The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 1, 1917, Page 1

VOLUME 19 & Today and SS engaged TO PROVIDE until the second farm—EVERY ONE ihed was over-subscribed, Let us over-subscribe rt of the month. that we are back 15 BILLION MAY LIBERTY LOA WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 second call for vol unteer dollars is expected to Yleid $5,000,000,000. Al! over the United States today—in the tiniest hamiets and the largest cities—machinery was set in motion and human ener: gies unleashed to fill democ- Pacy's war chest. Ten million people are called upon to respond to the second Uberty joan. Three billion dollars must be recruited by October 27—the day the sub- Sription books close—and an Qer-response of $2,000,000,000 ip looked for, Each part of the country 1— a district, with it or 30 per con Dallas district assignment, e knows what is ex The history maki Liberty Beli set wh y and blasts ablast thru offictally starting the At noon here, all busi two minutes in rece coming drive, The. second Lit Profit by the ex first—and will differ ¢ many ways. It will be ithe humble phrcha ted of PRBS 8) YOUR govenment second Liberty Loan bon selling campaign. It should mt be necessary to go out into the highways and byways, thru offices, nills, factories, homes YOUR goverment needs to wage S YOUR war or democracy, because so may of us are busily in doing work, earning our living ind supporting fam- ilies, it is needful that a fw patriotic persons give of their time and errrgy to call home to EACH OF US this diy THE SNEWS OF The United States netds $3,000,000,000. Keep that in your mind constantly Liberty Tell it to your friends and wighbory the man who works near you in the shop the man on the next you me@! It is true that the first ban of $2,000,000,000 wis not until minutes of the selling campakn that this was lgan but it Let us job of showing the Prussian of the pre BE TOTAL OF toll of the ican eitiz pers her © new erty bor to my ne [What a $50 Liberty |Bond Will Purchase| ABSOCIATIONS begins its stores p get the money but the world’s of citizenship - WAR. from toda is over-subscribed. the closing done this secatd loan during the early kle right down to the r lord and his junkers ent with our last dol- lien Striker i First to Take a Liberty Bond HOW TO BUY A LIBERTY BND—Go to any bank, to the cahier's window of the postof. fe, or to Liberty loan head. Qmrters, at Second ave. and Marion st. Many industrial es tablishments will sell bonds to Bore on an easy payment Pian see PAYMENT—Lib. ay be purchased bs reao, or <i multiple of $50. Two per cent must be paid on application; 18 per cent No- vamber 15; 40 per cent Decem te 14 and 40 per cent January | THE BONDS wil! pay 4 per cmt interest, payable every sit months, and will mature in years, altho the government fmerves the privilege of re daming the bonds at the expi ration of 10 years worth, He's Alien and Striker 1 be ald te « (Continued on page 10) So it ned that this strike mthe Duthie s ard foree was the t man to buy a second #8u@ Liberty bond he >t it toward hely Une ra 3,000,000,000 wit to carry on Monda - IMPEACHMENT re the The Greatest Daily Circulation of Any Paper in the Pacific Northwest SEATTLE, lar as well as our last man. No German defeat on European bat- tlefield will be half as disheartening to the kaiser as the over-subscription of this sec- ond Liberty Loan within a comparatively few days. That will mean to him that America is in the war to win, regardless of expense in life or gold! All of the glory of victory is not to be found in camp and trench. Much of it comes to those who stay behind and work and pay. But, really, it is not paying, for you merely loan the money to your government. Your loan brings you 4 per cent interest and its payment is guaranteed by the strongest and best government on earth—YOUR GOVERNMENT! The owner of a Liberty Loan bond hold ten tangible evidence of being a ed stock holder in the United States, the the most glorious, the most er tgs and the most successful corporation in the world : holds the certificate of being a citizen willing to pete his g¢ ent and to lend money to his country when it it and calls for it. There is honor in b the owner of a Lit Loan bond as well as Not only honor and t, but Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo puts “In protecting the credit of the United States government you are protecting your RIGHT INTO THEIR TRENCHES |. '{,700 ON STRIKE AT U, S, AVIATION CAMP By United Press Leased Wire LAKE CHARLES, La, Oc ente n em OF 3 SENATORS ~ NOW DEMANDED ? INGTON work # 10-hour day ee A * ALASKANS GIVEN ote FINE U.S, PLAGES : WASHINGTO Oct. 1 i ‘ nt Wilson today nent the follow moval enemie matt atate The senate committe To be t William A jleges and electic Munly, Anchorage, Alaska Tuesday to take up pe To be t marshal—K. R. Bren ented Jay and de- neman, Valdez, Alaska manding the ousting el Munly is a former Portland at ators. Thi announceme was torney, and Brenneman is a per made today by Chairman Pom-| sonal friend of Vice President Mar erene. lghall, who has served four years, WASH., ! MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1917. own credit, you are protecting your own business, you are protecting every interest you have in life and property.” A safe investment is particularly suited to a farmer because he is in most instances at a distance from bond markets and not in position either to know ot or immediately act upon information of matters affecting the sale of bonds. The Libe Loan bond are invincibly safe When the first Liberty Loan bond was floated, American farmers were busy with their crops and many of them had all their surplus money invested in seed and labor. Now they have harvested their crops, and these crops have paid them $5,000,000,- 000 more than any other crops ever paid the farmers of America. Other workers have done well financially this summer, The habit of thrift, started when the first Liberty Loan bonds were sold, has accumulated mil- year lions of dollars in the pockets of those who were not accustomed to saving for the proverbial rainy day Whether you subscribed to the first Liberty Loan matters not When second loan, These things should be taken into cons Are you a patriotic American? Are you patriotic enough to loan that $50 or $5,000 you have to your govern- ment? Are you patriotic enough, even tho you have no money laid away, to deny your- STRIKERS HELP RELEASE CARS; consider ing your subscription to the eration: Members of the Trades Council will do every thing In their power to aid the government in bringing Seat tle’s shipbuilding strike to a Metal ed that the metal or on was head over heels but that no definite announcements could be made at present concerning the work Won't Tie Up Cars of the dif Trade 1 are working with and 373296 Approximately 10,000 met 4 trades workers are marking time while awaiting the ar rival in Seattle of the wage ad from f LW. W. ESCAPE WS, NET WHEN THEY GET TIP Hy United Press Leased Wire Kast for the Americans, Help Make It GLORY ! HOLDUP WORK fT speedy end satisfactory termi nation, Secretary A Miller | announced Monday | Following an executive meet ! Ing Monday, Secretary Miller *. |ment riof the ship | which crashed into the patrol boat. UNKNOWN” SINKS U.S.PATROL | The Seattle Star LAST EDITION © Whar ’ AST: T and nday, probab moderat t PRICE ONE CENT [i s2cttic’® self some luxuries or to work a little harder and save a dollar or two a week, purchasing a bond on the installment plan? America today is filled with young men of the country who wear their country’s uniform and who have offered their lives to the service of their coun- tr They are the very flower of our young man- hood They are the men who are to go to the battle front. How effective they will be there, how safe they will be there depends on the support that their country gives them, The the United States are standing by their country with a steady courage and devotion to duty that should inspire the nation with pride and patriotism and loyalty. Some of them now are facing death for their people, are participating in the great battles in Europe to make the world safe for democracy, to insure our own safety and to vindi- our honor. We who remain here in peace and safety must surely do our part! We should support our soldiers with all our means, all of our resources, all of the combined might and power of the great nation that we are. You can do your share by subscribing for as many of the second Liberty bonds as you can afford—AND BY DOING THAT EARLY! No Lives Lost Accident Off Atlantic Port soldiers of cate By tw "rex Lensed Wire Direct to The Star WASHINGTON, Oct. A coast guard vessel, on patrol duty off an Atlantic port, was rammed and unk today, without loss of life, the navy department was ised this afternoon. The name of the vessel ramming the patrol boat has not been announced. ccident occurreé early today. Work of ing the sunken vessel was begun at once, the depart- stated Every effort is being made to ascertain the identity A patrol boat carries a crew of about 125 men. “U $, WARSHIP U.S, WELCOMES Metal | *« justment committee Yh Washington, D. C. This com in 4, \ mittee ie headed by Everit 1 \] \ as Macy, of the U.S. shipping |! Jo ted 1 | board A Roth th CHICAGO, Oct. 1.—Me than ibvaa hava; 100 members of the 1. W. W., In appoint a dicted here by the federal grand n with the adj jury, are still at Mberty, a govern ie : president of the ment official declared today. Thru], ‘ sinday tents some unknown agency, they were of the same opin tipped off,” the off intimated,| ton as Miller n time to allow the majority of the No Ill Feeling indloted men to eseape n raids; McKillop said this strike wa were ducted in va elt ustifiable one as far as the unions fter the indictments| were concerned. He said that it | el, Thes® men are grante L cial , Se was not n with ill feel ut 60 of the 100 men ar-|ings. He imented on the f ar were indicted, he gald./that the big point ettlement ’ and are} was whether the st com fon panies or the # nment to » mipsing men| shoulder the incre: in wages \! parts off The unions eonéerned | \ strike plidaasllowing: 6 nyp e IS REFLOATED JAPAN POLICY ANENT CHINA BY CARL D. GROAT ted Press Staff Correspe WASHINGTON, Oct. Official Washington today re- gards the pledge of Viscount Ishii, head of the Japanese mis- sion, for an “open door” in Chi- na as the most important utter- ance, from the standpoint of American foreign relations, made by any of the allied repre- sentatives who have visited this country. It is believed the Ishii statement has removed the most sinister weap- on of the fingoists who have been persistently agitating the menace of Leased Wire SHINGTON, Oct. 1 hip wh The U. ich went ashore in Frida s been re t, thru} t navy Vw the N “: PROBE OF ROAD | WORK IS URGED ners willl road King ¢« ives ch, sug- s full weight and im- portance had been considered in ad- van The chosen for the pro’ neement was the climax of the mi visit, after’ tour cov- cities. had given no hint in previous time ering Var vi count Ishi policy of aggre na, and invited co-<¢ ed States in pi serving the mbitions nw en the out: of an understanding reached the Ishii mission and Sec- their recent con- between y Lansing at ” This in spite of the fact atl n Seattle con sing has left the impres- tinued th f lay for im the international aspe embers of the I. W. W. in ortant al t, who were named in the , recent indictments issued by the federal grand jury in Chicago. - TAFT PRAISES ISHII'S PLEDGE By United Press anete Wire NEW YORK, Oct “One of tt most t thi theme of discussion, » sole where theit concerned are those | ment r made in regard to of relations petweerr Japan and United "Stag wtas how fo’ | Reesidént 7 Otay deseribec 28 | gent Twhil's pledge that Japa hold the-doer open in China, cohol turn to work not directly trike, Among these cranemen and with the unloading men to re duties with the watchmen, ed are er it: vped ete KIN MONTH! © Seeiememeseninememennsmmeananennereeee ee