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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08
Veterans' Board
to Organize Soon

OLYMPIA. Feb. S.--The veterans
welfare commission failed 10 organ.
~ here yesterday. because OF fail
ure Of two members to attend. No
date has been set for the organlxa'
Nm procedure to work out plans for
ootn1ning jobs for service men. II
pFubabty will be held next week.
KILLER Freeman and John II. Powell.
u Seattle. and Bishop kcator. %
Tocoma. attended yesterdays inror.
NAL meeting William Short and J.
X Mccormack. OF Spokane. were too
buuY TO Be here Friday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08
DON, stay stuffed.upl

Quit blowing and snufflingl A dose
OF "Pape's Cold Compound" taken
every two hours until three doses
are taken will end grippe misery and
break up a severe cold. either In the
head, chest, body or limbs.
1t promptly opens clogged-up nos
trils and air passages. stops nasty
discharge or nose running, relieves
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08
Seattle Council
Condemns Bill to
Boost Fare Limit

OLYMPIA. Feb. S.-Resoiutions
cood>mning senate bin is. which
eliminates the scent fare limit and
ca1lp on tho public service commits
ulon to raise fares. have reached the
house from the Seattle city council
Rep. Allen. OF Seattle. spoke
ngninst entering the resolutions in
the house Journal They were re
ferred 70 the utilities committee that
has the senate bill under It's wing.
The resolutions term tie bill "un.
warranted interference with con.
tracted rights which deprive the
people OF the right to refer the bili''
and declare that tho measure de
clarcs an emergency that does not
exint.e
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08

OLYMPIA. Feb. s.--The senate
hae passed the bill by Fawcctt. OF
F>erce. permitting first class cities
- serve free half pint OF milk to
osch school child daily. The vote
w~s ~ 70 4 Lumpinw II King sup
perted FHwcest Taylor Of King OBJ
poupd the bill.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08
NO INFLUENZA
DEATHS IN DAY

No influenza deaths were reported
TO tho health department Friday.
This is the first time since October
s that n day has passed without sew
eral people, Mt least. dying from this
cause. Fourteen new cases were re-
ported.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08
To Hold Lincoln
Banquet at Club

The Lincoln day banquet Of the
Young Mems Republican club will
be held February ~. at the Masonic
club. the secretary announces Sat.
/ urday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08
Two More Made
Police Captains

Police Lieuts. y. l.. Hedges and c.
u. Dolphin have been appointed cap.
tains by Chief OF Police j. +. War.
rem. The designations were made
Thursday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08
VIENNESE CHEER YANKS

VIENNA. Feb 6.--ODelaycdl--
American troops who accompanied a
food train to Vienna were chcered
by the Vlennose today. when they
departed for I'iume.
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Il. . army. spent 40 years perfecting
his now worid-famous Abssrptsea
ue6hel. No knife, no pain, no doc
TOR bfIls-just n simple home treat
Rent that can be tried by anyone
VvSthout cost. Then, after trying, II
you are fully satisfied with ths re-
lief and comfort u gives you, send
~ One Dollar. N not, ID costs you
nosh1ng. You decide and We take
YouF word. We don't know how we
could show more unbounded faith In
our remedy. II IN relieving almost
every stage and condition OF Itching,
Bleeding. Protruding Piles. even
after whole Iifetimes Of misery. We
have received hundreds OF letters
telIirg. OF the success Of this re-
fnnrkabIy effective system after
everything else. including costly and
dangerous operations, had failed
even after 30 and 40 years of suffer
ing. The mi1der cases are often
eossrolied In single day. Won't
you try N at our e1penseg Address
\ DR.. Van Week Co. Dept LKs. Jack
son. Mich send no money send
today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08
Germans Hurry Men
I'd Attack Poles

BERLIN. Feb. s.-Delayedl--
Fourteen hundred volunteers left 10.
day 70 reinforce the German troops.
who are holding off the Polish forces
attacking the Breslau- Kissay rail.
road. on the Silcsian frontier.
Unconflrmed dispatches received
earlier in the week declared that an
armistico had been effected between
the Germans and tho Poles.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08

ton 70 survey Rfsr
Columbia river
basIL Irrigation
project
IL this measure
goes thru, the
federal govern.
nent VIII be
asked 10 act on
tho survey. and
work out the
vast Irrigation
pia ms. W Ic h
would carry wa,
ter 60 5000 ooo
acres 81 highly
fertile land.
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riiuEL PILES
~. Van Week Found Genuine
Relief Which Is Healing
Thousands
Send Postal for Dollar Trial
FREE
70 anyone suffering from Piles
~ make this unlimited offer: aen6

US your ad-
dress and re-
turn m all
" I'll bring
you regu-
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package OF
vvf:-,yan
fold Absorp-
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Van Week,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08

Especial to The Star by y. =. A.
How much indemnity can Ger.
many pay
Even experts IN matters % finance
and economy differ.
fiut here are figures on Gcrmany'r
national wealth figures obtained
from ono 81 Ger-nAny's famous stat,
insiciAns-Profoasor Kari Baiiod.
chief OF IN. bureau OF statistics OF
the PrusNsan government
G~rtnany's national wealth IL ace
billion marks. AccordinK 20 Professor
nailoi That In. $4,000. 900 GOO. on
the basis of peaoc-iime exchange.
when FOUR MARKS WE'RE
EQUAL TO A DOLLAR
Now tho mark has deprecated TO
little less than half that amount.
Hut Baiiod predicts Mat the cx.
chang. viii be normal in 10 years,
Here II the way he figures tho
German national wealth:
Marks.
War fund. equipment.
etc. ..... ......ioo.ooo.o oc 600
Rural houses. prop
crty ...... ...... 10000 900 900
Town houses. prop.
erty ........ ...... $1,000 600 600
Stocks. shares ....... 10000 eco 900
Railroads 500. ...... 81 goo 600 900
Mines. manufactures $4,000. 600 600
Raw materials ...... 5000. 600. 900
Public buildings $50. 5000. 900 600
Peuplo Own Bondx
Tho war cost Germany $50 billion
marks. Professor Bailod said The
ltrm Of 100 billions. under the cap.
ton Of war fund. he explains as be
ing mostly war bonds in the hands
OF tho people.
Now. Professor Bailod points out.
the railways are not nearly so valu.
able. ITc also said Germany now
has only one.third OF its former
wealth. commercially.
"stafistlcaliy. he added. I'VE are
20 billion marks poorer than before
the war
Baiiod went on 90 give his views
of how much Germany could pay
or. In his opinion. how much Ger
many ought TO pay"
III. Germany wants TO pay for the
ships she has sunk and pay for the
damages she has done in France. in
Belgium. and dismiss her army. II
will cost about 90 billion marks" he
said.
Here In the way Professor Ballod
/ figures reparation.
Marks.
Ships sunk ......i5.00 900 600 900
Damages in France ~. 600 900 600
Damages In Belgium 10000 900 900
DcmobIllzing army ...e9.OOo. 900 600
The dismissal and disarmament OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08

Members OF the house Monday
will vote on the tioO. 900 approprta-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-08

Friday which permits school dls.
tricts 10 hold school the year around
Hon 81 King led a successful fight
agalns, compulsory vaccination
clause
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The house passed Bassett's bill
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14
Peace Returns to T0uIdnd

prams and houses. Ted was mildly
bored but tolerant. Betty had been
good little scout about looking at
things with wheels, so he wasn't
going to spoil sport for her; and he
even professed certain masculine
admiration for the better-looking
dolls. Betty was in the seventh
heaven of delight. No sooner did
she pick out one favorite than a
lovelier caught her eye. Never were
dolls less beautiful-it seemed to our
more experienced gaze-but we
weren't going to tell Betty anything
about that. One is only four years
old once in a lifetime.
In the few years prior to the out
break of war dolls had become such
lovely and finished things that it is
saddening to see the decline in their
charm. They have more than
doubled in price, but their features
are blurred and stodgy; their eyes
are glazed and stupid looking, their
joints are stiff and brittle and their
hair is shoddy looking.
ut has been slow work getting
satisfactory American-made DOLL"
explained F. D. Dodge, secretary of
the American Toy Manufacturers
Association, when questioned on this
subject. German and French dolls,
Of course, had our market before
the war. The molding of a dolls
face is difficult matter and re-
quires skill and practice. Moreover,
the shortage of material and labor
has handicapped US in our expert
mental work"
Mr.. Dodge confirmed the impress
sion gained in looking over the toys
Of the season that the war toy is in
the discard this year; that tanks,
cannon, Red Cross nurses and SOL
diers are neither as ubiquitous nor
as popular as they have been for
the last two or three years.
The buyers realized that the de-
mand for war toys would fall off
this Christmas and that constructive
playthings would be wanted" said
Mr.. Dodge. America is really on
the way to becoming the leader of
all the nations in constructive toys.
Look around the shops this Christ
mas! You won't see many things
that are actually useless or de-
structible. Our aim is to make
toys that will be educational and un-
breakable no more unhealthy
feathery, tin affairs, with paint too
easily licked off by an inquiring
| tongue"
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14

pieces are, and If they can be re-
moved"
Mile. Gauthier was discharged
from service when she left the hos
pital, but although the shrapnel in
her body still panied her at times,
she at once volunteered for service
with the Americans, the United
States having by this time entered
the war.
She was assigned to the hospital
at Bordeaux, and it was there she
met Sergeant Werner, Of the 511th
Engineers. Werner had been ter
ribly wounded in an engagement,
and would have died, it is said, but
for the care the French girl gave
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14
French Heroine Becomes American by Atomic
Nurse Three Times Decorated
Feared to Venture Alone
Into Strange Land

friends in the United States before
the war, and when the former heard
of his condition he begged Mile.
Gauthier to become his nurse, also.
Once again the young French
woman responded, and, being a vol
unteer nurse, was able to get her
self transferred to that case. She
showed the same devotion in nurs-
ing Harrison as she had in caring
for Werner, and once, when an
emergency operation was necessary
and no physician was to be had.
she did the work herself and so ex-
pertly that the French doctor who
afterward went on board told her
that but for her skill her patient
certainly would have died.
Meanwhile Mile. Gauthier had told
the two young men-they are about
the same age as she-of the death of
her brother and her parents, adding
that she hoped to be able some day
to come to the United States.
But have no relatives in Amer
lea, and cannot speak English very
WE'LL" she reminded them. else I
would go as soon as l could get
passport
Harrison and Werner talked the
situation over, and although both are
in humble financial circumstances
they determined that Mile. Gauthier
should have her wish.
"My people are not rich," Harri-
son, who had been selected as the
spokesman, told her, "but as long as
have home, and you need it, you
will have one, too. My father, I
know, will agree with me. I have
three sisters, mademoiselle, and they
all work, as do I, when l am not in
service
"But if you will accept Sergeant
Werner and myself as your brothers,
mademoiselle, we will try to repay
something of what you have doza
for US.
eve will adopt you, mademoiselle.
and see that you come to our coun-
try Is it go?"
And Mile. Martha Gauthier re-
piled that it was.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14

him. The fact that he was an Amer
lean and part Of the forces which
had come more than three thousand
miles over land and sea to assist her
countrymen in the fight against the
Germans seemed ITO grip her imagi-
nation, and she devoted herself to
him with a passion for service which
was almost fanatical..
After Werner had recovered the
two became great friends, although
there was never anything senti-
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14
best way to go adventur-
ing forth in Toyland is to
l. borrow the jolliest children

n borrow the. Jolllest children
you know. Then you are
reasonably sure of recapturing some
Of the first fine, careless rapture
that possessed you when you were
seven years old. You can hear the
ringing of Christmas bells in your
ears, have carols in your heart and
feel the sudden, secret happiness
talked about by Mary Olivier.
So we felt when we turned off
Fifth Avenue, which was yelled in
the frosty film of December, and
entered the wonderland of toys with
Betty and Ted ecstatically clutching
us to the right and to the left.
From the moment we crossed the
threshold we forgot the world and
its people and wandered through
the pages of all the fairy tale books
we had ever read.
We spied the woollies, whose very
feel sent shiver down Betty's sus-
ceptible little spine. The nice, fat
Teddy Bear, the squeaky elephant,
the timid rabbit, Fido with a silly
pink bow round his pudgy neck and
the white, curly lamb. Betty wanted
to hug them all, in turn, and would
, no doubt have had her imperious in
fant way if IT hadn't been for Ted.
He is the mechanical genius of the
family, and he had to have his in
nings, too. So Betty was swept safe
ly away from the woolly counter
and guided toward mechanical de-
vices.
Next to them were the games,
and there we fingered for long
time, picking out the new ones that
we didn't know about, and renewing
our acquaintance with old friends.
We thought the new ones appallingly
instructive for very little folk, not
at all the kind Of thing we had in
our infant days.
The rest of our journey through
wonderland was dizzy progress
past bewilderingly beautiful picture
books, tops and ball, Polichinelles
and jack-in-the-boxes, motor cars,
both big and little, and jolly ships
in which we longed to go a-sailing
kiddie-kars and all the other joyful
things you find in the world of
make-believe.
"Now the dollies?" whispered
Betty, excitedly. And in a moment
we were lingering the bisque ba-
bies-their dresses, hats, beds,
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14

always in danger and hungry"
Mr.. Harrison, in whom resentment
still smoldered over the girls de-
termination to find work, interrupted
again at this point.
wouldn't you think she was en-
titled to little rest after all that?''
he demanded, but Mile. Gauthier
waved him aside.
"It was my misfortune to be
wounded third time," Mile.
Gauthier continued. II have heard
that those things go by threes, and it
certainly was in my case. The Boches
had been sending over some shells,
and one day, after l had gone back
to nursing, some shrapnel fell near
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14

mental In their relations. The con-
valescent soldier did what he could
to show his gratitude and she ac-
cepted his attentions in that light.
Shortly afterward Harrison ar
rived at Bordeaux on the steam
ship Westwood. He had been suffer-
ing with assesses in the throat
and after reaching port his condi-
ton became so grave that it was
feared he would not recover.
Werner and Harrison had been
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14
This picture 'cas taken ,oLe Me Cauier ,cas being
decorafed at ceremonial participated in by Premier
CIemencedu and Marshal Jofe

died in few minutes, with his head
en- my arm. His name was Remi.
and was very fond Of him.
"About that time, too, learned
that my father and mother were
dead. They were aboard vessel
which was torpedoed by the Ger
mans, and went down with the rest.
"1t was at Vitry that I was
wounded the first time. I had ven
tured too close to the front, and a
machine gun bullet struck me in the
jaw. You may, perhaps, see the
scar still. In any case, there Is a
lump there, which you can feel,
monsieur, by putting your finger
there.
"After recovering from this
wound, which was not serious.
though painful, had very un-
pleasant experience. At another
place near the front I was struck in
the hip by a bullet, and l could not
get away before the Germans ar
rived. They took me prisoner, and
for some time I was in one of their
hospitals. Again I recovered, and
l was put to work nursing wounded
German soldiers.
Zone day a German officer at
tempted to overpower me, and in
desperation was compelled to open
the veins in my wrists with a scalpel
to drive him off. You may see those
scars also, if you desire, monsieur,
if you look closely, although by this
time they have almost disappeared.
"This was a very painful ex
perience, but after that the German
officer left me alone and I was
again detailed to nurse the wounded
German soldiers.
Zone morning I made my escape.
and think it was very funny the
way did 1t. I had already been in
that hospital for several months
nursing back to life the men who
were the enemies of my country, and
I wanted very much to get back to
my own people. So / watched my
chance, and decided to get away if
l could when my guards slept.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14

by and several Of the pieces entered
my body. They are still there, and
they kept me in a hospital for eight
months.
Became an american Nurse
1T was this shrapnel that made
me so i'll, think, on the trip from
Bordeaux to this country. The Nj
agara was twenty days on the way,
stopping at some ports in Spain, and
then day at Cuba. I was so very
Ill that l feared that after all
would die. But 1 am feeling very
strong now, and when my brother
Harrison takes me to New York they
are to take an X-ray to see where the
New-York tribune., 1919-12-14
Yankee Soldier and Sailor Bring
| Mile. Cauthier Home as
Their Sister

brothers, don't you think?" she said
of Harrison and Werner in starting
off the interview. eve in France
had come to expect nice things of
Americans since the war. We had
not known them very we'll until
they came over to help us fight the
Boche. We had heard a great deal
OF the American love of money and
that they were sometimes boastful.
"But this was not the way we
found them in France. They fought
bravely, and they were real men, al
ways. They liked to laugh, too,
when there was a chance, and in
Paris they liked to see what vas
going on and enjoy things.
"But they were always gallant
gentlemen, nice to look at in their
uniforms, and clean and fine in their
behavior toward women"
Mile. Gauthier has large brown
eyes, which show molten tints when
she is in earnest. She gestures fire.
quently when she talks, as is the
habit Of many Of her countrywomen.
"Let me tell you why I came here" "
she said eagerly. "In my own coun-
try things are very hard these days.
They are even worse, for some, than
during the war, for then we had
many things to do. The fighting was
going on, and they needed women to
tend the wounded and to do other
work which kept them busy. Then
there was always the thought of
driving back the Germans and of
saving France from being overrun
by them.
"But now? Well, my friend,
thing, are very bad. The women who
served sit about with idle hands.
Sometimes, as was my case, they
find it very difficult to live, because
the pay is poor and there are many
deserving people to think of.
Came to Work
81 could not bear the thought of
not being useful. In America, l had
heard, there are opportunities for
women as we'll as men. I wanted to
go ahead in my profession, which l
learned in the war, and 80 I have
come hereto work. That is all
want to do in this country of yours,
monsieur. I want to go to work
right away"
William Harrison, father Of young
Harrison, who had been lowering
about watchfully while the young
woman was talking, broke in indig-
nantly at this.
"Why, .mademoiselle, that is all
nonsense!" he said. "Ycu are in no
condition to go to work. Next
spring, perhaps, when you are we'll,
there will be time enough to think
of that
"What can you do with women?"
, he demanded, turning to the visitor.
Here she is with enough shrapnel
still in her to have killed an ordi-
nary person, and so weak she can
hardly get out of doors, and she
talks Of going to work!
"Mademoiselle," he said, turning
back to Mile. Gauthier, "by the right
Of my sons adoption am your
father, and you do not go to work
until next spring Is that plain?"
eyes, father" replied the deter
mined young woman, with smile,
''but I go to work, just the same, as
soon as / can"
Mile. Gauthier then told Of her
war experiences. She brought out
her medals, which include the
Medaille Militaire, the Cross Of the
Legion of Honor and the Croix de
Guerre with palms.
Il may say that my brother was
Killed in the war and that he died
IN my arms" she began. "My
brother, you may know. was a doc
eor' We we're both in Rome with
our father and mother when the
war started, and he went to the