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

i . i ee is writing a new Exalted Order into her national life. This is the Select Service Order—the great and honorable roll of men selected to serve in America’s army. This army is to be created under the new Select Service Law. It is to be an army of men SELECTED BY UNCLE SAM for the highest service mankind knows today—selected for the service of humanity—selected for the tradition of freedom and civilization In a few days, the registration of this sk Holiday for Patriotic Registration - Sheriff Requests Governor to Proclaim Fateful Date an Occasion for Honor- ing Selected Heroes Plans were launched Friday to make Select Service Reg: S Istration day a great patriotic fete in Seattle and thruout the "' gtate of Washington. Within the next three weeks President Wilson is sched: uled to issue his proclamation, naming th when the young men of the country, between the ages of 21 and 30, inclusive, wil) offer themselves for Uncle Sam's armies. That occasion will not be a “drudgery day,” but an occasion of etate-wide demonstration, if Gov. Lister follows the suggestion for warded to him Friday by Sheriff John Stringer. Stringer is one of the registration board to be appointed by the governor. The letter sent to Gov. Lister today follows “With the idea of making the registration a patriotic duty, and not a conscription, | have the honor to suggest that you proclaim this a holiday, make it national fete day, a day for patriotic de : close all schools, banks and al! public institutions, one gather to make this not a duty, but a patriotic volunteerment. “Let us try to make all those who are not chosen envious and disappointed because of the privilege allowed those who are chosen to take up our country’s cause.” , Gov. Lister is now on his way home from iggregye oe D. S ais ¢ and house are expected to approve the select service in Pray aoa two days. Dispatches to The Star Friday from Washing: fon brought the information that any man has the privilege of volun: teering for service in the regular army or navy branches he favors be- tween now and the date of registration 4 MUST PROVE DEPENDENCY Married men are not necessarily exempted, Only those who prove y of a Wife or familly will be excluded from service. and physically defective men will be rejected. Divinity those wise creed-opposes war, and certain clatses of skilled 1] be exempted cam} ably in September. President Wilson will have authority to bring the regular army and National Guard to full war strength—-260,000 men—and the re- serves to 440,000 men, by employing the Volunteer system. CALL 500,000 MEN He will probably call for 500,000 men thru the select service regia tration system. Civilian boards will bear the responsibility, under the @irection of the governor, of registering men. Penalties will be pro Yided for those who evade registration How It Will Work BY GILSON GARDNER | of the sheriff, county clerk and WASHINGTON, May 11— | me ae sete, aly: | tered physician of the county. select | How will it work—this | Im cities the organizations will Pts genera! this is the answer: | follow political divisions into There will be one big day named be nnipes and precincts. very soon after the president signs he governor will appoint a board vice law, for register- Of three to register each city of od ge angi tween the ages of Ver 20,000 inhabitants. This board eats i the jaw, will appoint assistant registrars, eg veibiny rept ane do the reg- Who may be the election officers of 0 8 Pring will, as soon as possible, do wards and precincts. the work of selecting the men for Military Men Barred the first 500,000 There will be no military people Registering Boards on these local registration boards. The fect tha! vexietering and se The precinct officials reports to lecting officers are the same makes the ward, the ward to the county, it interesting to see who these are and so on up to the governor, who fo be. It will be outlined in a letter reports to the president. So, at the . { close of registration day, when the a ent to governors of Buss wei ad ‘ count {s made, the total number reg- Governors will be ordered to (Continued on Page 16.) apoint registration boards. !n every county and city there will be a board of three. in the county this board will consist DAILY TALK ay ~ 1 Night Watchman Curt Both. : ! 9 r Fine Bunch ell, 40, of the city-county build- i ie at the city ing, is at the city hospital of Ads Today | suffering with a fractured | back as the result of a 32-foot You will find it very profitable) 91; gown the elevator shaft of to read the ads in The Star today) 1. city.county building some Very thoroughly, indeed, There) tine between 5:30 and 6:30 @ many opportunities to make) ee ee He has a RAL savings chance for life, doctors say. Page 2) He attracted attention with cries for help at 10:30 a. m. and was removed from the bot- tom of the shaft by Deputy Sheriff Ellivtt. Hothell left the elevator car at ard Furniture Co. Merote-Rankin Co. Page Red Front Clothing Co Page 3 Gately's Page 4 Woodhouse-Grunbaum Co..Page 5 Indianola Beach Co. . Page Public Market Center Men finally chosen for training will be assembled in great training FROM THE RANKS OF THE ORDI- NARY will begin. On that day, the nation’s call to the colors will have been sounded and answered by the members of the Select Service Order, in whose keeping will be given every American tradition of freedom and civilization- every tradition of honor and duty. On that day, we can do nothing less to honor these men who will give us SELECT SERVICE, the best the nation can get, than is suggested in a letter written today to Gov. Lister by Sheriff Stringer. ‘That day must go down in our memory as one dedicated by all of us to patriotic théught and action. Let us make it a statewide holiday—aye, a national day of consecration. Let us close our business houses and factories, our schools and our shops. Let us, who are below the SELECT CLASS, who do not measure up to the high standard of service that Uncle Sam needs, pay our marked respect and give full-hearted honor to the men who are fit, ready and able, the heroes upon whom the nations depend. Sheriff Stringer’s suggestion that Gov. Lister proclaim the Select Service registra- tion day a legal holiday, is indeed most timely and appropriate. It will afford us, the ordinary citizens, the proper opportunity to accompany the stalwart, dependable, select men to the registration place, to give them the right kind of a send-off. FOR THAT DAY WILL BE A DAY OF DAYS—AND WELL MIGHT WE WISH THAT “S. S.,”’ LETTERS OF HONOR, STANDING FOR SELECT SERVICE, MIGHT BE THE LETTERS ON THE UNIFORM OF EVERY ONE OF THESE NEW SOLDIERS OF LIBERATION. 4 The S eattle S tar neal if you PS RE tags for Mother Ryther’s home Saturday, why not order a batch of groceries THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS "Showers tonight. and. Saturday, ONE CENT f°°R30rE" VOLUME 19 | * SEATTLE, WASH REVOLT FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1917. and send them to 1262 Denny way? She hi a family of 85 to feed. opines Salisbury. * * Munitions Section Plan Girl Comes to City } Mr. Wilson Will Take Care of Him Alone; She Tells of Seattle’s Welcome * | | it EDITOR'S NOTE.—Miee Echo June Zahi, of Portiand, a few | ye ago left the University of Oregon, where she was a senior, | | and came to Seattic to find her niche in life. Family, friends, | everything, she left behind, to come to a strange city in quest + Of work. Her adventures here—a one girl, who, as she explains, jeattie people just the sort of hospitality Se | | attle offers to newoomers tike her. She agreed to write the story of her experiences. Herewith she telis of her first glimpse of Seattle. She will tell more temerrow. ! | \¢—_—_—__—— ‘ i clini ORCS j BY ECHO JUNE ZAHL attie!" boomed the brake- man. My heart jerked inte a hard knot. Almost midnight, was alone in a city | hi seen! The slackening train wheels caught the echo of strange. is and seemed to chug: lone, alone, alone.” T whi stopped. 1 | { | ! | started for the rear platform. A girl jostled by me. She wa jalone. Perhaps she, too—but no, |she flung herself off the train into |the arms of a happy-eyed youth, | Every one belonged to some one. | Every one was kissing some one, |1 wished fervently some one would |make a slip and kiss me. No one| | did i |Sits Down on Bench | jto Think It Over I descended into a ‘maelstrom of | |hand-bags and humans and was} lewirled on into the big waiting |room of the King Street station. |The crowd melted away in twos jand threes and fours, and I sat |down on a hard bench to think it over. ‘ | One thing became very certain | |I couldn't sit on that bench all! & night. | had forgotten to think! Pe about sleep when I decided to! ie |“bust” out into the cruel, gaping world .f A policeman came to life at the further end of the room and stared hard at me. It would be horrible if he should question me. I arose | Miss Mahe EAM: Who tulle of tart with a lust for ice cream soda IN| experiences when arriving in Se- jmy eye, hied myself to the near-| setie, a strange city. | est wet place, and drank thru a| tevie | |straw with all the vim of my 21 | years. . |life I've gone to school. People| He stopped staring at me and lis-|8ald I had brains. I admitted tt. 1) This was a master move) #luffed thru three years of college. | ip | tened j slut lon my part. It threw him com-/ Things went on the same | pletely off the scent. He moved| Whether | worked or not. The away | were 24 hours to every day, Some-| But all this was merely inci-|times there was good weather. | dental. My vision of linen sheets Sometimes it was bad, Sometimes) and downy cot was no clearer. My|the sun shone, Sometimes it! eye roved hither and thither over | didn't Sometimes | went te the midnight travelers until it was |classes—often I didn't | arrested by a sign: “Matron.” Invents Hellish Just the thing! And I sped to} Dhilosophy } | this last, but I let her continue “You will regret it some day and|this onslaught and mutely led mo] Page §\the fourth floor with the door open| ward the sign : > 5} and en the elevator boys came! qq . And so I became ingrained with Sige 6 rs tik ‘at 6:20 they found the| Matron Thinks It’s ja hellish philosophy: ‘What's the MEnctse Gardens Page 7 first floor door also open. It was|@ Bad Business |Yse of anything and what's the dif Meneer-Paterson ..... Page 7 thru this door that Bothell | She wanted my story. I gave it ference ‘ 1 didn't just WANT to “pon eel Page 7\bave fallen, Why he left the to her. She shook her gray head |leave co and friends _ its al Miefit Parlors on the fourth floor and descended | doubtful eee nice place fo ive _made | Sing! Phawe Co. by the stairs is not known | “You have run away from col \t his mo! habs Is 6 Fy ce to Groceteria we tothell lives at Mast Mad-|lege and friends,” she repeated. | find my o see if T real ; have pet . 2| ison This is a hard world for a young |the courage to make the up-grade. | : até te follow the logic of | Tonig BUesS have to sleep. South Eni Market 4 ITALIANS SINK I didn’t qui low the logi of Hh ccete worn een dtiee cher | 13 Pine Street Marke Tailored Ready Co p 15 Bon Marc 16 | Frederick & Nelson p 16) And many others well worthy your} Attention ; ; WASHINGTON, May 11.— The best offerings of Seattle's r stores appear regularly in The, Thirteen Austrian submarines ar have been sunk in the Mediter. : ba ranean in the past three THE FASTEST GROWING PAPER, weeks by Italian naval‘ forces, IN THE NORTHWEST | learned here officially | wonder why you were so foolish "| to a taxi and told the driver—“Y | “But, Mrs. Matron,” I replied,|W, ©. A “have you ever got stuck in a phil-| “Good-night,” I called to he | osophical bog, where you doubted; “You interest me,’ she said, everybody and everything and you| “will you see me in a month and kept getting in deeper and deeper | tell me whet you are doing?” until you doubted even yourself? I promised her | would—ana | | This was a home run for me.| slumped gratefully in a corner of | \She didn’t quite see what | was|the taxi, and marveled at the hu | \talking about and confessed as|maneness of depot matrons | much | Well, lll give it to you in good, | old Slango-Saxon,” | said. “With! REA emphasis on the Slango, All my le Pe Aiatate bhetemreemninesiil TAR WANT ADS |! ‘3 ° Jof living had increased I we mistake not the signs, the food hog is going to be wiped) off United States soil—completely, effectively. President Wil-| J |son, judging by the conference on food control he held yesterday| ROGRAD, May 11. The Schlisselberg muni- tions district revolted to- day. Workmen and citi- zens of the district an= 7 nounced their intention of organizing a separate re- public. Representatives of the workmen's and_ soldiers’ committee left here at once to dissuade the re- volters from. their an- nounced purpose. The provisional president of munitions district was arrested! the rebels. Just how serious the ‘revolt: is Was not made clear in dispatches received here. Apparently, how- ever, there was no violence. Anothér instance of friction be tween the duma provisional gov- ernment on Russia's plans for the of the socialist party in Russia is on record against the meeting, and | (Continued on page 5) : STAR WRITER IS APPOINTED evow 7 ON SLAV BOARD FELERS AE WASHINGTON, May 11, cK" : a st ‘ M Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, chief “ of staff of the army, and Rear Admiral James A. Russian commis- announced today. The remainder of the per. sonnel follows: | Elihu Root, Cyrus McCormick, G, R. "Bertron, } York banker; vice president of American Feder- ation of Labor; Dr. J. H. Mott end. The commission will get togeth- er within the next few days to or ganize formally. * It.was pointed out today that. with members of congress, has his ax sharpened for the specula-|‘\*"* *°c#lled class in America ts represented. tor, and is ready to strike. The government is to control food! Root's sdmittea capabitities, i was said, “need no discussion,” distribution and fix prices. It is the only sure way to annihilate |“ Russell and Duncan are consi the food hog, or, as Herbert C. Hoover, America’s probable food |°'t! ** eminently fitted as repre controller, calls him —“PLAIN SKUNK.” | ao we get off anyway | Even his pleas for mercy failed to save one restaurant man from ejection from the Caterers’ asso ciation, it is said, There is reason to believe he lost his membershiy card after he had confessed that he had sold, on several occasion two exgs, two narrow sticks of French fried spuds; “two fingers” of bread and a cup of coffee for - ib cents. Pie is going up. Pie is the hey are calling him “Benedict object of diet which made the | Arnold,” according to good author- nickel famous, yet it now wilt |!’ desert its old partner, says the Netet. meee Seattle Master. Bakers’ asso. Conserve Potatoes ciation, and after Monday will ae Sos meetirce sell for 10 cents in the city’s on Dining Service restaurants. Following President Wilson's ap: And butter, too, Claiming peal to conserve the nation's food that butter costs 44 cents a supply, Northern Pacific Dining Car pound and that one can only Superintendent Hazen J. Titus has cut 48 of the dinky little slabs announced he will discontinue serv that are served, the cafeteria ing! creat big baked potatoes until men will charge 2 cents where after the war 1 did the job before “We want to prevent waste thru The bakers held their meeting passengers being served more than about 7:30 and at 8 p. m, the ca-| hey can eat,” says Titus terers went into executive session. and when they came pitie cost Pit Tivecrote to sentatives of the radical class. Koth are expected to give to Rus $$$ ne | Sian leaders just what they will 5 BROTHER have to have in the line of advice Ss T0 60 on labor and industrial problems, Chas. R. Crane is well acquaint TO WAR TOGETHER | co with Russian conditions. Ber tron will be the commission's ft pil : = jnancial representative. COTTAGE GROVE, Ore, May 11.| MeCormick’s experience ag the When the Sixth company, Oregon |head of a great industrial enter. Coast artillery, is called to the col LM is expected to prove fnvalu: able. Mott is a great organizer, ors, it will have among its mem- bers five brothers i one famiiy— all rugged Oregon mountaineers They are Adois, Grover, John, Ree-| Charles Edward Russell, appoint som and Marimos Devine, sons of |/¢d by President Wilson on the Thomas Devine, of the Elkhead| A@erican commission to Russia, is country, Each of the boys is an| known to Star readers as a bril- expert with the rifle. liant writer constant champion of > democracy and unrelenting foe of | kings and all forms of autocracy, THEY SOLD BOOZE |™* his trip to Russia in the ser | Vice of his country will enable him | to give Star reade 1 clearer in- _ Superior Court Judge French | sight into the dramatic events of Thursday afternoon sentenced |that great nation, seems self James Jewett to serve 15 days in| evident, Jail and pay a fine of $100 and E.| That his wide experience as @ 1. Doane to pay the same fine.| writer and editor and leader of The pair were convicted of having | small democratic movements fits sold whisky in their real estate of-| him admirably for his task is the fices in the Lyon building | belief of all those who have de ——_—— ‘lighted in his career They plan to hide the ketchup Curb Speculation and the Worcestershire. - “It coats too much,” say food; CHICAGO, May 11.—The Chicago) NEW YORK, May 11.—Rilly Sun-! men. “If we raise the price of but- Board of Trade will hold a special|day asked a crowd of 20,000 pros-| CHICAGO, My 1It—Miss Ida ter, people will eat tomato sance | directors’ meeting today to consid-| pective “trail hitters” if he “could | Meek. a graduate of the aviation on their bread and then they will/er the continued high prices of play hookey” today and go with|school at San Antonio, Texas, tat more bread and bread is going! wheat, It is understood that steps | Joffre to West Point. They voted|made formal application today to to go to 16 cents a loaf, so where will be taken to curb speculation. jon it. Result—20,000 to none, join the U. 8, aviation corps. its members are endeavoring to — Charles R. Crane of Chicago, © ¥ | LET US DO HONOR TO SEATTLE HEROES | Charles Edward Russell, noted ed: — itor and writer; James Duncan,” i “ Q y