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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03
WIM-7HE-WAR"
IS SLOGAN OF
new CONGRESS
Prayers for Victory Mark
Brief Ceremonies at
Opening Session
TAX FIGHT Is DUE

ny Usiief Press L~ascd Wfrr
WASHINGTON. Dee. 3--Both
house and senate % Americas
win th~-war congress convened
on the strok~ af noon to-day. with
the first call upon u for appro-
pristions totaliing SIS SGT IS; .93s.
This sum--an average expcnd-
iturc of s3s 900 900 a day for the
n-sf year--is Secretary Of tho
Treasury McAdoos estimate Of
war and necessary International
expenses during the nsxt year
Prayers for Victory
Prayers Tor victory we're offered in
opening % both houaea Ia his pray
or, opening the senate session. Rev
Forest J. Prctty-nan. senate chap
lain. said.
we face the niEhti~st task ever
confronting any gencratioft
we thank Thee. that we've taken
our place on Thy side. In behalf ~
tine bro,herhood of nations and peace
thruout tho world
Clark T. Che~rrd
With n large repr~rr pres
cnt. Speaker Clark was greeted with
spontaneous applause. tho members
rising and cheering.
In his opening prayer the house
chaplain asked that in this. tho
darkest hour Of human history. help
US an people 70 appreciate tho
gravity of the situation and unite nH
In bond. of patriotism. that We may
throw all our moral. intellectual and
physical forcs into tho conflict with
grim determination 10 win or per
ish
For the first time In two sessions
Senator Nathan Goff. West Virginia,
answered roll cali Illness prevent
Ell his attendance AT the special sea
sion.
Pay Respect 10 Iustin<
Attendance in the scnate was un
expectediy large. sixty-ssven of tho
% senators answered roll call.
Senator In Toilette arose after tho
formal orEanixat ton of tho senate
formally 20 announce the death of
his colleague Senator Paul o. Hus.
ting. Of Wisconsin who was acci
dentally shot while hunting.
This ~ not the time 10 pay ade
uuate honor to the memory of sen.
ator HustlnE." said Ia Toilette AT
n later time shall ask that day be
set aside 90 pay honor Co him"
The senate adopted a resolution of
profound regret" over Senator Hu-
ting's death. and AZ n further mark
-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03
NATIONAL B0NE.DRY
Law IS PREPARED

BL United Prcss leased Wire
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.-Bone
dry prohibition thruout the 4. &.
for the duration OF tho war as a
food conservation measure IL pro.
posed In n bill. Representative
Randall. California. has ready today
for Introduction. Five thousand
dollar fine or two years impriaon.
ment would be tho penalty for the
selling. making. transporting. i'm.
porting or use Of any food. fruit or
feed in the production OF alcoholic
beverages, except for medicinal.
governmental. industrial or scientific
purposes.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03
WAR COUNCIL
WON'T RESTATE
OUR WAR AIMS
by LOWELL MELLETT


staff Correspondent
PARIS. Dec. 3.--Thc allies council
has decided To postpone temporarily
the restatement OF war aims. aug
gested by America.
Influences back of the decision.
which became known today. after
the first highly successful meeting
OF the supreme war council. were
not specified.
Il was believed. however. that for
the immediate present. the delegates
10 both the inter allied and the ~.
prcme war council meetings were
decided. that a close knit plan Of war
business should be decided on. leav
Ing to future meetings Of the war
council the details OF other core.
lated subjects.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03
6,000 BRITISH ARE
TAKEN BY HUNS IN
BATTLE OF CAMBRAJ

BERLIN, via London. Dec a.
Capture OF 5000 prisoners and 100
guns since November 30. In the great
German drive out of Cambria. was
announced by the war office today.
Between Inchy and Bourbon. the
statement declared. a British attack
had been repulsed. Violent fighting
was reported AT Lavacquerie. where
iS machine guns were taken.
On the Flanders front. north OF
Passchendaeie. a strong English az.
tack was thrown back By counter
attack
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03

the negota,ors refrained Monday
from discussing details OF their
plans.
Nothing has been definitely de-
termined. said Peters. I'm acting
as n citizen and not as a membcu
OF the defense council. The situa
ton remains unchanged"
McCourt at Work
John w. McCourt. representing
the war department. returned from
Tacoma Sunday night. and waa
scheduled TO confer Monday with
the men who are attempting to fine
chief OF police.
He conferred with Mayor GIN Sat
urday. but both he and the mayos
refused 10 discuss the interview.
George II. Walker, who acted az
chairman at the anti-Glli mass
meeting Friday night. was scheduled
TO head the committee at Monday'a
council meeting to demand sms
parchment Of the mayor. He issued
a call for those who attended the
Hippodrome meeting TO be present
In the council chambers.
The schedule of procedure Monday
afternoon, was for the council to 60
INTO committee of the whole, and
call the corporation counsel for ad-
vice as TO whether the presentations
OF the pro-impeachment COMMITTEES
demanded vote.
III majority OF the council
votes for an Impeachment on the
presentations made. Mayor Gin viii
have five days 10 prepare case.
II will take a vote of two-thirds of
Continued on PAGE 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03

been n gross injustice. when the tel
ephone company was granted four
weeks. rather than one week, which
was first agreed upon, in which TO
restore the strikers to their old po-
sitions,
A mass meeting will he held here
Tuesday. when protest will be
made against the mediation boards
action In granting the extension OF
tlmo. a movement will also be made
TO call out the operators up and
down the coast on another strike.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03
WAR TO COST Is BILLION SECOND YEAR
Make 1t a Christmas
Gift, Mr.. Bank Examiner

The Northern bank closed its doors in January.
Ten months have elapsed
Is it not time for the depoStors to know some
thing of their money?
So far. State Bank Examiner Hansen has been
mighty uncommunicative. When pressed for infor
0upton, he grudgingy threw out crumb or two
y occasionally.
But now Christmas approaches Ii would make
a mighty fine gift to the many thousands who have
been deprived of their money by the failure of
the bank. to get of it back BEFORE the hol-
days
After all. Mr.. Bank Examiner. you must remem-
Der that in handling the assets of the defune bank
you are handling the property of these depositors
that when you retain attorneys, clerks and auditors
and when you rent offices. you using The de-
positors' money.
Should they not have full information on how
you employing THEIR property and THEIR
cash?
Your attorneys say that a Is to % per cent
dividend may be granted either this month or next
That information grudgingly given The Star at
this newspapers special demand. Otherwise even
bit of encouragement would have been denied the
depositors.
Let us have little frankness. Mr. Bank
Examiner.
Christmas is comingl Why not declare that
dividend BEFORE Christmas?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03
Not wayward One In the Bunch

Bud Horstman tells us he has "a
COW only Z years old that has had
nine calves. five at one time. and
two pairs OF twins. the last pair OF
twins being born only couple OF
months ago. All Of them lived and
made good cows.-Portage, O.. Rec.
ord
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03
ANCL0-FRENCH
Join ITALIANS
ON PIAvE Line
United Press Correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH AR
MiES IN ITALY. Dec. s.
French and British armies have
taken over vulnerable points ON
the entire Piavc river front.

'''" nv" bfhi>h Hrtiits nave
taken over vulnerable points on
the entire Piavc river front.
Permission Is granted the United
Press correspondent to make this
longawmted announcement today.
Veteran Poilus and Tommies are
aching for a chance at the enemy.
Many OF the French and British
have never been In action against
Austrian troops who compose many
OF the armies opposite the Italians.
and It II against them in particular
that the allies would like to test
their arms
Wherever the enemy tries to strike
his next blow. he viii find every
vulnerable point on the Piave front
held down. not only by Italians, but
by French and British fighters.
Just az present there is n lur.
The enemy. baffled Of further gains.
his divisions shattered by repeated
fruitless assaults is apparently re-
organizing for now blows. lie is
doomed to find the entire Piave front
an impossible barrier.
The Italians heroic defense par.
alleling in its glory the French de.
Tense OF Nerdun permitted French
and British armies to arrive in per.
feet organization, and to be distrib
uted at the weak points in the front.
Here again Norduns brilliant his
tory was repeated At the French
fortress the defenders held Off the
flood OF Germans until the allied
forces could reorganize their troops
for best utilization. At Monte Crap.
pa the Italians did the same.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03
LUMBER men
BEING HEARD

President Wilson's mediation con,s
mission. headed by Secretary of La
Dor w. h. Wilson. began an invests
cation OF the mill and lumber camp
situation from the employees view.
point at the New Washington hotel
Monday.
Felix Frankfurter. counsel for tho
commission, announced the board
would make no predictions or am
nouncements of the proceedings un>
Ill after the hearings.
we are hunting knowledge now"
he said, and after we get that We
viii announce our conclusions"
j. G. Brown, president OF the mill
and timber workers international
union. and representatives of all tho
allied branches Of the union were
present at IL n. m. when the meet.
ing was called TO order.
President Brown said that tho
workers would present their reasons
for desiring an eighthour day, one
of the chief points toebe presented
by the workers.
The commission will attempt. IL
was announced. to devise means OF
speeding up the output of timber for
war purposes.
VIII Ask Cooperation
They will ask the workers. CO..
operation--a thing which. labor Lead
ers say, will readily be offered by all
untonists.
The length of the hearings of the
mediation board will depend largely
upon the outcome of the hearing to-
day. II a solution for an agreeable
adjustment is arrived at, IL is
thought the commissions work viii
be short. But, II the meeting re-
suits in deadlock. the mill oper-
ators will be called before the board
for hearing. Il is said.
II this meeting fails third meet
ing will be called. This viii be a
Joint affair, including both tho
workers and the employers. as well
as the members or tho board.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03

The people will provide the men. the
money. the munitions with which to strike
the enemy in the field but in the nations
midst are secret and deader enemies, enc
mics such as the paid agents Of German
autocracy. who attack with all the stealth
and cowardice of the foul hyena enemies
such as the profteer who, vampire-like, suck
the blood of the wage-earner: enemies such
as the pro-Germans. who hiss in n hostile
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03
STRIKERS PEEVED AT
TIME GIVEN COMP ANY

Unite, Press CorrCs spOndrnf
TACOMA. Dec. 3.-Striking telc.
phone operators and electricians are
Indignant over what they claim has
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03
BOLSHEVIkI LOSE
IN The PROVINCES
, United Press Lcased wire

Dec 3-Election returns for the con-
uen assembly received from the provinces today show
the naximaists (Bolshevik) in the minority, it an
nounced
The Bolshevh government today suppressed all news
papers publishing the provisional governments antBoshi-
Wiki manifesto. 1t stated they may reappear later.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.-The
treasury department today announc.
ed the government will buy up the
country'a entire silver output. Prices
will be fixed at a fair profit" 10
producers. It WAS stated by Director
OF the Mint Ray Baker.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03
NORTHERN BANK
TO PAY SMALL
AMOUNT SOON

The Northern Bank and Trust Co.
which failed January 20. will declare
a dividend Of Is 10 25 per cent. ei-
ther before Christmas or early In
January The German. American
bank. which failed January 81. will
declare a second dividend Of about
10 per cent some time before Christ
mas
Hugh. c. Todd and VI. VI. Richard
In 1f1orneys for State Bank Exam.
fner Hansen, made these statements
today. Whether there viii be fur
ther dividends they refused TO say.
Hansen has given orders against
making any estimates.
The Issaauah coal lands. the larg
est ready asset OF the Northern
bank. WAS sold TO the Pacific Coast
Co. on August s for 5000 900. But
this sum will not be due the bank
until n clear title can be passed to
the company. and this necessitates
a notice by publication. Todd pointed
out. The time for the notice expires
on the 10th Of this month. and final
Judgment will be entered about the
ffth. After this has been done. the
money becomes due to the bank. and
a dividend will be declared as soon
thereafter as possible.
The Gerrnan-American bank. which
declared dividend OF rs per cent
about SIX weeks ago. will declare n
second dividend before Christmas.
The amount. say the attorneys. will
be In the neighborhood Of 10 per
cent.
No Reports on These
II Is impossible to even conjecture
when the Broadway State bank will
.xlsclGSa.a second dividend. according
B76dd and Richardson. This bank
kade a payment Of Is per cent about
six weeks ago.
Neither viii they hazard n guess
as 10 when the Fremont State bank
will be able 20 pay anything 10 its
depositors The assets Of this com
pany are. 20 a great extent. equities
I'm real property, and realization up
on assets Of this nature ls slow.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03

Councilman Bolton said he was
Withholding Judgmss until he heard
the presentation OF the Impeachment
demand
Il would not vote for impeachment
on the showing made 80 far" he
said.
Erickson Tried Once
Councilman Erickson said he
would vote mo- on a motion TO start
Impeachment.
4 tried 90 impeach Mayor GIN
when ran against him for mayor
two years ago" Erickson said, and
everybody knows how far / got"
Hesketh said he didn't know how
he would vote. as he had not had
time to read the resolutions passed
at the anti-Gill mass meeting at the
Hippodrome Friday night
According to Council President
Fitzgerald and Councilman Lane. the
council viii go into n meeting as a
committee of the whole and ask the
advice Of the corporation counsel be
fore taking action one way or the
ether.
GIN Won't Attend
Mayor GIN said Monday that he
would not attend the council meeting
unless requested to.
Il don't suppose I'd he able to get
in IL | tried" he said Il under.
stand that tho 5000 citizens who at
tended the mass meeting have been
invited"
Crusaders Have Affidavits
G.. J. France. one OF the ring
leaders Of civic organization rep
rcsentatives. said that the commit
toe Of IS scheduled to deal with
the council will be prepared TO
furnish affidavits supporting
charges II the council demands
them.
whether or not further evi-
dcnce will he presented he said,
will depend upon the council. |
understand that the corporation
counsel win be called In to decide
II the council has jurisdiction 70
impcach the mayor in light of the
recall law. IL will depend on his
decision and the supplementary ac-
tion OF the council, whether or
not the committee viii furnish fur
ther evidence"
While representatives. OF the civic
organizations were prepared TO APP
near before the council meeting. ne
gotiations 10 find man to head a
cleanup were being carried on be
tween the mayor and independent
citizens.
I'm still willing to appoint some
man acceptable to the military and
naval authorities" the mayor ex-
planned. and, knowing that. a num-
Der OF men have been talking over
the situation with me. No one has
been named. however"
Those who have held conferences
with the mayor since the Minute
Mems executive committee stopped
negotiations are W. \. Peters, vice
chairman OF the state defense coun.
ell; Judge George Donworth. l.. c. /
Gilman. president OF the :. r. 4 $, !
railway: Lawrence Colman and J. w. |
Efaw.
Hedges or I.amping
Two men who have been mention. !
ed as capable OF solving the situa-
ton by taking charge OF the police 1
department. and acceptable TO army |
and navy authorities. were: :. H. |
Hedges. ship builder and major in |
the reserve engineering corps. and |
Col George II. Lamping. retired |
army officer
Judge Donworth. however. denied /
that they were at this time being /
considered.
Except to say that they are at I
tempting to solve the problem OF |
lifting Gen. Greene's quarantine by |
keeping the issue clear OF politics. !
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03
NIGHT
EDITION

Weather Forecast; Rain tonight and Tues
day. moderate casterly winds.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03

Mayor GIN said Monday that he
would not attend the council meeting
unless requested to.
Il don't suppose I'd be able to get
In IL | tried" he said. Il under
stand that tho 5000 citizens who at
tended the mass meeting have been
invited
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-03

on Tuesday. President Wilson
will deliver his message sounding
the call for such action aa he be.
lieves necessary to carry America 90
victory in the war for democracy.
In presenting his message. the
president will appear before a joint
(continued on page 81
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-04-19
The Davis Memorial Met
Al Fairview | ast Monday

Act"al con.tructi Il Of tn
35l-t,et ,be isk which is to be
thu cr,wning feature OF to lief.
fer on Davis m nor ! ARK al
Fairyi ", " i'll he begaa Monday.
Enti e.r Z +. Cre',i.us o..
L)uisvle has arrived Il Fa;-.
vi " wi twea.y me- 10 urde~.
take the job and carry :. .s,..5a-,
a quick as lo'sib'c. Thy VII
occupy the large Woosley dwell.
ing lou now standing on the
park property a d most of II,
rock will b. quarriei in III,
iciwtg. This removes all doul
az to Guiding of the obelisk
az d vii greatly Stinu ate public
subscriptions.
the contract was let to 3
Louisville firm a few days sgo.
1t is hoped to have the work
completed IN the fail. kentuck
ian.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-04-19
Most Productive Relation Of State to
Labor Lies in Public Employment Office
BY ROBERT c. VALENTINE

We have reached critical epoch in the history world organi1a-
leader who himself other than that of recon.
sucton guilty Of social treason fundamentally greater than the
Of political life We need know the elemental forces which can
place the hands Of the sedeyopmen
The constructive relation of organized labor the
problem. How best discover solution? not for one
doubt that the concretey productive state
labor at the present time lies the potenat of those public
employment Offices and federal labor
the significance is beginning to be dimly apparent.
So far let ii be said quite frankly labor has failed grasp duty
Of attaining organized relation to the Nor has the been
creative attitude Where has been persuaded by privileged
10 be bEdy hostile it has been frequently stupid
indifferent We find better word the employers
only within e last decade that they have begun industry
terms other than those Of an absolute private ownership is
direction that social salvation will be found
The Of this JOINT failure fairly simple The positive
basis through which just Interpretation Of relationships be found
has yet been than vaguely and sporaday understood That
bedrock complete knowledge Of the industrial processes their fullest
social implication
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-04-19
Surs Cura Ointment.

We guarantees Sura Cura ONT.
ment to positively and perma.
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of tie following ailments.
Sores, turos, ulcers, piles, &c.
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inhamatory rheumatism, Group
sore lungs or throat.
FOR ANIMALS
Scratches, sores, burns, collar
or saddle sores, caked udder, sore
teats, lame tendons. or any old
sores or burns.
Sold under n positive guarau,
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Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-04-19
To Much For Him.

Here is the farewell of a ia
Westerner desertirg his home
and who wrote on ths wall. Four
miles from a neighoo-. 16 miles
from a postoffice, Is miles from
a railroad, IA miles from a school
house, Al miles from a church,
$50 miles from timber, POS miles
from a Democrat, , half a mile
from water, a quarter Of a mile
from the future home Of the
wicked and the same distance
from! a Republican. God bless
or ONE, Gone south. which is
Coos country, TO get a fresh
start - Exchange.
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-04-19
EhOORSEO AT HOME
Such Proof as This Should COlylDGG
Any Marion Citizen.

The public enforcement Of lo,ul cit.
izcn Is the best proof that can be- pro.
duscd. None better, more stronger
can ho had When man comes for.
ward and tcsties To his fellow. citizens
addresses his friends and ncghbors,
you may be sure he is thoroughly con.
WINGED or he would not DO so Telling
ones experience when it is for the
public good ~ an act OF Kindness that
ever should be appreciated. The fol.
lowing statement given by re-, ident
of Marion adds one more to the many
cases Of Home Endoi scment which are
being published abou, Doan's Kidney
Pills, Read i,
A. c, Melton, brick layer. 633 T.
Depot St. Marion. says: II have used
nuan's Kidney Pills on different occa.
sions Tor weak or lame condition Of
my back, They nave helped me and |
think they are good kidney medicine
! gladly advise anyone to get box Of
Doan's Kidney Pills at Orme's Drug
Store. II suffering from a kidney
trouble"
Price 80 cents at NIL dealers. Don't
simply ash for Kidney remedy get
noan'e Kidney Pills the same that
" Melton hal. Eos ter Milburn Co.,
Prop, Buffalo. n Y IS
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-04-19
Take No Chances.

On .Ae Great Lakes, during
the summer months, there oper-
ateS a liz transportation COM
pany with a wonderful record.
Its fleet Of vessels has been
carrying passengers for 20 years
and has never lost a life.
In the pilot houses of al tn
boats there appears in black the
familiar slogan. "Safetv First. "
Beneath this is another sign
in red letters five inches high.
Take No Chances.
How many Of us need that
little text every day in cur busi-
ness lives?
From the man who Cleans out
the waste baskets, up to the
pilot Of the bus ness itself. Take
No Cha, ces, is q mighty fine
little ruiz. There would be far
fewer wrecks recorded in the
log books of commercial sctivi.
ties, il those three words were
nrintal IN n,y.rs mana ..,,l G,..A
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-04-19
Puffs, So Much Per Each.
(Cm Times. J

! the Ha twell Sun is sue.
cessfui IN hi We are going to
Try II.
Beginning with the Bext issue
we are goirg to CT arge FIR the
following a. follows
For telling the pu. lie mat a
man is a successful c,tIz-n when
every body knows h. is as lazy as
a hir, d man, S2.7O.
Referring to some gallivantin'
fellow as one who is mourned by
the entire community, when he
will only be missed by the poker
circle. Sob.
Referring TO one az q hero and
a man o. courage and one who
will stard by lis convictions.
when everybody knows he is a
moral coward nd would sell cus
for 80 cents, 1921.
Referring to some ga'livan.in'
female as an estmable LADY
= HON it is a pleasure 10 meet
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