The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 18, 1917, Page 1

LEASED WIRE SERVICE PRESS ASSOCIATIONS VOLUME 19 && La UNIT 1 ja Charlotte fa Greenwood, Star of “So Long Letty,’ who works up lunch hour show to aid The Star Smoke Fund for Sammies ea Matinee! Members of MusicalComedy 4 Co. to Stage Noon Show for Star’s Smoke Fund. A noon-hour vaudeville show par excellence! That's how “Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund” fs going to get one of its best little boosts That is, if enough Seattle folks get into the game| as heartily as Charlotte Greenwood, star of the “So Long} wi Letty” musical comedy company at the Metropolitan theatre. George Hood, manager of the Met., the tobacco fund. He had been wanting to help. He i told his troubles to Cyril Ring, manager of the “So } Long Letty” Co. Ring, with generous impulsiveness, became as en- thusiastic as if he had received a personal appeal from if Pershing himself. 5 - “Get a man from The Star down] here quick,” said Ring. “I have i an idea.” ' A Star reporter met him on the Uy gy stage. Ring's idea was growing i That was plain to be seen i He presented the reporter to [™ Charlotte Greenwood, who was at THRU EDISON’ S$ ie. the piano practicing “Miss Greenwood, I have an fdea,” fairly shouted Ring. S, REPORT | Star Gets Excited i. She looked pleasantly dubi Dy United Press teased Wire , ¥ Ring explained to her The Star NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—In- fm =—s tobacco fund plan quiries at the plant of Thomas “I have you, I have you,” cried] A, Edison as to a published re- Miss Greenwood, and she jumped up and down in an excited manner “We'll give a vaudeville show Friday noon with the members of our company, and we'll make it the best thing of its kind Seattle ever saw,” she said. “We all must help out. Let's see, what can I do? What can we all do?” She turned to the by-then excited group about her port that Edison had invented a contrivance to deflect tor- pedoes, were greeted with silence today. William Maxwell, vice president of the Edison corporation, m pointed to a sign over the entrance to the laboratories stating that any employe giving information as work being done would be arrested and prosecuted in accordance with ee ‘ who ished Saturday, the circulation y woman will find the partment has arranged to | ads a great help in keeping extra coples, wrapped, strictly up to the minute on mped and ready to mail to » questions of apparel r friends in the East And, too, there is very sel can get them at the postof dom an ad that does not offer corner i} * an opportu to make a real i and worth while saving on th purchase price of some wa anted article, The beat offerings of “KING GEORGE GOES ; | By United LONDOD boarded and eon Fenned Wire , Sept. 18,—King George inspected an Ameri PPP PIPL LILLIA THE FASTEST-GROWING NEWS. PAPER IN THE NORTHWEST Tata 1 Lhe Clyde, é You're Invited to Our Big Four-Bit RE’S SOME NEWS! “Cal” Lyon, who dent of the organization of American corre pondents who are with the Sammies. Uncle Sam’s soldiers while they prepare to go to grips with the Germans. The Seattle Star . The Greatest Daily Circula ACTRESS AIDS STAR SMOKE FUND | COAL IS NO CHEAPER Says It Bothers Russia To End Strike, Take Hand in Mooney Case and Calm Slavs My United Press Leased Wire WASHINGTON, Sept. 18-— W. T. Boyce, a nt commin sioner of immigration, San Francisco, was named by Sec retary of Labor Wilson today as mediator in the strike of Iron workers in shipbuilding plants on the Const. BY ROBERT J. BENDER United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—President Wilson is taking measures to still labor disputes and dissi- pate the effect the trou- bles are having upon Rus- sia. The United Press is able to state semi-official- ly today that the presi- dent is personally press- ing for prompt adjustment of the ship yards strikes on the Pacific coast and that he will soon sanction despatch of a labor com- mission to Russia to clari- fy this country’s attitude toward the war. Roth steps were regarded neces because the labor unrest in the nary | Wesw is being used, according to diplomatic reports, to create dissat | isfaction with the war among labor Friday noon. | ing men in Russia Labor to Go to Russia The labor delegation to be sent incl representatives from different unions miners, munitions Each class will go ont makers, etc lamong Russian workers engaged tn knew all about |*™ racy milar occupations and epread the « nanimity and a common cat ght the war to a success t sion work to one purpose—to orrect the impression in Russta United States is no democ that the { Strikers Will Not { Lose Exemptions | SAN FRANCISCO, t. 18 {The «triking fron workers of } San Francisco will not lose their S right to occupational exemp- tions from draft, ac ng to { announcement Warr ol tion board Olney declared it made no dif. ference whether the men were on strike or not, as long as they showed they were competent machinists, On December 1, men exempted for occupational { reasons must report to the draft } board, and {f not working at ) their trade then. y will aS subject to military se ervice. else her working people would not be fighting the government The idea was favorably acted up Jon by la representatives at convention of the American Alllanc “You sing your old vaudeville fa-| provisions of the cit for Labor and Democracy at Minne yorite, ‘Girlish Laughter sug-| Wm. Meadowcraft, secretary to|apolis. To discuss this mission to gested Will Morressey, one of the| Edison, said Edison was not in hig| Russia, Sar ( ers will see cleverest members of the company. | laboratory and said he did not|the president toda “Fine!” chorused other members | know where he was | Coast Strike Stirs Rui (Continued on page 10) Publication of the invention by| The present Pacific ¢ Edison followed reports brought here assengers of an American | ADVERTISING MANAGER'S liner, aid that a torpedo fired DAILY TALK at thelr ship suddenly leaped ont | of the water and turned aside as a werner | it drew near to the vessel. The . report published in a N. ark Correct Things |paper sald the deflecting de for Fall ers and merchantmen with success ; The ads will give you accu-| @ x t rate and complete information on the latest sty materials | MAIL STAR SPECIAL EDITION and prices on the new fall ponse to an unexpected wearables. Correct illustra-| | 1 ze demand for the 32-page tions are also an attractive fea-| | special edition of The Star, pub ) | the situation is due to conflict between shipping board and the ship (Continued on Page 10) ‘FIND SLAIN GIRL IN BARE CHICAGO FLAT By Un om Leased Wire CHICAGO, Sept. 18.—Police today were seeking the slayer of Miss Josephine Parker, whose body was found last night in the bathroom of the flat she had occupied alone for more than a month. The girl's wrists had been slash ed and she had d to death. The walls and floors of the parlor and bathroom were stained with blood, and a razor lay on the window sill She evidently had been dead about 10 days * 7 BILLION WAR BILL PASSED BY HOUSE The house this afternoon passed unant mously the $7,000,000,000 urgent de ficiency bill, carrying tremendous Sept can destroyer today during ¢ @ visit| appropriations for carrying on the| bound passenger train struck an Wak, SEATTLE, KAISER PLANS TO ion of Any Paper in the Pacific Northwest WASH., TUESDAY, SEPT. 18, 1917. in France with Pershing’s troops as the accredited correspondent of The Seattle Star and its sister papers, has been elected presi- That’s what Lyon’s fellow workers think of the man who is writing the experiences of Watch The Star for his accounts of what our boys are doing across the sea. LAST EDITION ATHER VORKCANT moderate winds, Yair t Wednesday becoming southerly Everywhere in Seattle PRICE ONE CENT ses * & WILSON ACTS IN LOCAL SHIP STRIKE Big J COAL PRICE HASN’T DROPPED IN 23 CITIES coal in various cities be present time, It shows the the retall prices of bituminous and anthracite Wilson fixed prices at the mines, and at the e following table giv August 20, when President uation at a glance: Prices Before Aug. 20 Present Prices Cities— Bituminous. Anthracite. Bituminous. Anthracite. Memphie, Tenn. 6.6.5 cece eeeeeeee $6.38 eteees cry Goes Harrisburg, Pa. . 6. 00—$7.00 $6. 15—$8. 25 6.60—$7.00 $7 .25—$8.75 New York City . 7.00 8 05 7.00 8.25 Terre Haute, ind. . 3.75 bases 4.25 vekew St. Paul, Minn, « 8.50—10,95 10.90 8.50—10.95 11.00 Louleville, Ky + 5.60— 7.50 11.50 5.50— 7.50 11.50 Des Moines, Ia. 5.00 14.00 5.00 14.00 Wilmington, Del. » 7,00— 7.50 6.95— 8.35 7.00-— 7.50 7.10— 8.50 Madison, Wis. - 7.50 11,50 6.50 11.60 Cincinnati, Ohio » 50 10.00 5.50 10.00 Albany, N. Y. . 8.00 8 05 8.00 8.15 Toledo, Ohio . 6.50 9.00— 9.25 6 50 9.00— 9.25 Grand ‘Rapids, Mich, 5.75 9.50 5.75 9.50 Boston, M . 9.25 9.50 9.25 9.50 New Haven, Conn 8.90 8.50 8.90 8.50 Pitteburg, Pa . 22250 bu ; 22—25¢ bu i Syracu N.Y. . 3.50— 9.00 7.50 3.50-— 9.00 7.50 Evansville, ind. 16e bu pede 16¢ bu Kansas City, Mo. .... 0.6605 +e, 625 10.00 6.25 10.00 Salt Lake City + 6.75 a, Ree tena eee e Oklahoma City, Okla. 8.50— 9.00 7.00— 8.00 % Reading, Pa. ‘ 6.15 6.20 6.95 7.70 Jersey City, N. J. 7.00 7.85 7,00 8.00 Bituminous, 3 cities; anthracite, 7 citie Bituminous, 2 cities; anthracite, 0 cities. Bituminous, 18 cities; anthracite, Prices Lowered Prices Unchange Dr. Matthews Urges Civic Clean-Up and Saving of $1,000,000 ‘Yearly me eco WELLS LOSES Radical plane for » recon- Structed Seattie, including the Seattle P Prices © NoLower Since’ Wilson Set Cost, \Other Cities Show Fuel Is | Not Costing Less Because. of Government Regulation Coal in Seattle is still selling at from $7.25 to $9” 2 a ton, delivered at the house. i } In the face of President Wilson’s decree, fixing coal — prices at the mines, the cost to the consumer is still tht same—and in some cases, higher. 4 Black Diamond prepared special is for sale at the nh, bunkers at $6, and with delivery across town, house= holders are fortunate if they get their coal under the $9 price. om Of 23 representative cities in the United States, in which The Star made inquiries, only two report thi rice declines the whole country expected. In severy cities prices have advanced. Elsewhere, as in Seattle, prices have remained about? | as before August 20, when the president issued his price schedules. Bs ‘The excuse most offered for{awaiting more definite word fror |failure to lower the coal prices to| Wash ington ay ving of a million a year thru changes, consolidation of coneumers is—retnilers fad con- “ae the city and county govern- tracted for coal from the mines| a RE R L CAL ments and the development of at a higher price than fixed by EVERYBODY | a a brighter, better, greater city the president % by a general right-about-tace Lower in Oklahoma | of citizens were urged by Or. | Retailers in Oklahoma City, coals Mark A. Matthews in a talk Okla, have lowered their prices H HI LPs rrigeaa the Tuesday luncheon ‘ i) from $1 to $1.50, but say they are BY J. W. T. MASON 1 eee en anette eee | Motions te dismiss two |seiliag the coal at s loss because (Written for the United Press) buliding. | counts of the indictment hey beni Pay more than the E NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—Ear- A, Vinafous swsatehial.heunee | aueiek viet 0, Walle. ane. |Mrmennce eemern Sens Say) S04 ly restoration of civil authority cleaning was advised by the | Sam Sadler, made by Attorney In Memphis, Tenn., where coal | my United Press Leased In Belgium to the Belgian peo- Speaker to assure Seattle her | George F. Vanderveer Satur ||. still ood * hreaggy ‘old way—by| , OLYMPIA, Sept. 18 They're ple ie foreshadowed by the “place in the sun” as the me- | day, for the four co-defendants, (1.0 barrel retailers AY hey had | doing it German government's failure tropolis of the Pacific Co: were denied by Judge Jeremiah ie lange supply of coal at}, NOW comes the Seattle Lighting a to fill the vacant posts of civil Uniting city and county govern-| Neterer in federal court Tues | 14, inning of summer, and| ©?» With an application to the pubs governor and assistant civil (iients the creation of a police com-| 9@¥ Morning. Judge Neterer 11 are not affected at pres-| ic service commission to boost team governor of Belgium, previous : Haas cthg| allowed the motion to dismiss | 10Th Orn ate nivine prices *"! price of gas to Seattle consul gee ly held by German officials omeees ce ton in the) the fifth court of the indict: by the new mine prices. | | s0 as to raise approximately $20,008) German newspapers have been end to “incompetency and extrava ment in the case of Aaron Fis- Star's Memphis corréanondent re-|# month more than now. This Rs quick to find significance in the gance” among citizens were some| lerman and R. G, Rice. ports. “the Healers bought coal in| #ccording to Attorney H. R. Clise, ial fact that these two {important of- of th spots in the address; Following denial of the motions the summer and planned to boost|7&essary on account of the tie fices are now without | mbents; that attracted a lar assemblage, | DY the court, the defense moved |4; unreasonably high in the winter sed cost of oil, coal and labor. 1 it is probable the Kaiser's cab Wibaike: sever sik a neadey (that the remaining count the on any pretext that best suited company asks for two met te BOW sun opinion | ernment and you would elim! third, which charges the defend: them at the time. They had re.| “banges ‘a at home concerning the abandon: |Oihonwand unnecessary employes S2ts With conspiring to obstruct edly advertised that consumers|_,F!rst, to change the present rater ent of German civil control of | tom your payroll,” said Dr. Mat-|{2¢ execution of a law, be stricken ‘should buy coal now, that it would «> thousand for the first = oe ee aero a mite to the|from the indictment.’ The court | soar out of sight in the winter.” 000 feet, with a discount off for | move of this or would | saspayers of the city and county | ‘ened the motion High contract prices for coal to poms payment of 25 per cent. r a >Y more than a million dollars.a year Anna Louise Strong, 1 er Of retailers, and, therefore, higher he new schedule is to be $1.15 a) kaiser to an com 7 at AT#A Year. the Seattle school board, was the! prices to consumers, obtain in 12 restoration of It Criminal Waste first witness called by the defense of the 22 cities investigated. In|. Second. to charge 25 cents » the pan “It ia criminal to waste the tax-, follow Vanderveer's opening |one, Harrisburg, Pa., the only coal month to every consumer for the)” the fa e im payers’ money by having the same | stater able had been contracted for| tay of the meter. is to be q tions and would dollar handled by at least two sets| She not permitted to answer year, BUT THE CON-| a “servic peace. tof employes. You nee in your! quest! showing her relations to pRACT PRICE HAPPENS TO BE The company figures that from Hold Military Control city and county governments, ef-[the American Union against mill-; Lowy THAN. THE PRESI | 6,000 to 7,000 consumers of a total 7 Belgium would still be subd-|¢ticiency, competency, brains, power |tarism, with which the defendants | ng 3 o pepe stqs) a a $1 ae servient to the military flats of/and economy. Why perpetuate an| Were connected _ {of gas a month will quit gas an the German army chiefs 4 no Catiswated! asetinn to entity slot} “The fact that the defendants Higplvapnitdbsibeaaiei easing Stall city light. Nevertheless, the harm would be worked to ( man! of damnable, political parasit have kept good company on other uation and calsed the retail | agKrerate increase will easily take tactics and strategy if in purely “Unite your governments and/occasions does not necessarily prices of the coal they had eee of this particular loss, local affairs, the Belgians were al-\employ the brainiest man in Amer-|point to the fact that they were! Contracted for at a lower rate, | ecording to Clise, the gas eam | lowed to exercise the powers of |jcq ag business manager; discharge |not guilty on the occasion in ques from $1.25 to $1.80 a ton! They | Pany’s earnings are less than 8 per) | the civil governor and tts assistant. | hundreds of parasites now on your | tion,” All sald hold the mine operators to the i ie eee its property valuation, ag” The Belgian government itself) nay roll, and your efty will demon In his opening statement, Attor-| tower amount contracted for, hehe oy the public service ar could, of rm, accept no such| strate to the world a maximum ef-|ney Vanderveer reviewed the his: but are raising the prices to I coat sy vith te f compromi rmany, but the ¢ejency and minimum expend-|tory of the American Union against! the consumers, to conform Bree A mai rial and labor %) at home might find it pos: | iture. militarism and other local organi-| With the president's schedule. |'s co apelied ¢ company, he declares, 0 #0 | Divorce Police and Politi zations that have posed to . ed to seek Ligher rat i ser's prince! purpose in| < 2 b ng at the . Raise Due in Winter Create a police commixsion and | War, beginning at th ; concession of this na-| aie the police force out of th preparedness agitation in In Kansas City, Mo., the retaile’ vs DRY SQUAD RAIDS € ture Id be to save his Own) iia) ife of this city The time |1916. He said that many promi-|go about selling their coal they _ has come to put your police fé nent men all over the country had|had done in previous years. Aug: | DEPOT PHARMACY — Merely Return of Loot in the hands of brainy identified themselves wi that|/ust prices prevail during Septem If the allies were to accept the! fice commissioners 1 movement, and aided in the organi-|ber, and the retailers promise a/ Dry squad officers raided the Des restoration of Belgium as a suffi: |PO en toree wort zation of local bodies for the|raise when winter prices come in| pot pharmacy, at 310 Jackso: q clent 5 » offering and were to| \ame and competent to receive its |#preading of propaganda He ¢ October. Operators who carry on| Tuesday morning, and confis: permit the kaiser to retain his ir-| Ame ! . clared that activities against the/a retail business there say they/a store of alcohol and made whise responsible, autocratic powers, all)" ute ie our duty to mmandeer | draft were harmless continuations |have never been notified, except ky. The raid was carried ¢ the advantages of the exchange ling praina of the community, call |Of this same propaganda thru the press, of the president's |der the supervision of Chief of Be would rest with the Hohenzolern see eee aee oe nie ed to occupy | “President Wilson himself and|action in fixing prices. The same|lice Beckingham and Sergt. Come This Ix the stake for which the |i) O0r Mee ete ist and honor, the |@X-Attorney General Wickersham | excu to the fixing of anthra-| stock ‘ kaiser 1s now playing. But the | 7° tant braina to be found in our |Yolced thelr opposition to war not|cite coal prices, Is given by Madi-| A barrel of alcohol, several five: i plan 1s unworkable [breakin Pid so long ago,” he said. “Just why|son, Wis., retailers | gallon containers and a gallon can of With America In the war, the oon race to face with an|these men are national heroes noW| Another difficulty retailers pro-| ade whisky were taken to the pos Hohenzollerns won't be allowed to] eee itinal condition, Our |atd the defendants in thi © are} duce as an excuse for not lowering | ice station, together with a small beg off simply by returning the] | test menace is not bad ¢ riminals is beyond my comprehen-|their prices is that of transporta-| Stock of drugs and soft drink fixe me [but the bad citizenship of gc fon tion. In Boston, the dealers refuse the 4 ns, We are affiicted with cow-|, Vanderveer stated that the de-'to cut down their prices until they |, 7be raid followed the arrest of Mjliam RESTORATION ALONE |iti. “ic'sant iets ci tomers" tae nat" ony” | 0“ure tune Seater 8 few Ge Se |efenes, incompotency, iinmorality | Wells and the other defendants did facilities. Louisvilfe dealers | Charges of Violating the liquor om WON'T MAKE PEACE And extravagance, We have fol- {Not attempt to oppose conscription, | go go far as to charge railronds and dinance. Head the rond of the leant resist. /DUt that they had advised their| mine operators with conspiracy to —— iets deeas bei Ads friends to register and obey the! wo em fo gher wholesale By United P Lensed Wire jance until we are immersed in|) work them for high i a A dU r rs ~s LONDON ppt. 18.—Even if the/ shame and disgrace. We are cor aw [prices A.C AL .W ° W ill Give German note to the atican, a8|rupt and passive, if not content. | be One curions angle of the coal < ance nye German conservative newspapers | Can Have Greatest City ical examination, a large percent-| situation in Louisville, is that just a Dance on riday eem to fear, indicates a relinquish-| “Tt {a within our power to have |age would be eliminated from your] across the Ohfo river, at Jefferson Columbia lodge, No. 2, A. O, #) ment to Pope Benedict of the|the patest city in America, Many | roll. They are afflicted with| ville, Ind., soft coal may be bought |} U. W., will begin a series of F@ laims of supremacy in Belgium] years may pase before we reallze | fallen arches, flat feet, and other/at $1 under the quotations of | Friday sight dances at thelr heretofore held, the British gov ipreme — greatne in population, | debilitating affliction Loulsville coal mon, In Jersey at and Pike st, ernment will not regard that ac but we need walt but a short Millions of dollars have on di-| City, N. J, coal bought at the yards givin ce of the x tion asx paving the way to peac time until we realize greatness of | verted from this clty by our cow-|is $1 less a ton than that delivered, |[ season to the imies at the f™ A high official, who declared this | charact greatne of purpose jardice and failure te rb-| Dea Motnes, Ia., dealers main-|[ front. The proceeds will go to 4 view arked such action “would|and greatness in civic righteou: olute righteousne ead | tain coal shortage, besides lack of | the tobacco fund collected by J be a very small paving stone." nese with you for the transportation, make: impossible The Star in this district, Reconstruct your government.| 1 have fought fo peace and pur-| for them to lower t ce Keep the time and place ing ABERDEEN, Wash Northern] Create a civil service board which| ity. T have fot rightéous-| Retailers in several cities, as in|f mind. For, at one and the gm Pacific Railroad Co. being sued for gnizes the doctrine of efficion-| ness and prog shall continue! st, Paul, Minn, Kansas City and|J same time, you can help ay $46,000 damages, when a west ather than servitude, If your j the fight until righteousness re s|New York, seem to be doubtful as|f worthy cause, and enjoy your. §7) au-| policemen and civil employes were| supreme, out of Which will come to the full meaning und finalty of | self, too, 5 to, killing te “-stamber 6, to be made to stand a rigid phys | peace and happiness,” the president's schedule and are