He “We'll build our own sidewalk.” | ana chains, go to Haynes, next Lib. re) In rlin Voting recelving preventive treatment, | END--DANIELS Was Attacked by This was the dictum sent to the! erty Theatre.—Advertisement. 5,500 Cakes : eSCerPenrmepeernw a & eity council Thursday morning by TAX PASSES BY FRANK J. TAYLOR der supervision of School Medical | F S leit (United Press Correspondent) | Director Ira C. Brown ormer Seattleite| ine oiympic trustee company. in 156 5c 15¢ | A lot of Chris ‘ coma ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dee. 19 e 7 ™ YS SD ca oRLIN, Dec, 17.—(Night.}—The | . = Pong en, itive t a ‘ : ote Seattle police officials began tn peste ny Porigltnr< Dh - 1 15 15c 1 1 lot o t 4 “gogtee a vidio eevee the intent sews California Thru ing by the nations of the world waa| Vestigntion Thursday to try to iden-| 2°! Atiantic and Horton sts. mas Cheer vote of . the senate has With Influenza |‘ ast today by Secretary of the| tify the man whom E. J. Margett, — national soldatenrat (soldiers’ coun Passed the amendment to the rev | oi) ‘The a | Navy Dy 4, speaking before t Soci ia ol The vote was unanimous. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19.—The| conference of governors in the stat : vangge ae ae we soap : ROME HONORS WILSON nim, inflicting knife wounds tha' bt labor advoentes, the votelcivilian affairs 5 iho control over | over, The state board of health says I look to nee the peace congreas | Metly proved fatal in San Francisco Ity of the Rome College of Law shows, made some gains in the solid | vision of fs ans gewite Saased oe | put an end to competitive big navy | st week | inferred upon President Wilson With Zouth. ier - The board will take no curative or | building “but t, who had remained silent| the degree of honor causa 4 The child labor amendment place: Piso: o adopted by the soldat:| preventive measure beyond p al-|in a navy & enough to enforee | Concerning his uilant’s identity, a —_ Watch Friday’s Papers, @ tax on employers who work pe eae People’s council, com: | ready advanced, the decr f an international tri.| tld the United Press in San Fran-|Lennan can look it up Gea batwenn 1A 404 16 years more|the national sewer -——- bunal the United States should con-| "co Thursday that Seattle de-| McLennan and Captain of De HOYTS HOT ne national government. tectives could solve the puzzle tectives Tennant Thursday after DOUGHNUTS than eight hours a day, six days 4, Administrati tribute as many units as any other | ** * | 4 ion of military affair: . 1 at before lic ked | noon bern heck o ords to week, or before 6 a m. and after | by the people's council, however weit nation, It lost less by the war than Just before this fellow attacked|noon began a check on 5 rds t any other great nation, It is the|™¢." Margett is reported as saying, | try to find out to whom Margett re- oi 7p. m. be sub be subject to approval by a parti richest nati n ked th h 7 ret’ | . iad eighe———anmnoence agile chest nation and also has the lor remarked that he would ‘get’ | ferred. N Your Red Cross membership may De the coun cutive committes elected est shore line. It should therefore | Me because L and Detective Dan Mc SANDWICHES Idatenrat. contribute to the police force a large| L&"NAn helped send him up for five} Red Cross rolling canteens won't HOYTS bring @ sick doughboy back to and powerful force.” | ira in 1911 for white slavery. 1|roll very far unless we all get in and health AMSTERD. 8 AM, Dec. 19.—The don't remember hin name, but Me-| push 322 Pike, at Fourth MUNICIPAL AND at st a year—it y — rs Daniela also said Ebert-Haase government has sup. SPA CU ITES “It will be at le pressed the Bolshevik government a ped , | | workmen's and soldiers’ council, ac WASHINGTON, Dec, 19.—Confia-| °° ‘o normal conditions, and we : : cordin 4 Berlin dispatch recetved | cation of all dynastic fortunes, crea will | be fort unate _, if conditions 15c 15c 15c 15c BOUGHT AND SOLD s tion of a single soclalintic republic, | SFOs Make demobilization possible Searchlight ancellation of all public debts and|°",,00 Cary a cs May ‘Be Sent Back East Yanks Are Clearing Kia Goaoass Spastaciss 9} he a Shion, to caery toe mailbon oops Brown Dental bilath dhoer Hoge Baildiag to the Home Folks for | AWaY From England ives tne pissiorm thus lorganisitiens thay racolion “wren Te i t that land then Test Offices Se LONDON, Dec, 19.—Great ain| Revolutionary uprising of world| ° ere aman = 2 is practically cleared of American | masses home in a year : With Best EYES OUR SPECIALTY troops. All the American camps ex-| Disarmament of police - | ? > a hristmas cept those at Winchester and Liver.| Selzure of all arms and ammuni.| Lheo Karle Is Given| ‘ogy Rear 106 COLUMBIA 106 ool Rave babe ePasunTed’ Whe oon. [tor | Sight Seattle’s Leading Dentists aS vere of ua . ; Ringent still femaising here consists | Organisation of workmen's Big Welcome Home * A Choice, Biz, Fat ates: (eae mar ieaiuts Gastlant Gea Guus Teepe teaine Gee Cal ton cia Mirror tablioned tm 1801 perience In fitting ea. se et and 2,600 wounded, These are being| The trial of Mohenzollern and mil t Silver-Plated ITHOUT question and = making shipped anywhere in the | Reflector st reliable glasses, and ovt express charges paid, for r | ropolitan theatre \ ; low operating °x* Selgure of food supplies for the| Topolitar inesday night | ‘ and : ensee onabieae went home as-rapidly as possible. {tary r on "i 'GTON ae P peoples’ benefit t was Karle's firet public appear rail ae Me ratty packea || ROS bas passed’the Moon post oe ate to Tay xiating legiala. | Ot Camp Lew a mt , by the dentists doing glasses for less ish are carefully packed eeniia tol Ot scorg | UYe. bodies nh central soviets as | “ iy Ada be ‘ pe Mr nap propriation without a record ¢ body Misa Carmen Frye, who assisted ‘ what they say they wil | money: v The bill a amended puts the ; working day the big audience ~ t teed, and our business is Reading or Distance Glasses. jation. It also appropriated The audience waa: cakes to hear : : referred to us by our [RR gold-filled frames, satisfied patrons, This complete for ..... . a million dollara for the estab arle ai n “4 P cifi Sal ment of a rural parcel post ge fortunes to be confiscated : aS SEN Bt ; besiniand be. wa is your Ante that pled rc eae oa Government to control public util- | P¢™*4aded to repeat his final group our wor IL be of the x aciiic Salmon Lo. nol ublle util | Falla A MOST UNUSUAL VALUE SO ps SRR Broken Lenses dupiicated, 9a ities 501 Seaboard Bid FORMS RUMANIAN CABINE niwiin F At Your Dealer's or oT ~~ Me PARIS, Dec Jan Paderewsk! EDWIN J. BROWN Free Examination and Ath and Pike. Phone Main 5874 3UCHAREST, Dec, 17.—(Delayed.) Wear your button on your coat.| has gone to Poland on a British bat STEWART PRODUCTS SERVICE STATION | Owner and Manager acrtntiataction G nranteed a Open Evenings until 9 0'Clock " er Bratiano is forming 2 p De ‘ »'Cloe > is for se anew|Then you won't be-muked to join a|tieship to 1 intrym or eee \ ra countrymen 910 K. PK 3 >| , i ‘ n cablne second tima | ssainet the invading Bolohevike army. |) bales Brown mtal Offices | One Bleck Sou 2 1328 First Ave omed back to his musical career | audience that packed the Met tn in good condi All real e . banks, mines and