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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03
u LOST WHEN
PICKET BOAT
SINKS At SEA
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WASHINGTON \nN.

ny tniied rrra- Leased Wire
W NASflI>GION. Nov. s.
Twelve men are believed 10 have
lost their lives when picket
boat from the 4. =. =. Nichi.
gan foundercd IN high sea off
an American port Tuesday. the
navy department officially an
nounced today.
The bodies OF three Of the men
have been recovered. No trace Of
their boat or the other men has
been found. and they have been
given up as lost
Secretary Daniels authorized the
following statement.
The navy department announced
that on October 80 the picket boat OF
the L. s. $. Michigan foundcred.
Apparently the entire crew was lost
The finding OF the bodies OF three Of
the crew and the failure 60 find any
trace Of the boat or it's occupants
leads to the belief that an were
drowned" "
The department made public the
following list OF those aboard the
picket boat.
Roscoe Scott. fireman, first class:
Jos. j. Schultz, seaman. second
class Jos. Henry Hcndrickson. sen
man. second class. Stanley j Wing
fireman. second class; Austin At.
wood. seaman. second class Arthur
Flow seaman, second class. Arthur
+ MeiHter gunncr's mate, third
class. Walter II Fischer coxswain,
Clarence Leslie Jones. seaman. Ed
mund l.. Tamillo. coxswain. James
=. Young. chief gunncr's mate, Geo.
Melville Illdmarch. seaman
The department did not state
which of the mems bodies had been
recovered. The announcement said
that all are believed to have been
lost
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03

Mayor can explained hiss desire
for tightening up Co Inspector
Mike Powers Friday. but said Sat.
urtiay that hc was not going over
Chief HeckinRham's head In the
matter
II talked over details % Powers e"
he said. "becauHr couldn't find
Rockingham AZ tho time It's not
tru. that Powers has been dolrEat
Cd to act Instead % tho chief. altho
q is his routine duty % talk over
orders with his men"
The mayor also denied saturday
that John McCourt Investigator
for tho war department had made
a fiat demand that Rockingham
BE- fired
In tho course % our convcraa
tiou." said Mayor Glil. McCourt
suggested that "a" might do better
with another chief IN place ~
Rockingham
One word. Closed. ncrawiod on a
paEteboard siEn. greeted patrons Of
the Breakers cafe. First ave and
st Tho doors were locked
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03
TRAINMEN TO ASK
Big WAGE RAISE

CHICAGO. Nov 3.-Wagc in.
crcuscs averaging 80 per cent for
all railroad employees back OF the
engine" viii bc asked by the
brotherhood OF Railway Trainmcn
and the order OF Railway Conduc.
tors, II was learned today
The roads will be asked to make
the largest increases for employees
receiving the lowest wages The
executive committees are stil in
session.
This applies TO all employees en-
gagged I'm the actual operation OF
trnins, except engineers and fire
men. who were taken care of"
under tho Adamson Law
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03
THOUSANDS LETTERS
SHORT OF POSTAGE

Several thousand lcttcrs arc being
held M In the Seattle .poNofrice for
Insufficient postage as tho result Of
the increase Of ono cent postage
which went into effect Friday.
Al letters bearing "A return address
viii be- returned 10 the sender. while
those without viii bc forwarded To-
their destination and the additional
cent collected at the end ~ the jour
"ey. Postmaster Battle announced.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03
Seattle Telephone Workers Refuse to Abandon Their Strike
WOMEN PROMPTLY
QUIT VICE DENS
ON GuL'S ORDER

Vice suddenly ceased to publicly haunt itself in
Seattle Friday night.
Jazz bands wheezed stessy in cafes and the dance
halls were dark
Mayor ellis mere order to make Seattle safer for
soldiers brought down the lid with bang and no one
tried very hard to push it Off The miracle was wrought
without raids arrests except TOR four women picked
up for lettering in the City Grill, near police head
quarters and with the promptneSS Gen Greene pre-
dicted it could he accomplished when he first called al
tention to conditions here
The word had gone out from Police Inspector
Powers that dance halls where solicited partners
to close up and that policemen to keep i'm
moral women from working in cafes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03
PLANS MADE TO Nit
SLAVS ONCE MORE

Uy United Press Leased Wire
pETROGRAD, Nov. 3 Germany
is preparing FOR large operations on
land and In the Gulf OF Rothnia. ac,
cording TO reports received by the
Soviet today These asserted that
further engagements may he ex-
pected In the Riga sector.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03
ALLIES TO POUND
GERMANS IN WEST

NN Intrd Fress Tcnsed Wire
NGTON. Nov. 3.-French
and British forces will ceaselessly
hammer the German lines on the
West front to prevent further Ger
man aid TO Austria in the Italian
campaign, 1t was announced today.
II is the hope that the allied Of
fensive viii engage an German forces
until such time as the situation can
he retrieved on Italian soil"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03
ELECTRIC SPEEDER
USED BY GERMANS

LONDON. Nov, "A new German
terror Of the seas. "an electrically.
controlled high.speed boot was re-
ported by tho admiralty today TO
have made an unsuccessful attack
ON British patrol vessels off the
Belgian coast
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03

The admiralty statement located
the sea battle AZ occurring Ia the
knttcEat an arm Of the North sea,
Just adjacent TO the Skagerrak,
whore was fought tho famous battle
Of Jutland earlier in the war.
Copenhagen placed IL still more
north Of Kullen. or TO the north OF
GothenburE.
Tho loss Of life on the German
vessels must have been very great
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03
TODAY'S PENCIL DAY

Saturday is Pencil day.
Seattle mairona and misses Will be
stationed on all prominent down
town street corners 20 sell pencils,
the proceeds Of which are 20 be de-
>~pd TO the work Of the Associated
Charities
Pencils will cost 10 cents. or more
n you choose 20 give II.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03

Since the mayor. In his inter
view in last nights Star. only told
part Of what occurred at our con
ference. I make this statement 20
that the public may have com
plete understanding of what trans
pired between the mayor and my
self
Mayor Sought Suggestions
II made the acquaintance %
Mayor GIN when he used 10 come
to Portland with George Vandc-
veer to defend white slave cases
that ! was prosecuting for the
government. called on him yes
terday morning. In the course ~
our conversation. and being press
cd by the mayor for q statement
Continued on page 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03
CRUISER AND 10
PATROL Boats
sent TO BOTTOM
Gunners Soon Set
Fire to Enemy's North
Sea Scouts With Accu-
rate Shots.

LONDON, Nov. 3-One German cruiser and 10 armed
patrol boats sunk total the story of British sea victory
announced today from the North
According Copenhagen dispatches describing the
ton the German auxiliary cruiser sunk the Marie of
Flensburg Flenbergl. She literally overwhelmed
the deadly accuracy and apdy of the British fire and
sank aame 10 minutes later
Her commander Capt. Lauterbach, of seven
survivors brought into Copenhagen wounded
My vessels four guns almost unworkable because
the hail of fire which the enemy desroyers centered
on MS he declared Eve were soon a mass of flames"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03
AMERICANS TAKEN
PRISONERS, CLAIM

BERLIN. Via London. Nov. a.
North American soldiers were
taken prisoners In accommodating by
our forces on the Rhine and Marine
canal" today's official statement
declared
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03
MAJ. STONE GIVEN
PROMOTION FOR fine
RECORD AT LEWIS

CAMP LEWIS. Tacoma. Nov. g.
In recognition ~ his rank as con.
structing quHrtfrmaster during the
building of the cnntonment. Mai Ia
vid L. Stone. who was q captain
when gent here 20 take charge Of
construction has been promoted 10
lieutenant colonel
Originally u line officer. Col Stone
was transferred 10 the quarterfnns.
ter corps following a wound received
in the Philippines He has been q
years IN the service.
capt James r. Como. camp quar-.
terTnaster was promoted 10 major NJ
the same time.
Only eight more pay days until
Christmas
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03

Do nnbidy Of and there wH be
more
Interested in uhy Morg0n lr kn~ h same
as Bt thc lectures
be no
hash n
l. that shall be eh II him
he need 10 th hqh oVer a Oo a. boibe'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03
STORM WARNING

Small craft warnings were order
cd displayed this morning 10y the l.
s. weather bureau for strong. Eusty
Southerly winds.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03

All men can help. hc said by free.
~ supplying funds
an women can help by mobilizlng
their energy and working along out
lined plans
With Dawson, who IN chairman Of
tho Rcd Cross war council. came
General Manager Harvey u. Gibson
and Rev Robert Davis Of Engle.
wood. y J
They reported AZ district head.
quarters IN the White building. dug
into every detail OF administration
Tor the Northwest and then went TO
the Seattle Red Cross headquarters
In tho cobb building.
big Meeting Tonight
There they saw nearly 200 uni.
formed women making surgical
dressings. pillows, pajamas. hospital
soN dozens OF tho necessities of
war repair There are 5000 Red
Cross workers IN Seattle all to
gethor
a floral piece. nine feet high. sent
by Rosaia Brothers I'm behalf Of Sc
attic Italians IN appreciation OF Rcd
Cross work In Italy. faced the Wis
itors as they stepped thru the door.
Conferences with workers here
followed. and later complimentary
lunchoons were given at the Arctic
and Rainier clubs.
In the afternoon an all Northwest
conference was scheduled TO he FOL.
lowed by the great open meeting in
the Coliseum at g y IN.
Dawson and Gibson were TO
speak Josiah Collins was to pre-.
side Rev. Carter Helm Jones in
troduce the spcakcrs
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03
They'll
BACK UP
THElJ S.
II Government Seizes Lines
Girls Will Get $3.50 n
Day Minimum
IGNORE UNION THREAT

Striking telephone operators
and electrical workers refused
Saturday to return TO work un.
!. fu the federal government had
& remmande~red ih. Pacific diyis-
lon of the Hell Telephone Go. or
the telephone reversed its rrfus.
al TO recognize the girls union
Shi~ action resulted NJ a -p.-
cia. MEETING of the strike com.
mittre and n vote taken at
mass meeting of the strikers In
the Labor temple, shortly before
noon.
However. the strikers will gladly
return 20 work II the government
takes over the telephone company.
James Duncan. secretary of the La.
bor council. said
The operators have taken too
many chances now. said Duncan.
-and we don't propose TO make any
changes In our strike plans until We
have definite assurance that the
government will act"
Adyiees Indefinite
The telegram received Friday
night from Mediator Werner Il
Reed. at san Francisco. suggesting
a return to work and intimating
the immediate Communicating Of
the telephone system. was 10 In
definite We could construe no fur.
kk..r meaning than that the gov.
|ernrnent was considering this ac.
tiou.
when we learn definitely that
this action has been started. why.
then the workers will 20 20 work
Immediately
Il hardly look for any definite ac+
tion Saturday Mediator Reed has
been instructed 20 suspend action
until the adjustment commission
reaches San francisco. Possibly
they will meet Sunday. In the
meantime. the strike will continue
Press Representative Frank Tus-
tin announced the strike committee
meeting resulted In no new stands.
The threat from President McSul-
ty. OF the International Electrical
Workers union. that local union
charters would be revoked failed 10
alarm local officials.
Miss Kerr. head OF the operators
Continued on page 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03

Copenhagen reported the seven sur.
viVors landed there had said 30 OF
their crew OF 81 aboard the cruiser
were killed outright
The British admiralty mentioned
81 prisoners having been taken.
The British squadron suffered no
losses. IL was officially stated.
The British fleet was referred TO
as our naval forces operating in
the katteEat"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03

ftrnfN u. baNtsnn. ile man
who quit 81 900 900 year job
Ia work for the Red Cross ~
81 a year. rolled into seattle
aboard his special car at 40
n. m. Saturday.
Forty minutes later lac was nj
work inspecting every detail of
Red Gross organization here.
\ few months ago Dawson
was the right hand man for the
Morgan interests Now he's put.
ting his wealth Of experience and
his driving personality into the
worlds greatest humanitarian
agency.
Looks 3s: Hes so
Picture q rather short. but heavy.
set. healthy looking. carefully
groomcd fellow. with a good natured
squint around tho eyes. who looks
about 3S years uf age.
Then you've Rot Dawson except
FOR the fact that hos really 90
He's a human dynamo that's
der. IN short. Hnappy sentences. lie
reminds one Of Ilnzcn J Titus In
that respect His vocabulary is un.
affected Anglo Saxon.
How long did II take YOU TO de-
eide on this Ioh7" hc was asked
over night" was the answer.
Zig Factor In Peace
Tho Red Cross. Dawson believes
viii be one of tho greatest factors In
bringing world peace after the war
And tho business man or the woman
who doesn't got In and help, viii
wake up some day to find himself
despised
Mind you. thcrell bc an account
ing" he repeated several times.
Americans must get into this thing
from the stnrt. ana give their time
and their money.
ono man asked me II he should
take up Rcd Cross work told him
II he WIS willing ia 20 into the
trenches and fight with mud up to
his waist and forget everything else
then he had tho proper viewpoint
FOR war service.
we Americans must emerge from
our selfishncas, sordidncsa. clannlsh.
ness. purgod Of those unhumanitnr.
an traits Tho war has done Il in
other countries II mUst do II here.
The man who falls 10 see his duty
ana get In with All his resources
viii be cstranEcd from real Amcrl
ranH- you mark that An this sui
rering must count FOR something.
II individuals can become human.
Itarians. DAWSON believes nations
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03
Play Square With II. S.


II ha issued u
the andb lnao the States
III 10 hh he
% in
crisis o these
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-11-03
100000 TAKEN
BY GERMANS IN
ITALY, REPORT

Bs ultrf Eres~ israefN NhF
BERLIN. via London. Nov. J.
-Prisoncrs In the great pan
Austrian drive reached the total
of more than eO0.00 today. an
official statement declared.
Eighteen hundred guns have
been taken.
">o important fighting was
reported in the statement today.
Hy United Press Leased Wire
LONDON, Nov. 3.-Nith
forces on both sides arrayed.
and Italians and Germans both
massing reserves. artillery and
munitions for the impending
fight, the battle OF the Taglia-
mento has been apparently
started today in local attacks,
patrol skirmishes and intormit-
tent Smelling and jockeying for
strategic advantage. IL may be
days before the full force IL
thrown into the struggle by
either side.
In the meantime word was re
ccivcd here today from Swiss sources
indicating that the Germans are
Transporting great numbers Of men
and guns into the Trcntino, with the
idea Of striking on this front in an
attempt to break thru and outflanh
Cadorna's line on the Tagliamento.
From the easternmost point OF
the Trentino battle lines Of today 10
behind the Tagliamcnto is a scant 20
miles.
Complete confidence was express.
cd i'm the strength OF the Italians TO
rcpcl every assault OF the invaders.
Meade County news., 1917-02-01
ROAD NOTICE
State of Kansas. Meade County, IS.
To whom it may concern
(Seal)

State of Kansas, Meade County, IS.
To whom 1t may concern:
Take notice, that legal petition
signed by NJ. H. Goudy and other
householders of Mertilla Township,
in said county, has been presented to
the Board of County Commissioners,
praying for the location of public
road as follows, viz: Beginning at
the s. w. corner of section S-31-29,
thence east five miles to the S. E. cor
ner of section 12-31-29, also com
mencing at the S. w. corner of sec
tion 17-31-29, thence east five miles
to the S. E. corner of section 1881
20, also commencing at the N. E. cor
ner of section 9-31-29, thence south
two miles to the S. E. corner of sec
tion 16-31-29
And that said Board has appointed
Jas. Gillick, Love Graham and
John Moore viewers, who will meet
at the point of beginning of said road,
as petitioned for, on the End day of
February, 1917, at 2 o'clock p. M,
and proceed to view said road, as the
law directs. at which time and place
all persons interested may attend and
have hearing. In case said viewers
fail to meet on the day designated,
they may meet on the following day,
as provided by law. without further
notice.
Witness my hand and the official
seal Of said county, this 18th day of
January, 1917.
". W. PRESSLY,
(SeaD County Clerk.
Meade County news., 1917-02-01
Road Notice.

State of Kansas, Meade county, IS:
To Whom it May Concern:,
Take Notice, That legal petition signed
by w. +. Chapman and other householders
of Crooked Creek Township, in said county,
has been presented to the Board of county
commissioners, praying for the location of a
public road as follows:
Beginning at the northeast corner of sec.
8-3o-27, thence south three miles on section
line to the southeast corner of section 90
3o-27 west 9th P. M.
And that said board has appointed Cay
Reeves, Lee Hardy and John Britton
Viewers, who will meet at the point of begin
ming of said road, as petitioned for, on the
and day of Feb, 1917 at O'Clock PM. and
proceed to view said road, as law directs, at
which time and place all persons interested
may attend and have a hearing. In case said
viewers fail to meet on the day designated,
they may meet the following day, as provid-
ed by law, without further notice.
Witness my hand and the official seal of
said county, this 18th day of January 1917.
w. w. Pressly, county clerk.
Meade County news., 1917-02-01
Economy

What becomes of the old sar.
dine tins, tomato cans, meat tins,
fruit tins and tins of all kinds?
In France where nothing is al
lowed to go to waste they gather
them up and use them Ito cut
into tin soldiers.
In France, too, old boots and
shoes are collected and every
parts used over again. The
work is mostly done by convicts
in prisons. They take the
boots and shoes to pieces and
soak them; then the uppers are
cut up into children's shoes or if
they are too far gone for that a
peculiar kind of pressed leather
is made by some che mical action
The nails are saved and sold and
the scraps go to the farmers to
fertilize the soil.
Who would have thought it
possible to make anything out of
old saws? Yet it is said that
many of the finest surgical in
and some of those
used by engineers are manufac-
tured from the steel that first
saw duty in saws. The steel of
saws IS of the very best quality
and finest temper, and since it is
good in the first place it is al
ways good.---New York Morn
ing Telegraph.
Meade County news., 1917-02-01
ROAD NOTICE


State of Kansas, Meade County IS.
To whom it may concern:
Take notice, that a legal petition
signed by w. P. Reiss and other
householders of West Plains Town
ship, in said county, has been pre-
sented to the Board of County Com
missioners, praying for the location
of public road as follows: Begin
ming at the s. e. corner of section 81
31-30. thence west one mile to the
S. W. corner of section 27-31-30,
west 9Th p. M, said road to be 60
feet wide.
And that said Board has appointed
A. Winters, Jas. Gillick and
John Hege viewers, who will meet
at the point of beginning of said road,
as petitioned for, on the 3rd day of
February, 1917, at 2 o'clock p. M,
and proceed to view said road, as the
law directs, at which time and place
all persons interested may attend and
have hearing. In case said viewers
fail to meet on the day designated,
they may meet on the following day,
as provided by law, without further
notice.
Witness my hand and the official
seal of said county, this 9th day of
January, 1917.
w. w. PRESSLY,
(Seal County Clerk.
Meade County news., 1917-02-01
Gospel Concert

Sunday evening, February 4th
at 1880 p. m, at the Presbyter.
ian church. An excellent pro-
gram will be rendered, assiste d
by the Christian Endeavor So.
ciety, the choir, and several Sc
lected musical mum bers by spec
tal talent. The anniversary of
the international Young Peoples
movement is the occasion for
this concert program.
Order of Service
Song-"All Hail"- l"-Congregation
Prayer
"Halleluiah Chorus" BY Mixed
voices
Responsive Re a d in g-"T h e
Kings Daughters" By Society.
Paper-Our Motto For Christ
and the Church"
Mixed Quartette-"Sweet Mem.
ories of Galiiee
Paper-Story of the C. E. Move
ment
Song-"The Morning Light"
Male Quartette-"The Perfect
Day
Address-"The Nation s Pride"
Mixed VoIces-"Gloria" From
the 18th Mass
Sermonette-"A Decade of Prog
ress"
Obligato and Chorus-"Nearer
My God to Thee"
Doxology
If you desire an inspiring SER
vice come snd you will enjoy it. |
W. H. Lytle.
Meade County news., 1917-02-01

George Sturg con, 81 years of
age, farmer of Plains. Kansas,
died at the Methodist hospital,
yesterday afternoon shortly af
ter a o'clock, almost upon his ar
rival there. He had been brought
to Hutchinson from Plains in an
attempt to save his life. He was
suffering from broken neck.
Mr.. Sturgeon fell from the top
of the wind mill at his farm at
Plains Thursday afternoon at
3 O'Clock. He was brought here
on Rock Island train. Mr..
Sturgeon was married. He is a
brother-in-low of Howard Ows-
ton, of near Nickersou.
Mr.. Owston told a reporter for
the Gazette last night he did not
know whether burial would be
here or at Plains. The arrange
,ments will be made after the ar
rival of relatives.-Hutchinsor
Gazette, January 70.
Meade County news., 1917-02-01
Road Notice.
Not Coal Land

State of Kansas, Meade county, IS:
To Whom it May Concern:
Take notice, that legal petition signed
by Harley Peck and other householders of
Logan Township, in said county, has been
presented to the Board of county commlS-
iOosrs, praying for the location Of a public
road as follows:
Beginning at the sc cor. of 1S-33.26,
thence due north as near as practicable to
the ne cor. of sec. 28-32-26 west 9th P. M.
Said road to be 90 feet wide.
And that said board has appointed A. B.
Roberts, John Cordes and I. B. Novinger
Viewers, who will meet at the point of be
ginning of said road. as petitioned for, on
the 9th day of February 1917 at I2o'clock M.
and proceed to view said road, as law di-
rects, at which time and place all persons in
terested NAV attend and have hearing. In
case said viewers fail to meet on the day
designated, they may meet on the following
day, as provided by law, without further
notice.
Witness my hand and the official seal of
said county, this 9th day of January 1917.
w. W. Pressly, county clerk.