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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
SERVICE FLAG IS
GIVEN ARTILLERY
COMPANIES here

a service flag. which the bat
eniien will carry to France, was
osUsented 10 the four Seattle
oo1apanIes Of the Coast artiI-
ny II the Armory Friday even
m. Immediately following ~
trsat. BY the combined suxii-
D1rt1s Of Companies I, 3, 9
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
MRS. KELLY DIES

Two weeks after tho birth OF her
infant son. Mrs. Fenton Kelly.
youngest daughter OF Robert
Bridges. died Saturday, at a. m.
Mrs. Kelly, who was 20 years old.
was married a year ago. and was a
graduate OF Kent high school
Che IA survived by husband.
father and mother. one sister. Mrs.
J. r. Krum. OF Riverton. aud six
brothers. Robert. John. James.
Thomas. Charles and Walter
Bridges. Funeral services probably
will be held on Tuesday from the
Chittenden funeral parlors, at Kent
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
S-HOUR MILLS
ONLY ONES TO
START RUNNING

Operations ~ lumber rriils In
Seattle and Tacoma that have
not signed eIpht-hour day
agreements are completely sus
pended.
This assertion was made by
leaders OF the international
shInuleweaver union sstur~
day morning. No wills arc
running In either city except
on an clpht-hour bssls. II was
declared
Granting Of an eighthour day
without reduction In pay by sey,
eral employers In Tacoma has
avertcd danger of n general tieup
Of sawmllls there. Il was believed
Saturday.
Announcement was made nj D
mass meeting OF tho international
Timber Workcrn' union Friday
night that tho Danah-r Lumber Co.
OF Tacoma had agreed 20 the eight
hour basis and that two other mills
would sign up Saturday.
The 600 employees OF the Wheeler
oseood sash and door factory sew
erai days ago were granted I'm
oigh,.hour day. effective August !.
Seattle Mills Close
In Seattle. the schwager.Nettle.
ton. Mullins. West Waterway. III.
lic,t hay. stetson.Pos.. Newell.
Simpson. Canal Lumber Co. Bry.
ant. Gould. Brace a. Hcrgert, and
Washington Fir Fitting plants are
closed down pending settlement Of
tho strike. say members OF the
union.
Tho Seattle Cedar. the Dickey
Manufacturing Co. the Pacific
Coast Pipe Co. the Pacific Coast
Fuel Co. the Phoenix Shlngio mill
and th. Motor Single mill are the
mills that are operating on an
eighthour basis.
No disturbances have been re
ported in mills In either city.
Situation Unchanged
That any material change In the
strike situation could have been ef.
feeied by the conference between J.
@. Brown. president o, the Timber
Workers union. Edgar G. Snyder.
federal mediator. and mill owners
ia Raymond. Friday afternoon. was
denied by y. & Grammer. chairman
OF the lumbermen's defense com
mitt.e. Saturday.
only a few employers went Into
the conference. | believe" be said.
Report Conditions
Inmber employers declare that
The visit OF Or. Carlton Parker,
who Investigated the condition OF
the lumber industry as tho repre-
sentative OF tho war department.
will have no bearing on The strike.
Officials OF the union assert that
Or. Parker ~iii haye a definite re-.
port 10 make 10 the authorities At
Waahlngton az 90 the conditions
that brough. about the strike.
After an aliday conference be.
tween II labor representatives. II
mill employers. and Federal Medi.
ator Edgar @. Snyder. no tangible
results as to the strike among lum.
Der workers In that part OF the
state were reached. a,ho several
tentative suggestions w~re made.
The conferences adjourned until Al.
gust z. II was attended by intcrna.
iional ofricerB Of the Timber Work.
ers' union.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
SEEKS ARTISTS
FOR WAR WORK

Maynard Dixon. the outdoor
artist. arrived In Seattle satur.
day to sign up recruits for the
American Csmouflaoe corps.
Western division.
To be a camoutleur you must be
either a designer. scene painter
sign painter. architect or a land
scape gardener.
Camouilage Ia Frnech. and means
make believe"
Camoufleurs work with tho army
TO hide and disguise everything
from road to a destroyer. from
the airplane eyes OF the enemy.
Applicants shoould write TO Ar.
thur Brown. OF the American cam.
outage. Western division. In care
OF the California School OF Fine
Arts, in San Francisco.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
W0ME;I WHO FAIL
TO NOTICE ORDERS
CALLED SLACkERS

At the Press club auditorium. Fri
day afternoon. Mrs. r. r. Weeks.
chairman and organizer OF the To-
cal branch OF the National League
for Women's Service. stated. in a
talk before the women OF the city.
that any woman who is requested
by the United States government to
do certain thing. ms II was re.
quested OF them to sign the food
pledge, 10 help food conservation
and for the national welfare. and
dlsobeys these orders In just as
much a Stacker as tho she refused
TO defend her country on the battle
line. The meeting was the first
public and general meeting OF the
National League for Women's De-
Tense. and was presided over by
State Chairman Mrs. Winfield r
Smith.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
ard 7.

ard 7.
The men. under command OF
Maj. George r. brewer. lined up In
the street before the Armory for
the presentation. The flag was
given by girl sponsors OF the four
auxillaries To Mai. BoIles. OF the adj
iutant generals office. who. repre-.
sentinx the governor. accepted II on
behalf OF the state. DR.. VI. A.
Matthews. In . fervidly patriotic
and inspiring address. then present
ed the colors to Mai. Drever.
Frank Gates WAS chairman OF the
committee which arranged the
presentation Frank A. Jacobs. The
Stars photographer. took movies
for The Star-Liberty weekly. The
pictures will be shown at the Lber'
" theatre. beginning Sunday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
PHONE GIRLS TO
OBTAIN CHARTER

seattle's telephone girls will
meet at the Labor temple at 8
p. m. Saturday. 10 perfect their
Union and receive their charter
from the international Brother
hood OF Electrical Workers.
There are 1000 OF them In Seat
tie. but not all have signed the ap
plication for the charter.
Union labor supporters have beer
busy during the last week urging or
ganlzation.
Before calling number, they
took timo enough to pronounce the
one word. Organize"
Because the electrical workers
are on the brink OF strike for high
er wages In Washington. Idaho and
Nevada. which may involve the
girls. tonight's meeting was regard
ed as significant
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
TROOPS STILL here

Washington's Coast artillery.
Signal corps and hospital unit,
housed at the Armory. still await
movement orders These may
come almost any hour. directing
directing the artillerymen to sound
forts and the mobile forces TO
American lake.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28

WE don't caro- who has tried to cure
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you n sure cure and a small fee,
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ALL CHRONIC AILMENTS OF MEN.
Come In aud see ~. Have q confI-
Dental talk and he examined with
out cost or obligation.
office hours q. IN. to y. m.
Sundays, 10 n. m. TO | y. M.
NATIONAL MEDICAL INSTITUTE
I1D Occidental Ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
CARRY RAILS NORTH

Heavy cargoes OF rails and lum-
Der left for the North Saturday
morning on the barges juneau and
Henry Willard, consigned 10 the
Alaskn engineering commission for
the Alaska railway. Tho Juneau
left Seattle for St Michael, and
the Willard sailed from Everett for
Anchorage.
The two cargoes consist OF $500
tons OF rails, 100000 feet of lum-
Der. besides car equipment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-28
KERENSKY Gets
ADDED POWER

Hy United Frcss Tene~d Wire
LONDON. July 2s.-T'he provis-
ionsl government OF Russia has vir.
tually invested Premier Kerensky
with the unlimited power which the
workmen's and soldiers and peas
ants congresses recently voted 10
the ministry, according to a central
news dispatch from Petrograd.
Nearly all the ministers. II was said
have placed their portfolios At
kerenskys disposal"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18
Farm Mortgages
To Be Protected

Washington, Sept. 18.-The
federal farm loan board will
come to the rescue Of the southern
farmers whose mortgages have
been called in by British capital
.sts.
"HThere is no fear for worry,
3aid Chairman Norris, Of the Brit
i5h company which holds $11O,-
C0O,OOO southern farm mortgages,
which has been called in by that
government in order to improve
the British foreign exchange, but,
in view Of America s large loans
to Great Britain, this policy,
which was started last January,
vill probably be halted, and II It
j.; not, the farm board will come
10 the rescue.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18
BRYAN MAKES
ROUSINC SPEECH
(By United Press.)

Chicago, Ills, Sept. 18.-The
citizen who insists, at this time. on
exercising his rights to free speech
IN cr1tlcising the government is a
promoter Of anarchy" William
Jennings Bryan declared in an ad-
dress before one thousand dele.
gates Of the international Lyceum
Association.
Il don't know how long the
war will last, . said Mr.. Bryan
but l do know that the quickest
way out is the straight way
through. =
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18

Teddy =
Thus far "tanks' are the onlv
means that have been devised in
breaking the deadlock along the
strongly fortified infantry fronts.
Col. Swinton said.
Great improvements are being
made i'll their construction and de-
fects remedied. The tank Of the
future will be "perfect fight
ing machine capable Of feats more
startling than heretofore dreamed
of, he said.
OF the development of the
crawling fortresses which have
changed modern warfare, Colonel
Swinton said:
"During that awful first year,
every soldier realized that some
thing had to be devised to stop
the carnage. The futility Of a
naked man. attempting to cross
No Mans Land was apparent to
allies and Boches alike. It was an
impossibility to sweep that pook-
marked batch Of He'll and men
alone
II had seen one Of your Yankee
inventions s tractor. [ re-
membered it's feats IN navigatin g
rough country, and simply applied
the idea. At about the same time
some one else got a similar idea
and wrote Winston Churchill, the
first lord Of the admiralty. lnde-
pendently Of each other, the war
and navy branches began perfect
ing the same idea. Navy officials
unknown to me worked on land
cruiser while we struggled with
! the tank Then we got together
with the result you have read
about" "
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18
lRCENTINE
WANTS APOLOGY
(Bv Charles P. Stewart J

(By Charles P. Stewart
United Press Staff Correspondents
Buenos Aires, Sept. 18.-Argen-
he expects to forward formal ex-
anation Of the Luxborg incident
pd until such disavowal has
ZEN received through ordinary
annels diplomatic intercourse
rough the German ministerial
Pst here will be considered va
int.
&0Hicials in thus Indicating Ar
Fntine S view point intimated
lat such formal apology might
(tlsfactorily close the incident.
Not all the public is accepting
at view how ever and numerous
eetlngs are still being held urg-
e Argentine to formally break
latlons with Germany.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18
K. K. Clerks Win
Over Seaboard

: lBY UNITED PRESS)

Richmond, Va, Sept. 18.-The
Seaboard Air Line clerks have
won the strike, the company hav-
ing agreed formally to recognize
the brotherhood at the conference
late last night in Norfolk, it is an
noumced here.
Clerks at Richmond, Raleigh,
Cordele, Americus, Savannah.
Tampa and Jacksonville returned
to work this morning.
The recognition Of the national
brotherhood Of railway clerk was
the principal point at issue, and
this having been granted the ques-
ton Of hours and wages will be
thrashed out between the union
and the company officials, with
federal conciliator, McWade, who
affected the settlement, as arbi-
traitor.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18
k0RNlL0FF'SFATEN0 NOW
WITH II if$q GOVERNMENT
LopmER CossACK LEADER ST ENT LAST NIGHT PREPAR
ING HIS DEFENSE AND FULI. EXPLANATION
OF CAUSE OF REVOLT.
llL RUSSIA AWAITING THE OUTCOME
fRv UNITED PRESS)

pptrogral, Sept. 18.-Korni-
| l#,s fate is in the hands Of the
Divisional government today.
! He completed his defence last
cht before a special government
bmmission, appointed to investi-
lite the causes Of the general re-
blt. submitting a full statement
writing.
The examination of other offic-
IS involved in the rebellion is
kntinuing, but a full report Of
| e commissions recommends
bns is expected shortly.
Meantime Kornilof and his Of
4 3ers are kept in the strictest Gus
+ |dy and are confined in a hotel
Mohiley.
IAll Russia is anxious to learn
hat defence the former keneral.
kimo will offer to the treason
arges made against him.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18
FLOOD STRIKEN
TOWN WALLACE
(By United Press.)

Goldsboro, N. c., Sept. 49,
Three hundred food victims are
homeless in the vicinity Of Wal
lace, thirty-eight miles south Of
here, according to reports re-
ceived through the night, together
with urgent appeals for aid.
Several hundred persons have
already removed from the sub
merged districts in small boats
and Impoverished RATS.
The deaths total five, but the
number of injured cannot be esti-
mated.
A number Of houses in town
have been swept away in the
food. The waters are at last sub
siding.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18
Germans Catch
All Fish In France
(By Henry WOODY

With the French Armies, Sept.
1S.-Germany's latest effort at
sucking dry every inch Of the in
vaded regions Of France before
she is obliged to evacuate them
has just come to light in the dis
covery that the canals and rivers
Of northern France are being
seined lifeless Of eatable fish.
The discovery was only made
when the French recently under
took the task Of rendering these
waterways navigable after the
German destruction Of bridges:
locks, embankments and barges.
The necessity Of draining dry
many Of the canals and portions
Of river beds rendered unusable
by the Germans has brought to
light the numerous fish traps:
seines, barriers and other appll-
ances used by the Germans IN or
der to catch absolutely every
fish.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18
ENFORCE CHILD
LABOR LAWS
(Bv United Press.

Washington, Sept. 18.-Uncle
Sam is holding examinations to-
day and tomorrow all over the
country to secure experts
and women-tO assist in the child
conserving, baby-saving work Of
the department Of Labor in war
time. Miss Julia c.. Lathrop, the
Chief Of the Children Bureau,
needs a corps Of trained investi-
gators to enforce the new Federal
Child Labor Law. She also needs
skilled women to aid in the pre-
vention of infant mortality. To
meet these demands Civil Service
examinations are being conducted
today-and they are examinations
extraordinary shatering the hoary
traditions Of competitive tests for
government service.
The men and women who are
taking these examinations are do
ing so in the comfort Of their
homes. This new system elimi-
mates the necessity Of writing and
reading lengthy papers and OF
ojurneying far to Civil Service Of
fees. All that is required is that
candidate fill out blank stat
ing his experience, some details of
his personal history, and giving
references who can be approach
ed confdentially. Those who
pass the first examination salts
factorily become eligible for an
oral test, which, according to Miss
Lathrop, constitutes a radical
departure from the old method
which endeavored to disguise
personality
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18
Advocates School
As Crime Remedy

written for United Press
Washington, Sept. 18.-Dr. Phil
ander P. ClaXton, United States
commissioner Of education, made
the following statement this after
noon:
"With an army Of more than
twenty millions Of boys and girls
to enter schools and colleges III
the United States this month, and
the registration should be even
higher than last year, the danger
is facing us that there may be
lowering both in efficiency and
attendance, especially in the high
schoo! branch s and colleges,
throug;. the disturbed cond;ticl
cf the country.
"This should be prevented as
Ear as possible as very little can
be added to the country pre-
paredness by dcpriving our youth
Of tie opportunities Of an educa-
ton, because Cf The partial diso:
ganization Of society through tho
general excitement accompanying
our entrance into the war
"There is however danger Of a
large increase in juvenile delin-
quency and crime, and to guard
against this there is no surer
guarantee than prompt and regu-
lar attendance at sch ool.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18
Did Thos. Edison
Defect Torpedo
by United Press.)

New York, Sept. 18.-Inquiries
at East Orange, New Jersey, that
Thomas Edison had invented a
contrivance to defect torpedoes,
met with silence.
The publication that such an
invention had been perfected fol-
lowed the reports that passenger
on an American liner stated that
he saw torpedo fred at their
ship, when it suddenly leaped out
OF the water and turned aside as
1t drew near to the vessel !.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18
Chattanooga For
Martial | aw
{By UNITED PRESS)

Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept. 19.-
Demands have been made that the
military authorities at Fort Ogle-
thorpe assume immediate charge
Of the traction strike situation,
and establish martial law as a
protection to the citizens and
property, have been very widely
voiced by the business men and
residents. That a civilian com
l.littee departed to Washington to
Law the demand before the author
tiles has not been confirmed, but
it is publicly spoken Of.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18
WITH HIGH EXPLOSIVES
AND Low INTRIGUE"
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR, L ANE MADE sCATHrNc I'M
DIcTMENT AGAINST 2ndANY THAT SEEKS
MASTERY OF THE WORLD
WILL FIGHT TILL KAISERIsa YAE;0lJIsHES
(By United Press.)

Atlantic City, Sept. 1S.-In
scathing Indictment against Ger
mny that seeks the mastery of the
world with high explosives and
low intrigue, Secretary of the
interior Lane, declared at the
opening OF the session Of the
Chamber Of Commerce of the
United States, and further de-
clared that America was making
full steam ahead,' and would
continue fighting until the world
nd no cause to fear Kaiserism
oua.sh
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18
fBv UNITED nRESS)

Washington, Sept. 18-Colonel
D. d. Swinton, Of the British royal
engineers, and originator Of the
famous British "tank' and COM
mander Of the first squadron Of
these formidable weapons Of war
in France, is in Washington with
Lord Readings commission, and
gave an exclusing interview to
the United Press.
"There will be both male and
female tanks -so-called, he said.
eve will have Mary and Mol
ly' tanks, along with their lords
and masters, the big Teddy
tanks. The males will lumber in
to battle surrounded by their har-
ems.
"With the destruction Of ma
chine guns as his chief objective,
the male tank starts across No
Man Land. Shell craters, EN-,
bankments, barbed-wire entangle-
ments, trenches, and even small
forests are no barriers. With his
two six-pounders, he blasts his
way forward. Being bullet-proot
it is seldom that he is checked un-
til he has accomplished his mis-
misunderstanding machine-gun en-
placements.
However, he is more or less
useless at close fighting and often
gets into a place where he cannot
extricate himself. It is here that
his better halves get into the
game.
"The female tanks dubbed
thus because Of their man-kllllne
propensities- along behind, III
advance, and on all sides, fighting
like mad. They beat off the en-
envy, trying to storm the big
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18
GERMANS REPLY
NSECRET AWHILE
(By John III. Hearley.)

Rome, Sept iS.-rhe Vatican
will not make the central powers
reply to Pope Benedict's peace
suggestions public until the Pope
and all the Vatican clergy begin
their week s annual retreat the
latter part Of September.
In making this statement to the
United Press the Vatican authori-
ties laid stress upon the fact that
during this retreat special pray
ers will be said for "a just and
Christian peace" which the Holy
Father implored Of all belliger-
ll1tS.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18
Victory % Slogan
| Of Business Men
(BY UNITED PRESS,

" LII 1LOOl
AuantIc City, Sept. 18.-With
victory as their slogan, Amer
|0l' BUSINESS men met here today
T 'her first war convention.
''oefS III finance, trade and in
aoF' III the greatest gathering
It's KIND ever held in this coun-
f. met to discuss their war du-
+ ana to prepare for readjust-
||'ll's after the world struggle
bds.
resident Wilson in person, or
l'eSsa&e from him through one
AIs cabinet members, will be an
l'standing feature.
rlces, priorities, industrial re-
uOns' diplomatic problems
"''io sweep Of wars intricate
s"''olia-WlI! be treated in ad-
;.s sVS by the country's war
ana distinguished foreign
'Sehtat'yes. The convention
'alled BY the Chamber of
W, "efce OF the United States.
III "'n the meetings close on
En- 'E' Americas business men
.n.1 IV III step with the country >
against autocracy, "Show-
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18

ing the whole world,' said Presi-
dent R. G. Rhett, Charleston, S.
c., Gin what spirit and with what
determination business faces the
task ahead.'
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18
|ENGLAND'S KING
VISITS U. 5. BOAT
=
. (RY UNITED PRESS)

London, Sept 18.-King George
OF England, boarded and inspect
ed an American destroyer today
during a visit to the Clyde ship
yards.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18

matter has been thoroughly Gis-
cussed by army chiefs, and the
plan to increase the number of
men in the signal corps is cons;d-
cred by many as imperative.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-18
TO Fill. ARMY
SIGNAL CORPS
(Bv United PreGs.)

Washington, Sept. 18.-To fill
the army signal corps to its full
complement, the war department
NAV decide to draft an additional
one hundred thousand men: This