The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 27, 1917, Page 1

will be branded a slacker’s home if the Red Cross t THE GREATE ULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE UNITED PRESS “ASSOCIATIONS flag isn’t hanging in a window. RAR tet ett A PPP PD PPP PPP RPP PPP PP PPL TheSeattleStar _ DAILY CIRCULATION OF ¢ BE ‘SURE TO DISPLAY RED CROSS COLORS IN WINDOWS OF STORES AND HOMES WAY YOU RESPOND TO THE CALL FOR WAR-TIME § What have you done for the Red Cross? In 70 out of every 100 Seattle homes, Red Cross flags are on display, reflecting the spirit that 7 7 Bighty-five thousand Seattle people have. taken out memberships, | will win the war : Hundre of Seattle women are sewing every week—preparing for the blood sacrifices to come In 30 out of every 100 Seattle homes there is no Red Cross flag, and these homes reflect the ; pati vateeaeateair nae a ae ‘Ati spirit that will needlessly prolong the war, and sacrifice the lives of thousands of Americans, hefore America’s army will have made the world safe. In your home one of the 80 per cont? - HAT HAVE YOU DONE? Then join the Red Cross today, and hang the flag you'll be given, in your window You will be judged as a slacker if you haven't a Red Cros# button on your lapel. Your home YOU, AND YOUR HOME, WILL BE JUDGED DURING THESE WAR DAYS BY THE VY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ATTLE, WASH., THU RSDAY, . DE : 1917. EMBE ACRIFICES. NIGHT By = idphdngond CENT PRICE ONE fn’ Beattie KAISER ACCEPTS SLAV FORM ULA FOR GOVERNMENT RAILROAD OPERATION PLAN @ Railroads will pass under governme nt control at noon tomorrow, with Secretary the Treasury Wm. } G. McAdoo as “director geners “al of railroads.” 2 @ The United States will administer $20,000,000,000 worth of railway property. © M as Wilson Runs Railroads S. Control All Industry Adoo will retain his treasury post, ca ly control every in practical railroad men to aid him in his transporta and every business of its tion task, allowing existing organizations to continue citizens, thru its hold on the for the present. litacs Wiers sredame- @ All lines and owne i controlled coastwise steam tien, naming Secretary of the lines, together with electrified rail lines, terminals, ‘Treasury McAdoo to be supreme and appurtenances of the railroads will be taken over. basis of @ Railroads will receive compensation on 1917— average three year earnings, ending June 30, two lean years and one good one. [President Wilson will ask congress to guarantee yp the most revolutionary step taken to key the nation’s | to the utmost pitch of in the winthewar } 5 magnate of the nation, § ) Congress has alrewdy | government control | this return and to maintain railroads in good re- @f food, of fuel and of foreign | pair and equipment. eemmerce. @ The transfer will be for the duration of the war. Net operating income, iteed by President Wilson in taking over the ra ads, is the balance remaining after the operating expenses and taxes have been paid from gross earnings. 5 > } Three Million Employes 15 Approttmatety 3,000,000 railway |) ) $ ‘employes of all branches are taken into the federal service under Mo Adoo, the gigantic @ In guaranteeing the average “net operating in- saw it today, was solution of a per come” for tt t thr ars, the government is se plexing labor problem. curing the investors’ income at its highest point. President Wilson is to confer with|} This is due to the tremendous increase in the volume } Fallroad brotherhood chiefs rye da ed railroad traffic within that period. presumably to straig’ mn out this |) “a ‘ : question of demands for increased |) @ According to interstate commerce commission fig- wages. ) ures, the average annual net operating income of { ae: re, Beare MeAsoo is|; United States roads for the last three years was to confer with railroad executives |{ jelative to compensation which the |} government is to pay the roads, bas ed on a three-year average May Call Arbitrators | Should it be found impossible to reach an agreement with the roads this basis, a separate tribunal |r R have to be called In difficulty, as neither t Rot congress can arbitrar i. HAZEN TITUS MAY BE eae _DINING (CAR HEAD car di United n th compensation. the pr ‘ ‘ President Wilson's proclamation | w railroad brothert a This wan ation voleed in for rafiroad control came suc t ffecting a * cane of untry Thurs Increasing confu: . t im raliroad th walk end b ained rapid head by uncertal ov t r Titus has attract ture, led h » act, follows as demands of th helping two to the White Ho f Chair { rates and campaigr Willard, of the » t 1" rea ne iperintendent and members of ate a < < lot t vihes he put the merce n rag > fre Ad basis months Possessions of the ratirc 5 th selves, interurban: - ‘ , - lines, for the time ; } toh Should necessity arise ss ‘ Vr president will take t over Page ia ads h Federal raiir rea . 3 ‘ : " n ed as the me ndous adjust i : stroke the president has ma me u D es ia will be prom be ee are | wig ithe If the count fes of econotm terminals, | ;,, of m t 1 my Judgment equipment and re 8 por : . se ints * Ope r a ment.” €d4 and searching ea |? me é ny ent immediately dee - « : : : traffic ft feel prot will be an The president w devot th : P scietens . - dis x roads primarily to act ey ‘ her vice, equipment r 7 h 8 being the only ser he a $ tt utilized for other purpore N . : : ; r catftala of this has bee ; hed un ie 9 ie ready under the dire the war ; apa board. ‘ontinued on pag a Woni GET aaa ecco eveeeeees a adh ad official 1 ‘ord or instru t Luxuries Discarded as U.S. mira ttc i Jakes Over All Railroads } deer A ing de luxe Ce Ss ae, ere past under 4 nt oF " t prea |} Private Control ) — aes : } at End If Unele , Jupe Cettainly Has led. Dining concen } Sam M: ikes Good | Turned Rain on Us tives i: to was net did Jupiter Pluvius, regardless McAdoo will 5 feintion ta toni \ ite wavernchent stows te cag: ope} aitie’s dry inclinations, has |ther war time economies. Puflman|) eraté one efficiently ¢ heen making things considerably ars are being. tah ef many t Wich a distectearts AHA Nest wet for the last 30 days. Thea al tre ‘ r } pr erent t nat likel i} Weather Observer Salisbury | forme r nd |} rowdy will be returned to pri) figured today that the rainfall re to use re ger equip: |{ vate managemer sid A. B,} from Thanksgiving to Thursday | | Gare at iit tha: Mice) totaled 6.41 inches! om ' by |} hood of Conductors. “The history. During the 30 days previous the Patriotic Educat to|) of the loesn’t show any { to Thanksgiving, the rainfall jourtall, if not f |) retrograde movements only 246 race horses, it § | | | “ATTENTION!” SAYS HELEN COLLIER, AND HER SOLDIER HUSBAND CLICKS HIS HEELS AND PREPARES TO OBEY ped This picture ank Libby Vali r, leading w seeretly married Chris wonderful disel is reveals the “Turn to the n Right They were ‘CRAFTY’ PEACE “No Annexation” Idea Is Regarded as Tricky Coup BY ED L. KEEN By United Press Leased Wire Peace terms announced today by Count |Czernin, Austro-Hungarian prime minister, to the Brest Litovsk conference, pledged the central powers’ apparent adherence to the |principle of “no annexations and no indem- \nities,” but only on condition that England and her allies agree to this same policy. | Continuing, the terms seemingly con-. |cede to Russian demands on other peace aims. But the stipulation that Russia must |secure the allies’ adoption of all of Ger- 'many’s principles, London officialdom be-< lieved, was for the purpose of attempting to convince the Russians that only the allies are holding up restoration of peace. The move was seen here as one of | domination in the East. It would | Germany's cle jecea of diplo-) mean the ruin of the British empire; | matic strategy ulated to embar-|in short, a German peace would be rass the allies as much as possible. | 4 German victory.” What Kaiser Agrees | Czernin’s bid for peace for the cen- tral powers make t ints: Germany is agreea to a policy 10 annexations and no indemn: No Official Comment No official comment was forth coming today on the German terms, Arthur Henderson told the United Press, “restrictions and restitutions” beyond the pale of discussion, Germany disclaims any desire to " ithout thi not even the most deprive any independent nation of | oe cifist England would | political rights now possessed by it A ee talk of peace terms OFFER FAILS TO MENTION BELGIUM the idea of a ment of the fu dependent states. No Mention of Belgium No mentic the outlines of the receiv a hate ermany| WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—If the | of damages for the ravis of Bel-| central powers’ peace overtures to gium, of France, and of Poland. No} Russia are true, they still lack the mention was made of any future | esse nent od by Pres- quarantecs of world peace ident Wilson and a by Eng- ' are absolutely esser nd—elimination of Hohenzollern- tia w of the allies ism lonies \,,.Moreover, the blanket formula, re today that}“no annexations 1 no indemni- a of prir s” by means covers all thag 1 nsist on re-| Must be included within a peace sete t and would | Hement | This leaves the restoration of Bele gium and kindred vital problems out of consideration, and ts considered ® bait to the Ru in view of thelr formulation of this creed. oncessions 1 and he found While President Wilson's peace views practically call for this formula, his chief insistence is upom: nexations and of the present | What It upon which no faith Tha evenita, News toed urac-|can be placed and with which Be terized Germ AS an adroit in can be made. is) MEET ON AGAIN utonic plar wera AMSTERDAM, Dec that Belgium ec Litovsk peace meetings = | reparation; that 1 rmany and Russia were ree be redeemed; th od ording to Berlim | uates Me toda “Attention Lieut. Valiant and Helen J took to themselves wives here | that Gert reports had in@lonsaeal ‘The commanding officer, dress lier knew each other in I on tmas day ie ish her 1 her | postponement of the meetings ed in gingham, and her hands delphia. He was an aero en a7 | oun clasped in admiration, whis thusiast, built a plane, of ME R CA A SWE Rs CU PID Peeesecccseseeceeeseoees neces aver » ma Wl : A . “ ile Hieine ‘cic ‘Gonatine: ¥ Records for Christmas marriages | most of whom we © i i of “Turn to ni aha thats healed ; been broken thruout the coun San Die ° By United Press a has Ey MER ROE LR ned st Secccsccccccceccceoeeeee When the m t ste idler 4 | riages | WEMYSS NAMED TO Oe ee ees eunoaitae waliea amps and ers and| this year, as against 101 last year,| LONDON, Dec. 27.—Vice Admiral atisa RE ees aaa led wedding | About one-fourth ier Sir Rosslyn Wemyss has been ap as tarinceton, and | rnarch the country has ever seer Oklahoma City—-New record with | pointed to succeed Admiral Sir Joh . 1 N vy t rum of i 5 Saturday, 19 Monday and three | R. Jellicoe, first sea lord. |: Ape neulng. ROnn er red for ¢ mas mar: |Christmas day. One-third soldiers. — | H TEED DS FRSANY AEACNOS..£O w rease of nearly St. Paul-Twenty-one Christmas|SUB LOSSES LOWE the artillery at Camp Lewis, per cer 191 A total of | marriages, 1 last year ALL BUT ONE WE | The gingham dress Mrs. Va or were sed Monday, a Minneapolis — Twenty-seven; dou-] LONDON, Dec With one ex- tr ] ant is wearing in the picture I with 167 on Christmas eve | ble last year | ception, the for the past othe uxt _met here, got | the same one ané tesa dla Re In a majority of ea Dallas, Tex Ninety-eight this) week were since the married, and are at home for a | “Turn to the Hight." | Maybo the le wa. companied by a groom | year, compared with 46 last year.|opening of the unrestricted warfare, few days at the New Washing lovely domestic picture she thu i my khaki or sailer blue One-third soldiers even vessels of 1,600 tons or over, ton erie helped little old Dann ts gathered from the various| Columbus, ©,—New record; 103]/one under that tonnage, and One In a day or #0 he'll go back Cupi w this year, against in 19 shing vessel, were the week’ to army life and she'll keep Lieut. Valiant is just one of 118 Christmas marriage Indinnapole-saixty-tina thincvenn | ; nee moving from city to city with | the 65 soldier bridegrooms who 65 bridegrooms were sol-| compared with 48 in 1916 KALEDINES 1 the “Turn to the Right” com liers. Last year 70 Cleveland—111, including 46 sot-| ARE. DEFEX pan LONDON 27.—Some hostile PhiladelphiaAll records broken; | diers, Thirty-two last year PRTROGRAD, Dec Defeat of He's High-Flier J artilerying tof Ypres was| 208 licensey Monday as d t 80 in| Portland, Ore.—-Fifty per cent in-|a force of the Kaledines rebels at It's all a part of war-—and Marshal Halg’s report from the| 1916, Worty-nine uniformed soldiers | crease over last year, with 25 per|Bielyorod was announced by the Upatriculs, feopt today, and sailors among Senseo: Mush | cent of licenses to soldiers, Dolsheviki today, « by ‘ t i