The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 16, 1918, Page 1

mann nn ens x EVERY THRIFT STAMP QUARTER WILL COME BACK FATTER AND HEALTHIER. BE WISE. SAVE TheSeattleStar 25. FREEDOW FOR ALL LORRY ER i nee “f THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST oe “tn ie ee heheh imo” Mee, VOLUME 19 ENitib™ SRERs SAROANONS SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1918. PRICE ONE CENT By*pnere REDS FIGHTING MAD xs 8 8 8 @ oe 8 8 8 8 ss » & 8 & SEATTLE IS URGED TO FIGHT 6-CENT CARFARE State Board! WAKE UP! | : t’s Waste, |——MEANYOU" NEW SLAV ARMY. Governor OFF TO FRONT = i Lister | Dasteds Balfour Establishes “Official Rela A aie waste is being put over at Olympia, with tions” with Bolsheviki Mini the sanction of Gov. Lister. It is the capitol build- ing program, calling for the expenditure of hundreds War on Rumania? BY JOS. SHAPLEN of thousands of dollars in improving and adding to United Press Correspondent REGISTER NOW! the capitol buildings. | Books open only 20 days It is being perpetrated at a time when the nation STROGRAD, Jan. 16.—The first 5,000 volute | teers of the new socialist army left for the front tod more. is in desperate need of every available dollar to win | It is your duty as a citizen to the war. sped by one of the most enthusiastic demonstrations thé city has seen in months. vote. In order to vote, you must _ Gov. Lister must not turn a deaf ear to this situa- regiater. rl aba. wn While preaching patriotism thruout the state Difice, Noor, county e has doggedly refused to call a halt to the capitol ballding, 8 to 6 ecisch—0 o'clock waste. As chairman of the capitol building commis- Red flags lined the route of the parade and s of bands played revolutionary music. Ten thous; other volunteers for the “new army of democracy” now enrolling in the ePtrograd district alone. for tonight. , Pg Primary election February 19. sion, Lister could do it if he wanted to. General election March 5. w comes the threat from’ Washington that The volunteers are responding to a special appeal to the people issued by the Bolsheviki government af President Wilson may soon issue a proclamation, call- |by the Russian commander-i in- er-in-chief, Ensign Krylen ing on state, county and city officials to abandon all Balfour Treats With JAPANESE SEND pre Ac anc a ye Pa bgt TELY NECESSARY Bolsheviki Diplomat Things will have come to a sorry pass if this state WAR VE S$ E L § must be rebuked by the federal government for frit- tering away thousands of dollars. LONDON, Jan. 16.—Foreign. Minister Balfour am nounced in commons today that Great Britain was State Senator E. Ben Johnson, of Spokane, in a T0 VLADIVOSTOK statement issued the other day, had this to say: “The present capitee is not seriously inadequate, about to “establish official relations with Minister Kil BY RALPH H. TURNER | except during the 60 days, once in two years, when United Press Correspondent ] the legislature is in session. It is inconvenient and } noff,” représentative in London of the Bolsheviki ernment. TOKIO, Jan. 16—Japanese war. inartistic, but our soldiers must put up with much The foreign minister was careful to say that Sede tor! promenin of anion yeti |] worse housing. After all these years of endurance government had not yet recognized the Bolsheviki that they had received unofficial revelations thru ests there, according to announce | the state can surely along until after the war, agent of the embassy in Petrograd. ake Raise ‘Letter to Corporation Coun- Sel Indicates Boost in the __ Immediate Future. Mousses CITY COUNCIL If Seattle Is going to beat the © six-cent street car fare, it has got to prepare for the fight im- mediately. This is the gist of a letter gent to the city council by As sistant Corporation Counsel | Walter F. Meier, Wednesday, | ment today. |} renting quarters outside for a few departments, as ‘The action follows long appeals in the past. from Japanese and other citizens in| : . P saa as Ruten port for ov Seo agpdion “The government is calling on its humblest citizens ‘| tection, not only to thelr own lives to save their hae mnies, nickels and dimes, to buy war | and property, but to great quanti stamps and Liberty Bonds, and to practice many self- ties of allied munitions and supplies)! denials to increase national war efficiency. Every || Desultory fighting between the day the war is assuming more serious proportions and | __ The commission's ruling, recetved | Roisheviki and Cossacks has been in|] indicating that greater and greater sacrifices must be | Wednesday by Meier, denies the ap-| progress in and around the city for'| made by our people. ee ey er | Tene “Is the governor justified in these times in spend- , that the present transpor-| Congestion on the traneSiberian|| ing hundreds of thousands of dollars of public money W UI ° I ' tation facilities are admittedly inad-/ road and general demoralization of just for luxury and adornment, and thereby with- Pais young ety ‘to talking stinight to YOU. ar timatum s sed craggy => ie apie ta pen ggg SS oS ee drawing skilled workmen and needed materials from She ja Mise Clara Peterson, 3928 Edmond st. and employe of the ¥, 4 industries contributing to military efficiency? Seattle National bank. S R ES ee SS fi y ; ie Nao ig ner meumge, ana it i» atavemai ERE tO Rumania tion of laborers engaged in| plies at Vindivostok. The Bol-| “These contracts will involve architect fees for it work, and a hearing On| sheviki have been making efforts to| the governor's architect-ampaign manager of prob- am tearense of eaten will be cnter:| cammandeer this material, mech of ably $30,000 to $40,000, but even these might wait a kiddie in Seattle. Miss Peterson knows - . " Y : ‘what Uncle Sam ts trying to do with war stamps, and is assisting Btate PETROGRAD, Jan. 16.—War on Rumania unle Director Dan Kelleher and City Director William 8, Peachy in every|that little nation, within 24 hours, releases Russian © 14 indica! eles ee or until after the war. Sh “Conditions here wou! te.” | monarchist regime. iB ; way she can. : hie. uae : A it further states, “that the problem| 4 member of the naval staff, in “If the people disapprove this wanton extrava- Retter start buying war saving stamps. They'll help win the war ely pre praseMe aS besa in an ultimatum sé | eo | te ieterviow, Geckived thet com gance under present conditions, they should let the and teach you or your children thrift y the Bolsheviki today. , ‘ en Sisae tee revenue, or ies! boon ahauns cut oft. tam te ie gre governor hear from them now, not wait until it is |} The exact number of Russian army officers | Puget Sound ‘Traction, Light &| sumed, hastened the orders sending | too late.” pS \SEA TITLE FOLKS DON’T were recently arrested by Rumanian authorities is n | Power Co. to a point where that sit-| warships. Protection of allied in Senator Nichols of Seattle has made a similar | known. ‘ ation can be met. terests in Siberia, he said, is Japan's ¥ | “hae Pa , y | “In our opinion, the only adequate | responsibility, while the other allies pas b typ aitceenitihion hak Heaiie te mat dl TH GENERAL: The Russian ultimatum declared: 3 1 source by which revenues can be ob | are fighting the battles in, Europe. | rat i Pte gove ‘ o 6 ae | “We are inf d that R i d i lineal at | 9 e are informe a umanians surroun tained is thru an increase in street ——— | behind him in this wilful extravagance! | Sa rs Dy n . | ear fares.” THEDA TOO BARE-A, | r a Star rte oe: armen ere et yeah to || NAME “SAMMIES”’ and ae gases reste sg ae is gers t resolutions of protest and send them to arreste committee of the oth regiment, also wea SAYS MOVIE CENSOR | the gove there i 748 | ; the governor, at once. There is no time to lose. No Frederick 8. Foltz, MRS. H. M. SAMMIS, 1306 44th | ling Austrian officers. ‘ CHICAGO, Jan. 16—"Cleopatra matter if protests have been sent before. This is a pian a Spar ten Ave. 8. W—I never have liked the | 6 “ 5 ; two gras was on trial today. Producers are ; aie. and Piaident Wilson is hacking ts commander of Camp Lewis, | Ave. S. Wr Failure to release these persons and failure raps, fi 7 seeking an injunction to prevent the Pal an veoh — Mson 18 DACKINg US |) doesn't want oy fighting men ‘Sounds Pretty Good |punish those responsible within 24 hours will result in 7 5. police from interfering with the mov * e % wit EE. | called “Sammies.” tr ee JOB AT CAPITAL fen of that beauty. The censor says And The Star further advises every individual ia ‘cananeiid sik. tes cathe |p ee ee eee our considering relations ruptured and in taking the | 16—chats. | Mis® Theda is too “bare-a.” || voter to sit down tonight and write a personal letter ment newspaper correspondents [Mee cic ‘T have a toy Inthe |Most energetic military measures. pean Daniel Willard of the War In: to Lister, telling him you do not approve of this thing A day: or ote ae Tateemel |r Sih eee, Oe Rad to. Oe ‘ EArt Sige | dustries board has resigned his post. | and begging him, in the name of patriotism, to halt it, || that they discontinue the term lie any one called him Sammy. They | Relations between Russia and Rumania have been ) mre Prethaoe iat aecopt the res. "Loose in the {4 “Sammy” In thelr press reperts. are bound to have some nicknazne. |ing increasingly tense the last few weeks. Apparently the fgnation, {t was officially announced. | > | pee sortie folks neem inclined | MRS, MARY FORD, 156 25th Ave.|break started when the Russian general peace fanaticism R La reason offically given Head--That Is _U. S. CHAMBERS VOTE to like the Idea of calling Ameri- =I, haven't heard any one around swept over all the Rumanian front and the Russians were ? Balti & Ohio can fighting men “Sammies. cee | aacused of demoralizing the army of that country. AR? Presidency of the Baltimore & Ohio How He Acted’ FOR CENTRAL CONTROL That is—most of the people |nothing to say myself. iroiiesensienitinehade ists; the ‘ratiroad transformation under | OF WAR GOVERNMENT) soil. Tor Star today sor'of | pm 4% nHOMAS, 188 Nsom ] 7 taky, inister of Jes” seer »propriate gs Fovernment control. his friends de- Pc son ait imaae shoe ARMY WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—The U.| ‘The result of a series of short tele @ he SManapy, the ilakolane of LENINE FREES FOUR SHOTS ARE J peda aan wer work was | cleverly fencing with the diplo CAMP FUNSTON, Kan., Jan. 16,|%: Chamber of Commerce, by a vote| phone interviews gathered indis-| the British soldiers. a ile consoced |} matic brains of Germany, didn't Money stolen from the army can.|f its 500,000 membership, today de-|riminately, follows 1, 120104 Piet gg itS: FREDERICK P. HARLOW, AMBASSADOR FIRED AT LENINE . the jouiion of his apsetment when:;' tonment bank here Eestay night by |manded creation ofa central control 4 16 word “Baznmy" | > tego. fee pall nee tem uffs POLICE PERMIT MAN TO {ree ived in New York. The ca tate de men and wounded anoth.|'2 e war government Glos, Wall oitad geemal ite @ geah mosbarte PETROGRAD, Jan, 16—Release| PRTROGRAD, Jan. 16—Four re ing; SWIPE A BAG OF COAL) Janitor thought ‘Trotsky “loose ) oe with a hatchet, has been found It comes at a time when the sen-| word, a Cail "ten ‘Anrythicg?” Te as? of M Dicsmandie, tephtan ayer volver shots were fired at NIGHOME i in the head.” necreted in his quarters, federal of. ate military investigators have tem-|ply because som have tie pis 4 | tet, arrested by ¢ olsheviki andy ine of the Bolshevild mai CHICAGO, Jan. 16.—~A man tele- The janitor’s story, which gives }/ frinig announced today. porarily discontinued their hearings, | Wrong perspective of the id Kv J. M. O'CONNOR, 4009 ota—I | ordered confined in St. Peter and covery Phoned the Englewood police station | iitimate little descriptions of the {, ‘phe entire amount of $62,826.21 is | to begin a fight for passage of login. |erything that ts loved is given a pet) don't think we should call the boys | Paul fortress, was ordered by | ment Monday when he was returning i for permission to steal a bag of coal } russian radical's habits, will ap- §| gaia to have been recovered. ladles ab@ulitnesa Qisaaaie coe imine. (cane a name they don't like, but I can’t| Nicholai Lenine today. home from witnessing the departure pon from the bins of the sa = pear in tomorrow's Star. |e Whisler shot and killed himself tions, who would cut the red tape,| MRS. ALBERT WRIGHT, 728 | suggest a better one. His action followed receipt of| of Red: Guarda for the front, Asiana tan, =~ i nen shar anaes ro Don’t miss reading it. turday, when threatened with |delay and confusion of army prepar-|27th Ave. NI don't think it's a bad | 4. BE. WALSH, 2555 Fifth Ave. W. | protest by the entire Petrograd tp. was unhurt. All tour suee aa sizes pr Fe. ation. . | ks like we'll have to pick an-|lomatic corps, who held a meeting] wide. ——— = os Siete a eee oP we |other name if “Sammies” ts distaste-|!n the American embassy A Swiss socialist, who was accom che ful to the men. GERM panying Lenine to his home after | AN MINISTER IN e e review of the departing Red “MY HUSBAND ATE TWO PINCES OF PUMPKIN PIE. HE JOKED OVER PHONE. |isstet siren ws: ane WAN MINISTER IN |i Sea + Abyye ‘ l the hand by one of the would-be as DOES THAT SOUND LIKE HE’D MURDERED SOMEONE?”—MRS. OSCAR MAIN, _ jose wna the'mon’wouid tke to Be) 5, paso, aan, 38-—Demand for] seas bullets 4 |the recall of German Minister Von | es “al IN time his friend, Fred Swayne, | the most commanding figure in the) that Sunday evening. reading, I told her I couldn't go, (Pen G oe, bei E, 1142] Frexnardt by Berlin because of his | NOTHING OF INTEREST os NAPAVINE, Jan. 16—Oncar | tle ured to have been mur: | tragic mystery which has stirred! sitting in the ry room of|as my little daughter wax not|Droadway—t dont | like Aen te activities in Mexico on behalf of the| REPORTS MARSHAL HAIG a B. Main ate two big pieces of dered with an ax in his grocery | this little village of logged-off lands] por modern bunk: at Napavine, | dressed, They went on toward the|t ; central powers is voiced in an ed : : Pumpkin pie for dinner; he joked store. to its depth. she told her story with remarkable) ji) of Fests if they want to be called Sam- torial in El Universal, regarded as| LONDON, Jan. 16.—Field Marshal 7 ‘8 ¥ * While evidence is being woven mind. to | lle ete ee ae ee e¥|the official organ of the Carranza|Haig had nothing of interest to re- fae concert on —_ peo ae So declared Mra. Main, wife of the into a net of circumstances by nc an pls thetalifons of About four o'clock Mr. Main|don’t want to be called Sanenies, | government, received here today. ‘port from the front ¢ front today. came in and asked me If I did not) then we shouldn't call them that scused man, today, sted heriffs, while the fe bie home Sunday evening, | *cuse detectives and sheriffs, wh Wal it was agony. , 4 al od agra ay dan, l-village gossips’ tongues are want to go for a ride in ar,| 2 - pabascaambesepenn ars ee nym pe: Denier ite yy ae ry aaneate’ to te.| She told it, she said, to help her|as it was a nice afternoon and 1) miny isa Be hare te Say Ae DeCeaD Whe | Cee eokan husband, and to clear the name of|had been ill all week. I told him nnot think ot | 0 FREED ot Win: the Seeeioms of rouse Main | M , : , |ner friend. When she tells it to|{ was unable to «9 as our little|one more honorable than that which | AR MAIN Mn he faces a jury, probably in| She belleves*in her husband. | ore hon 2 nih ther small She believes in “the other wo-| the jury, it may be the one thing | girl was not dressed. typifies our cou y ON BAIL OF $7000 {| March, i wilt pe ir. a pale face| man” who, they would have her| that will save her husband, for it Ate Pumpkin Pie MRS. E, G, KNA\ f ae 4 sor $ oman, with dark hale, @ pale face} thal is the biggest plece of testimony! “My husband then went away,| ford Ave. N , "and Charges of first degree murder and an everlasting smile. believe, was the cause of vs som! back time later in th 4 lik » it remati ick WASHINGTON, Jan, 16,—The Sweeping aside the Russian F ” . ; ht the| that the defense has, or can pro-| coming back sometim in the | would like to see it remain as a nick- | coy et Aentnes Sain Wotnes- An GE i nteI eee cee about anes rer duce. Here it is, as nearly as pos-| afternoon, I could not say exactly | name for our boys. I have two cous-| pritish labor party's peace appeal to| thought that Britain has tended to rie day morning direct in superior } who can clear the good name of Mrs.| dark circles about ' # . * “af A abandon her, the appeal was er. ch srrow on her| sible in her own words: what time it was, but we had fin-|ins at Camp Lewis, and I think that 4 eurded | eourt, by Prosecutor Herman ) Sadfe Swayne, leat ged WA Bo bas nip a of sorrow on hi sale ble in he tebed’ Gtahet by bik: pidiodks * I test tiey Ike 16 coc | Russia and G wna were | ed as showing a real fraternity be: Allen. ne See Se eens | Retraces Events Inember he ate two big pieces of| ALICE M. BUTTERWORTH, 1616 |!" Many quarters today as one of/ tween the labor of Britain and of Main pleated rot guilty. His { it will be this same ; Tolls Whole Story | “marly that Sunday afternoon! pumpkin pie. That doesn’t sound’ Sixth Ave. W.—I always thought it a| the most compelling and significant) Russia and of Germany, who appears to hold no grudges . and whose whole make-up seems to| While Mra, Swayne, at the consist of an inexhaustible faith, | of her brother-in-law, A. L, Coff- bai! was fixed at $7,000, and he was released, H. B. Coffman, banker, and A, C. St. John, auto Sam, and| moves undertaken in the political! Between the British appeal and the a, | offensive against Teuton militarism. | Germans’ brusque refusal to quit the me| Sadie (Mrs. Swayne) asked me If| like the doings of a man who had compliment to our I would like to take a walk with | just murdered someone, does it? |as good j woeny man in Chehalis, remains silent,| her and her daughter to the Emery here was absolutely nothing} But if boys object to it, which T| It was considered a telling stroke | Baltic provinces, the Russians, it is ribeth of: Chebalia, Sursiati- Her Faith Unshaken Mrs, Main today told all she says| Mill, where she was going to re-| unusual about his appearance, ‘Do|have heard, then it should be stop-|by the most vital element now in any | felt here, will eventually tire of pete oe, She: bell been | (Continued on page 5) ped population—the labor group. tering with the enemy, | ars. Oncar Main, without doubt, is| sho knows of what happened on|turn a book her child had