The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 23, 1918, Page 1

i E FLL = ae Hh g § when | have ging- —con- a FREEDOW FOR. ALL FOREV ER VOLUME 19 UNITED FULL LEASED WIRE SERVIC! PRESS ASSOCIATIONS SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNE:! TheSeattleStar _ THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHW NIGHT EDITION 1 Thursday, southeasterly winds, Forecast ra rain; 4 erate SDAY, JANUARY 23, 19184 PRICE ONE —— Everywhere in Seattle CENT MPIRES DECIDE SEATTLE FOOD PRI Strike in Empire Grows Russian Propaganda Has a _ Tremendous Effect For Peace dissatis- Teutonic proclaimed by » The plain the dual monarchy, read- can find little in the frantic pleas of junkers and militarists allies seek to divide the empires and that the main of Germany's enemies is. con of this sort @f public feeling in the opinion of officials is bound to Make resumption of the Litovek negotiations a ticklish mat- ter for the central powers. Of actual news of developments in fonnection with the strikes, the Aus- today permitted fragmentary reports. Enough leaked thru, however, to industrial tieup in Prague, Breast and other cities. M. Litvinoff, Bolshevik! ambassn- h Fl and rumblings of a storm in Austria from the results at Brest Peace Confab Believed Over BY JOSEPH SHAPLEN PETROGRAD, Jan. 23.—Breaking otf of all peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk was forecast in all the Bolsheviki newspapers today. Their unanimity would appear to fndieate this prediction came from suthoritative circles. One paragraph in Foreign Minis- ter Troteky’s report on the Brest Litovek proceedings had this force- ful description. “The revolution cannot live in an atmosphere of deceit and falsehood At this given moment the revolu tion may not be in a position to re Pudiate annexationista, but it will Het humiliate itself to call black White; it will not cover up brutal annexationist pretensions with the fig leat of democracy. “The Brest-Litovek pour parlers Make it clear nothing more can be demanded from the Germans.” Trotsky’s statement added: “The Germans at Brest-Litovak Make no secret of their desire to seize Poland, Lithuania and Cour- land and to cut off Riga from the Moon Islands; to make the latter a Baltic Gibraltar, strangling Russia economically and politically.” ‘The Holsheviki view is that the (Continued on page 10) LABORITE LEADER SAYS NO PEACE FOR GERMANY NOTTINGHAM, England, Jan. 23. —“A negotiated peace while Ger- many occupies the territory of oth ra would be a Germnan victory,” de ¢lared Chairman Purdy, of the labor. ite party, in opening the annual con Vention here today. “If Germany does not accept Pres. Mdent Wilson's aims, those announc 0 by Lioyd George and labor's mint mum terms, we will fight on.” HUN”SOCIALIST PAPER SPENDED THREE DAYS COPENHAGEN, Jan. 23.—Three days’ suspension was the penalty drawn by the socialist organ Vor waerts, of Berlin, for printing Aus trian strike news and declaring that German laborers were in agreement with Austrians. Dispatches from Berlin brought the mews of the au- ’ action. | HE CAN | VOTE | ; proper no slacker in his municipal duties. Are you like him? ONLY 15 DAYS do so Two Ships Sunk, 708 Lost LONDON, Jan. 23.—Two steamers were sunk in the Mediterranean about December 31, and caused a loss ot 708 lives. Parliamentary Under | Secretary McNamara announced to | day. | The secretary of the admiralty al-| #0 announced that at the end of De cember a ship was struck in the mouth of the Mersey, with a loss Lot 40. |BOOZE SEIZURES | “SHOW INCREASE ‘AFTER SHAKEUP. | Reports show that the dry squad was more active in bringing in illicit | Uquor during the time Sergeant George Comstock was not at the head of the squad, than it was for the same period in December, when he had charge. | From December 1 to 21, the squad| | collected the following: | | Three gallons, 295 quarts, 20 pints 24 “individual” bottles of whis | ky; 16 quarts of beer, 49 gallons and two quarts of wine, one quart of al cohol, and one quart of saki For the same period this month the squad confiscated Seventy-eight gallons, 481 quarts Jand 86% pints of whisky; 58 quarts and 31 pints of beer, 11 quarts of wine, one quart of alcohol and 751 gallons of cider, containing from/ |four to eight per cent alcohol. Reports alsa showed that drug stores shipped into the state an av erage of 80,000 gallons every six months. The law permits druggists to se cure 520 gallons every six mont! In m instances druggists had sold ax much as 50 gallons of liquor | and had prescriptions on hand call | ing for a total of no more than six| to 10 quarts. [KAISER AND HIS AIDES * | | AMSTERDAM |lor Hertling Kuehlmann had Jan. 23—Chancel Foreign Minister n audience with me| | kaiser Tuesda ling to.Berlin dispatches today ‘esumab| the subject matter of Hertling’s long de layed speech to the reichstag was under discussion KuehImann afterward received members of the reichstag and relat ed to them the progress of the Brest-Litovsk negotiations It stated he would probably make a formal speech to the reic ag main committee before his return to Brest-Litovsk ° |BRITAIN IS SPENDING | $36,156,770 PER DAY| BULLETIN | LONDON, Jan. 23.—Britain's aver age daily war expenses at present are 7,157,000 pounds (about $36. 770), Chancellor of the Exchequer | Bonar Law told the house of com mons today was HANSON BOOSTERS TO | "MEET THURSDAY NIGHT) An organization meeting of Ole Hanson campaign workers will be held in room 206, New York block, Thursday night at 8 o'clock. Plans will be made for the Hanson cam paign for the mayoral ty The Duwamish River Improve ment club will urge the county com cnissioner# to take steps to establish a paved highway south of the Meadows, ‘This policy was decidec avon at @ mecting held Tuesday. Embargo Is Put on Freight War Materials, Food and Fuel Are Only Things Excepted SHIPYARDS TO CLOSE? RESULTS OF THE GARFIELD ORDER | Number of ships waiting for coal reduced from 121 to 80, at Northern Atlantic porta, Dumped 24,000 tons of bunker coal yesterday for ships, and 60,000 tons already on hand. Southern porta have 150,000 tons of bunker coal on hand. with 100,000 tons moving toward porta. Empty coal cars being rushed back to mines and full rewults not expected for several days Coal going to domestic con: sumers ir large quantities: Freight congestion practically as great as before. Ship plants ip danger of clos | Ing unless rail congestion clears. | General freight embargo urged | by Garfield. | | Curtaitrnent of passenger traf. | | fle demanded in many quarters | | to retieve congestion. Prospecth of warmer weather | | expected to help struation. i] | Further workless days in pros | pect unless railroads clear con- | gestion. | BY ROBERT J. RENDER United Press Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 23—A temporary embargo on all freight except food, fuel and war supplies was ordered by Di- rector General McAdoo on the Pennsylvania lines east of Pitts- burg, the Baltimore & Ohio cast of the Ohio river and the Phila- detpbia & Reading. Complete shutdown of stect shipbuilding plants appears in- evitable soon unless the road re- lieves the shortage in ship plates, officials admit. One thousand cars of practically all of which been in transit since D 20, are storm-bound. .Trace of hundreds of the cars has been lost by traffic men. Meanwhile steel supplies in the construction yards are diminishing rapidly have Many Are Idle In nearly all of the 17 shipbuild Jing yards where steel ships are un-| der construction many men are idle (Continued on page 10) IRISH REVOLT AGAIN IN AIR? DUBLIN, Jan. 23 wanted weapons “for the next bellion heavily armed and dis guised men raided hounes near Galway, and seized arms and ammunition, according to reports to- day sev OF SAMMIES AT FRONT BY JUNE WASHINGTON, Jan, 23.—Amer. lea is sending troops to Europe far more rapidly than originally plan. ned It is now estima , that fully twh as many Sam. mies will be training under Per shing by June than early estimates provided. This fact has been assured mem. bers of the senate by President Wil an example of the war de martment’s tremendous work Un the circumstances the exident olds son ist. a were inevitab but the same mistake has not be made twice.” At first war department officers felt the U. 8. ought not to send any troops abroad short of a year, Then the alles began pressing for some for psyct This ri in diapatch of the Pershing expedition and the rainbow division. Conflicting requests as to nd supplies came from time to time, but with the culmination of the inter-allied conference, Col. House recommended that transport of men was perhaps id. PREACHER IS HELD TO ANSWER ARSON CHARGE PENDLETON, Ore., Jan. 23.—The Rey. J. L. Allen has n held by the grand jury here to answer to a charge of setting fire to an rt ment house at Cascade Locks, Ore., on Thanksgiving day, barring dis ante men é Declaring they | re-| 2 | department he most erying - How Can He Face Her? a } ' CAUGHT AT DOCK AS SPY SUSPECT TACOMA, Jan, 20.—Arrested at the Milwaukee docks by Boat- swain W. B. Bleeker, U. 8. N., charged with being an alien en- emy, Adolph Judd, 38, is a pris- oner in the county jail here to- | day, while papers found in his possession have been taken to | the Bremerton navy yard for examination by naval officials. Judd is a member of the Cooks’ and Waiters’ union of Seattle and of the Longshoremen's union of Ta- coma large amount dence which | of documentary evt- | shows Judd is an expert chemist and mining ¢ A blueprint of a gun | factu by the found, as well and letters manu Iso was passports Judd admitted to the | officers, it is maid, that he is a graduate of a German university, and had served in the German army. He as many DISCUSS NEXT SPEECH|DOUBLE NUMBER |"**** ***°" "nsusces |FRISCO WATER FRONT | SEALED TIGHT TODAY | SAN FRANCISCO, Jan San Francisco's waterfront was sealed up for the first & precaution tight as | time against pro-German plots Armed soldiers, marines | mounted police patrolled the (Continued on page 10) Fire at Seattle Construction Co. Was Accidental No loss was reported by the fire following the morning k ta a boiler room of t ‘onstruction & Dry Dock Co. was an accident pure |e It amounted to noth- ing,” declared Manager Wiley of the shipbuilding firm. | Fire Marshal Bringhurst also 0 f the same after making an tigation BELIEVE BACKBONE OF PROPAGANDA IS BROKEN 108 ANGELES HARBOR, Jan. 23.—Altho extraordinary — precau tions have not been relaxed, federal | authorities believe they have broken |the backbone of the supposed Ger. |man and L. W. W. plot of terrorism and sabotage scheduled to hamper | war work in shipyards and spread | smpteyse, and confusion among a drum today in its history, as Em re in employes ‘TEUTON WAITER : A search of his room revealed a} and STATE WASTES $45,000 MORE ON “AD” STUNT Not only is the state proceed- ing with Its program of invest- ing hundreds of thousands of dollars in a new capitol building, at a time when the United States requires every pound of material for war products, and at a time economy is the watchword thru- out the country, But, Washington stands to lose—tterally to waste—$15,000 more, This amount when the natic WAR ULLETINS By United Press Pcocccccccccccecccoos BELGIANS DOWN ENEMY PLANES WASHINGTON, Jan, 23.—Belgian | aviators recently downed three Ger-| man aeroplanes, two of them fight ing machines and one a bombing aeroplane, an official communique stated. Two of the German aviators were killed and four captured. All of the machines were destroyed B INTIMATES FA OF KAISER'S 1 AMSTERDAM 23.—Count Von Reventiow, the ardent apogtie of frightfulness, recently stated “at a lecture that rman representative to a neutral country had declared if negotiations could be begun with America, the | U-boat warfare might be or suspended | Dispatches carrying this informa | tion today contained comment from the Nord Deutsche Alle | Zeitung that “no facts to support jthis statement were known in of | ficial quarters.” | set aside at a time was ut peace, is to- day b on advertising thru. out the United States and Canada FOR TOURISTS TO VISIT THE NORTHWEST. Manager Cuthbert for Washington, Oregon and British Columbia, which voted a total of $112,500 between the three of them to attract tourists to the Northwest, is still spending the funds. Yet tour: ist traffic is practically prohibited. and certainly is not to be encow | ed at a time when the country’s rail | roads cannot move their war freight diplomatic German restricted publicity agent MARSHAL HAIG REPORTS RAIDS LONDON St. Quentin th between enemy raiding parties and patrols 1 Marshal Haig reported today “Three of our men | south of La Hasse “An attempted driven off.” One hundred and twelve thousand five hundred dollars will be thrown away on useless publicity, unless action is taken missing “~~ ™) TOURIST TRAVEL DISEASED FISH SOLD | WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—To cur TO SOLDIERS AT CAMP tail travel on the national railroad Director General MeAdoo may soon CAMP I 23,—Orders | increas passenger rates, Passenger were issued at this cantonment to-|trins also may be further reduced establishing an army inspection | later | of all fish sold for soldiers’ mess, fol.| Called today |lowing discovery that diseased fish | terstate comm: | was being supplied, The fish sold by | Plain what steps ha private contractors were found to| and mplated to relieve the jeontain parasitic life, destructive to| freleht congestion, McAdoo indicated the health of the men | that among other steps, drastic |duction of passenger traffic is JONES WILL ANNOUNCE ||", STRONG RECALL DATE‘ provision of the Secretary Reuben W $500,000,000 ax school board, will a ‘The railre ruary 2, the tion on the rr na Louise | trol plan,” Strong, of the board. Petitions for] the gover nt back of them to sta the election were filed Tuesday. It] bilize their credit.” is believed the special election will Ten billion dollars must be raised be held in conjunction with the mu-| before June 30, McAdoo testified nicipal election March 5 | Congressional in passing the ke on - {railroad legistation will seriously United States census bureau esti ie nper thix gigantic work and is en- som 18, Jan » the house in mittee to ex en taken befo uest of Chairman Sims, eral first took up the bill, ting a revolving fund. ds will do their own er the government con Adoo stated, “but with appro Jones, of the mates the average death for males is | dan, ng flotation of the next Lib- 39.2 years, for females 40.6 erty Loan, | Aistinshaseeiisatin FIND OUT WHAT. OUTSIDEPRICES SHOULD BE NOW ‘Hoover's Committee Investigating the © Cost of Commodities to Grocer and © to Consumer Presents Lists; Your © Chance to Check Up on H. C. of Ly | | | Here you are, folks! | The first decisions from the food umpires! } By studying the figures which appear below, you cam tell just what your grocer pays for certain commodities, =e how much, at the very outside limit, you should pay jhim. This is one of Uncle Sam’s ways of protecting the peo= Oe fa ctticid fond. Yeien Pebtthing board, sqpelalll n offici price publishing a oo state food administration, is responsible for these po igures. | If your grocer is tacking on a little unpatriotic profit his customers are likely to know it very they keep an eye open for the reports of the food p publishing board. “The range of prices, both wholesale and retail, necessary,” Chairman J. W. Godwin explained in a st ment today, “for the reason that all of the grocers do |buy in the same quantities or do not require the |amount of service. “It is the same with the consumer list. These pri |cover the range of ‘cash’ and ‘carry’ stores, and also tl |offering various grades of service. “Our range of prices will not be greater than t difference in circumstances will warrant. From time t jtime we will enlarge this list, and as rapidly as possible.” aA | So it may be that your grocer isn’t charging the @ price listed below. That’s no reason why he should bo |prices. The “top” prices are supposed to cover establi 4 ments that give lots of extra service—and have a door” man to help watch for your automobile. ; The price lists follow: Commodity. Retailers Pay SUGAR— |Granulated—Per 100 Ibs | LOCAL PATENT FLOUR. Rags—49 Ibs. Bags—24% Ibs...... GRAHAM FLOUR— | Bags—49 ibs... 0 Bags—10 Ibs, .......... 47 | WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR— Rags—49 | Bags—10 | RYE Bage—49 Ibs. Bags—10 Ibs. CORN MEAL— Bags—9 Ibe. PURE Bags—9 tbs. BREAD— 16-02, loaf on to $7.90 30.08% to $0.10 perl 257 131 to to to to 2.32% Tbs, Ibs. FLOUR— 62% 70 to 07% to 08 09 to This is the standard loaf agreed upon between ‘ood Administration at Washington and the Bakers, S—PER Lb— w. = $0.14 12 13% 08% 05% to $0.14% to 13 to le to 10 to 06% 10 08 30.15 as 15 10 07 Fancy California S$ Manchurian, . Lima Pink Soya RICE Fancy H Japan PRUN Large Italian Variety 12 Medium Italian Variety 09% | POTATOES—PER 100 Lbs.— | Fancy Yai ted Gem.. 140 to 1.50 01% to | Fancy La , ave CQ th 188 01% to at proportionately lower we 09 07 to to to 19% to mF] 02% I -02 per Ih, Lower grades may be purchased prices, am are fancy stock. CARB TURNIP CARROT quoting 100 Ibs, (solid) per 100 Ibs. 150 to 1,75 02 per 100 Ibs. 1.00 to 1.25 02 | LETTUC Is plentiful and cheap at the present time. SUGAR—Consumers are limited to $1.00 sugar purchase, except when residing at a distance from market, in which case 10 days’ supplies may be sold. FLOUR—Retail sales of flour to consumers in towns and cities are limited to one-quarter barrel lots; to country consumers from one= half barrel to one barrel, stance from the point of supply. For larger supplies barrel lots, required by those living at distant points from sup bases, permission must | be secured either from the Federal Food Administrator or from | the chairman of the County Food committee, Hotels, restaurants and eating houses may be sold a ten days’ supply. $1.75 to $2.00 $0.02 to to to 03 per Ib, 03 per Thy 02% I ‘ONLY HEALTHY SALMON WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT CITY'S MARKET | | | y husky, well developed Jand E. Victor Smith, head of the | University of Washington fisheries: j se hool, have just completed an ex- jamination of the first list of candk dates, | ‘The fish on hand Friday morning | wat total almost 2,000 pounds. |. Work this morning was being | hastened on the city's market stall, Things are progressing rapidly and Friday promises to be a busy day. | The city will sell the salmon, pur chased from the state hatcheries, ag to the standard set by 1. H. /from 7 to 10 cents a pound. Second Darwin, fish commissioner. grade salmon. retails for from, Dr, C. W. Johnson, state chemist, ! 39 cents on tile market now. | sion to Seattle's new municipal fish market. | The new shop in the Pike Place | Farmers’ market, which will be | opened promptly at 8 o'clock Fri- day morning, will be really ex- clusiv Just | getting into the army. Physical examiners take their chest measurement, and they've got to measure right up pve