The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 11, 1917, Page 1

* * * * * | | | | | Rail Heads Promise Help in BOSTON —_ engines that SEEK LARGER CROPS ment Into a th A ’ Atlantic ited Prem Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 1 ote —The great “food drive” Pe” ‘tases the United States was on 1 aboard the f full blast today ate end owned by N for achtsman working to the immec of mobilizing food “* « shipping board complet naval ink fansport the supplies to ex Cooperation with the entente fovernments toward safely deliver the necessities was planned in it May Exempt Farm Labor wnused land were being wor out, the president conferred with outside members of congress relating to Investigation into the feasibility +0 the hearth of exempting all farmers, farm la bh committee on agricultural defense, to organize the farm labor to in ¢rease the production of crops. “Speed Up” Is Order Speed up” was the word passed ip to the capitol and conferred for im hour with fo; pebding in congress £h469,000,000 bond issue bill, With feptton of congressional de n the army bill er military idly. Bids were opened for the struction of 800-ton subm Fines, the largest such order ever given by this government. Prices of ra) ADVERTISING MANAGER'S sigs DAILY TALK n congress tha man should expect or desire war, all income Bargains of a Big | worissnan's daily he think it pretty the possible, but the same} At just what effect is accomplished r ide dif by the ads in The Star. | ere aboye a ¢ of the most important Says, should, in events — the choic bargains of S li progressis “ash in, all you need , 47.900, busj-|*0 fr down the probably will ag ‘i in to do is read them,| put without = THE QUARTERLY the Catholic Betterment league will THE FASTEST GROWING PAPER | ye held Wednesday IN THE NORTHWEST He »ague’s headquarters In the Boston | blor* eee of false pretense about them everywhere © made sate for demoor pence mm be planted upom the trusted foundati: cee [THE ONLY PAPER ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS ONE CENT) Sire SRITISH SMASH ON TO VICTORY SEATTLE SDAY, APRIL 11, (__EHE ONLY PAPER 19 IN (Doubtless the first item in the Germany ‘ rine @ lawless submarine warfare on the high seas. BY F. M. KERBY Tfansporting Food tothe (B witn a swirl Allies under stern and a soft purr of green water ob, we swung BY ROBERT J. BENDER /|f ‘i Dier and 1 was start called into servi ’ P - ed tes navy! Railroad o' als and all t was abcard government departments were Lynx, until a few hours before and for the Massach minted with battleship gray this country and her allies. militia, but President Wils« nd Chair a coat 1 Denman of the United missioned in t army and attached to the first matrol wens for the prompt con Charleston navy Lstion of 1,000 vessels to I had been picked \ Hoston Yacht | taken just SEV tente ports. AND THIRTY ‘| SCONDS for MILE to the club pler. er pat on those You had be ollekins and a ‘sou'wester. While means of putting under Ensign Arthur Bin cultivation thousands of acres of S. naval reserve ed er. “It is going to Ve were now h methods of securing farm labor. ly into the northeast knew wes Mar ead, where worth, was to perform his Correspondent Kerby marine chaser Lynx. joints Kerb i naval flying t points to y borers and others engaged in till Duc! ing the soil, was asked in a resolv part in the war game t tion introduced today. Other pro up in a seaplane from the Mar. visions suegested that the council blehe: of national defense inquire into A gray and the edvisability of appointing a (Continued on page 10) lw ar Conferences Allies Plannec vce ina "iciecieces’ MAY CONSCRIPT : 7 BILLION BOND BILL IS READY TO FINANCE WAR WASHINGTON, April Majority Leader Kitchin today Got 4 Booze Permits | WASHINGTON, April A “series of war conference will be held from time to time between the United States and the entente allies, both in this and abroad, learned today. t Democratic Floor action on the war meas two women watchers in the Nevertheless ¢ house edjourn sntil Friday after receiving the theorable comtoittee report on the f] BY HARRY B. HUNT } naval business went forward WASHINGTON, D. C., April \1.—Conscription over an amount provide every reasonable want tanged from $1,280,000 to $1,592,000 will be seriously considered by each. congress as a principal method % revenue to carry on effective war against Germany. ere is a growing belief © association co-operation England, France and the Unit ed States toward safeguarding administration thorizing the issue of 000 in bonds and $2,000,000,000 in treasury certificates. » act of signing the permit is in fact an oath, other supplies to entente ports. the form and ceremony As the war proceeds the con ferences will broader scope, providing means co-operation on a large scale, it is believed MASS MEETING TO DISCUSS WAK TAX °° p billion will be bonds of allied breaking bill after a meeting of t pace with the demands for per of physical was approved knows of any warrants for the arrest of the y and will be passed in the house » will cooperate and will wel p the assistance ‘RABBI WISE BOOSTS WHEELWRIGHT FOR lee oa ee such men in the JAPANESE POST. Kept to prevent this slaes of re ten his own bank th the whole e If the Choicest tion turned toward the oae work interest and used to buy} Wartime food supply control by the government italist’s dividend Store or indirectly from work of waging war. Under these conditions, . the man of independent or} like the soldier| |thorized an additional issue of $63,- 945,460, to redeem a 3% per cent loan which matures Aw NO MORE RECRUITS IN COAST ARTILLERY |: Recruiting ir penses of the war by taxing be discussed at the citizens’ m could be brought tojiirge income must, of 1908 to 1918, your home for your Se-| who gives his personal service and) ri ou would | its Bs very life to fieht, lection, yOU WOUI ginate his own private welfare fine, the werfare and strength of his na ba WASHING TON, . of New York, Lansing ap: Wheelwright ambassador pastor of the Congregational ointment of Wm That is manifestly im- Differ as to Amount the Experiences of the in the Matter of Food Control and) ation of Wealth for War | militia corps will Orders were Mayor! from the , former cor-| day tien of income should beg srence of opinion. Con-| sman Crosser of Ohio «las low as $3,500 Every day they bring | gectarez, will provide “ . ote etails for any man and his family you complete detail nfortable livetit stop immediately, | |Widow Wins $8,000 in Suit Against N. P. war Cepartment , telling local officers gin training the n recruited and not take more green | , president of the Women’ Federated Clubs of Seattl representative of the Centra , widow of James reached Seattle, | pall, | contingents la total of 189 men of being at w EXPLAINS AD FUND | appropriation st converted to the nation’s use. >| Kew members, Attle’S agree to a conscription of income| A majority | the to a radical in-| n donated by Alston's court _ $278,000,000 ARMY BILL IS sapanca WASHINGTON appropriation roads” | about $278,000,000 for the mainte: | e of the regular the senate today management, Ith club will be In charge of of) arrangement institutions. TO) ¢reawe in the tax the rate of incre ng rapidly on incomes over Termato Was " Cc of incomes until they reach 4 ; then ACT. $25,090, more probably hington to co-operate Hritieh Columbia and O: adv frtising campaign, er of State | army Sergt. | national explained by evening in the army, passed | drink with marked money. = Wen re eee em NNN me a the weather man, but don’t let that interfere with your attending U. S. BEGINS GREATEST “FOOD DRIVE” OF WAR | PRESIDENT|U-BOAT OFF BOSTON? Staff Writers for Star Hunt Sea Wolf With Navy Men in Chaser and Aeroplane American prosecution of the war against Germany will be the crushing of To tell its readers exactly how this campaign 1s to be con- ducted, The Star sent Staff Correspondents Kerby and Duckworth to Boston and Marblehead to tak FIRST official joint maneuvers of submarine-chasers and hydro-aeroplanes in with the most remarkable action pictures to come so far in the war, follow.- part in the Massachusetts bay. Their stories EDITOR THE S1 AR) BY J. H. DUCKWORTH MARPLEHEAD, Mass., April 11.—Why seaplanes play such an important part in anti-sub: marine warfare is now clear to me 1 have just returne from a long flight over the Atlanti ocen fter taking part In tles operations, in co. with a moxquito fleet, a U-boat. My pilot was 1. Webster of the avia squad, tenth deck di vision, Massachusetts naval lithe w understand why {t is that a lal type of fighter, steady of and sure of is required for this ad venturous and hazardous work 1 realize, too, why seaplanes are called tne “eyes of the fleet.” for from perch I me long strete on & map. It was not a good day for fly ing. The anemometer atop the big hangar at the Burgess Co, plant told that there was a 40-mile wind blowing The Purgess-Dunne seagoing aircraft was gently lifted by a big crane and swung out of its floating hangar and lowered into the water snd towed to the landing stage. They gave ea heavy furlined her scket, 1 pair of fleecelined ingerless gauntlets, a woolen ap and gogeles Turn on the two switches inder the hood, please.” I ding up, Webster gave th motor a couple of turns, the cine commenced to roar (Continued on page 10) GUARDS WITH DEPENDENTS TO BE DISMISSED hy | her present status as a neutral, she | formal severance of relations with {had not decided as yet on a future | Germany In many cireles, howe All National Guardsmen thru out the nation who have de- pendents will be discharged from service, “whether they wish the discharge or not.” This order was sent out by the war department today. It means that the adjutant general's office will be given authority to remove men who have wives, children or mothers depending on them. Assistant Adjutant General L. 1 Bolles had not received orders Wednesday morning, but was anxious for m to r he ttle. “Practically all of the men wi \dependents have been cleaned out of the infantry. 1 don’t believe this order will affect more than a doz en,” he said, “but there are prob: trict watch, he said, had been cruits from enlisting, but death or | marriage after enlistment had auto: matically established dependency of some “These orders will give us a fr hand to make discharges in the in terests of justice,” he said, “where etofore we haven't had the au thority ‘ Officers, who receive good sal aries, are not included in the order The war department, in the or |ders, states that careful investiga |tion of each case should be made to |prevent slackers from escaping service THIS WON'T KEEP HIM Thanks must take the place of jdollars for Hugh M. Caldwell, cor |poration counsel, He spent $ legislative activities for the city down at Olympia during the last session of the legislature which he did not itemize. The city couneil if it acts on the judiciary commit tee recommendation, while express ing its thanks for his services, wall not refund the money, page ever eed be muct “ ¢; that to have sa sooner may have beer © of overengernens for wa weak nowe | grows stronge jenemy t was repulsed | guns ‘ (Continued on page 3) ARGENTINE CALLS U.S. WAR course. ev statement duced the United States to declared | ington’s 15 past presidents will be wer the Argentina government rec principles of neutrality, consecrat- (university campus, Friday morning, » o in} Theat The Star ar ou Of the president's war mes the mass meeting at the Tivoli the- tre Thursday noon, for conscription of wealth as well as men + + * * * HAIG GUNS BLOW: AWAY OPPOSITI Canadians Capture Ridge, Taking Prisoners, Guns and Ammunition After Territte Bombardment. BY WILLIAM, PHILIP s SIMMS WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES AFIELD, April feat ld Marshal Haig’s crimp in the German line reached ae depth of five miles east of Arras today ength of the British increases with each battering of the enemy ha ‘day was pressing along the entire 50 miles With this sweep forward, the s The British | now menaces the German grip On Lens-Arras-Douai coal field The depth of this penetration points at actual breaking @ verman | I on Vimy ridge, of bloody me ory, each hour, despite desperate efforts of the e them. Counter attack after counter attack g the night and toc x ru the whole forest covering th The Canad northern slope of the — trols were actively pressing on. From the plain beyond the ridge the Germans feverishly. se: their guns, directing shells at all parts of the forest in hope of checking the onward rush. On the bl soaked crest of Vimy ridge alone, it hed by count today that the Canadians had taken 3,600 prisoners, including 72 officers and 23 guns, in this number were nine guns of heavy caliber. from the defeated Germans also included 70 machi ut 40 trench mortars along the line where From the top of Vimy ridge, idge today British 4 owl \Gen. Haig smashed his men forward, | attained and firmly held, the Britt Ithree o 7,294 prisoners, including 170 offi-| snipers in villages farther rps of British troops took| were systematically clearing They also seized 88 guns, 18| he lower slopes. The steady: mortars and 84 machine ing of field guns searching out BY CHARLES P. STEWART because it was due to violations Press Staff Cor ‘ ‘ed by the rules of internal BUENOS AIRES, Aprit 4 | definite gains of civilization,* Argentina today formally “rec- ognized the justice” of Amer- BRAZILIANS GLAD ica’s declaration of a state of war against Germany, but an- OF GERMAN 7 nounced her strict continuance i as a neutral. RIO DE JANEIRO, April 1 The announcement showed clear-|General public rejoicing that while Argentina maintained |4nnouncement todey of Brasite | the view was expressed that republic should go further and entina’s policy contained this/ actually enter the war, The formal decree announcing | th: Ar In view of the causes which in-| THE UNIVERSITY OF WASH. |remembered at a general zes the justice of this decision |to be held in Meany hall, on the $4 BRITISH BREAK HINDENBURG LINE SANT WERP 3B E LG } Ue PR O BRUSSELS y If the Germans are driven from the “Hindenburg line,” according to ally reports, their next stand is to be on a line closely paralleling the Franco-Belgian border, in the foothills of the Ardenn mountaina, This would mean giving up about half the territory in France that re mains in German hands, The new, shorter line from Lille to Verdun is shown on this map, together with the supposed “Hindenburg tine,” which the Germans are now defending. That the “Hindenburg line” has already been pierced east of Arras seems certain from today’s re ports