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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21
INVESTIGATION
IS MILD AFFAIR

What was billed for the city coun-
Gil chamber Saturday morning as an
investigation" into the accounting
methods of the city light department
developed into n good -humored talk
fest and smoker.
c. A. Lagrave. accountant and sta
tistician OF the co:nptroller's office.
claimed that the lighting department
books were improperly kept. a de-
bate over bookkeeping terms follow.
ed. with councilmen. mayor. Lighting
Superintendent Ross and others join
ing in freely.
Health Commissioner Mcbride
dropped In and announced that no
cases of Spanish influenza had ap-
peared in Seattle. and that a fall Of
rain would make its presence almost
impossible.
A. w. Leonard. president of the
traction company. dropped in also.
exchanged gossip with the mayor.
smoked a couple OF cigars and de-
parted.
Council and mayor expressed con-
fidence in the light department &C
countants and asked Lagrave to sub
init any further charges In writing.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21
EVERYBODY Get
SET FOR START
OF BOND DRIVE!

Every body get set!
This IL tho call from Fourth
Liberty Lean headquarters Sat
ursiay--just ono week. before the
big S2S.OOO.0 900 campaign starts
here.
Liberty loan meetings for next
week scheduled ut Liberty loan head
quarters Saturday noon include n
conference Monday OF the state cen
trail committee and three important
conferences OF the King county com
mittee, headed by Chairman c. s..
Wills.
The Rotary club will hold n loan
meeting Wednesday noon.
Anderson shipyard employees will
meet at the IIoughton school Wed
nesday.
Ready 10 Meet
There will be Liberty loan meetings
Thursday at Endolyne. Foster and
Bothell. with speakers supplied by
the speakers committee.
Friday meetings will be held Mt
Seahurst. Algone Presbyterian
church and Ross Free Methodist
church.
There will be meetings at Renton
and Auburn Saturday.
Twelve returned Canadian Off
GERS and so wounded soldiers have
been secured by Liberty Loan
Headquarters for King county's
drive.
The men will he brought to Seat
tie from Vancouver, u. C., the frst
part OF the week In preparation for
the opening OF the campaign. They
will tour the entire county, deliver
ing patriotic addresses.
Men Coming From Camp
The steamers Iroquois and Chip
pewa have been donated TO trans
port several thousand soldiers. with
bands OF singers. from Camp Lewis
to Seattle, and for transporting
soldiers and sailors for demonstra-
ton purposes turnout the North
west.
c. S. Wills. King county chair
man of the Fourth Liberty Loan.
has issued IA statement prohibiting
solicitors from campaigning for
bonds before the actual start OF the
drive. This announcement Is In
conformancc with the wishes OF the
treasury department
Minute Women OF Washington
will play their part In putting
across the Fourth Liberty Loan.
Twenty-Five county chairmen OF the
Minute Women convened at Ia
coma Friday to discuss campaign
plans
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21
Near Battle in
Court; Hanson
and PierceM Mix

Superior Judge Calvin, Hall re-
fused TO liberate nine Chinese from
the city jail Saturday. after learn
ing they had been charged In police
court with gambling. when habeas
corpus petitions were entered by
Attorney Ralph Pierce. These
Chinese, Pierce said, had not been
found infected with disease. and
were being held Illegally. They
were arrested last Saturday In
police raids.
Before the action was settled by
the court. "A near battle was staged
by Mayor Hanson. who appeared in
court. and Ralph Pierce. counsel
for tho defense. The latter charged
that the mayor was trying 20 hold
the Cinnamon without filing n
charge.
You're acting worse than any
Hun autocrat would ever dare to
act!" flarcd Pierce.
NO lawyer representing Chinese
or anybody else is ever going to
fix the mayor of this city," roared
back the mayor.
Both gentlemen squared away
and tho stage was set for "A reg
uiar "he" scrap: the clerk OF the
and then the bailiff separated the
two wrath-fed contestants.
After both parties had apoiopized
TO Judge Hall for their department
in court, hostilities ceased.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21
WHAT Is YOUR ANSWER?


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s a he o
OF main in RAM
headquarters,
andU ST
following issued the Red Cross
Red
the indeed that
immediate calls for workers
would
Il
n this ladies
large
been headquarters
of these dressings girls who have worked all day the of this
There undoubtedly
who
promptly"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21
CHAPLAIN HERO
WINS THE Y. c.
Especial to The Star by n. L. A.

Especial to The Star by n. Z. A.
LONDON, Sept 2i.--The Rev.
Theodore Il. Hardy. a chaplain who
has been at the front since 1916 and
who had already won the medal OF
the Distinguished Service order. has
been awarded the Victoria Cross for
his heroisYn under fire.
Tho SO years old he has won great
praise for his fearlessness and his de.
votion 10 the men OF his battalion.
Three examples OF his valor were
cited In honoring him:
Hearing firing in No Mans Land.
he followed a patrol for 400 yards
beyond the front line and found an
officer dangerously wounded. He
remained under fire until he got
help.
On another occasion. despite shell.
fire. he went to the spot where n
German shell had exploded TO extri-
cate two men. lie got one out who
had been completely buried; the
other was dead.
In another battle II was believed
that all the British troops had been
withdrawn from "A wood. but the
chaplain came out OF It, asking for
help to get in n wounded man who
lay within 10 yards OF pill box
which had been rccaptured by the
enemy The man was too weak to
stand, but the chaplain and "A
sergeant got him to the British lines
Less than n year ago he won the
ID. S. o. by bringing in wounded men
after his wrist had been broken and
put in spllnts. His only son is n
captain in active service and his only
daughter a nurse in France.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21
Belgians in Dire
Need of Clothing

slips. cloth hats. knitted caps, stock
ings. blouses and underwear.
Girls boots. night gowns. union
suits. pinafores. dresses. skirts and
overcoats.
Boys suits. Undertaking. boots,
caps and coats.
Bed mattresses, sheets. pillow
cases. blankets and mufflers also are
needed
Advertisements clipped from re-
cent Belgian papers show that s25 is
considered a fair price for second.
hand bed sheets.
a well.to-do Belgian woman writes:
Il wear n cloak made from my hus-
bands military overcoat. n waist
made from his football shirt. and n
skirt made from n dyed blanket
Mother has a suit made from table
cloth and sister is wearing suit
made from burlap. But this is only
amusing, compared with the wretch
edness of the population"
Each Seattle fire hall will forward
the collections to headquarters.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21
Elephant Shop Has
Hoover Party Plan

Have you heard about the new
Hoover party? Well. you invite all
of your girl friends TO come to your
house for a bag shower" They
must look thru their own belongings
and search out every nice new fresh
bag which they have received for
Christmas during the past years. and
bring II to the party. Powder bags,
sewing bags. party bags, slipper
bags, knitting bags. laundry bags,
dress bags and hat bags. and any
other kind of bag yet to be created
Is acceptable. Then the whole party
with their bags go down to the
White Elephant shop, have tea
Dutch and present the bags to Mrs
Harry Sharpless. who Is utterly des-
ttute Of bags for her booth.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21
20 Gas Pipe Filters
Quit Lighting Firm

Seventy union gaspipe filters. en-
ployed by the Seattle Lighting Co..
quit their jobs Saturday morning and
announced they would seek employ
ment where most needed by the gov
eminent
The mems request for Sc day
scale was turned down by the com
pany. which offered s52j. The walk
out will not affect users Of gas, but
is expected to cripple work of con
Meeting new meters
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21
Wants Weapon to
Try Out on Flirts

How does Seattle deal with flirts?
That is the question sent TO the
corporation counsel's office Saturday
morning by the city attorney of Che
halls.
The Chehalls counsel wants a copy
Of Seattle's "mashing ordinance"
Corporation Counsel Meier says
there is no MASKING ordinance, but
he will send a copy of the disorderly
ordinance which Is the nearest ap-
proach.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21

Every fire hall in Seattle has been
called into service for the clothes
campaign for destitute Belgians,
which will commence in Seattle Mon
day and continue for five days.
King and kitsap counties are be.
ing called upon to furnish 60 tons OF
cast-off clothing TO keep the Belgians
warm during the coming winter.
The Red Cross will be in charge of
the collection at headquarters estab
lished at ll5 Spring st. between
First and Second ayes. No 80 will
be the telephone number OF the
clothes drive headquarters.
The clothing drive for the Belgians
Is not to be associated with the per-
manent work being done by the jun
BILE shop. the White Elephant shop
and the Red Cross salvage depart
ment.
Here's what the Belginns need to
keep up tho struggle this winter:
Mems suits. overcoats, sweaters,
boots and underwear.
Wo.nen's skirts, petucoats. corset
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21
Marine Recruiting
Station to Reopen

The marine recruiting station will
open Monday morning in its former
offices, at Yesler way and First ave.
The same conditions will govern the
office as before it was closed. The
service is open to any American citi.
zen. regardless OF his draft classified.
ton
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21
GIRL, AGE 10, DISAPPEARS

Katherine Buckley. aged 10, is re.
ported missing from her home in
Brenerton. Her mother told the Sc.
attic police that she left home Fri
day afternoon. after n threat to com
NIT suicide.
The girl Is described as being small
for her age. with brown hair and
eyes. She was wearing "A white
skirt. brown MILDLY and tan hat at
the time Of her departure
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21
LUMBER CAMP
men EXEMPT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2l.-Be.
cause the lumber industry was err
roneously omitted in the official pref
erence list recently issued by the
war industry board, the priorities
commissioner has addressed circu'
lar letter to labor advisers of the in
dustry and district exemption boards,
calling attention to the fact that
claims for exemption on industrial
grounds In this work should be grant
ed to necessary employees.
Lumber firms will be ranked on
the preference list according to the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21

amount Of material with which they
supply the government. The ques.
ton of labor preference is left in the
hands of manufacturers. who must
present their claims for the exemp
ton of their employees before draft
boards
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21
Boilermakers to
Work Full Shift

PORTLAND. Sept. 21.--Boiler-
makers OF the Portland shipyards
are at work today and will put in
an S-hour shift-the first full days
work they have done on Saturday
for three weeks
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21
. CANDIDATES TO SPEAK

Candidates for county and legisla.
tive offices have been asked to adj
dress members of the Municipal
league Tuesday noon. at the Masonic
club.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21
HE REPORTS $50 ROBBERY

Joseph X. Clymer. of 1916 Third
ave, Saturday reported to the police
that be had been robbed OF $50 In n
cider resort on First ave. between
Pike and Pine SITS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21
YANk LIVES 7
DAYS ON A SPUD
IN SHELL HOLE
BY EDWARD VI. TIIIERRY
paris Correspondent Of the Ncwspa-
per Enterprise Association


PARIS. France. Sept. 2i.--Under
baptism OF German lead. OF
hunger and thirst, Private Barnett.
OF the til u. s, infantry. came
out OF a shell hole to tell OF seven
red days.
A raw potato was his only food.
Every drop OF water had been
squeezed from his canteen. Three
comrades in his squad of auto
matte riflemen. who took refuge
in the shell hole when n German
artillery and machine gun barrage
cut them off. fell trying TO make
the American lines.
II was near Fisnes The trapped
squad, observed by the Hun and
instantly made the target OF ma
chine gun fire, crouchcd down and
decided to walt for darkness 10
join their comrades.
Survivors Draw Straws
But the moon came up over the
hill and lighted the narrow strip
OF debatablc ground. At midnight.
however. corporal tried to get
back. He fell a few feet from the
shell hole.
Before daylight the next morn
ing another tried He fell
The next afternoon Mt o'clock
two men were left In the shell
hole They drew straws. The one
drawing the short straw was 20 go
for help. Private Barnett drew
the long straw.
Two torturous days Barnett wait
ed. His comrade did not return.
The NTH day he devoured the
remainder OF raw potato he had
harvested from a potato patch a
few days before. But his canteen
was dry; it had been drained the
second day.
Despairs Of Rescue
Things turned black the sixth
day: Private Barnett sank down
and could not rise. lie despaired
of rescue.
A mere chance brought turn
in the fortunes OF Private Barnett
the seventh day. An observer with
the replacement unit saw something
lying in shell hole between the
American and German lines. His
glasses showed II to be an Amerl-
can soldier.
The night of the seventh day
sergeant and three men crept out
to investigate. They found Bar
meta boy of wasted frame. I'M
conscious. pale as chalk and limp.
The sergeant thought he had been
gassed
But II wasn't gas nor was II
shrapnel injury. II was worse.
Private Barnett told what scraps
of his story he could remember.
And he will be out of the hospital
shortly to rejoin his unit-for re-
venge on the Hun.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21

II you value your watch. let
Haynes repair II. Next Liberty
theatre.-Adveruse
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-21

Mrs. J. Smyth. OF l7ls Third ave.
N. has been notified by the Ottawa
war department that her son. Fred
Smyth. who enlisted last fall with
the Gordon Highlanders. has been
wounded and is now In the Canadian
General hospital at Bovlegne.
Smyth has three brothers In the
service. two with the Canadian army
and the third with the American
army.
Evening journal., 1918-09-03
Michael J. sovs, Jr.. Reading, Pa.

Michael J. Sova, Jr, Reading, Pa.
Howard L. Stevens, Berg, N. D.
Frank A. Thornton, North, Seattle,
Wash.
William Tledemann, Jamestown. N. D.
Frank Umla, New York, n. Y.
Oscar Valentine, Cosby, Tenn.
Emil 2. Webbeklng, Waterloo, Iowa.
Milton Isadore Weinstein, Atlanta, Ca
Slgurd w. Westerlund, Braham, MINI
Edward ]. Willis, East st. Louis, Ill.
Wounded in Action degree Undeter-
mined.)
Capt. Ross Snyder, Los Angeles, Cal.
Lieutenants:
John E. Whitmyer. London, England
Arthur Franklin Williams, Newark,
VI.
John NJ. Currie, Austin, Texas.
Edwin A. Puryear, Green Bush, Ga.
Corporals:
Charles A. NIchaels, Milwaukee, Wis
John Blornson, Norway.
BENJAMIN John Bittenbender, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Luther C.. Bugdale, Parsons, Pa.
Michael Demartin, Woodhayen, Conn,
William II. Gill, Jacksonville. Ill.
James A. Greene, Syracuse, N. Y.
Harry Shaffer, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Thurlowe c. Stinemire, Staten Island,
N. Y.
Clardy White, Crofton, Ky.
Samuel Wood, Hanover, Pa.
Delyan Emery Collingswood, Rlmer,
Pa.
Kellogg Strong Hale. Portland, Conn.
Paul w. Heisner, Nebraska City, Neb.
George Reiss, Rochester, n. \.
Evening journal., 1918-09-03

Musician Edward John Hale, SCI
Francisco, Cal.
Wagner Murray Laybhen,, New York
N. Y
Wagner Frank Ferrell, Estep, w. Va
Cook Harry c. Crane, Elmira, Pa.
Cook Eugene Williams, Horace, Neb
Cook John Wilson, Charlotte, ~ G
Privates:
Charles Baranosky Hartford. Conn.
Hyron H. Barner, Emaus. Pa.
Samuel A. Beals, Muskegon Heights
Mich.
George Edward Billingsley, Abbevill,
Miss.
Benjamin F. Bills, Lancaster Co. Pa
Onfrey Bochonik, New York, N. Y.
Gus Nicholas Boglages, Newark, N. ]
Amos Amel Bouche, Marinette, Wis.
Schuyler Branham, Amherst, Va.
Oscar l.. Bunting, Belleville, Ark.
Continued on Page Ten.
Evening journal., 1918-09-03
After Vacation Peel
Your Discolored Skin

Women returning from the seaside with
will be wise In Immediately taking up the
mercolized wax treatment. Weather
beaten skin had best come of. for no
amount Of ''beautifyine" will ever make
safest easiest way to shed the despoiled
cuticle is with the treatment suggested.
Put the wax on before retiring, as you
morning with warm water Minute psrti-
cles OF scarf skin will peel of day by day,
gradually showing the healthy, youthful
skin beneath.
One ounce OF mercolized wax, obtainable
at any drug store, is enough to make any
discolored or spotted complexion clear.
white and sstiny soft Its action is So
gentle no harm Is caused and the face
shows no trace OF its use.
Evening journal., 1918-09-03
z. Harry Beideman, Amber. Pa.
Arthur J. Bellavance. Williamantic,

z. Harry Beideman, Amber. Pa.
Arthur J. Bellavance. Williamantic,
Conn.
Harry w. Blakeslee, Sterling, Ill.
Frank Bromberek, Beaver Dam, Wis.
Marshall r. Farnum. Inkster. N. Oak.
William f. Hammond. Eight Mile, Ara.
Henry o. Hasselton, Clearbrook, MINI.
John C. Huber, Peosta, la.
Charles Kavanagh, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Earl r. Kennedy. Montfort, Wis.
Benjamin Ebenezer Long, Peytons-
burg, Ky.
Dewey X. McDevitt, Boliver, N. Y.
Max Rienholdt Nehring. 0conomowoc,
Wis.
Anthony D. Nlchol, Proctor, Vt.
Nicolaj Para. Detroit, Mich.
Michael J. Prindiville, Chicago, Ill.
Harold w. Purdom, Chicago, Ill.
Roy J.. Qualls, Norton, Va.
Mike Simzcik. Newark, N. j.
Horace G. Smith, Birmingham, Ala.
James w. Snow. Madison, Wis.
Thomas Thompson, Augusta, Ga.
Peter Urnisz, Schenectady, N. Y.
Louis It. Verl Pittsburgh, Pa.
Charlie C. Won Almen, Elizabeth,
MINI.
Charlie NJ. Williams, North Charlotte
IN. C.
Charles /. Woods, Imogene, la.
Nathan c. Bonny, Richmond, Ky.
Russell Waldo Coon, Gary, Ind.
Valentine A. Drews, Sheboygan. Wis.
Dominic Ferrero. Puente, Cal.
Edgar Jefferis. Unlontown, Pa.
Joshua jeremiah Simons. West De-
pere, Wis.
Ernest W. Kimmel, Butte, Mont.
Fred G. Kohn, Detroit, Mich.
Walter Lawson. Swan Lake, Mont.
James r. McAvoy, New York, n. Y.
Roger O'Mara. North Portland. Ore.
Dan Panko, Wade. ~ Oak.
John Phol, Morrill,, MINI.
Joseph Sass, Milwaukee, Wis.
Fred l.. Webb, Marble, n. C..
Terenty Wedllcky, Chicago, Ill.
George Wiegienda, Gladstone, N. D.
Charles Rudolph Wohlfeil, Detroit,
Mich.
Carl G.. somnitz. Chicago, Ill.
Evening journal., 1918-09-03
No Trouble to Keep
Skin Free From Hairs
THE Modern BeautyN

There is no need for any woman u
countenance superfluous hairs, becaus'
with a paste made by mixing some pow
dered delatone with water 1t is easy ts
get rid of them. The paste is applied foj
two to three minutes. then rubbed o1
and the skin washed. This treatment
will rid the skin Of hair without leavini
a blemish, but care should be taken ID
see that you get real delatone.
Evening journal., 1918-09-03


Edward H. Brogan, Rupert, la.
James d. Brown. Great Falls. Mont
Carl f. Casperson. Norway.
Frank Joseph Duquaine, Crlvltz
Wis.
William 2. Edlnger, Trenton, N. Y.
Clarence e Fresing, Baraboo, Wis
Joseph A. Furbershaw, Washington,
D. C.
John A. Georgeson, Madison. Wis.
Curird c. McClain, Scsry. w. Va.
Marshall D. Martin. Carlisle, Pa.
Martin F. Moellering, Lemona, Wash
Raymond C. Parks, Mount Sterling
Ill.
Edwards B. Richards, Big Falls, MINI
Gustav Rudolph Schultz, Modena
wis.
Robert A. Simpson, Scotland.
Selmer X. Skartvedt, Mott N. D.
James T. Stober, Gardner, Mass.
Vernon H. Terrill, Fairmount, N. d.
George Tiff. Big Rapids, Mich.
Merle VanGelder. Janesville, wis.
David Khaliel. Cleveland, o.
Thomas j. King, Chicago.
Louis Lamotta, Newark, N. J.
Fred E. Landstrom, Sheyenne, N. D.
Louis N. Latrail, Grenora, N. d.
Frank Lehecka, Chicago, III.
Edgar L. Lockhart, Dorchester, Mass
James J. McAndrews, Uniontown, Pa
William d. McBee, Homestead, Pa.
Francis McElroy, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Robert j. Maxon, Stockdale, Pa.
Leroy Meyer, New York City, N. Y.
Frank Mielnicki, Chicago, III.
John Miles, Chicago, Ill.
Cedric B. Mitchell, Rochester, N. Y.
George Mosocan, Detroit Mich.
Amos Nescl, Italy.
Raymond r. Pearson, Bartlesville
Okla.
Williams Perkins, Plttsford, n. Y.
Harold z. Peters. Chicago, Ill.
Father Andrew Rabun. Midlothian
Tex.
Theodore Pappstta. West Ashland
Wis,
William J. Regan. New York City
IN. Y.
David A. Register, Graceville, Fla.
Edward A. Reilly. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Charlie F. Ritchie. New London, N. G
Charles Rosenfeld, Chicago, III.
Antony Ssrnowski, Chicago, H..
Eldred e. Siltman. Pingree, N. d.
Norman Smith, Cleveland, o.
James Enider, Cleveland, n. D.
William L. Auth, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Frank Celichowski. South Bend. Ind
Flody Chambers, Holden w Va.
James F. Gredell, Alexandria, Mo.
Ahast Heroboulos, Cantan, o.
Tony Ipel, Chicago, Ill.
Joseph Jareszenski, Russia.
Ralph Lane, palnfleld, ILL.,
Carl l.. Lltterer. Clarksvllle, Ia.
Howard Robertson, Knightdale. N. L
Raymond Sager, Amsterdam, N. Y.
Walter Stone. Cotton. n. Y.
Daniel Sullivan, Homewood, Pitts
burgh, Pa.
Charles +. Tashlein. New York, N. Y
John C.. Anderson. Racine, Wis.
George Aurand. Savannah. Ill.
Homer Ayler, TT. Ripley, MINI.
Robert II. Bates. Wahoo Neb.
Roy Bond, Mt. Vernon, III.
William L. Breitsprecher, Chicago
Ill.
Isaac Brooks. Indianapolis, Ind.
Edmund r. BURY, Rosebank, N. Y.
Jacob NJ. Casey, Marlin. Tex.
Louis A. Cohen, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Walter B. DeShOng, Fsirchance, Pa
Victor John Dura. Pittsburgh, Pa.
Morris Greenburg, Philadelphia. Pa.
John w. Greenway, Atlanta. Ga.
Joseph Harenza, Chicago, Ill.
Robert Heines, Chicago, I'll.
Charles kass, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Israel Baum, Brooklyn, N. Y.