The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 5, 1917, Page 1

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Turn to page 4 today, Start cous The Seed of the Right Take it from us, this novel is a crackerjack You ike it sure We give you this $1.50 novel—free, It's our treat EFFORT MADE TO AVOID RUPTURE LIKE GERMANY'S WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.—Austria has sent the United States a note practically identical with the German declaration of un- restricted sea warfare, but despite this, the administration is making every effort to get a change on Austria’s part and avoid a break nilar to the German rupture. text of the Austria te ha fused r € « { firmatt t t ‘ ta let Austria if hor j t g get ria to relax t \ Berlin wireles o saving that neg tlatoms were preeeeding tor hanger U-boat. wartare, may refer to the dealings bet the United States and ‘ 1 gover e dang Three t . } t 1 ° come Germany has yielded to this country’s demands, 4 made a few hours before the break in relations came, for immediate release of Americans held prisoner in Germany. , President Wilson has asked all neutrals to follow his course in severing diplomatic relations with Ger many, believing such action “will make for the peace : of the world.” iG Germany has met the full demands of interna- 1a tional law in the Housatonic case It's Up to Austria ° " nign . “eqpad ‘ = ; Prepare for Hostilities she has not alread the mailed f to er rye e tb Whether peace continues or war) peace e Jent is taking is to come, the pr tuation every ste repare the country with Germany shoul op with for ever ore serious than ) in a few 8 is ‘ se a developed i lieved thin tha ea With atic relations at an of th tral d, the always the constant slic nown, an tuation betwee ot ntends te t Continued on page 7) Eeaicak” be “, BIG PREPAREDNESS :: ‘military orga augural parade were suspended to- WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. day by Brig. Gen. D rt, until he Acting under the authority con < rns what decision as to the In ferred upon him by Congress. augural will be reached President Wilson today declar ed “a national emergency,” ar from insuf- ficient chips, and issued a proc lamation forbidding American ship owners from transferring vessels to alien registry there ADVERTISING MANAGER'S DAILY TALK Ht I : } | Have You ASHINGTON, 1 sa | Noticed weed sen ’ l o oyalty to the United & | eof 000 members, and urging that | y k # ident w well muffled || ad walked from grea | i ( Pas hort flight of steps e face o rigid, biting we ) : re suinpe Into Ford | MORE THAN 60,000 COPIES - psa iad aa ' | “We do, Mr. Ford, aa THE “ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES- “TO PRINT THE NEWS WASH.,, MONDAY The supreme test of our democracy is at hand. We are face to face with war! We have not wanted, and do not now want, war. We are not, thank God! a warlike people. After all our patience and tolerance under insult and grievous injury, it now appears that we shall be drawn into the maelstrom of war against our wills. History shall record that we sought only peace, not alone for ourselves, but for the whole world. li i ' ; i e Soors opeffed our huspstable. doenssto all te world, d they came—Teutons, and Svs, and Anglo-S do ma ther and end 1 the elt ! the “ * * ¢ Old vat 1 the Great Experiment t I es te misg necaled. Th tr a 1 ¢ from a Me a ’ € 4 un! e la uld t ger \ Read the dispatches! At a time like this men for- get to dissemble; they speak from the heart The editor of a great newspaper in the East—we do not say it is a German newspaper; it is an American U.S. MAY TAKE OVER SEATTLE’S SHIPYARDS Seattle's giant shipbuliding | facilities may be taken over by the government and used to help rush thru the mighty naval construction program. Local yards are already work | ing three eight-hour shifts on private contracts, and have or ders enough to keep them busy day and night for more than a year, Whether or nét private contracts id be rushed to completion or abandoned was not reports from Wash orar mac ea ton, which stated that Pre#tdent | Wilson and Secretary Daniels were in Conference over a house bill ng the president to com-| ards ma private shipy Comment Refused Managers of iocal ship building yards refused Monday to comment pon the situation until more com plete details are received from| Washington The Seattle Dry Dock and Con-| helping the government in carrying out its ship-| iding progr it has several) ‘al contracts | truction Co. already | t the present » there are un the shipbuild Seattle vessels total-| The wages to $600,000 a month, in construction lants of with nts working full time, | Seattle Red Cross workers inti-)stands the biggest chance of beingyto persons who will be named} was being tuned in other| mated that there was @ strong pos-|cailed int» action, first allowing] later ways Monday to respond in case| sibility that this would be am of | declaration of war When or where he would go was war follows the diplomatic break|the services first performed here.) An ave’ f 15 men a week] not known. He was awaiting fur-| orkers immediately, vacancies in the Americans--Al]! bbe Dan McKinnon, husky naval recruit, signing up enlistment papers here Monday. paid | Lieut. Commander A. C. Kail, Chief Master at Arms J. A, Westrom a.nd Quartermaster James Watson. They refused to discuss the matter | have been rec wervice, which ito turn over affairs of your offi BRUARY 5, 1917 ONE CENT on NeW " newspaper printed German—says “We must not forget that we are Am The Seattle German Press says the s 3 " societies—that societies whose mem bers are of German birth or descent—from all sections of the land telegraph President Wilson, approving his action and assuring him of their support We cannot blame a man if he has a deep affection for the land of his birth. But the Americans of Ger man birth and descent are here called upon to choose in ans.” is, between the old country and the new—and they choose the new! The doubting Old World shall know there is none but Americans in America—that the Great Exper the first step in the direction of the Brotherhood o ent G Man—is a success under the severest test and shall endure What, then shall be our tude toward « if war must be? from eve ite in the Union— t Wilson! Stan »sident!"’"—mean? NOT mean there is any hatred in « the German people. It DOE mea e hate and would crush out that spirit of autocrac hich dominates many st Ge many among them; which fool id m people; which preaches a false patrioti inspires in the people a fear and ecdigi wha.coukd be and cught to be. igs, So ys Sarg HS ee to Wi tf acs we shall get into this business of killing. But, if we must go to war, we shall go rel tantly; we shall wage war fairly; and we shall be victorious, And when it is over? We are a sovereign people, and it is not our pleas- ure to wage a war of conquest. We want no territory. We shall not wring in- demnities from a vanquished and im- poverished foe. When it is over, we shall open again our hospitable doors, and extend again to the peoples of the world the right hand of fellowship. Facing him are uited here during | ther orders. with Germany Red Cross Opens Office until after further word had been|recent months, This number is ex-] Federal immigratiog authorities Red Cros headquarters were es-| received from Washington |pected to rise rapidly as # result| received word not to interfere with tablished at 1309 Fourth ave. where| It was Irarned that a staff of }Of the breek with Germany the crews of the two German mer mbers will| surgeons and nurses and equip-!éffeet, however, had only been! chantmen interned at Eagle Har will later! ment for 250 beds would conatitute {slightly felt Monday as long as the mained . shop, where|the base bospitals organized by the All recruits afte passing yoard th vessels nts will be manufac-| Red Cross in different parts of th® physical examinations, were be Armed Tug on Guard United States sent to the nevy yard at Breme T nent armed The wm ers are on equired wie: Naval Recruiting tor The were being outfitted , Sotovome tched from > pay a fee and become jnterested| {d classes wi © organ. there and sent in weekly groups r ard, Was standing by, guard 1 ¢ r Red Cro Hurses | ized Francisco to go into training |ing the Sax nd Steinbek Re eucial axisinetion At the naval recruiting officer fr ree to five months it will the Saxonia May Open Hospital Here n the America Rank building “onet Gets Orders wh was burg- American Presa reports from Washington,| Second ave. and Madison st., pre Dr. E Obrt, German consul) freighter, does to make a D. C, Monday, stated that equip.|arations were 1g made to push | genera ©, received the follow.|dash to the open seas and become nent for a naval base hospital|fedtulting with all speed ng word from superiors in the dip-|a commerce raider. She has a ould be anse 1 by Red Cross] There are approximately 20,000 | lomatic service Monday Prepare | crew of 13 aboard, Only Capt. Wal lus, his dog and his cat, remain NIGHT EDITION you are against c apital punish. write to your senator and rep: resentative at Olympia. Some of restore the death pen- fo Tonight genera em want to pity. Weather d Tuesday y fair “Note WONT MODIFY OR ABANDON NEW DIVER WARFAR By Carl W. Ackerman we BERLIN, Feb. 5.—“There is no step | backward,” declared Foreign Secretary Zimmerman, in an interview published by the Berlin Tageblatt today, commenting upon President Wilson’s breaking of rela- tions. “President Wilson’s decision is astonish- ing,” declared Zimmerman in_ the blatt’s interview. “The entente’s refusal of our peace over- tures left us no other step open except un- limited submarine warfare in the fight for our existence against the entente’s violations of international law. “America denied. us . assistance. made no conditionless promises to avoid unlimited submarine warfare. We have broken no promises. We hope President Wilson will warn Americans from the blockade zone. __ “There i is no step backward.” GERARD GETS WORD TO QUIT GERMANY — BY CARL W. ACKERMAN ' (United Press Staff Correspondent BERLIN, Feb. 5.—American expected to deliver the state i] ment to Foreign Secretary Zim. merman at 11 o'clock this morn- Ambassador Gerard rece ing the United States’ formal tele Ambassador Gerard worked until m ight Sunday arrang- ing embassy aff from | He gram withdrawing him Berlin, at 10 p. m. Sun irs and con ferring with his staff, prepar- ing to leave It was stated today that Ambaseul ador Gerard will not leave before t every Ger rial govern Jaboard the stee! sailing ship Stein: | {tharrw Ripe | be ee ‘ at | Washington naval militiamen | of americans here who continued pa jturned back the torpedo boat de-{ that war. w ot fel stroyer Goldsborough to navy 4U-) America’s brea ate: = \thorities at Bremerton Monday { these expect to stay tm |} It has been loaned to the citizen rn g on the Prussia sailors at Tacoma > pern em to arrani Local naval militiamen would = ee probably be the first Nation : | Guardsmen to actual service in Jease of hostilith | They |navy, which |men. Ther men {in tho would be absorbed by the woefully short of e 400 naval militia are Embassy Thronged | National Guard Coast artillery iA Tee men are pushing their campaign|, Parly lay morning the Amea }for recruits. Their new Evereit | {can embassy building was thromm Jcompany was to be mustered in|¢d With Americans seeking advicg and help. All y employes Monday being recruited at Two new companies are Tacoma, They | have received r from the em. would man the Puget Sound coast! P&8S& _ their belongings defense forts in case of war, Re eave at 687 am Jcruits are taken at the Armory aft ; ae Jernoons and evenings ar R ls aeened ee | Special agents in the federal de-| WMien Ae a —e partment of justice Monday were | yin ie an at Tt is. probablles busy checking up on detailed serv however, that they will leave via ice Which they refused to disclose It is known that Agent Wright, in|‘ Icharge here, made a personal trip |to Eagle Harbor Sunday, and in BERLIN, Feb. 4.—(Delayed.) |spected the interned ships there,| —Every American in Berlin is preparing for war between the United States and Germany. News of the break in diplomat- ic relations was first printed in an extra issued at noon today by the Berliner Zeitung am Mit- | tag It is also the duty of the agents to jrun down pro-German plots and| |watch for espionage activities Patrol boats were guarding the entire Pacific coast today. Ve sels were being rushed to stations to tighten the cordon which has | been Ndrawn from Puget sound to| ..Th@ report spread like wild- |Point Loma. Destroyers, coast] fire thru Berlin. Americans |guard cutters and light cruisers’ telephoned pie eh eg were bein gused in the patrol work.) ¢@eh ether and called up the American embassy for further The destroyer Truxton is of infermation dyty in the Strait of Juan de Fuca “ ind the cutter Bear ix stationed off |,, UP te this afternoon ‘Ambassadom Gatien “Gate " Beatrovare. © ne Gerard has not received official n@= s bees t tification of the break. At that time, | Jones and Whipple are patroling : a : however, he went for an hour's con the Southern California coast. The cutter Unalga is the Wentivusd’ sh Sere coast No orders were received by Adjt. |» Gen, Thompson from Gov, eLister)S, Monda yto station National Quards- |men on guard at the German con sular headquarters or to guard bridges, | on Oregon LONDON, Feb. 5.-Four mem of the crew of the British 8, vestone were killed when that essel was sunk today. Besides |Evestone, the Danish steamer Larskruse also fell victim to the German submarine warfare,