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

enn row “God bless ‘em! I'll adjourn court to drive my + own car.” That's what Superior Judge Ronald said when J. W. Stokes, who rune the cigar stand in H the County-City building, asked him to donate his i LAST EDITION PO BUT IT'S pays/ Weather forecast by U, 8. Ob- server George Salisbury: “Fair Thursday night and fair and warm. er Friday.” machine to take the boys to American Lake Sep. NVLaT | GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN PACIFIC [FIC NORTHWEST tember 5. + By cove sn estate PPP API DADLPE PLL DPE PDEA ADD APPL DAL PRODDED DPE PDL yet? i VOLUME 19 SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1917. ONE CENT " harles Edward Russell's Second /rrticle on the War Situation Joday in Russia WWHY RUSSIA WILL KEEP UP FIGHT! By Charles Edward Russell | cree social better Donated you of the,ment's wart revoluti began to crack and bend. On March 14 they Men of these views were in control of the new govern iplete, the old) ment. Men of these views constituted at least three-fourths man had planned ; ie the second ot the articles written by Charles “s i tere never was a | ed the whole) order us 1 the wonder of a dazzling new day burst of the population These views do ated Russia for the ot the official Root commission, appointed by Pres! Wilson. hited Upon Russia first ten weeks after the revolution a to a certain extent | articles contain the fruits of Russell's observa The Russian revolut ly Then the Russian revolutionist ti to the skies in an|dominate it now Sn Semerter Gna Government ‘Hives art of a ec worl Kree t alone fr { uncontrollable burst of enthusiasm ‘ ~~ ; " tie fs 1 ci and the pane inicio vee ® | polit potism » also from pove , he thing had come, after All the old foundations | y ae ta ra 1] red’ a F you want to get Russia straight in your mind you must] hatr mpetition had been swept away ove ght. The dream any | w begin with the first foundation fact, which is this \ unkind in one great family; a ace A one great) ycs iy? aot sits were about to be realitic ow Russia! natior efore h ery eye ; The revolution there was different from any other \ : f i \ : 1 revolutionist began to perceive revolution. In that dream he cared {ittl re for. k a than for tism, but free al poverty, in pay mage hi ee All thesrest have been po ‘ ‘ is ‘with Tetarat Rech bateaed fcaidel ‘ going on with this waf, . i rh t t one ' y a few iw this—-Plakonoff, the old time litical This was about one t . it 1 believe that he didn’t An as the trouble Chis terrible war was 4 ‘ j } fifth political and about four- + pig i R c unfurled the red flag in the Nevsky Pros- fifths something else Sli ; ‘ ha om ce slg nest SS gare Pea rie he escaped prisoner of the fortress of Peter hs s g els the am t pr ‘ as we ad en made by the ura asl: i apes tha eueuute :) Cradley a Revolution had been taught : ‘ pies nyeatbites id arena st Oia ee pet eae ' the - igh 1. Gradually it becaiae ' many years in Russia Taug \ atriot ‘ ex Universal herhood,| wiped out and cast a by the re itor new dawn majority : * gecretly, of course. er . nore t rrie the dawn of peace and joy t ! d | Eeond in cellars, stealthily oi Ars he dawn gti y uns The first enemy of universal peace and universal broth- gre $ 1 tiona eu u 1 \ a Why, then, should he t? erhood is German militarism they said. “Unless that can and in whispered speech, but reace n “a9 / { | ¢ abolished from the we h no hope to carry out taught Those who taught it taught @ great deal more than merely the notion that the rule of the e¢zar must be overthrown 4 We must make war that we may have peace.” luctantly they came to the inevitable conclusion, t is over the rest of the country s take time. Men do not readily give up ezar.|their most cherished delusions. Truth is often bitter medic tell the truth, it was a ereed that in ume he did Treaties and Alliances Made by Czar out ; ' r Meant Nothing to Citizen of ane Russia veria or| To the bottomless pit with « treaties made by g t tings, perilou It was useless to talk to him ut treat ar ance it these thir c Here is the first place where allows the boundary of his life They belonged to the Old Russia, dead and gone forever.|cine; men do n for it While the Russian idealist we in America get off on the he bloody story of the f evolution of 1905 taught) New Russia had nothing to do with all that. New Russia|js learning that the of his ideals depends wholly upon wrong foot jhim the terrible le The ezar ar nis wer were fast} had no ce ern, no object no | ness except to spread the defeat of Germany there may be many unpleasant inci- We have one fixed, abiding, ery foundat f thir t to be torn out Mo men the glad tidings of the day without poverty, dents, as there have been ; érsistent conception the long, painful, t © eff tretched over hatred, competition or war But nobody need doubt the result ussian evolutionist as a Why, then, should he fight? — PROVIDED ONLY THE AMERICAN PACIFIST an with a deadly hatred of : ked with many an re nists. T All men being brothers, equally, the ins were the AND THE AMERICAN COPPERHEAD DO NOT TO- ezar. We don't under- HARLES have found none that arch 11 any hope that the) Russians’ brothers as much as t. It seemed clear that GETHER UTTERLY DISCOURAGE THE RUSSIAN ~ stand that he planned an en- ¥ Posen, jeurse hanging over their country years would in their|the way t sh war was to ght then can AND ENABLE GERMANY TO DEFEAT NOT MERELY rely new system of society, BUSSE [time be litte |we be asked continue the war against these, our RUSSIA BUT ALL MANKIND. ‘4 i whole vast And then, on March 12, the whole thing, without a mo-'German brethren (Copyright, 1917) F that he had El Take AILGET DOLLAR COWARDS! usm Great Otlensive | FROM Bic FRE ACAINSTRUSSIA Staggers Kaiser « Ralph De “Bit, Aided by Root and Lansing Confer on! 97 United Pre ‘Wire Direct to The Sttr e3 Women, Defends Aiding Slavs as Germans LONDON "hae 23.—The allies’ great offensive borin, Bi Beaux Arts Attack ahead today has already cost the Germans close to 100) 4 —SAMUEL GOMPERS pain in dead and wounded and at least 21,000 prisoners on the | fasioes Foen_Leseet Mire ries 30 HOMES THREATENED LOCOMOTIVES NEEDED British-French and Italian fronts me i ' eg ts ‘The American Federation of ? Starting from @ small clear- | w ASHINGTON. Aug While But despite these staggering losses and no letup today | Labor today joined forces ing blaze that had been set bY | German troops were hammering at i the deluge of both shells and men against their lines on 7% for conscription of a summer visitor and left un- % 0 ee nmering ®*'the west and Italian fronts, Germany is starting an of d death of war profits. watched, a forest fire threat- | Russia's northern battle line, in &/(eneive of her own against the Russian lin The driv 7 Taxation that would “wipe ened to completely wipe out | new drive on Riga, conferences were | ; 1 aes bap ye ee le dfive a out every penny of war prof. the village of Beaux Arts Wed- |{n progress in Washington today,|"4 aiready gained ground on the Riga front. oe its” was advocated by Samuel nesday afternoon, which ware . believed fo threcants The British thec is that the German war chiefs, ap- 9 From the lake front about 500 feet north of the village, the fire crept up the hill to the Gompers, president of the federation, in a statement to the United Press. assistance to the new democ- prehensive of a loss of public morale because of the enormous 4 losses and forced giving way on the western and Italian assistance may n the + Meantime the movement started east and was soon licking up a new loan, enabling Russia {'Ots, have started a military move which they will use to by Senators coor Foe la Rend growth of firs and cedars that replenish her supplies and keep other front news subordinated oS 7 such headway tha’ id! eep he 01 o1 ate . 7 5 : . ‘ aette { ooenll oasek comanriotion price bis ae eee tee ~ t ee transportation system in The Russian army’s weakness in munitions and supplies a ReewMhized in an effort to save the experience of Ralph M. De Bit, for-| Germany ia trying to force Rus-|Permits a relatively small force of Germans to make a strong ner Yora teacher and forest rang-| sia to a favorable view of the pope's | !f or against them bramittee measure the herote assistance of| peace message by strik ew The British and French onslaught on the west front and Z Gompers Disput er, W Simmons “ a five women, two old men and a) blows thorities see it teal of Following ee greeny go ality 1 Ebay oor finals ech . rs oral rs - ip dtithe Italian drive to the south gained more ground today, Sor Simmons, rought under control is the answer to the Russian deciar-|#{ter enduring a night of the most violent counter attacks. Dill, launched a savage attack against the La Follette amend ment. He charged that the move to conscript wealth to pay for the war ad its genesis and its matrix in hostility to war itself. “] charge no man with wrong, he declared, “but I do charge th to pay for the war mostly by taxa tion finds its inspiration in a de sire to make the war unpopular. Resides De Rit, the fire fighting! ation that the pe offer is unsat 3 ew consisted of Misses Katherine jsfactory ‘ Ropers, Abt Rogers, Mrs. Julia Ru e fe everal days have Z 3 indicated distre : ents ‘3 Zimmerman, Mrs. Queenie Flack sing developm wod, Mrs. Katherine Ditty, Willis in Russia. The state department Thory Wm McLaughiin§ and admits receiving confidential re Palmer Lewis ports from Petrograd which it care Armed with brooms w ed | fully hides, and Commissioner Root 4 with wet gunny sacks, shovels, had another consultation with Sec BY HENRY WOOD and Brussels, as those “Busy axes, De Bit and retary Lansing hether this cov Berthas,” in the early days of ter buckets an Cnited Preas Staff Correspondent Gompers, in his statement, de his small force worked de ately ered Av need news of the Ger WITH THE FRENCH ar. | the war, surpassed. previous : clered, on the contrary, that “no hours. Had the fire ces ted mans’ present offensive is UN! wieg IN THE FIELD, Aug. 23. artillery. ninatio would do jumping a narrow road where c eo op hagaecteg gf nt ee © fighters worked hardest, noth Secretary Lansing Secretary | —A new zenith in destructive. From vantage poiats in the tor # opghed eeent’s efforts in this —_ Ty, ff) Wh > & could have prevented the com-| Baker, Secretary McAdoo and 4 edly being set today by |mer German line, reported today, — the Tees to pi cry opntiis ; 4 ai ui ‘\ [ \ ~ he uction of 25 or 20 homes sistant Secretary Crosby held a rench artillery fire out of Ver- | the French found villages Nterally 4 bi pt “ = 7 Z Z (i! \N\\ \ nb Beaux Arts and. vicinity. De lengthy conference today. Baker| 44% ground to pieces. Moreover, they To Make War Unpopular : I has worked seven years with/and Lansing had eviously con The hail of fire which French |had been villages converted into In the senate, Senator Simmons \\ the government forest range serv- ferred he sury heads were| gunners have poured, and st li | concrete and steel fortresses by the faid: \ e and was at the head of a di- then calle continue to pour, against the (Continuee on page 5 “That class of people in this ; ision of 500 men in the famous Russell Charges Plot Germans today, has far exceea- ee country not in sympathy with the : Hitter Root fire in Idaho in 1916, Simultaneously charges that “sin-| ed in its damage to the enemy war demand we pay the ball fo whet 0 persons perished ister influences” are at work to dis the unprecedented horror of Begin “Persuasive Peggy” Mon- the war with taxation fi rh 24 Beaux Arts village is the “Art eredit the new Russian democracy) the great German guns ai Liege | day. eye coos t Colony” across Lake Washington, | thru a concerted propaganda tn the = ean fng a dollar of the burden upon fu where a number of the “aristo-| press and to alienate Russia and i, vere generations ‘ crate,” consisting of “artistic” junk-| the U, 8. were made today by Chas. E “Their consciences gar ts men, stock promoters and dairy-|Edward Russell, member of the 5 pate yates SR ard Nuts to Crac §0 years from now men | ed : j ae } dndion effort to oust De Bit from the vil-| He explained that the “sinister ne role war M' RE than a year, ago, The sta of individual and commer- ii, influences” were not operating The gentlemen in the left-hand column are hard nuts for 7 “If you want to make this ¥ harwed’ that ‘the ernment of the from Pacific bases, but with the amateur hold-up men to crack. But we will get them yet. ; popt th the people charged tha govern ial trickery by tax dodgers.” 2 oy vie) Mand enderhen hae United States is beir windled out of cial ¢: aey ge co-operation from “other sources We warn them that they must come thru with $5.00 each at. very effectually by eee: And is but one way to get at the and threatened to expose the per: by Saturday for ringside seats at the big Arena smoker and you cen do it very fete amend.| $320,000,000 annually by the lack pu Pe dadia a eatin cable ta ms behind the propaganda if boxing exhibition Tuesday. edopting sa - j city on income tax retu : they continued their work If they refuse to be “held up” by that time, they will a. Vardaman termed the fhe treasury department ha The Root commission in Wash lose their chance to be in the inner circle of fans who want Se ns nant & “aoe Basil Manly, one of The Star fore kept secret all information concern ington will recommend that thou to help the Sammies in France get sufficient tobacco. For Te Follette amendment « “ood ; y sands of railway engines, tons of the proceede are going to the “Our Boys in France Tobacco Jaw in peace time and a very good Seatnt f Nashington, m n ¢ t neome tax returns he Star urged rails and rolling stock be furnished Fund,” of which The Star is the official collector in the Se- me in war hots been dicotiaal 4 tasdy- of the tuatic ‘ publicity of incomes 1 the United By United Press Lensed Wire it the earliest possible mo: | attle district Once income a As m a 4 a tate ntered the war AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. | ment On Saturday The Star will mail out special ringside of, the senate will begin its rat h d up some of the r t notoriou | 23.—The German raider Sea | Has Germany Lost Hope? | tickets to those who have paid the $5 assessed against them. upon war profits, which fight prom- : Now that we are in ite-now that we | Adler, which created tenror in If the Russians can hold off the | News of the big benefit boxing show, and of the progress fses to be even more vigorous than} tax dodger ire calling for eyery ounce of strength | South American waters last {Germans in their assault in the | HM of the tobacco fund, will be found today on pages 8 and 10. hae oe ones — tested | Yesterday, the administr inall it is AIT the more important | Winter, has been sunk, accord. | northern front, additional encour | 2 ; P increasing “alarm” is manife ge aia ; : Re Nake co i members of a British agement will be felt in the new Th i | These aid by corporations as the trend of} admitted The Star's charge be tru and necessary that bloated wealth shall | (09 fe mamoem ves m | demouvecy's final Raitting togettior ese Haven't Paid | Seoer Men senate opinion has veered more and| Manly’s figures were accepted to the not squirm out of its FULE, obligations. | ~The German raider, they |for a fight to the finish W. W. Connor Frederick Strave | Jeshue Green Dery Bee Sontstete rer a ee very penny by the administration whip It is all the more important, therefore, said, went down fighting hard, | While seeking a separate peaco | Col. Geo. Lamping Dr. M. A. Matthews | poration jobbyists are’ a ‘or } f 1 ! i ith tish | with Russia, spreading spies thru . | full blast in the nalls of cond@ss.| in the senate, Senator James Hamilton that the searchlight of publicity shall mec a bate ye pigteh pa i bertpsden ey | ee toloe bh BB Case panel vet hen Wealth conscription advocates are| Lewis of Illinois, when in the debate on be turned upon income return men were saved. The ship |arouse peace sentiment, Germany J. E. Swalwell Bert Butterworth Jim Purstey a se . . : , A : | “ Walter Fult Dr. J. 8. McBride demanding end Beernment take! the war revenue bill, he exclaimed: THE WEALTHY SLACKER WHO which brought the news is said | refrained from attacking the Slay “2 plone Toe. Cinehsin tn Sib Geo. L. Trotter frof’ 60 to 100 per cent of HEATS THE GOVERNMENT ON to have had 12 members of the | lines. a oe HW. B. Kennedy profits pace paterrip + levigaliat “In the treasury depart- CHEAT An / AX is FAR ae ' Sea Adler's crew aboard The Riga drive may indicate that Lae eae al one Ceres, al tax burden on the people HIS INCO TAX IS FAR MOR ‘Germany has given up hope of ne ° F dorms r " " Dr. U. C. Bates WASHINGTON, Aug, 23 ment there are proofs of a DESPICABLE THAN THE SLACK (erase iSite gotlating a separate peace. But pine Minn ne Eee irgit C. Garvey ’ by President i 2M RS . HIS LIF of tende the attack, diplomats here believe, Jumnee Ginane ‘ ; ne prices fixed by President $320,000,000 swindle perpe- ER WHO FEARS FOR HIS LIE} Rey Matton, whe hes been serving hie] will serve to atir Russia to united pro gated aun na ight | son for bituminous coal are | : > F ry on the firing line latasth | rown len nauncey Wri | : bier eitect. Secretary tu. | trated on this government “ no nag ag get ne hey gripe - sehr, want mveraene an Pesiatance hn B. Agen er ‘ | ° s ie remedy— - » France for James D. H multy, in a telegram to the and * ublicity 18 ‘ ‘tome, | jan lone Bic Cottiit enheunces thru_perjury, fraud ind de ment of the United States must no longer Ine letter received on Monday he | ¢ READ STAR WANT ADS‘ | today the new schedule is ef- | ception, and different forms delay it. nself an Sergt. Rey Matton.— | | ! ' fective “immediately. 2s