The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 12, 1918, Page 1

F Open Your Homes to Owr Visiting Sammies From Camp Lewis--Calll Maim 4746 Seattle, or getting ready to spend the dations, Before the ban hundreds of them DID that every Saturday night. The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ club will accommodate 400, Hotels will accommodate must: supply the majority. If you have an available room, Ten thousand Sammies, folks, are either in Seattle today, headed for week end in Seattle. They're from Camp Lewis the city since Gen. Greene orde others. But private homes and are just bubbling over with enthusiasm because most of them haven't seen red the ban, call up Soldiers’ and Sailors’ club, Main 4746, President Leonard has also Now Seattle is all spick-and-span. The big idea no men of the national army. Ww is for Seattle to make good at entertaining visiting The first thing to do is to see that none of them walk the streets tonight for lack of rooming accommo- FREEDOM FOR ALN FOREVER, FULL LEASED WIRP SERV UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION: VOLUME 19 arranged to accept calls at the traction company offic In Tacoma soldiers are Let us exhibit our famed “Seattle Spirit” welcomed in hundreds of The Seattle Star THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWE: ‘ST SEATTLE, WASH., S SATURDAY, JANUARY 1: 2 1918, homes of good fellowship and ho: pe ee ae, NIGHT EDITION Main 5000, without charge. Can § Weather PR Seattle do le ” ‘Tonight and Sunday, rain; ICE ONE CENT & ay Register Boys of 16 RUSSIA IS MOBILIZING “Greetings, Seattle!” GE IMMEDIATE PASSAGE OF LAW Plan to Give Active Training at Age of 20; America Will Thus Have Pre- pared Men Always. BY HARRY B. HUNT Correspondent WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. versal military training is to be urged on congr 12.—Immediate uni-} now | a vital step in speeding the war program, it was an-| \¢ Mounced today. It is proposed to register all youths of 16, encour-| ae 7 fer develop physically and to start military | | ‘vill ‘make all men in “class one” immediately available for the fighting line when they become 21. ; The legislation is designed to supplement the} | amendment to the draft act asked by Provost Marshal n. Crowder, which would make subject to the draft wall men coming of age after June 5, 1917. Crowder | estimates the number of such physically fit “class one’’| men at 700,000 a year. FOUR SLAIN BY FIEND WITH AX CAMP FUNSTON, Kan., Jan. 12.—Literally hacking four em- ployes of the army bank, here, to pleces with a small hand ax, other, four Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, | and Representative Kahn of Califor nia, will lead the fight for this unt-| versal training law. Kahn mid today: “The need for men is such that | once they are taken by the draft their training ts #0 speeded up that | it possibly fails of best results. If,} however, before coming under the | draft, these men had one year of orderly, thoro training, we could not only supply them to the fighting line more quickly, but as better soldiers. “My belief is that all our young men over 16 should be registered, and that at 20 they should enter active military training. “This would give us 700,000 men each year fully trained, instead of | 700,000 men to be trained. “Adoption of such a policy also will give notice to Germany that we are getting ready to see the war thru to a finish, and do more than any other one thing to hearten France, England and Italy.” | ‘The wounded: Kearney Wor. nall, Kansas City, cashier of the bank. The robbery and murders took ce between 7:00 and 8:00 p. m. Bhortly thereafter a regimental Y! sentry heard groans from within.|) Prryate Baldwin He entered and saw the bodies lying No More; Youth, on the floor. 16, Was Soldier He notified the military police, and Capt. J. C. Smallwood, acting ) e-ovost officer, went to the bank|) Staff Correspondent with a squad of men. CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, Jan. } ‘The ax fiend who slew four men } 12.—Private Chester E. Baldwin in the army bank here wore a cap- { is no more, and Instead there Is tain’s uniform, Kearney Wornall, | Chester E. Baldwin, 16, school wounded survivor of the assault, ) boy atated this afternoon on again re Baldwin enlisted some time ago » gevering consciousness. in Company G, of the 44th reg ular infantry. His parents ed of his whereabouts, and he ‘The bank was a private institution, _ the stock owned and controlled by bankers of Kansas City discharged because of his youth Friday. Chester is broken hearted, says he will enlist again. SAYS JAPANESE SHIP IS IN ENEMY’S HANDS|! BY RALPH H. TURNE: TOKIO, Jan. 12—An offic = ofa Seattle, German ress Suspends Dutch merchantman arriving at Nagasaki today reported the Hitachi : RM Cae thires nichtne The only German daily newspaper @aptured by the enemy and convert.|1" Seattle, the Seattle German » e4 into a cruiser. The passengers, way ae “ out of business some a ime during January. paprtet: were. taken Drisoners.|"o,, ‘decision to discontinue publi cation of the Seattle German Press |was reached at a meeting of the stockholders of the association Fri day night. and | | Japanese admiralty does not be eve the report, altho the loas of the ship en route to Delagoa bay has | been known. | | IF IT’S AN ADVERTISING STUNT, B’GOSH, IT’S A BLAME GOOD ONE || , - | ‘The “Mystery Pureosiger.” I will come to as ‘This is the cognomen given by the police to Mra, Mary Graham, who S was found in a trance Saturday = morning at the King st. station aft er her arrival in Seattle on a Great | Northern train The woman was in » dazed condi. he till she comes, I come in contact with them, and come out all right unless it is a good medium, but only a man can bring you out, no quack can, and withhold it from publle publication. | My daughter will wire him.” The woman was removed to hend-| quarters by the police and placed in care of the women's department forts are now being made to locate| | Inew Groham, mentioned in the note, Albert Krush, coal miner of Tay-| A note, which she had evidently "written herself on both sides of an envelope, was pinned to her breast. It reaa “Cail Inez Graham, or if anything in wrong with me, don't touch me or let any one, for I am only in a | lor, alleged to be a slacker, is being trance, medium form, for it would held at the city jail on a $3,000 bond. @nly mean my death. Just leave me| He was arrested Friday. me SCORE KILLED IN BLIZZARD SWEEPING U, S. Fuel Shortage Grows Acute Thru East and South WIRES ARE CRIPPLED CHICAGO, jan 12.—The win- ter’s biggest blizzard had grown today until it blanketed the en- tire country from the Rockies to the Atlantic. 7 tures extended Kentucky and Tennessee, and was freezing along the Gulf coast A heavy snowfall was reported te THE STORM SITUATION | Worst Diizzard in years swept | Middle Weet from Gulf of | Mexico to Canada. | Fuel, food and milk supplies | | cut off in scores of cities. | Railroads foreed to abandon schedules, many towns isolated and trains stalled In «now drifts, Snowfall from & to 10 inches, with 20-mile gale. Thousands unable offices and employment. New York railroad system sus- | | | to reach | | ! | and injuries resulting from ‘orm reported thruout | stricken district | Below sero temperatures and | intense suffering threatened to | add to death list | Wires broken by snow, Thoo- | sands of cattle and livestock | frozen to death. Fire departments powerless oy push thru blockades. | Bevocntnainiy all sections it Into huge drifts that paralyzed transportation, marooning many sec- tions, and creating a serious situa tion. Fuel and food supplies already are low in several Middle Weatern lo Officials were planning to h a ration basis on these ne cesities: Many deaths were reported from freezing and in accidents caused by the blizzard and high winds. ‘The Michigan Central, Rock Island and Alton roads had abandoned all service out of Chicago early today, and other ines’. were maintaining only a pretense of moving trains. Most overland trains were from 4 to 16 hours late. A few were reported lost. Temperatures of 12 to 16 degrees below zero were reported here early today, and the mercury was steadily falling. In Quincey, IIL, it was 18 below: In St. Louis 8 below; in Min below; in Denver zero; in Wyo., & below. t inches of snow had fallen here during the night, making about two feet since the last thaw. Weath er bureau officials expec to cease during the day Two men froze to death in Chi cago's streets. The Twentieth due here at nigh field west of Tole the worst tie-up that train them. Century Limited, Ohio. This is experienced by Illinois Central's crack y Orleans train, which left here last night, is in a snowdrift near Matteson, Tl No mail has left Chicago tn the last 24 hours and only two mail trains have arriyed. There has been | a and the high wind piled | * CAMP LEWIS SAMMIES POUR IN ON SEATTLE - TO SPEND WEEK-END Grinning Sammies by _ the thousands scampered away from Camp Lewis . Saturday, and piled, pushed and jammed | od the «now | | aboard steam trains, interurban trains and boats that brought them to Seattle. It was like a home coming! For weeks most of them had been | kept at the cantonment by Maj. Gen. is stalled in al Greene's order, Seattle But now the ban is off And it was Seattle for Sammy on Saturday, all right The boat that left Tacom Pp. m. was crowded to capacity, some were even turned away. Military police officers arrived in the city early in the day, and estab- lished headquarters in the Public Safety building. One hundred mil which quarantined at 1 and no city mail delivery except in the|itary policemen, with side arms, ar. downtown districts, 12 DEAD RICHMOND, at least 12 DIXTE Va., Jan, 12.—With ported dead and thou. wands of dollars’ damage, Dixie to. day i recovering from one of the worst gales and rainstorms in its history. CRIPPLED NEW YORK, Jan, 12.-—With a zero wave forecast, New York thermome ters will have run the full scale of weather possibilities by tonight. Wirse thruout the East was demoralized today as the result of last night's storms, KILLED IN TORNADO HIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 12— {Six were killed and 40 injured in a | tornado which struck Cowarts, about seven miles from Dothan in South east Alabama, according to reports | here Two miles east of Dothan, seven are rep killed. Telegraph wires are down. One person is reported 0 have been killed at Troy, Ala WIRE: service | movie shows, | rived streets, later, They patrolled the Crowd Club ‘The Sammies swarmed up town from the boats and piled into the restaurants and thea tres, Some of them went to the public library and out to the university Others clambed aboard trolley cara to look up acquaintances in every section of the city ‘The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ club was crowded. Good natured clerks were kept busy assigning men to rooms in the residence section. Hotels were crowd- ed to capacity, Four hundred extra cota were installed in the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ club and 50 at the But ler. Other places prepared for ca- pacity crowds, too, Special bills of fare for soldiers were introduced in some restaurants, Thow Open Homes Many homes were gladly thrown open to the fighting men, and pay for such hospitality was refused. “I hope there won't be any over. charging,” Chairman A, W, Leonard, head of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ club committee, said. ‘These men can't afford to pay 75 cents and $1 for beds, and they shouldn't be re- quired to.” People who had rooms available for soldiers were calling the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ club, Main 4746, all day Saturday, listing rooms. Bolsheviki Call Wilson Hypocrite PETROGRAD, Jan. 12.-—"The head of rapacious American imperi aliam, and the greatest hypocrite his tory has ¢ known,” is the violent ory characterization Ison today by the iki organ, Pravada, ment on the American p SYMPHONY DIRECTOR IS ORDERED HELD BY U. S. COLUMBUS, ©., Jan, 12.—Ernest Kuhnwald, former director of the Cincinnati Symphony orchestra, day was ordered interned at Fort ‘Thomas, Ga, This action was taken following receipt of instructions from Washington. S. S. WESTWOOD GOES DOWN AMES CO. WAYS Mrs. George W. Albin cracked the le over the bow of the 8. 8 Westwood when it slipped down the ways of the Ames Shipbuilding & Dry Dock company Saturday after: noon School Children Give Fountain to S. & S. Club York schoo! children, in the Mount Baker Park district, have presented a porcelain drinking fountain to the Soldiers’ and #' club, The funds were raised by a special luncheon, USE. to- | “manles | Snappy News Pictures at the Liberty | Seattleites will enjoy an inter. esting variety of news pictures taken in and around the city at the new showing of The Star. Liberty Weekly, beginning Sun day at the Liberty theatre, Photographer Frank Jacobs has trained his trusty movie camera on many events of local importance. They will be ready tomorrow The features incléde pictures of Gov, Ernest Lister welcoming Rob Magi of Seattle at the end of a transcontinental motor tour, a flood-wrecked bridge at Ellensburg, the Chamber of Commerce presentation of an an flag to the steamship , and the Ames launching of the steamer Westwood—an- other shot at the kaiser from Seattle. SAY, GIRLS, THIS IS NO HALT DE DESPITE poses Hostilities Be Extended 30 Dems United Press Correspondent PETROGRAD, Jan. 12.—The Bolsheviki are pré- ~ paring for poss ible resumption of war. A decree for the mobilization of all able-bodied ~ men up to 32 years of age is expected to be issued shortly. Ensign Krylenko, commander-inechief, has stopped the leave of all officers. The Bolsheviki government is apparently pushing operations to continue fight They are confident, however, that the Germans not attack the Russian lines. strenuously and vainly seeking to halt fraternization tween their troops and Russians. is filling the German trenches. PETROGRAD, Jan. 1 today. Bolsheviki leader, gotiations if the Ru ground was insisted upon,” Russians’ acceptance of the sittings. -@\to cover up-by the pretext transfer the negotiations to sions were terminated. an_ independent attitude until federation of states” junlimited self government. tral powers of Foreign Min continue the Russo-German armistice on al an additional month was formally announced today. The ariistice heretofore German officers Russian propaganda 2.—Acceptance by thé cen- ster Trotsky’s propasas to fronts for agreed upon expires, had formally ampounced German demands to pi with the deliberations at Brest-Litovsk. Trotsky’s change of front explains totally conti messages received here yesterday. dispatches, Trotsky’s announcement was made late Earlier dispatches had reported the Russians f withdrawing from the meetings According to toda; and suspending the Later the Russians conferred and the new move today. : was apparently the result of the meeting of the Russian ~ | delegates. 4 j The Russians’ willingness to continue at Brest-Litovak | puts complete responsibility. on the Germans for some ade ~ justment in the original peace terms. Rather than make any concessions, the Germans Dispatches from Brest-Litovsk today reported that the” “in order to remove the central powers” pretext that they would be forced to discontinue peace neé- | ian demand for transfer to neutral)” that because they would not — discus- Stockholm, all peace the formation of “a Russian determined exactly what relation Ukrainia should bear to Russia. “Adjusted Ukrainia,” he asserted, general peace, but must assure even the smallest peoples “is striving for a |POPE ADVISES EMPEROR NOTE, VATICAN RUMOR BY JOHN H. HEARLEY United Press Correspondent ROME, Jan, 12 Pope Benédict had called attention of Emperor Karl of Austria to President Wilson's war Intimations that diplomatically OF AUSTRIA TO ACT ON | ———d | TACOMA NOT IN U. S., SAYS APPLICANT FOR CITIZENSHIP PAPERS . any one men- tions “Mount Tacoma.” | Tell this one when | | In examining applicants for nature Saturday morning, In fed- eral court, Judge Cushman asked }one man how long he had lived in | alization, GOING BIT TOO FAR |*!ms message, and suggested that he | this country. ELES, Jan. 12.—The * dance is the latest thing here today, Entertaining in an Adamless Eden, the junior nurses of the Angelus hospital gave a fash fonable ball to the senior nurses Not a mere male was present, even in the orchestra, HE’LL GO AFTER DUCKS jordon, police court magia to get away on a hunt trip before the season closes Monday night. The judge says he'll get a full bag of ducks if he makes the trip. GOTTA QUIT YELPING Bow, wow! Yip, yip! Fidos and Rovers in a dog kennel back of the Savoy hotel, on § i are causing loss of sleep for the guests in the hostelry, according to complaints made to the police Sat urday. LOS A seek to influence the kaiser's consid eration of these were |made in influential Vatican circles today. |Fireman Who Won Auto Drives Into the Divorce Court peace terms, Frank Rusnak, won the $4,000 Marmon car put up |by Frank Waterhouse at the Seattle Girls’ War Relief Bazaar just before Christmas, has driven right into the divorce court in less than a month after he got the car. At any rate, Vida Rusnak Friday filed suit for divorce from Frank Rus: nak, on the ground of non-support, claiming “she has had to live on the fruits of her own labor and upon the charity of her father and friends.” She asks $50 per month for the support of their child, and the auto. city fireman, who | I've lived in the United States ten years, except three months, when I | was in Tacoma,” was the reply. | As the judge is from Tacoma, he deliberated several moments before admitting the man to citizenship, CANNED HEAT BARRED FROM MAILS BY U. S. Don't try to send solidified alcohol |to the Sammies in France thru the | mail. Or the preparation “Sterno,” or “canned heat.” ‘This warning to the public has just been made by Otto Praeger, second assistant postmaster general. He said it is not safe to admit to foreign mails the above articles, as well as matches, cigar lighters and fuse and storm lighters. All packages are inspected, he said, and all prohibited articles will be | confiscated, ‘ canned Delegate Bolubowisch from Ukrainia was declared to have notified the general conference that he would adopt a