Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-03
Pacific Northwest News.

OLA LIE Dec. Z0-lne state
coucil OF defence is laying its plans
for thoroughly organizing every
county in the state through the
county councils. 1t hopes by SO
doing to more Systematically round
up every citizen and induce him
to contribute his bit for war~pur-
poses. The state council feels that
under existing conditions, where So
called drives are necessary in order
to raise funds, every citizen is not
reached, but that the. funds come
from the more patriotic folks.
while those who are not so inthu-
siastic fail to come through with
the new plan of organization is to
reached every citizen in every cou-
1ty of the state Until the new
.olans have been put in working
order the state council urges peo-
ole not to contribute. to any pat
'iotic movement which has not re-
ceived the sanction of the state or
county council of defense. Of
course small funds for purely local
work. are not included.
w. ]. Grarnbs, Section Chief, in
barge of the Government Free
Nautical Schools in Washington
md Oregon, has received notice
rom Henery Howard. Director of
recruiting for the United States
'hipping Board, that $4,000 men
will be immediately recruited
nd that the Northwest will be
'sked to supply selected quota
If men for crews in the new Mer-
:hants Marine.
The Director of Recruiting has re-
'orts from field agent which leads
.im to believe that some of the best
,vailable material in the country
or the new all-American personel
If the country fleet will be found
in Washington and Oregon.
There will be recruited altogether
100000 men for this service and the
first will be- for $4,000 men. Re-
cruits must be citizens eighteen
years Of age and oyer yfho have
been to sea- As there are many
Amrican citizens who may wish to
serve their country in the Merch-
ant Marine, living in the interior
rs well as in the Coast cities who
have not had sea experience, the
applications of such men will be
aiken. They must be citizens be-
.ween the age of 81 and 81. Pre-
ference will first be given to men
with experience, but those without
experience will be accepted and
will be schooled on squadron train
ing ships two of these ships are al
ready commissioned at Boston.
Training plans provide for other
ships with possibly one stationed
On the Pacific Coast and another
On the Gulf, although nothing de-
inite has yet been decided as to the
ports at which they will be sta
ioned.
When shipped for sea duty, they
will be paid the standard wage
scale of the Merchant Marine.
Crews crossing the atlantic now re-
ceive war bonus of so per: on
their wages, making the earnings of
seaman and fireman 800 per month
and a quartermaster or boatSwain,
SlO5 per month; oiler and water
tender S97.50 per month, and cooks
as high as $112.50 per month, with
food and lodging furnished.
Applicants for the service should
send their name, age and address to
w. ]. Grambs, $50 Stuart Building,
Seattle, or Henry Howard, Custom
House, Boston. ,e
1t is no easy matter to outdoA the
American school boy or girl par
ticularly during war times. Pupils
in the Broadway high school, Sc
attle are directly responsible for
bringing about trial by the local
school board of one of their pro-
fessors who teaches them German.
The profeSsor-his name is H. F. w.
Kilian--is said to be pro-German
and every time his wise pupils got
a chance they brought up discus
sion of the war, and each time the
professor was asked to express his
views on this question or that quest
ion concerning the conflict. The
professor tried his best to dodge the
issue but his pupils were insistent,
with the result that they usually
got an answer of some kind. Notes
of these answers were made and
were finally turned over to a Gov
ernment agent, who complained to
fha hoard Or oIrcof;Ny tLnk H. %