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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14
FACE PROBLEM
Of FINANCING
BIC SITE NOW
Continued From Page One

Gilman Lane little less earnestly.
when Il came TO vote on the mo
ton 10 direct drafting of a resolution
favoring the Skagi, site. the oppo
n~nta failed 10 answer when the call
FOR NOS was given
Applause from the audience In the
chamber marked tho conclusion OF
Mayor Hansons appeal ard argu.
men, for the Skagit site. read by him
from manuscript in forceful style.
The mayor departed from tho letter
OF his communication 10 include
mention OF AN ex Judge OF tn. su.
prcms court among thoee were op.
posing the Skagit in the interests
OF rival sites. and OF engineers who
would sell their city" for tho benefit
OF private corporations
Attorney John A. shaekleford. o,
Tacoma. Stone Webster Interest
counsel. FORMER Supreme Court Jus
ticc Frederick RauEman ard En-
gsneer Henry X. owens represent
ing the Stllaguamlsh site. were in
tsrcstsd followers % the mayors al
drcss and the council proceedings.
Much OF the discussion of the
council conferred about the question
OF whether Il should declare In favor
OF the development Of the Skagi, site
specifically. or let It's intention Be as
sumed from It's direction 10 the cor
porauon counsel 20 prepare an ord
nance directing the board OF public
works 10 call for bids on a plant
Even the statement OF Corporation
Counsel Caldwell. that the city could
back out later In any event. did no,
end the dlsputation.
Councilman Moore struck fire by
renarking. after Councilman Cot
terill had shown his position. tina,
the people have been reading 10,
OF thinA that aren't true. including
n cost Of $40 900 900 or $50 600 900.
when no such an expenditure is con
tsmpiated" Councilman Cotterill
came hack with def 20 show that
he had made any untrue statements
but other discussion put out the
blaze before Il could spread further
Thomson for II
Tho opposition led TO the inclusion
% a mention Of the slze OF The pro
posed first unit development In the
order 20 prepare a call for bids The
opposition wanted u specified that a
plant OF . 600 kilowatts capacity b.
bid upon. and asked that tho trans
mission line be Included. No that they
could see that II all wns going 10
come out % tho s. COO 900 author
lied
we ought to hold them 10 the
so 900 horse power they talk about
They say IL can be delivered at 800
per horse power. said Councilman
Cotterill.
The citizens in the audience were
heard from In the person Of j. A..
Johnson. who rose TO say the people
are greatly Interested In the power
question and that they wanted 10
know where the council stood on the
skagit site.
Councilman Thomson. former city
engineer. came out fatty for the
Skagit site. saying he had been won
over from opposition. lie put the
motion to direct the drawing OF
resolution. declaring the adoption
Of the Skngit river as a source OF
supply. such resolution 10 be submit.
ted 20 the government to guarantee
the holding OF our rightg"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14
NOW IS A GOOD
Time TO SEND
OVER TOBACCO

our Boys In France Tobacco Fund
il atll doing business. and doing
business with those who wish TO
show tangible appreciation to the
soldiers over there.
The boys are giving M their
homes. their ambitions and offering
their lives II need be. for those who
stay behind. and they do want TO-.
bacco
\ smoke at the right time may Up
hold the morale of a soldier who is
blue and little overcome by the
proximity ~ the war. The tobacco
Is often received while the men are
ia the front line trenches waiting
their turn to so over the top and
watching the bclching fire OF the ar
tillery as they wait.
Right then smoke may mean
courage
while the service 20 France Is linn
tied. the tobacco fund opens about
the only way to reach a soldier A
seattle girl has expressed her Idea
OF service az home in this letter,
which she wrote with her oontribu.
ton
Dear Sir: None OF my relatives
or friends with Uncle sam use 20.
bacco. but az our mail service IL linn.
tied and I cannot send the things
they'd Ike. I'm enclosing 81 for
smokes
with the money goes the sincere
wish that Il may carry a few min
utcs OF home cheer ana home
thoughts the rcaaaurlng knowledge
OF home love and loyalty 10 some 81
my unknown boys Ger there Al
the boys belong TO zach and ever,
ono 81 IA individually. and feel a
personal interest In them alt
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14
HOW TO GET
RID OF CORNS
4 Simple. safe and Reliable way.
No Pain or <ereasss.

Thanks TO a new discovery. made
from n japanese product. women
will soon be wearing smaller and
prettier shoes than ever. Corns are
TO be a thing % the past. 4 new
preparation called fce-Nint is said
10 make any corn or caliouH shrivel
right up and lift Off easily. Hard
COINS. soft cprns or corns between
the toes can be lifted right out
root and all. after a touch or two Of
Ice-Mint. It's wonderful No pain
and not a bit of soreness while ap-
plying IL or afterwsrd. People are
warned to stop cutting and trim
ming their corns and avoid the risk
OF blood poison. simply get n few
cents worth Of Tce-Mint from your
druggist. and from the very second
that IL touches that sore tender
corn. your poor. tired. aching feet
will feel so cool. easy and comfort
able that you will just sigh with re-
lief. Think OF u. just a littie touch
OF that cooling. soothing fce-Mint
and real foot JOY Is yours. II - the
real japanese secret Of fine. healthy
little feet. and Is highly appreciated
by women who wear high heel shoes
and men who have 10 stand on their
feet all day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14

A~Acourrs surrBtIiprSG 90.
a>AtoNrt~. WASH.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14

italian parcntarc. he was born IN
Berlin. In 1914. 1t was found. he had
been close 10 the Germany embassy
in England
Later he was in South America for
banking interests. and was friendly
with Coun, IuxburT. OF "Epurlos
verrcnkt" notoricty His acqusint.
anccE were ". and Mime. Caillaux. the
former now facing treason charges
In France
II was found he had registered as
an Italian roscrvist. but had been re
icctcd on physical grounds.
Jimmy rs the count is called by
his father In law. issued n statement
proclaiming his loyalty and willing
ness TO serve against Germany in the
fight for democracy.
II have found In this country tho
opportunity for business success and
all tho happiness OF American home
life he said
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14
SHTPBUILDERS
AT ANACORTES
GET UP BIG FUND

Joseph Sloan1 the VOL known
shiphuiider, brought check for
yles 10 Tho star Monday for the
our Boya In France Tobacco Fund
II VAS raised by the employees ~ the
Anacortes Shtpbuiidlng Go.
The men pledged thcnHrlvea 20
contribute 20 the smoke fund every
month.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14
PLAN ITALIAN DAY HERE

General observation OF May "a as
Italy day, In expression OF apprccia-
ton OF what Italy has done and is DO
ing in the cause of the allies, is ask.
cd In a communication received by
Mayor Hanson from Charles T..
Hughes, president OF the Italo Amer.
Icnn socloty.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14
TAKE THREE MORE SUSPECTS

Three Stacker suspecta were taken
in by the police Monday. their names
being. Fred Wilson. Matt MELON
ough and Milan Ma-tinov Martinov
was the only one who had registered
for the draft. and had not answered
his questionable.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
LIBERTY ARPLANES
ON WAY TO FRONT
America Now Ready to Take up Gauntlet
Thrown Down by Hun Challenge for
Supremacy of Air.

The first American built battle
planes are on their way to the battle
front in France.
Equipped with twelve-cylinder Lib
erty Motors and representing the lat
est product of combined allied in
genuity, they have surpassed in tests
all records for speed and climbing for
planes of their type.
They are being delivered practically
four months ahead of schedule. Other
battle planes will follow Immediately
and in quantity. The peak of enor-
nous production, brought a o u
through typical American standard
ization, will be reached within the
next month, when thousands of them
Will be on their way to cloud the
Western skies against the German
hordes.
Announcement of this achievement
was made last night by Secretary
of War Baker. He told, in a very
frank, simple statement, the trials
and difficulties that the undeveloped
aviation service of this country had
to overcome to reach the point of
perfection attained by the warning
nations under the urge of their
greatest emergency. Three times
were the plans, drawn by the avia-
ton experts on the war front, chang
ed or discarded for the more modern
battleship of the sky. And again,
the 5000 miles that separated the
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21

American Aviation Commission from
its base in Washington caused de-
lays of from seventeen days TO elev-
en- weeks in the shipment of impor-
tant samples
Secretary Baker makes it quite
apparent that the size of air fleet
that. America can put forth is
limited only by the number of men
who can be trained for the service.
After three years of warfare
said the Secretary in outlining the
task surmounted, "the total number
OF planes able to take the air al
any time on either side of the
Western front has not been over
$500. This, combined with the fact
that forty-six men are required on
the ground for every plane in the
air, gives a truer perspective Of the
European aviation situation than
commonly possessed. For every
plane in the air. there must be two
replacement planes on the ground
and one training plane for every
pilot who eventually reaches the
front, with a spare engine for each
plane. Moreover. while the Ameri-
can program has been delayed by
difficulties which were impossible
to foresee when the tentative pro-
gram was adopted in all our lack
of knowledge last spring. it may be
said that American, planes are not
due in France under the original
schedule until Jdiy.'
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
COMPANY WILL
GIVE CARMEN
WAGE HEARING
Capital Traction Employees
Request for Higher Wages
to Be Discussed.

Increase in pay asked for by en-
pIoyes of the Capital Traction Com
pany yesterday were under consid-
GRAFTON by company officials last
night, who refused to make any
announcement. As yet no date has
been set for the conference between
the employees and company officials
asked for by the men. although it is
said it will he held as soon as pos
sibie. perhaps tomorrow.
There will be no strike by the
nIen II the request for an increase
in pay is nor granted. ]. H. Cook
man. business agent of the carmen's
union. said last night. A resort to
arbitration will be asked by the
men should company officials be
Inclined not to grant the request Of
the men
Things look very favorable We
believe the company will see the
Justice Of our requests, but in any
event. there will not be a strike.
The men will live up to their agree
ment and submit the matter to ar
bitratlon il they cannot reach an
agreement with the company"
George E. Hamilton, president of
the company, last night refused to
discuss the request Of the men be-
yond saying IL would be given very
careful consideration by the COM
pany.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
GERMANS WILL NOT
BREAK ALLIED LINE
American Officers Returning Conf
dent of Western Front.

An Atlantic Port. Feb. 60
The Germans by massed attacks
may be able in some spots to bend"
the AnglO-American-F line in
the West, but they never will be
able to break il. This is the opin-
ion of the high British officers OF
the West front.
Word of what they think was
brought here today by three r.ajor
generals of the United States army.
who returned aboard an American
steamship after a two months visit
to the American. British and French
sectors.
The major generals were H. 7.
Allen. in command at San Antonio;
H. A. Greene, commander at Camp
Lewis, and H. c. Hale. commander
at Fort Zachary Taylor. The army
officers were enthusiastic over the
progress of the American units
abroad. They will visit Washing
ton and then return to their re-
spective commands. Also aboard
the liner were a number of naval
officials who are also going to
Washington to report to the Navy
Department.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
GERMAN SHOT
INCREASES AS
US. BOYS COME
Since "Sammies Occupy
Trenches Artillery Fire
Has Been Heavy.
BY NEWTON PARK.

stan Correspondent OF tho I. n. 5.
With the American Army in
France. Feb. 20.-The German
artillery fire has been increasing
continually since the Americans
have occupied their new sector.
The enemy's fire is now three times
as heavy as it was when the Sam
mics arrived in this sector.
Two hundred shells was the
average at first. whereas it now
ranges from 700 to 800.
On the enemy's side a concen-
tration of Krupp guns has been
necessitated by the activity of the
batteries supporting the American
trenches, which are continually
shelling the German lines and the
rear.
Enemy AerOs Active.
Observation was impractical today,
the ground being enveloped by a haze.
Enemy aeroplanes were active
throughout the day. Three Of them
approached a village just behind our
lines, but were driven on by our anti
aircraft and machine gun fire.
A group Of enemy soldiers revealed
by flares outside the American barbed
wire belt in No Mans Land this morn
ing was dispersed when an American
advance post signaIled for barrage.
Our fire lasted an hour and a half.
An American patrol found a Ber-
lin newspaper clipping announcing
the loss of the Tuscania with 5000
troops" The clipping had been
dropped near the American barbed
wire by a German who was among
those who attempted a raid in our
lines Tuesday morning. A wrapper
and a red stained kit also were
found proving that our fire wound
ed one or more enemy soldiers.
Today's casualties were:
One Infantryman killed by a
stray bullet. Three artillerymen
slightly wounded by shrapnel
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
BAKER AGAIN WARNS
ON SERVING LIQUOR
Secretary of War Declares Uniform
ed Men Must Not Be Treated.

The prohibition against serving in
toXicating liquors to soldiers and sail
ors still obtains. This was made plain
by Secretary of War Baker last night.
There has been no modification of
the Federal regulations in this respect,
said the Secretary. The order issued
by Maj. Gen. John Biddle, acting
Chief of Staff of the War Department,
merely was intended to eliminate any
conflict with the rights of civilians re-
siding in camp zones under local self
government laws.
Persons living in camps zones, under
the new order. may serve liquors in
their private homes. Only members
of the family and bona fide guests
however. may partake of intoxicating
drinks in such residences.
Drastic action will be taken, the
Secretary declared, IL any attempt is
made to interpret the order to mean
that whisky may be made available
for officers or soldiers.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
l4O MYSTERI0USLY ILL
In UNIFORM FACTORIES
Bolts of KHAKI Cause Strange
Sickness Among Workers.

New York, Feb. 2e.-An investiga-
ton was started late today into the
sudden and mysterious illness of 40
employees in the Loft Building at
10 West Thirtieth street.
The Progressive Uniform Company
engaged in government work receiv-
ed 90 bolts Of khaki and other ma
terial yesterday from a sponging COM
pany During the next twenty-four
hours "a cool sensation in the
throat" attacked so many persons
that the list reached 40. The VIC
Tins all worked on the floors above
the ninth floor. which is occupied by
the uniform company.
One firm was obliged to shut down
today because so many of its en-
ployes were stricken. Surgeons were
unable to ascribe a cause for the
sickness. None of the victims were
in danger. Only one man was re-
moved to a hospital
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
TO
TESTIFY COST
HIM HIS JOB
Hog Island Witness Tells
Senate He Was Bounced
for Washington Visit.

His intention to testify on condi-
tions at Hog Island cost him his JOB
there, so Albert Freedman told the
Senate Commerce Committee yester-
day.
johnson, of California, failed to shake
Freedman in the statement that he
was actuated solely by two motives
in coming to Washington at his own
expense to testify. The first OF these
motives he stoutly asserted was duty;
the other was his interest in a dis
charged employe named r. f. Hol-
brook, whom Freedman said was "a
man Of great ability and should not
have been let oue.
However, valuable men can't get
jobs IL they're not friends of the Stone
e. Webster gang" the witness assert
ed.
He said whenever word was flashed
by the grapevine telegraph to Hog Is
land that anybody" was coming
from Washington. department heads
rushed through the rooms crying.
Look busy"
They'll get busy next Monday
then" said Senator Nelson. OF Min
nesota. alluding 10 the committees
coming visit of Inspection.
They will have had a weeks prep
aration," replied Freedman.
How long do you think we should
stay there to find out everything"
queried Senator Ransdell.
You never could get correct infor-
nation" answered Freedman. be
cause the influences about you would
be too much for you"
The witness gave examples of waste
and extravaganza at the island, say
ing forty ledger clerks were hired
where five were necessary. He also
said:
''I'd be willing to take the material
strewn about the island in preference
to a years salary"
T. X. Carr. the works manager, ac-
cording to Freedman, tried to correct
the evils. and said:
There's the greatest amount of in
efficiency 1 ever saw on this job"
Freedman, a native Englishman, but
who said he had taken out first papers,
was an insurance agent until he be-
came requisitionins clerk at Hog Is
land. at $2G.JO per week. He said he had
never had any difficulties with the
authorities there. although he had been
refused S1.50 weekly addition to his
pay.
j. E. Lynch, superintendent of stores,
and b. w. Harris, head of the stores
department, he said were the men
who discharged him when he an
nounced he was going to Washington
to testify.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
]. ]. M'NEELY,
DISTRICT BOY,
IS WOUNDED
Prominent Washington Lad
Shot in Battle with
Germans.

Lieut.. John ]. McNeely. OF the
Eighteenth Infantry. U. 5. A. a
Washington boy, has been wounded
in France.
With her tear-stained face, Lieut..
McNeely's young sister, Miss Helen
McNeely, of 1923 K street northwest.
was in a state Of partial collapse last
night.
Lieut.. McNeely was born and bred
in Washington. He attended the
Business and Technical High schools
and the Weightman and Force Pub
lie schools.
Il had no idea that John was in the
front line trenches" said his sister
He had been writing such cheerful
letters, full of jokes, and telling me
about Paris. In his last letter he sent
his will. leaving everything to me;
but he wrote. Don't worry about get
ting this will. It's just q matter of
form to protect YOU And now I know
that when he wrote he was going to
the 'front.'
Lieut.. McNeely received his COM
mission in Company NJ, Eighteenth
Infantry, United States regulars, fol-
lowing a course at the training camp
at Fort Benjamin Harrison.
Since leaving high school here,
young McNeely who is "a, has had a
varied career. After serving a four
year navy enlistment on the battle
ship Missouri, he acted as assistant to
engineering party in the mountains
of West Virginia. He came out of
this experience determined to become
a civil engineer and took up a course
in this profession at the Valparaiso
College of Indiana. He left VAL
paraiso, however, in order to enter the
officers training camp.
Lieut. McNeely's mother and father
have both been dead for some years
his only surviving near relatives be-
ing his 1S-yeaT-old sister, Helen, and
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The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
BBEERR8E#R49@BB7E6BF7FBB BER8
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Is the Coming German
Drive" Mere Camouaage
to Hide Another German
Menace? ~.

Is the coming German offensive"
on the west front a mere bit Of
camoufIage?
Many Washington observers think
1t is. There will be minor attacks,
but no real drive. they say.
Why the camouflage?
To hide a German threat to Amer
lea in another direction.
To hide an eastward drive, and
the substitution for the formula
Berlin to Bagdad' Of another:
Berlin to Vladivostok"
This. they say. Is 20 be accom-
plished:
First. by isolating Russia from
of a string of buffer states on
and Black Seas.
Second, by peacefully" penetrat-
ing the dwarfed Russian state un-
til it is controlled industrially and
politically by German capital and
German brains.
Already Berlin is saying: I'VE
can see the Pacific"
Possession of Vladivostok, Rus
| sia's great Pacific port. would per-
| init Germany to threaten Japan
| opposition to attack American in
terests in the Pacific.
| And the Pacific outlet by nc
| means excludes the older German
projects. For through Siberia
I e.. .,
! the Indian Ocean and Persian Gull:
notwithstanding the British occu-
patton of Mesopotamia-
Fight for Food.
| Besides these far-reaching plans
OF dominion, Germany proposes t.
! solve her more immediate needs
for food and clothes by the virtual
seizure of southern Russia. She
figures on help from Sweden and
Rumania.
In the present disorders in Fin
land is to be seen the German plan
! to bring in Sweden to the rescue OF
her kinfolk in Finland. This will
land Sweden and Germany at the
gates of Petrograd, and Danish Rus
sia from both sides Of The Baltic
! basin.
1 On the south the German plan
involves Rumania and the so-called
! tIKranian republic. which Is believed
to be made in AUSTRIA Just as
the BoIshevik regime was originally
| made in Germany" Rumania is
I expected to fall into line quickly.
getting a slice OF Russian territory.
Germany will then have grabbed
of the really important part of Rus
! sia-the country with grain in store
room and a growing crop. German
commercial travellers are now over.
| running Ukraine.
From the great grain port of Odes-
/ sa, via the Black Sea and up the
Danube by barge grain can be deliv'
cred into the heart OF the central al.
lance. Railroad breakdowns have
practically cut Petrograd and north
Russia of from south Russian grain
But the water routes from Odessa to
| Vienna and to Constantinople are in.
tact. Peace will throw it wide open
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
Chamberlain's Doctor
Expresses Satisfaction

DIR. James A. Cannon. the surgeon
who operated upon Senator Chamber
lain. chairman OF the Senate Military
Affairs Committee, Monday, said last
night that the Senator's condition is
satisfactory.
Senator Chamberlain had an un-
comfortable day." said DR.. Cannon
last night, but on the whole his con-
dition may be regarded as satisfac-
tory. believe he will be back in the
Senate in little more time than would
have been required to reduce his an
pendicitis without operating"
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
N. Y. Farmers Attack
Whitman and Hoover

Syracuse. N. Y. Feb. 20.-An at
tack was launched upon Gov. Whit
man and Food Administrator Hoo
yer today at a convention of many
farmers organizations at which the
New York Federation of Agriculture
was formed.
The farmers demanded that Whit
man abolish firms and market con-
troll, and Hoover raise the wheat
price to So per bushel.
Gov. Whitman sent overtures to
the convention. but these were re-
jected. The declared object of the
formation of the new federation was
to force a new deal for the farmers
81 the State.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-21
ENGLISH REPULSE
GERMAN RAIDERS
Prisoners Taken and Many Killed,
According to War Office.

London, Feb. 20-The British to-
day repulsed completely a large
scale German attempt to raid their
lines east of ArleuX and Engshelle.
A number of the raiders were
taken prisoners and many were
killed, the British war office an
nounced.
The British on their part took
prisoners in a surprise attack on the
Germans at WhytsChaete.
Another advance in Palestine was
reported today. Gen. Allenby's army,
it was announced, progressed two
miles on a front of fifteen miles.