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modities.
 The amendment has been drafted in accordance with the views of ma jority of the members of the senate and will in all probability be accept able to the senate as a whole. Mem bers of the committee are confident that the amendment will remove practically all of the opposi- -tion manifested toward the original food control measure and predict a vote on the bill either today or to- morrow.
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BRITISH SOVEREIGN
 DROPS GERMAN TITLE
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
 LONDON, July 1s.-By royal proc lamation. King George today dropped the name of Saxe -Coburg- Gotha from the list of titles held by mem bers of the British royal family. h. stead of the offending name, the name of Windsor was adopted. The title of Duke of Saxe- Coburg Gotha was fofmerly one of the titles of the Duke of Edinburgh.
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Every homo in Nome should have the Nugget delivered to it-Subscribs now and keep the household snIightsn- ed-$2.O0 per month by carrier.
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That odds and ends sale. Ribbons 25c per Yard, buttons Sc a card, ladies aprons 35c, shirtwaists and middys soc this week only. Miss Oestreich's Store.
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The council of the new body of soldiers and workmen presented statement to the cabinet declar- ing that the council will lend the government all possible assistance in rigidly suppressing all attempts to start internal disorders.
 The statement says that all Rus sia is determined to maintain order at home and denounces sedltious dis turbances as 'stabblng the amy in the back"
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By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
 LONDON, July IS 1S-Autl'entlc re. ports reaching here from German porters of definite exp 'ess;on of the German peace terms in tine r,'ca- stag are making preparations to force the administraliv, government into open declaration of just HIrtt Germany is willing to offer in Inc way of peace terms.
 The reports assert that the major ity favoring such declaration will,
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BRITISH ASSISTING
 RUSSIAN FORCES
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON. July 1s-That the British are lending much valuable assistance to the military forces of Russia as we'll as those of Italy, was disclosed today by the receipt of an official communication by the Russian embassy here in which 1t Is stated that British armored motor
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PHILADELPHIA MAN CHOSEN
 FOR JAP AMBASSADOR
By Associated Press.

WASHINGTON July 1S.-Roland $. Morris, of Philadelphia has been Japan, to succeed the late George W. Guthrie.
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Do you subscribe for your home town paper or do you let the other fellow pay for your reading.
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MIR. NEW ARRIVAL-You can keep posted on the worlds doings by subscribing for the Nome Nugget.
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BERLIN ANNOUNCES INCREASED
 ACTIVITIES IN ROUMAN|A

ating in the central Galician section yesterday. The Russians were com pelled to retire from the city of Ka- msz after a heavy bombardment of the town by the Austrians and with drew beyond the city. Heavy fight ing is in progress m the Novica sec tion where the Russians are making intellectual attempts to advance their lines.
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tensive troop operations may develop at any time.
 Along the northern end of the Rus sian Galiean front artillery engage ments of increasing severity are re- ported. Fighting in the lower Cali elan section during the past twenty four hours has been confined largely to artillery duels between the oppos- ing forces.
 BERLIN, July t8.-A statement ol the Vienna war office announces a reverse of the Russian forces oper-
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Moonlight water at the City Bath House.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-20
CARNIVAL WILL
CLOSE TONIGHT

This afternoon and tonight viii
Wind up The Star Smoke Fund
carnival at Bon Marche park
Friday night. Miss Olive Dol
phin. daughter OF Police Lieuten-
ant Dolphin. was crowned queen
.0f the carnival. The band stand
vas converted for the time being
into n throne room. and there the
ceremony was held. And Miss
Dolphin IL some queen. too.
Preceding the coronation. n pa.
rade was held downtown. led by the
carnival band.
In listing the votes OF contestants
for queen OF the carnival. the final
count shows but two changes over
that reported yesterday. Miss Lar
sons vote was i.77e. and Hazel Nc
Neal received 1900 votes.
With Friday nights receipts. The
Stars smoke fund received more
than sl.225 from the carnival. The
Stars share consists OF 90 per
cent OF the receipts from admls-
sions. Is per cent of the receipts
of the various shows. and 8 per
cent OF the receipts NJ the con
cessions. as well as s. rent for the
week from each concession.
The admission to the carnival
Saturday afternoon and evening
Is 10 cents.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-20
BANK BANDITS
STEAL $4,000
IN TWO TOWNS

By United Press Leased Wire
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Oct.
2o.-shcrlff' posses are today
searching for four bandits who
early today blew safes at the
Farmers State bank at Alto
and the Farmers State bank
at MiddIevilie, getting a total
Of 1000.
After cutting all telephone wires,
the bandits secured $4,000 at Alto.
and from there travelled 20 miles
east TO Middleville, where they Sc
cured $4,000. One bag containing
$4,000 In gold was overlooked at
the Vaudeville bank.
The yeggmen escaped from Mid
dleville IN a rord and started to-
ward Detroit. The Alto job was
done at 1:45 and the Middleville
robbery at 4;30. The towns are
on one of the main travelled auto
mobile roads between Grand Rap
ids and Detroit.
SO far, the officers have found
but one person who saw the rob-
hers woman who lives near the
Vaudeville bank.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-20
8 UNARMED NEUTRAL VESSELS
SUNK BY 2 GERMAN RAIDERS

LONDON Oct. 2O.-Two British deStroyers and
five Norwegian and three Swedish merchantmen were
sunk by two German raiders in the North sea Wednes-
day between the Shetland islands and the coast of Nor
way, the admiralty announced today.
The merchantmen were sent to the bottom after
the two British fighting ships had been disposed of,
the statement said.
The neutral merchantmen which were sunk were
not armed They were destroyed by the Germans be-
fore any examination of their cargoes had been made
and without regard to the lives of their and their
passengers
Anxious TO escape before other British forces inter
fered, the raiders made off without making any effort
TO rescue the men of the British deStroyerS and the
crews of the other ships
A supplementary
the
fish,
nig
the
Shetlands
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-20
FITzSIMMONS STILL
FIGHTING Pneumonia

CHICAGO, Oct. 20.-Bob Fitz-
simmons was still in the ring early
today.
The old warrior was continuing
his game fight against pneumonia.
and il was announced at the hos
pital that ''his condition is un-
changed"
The remarkable vitality display
ed by the former heavyweight
champion has led to faint hope
that he may be able to weather the
attack until the danger point 10
passed.
Mrs. Fitzsimmons, who was
forced to bed by physicians last
night. after she had spent 60 hours
at her husbands bedside. was still
In serious condition today, and II
was feared she might collapse ut
terly.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-20
GERMANS SINK Is SHIPS I'm RAID
ST4R-LIBERTY
WEEKLY SHOWS
TODAY'S GAME!

Motion pictures of the
game played this afternoon at
Denny field will be featured
In The Star.Liberty News
Weekly. opening at the Liberty
theatre Sunday.
Other pictures in the week
~ show Col. Inglis' Second
Washington regiment In It's
last Seattle appearance: the
troops entraining for Ameri.
can lake on the first lap OF
their journey TO France: Seat
ties coast artillerymen buy
ing Liberty bonds. celebration
OF the opening OF the Dear
born 81. carline. and A. V.
Dickey. superintendent OF the
Lowman building. practicing
his fayorite diversion OF
searching In the woods for
Wild honey.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-20

trict."
Rev. Smith believes that vice dis
tricts should be cleaned out, by po-
lice surgery-just as the physi-
clan removes diseased organs. He
doesn't think the operation VIII
forever eradicate the disease. ev.
erywhere. but II certainly keeps II
from spreading anG digging deeper.
This young preacher stepped out
and personally gathered the anti
vice evidence that has been sent to
the army and navy departments.
He stirred up things among the
other ministers.
lie is married and has two boys,
one 7 years old, the other /. He
lives at 1913 10th ave. n.
He'll preach on vice conditions
Sunday morning. from his pulpit In
the First Methodist Protestant
church. 10th ave and East John ST.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-20
IS
SUNK BY LUCKY
SHOT FROM SUB

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.--
Germany is centering a large
part OF the attention Of her
U-bosts on getting" American
transports.
That conviction was borne
In on navy men today as a re-
suit Of the first torpedolno Of
an American transport-the
Antilles while homeward
bound. with 20 missing.
That a u-boat got" this Morgan
liner, however, was largely a mat
ter of fate--of luck. Nobody saw
the submarine, even tho the An
titles was part of convoy. And
she went down in five minutes. vic
tim of square hit.
The disaster 20 the Antilles
shocked American officialdom. And
Continued on cage ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-20
70 DEAD!

CEVENTY American boys have gone
~ stranging TO watery graves because
a mad kaiser wants the world at his auto
cratic knee.
The names of the victims who perished
when the IT, S. transport Antilles was
torpedoed have NOT yet been made public.
But we know who they are.
They are the same kind of boys who
have volunteered for navy service right
here in Seattle.
They are the same kind of boys who
are now at Bremerton, and at the naval
training station at the university
YOUR boy may have been among the
Divers victims. Or your neighbor's boy
What would you not have given TO
have saved the lives of these splendid
brave loyal boys of ours?
Fifty dollars? A hundred dollars? A
thousand? Aye, yes, thousands and mil
lions, too, if you had them.
THESE 70 are gone. Mere money
L cannot save them now. But there
are many thousands more who can and
who must be saved by the power of
money.
And we must furnish that money by
lending Uncle Sam all he needs-by in
vesting in Liberty Loan bonds to the
full extent of our ability.
For the money invested in these Lib
erty Bonds will buy the added conveys to
safeguard our troopships. 1t will buy
every device and every gun possible TO
protect our men. 1t will give them health
full food. 1t will buy for them every fight
ing chance against the enemy.
A RE you going to give them that
"A chance?
Then dig up every penny you possibly
can and buy Liberty Bonds. AND DO
IT TO-DAY.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-20

SO Rev. Smith knows something
about vice clean-ups.
A little more than two years ago
there were six segregated districts
in Baltimore. Names of 292 reg
istered immoral women were filed
at police headquarters.
There. the old. old problem
whether to have segregated dis
tricts or not to have them finally
attracted attention OF DR.. Harold
A. Kelley.
lie is the physician who discov-
cred the radlum treatment for can
Ger.
DR.. Kelley began investigating.
His work interested the young
preacher.
Rev Smith dug In and learned
conditions, and then did his bit In
arousing public sentiment TO elm
mate segregated vice districts.
The fight got hot. and the re-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-20
JUDGE HADLEY
AGREES TO HEAD
GILL VICE BOARD

After conference between May.
or GIN and Judge Hiram Hadley
Saturday morning. II was announc.
ed that Hadley had agreed 10 serve
nj the head of vice commission
10 investigate and make recon.
mendations for cleanup here.
Judge Hadley is former chief jus
tice OF the state supreme court.
Tho city council Monday viii be
asked TO indorse the plan. and per.
NIT Judge fIadley TO choose six
others 10 work with him.
This is the latest development In
the anti-vice situation. which. II
not remedied. may prevent soldiers
OF Camp Lewis from coming TO Sc
attic.
Mai. Gen. Greene said Saturday
that In his opinion the machinery
OF the city government was suffi.
cient 10 make a cleanup. and that
this conld be accomplished without
a commission.
One reason that Judge Hadley
has been chosen by the mayor TO
head the commission is his record
here during the teamsters' strike,
when he helped bring about peace
for the public good
II want the commission TO as
certain conditions" said Mayor
GIL, both Independently and in
comparison with other cities.
II will turn my best efforts to-
ward bringing about results recon-
mended. The council Will be ask
ed to vote funds. II they are found
necessary"
Chief Rockingham Saturday said
that It would be impossible. from
the police Standpoint. to rid the
city OF immoral women, but that
his men would be expected to pre-.
vent houses OF ill-fame from oper-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-20

Rev. Leonard q. Smith, pas
tor OF First Methodist Prot
estsnt church, landed In Seat
tie six months ago Sunday
from Baltimore.
During that time he has con-
Quoted an Investigation Of
vice conditions that has arous-
ed the whole Ministerial Fed
Grafton TO start cleanup
campaign from their pulplts to-
morrow.
Smith is 35 years old. He be-
lIeves that minister should
look beyond the needs OF his
parish and see the needs Of So
ciety.
He came TO Seattle after min
Years experience In Baltimore
where he was pastor of Chris
Protestant church-g,
ng there at the age Of 20.
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formers won out.
The governor. who appointed a
vice commission. ordered them TO
instruct the police to clean up.
"The women of each district
were given a certain time TO va
cate" said Rev. Smith Saturday.
"The police issued the notices. One
district was cleaned up at n time.
In about IL months all six districts
were yacnted."
where did the women go?"
Rev. Smith was asked. 'and where
are they now?"
"Mapy younger women abandon
ed their immoral trade he said.
"Many of them married. and are
getting along all right ! know be-
cause checked up. Vice was
stamped out. very effectively, and
this OF course stopped many young
girls from drifting into the dis
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-20
CRAFT EXISTS
IN SEATTLE
GREENE TO GILL
Commander of Camp Lewis
Says Officials Have
Enough Laws
ASKS QUICK ACTION

ny STAFF Correspondent
CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, Oct.
20.---"Sesttle has no greater
vice problem than any other
city of iss sire.
"lt 10 80 bad. however. that
from reports have received. ]
am sure II esis;s because OF
graft"
This n tho statement OF MAI.
Gen. Greene today. following a con
ference with Mayor Hiram c. Gil,
OF Seattle. yesterday morning. In
which Gen. Greene and Gill discuss.
ed tho possibility of n removal OF
the boycott which prevents the so''
600 Sammles nov at this camp
from visiting Seattle because OF
vice conditions there
Greene says he told Gil the same
thing.
Gen. Greene first said officials In
Seattle had tho machinery they
needed 90 eliminate vice. and then
said Mayor CHS vice commission
could do no more than gather eyi'
dence OF vice conditions that 20
lice we're supposed 10 gather.
Gen. Greene today refused to
say how long Il would be before
he'd allow any soldiers 10 go to
Seattle lie said his action would
depend entirely upon what was
done by officials Only soldiers
living here are now allowed TO Wis
Il Seattle.
Il told Mayor Gill. after he had
informed mo Of his desire TO coop
crate with our nght for clean con
ditious. that II reforms did not be-
gin soon. II showed either culpahle
negligence on the part of Seattle
officials or crookedneHs in the city
machinery" said Gen. Greene after
the conference We will give
them a reasonable length OF time.
and at the end OF that period. n
their machinery has not brought
changes for bettcrtng conditions.
Camp Lewis men will no, be given
passes for Seattle.
The state. county and the city
laws Of Seattle are ample n they
are enforced Seattle is fighting
an organized business. backed by
ahrewdneas and money. but N. as
Mayor Gin SAYS. the people are in
earnest. the city can be made com
paratively clean. There ls no law
by which the men and women I'm
this business can be kept from en-
tering Seattle. but II laws are en-.
forced. there are plenty OF ways by
which their business can be kept
from operating
II don't believe either Tacoma or
Camp Lewis is entirely spotless.
but the people are sincere In their
efforts 10 attain safe conditions.
and ! think the result is very graft.
Tying. With all the publicity that
IL coming with our raids and law
fear the public Is
getting a very bad idea OF our sol
diers.
~ man in uniform II no worse
and no better than the man in civ
ilian garb. but the soldier In away
from home. where every one knows
iust what he does. away from the
restrictions and Influence of his
home ties. and Is more easily a.
prey to men and women who make
II n business to trap men thru their
weaknesses"
Judge Advocate Strong was call.
ed into the meeting TO explain to
Gil what the military authorities
could do to clean up Seattle. and
Col Sayville. heading the military
police. was also called In for a few
moments.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-20
PATRIOTISM OF
|. PHONE GIRLS IS
DELAYING STRIKE
They Put Off Walk-Out for
Week to Insure Success
Of Liberty Loan
QUIT FOR SHORT TIME

Patriotism Of $50 hello Girls
saved Seattle from the lneon-
venleree OF a telephone strike
Saturday.
After being on strike half an
hour. Seattle telephone opera
tors voted at ass q. m. to re-
selnd their decision to strike.
and returned 10 work.
Their decision was quickly
made when they received
patriotic appeal from the Cali
forria State Council OF Defense.
urging them TO remain al work
30 that the Liberty bond cam
palgn might be a success.
w. r. Delaney. business rep.
reser,ative of the operators. az
San Francisco. assured the op.
orators that the government
would force q recognition OF
their demands before october
az. the date the Liberty bond
drive ends. Ne asked them 10
call of the strike.
More than 200 girls waited In the
Labor temple for the message
which would either neni them out
IN strike and paraiyxs the entire
telephone system. or else send
hem back to their posts. The
waiting was marked by singing
and enthusiastic talks.
In his telegram. Delaney pledged
heir demands would be complied
with. Hc further assured them
hat a strike would DO called I'm
providing a single QQ,
sfasor lost her position heesass
u the strike activities.
Miss Rhoda Kerr. president OF
he local operators union. received
he message from San Francisco
NJ s,35 a. m. A vote was taken
and 10 minutes later the girls de
-ided to return 20 work.
Night Girls Co 20 Work
Automobiles carried the night
operators TO their exchanges and
tcontlnued on page ~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-20
Lone Bandit Gets
$4,000 in Hold Up

By United Press Leased Wire
SPRINGFIELD, o., Oct. 20.-A
lone masked bandit held up and
robbed l.. Lynn Arthur, accountant
for the American Seeding Machine
Co. of s10,5S2 in the company's Of
flee today.
One alleged accompllce, a former
employe OF the company is being
held. Arthur was confronted by a
masked man armed with "A revolver
In the hallway outside his office,
Tho bandit forced Arthur to Turn
over the money, and fled.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-20
- -a--aaa-7= =
WOULD SELL CALF.
BUY BOND

Ebbe and Hebbel Hoff. ages
II and 10, have n fiye-month-
old Guernsey heifer.
They want TO sell It and buy
a Liberty bond with the mon
ey. II you want TO buy n calf.
and see the money go into
Liberty bond. go see Ebbe, 1915
18th y. T.. The boys are sons
Of Professor Hoff, OF the unlver.
sity.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-20
CAR PAVING CASE
UNDER AMUSEMENT

The second suit brought by the
city against the traction company
In an effort to make the corpora
ton live up to it's franchise agree
ment and pave between tracks,
was argued before Judge Dykeman
Friday afternoon.
lie took the case under advise
mcnt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-20
Will Place 200 Desks on
Street to Aid Bond Sales

Thirty-two troops are each
working In a district under a scout
master.
The boys will make daily re.
ports. summaries OF which will
he forwarded by telegraph to New
York.
Scout Executive J. II. Piper is in
charge here.
If you want to buy Liberty
Loan bond from a Boy Scout, FIJI
out the application that he hands
you and indicate at which bank
you wish to make your initial
payment
The scout will turn In the ap.
plication. and It will reach the
bank Then be sure to call at
the bank before October 27 and
make the first payment.
Many Buying Bonds
President Wilson will award a
flag to the troop In each state
which obtains the largest number
OF subscriptions.
Among the new subscriptions
are 5000 from the Seattle firemen
at station No. /. at Seventh and
Columbia.
Seattle's total was boosted s20.-
900 by the Schwabacher Hardware
Co., $1,000 by the Mil and Mine
Supply Co. and $4,000 by the
Western Dry Goods Co., Friday.
West Seattle Home Guards are
making an active canvass OF their
territory. and report $4,000 in sub
scriptions.
Standard OIL employees have
bought $4,000 worth OF bonds.
Others In the list of employees
are: Rhodes Co. s6.150; Mltsui e.
Co., s1.450; Seattle Can Co. 81 500,
and Staadecker a. Co. 81. 900.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-20
Z new BRITISH
DESTR0YERS ARE
AMONG Victims
Norway Coast Raiders Es-
capeUnharmedAfter Sink
ing Unarmed Neutral
Merchantmen.

ny United Press %
BERLIN, via London, Oct 20.-Eleven merchant
men and the British destroyers 929 and 931 d.
stroyed by light German forces in an attack
convoy off the coast of Norway Wednesday, it was
officially announced today.
The statement declared the German ships suffered
no losses and no damage The only craft to escaps
was fishing vessel which was in the escort.
The two British destroyers sunk were of a modern
type, the announcement asserted.