The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 22, 1917, Page 1

ee Thirty-three days after the Kaiser set the world war in motion by his ruthless violation of elgian neutrality, the Battle of the Marne had been fought in France, and Paris was saved. Thirty-three days after the declaration of a state of war in this country, Congress was still quibbling on unimportant [| fetails of the select service measure, and the United States army was only an imaginary affair. i STAR LEAD S NIGHT EDITION f The Star has the greatest6—6—lC DB PC P™ Aye. UE, ah Gm HOH x4 aR lUWGle,lC CD FUCA | EO RRrRrRuRu uRernRnR Pee daily circulation of any news. Pa paper in the nee “een e e a Wane Var Pia er iu Growing larger. If you are the war by fighting waste in your me net as reneier reaver call kitchen, Weather Man Salisbury { ain . ask for the ciroula LLP PP PPP PPP PL APLAR APR” PAE OPAPP A ALLL LARP PPP says Partly cloudy tonight and f poke yap olege [THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATILE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS Wednesday” / OY 0 i ete APO AAP AAA nnn COS OTe Ot ne Fae [_THE ONLY PAPE! 19 SEATTLE, WASH,, TUE NEW YORK, May 22.—Of the Ten Wonders of the World War —implements of war never before used—eight are the product of American brains, it is shown In tabulations made today in connection with compilations on the probability that Yankee ingenuity will produce the big Idea that will put the U-boat out of busi ness. Me two non-American inventions are of Ger man origin, and such has been their us no American regrets not having been ¢ pato These two are the Zeppelin raider and poison have done much to bring upon Ger demnation. At of the war the world marveled at tales of the great 42-centimeter German guns, and credited German efficie y with a marvelous nvention Tho ouded with secrecy, much now Is known about this monster gun that fires a shell more than three feet high and weighing 1,705 pounds from a cement emplacomen Poison gas and liquid fire, twin inventions of fright fu erman product, tho ancient history agencies. Four hundred y ium and Platea were “smoked out” by poison gas probably generated by burning wood saturated itch and sulphur The submarine merchantman—probably greatest wonder of al in all essentials an Americ “imon Lake's studies made it possth Germany developed the Dentechiand Prench elties have been man wo but are mer Methods and Ideas first effe America during the civil wa The Zeppelin and t inventions. ‘The largest are from 0 feet long. Six engines develop 1,400 horsep One can carry from two to three tons of ammunition As mysterious as any war wonder have been the Britity They are declared to be veritable infernos cessant noise of machinery, intense beat against the outside Great battle planes are the most spectac the direct outgrowth siness, are tractor of similar solely a shows use are before Ubri« the in n invention dea in the a . nas Ger ‘ations of worked out in ooked am pil gas vey many world ¢ a the out erman Liquid Fire Ine Periscope tanks inside, 8 the side 5 because of th and clanging of bulle Louis Gathman, American inventor, claims he originat ed the type of shel! that m the great gun possible, ang offered it to our war department. The gun throws a shell of them. Am all alr nVention. Americ (ighters His 15 miles of an established an arm SDAY, MAY biplanes Sveryaay utility give used in the tube first mad in A the The Tank prevent Southern troops of the Monster flyir 1K whales are of course They perican are, of wha in inception VERY Ww At ONE CENT Brith This come almost standard with the the machine gun the palm is an American invention. The Lewis gun, American, is said to lead all as an air-cooled portable weapon of light weight and so simple that no too! kit le required. Maj. John H. Parker, U S. A. is credited with first demonstrating use of the machine gun in offense. it is said by some that rapid-firers turned the tide at San Juan Perincopes eye 17th century It was an Americ y naval une of the perk anc merica, in 1845, that an approach wa moder tnatrument, Chief Engineer Thomas Dougherty eled monitor Osage, invente from picking off the m of the 1 first vent boats—were consisting of doubly tele on the 4 periscope to en who peered over the latest terrors a developm there shape, invulnerabl but little is known the airplane idea e said to have an chine gun fire ——e| ‘alls Meeting Army I She ¢ LISTER TELLS THE STAR OF OUR WAR AIMS AND PLANS “ Por Waste o Bratt Spee OLYMPIA, Praise BY MABEL ABBOTT | (Waste Editor of The Star) May 22.—There will be no * . : Judging from the way en. | Biany Fources special session of the legislature called at this ligtments came into The Star _ indorsed by Cooper | eMfice. Tuesday, the Seattle From Superintendent Frank B. re, tho it may be necessary | later. | sone. pa ae | Teumnes a hearty indorsement: Food prices will Be controlled” Affective indications are that the government of a peblic schoo! management are in| iain Armetrong. third negro, 4 United States will deal with this question ade-| Whit Gin announcement te rtainly “hope that | gether with several other « aa ct f the fir ir efforts may succeed groes, in a shack on the ou quately. The state of Washington ts pre pared \ Icieaa’ Gee ORE, fortmer aaaiie the wor aaaunat rts ct the Wolt’ river dtr | a: rays Superintendent Coop forty after 1 P. Leaders are to take any necessary added steps, such as the} Sil td areorcee cee eee | Sakee’ Cekdetne, Darks... ait. ot} SP ie tcctehis’ tor vetoes creation of a food board, to do the work of mid-| | cal campaign is well’ under |Judge Burke, sends her enlistment | ments, ond a battle with the barri | dl th t fit way ard ax a soldier in the army, and caded negroes is expected emen withot rojit. Rut e wow must realiz aye H Ford is st detained in his The Northwest will receive as many con- ee teen at Ame Lial PitGE Gn’ Waste’ caovenient | fe cre chan he samen toe eee tracts for wood and steel ships as tt can turn out, annot escape playing in America’s WE ARE AT WAR, and we must] shotgun as a portion of the mob aie af ‘oethals' | food-control prob if the admin. |s@ve to win. We must save food | my closed in on him This 1s an assurance both from Gen. Goethals |ietration’s appeal to women In to fo! ourselves and for our ates 2 p pre crcds i [a ianah. beth, Ske) » United S . ppt 7 / jhave the result it should have, | EV one should live simply an jmob singing “Hang John Brown's and the United a . sipiet — ! gels es Eve tty to bain thn, War 3 gE’ pase ogee fk else > § o, ores ’ | Every woman in America will tor civilization and humanit ELUE patcin of the dead girl, was a If nothing else, the stimulated interest im rs. Louis A. Rexford lsither: save’ Sood’ or’ waate tt: ¢ Federation Members Join YICH Drihient to tha btake in title’ tb bee food production will probably bring the total a: the oridaal’ eerica’? be | The Lagislative Federation of] a vonK, Ma t cj;| tue torch ‘applied. “When thertire . * cil PS ERE for If she intends to save it, King county unanimously indorsec a le} ene aaa: wks 1h .wheat production of this state to the same if ata RA AGIEN ube WRUIA. Ter Betatt oa ete a ae reneat at its menting mon-| Yisk 19. (be, only Chineso| chorus] beneath the negro was) biasing. a} - T} fo! Echo and Movie y 1 record yee A te en ont {girl on the American stage jon for a ti amount as last year, 45,000,000 bushels. The) re : by joining Army Against ay: amd every member present | BIt! on the Aticr at iste. Young,| S!tl's gravo was made edictt ‘ly this year % ly 35,000,000 Stir Wall Go Out || Waste, that the sovarnaent may | enrolled 80 * te wer calc | Bde ip sing for the new Confesses Crime prediction early this year was only 35,000,000. a-Horseback Riding | |220™ "tt t#peese can depend | Hor 12 “y, [eres erence geet ae ten] <b Parater wae ‘ There will be no new state highways con- ,* ;: CIN, 19 \ (Continued on page 10) « reul beauty, combining the charm) the tree he made a confession, sa) , “Ce chere . . va At 1 i rni ; nth ce ucted this year, except where absolute need t 11:96 this meraing, Eoho | oring and vigor of her anpestr He implicated two other neg emands them. sen, the movies’ “handeoment rat hal ans al@acs Fifty members of the mob soon t 4 2 . , found witt Ford, one of those IE REFLECTS WAR-TIME | At 11:80 thay fined up an. or Stay-at-Home Woman Arranges for Meeting) Sak aad fa. wel hb, eee gagement to go horseback rid i leaders Say, as soon as the third] PNG OF THOUGHT | Ing Wednesday afternoon, after By Mabel Abbott =|"! pase’ mh [isan ie found.” A doubhe burning é , | Say, how far are you going to These are a few of the things learned here in an inter-| lunching at the Washington ho: | tars. Louis A. Rexford, 4126 | go with this thing, anywar ; planned view with Governor Ernest Lister. Some of the facts are wie June at the Washing | Aurora ave., who spends most | manie r. Rexf ora who stood 2 F . i rs ae Ay a r ! I : 1} ai 8 " 1 & death soon after her bod as both new 2 interesting. Others have been mentioned and! ton! Heigh-ho! | of her time in a wheel-chair, ig | bis wife's chair. “She just told me mand: nce se Valengattas task at discussed fore It was not any particular fact, howev And then galloping about the the first woman to arrange for | {8 event I couldn't have pota:| Calpe that makes the interview mem c. It was Lister himself.| boulevard on horsefiesh! Heigh- a neighborhood meeting at her | toes and rice at the same time WioLian ‘Ghece Wirnices aoe oa ‘ hae P ho again! home in the interest of the Se. Practices Economy tithe vest chronic hice vatned The r has just returned from the center of war) “wilt she have some story to attle regiment of the Women's He's only Joking,” explained lPereba wane nunareda’ of ated activity ngton, D. C.—and he reflects its spirit. Not) teti?’ You know Echo. Army Against Waste! Mra. Rexford Hes thoroly tn and girls, As the mob of 2,0 in the tur i rush of it, not in the noise and hubbub of Kerrigan will appear at the | Who will be the next? sympathy with the fdea. In fact ATLANTA, May 22.—Having pared the stake for the burning ft, but cand coon bility and in its sobering of| Clemmer Wednesday, Thurs. The meeting at Mrs. Roxford's| he does our buying, and you know| burned thru the heart of At- [[he women sang “John Brown's is » SN Seapets Seer eee ee | day and Friday |home will be held Thursday after-|the buyer is the one who has most| lanta's residence district, | 11"), ot ™ a — noon, May 24, at 3 o'clock. All|to do with the saving making 10,000 persons home [9 \) percan burned, the mother er ew note in his c. It soft and sympa women in that section of the city : As the resu rake fall, Mrs Rex less and destroying #97700,000 lof the dead girl stood and cried thet i se ANA get Ri WLS OR wWilvemtets ‘ who are interested in the solution| ford moves around with great diffi-| worth of property, one of the Tot hit: auttak an fiw wueney tay peak re ‘| more deliberate ADVERTISING MANAGER'S [Cr America’a great war problem of| culty; but she given her peraonal| worst fires the South has ever |)... 1-°¢, nim sul (Continued on page 10) DAILY TALK food conservation are invited attention to her kitchen, neverthe-| known was finally under con- | IH PGAKAR Nigra vOKRE Hale 7 a “Tam only too glad to do all 1 leas, and has worked out many| trol today ye can to help the movement.’ Mre,| ideas in the direction of economy.| There was only one death. After the lynching, the mob Cll { NAMES BOARDS W hen ee Rexford told me Saturday. “I think I used to think there was no| Miss Bessie Hodges died from | posted a card declarin ne ae e rlen mher kind of a steak than a porter-| shock. Sixty persons were in- |avenged the death of a red-bloode: ered a Rea | the idea is aplendid |< ° ; 1 I believe the need for food con-| house,” she laughed. “Now I know| jured daughter of the South, who died se on would have come sooner| there are such things as T-bones,| The cause of the fire, which|for a negro’s fiendish desire. erfects Machinery for Registration in City Bargain servation would have come sooner| ; Hensis) ‘ an | or later, even if there had b o| and that they are very good when| started in a storage house, Is un-| One excited negro chauffer B Three of the 12 registration |cer McBride, and in most cases| don’t pass it up. When Sar, ue ot the cee about the| proveriy, handled’ Snown, Wire-authorition hhllaveitiabouted: "We are thru; let us rds which will be responsi ir a yy be Mas By the! you are offered a reduc-| high cost of living is beoavie we - Me neendiary Mayo <andler [ota the Germans.” He ran ita | Bie for the + i 4 [elty of he executive o! ‘ ; sihine |demand too much nowadays, We jeves it was accidenta probe}ened by the ¢ jot lf nA pada on of all | cers, as far an possible, will be at ed price on something st learn how to manage equally’ READ STAR WANT ADS | |!8 10 progress cued him and turned him over to Pee imibieiter be ch service | torneys that you actually have! well with less expensive foods, and @ ehh i Care for Homeless the federal wthoritien, oth chy of Seattic were Other physic who have been ‘ ‘s - —- oday's & task is caring fo efore Person was tied to the appointed by Mayor Gill Tues- |chosen but not set assigned are) [0 buy, it is just the same the thousands of homeless and des-|tree, his ears were cut off and his day morning. The remain. | Daniel Buckley, W. C. Woodward as earning that much HOW TO ENLIST |titute, who lost everything | fingers bee Ng ries aor kets jder of the boards will be ap- |(’. W. Sharples, A. O. Loe, W. 8 7 Ps ea Vandalism was throttled before|He was otherwise mutilated “pointed Wednesday, and before |Griswold and George Dowling money, PROVIDED you dawn by the arrival of student re-| Woman Prevents Shooting noon Wednesday Mayor Gill | Attorneys who probably will take advantage of it. serve officers from Fort MePher| some of the members of the mob will telegraph Gov. Lister, “Att made executice officers are json, who are in control of the sit-| qnosed shooting him before set mene Landon, J. W. Frerich, Walte Today | uation The only arrest so far was |ting fire to his body, but « woman he firat district (Old Meyer, Lorin Grimstead, Will sedan wauntnive’ CoB: . ; |that of @ man who tried to steal a !Tetative of the dead girl protested ¥ill be in charge of Exe: Whitney care vamp ok The Woman's Army Against Waste piano standing on the sidewalk ance a fee wether tae matlon ‘pains fice! sdeman; Recorder T vs sane Red Cross nurses and dozens of |4, pay for the pred A Physician E. ¢ eaten, rare Cnet Qrotensanein’ OO : volunteers cared for the homeless |‘ Pay 2° . : Ramaker strict (Old First and| Frank Gates will be given a place will be handled b board Woodhous i apbeura pane 2 | HEREBY ENLIST IN THE WOMAN'S ARMY AGAINST Uxecutive Ofticer Glover Desmond,| The boards will have absolute! ‘The Rhodes Co age 5 | Recorder D8 Toblae and Phyai.|control, subjectt only to the orders} McCormack Bros Page 6| WASTE, AND POR THE DURATION OF THE WAR | PLEOGE cian U. C. Bates. lof Mayor Gill and Chief Registrar Movie news and ads....Page 6} MYOELP. TO MAKE THE ZONSERVATION OF FOOD MY | | The Eleventh district. board|W- E. Gaines, for the registration| | Fraser-Paterson Page 7] } “ate : ? ot 2 0. Yi The Bon Marche Page 10) SPECIAL DUTY AND SERVICE TO MY COUNTRY. (West ttle) will be composed |Of men between 21 and 30, inclu Y ‘ | of Bxecutive Officer Col. J, M.| ve, in the precineta for which Frederick & Nelson....Page 10 | 4 Hawthorne, Recorder Robert Van | they are appointed. Kach district shad ine . | Horn and Physician Will H, An.|Contains about 20,000 Inhabitants The be St offerings of Se- | 3 derson There are 12 elty districts attle’s best stores appear , earidé Halen They will receive the reports ea Min’ Rios iy r , waves every jn. from the precinct registrars, at the regularl The Sta stance to cose men fit hy conclusion of the registration, and their ordir hork for the pori.|al once compile them, so that a, THE FASTEST GROWING PAPER - tion or Gill. “The doc-|summary may be forwarded 10, IN THE NORTHWEST | Sign the above coupon with your name and addrees and mail it to lore were chosen by Health Offi (Continued on page 2) —e =the Waste Editor of The Star, ‘ARMY AGAINST WASTE GAINING | | NEW RECRUITS “AN of those connected with the | Arm Waste idea continues to come from She’s Only Chinese || Chorus Girli in nU ; S o- le | Against of the Oriental with the fresh co! |men, women and children wander ling aimlessly thru the district where their homes had been 75 Blocks Burned Residence sections untouched by | the blaze threw open their doors to the sufferers, and announced that while outside offers | were appreciated, the city take care of its own The fire was brought under con mite Private residences blown up on every side the blaze was so fierce it reached out and licked up piles (Continued on page 7) would, Eyen then} Were ‘ae Is tle Girl Are to Be Burned! oar onnaprma < Tortured Two Other Negroes Who: Helped in Murder of Lit-! oa at Stake, Too i MEMPHIS, {Section toda) Tenn., May With Eli Person, negro, burned at the eae | yneh law ruled this |stake seven miles from Memphis on the Macon road this jmorning and with DeWitt captured and ready }mob of more than 5,000 is sc Memphis for a third black. | When Person was tied t japplied he implicated Ford and the third negro in they] Antoinette Rappal, on April 30. Ford | negro, here murder. killing of had He been a ing he chopped the girl's head off screamed rs Mayor Candler! LANE NEAR DEATH g FRANCISCO, May 22 Harry trol only by the liberal se of dyna-| fighting for his life were cis hospital Sena ing ill wit eral days h unchanged. Her ed with a cheer None of the masked « openly |well known in the country members All defied Many of the Lane, of Orege at the St where he has heart trouble for was stated at (he of furniture | pital today that his condition was|the plot was arranged by the sug them bee: Svea Ss octh"| ATTEMPT TO SLAY of the mob offi U.S. on Fran n ly sev hos to face rested was released because We is deat-and dunib and the police ito write a statement. are is “Dummy” Ford, another the fate of Person, a ouring the country around “! ) the stake and the torch 7 a 15-year-old girl, near! e s in connection with thay ot ences ws ih . be Pty SPANISH WAR SHELLS BEING USED BY U.S. WASHINGTON, May 22— — Some of the shells aboard the — armed liners Mongolia and St. Louis to be used in resist submarine attacks were made during the Spanish-American war. This came to when Admiral light today Earle, chief of the ordnance department, sub- mitted to Secretary Daniels a report on the accident which killed two American nurses on the Mongolia. Some of the Shells used for the merchant craft, the report said were | made during the Spanish. American war. : Experts fond that the shells used aboard the Mongolia and the St. were not faulty, none was apered with, and their failure to operate prop only an inex. icable accident, according to the * report BIFE! WOMAN WALLOPS MAN Louis Aftr she had testified in Judge Boyd Talimna’s superior | court that Akbar Kahn, her | former husband, had promised | to take her from Seattle to In- dia, where she would be “the queen of his harem,” Mra, Karen Kahn, during a recess of the court, flew at Kahn Tuesday morning, and, before court attendants could arate them, had beaten him About the head and torn som of his hair out. R Til kill yo, you brute" she amed. “You led me a dog's life, |I'm going to kill you.” Mrs. Kahn is a witness for the defendant in the sult of her hum jband against M, J, Green, @ |Georgetown grocer, wherein Kahn |seeks $10,000 damages, charging Green with alienating the affee tions of Mrs. Kabn | KERENSKY MADE | NEW YORK, May 22.—An un | successful attempt on the life of | Minister of War Kerensky im | Petrograd was reported today in @ ch to the Jewish Daily: Por ward An attempt on the life of War Minister Kerensky was made just now,” the dispatch stated. “Wer ensky escaped All the partie pants arrested. Rumors are that 99 porters of the old regime,”