The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 3, 1917, Page 1

The Seattle Star | Sbetssescsssstssssistessstssecs toss oi ib, _LAST_EDITION pebcassilii ts iititctistsccsessicctisccrered afternoon when Seattle celebrates the opening Wednesday GREATEST DAILY CIRCULAT ION OF ANY NEWSPAPER | IN PACIFIC NORTHWES T | Ssssscstersscosesecetessssecressered i George, the weather man, won't # You owe it to yourself to see the $5,000,000 Lake 3 Promise sunshine for sure on the § Washington canal. Take the family out tomorrow H Fourth of July. He puts it this $ way nly fair tonight and $3 4 § 22 “" ONE CENT prssbssesishss sis titsittsabiiisisisssisircris SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1917 ensesestessssctarnstrstt VOLUME 19 MASSACRE 109 NEGROES! By United Press Leased Wire —— { militiamen last nig but responsible citizer le f M an, w ? . everal times, district by ite \ ¥ c WASHINGTON, July 3.—The war department has asked | today asked that the governor tormally take charge of re atened. A few s alter 10 a few companies of | ,, Gen. Barry of the Central department tor a report on the city Jinilitia from Shelbyville 1 Effingham arrived. The men| “Most che Sight I Ever sen” East St Louis riots but officials here believe that Barry has “Use measures if necessary to stop the outrages|Were met at the station by motor vans and hurried to the Says Adjutant General Dickson all the power necessary to handle the situation if he feels.) peace St " t transmitted by G "i that action is needed Lawden. ¢ Ge hortly be ‘ € most terrible sight 1/have EAST ST, LOUIS, July 3.—Suspicion that the East St I believe there ret 00 negroes dead,” Nigh Bundy, believe to be nat nan Louis riots were caused by German agents are absolutely |Chici of Police Con Hickey told the United Pre at noon Lea from the they deploye rted uplto M y t up d he has left the city absurd, Chief of Police Ransome Payne said today, when he ¢ ve 10 an ar ete list Deny bay eo Om There v den der, rifle he city t when white and t was shown a Washington dispatch saying the government) not found all the | es. I estimate t njured, white id t ick d the men advanced with steel balls in their Asan an . A ihe fart uld have agents had started an investigation to ascertain whether Teu- |b! at 750, bu at this time can be no more |rifle chamber agi ne A : Gina A bebe ee Bho " “ " Nyppecissh hae rm eas ‘ re hance to ¢ the rioters, whites so tl could evade ton workers had a hand in last night's rioting. estimate crowd was ¢ ging " } cer ‘ - . sceacermemaia mee fire loss probably will reach $2,000,000, Hickey said y inser ¢ t pe lt was sur-) BS, Ry United Press Leased Wi } \ 1 } } the er 1 5) Firemen, aided by many units from the Missouri side, oaked ar € pt early r ef tae : a was destroye oss of $100,000 he ithern freight negroes were killed, increasing the toll of dead to more tha ym panic ; : : I : y | Negroes Fleeing From Burning Homes ut $250,000 told the United Press early today 5 100. : . . ie re in “Black hong th Shot Like Rabbits re th es, shacks, tenements and apart T mber of wounded, both whites and blacks, is be-| The mob seems to have spent itself ing ha I 1 8:30 a. m. traffic across all lieved to be more than 750. All but three of the dead are| dwindled to desultory firing in difterent parts of the city and | » teneme belt, 1 ng tl t is side was stopped blacks but many whites may die of their wounds most of the fires have burned out eee hear pe Sy ine sap cane aA ah ¢ wd back with bayonets, and there Thirteen companies of militia have had the city under} undreds of negroes crowded 1 were driver er ee: ‘ yeni: . iat fighting. A man on the brid; virtual martial law since midnight, when the ng reached | Negro Hanged as Soldiers Stand by, out by lame | 1 ridge and passed its crest. The militia, however, failed to find| Helpless to Stay Wrath of Mob. | As they ran out they were shot down like rabbits, Many (Continued on page 5) the + \ h renewed the reign of ter briefly thi : : yam ma ae , [Of the bodies were dragged to ( a creek, and row —— afternoon Only three wv men, De be. pecige: WO linto the wat Hy United Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star Officials admitted their figures are based on reports from killed by 2 negroime> + 1a AO eet li ge | _ Hur ‘ 1 1 your were YORK, J Swift ere shment” for different districts, many of wh be « The} =cyeee = ‘ is cacicaiad re “| the ? vhen three negroes ¢ t dow tt nter- | the I gro section of East St. Louis exact number dead may never be kr t es | Known . py ‘ we " ‘ and ate te c burned t prope \ t Leader were thrown streams and ot! were | rr t t twe 6p feu thetr’ DoGre worn as au em with stone \ Er h W gina t Wilson er saw the b land club ; ” i “Use Drastic Measures,” Governor lal treets within a block « Well : hy , tennant Sieve re, Walle sin “of roes | en, hair f Such punishment is necessary, Walling said, because “ol Tells Commander of State Troops tion of main busine ure | covered lec of the m dange tc ¢ riots in America on revolutionary Soldiers and volunteer citizens were ; , Another negro, beaten hae Faecal sabe) van 19 year boarded a street ‘ hina in the ruins of negro tenements ¥ st post half " + qs f an eR vom beat he \ x " ipri as partly the result of over 16 blocks—the result of a number er ¢ - h the bs G gent up a w to keep Ameri- 0,000, autt ties say Frank Dickson utant gene I reache troops at hon tly the rest of empt by war to exterm set by whites in th The city has been practically under SHALL INCOMES SOAKED IN TAK: =m: wo. 6399 MORE TEDTORS BILL AS PREPARED IN THE SENATE SMT BY SLAVS ‘THE 88TH DAY OF OUR WAR ticers, They proceeded thru the streets to the headquarters of the govern- small incomes hage incomes negro under their thumb. WASHINGTON. Say co War wealth incomes, drinks and b “smokes” will pay the bulk of |“ “Announcement of the senate finance committer’s desire to t the first great war tax. and necessities of life Of the $1,670,000,000 to be = pas prot raised under the revenue bill Gen. Pershing began « thero probe of how the Associated Press endangered drawn by the senate finance the lives of thousands of American troops by the premature publication of mews ment, where patriotic speeches were made from a balcony. Tt Was noticeable that there were more flags of the bine, white and red of Russia's national colors, than the red flag of the revolution committee, and reported today, | thet_the Tint fo sollte Mill dented the ~ et while specalators continued akes rapid $1,447,000,200 will be derived > unholy profits thra the deliberative methods of sen ermans showing in the decorated streets. follows: eRe NER Me “mr a then lene GOD. Brusiloff is pressing onward From income taxes (incomes as tion nts toward Lefberg, on a mile front. important reports were made by War office reports showed resump- ¢ senators hold this bellef on for Pullr low as $1,000 for single person and $2,900 for married are hit), $732, mise that ong as the p cen Malg, or trom the Italian and other war tion of a general offensive on every 700,000 and the man of erage to pay vik jn renera of “ory wes na. mre i By we. G. BEPHERD major infantry actions were Ur respondent | reported anywhere than in the Lem- PETROGRAD, * sly ‘3.—Rus- berg sector—but artillery all along #, more to ¢ ery we From excess profits, $523,000,000; | in the great led and rectified s,| to fighting, th from fermented be more heavily responsible for will euffer fr and wines, $44,500,000; from soft/ financial part f the war. Ser * and — . cepa sia's offensive today forced the the line was pouring shells into will cost more, and cameras trenches, hinting at enemy back across the little (the Teuton’ Strypa river (in Galicia), pene- mass attacks everywhere. sconsi As érii $10,000,000; from tobacco | La Follette products, excepting the poor man’s) ity report Stogie, $5 000 |rado, and But the tax that will hit the aver trated three lines of trenches Rich Tapped, Not Heavily | will raine age household will began acess i and took 6,300 additional pris) CALL IN RESERVES hedule of taxes represents, | asked b) coffee a and sugar. Some o! 5 oners. The war office indi- By United Press Leaned Wire s of the bill say, a heavier|the extent of more these levies are 4: cated sweeping gains every- BERLIN (Via London), July 3.— burden on the rich and a lesser| 900, swol Ce ents per a; tea : where, including the town of /|“Strong Russian attacks broke Weight on the poor than the commit-| $500,000,( cen nd; crude cocoa, 1 cent * Presovee and the village and down with heavy losses,” declared tee origina contemplated. How-)|¢d from in per pe ear cent per * heights southwest of Zborov today’s official statement. “Front- ever, some senators insist that the every class un | and Kordshiduv. ing new positions to the south, the rich and the big incomes are tapped | will be affected gluco’ » of the 10,000 prisoners al-'enemy did not find strength to re- too i a he purse of the| reported by the majority—from 1 aken in this offensive were|peat its attacks on the high posi- poor i the man of average|Man who will have to pay a may #¢ for the sta ent that it| tions around Brezany Means {s hit too heavily in propor-|cent tax for owning an automo! was known by the Teutons that| “Breaking forward across the — jto those who will have thea Russia would begin to fi July 1.| heights west of the Strypa, the Rus+ jeents on every tel Of tele a . he perfection he German espi-|sian mass attacks extended north graph message costing " (Continued on Ps system is admitted, since of the gap in our lines, made on ADVERTISING MANAGER'S =| mn spa few Russians knew of the the previous day,” the statement DAILY TALK said PEAK UP, ‘MISTER! Just before the offensive With the aid of reserves we opened, on General Bru- | made the enemy halt.” siloff's orders, every soldier in the section over which it was | STRIKE FRENCH AGAIN Where to Go the Fourth? rT) HE senate finance committee e it recommended a é 7 tax on many necessities of life, so that taxes on excess war planned to strike was advised PARIS, July 3.—Germany That’ tion that may| profits and bloated Incomes might thereby be inflicted more of the campaign. Anyone de- launched another tremendous he ut » Boke | Aeay, clining to advance was notified offensive at the French lines ‘eB What are you going to do about | he would be regarded as a today, centering two simul- a oa aa | iti you going to sit and twiddle your thumbs? Or are you going traitor. There were no traitors. taneous thrusts on the Chemin 1s i he Star today.|t» write your protest to your senators and congressmen? sle delicate loc < man,| Des Dames south of Laon and Excursions are being run to Get busy! Tell them at Washington, D. C y mt d illness, is the greatest! again around Verdun, In both Tacoma races and celebra-| with yo 1 them that THOSE MOST ABLE TO PAY eroes in Russia today, He) instances the enemy failed to tior t } Navy Yard,| the war taxe t the poor man’s necessities of life ready F. Kerensky, minister of war. gain ground, according to the 7 ”| paying me than th can be higher war costs It was he who personally led war office report today. n In England excer profits are taxed 80 per cent. There the Russia’s troops in the start of the At 6 p. m. Monday along the being offer y the rail-| principle has been laid down that no one shall be permitted to coin , c j first offensive in which the red| line from Ailles to Paissy the ene re et here are some] excess fistancial advantages out of the wa 300ze Prices Ay jate flag of democracy has been borne my resumed his bombardment and rt lar trong bills on! In this country there are industries which are making 509 to 1,000 ? against Germany's autocratic hosts. forcefully attacked the trenches ikerh da Ross 9 ya "I ner cent greater profits during the war than before, If the same tax, Bootlegging joints increased the THE SONG OF THE SAMMY It was he who planned the of-| which French forces retook yester- at the il theatres, t00-| yore applied to this excess as in England, it would be more than enough Price of individual drinks of whi -———_——_—— fensives, who finally, when the su- day,” the statement said. 4 A these thir are told! eg pay ALL the war tax of this government ky from 15 to 25 cents, a the Dispatches from a “French port” declare this song is now preme came, went to the front heavy struggle thruout the night : i YET THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WOULD TAX COFFEE, TRA,| Reed bone dry amendment went the favorite with the American expedition trenches hims that he might in-| ensued, but all positions were main- d SUGAR AND OTHER NEC SITIF OF LIFE into effect Sunday “Good-bye, dear old Yankeeland; hello, France! spire the men | tained ee But the fight is not ek yet nee senate, as a body, must still We've sailed across the ocean to make the Germans dance Carry Hero's Portrait | On the left bank of the Meuse o i yote on the ure. The house will get another erack the bill > 2. 19Op They've tried to rule the world with military stuff Karly today the celebration in! there was intense artillery firing at an serve y } And in the meantime you can f 0 orukbceash onvou WouUy, Rates G ntil9 P.M. hak’ a Gaines hath a REURtLy thet Raver takeasg. Bune Petrograd: over the army's euccess| midhignt in. the sector Gihaaae 5 | Write to the congressmen _ this district and and write to every You'll be able to buy Fourth of The piece, first played when the band of the Pershing forces took the form of scores of proces-| by Hill 304 and Avocourt wood. At other congressman possible July eats until 9 p. m. at the public fe ri f sions. One of these, at the head 2:30 a. m, on a front of 5,000 yards THE FASTEST GROWING PAPER Help make the voice of the nation heard in the halls of congress.| markets Tuesday. The barbers, Dewan: Abapeat AVRIEe EC UPEMARllabEee The Works ate ts vA of which wan oartied & peperait Ot |ta. the aeutheneh “wareer REGIE IN THE NORTHWEST | LET THEM KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED too, are going to keep open until transport employe F + Kerensky, was led by Gen. Russky | wood enemy waves started out of STATES DEMAND CONSCRIPTION OF WEALTH AS WELL AS (10 py. m. and close at 1p, m. Wed: | : and his staff, marching with arms the trenches but in our artillery linked with a number of allied of-) fire did not reach our lines.” PPI LPAI MEN. he sday Puce OF THE THINGS THAT COME OVER THE STAR’S TELEGRAPH WIRES ON A MIDSUMMER DAY One Lone Bathtub for Five Hundred Women! Unabie to Decide Wheter He's Joan of Arc or Justa Plain Nut, Chicago Man Asks to Be Locked Up! Allied Soldier Wants Pants for Kilties CHICAGO, IL—Being unable to| WASHINGTON Five hundred) Pitwmeuns, i. Wren show MALLOON, Hbetn vere FRANCE—Not coid feet, but cold | WATERBURY, Conn, — Because tell whether he was Joan of Arc,|women and a lone bathtub are in a|men put up posters of an undraped| MT. VERNON—The inhabitants storm here, a flagpole was carried) NeW YOrRK—Unable to warn|knees, was the excuse of man in he had a wife and two children Richard Cocur de Leon or a luna-|settlement established by naval of-)burlesque lady, Chief of Police |iere are setting steel traps all over |four blocks and planted in the soft/ceat man of approaching auto, |?lied army for asking to be trans: here and a wife and three children tie, | P. Mathis, thinks be|ficers’ wives and sweethearts, who|fmith provided each lady with altcwn to guard thelr war gardens /carth with the Stars and Stripes)companion threw brick that hit|ferred to l forces, He wore i. Russia, was E, A, Shinsky's ex- se ould be locked up. | wish to be near their men folk, |wrapper of « » paint, iirom “Kuights of the Road,” jeiill fying, {him on the head and stopped him. {kilts and wanted trousers {cmption claim.