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

. TheSeattleStar 2 ’ The Grec‘cst Daily Circulation ef Any Paper in the Pacific Northwest ‘ SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, OCT. 18, 1917 PRICE ONE CENT #Y*gsgigti VOLUME 19 Exttun™ Sites “Anan. RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP IS SUNK AAARARR RADA D PLES UNCLE SAM’S GREAT FLEET OF BATTLEPLANES WILL FLY ACROSS OCEAN IN WAR’S MOST SPECTACULAR MANEUVER SPECIAL DISPATCH FROM THE For many months there have been machines capable of Curtis and the Gallaudet Company, in this country Second only in importance to the radio finder is the Liberty STAR'S YORK BURBAL making the long ocean trip, But the problem of finding one’s and the Handley-Poge Company, in Great Britain, are also ready motor, Thru this achievement, according to Henry Woodhouse, NEW YORK, Oct. 18.—-When Uncle Sam's great $640,000,000 way has alwaye been an insuperable difficulty To solve this to produc transatlantic flier sovernor of the Aero club and editor of Flying, the United States et. of warplansa, that is to end COR ready it va » * number of seth prities set to work to evolve tables instru eile oa s0e ‘iia ae ik theaket ‘Sabi demerit will soon be c upplied wu hou mands ot rotors suitable! Sam across the Atlantic in the mos m « ai och ments of navigation 4 Preah vie ts saute dike - wks aa achine: ° rom New York to Paris ne eight-cylim making maneuvers of the whole mighty world struggle A radio finder has now been perfected weighing less than — {)? penton Fo gigs | ho cg Beye rd 2 : pai aon ties or will probably develop over 250 horsepower. The ipeyline Huge aeroplanes capable of making the transatlantic Might 100 pounds, and having a radius of 1,500 miles. This radio finder fient To cary oat the plan with one machine would cost $100, de? accepting that there will be the usual 50 per cent increase are now being built in America. The Liberty motor has solved could be tuned with a nding station at the Azores and then 000. To do it with 5 mad ines aad akan ‘aone the route that comes with adding four cylinders, should give about 400 the problem of power, and a new and wonderful radio finder has with an instrument in Great Britain, and the aeroplane crew might cost $1,000,000, The flight is really opuishe a compared horkepower solved the navigation question. Aviators are being turned out using it would not have to worry about getting lost ‘ with some of the comparatively minor operations of the war The proposed route for America’s flying squadrons is from by the thousands. This remarkable instrument is a development of a “radio such as the British mining of Messines ride St. Johns, N. F., tothe 5 pol i ‘ . My f ; » ‘essine « St. Johns, o the Azores, then on to Lisbon, Spain, and We have everything necessary for the aeroplane flight from direction finder” used in the British navy. It has been adap finally across th y of Biseay . Enel ¢ the New to the Old World.” announced Alan R. Hawley, president for th f aviators by Elmer A. Sperry, known as “the Edison Suppose, as Hawley points out, that in the delivery of 1,000 " = of Biseay to France or England of the Aero Club of America, today, “and all that remain to of_ the Professors Charles L. Poor and John A. Brashear warplanes across the Atlantic there should be a 10 per cent loss An Italian inventor has flown 1,000 miles without stopping, make the first flight. The difficulties of delivering to Europe our and Admirals Fiske and Peary It would be insignificant. The crews would be saved by destroy and a German aviator has remained in the air 24 hours and 12 aerial hosts. have been triumphantly overcome, thanks to the The largest Caproni triplane can make the ocean fight easily ‘ and the motors could probably be saved, But the allies minutes without alighting. Flying at the nowadays moderate genius of American inventors and the patriotism of our manu Maj. Perfetii, now in this country, says the Caproni Company would ») additional machines with which to make massed speed of 80 miles an hour, the first leg, from St. Johns to tie facturers in pooling their knowledge.” would be glad to undertake the first trial flight attacks on German U-boat bases and other strategic points Azores, would be made in about 14 hours an aundin Confers With Gen. Greene; Demands Help of Police in Cleaning Up City 1 General | Charging Russians Crawl From Shell Hole to Shell Hole | Slavs Lose Naval — IsAngry, Encounter at Ri He Says Russian Fleet Gives Grou Only After Brave Fight in” mo swat | Moon Sound. t. W | my United Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star WILL CALL ON GREENE ] BERLIN, Via London, Oct. 18.—Ten ‘thousand Russian © |prisoners were taken in the successful German comet Prosecutor Alfred Lundin, | the island of Oesel, today’s official statement announced, _ a conference Ge ge Fifty guns were seized and much other material. Greene. comman Camp Lewis, said Thursday that the co-operation of the po- Hee department would be need- ed to clean up Seattle. Mayor Gill went to Camp Lewis Wednesday to confer with the general, but did not notify Greene that re was coming, and so missed him. The gen- eral had gone to Tacoma. Gill talked for an hour with Capt. Welty, Gen. Gree: camp. He will ma trip to the camp, probably on Friday, to talk with Gen. e. Lundin refused to state what Gen. Greene had said to him dur ing their conference 4 Press Lensed Wire Di ‘The Star ZTROGRAD, Oct. 18—One Russian battleship, tht has been sunk in a naval engagement in which for @ lerable time Russian warships stood off Germany's: strong fleet at the entrance to R gulf, an official si jment announced today Complete occupe n by the enemy of the island of was reported, but the statement said everything of mili value had been destroyed before the Russians were forees back | “Our ships defended for a considerable time the entrai sound and the Riga gulf,” the war office stal “and only severe damage caused by dreadnoughts forced jto retire to Moon sound “The Slava was sunk by hits below the waterline re saved. Ocsel is completely nearly all of her crew w “But Carter (the member of the the enemy’s hands but before our retreat everything of milé Fosdick committee who told Lan- This new war photograph shows how the Russians took Dsike-Lani. No picture taken during the great conflict illustrates more vividly or accurately the pctual scenes |‘¢ ene ei hanc + ut ae ore ything of mil din Seattle must clean house or|and methods of fighting today. j tary ut ity was destroyec a . Soldiers would not be permitted to| As customary, the infantry attack was preceded by an artillery barrage, ‘This curtain of fire shattered the defensive works and gashed the earth with shell holes. The | The Germa n fleet which forced |” thes soe as dreadn te come here) didn't go half as strong | attacking infantry had to traverse this shell-plowed ground under a fire of shrapnel and of 6 and S-inch shells. For shelter the troops dodged ahead from shell crater to |the Russian warships to withdraw pe an rari pr = Aes fs the general did.” said Lundin. | shell crater. The man in the foreground at the left is running forward, bent double, from one hole to another. Beside him sticks up the muzzle and bayonet of a soldier in | was a formidable one, the official] ho. tire dispersed enemy £0 “The job is too big to he han-| the crater he has just left ; | report eaid. Fifty-five chips ‘were in ore ine Se d by any four men or even 20) In the foreground, in advance of the other stooping soldiers, appear the tangled remnants of an entanglement of barbed wire and branches, shattered by the bombardment pace ne | 0! =e apy Fp oh wemning wader: me | “The German vessels were much| however, soon afterward put Hiss a, Navel Sommiotet sel “TRY TO KILL CHIEF RICH EVERETTITE SLOGANS WHICH ARE ROUSING SLAIN GIRL DID perer rior to ours,” it was stated rahe Gees out of action.” MINE wo Go tparate with thom. It| wae my aoa pheritt NATION TO BUY LIBERTY BONDS = NOT COME ALLIES, BEAT KAI Liberty Bonds or German Bondage?” “Every Miser Helps the Kaiser.” “Don’t Let Your Dollars Be Slackers.” THEY Are Giving THEIR Lives; YOU are only Asked to LEND Your Money The Investment in the World—A_ Liberty thie office alone attempts to clean|oponrke today are trying to find i] up, we won't have cooperation Of|, man—supposedly insane-——who the ‘police. There are too Many |jar_ yesterday attempted to kill | | | Ruth De Meritt never entered | her room in the home of Mrs. | | members of the department. I) yurphy. Several shots were fired Know that I can't get anywhere | at the chief, but missed him without full help from the police. ' Jane Wright, 5112 17th ave. N. because I have tried it W. early Sunday morning Hep BY WM. PHILIP SIMMS ing his punch. paned up, the|sound navy yard, or from Com OLYMPIA, Oct. 18—Esther credit should go to the police, and mander Miller Freeman, in charge) gigeen Lyen, wife of Cecil Lew. not to me.” of the naval training station at the) 1, 1 ven, and daughter-in-law of Mayor Gill has declared that he university Banker J. L. Lyen, of Everett, will use every effort in his power To Establish Zones Wash., was finally allowed $14, “If Seattle is cle to Your Country or Give to the Kaiser.” r ks in Uncle Sam's Mitt.” You Cannot Fight for Liberty, Lend for It S to satisfy military authorities at The government will be asked to| 000 in place of her young hus. Oh } tember 2, after returning from dein’ Praie: dente Gevelapabient Hindenburg dug the trenches and ork Rare free Sesto will be create Trad ae pe ge Tera pens Ag supreme court here Also Fights Who Helps a Fighter Fight the all-night party in Ballard, WITH THE ALLIED AR- bie Licey and bigs <> ber 50 “ niles o! eet below ground ut his men Hg says, however, that the red-|tions, and instruct federal attor-/ ‘The decision confirmed that of _ =. +o a ©é | according to information obtain- MIES IN FLANDERS, Oct. 18. | 111 died like rats in traps whem light abatement law is the proper |neys to clean up, according to John the superior court at Everett in | ed by Sheriff John Stringer. —The war on the Western |British Tommies threw bombs Weapon with which to combat what | McCourt of Portland May, 1916, when she brought suit | This conclusion was reached front today has entered a new j/down the almost perpendicular vice conditions exist here, ana| He is the former U. 8. attorney (for $50,000 against her parents-in | after interviewing other room. r nd probably its last. | stairs, that the prosecuting attorney is the |at Portland, and has been investi-\jaw for alienation of her husband's | ers in the house, one of whom Pett af wht hive is dit Whole Companies Killed Q condition Ss e and fections w | ze * | 4 ‘ Sificial whose duty it is to use this |gating conditions in Seattle and affection } slept Ina poem next to Ruth's. Pies pla ris, Baan In the fire trenches, whe Weapon: The mayor says evidence | Tacoma Esther Aldeen Lyen was 16 years | “The partition between the rooms 1914 and 1915 as it could possi- | Hindenburg kept. troops standing gathered by his police department, If the government follows Me-' oid when she was married, in J : }was very thin,” Sheriff Stringer! shoulder to shoulder, to repel at- {s available to Lundin at all times. | Court's advice, Seattle will fall in| 1915. Her husband was 18. It was| | said, “and the man who was in the| , DY be tacks, allied shells tore whole cof. Prosecutor Lundin said he haa|the zone, because it lies within five 4 girlish-boyish romance 1 }room next to the murdered girl’s| First there was open warfare.) (nies to shreds. While the great Received no complaints from Capt. | miles of the training station at the) She believed he loved her_ be- says he 1s positive no one entered,| When the Germans swept over Bel (Continued on page 12) : “Coontz, commandant of the Puget | university. cause he had told her so, They He believes he would have been{Sium and France. Second there| * k & , P , were to be ha ner come in early that|eame trench fighting, which slow ly ¢ ek kk py. for the proud | able to hear t i young husband could work, even if Seattle passed the $5,000,000 ) Washington | Sunday morning eveloped pare the yoeraton as é his paemts did not approve his mar-| | Seattle Dieta ity loan cam Siste lb tome |" "This angle of the mysterions kill-| sin rench Was an Of ria L x of the year-old girl, and the| Dig as 7 5 ; wadting wel palgn Thursday 16 Japanese Commercial bank | ing : oe cus mney. weanen aaa But on the day ot the wed ting he Subscriptions at noon totaled | boosted subscriptions $20,000 and] arrest of William Turner, 84, labor BS ed et WBF Ae post @ | (isappeared, and the girkwite nev’ gs 245.560, which is not half the | the Oriental-American bunk $10,|¢" of Rothall. who sent her money,| rere enor pear guard a ; Jer saw him again. The Jury found) Amount Seattle should sub- | 000 ‘Thursday tare new de®elopments of the inves-| SARIN i \ sort Ot thy expanded. t his parents sent him away to 13,000, Stet a iin Groctan hast TERHON: ion, wh , { ‘| HE STAR has the utmost sympathy with the efforts of p the young couple from Itving sotibe. she does her $ Pe lores ot th Greater. The ecui alsl: mane be pp an 3 Prussian rout ein zs "ego le never sav " ie bene yay gel e, ne ud 3 i is M Oo: the sudden collapse of hos the United States army to give the soldiers the cleanest h He never saw his littl It was proposed at the execu- |xcribed to a total of $43,000 in , Stringer is Inclined to think that) | iy the, endGen caliapes o- bet e {dough or, Louise Pauline Lyen tive committee meeting that | bonds, it was reported Turner was merely a big-hearted,| {lites can y : ' ‘ environment possible. And The Star makes no pretense that| “Cecti’s parents considered n The simple friend of the girl the kaiser’s three-act drama. 1 Tn ” aids tele aosial anation.' ee | tittle German buttonhote flags | Tho Lady Eagles voted to buy y ad Pi ‘ | eset singe the crown prince broke] You've got to hand It to the Seattle is a “lily white” city neath their social station,” said the! 10 awarded to men who haven't |$100 in bonds, us an organization,| He was held by Capt. of Detec-|, Se to) teathers against Verdun,| Scotch Kilties and thelr ladi 3 a: 4 nd ISPICIOUS circumstance) 4irl in court But I knew he did buttons. and od lividual members to t'ves Tennant after Stringer had his eagle a a . cote! ilties al jut it seems a curious an Us vvdme. He told meso many times, Liberty loan buttons, = =. jand ut individua phere 20 eoned fitm-at Bothell end ab than @ year ago, have the| ‘They certainly put a lot af that in the same breath Seattle is condemned, Tacoma should Big ete tall ear ef Arrangements are We mn also buy ae sel baat meas Hs rman atiuies dared a real offen-|. “pep” into the crowd that.gathe / oefore be extolled. For Seattle can compare favorably with Tacoma) phe case attracted tinusual atten other Pacific coast city in cleanliness—physical, moral|tion thruout the Northwest. The 4 parents made vigorous attempts to discredit their daughter-in-law, and the girl made just as hard a fight vacant way for the big bonctres (hat will) Altho there are suffictent avail flare Tuesday night on the eve of able Liberty da ne Folks can clear away brush on/|to carry them to meeting places »’ BE. Cha ” ‘ 2 admitted lots in accordance with the | Call W. EB, Chambers, Elliott 6424, (Mn i, He mailed her a check for $10,|Sive on the Western front Since| ered at The Star Smoke Fund which arrived at her add after|the Somme, Hindenburg has been) Garnival, at Bon Marche park, she had disappeared. He frankly openly on the defensive, and the} Fougth ave. and Pine st, last sendin, sent methods of fighting are the night. a postal card, written | direct outcome of that general's The Seattie Pipe band, as the aker more auto are d between 6:45 p.m, and 8:15 or an it, Stringer says, | PM is, of course, plenty of room for improvement in j t 5 | 4 Yoth Tacoma and Seattle. The army cantonment no doubt) op justitication ety organizations against the Rotarians Whoop 'Er Up by the girl, telling him that ghe|sropings to find a means to hold) ities are known, fret pas has attracted to both these cities an undesirable element. Im-| Now the supreme court has de- slugger, and burn the brush as part) two hundred and fifty Liberty was running short of money, and | out | raded up Second ave. At the nor en and bootleggers have flocked to Tacoma injcided that $15,000 is not too much of the Liberty Loan program, It! joan campaigners, comprising a would need help in order to keep _ Hindenburg Loses Punch — | grounds, they put a lot of gin- s Ween BT ats than oO Suatue They have|for the banker and his wife to pay Was pointed out committee from the Rotary club, living The Somme battles were a series! Gee into everyone, with both even larger numbers, possibly, than ed Syst Bin for having taken her husband from Outside Help launched a vigorous drive for sub:, ‘Turner had helped her out with|of storming operations—the ta king | their music and their 2wn gen- flocked to every cantonment city in the United States lat Fires will be started in each dis-| scriptions Thursday morning. $5 donations twice before, and was \of trench systems that hed! eral enthusiasm. It is imperative, therefore, that no effort should be spared trict, and two downtown They will call on employers in an q friend of the family, having lived | for miles in Veritas masse of aup-) Another special tree’ tirana ‘ pkgs o . ] 4 rr effo oO spu Ve oware u n ree ee 0} e | portl cuts and channels i ¥ bot! tle facoma to give the army Officials the) %—\"Gance will be held Scala. City firemen will be asked to | effort t pu th ry cheb mae spar Spe epee th ve bie EE As Hindenburg believed | Wednesday night was the sini leartiest co-operation in eliminating the undesirable Thuraday, by the Maccabees, ake char ‘ jor them, and Boy ine uD SREP tons bi sere gat "he might still break thru the allies’ lor Baby Agel Brisson Rand bi. oN : ‘ 48, 5 Scouts will help assemble @ | SEELION in 7 ‘tard Hudson, two youngsters wi ai B he present situation, The Star cannot help but) | Alki Tent, No. 33, at Carpen: | Many employers have failed to Coroner Hears of Turner lines, he continued this trench war % Bot ee a brush i i blanks be} On the other hand, Coroner Tiffin | fare. He Kept his front lines full{splendid voices. ‘They will’ give nding officer of Camp Lewis,| § ters’ hall, 1620 Fourth ave., for atate got an “outside” al-| place the Liberty loan sherts ee shat See ene corthat ee should intense ts keep| | the benefit of The Star smoke | | at t aR be when ie Went fore their employes in an efficient obtained information from Dr. R, P,/of men, ‘Tens of thousands of his | another rte eat and | is beingsimposed upon. . fund. Pay whatever you care)| | (shen ¥ enee Jun Fran-|inanner, and cooperate in supply- MeClain of Ballard to. the effect|troops were killed before he awoke |every nigh } and the soldiers Ly of Seattle, zee a tie gpaaae to let} Ibe a9 admission price Lites, pet ber $5,000 in bonds to (Continued on Page 1 1 (Continued on page 5) to the retalization that he was los (Continued on page 12) Mam 6° $9 tacoma, is proof o! . athens carey ¥ ‘