The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 25, 1917, Page 1

ASK US! you want to about the operation of select service law, write The Star We want to do all we can to help the authorities clear up all points about the law, Let us help you If thing know any VOLUME 19 PARA R RADDA RAL APD D DDD LLL APP PPE DPD . WASH., FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1917 ONE CENT The Seattle Star GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION O1 OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST | rvenywe is a’ NIGHT EDITION AP APL ALOAALG You can get Liberty Loan bona plications at The Star office or at any bank for write, It won't Go any harm to investigate, Weath- er: “Tonight and Saturday unset tled, probably showers.” EXEMPTION LAW IS EXPLAINED * First Nei atriotic HOUSEWIVES TRADE IDEAS UPON SAVING Flag Waves Before Aurora, Ave. Home as “Economy «/ Soldiers” Organize By Mabel Abbott A flag waved significantly beside the fhhome of Mrs, Louis A. Rexford, 4124 Ar = afternoon, entered, to hold th borhood meeting ganization of the Seattle | ment of the Woman Against Waste It ning front r of the ora ave., Thursday neighbors st neigh as her was for the cam an inspir paign The houses in M Rex ford’s district sit back in their yards They are apt to have | lilacs in front and fruit trees} in the rear. Some of them have old-fashioned fences. It is just the kind of a neigh- frorhood thet President” Witson and his food adminis trator, | He t H find solidly what ¢ back e ' | ever is lo to say food du Mrs eces Rexfe wheel- 1 Abbott ded nan present enrolled f Army Agatst Waste, and Mrs. Louis Aurora avey and Mrs. Charles I Young, were chosen as representatives to serve on Saturday’s Neighborhood Meeting With Mrs. N. W. Wickersham, 2011 East Alder st., 3pm All women in that section of the city are urged to attend The government's appeal to women for help in the food conser. vation problem and the purposes of the Woman's Army Against Waste will be explained. M Every w pre th 4118 e member of Le PI central ¢ sa Henry 16 the mm mittee which it » to work of city-wide And then nging their amilies th re tl y ha the x wn to es in the feeding 1 like, on the food supt e¢ always ane err RB while at the same avily ountry t _Women Exchan A sth Ze ge oy Fighting Waste ake sponge-cake ed the fa MNO RESTS an eggless ave any| ; table left-over and cook Gives Recipe ah Whole Wheet Bread " a it to] more Mrs e of the send to onr wholesome The selves a club, Odea itt was chosen the hoste New Ammunition For Foes of Waste } Recipe milkless f firet 6 Womar by Mr Aurors a best part of m wheat eo muck t bread ery organized them-, neighbo: discus Rexford etary wome into a pe me ethods. recording secr With ments big to and hbort ticod m: form the tings us of the Se Woman's 14) u to nu Regiment of th (Continued on page BRITISH MISSION OFF TO CANADA May t on at ea nee ttle for eas, butterle given neeting 0 Waste Kowal § vorhood t nat The 16 WASHIN 5 itish mission left Washington 1 night. and will cross the Ca dian border some time this morn. This concludes their visit to TO One pi enps of of hot blespoon butter #p00 and 1 raisin aisins; two ) two cup ta not a tea ing Amer wate heaping fuls of shortening than nnamo: e Let ttle valt da water Honest ortising was advocat amuel Hopkins Adams, ad-| York Tribune, at Ad club Marche promine be New of the Hor decla that hollow that cannot be fulfilled should elim \ nated from the advertising busi {i ness Thurs noon at the i added peel, citr Ms | khaki uniforms |eho enlisted | Dartm outh a AD MAN TALKS HERE First Armed Americans Under Fire | in Trenches. BY HENRY WOOD United Press Staff Correspondent TRAINING CAMP OF THE AMERICAN FIELO SERVICE, SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, May 25.—America’s first armed force began active service at the front today. It was section one of the American munition transport servi 's forty-odd young Americans left the train ing camp late last night. They are today hurrying shells and ammunition to French soldiers in front trenches under fire. Simultaneously with the de parture of section one, there arrived here sections two and three, Two is composed mostly of Andover college men. It is to enter active service next week, and two weeks hence the Dartmouth, Vale, Harvard, Johns Hopkins and the Chicago and Williams university men in number three will be at work In the and three meantime sections two started drilling with French rifles, and the Freach man | of arma. They are also to be ‘oly instructed in handling ot *—and particularly the American motor they will drive in the mo five-ton trucks, which actual service Find Drill Different Americans are wearing lonely resembling the American military garb. Many have had military training tm the bot kan Arilling today thes Mesreieentibel they would have to begin afl over again, since the French manual of arma and the French drii! tactics are entirely different The camp is officered by French army commanders, including Lieut j. E. Ostheimer, of Philadelphia in the French arm American, who was football team, with ax second in com the commanders The in 1914 An captain of a Wm. Taylor, mand, compr of the sections Section three has not yet fficered. The very first thing the Peokeh' ‘cumy . cllleers. tuntped ogat in preparing the American fighting men was that the had to have breakfast. No French ac dier eats a regular breakfast and the French army cooks hi rornings off in conseque Rut not so at the Americ munition training — cam; usual Ametican appetites for yreakfast are very much in evi dence. Therefore, the French arm regulations had to be altered to fit inorning now The French officers also discov ered that the usual emergency ra tion would jbave to be changed LJ the Ame ans The h soldier carries one solitary { of bread for his reserve food when starting out on active It did not look I enough to the Americans. The sup. was therefore increased to in- addition, two hard-boiled * MORE AMERICANS REACH THE FRONT PARIS, May been n an The 25.—The third sec tion of the American munition tra service is at the front ceording to announcement today by A. Piatt Andrew in general command of the units “Number three” is in of H. Kennedy of Hanover who, in 1916, was manag football t sport command N. Il - of the! @ their There is a reguiar meal every | in it a B There nd for Baby! the iB 15 money peopl great B's of Jane now tin Three Il be at to pay J an age whe Ay will for a Bond for Baby you will be doing two ny giving Baby a stake in life’ At compound interest Baby on 3 per cent compound interest have more In case of necessity Baby's Bond ny does not wish to take up the bonds at the 15 for 15 years more, in which case B Bond wilf continue to accumulate interest Here is what Baby will have if you buy a $100 bond, deposit it in a bank and allow the interest to accumulate at compound rates at 3 per cent for 15 years: $3.50 end of first year, $7.11 end of second, $10.82 end of third, $14.64 end fourth, $18.58 end of fifth, $22.64 end of sixth, $26.82 end of seventh, $31.12 end . dof ninth; S40.12.end of-tenth, $44.82 end of eleventh, $49.66 end ¢ pen 5% a cat of thirteenth, $89.29 emt of fourteenth, $65.08 end of fifteenth And this, added to the face value of the bond, $100, the total wealth the credit of Baby $165.08. BUY A BOND FOR -ATRIOT AND A you have y my or is maybe needed Liberty Bond will be usefu years fron Unele has Phe boyds but 1 now wi the erican © a $2,000,000,000 the good offered help Sam issue. war for world freedom things—helping America Wt ce $165.08 at the ¢ your bank pays a higher rate hel t If the government end of years, it may let them run | can b time of makes LIBERTY BOND. BANKER BABY—A MAKI LITTLE BABY A L DR. WAITE GOES |": TO DEATH WITH OSSINNING, N. Y., May 25. | peated —“He was the gamest man that he ution ever went to his death in Sing | with at atical coldness | * When thé witnesses had filed into ber, a squad of nt for the doomed) | and relatives, including his mother n his last hours Rev. Petersen, chaplain, asked nan if he had leave. “I have nothing to aay to anybody on this earth,” Waite said, sharply No Word for Mother “5,000 NAMES TO WET PETITIONS ARE FILED HERE E. M. Williams, sponsor for the referendum attsck on the state “bone dry” law, which goes into effect June 6, deciar- ed Friday that enough signa- tures are in ht to justify him in believing that the nec- essary 22,700 names will be filed at Olympia in time to keep the state in its present od-bye, Walte” slightly moist condition. 1 bless you, Waite Williams was to file It was the men in the death cells.| le signatures with Re Smile Lasted After Death Clerk Gaines late Friday Waite strode briskly In, ahead of | have a telegram from Spo- his escort. His eye Was clear, bis kane, announcing that 5,000 names step jaunty. His fac inkled will be obtained there.” he said in a broad smile, a laugh trembled| “More than 3,000 are already filed jon his lips, when the death mask/there. tacoma will furnish more was put In place than 3,000." He was smiling took) If sufffient off the death mask bore the! Olym by June body away “bone dry” law will b 5 intil the general ele WASHINGTON, May 95.—Sena-| i918. The “bone dry” law passed Frelinghuysen, New congress does not affect states cain in another worl again In another world ntroduced ‘a. re has Washington, which have the To Send Spirit Message |manding an inquiry into recent ac system At the last he made arrangements |cidents aboard American — ships ms still has many petitions with a New York spiritualist to send|due to defective ammunition Jout. ‘They may be found at the messages from beyond, He will be! ward hotel end other places. He | buried near the prison | Money rune the war Give® |isxued a plea Friday to those wal Waite displa: utter ey e war. Give the money. Buy # bond [have been intending to sign to do| tence to all friends, acq' ——-@ #0 immediately the the any Presbyterian condemned message to conduc ted} [the death ch: guards gvas man The door opened, there came a| rapid trampling feet, then a cheery call od-bye, io long, Artie.” the verdict today of prison officials and authorized witnesses who saw Dr, Arthur Warren Waite, arch poisoner, scientifically killed in the elec ot ad boys.” PLAY TURNS TO TRAGEDY CLINTON, Okla. May While adjusting an letric chal lor a scene in Electro. | ted at 6 a.m.” W. J | n for the taging the Killed and anothe adly burned todas elect stock com: | | pan play, was { stantly ploye m je digeonn e tric chair last night Waite, who murdered his father in-law, John E. Peck, of Grand Rap ids, Mich. and his mother-in-law by poison and germs, in an effort gain the family fortune, died in| firm belief that he would when they and names a e filed at > sta suspended tion, Nov born olution suc perm wi indifter-| stances le TO MARRY BEFORE DEPARTING FOR THE FRONT? Shall young going to the front going? so the race This morning in a letter from a vital question that mately the future of every unmarried man sent to the It in a front, and beat ried away In the followin; confides her hopes and fears, and also sets down a few startling father MAKE AN THER Yet, YMTRIA never to return, There are a dozen young women of his acquaintance who and mothers, things, something clutch: would make juat fine wiv When | think of th unmarried soldiers take shat) new young woman acts My Dear Guardsman and will soon leave for the front He is 27 years old, strong, fine and clean has a good education and a paying profession. The good old Yankee blood of his sturdy fore. flows Mins without any prospect of marriage. unto themselves wives before | lose in perpetuation by thetr heart. | am only one of thousands of mothers. Do they realize that the future of the race requires that their sons, the best of our youth, should be represented in fu- ture generations? What do they think about it? What do the young men and young women think about it? Am | right or wrong in insisting that my boy take unto himself a wife, that the branches and the twigs of the sturdy old oak may not perish? These are a few of the questions that | ask you and your readers to answer, “A SOLDIER'S MOTHER.” not was hurled at me this Soldier's Mother will touch most question inti t strings of every watches the troops unmar who mareh letter one service man's mother Serious questions, too If the 2,000,000 young men whom it is proposed to sele are permitted to go to the front unmarried, it will mean At least a partial failure to realize the necessity of the maintenance of the race Two million women deprived of the privilege of marriage and the | bringing up of families. The children of these ation to carry out the social SHOULD SOLDIERS B SHOULD WOMEN BE ABOUT TO GO TO WAR? IF THERE SHOULD BE COMPULSION, ARRANGED? WHAT DO YOU t for service Miss Grey: My only son is a He in his veing. HE SHOULD IDEAL HUSBAND AND FA- soldiers will be a necessity in the equirements of the nation COMPELLED TO MARRY? COMPELLED TO MARRY next gen- Grey, he in leaving, perhaps SOLDIERS HOW SHOULD IT BE THINK ABOUT IT, FOLKS? jing r i} Caldwell said, and>ait other instructions, is that classes of persons | will be issued from time to time at Washington, ghborhood Meeting of Seattle Women Is Held in Campaign of the Woman's Army Against Waste CITY COUNSEL INTERPRETS LEGAL POINTS “Must I Apply for Exemp- tion to Get It?’’ Many Ask; Caldwell Tells nm Counsel Cald f select heretof had inquiries have 12th question on the registration cards to be and 30, i Specify } between 21 rem ft hether prove a leg, or thing,” said has a bind or service ore been misunderstood or unexplained, mily well interpreted for Star readers registration and exemptions” to do with exemptions. asked nelusive, is, “Do you claim @x## grounds answers this question Caldwell. “For instance, if he” ly dependent upon him, he probably be exempted from first call regardless of answer to question No, 12 claim exemption on the card Ii a man has a glaring physic Many men wanted to kn However, it would be well the claim is to be purst ed al defect, he should note it’? ow whether or not they ae have to wipe before their respective district boards, follow=” strat “This ies’ not been cov My own inte! “For instance, eral will receive allen enemies must The alien cards will then be sep- arated come for shipyard glaring registrars Then will probably possible that ordered on this class district boards. My opinion, quota of men the adjutant gen notice that al munition workers, then workers, then men with physical defects noted by such as loss of an arm. all men with be exempted hearings will before It the rvice will Is for s Don’t Argue,” There won't be any discussions over conscription at the registration places June 5, it} Uncle Sam's instructions, receiv- ed here Thursday, are followed ¢ by the registrars Be patient in explanation,” they say, “but in no event enter into controversy.” They are told to call witnesses if any one becomes refractory, take his name, and remember that “arrests will infrequently be necessary i { } { } RR eee names of selected from Nst of those who have no grounds for ex emption in the answers of any of the 12 questions on their cards Posters headed, “How to answer questions on registration w p posted at many precinct regis tration places Friday All men who regi their name, age, date of birth, state of citizenship birthplace, trade or occupation, em- ployer, tell whether not they father, mother, wife (Continued on page 11) home address or have ann ADVERTISING MANAGER'S DAILY TALK “+ 3, «am SHOULD UNCLE SAM’S SOLDIERS BE COMPELLED 5... cone: snow, van Millinery, Meats, rareening. Market THE FASTEST GROWING PAPER IN THE NORTHWEST be exempted. tho, is that the first be Uncle Sam’s Order 5 heated § cards” child, , to proye themselves entitled ‘to exemption. ered by detailed instructions,” — rpretation, after reading the 1 ee Then a similar order may | n | dependents is be | Jitneys will continue to run ig — Seattle, for the time being, at least. The jitney drivers’ appeal to the supreme court, presented by Attor- neys Pierce and Crawford, i taken under advisement Friday” morning by Superior Judge Gilliam, who directed the drivers to com> Unue operations until the decision , is reached. The drivers had already made plans to keep their machines run- ning if their appeal to the supreme court was denied, taking the risk of possible arrest for violating the order of the court The appeal to the supreme court which the drivers are seeking to o> )itain was made after the court Thursday afternoon denied an ap plication for a permanent injune- tion prohibiting Proseeutor Lundin from interfering with the operation ! of jitney busses whose drivers have not the $2,500 surety bond demand-. ed by the state law in 191 Only 28 of the 400 drivers in Se” attle have valid bonds, Lundim maintains NEW LAW CURBS {| (| { 5 \ “S52 QENSOR GREEL | WASHINGTON, May 2% (Gregory espionage bill with a sorship clause embodied—was for mally agreed to today by house and ate conferees. he censorship clause makes it a misdemeanor to publish the names and positions of military and naval forces of the U. S. and her allies. Under the agreement” eeministration of the censorship will fot be left with any board or person The modified censorship Ul simply be a law This is done to meet objection of {many r sentatives and senators te placing censorship authority in |the hands of the present govern- | ment censorship bureau, headed by George Creel, It is expected to pass both branches of congress. WOMAN SCORED FOR ATTACK ON FLAG ANGELES, May 25,—Pro- testing against what she termed “enforced patriotism” in publie schools in an impassioned defer of David Siminow, a pupil whipped lfor refusing to salute the flag, | Mrs. Tululoo M. Hicks, principal lof the Children’s Socialist Lyceum, brought down a storm of reproof upon her head when, at a board of education meeting, she called the \merican flag “the emblem of the donar mark Los “makes the war g our bon { Money jg Have you bought y na’ doesn’t « a otk