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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-31
WEATHER SACES
DECIDE BATTLES

PARIS. Aug. si.-Thc d~wsinles OF
nations In war time have passed
from the desks OF commander in
chiefs to ths charts OF weather
propheta
All questions OF offensive warfare.
night attacks. air raids and gas
bombardments are now placed In
the hands OF meteorological experta
Their decisions as To atmospheric
conditions. possibilities OF fog.
chances OF rain and direction OF the
wind determine tho final plans OF
tho commanders
There mr.. only n few Of thc-e
weather stations In tho armies. for
only n few are needed. but these
stations are worth regiments OF
men.
The Germans have been making
constant uso Of this system. They
mass their men on cloudy nights
unobscrvcd by tho allied aviatorx
Their air raids and gas attacks
are never attempted without asstrr-
ances OF favorable wind conditions
In their early attacks this year
on the allied lines. full advantage
was taken OF the clear nights with
the moon In It's full. Naturally
enough tho allied armies have been
planning accordingly. and have gone
the Huns one better on many m
occasion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-31
WHITE ELEPHANT
SHOP IS OPENED

Built like bazaar in gay Moor
ish city. tn, White Elephant shop. In
the Leary building. a, Second and
Madison. opened Saturday morning
at 10 o'clock. under tho patronage OF
the National League for woman's
Service.
Tea win b. served each afternoon
ut the shop by women In IN. Ma
tionai League canteen uniform. Tho
haxaar win b. in charge Of Mrs.
Frederick s. Htimson.
Give what you don, want Buy
what you do want Is tho motto Of
the little shop. whose entire proceeds
20 10 patriotic work. Tn. National
League for woman's Service In one
OF the largest wornen's patriotic or
ganirations in tho country.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-31
BOYS CHORUS TO
SING TUESDAY

scattie's patriotism In 10 be surred
again TO now heights Tuesday even
ing, whom IN. 500 sweet toned voices
Of the whitney Boys chorus are to
b. heard In the Arena, In a great ma
,ional concert. accompanied by
brass hand and spectacular electrical
effects.
sixteen cities and towns Of Eastern
and Western Washington are repre-
scented In tho membership OF tho
chorus. Tn. chorus is strictly non
noctarian. and there are - or~eds
represented In lis rolls.
Former United States Senator
Samuel N. Piles will deliver iS'min.
ute address.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-31
PLUNCES FROM
BUILDING after
SHOOTING SELF

sitting in an open window. half.
way up the stairs leading 20 the
tower above the eleventh floor % the
Cobb building, Rudolph schneider,
~. until two weeks ago partner In
the Fidelity grocery. 1904 Broadway.
shot himself thru tho head with
Colts revolver and plunged thru
space to the iron.protccted siyiight
above tho first floor. In tho rear
court OF the building Friday after;
noon.
The interstate Realty association
was In session below. Real estate
men from all over the Northwest
heard the crash. and called an alb
rupt recess.
Schneider had been In III health
for some time. and was derpondont
lilo had previously announced intrn'
tons OF self destruction. lie was not
married.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-31
WAGE DECISION
EXPECTED SOON

Tho dccisson OF thet Macy board
from Washington. which In hearing
trade union delegates regarding
wag- increases. In expected In Scat
tie within tho next ten days.
Tho wag- scale presented affecting
Local Union No. ios. Bolicrmaker~.
Iron shipbuilders and Helpers. is;
Leading craftsmen. $50 n day: jour.
nsymsn. - a day. with wages aver.
aging between s7.2o and Sc daily for
lesser occupations. A favorable ~
port IL expected. according TO A. T..
Auiligan. president
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-31
AIM TO SETTLE
STEEL STRIKE

Preliminary steps that may lead TO
an adjustment of the differences be-
tween tho Pacific Coast Steel coin.
pany and tho union mon employed
there who arc at present on strike.
havo been taken. s. L. Boldly and
John Won Carnop. representing the
Metal Trades Council. and Labor
Commissioner II. n. White win meet
officers OF the steel company in con.
ference on the situation at a near
date. not yet definitely set.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-31
Prohibition May
Cause Big Part
of Hops to Rot

PORTLAND. Aug. 3i.--with thou.
sands OF acres Of hops ripcning In
tho Pacific Northwest. and harvest.
ing time beginning next week. the
outlook today was that good part
OF the crop may remain on the
vines unpickcd.
The reason given In that the war
time prohibition bin will cut con.
sumption OF hops TO rs per cent OF
last years requirements. and more
than this quantity has already been
bought by the consumers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-31
HOLLAND NOW LACKS
RAW COTTON SUPPLY

Special TO The Star by ~. II. ~
AMSTERDAM. Aug. 81. The
stocks OF raw cotton in Holland have
been used UP TO the last fiber. and
some spinners have begun spinning
paper yarns. Most spinning mills
and weaving sheds. however. are
idle. The working people are en-.
ployed raising crops or making
roads.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-31
GERMAN CHILDREN
FLOCK TO HOLLAND

Especial TO The Star by ". Il. A.
AMSTERDAM. Aug. 81. Hun
dreds OF German children are arriv.
Ing in Holland from German towns.
and even from Vienna, TO recupcrate
from diseases caused by malnutri.
don.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-31
Yank Flyer Flees
Hun Prison Train

BERNIE. Switzerland. Aug. al
Escaping from n prisoners train
near Tim. Lieut.. J. Hitchcock. jr..
is-year.old American aviator. who
was captured by the Germans last
March. has arrived here en- route to
the United States.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-31
THREE WESTERN MEN IN
CANADIAN CASUALTIES

OTTAWA. Ont. Aug. 3i.--Among
the Americans In the latest casualty
list are:
KILLED.. I. Campbell. Spokane;
J. l.. Wentworth, Los Angeles.
Wounded-C. W. Jones, Tacoma.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-08-31
Contributions to
the Tobacco Fund

No name ................. 100
Cole cominga ans nth w.
Francis Mnviowe. e1ts 10th
w. Vernon Bishom. 2l&i 10th
Collection at Washington Asso-
Mary Ripley. sttT Fourth W.. ass
citation of the Baking Industry ss.t1
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24
MINERAL WAX TAKES PLACE
 EDIBLE FATS

STOCKHOLM, May 25.-The great shortage of fats in Germany and the resulting necessity of using more of all edible fats for human con scientific men to extensive expert mentation with so-caled mineral wax" The result has been both a more varied use of this product and greatly improved method of securing it.
 Mineral wax is a substance eX- tracted from brown coal with the aid of benzine, benzol or other technical solvents. Benzol is now used exclusively in Germany for this purpose Old methods have been unable to extract all the wax from the coal treated, but the Kaiser Wilhelm institute for experiments ation with coal is now winning nearly the entire quantity in the coal treated.
 The main features of it's improved system consist in extracting the wax under a high pressure, as much as six atmospheres, and at high temperature A brown coal which had produced only eleven per cent of wax under the old system gives up 25 per cent under the new treat. ment.
 Mineral wax was used in peace times mainly for the fabrication of shoe polish, phonograph records and the insulation of electric cables. Its high percentage of sebacic acid about 60 per cent of it's entire con tent-has been turned to account in the making of consistent fats. It is also being used extensively in the paper industry as sizing, taking the place of colophonium. Experiments are now being con. ducted to find q method of refin, ing the wax and giving it lighter color.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24
PRIS0NERS0N
 WAY TO SERVE

Setting the schedule of departure one day ahead the party of prisoners and guards left yesterday morning for the Outside over the trail Those taking the trip are: Wm. H. Smith McNeil's Island, Is months, embez element; Paul Minnick, alien enemy detention at Fort Liscum; Charles Olson, Morningside sanitarium, ad judged insane.
 As guards to this party were Deputy Marshal Edgar Poppel and Robert Y. St. George. On the de livery of his charges to the proper authorities Poppel will resign as an officer of the United States and en list in some branch of the service as will St. George. Poppel has re sided for a number of years in Fair banks. being in his present position for about two years, and has q large number of friends who regret his departure, personally, but rejoict in the thought that nearly all oI Fairbanks young men are showhe the true spirit.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24
ISLAND JUDGE PLAYS GERMAN
 COLONIZATION

PHILADELPHIA, May 25.--The backward peoples" of the world are lining up solidly against Ger many, said Judge Charles Burke FL liott of Minneapolis, in an address before the Win the War for Per manent Peace" convention, under the auspices of the league to enforce peace. The speaker, who is form CT member of the supreme bench of the Philippine Islands and of the Philippine commission, discussed Germany's colonial methods from his long experience in the Far East
 Many thousands of the dark hued people from the borders and hinter land of civilization" he said, "are fighting and dying under the allied flags.
 "In the light of Germany's de clared designs for the conquest of the world and the history of two decades of German colonization, is it not clear why thousands of blacks from the edges of the Sahara joined the British in annihilating German power in Togo and the Kameroons, why India has stood Loyalty by the British Raj, and why the Filipinos have willingly taxed themselves to pay for a submarine and a destroyer for our navy, and are sending 25,- 900 volunteers for our army? An instinct deep and true teaches these people that the triumph of dhe central powers means their return to the degradation and the darkness from which they were slowly. but surely. emerging, under the guidance of the great liberal democratic col. onizing nations.
 Germany alone has openly ad- hered to the medieval, mercantile theory that colonies existed solely for the benefit of the home state. For cold blooded and scientific di- abolisnl, the conceptions of which rests the German system of coloniza- tion is without parallel in human history.
 "The German has never been able to deal successfully with native peo- pie because he recognizes only force and frightfulness. He made himself hated and feared, and the atrocities committed behind the veil which en- shrouds the dark continent but fore. shadowed those which have made the German name anathema through out the world"
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24
GOES OUTSIDE
 FOR INDUCTION

On the steamer Yukon headed for the Outside Lee Hudson will be a passenger for the purpose of answer ing the draft call which was issued to him for one of the local boards in the States.
 While on trip Outside last fall Hudson appeared before the commits sioner at Richardson for the purpose of registering and in answer to the question as to where he was from gave his place of residence on the Outside instead of Fairbanks. He was accordingly accredited to his home town by the registering officer and when the call came was notified to make an appearance for induction. While much regretting that he was not able to enter service with his Alaskan friends, he is satisfied with the way things have turned out as he figures that he will get into ac- tion quicker. which is what he most desires.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24
WAS IN HURRY
 TO GO OUTSIDE

The familiar face of Robert Y. St. George was missing from it's usual place in the Farmers bank yester- day and the information was con veyed that the popular young man was on his way to the Outside to enter service, leaving as one of the guards with the federal prisoners.
 The day of departure had been set one day ahead and when Robert was notified to make ready he had little time to make preparations and his haste was such that he left without the necessary registration papers or his money. An auto was chartered to catch up with the de- parting crowd to restore his needed possessions. He has no choice as to what branch he will enter but will go wherever he may be put. A host of friends will wish him Godspeed on his patriotic mission and hope for his early return.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24
UNITED STATES
 HAS POSITION
 OFLEADERSHIP

PHILADELPHIA, May 25.-If the United States is to maintain the position of spiritual leadership ac- quired during the war and take it's rightful place in League of Ma, tions, it must stamp out sectional intolerance and race prejudice, said Dr. Leo s. Rowe. of Philadelphia, in an address before the Win the War for Permanent Peace conven. tion. Dr. Rowe, who is assistant secretary of the treasury and mem. Der of the executive committee of the league to enforce peace, added :
 "The problem confronting us is not merely to win victory but to assist-yes, to lead-in creating a world situation which will make it impossible for the political philosophy which underlies the German plan to dictate or in any way dominate the final outcome. It has now become America's mission to see to it that the peace which follows this strug gle shall be the peace that makes further democratic development pos sible and thus enables America to make her greatest contribution to civilization.
 "No one would, for moment place any faith in revival of the balance of power doctrine. We now see, as never before, that the normal development of American institu tions will be broken, their spirit radically changed, and we will be led, as a matter of self-preservation into form of political and military organization, which will mean that the promise of our 18th and 18th century development will not reach fruition.
 "Germanys treatment of Russia and Rumania has made strikingly clear the nature of the menace with which we are confronted.
 Tt is clear that out of this strug gle a new world will emerge, but the type of world will depend large ly on America's unselfishness and on the steadfastness of her faith in international right and justice.
 American ideals, elevated by the war;" asserted Dr. Rowe, "can no, attain their full development unless we become an integral part of ar international organization determined at all costs to eliminate aggression from world affairs, to protect the rights of small and large nationali ties, and to place ourselves in the service of higher standards of inter national justice and fair dealing"
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24
AMERICAN MEN AND HER CASH
 CHASE KAISER

PHILADELPHIA, May 25.-Hein- rich von Treitschke was described at the Twin the War for Permanent Peace" convention as one who, next to Bismarck and Emperor William, had done most to mould modern German political thought and bring on the present war. The speaker was Dr. Richard Heath Dabney of the Uni versity of Virginia, who studied un- der Treitschke in Berlin. Dr. Dab ney's topic was "Germany's Dream of Dominion"
 "Treitschke's whole aim." he said, was to Prussianize Germany and to Germanize the world. heard him at the height of his powers. from the fall of 1883 to the spring of 1885.
 Upon other peoples he poured forth hate, scorn and contempt, par ticularly upon the English and our selves. We German idealists,' heard him say, have time to medi- tate upon beauty. The Americans chase the dollar It might surprise Treitschke, could he now arise from the tomb and see American dollars and American men preparing to chase the kaiser back to Berlin.
 "Treitschke's theory of the state oil hnS sniZnI hold of the German mind. The Ger, man, submerging his own personal identity in the state, seeks dominion through the state. over others. The American, intelligently combining with his fellow-individuals, seeks ra tional freedom for himself and for them. If Prussia conquers our armies, the Prussian theory will con quer our souls, and the American conception of the state, as an organ ization deriving it's moral authority from the collective consent of intel ligent individuals, will perish from the earth.
 "The two men who best embody the American and the Prussian ideals respectively are Patrick Henry and Frederick the Great. The lat ter, you remember, carried upon his person, during the Seven Years War a vial of poisOn-tO be swallowed if ever the time should come when his and Prussia's power must fall Dominion or death. These were the alternatives for Frederick the Prussian.
 Not so for Patrick Henry the American, whose immortal words might well be adopted today as oul battle-cry and that of our heroic allies: I know not what others may say but as for me, give me Liberty or give me Death
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24
GOOD RECIPE
 FOR BREAD IS
 WELL PROVEN

ANCHORAGE, June 7-Bread, two thirds of the ingredients of which are potatoes, is served in the mess houses and at the construction camps of the government railroad. The bread, in it's whiteness and delicious taste, cannot be distinguished from bread made entirely from wheat flour.
 The recipe was arrived at by F. L. Wagner, cook at construction camp No. S3 on the Turnasain Arm line of the government railroad. He served the bread early in May at a dinner taken at the camp by Will jam Gerig, engineer in charge of the Anchorage division. who was making an inspection trip Mir. Gerig, struck by the taste and appearance of the bread. asked for the recipe for it. At his direction, the recipe was tried in the mess house at An chOrage and proved so successful it was adopted there and at the lunch room of the Railroad Young Mems Christian association in Anchorage Subsequently it was used in all mess houses and camps of the railroad.
 The recipe follows
 '.To 25 pounds of dry mashed po- tatoes add four Magic yeast cakes, which have been placed in enough luke warm water to disintegrate them. Mix thoroughly with the po- tatOes. Let stand for twelve hours. Add lard, sugar, salt as usual and knead into this enough white flour to make stiff dough. (Fourteen pounds of white flour should be suf- ficient if the minimum amount of moisture has been used in the po- tatoes and yeast.) Let rise to double it's size, then knead into loaves. Let rise again and bake. This should make 36 pounds of bread"
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24
ISAAC MITCHAM NOW ON WAY TO
 GREAT OUTSIDE

For many days the public has conjectured as to the whereabouts of Isaac Mitcham, who recently made his escape and is now at large. All doubts as to where he is may be set at rest by the following com munication received from him by The Citizen through the mail last night, if the facts be true as stated by him:
 "Graehl. Fairbanks, Alaska.
 Sunday, 18th, 1918.
 Re the account in 'your paper of today's date 1 notice you made a slight mistake in my sentence On the third day of January last was sentenced to 10 months (not 1 year and $1,OOO fine) for seditious utterances.
 "In regard to the mosquitoes: don't think that they will bother me much. thanks to the mosquito tent and head net sent me about five days ago to protect me while slept in the federal bastile serving the above named sentence "Please state in your paper iol the benefit of my friends in town that have everything need re food, etc., to make my trip and that l will enclose my address when writing you again.
 Thanking, you I remain Yours respectfully, ISAAC MITCHAM. "P. s. Am starting across Nc Mans Land about midnight tonight and hope to make the great Out side in the near future. IKE" The marshal's office will give a reward of $25 to anyone apprehend ing Mitcham or giving information leading to his recapture.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24
NAVY EAGLES ARE ERECTED
 VERY RAPIDLY

DETROIT. May 25.-Quantity pro duction is to be the watchword' of the great Ford shipbuilding yard which is being erected here for the construction of the United States navy Eagles" the little vessels which, it is hoped, will help rid the seas of German U-boats.
 The assembling plan has been greatly elaborated and will be ap, piled to the building of the Eagles '' The raw material will enter one end of the plant to emerge at the other end completed fighting craft. Each of the little vessels will be passed along by powerful machinery from one group of workers to another and as it passes, each group will add something to the boat.
 When the last rivet has been driv. en in the steel hull, the boat will be picked up bodily by a powerful hy- draulic lift and deposited further down the ways where skilled work. men will install the motor equip ment.
 Three ways have been constructed each to hold seven of the submarine chasers It is generally understood that the plant will be able to put into the water one completed" Eagle a day and some estimates have placed the number as high as three for each twenty-four hours.
 There will be no champagne chris tenings nor elaborate launching cere monies. No efforts are being made to give the boats any touch of ar tificial beauty, the sole effort being to turn out with as great speed as possible an efficient weapon against German ruthlessness on the seas Government secrecy shrouds the ma jor details of construction.
 "lf these boats will hasten the end of the frightful carnage and bring a lasting peace, there will be nc occasion to worry over the cost, | said Henry Ford in discussing the project. This is your war and my war, and although we did moi make it, we must see it through tC a successful conclusion"
 Sixty days ago the land on which the plant is being erected was 6 desolate marsh, a vast acreage ol mud through which wandered aim lessly sluggish river. Now it i. a network of railroad tracks witt locomotives running between great buildings of steel, tile and glass.
 What engineers here say is on' of the largest buildings in the world will be used to house at one time score of the little vessels | is 1,7O0 feet long, 300 feet wide The building where the boats are tt be assembled is fully half a mil, from the Rouge river. The launch ing basin adjoins this building ant thence a channel is being excavatet to the river.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24
SENEFF ABLE
 TO WORK NOW

The patrons of the N. c. Co. were agreeably surprised yesterday to see the genial countenance of Henry Seneff in its accustomed place be- hind the retail counter.
 Seneff some days ago had the misfortune to fall off a ladder while doing some work at his residence, dislocating his shoulder. It was thought that the accident would dis able him for some time, but he now has the injured member out of the sling. While not able to do the heavy work in conjunction with his duties. he still can pass out the same old smile.'
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24
OFFICIAL NOW
 COMING HOME

It is reported that the steamer Alaska left Whitehorse yesterday ev. ening bound for Fairbanks, having on board some of the officials of the N. c. Co.,, among them Leon Schloss cern and head of the Schloss family and Volney Richmond, general man ager of the company.
 the interior It is probable that upon their arrival the final negO tiations for the formal transfer oi the holdings of the Dominion Com mercial company and E. R. Peo pies, Inc, will take place.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-06-24
FEDERAL BIDS
 BEEN POSTED

The call for bids for the furnish ing of heat, light and water to the federal buildings has been posted by the marshaps office fO: the com ing year.
 The term for which the bids arc called is from July 1. 1918, until June 30, 1919, and is for the fur nishing of heat, water and light to the federal jail, the court house and also for the furnishing of Wa ter for fire protection to the court house. The last day upon which bids will be received is stated to be June 18th.