The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 6, 1917, Page 10

Twelve conts for one cigaret! Tobacco smokers appreciate | how high » price this is. But William MH. Smythe, owner of | the Strand theatre in Seattle, | paid it one sultry, hot when, wounded in action during the Boor war, he was be- ing carried, with two other sol dlers, to the hospital tent. With stole resolution, they bore their pain without a whimper. Only they coulin’t help expressing the _ Wrwpe that some good ange! would) “come along with a cigaret to! poothe their throbbing nerves. “Just for one wee puff,” prayed | Bmythe's Seoteh companion | Not a Cigaret to Be Had } oe There wasn't a cigaret among the | entire group. | ‘The good ange! finally came along | Om the road, At least the soldiers tlle & good angel, tho he| MINISTERS DO NOT LIKE TONE OF RESOLUTION crusaders representing the Federation were sched YO appear before the council ju committee at 2 pm. Tues And oppose R. H. Thomson's . tion, calling upon Maj. Gen, LA. Greene to hand over evidence “high authorities.” fesolution, introduced at) "s meeting, declares that GE will be asked to resign, fe Chief Neckingham or stand im. t if the general's evidence | tes him in an organised vice a" |. G. Murphy, chairman of the committee of the Ministerial on, conferred with other Monday morning aa to the ‘that body would take at the tee meeting “We will certainly be on hand to ws developments,” he said. “We Opposed to the resolution be We believe it has a tendency | tact from the main issue—| is to clean sagen sort | “ge ours ac Tooks like polities. coming as it Just before election. I'm not so that it isn't politics.” | GM ts In accord with the council's action. declaring he is anxious that a fair probe any charges be made He says he will resign if it ts| that he is connected with ¥iee ring | up demands have spread to ton, with the request by Authorities that the navy cities be made safe for sailors. demands are in the hands of Walter French. chairman of county council of defense. __A committee, composed of C. D. Mrs. Mattie Allison and fal, of Bremerton, has been d by him to investigate. Vallejo Under Ban is no apparent opposition to | @lean-up in Bremerton. | Orders have already been issued iting navy service men to stop| 9, Cal. on their way to and the Mare island navy yard, be | Of vice conditions. cf are said to be active Bremerton, and immoral women | } Bttracted from Seattle. They co and forth on the boats, it is fight against vice has not Won, but Seattle is slowly to the situation, and the for a clean-up are favorable. was the report made to the Federation Monday by of the morals committee, launched the Initial investiga against vice here. : ator Lundin was commend. for his cooperation. ‘Tt was decided to withhold from important evidence as-| by the ministers. | the strong attitude of the, @aily press, slowly the leth that characterizes Seattle is Overcome,” says the report, on the whole we think great 1 is being made and that the favorable. “We do not mean to convey the that the fight has been won. Hid may be lifted at any time by the city authorities; in fact. the d understands that the fs passing thru a temporary of reform. "We believe the better element always feel grateful to Gen for his manly attitude on Questions that have agitated a — From | Page | 1 q special interests in China pare Weularty in the part to which her (possessions are contiguow. “The territorial sovereignty of ‘China nevertheless remains unim- ‘Paired, and the government of the ‘United Staten has every confidence fm the repeated assurances of the Japanese government that, While geographical position gives Japan such special interests, they have no desire to discriminate Against the trade of other nations or | to disregard the commercial righta heretofore granted by China in treaties with other powers. Reaffirms “Open Door” Policy “The governments of the United Btates and an deny that they have any purpose to infringe in any way the independence or territorial integrity of China, and they deciare, furthermore, that they always ad here to the principles of the so-calied ‘open door,’ or equal opportunity for commerce and industry in Chi “Moreover, they mutually des that they are opposed to the aequi sition by any government of any special rights or privileges that would affect the independence or in. tegrity of China, or that would deny to the subjects or citizens of country the full enjoyment of equal opportunity in the commerce and in dustry of China. “I shall be glad to have your ex eelency confirm this understanding of this agreement reached by us “Accept, excellency, the renewed assurance of my highest con#dera- tion. (GBigned) “ROBERT LANSING.” | Ishii replied at once and stated “Sir: 1 have the honor to acknow! @dge the receipt of your note of to are Se ee ee was a mere man, He had a whole} box of clgarete—and it would be | many days before he could get more, e Would he part with the clgarets? Hardly Hut finally he yielded to the com » entreation of the wounded mon, He would give them up for a shilling each. That the pre vailing price in that region. The soldiers and attendants pooled their money, They seraped togeth er 60 cents, And they bought five| Wiliam hs Smythe FIRST AMERICAN BE BURIED BY J. W. PEGLER ' Frese Staff Correspondent WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY AT THE FRENCH FRONT, Nov. 6—They were making ready today to bery in the hallowed soll of France the first American soldiers to fight and die to make the world safe for democracy. ‘Three of them died, four others sustained wounds and 13 are some where behind the German lines in this first encounter—and today ev ery man making ready for the bat tle line awarded to them the su preme commendation that in their fight they sustained the best tradi tions of the American army Odds Couldn't Break Nerve They were outnumbered, this tit tle detachment of Sammies. The fact that they fought against over whelming odds and were hopelessly cut off from reinforcements did not | deter ther in striking back with all | their power In the narrow trenches where there was no room for rifle # the Americans fought with their clubbed guns, their bayonets, their trench knives, thetr entrenching spades—even their hands. The flares and sudden glare of ox ploding shells showed occasional rap. id pictures of struggling «© one or two American sold: rounded by a solid mass of ne, a whirling maelstrom of armas and hands and kicking feet, flashing bay onets, shouts, muffied yella and the sounds of pain wrung from the wounded. They Were Smothered | ‘This was the story as the surviv- ors tell it. The Americans did not have a chance against the whelming masses of the enemy. The fact that they did not have a chance did not make them stop fighting, however, until they had literally | been smothered under the Germans. The small American detachment | was in a front line trench. The uau. al desultory artillery fire suddenly rolied to an intense rumble, the en emy put down a heavy barrage of | shells completely around the single unit. Then a big party of Germans att over day, communicating to me your un derstanding of the agreement reach ed by us in our recent conversations touching the questions of mutual in terest to our governments relating to the republic of China 1 am be to be able to confirm to you, under authorization of my —@| Kovernment, the understanding in question.” He then repeated verbatim Lan sing’® outline of the understanding Aliay False Suspicion Secretary Lansing, discussing the services performed by Ishii and oth er Japanese commissioners. id “There has unquestionably been growing up between the peoples of the two countries a feeling of susp clon as to the motives inducing the activities of the other in the Far Kast—a feeling which, if unchecked, promised to develop a serious witua- tion “Rumors and reporta of imporper | near they came to being led into the Intentions were inc and were|trap which had been skilifully set | more and more believed,” he said. | for them “Legitimate commercial nd indus “The principal rewult of the ‘O- | trial enterprises without ulterior mo- | tiations was the mutual understand tive were presumed to have political! ing which was reach an to the significance, with the result that op-| principles governing the policies of | position to those enterprises were the governments in relation to Chi aroused in the other country na, but it accomplished a further | Germany Promoted Distrust purpose which is of interest to the The attitude of constraint and | world at this time, in expressing Ja. | doubt thus created was fostered and | pan's earnest desire to co-operate encouraged by thé campaign of | with the United States. in waging | falsehood which, for ‘a long time,| war against th ane. | had been adroitly and secretly car At the pr me it in inexpe- ried on by Germans, whose govern. | dient to make public the detaflw of | ment part of its foreign policy, | these cony tions, but it may be desired es, y to #0 alienate this | said that thi wernment has been country nd Japan that it would be | gratified by ageertions of Vin at the chosen time no difficult task | count Ishii and hin colleagues, that | to cause a rupture of their relations. | their government desires to do ite “Unfortunately, there were some | part in the suppresso of Prussian | people in both countries, many of | militari*m, and was eager to co-op. | y honest in their | erate in every pi al way to that | false ru. | end. | the German It might be added, however. that | ee ee ee ee | with military SHOT IN BOER WAR, HE KNOWS| Smythe, of Strand Theatre, Paid Sixty "Cache for Five Cigarets| of the cixarets, In nab the en tire five would have ¢ only 4 | penny Well Worth It, He Says “Rut they were worth it" says Smythe. "Never have I enjoyed smoke no much | And #0 Smythe, knowing from ex perience what a smoke means to the boys in the trenches, wants to do something for them, A Ca nadian by birth, he joined the South African Constabulary when he was 24 years old, and served under Gen. Haden-Powell, the hero of Lady amith, He has felt the scar of war He knows its agonies. He longs to! give the Sammies the comforting cheer of a am And Tobaceo Day at Theatre Every Monday, for the next sev eral weeks, is to be Tobacco day at the Strand theatre, Second ave., be tween Seneca and Spring. The en tire profits of the day (afternoon and mances both) will be turned over to the “Our Boye in France Tobacco Fund,” for whieh The Star is the offictal collector in Seattle Next Monday will be the first of these tobacco days at the Strand Keep it in mind, you movie fans In the meant! don't overlook your direct contribution to the amoke fund. Every 25 cents con tributed will b tx’ worth of tob penny 0 for w oon to the purchase co, Not a penny is used penses of any kind, The expenses are taken care of otherwise by prominent citizens The accompanying coupen may be filled out when forwarding your contribution rUND VF. Tayler, ont Bist ove Ne | 2 Macnet, Insmquah. Wash Mire. tae May Moyes, 214 Viewt pa 5. W. Kawarts, 1813 Columbia ot. 60 . ane e ° FN. KELERY CIGAR WORE fecond Ave. El M. Pardew, 4807 40th ave 8 W. 60.03) joel Withard 19 Madison ot ty Second ave. 3 4. Ferkine, Maine, Wash. * DEADWILL =| IN FRENCK SOIL’) American wounded estimate them at 210 in all—euddenty swarmed over The raiding party was rponed of pleked and Yeteran “shock troops” specialists in attack. They charged in a powerful ruah The American troops had just entered thie particular bit of trench. They | fought back like wildeats ter ally amothered in the weight of the superior attacking forces. Germans Retreat Hastily ‘Then the Germans scurried back to their own lines, dragging their own dead and wounded with them, together with their prisoners. A young reserve lieutenant with the detachment attacked waa pur aled after he brought his men inte the trench by the sudden acesler ation of artillery fire, He decided to conault his superior officers and started weaving hie way back. He struck the German barrage. It knocked him down, but he recovered and a second time tried to preas along Again he was Mung down by ex ploding shells, and for the third time he went on. Then he complete ly “knocked out" by a narrow shave from a high explosive shell. After the German raiders had returned to their lines. the leutenant was found uncenactous All Americans Want Revenge He was revived later and told hie story Today he was in the base hospital, recovering from shell shock ‘The shelling began suddenty.” sald one of the wounded Sammies to- day A few minut later I turned around and mw a big German stand Ing in the trench beside me. The next thing I knew he shot me bang.” The whole American army in France, realizing that the firwt army casualties were those of an ordinary trench raid. nevertheless was boil ing with impatience today to get re | venge on the Boches. ‘The American dead wil! be buried honors in a little American cemetery near the camp. so general in either the United States or Japan as affect the | friendly relations of the two govern ments, but there ia no doubt that the feeling of suspicion was increas ing and the untrue reports were re erlving more 4 more credence, in of the rneat efforts which were m on both sides of the Pa cific t movement which would jeopardize the ancient friendship of the two nations ‘The visit of Viscount Iehii and| his colleagues has complished a spite unteract a great change of opinion in this coun- | try. They have cleared the diplo- | matic atmosphere of the suspicion | which has been so carefully spread by our enemies and by mingulded or over-zealous people | in both countries, Harm Quickly Undone In a few & years has been undone nations are now able to the propaganda of | 1d both how propaganda by declaring t their | compl and matixfactory under. own government should prepare for | standings upon the matter of naval the conflict which, they asserted, | co-operation in the {fle for ob. was inevitable, that the interests of | taining the common obj the nations in the Far Kast were hostile and that every activity of the other country in the Pacific had e special mix a sinister purpo sion of Japanese and the representa “Fortunately, this distrust was not | tive of the United States ] | Attend the Fleisher’s Yarn demon- stration and learn to make more new and useful things—Art Shop, Third Floor, Dresses at $10.00 SERGES, SATINS AND TAFFETAS, IN THE RICH, WARM SHADES OF WINTER The THE BON MARCHE A Special Purchase Brings— 200 Satin and Serge Dresses to Sell at $10—at $15 Three Dresses to the Left are $10.00 ! 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