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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-15
SOLDIER
IS INDExED IN
ARMY LEDGER

tspoclal 10 Tho star by ~. II. A.
A FRENCH CITY. Nov. IA
mammoth card index system that
keepa I'm mlnutost detail a record
OF the doings and movements Of
every American soldier In France II
at this city.
Nlnions OF cards. indesed and
cross indexed, tell az practically a
momcnta notice exactly where
every one OF Uncle SANS two mil
lion soldiers happens to be In
France.
Here in the army central records
office. every soldier. from general
down TO buck private. has an al
dress all his own-a real town, or
AT least a crossroads that one can
find on the map.
uut of course. this informant In
for the benefit Of the military au'
thoritica.
A huge building. like great
warehouse. Is tho home OF the cen.
tral record. office. Nine hundred
men ana women are employed there.
srhe men ARE soldiers. wounded or
out OF action because of shell shock.
The women are British "WaaoE.
members OF the wom.n's auxiliary
army corps.
one half Of the building II given
over 10 the central army poS,offiee.
tia the main receiving and diu,rio-
utins station for tho millions OF ist'
ters mother and sister and sweet
near, write. Close by are the rec
ords. 20 he searched In the case OF
every undeliverrd or improperly ad'
dressed letter.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-15
SHIPYARD men
DENY RUM0RS
OF BIC EXODUS

Thousands OF men are quitting the
shipyards.
This II tho rumor that has been cir
culating In Seattle for the past few
days
Shiryard owners deny that there n
general exodus Of workers. and OK.
plain that even when production was
az It's height. there was a turnover
In the yards which In some cases ran
close to 200 daily.
Inquiries at tho yards ELECTED the
Information that the coming OF peace
and the suspension OF the work or
fisht' rule haye not maao much dit.
ference In the number OF men cen.
ployed at most OF tho plants.
skinner a Eddy state that they
have had a labor turnover OF about
go per cent each month for tho past
two years. A couple OF hundred mon
daily leave tho employ OF the firm.
and their places are taken by others
They are not laying any men Off. and
their labor turnover IL not much
greater now than II was during the
war
The Amcr yard reports tina. abou,
zoo men have left In the past two
days. which II three times greater
than tho average number Of depart
ures. Tho firm Is trying 10 replace
those men.
The employment manager at the
yard attributes the exodus 20 the lift
ms of the Influenza han. which has
enabled many professional men and
students. who wcr. temporarily
working In tho shipbuIlding industry.
20 return TO their normal occupa.
tons
Not many more men than usual
are leaving the Seattle North Pacific
plant. which always has had a large
turnover. officials say. Sine, the
war ended. some men who left good
businesses 10 work In the yard for
patriotic reasons. feeling that the
emergency no longer exists. ar. nat.
urally going back to their former
work.
The pu,hie yard IL losing only 20
or 30 m~n n day. which IL their aver,
agr- They are putting on all the now
help they can set.
The employment manager OF this
firm L. Of the opinion that a few OF
the men who have hcen leaving the
shipynrds recently are undoubtedly
slaeksrs. who worked there 20 avoid
the draft. but he does not think that
there were many such.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-15
STRENGTH FOR
WEAK NERVES

We do no, give much thought 10
our nervous System when |; Is work
ing ali right. but when u goes wrong
nature has a way of calling !, Tore
lsiy 20 oer attention BY something
that We cannot ovcrlook--pain.
Try TO reach "a diseased nerve with
medicine OF any sort. and you arc
confronted with fact that every
doctor knows. that the only way to
roach the nerves with medicine In
through the blood.
Miss Stella coff1eli. Whose address
~ IL r. -. ?. Canterbury. Ohio. says
Il was sick for six months and In b~d
for ten weeks doctored faithfully
for two months and kept setting
wurH-. and finally had a stroke of
paralysis which affected ms right les
and arm and speech. could not talk
for two weeks and I had no use what
ever OF my leg and arm I was very
nervous Ny people though, J would
never 10 anything but helpless Grip
pic.
4, was through my father that !
commenced taking Dr. Williams
Pink pills. Ito was discouraged. and
when he read about the pills he de-
cid-d TO have mo try them. ! could
soon see a change and gave tho rem
edy thorough trial The numbness
In my leg disappeared and after
time could walk. grew stronger
and really think tina; II IL had no;
been for Dr. williams Pink Pills
would s,ill be helpless cripple
The treatment In easea Ike this Is
ono % nutrition o, tho nerve cells.
requiring a non.aicohoiie tonic such
"A Dr. Williams Pink Pills. Your
own drugKis, sells tho pills. Price 50
cents n hox. aix boxea for 8. 80. Write
to the Dr. Williams Medicine Co..
Schenectady. ~. T.. for free book on
home treatment os nervous disorders
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-15
lis YOUR FAMILY
FREE FROM COLDS?
Coughs and Colds don't linger
when DIR. Kings New
Discovery Is used

You owe It to your faniily--so your
solf--to keep this standard remedy In
your medicine cabinet
For almost three generations Il has
been tho flrHt-choicc cold and cough
relief Of millions OF people. young and
old.
Helps 70 bring quick rolicf--looscn
chcst.stuffiness. reduce fever. soothe
irritated threats. check coughing.
Sold by druggists cvrrywher-.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-15
The Horrible Handicap
of Poisoned Blood

remedy has been IN general use for
moro than fifty years. IL IL purely
vegetable. and contains not n par
ticlc OF any chemical. and acts
promptly on the blood by routing
all traces OF the faint, and restor'
Ing u TO absolute purity,
some Of the most distressing
eases Of transmitted blood poison
have yielded 20 the treatment OF
s =. =. and no case should be
considered iueurablc until this great
remedy has been given n thorough
trial. s. :. :. acts ~ an antidote
10 every imnurity in the blood. You
can obtain Il at any drug store,
our chief medical adviser will take
pleasure in giving you without cos,
any advice that your individual
case requires. Write today 10 Swif,
Specific Co. asS Swift Laboratory.
Atlanta. Ga.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-15

PORT WORTH. Tex. Nov Is
Lieut. VIM. Mccurdy. E.as, 81.
Louis. III. and Lieut.. Albert X.
Meyer. Huron. 8 ID. were killed
here yesterday when their plane fell
1000 fee, while they were making
an experimental flight An effort
was being made TO ascertain how
long a plane would remain In the
air on one tank Of gasoline The
two officers were commissioned only
last week.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-15
Hats AT $500

THE Special Price Basement
i is becoming famous for its
Millinery values as well as for
ready-to-wear values, and this
lot offered for Saturday will
add to its prestige.
Dozens Of styles, small. me-
dunn and large shapes, of splen-
did quality materials for the
price.
-Smartly trimmed and clever
tailored styles.
Values that cannot be ex-
celled. Choose new Hats on Sat
urday at $500
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-15
The Innocent Suffer Even
Unto the Third and Fourth
Generations, But Relief
Is Now in Sight.

IL has long been accepted as a
matter OF course that the sins OF
the fathers must be suffered by
innocent poS;erity. yet IL Is hard TO
become rcconcilcd TO this condition.
The heritage OF physical intirmity
Is handicap under which thou
sands must face the battle OF life.
Scrofula Is probably the most no
tlceahle OF the transmitted blood
disorders. though there arc other
more severe diseases Of the blood
that pass from one generation 20
another. No matter what inherited
blood faint you may be laboring
under. ). :. $. offers hope This
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-15
FOURDrME STOCKINGS

Large enough 10 hold four Areri.
can dimes. small red pasteboard
stockings are on sale nj the White
Elephant shop for IN, French or.
phans and unhappy children over.
seas. Four dimes viii buy n toy.
some candy. a pair Of mitiens and a
pair OF stockings over there.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-15

Our Government needs every pound Of tin fol
war. We have been working for long time on
a new and improved packing to take the place o.
tobacco tins; so we are now ready to co operate
by introducing the new "Tea-Foil" Package Of
TUXEDO Tobacco. We are thus able to render q
double service are saving tin for the Govern.
ment and at the same time giving smokers q
better; handler; more modern tobacco PACKAGE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-15
pOINDExTER PANIED

WASHINGTON. Nov. ia crit.
csm of Senator Polndextcr Of wash
ihgton. for introducing into the sen.
ate n resolution declaring !, TO be the
sense Of the senate that the United
states should become slgnatory 10
the pact OF London. and for talking
too much" IL contained in Thurs.
days New York sun.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-15

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-15
Non-Partisan Men
Win in Minnesota

ST. PAUL. Nov. 1.-THE Non
| partisan league elected - TO this
Minnesota state assembly and II
state senators. leaders claim. on the
baat. of official returns
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-15
TO KEEP M'ADOO BUSY

LOS ANGELES. Nov. i5y--Dtr~cs
or General OF Railroads MeAdco. and
er will Be named a. defendant In all
suits against railroads. according TO
orders received by railroad msn here
today from Washington.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-15
Dirry. Biltous7 Consupatr<fy

Don't permit yourself to become
as your system imme
diately begins to absorb poison fror
the hackcd-up waste matter. Uae DIR
Kings New Life Pills and keep well
Try them All drtlgrlHfn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-11-15

American army officers In France
are advocating adoption by United
states Of metric system Of weights
and measures. as used by France,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-16
PRESCOTT" MYSTIC
 WONDER, OPENS AT
 LOEW'S BIJOU TODAY
With His Co-Worker, Miss Hope Eden, He Will Unfurl the Cur
 tains of the Future

The long hailed corners, Prescott and his co-worker, Miss Hope Eden. mind readers and masters of the art of mys- ticism, will be the big headliners c~ the bill at Loew's Biiou theatre tosqF, tomorrow and Wednesday,.
 Differing from most acts of. the naa- tai telepathy variety. both Prescott Miss Eden are youthful and their staga setting is modern and clean, instead the usual mysterious and old setti used by other acts. There Is noth E weird or uncanny about them, for Fr cott works in the audience in a drg ! suit made by one of the Fifth aver tailors, and Miss Even is seen in wonderful creation by Paris. modis They work with marvellous speed Ere colt in the audience demanding of Mi. Eden the instant Identification of VI rious articles, and perhaps the mo mystifying of all things, calling the nan and address of any one in the aud ence.
 Bessie LeCount is little miss who hs 5 a wonderful repertoire of exclusive song mysteries of dressing by the male sex. Other acts will be Walton and Heating, the latter a tiny maid not more than feet tall in eccentric bits of comedy; Gordon and Day. pantomimic funsters, and Maxon and Morris, in manikin novelty Gladys Brockwell will be seen in Strange Woman" wonderful photo play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-16
|NTERALL|ED MEET
 ID BE HELD JAN. 1
In Meanwhile Wilson Will Visit Italy and Battle
 fields of Europe

Paris, December 15.-Plans for the re- assembling for the interallied conference and the meetings of the peace congress are gradually being matured.. It was the first intention to have the nterallicd conference meet tomorrow or Tuesday but owing to the inability of Premier Lloyd George and Foreign Minister Bal four to be here because of the British elections and the approaching holidays. the formal session will not be resumed until January l.
 Meanwhile President Wilson will have an opportunity to confer with the pre-, miers and leading statesmen of the allies and visit the battle1elds and perhaps Italy.
 King Victor Emmanuel, the crown prince and Premier Orlando arrived f.. Paris Thursday. They will dine with the President sometime this week.
 The merits of the questions and con siderations to come before the conference thus far have developed only in their initial phases, discussions of them having been more Or less informal For the American delegates, the chief object to be obtained during the next fortnight is first-hand understanding of the views of European statesmen and an opportunity to convey to them the Amer ican viewpoint
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-16
COMMUNITY SING
 WELL ATTENDED

The community sing at the Jefferson theatre yesterday afternoon was attend ed by an appreciative, eager audience, but is was not as large as usual, owing it might be assumed, to dreary sky and forboding weather.
 Harry Culver directed the songs for everybody and infused spirit into famil- jar hymns and patriotic offerings.
 The new orchestra, led by C. R. KlenS, made decided hit It was nine-piece or Iganization-two violins. violoncello, bass violin, piano, clarinet cornet, trom- bone and drums. The orchestra pro- gramme was light /and bright. Humor- eske was particularly well rendered.
 Mrs. A. G. Dahlgren was the sololst of the occasion. She has a rich con tralto voice and her vocalization was excellent. She sang with style and her selected song was followed by an en- core, both being in the patriotic class.
 A choice programme will be presented next Sunday and on Sunday. December %, Robert Lawrence will be the director.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-16
Wilson Breaks Precedent
 by Carrying Own Flowers

Paris, December 15,-When President Wilson went to the tomb of Lafayette today he insisted on taking his own wreath, contrary to the custom here by which the florist delivers the wreath and the donor later makes the visit and leaves his card. The President sent Ad- miral Grayson tobuy the wreath and after some difficulty in explaining to the flor ist, who could not understand why the traditional custom was being broken. obtained it and drove to the tomb
 On his personal card President Wilson wrote this inscription:
 Tn memory of the great Lafayette from a fellow servant of liberty
 Entirely unannounced, the President drove to the old Picpus cemetery, where the amazed gatekeeper was almost too Mustered to unlock the gates when he learned who his caller was. The news of the Presidents visit spread rapidly to the convent nearby. and as he left he passed through lines of aged nuns who came out to pay their respects to the American chief executive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-16
RUSSIAN FRONTIER BEING P|LLAGED
Soldiers of All Nations Pass Back and Forth, With Va
 rious Crimes Committed

Cracow. Friday. December 1S.-(By the Associated Press.)-Tens of thousands of soldiers are moving back and forth across the old Russian frontier. They come from many nations All are return ing to their homes and some of them are pillaging as they go.
 The further the correspondent pene- trated eastward from Vienna, 1t became more evident that the disease of bolshe- vism was threatening to overturn the normal life of the population.
 In some districts the situation is rela- lively quiet. Tn western Galicia and around Warsaw, the Polish capital therf are said to be no food problems.
 An incident showing the manner of the wholesale piilaging, which is going on in some districts, was related by 8 daugh- ter of Count Edward RayozynslSi, who has fled to Cracow from the family estate near Lublin. She had been living near Lublin with her children since the destruction of the chateau during the Russian advance in 1917. Recently bands of robbers, composed mostly of Polish peasants, began to burn the homes of the upper classes. Jewish peasants in the neighborhood promised to protect her when she appealed to them and succeed ed in beating off attacks several times, Finally she succeeded in making her way to Cracow.
 It is reported here that the army of the German General Hoffman, which is supposed to consist of 20o,0O0 men, is scattered throughout Lithuania and north western Poland. It is declared that this force has become great menace to the peace of Poland. According to the arm- stice agreement 1t was supposed to re- main where 1t was and keep order until January. It is reported, however, that the force is slowly disintegrating, the soldiers being anxious to get home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-16
Finnish Representative
 Arrives in New York

New York, December 15.-Dr. Aksele Rauanheme, professor of philosophy at Helsingfors university, who said he bore a formal request to Secretary Lansing from the Finnish government that he be recognized as the representative in this country of that nation, arrived here today on the Swedish American liner Stockholm. He will leave immediately for Washington to present his creden- tials.
 Other diplomats aboard the Stockholm were Count Nils Gustif Won Rosen, ap- pointed attache to the Swedish legation at Washington and Johan Erik A. El- liott. also of the swedish legation.
 The vessel also carried a number of American refugees who, after having been imprisoned in Russia by the bol- sheviki. escaped to sweden by way of Finland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-16
TEMPTATION TOPIC .OF DR. SIMPSONS
 SERMON YESTERDAY
A Beautiful Lesson Drawn From Story in Matthew of the Second Temp
 tatiOn of Christ

At the First Christian church yester- day morning Dr. Robert N. Simpson spoke on "The Second Temptation" using as text Matt 4:5-6 And he set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said if thou art the Son of God, cast myself down."
 The pinnacle of the temple was the highest architectural summit in Jerusa- lem, like the towering cathedral spire in many continental city and the lofty church steeple in many an American town,p said Dr. Simpson. "It was the first object in the vision of the traveller approaching the city from any direction; it was the inspiration of many popular tradition and current proverb: it was the boast of townsman and provincial; and it was linked with the second temp cal peril is not the purest proof of divin- ity, if the second temptation of Jesus impresses you as it does me-" said Dr. Simpson. "A man can win the title of human fly by climbing the precipitous wall of a skyscraper, but Jesus was not stooping to prove himself the Son of God by leaping from temple summit without physical injury.
 It is not a Christ leaping from that pinnacle without the blood marks of injury on the pavement who proves him self divine, but Christ bruised, broken, bleeding on cross in vicarious sacri- flee. One may boast of psychic power or triumphant faith that is safeguard ing his body against physical ills, but that is not as great proof of ones be- ing, a child of God as is written in the body that is made to ache in vicarious suffering or is slain in unselfish sac rifice. This temptation proves that there are no precincts too sacred for the devils invasion. He wins notable victory when he comes under church roof and makes an evil thought prevail in your mind over the good thought that has been making you happy in your wor- ship; and if he can get the hearts of several members so filled with human hate and envy that they will not com mune together nor greet each other.
 ,s The victory at the pinnacle of the temple involves the downward leap oi that which is divine. The arch tempter wins, when he succeeds in getting an individual or congregation or broth erhood to leap down from the heights of high ideals"
 At the evening service, conducted by the Mans Bible class, Judge w. E. Fort delivered an excellent address.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-16
NATIONAL WOMANPS
 PARTY GETS BUSY.
Raises S5O,OOO to Fight Sen- ators Who Block Way of
 Woman's Liberty

Washington. December l5.-More than s50,oeo was contributed to the ''Woman's s Liberty Loan at suffrage rally held here today by the national womans 8 party. The money was subscribed after Mrs. Toscan Bennett of Hartford, Conn.,. had asked the audience how much it would give to get the last senator's vote out of the way of woman's liber- ty"
 Mrs. 0. H. P. Belmont of New York, one of the speakers at the meeting, gave 5000; the New York state branch of the party, s25, 900; the Pennsylvania branch $1S,o00 and the District of Columbia branch sto0O From the southern states came $500 and the new voters of Michi- gan sent $200 As#s
 The meeting was preceded by pro- cession of women representing all the countries of the world in which wom- en vote. Behind them came 2s women who have served jail sentences here this year as the result of demonstrations in front of the White House. After they had taken their places on the stage they were presented with prison pins" as an insignia of their services for women freedom"
 It was announced that tomorrow the womans party will stage a demonstra- tion in LaFayette square, opposite the White House, at which copies of all or President Wilson's speeches including the two he has delivered since his arrival in Paris, will be burned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-16
Gay Paris Never Shone
 Brighter Than Saturday

Paris. December 15.-The city prob ably was more brilliantly illuminated last night than ever before. Electrical devices erected in honor of President Wilson blazed in all parts of the capital. The word, "Vive Wilson, outlined in electric lights, were displayed at many vantage points, while the coat of arms of the United States frequently was seen outlined in red, white and blue.
 The exterior of the Chamber of Depu- ties was outlined in lights. The head quarters of the American peace delega- tion was lighted with a huge electric sign bearing the motto: "E Pluribus Unum. The building occupied by the American Red Cross was ablaze with lights and huge electric sign stretching across the Rue Royale from the French naval building to the peace mission head quarters bore the s,ogan: ''Vive Wilson,
 The immense searchlight on the Eiffel tower, heretofore used in searching the sky for raiding aircraft, radiated over the city carrying a message of peace
 All public buildings and monuments were lighted brilliantly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-16
REV. E. A. WRIGHT DIES AT LOCAL INFIRMARY
Gallant Confederate Veteran "Called Home"-Funeral Tomorrow
 Morning

The Rev E. Arnold Wright. aged 7f years, died yesterday evening at local infirmary. He is survived by two sons and three daughters George R. Wright of Dallas Tex; c. M. Wright of Fir mingham; Mrs. p. w. Phelps of Miami, Fla. Mrs. w D. Lanning of Birming- ham, and Miss Susan k. Wright of Bir- mingham. He leaves one sister, Mrs. w.. H, H. Cobb of Goldsboro, N. c.
 The deceased WAS born in Alabama, but lived for many years In North Caro- lima and until he made Birmingham his home about 20 years ago
 He served in the Confederate army throughout the four years of the war and was a devoted member of the United Confederate veterans. He had a wide circle of acouaintances and his old com rades will miss him sadly.
 The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock from the Norwood Methodist church. Interment will be at Oak Hill. The Masons will be in charge at the grave