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

re don’t get you ciate it If y Cirewiat to at once. the chance ¥ Perfect ser 4. The Star ar caller at on Manager TELL IT TO US vice to its readers is The Star stand wants to be a prompt as well as a every home in Seattle. If you aper promptly, The Star will appre ou will call Main 600 and ask for the Complaints will be attended If you don’t kick, we can't know of we have to improve our SERVICE, The Seattle Star Tells Star a very eu camendabis one anc it * Gideon: The plan you propose for calling | n ef housexeepe O28 question ef house thods of preventing rs every day to | | it seems I hope sincerely carry it Writer It’s Good Fight Cordially and sincerely yours, Gi ¥ | tee Letter written and signed by President Wilson to idah MeGione bson, containing his expressions of approval for the movement which | 4 has culminated in The Woman's Army Against Waste } ) VASHINGTON, D. C., May 17 \ 2 given his sincere commendation to the plar ec WW . | Army Against Waste | In a letter from the White H ¢ dially indorses the work ; A personal letter from J amulty i OAH MSGLONE GIBSON secretary to the president dent's letter may be ther the h used national war against uschold. This is the first t ad the that has t Wilson. says that in any way the presi {THE ONL ONLY PAPER | IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE “NEWS (RHE oN 19 WORK OUT PLAN | TO HIT JOBBERS WHO HOLD FOOD Striking directly at food ma nipulators and produce specu lators, Robert Bridges, presi dent of the port commission was perfecting plans Thurs day to decrease excessive food prices in Seattle Establishment of a agency to distribute farm prod ucts direct to retail merchants and hotels, and the increasing of warehouse tariffs at a pro portional rate for long periods, selling are the methods being out lined to ease the food situa tion ident Bridges anced esday that it is the purpe t cofimixsioners to tr the commission s factors In means of the facilities f (Continued on page 10) * wareho WHEAT LEADING RAPID DECLINE OF FOOD PRICES CHICAGO, May 17.—Wheat continued to fall on the board of trade today, early lor s being 8 to 10 cents. July opened 9 cents under yester day's Close at $2.21, and half an hour later had fost another cent. September was down seven at $2 and later went to $1.99 The food gambler was on the run today and the food hoard er was “out of luck.” Un gether with vario foodstuffs, and families that em tored a h quantities o visions = in ar of a “famine faced the prospect of eating maxt mum-priced food for the next sev 1 months, while neighbors tl te 81 80. commor soared two da One * % * * © &* & o 2 &. & 288 President Wilson Indorses 66 : ] ) ” M confessions to U. 8. Attorney Pres-| officials. . ea for ut Is AD CLUB AY ton involving men of high stand-| He says he is not yet 21 yestm ing in the United States, old. He is unnerved by his Wolt came to the U. after | riences during the war. | Re ply of Jackies to _LAST EDITION PAELLA Every woman can help win the war by joining the Army Against Waste. “Conserve Food” is the or- der issued by General Efficiency. Enlist today! The weather man ys: “Tonight and Friday, unset tled; probably showers ‘* SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1917. ONE CENT T PLANNED Army Against Waste ee Confession of Spy Aids U.S.Agents SAN FRANCISCO, May 17.—Germany planned not only to raid Pacific commereé from a _ submarine}|—————________ base in Mexico, but to terrorize this coast with Zeppelins, ac-| ‘cording to the sworn| confession of Lieut. | Frank Wolf, alleged ' German spy, filed to-| day with Federal At-! torney Preston. After making the confession, Wolf col-| lapsed, and _ physi-| cians are trying to de-| termine if he attempt- ed to poison himself. | He said Germany 'planned to ship sub- § |marines and Zeppe-, lins to a base in Mex-| ico and operate from there. His confes- sion will be forward- ] ed to Washington. SIC Lieut. Frank Wolf, former man aviator, deserter from U. ¥ aviation corps, held ae spy by U 8. government. being wounded with German forces at Verdun. He was jhere while working a | washer in a German hospital. In the arrest of Wolf was for- In his possession were me officer in the German! road map States army | city, plans ——- In order to escape the death pene| and other valuable alty, if possible, Lieut. Wolf made| tion according to the COLLIER GETS 5 YRS said i, he became _ CURB WASTE OF - TOURIST FUND Both the Seattle Ad club to buy,” funds, “Foreed W. L. Collier pleaded guilty nd without before Pre: and the Portiand Ad ciub are ing Judge Everett Smith in superior court Thurs- thief.” : Collier went free on his bond of Surprised Britishers. LONDON, May 17. —Knowing , In the preliminar today keenly awakened to the - D ; alers in all comme that American destroyers are | ment, however, it is bell today that the outiod today combing the seas, along Imiralty desired to let the people| need of a gpeie ten bases ~ ’ ‘ . es was more optin with British warships, search. of England know that the Amer-| expenditure of $112,500 tourist The Caoman’s Armp Against CTAaste months ing for submarines, the terse icang were “in the thick of it and | fund appropriated by the legi: announcement of the American therefore permitted announcement, [atures of Washington, Ore- | commander, “We're ready for showing the destroyer-U-boat ac-| gon, and British Columbia. Swap Ideas on Real Food Economy FLOUR MEN EXPECT immediate ‘duty” upen arrival ition, What. the outcome ef the| | The Star Wednesday showed s of the flotilla at Queenstown brush was, the admiralty withheld.| how this money, Including FURTHER DROP IN sent a thrill thru England Admiration is Unstinted Washington's $45,000, has been ' today. Every British naval officer and| turned over to the Pacific TODAY'S WASTOGRAM— | LOCAL QUOTATIONS That the American vessels an who has seen the American| Northwest Tourist association, Get together and swap ideas H. S. VOLUNTEERS | arrived on this side ready for lotilla is open-voiced in admiration| and that thousands of dollars on economy; talk about food / Seattle flour men were unan instant action, and that one of of the businesslike appearance of| Would be wasted on “overhead nstead of about bridge To HARVEST CROPS imous Thursday in saying that the destroyers has already had both ships and men. The destroy.| expenses.” : 7 further decreases in wheat a brush with a submarine, be- ors had been “cleared for action"! ‘1 am not satisfied,” said James t + Teel anes © CALLED TOMORROW might be expected during the came known following the (on the way over, stripped down to] A. Wood, president of the Seattle sapien | day, but refused to hazard a first admiralty statement an- fighting trim, and the personnel) Ad club, “that this is the year for Every high school pupil in guess as to the amount of fall nouncing their presence drilled to the second ja tourist campaign, The railroads the state will be asked Friday Flour opened in Americans in Thick of It London aewspapers glowed in re-|may be congested with other na to volunteer for war farm | | The admiralty ne lating the incident of how the Brit-|tional needs. Not until that is rvice during the summer, in tails of actions betwe % patrol ish officer who boarded the flotilla’s |satisfactorily determined, ought accordance with federal plans | jultaneous-| Vessels and submarines unless; commander's flagship to bid him| Wwe to consider incurring any ‘over Governor Lister has issued a | with the » in the price of {there have been casualties to the|welcome learned that the com-|head’ or any expense on advertis: special call, and U. S. immi | on ¢ ago Board of | British wrce The same plan, | manc ected to begin duty the |ing for tourists, If this should be gration Commissioner White is flo’ from $14.05 | presumab will cover whatever next morning. ‘The British had ex |4n appropriate year to campaign ed er handling the campaign, which te | ir the admiralty may have to say re ted several days “iuning up"|for tourists, expert advertising " o * | expected to enroll 35,000 work. ¢ re average garding the American destroyer sr the long run men, and not amateurs, ought to Wa desires t0) erg. Cards will be distributed, | gio} a ton on the oF abe handle the matte AND THE e the elimination of wast? and special talks given, if gov: $2.75 a bushe This is a drop of | OVERHEAD EXPE SHOULD T test ymnomy of living ried out. | ‘The retail flour prices are abot for two headquarters or any East the pint prwers $1 a barr gher than the whole jern commissioners i ; cai 1 En) Dry squad Sleuths seized 200 cule quc making flour to The club has appointed Ted . to gO VET} arts of red wine at the Milwau tle ners Thurada abo it GOES DOWN |Daken, Fred Braid, Harry Marshall d put it on an e kee freight sheds Wednesday. The a or $3.60 a sack, and J, E. Riley to take the matter liquor was consigned to Mauer,| clit About 06 cents on mized BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD up with the Chamber of Commerce 1 on hand in staple | wilt evaie PETROGRAD, May 17.-The | y The Portland Ad club has insti you buy to keep yo | » Just how the tourist fund is | ; ato full capac HOW TO ENLIST | eaten den neminageg! feve | likely to be spent under the y eed, aces ak radicals for the proposed coali- | NEW YORK, May 17.—The | resent plans : wai Aatenaeat tion cabinet | American steamer Hilonian, |! : e food as care Listens ces were Mar | 2021 tons, was sunk by a sub. | f Bi inister ustice— al- marine in the Mediterranean | Acko Pi " a: gantovitche, a social deme: | May's, with’ tows. of eur | ASKS for eg a 4 cra 5 < over e of it goes to n The THoman’s Army Against Waste Minister of Agricultur membere of her crew, Univers: | Brush With U-Boat th ers ‘ F al Transportation company, WASHINGTON, May 17.—After M . jeas eee ney Gl Un lOGETy 80 owners of the vessel, were ad- | receiving a long cable message to + obs y ‘ ce ed cialist. | vised today, s ‘din rie: MisPhiia Mal Ricuy Seastiant Bikdee | HEREBY ENLIST IN THE WOMAN'S ARMY AGAINST Pleshehonov, people's socialist. | jn addition to Capt. Williams, were Gian Watera, (actatary daniel 0 bution to n0 ge oO. . ' hse ° ed a cargo of provisions . courred betwee Re voce BO: RRO WOPIECES Ch MYSELF TO MAKE THE ZONSERVATION OF FOOD My and Avksjentey, revolutionary | ‘The Hilonian, for ten | on Rectics iasnoyee and a | In The Woman's Army Against CIAL DUTY AND SERVICE TO MY COUNTRY. eeolattet. er aniber: NY hoe ge! plied between San Francisco) man U-boat | Waste, the office of The Star is There are eleven members of the /and Honolulu. Her captain, H Sims’ report is expected by to-| i ae Gace eae cabinet as nov (tuted by the | Williams; first officer, D. F. Ma-| morrow. ‘ | nition inc dub ative ot duma government, but all have/ioney, and second officer, J. A.|Nayy men expressed themselves s on the subject of portfolios. Whether the workmen |Vanderkooy, are San Francisco| ay pleased at the British statement | household management, or special and soldiers propose that the) men. Third Officer Dunne is re lof reduced shipping losses from ways to save money or labor o duma representatives shail name! ported as living in Seattle, submarines. time nine of the regularly constituted The presence of American de: 1 ours oR on cabinet ministers and Skobeleff) ‘The dispatches do not make it} «troyers, it was admitted, might are of The 4 44 : 2 and A jente shall, be ‘merely | clear whet or not Dunne was) jaye helped reduce the totals, tho ; - Sign the above coupon with your name and address and jyember the counéil not! drowned, Neither could his int |, yartment had no way of Nas icable will be used in, Mail it to the Waste Editor of The Star. nade clear arg ke ul Uals or address be obtained F at this Was true Mie vever, with honorable mention Printed cards containing the pledge may also be ob-|,,J! wan upnaront: honever tet! NNAL May AZ—cAdior, as-| si teted in ve si as “|tained at the women’s rest room of the Bon Marche, the check \between the soldiers and workmen | sassin of Count 1 Stuergkh,| NEW YORK, ,May 17.—A food scheduled to{and hygiene exhibit, to instruct the problems of econom premier of Austria, is rooms of the Liberty and Coliseum theaters, the Owl Drug cn the one hand and the duma on es trial tomorrow, Waste | Store, Third and Pike; candy stand near east entrance of San-|t)¢ other had passed today, Forma. | stand out of busines: commis: | public in ee of a coalition cabinet, which|sion of physicians having deter-|ical feeding and in health meas- , PREAD STAR WANT ADS Seer Market, First and Pike; and Puss’n Boots Confectionery| \\\j] “command support of both|mined that his plea of insanity Jures, opened today at the Ameri. | f- 1318 Second ave. sides, now seems certain, was groundless, can Museum of Natural History, It should not change, first—because there is no necessity for @ change, and secondly—because ANY SLOWING DOWN NOW WOULD |GREATLY HINDER THE SUCCESS OF THE WAR! The things to guard against*at the present stage are idleness, d ‘ day morning, to having em- bezzied $63,000 of the bank's funds while president of the Northern Bank and Trust Co., which was closed by the bank examiners last January. Jud, Smith at once sentenced him t from five to 15 years in $15,000, posted last week, to his appearance today, and will himself up at 7 o'clock tonight’ ” is understood that he will leave Walla Walla at once. | Colier was arrested shortly the failure of the bank and bro | before Judge Smith on April 22, > eo p e y This i take the place of hie former sen-|®hich time he pleaded guilty to tence of from one to 15 years jing falsified the bank's books 1 am not going to upbraid Mr. | Cover thefts of from $30,000 to Collier; it is not my place to do | 000. He told the court that GA ahi RG Ree He took | 8S all that he had taken. ioney while holding a responsible|, He was sentenced for this oni to from one to 15 years, and s ed to assist the bank examiners {tion from people who could ill ord to lose i He also used ‘ a be Without the consent of the| Checking the bank's accounts, trustees. Five to 15 years.” Since that time additional His attorney, Will H. Morris,|of $31,000 were uncovered, Rj spent more than a half hour ex aes LAMBS HIGHEST IN HISTORY." KANSAS CITY, May 17.—Lamba reached the highest mark in history of the stock yards here, ing at $20 per 100 at the opening © today. plaining the motives which led Col lier to falsify the accounts of d positors to obtain funds. Collier, he declared, was under contract to pu ase heavily of the bank's Threats of civil prosecution from J, H. ¥ . who was head of the bank in 1914 and 915, frightened those who were to have loaned Collier the money for the purchase, stock ROME, May 17 —Pope Benedict — today appointed the Jesuit, wheres Cremonti, as vicar of the apost see in Alaska. ADVERTISING MANAGER'S DAILY TALK. Sound Your Horn—Throw in Your _ Clutch— Drive Right Ahead! in a state of war, but business must go om —this country is harder » is no sufficient ground for the fine spirit of enterprise which always has been a distinguishing trait of this nation to begin now te ooze out at our finger tips. The merchants should keep on advertising on buying—The gait of the country The people should keep should not change, sensions—and wasteful s of foodstuffs on the one hand, and— MUCH ECONOMY ON THE OTHER, Any violent spasm of hoarding would be dangerous and wholly un> justified. To the billions of dollars spent by the allies in the United States, which have already given us two years of brisk times—soon will be added OTHER billions, the major part of which vast sums will stay, right HERE And how will all this money be spent? It will go to our Ship Yards, to our Steel Mills, to our Munitions Factories, to our Produce Markets, to our Shoe Factories, to our Cotton Mills, to our Woolen Mills, and to pretty much every other Americag industry, and from them to their WORKERS! And—what about taxes? Well—every good citizen should be happy to respond to any taxation: government may find it necessary to impose, because this i® OUR war; but nearly every dollar that the government takes from ug in this way--will remain right at home--and you, and your neighbor, and all the millions of other American workers, will have a chanee to earn it all back—and a great deal more beside: 4 Hard times? Nothing of the kind! ‘Times will continue to be good here in America for a long time after the war! hen be up and doing--Hit your horn—Throw in your cluteh— e right on! ’ that our Dri