The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 17, 1917, Page 1

soe 8 8 8 * NIGHT EDITION _ ~~ a | Seattle's Susiee who will heip sew | socks and other things for soldiers and sailors are welcome in Red Cross circles. Call Elliott 3827. “Fair tonight and Wednesday” the weather forrecast. THE ONLY {THE ONLY PAPER IN IN ‘SEI VOLUME 19 THE STAR HAS THE GREATEST CIRCULATION IN THE WHOLE PACIFIC NORTHWEST CO A ES SS A a ae eS so es 8 8 #8 ® SUB FIRES AT U.S WARSHIP The The Seattle Star ATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS | SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1917, ONE : AND STILL GROWING § U-BOAT LURKS CENT, } GREATEST DRIVE ~ OF HISTORY IS ON » “nglo-French Generals Hurl 3,000,000 Men at German Line, Threatening Five Key Positions. LONDON, April 17.—The “greatest offensive of the greatest of wars was on today. Over a front of nearly 170 miles Anglo-French] forces were driving with all the strength and energy Carefully conserved thru months of winter preparation. | Key points to the much vaunted Hindenburg line were struck at so savagely by the great Franco-British| drive today that their continuation in the enemy's hands much longer seems impossible. | Three Cities May Fall Soon Of the five, Lens, La Fere and St. Quentin fall to the allied onslaught at almost any hour. brai and Laon are less closely enveloped, but menace of the drive was none the less potent. Gen. Haig’s report tells of another successful thrust to the south of Cambrai, around Epehy, aimed at Le may Cam- the Ruth Martin, university student, raising the volunteer Miss Hortense Marion and Miss Mary Wold, graduate nu ths. to become aides to war nurses, ____ | STRIKES TIE UP let, 11 miles south of Cambrai. $| ‘Y The Paris. official statement. more..than. confirmed 3+ BERLIN FACTORIES: = the most sanguine hopes of success in the joint of- omorrow : fensive entertained here. $ r $/ By JOHN GRANDENS Counter Attacks Are Repulsed > Floyd W. | $| HERLIN, via London, April 17 A Gen. Nivelle reported a separate German attempt}$ podor ex Fitters’ toa sate at Ailles to stem the French forward rush at Laon./$ “*“°* , © [reduction in the bread ration, effec Ailles lies just seven miles to the south of Laon. The|s Pert on LO : ys wr Saabeieu leis Secttee Solene counter attack was repulsed by the French. ing, King pend by the strike Again Gen. Vivele’s forces withstood another}3 county agricultur- §\iatow and demonstrators ter the - (Continued on page 5) ist, has prepared da $ | *trike paraded undisturbed emmms series of articles on $ eres of 2 ¢|Dutch Leaders to how to make that back lo CITIZEN DEPUTIES Confirming the stories of the | the case of Thomas Tracy, tragedy told by other defense | charged with the murder of witnesses, Robert Thompson, Deputy Sheriff fereon Beard, miil worker of Everett, on the that the deputies who fired on ind in Judge Ronaid’s court, the Verona, November 5, were morning, testified in armed with rifles. This is denied by the state. This is the story he tot “With my father, Ed Thompson,! and my cousin, Ed Thompson, we} went to the corner of Hewitt and | Wetmore ave. We expected to at tend the advertised | W. W. meet ing, but there was nobody there, «0 we went down to the dock to see if the crowd was waiting there for the | boat Star ROW! | ADVERTISING MANAGER’S DAILY TALK erwards the —— nice is a big principle of mod- ern business. Newspaper advertising is an advanced form of service. The Star ————————— was sing’ Jy in to the then two, and t I saw ae He the water Expected Trouble “We were the American stopped in front of or the boat ug Boat office by | th, & man who wore a deputy’s star.j_ number of times into the boat brings to you every day—to a ‘What Ate you doing? There also was firing from the your home—the best news |icating’ He asked us where Wel Che Yordasexumiination ct Mane | ’ |worked and then he said: ‘You aca rgm Seattle's best stores—|rrtf..‘on the dock unless you| ROM*Tis. who was examined Mon- opportunities to * want to get your head shot off. We| witness falling to answer the cal | erie ps SS Before we left that place we|% bis name apout fabrics, prices, etC.|saw two automobilés with depu Are you reading the ads asjtie* in them drive up. There ‘er”| BULGARIAN TURK about a dozen ljong-barreled guns in the machines They were rifles and they started to pass them out) |to the deputies Crowd Was Singing “Then the three of us went down to the beach and a few minutes aft carefully as they deserve? oe FASTEST GROWING PAPER | IN THE NORTH a received here that Turkey a forntally brok | neighbor's son There are, I suspect, five fathers in our neighbor- . | I happen to know that this par. |ticular neighbor is fat and pudgy | MILES.” productive Watch first article in The T Ve “The crowd on the forward deck MY FATHER,’ LYING CALMLY, t of yours for the OMO R- rona came tn s the boat drew ck there was one shot, hen the boat list one Man on the boat shot threw up his hands and fell into I saw one man on the dock shoot, but I can't aay whether the shot came first from the dock There was a man on | the float (Kiatawa slip) who fired BREAK IS REPORTED PARIS, April 17—A_ report today declared nd Bulgaria have en off with the SAID MY ROY, ‘CAN SWIM 10 Make Peace Plans HAGUE THE 1 7.—The Troelatra peace.” Camille Huntamans nent secretary of the international eocialista’ bureau left today, also for Stockholm, announcing that he would work for peace on the basis of President Wilson's declarations and Russian Minister of Justice erensky's recent utterances. N. W. WHEAT TO BE RUSHED TO ALLIES PORTLAND, April 17-—One hun dred carloads of wheat a day for the next two months will rushed from the three Northwest states to| the Atlantic seaboard for s to the allie ing with the shippers, at the sugges. |’ tion, it is said, of the American and | British governments, will give the} grain shipments the right of way | | across the continent | ITALIANS ACTIVE ROME, April Italy may ait starting timed to| catch the T hen they are direly in need of men to withstand | the great Franco-British push on the western front. Advices received from Switzerland today ro | 4 the Italian artillery ex tive on the Isonzo front | standards of my day 1 was efficient Five little boys sat on the edge af the natatorium tank, looking tike| ja number of French officials. Whit “patient,” I phigene Banker, to a semi-recumbent position, under the of the Se attie General hospital, before a class of university giris who 100, COEDS AT U-W “LEARN TO BECOME WAR NURSE AIDS If students and prof whose daily drills make campus of the University rs, the of Washington warlike, ever have | has flat to go to the front, and are (or is und wounded, it is possible that the history.” nurse's aid who will help make them comfortable In the field hospital may be @ university girt While the men drill, an even 100 girls work ernoon in imsement ome Economics building, from graduate nurses how to make bed« scientific fon requ ally how to raise a patient with-in emand for this stunt . : o out hurting him; how to improvise | Miss Hortense Marion and Miss| New York, too, was ignorant of the inciden& }& back-rest out of a chair turned! Mary Wold, graduates of the Seat A ° * * upside down: how to keep him tle Gencrai hospital, are instruc. |DUt at Once communicated with Fire island, from sliding out of bed when, as | tore is necessary in cate of certain wounds, the bed is raised at an is jangle of nearly 45 degrees; and all course | the other kinks that distinguish the | attendant who knows how from the things a one who doesn says, ‘BRITISH MISSION MOVES SECRETLY | | WAS 1INGTON April 17 Where Great Britain's high com-|* |missioners are or when they will arrive fs a mystery to the state de-| Public W partment today | Inghan, It was stated officially this fore-|other offic noon that the department had no) day that ¢ word as to their whereabouts, but it was keeping touch on the pros pective visitor | WHITLOCK IN PARIS wise Al hi ho ‘omn nde that lief that the German boat was not far distant Councilman Horry Belton, givine from New York city, inasmuch as the light- TARIS, April 17-—atiniater Brand amber’ of the Ml ince ot lant ship is only 35 miles beyond Sandy Hook, ed today. Ile was mot at the Gare |ciblen aise eon ena oant: it ves| the outer portal of New York’s harbor. . Lyon by Ambassador Sharpe and lock will remain here a few days| Brackett, before departing to Havre, where | home, 912 the Belgian government now has |held at (¢ its temporary pital Brooklyn SOUR SKINNY CITY EDITOR GOES IN SWIMMING WITH HIS SON } the Edi hood who are fallen idol ! from over-eating and insufficient Th jfive frogs, What fine bodies they)ly afraid to hold back, physically|ly, They explained the Australian!deep end of the tank. Surely a man By City tor It is very sad. We really | xercise, whereas I have physteat | ought Himself had! Not developed, of course, but afraid to go forward. My son's ey awl and the tradgeon stroke.| who can swim 10 miles can cross @ AM fea ea ack inn ‘tet | imperfections which defy the art | An Efficient Swimmer lithe and vibrant, giving promise of were on me. He had bragged about | Never heard of ‘em before. swimming tank! m a 18 & im , nibs accepte of my tailor to hide. | 1 had supposed I was a good | Strong manhood. me. I remembered: “My father can| A fleshy father essayed a dive I started. The first two yards idol our sons’ invitation to a To be frank, 1 am very thin, ®/ swimmer, No one ever taught me| Five little boys, looking still more | swim 10 miles from the board and came a “belly-| were | labored on, 1 Sera a splash party,at the Luna /little round-shouldered, somewhat| {to swim, I taught myself to swim, {like five frogs, popped into the Afraid to get your head wet./fiopper.” He rose to the surface,| was within a yard of the op- ts park natatorium Monday. | flat-chested and I have a small,| When I was very young 1 played |tank, with five splashes, and invited |dad?” he yelled at me blowing like an aged walrus posite’ sida’ whan 5 Ace does not Fight tho | protuberant, nttomach. Also, |hookey and went swimming in a Ws—their fathers—to join them, tol sould prot stand that, t flung 1 was conscious—i believe: we all] ‘thing, happanes.” | ausnnnnnEn mire me ’ 5 my legs are a trifle bowed nace we called “Flat Rock,” be-| orward, | struck out kicked re » it—| ress. a8 Pai You see, these sons ot ours are| ‘But in the eyes of our sons thie cain there was a flat rock init, |Five Boys Swim Like can truthfully say it was swimming ere, (h BR ial’ er pai a ; bash si — a . u el . e ‘anic seiz ec. open members of the boys’ department! neighbor and | were terrible fel e water wae waist-4eep on the| Five Youhs Frogs jot a kind, A punk kind Trait seas inca initiiemas cedar te pened He will j|of the Y. M. C. A. In age they | tows, of prodigious etrength, and|_ 7! ‘i ff th There was a look in my boy's ad be-| my mouth to shout, and swal not admit |789K¢ from 10 to 12. They wanted gxceiling in all the manly eporta. |TOCK. Thon you mteppad Olt tlt) nore is tragedy in the naked face that I do not like to remem come reversed ina moment. ;Where-|' lowed a pint of water, lites 4 to show off their aquatic skill to My father,” y 001 |Tock into deep water. p body of @ man who has passed his ber. ‘There was horror in it, and ®* ‘hey had admired our strength | viewed a sinful life and won- at I hav y fatt sald ‘my son, Mth k—and swam. I had to \ q i skill (fietittious), we now ad ie * 8 8 that have their dads. So, on Monday night, jek your father. jthe rock—an ; physical prime. There are little |/dieillusionment.. I didn't know why 8nd skill (f Meth ert ei | eeree At Te niger te ate lost in his we all went over to West Seattle. he neighbor's boy a | Nobody told me how to Wim! pads of fat where no fat should be, until another boy laughed jeeringly mired their strength and = skill Then | joined a flock of pink T igh sal I 4 ? p Whereas they had come f i esteem, but tig couldn't neither, and that hia | correctly. T Meet Me aN there 7 and little hollows that were not and shouted Bice and werieachl ae >: “ he Farieetate purete heb we g a cor p " th 4 : > ' q . yor | adie ti uction, we now sa alighted on a raiiroa’ restie, pt gpk = father could lick me with one hand|® correct way ist swam. there when the man was 21 Looky! He swims dog fashion ak cig han . * : see it | Overhears So: a tied behind his back could dive, too. And float. And —pive fathera—some fat, like my Why, doggone it, we all swam dog ®! their feet, asking to be told how The trestle broke, and | dropped his eyes Brag About His Dad And,” said my son, “you ought |Wim under water, And crack! neighbor boy's futher, and some fashion when | was a boy to swim Into a raging flood from which Ar n, “you ow jd ; oe 2 j He regards It was only the other day, while to see my father swim! | roe ks And muddy other boys, And gkinny, like me—stepped gingerly Boys Show Fathers T at is an awful thing to happen was Srey ya pe lonic cow Mme with a troubled and 1 was mowing the lawn, that | Swim!” scoffed the neighbor's |tie clothes in hard knots into the tank at the shallow end ‘ to a father which said, in a voice strangely Di? ecatteenct heard my son quarreling with a boy. “My father can swim a mile.”| According to the unscientific My ron waa disappointed. He How It’s Done But I would not, could not, wit-| lke My son's: “Easy, dadl ming co , hoped to see me plunge boldly into deap water. swim—ther to hi Five fathers crept forward, moral-|us fallen idols how to swim janeht] on eliminated 6 be even a nurse's aid if she ogg y Wapah os geubiary NAVY DEPARTMENT SCOOPED aes ‘ity gymnasium record, must be| The navy department had not heard | satisfactory. Part of Monday afternoon's les: third bodily out of bed. girls take turns being Dean of Women Ethel Coldwell | enthustastic nursing is one of the most valuable “whether she ever becomes | Out of the 158 girls who _wanted a nurse or not." Write to Bolton to Have Poor Folks’ Lots Plowed Free for plowing purposes be expended to aid the THE FUNERAL of Mrs, Then they OFF NEW YORK Germans Fire First Shot of War at U. S. Destroyer; Torpedo Narrowly Misses Its Work. WASHINGTON, April 17.—Germany ~ fired the first shot of the war against America today—and it missed. Official information reached the navy © |department shortly after noon that the |\United States destroyer Smith was fired - upon by a German submarine at 3:30 a. m. The torpedo launched by the U-boat missed the Smith. The latter gave chase to the submarine but the enemy ship submerged. and escaped. TELL OF WAR’S FIRST CLASH Announcing the first engagement of the ~ war, the navy department this afternoon is- sued the following bulletin: “Reports from Fire Island lightship to navy stations at Boston and at New York that at about 3:30 a. m., the 17th, an submarine was sighted by the U. S. S. " running apparently submerged. The sub-— marine fired a torpedo at the Smith, which |missed her by 30 yards. Wake of the tor- pedo was plainly seen crossing the bows. Submarine disappear enemy) muti course, the physical ex- 8 A girl about the clash until press reports brought word of it. Immediately Lieut.-Commander_ Bel- knap, navy censor, got the New York navy yard on long distance and asked details. ired two girls to lift a carry her ance and lay her on an. jarring her. The} nurses and | lightweight patients are | \from which the original report to Charles- town had been made by relay to the scout cruiser Chester. A few minutes later the lightship, 35 miles off Sandy Hook, flashed back the story to the New York yard, which at once noti- \fied Belknap. FIRST ATTACK BY U-BOAT The submarine’s efforts to sink the de- about the new ‘A knowledge of practical woman can have,” she ° ; : Following a conference between Stroyer were the first definite evidence of the sifare Commissioner Cal rrenaanmtisioner Cal: oft-repeated rumors that German U-boats ials, it was decided to-| lurked off our coasts. if purpores be-expender| The fact that the Fire Island lightship conveyed the original report led to the be- poor Who cannot afford ‘. While, for military reasons, the navy 43, who died at the tamiis |does not say what is being done about hunt- N 79th at. & i sie hrist church, Ee 47th ana |ing the submarine, it is assumed a redoubled a this morning. (Continued on page 10) Don't get excited MY SON HAD SAVED HIS FATHER FROM DROWNINGI* showed us how |ingly submit to this changed rela-| tion, I would show my son I could swim! 1 would swim across the #6 little shavers taught