The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 11, 1917, Page 1

a ee. GILL NAMES NEW CH The Seattle Sta PAPER IN THE PACIFIC ATTLE, WASH., TL ESDAY, ‘DECEMBER 11, 1917. THE GRE. ATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF D WIRE SERVICE ASSOCIATIONS: FULL LEASE UNITED PRES: VOLUME 19 IS WINTER on the Western front. ae of half-frozen mud cover the landscape. Thru these seas of mud run curious twisty ditches, knee deep in slimy water, covered [ad ing ¥ witha foul ice-film. In these filthy ditches, shivering with the cold, every nerve taut, deafened by shell: blasts, sickened by the sights around them, are Ame — boys. Boys from Seattle, bovs from Taco- ma, boys from Spokane, boys from all over the U.S.A. Your boys! Our boys! * + © An officer’s whistle blows. Over the top they go—charging the Germans—hacking a way thru to the heart of Prussia—that democracy may live. * With a whirring crash the German machine guns open up on them. but goes on. Here and there mud-covered olive-drab figures drop. Some writhe in agony. Your boys! The line falters are still. Some Our boys! * * h Were it not for the Red Cross, your boys would lie out in No Man’s Land, shattered and helpless, to die. Because the Red Cross doesn’t want our boys to die in pain and torture, BE- CAUSE IT IS EITHER THE RED CROSS OR THE WOODEN CROSS FOR MANY OF THEM, because it wants to rescue them and nurse them back into useful, virile citizens, it is asking YOU to join its ranks—_NOW. “Every man, woman and child in Seattle a member of the Red Cross before Christmas!” “Fs the slogan. : \___-It costs only one dollar to belong to this world. Join the Red Cross now. Today. . For your boys! Our boys! the greatest organization for good in the whole Headquarters are at 1424 Third ave., near Pike st. ANY HOUSTON’ =| DEAD ARE AVENGED 41 Are Given Life Terms in Federal Prisons for ' Their Part FIVE By United Press Leased Wire FORT SAM HOUSTON, San Antonio, Tex. Dee. IL— Thir teen negro soldiers, members of the 24th U. S. infantry, were hanged here today for participa tion in the Houston riot the night of August 23, in which 17 per sons were killed and 22 Injured So far as officially known this is the first execution of Amer jean soldiers in American terri tory since the U.S. entered the war ARE Aside from the 13 bi 7 this morning giver fo nentence in fede ‘ ntence of two » nthe, and three years. Five were acqui Corp. Charles Baltin: Jot the men exec were Sergt. Neabit, Brown, Corp. Wb Moore, Private ridge (first clnam), ivate Thorn: C. Hawkins (first clase), Private Ca (firwt clans, F rivate James I m wen ro was one Phe others Corp, L. J Corp. Jenne jam lirecken sted Private i Riley W | MoWh The & J (Continued on page §) WILL PROBE DRAFT ARMY “= aaed Wire D. C., Dee, 11.—A © whole m By United Press Le arly start In a few The probe will Chairman Cha lain a's war preparatic ole military © new draft army of many con “as to Jequipment and mmittee me uipment had und, as a result, Amer toril ed. Another stated, will ple the ex false ru can object it was congress and the peo and eis act facts |mors regarding tonments STRIKE STILL AT DEADLOCK sand walt femand owners silence w conditions at Reports that to make and cafe pureh: packing pl out wtrike or the nt, were denied today by an official of the Cooks’ unior The packing plants ‘Tuesday were short of help, but were despite the fact that jis hard to But few o butchers who went out in sympathy the packers have rned to It was reported 1 ght from Portland to The packers are | Seattle were upor restauran jmeat t on working hopeful secure | with work fill the Costs Him $25 to Put Sailor Uniform On ; For wearing navy was fined $ Neterer Monda Used phonogr brum comb ACQUITTED |Heum, 5. T of war strength was |, ganizations, Weather werens ast rain; mod NORTHW. EST PRI CHAUNCEY WRIGHT, SEATTLE’S MOST FAMOUS RESTAURATEUR, DIES OF APOPLECTIC STROKE Chauncey Wright, Seattle's 1 bestknown restaurant owner, died from an apoplectic stroke n time before a m his wife, who was asleep by his side His death followed an illness of two weeks, due to stomach trouble, whieh confined him to his home, 1238 Fir st. from where he directed the business of his four restaurants by phone His death, his family physi clan, Dr. dames B. Stevens, said, would result in Mr. Wright's last prophecy being verified. Tuesday without arousing lus ¢ must ‘ he was | | aa | Wr she waker that her in Chauncey Wright ble rouse|Mr. Wright's father, who is quite] her. Bh called other n ore of | feeble, and on whom of all members | the family, who Include Mr, Wright's | of the family his son’s death seemed | his daughter, Mra. E. C.|to fall the heaviest Heuss and erar Pdward) Mr, Wright had amassed a size | i summoned Dr.labie fortune in real estate and his| Stevens, who had left Mr. Wright at! restaurant business. He first gained | 10 p. m. Monday apparently settled fame as a chef in Alaska and never for a good night's rest lost the ar Blow to His Father k. Att Dr. 8 * ‘ (Cont: sband } being his chefs were ued on page 11) Wright Nev er Tur ned Hungry Man Away From His Restaurants; Was Man Who Wor ked and Played Hard By a Star Reporter Wright wa ei to a waiter this man all id the waiter. called on Mr, Wright next day ughed, and said: “You put one from he can eat All up } from had tters were from and had had und hungry wurant—then | ir tle nd Chauncey Wright establishment er if Mr. Wright was is true th ted out a big mar at he who] hungry m LW w kcal and Saret Hard never turned a | nday crowd Mr, Wright?” | er r the UR-HUE bought in hk » e to ten tho! Tells “Hard Lack” Story | His manne ying to know if he y by buying in larg So Wright t ug i That is illustrative of the big did things. e worked hard and he played Many a time I've taken PLANT IN SEATTLE * Ry United Preas CHICAGO, I | 2 a multi But he in Dawson ng about se was when his ex broke is the fir r yon had a regulat by the | inte 1 lourishing r of 9 per ater he bo! t ty poon nthe} a maximum if Wright died rich I know he and good money happiness CENTRALIA MAYOR — git IMPEACHMENT TO GLEAN UP VICE CHARGES ORDERED | BY CITY COUNCIL We oan have Centralia Hugh Cald blacklisted as tle was,” declared Mayor John after he representing went had matle Tueadiy, fe Corporation sel ell and C.J Wet T.% ash nt charg Caldwell was harges by Monday d that it wo! days ‘epare impenc against Mayor Gill ned to make | directed to idiers. rusade in a vice Centralia safe AVIATRIX FLIES x FAR TOWARD FRISCO ' AN FRANC iraw up r ) t them o ed against Mayor Gill Five Days to Answer mayor will then have five to prepare an answer, altho he WATER SHUT.OFF NOTICE The council must ceed whose resignation was ask- ed and promptly delivered jat noon | out | indiv jham in case it was taurant. | in | ments i NIGHT sca) ” very whe CENT [i’*Keattles CE ONE WARREN PICKED TO CLEAN UP |Mayor Asks for and Is Given Resignation by Chas. Beckingham |FRIENDS ADVISE GILL! Joe Warren, former dep- United States marshal, was appointed chief of po- by Mayor Gill to suc- Charles Beckingham, ilice Tuesday. This action “was taken |foliowing a number of con- jferences between Gill and a committee of citizens who |were endeavoring to put forward a program. that would eliminate the mili- tary quarantine placed on jthe city by. Gen. H. A, Greene for alleged “un- clean conditions.” In his letter, asking Beckingham to res mayor says he believes jon, which he regards aa ure, is not “just,” either to the chief or te self. But since many of the mu friends of both mayor and the chief believe it is ly way to serve the city and t the ban, it becomes necessary ~ to take the step. The mayor points at this is no time to consider Als The resignation was greed to by Chief Becking- the only way and Gill, in his letter, refers to long ago out, this. Warren Has Experience Warren, the new chief, not only gained valuable experiences as dep- uty U. 8. marshal in Spokane, but nerly « of police in Spo- 1 was shal in Alaska. guard of Logan E the latter's appe ness in the Gi last winter. e as star wit- eckingham trial selection Warren was at a conference A. Peters in < tended by Gill, Peters, former U, & George Donworth, Harold irman of the King Coun Council, and Laurence Mayor Colman. Warren Six Feet Four Inches Tall No assurance has been received from the war department that Maj, .| Gen, Greene's quarantine on Seattle j will be lifted. But prominent cétl zens, who co-operated with Mayor Gill in picking the new chief, believe this end will be accomplished. Warren, who is six feet, four nehes tall, weighs 218 pounds, and s 58 years of age, has a long record catohe and was recom Capt. T. B. Foster, head government secret service ster himself was offered Beck- ugham’s pla When he refused hi r to recommend a man, He promptly named Joe Warren. Warren, during the last few months, has been employed by the Pacific Coast Steel company to pro- t the plant against possible en- my plo} Ss at Buena Vista apart 88 Boylston ave. is mars ried and has a married daughter, Mrs, John Young of Reardon, Wash. * Warren said, when statement will be to us seed to icontinnal on page 11) © BOLSHEVIK! GO TO FICHT DONS vy United Press Leased Wire PETROGRAD, Dec. 11.—War against Gen. Kaledine and his sack revolters, was formally © Bolsheviki today, dispatehed from an armored train er Trotsky ordereé Ensign tussian com. mander i) id as many troops from nt as possible, to erush the Cossack revolt along the 1 Jared mar’ sruout the terri of the today, and announced his Cos. ucks were ready to fight law in