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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-23
cOMPERS CALLS
GERMAN REPORT.
A FALSEH00D

WASHINGTON, March "a
Branding as false fabrication"
Statements from the German press
that he had suggested the division of
Belgium az the hes; way to end the
war, Samuel Gofnpers has written 10
the Belgian minister here. pledRinR
his full accord with President VIII
sons war aims.
The letter follows:
"Ay dear SIR. Cartier: You advised
me that you have received informa.
tion from your government that
there il published In the press Of
Germany an article attributing 20
me Statement that ! suggested as
the best solution 20 end the war. the
division of Belgium upon the follow.
ine basis:
The north OF Belgium TO go 20
Holland, south 10 France, in consss
qucnre VI which France would 10.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-23
TAKEN
BY DRY SQUAD

Fifteen barrels OF pure alcohol.
consigned to the Stewart & Holmse
Drug company. and seized "A week
ago ut Pier ID by tho dry squad.
We're added TO the collection in the
Public Safety building Saturday
morning.
The alcohol had been imported
without obtaining a permit, II is
claimed.
Since January !, the records show
that the company has taken out per-
mits for 80 barrels OF alcohol. 10
haif-barrels. and 5s ten-gallon kegs.
This is the second time shipment
of spirits consigned TO Stewart n
Holmes has been held up for lack OF
a permit.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-23
POLISH CITIZENS
TO HOLD MEET

Polish citizens Of Seattle have been
requested to attend mass meeting
Sunday afternoon. at o'clock. TO be
held i'm Fraternal hail. 15ilh Fourth
ave.
Plans viii be formulated for the
holding of Polish day" early next
month. when funds win be collected
for the Polish troops now In training
In Canada and soon to be sent to
France.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-23
COMMITTEE ON
FINANCE PASSES
BUCK, SAYS Ole

Following three hours ~ rpealting
from the lobby, the city finance com,
mlttec. against the request ~ Mayor
Ole Hanson. recommended Tor pass
age "a bill providing for salary In.
creasea for city employees aH outlined
by the civil service commission.
Hanson. who was present during
most OF the meeting. declared that
tho matter OF salaries was ono which
should be decided by the council ana
the mayor. and that the council was
wrong IN passing the buck" 20 the
commission
I'm veto tho bill II haven't time
to consider IL fairly he raid. II
want time o. 60 over tho matter
thoroiy. and I want the council 10
get together IN n room with me and
30 over the figures presented today"
BEFORE this statement Hanson
spoke 20 the crowded lobby. telling
tho employees that. while he stood for
an increase IN their wages. he did
not believe they would get az much
as they expected
Must Pay Fair"
What other cities pay har moth.
Ing 20 do with Seattle" said the
mayor.
It's up 10 Seattle 20 pay a fair
wage. whether others do or not
The mayor declared that there
were droncs and slackera IN city dc.
nar'ments who should he eliminated
by tho department heads. and that II
the Increase were Franted he would
expect increased efficiency from the
workers
wiiiiAhh A. Gaines. chief reslstra.
ton clerk represented the city en-.
ployes and spoke az length. lie
declared that goods which cost 81 In
1913 now cot 81 80. and that tho city
was never - prosperous before.
Won't Feel Raises
'T1i venture 90 say" said he. that
II these raises are granted. the $500
600 IL will take 10 meet them viii
not be Eel, IN tho tar levy The IN
creased assessed valuations would
more than cover the Increases in sal
airy"
Gcttst~in sp~ai<s
~. A. Cottstrin. Of the Gottninin
Furniture Co. spoke for the crn.
ployes az n representative business
man lie declared that the cost Of
living was much higher. and that
business was better than In years
ID. ". McMorris. court engineer Of
the engineers department. spoke for
the -nen Of higher pay. declaring
that. aA the city engineer said IN
letter TO the council. they were loay.
Ing 20 take better positions outside
civil service
J. G. Thomas. 81 the street d~pat,
ment. representing the DAY laborers.
said tina, n the council granted the
incr~xes asked for. the men would
he unable 90 save anything. and that
Il would NIL Eo into circulation
James A. Duncan. secretary OF the
Central Labor council. gave figures
on the cost OF living and on average
wages In the city
Councilman Heskc,h moved the
adoption by the council o, the com.
missions recommended increases.
The ordinance will provide the fol.
lowing:
On salaries up 10 800. Is r~r cent
increase. up 90 siss. 20 per cent: up
to sac. 1874 per cent: up 20 sie0.
ish per cent. up 10 $500. 10 per cent.
scvcn members OF the council
were present
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-23
YOUNG WOMAN HELD
AS JEWEL ROBBER

LOS ANGELES. March 23.--Mrs.
Ruth Sanger, an Attractive young
woman, is under arrest hero today.
charged with grand larceny, .tele.
graphed from Salt Lake.
John Corless. sheriff Of Salt Lake.
especially cautioned the local off.
GERS not TO allow the woman to dis.
pose Of any iowolry she might have
In her possession
Deputies from Salt Lake are OK.
pectcd 70 arrive Sunday for tho
woman.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-23
UNCLE SAM IN NEED
OF WEATHER LOCKERS

Like to watch tho rain patter
against the window pane?
Those who do not ought to make
good weather observers. And Uncle
sam needs them. lie has issued a
call for assistant observers In the
weather bureau, at sl,0S0 per year.
Applications are received at room
900 federal building.
Coolers and assistants in grain
dust explosions also are wanted
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-23
lNTERFERED WITH WORK
OF ENLISTMENT; JAILED

c. clifford, arrested Saturday
on charge Of interfering
with enlistment Of men in the army
and navy. was taken before United
states Commissioner Robert w Me.
Clelland at noon for hearing. but Il
was postponed until Tuesday noon.
Bond was placed at $4,000, which
Clifford failed TO furnish.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-23
women Will DO
MORE Than BIT
IN LOAN DRIVE

Women VIII not only do their bit
in the third Liberty loan drive: they
viii do their utmost" stated Mrs.
Overton Gentry Ellis Friday. AS
chairman of the women's committee
of the state council OF defense. Mrs.
Ellis presided over Fridays meeting
OF that organization at the Soldiers
and Sailors club.
County chairrnen from all over the
state were there. Each brought al
report upon her plans. which indi-
Gated n more complete organization
OF women working together than has
previously been achieved.
The women wish to be made a part
OF the executive committee in charge
OF the drive. Impatience to be al
lowed 70 exert their greatest efforts
was apparent turnout the meeting.
In answer TO an appeal made by
Miss Grace Craig. the conference
prepared resolution TO be submit.
ted TO Food Administrator Herbert
Hoover. Therein the work Of the
administration was Endorsed. and an
appeal was made for more stringent
administration of food products.
Miss Craig Returns
Miss Craig. head OF the home eco
nomics department of the Washing
ton State college, has just returned
from the national capital. There she
attended conference of food admin
istrators from each state in the
Union.
: IF our allies need bread" she
said. I'VE can do without bread We
as a natioh did not murmur at the
draft. yet we're quibbling on food
supplies. II isn't a matter OF per.
sonal taste any longer. II we have
to eat potatoes three time n day to
save flour. let's eat potatoes. They're
good for us"
Miss Grace Parker. OF New York
city. told of the wonderful war work
being done In the warinvaded lands
overseas.
Mrs. Josephine c. Preston. state
superintendent of instruction: Mrs
Alva Lemuel Carr and a. l.. Hawlch
chairman of tho King county com,
-nittee for the third Liberty loan,
also addressed the meeting upon war
problems.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-23
MAJOR SENTENCED AS
EMBEZZlER OF $4,000

WINNIPEG. March 23.-Maj. Geo.
H. Wclsbv, paymastcr Of the Winni.
peg district. was today sentenced 10
jail for % months. lie was convict.
ed Of cmbczzling $4,000 of army
funds.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-23
On the islands Of Re and Oleron.

off the coast OF France, are found
the smallest farms In the world.
Some OF them are only one or two
square yards in area
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07
GERMANS HIT
RED CROSS"
Between Wings of French
American Hospital South
west of Scissors
TWO SHOTS MADE
DIRECT HITS"
There Were No Casualties,
as Patients Were Re-
moved to Caves

With the American Army in France,
Friday, Sept. 6-(By the Associated
Press German ayiators scored two di-
rect hits on Wednesday night on the
large "Red Cross" between the wings Of
the French American hospital, southwest
Of Scissors. There were no casualties,
as the patients were removed TO near
by caves when the bombing began soon
after dark.
Eighteen bombs were dropped, two
two striking the Red Cross which is still
Of red in great field of white. When
the alarm was sounded the attention Of
attendants was turned to the wounded
who were taken to caves. The slightly
wounded retired without aid and there
were several instances of slightly wound
ed patients assisting the attendants in
carrying the seriously wounded to places
of safety. The first bomb struck near
a tent and two others struck the red
cross.
Owing to the darkness due to the ex-
tinguishing of all lights there was great
confusion, but not a single patient or
attendant was injured. The hospital doc
tors related with pride the bravery of
the women nurses and the number of
instances where nurses went to and fro
from the caves to the hospital beds dur
ing the raid to make sure that all of
the patients were under shelter.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07

section is to the war risk insurance bu-
reau, it is one of the smallest divisions,
The entire bureau has approximately IL,
600 employees, 10000 Of whom are WON
en-. No other government bureau has so
many civil employees, and no other man
in Washington does so much hiring as
w. A. Mckenzie, the chief clerk and inn
mediate boss of these 1900. Yet Chief
Clerk Mckenzie cannot hire all the wom-
en- typists and stenographers he needs.
The exodus of several hundred school
teachers, employed during the summer
as clerks, leaves vacancies which even
the civil service commission has difficulty
in filling, though salaries range usually
from $1,000 TO 81 200 year.
As American armies grow, so must the
bureau grow Already it handles 100000
letters a week. Every Monday morning
between 10000 and 10000 letters, the
accumulation of two days, pour in, to
be slit open, read, sorted and referred to
the proper section where information is
gathered for an answer.
The bureau has on file 100000 appE-
cations for allotments and allowances,
and nearly 100000 checks have been
sent out since last December Now they
are going at the rate of a million a
month. In addition, the bureau has tax
en- care of 100000 applications for gov
eminent life insurance. Various sections
of this big government department are
housed in IL buildings in Washington
having 10000 square feet of floor space,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07
ARMED WITH CAMERA.
Aviation Cadets Scoring "Direct Hits"
on Texas Fields.

Dallas, Tex, Sept. THE eye of the
camera instead Of rapid firing gums is
being used to record direct hits on "ene-
my" planes by aviation cadets in Texas
training camps.
After the great thrill of the first solo
fight, the nose dive, the tail spin and
the loop blouse are discarded and a
course Of study in geometry, mathemat-
les, and physic entered into by the ca
diets that far surpasses that Of many a
scientific school
Days of drill and study, hot mornings
at the rifle range, and then comes the
first big lesson in aerial gunnery. But
the cadet goes into the air armed with
nothing more deadly than the camera to
put into practice the Knowledge he has
acquired
An airplane scars nearby in the guise
of an enemy ship and is snapped by the
cadet, whose degree of accuracy is indi-
Gated by the nearness of the picture to
the center of the lens, which is marked
IN circles.
For the actual ground practice a hill
field here is turning out flyers having a
degree of accuracy that will give them
great confidence once they reach the
battlefelds of France, officers declare
This accuracy comes only after the
hardest study and practice,
For the actual ground praetic a holl
has been built back Of the target range.
Thousands of pounds of bullets already
have been poured into it from students
guns.
A tiny wooden reproduction of an en-.
envy plane is the object of this practice.
The target is an unindicated spot in
nearby white sheet before which the
plane, flying at a given speed, would be
passing when the American planes shots
reached it. The student figures out the
speed and the angle of ascension and
distance of the enemy, adjusts his gun
and aims at the tiny plane. Then if he
is accurate in his shooting and his calcu-
lations, the bullet should pierce the spot
marked on the back side of the white
sheet.
Students also are carefully drilled in
the strategy of manoeuvring into the
one spot in the rear of the enemy plane
whence he cannot shoot. From this po-
sition they can pour their own shots
into the enemy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07
u. S. SEAMEN Make
OWN ENTERTA INlMENT'
Great Deal of Talent Has Been Incurred
at Destroyer Base in British
Waters.

An Irish Port, Sept. 7.-tCorrespond
ence of the Associated Press THE
thousands of American sailors stationed
at the destroyer base in British waters
have already been forced to provide their
own entertainment while away liberty
hours in the small town.
One of the chief features of the "Men &
club" is the theatre which will seat about
1000 persons and where there is some.
thing going on free every night. Aside
from the moving picture plays all the
entertainment is produced by the sail
ors. Some of the scenery for the stage
was obtained in London, but some of It
was produced right here at the base.
The talent uncovered has resulted in a
brass band of q pieces, an orchestra as
large, an acrobat, several vocal soloists,
q yodler, half dozen black face come
dams, quartet, several piano players
and enough voices to stage a minstrel
show.
Here is an average Saturday night
program: A one-reel comedy, seven con-
cert selections by the band, four-reel
feature film, half dozen songs by the
quartet, the yodler and popular songs
by "all hands with the words thrown
onto the picture screen.
The last feature is what the sailors
like the best as they all seem to want
TO get in the show. They put real en-
lthusiasm into songs about winning the
war and getting" the German fleet, but
when they sing something about home,
the sunny South or girl left behind,
they fairly raise the roof and sing the
choruses over and over.
They never tire of one feature, al
though they have participated in it
scores of times. With the house dark
for an instant, curtain showing the
New York skyline is dropped. As the
first faint light dimly outlines the pic
ture the orchestra starts to play New
York Town" and everyone begins to
sing. Before the song is ended many of
the men break into cheers and throw
their white hats into the air.
] 81 amt from New York." said a trim
specimen of middle-western young man
hood one night, shut that sky line was
the last thing / saw in the good old u.
s. A. and that picture with the orches-
ira playing that song just naturally
makes fellow want to sing"
/ But even with such expressions of
sentiment there is little homesickness
here. The sailors, many of them mere
youngsters, are glad they are in thick
of the war but many of them said that
the more they see of foreign shores the
better they like home.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07
TOUCHING EXPRESSIONS
OF LOYALTY TO ALLIES
Are Revealed in Letters Written By Fa,
theirs of American Soldiers, as Trans
lated at Special Government De-
partment in Washington.

Washington, d. c., Sept. I'm cor,
ner of the National Museum here, al.
most in the shadow of Colonel Roose.
velt's stuffed harttebeest and of the re.
stored dinosaur, is government bu.
reau devoted to translating letters writ.
ten in more than score of languages by
the mothers, fathers and wives of Amer
lean soldiers. 1t is the foreign language
section of the war risk insurance bu-
reau which dispenses soldiers and sail
ors' pay allotments and family allow
ances TO the dependents Of fighting men
In Chinese, Hebrew, German, Italian,
Greek, Scandinavian, French, Spanish,
Polish, Russian, Slovenian, Esthonian
and dozen other tongues come the let
tiers from foreign lands, pouring out
thanks to the American government for
remittances which have kept the wolf
from the doors. Hopes and hardships of
the war, and prayers for Americas sue
cess are expressed in feryent phrases by
these foreign correspondents.
america is welcome to my son for
the God given task ahead, wrote an
Armenian woman recently Il live in a
neutral country, but my heart and my
neighbors' hearts are with you" wrote a
widowed mother from a north European
country. Hundreds Of other letters CON
tanned similar expressions.
my wife and pray three times day
for the United States and her blessed
armies" wrote Rumanian father.
Interspersed are hints of great poverty
which the checks from Washington help
to ameiorate A few letters contain in
quiries or complaints that the payments
are not greater Each letter must be
turned into English by corps of trained
translators, hastily gathered in recent
weeks. Then the inquiries pass through
the hands of clerks who may spend most
of day wading through yards of files
of soldiers names, addresses or army or
CARNATIONS which inquirers failed to
give, or careless soldiers neglected to
record properly.
Finally the answers are written in
English, turned back into the original
language, and sent on their way to a
foreign land. Many carry a paragraph
of good wishes or encouragement which
make them not merely business notes,
but messages of good cheer from Amer
lcd the PIedtet piOpoi1loh VI inc cb-
ters 60 to Italy and Greece.
Two score translators and stenograph-
ers do this work, directed by Mrs. NJ
Crenshaw, around whom the organiza-
ton grew up. The principal translator
is DR.. Aurelio Palmieri, Italian scholar,
master of score of languages and dia-
lects, who has taught in leading Euro
pean universities, lived among the near
eastern peoples of Europe and studied
their social problems He reclassified the
theological library at Harvard a few
years ago, and more recently classified
the congressional library's Yudin collec-
ton of Siberian literature.
Important as this foreign language
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07
GAVE FORTUNE TO RED CROSS.
Peretta, Indian Squaw, Had Only $513
and She Kept St3.

Salt Lake City, Sept. 7.-Peretta, rs
years old, whose chief at one time con
trolled big faction of the Ute Indians,
has given her fortune to the Red Cross.
As some fortunes go, her donation wasn't
much, but Peretta had 1913 to her credit
with Albert Fl. Kneale, superintendent of
the Uintahs Indian reservation in south
ern Utah, and she gave the Red Cross
$500 and kept $l3 for herself
Mr.. Kneale, after addressing the Utes
recently on the Red Cross needs, conclud-
ed his remarks with the question: How
much will you givep
Scores of hands shot up into the air.
each showing one or two fingers hidden.
those outstanding to indicate the size of
the contributions. One finger meant $40,
two fingers 500 according to the word
signs of the Utes,
From the gnarled fist of Peretta five
knotted fingers confronted Superintend.
ent kneale Her subscription was en-
tered at $50 A few days later Peretta
limped to the Indian agency to fill out
the Red Cross contribution card, and
when she saw that only $50 was called
for she became most indignant and told
the superintendent she wished to con-
tribute $500.
But you have only $5l3 to your cred.
it," Mr. Kneale told her.
Thirteen dollars left? That's enough
for mel" AMI she signed the card for
$500
Indians in the Uintah basin, according
to Mr.. kneale, have periodically sup
ported every government movement. Not
only have they increased their crops, but
in the Liberty loan, war savings stamps
and other campaigns, have averaged a
per capita of sl75 for every man, woman
and child on the reservation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07
DESCENDED FROM HUGUENoTs.
General John ]. Pershing's Great Great
Grandfather Born Near Rhine.

Okmulgee, Okla, Sept. According to
records in the possession of Mrs, Hattie
1. Hagar Of 0kmulgee, General John j.
Pershihg, commander of the American
expeditionary forces in France, is di-
rect descendant of French Huguenots OF
Alsace, the great at-grandfather of
the present general having been born
within sight of the Rhine.
Mrs Hagar, who is a second cousin OF
the general, has in her possession the
complete family tree, from Frederick
Pershing, born in 1874, down to the pres
ent generation. According to this record,
Frederick Pershing, great great GRANDPA
ther of General Pershing, was born in
Alsaee about three-quarters of a mile
from the river Rhine
When Frederick Pershing came to
America in l749, the family name was
"Pfoerschin," which in French meant
silk" and in German "peach." Some
years later members of the family
changed the name to better suit the Eng
lish language, and it became "Pershin. .
Isaac Pershin, prominent member of
the family, added the final g." De-
scendants of Frederick Pershing are now
scattered through the United States.
Rev. Daniel Pershing, fourth son of
Frederick and grandfather of Cen
eral Pershing, was Methodist preacher
in Pennsylvania, in the latter part of
the 18th century. Rev. Daniel Pershing
died in Derry township, Pennsylvania, in
1883. His son, Joseph, was the GRANDPA
ther of General Pershing, whose fathers
name was John Fletcher Pershing.
General Pershing's father moved west
ward from Pennsylvania in the early
days, and General Pershing was born at
Laclede, Mo-, according to Mrs, Hagar's
data. His birthday was on Sept. 10, 1860.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-07
WARNS GERMAN PEOPLE.
Against Poisoned Scraps" of Paper
Turned Out By Allies.

Copenhagen, Sept. 6.-Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg, according to dispatch
from Berlin, has issued a proclamation to
the German people, declaring the enemy,
in addition to the armed offensive, is
conducting an offensive by printed mat
ter containing most insane rumors,"
which are distributed in Switzerland,
Holland, and Denmark, from which coun-
tries they are spread throughout the
whole of Germany.
The field marshal warns the people ITO
be unanimous against this enemy who