The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 23, 1917, Page 1

Mutt and Joft in the navy! Wilbur fn the army! You get your fin dished up in mar tial style these days in these two of The Stara popular comic features, appearing datly on pages § and 9 Put Artist Allman, who draws the Tom Duff strip, isn't letting Wilbur's soldering adventures monopolize attention, No, st ree! For the Duffs have @ baby now, and we've got to have a look, every now and then, at how they're getting along with that youngster Many “comic” prominent “uplifters” condemn strips as demoralizing to youth, Hy Mystery Monday Edgar Allan Poe's famous story of “The Gold Bug.” will appear in The Star beginning in mystery, Monday's issue. LAUGH The Seattle Star “THREE WAYS EATTLE folks have got to wake up. We have been in this war with Germany just about 5O days and a crisis faces the country thus early in the game. The government, greatly preoccupied with the tre mendously important subjects of making ready the navy and the army our country, should be in a_ position where it may feel perfectly at as regards the war. But that is exactly where the shoe pinche Congress has voted the money. But the mere vote unhappily does not supply the money. This can be sup- plied only by the people of the United States. And they can suppl: it only by subscribing to the Liberty Loan lf the loan fails, if the richest country in the world the disgrace of failingewhere Engtand and France and Germany have so abundantly succeeded. if the nation’s appeal to the individuals who make up the country falls on deaf cars, then America has been defeated in the very fist round’ of the war and another triumph has been scored for Germany. Seattle has undertaken erably less than half of this ease financing Consid- to raise $7,000,000. amount has been subscribed, and this has come, mainly, from rich individuals and cor porations NOW IT IS UP TO THE LITTLE FELLOW EVERY WORKING MAN IN SEATTLE WHO HAS A BALANCE IN THE BANK THAT HE CAN SPARE OUGHT TO BUY A BOND Seattle bankers, business men, leaders in all walks of life, are giving of their time and energy to put this thing over. In a meeting yesterday, with the editors of the news- papers, they were agreed that it is the little fellow—the working man—who must come forward now and save the day. Seattle must Men and muniti do its part ms and supplies can only be pushed forward to the firing line by the use of money And if the money not quickly forthcoming, our men, our munitions and our supplies will stay nght here at home. Which is exactly where the kaiser and his advisers want them to be At the victory all the chances favoring a if our government thoroly, there is his country to lend. If we datey, if we dally, we hesitate, thereby helping the Germans time, with and ourselves present lies and in mney can act quic B an abundance « B if we palter, if A.J. Rhodes and Wife |MOBILIZEMEN | Indorse Waste Army) FOR PRECINCTS BY MABEL ABBOTT backing of Herbert C. Hoover, (Waste Editor The Star) | new national food adminis. “We are coming, Mr. Presi- | trator, t department of agri- dent!” culture, and all the administra- Not only Seattle women, but tion officials. | women in the smaller towns Every mail brings the Waste Ed- | litor of The Star enlistment cards! from neighboring cities | Meetings Arranged | Meanwhile, | by, are registering them- selves in the Seattie regiment ‘of the Women’s Army Against laste, the food-conservation the movement in Se , movement to which President |attle is gaining force as it goes on Wilson has given his signed |its way, like a snowball rolling / approval, and which has the “(Continued on page 10) eee ee | HOW TO ENLIST The CAoman’s Army Against Taste | HEREBY ENLIST IN THE WOMAN'S ARMY AGAINST WASTE, AND FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR! PLEOGE MYSELF TO MAKE THE ZONSERVATION OF FOOD MY SPECIAL DUTY ANO SERVICE TO MY COUNTRY. Sign the above coupon with your name and addrese and mail it to | @m Waste Editor of The Star, needed department day, TO Let us, then, thoughtfully consi subject of “comic” strips. Are they of the baby, It has compelled thoughts of alizing? Take the Duffs, for instance. the future-—when tbe baby shall reach boy hood, manhood. He wil! marry a good girl Mra, Duff fs a mighty fine woman, Tom nome day, and Tom will be a granddad ina likable little cums Holy, solemn thought, Sobering, too The thing we like most about the Duffs is The) fact ef the matter is that there is that they are just ordinary folks, Ike uns nothing “comic” about the Dutts, They are, one might fay, the composites of Theve'p-e joke at the end of most of these the hundred militon Duff etripe Hut we inaiat it ian't “comic We are a bit older than the Duffs, Our And we declare, without irreverence, that baby fs now a big, spraddie-legeed kid, all as a humanizing influence, the Duffs are hands and feet, who ia busting into the awk more potent than all the tracts and pam ward age, But we can remember Pere ene eee] phiets ever Issued by the uplifters!! | eercere eee eee oy PARRAPAPR AR ARAL SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1917. GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST } ONE CENT _'%23¢ i LIBERTY LOAN” HERE WITH RUSH | Whole City Rallies to Buy Share of $7,000,000 in War Bonds ME TINGS BOOST SALE 5 " BOND BUYING EASY i The Libert Hond tissue ts ) planned for the average mar If you can buy only a $5 bond on the Installment pl { ‘) here Is how Uncle Sam has ) made it easy for you ! Pay $1 when you apply for the bond—and you must apply | } before June 15 Pay $9 on June 78 to win this war, there will be something more serious than ) Pay $10 on July 30 a defeat for our allie Pay $15 on Ang. 16 Tt will be a defeat for us too, Tt will mean a loss Pay $15 on Aug. 20. both of liberty and of our ability lend Se Gane out ii wut Gerken y and of « ability to own bond and it will be paying For a victorious Germany would make of us a subject nation, as it would of a con- ed France and a conquered England. And then all of us, instead of advancing money to our own government and receiv- ing in return a bond that was a good invest- ment and that paid a good rate of interest, would-have to turn-over to German indem- nity collectors all of our savings and a large part of our earnings—lost to us forever. Because, depend upon tt, if we lose this war, GERMANY IS GOING TO MAKE US— PEOPLE que UNITED ST THE NAIL. are the richest nation on earth, and when she is thru with us we may be one of the poorest on earth in ready cash, That's why this loan is one for liberty— for our liberty, for the liberty of the entire world. Applications the bonds are to be sent out to you you 2% per ceut interest Seattie’s Liberty Loan drive, the purpose of which is to buy up the allotted $7,000,000 bon for thie city, will be conducted | by an organization that will | represent every walk of life. | This ie the plan of the e | ploitation commit! d Pr ident J. W. Maxwell, of the : Clearing House association, » wihich base conducted the pre. liminary work in connection #! with the bond sales, will take H up the city-wide plan with the Central Labor Council at the meeting in the Labor Temple Wednesday night. The drive is to be carrted o: top-notch speed from now on He or cuarters will be established down. | -PAY TO 7 . town It will probably be in the She will do this because we ra of the former German n bank, Second ave. and if the location can be} | ecured A regular burean of pub. lictty and information will be es | tablished there. Tower Sign to Help | From the Smith building tower. | a huge electric sign will tell folks | within the city and far out on the Bound to “Buy a Liberty Bond.” | The sign will be completed by the | lend of the week. The Beem Sign Marion st. with your light bills, and in other ways. If you do not (Continued on page 10 receive one at your home, you can get one at any bank, | at the newspaper offices, at the postoffice, and at the Setsen toe SOLDIER KILLS Get one, fill it out, and send it, with a 2 per cent deposit on the purchase price, to any Seattle bank can give Uncle Sam the balance on an easy payment plan interest The bonds pay 314 per THE STAR RECOMMENDS THESE LIBERTY ao a ie ‘a LOAN BONDS TO ITS READERS AS AN EXCEL. §/ Bis. Cotman vis conducting an| LENT INVEST MENT : linvestigation today to learn how THE STAR URGES YOU TO BUY A BOND | Sydney N. Butt, a member of Com-} IT IS YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTY pany C, Second Washington infan- AND DO IT RIGHT AWAY try. procured the cartridge with iets ; {which he killed himself in his tent yeaterday Despondent from an unknown Mobilization of select service registration forces to handle the details of signing up Seat- tle’s young men in 277 precincts June 5, was being rushed Wed- needay. The men for every precinct to handle the work will be as signed by Thursday, Registra tion Clerk W. E. Gaines an- nounced. With his assistants, he planned to stay up all night on the job. Volunteers from Ballard are atin| They should call Gaines, | Main 600 cent Services of other volunteers can| be utilized, Gaines said, thruout the| city. The failure of the proper | Auditor Wardall, of the county | board, from wiring their prelimi nary reports to Gov. Lister Wed nesday if the blanks arrive May Have Schools Whether schools to teach precinct registrars thelr would be held In the city wan unde cided Wednesday, Ther will be held until next week, In event, says Mayor Gill, and it possible that they will not place at all When a man Ss selected (Continued. on page 10) Thie will be done Thurs. not any take| under | the law, he {s to serve an indefinite period, not determined by his age tele- | graph forms to arrive from the war | prevented Gaines and) | ) oq) SELF AT CAMP . TACOMA, May 23.—Col. Wm, In cause and on the verge of a nervy ous breakdown, Butt shot himself thru the head with his rifle, hav- ing In some manner unknown to his officers gotten possession of a sin gle loaded cartridge. Putt'’s home was at North Yak ima, TWO BILLINGSLEYS Men Who Fail to Register Will Be Away Out of Luck Complete lists of every one who registers for select service will be posted in conspicuous places about the city, and citi them over. Then, if they St any -aligtela’” whore name {| The Hillingsley clan of bootlex-| doesn't appear, it will be thetr{/#ers is scattering. Fred and his duty to report’ tt to the proper }| Wife and baby are in Houston. Tox visiting his wife's relatives, and | Ora, who completed hie 50-day sen- tence on ihe Whatcom county farm, is planning to return to “somewhere in the Middle West.” “Fred will be gone until his ap- registration board or to W. A Gaines, in the city comptroller's office. Police officers will be author. ized to stop eligibles on the) street and demand to see bowl {| registration certificates after June 5. No matter what excuse a man gives for not having regis tered, his name and address muat be reported | Men convicted of iNegally fail ing to register, or making false statements, must be punished by Jail sentence—there is no alternative. }{s decided,” said Logan | Ora don't like Seattle, but I do, and intend to stay here, in case my ap-| plication to be allowed to enlist in| the army aviation corps 1s dented People will be able to hear Ad- | Frenchmen jrimde a dash peal from his six-month sentence | “He and) (TALKS ON AIR WAR) rGEN. NIVELLE RENEWS DRIVE PAPA JOFFRE IS LEFT SECRETLY French Mission Sailed on Same Vessel That Brought Them LEFT GOTHAM MAY 15 PARIS, May 23.—Marehal Joffre and Premier Viviani ar- rived in Paris this evening, completing their mission to the United Sta Marshal Joffre, Vise Viviani and other members of Premier the French war commission sailed from New York May 15. Th ture wes kept such a c nder the voluntary censorship that it was generally believed the were atill in Washing They sailed on the same steamer that brought them over After Vivisni's fying trip to Can ada and Joffre’s visit to Boston, the commissioners met at Balti n the afternoon of May 14, to Washington for their official farewells to President Wilson then went to New York on a special train. Reaching New York shortly before midnight, the commissioners boarded tugs and were taken to their ship. When the vessel walled ont it was believ- ed she was en route to Hampton tOada to pick up Joffre and jethers there. ‘JURY FINDS COPS GUILTY OF ABUSIVE ACTS George C. Collins and Davis M. Schoonover, members of the Seattle police department, we! found guilty by a jury in Judge Jurey’s court today, of unlaw- fully assaulting Louis Sidelsky, well-known Seattle tailor, on July 30 last. The policemen, accusing Sidelsky | of leaving his automobile near his store, on Third ave, without any |lights, dragged him to jail, he claims, and used abusive language in the presence of his wife, chil dren and several friends. His clothes were torn. Sidelsky sued them for $1,600 fone and the jury fixed it at oo the trial, which lasted three days, Sidelsky’s attorneys |made the charge that police court |records had been “doctored,” so a8 to make it appear that Sidelsky had been found guilty by Judge Gordon of infraction of traffic |nentence suspended. Sidelsky of-/ fered to prove that he was acquit- ted of the charge. U. 8. SHIP is SUNK BY DIVER. PARIS, May 2 An 8,-000-ton American ship, carrying a carro destined for Switzreland, has been torpedoed and sunk in the Mediter-} ranean, it was announced today.! The name of the vessel was not specified tion that hte ship sunk may have | been one of the German vessels re- cently seized and pressed into the American service. LONDON, May 23.—A second American medical unit arrived | today. It was organized in New York, and con s of 26 sur. geons, 65 nurses and 153 enlist- | ed men. ‘VOTE ON REVENUE :: WASHINGTON, May 23. Vote | fon the government's $1,800,000,000 | revenue bill is expected in the | house late this afternoon TO CHEER FIGHTERS Wn eet miral Peary speak on aerial pre-| paredness and nee the French gov- TRAIN 126 DEPUTIES «""""" pictures on American am |bniance work at the front at the LOS ANGELES, May Sheriff! Arena Thursday evening Peary the {Cline has turned duties ties over 125 picked depn-| will talk at & R545 The pictures will be to federal authorities for|shown at military training, and will increase the number to 400. Water wil) be shut off on First *'Fi fhy SWAN BURNS 87°. \. tom West Howe nt to West Ray at. and on West MeGray | BREMERTON, May 23.—'The fer. | st, from Queen Anne ave. to Fourth | ryboat Swan, which operated be-|ave, W. and on Second ave. W tween Rremerton and Manette,/from West MoGraw st. to Ray st burned completely at its slip here youterday. WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE Cause unknowa, to 6 p. m on Thursday, May 24, from 9 a. m. | Correspondence corps will be en |listed in the United States to keep | |men at the front supplied with let ters, newepapers and magazines, ac. | cording to a plan of the Mutual Ren efit Life Insurance Co. a a deposit In the bank? Uncle per cent on it. per cent on Get busy. | ve you Postal Savings Sam pays you 2 | He'll pay you 3!2 | a Liberty Bond. Tt has made them thoughtful the | rules and| Inquiry of American shipping ex-) perts today developed the informa-| LAND MEDICAL UNIT “thin coming NIGHT EDITION RAR anne Every dollar spent for Liberty Joan bonds hits straight at the kal- ser—and hits immediately, Do your bit. Weather Forecaster Salisbury saye: “Partly cloudy to- night and Thursday.” cnn a ‘Wins Triple — Victory by Quick Blo PARIS; May 23.—Gen. Nivelle’s re- sumed Offensive today won for yee forces complete domination of the Aile valley, capture of three German lines trenches east of Chevreux and other Vauclerc to Californie. The French official statement d the offensive as being thus success | prosecuted in three “violent attacks” at ferent parts of this front. The attacks were most success-} Steel-clad canal and river mont ful,” the statement said. “From. to ors are effectively aiding the plateau Vauclere to Californie the P Cor- ench captured all commanding) ‘Tench advance in the Mount a nillet sector, The little vessels participated in the bombat with as much success as they did the battle of the Somme last fall, ~ In the section where they | points dominating the Ailette val ley and also achieved splendid progress on the northern slopes In the region east of Chevreux we captured three German lines of trenches in the course of the, used, the monitors can disappear |night and smashed a German to bomb-proofs built along the | counter attack on the new position|of the waterways they utilize, by heavy fire, the enemy losing) giving them advantage of i heavily,” | river submarines. EN. ATTACK S.BY FRENCH. FORESTALL HINDENBURE PLANS BY HENRY WOOD cent German counter attacks one Statt Corremponden well as the great forces which @ Tite FRENCH ARMIES! French were compnnee to eject i HSMP A — prac |their victorious advance. jen, Nivelle’s new The conquest by t begun Sunday and thun-lehe northern slopes at the Mee pratt continuing, forestalled &/yintiers crest between Sigantic German counter offensive. |Corniilet and the Casque ended Prisoners from German lines re j hope of the Germans for an ealed the enemy plans today./fensive in this sector. Such Their explanations threw light on|;¢ttack had been planned for the tremendous power behind re-|qay morning with the object of | [gaining the top of this crest. IOWA BLUE LAWS | Great forces of German | CAN'T STOP MOVIES ores: brought up new guns were massed for this advance, great stores of ammunition, Be —the prisoners said—the DBS MOINES, May 23.—Sunday | movies and professional baseball oo the pre tpeale esa are not violations of the Towa bine) (00m, te northern slopes and f laws, Municipal Judge Meyer neld,|€¢ she Germans s ge Jin a éecision today. ‘This is the! , 1he tore. OF the rem oe firnt legal blow struck at Attorney | ekg srnheatwatee tne bon General Havnor’s crusade to en-|) ie ines 5 jermen fOreeaii oe ea eo day acing stnt,| but their very concentration per mitted the enemy to strike back jutes enacted years ago, and) | which the last legislature retused| thrusts powerful counter to repeal TOMMIES ARE TOLD _ PERSHING’S COMING | WITH THE BRITISH IN THE FIELD, May |Tommies got word today that Gen |Pershing’s seasoned veterans were | soon to be fighting with them. | “Well, the kaiser's got another) s: the moment of victory. disagreeable surprise coming to!" in the tunnel, as it was capt him,” remarked one mud-covered| today, the French found an bombardier from the front trench | German battalion, including @ malt |as he rolled back of the lines for| major. rest. “He probably did not figure | on how quickly the United States could put forces into the fight.” ‘LANE “STILL ALIVE” o~- —-—_—— SAN FRANCISCO, May 23.—U. Lane of Oregon, near witht |AT THE oe 23. sive, | A tunnel under Mount Cornfl gave the French some trouble days of fighting. The Ger hid their reserves in it and its depth they frequently poured! these forces out just as the French ! sneceeded in overcoming the . man lines. This sudden rein’ | ment would push the French back, The original French made May 2, was thus thrown a America is going to pay for S. Senator America’s war. Let every | . | American help. Buy a Liberty | {Cath in a San Francisco hospital, | | Bond. was “still alive” this morning, re ports from the hospital said, | ADVERTISING MANAGER'S DAILY TALK, Help Win the War : Live Well—Keep Cheerful—Plug! ‘The war declaration and the earnestness of the newspapers in thelr effort to arouse the American people to the greatness and urgency of the task before us no doubt have bad a disquieting effect upon some millions of good citizens—and inclined them to believe that we have ~ | reached an end to our prosperity It is the unfamiliar thing that upsets a horse’s reason—and some- ~ tie makes him ron away, and break @&ngs—bui man is a reasoning | | ents new situation—just because it IS new and extraordinary— | must not be allowed to stampede us—but must be faced with common sense and must not be permitted to precipitate a suspension of the | normal processes of living There is one sure way in which the war and commercially here at home—and that is y take COVER, and refuse to spend money, Baas of LIFE Unreasoning economy should have no more place at this time in the daily program of the American people than profligate waste. The one can be quite as harmful as the other The thing for every one of us to do NOW, is to conserve in food- stuffs, because all the world must eat—But we must not forget that for” © every pound of food that the world receives from us-—we shall be paid? And do not forget that the billions that are now being raised for | ourselves, and our allies—will almost all be spent HERE—none of it | will be hoarded! Every dollar will be kept spinning! These vast sume will work back into the pay envelope of the wage-earners and the cash drawers of the stores and shops—and times will continue to be GOGH, and we shall have ENOUGH! can hurt us industrially for everybody to sudden- except for the bare neces