The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 29, 1917, Page 1

Across the sea, our boys have gone into the first-line trenches to give their lives, if need be, in the world struggle for human liberty. Happily today, we of Seattle, as indeed the whole United States, can say that they are not going “ever the top” in vain. For we, too, in our own way, have $57 over the top.” Seattle has gone ¥000,000 above its $13,000,000 quota of the Liberty Loan. The state has ex- ok —eoemeens cemecesod ceeded its allotted portion by many more millions. Seattle and the state have made good in true Northwest style. Right along we knew, in our hearts, that the city, state and country would make good. And, in spite of all the mouthings and back-thrusts of a crafty and in- sidious minority, we shall continue to measure up to all tests. No one who watched the Seattle Seemann nt amrasobai Malate ‘LETS PIN KAISER TO THE WALL aati css throngs smash the Teutonic line Satur- day, in the closing moments of the Lib- erty Loan drive; no one who watched them break thru for a clean-cut win- ning touchdown, can doubt it. They kept going and rolled up a mighty score against the kaiser. AND THEY ARE NOT THRU. This week they are going thru the haiser’s line again. For it is “Food Pledge Week,” when loyal Americans will pledge their word of honor to can- serve as much food as possible. We have driven the enemy to the wall in the Liberty Loan battle. We must now pin him there in the food con- servation battle. There can be no let up in the concen- trated drive against the world’s most criminal slugger, Wilhelm of Germany. WE ARE IN A WAR, NOT A BATTLE. bia The Gre-‘-st Daily Circulation of Any Paper in the Pacific Northwest SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, OCT. 29, 1 97 = D LISTER PROBES uum GAS RATE GRAB T. “Commission Discredited,” / DeclaresReynoldsinSpeech to Democrats. RENEWS CHARGE OF RING City Of- Says 2,300 Women, Governor Lister will launch ficials and Gamblers Are @ probe of the Seattie gas rate phen Involved ( , ' Increase order this week . . He has called upon his pub- ‘ MAYOR GILL HITS BACK \ fle service commission, which Seattie must stamp out a granted the increase before the city of Seattle had been given 1 ‘fishy Ads Unigene hag n lace the histo hing ing 2, n, ies precedes MH { high In authority, gam of the procedure In his hands Members of the commission assembied in Olympia Monday we. to prepare their state and bootleggers, or sol diers of the national army will not be permitted to come here from Camp Lewis redited Body Hoth council and ( all him,” Reynolds This ultimatum wae reiter. poration Counsel Cal lawe 1 have a pean't want ated by Maj. Gen. Greene, pealed to the gove can make hin B commander of Camp Lewis, vestigation. The twice Sunday in Seattle. ed that the order t i , New Washingto the members of t fired unless policy toward the Recall Threatened Cries F even threats governor action, were ing of the Ki lub, which ing matter S; Charles man of the commission, and the ¢ me ers |$ 00, Why not go fa Yoted to have hin n o’ that HOOVER IDEA GROWS - oceypatonad Homes Hore erener 4 Food on fa a of this vice concern, some of which was obtained by my de. tectives and military police, and some of which was sup plied by citizens of Seattie ans have no! « what Taco “ITALY TO FIGHT ON NEW LINES: ren ded Retreat to New RES Means Gen. Cadora Will Make Stand 1 ny United Press Leased wie ROME, Oct. 29. which the genera gett de or dered are being carried out,’ Patriotic bodies d Food Adm Hoover ® PASTOR BEATEN been p 7 said today's official statement homes . % opposing the enemy re Month 2 puly WHIP BY wives a ‘ a check on the ad cards , eon the plains.” that t a will be ¢ By United Press Leased Wire are to 7 Bung nt which genes s every confidence pited Press Leased Wire Homes “ nave ay that Gen. Cadorna epee INNATI Oct 29 Miss Rausch to Speak ve taken Gorizia, captured beaten cifully, Herbert | Th FoursMi ' Aa 00,000 and swept over the 8. Bigelow, pacifist leader and je our, ncomplete returns Monday bine of italy baal Pineal i that the 4 ndicated that Seattle oversub pine diiies) Bic ON Na i pastor of the People’s church a ot scribed her second Liberty loan points out that prudence dic here, was found at Lawrence, | will turn = their allotment by $5,000,000! tates the evacuation of posi. Ky., today. He had been kid. | d Conserva This estimate was made by tions which are of great value naped by a band of men in 21 pee speak in al be J Campaign Manager George W. In an offensive sense, but automobiles, who turned him Sunday ne. meursday after ¢ Allen, wiho pointed out that which are dangerous—pra He touched on vice situati ropolitan theatre F. local banks were still receiving tically useless defensively. loose after dipping his head in n his addr there crude petroleum. All evidence indicates that he of an oath sworn to (Continued on page 5) This policy has marked Gen It my duty to govern Se Cadorna’s withdrawale 13,000,000 GROSSED eons recs ror Fehmidabie | SAFELY DURING WAR than the present front, on LONOD Rausch, food expert (Continued on page 10) was the victim bound organization wreak vengeance on pacifists | Latonia and others not in accord with the government's war policy A bia ake had Says Ex-Cop Mullen May Have Fixed the Herbert 8, Bigelow which there is complete cer tainty here that he will be able to resist all enemy efforts. i (Continued on page 5) servation work Oct whip been = i ries of ins don Bigelow, whose condition U.s Aj ‘Absurd’ 2300 Figure conservation send ¢ enim .$. Aid Sought to ee : ay attle committ na c mt Pre f 9 co 1 conven ‘ ' Food Admin al ( dt S$ DE tion Jat 8p. m Go ment in the use of milk gar and work of the na BY ED L. KEENE hall tos adhd ss a meeting of s0 : fuel. He urges a greater of r "I guarded| Proms Mtaff Corrempondent | intints ° rye, oatmeal, barle t tat 00 LONDON, Oct. 29, — The With him were Prof. Edward re He suggests a curts ' ¢ , 4 51.000,000| Italian situation dominated eapolis, and Ver ; on the whole war viewpoint today Engulfed by an # ingly superor force in men and guns, Italy’s armies were fast being thrown back In a rout. The whole Gritist mous today in t the allles must grant im use of butter and iard ” — overwhelm da him t him orking out T unde 1 that ¢ Mul policeman press was insisting feceral officer Heed Threats The strike had bee : were traced to mediate aid The tnapers i as opened wide tt ‘ boiuicias ta labarty “Lous : Altho all circlen reiterated | ~~~ : L " DE eg irs ie wontined anor the sod Liver Loan || engage | TTALIAN CABINET Fo EAVER |: Yours teu Chairma tate Cer Come : nouncement 6 withheld, The Seattle Star ® GREENE HITS OFFICIALS ON VICE WILD WEST SHOW NIGHT EDITION WEATHER won ase and PRICE ONE CENT Ryegenare It’sSeattle’s Move in Vice Situation EN. GREENE says Seattle is a vice-ridden city. He says def- initely that he has not only evidence as to the amount of vice, but infers that he has evidence that it is pro- tected by officials high in authority. Seattle and Seattle’s officials must look at this vice situation from a dif- ferent angle than ever before. They must look at it from Gen. Greene’s standpoint. It is the policy of the national gov- ernment to keep its soldiers clean, to keep them healthy, and to make each man an effective fighting unit. If vice 4 defeats this purpose, then the general 4 in command is just as much guilty as if he permitted his men to be badly trained, or as if he allowed some con- tageous disease or unsanittary condi- tion to spread in the cantonment. The Star made an investigation at Camp Lewis about 10 days ago. At that time 1,400 soldiers out of./] the 35,000 at Camp Lewis were in the } base hospital as the result of what we will call vice diseases. It is reasonable to suppose that this number of men are incapacitated by these same dis- eases in each of the various army camps. There are approximately 30 times as many soldiers in the United States army today as the Camp Lewis unit. Therefore, if this same percentage of diseased men holds in all of the camps, then today the government h more than 40,000 of its soldiers sick in hospitals as the result of vice. In other words, the government is maintaining unit as big as the Camp Lewis in hospitals } ult of this one thing j The loss is alling in dollars. It runs into millions d ie most serious loss is the fact } that this many soldiers, instead of being trained and made efficient fering from disease and 4 wasting their time spitals If th imber 0 idiers, or, if half this num- ber of soldiers, were in the hospitals because of typhoid, or because of any other single cause, the i vhole nation would be aroused and would demand of the military authorities speedy action to bring | about instant reform. This is the viewpoint that Gen. Greene, in command of the 40,000 soldiers at Camp Lewis, { takes. The nation, thru the administrattion, de- if mands that n. Greene perfect an effective fight- \ ing organ m out of his 40,000 men. If he ) »ws vice conditions in Seattle, or anywhere else, i to defeat that purpose, then he is failing the na- tion at the most critical point of its career. Gen. Greene will not fail, and there is no rea- son why Scattle cannot | nade clean enough to make it safe for Gen. Greene's soldiers to visit here. It’s Seattle’s move. The question involved is not a moral or is not a political one. It is strictly milittary, a in times of war, everything must be made to con- form to the military requirements. it is Seattle’s move. Most decidedly, IF MAYOR GILL WON’T MAKE IT, SEATTLE WILL. is in charge. Hig Montana men and 48th, whieh ine TO THRILL BOYS =." AT CAMP LEWIS CAMP LEWIS, Oct R ve fame let who ° ave won chains vendleton and Unt Sth reived wit ud and other © used for a ni needs,