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rather modest about ~.
4 Star reporter found Rodgers
eating. at home, In his shirt -aieevcs
Friday night. after a hard days
work. lie was In a hurry TO get
back to the yards. where he was
kept busy until midnight
Dave always works until mid
night on the night before launch
ing" his wife smiled.
Its Not Me-
Between bites. Dav. declared that
Il. wasn't himself that was doing
the wonderful work TO defeat Ger
man U-boats
IT'S tho men, said Dave. 1.-THE
organization. Why. II I'd so. things
would keep on just the same. The
firm believes In paying well and
they get a fun days work In re-
turn"
Then he grinncd.
And the men who don't come
thru get the deuce"
Went 20 Sea
Dave Rodgers has devoted nearly
n lifetime TO shipbuilding. lie was
raised In Belfast, noted ship
building center in Northern Ireland.
At the age OF 10. he served his ap.
premiership with his father. "A ship.
builder. Later he went to sea and
served AS ship carpenter
lie came to this country in 1856
and has spent the last % years on
the Pacific Coast lie has been In
Seattle 10 years. He first went to
san Francisco to help the Union
Iron Works company build the Jap.
anese cruiser Chitose. Later he
helped build the battleshlp Wiscon
sin. Then he served as master fit
ter at the Puget Sound navy yard.
lie Broke Ground
Rodgers was superintendent OF the
Seattle Dry Dock a Construction
company eight years. Then he went
to the Wallace shipyards at Van
couver, y. c. and supervised the
construction OF five submarines for
the Russian government.
on February IA. 1916. less than
two years ago. Rodgers broke
ground for the Skinner a Eddy plant.
M 'iNlhbt' I'puAaIOn iltH p''h 'h''t
up since then.
The eyes OF the shipping world
were opened when the s. $. Seattle.
the first vessel built in this coun.
try for the shipping board. was
turned out In 70 days. The Tronto-
lite. recently completed for the
Standard OH company. In said to be
the beet constructed shin ever re
ceivcd by that corporation.
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FRENCH PENETRATE ENEMY
LINES IN LORRAINE

PARIS, Feb. 9.--F'rench troops
penetrated the enemy lines north.
west OF Dioncourt. In Lorraine. and
brought back prisoners last night.
the French war office announced
today.
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TWO SEATTLE
SONS LANDED

Two OF Seattle's sons. who. II was
feared. had been victimized by Ger
many's assault upon the troopship
Tuscania, are safe in ireland.
Cablegrams received by friends
and relatives here late Friday told
OF the arrival at n British port of
First Lieut.. Richard II. Connor. I'M
attached. and Corporal Ralph r.
Dreitzler of the Twentieth En-
gineers. Dreitzler's picture appear
ed In Fridays Star
Reports that William r. Cooper,
son of Superintendent Frank II.
Cooper of Seattles schools. was
aboard the vessel were substantiated
yesterday.
IL haven't heard anything to indi-
cate whether or not my son is safe. -
Superintendent Cooper said Satur>
day.
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FOR The
KAISER
Vast Stores OF Food Are
Opened by New
Agreement
AUSTRIA SIGNS ALSO

LONDON. Feb s.--vscth Ger.
many and Austria signed tho
peace pact with the Ukraine re-
public. II was officially announe-
ed by wireless today from Berlin
and Vienna.
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nounc~m~nt issued in Berlin.
Auatria.iiungary probably was
also a party TO this pact
Ukrainia. formerly part Of the
Russian empire. embraces part Of tho
territories Of the Old Kingdom OF 20
land IL Is traversed by the Dn.is,sr
river and In ono OF the most fertile
lands in Europe.
The fact that ukrainia normally Ia
a great wheat producing region may
account for thu anxiety Of the cen
trial empires TO arrange . separate
peace. Permanent cessation OF hh~-
Utilities with the Ukraine would open
a great source Of food supple. TO the
Germans and Auntrians.
There have becn two rival d~ieEa.
tons representing tn. Ukraine at
Brest Litovsk. One. composed OF the
middle classes. represented the newly
declared republic. Tho other. repre-
ssnting the proletariat. was loyal TO
the Bolshsvik government IL 10
probable the pact was signed by the
former.
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ASK CALDWELL TO SPEAK

Corporation Counsel Hugh NJ. Cald-
well has been invited by the Central
Labor council to address a meeting.
February 20. on public utilities.
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COPENHAGEN. Feb. "a
peace part between Germany and
the Ukraine republic Was signed
NJ Br~st iitovsk st /. .. TN today.
according to an official an
nounc~m~nt issued iu Berlin.
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Peace Signed by Ukrainia
GERMANY AND AUSTRIA MUST HAVE PEACE OR GO UNDER"

nc Austria muh peace or & ne
Vim SmmsUn Press responder n h dptc d
in
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background
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" dusk 81
her fao
|o'cIock&y
4 thus far
king light
ahe British
be lives OF
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NIGHT
EDITION

Weather Forecast: Tonight and Sunday.
rain: fresh noutherly gales.
Washington telegraph., 1918-11-01
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Washington telegraph., 1918-11-01

4aas1s 5afh you Think of this campaign your
qc responsibility What you give will mean its sue
ss You cannot leave this undertaking to Others 1t
s YOUR campaign. In France, Americans are fight
tg this war if the result depended on the way each
1dvsduaI fights At home, this campaign rests with
yPu. What will you give-decde to night-and make
ybur chG-c the biggest thing you ever did
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DRAFT LAW UPHELD
Continued Prom Ftrst Page.)


without the men TO compose II. on the
face Of the constitution the objection
that II does not givo power to provide
for such men would seem TO he too frir-
olous for further notice. 1t Is said.
however. that since. under the conStitu-
ton as. originally framed. state citizen
ship was primary and United States
citizenship but derivRtive and dependent
thereon therefore the power conferred
upnn congress to raise armies Was only
Cn,crminous with United States citizen
shin. and could not be cxcrted So AZ /"
cause that citizenship TO los: it's dcpcn-
dent character ami dominate state cit
izenship.
But tho proposition simply de7,i"s to
congress the power tn raise nrmirs
which the constitution gives. Tint
power. by tho very terms uf the con-
stltution. being delegated. IL supreme.
In truth. the contention simply assails
the wisdom OF the trainers "f til" con-
stitutIon in comforting authority "n con-
gress and In not retaining It ~ it was
under the confederation IN tn" several
states. Further. II is said tn" right tn
provide * not denied by calling for
volunteer cnllstm.nts. hut It does not
and cannot include the power Ia exact
cuforrrd military duty hy tho citizen.
This, however. hut challenges the exist
errcr of all power for n governmental
power which has II" sanction III il and
which therefore ran only h" exercised
provided the citizen consents L" itS On
ertion liz no substantial sense power.
1T is argued. however. that although
this IS HhSt rHctly true. il is not con-
crrtcly so because rs compelled military
service Is rrpugnant IT. II free govern
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me1,t and in conflict with all the great
guarantees Of the constitution rs TO IN
diriduaI liberty. 1t must hc assumed
that the authority To raise armies WAS
intended to be limited To the right 10
call an army into existence counting
alone upon the willingness Of the citizen
10 do his duty in time of public ne"n'
J that is. isl time of war nut the pre-
nose of this proposition Is so void W
foundation that 1t leaves not shadow
! of ground upon which TO base the con-
cluSion. y.
1T remains only TO consider ContcEl-
! tons which. while not diSputing power,
! challenge the act because Of the rcpuB-
nancy tn the constitution supposed 10
result Of some OF It's provisions. Flrst.
we are Of the power to state officials
To use some of lis administrative fca-
lures Is too wanting in merit 10 re-
! Quire further notice.
Second. we think that the contention
! that the statute is void because Of
vesting administrative officers with
Legislative discretion has heen so com
| pletely adversely settled ms 10 require
| reference only TO SOME Of the decided
! cases. like conclusion also adverse
| ~ dlspoSeS Of similar claim concern
| Ing the comforting OF judicial power.
And we pass without anything but
statement. the proposition that all es-
| Establishment Of a religion or an intrrfer-
encc with the free exercise thereof
| ropugnant to the first amendment re-
suited from the exemption clauses of
the act to which We. at the outset re-
fcrred, because We think It's u1Sound-
| ness too apparent to require us In do
more.
Finally. as We are unable 10 con-
NaII .hot To-.
government from the citizen Of the per-
fnrmancc of his supreme and noble
duty Of contributing 10 the defense Of
tho rights and honor Of the nation ~
| the result of u war declared by tho
great representative body of the people
can be said to be the imposition Of In
voluntary s"rvitudc in violation Of the
prohibitions Of the thirteenth amend
! ment we are constrained to the conclu-
sioh that the contention to that effect
| ID refuted by Its mere statement"
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ChiCago's Streets Are
Canyons Of Snow After
Greatest Of Billiards

irHlcAIiu, Jan. T--Twcuty-f0ur hours
after abatement nj the unprecedented
sunday blizzard chicngo's streets were
stu badly imprdcd. Traffic for the mos
part was confined TO the paths made by
street rurs. which made uncertain pro-
grcss through canyons of sno" heaped
and drif,rd on either side.
By Offering bonuses TIC city obtained
> nGh labnrcrs for the street cleaning
department. but although private hrms
lent men and carts the snow piles had
not prrccptibly decreased nj night tal!.
Many AN automobile. stalled last nigh,
rcnla inrd fast tonight, as the demands
for help. had far nutnnmbcrcd the wreck
ing crews available nj garages and Nv
cry stables TaNiCaD companies confined
their services to streets made pasSabir
10y the street cars.
No milk trains arrived and II was 4
question if they did during the night
whether tho wagons would be able 10
make deliveries in the morning. News
paner deliveries We're cIlrtailed probably
% to50 per cent and one paper abandoned
an edition this afternoon because ii was
unable to distribute il to agents.
The weather bureau offered no relief.
1t predicted Snow tiurricS and n lower
trmpcraturr for Minnesota. Wisconsin.
Illinois. Iowa. Indiana and southern
Michigan.
Passenger trains arrived from. one To
eight hours late AMI the schedules 2I
freight trains were uhltcratc6. Inter.
urban trains shared the common fate
with few exceptions. The great steel
mills which fringe the southern end IF
Lake Michigan We're practically idle, ow-
ing to snow in the switch yards and
inability Of thousands Of their workers
10 reach the plants. There was but one
delivery of mail.
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BEGAN TO FEEL
BETTER ALMOST
I'M MED|ATELY
Was All Wornout and Rundown,
and Didn't Feel Like Moving;
GREATEST FAITH IN TAMAC
Less Than Half a Bottle Worked
Wonders.

~ surely can recommend this great
tonic, Tanlac," declared Mrs. Is. l..
Eek, 3O1S East Marshall street. Rich
mond, Va. Il was troubled with my
usual yearly breakdown and had a
WORKOUT. tired feeling that made me
take no interest in anything. Ny du'
ties around the house seemed hardeT
than usual, and felt so bad | Just
didn't care or feel like moving.
81 hadn't taken half bottle OF Tan
lac before | began to feel better
now have about finished that bottle
and | can honestly say feel entirely
different. Work around the house Is
pleasure. 1t set me on my 1eet, go
to speak; and have the greatest
faith = in its merit and am glad 70
speak a word in praise of it,"
More than a year and a half ago
Mrs. Eek gave her testimony as 10
the benefit She had received rom
Tanlac, as printed above. and re-"
days ago she informed the Tanlac
representative that she had not mad
recurrence Of her trouble since.
Nearly a million men and women
have. spoken In the highest terms or
Tanlac, after giving il test in their
own cases. and surely with this huge
mass of testimony before you it is
worthy of thorough test If you are
troubled with stomach. kidney, blood
or liver.
The genuine TanlaC is sold in
Wheeling by C. H. Griest l. co.
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RUSSIAN EXTREMISTS
Continued from First Page.)

delegates who took Il prominent part in
the negotiations with the AuStrihns and
Germans at PctroHrad.
II" said til" Hnlsh"viki were intending
to send hom" all who did moi wish L"
fight. =" they would have an army which
was willing 10 light for AN tdral.
Til" correspondent asked what would
bp the attitude Of the Bplshcviki in
case of actual war with regard 10 help
from tn" allies. VI. itnd"k replied:
I'VE do not deSir" their help. oar
strength lies in our weakness. and ii ""
accepted help from the allies the sig
nfiranCe Hf our position would he dc
stroycd. The weaker we arr tn:
stronger "" ara. TIL" Germans can
drive us back. but what good would l.
do them
The country h"hind iha front has
boon stripped bare. There is not enough
Their" 10 feed a single horse. The Ger
mans will not Wish millions Of starving
persons on their hands.
We stand for democratic peace. Sn
do tho German working classes. II the
German government attacks us, it will
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SPECTACULAR FIRE
fCoutiuued from First Page.)

di,ion and Is used by the company tor
fuel In operating the heating sEstti'l
through the plant. In extremely cold
weather the oil becomes about as thick
as muiasses.
The three Warwood fire departments
responded to the alarm. and the EiGilant
of this city later responded. A large
number OF streams were played upon the
office and plant to prevent their catching
fire from the intense heat.
Fire Chief Rose responded TO the
alarm; accompanying the Ftgilant com
panv, and gave assistance TO the flre-
men.
The tank caught fire shortly after II
O'Clock and the running oil burned for
three hours.
The Wheeling Steel Casting company
is owned by q large number Of Wheeling
district men, and Charles n. 'powler IS
it's president and general manager. Tho
company has been turning out castings
for the government for several months.
Having a federal contract gave rise TO
rumor that the car of oil had been set
on fire By German symra,hlzers, but this
was found to be erroneous.
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GERMAN WAR LORDS
CONTINUED From First Page.)


Interesting light is ihrown upon the
Berlin view nf the preparations for war
in III" United States by n paragraph Of
an order dated June 5. last. II says:
"WhiI".t the news about Americas war
rrcrrrai ions. Sucn as tile urEHniza Ion
and outfIttinG of an army one million
strong la r"!nfGrr. the Fr"nch-EnGlish
frn"l. is looked UPON. in that form. as
bluff the spreading OF which may i'm
fnvorahly affect tho nrinin Of the Cor
ma nnrnrlc. yet III" fact must not be
overlooked On the other hand. that tie
United States. with the support Of its
capacity for material and industrial
management. is arminS itself for war
with great energy AMI tcnacity. The
VII preparations in America are there =
fore rs was intimutcd in the rcichstag
AT tho time. not ut all To be- made little
of. hut must hr aiken seriously without
on that account being made Il source OF
worry.
AnothJ. dated June ., say:
Petit G'nriSicn informs us That five
American divisions. numbering $4,000
men. may b,: expected in France in the
autumn uf i?:7. II is urgently request
I'd not to reproduce this information
without some comment. We do not wish
to undcr-c%t innate the ability nf America
to accomplish things. but must not. on
the other hand. uvCr-CStiinatc il. In or
der Ia bring = division over from Amer
lea. 1I.Unn tons must make the trip
twice. rhcrrfurr. from the mere fact
Of lack Of space. the transportation Of
such II body III troops within certain
fixed timr limits is impossible. More
over. ii is Impossible tn train these
troops properly by autumn. These facts
which have Recently been discussed by
the German war news cannot be too
strongly emphasized in the discussion
IF that French news
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of his publication. and that the clause
had hcen interpreted Ia mean that paper
buurII in one year would not DC used
in another.
OBJECTION was made also TO clauses
providing for delivery in equal montAI!
miscellaneous. liking the weight variation
at five. per cent, which was declared toe
large setting the time for payment as
the 18th of each month. which was
asked to be changed to the 20th.or ~
days from invoice. and providing for
the returning of paper roll cores oy
prcpaid freight instead DC collect al
though il WAS agreed that the puoilsh-
crs should pay the freight In the emu.
The publishers agreed 10 permahehl
widths OF paper in the interest OF ec"-
nunrical operation by the manufacturers,
and conceded that sidewalk or press
room delivery was unfair 10 the manu-
facturcr, who should be allowed to ship
his product f. o. b. publishers city. II
also was urged that substantially nv
crage quality" should be changed t"
Specifications more definite as TO weight.
color and finish.
J. II. Zerbey. Of tho Pottsrille. Pa,
Daily Republican. representing the FenE-
Sylvania Associaed Dailtes, and q. Il.
Husmer.. Of Denver. Col. representing
the National Editorial Association. ap-
peared for the snlall papers. Frank L.
Glass, OF the Birmingham. Ala. News'
vice president Of the American Ncwspa-
pcr Publishers Association. told the
commission that he expected a more
conservative and reasonable contract 10
be adopted.
Jobbers Will be heard by the commits
sion Wednesday. and the general hear
ings will be resumed February 1. Mr..
Wise asked a continuance to allow The
production Of figures on investments
costs. 1t also was suggested. that post
ponnment until after the Canadian hear
inss in Ottawa. January 10. would fn-
cilitats settlement OF the price ouoS-
tinn here
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display itself to its own people in true
light"
\ telegram from Brcst Litorsk to Am
stcrdnm gives II wireless message sent
10 NJ. Jofre, chairman of the Russian
delegation by. Foreign Minister Tnn
Kuehlmann for III" German delegation.
Foreign Minister tZcrniu for the Aus
TRANS. Foreign Minister NGssimy hey
for the Turks and Minister of Justice
Iopofr for the l'ulgnrians. II recalls
that when the central powers outlined
the terms on whirh They We're willing
to make peace they stipulated that these
terms would hc valid only if all tho bel
iigcrcntS bound themselves within 4
certain period to observe them. The
Russians then fixed ten days as tn
period in which tn" other hrlligcrcnl:;
were 10 decide whether To join in tn.
negotiations. but although This time
elapsed January nothing has been
heard from them.
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Colonel Wood Defends.
Use Of Shoddy in Wool
For the Army Clothing

WASHINGTON. Jan. Use Of re-
worked wool or shoddy instead of cotton
for mixture In WOODEN cloth for the ar
inv WAS vigorously defended before the
senate military committee today ny Col
John r. Wood. of the engineers reserve
CORPS, former president OF the national
association of wool manufacturers a.
Winthrop l.. Martin. of Boston. secretary
M ,h, association. Both declared the
now garments as warm or warmer than
those made under the old speci fications
and insisted that the substitution was
necessary 10 conserve the WOOL supply
The witnesses gave the committee It's
nrsl information concerning the origin
Of the shuddy order. They SAID II was
proposed by committee OF the manu-
racturcrs association and was adopteo
over the opposition of OuhrtcrrnaSteT
General Sharpe and Charles Elsenman'
VICE chairman of the defense council
supplies committee.
Colonel Wood opposed proposals that
the army uniforms he made heavier. ne
insisted that it would be 4 great mis-
,akc To impose heavier clothing upon
the soldiers while training In this
country. and il would be time enough 10
max: the change if actual experience
abroad demonstrated its necessity.
During the bearing the committee re-
cciyrd 4 telegram from +. ]. Hagen
barth. 1T Salt Lake City. president or
the National Wool Growers 'Assoriatlon'
asserting that The wool shortage scare
has been caused by interests desiring
to use shoddy and that present ana III
ture raw wool supplies are ample 10
afford sufficient wool TO make all WOOL
army clothing.
Mr.. Martin told the committee that
the government had lost between S2u'-
600 600 ano $50. 100000 by failing TO &C
ccp, raw wonl offered last April ny
BOSTON and Philadelphia traders. MI
Eisenman. called TO The stand. said re-
srnnsihlity for failure TO accept Inc
offer rested with the uuartcrnlaster
generals office and not with the sup
plies committee.