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* the years go by and the real human story of the great war is told, the hazy ype iiieartain obscurity that has enshrounded glorious exploits in this greatest and there will stand revealed an array of martial heroes who Will Rainier Valley People Circu- Gen. | of Admiral | Worth | wars will lift, A forever in the minds and hearts of the Sega ya ot ee i s will be coupled with those of Washington, o ‘au Revere, ee on, Warten of Bunker Hill; of Grant and Phil Sheridan, arragut and, in later days, of Lieut. Hobson of the Merrimac and Ensign The stories of the individual bravery and courage of our heroes means been told. We have heard of a few heroes of the sea, it is true, thrilling escapes from Germany. n front have been recited only in colorless official fiefly in press messages. Secretary of War Baker recently cabled Gen. ost gallant and heroic exploits of individual American soldiers in the war. eral’s cabled reply the 10 most thrilling stories have been selected. first of these stories will appear in The Star tomorrow. 7,021-POUND NUGGET ‘Lt. Col. Smith Is |AGED WOMAN FOUND dispatches, or of 1918 have by| and of al that effect. and « But the gallant exploits of our soldiers on the} icineas club mentioned | councit soon, to urge the Pershing asking him to record the|'*¥ are BB Mccloy, California Asks No Let-Up on Strict Immigration SACRAMENTO, Cal, April 9 Calite joint re onfer emoving vigratio m the vurl nation A day of which national und Far ‘Bast histe ed the ado} Recetvin ing President W tion would embarr sumption that the no difficulty at the conference ‘The resolution, after asserting that “the free on axel 1 would dermining debate, in permonalities y firured, preced © resolution to a cable ask if such legisla » the peace con ton the a» would cause WANT cy T0 BUY OLD LINE ‘ late Petition to Council residents want the & Rainier Rainier valice i¢ eity to own the Seattle | Valley raitway A pet being prepared to commitice has by the Young Men's to meet with the city purchase | The members to represent the val chairman; &. | been named BR. Moser, R. E. Small, Harry Wool From |en, J. G) Weinburg. R. D. Nichols and H. W. Mason. To raise funds for the midsummer water regatta at Seward park, the lelub will give an entertainment and [dance Aprit 15. Soldier Defends Croat Girl; Starts Fight BY HERBERT COREY PIUME, March 16.—(By Mail) Wh the American government supporting the It in thelr un just claima?”’ the officers of the 332d | regiment were ed on their arrival in Piume. They said the American government was doing no such thir their army American officers explained could. It giment ha arm, amand, alt 4 the nominal com mand of the so-called expeditionary foree to luily. But the Ameri waid they had not come to Flume to back up any Italian claims to terri tory. | A Question of Flags Then why is the hanging under the the palace? That was something Col. W. G Everson wanted to know, too it was called to his ution. 1 think J have said that he in a fighting par soy from a Cincinnati subu does not smoke, or but he has a lot American flag Italian flag on drink, © of sma asked the Italians “Why? He was sent from this man to that houlder shrug e evident that wtion wn.” Col. Ever: | There isn't a ag » fine enough to float over the American flag ‘The Italian officers smiled at him but no one aid that the flag would be taken down g00d «port American It wa baiting the Americans They are a crude, raw people, the Americans, who have not too many thousands of years of civilization be hind them. They are still dangerous Policy of Petty irritations If that flag is not down by yl. Kverson, “I'l m lion down this stree take it down myself.” Of course the flag came down But then a policy of petty irrita- tions began. ‘The Italians had form ed the habit of tearing the Croat Insignia off the breasts of girls and ; Women who wore it on the streets One day an American sergeant was walking with a Croat girl when anj Italian “Arditi"—Arditt are first line | troope—yanked the little Croat fag noon ch om and 10 [from her breast The Con Marché | Lovely Transparent Hats $10.00 ‘Exact Copies of Three ’ p ‘ of the $10 Hats Millinery That Sets a Standard for Easter Fashion Flowers, ostrich tips and loops of velvet transparent brims, which set the pace in ribbon Easter Hats with Single trim these millinery. layers of Georgette and maline edge and hang over the brims of these exceptional Hats at $10.00. may be made models or workrooms. COND FLOOR—THE BON A satisfying selection from copies of New York and Paris from the designs of our own Z MARCHE For Easter Gi . iving —Jack Horner Pies— paper covered “pies to center the table at the Easter party, containing 12 surprise gifts to be drawn forth by ribbon 5 to UPPER MAIN FLOOR —Casque Combs — to add a bright spot to the hair under the hat or with the evening gown, set with bril- liants and colored stones and priced at $1.2 UPPER MAIN —Sunny Books — for the child who believes in Easter rabbits, illu trated with prettily FLOOR Sample Silk Umbrellas About One-Third Less Than Regular Silk Umbrellas $5.85 —Special Colored Silk Umbrellas, and at a price that means quite a saving to you. Beauties, too—blue, purple, red, green, taupe, black and tan with plain or fancy borders. Some have ivory handles and rings, others fine wood Shortly after he | was picking himself up from the Jother side of the street. Witnesses little books of poetry jena the wergeant used a hook. It come boxed and enclos- handles with cords. a almost an upper cut, but not}; 7 IMPROVEMENTS ntti tin ||," cee Sample Silk Umbrellas ogra He fat Deen he —Gloves: of Silk—ever Special $8.45 R | was @ grand litue fight between the 500 j-|three Americans who were there ’ In Mass Meeting, - practical, these heavy ‘ " ‘ ‘ Silk Gloves take first The nicest lot of Umbrellas we have seen for a dents Start Action jand a number of Italians, At last! | the Italian carabiniert came up and} colored pictures, these HERE FOR ASSAYERS! Sent to Campus) en ee BALLARD ASKS weighing 1.021 pounds.| Lieut. Col, Kirwin T. Smith has to the Dan Creek Mining | been appointed commandant of stu-| Nancy Jane Bush, aged 70, was dents in the ft. 0. T. C. at the Uni-| found guilty of murder in the second | iY, near Katalla, is at pier 2, tet cisae ant aay Yeraity of Washington. His appoint-| degree Tuesday, by a Jury, in the | Seattle. ment is to fill the vacancy caused | district court. Mre. Bush was by the discharge recently of Maj. | charged with killing her son, John 0. | Herbert Earnshaw, who leaves at! push, with an ax. It took the jury [once for his home in Washington./an hour and 45 minutes to render | Ballard community songfest | be held Wednesday, as previ d, but has been postpon- | il Thursday. April 10. D.C. the ‘verdict. THE BON MARCHE ARGAIN BASEMENT We’ll Say They Are Wonderful New Spring Suits —For $23.50— —Smart Box Coats—Russian blouse effects— novelty belted and cape models. —30 New Suits just received—a sample line— only one and two of a style. —Two styles as pictured, and many others with braid trim- ming, lots of buttons, vests and silk collars. —Suits that are carefully tailored —and lined beautifully with plain and fancy satins. styles—just what you see in suits about twice this price. Here’s a Splendid Opportunity for the Home Milliner New Untrimmed Hats 89c The best looking Hats we know you'll say you've this season for anything like 89c. Shapes in smart, becoming styles, of Milan hemp and lisere, in bright gay colors—Victory Red, Pekin Blue, Sand and other shades | —also lots of black. seen Petitions are being circulated in| Ballard today to urge the city coun lei! to make street improvements ap- proved by & mass meeting of more than 500 Ballard residents Tuesday night Rallard wants more paved streets new water mains, more good side walks. ‘The project, as outlined by the Ballard Boosters’ club, would en hance values in the district, it is pointed out and eventually be worth many times the actual cost. Councilman Fitzgerald japproval of the plan but said the residents must take the initiative Jin the matter paved would be in the residential district DEPOSITORS TO GET MORE CASH On petition of State Bank Ex- aminer L. H. Moore, a court order was signed by Judge Tall- man Tuesday afternoon direct ing the sale of remaining a» sets of the German-American Mercantile bank, which failed January 31, 1917. Sealed bids will be accepted until May 10, ‘This will permit the bank exam: iner to pay depositors 30 per cent more in dividends. They have al jready received 46 ‘cents on the dol ©. The sale will be made to in- |terests outside Seattle, according to |Moore, if the |the court order |held May 15. Favor Selling ‘This action means that the depos itors’ maximum total refund would be 75 cents on the dollar, Moore |suys that a majority of the depos itors are in favor of selling the as |sets. ‘The price to be paid was not |stated in the petition Remaining assets are $428,488; mortgages, $15,578; drafts, $10,260; judgments. real extate contracts, $14,000; land warrants, $12,266; real estate owned by the bank, furniture and equipment, value of which is not stated. Deposits in the bank totaled about $1,000,000 when the bank failed. Heber Hoyt Dies of Typhoid Fever ever Bishop Hoyt, prominent Se | attle attorney, and member of the | law firm of Gill, Hoyt & Frye, died |in Houston, Tex., Tuesday afternoon of typhoid fever. This was the word received by irm from Mrs, Hoyt, who went to Texas to join her hus- (i, after he was taken ill tive ago. loyt went to Texas six weeks 4 business trip and shortly arriving there was stricken the typhoid fever, He is sur vived by a widow and two small chil dren. Mr. Hoyt has been in the law practice in Seattle since 1899, and wis a partner of former Mayor Hiram ©, Gill at a meeting to be Notes, over: $178.11; bonds exprenmed | The streets to be! stockholders accept | the Americans surrendered to au-| thority The carabinieri assumed ‘that the Americans were in the wrong and draped them with chains | i paraded them thru Fiume's eets in an open camion. It was 2 00d deal like a circus parade. The | idea, apparently, was to show the populace that the Americans were |the underdog. Italian soldiers lined | the streets and laughed. “Don't you ever do that again,” | said Preacher-Colonel Everson, try: | ing to think of words permissible in the Norwood Baptist church which | would clearly convey his thought. | “Don't you ever put chains on an-| other American and parade him thru the streets. Also, | want an explanation for this affair.” j Colonel Got “Explanation” | It was hard to get, that explana tion. But Everson was grim and de- | termined, Eventually an explana: | tion was made that “The Americans | were arrested to save them from the crowd”—which occasioned ribald mirth on the part of the three cul- | prite—but it was admitted that the | Heutenant who had chained them had gone too far. He was confined to barracks for 15 days, Gen, Treat was not at all in ac-| cord with Col. Everson on these mat ters, He criticised Everson for forc ing the Italians to remove the Amer: ican flag from its subordinate posi: | tion beneath the Italian flag on the | | palace, and for his action in protest | ing against the parading of chained | Americans thru the streets | Another fight took place between the Americans and Italians for the | same old reason. An Itallan had slapped a pretty Croat girl and | brutally torn her little flag from her |breast. An American had slapped the Itallan—plenty. An Itallan of ficer nearby hit the American soldier over the place Intended by nature to be hit. He used hig little walking stick, ‘The smarting American whirled “You dirty Dago!” said he This was regrettable language, but eyewitnesses assure me that he said | just that. He hit the Italian officer right on the mouth. Most of the Italian's teeth dragged loose their anchors right there, |U Club to Launch Big Booster Drive} A big advertising campaign to} boost the Univeristy distriet will be launehed in the near future by the | | University Commercial club it was announced Tuesday night, at a membership dinner in Rogers’ candy store, that $3,600 has been raised for publicity purposes. More than 100 members attended the dinner and heard W. J. Knox speak on ntific Salesmanship,” nd George W. Hill, of the park board, tell of plans for improvement of Roosevelt park, ‘The club meets | again May 13. | SHIP WORKER INJURED J. D, Rockod, 33, jackson st. nyed at Ame shipyard, is minus a finger, as the result of cuts about the hand reeeived while at work, ‘Quesday morning. The finger was amputated at the Seattle hospi tul, Tucwday afternoon, place in glove wear for spring. In white silk, they are finished with heavy bands of gray and champagne, and backed with stitching, at $2.00, UPPER and desirable. MAIN FLOOR UPPER long time at $8.45, and we know you will want one right away, as soon as you see them. Plain colors or with wide borders, and colored ivory ferrule and handle, or ivory ring or adjustable strap with silver monogram plate—very uniques MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE Taking Care of “Baby’s First Needs” Taking care of his needs in the Baby Shop, a place filled with everything mother wants for tiny folks. Layettes These Layettes include all the essentials as extra novelti —20-piece Layettes $15.00. —80-piece $22.50. Baby Wearables—Necessities —Wool and Cotton Shirts, —Flannel Binders for baby Binders, 65¢. —1 dozen Flannelette Diapers, dozen, $3.90. —Red Star Diapers, 22x44 inches, per dozen, $3.95. —Pinning Blankets, 75c. —Baby's first Slip, of good material, 95c. Layettes —Pillow $3.50. BABY SHOP, SECOND FLOOR—THE —Double For Baby’s Bath —Babies’ Balm Taleum at 25e. —Bath Sets—1 towel and 2 wash cloths, a set, T5¢. —Baby’s Bath Robes, in pink or blue, 95e. For Baby’s “Slumber Sweet” —Baby’s own and mattress, —Mattress Pads to Bed, including springs $8.95. it bed, 95c. 12-inch size, at 40c. —Sheets and Pillow Slips to mateh— hand embroidered, $2.25, Crib Blankets, es or blue borders; silk bound, at white with —Tufted Silk Quilts, each $2.50. BON MARCHE New Envelope Aprons $1.95 To wear when washing dishes, sweeping, or just “around the house” Cleverly designed of blue, pink or broken plaid _ per- cales that will give lots of service. The scallops embroid- ered in white lend to their attractive- ness. Coverall Aprons at $1.00 Coveralls—the very easiest sort of aprons to slip into—can be worn with or without a dress. Percale in plain tan or pink and white checks, Open all the way down the back—with full belt: and nicely taped. THIRD FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE Women’s Shoes $3.95 BROKEN LOTS— SIZES TO 5 Good news for women who don’t mind picking around to get their sizes in shoes. Black Vici Kid and Patent Leather Shoes, with cloth or leather tops —Louis or Cuban heels— button and lace — style. Widths A, B, C. é Broken lots of Pumps and Oxfords—in tan or black calf, vici kid or pat- ent leather; nothing larger $2.95. 2R MAIN FLOOR