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THE S. MEN ENJOY ‘MACHINE GUNS ON AUTOS SUBDUE KAISERITES ONDON HOLIDAY INDON. 1D 28.—More than nd jackies spent ‘London at the Y at. It was a pic ck with tobacco filled with laughter and soldiers and mas trees wer © decorations. r men surrounded » there was a dance in Cross headquarters there rom which 500 dough resents. At Raton hall big naval dance . ved Tuesday and " gh nerican Ma attend Westminster abbey URS, LOUISE M, _PIRTLE IS DEAD M. Pirtle, wife of W president of the Mac wick. company, died at This picture, received by The Star thru the N, EK. A. agency in Berné, Switzerland, shows a Berlin street Jenee, 626 19th ave, seene, In which revolu . with machine guns mounted on auto roofs, kept counter revolutionists and ‘ona kaiserites cowed. Today's reports picture a new battle in Berlin, in which soldiers and civilians are said to who was ye be joining revolting marines, M. Barbour, ¢ Se IMS “ERSATL CHRISTMAS” FOR BATTLE FLEET <5": GERMANS--WERE NOT VERY JOYFUL ARRIVES HOME ur, 5, her parents. M. Barbour. le rubs Tnited Press Staff Correspondtnt vere no big dinners, but yet there > wi Mrs. pn This was as no starvin, and | sate rmany The peo thankful peace ha h © “or t rsatz” now come. ». Russell, of Wyncotte, | thing in Ersatz, German word for sub-| cles on sa Watson's | stitute, has come to be, the most used| makers displayed high price word in the Teuton language, and it | colored sweetmeats, which was applied to Christ's birthday by | sweet at all, and which had a r FLAMMABLE PACKAGE a wan, thin girl the carrenpeniant waentintying effect on the purcha saw in Unter Den I have been a ma DESTROYS POSTOFFICE sho was EUREKA, Cal., Dec. 26—An in. | *oP with mmabie package in the Christmas oa abe be f waa believed to have been the of a fire which last night de iMroyed the postoffice and general more at Dyerville. The loss was than $12,000. ty gaily x ‘ontinued From Page Gust “ sat B d will be taken half gay, but Their not lively. Men, w st the | their faces peaked, their eyes hollow gaudy |and with no sparkle, walked thru hung with frosted stree cakes and 4 candies : ented a sharp contr “Sister, do you think we will get to the civilians, They have be candies and cakes this Christmas?” | ing well, and are fat and brig |the boy asked Crowds in theatres, opera houses “Of course not.” was the reply./and cafes endeavored to put Kd. W. CHAPMAN DEAD | ~rnis is ersatz Christmas.” NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Dr. J. Wit-| Berlin was hungry today. T fF Chapman, famous evangelist, in and no pre 4 here, following an abdominal | ¥" jon of trinks tx. There tion. Dr. Chapman was born | ~~~ Richmond, Ind. He was 69 years Sonvivhes Named ‘See America First?’ els greeted Admiral telephone, after nt Pennsylvania had nversation by asking lo, Mayflower?” n’ official radio words 1 Mayo's reply, the A general talk, one the fleet being descriy tive of the Christmas dinner all of the official welcoming craft around the May Ho Jaraish the money to tring) _ 88 Mine Inspector Senator in Town | Statue of Liberty. back—buy all the W. S.8.| Robert J. Sommers, Alaska pioneer | Making a tour of America himself pone — | of Fairbanks and Nome, now in Seat urging that Acnericans stay a at aan . : amber of — | tie on a holiday, has been appointed |*¥8Y from Europe until they has gl t| mine inspector of Alaska by Gov. |"? the beauties of their own cou Thomas Riggs, jr. Sommers ix the | !T¥. State Senator P. H. MeGarry, of Duniste Ts Salutes man given credit for the importation | Minnesota, is in Seattle | As each of the homecoming ships of 200 autos into Fairbanks, as the “ w abreast : A Ae ON HIS WAY HOME Yep, There’s Still pgs ae [ama used them Sor 2 mask. a Drop or Two Here : nas eve for New t e as cal | Nine arrests for drunkenness were cs tie Goodie vad ees Ne.||made in Seattle Christmas day. In| brother cai sane aaa rrests were made, in 1916 24 Ps and is in 1915 40. he Mayflower, the of 19 guns roared The toy cannon syflower zipped out the Pennay! 7 guns, in honor ad And took an awful ¢! dreamed there was = gas et- t. with sightsee- ing at a A majest rage in the Hud basen with ine more Wi while the fight was gol: cod t "PIONEER DIES A resident Seattle since 1842. AUBURN PIONEER DEAD George F. McC: |, Skinner & Ed Leaving 54 descendants of four At the FLORENCE UPSTAIRS) generations, Mrs. Elizabeth Lioyd STORE, Jones, King county pioneer, is dead Unies, O14 Times Biés-!| a: Auburn, aged 85 PRE-INVENTORY SALE Until New Year’s—No Selections for This Sale, Everything Goes—No Garmeats Reserved Any SUIT in the House at HALF PRICE Any COAT or DRESS in the House geserves LESS ONE-THIRD x miles lens. | Anoughts and battleships 4 along the New York river the destroyers, ply ships ewung at w Jersey shore on in dy workman auxiliary and anchor off the The home t, whose base was in the York river du the war, consisted of the superd nough ta New Mexico and Missisaippi—the ful ships in the world. onsin. most pe the ba Kearsarge, Ilinois, A and Indiana; the repair # Prairie and Vestal; th Solace, and a great fi leships Maine epital ship of destroy including the 1 commis wioned Breeze, Dent, Ra d, Lam berton, Mahan and Ringgold Officers Board Mayflower As soon as the ships dropped anchor, the flag officers and cap-| tains came aboard the Mayflower, which had followed the fleet into the Hudson, to pay their respects to Secre Daniels. | They were piped over the side with true nautical ceremony. Those formalities were brief, and immedi ately afterward the secretary began ‘The Mayflower proceeded slowly along the Jersey shore to Fort Washington point. Each ship's band played the “Star Spangled Banner as the yacht steamed past The crews manned the rails, their blue-clad figures standing out in bold relief against the gray back ground of their ships the vari colored flags and pennants that flew in fluttering lines from stem to stern, The old wooden shi of the line ing masts and clc with port hol strikingly {illu American ma it squatted # 97th st. It has doing asa barracks for merchant seamen recruits Only a few rods away were the Mississippi and New Mexico, reach: ing the very peak of naval sea pow er. Beside them, with their huge, gray hulls, lattice work masts and great batteries of 12 14inch guns. a i the Granit State seemed | ry = e fossilized piem of a forgot € ! All Trimmed HATS at HALF PRICE Whe thant which: Gateaied Cervire at Santiago in 1898 was r resented by th old Iowa and In ana ve lowa was commanded b Fighting 300 BLOUSES in Georgette and Crepe de Chine LESS Bob” Evans in that engagement Japanese Peace i Delegates Land d = on Way to Paris SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 26 ” Nobitaki Makino, head of the J. a ese peace commission en route to (Small Charges Will Be Made for Alterations on Sale Merchandise) Bee are eas on ae this morning aboard the || § yo Maru | o 7 i} 1 Includes Marquis , 1 ngland:; | 5 tau ador to ke Inouye a : i q sof me empire, | jd that his del- | uss the inter-| until they had ar | 2nd and Union j Old Times Bldg. for New York to Y, DEC his review of the combined fleets. |]! FREDERICK & NELSON’ Annual Garment Clearance Every Winter Suit Reduced Every Winter Dress Reduced Every Winter Coat Reduced Second Floor Offerings: Women’s and Misses’ Suits Reduced to $15.75, $23.75, $28.75, $38.75 and $48.75 Women’s and Misses’ Dresses Reduced to $19.75, $23.75 and $28.75 Women’s and Misses’ Coats Reduced to $19.75, $23.75, $28.75 and $38.75 Basement Store Offerings: Women’s and Misses’ Silk Dresses Reduced to $11.35 and $19.50 Women’s Wool and Jersey Dresses Reduced to $11.35, $15.75 and $19.50 Women’s and Misses’ Coats Reduced to $13.75 and $22.50 Other Important Clearance Offerings: Fur Sets and Neckpieces at Sharply Reduced Prices Clearance of All Trimmed Winter Hats at $3.50, $5.00, $8.50 and $15.00 | (SECOND FLOOR) Broken Lines of Women’s High-Grade Boots and Oxfords In a Clearance at $6.45 | $8.45 175 Pairs of Children’s School Shoes Reduced to $3.15 Pair HILDREN’S Shoes of Cinnamon Bear Calf- skin, for play or school wear, with sturdy oak soles; on comfortable, broad-toe _ last. Sizes 6 to 1114, price $3.15 pair. Fifty-five pairs of Growing Girls’ Boots, of Brown Calfskin, sizes 21%4 to 7, reduced to $5.00 pair. Group 1, $8.45 Pair Tan Calf Walking Boots with buckskin tops. Tan Calf Walking Boots with worumbo cloth tops. Brown Satin Boots. French-heel Oxfords in gray and bronze kid. Group 2, $6.45 Pair r Dark-gray Kid Boots with walking heels. Dark Russia Calf Boots with buckskin tops. Group 3, $5.00 Pair Patent Coltskin Oxfords with French heels. Brown Kidskin Walking Oxfords, Dark-gray Kidskin Oxfords, (FIRST FLOOR) First Floor, 1918 PAGE 7