The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 27, 1917, Page 1

) | is your last chance if tictpate in Ame | ond Liberty Loan | the dispatches tell how | | Of boys “over there’ have moved into the first-{ line trenches, and how American guns are at last roaring their message ut} the kaiser. ‘ Ask yourself the ques-} tion toda ‘What am I doing to help them?” } If you haven't bought a Liberty bond, | day at any bank, or | erty Loan hee | Second and Ma AQ sarxstas ~S TAS eis ~ VOLUME LARA AAR nn IN PURCHASI Plunging into the whirlwind | finis! fae QO rub 19 Ost The Gre buy one t at Lib- iquarters, at HCAN YOU ALSO SAY “NOUS SOMMES ICI” BY THE EDITOR are placarding their land with a speec Pershing at the tomb of Lafayette. the more remarkable because it consists of them French. h that was The people ot delivered recently by Ge It is a wonderful speech, tive words, three of It is one of those vivid, attention-challenging, thought-stirring utter- ances that some unusual man under the stimulus of a great occasion breathes about once in a generation. This particular speech, The Star is sure, will be written in the text books of the years to come. * only A group of French notables had gathered at the resting place of their 18th century hero. As Pershing approached they turned silently, expectantly to him. He had not intended to speak, but seeing that a message was awaited, he removed his hat reverently and said: “WELL, LAFAYETTE, NOUS SOMMES ICI!” (Well, we are here!) Every Frenchman within his hearing, every Frenchman to whom the utterance has been repeated, knew the story of how Lafayette had gone to the struggling revolutionary colonies in the hour of their dire need and how this aid had turned the tide for independence and democracy —— and America. And every Frenchman understood the depth of sentiment that underlaid the simple statement, “Well, Lafayette, nous, sommes ici,” when it was made a century and a third later by the commander of America’s new army of democracy come to repay an ancient debt. * * . £8 * Lafayette, Pershing and our soldiers in France can say in the hearing of the The Seattle Star NIGHT EDITION wrarnnne rons ast ana -st Vatly Circulation of Any Paper in the Pacitic Northwest SEATTLE, WASH ' PRICE ONE CENT Byeghas® SATURDAY, OCT. 27, 1° Ca ™ GENH, A. GREENE PHONE STRIKE MAY TALK HERE SEEMS SURE TO SUNDAY ON VICE COME TONIGHT f 12-Year Boy Scout 1 s $50,000 Bond Sell e GUNS N ON BOCHES Will Meet Seattle Public for Company Refuses to Deal the First Time in Dr. With “Hello” Girls’ Union Matthews’ Church at San Francisco SPEAKS N MORNING UNION CADY TO ACT See ee Pershing’s Men Join Vet- Maj. Gen. H. A. Greene, A strike of telephone oper | Serta “tae Rem | Sls te mttate” Seer eran French Fighters in the pulpit of the First Presby- | seemed certain at noon, when er’ n 1 m. u | ° ° cific Cee re Ree ee et emt ens First Line Trenches. It Is expected that he will Francisco flatly refused to outline the position of the war ognize th: union p> ae See department in regard to onditions here vice id idan h PE AN FIE L. D HE ADQU ARTE France, Oct, an troops are in the front tr and Amerie is behind t Official announcement of this in the wing statement from headquar= ean artillery mn. fact was made ters today: “In continuation of their training as a nucleus for the jinstruction of later contingents, some battalions of our first tcontingent, in association with veteran French battalions n.,/are in the first-line trenches of a quiet sector of the French a) front. “They are supported by some batteries of our artil- association with veteran French batteries. sector remains normal. Our men have adapted at Ban Fran fo We attempt ¢ Mark A an emergency service tn Ore Paul Rozema Can Ac Hecaune the od that sold mitted to condition mmodate A week girls, as » to handle fire and ¢ mem norgan: | federal aper cal erty bond audie to q arter | ‘tackled a fellow in the : : ar " of nonunion | Liberty loan headquarters,” he ex-|themselves to actual trench conditions in a most satisfactory , workers in the t bere | plat manner.” est church au Poll eats will be When I saw it was for $50,000, x . ‘ able t 1 servic f First American Shell Fired to the | headquart tr phone ught the bond committies of world, Lafayette, nous somme ici The men of our navy can say seraiom tet at the tem ta pce Bate ‘ operator ot| Make World Safe for Democracy +t. The men at Fort Flagler and Camp Lewis and the Presidiovcan say it | Labor merica’s largest Mercantile fleet. | With American Sammies fighting in the trenches, side heir mothers can say it YOU AND ALL OF US, FELLOW SEAT re wilt t a by sid French Poilus, a red-headed artillery captain TLEITES, CAN SAY IT WHEN WE HAVE DONE OUR INDIVIDUAI « and his | unners will share the fame of firing the BEST TO PAY OUR DEBT TO A VALIANT, LOYAL ft RIE ND. We fr nia shel by American battery in the fighting for CANNOT say it, without the words choking us, until we hav e¢ bought as : The captain gave the gunner a command—the gute heavily as possible of Liberty bonds—until we have s ribed TODAY : PERSHING’ S$ MEN ner jerked the lanyard and America’s first shot against the millign and a half we are still shy of our $13,000,000 allotment. German autocracy screamed toward a German battery. It Have YOU “gone to Fr: an YOU with Pershing, “Well, , t was precisely at 6 o'clock. The morning was a misty one, Lafayette, nous sommes ici”? to bat, all rig - 10 BUY SMOKES The American infantry restlessly waited during a cer= _ ee it: tat cf sett tain day while the American gunners were at their part of tak 1 @ the work. They remained in their billets behind the lines a: Re . enizing t until evening : Ly . Py ane Then they swung thru the rain-swept muddy street SEATTLE MAKES STRONG FINISH © Ril ke Great (seem || “| CYCLONIC FINISH TO NG LIB loans d tel an army of thousands lay Questions Company's Patriotism | of a tiny village, their shadowy forms disappearing down the road toward the trenches. Case of First Shell Is Sent Home by Sibert to President Wilson attempted to sing, “Tramp, T Marching.” It was just sta for it 1s od ARSO. MARTI amp, Tramp, the ing when others ne Boys Are shouted: “Shut Up! The Germans wil) hear you.” on cou ny Fin riptio noe pone nage foaeral Mi Mon of Mens P ae uae “yr PUT LIBERTY BOND WAR ON TEUTON, «: The silence fell—except for the rumbling of the rollin, employes undertook Saturday ~ @ kitchen that kept pace with the soft shuffle of the feet to win $1,268,150 in Liberty amen UP TO QUOTA John Hamrick, manager of (the marching detachment. loan subscriptions before mid. ter the Rex theatre, called up The The shell case of the first shot fired for America in enn army gains its ob- a © Star Friday evening. He was |the world’s greatest war is en route to President Wilson jective, Seattle w have n , all excited today. reached the $13,000,000 mark Tiy_Cnlted Press tenced Wire aa aq atrik ‘ | ‘'ve got the biggest scoop on Maj. Gen. Sibert ordered that it be preserved for set by the government Strike Vote Tonight record,” he said him. ime campaign closes Saturén | “a8 4 er eluc ca naicraistng less Just five civilians—all newspaper men—witnessed the oe downtown section was seet ~ rh aan first American troops marching to the trenches ing with excitement and hustle ft Fra “What Is it—quick?" we de oe beaeoess tle’s total s I ‘ manded. Baker i lappy | hat th BY CYNTHIA GREY mo . The first motion pictures,” op tio r sald John, “showing Gen. Per | l American | ry heavy ),S. Is in Fight) re: int " ntage of the eoda t of Americ t | By United Press Leased Wire shy —— a vis: Prat Tobacc st line trenches in France LONDON, Oct. 27.— - 7 wal ly a happy Marshal caig’s men hammere a k et 5 hich Interes e however, at the realization their way still farther into the wegen = aa " GEWERAL STRIKE OF | ih tt ett Sat Re hain et ace) Some Cnet sat SWEDISH CITIZENS (GERMAN PASTOR PHONE WORKERS ON “cieesp oF dur Boye “vir” muta. wil further progreeea te Brit BACK LIBERTY LOAN WIFE DINE SOLDIERS COAST IS PREDICTED only Fr reet trom Ar cl weve about ready Sen machine guna. were. ap 5 iy t orn w x bis CASTLE Rock. Oct 27, Or AN FRANC 180, "Oct 2 A | jecting : : Me Sided ta ag vee: aultary ; a rhe the nig ht of Flanders mug tol » the Nobody questiona the unflich : \ ectr worker p lite ecy 08 yt ea : ITALY AND TAKE STAR'S WE ERLY, th w at the STORM WARNING ‘a 60,000 PRISONERS a o epenteery y= i“ ; rp By United Press Leased Wire e wing local of BERLIN, via London, Oct. for 7 Sixty thousand Italian ‘. m prisoners have been taken in quota, the German drive against Gen. of dratced men for ( Laws Cadorna’s army, the war of. {s, this fice announced today Raising o' The Stol mountain ridge and the + Pasi Cosa Arai itis aah a act cast Steel Co 1 Th mc plant by employe ent sald night I attended a a i" n't er re pre . thru the spurs ox. |i in it is in ‘ ‘ th te t n g ut t lad » Julian hand me movie was different Me ot ff eg ied have at T ar Last ht Mr whe ‘ ot ROME Oct German oon. In Out where the pine trees ski and 1 A it ver G lly | put away my [troops ha asec Austro e Lib 5¢ the north end of the city, nest t A er nd thru spact dislike for the comedians. | | italian t ary Ine, between ® group of neat, red brick I Kener H nea aicimined The lights winked out. The was "seeing them | thr =the Mount Cany and the head of the ents at univer Ings, surrounded by a village yleture mat screen in the corner announc eyes c 6 ehut-ins ey |Judric valley, today’s war office ve leaves PSyeaque tent houre You t ‘ 1 to th 4 ttle white-curtain rahe " ! were as real as the fire that tatement announced | war m edi r it, Firland ' ed Charlie Chaplin and Marie surround = the =—sanitorium, orces are attempting Senator Miles Poinde e @uessed it. Firlands, 5 tinas 1 wine d elth-| “Bressier in “Tillle’s Pune & are attempting a a sanitorium, the cene te th Ka tan air esete AA a) " And finally, when Tillie and ) opening to the Italfan its naval training camp at unt Be movie, - And 1 and tured Romance: siraame Charlie Chaplin bade farewell versity os; Pe I chose to tell you about this ery one of you « we ' ‘ ce, numbe bout . ° their audience on the last front, the official Seattle man 8p Se movie because a er of selve t th y sabe in 1 r str of the rect, | applauded |@tatement rey increase in time unting wild you have an interest in it. Last to those brave iis who are bat a 0 e@haired men and prepared to spend @ bored eve 6 4 them with no malice [the enemy's offensive strength, in! woods. is 4