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Evening star., 1918-08-23
German U.Boat Officer
Claims Long Experience
of North Atlantic Coast

A CANADIAN ATLANTIC PORT.
August 22.-Capt. Myhre. who COM
manded the trawler Triumph before
the boat was seized by the crew of a
German submarine and converted
into a raider. says one of the officers
of the submarine who came aboard
told him that on Monday last the SUBJ
mersible had sunk q 5.oo0-ton steamer.
According to Capt. Myhre the ofii-
Ger volunteered the information he
had sailed out of New York for fif-
teen years and was thoroughly famil-
Capt Myhre said that one of the
guns placed aboard the trawler was
eighteen feet long.
Declares San Diego Torpedoed.
PORTLAND. Me-. August ga
boast that the American cruiser San
Diego was torpedoed and not mined
was made by the commander of the
submarine which captured the steam
trawler Triumph and used her as q
raider on the fishing banks this week.
according to word received here from
Capt. Myhre of the Triumph today.
The German officer also asserted that
he sank the tank steamer o. Be Jen-
nings. and that the captain of the
Jennings was a prisoner on the sub
mersible while Capt. Myhre was ON
board.
A number Of Boston, New York and
Portland newspapers were taken from
the Triumph. The commander said he
had been much amused in reading re-
ports Of how many times his vessel
had been rammed and sunk by steam
ers arriving at American ports.
The commander said he had been
out three months and intended to re-
main two months longer in order to
annihiiate the fishing feet on the
banks.
Maine Vigilants Watchful.
AUGUSTA. Me. August 23.-Ths
opinion that enemy spies are operat-
ing in this state In connection with
German submarine activities is ex-
pressed by the Maine committee on
public safety.
The committee urged It's mem ?bers
throughout the state to keep a vigil
liant lookout.
Seventy-Five New Trawlers.
PHILADELPHIA, August 23.-Con-
tracts for about seventy-five wooden
trawlers to Offset the destruction by
German submarines of the fishing
smacks on the Newfoundland banks
Will be placed Immediately by the
Emergency Fleet Corporation. 1t is
announced by Charles Piez vice presi-
don't Of the corporation.
The contracts will be placed with
smaller shipyards not engaged in gov-
ernment work. Most of the trawlers,
Mr.. Piez said, would be constructed in
New England, particularly in Maine,
where the sources of lumber are near
est the coast.
The aggregate cost Is estimated at
more than 100000. 1t is expected
the trawlers will be ready for COM
mission by early spring.
Evening star., 1918-08-23
YOUNG JEWS MAY
REGISTER MONDAY
President Excuses Them
From Call on Saturday,
Their Sabbath.
SEE FUTURE CONFUSION
REGISTER TOMORROW

II yeu are a man and have
become twenty-ope years old
since June 5, 1919, you must
register tomorrow with the
proper local board OF the Dis
trict.
Local boards for divisions Nos.
l to IL. with the exception OF
board No. 8. are located in the
District building. Board No,
is located at the city post Of
fice, North Capitol street and
Massachusetts, avenue.
All boards will be open for
registration from o'clock
am. to q o'clock pm. tomorrow.
Registrants who are members
of orthodox Jewish cogrega-
tions and others who are re-
luctant because of the tenets
of their religious faith to per-
, form the act of registration on
Saturday will be excused from
registration tomorrow and are
required to registersMonday be-
tween the hours of Z o'clock
am. and 0 o'clock pm.
Evening star., 1918-08-23
TALK IN ALIEN TONGUES;
THEIR MONEY TALKS U. S.
Foreign Language Organizations
Have Subscribed Heavily to
Liberty Loans.

Although tho opening of the fourth
liberty loan is stiil more than a
month distant. several hundred thou
sand dollars in subscriptions already
have been pledged to the loan by for
eign language organizations in Diff
ferent-. parts of the country. accord
ing to reports to Hans Rieg. director
of loan organization among, foreign
born citizens. a
The Catholic Sloyak ladies' Union.
meeting in Washington Hotel yester-
day. subscribed 100000. and organ
ized an active campaign among mem
bers for the loan drive. The union
also condemned as unpatriotic "all So
called peace talk and criticism of the
officials of our government
The union has already subscribed
s24o,000 for its own treasury 10 the
three liberty loans. y -.
The Slovenian Catholic Union has
pledged 800. 900 of organization funds
for the fourth liberty bonds. Croa-
tians of New York city. Calumet,
Mich, and Detroit. and the Jugosiav
national council report organization
of special soliciting committees for
the fourth loan.
Evening star., 1918-08-23
WOULD END MINE BONUS.
Workers Ask Mr.. Garfield to Dis.
continue Plan.

Request that an order be issued to
ceal operators to abandon the pay
msnt Of bonuses to miners in favor of
. nat wage increase was made to
Fuel Administrator Garfield today by
efacials Of the United Mine Workers
Of America Before calling upon the
fuel administrator the representatives
Of the various district organizations
OF the United Mine Workers, in con-
ference with President Frank J.
Hayes and other national officials,
formulated their demands for a wage
increase.
Discontinuance Of the bonus system
was asked by the miners on THE
ground that operators thereby are
cempettnE among themselves, that
the system results in labor turn
over that decreases production and is
9 source Of discohtent among the
Evening star., 1918-08-23
C. & o. STATION BURNS UP.
Building at Newport News Destroy
ed With Freight Contents.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va, August 49,
Tho Chesapeake and Ohio freight
depot station was totally destroyed
by fire early this morning. entailing
loss of approximately $4,000. No
insurance was carried. Origin of the
fire has not been determined.
The building loss is put at 5000
and contents $4,000. The freight
stored in the building included food
stuff and government supplies, to-
gether with a quantity of household
furniture, property of Army officers
and government employees.
The new freight depot adjoining
the burned structure was saved, a big
FIRE wall cutting on the flames.
Evening star., 1918-08-23
TO ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS.
Theatrical Company Will Tour
CAMPS Under K. of C. Auspices.

A theatrical company of Americas
notable performers. who have volun-
teered their services through the
Catholic Actors Guild of America to
the Knights of Columbus, will short
ly begin a tour of all military camps
in the country to present plays for
the entertainment of our soldiers.
Knights Of Columbus buildings at the
various camps will, be utilised as the
aters and scenery will be moved by
railroads and motor trucks.
The company probably will be
known as the Knights of Columbus
Company of Players and will include
men and women recognized as lead
ers in their profession,
Evening star., 1918-08-23
BRITISH STEAMER
SUNK BY TORPEDO
Diomed Goes Down Off Allan
tic Coast; Crew, Many In
jured, Rescued.
SWEDISH SHIP HELD UP

By the Associated Press.
AN ATLANTIC PORT. August 2s.-
The British steamer Diomed has been
terpedoed and sunk off the Atlantic
coast. More than 100 of her crew, many
of them Chinese. some severely injured,
were rescued and brought here today by
another British steamer.
A Swedish steamer which also arrived
here today reported that yesterday
morning she was held up by q suhna-
Fine, but that after q pariey with the
U-boat commander was allowed to pre-
ceed.
The Diomed was sunk Wednesday
last about 125 miles east of New York.
She was steel vessel Of 400 gross
tons.
Evening star., 1918-08-23

In 1915, the. grand sherifs-Hpssein
assumed the title and office Of King
of the Hejaz at the request of the
ulema, OF body of Moslem doctors OF
the law who interpret the Koran, and
the aotahles Of Mecca and the unani-
nous vote of the people. The allied
governments recognized the king, who
entered into close relations ith'other
important ehieftains who approved
the steps he had taken.
Since his attainment Of the throne
the king has upheld the allied cause
and has thr6Tn his men into the oon-
fiict against the Turks in his terriS
tory. On July % Lord Robert Cecil.
British assistant secretary of state
for foreign Affairs, referring to the
operations of the King of the Hejaz.
said the, casualties Inflicted on the
Turks by the Arr BIS along the line
between Berat and Maan amounted to
about 1000. in addition to which two
locomotives had been destroyed and
cuiverts and bridges demolished and
railway communications between the
two points permanently interrupted.
A pure white mineral wood Is being
manufactured at Yarraville. a suburb
al
Evening star., 1918-08-23
Straps for Sergt. Bartlett.

ssrgt Edward c. Bartlett. 1898 18th
street northwest. has been appointed
. second lieutenant, air service (pro-
duction). He has been ordered to re-
port In person to the director Of air.
IsEAA 1r91Qstt2n -eaE aytk :.
Evening star., 1918-08-23

Tuesdays congressional primary in
the second Mississippi district shows
that Representative Hubert D. Ste
phens will have to seek denomination
in a runof primary.
Evening star., 1918-08-23
AT WORK LISTING
''N0N-ESSENT|ALS' s.
Twenty-Five Local Industries
viii Be Given Reasonable
Time to Meet Conditions.
DRAFTEEs NOT AFFECTED

The local branch of the United
States employment service today be-
gan the task of registering every
man in the District who Is doing un-
skilled labor in the following twenty
five occupations:
Auto industry accessories; drivers
of pleasure cars, cleaning, repairing
and delivery of same; sightseeing
cars; auto trucks engaged In work
other than fuel or government work;
teaming, other than delivery of prod
ucts for war work: bath and. barber
shop attendants; bowling alleys. bill
lard and pool rooms; bottiers and
bottle supplies; candy manufacturers.
cigars and tobacco; cleaners and
dyers; clubs; confectioners and deli
catessen establishments: builders and
contractors net engaged in the erec-
tion of structures for war work;
dancing academies: mercantile stores;
florists; fruit stands; junk dealers;
livery and sales stables: pawn bro
kers; peanut vendors and establish
ments; shoe shining shops; window
cleaners; soft-driuk establishments:
soda fountain supplies.
Evening star., 1918-08-23
No Ban on Buying Uniforms Hsrs,

Widely circulated reports that ON
cars Of the Army have been Instructed
not to buy their uniforms In this
country for service abroad were
denied today By the War Departms emit.
Evening star., 1918-08-23
KING OF HEJAz DEAD,
SAY TURKISH REPORTS
Grand Sheriff Of Mecca Was Con-
sistsnt Supporter Of the Allied
Cause in Near East.

AMSTERDAM, August e2.- Con-
stantinepie newspapers received here
print reports of the death Of Hussein
Ben Ali, King CT the Hsjaz and grand
sheriff Of Mecca.
Evening star., 1918-08-23
May Fill In Elsewhere.

II Washington meets all its require
ments for unskilled laborers and still
has a number of workmen on its wait
ing list they probably will be appealed
to as a patriotic dutyto go to work
in an essential industry in some state
which is short of men.
Washington is believed to be the
first city to carry out the unskilled
labor recruiting campaign mapped out
by the Department of Labor to meet
the shortage of 100000 workmen in
war plants throughout the country.
This campaign is entirely independ-
ent of the work-or-fight order being
enforced by the provost marshal gen.
eral on men who were exempted in
the draft. Any unskilled workman
who has been given instructions by
his draft board need not comply with
the Department of Labor's call to
The list of non-essential industries
may be added te from time to time, 1t
was stated. Skilled laborers are not
included in the recruiting campaign
for the present.
Evening star., 1918-08-23
DR.. Floria Commissioned Physician.

Ian embassy that DR.. Salvatore Floria
of 1929 Rhole Island avenue northwest
has been officially appointed physician
of the Italian high commission
Evening star., 1918-08-23
Will Give Reasonable Time.

An official of the local employment
office said today that employers in
cluded in this list will be given a rea-
sonable time to release all their un-
skilled laborers for work in war fac
tories. but any who show DISPOSE
tion to prevent their employees from
leaving will receive a notice from the
employment service asking them to
comply with the governments wishes
Although no formal announcement
has been made as to how the United
States Employment Service expects 10
force tardy employers to release their
unskilled labor, it was intimated to-
day that such an employer would be
reached by cutting off supplies which
he needs to carry on his business.
The unskilled laborers in the above
mentioned occupations will be ex-
pected to register at the local office
of the employment service, 1410 Penn
sylvania avenue. through which they
will be given work In an essential war
industry in or near the District. At
1410 Pennsylvania avenue 1t was
pointed out that many unskilled work
men are needed on temporary build
ings being erected by the government
in washington,
Evening star., 1918-08-23

A pure white mineral wood is being
manufactured at Yarraville. suburb
of Melbourne, from basal rock or
blue stone"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-24

ID seeming at this time That there
s to be an election On the 3lst day
ri peeembor ualar proclamation o.
Hon H g. Canemau lafn@ mayor
of the City Of Chickasha, Tor the pur
use of elec l', successor t. D
Coffman, and ! with others somewhat
sharing the belief if the Office is To
De filed al special election it then
becomes the right of any citizen TO
aspire 90 the position
therefore take this method of an
nouncing my candidacy for mayor al
the coming special election. an
lully aware that we will have nc
primary in which the voters may ex-
press their preference for a man to
fiji the office, and it becomes neces
ary that we file with the secretary
Of the Grady county election board
or petition to be placed on the city
ticket
| have done, all this, and will say
to the voters Of the city that / have
been a resident of the city for more
than 1Sf years. and for six years 2
have served the people as a member
or the city council have al am
times stood for the beuement OF tbe
city, and at this time ] deem. .the con
ditions warranting the election OF
man that can aid the city in tabin
its proper place among the leading
>iiies of re state. / consider TO-DAY
20 be a period when here is a great
er opportunity Tor the city than ever
before. and with the proper efforts
put forth great things in the next few
months can be accomplished pro.
.eeIn9 ior the tiy udosiries -hat viii
so t7se rAdtsasha ,ae rea a,-
aiiltng point - the sautsWest. aal
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-24
FOR MAYOR

10 al q which viii promote chick
asha's commercial interests pledge
my best efforts if elected mayor at
tbe oor,f,o oi.,,t,,
''' ''''' ''i'''' ''i'' ''' guy
Shouid acquire parks ana places oi
rest and amusement before lands get
100 hlgh' and have always done what
] could as 2 member of the city couu
eH "hen such matters were under
consideration
! bel.eYe ia ihe payment of wages
fhat "'ii give io the employees o' the
city FUNDS for a good living and ihen
demand that tire cip receive services
Tor wages paid
believe that an law d tae state
ana city should oe strictly enforced
ana nave ever. stood for such. that
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-24
IA Fight for Democracy

The Red Cross brought
heroic France the first help
from America to turn back
the onrush Of dcmocracy's
foes.
Then it provided healing
are and comforts to strength
IN Americas great democratic
army.
Also it fights no.2 beside
our soldiers over there by
looking after the nesL3 of1hc;r
loved ones over here.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-24
IA Fight for Health

By sending health workers
to Italy and France-by ap-
propriating millions for fight
ing tuberculosis both there
and in America, the Red
Cross gives every member a
share in a winning war for
health.
Red Cross funds enable
American tuberculosis asso-
Citations to combat the disease
that most Of all kills those
neededas workers and soldiers.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-24

Signed
Fair Price Publishing
Committee.
c. H. Harris. Ch'm'n.
c. H. Ritter,
r B Cook,
l. w seatan
D. Tisn0f. Seu2ary
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-24
HaIfsasaa
Chickasha. Grady county. ok.a.

Difference in margins above quot
ed does not indicate maximum and
minimum profits Both margins
quoted are maximum, the lower mar
gin being maximum profit allowed
retailers operating Cash and Car
ry' stores and the larger margin be
ing the maximum profit allowed re.
tailers operating credit AID delivery
stores
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13
Singers Midgets, One of Great
Acts of Vaudeville, to Return

Singers Midgets, those ex-
tremely clever little folks vino
packed the Pantages theater for a
solid week on their last appear
ance, come again topping the
show Monday with an entertain
ment eclipsing their former offer
ing. This time they have three
elephants, many Shetland ponies
and do everything from opera to
athletics. Thirty perfect diminu-
tive human beings have been as
sembled by Leo Singer.
The act is divided into several
parts and runs for 3S minutes.
The coaching party, the song and
dance revue, Hawaiian number,
grand march and patriotic tableau
are among it's divisions. Karl
Becker is the leading man and
Dora Veg is prima donna. The
ages Of members of the company
vary from IS to 35 years of age,
the tallest is 81 inches in height
and the heaviest man weighs So
pounds.
The remainder of the bill in
cludes Frank Morrell, the Califor-
MIA tenor; Early and Laight in a
sketch, ION the Water Wagon"
Grew Pates and company in play
let, Solitaire" Three Musical
Maids, a soprano soloist, a violin
list and harpist; The LaFollette
Trio, French singers and dancers;
"Cornered," the 18th episode Of
who Is Number One?"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13

Gladys Brockwell and Fatty
Arbucble are to be twin stars at
the Melbourne theater for three
days starting Sunday. Miss Brock
well will appear in For Liberty"
and the funny, fat and fearless
Mr.. Arbuckle will be seen in "A
Small Town Bully" None OF the
screen comics has been more pop
ular than Arbuckle for he exudes
humor and really makes people
laugh.
The story of For Liberty"
opens in Washington, d. c., Just
before the United States declared
war. Then the scene shifts to
Berlin where Frank Graham has
gone ON q secret mission for the
United States government. A
thrilling war story follows.
Supporting Miss BrocKwell are
such players and Charles Clary,
Bertram Crassby, Willard Lewis,
Colin Chase and Clara Graham
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13
MEADOW PARK TO
STAGE FIRST OF
YEARS MATCHES
ADJUSTMENTS.
TIGERS Get
FIRST CAM E
WITH ONO.

Tacma baseball bugs will have
! their first opportunity to give the
1918 Tiger players the double-O
tomorrow afternoon, when the
Camp Lewis quartermaster corps
team invades the Tiger training
camp.
A game between the Tigers and
soldiers has been set for $3.50
O'Clock, and altho ii Is in the ma
ture OF an esrly-season training
contest, the fans will at least get
squint at Russ Halls new ma
terial. There will be a full team
OF new Tiger players, with several
relays of pitchers on hand.
Four pitchers, three outfielders
and a third baseman formed the
entire quota of players for training
camp Friday. There were several
additions to the number of rpokies
Saturday, it was reported.
Herman Pillett and his younger
brother. Ed. together with Heinie
Menthe and George SCHNEIDER,
were the pitchers. Billy Speas,
manager of the team, Frank Will
son and T. p. McOmbei- were the
outfielders and Jake Messner of
Wilkeson was the third sacker.
II rained most of the afternoon,
and the first days workout prov
ed rather tame.
Russ Hall says that beginning
Monday he will put the new play
ers thru their PAGES vigorously.
Grub costs too much these days TO
feed it to rocks in training camp
unless they're going to make the
team, Russ says.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13
Much Jazz Is
Offering For
Sunday Show

"Jazzcopation," the popular
musical pastime of the cafe and
vaudeville habitues, will come to
the Hippodrome Sunday accom-
panied by Minnie Burke, self
styled "The Skyrocket of Vaude-
Vile"
'Jazzcopation" will be furnish
ed by four musicians who lay
claim to the ability to play any
form of syncopation no matter
how rare. Miss Burke is an &c,
centrique who can dance and sing
with equal cleverness.
The Three Atkins are billed as
novelty variety entertainers.
The Variety Trio are two men
and a woman who sing and dance.
Hickey and Cooper, in "Mirth,
Melody and Song" are old favor
ties.
Moore and White, billed as 1.-THE
Youthful Couple" promise some
clever entertainment.
Santry and Norton are the big
novelty of the bill with whirl-
wind dancing.
"A Triangle feature photoplay
concludes the program.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13

in the season for the team captain
to be able to place handicaps on
all players, he is going to trust the
contestants to handicap them
selves.
The players will be divided into
three classes. Glass A men, who
play below 80, will handicap them
selves from par. Glass B men,
who play between 80 and 100,
will handicap themselves from 80.
Class G men, playing above 100,
will handicap themselves from
100.
For example, II class B play
er should give himself handicap
of points and then plays score
OF "a, he is automatically disqual-
flied from participation in the
prizes.
The following prizes have been
offered: Class A, a sport shirt
donated by Peoples Store; class
B. a pair of Klay Kort golf shoes
donated by the G. & G. Shoe Co. !;
class G, choice of iron clubs do
mated by Washington Tool e.
Hardware G.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13
Pa and Ma Morton and the
Children Are Orpheum Hit.

A typical Orpheum vaudeville
program. good in every detail,
with every act head and shout
ders above the average run of
variety numbers, is the new bill
which opened its three-day run
at the Tacoma last night.
The Four Mortons, Pa and Ma
and the two children, are the
headliners and they deserve rec
ognition, II for no other reason,
because they are among the real
pioneers of vaudeville. Mr.. and
Mrs. Morton are nice looking
home folks with nice easy line
of comedy that has kept them at
the top of vaudeville programs
for 20 years or more. The young
folks stay modestly in the back
ground.
Margaret Edwards, the perfect
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13

young California girl who posed
for the film production of
Truth" displays her physical
perfection to good advantage in
series of dances and calisthen-
les.
Constance Crawley. Arthur
Maude and Lamar tombstone
have scintilating sketch called
The Actress and the Critic"
which takes the audience into q
newspaper office.
Grace De Mar is comedy
young person with q vivacious
monolog. Kathryn Dahl and
Charles Gillee have a stirring mu-
steal number with a particularly
effective stage setting. Tom Din
gle and Sam Ward, "Odd Long
Fellows are good comedians.
Howard and Helene Savage are
with q noyal act.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13

=. Hay Robson is always favorite
in Tacoma. She is here again
next week. =,
August Pitou offers May Robson
In her latest melodramatic farce,
"ALittle Bit Old-Fashioned," at
the Tacoma theater Tuesday and
Wednesday. It is a comedy that
goes right to the heart of every
man, woman and child. 1t has
an appeal for rich and poor alike,
for 1t is intensely human and
overlooking with laughter. It has
been a long time since anything
approaching in novelty the theme
OF "A Little Bit Old-Fashioned"
has been produced. Plays of such
potent heart appeal and bewitch-
ing comedy are not written every
year, nor every decade.