The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 5, 1917, Page 1

' THE FU WIRE SERVICE 8 ASSOCIATIONS VOLUME 19 May Ask Greene | or Evidence of ' Graft Charges Srhomson Resolution Ready; Mayor Says He Doesn’t Ex ~ pect to Run Again. to the King County By his own words A court judge impeached, ‘the But crats ey request Gen. Greene to submit to the council the evidence he has acquired if it tends to show that Mayor Gill or his chief are a part of the vice system here. Thomson, early Monday afternoon, was still conferring A fine defense, the city with other councilmen over the advisability of introducing his resolution. minut I want th S MCOURT SAYS views of every the can change By Their Own Words Shall State Service Commission Be Judged! “The commission is entitled to practically the same consideration as the courts,” clared Chairman Blaine, of the state public service commission Saturday, that refuses to hear both sides of a case who ts guilty of making a decision first and holding a hearing later, The state public service commission has been guilty of these very things. therefore, to be kicked out of public office, exactly as the people are demanding. Serves same cons ‘or Gill will either resign, fire Chief of Police Beck- For the facts are not ” hom or stand impeachment if Maj. Gen. H. A. Greene denied. produces evidence implicating him with a vice syndicate, according to resolutions prepared by Councilman R. H. the city was to present it Thomson Monday. holding that hearing; that the commission is not compelled by indeed Still the commission wants the a hearing in January Why all this camouflage? to pay the increased rates bet HAS been made, prior to the hearing, and no amount of tetsting and turning of words facts eS. TheSeattleStar GREATEST DAILY SEATTLE, CIRCULATION WASH., MONDAY, OF ANY PAPER NOV. 5, ) THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 1917, MACKENSEN RESUMES ATTACK ‘. COUNCIL TAKES MAYOR'S HINT ON VICE PROBE de- in his statement Democratic club, on the recent gas rate decision. shall he be judged. American life. A deserves to be is intolerable in It deserves, It de- tderation as the courts. denied by the commission, either in its written statement, or orally. They cannot be The fact is absolute that the commission promised to hold a hearing in Seattle on October 26, at which time side of the case. The fact is positive that the commission made its decision without it broke its promise. law to give both sides a hearing, Chairman Blaine told the demo- A noble, inspiring statement for a public service board to make! public to believe that, out of its own generosity of heart, it is going to give The consumers are going that, The decision It is not going to fool anyone. and after ween now and January too. why I car t Ff not the resolution will go = bate re r will the “patriotic” excuse for the increases mislead any one. A strike may have been imminent. To the counci! Monday avert a strike is patriotic t the cloak of patriotism need not cover any un-American procedure which permits : a state board, without hearing both sides in a controversy, to levy on 40,000 consumers an amount of $20,000- Councitman Thomson 4 being WON'T BE REAL a month in order that wage increases of $6,000 a month might be paid. considered by yom bee of counci rd 4 4 . ? ie” suri, woe A secret, one-sided hearing is far from serving the cause of patriotism. It rather con- _whereas General Greene, in| py United Press Leased Wire firms the opposite idea—that the state board's idea of service is that which it gains from charge of the Camp Lewis canton PORTLAND, Nov. 5.—Seattle | ‘ Sete " "j a ment, has repeatedly affirmed tt there existed in Seattle a vice syn te.gand that those high in au are connected therewith will not conduct a real, honest | togoodness clean up, declared | John McCourt, member of the | Fosdick commission, today, on | .) a close corporate association, In the name of patriotism, governor, do your duty. sion, convicted by its own statement, has got to go! The state public service commis- Crosses River NIGHT EDITION | = pata FORECAST and where jentile Kever in PRICE ONE CENT and Captures — 6,000 Italians” Success Attends Resump- _ tion of Germans’ Great | Drive Into Heart of Italy. | BY ED L. KEEN Oo United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Nov. 5.—Gen. Von Mackenzen has success= ~ fully resumed his great drive into Italy, according to both tome and Berlin statements today. He has crossed the Tagliamento river north of < taken 6,000 prisoners (according to the Berlin version), in the belief of military experts here, is beginning his pre- itentious operation of attempting to flank the Italians on }the right or east bank of the waterway. E The German success of today is the first move in what had been expected all along by the Italian strategists. The right wing of the-German invading army early in the drive attained greater momentum than the other sections — jof the front and is consequently in admirable position to |strike in one of Mackenzen’s favorite maneuve flanking plan. | “North of Pizanc * as mentioned in the Italian official report, means the rman-Austrian forces crossed some= — where in the comparatively broken country. The foothills. ae of the Carnic Alps flatten into the Fruili plains at |Pizano and here the Tagliamento, instead of its usual — lcourse of a sluggish waterway dotted with islands, is con- |fined to a single, rather narrow channel. Pizano is 16 miles distant from Udine. There is a | bridge at this point. “Whereas all police authority in bush am 7 emapineeinneentai city of Seattle is vested in the| his return from the Paget sound 1 they alone can be held responsible Mayor Gill and Chief Beckine &s one high in authority; and ham will now go thru the motions “Whereas the mayor has declared | of washing Seattle, not thru that if evidence be procured satisty-/ any desire to reform, but merely to ing the city council of his guilt, he| ‘save the city’s face said M | | wl resign: and Court | | My United Press Leased Wire | The stranded coaches were picked Whereas the city council has no Se is wide open in every | MARYSVILLE, Cal, Nov. 5. | up and the train proceeded, report power or auth thru to) wa —Twenty-five armed men, al- ing the fight at the first station, week to establ guilt or t ce Seattle is as bad as can be.” he leged to be 1. W. W., attacked a As soon as word was received | of any perso: aged in vice aaid and the mayor 4 police troop train on the Western Pa- | here. posses started from here and er than thru the mayor hiet| chief know it. I told Gill #0 Mayer Of] jumped inte the Or United Brom Lesset, Wire cific railroad in’ the Feather | Oroville, No word has been reeah of police and to reach the|he did not even attempt bene strike siustion Mon VSaTOn, Mey. Sa river canyon, cut two coaches | from them “ 1 t ook steps to have Prohibition of certain imports, mayor or chief of police, must have} is: in fact, he said he knew day, when he took steps ts wlliy-<prdio from the train and were only ne identity of the troops was the assistance of outside parties: | went down to the ‘below-the Corporation» ¢ aot Caldwell in order to stem further the out- beaten off by the soldiers, us- not revealed mow therefore Ad eigeatsre request the courts to appoint a flow of American gold, is immi ing clubs, after = stubborn | aS i daeains fen Detbenes sanan Gane “Sine receiver for the Pacific Tele nent flakt. Althe the atthth eveurted “Re it Ri ved by the city coun ae ieee eal ‘nel phone and Telegraph property Sunday, word of it did not ASUALTY LIST cil of Seattie wr ne here, and give service pending reach here until today. “That we do most ear re|Camp Lewis eitiernent with emp! " Ny United Press Leased Wire de ed f tar ‘ attackers fled to the hills i Quest General Greene to lay before je with his ac NEW KENSINGTON, Pa, fired at night t and today posses from Oroville and é us any evidence he may have ing t cat, Noy. 5.—With the explosion of to light > Maryaville are on their trail isice oft renee a © SOLDIERS FOUND lau ; 180,000 pounds of illuminating me As far as is known here, none of oe oe ; st important powder stored at the burning imports ce bier gong araeng ge ; whatsoeve . wituat Mayor plant of the Aluminum Com tra with thee : carrot antitens, bail solved that “DRINKING WHEN Gi e t be & any of America Imminent, the > Wane Sch t tary authorities binit « ma e ce a or re ple town evacuated at noon r poirspihnlee MB ¢ feared an attack. | By United Press Leased Wire ‘ Bciet of ri oe NE PREM ERR. . e treasury hed a point £0 miles| “WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 Saas cou COPS RAID INN e maet heme Bhai ics _ stop was made “(. The first American casual venga 4 to ser 0 He CON PE i'M ARTHUR INSPECTS pert Pareto i. list growing out of an actual os |) galas acti oi ney obtidere The counell was asked to sanction |fire, aa water iteelf will BREMERTON rx from the train, and Clash between American and wi haas. fi and four socially prominent Se r “ sas ss snare YARD e, wit hes, moved German soldiers came back peachment, and will also #0 remove| attleites were found at the Bou ments in the phone t AND WAVAL MILI © before the two cars were/to the homes and hears am the chief of police — —, cand — vite bed strike Monday indicated a split a: te TIA meantime, 25 men boardea this country today. It cars The resolution was drawn in line| When a cordon of dry squad of the employes of the Pacific , eemiepal Evidence in the hands of the Raore MeArthur wo “stalled” coaches and a ried the names of three kille D with Mayor Gill's recent declaration | fieers swooped down on this elite Gai: ale eek - 60 Ministerial federation commit: | poster of the houme nay chant + ¢ sal pie S that he'd resign if the council could| establishment, at 2 a. m. Sun ya gg PE * ‘ ogee appointed to determine Nagios ep Sevag ata » the soldiers led, five wounded and 12 cap. Ket from Gen. Greene evidence that| day. labor officials. an. |» ed and injured whether or not Rev Bre Avy yard, following | { clubs, the Sammie be tured or missing. he was connected in any way a tne Stiieern concerned were 1 today that Pas Police Charge Plot Strong, pastor of } ‘ m Portland, | the attackers, and wher The war department gave m view ring here Noack hs aanlale tek ewe Reome ra and electric workers © off ‘ t was v i id i. copes ral b omy train, which was re out the honor roll of those Doesn't xpect” to Ran vin Come Laws | struck at 8 a.m. This is the t melt re t oe gg Ag Ph wage 1 t t « coaches who died, who were wounded Mayor Gil ed Monday that he first California city to join with | the cause of t alty, was D a a K sta eged 1. W. W 1 1 missi z had told McCourt, reprene = the Washington and Oregon 7 tre warrant such ymenda da visit w and missing as a result of the tive of the war department, that he| renin ryputlan talon the tables.) sésthers. es remainder of the | expre a adn ak on Mond. sueat of Commandant Pompe s thrust into the would be se repo oc Se emer b ia cities have thus far | fy uid plot to t the pastor | Coontz © Bremerton yard 6 000 MORE TAKEN merican traini . election mayor. oe. ee Mediator Reed's sug work urch, and) Miller Freeman, comm r the | 99 November o_o * explained the mayor,|! intoxieat ns and remained at work Th tinct ext ' report:| naval militia, met him on his ar BY HUNS IN ITALY A later statement gavé-as Kilieal tse of our conversation in na aighy. & result of | the , 2am. Mar ws is Rglap el hentia wether with Joshua Private Thomas Enright; sis t expect to run again, | 04 Te as tee t hurled lent . : proven that 2 Greer B. Lowman and M. } BERLIN, via London, Nov Six/ter, Mrs. Mary Irwin, 5641 Peemile ded to run 1 could wir | Few. ‘ - oot ff! 1 wh the i rt ¢ n0agp sores ittee ap ed by | ey and more Itall die were | st, Pittsburg, Pa hecause of the interests that are op-| | iL and later vet aur te as : hiphop Ae aptured when nd Austrian) Private James F ham; moth+ posing me, and the way they have| = i la trike immediately, else od before arr = iow ABaar poeple AB ce receede ere the /er, Mrs. Alice 1001 West gone at it -- a Oe ral hospital be at w nage and will “be the} middle ‘Taglamento rive Ohio gt. Eva denied that he Rocce Bett he caemieA te Ories at the Labor : mple an t othe were reported to be| ah a és . paises e ei t office Private Merle Hay; father, Dy white 1 ‘Same Sik nounce a firm be at other € a 8 paste riporesparitet eter) ns were Hay, Glidden, lowa United - | ™axe spre! utr : ; aisan” Neould’ Guat thd se Wer Sewiee | ex r r onged until that time 1 wy ntiadinh as McCourt said ene Mey ¢ = j a bi anh § t t nts where bat riv re Private John J. Smith; brother, Fy ca ye police from Car were among nd. spread | OMMendatior Mexican, faced trial in| the D, Smith, Ludington, Mich. * “lL — om hour it was federation department Monday, | claree | Private Chas. J. Hopkins; brother, ' , ; t the seat trikers r the buildings robbing ip 1 - James W. Hopkins, — Stanton Bo scam eat mat sit aa ook Se cae vem" GERMANS HIT HARD ™: leredit me, b ed] or : ¢ ation by the ite luminum ¢ le , t of jewelry and Private George L. Box; father, Simnaeif to th vile es ternational'’s| a subs the Aluminum Com “ on October 8 7 James L. Box, Altus, Oklahoma, Members of the Ministerial feder « : threa ele ding Pre pan America will give an 1 to be a lover of ON ITALIANS LEFT Private Homer Givens; father, Wm. tion were expect Monday t ider fer re branded as For several months It has been! auspices of the and one of the arti | F. Givens, Cloverdale, Ala, Privat eamibefore the city council and ¢ (Continued on page 7) making bronse powder for the U, @.! First Preat ok wan a guitar | ROME. Nov. S Increasing Ger-| Chas. L. Orr; mother, Aire, SaFaie pose any disclosure of vice man-Austrian pressui cnell, Lyons, Kansas. wing of the Italian army, now mcate evidence to the council 1 » along the Tagliamento ured or missing ek PO AB eed " s r M. Halyburton; fa tre river, was announced in today’s of : a ra e Be Raised to ‘ears? eort S. Matertaa am Appearance ficial statement Point, N.C. Corp. Nicholas L, Mule | “North of Pingano, the enemy: | han: mother, Mrs. Bridget Mulhally Portl: had Shipy ane Special Dispatch From There was objection to taking/ lines. He miso said that no man men between und exam. | who eeded in bringing forces | jereey City, N. J. Corp. Edwin EE bs , MILTON BRONNER le ow lid not yet have a vote,| over 31 would be called for active|ined only a little m A thick 2,000,000 | to the right bank, intensified his | igines; mother, Mra, Elisabeth Workers May Quit Of Our Washington Bures and congress amended the act to| service until in the present|out of the 10,000,000 registered, in| preasure on our left wing,” the /yiaines, Woodward, Okla, Private | United Vrese Leased Wire WASHINGTON, — Nov make it read from 21 to 40, Then| draft limits had en called uplorder to secure our army of over| War office stated Herchel Godfrey; father, Wm. Gj PORTLAN Another Shall present selective there was objection th ptween|for examination nd possible ery 600,000, and all we have to do is to A ot T Oberst, Chicago. Private Vernon M. United Prevs Leased Wi vee aed wudicous jocme ri i act he smandedt ¢ ages of 31 and 40 a vast ma-|ice fo on and examine the other 8,000 The right bank of the Taglia-| f¢endall: father, Sam Ken¢ } OF OQUIAM, Nov POSE banner re abo fe Reig: So of: hoa eubsect [Jority of men haa dependent tami| . "We. must make. preparations” | b00 mento”, would appear to be the| Onin Private Wie Py Orlgsber eee tempt to wreck a Nort , pages fadneet whine i ised both — | lic fo the present figures were| said Kahn, “as if the war were go ho statistics of the draft have| southern one—indicating that the! er, Mra. Lissie G ” Loulsiiia cifie train with dyn | labor adjustment board grew among nd downward? finally re | to last forever, That will be| not yet been compiled, but it is easy | enemy have succeeded in crossing | jx Private Fr: McDougall made last night | the me are to be among the big Right after Kahn announced his| the surer way to bring the war to) to guess that between the ages of 26/ the waterway, Saturday's Rome of- | father, R. L. S¥cDougall, M sville, known today. | Union leaders declared the bor as argued as s00n as con: intention of proposing an nend-| a successful end and to establish a/and 31 the causes for exemption are | ficial statement nounced ‘in-| Mo. Private Daniel B. Gallagh A stick of dynamit as ted tO! decision waa practica gress assembles for its regular |ment in December, it was stated] peace that will last more numerou creasing pressure” on the Italian! father Gallagher, Blocton, Al the rail and six other sticks were at-|epne only cheering feature the sension, that Secretary of War Baker was Crowder’s Opinion Matrimany is not the most favor. | left) wing.” Privat Lester; father, Wil tached in such a manner that all| in the entire affair wan the recog Ce in-|opposed to any chang Kahn; Maj. Gen, Crowder, provost mar-|able institution for creation of an liam | Tutweiler, Miss. Private iM explode when a train passed. | tion of organized labor to the extent | nounced | ntention proposing | wired back from California that|shal of the army, who drew up the| arm sand home ti rm an THIRD INFANTRY i pide nghman; emerges Pet car struck the ml that employers have admitted they |an amendment to compel the + at least part of his amendment | practical working arrangements for | antagonistic Interest to army work dress a R. Langhman, Chicago, mite, which did not explode, e nt | must dea eh tke thai tration of all citizens from 18 to 40,| was misunderstood. He does not! the draft army, said to The Star The younger men have fewer of READY FOR BUTY Dewey D. Kem mother, | _ ly because the car was not heavy ie e, giving America a reserve| mean that boys of 18 to 21 shall be I have no official opinion to| these t tva Tillon, Collins, Iowa, Priv enough | e United States bureau of finh- | of 21,000,000 ipon. ‘The | sent into the trenches, but he doeg) voice on the question of raising the There may be good rea for| The Third infantry of the Wash-| vate Keckon, cannot be Authorities who are conducting a} will hold a meeting Noventer | present sna 1 to 31 t them registered and given pr] age limit ve 30 year Asa prac: | discussing an increase in the age|ington State Guard, after three, identified. thoro probe believe the explosive | 20, to consider a proposal to bar wal- | Raker Is Opposed liminary training, #0 that when they | tical matter, it is not necessary to|limit. [have no doubt Congressman | months of training, is ready for| The war department states that was pyged on the track to wreck | mon fishing from Lering sca and all| The war department's original| become 21 they will be ready to|raise the age limit, We have a] Kahn has excellent reason for intro: duty, This is the announcement| the German attack was preceded by the heavy Beach traip its tributaries plan was for men from 18 Ww 25. tke their places in the fighting great reservoir still untapped in the! ducing his proposal.” that Col. McClure made, Saturday, (Continued on page 7) £) v