The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 2, 1917, Page 1

eps: RE RET ee ; ayy = HELP BALMY BENNY Balmy Benny, the well known researcher, has called upon the public to aid him In determining “Where was Moses when the light went out?” If you know where Mose was, write Benny. See page 8. RADAR AAA The VOLUME 19 SEATTLE, WASH , THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 19 Seattle Star } GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF AN" OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST | ONE_CENT fy "itv LAST EDITION Mutt and Jeff, Tom Duff, dally. saye Salisbury. LOCK THE DOOR AND TALK THINGS OVER! An Open Letter Addressed by the Editor of The Star to Mr. E. HERE’S no use beating about the bush, Mr. Grammer. The lumber industry in this state and in the North- west is tied up because you and the men you represent are either afraid to sub- mit your case to arbitration, knowing you are in the wrong, or, believing your- selves right, are too bullheaded, too ar- rogant, too autocratic, to meet with your employes and the federal and state mediators. You say you, ard the other lumbermen, are patriotic. You say you want to help the government. Show it, then, by action. Yours is the side which is holding out. The union men have agreed to meet you in con- OARS AUN | ci MEN | ARE HAPPY Laughing and joking, and each with his union button con- comp. to work Thursday at 5 and for the first time 16 days Seattle has city- wide street car tran: - atrikers’ tee Peace in the Seatti: @treet car strike was absolute. ly assured when, by a vote of 880 to 32 in Seattle and 203 to 2in an carmen youeréay to ratify the agri Meaty decided upon by the conference commit. the company offi at an all-night meeting Wed day. President A. W. Leonard of the company. Mesday, and the carmen’ ting went into session at p.m. | Complete service is being given | “@n all lines, according to the car @ispatcher, and union officials say | ‘What before Friday morning prac $205,000 Is Cost of Big Car Strike } It is estimated that Seattle's ( Street car strike cost the trac- } tion company $205,000. figure is based on wages for } the strikebreakers amounting to approximately $2,100 a day for 16 days, and special train Bire of $81,000. The net loss in Fevenue was $67,000 on a basis of $9,000 income a day and with the wages which wonld have been paid the men subtracted. The cost of “fortifying” the Car barns can be placed at $3,000, while the legal fees and Overhead expenses of the offi- clals are estimated at $20,000 The amount of loss thru “idle” ) Property depreciation cannot be ( easily figured, but it amounts to several hundred dollars a aay { { at least. 5 ly every man who struck will petck on the job roitration will be started imme-| dia t il itely. Dr. Henry Suzzallo, thira| bitrator, said this morning that would endeavor to bring James A. Duncan, representing the men, end ©. J. Franklin, representing | the company, foon as possible May last a week or ten days, ft has been agreed that whatever wage scale {x ted, it will be dated back to A Charles A. Reynolds, attorney for the strikers, whose efforts ma terlally b d settlement will represent the 1 arbitration board Six hundred strikebreakers, im ported by the company before pressure was exerted by the de pent of labor to bring 4 enent have been herded in the Georgetown barns under police guard, and the first tr oad was @cheduled to leave for the Fast at a. ™. Those who were her barns were rgetown last night “operating” cars at George | and so the union agreement that its ‘men shall not go near the barns until the strikebreakers are Temoved did not affect service this | morning. Will Wear Union Buttons Altho there was considerable [Continued on page 10) The arbitration quartered in returned ' There are wits into conference as| but | This }) ference. They have agreed to submit their demands to arbitration. They sought a con- ference with you employers before they ever considered going on strike. Yesterday the flower of our young man- hood left Seattle to serve Uncle Sam. They left for whatever fate the war may have in store for them. From Fort Worden some of them may go elsewhere. No one of them knows what the future may hold. SOME may never return. ALL are ready to sacri- fice their ALL for the service of their country. And they left for that service with a song on their lips and joy in their hearts! OLAND VOLHY SUA S. Grammer, Chairman of the Lumbermen’s Protective Association We, who are left behind, cannot refuse to do our part. Our government needs lumber for our ship program. We need it to build canton- ments, and for the great aeroplane fleet which may deal the fatal blow to the kaiser. We must have the wheels of this chief in- dustry of our state turning, moreover, to furnish food for many mouths and to pre- vent increased social unrest. Uncle Sam must have lumber—and YOU, Mr. Grammer, and your associates, refuse to make even so small a sacrifice as to meet in conference with government me- diators and union representatives. Rather would you have the mills idle. lievable, Mr. Gramme OUT WORK P: NE _FRavt-LOLT LAON row Srrciro = UTAR a ron AEITADEL OF 4 CONSTANTINOPLE ASIATIC ae ASIA MINOR > Tron It is unbe- r, that you realize in Great Human Walls Protect Berlin From Battering Enemy Troops CAUCAR US ERONT dose > POTAMIA xT URKEY SYRIA FRONT Braacwed The above sketch shows how Kaiser William and his domain is encircled by human walls, just as the feudal lords were in the middle ages. |new tactics must be used, the same old-time strategy is involved Pershing “Must Use | Aged War Strategy faces the American beginning the strategic What swings into | What is the jallies, and what part can Pershing’ that remains untaken? It is possible to put into simple words the military situ- | the German citadel but still ing of | points, jation at this moment. Let us imagine the which is besieged on all sides. The kaiser, in the lord of the middle ages walis of and extend the his Instead of w jress” has WAL Ls Ot or castles—at the ie and Austria~-Hunga MEN nany are “outworks, These “outworks” army of its f and has Central Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey—as a great fortress, “castle keep” at ided te tress to dor th her of the fortre y; at the Between these two great keeps is a connecting link of fortifications . taking in Bulgaria and Serbia, southern Rumania and European Turkey Projecting from this great fortress, and protecting its main walls, ” which serve to hold off the allied armies, Break Down Outworks were built in the first year of the war. (Continued on page 4” of STONE FINAL ACTION ON VYASHINGTON, Aug. 2 both houses of cc control bill was in jaight tod President Wilson jhopes to the measure before him early next week Senator Chamberlain, in charge of the bill in the senate, expects to get approval of the conference report early next week. ac bis the food ‘NEW LIBERTY LOAN | FOOD BILL LOOMS TO BE OUT NOV. 15 to} By United Press Leased Wire second liberty joan for $3,000, 000,000 will be launched Nov. 15, day. planned to issue nearly a bil- Hlon dollars in treasury short- time certificates to meet im- mediate needs. SLACKERS PUT INTO THE ARMY By United Press Leased Wire WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.— President Wilson today ordered that all “slackers” who failed to appear for draft examina- tion be reported to the depart. ment of justice and certified Into the national army by the adjutant general of the state. today, as the great war before the storm some situation force play in the been breached at Power group—Germany, to the adjutant general within five days after notification of their cer: tification into the army, they will be reported to the adjutant general | of the army for his action Meantime, the department of jus tice is meeting with difficulty find ing men who gave fake addresses in registration Upon the return of letters calling men for physical agents have gone to the addresses only to find them in the middle of vacant lots, bridges and no streets at all The government Is preparing to fight claime for exemption from the draft. Concerned at the great num- ber of those attempting to avoid service, the provost mar- shal general's office today an- nounced that exemptions In ag ricultural and other industries will be carefully scrutinized. As a direct slap at “marriage slackers,” the government will au tomatically appeal from every ex emption on the ground of depend-| ency. The purpose of the appeal is to obtain nation-wide uniformity in exemption rulings, which is regard. ed as otherwise impossible from 4,557 local boards, Berlin—like a feudal ab his neighbor’s land, ninate them Teutonic “fort “keeps” are Ger Turkey modern are two main At one end other is Asiatic It was WASHINGTON, Aug. 2,—The treasury officials said to- Before that time it is Should these men fail to report) examination, | supposed | OF OLD THREATS jed the "7-77" WILSON ORDERS MAID ATTACKS MARY PICKFORD WITH A HATPIN Wire 2.—Attack who jun dat them with a hat pin, following her no- tice of dismissal, Mary and Lottie Pickford, famous sisters of the movie world, and their mother were saved from probable injury when their screams chauffeur to their rescue. The girl, Katherine Ripkine, was over. |powered and carried bodily out of |the Pickford bungalow ‘2 LYNCHERS ARE KNOWN BECAUSE | wy United ed by a maid, By United Press Leased Wire BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 2,—At- torney William Sullivan, legal representative of the Butte |. W. W, miners’ uinon, today de- clared that at least two of the men who participated in the lynching of Frank Little are known. He said their identity was discovered thru threats made against Little before he was hanged. Complaint that they have receiv warning of the Mon flantes was made today by several other members of the local 1, W. W. union today A number of telegrams were ex- changed during the morning be- tween federal officers here and tana v brought a} AMERICANS OF | RUSS MISSION _ HERE SATURDAY Members of the American diplomatic mission to Russia will be In Seattle Saturday and will be entertained by the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club. A public luncheon will be held at 11:30 in the old Commercial Club rooms in the Arcade build ing. Tickets will be 75 cents. Res- ervations may be made by calling | Main 5060. Ralph Horr in | charge of detailed arrangements “We have sent a wireless mes. |sage to the commissioners their permission for a public mass meeting,” Horr said ‘If they gre it will be held in the Arena at 0." he visit of the commisston was arranged by the Washington dele gation in congress Commandant Coontz, Bremerton navy yard, tele. Mayor Gill Thursday morning ad been notified that the com- mission had accepted the invita- tion of the city torbe entertained here. Elibu Root is chairman of the commission, and Charles Edward Russell, former special writer for The Star and sister papers, is one of the members, jvarious departments at \ton, but the nature of these commu nications was not revealed Federal, state and city authorities county, state and city authoritfes began an investigation of the mur- der of Frank Little, I. W. W. lead- er, today, without a tangible clew to work upon. to gain | Washing: | just how petty and unpatriotic a position you have placed yourself. The Star suggests to you, Mr. Grammer, that you can serve your country best just now by listening to reason instead of stuff- ing your ears and refusing to listen to any- thing. A conference brought peace in the car strike. A conference is likely to bring peace in the lumber industry. See to it that the conference is held. Stop talking patriotism, Mr. Grammer, and ACT. Go into a room, Mr. Grammer, with the representatives of the unions, and the government mediators, lock the It's never too hot to enjoy the comics on The Star sport page, Baimy Benny and Everett True perform “Fair tonight and Friday,” {KAISER SUMMONS WAR CHIEFS | door, and stay in there until you get this thing settled. GERMAN GENERALS AUS TO BRUSSELS MEETIN Success of Allied Drive Be= k lieved to Be Worryin Wilhelm, W ho Sends Ca | | By United Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star | | wrested back AMSTERDAM, Aug. 2. great allied drive in Flanders, —Presumably because of the Kaiser Wilhelm today sum- |moned a special meeting of Germany’s war council in Bi sels Hindenburg, In addition to the German emperor, Quartermaster General rus- Field Marshal Ludendorff, the crown prince and numerous other military leaders will attend. f Dispatches here emphasize d the importance of the con= ferqnce in indicating that every German military leader of any importance would be present. Kaiser front, in that Wilhelm has just section lissati tion with lack | drive ‘SEA OF MUD IS | | HOLDING BACK | ALLIED DRIVE “TODAY'S SUMMARY SITUATION OF war * j predicted time Kaiser Wilhelm has summoned his war chiefs to Brussels, presumably te disenas the Fighting German troops Jew minor points taken by the British in their forward sweep. Along the French line artillery fire| while infantry armies, and at tually resum- ing the offensive. By United Press Leased Wire LONDON, Au 2.—British troops again hed back German defenses and retook the position in the neighbor. hood of the Ypres-Roules rail- way, where German troops had resisted the advance, Field Marshal Halg reported today. But a general resumption of the allied drive in Flanders waited on a hot sun today. Movement of great masses of men in the bottomless mud impossible. fer of artillery to places ne the advanced line for future barrage fire could not be accom, plished over the ooze. Until some of the mud from nearly 36 hours’ solid rain dries up, the drive is delayed. In the meantime, however, the allies have been withstanding fierce counter attacks, delivered by | the Germans, despite the morass of No Man's Land. The fighting has} been literally from hummock to hummock | Germans Take Westhoek | The most violent of these coun ter blows was struck by the Ger- mans around the villages of St, Ju lien and Westhoek, on some of the higher ground of the battle section. In both places the British were | | forced temporarily to yield some of| | their gains, Westhoek was recap- tured by the Germans. Early this morning the enemy also. struck fiercely just to the north of St. | ing our former line,” | Haig reported. returned from the Galician where he witnessed the advance of the Teutonic armies an dispatches recently have hinted at considerable of progress of the crown prince’s ngainst the French a the Chemin Des Dames. Julien, along the ridge. Fight continued there for hours, neither side able to gain complete mastery, : The rain abated somewhat dur- pov et night, and the artillery ration for further advance opened. “In the neighborhood of the Ypres-Roulers railway, where the jenemy yesterday succeeded at |Sreat cost in gaining a foothold in advanced positions, our counter at» tack drove him back, re-establish- Field Marshal HEAT ABATES AS 500 DIE By United Press Leased Wire NEW YORK, Aug. 2—The heat | Wave which has held most of the country in its grip since Monday, continued to take a heavy toll to- day, but there were indications that it was abating and that gen- eral relief might come before the end of the week, Temperatures well up in the 90's were again reported from most of the Eastern cities this afternoon. ADVERTISING MANAGER'S: DAILY TALK en And with the cars running again, you can get downtown handily to get your share of the bargains— Standard Furniture Co. 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