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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-20
Wilson Rejoices
Over Escape of
French Premier

ABOARD THE 4. S. 5. GEORGE
WASHINGTON. At SEA. Feb. GO
President Wilson sent the following
message Of coincidence 10 be conveyed
to Premier Clemcnccau:
Secretary Lansing and the Amer
lean Mission In Paris;
Please convey 20 Monsieur Glenn
cnccau my heartfelt sympathy. and
my JOY at his escape. sincerely
hope that the report he was only
slightly injured is altogether true. I
was deeply shocked by the news OF
the attack"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-20
Lieut.. Waterhouse
Dies in England

Lieut. Joseph Waterhousc. son Of
Frank Waterhousc. Seattle shipping
merchant. died in England Wedues.
day. OF pneumonia. according TO a
cable received here this morning
Young Waterhouse was an instruc.
tor In "A British air school near Lon.
don up untl few days before his
death lie was &c years old.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-20
EDNA GOODRICH WANTS
NAT GOODWIN ESTATE

new YORK. Feb. 20 Edna Good.
rich. fourth wife of the late Nat
Goodwin, intends to make contest
for the estate valued at S3Oo.0 600, IL
was announced today. Miss Goodrich
declared she possesses a will the
comedian made In her favor In 1908.
The estate was previously estimat-
ed at $4,000 to $4,000. The new prop
crtv Is in California aud the West.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-20
Mayors Condition
Still UNCHANGED

No change in the condition Of
Mayor Hanson, who is suffering from
an attack OF neuritis at his home.
had been reported at noon Thursday.
lie still performs his executive
duties thru the aid OF G. A. Conklm,
his secretary, His physician does
not believe that Hanson win be able
to take up his work at his office be
fore the end OF the week
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-20
Bankers Wife Smokes Corncob, While
Other Society Women Don Boards and
Trousers for the Sake of Dramatic Art
CLEmENCEAUI IS
RESTING EASY;
LUNG PIERCED

FARiS. Feb. 20-The assas.
sins bullet Frustrated one of
Premier tIencnceau'S lungs,
causing slight hemorrhage
yesterday. u was officially an
nouncrd today. His condition.
however. WAS >sid 10 be sati.fac.
tory.
The statement said.
There was q slight hrmopiy.
sis (hrmorrhagc Of the lunssl ut
I o'clock yesterday. owing tn The
bullets penetration of the lung.
The general condition was very
satisfactory. Temperature nor.
NAL. and the premier took nor.
NAL amount Of food.
Clemcnceau had good appetite
his morning and convcrNed cheer
uly with Foreign Minister Plchof
md others among his visitors wa
King Nicholas of Montenegro.
The policeman Who was wounded
n graphing with the assassin, and
he prefnicr's chauffeur and Ncerc
nry have been awarded military
medals
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-20
TACOMiNS STICK

TACOMA. Feb 20.-No weakening
on the part OF the striking shipyard
workers here has resulted from the
statement OF Dr. Marshall that the
government cannot sanction wage
conference unless the men first re-
turn to work. according to strike
lcndnra
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-20
LLOYD GEORGE WILL GO
BACK TO PARIS TODAY

LONDON, Feb 20.-premicr Lloyd
George will leave for Paris today. in
response to urgent requests FOR his
Immediate presence there. lie came
10 London two weeks ago to aid in
reconstruction work OF the present
parliament
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-20
National Guard
Men Complain
of War Conduct

n E. A. sta" Correspondent who Was Win the United States
~ ENERAL PERSHING wants his conduct OF the in
~ France investigated by congress.
big majority Of all officers who went into the army
from civilian e after the declaration OF in April
1917 want some sort OF an Investigation either OF Per
shngs part in it, of the handling OF the war as whole
And practically every enlisted man who actually fought
with gun his shoulder in France wants invest
CATION
Therefore with nearly everybody wanting invest-
CATION why not have and thoro one at that?
- France ons,r
-
S who s s our as9a"s I'm so5s 5o.. 70 gs"s @
Il impartial Investigation = made very rse nmee, q officers ana
conditions
AFTER rsrsSns "'a % much
to N running n
Literally wr bring their
win ai'ns
predict the CREATES, ~Enoesss,,~
rrEn LISTENING to the complaint. ana
"A would say that ,hs sea.es ass - % "a ,n', % [ % n %
Those making the espn are , limo. without % on @ ac % ~ Aprg
1917 and National Guard Guard officers and ] msa e, . a t., me
Jus, ouseousiy thi. war
destroy National Guard
training camps Of their
regular army officer" who thereby got
and 1 s. s,r s.l - s n to F % % I S Ssaa o @ ana
Invariably the vacancies would be @
in
back TO US their places bfns ted
by select drafts or BY
I'm do
begin telling clique
MOTHER cosPtATNT the West Pointer
"a practically all tghuns the ayHg
the fellows whoc from civilian life
pghe breaking and bullets whizzng
show with the West
listed missing
who actually got up to he hung
Of his and he stopped
the roadade
Cod Iwsh
STAFF of STAFF That practically
machine nests
about what
tee1 I'm bringing just gil
the big battles in which Amer
military ability
II do lives lost and wounded
show thesest o made Of bunglers?
An honest inveslgaton
-, HE OTHER officer in France.
onet thing want o
4 American TO start
offen Nerdun the morning he
misic was
The whole would end at II O'Clock that
morn
when think poor enragcdond think the
him fight and how many miles in the
he himself was vh en- fighting going on
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-20
Russ Government
Won't Join Meet

WASHINGTON, Feb. e0.-The
Russian embassy has received Off
cial cables from Paris, announcing
the joint decision of the omsk and
the Archangel republican govern.
ments TO reject the Princes island
conference with the Bolsheyiki.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-20
Foremen at Hog
island Walk Out

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2o,-Ap-
proxmatciy $4,000 men were thrown
out OF work at Hog Island shipyard
today when 400 foremen struck for
an increase IN wages from $50 to
}G7 O week.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-20

Delegates representing seven
Northwestern states and British Co
lumbia are In Seattle today TO at
tend tho annual convention of the
Northwestern Master Builders asso-
citation, which began it's twoday ses-
sion in the Frederick 4 Nelson audi
torium this morning.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-20

The Officials we're Aufkitk OF -NF
theory that ihe attack may have
been only part Of a plot against the
principal allied leaders. aliho nothing
had been nuenrthcd. so far a. In
known. 90 support this Hurmise.
No official statement had been is-
sued early today On CiemenocauS
condition. but Il was understood he
was resting easily and that no seri'
Gus after effects had developed The
bullet had been located IN 'hc riEht
snoulder near the spine. and Il was
reported that an operation for its
removal mlsht be necessary.
Emil Coffin. the assassin. is known
TO have attended recent meeting of
anarchists 81 which the participants
shouted. Death 90 CiemenceauT'
Coffin was arrested In company
with several others at thc time but
later released Ills explanation OF
the shooting Is that he regards elem
cnceau as an enemy Of the workers.
Coffin was mobilizcd for two
months at the start ~ the war and
was exempted because Of heart trou-
bic
lie went TO work IN an airplane
factory. but was discharged for In
efficiency and laziness after three
months Thereafter he was employ
ed In a furniture factory.
No papers were found upon Coffin
except minority socialist newspa
CONTINUED ON PAGE Fifteem
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-02-20

PARIS. Fsb. so.--ireueh att
thoritirs. with the cooperation OF
intelligence officcrs Of the as.o-
siatsd powsrs. were conducting
sweeping investigation today in
sounsstion with the attack on
Premier C'smeneean whrn the
aged statesman received a slight
wound frcn a rsyolser bullet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-06

members of congress who were critical
of the administrations methods of
prosecuting the war. Roosevelt on this
occasion announced his support of the
proposal that a war cabinet be organ
lied to take over the conduct of the
war.
Denied the privilege of fighting for
his flag, Theodore Roosevelt's interest
was conferred on his family's particle
patton in the war. His four sons and
his son-in-law, Doctor Derby, carried
out a prediction made by the former
president before the United States took
up arms-that if war came they would
enter service. Theodore, jr., became
n major and Archibald a captain, both
in France; Quentin entered a French
aviation squadron, and Doctor Derby
the medical service. also both in
physical examination which would adj
NIT him to the United States army.
received a commission in the British
army and was soon in Mesopotamia.
Roosevelt took keen pride in the
service button he wore with its five
stars. Talking with newspaper men
some months after his boys had gone
abroad. he told them privately that
Theodore had written him that he had
been in action and that bullet had
struck his trench helmet and glanced
off: Theodore wrote home, his father
said. that he regretted he had not been
wounded just for the experience. AT
the time of this conversation, public
announcement had just been made
that Archie" had been jumped in
rank from second lieutenant to cap
tain. Roosevelt confided with glee to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-06
ROOSEvELT'S CAREER



Continued from Page OneJ
allowed. to Interfere with the family
life of these children during the Civil
War days.
ssa Was a FraiI Youth.
So frail that he was not privileged
to associate with the other boys in his
neighborhood, Roosevelt was tutored
privately, in New York and during
travels on which his parents took the
children abroad. porch gymnasium
at his home provided him with physl-
cal exercise with which he combated
a troublesome asthma His father, a
glass importer and a man OF means
was his constant companion; he kept
a diary: he read so much history ana
fictional books of adventure that ne
was known as a bookworm; he took
boxing lessons; he was an amateur
naturalist; and at the age of II he en-
tered Harvard university. There. ne
was not as prominent as some others
in an athletic way, as it is not record
ed that he made" the baseball ana
football teams. but his puny body had
undergone a metamorphoSlS and be
fore graduation he became one of the
champion boxers of the college. This
remarkable physical development was
emphasized by something which TOOK
places shortly after he left Harvard in
1880. He went TO Europe, climbed
the Matterhorn, and as a result was
elected q member of the Alpine clup
of London-an organization of men
who had performed notable feats of
adventure
A few months after his graduation,
Roosevelt married Miss Alice Lee of
Boston, She died in 1884. leaving one
child, Alice, now the wife of Repre-
sentative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio.
In 1SS6.z Roosevelt MARI ed Miss Edith
Kermit Carow of New York, and to
them five children were born-Edith,
now the wife of DR.. Richard Derby,
and four sons, Theodore, Jr., Kermit,
Archibald and Quenti /, who was re-
Gently killed in France in an airplane
battle.
He Was an Attorney.
The public career of the man who
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-06

his listeners that "Archie" had led
raiding party out into No Mans Land
at night, and that the promotion had
been won by gallantry under fire dur
ing this raid. The colonel disclosed
further that Kermit, fighting with the
Anglo-Indian forces, also had been
under fire, as the leader of "a troop
of Whirling Dervishes," Indian cav
airy.
Roosevelt's disappointment at not
being allowed to go to France with an
army division was, it may be stated
on the authority of an American citi-
zen who was in Berlin about that time,
shared by Emperor Wilhelm of Ger
many. To this American. the emperor
is declared to have stated that the
funniest thing that he could conjure
in his imagination was the sight of
Theodore Roosevelt wearing a gas
mask
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-06
BETTER LOOK OUT!

The good housewife of Holland would
almost as soon be without food as without
her Real Dutch Drops" as she quantity
calls GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules.
Their use restores strength and is respon-
sibIe in a great measure for the sturdy,
robust health of the HoIlanders.
Do not delay. Go to your druggist and
insist on his supplying you with a box of
GOLD MEDAL Harlem Oil Capsules.
Take them as directed, and If you are not
satisfied with results your druggist will
gladly refund your money. Look for the
name GOLD MEDAL on the box and ac-
cept no other. In sealed boxes, three sizes.
advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-06
KIDNEYS WEAKENING?

appear of themselves. They grow upon
you, slowly but steadily, undermining your
health with deadly certainty. until you fall
victim to incurable disease.
Stop your troubles while there is time.
Don't wait until little pains become big
aches. Don't trifle with disease. To avoid
future suffering begin treatment with
GOLD MEDAL Harlem Oil Capsules now.
Take three or four every day until you feel
that you are entirely free from pain.
This well-known preparation has been
one of the national remedies of Holland
for centuries. In 1906 the government of
the Netherlands granted a special charter
authorizing its sale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-06
Sc. AS blankets--$4.79

In this lot heavy cotton and wool finished
Blankets up to 70x80 inches in sze plain grays and
and the smartest of pink and blue plaids-reg-
ular s6.45 Blankets specially priced for this 10
sale in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-06
$6.25 blankets--$4.4S

These big. heavy. serviceable cotton Blanke
that will do lot towards keeping an
warm the coolest night the 70xS0inch size in hi
plaid desgns-regular $6.25 ones in Topeka's A Al
sail on Mai Floor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-06
.dvocate of Preparedness.

|.
Roosevelt vigorously advocated a pol
icy of national preparedness. urging
universal military training for the ma
items youth In speeches turnout the
country and in his ma gazine and news
paper wit =; he criticized, in this
respect, the policies of Woodrow Will
son during Mr.. Wilson's first term as
president.
Mr.. Roosevelt. It has been said. was
keenly disappointed when he did not
receive the Republican nomination for
president in 1915. At the same time
however. he refused to follow the ad-
vice of some of his staunchest fol-
lowers that he again head the Pro-
gressive Party ticket. Instead he pre-
vailed upon the Progressive Party to
make Charles Evans Hughes. the Re
publican candidate, its own choice.
He campaigned for Mr.. hughes.
With the reelection of Mr.. Wilson, and
Americas entry into the world war
soon after, Roo-eVelt immet ely sup
ported the president and bitterly as
sailed the pro-Germans. pacifists and
other type of men who attempted to
delay speeding up the war.
With the United States a belliger-
ent, Roosevelt endeavored to OF hin
the consent of the war department to
establish an army division which he
was ankles to take to France. This
division was to have included many
of the Rough Riders who were his
associates in the campaign in Cuba.
and younger men of the same siren
uous habits. The nes essary permits
sion for the formation of such a force
was not forthcoming even tho Roose-
welt exp sed willingness to accom-
pany it as subordinate officer.
One of Roosevelts participations in
public affairs took him to Washington
in January, 1918, when he conferred
with United States Senator George E.
Chamberlain, of Oregon, and other
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-06

The public career of the man who
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-09-24
IRISH PAIL LAMENT Is
CLOSED BY THE BRITISH
Detective Killed in Dublin and Papers
Are Seized in Raids on
Sim Feiners.

Dublin, Sept. 13.-The Sim Fem
parliament has been suppressed.
Detective Officer Hoey of the polit-
zeal division of police was shot dead
in the center of the city.
The Irish parliament or "Dail Fire
ann" as it was known in Gaelic, was
formed in Dublin on January y by
% members of the Sim Fem party
who had been elected to the British
house of commons and who, in accord
ance with a resolution adopted by the
society, refused to go to Westminster.
At the inaugural meeting the Dali
Eireann adopted a declaration of in
dependence for Ireland and demanded
the evacuation of the island by the
British garrisOns.
The British government at first de-
termined to adopt the policy of ignor-
ing the parliament" and the action
taken in suppressing it is the first Of
fetal action taken in it's respect.
A strong force of soldiers searched
the Sim Fein headquarters in this
city.
The search lasted two hours. 1t in
Guided even a personal search of Wis
itors to the premises. The documents
seized related to the loan of the Irish
republic and to the correspondence
upon which the report of the Ameri-
can delegates who visited Ireland was
based.
An exhaustive search also was made
of the private house of Count Plunkett
and that of the Sim Fem member OF
parliament, Michael Staines.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-09-24
SEVEN THOUSAND SOLDIERS
ON GUARD IN BOSTON
Chief of Police Refuses to Let Any of
Striking Patrolmen Go Back
to Work.

Boston, Sept 15.-Defance met de-
fance in the policemen's strike.
1--WE will remain undaunted in our
struggle for recognition of our union"
was the strikers response to the an
nouncement of Police Commissioner
Curtis that none of the men who de
serted their posts of duty" would be
reinstated, and that he would proceed
to build up a new police force.
The strikers announcement was
made by John F. McInnis, president of
the union. McInnis was one of the
10 members of the union who were
tried before the commissioner, found
guilty, and suspended from the force,
and whose sentence to dismissal was
announced by the commissioner. He
said:
'"The policemen are not wavering in
the face of false reports of the mon
eyed interests now so forcibly trying
to deprive US of our American free
dom.
I'm the home and the hearts of the
police we will remain undaunted in our
struggle for recognition of our union
and the right to be affiliated with the
American Federation Of Labor"
With 1000 troops patrolIing the prin-
cipal streets and squads of newly re-
cruited police quartered in every sta
ton, city officials said they had the
situation we'll in hand.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-09-24
GERMAN TRADE DRIVE is ON
Commercial Agents Flock to Vene-
zueIa, UnderseIIing American
Statesmen.

San Juan, Porto Rico, Sept. 49,
American travellers who recently ar
rived here from Venezuela report that
there are open evidences of renewed
German activity in that country. Many
tiermans have been arriving in Vene-
,uela during the last few months and
German commercial travellers are re
ported particularly active. They rep
resent all lines of industry. AS one
man who returned from Venezuela last
week explained it: eff / want to sell
clothing at S15 a suit to the Venezu-
elan merchants a German salesman
mas something just as good for So or
S13. Many Germans are arriving in
Venezuela, evidently prepared to set
lie there"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-09-24
TRAIN HITS AUTO; THREE DIE
Chicaqoans Touring Eastern Coast
States Lose Lives in Accident
at Chrisfield, Md.

Chrisfeld. Nd, Sept. 15.-Edward
w. McCready, president of the R. w.
McCready Cork company of Chicago,
his daughter, Susanna, eight years DID,
and Miss Margaret Steinbach. the
girls nurse, were killed at this
Mace. when the automobile in
which they were touring the eastern
coast states was struck by a train.
Mr.. McCready and Miss Steinbach
were killed instantly. Little Susanna
died a short time later. Mr.. McCready
was fifty-seven years old. Susanna
was the only child. The McCreadys
lived in Oak Park, III.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-09-24
10000 SERB CHILDREN DIE
American Red Cross to Aid 5000
Many Orphans, Who survive
1915 Retreat.

Washington, Sept 15.-Of the $4,000
Serbian children sent with the Ser
bian army in the 1915 retreat only
5000 survived, according to figures
verified by American Red Cross work
ers and forwarded to national head
quarters here. Most of these returned
TO their homes to find themselves or
phans and the Red Cross is seeking
to aid them by the establishment of
orphanages and other institutions.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-09-24
U. S. FLAG ON rs HUN SHIPS
Great Britain Has Only Six of More
Than 10000 Tons, Says
LIoyd's.

London, Sept. 15.-The new volumes
of Lloyds Register contain informa-
ton with respect to 43 former German
liners of upwards of 10000 tons gross.
These vessels are distributed perma-
neRtly or otherwise in the following
way:
United States shipping board, 10;
United States navy department, 81;
British shipping controller, g.; Italy,
2: Brazil, /; unallotted. 9; total. 43.
Thus far of 43 former German
liners of more than 10000 tons the
American flag floats over % and the
British over six.