The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 15, 1917, Page 1

SHOES Went to West Point, Asks Democracy By United Press Leased Wire WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—In ® sensational address on the house floor late yesterday, Rep. Fesentative Miller of Seattle, just returned from the fighting front, charged there is widespread snob- bishness by American officers, and a general lack of democratic spirit among the troops. American priva Miller, who said } ished the shoes of officers soldier to be his body he fit to shouted Proud to associate with their me ant w - Mi Miller's plea of the Miller att mocratic refor nd has a f tion for the position of and ali their fine tra Following his speech, Seattle. where he is sc RUNNING FOR Will Mayor Hiram €. Gill make a fight to succeed himself, Row that the resolution to im- ‘peach him has been defeated? This was the question heard on all sides at the county-city building Saturday, following the council's 5-to-3 vote against im- peachment proceedings Friday afternoon. Hanna, Moore and Lane voted for impeachment. Thomson was absent. The m ubilant over what he considers a political vietory, refused to co on record one way or the other concerning the com ing campaign. “But if I do run,” the mayor saic that. And it right now than it has « It is known cently by Rev make a definite that he would no re-election To Spite Enemies? ‘The mayor t fly reasons bh t to for re-elect ght be force into the race by his political en mies After the been packed + afternoon pockets and a (Continued on page 8) gar | urprised at the actio’ neil and I cannot sa at the committee v ta efforts to help torce Gleanup of conditions w Gr to place a ban on said George H. Walker, chair of the com 25 forced co peachment “No mee been called be one, Of « went did not please me TIRES STOLEN The be back tires the machines, and stolen. turns, 39, 910 East Terrac nt er Flour Mills early Saturday morr ing, and was removed to the Mino ith an injured rib. i Parade to Be 3 boys a package of fils. own old hae te tree ercive meastires. All Austria alll \ a | CRUEL BARRIER MUST USE OWN COIN :::::: OF ITS VERY OWN <7": 0» snpeans enters rier acadames Gilmore Pryor, {German troops * have _ been Goalad frown in Movtes } in not. under government con-| Niam "Beever, Claire Farna:| with great promises of better food The star-Liberty Weekly, be CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, De AFTER WAR, SAYS HE Staff Correspondent | tract, are attempting to obtain per Sine Sidnitlele actthens * wiaih and quarters if they reach the Ital: eaing Sunday, will show the big (|! want to see him closer than 10| SEATTLE MAN WEDS. CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, Dec. 15 mission to complete their contr sate | aie Maruaret daeOulneuan Lang, | 4n_ plains. parade of t Girls’ War Relief (| feet nid the pretty little woran te Phat after the 1 the Went First. Lieut, Hubert Hoover, a dis-|¢ avoid failure | violin j The enemy's efforts today are cone bazaar. Other features will be {| the ¢ er , have to do owr elopmen y Unite Bait s Leased y ire tant relatl * of ke see who Delle Mrs Henry " bard Pingo feentrated on two wedges nat of our new chief, Joe War. urrived in mp toda financing c ci Plerpont FRANCISCO, , 1 the belt tighter, ha Mis meantle ‘ ss ‘a pentyl bol oi ig aus i*/ italian salient at Cok Tee, Red Cros girls selling mem- } 1 he's | Arar Davis, head of the ratiwa erpont rr ke, Seattie manufacturer, | ‘Tuesdays and his wheatless Wedne HOUSE ADJOURNG TURBDAT fog Sie ay sana, 0:01 » constaxthbr ‘oir 4a berships; Commander Titus buy-} The guard partment of t tional Cit 1 I Zellerbach, sister of | days same as the rest of us By United i Leased Wire to 11:00 his 1 rly secure, but the: ing iw, a thousand kiddies get. {| 4uarantine juarter © telling many!Co. ‘The thrift inoculated by inv Zellerbach, of the Zellerbach Lieut, Hoover is attached to Jud, WASHINGTON Dec 1 The |NO-MAN'H LAND — Vite Pipers’ | moment be lapses in his attacks and 4 ting Christmas seal buttons, and }} fun ny stories of v who can't}ment in Liberty bonds and war savy. |? ‘ will be married here| Advocate Strong's office at this| house today voted to adjourn for the | icing dain hoon hour attractions wit | Permits the Italians to aksunie the or two other pictures. |understand why measles should keep | ings securities will enable the > Year's eve, it was announced | camp, and he says he is in no way | Christmas recess on next Tuesday | yo provided by Wilkes Players, Amar. (initiative his line of communications, $i loving hearts apart to do so, he adda. today. responsible for the “foodiess days.” until! Thursday, January 3, yills club and others, will be menaced, Md | ets AMP LE: wc Tacoma, Dec. |OF BY ay pu = CLOTHING SUPPLIES | Staff © yy — ENLIST INTL Seattle Congressman, Who HE IS WILDLY CHEERED es, according to saw them, pol “No man would ask an American are too fm behalf of the Red | BILL CONSIDERS | MAYOR AGAIN 1 him that for fam. WALKER DISPLEASED AT COUNCIL ACTION k door of the Overland Pa cific company was broken Friday night by parties unknown and two were pried off of one of longshoreman, fell at the Fish rr atte the| All marchers were to be in their with presents at the bottom | in the great war machine E HOUSE WILL VOTE - «| 6S on one up in snowballs, “kill how Re nemy Underestimated ] th aif damaar will be dozens and | St feed the cannor pombing | Coincidentally, there has been the’ : : MONDAY z mil btn ura | inno tothe ar, being eaters |" amiason for the tien Wl be | ty torn oem e eo | By Un cen Leased Wi attle will maret lattle have been making articles suit-|15 cents. For grownups, it will cost) ‘The fact remains that the crisis TACOMA DANCE 3 : 2 Will go Aalietaly a recede’ on ah sigdene is at hand and that the public is @ BU TINS € sri 0 Deters on Feces ses Tried The complete 5 b awakened to realisation of it. ° baat ° probit nan 2 Sammies Trie Atternoon ractically every London newspaper : ep United Press @ | mous consen raf ote a Ord HIPPODROME tO e'hildren dancing. | today classed Lloyd George's speech: © |p. mn. Monday was agreed to today for Violating rder | | METROPOLITAN —War pletures, 2:00 to| as a well-timed stimulant, se 3 y r ¥ federal authorities have decided a robe ty 4 aap ao, sods Machine Gun, were tried by a gen} WASHINGTON, Dec, 1 All mer | to order Tacoma dance halls |OFFICIAL BAN PUT phediita hsbrying Phot ss Ra baeadlpwebte: 1 hare N's in ON EX-PRESIDENT ter meneral's department announced | eral court-martial Friday on a charge! of draft age who apt for enlist. | NO-MA Choe. | ct, of Portland, Foe. | BY United Preay Leased Wire ‘del : lelivery on|of violating the Seattle vice quaran-| ment in the army before noon today i ' dick army nls. committee repre LISBON, I I Banishment of hoes and blanket contracts | tine order ] Will be listed as volunteers, even tho |. pany Night" | By United Press Leased Wire e former President Machido, o orth ¢ om 6 to 48 per cen 1 f Kerry “ry AN . sentative, has been in favor of this | (ONmer tre . Mi fo, of Portu-| of trom 6 to 48 per be | ‘The men are alleged to have left} the process of recruiting cannot be | NO-MAN Open - alr concert,| 1, Wine THE ITALIAN Ae action for some tim: selects pete Mende yicasbrte {th vation ward of the base hos-| finished until lat Secretary of 30, by Beattle Pipers’ band, | Dec. 16.-AustroGerman thoopeiaag aie aoa Ves hak n the city {formally decreed in a proclamation | yz, 7 . Fie Cpserye: to @aattl ese ntl. deter, Secretary Of) Invocation, Bishop| being driven to the attack against ere women are f to dan sued by the new regime toda |Wilson Has Nothing ital and to have Papa . re >) War Baker ruled. the Italians. Prisoners taken by ' wo 2 yurchase drug vey were arre . Gen. Diaz's forces today declared with patron ‘ are CHRISTMAS MEBSAGE TO BE on This Office Boy ed on what is aid to have been the | angled | Ranner.” | josses in their ranks had been Ime charge of special licemer and i x» y . ah i gy ith asad tr alg dpe mpadep See ‘ge “bihebeiegt fid United Presa Leased Wir return trip ; “ASK LIFTING OF | ne {creased to staggering proportions by is said paid re cased Wire WASHINGTON joc. 15.—Prest-| ‘The order of the court-martial will OPOLI War picture, Rattle | their own artillery, which, under of Rone ernie we inane a bien Orices Salser Wile] gent Wilson's cast-off clothing was| be submitted to 1 n. Irons fo BAN ON TIMBERS {the Anchor Tank picture, ders, had put a moving curtaln Of ee é nas message to the ah Raleian Faller umittee | approval Saturda Sauer sa fire behind the attacking waves to MEASLES PROVING ===" GEORGE VANDERVEER ARRESTED » INDENBURG MENACE IS REAL ON WEST F RONT SOLDIERS TheSeattle Star — 3. eather Foreesst THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST : (m SERVICR SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1917. PRICE ONE CENT 2xeuwhere CHICAGO POLICE GRAB HIM FOR TOTING A GUN “Oh, We All Carry Guns Out West,” George Explains NABBED AT LW.W. TRIAL} My Brother Enlisted to Fight, Not to Shine Any Officer’s Shoes BY THE EDITOR I have a brother who is a private in the Clickety-Clack! Hear Them Coming Down Second Ave. WARNING & PASSES © CENSOR bi h " : CHICAGO. me Va Must Replace Sla United States army. He is stationed at Rear gpo iad ” Quickly ‘0 Prevent Real Butte.at present. el for the I Wo. was ary Disaster He was 19 when he volunteered—had attr ie aan cman ae LONDON FEELS DANGER ~ been a freshman at the University of Wash- day ae the 166 1. W. Wite-were being ; peri A : m charges of eeplonage. | sation that ‘has seere' fem nana ington. S eaae KA ‘etance| ppcars ta The Siar teuage “There is no use trying to cms h We are proud of the serv ice flag we have displayed in our home. We are glad that harged with carrying concealed a in some material way we have been able to contribute toward the great struggle for costa babe dle ga wheelies frsaed to the humanity and democracy. perfect ve npending I don’t know whether my kid Urother has found the revolve had to shine the boots of his superior officer ne if ornot. Butitmakes my blood boil to think +4 ai <a Ce Tien, passed by the Tirilish ‘conser, palma nnn oar “3 gt clearly to the task that lies ahead ae that it is even a possibility. ‘ know: “ee the fourth year ef the war appronehens And it is more than a possibility. To- t Clabaugt m : ; } , ‘ that BY ED L. KEEN ‘ day, according to our own representative f . 4 for (Copyright, 1917, by ee. Press) in congress, John F. Miller, this un-Amer- ‘ ae oe ican example of caste and snobbery is prac- * entered gravity of the situ ¢ ld ~ . West front—the only war the ticed by officers on the battlefields of . . em the t acre which Ia the lost ca France, fields made sacred by the blood of See ERR Fe peer Acne - | speech at Gray's Inn was regard- | ¢d as a call to arms in a present | day crisis. The setback to British arma at \c ‘ambrai has not only practically 7” | nullified Marshal Haig's splendidly conceived and Gen. Byng's splendfi\ 7 ly executed advance, but ft f= gener | ally admitted the reverse marked the those who gave their lives to do away with ALL autocracy and snobbery. He has seen it himself. I don't like it. I'm with Congressman Miller in his fight. Lwanthimtowinit. 1 told Federal Judge La onl had been made thru I. W ne one persons te Soldiers Patrol Building Cart Atiteen, of Minneapotia, eo rf - - ftor of “The Alarm.” was the first don't want my brother to shine any one oat Ww Haywood | end of the British offensive for SONI nat retar | time to come. boots, mere ly to gratify the snobbishness i i tollow , |" The inidative has now passa ~~ the " Hine 4 a Supe rior. E ie ¢ th Mins Achaa Louise Powell (at left) and Mise Mar- parade The most competent experts pre | I would hate to think that if he should ‘ exce tie Benjamin, two of the young women who galloped Miss’ Powell is the daughter of Mra, and Mr. John |‘icted that only atest ettorts é . ° Minn c lefiant at-| today to the aid of the wounded soldiers in France, H. Powell, the well known lawyer, former speaker of | Will prevent the Germans from ce ever become an officer he would lose his 1 F their pleas in &|who need the b tal which the Girls War Relle? the house at Olympia, ‘Miss Benjamin ts the daughter | ling their boast to break thr ti { imran sdeaie Ppa ablesriur's inque manner Hasaar will establish with the $100,000 to be raised next of Mra. and Mr. Scott W. Benjamin, 1107 22nd ave allied line before American particle American ideals to the extent of asking a The courtroom, corridors and the|week The Young horsewomen were sapped by ‘The anda 'e nater of the yopuine publicity. agent of the| ation can equalise ‘the eae private, w ho will in most cases be as red vod t ere ar photographer as they were lining up for the War Bazaar, Miss Hazel Benjamin. a ot beat ; erman line from the : " i edt er | tussian fron a man as he, or better, to shine HIS boots. ude Landis net January 2 as the iDisk 2 dae This reinforcement of the Snail This question strikes home in my case. And I know it strikes home in thousands of cases here in Seattle, and in hundreds of thousands all over the U.S. A. eis cas ne ecesneeh - made possible by the cessation of adithad hab kee man ad fighting on the East front, means @ A Fe bbtested oF Elva themselves jhalf million picked men to throw |into the assault against the alliedy fore Americans can get in. arry 6 the West,” Vander Besides restoring to Hindenburg ool Clat " | his long-lost initiative, Gen. Byng’s i a one ° Registers as Wilson reverse graphically demonstrates the: I know that if it would help win the war, f f the Thirty thousand mothers, 1 ¢——— able for Christmas gifts that will be | Untruth of various widely prevalengills my brother would crawl on his knees to = poets ern nee or ‘Seuttie behing LAST DAY TO BUY SEASON dottare have been|, It sensustratce the ata shine ANY ONE'S shoes, “superior” of- f t \ the war—were scheduled to move TICKETS AT DOLLAR BACH rls to help them | ity of the story that the morale of a0 5 ‘ " Va thru the downtown streets Today will be Seattle's last op “t task ever at-| the Germans is waning. a ficer, or private, even. I know that every . $ h on euracet anpedl to putstetion portunity to obtain season tick eer ainaa ia ie Germany Not Near Collapse 4 It gives the He to the confidently and sacrifice at 2:30 p.m. Sat one who has answered Uncle Sam’s call to At the at \ po Be lief Bazaar, which opens Mon : : Ry nee on ted stories of Germany's iti : : : ws has ak PHU ks RAR Uatvodaity he children of Seattle will open eh te 4 the colors would do the same. ‘ the RH Pre joie. rosa eerie University’ | lthe Girls’ War Reliet bazaar on gardiess of who is perednnal But this snobbish relic of army despot- et t whict 31 CUEr, 12.000 season ticket, at | | Titinoth Christmas tree that has | TeePonsible for the Cumbral £oveiaaams the fundamental reason doubtless ism does NOT help win the war. 4,000 ENLISTED IN politan, and on the i. | | $18,008 clone: tor: the Haseas that || Toe: in the center of the |ties in the fact that the whole army ; ; es - - ‘i x «to build a hi hospital in ena. i ee hepe of Vothing that humiliates the American 15 DAYS IN FRISCO 0.28 se funds) | France and ald families of sail-|| At 3 o'clock the orchestra will | spirit of cock curedness if not ei oe 7 7 ui ora and soldiers in King and Kit ra going and they | confidence. Pep soldier or sailor CAN advance their mor- ; ied Ie seed Wir at the ‘ sation Piapaie hig taped ience—that it nas geen , . . Ld r Me i e ale and their efficiency. 1 ! ca hes. tbe on sale along Id in Seattle whe it was only the Sane po A , ‘ arch of a 0 the juve uninterrupted seri : They should be the equals of their of- parade, Gils Il, and to Bazaar Jotories, couthined SH ; A * P nd at bazar hea with its half a hundred b tabt:that the prbeutial fiers in all respects except in actual milt- ; for the final reorutting “ Fourth ave flowering Japanese garden, big as | been compelled by hard Seommalanilal Ir re the draft que ure ection life doll b nd battleship b rn defensive tactics like the Mons tary work. ain |} e —————-—® Sammies’ sector, with the mow who are now a mere handful HUNS DRIVEN TO ATTACK BY e recently passed qua y United Press Leased Wire h Field artillery, and Privat By ! wi sit ARENA rdinance showed the HID TON, m Facing | Frank A% Prince, Battery 1 47th | Ry United Press Leased Wire ty of them to be dis sh ore hb ntain his final |; y for need Relgian At the Officials of at hk t three Wooden | Solo, Mr, Hiram Tuttle, baritone, | force them into the ¢ 8:00. Command t Fashion Show, given by the > an f ime time the commission received 1S HAS HOOVER shipbuilding , Se. | : ward estos rom one of He oover's office LEW | | nil on | they asserted, are adopting i rt H a will be affected by the new federal MacDougall - Southwick Go., | *e¥ ering. pting other Gt plants in Seattle, which | v