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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-24
SEA RAID May CUT
teeth OF u-SHARkS

Between Belgium and Germany.
the Dutch coast intrrvcnrs. which
would make II necessary for the sub
marines to travel 800 miles north
ward Of IN. Belgian harbors before
they reached friendly waters.
Would Increase Mileage
The distance from outsud TO the
Irish coast is only 500 miles. and IL
Is within this area that most OF the
submarine attacks are made. by
adding 200 miles TO the U-ooat jour
neys the reserve power OF the plrat.
Ical craft would be seriously dis
furbed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-24

ZURICH. April 24.--Two large
Austrian powder factories at Glazen-
bach were blown up. with numerous
Casualties, according 10 reports today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-24

The Minute Men Of Precinct No.
1874 will meet this evening at 1880
o'clock In room i04 Broadway high
school.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-24
BATTLE ON 9.MILE FR0N !
GERMANS ARE
AFTER ANIIENS

Following an intensive artillery bombardment, COW
ering the entire British front from south of Ypres to
south Of the Somme, Hindenburg today apparently has
resumed his front campaign with drive against
Amiens
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-24

Gather Forecast Tonight and Thursdays
fair; moderate westerly winds.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-04-24

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An Extra Ordinary War Time Offer
FREE.
For IS Days Only

ABOLUIELY FREE! ha%n to Stimulate qk Mm Of the mms UNIVERSAL RANGES we WILL Turing the
You ect purchase this @sP by psm $40 anywhere We have only limited amount these
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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20
Y. NJ. c. A. MATRON
SOLVES PROBLEM
Blushing Yank Afraid to Send
His Christmas Gift by
Another" Girl.

PARIS, Dec. 20.-He wanted to buy
a Christmas present for his girl back
home so that she could show It to all
the other girls, and destroy their peace
of mind because it had come from
France.
He knew just what ne wanted, too,
but every time he thought of going
into the shop and trying to ask in
French for the thing he wanted, he got
red behind the ears. He had gone over
the top in the past. unafraid, but he
couldn't do this.
At last, when his leave was all up,
he went into the canteen and asked
the Y. NJ. c. A. there to make
the purchase for him. He ave her
the address, and hoped 1t wouldn't be
too much trouble to send the pack
age.
C. A. m who buys dozens Of such
gifts each week. I'm enjoy It. III
see that the package goes all right, and
if you like, I'll write n little note too,
telling her how well you're looking.
That will be nice said the private.
He counted out the money, a generous
amount. Still he fingered, and it was
evident that he had something else on
Anything else ! can do for your
asked the
ITS like this" began the private,
hesitatingly. He stopped, swallowed
sand started all over again. Please
be careful what you say in that note,
won't you ma'am? You ,see-my girl
she's funny about some things-she
might ~think-well, you know how wom-
en- are" finished the private wisely.
I'm tell you what" said the Ameri.
G; \ woman, "1ll tell her | enjoyed
meeting you because I have a son In
the army myself. viii that do?'
'tTbot will he fine " salt the QrtVAte
| heartily. Il wouldn't have mentioned
1t, only you know how women are
He smiled at her Understandings, sa-
luted, turned and went out.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20
NORWEGIAN REDS
ARE THREATENING
REIGN Of CHAOS
Since German Revolution Nor
way BOISheviki Openly Urge
Arms and Reign Of Terror
for Success.

CHRISTIANIA. Dec. 20. Correspond
enCe Of the Associated Press THE
boishevik faction Of the Norwegian So
clalst party has, since last spring. eX-
erclsed q controlling influence over the
oFganlZatlon, For some months this
was done more or less secretly and the
OBJECTS aimed at were not made pub
Tic. But after the revolution i'm Ger
many, concealment was abandoned.
In speeches at public meetings and
by articles in socialist organs, laborers
were urged to organize revolutionary
associations, similar to those in Rus
Sla, provide themselves with arms, and
DE ready for a revolution to overthrow
the government. They were told that
they should employ force and terror
to whatever extent il might be neces-
sary TO accomplish their purpose and
establish what would virtually amount
to a minority dictatorship on Bolshe-
Vik lines.
1t is admitted by the leaders Of the
BoIsheVik faction tha, the latter con-
stltute only a very Small portion of or
ganized labor but they declare it is
for that reason they are justified in
having recourse to force because they
could not attain their aims by parlia-
mentary methods and lawful forms of
agitation.
The president of the labor party is a
BolShevist and in conjunction with GER
tam Russian BolSheViStS established
a Russian telegraph news agency here
for the ostensible purpose of furnish
ing the Norwegian press with ''rella-
BILE news from P%etrograd.
No date has yet been approximately
fixed for starting their proposed revo-
luton. The leaders declare it depends
on how things turn out in England. one
Of them openly stated, IF there Is no
revolution in England there will be no
use trying one here for England would
at once step in and suppress IT,"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20
BEAUMONT BECOMES
MERCHANT VESSEL PORT

BEAUMONT, Tex, Dec. 2o,-1n the
1S months of war, $50 merchant vessels
took on cargoes at Beaumont, the ma
tons newest port" according to fig
ures made available by removal OF
shipping news restrictions. OF these
vessels 167 carried exports cargoes and
3S5 coastwise cargoes. This port had
been open only a year when the war
started.
In the foreign trade 1920 o were
imports and Gel $40 tons were exports,
making a total Of 734,59O tons Of for
eign 'rade handled. In the coastwise
trade the incoming cargoes totaled 22l,-
S75 tons and the outgoing 1,075, 625 tons.
Many navy GOLFERS made this port
for fuel petroleum, gasoline, naphtha
and oils. which are not counted be-
cause Of navy department restrictions,
The volume Of this shipping business,
aside from the value Of the cargoes,
may be realized from the fact that
one vessel alone spent $1S, 900 for gro
ceries and supplies here. The 552 ships
making Beaumont in the past II months
probably purchased supplies valued at
millions,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20
Y. e.. A. TAKES HOME
FOR GIRLS AT TOURS

NEW YORK, Dec. 2o.-A lodging
home for French girls mas just been
taken over by the American Y. w. G.
A., in Tours. France, to relieve the
housing problem created by the great
influx of American army officers and
soldiers in the city, according to a let
ter just received by the war work coun-
Gil of the Y. W. c. A, from Miss Helen
Hunt Jackson, of GAINESVILLE, Wis,
with the advent of American soldiers
In Tours, French landladies raised their
rents to exorbitant prices, Miss Jackson
writes, so that the problem OF lodging
was becoming a desperate one to
French girls working with the Ameri-
car army. Their salaries were not large
enough to allow them to compete with
the Americans for the rev rooms which
we're for rent, and great numbers OF
these girls were forced to live In cheer
less attics.
The American Y. W. c. A, has taken
a large, airy house, completely fur
nished and situated IN the best sec
ton of Tours within easy distance Of
the American barracks w1ere most OF
the girls are employed. The house Is
similar to a Y. w. C. A. boarding home
in this country and is operated in con-
n~ection with the central Y. w. c. A.
Foyer des Allies, in Tours, the recre-
alton center for French working girls.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20
SECTION OF NEW YORK
TO HONOR u. S. SOLDIERS

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2O.-A section of
New York is to be decorated in honor
Of returning Missouri soldiers. Mrs.
Grace H. Swasker. formerly Of ST. Louis
and now president OF the Missouri
Women's club of New York city, has
been appointed by Gov. Gardner as rep
resentative Of this state to welcome
soldiers returning through New York
city. Mrs. Swacker, formerly a school
teacher in st. Louis, removed to New
York, where her husband. Frank M.
Swacker, formerly with the interstate
m commission, Is an attorney
Mrs. Swacker heads the committee In
charge Of decorating a block OF Fifth
avenue under the Fifth Avenue asso-
>cIation. She has already started work
on an organization which Gov. Gardner
saws will give Missouri boys a pleasant
welcome when they land in New York
city. Gov. Gardner appointed MRS.
Swacker in August to be sponsor for
a ship launched at Shooters Island. N
Y. Aug. 10. ---
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20
OF JAPAN
TO BE CHANGED SOON

TOXIC, Dec. 20,--Addressing the pre-
fectural government of the empire, Ia
kejiro Tokonami, the home minister in
the new Hara party cabinet, indicated
the other day that the government
would bring about a revision of the suf-
frage system so as to promote consti-
tutional government in Japan.
The minister paid a tribute to the pa
triotism and devotion Of the allies In
the present war. He said: at is a re-
markable fact that every nation has,
on account of the war, enormously
strengthened its national ideas. The
unity and solidarity so well achieved
by the allied nations have been accom-
piished by the virtue of individual
initiative on the part of the people"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-20

Hershey's Milk Chocolate; assorted
Crispy Nut Brittle, with Heaps of
Nuts'-assorted Chocolates - fruit
cake and fruit-filed, sat~in-finished
candies. and, of course, Chewing
Gum.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09
DIET KITCHEN OF AMERICAN RED CROSS IN FRANCE
HONORABLE DISCHARGES

Buck Private Slim and Shorty and
 Red Were talking of peace while undress-
 ing for bed. 'Tt can't come too soon tor mel" said
 Slim. Sherman was right. hand it to
 him; I don't like the army---I want to
 live!" And he dropped his shoes with an
 expletive. Private Red peeled off his o. D's; How proud he was of his peg-topped
 knees! He liked to march to the throb of the
 band, And he wanted to sail for the overseas
 land. What, war to be over---adventure
 fun, both? Red threw down his shoes with a sor-
 rowful oath. Shorty just grinned and scratched his
 round head; Why should he worry alive or dead? Work, food and sleep---a girl now and them In the army or out, whats the differ ence again? For shorty liked peace, but he didn't
 hate war; So he laid down his shoes and thoughtfully swore. Private Riquarins in B. L. T.'s Column in the Boston Herald.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09
THE NOBEL PRIZE

The Nobel Prize, which is bestowed upon men eminent in science, liter ature and the advancement of peace, will be distributed tomorrow, Dec. 10, because this date commemorates the anniversary of the death of Alfred B.. Nobel at San Reno, Italy, Dec. 10, 1896. Should President Wilson be awarded the prize for the promotion of peace, he will be the second pres ident of the United States so honored for ex-President Roosevelt received 1t for his efforts in bringing about peace between Russia and Japan after their war of thirteen years ago.
 Alfred Bernhard Nobel, the founder of the fund, was born in Stockholm, Sweden, 1883. He was thirty years old when he was granted a patent for the manufacture of an explosive com posed of nitroglycerine and ordinary blasting. powder. This was the first practical application of nitroglycer- ince, a violent explosive invented by Sobero in 1847, and which he produc- ed by adding successive small quan- titles of glycerine to mixture of nj tric and sulphur acid. It was No bePs desire to produce an explosive for use in blasting which should be more powerful and less dangerous than those in use.
 In 1864 Nobel found his explosive could be 'set off" by the initiative detonation of Illuminating materials and .in 1867 he conceived the idea o1 reducing it's uncertainty and dange1 by mixing it with some solid and iner substance. Thus he produced dyna mite.
 Nobel found siliceous infusoria | earth in Germany which was wei suited to his purpose, since it absorb i ed three times it's weight of nitro
 glycerine without becoming nor than damp to the touch. To the mix ture of earth and nitroglycerine wa added a little alkiline material tt
 neutralize an acid that might be SC
 free by the nitroglycerine.
 Dynamite soon became popular, an it's use has spread all over the world
 Despite it's dangerous character it ha
 added untold riches to the earth inhabitants, for it has laid bare tn
 hidden treasures which, without it
 use, would be practically unobtain able. ~s
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09
ESTABLISH MODEL
 FARMS IN FRANCE

A model farm has been established by the American Red Cross at Courbet, for it has been found that farm work Is one of the very best means of hasten ing the recovery of those men suffering from shell shock. One farm of 500 acres has been laid out in the depart ment of Indre-et-Loire that is planned and is to be managed after the meth ods pursued in our own great farming regions of the West.
 Since these farms will be worked al- most entirely by the convalescent sol diers and those made unfit for active service, the expense of maintainance will be very little.
 But the saving of human life will be enormous. And every farmer in this country who enrolls in the Christmas Red Cross Roll Call will be helping in- directly to carry on this reconstruction work among the mutilated soldiers in l France.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09
ANNE TETCIINESSE.

Anne Thicknesse was born in the Temple in London in the year 1737. Her beauty and talents early gained her an entrance into the world of fashion, as she was an accomplished musician. She gave concerts to sup port herself, and by this means was able to sustain herself when driven from her fathers house after her re- fusal to enter into an undesired mar riage. One of her patrons was Lady Betty Thicknesse, who took the young artist into her home. On the death of her patroness she married Cover nor Thicknesse. He died while on a visit to France, where the young woman narrowly escaped execution at the hands of Robespierre, who had 1 imprisoned her. She was able to se- cure her release through influence, and immediately returned to Eng
 land, where she died in the year 1924
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09
RED CROSS SUPPLIES.

The varied character of the supplies which the American Red Cross pro- vides for American soldiers and sail ors is> shown in the following list of articles furnished in one recent month to our fighting men in Great Britain: 3OOO0 sweaters, 30,000 toothbrushes 5O,OOO pairs of socks, 32,000 pounds of soap, 300,000 boxes of matches, 500 baseball outfits, 800 mouth organs, 144,OO0 packages of chewing gum, 5,O00,0O0 cigarettes. For handling these supplies, the Red Cross has sev- en warehouses in England and six iQ Ireland. At the Irish stations there are stores of clothing, first aid outfits and other necessaries to provide amply for any emergency which may arise through the torpedOiRg of ships carrying American soldiers or sailors. If necessary, 6,O00 shipwrecked Amer jeans could be outfitted from head to foot at one time from these emergency depots. Advance arrangements have also been made for billeting, housing and feeding any number of men who might unexpectedly be landed at ports where there are no British military | camps.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09
GLADSTONE ADM1NIsrRAT1oN.

With the British elections only few days off, it is interesting to re- call that the first Gladstone ministry was formed just half century ago today, Dec. g, 1S6S.. This marked the initial appearance of William Ewart Gladstone in. that role of British pre- mier in which he was destined to gain worldwide fame as one of the fore most statesmen of his century. Dur ing the 46 years which elapsed be- tween that event and the outbreak of the war of 1914, and which may be said to have brought about the begin ming of a new era in British politics, the Conservatives had been in power a little over 23 years, while the Lib erasl held the ship of state over p years. Honors were thus about even between the two great British parties. Gladstone's first accession tD power 1 followed the defeat of DisraeH on MT. Gladstone's resolution in regard to Irish church disestablishment. In the elections of that year MT Gladstone
 was defeated in South Lancashire, but
 was returned to Parliament from l Greenwich.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09
CARE OF HAIRBRUsHDs.

When handsomely backed hair brush is used, it is frequently some what of a problem to keep it per fectly clean, without injury to the setting. Almost every one knows that, when the brush is immaculate, it is comparatively easy thing to maintain the hair in the same state, for the accumulations of the days dust are thus quickly removed by it's application, says the Christian Science Monitor
 One woman saves her worn bath towels, tears them in strips and keeps a supply for dry cleaning her brushes almost daily. It takes but a minute to rub the bristles briskly with the rough material which, when the dust is removed, may be thrown away. Brushes will require far few CT washings, if kept in good condi- ton by this process, and the Ibristles will thus remain stiff longer than when they are wet constantly. Dry bran furnished another valuable means of dry cleaning the hairbrush The bran should be rubbed in quite thoroughly, then shaken and rubbed out. It will take all the greacc with it. Brushes which are set ir rubber and which Uannot, therefore be washed may safely be cleaned with the dry bran.
 Probably the best method of wash ing the brush is by dipping the bris ties only if the back is not washable into a solution of ammonia anC water, and then rinsing it in runnin: water which Is alternately hot ant cold. The brush should then b. shaken thoroughly, placed on tn bristles and left to dry in a curren of air and plenty of sunshine, if pos aible. If the brush is allowed t. rest on it's back, the roots of tn bristles will catch the water and 500 become routed.
 Borax is another good cleaner when dissolved in ho' water. Tn brush is dipped in the solution, a described for the ammonia, and rins ed thoroughly. Celluloid combs an brush backs are sometimes 'discOlore s by the use of ammonia, but are nc 2 injured by borax.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09
THE FIRST SQUARE MEAL
How Red Cross Has Fed Italian
 Prisoners.

Last spring the Red Cross workers at Berne were busy arranging to care for the American soldiers who were taken prisoners by the Germans, and now the new exchange agreement means that Italians from Austria on their way back to Italy are being cared for in hundreds. They are pa thetic lot, these grand blesses"-the hopelessly wounded men-but they are always delighted with the prospect of going home, even though 1t may be going home to die. Nearly all of them are tubercular.
 The method employed is this: The Italian Government sends train into Austria through Switzerland to gather I'D the men released under the ex- change agreement The train crosses the Swiss border and at Buchs is met by delegations from the allied Red Cross organizations, and under the present plan the food is furnished by the American Red Cross. To many of these men this Is tho first square meal that they have had for years. Cloth ing is also furnished them. Each man of the 360 which each train carries is given cigarettes and small American flag, and many who have been in America, some of whom have taken out their first papers, are overjoyed at the bit of red, white and blue and most demOnstrative in their delight.
 The representative of the Red Cross remain on the train until it reaches Zurich, then return to Switzerland again.
 It is the food which America has sent over which gives to these men their first meal-food which has been saved by eating smaller portions, and hv pofnI without
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09
''THE NINTH OF DECEMBER, ;,

In Peru and Bolivia the Glorious Ninth of December" is a red letter day in the calendar, for it commem- orates the battle of Ayacucho in 1894, when General Suaro, Bolivar's able lieutenant, defeated and com pletetly routed the Spanish forces and their Royalist followers.
 Ayacucho deserves to rank among the decisive battles of history, for it spelled freedom for the greater part of South America, and wiped out the last vestige of Spanish rule from Colombia to Chile and Argentina. It was in the wild interior of Peru, the center of Spanish power in the old
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09

brilliant, wicked. despotic days, that the Spaniards made their last stand against republicanism. The Spanish army was almost annihilated, and within a few months General Sucro completed the job by rounding up the remnants of the Royalists.
 The principal driveway of Lima, the capital of Peru, is the Boulevard of the Ninth of December, and the capital of Bolivia, the old city of Sucre, commentaries the name of the nations hero and first presi- dent.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09
TCDAY's ANNIVERSARY.

The first transit of the planet Ve- nus over the sun in the nineteenth century took place A years ago to- day, December g, 1874, and was ob- served by astronomers in different parts of the globe. This was the first phenomenon of the kind to be ob- served with modern telescope. An other transit took place on December 6, 1882, but there will be no other until near the end of this country. These transits were looked upon as of vast importance by, scientists, as affording data for estimating the true distance of the sun from the earth.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-12-09
Children of France.

Some one has said of the children of the devastated regions: "They are too sad, they must laugh or they cannot liv-." It is not enough to found hos pitals and to provide food. They must be given wholesome recreation and their natural joy in life restored. This is what the American Red Cross is do- ing for the children of France.