The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 11, 1917, Page 1

BEGIN MONDAY “The Allison Pearls,” gripping novel of mystery, begins in The Star Monday. this exciting story Better plan to read i i i i testestiiitisistsccstistsirerrrtttittirtte AERICAN “Sammies? in France are “starving” for tobacco, “Starving” is the word used by e J. W. Pegler, United Press correspondent with the g Pershing troops, in describing Tuesday in The Star how the “Sammies” pay as high as $1 for df cigarets. American tobacco, moreover, is a rarity in France. Soon our Seattle ‘ A will go overseas. UMBER WAR / RENEWED AS | PEACE FAILS Employers | Reject Proposal of StateCouncil of Defense } to Compromise 8 - Hour _ Issue. Strikers began Saturday to extend their fight for the eight- R i hy ur day in the lumber industry, following the refusal, Fri- night, of employers to accept the peace proposals made by the state council of defense ] “There is nothing left to do but to to bat on this,” eed j. G. Brown, president of the Shingleweavers’ union aturday. “We intend to spread the strike as Oregon. as well as in Washington.” The first answer to the action of the came when 40 out of 46 men at the Pacific Coast Pipe Co., re an eight-hour day was already in force, walked out turday morning, refusing to work with unfair lumber. This nformation was given out by General Manager Garrison, of ie oe of etree WOMAN ROBBED OF $10,000 IN PHILLY HOTEL sent a telegram to Samuel © Gomapers. chairman of the ener fommittee of the national counc! @f defense, informing him of ro action of the employers in turning down the peace proposal, on the groand of resolutions passed by| od Press tensed Wire ‘PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 11— | Found bound and gagged and | beaten in the St. James hotel here early today, a woman, giv- Ing her name as Grace Welsh, 35, of New York, told the police fast as we can, employers Friday 4 | DSi Baal the national council, “urging no} change of standards at the nd | time. A reply from Gompers, who Is a! ™ember of the national council of ) defense, was received at the head- quarters of the Timber Workers’ union Saturday morning. It read: | “Telegram received, In reply will © say the eight-hour day {s not only }. the normal, recognized daily work she had been robbed of jewelry Sing time, but established by law.| worth $10,000. A man who says | 1 to enforce that practice ts he is Harry C. Kelley, also of | a change of standards. Where New York, arrested in the ho- tial war work is to be per-| tel, is held on suspicion. | * formed in an extraordinary emer-, The woman is in a hospital : | gency. more than eight hours may fering from gashes about the hi be worked. but for such overtime *ald by the police to have been in-! Should be pald. gt least As for flicted with the butt of a revolver. time and one-half, this principle Police also declare she w drug has been declared by President Wil- sed fon in public proclamation, and all Catch Man With Gun | Should be willing to conform to it Kelley, the police say, was leav you, President Marsh ing the room with a revolver in his ‘including employers, hand just as an officer reached the door. Two other men are said to have heen seen leaving the room while the policeman was overpow-! j ering Kelley. Kelley was held in $2,000 bail this {morning for further hearing next Saturday. The injured woman was able to leave the hospital to tes ity today | Accuses Arrested Man | After giving the New York ad-| dress, the victim of the assault later said she was from Decatur, II] She was dressed in an evening| T trust that and others, (Continued on page 8) BUTTE IS VICTIM OF LIES ABOUT ITS STRIKE OF MINERS BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT BUTTE, Mont. Aug. 11— | «After four days in Butte | x firmly believe that this is the most lied about town, and that the Metal Mine Workers’ | own when found. As soon as re _ union is the most lied about d, say the police, she accused | group of men on the North Kelley of the crime, called hysteric- | American continent. ally for her children, and asked that | ) 1 came to Butte to learn the! her chauffeur in this city be noti "truth concerning the labor troubles. | fied. I honestly expected to see two or According to the woman, she met three riots a day, with plenty of| Kelley at Atlantic City and came} Saloon fights and rabid I. W. W.| here with him yesterday. They re istered as man and wife at the James KContinued on page 8) ree athe Here Sunday HUGE CONTRACTS There'll be lots of music in the Parks Sunday In the afternoon, from 2 to 5, the Ames: shipyard F RU P band of 59 pieces will furnish the Pa yy | harm at Alki t h. At the same | By United Press Leased Wire WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Huge) shipping contracts, aggregating 000 tons and an outlay of $100,- 000,000, were approved by the ship. ping board toda The tonnage will include #% wooden vessels and silitary band will Woodland park, In the evening, from 7 to 9%, at Volunteer park, Wagner's band, with Mme. Christine La Barraque, blind soloist, | gives a concert, hours the Adams play at 60 steel ships, it is stated With Chairman Hurley's signa |ture on these contracts, and Ad | miral Capps’ acceptance of resigna tions of five members of the emer. The Queen of : Na on 3 the final difficulty left over from ‘The Queen of Di meomdia the Goethals-Denman regime has} nm whole lot do with the been placed behind the new board o io u ~ appearance of “The Allison Bias anes Fens tes sen posed, name of the novel begin~- drawn by Goethals, but which have ning The Star Monday. @! been held up until Admiral Capps valle Bay 4 several days be- S{could study them carefully, His the (uecen Diamonds | work was completed last night your interest wilt &| Rar ry day in this Frank Rippe, Pike st, reetanrant i rep! proprietor, has received some arprortons’ Coverage” @ | French magazines from a friend in Paris, “The pictures are very | good,” says Frank, “but I can't find | anything interesting in the printed| matte | | tion, The university lhe American SEATTLE hospital co corps will be among the fi government furnish them with But none of them provide with food and clothing. Cross and W. C. T. | other useful things tobacco. SO IT’S UP TO TH WASH SATURDAY, AUGUST The Seattle Star } ‘GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION | OF ANY NEWSPAPER ‘IN- PACIFIC NORTHWEST | RR ennnnnnnnnnnnn VOLUME 19 ONE CENT /y 11, 1917 ps and the engine furnishes the The Y. M. ¢ GREAI American Girl Will Go to Russia to Join the ‘Legion of Death’ By Idah McGlone Gibson. NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—An Amer ican girl in going to Russia to join jan women's “Regiment of She is Frances writers and paint ers Gitfo an ar-| tist known among New York’s colony of eyes iffused not fall became wit but they did wered Twenty-one lot AMERIC. rarrces Mord r how old she was HELP BUY TOBACCO FOR BOYS IN TRENCHES ers’ boys Red h tears, It was then And Aren't you rather young to de question for yourself in he said 18 and She looked at me in surprise The American army s k many boys of 17, vegin to dra ft them n always said that | The | of the tobaccd fund in Seattle. S! Boys PUBLIC TO DO IT. The Star asks you to contribute to } in France Tobacco Fund.” A similar fund is being raised in every large “Our city. A national organization tor this purpose has | been formed, with headquarters in New York. | There the men and women at the head of the | movement will take care of all the incidental ex- | penses, such as postage, so that every cent con- tributed by the public will actually be spent for tobacco, Arrangements have been made to obtain for every 25 cents thus contributed an amount of tobacco that would cost 45 to 55 cents retail. The organization has also arranged to place in each package a postcard, addressed with the name of the donor, on which the “Sammy” who gets the tobacco will send back a sneage of thanks The expense of mailing the packages and the tion. Contributions are taking The secretary by wealthy care of these items. whole pian has the endorsement of the of war and the secretary of the navy. Star has been appointed official collector persons already | cost _ the postals will be borne by the organiza- If you are a smoker, you know just what a pull at the weed will do for those boys at the front. Tobacco may mean a good deal to us at home. How much more does it mean to the men “some- where in France” to whom tobacco may almost be } a Berson with which to combat the discomforts of hunger, weariness, nervousness, and pain? ‘Two-bits” will buy one package of tobacco for one “Sammy The names of the donors will be published from day to day. _ Fill out the following coupon and send it to “The Tobacco Fund, Seattle Star,’ together with | the amount you contribute: ' | Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund Endorsed by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of Navy THE Pires or THE upon, fill it and Loap ur NOYS IN FRANCE nd as much money an spare to buy tobacco for our Fighting Men Kach dollar buys four packages of tobacco.) the Editor of The Star Inclored find of tobacco, thru France fighting men in | I understand that lar buys f with a retail value of 45 conta, and that in eact agen will be placed postcard, addressed to Ime unknown friend, the soldier, will agree to send me a moe of thanks saga i GRIND OUT WORK Hearings on exemption claims. examination of men who have been called and can not appear next week, and the filing of information on ind! vidual cases, occupied the time of the local exemption boards Saturday morning, while prep- arations were being made for Stounds in this district,” nes Thirty. Five Out of 235 Quality About 25 soldiers were ¢ btained for the quota of District 8, out of the called this week. Enlisted men entees who did not appear for examination numbered Y of whom wrote said Whit an some She met me at ‘ tn ' letters to the board the top of the two| boy. It seems to Bovine fer bp iat of new calls [explaining the reason of their non flights of stairs! swers your question | pee Pala ene About 200 responded over the stable in| Migs Gifford’s childish appear-| Abproximate results of the week's to os irst call, Hearings on ex ieenwich —v 11+ ance is contradicted by her brilliant | xaminations in Division 10 were/Pmptions have already been held where she| mind. In her blue linen “middy"| given out Saturday morning by) 2? this board, and were in progress her studio. sult, with its white Hnen collar and| Pliny L. Allen, chairman of the pepe 4 Preparations were being — It was very hot.| cuffs and her bobbed hair, she looks | board of that district. Out of 600) made for the examination of 150 1OAH M°GLONE and the odor of} iike a high school girl. But she| called for examination, 235 have more men Sunday and 114 Monday GIBSON horses as well a8| gpeake with the authority and poise| been examined to date. Tho re-|, Toward the quota of 97 in District art permeated the atmosphere. i woman % mainder of the number were a + Wee have already been certi- She is a small blond girl, with} ghe will probably be in the Rus- 4nd their examinations have b yo to the district board, Three ne great blue eyes that look into yours| sian ranks in October, as she has|POstponed until after their exemp- the men who filed exemptions hav #0 earnestly that you feel she bas thought a great deal on the subject of she should do her bit in making the world safe for peace, as she insists She had how evidently just move this studio, and we sat the debris of household and talked over the which she sp student nto furniture Russian situa of has evidently nad “Why do you want to go to Rus- to fight?” | asked, “Because,” she answered, “i shall be fighting for peace and ultl- mate peace will come thru Russia. By fighting by the side of those brave women | shall be fighting not to make the world safe for democ- racy, as it is called, but to make the world safe for PEACE,” Do you think woman's place is in the fighting Mr I asked Why not?” she answered, “Wom en have demonstrated they can en As she said this, her great blue among | | | that/of Catholle dure physical hardships as well as 1 They are quite as brave when facing any uger of the body or | soul.” Why don't you try to go in| ome capacity for America?” | asked “Hecause | do not consider America is helping the coming of peace; to me, the only way peace can come fs thru Russia made all arrangements to t Al Edson Is No Slacker, Say: hat end s Vet The father of Al Edson, 618 Riverside drive, Division a civil war veteran, crip! aBI led result of his service for the na- story tion. So when he saw a in Friday's Star that his son had claimed — exemptio noon flimsy grounds, he went on the warpath “My son contributed $500 to- ward my support last yea: 1 need him now,” with the aid of a crutch. could take care said Mr. son, who is able to walk r, and Ed. nly “ind of myself | wouldn't keep the boy at home, because | am proud of my badge.” And he pointed with justifi- able pride to the Grand badge he was wearing. Army THOMAS MINAHAN, BANKER, DIES HERE Minahan, wyer, American jocieties, died night at the Providence after a lingering illness, Thomas B banker and Ia dent of the prominent and first presi Federation | Friday hospital withdrawn them, the 2 by the been passed upon Thirty-five of the eared for ex tion claims have by the board | 600 called have not and seven out oF exemption claims considered board in its hearings Friday amination or communicated with, Were rejected. Out of the 200 ex | the board, possibly because they|*mined in this district, 47 have al are absent from the city and have|Tetdy been obtained for the draft army, according to these figures “We expect to get 60 - co D0 out of 20, at least,” el Landon, Saturday, “and we will not call out more than another 200 to fill the quota.” | not received their notification | About er cent of the men in this district who passed the exam jination did not qiaim exemption Forty failed to pass the examina- |tion, leaving 195 who were eligible ltor the draft army. About 65 per | Lundin to Oppose Appeals cent of these filed exemption) city Attorney Thomas 1 Jclaims, According to Allen, hear as J. L. Ken nedy has been appointed to sent the government in ap; from the local boards before the triet board of the | ington district "pre als dis Wash lings on these claims will probably begin Monday | 112 in Division 6 Are Ready Examinations of belated ones and Western or p ap Prosec uting Attor jmen who will not be able to ap-| ney Alfred H. Lundin will nertoc |pear at the time set were being | 4), ee function i perform jheld Saturday by the board of Di) tne jocat King plies bid case of trict is ready to certify 112 out Of! proctor, the district board has re the men examined the first week | oiestod the United & 8 re over into the select service army, : ed States labor commissioner, the state labor com niissioner Whitney and the state council of examina Chairman passed the ecording to This number tion and did not claim exemption, | lense to furnish d a neces out of the 450 called. Ninety did pov Ac yy fons in industries, The | not appear for the examination, but | @striet board will pass on the ex emptions claimed on the industrial they will not be held in default un grounds. ii) ten s after they were called, | About 50 letters containing notifi cations were returned to this} CHICAGO.—Adolph board tional secretary of the so “They are not claiming exemp-|ty, arrested by federal agents, after tion on conscientious exemption|speech against government. EXEMPTION BOARDS. said Chatrman Dan| LAST EDITION AAAS Get out the ol’ driver, oll up the shaft, and see that the grip’s soft. Because tomorrow will be a day made for golfers, says Weather Man @alisbury tonight and Sunday.” air ne “ WANTS U.S. DISAVOW ALL _ INDEMNITIES Wants No Belligerent to | Profit by Strengthening “Its Power at Expense of | Any Other Nation. By United Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star | WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Senator 'LaFollette, Wis., today began a fight in the senate to force world-wide peace discussion. — He introduced a resolution calling for a statement of the allied peace terms “based — on a disavowal of any advantages, either i in the way of indemnities, territorial acquisi- tions, commercial privileges or economic prerogatives, by which one nation shall strengthen its power abroad at the expen: of another nation, as wholly incompatible with the establishment of a durable peace in the world.” Unless administration succeed in burying the resolution in committee—which will probably |be attempted—it promises to cause lone of the most spectacular de | bates on the question since the} | president asked for a war declara-| | tion, | Recites Slav Terms | La Follette’s resolution recites ‘the Russian statement of May 19, for a peace without annexations or | lindemnities, the German reich-| stag’s similar declaration on July | 19, and the war aims statement of | Lord Cecil in the British house of | commons May “All the declarations bespeak a| | willingness to adopt the doctrine | Jof a peace without victory, as pro- | claimed by President Wiison on |January 2 as the only peace that | can be enduring,” said the resolu tion leaders } —————— Judge Gay. Can’t See. Peace Neal Despite repeated rumors that Col. D.C. Jackling, mini magnate, and Judge Elbert Gary, head of the U. S. Steel Corporation, have negotiated | “There has recently emanated) to establish a vast steel manu: | from official and unofficial sources! facturing center somewhere on both here and abroad statements| the Pacific Coast, these two t we are to continue the war) capitalists, in Seattle today, until a peace is obtained which vigorously denied they had gives to the entente allies or some lof them punitive damages and ter any such plans. | “| have absolutely no con- |ritorial advantages as a result of| nection with any such project,” the war declared Col. Jackling, at the | People Don't Know Terms New Washington, | The people of this country do| “There are no such plans that 1 |not know the terms of secret trea-| know of,” said Judge Gary. These” jties existing among the entente,de- denials came in face of reports: |fining the things which each ex-|that options on property have al- ready been taken on Lake Wash- pects to re There is a natur- ington and in the South, ally expressed demand from the people of our country for some dec On Pleasure Trip }luration of purpose for which the) They arrived in special cars at | Upited States is expending, in the 11:15 a. m., went to the New Wi first year of the war, from 18 to 17\ ington hotel and prepared to pa ive | billions of money—raising by draft|Tacoma Saturday afternoon’ as and other means an army of 2,000; guests of H. F. Alexander, presi- 000, ostensibly for service in for-|dent of the Pacific Coast Steam- eign countries ship Co ne people have a right to know Judge Gary and Jackling will sail with certainty for what their blood aboard the S. S. Spokane Monday is to be shed and their treasury ex-| for Juneau. Altho they intend to pended inspect the Jackling copper prop “Congress, in which the war-mak-/erties there, both insist it's “just ing power resides under the const!- for pleasure and the fulfillment tution, is charged with the respon-|of a long planned junket, sibility of deciding upon the objects Altho Jackling was reticent, Judge Gary frankly discussed war: and’ Pacific Coast trade conditions, Now, therefore, congress hereby Gary Doesn't See Peace Near declares that this government will here is nothing to indicate not contribute to the efforts of any any near peace,” he said. “The belligerent for the purpose of pro- biggest service the Northwest can longing the war to annex new terri- do is to promptly furnish sufficient tory, either in Europe or outside of Jumber, fruit, grain and fish, Europe, nor to ehforce the payment Can't See Steel Plant Here of indemnities to recover the ex Speaking of the need for steel by — penses of the war, but the congress Japanese shipbuilders, and the prac does hereby declare in favor of the ticability of Pacific coast plants to of the war. Would Repair Damage | reation of a common fund, to be! furnish it, he said i provided by all belligerent nations, ‘I don't think a plant on this 9 to assist in the restoration of the Coast would pay. | know nothing | portions of territory in any of the concerning the location of sw countries most seriously devastated by the war, and for the establish ment of an international commis: |sion to decide the allotment of the | cient ore, either in quantity or qual+ ity, to justify development here, Coal, too, is lacking, altho I guess there is some fairly good coal in Alas! “There's room for both American common fund.” He then called for the statement of terms and Japanese development, and La Follette said he would call up| America will have her merchant his resolution next week He is) marine—can't help but get it. , | preparing a speech in defense of his resolution ‘DENIES HOTEL IS PART OF THE DEN Praise for Japanese “Japan is a wonderful country— 1 like it Her business men are making money and saving it. The country’s gettin ich, The Orient has a great fascination for me, ['m not going there, however, on this | 4 trip.” Charles Hutson, attorney for the 7 " Tourist hotel, told The Star Satur-|,, tS. Gary is along. They left 9g y York August 1, and spent sev- day that the Japanese who conduct the hotel are in no way connected | with the gambling den in the base- | ment of the hotel visited by a Star |reporter earlier in the week, He denied that there was a push button in the hotel lobby by 1 days at Glacier National park, he judge, known as “head of the steel trust,” was smiling and vigor ous, Jackling was less jocular and apparently absorbed by his heavy ~ business responsibilities, i which the clerk warned the doorman of |» Significance is attached to the Fes approaching persons. The base. | !ations of the two men as exempli- ment where the gambling is con. | fed In their being together hers, jducted is leased direct from the | Jaehling ts the youn nt in lVukon Investment Co. by the men, business. From « mining professor he has carefully amassed vast hold- ings and perfected scientific mining | methods that made himself and the nation vastly richer.” He has cen tered his activity around copper. VW a | Who operate it, Hutson said ° READ STAR WANT / ‘ADS