The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 24, 1918, Page 1

E ig’ Suzzallo i Speeding + Solution Heads in Conference to Straighten Out Trans- portation Tangle SEC. M'ADOO MAY HELP Plans outlined at the transpor- | tation conference this paakacd were That a double track elevated | system augment the street rail | way service on Eighth ave. 8 That four tracks be laid by the | traction company on First VOLUME 19 FUER Leasen. wine serv iJ PRESS ASSOCIATIONS V Truth Is Not Told Wilson Chamberlain, in Dramatic Speech, Says President Misinformed on War HE SCORES SEC. BAKER BILL REFERRED WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. — The Chamberiain “war cabinet” bill, the bject of President Wilson's break with Sen. Chambertain, was referred to the senate military committee to- day, without opposition. It will be re- ported favorably, and the first big fight will start when the attempt is ibly tomorrow—to have it ave. S. That | the pert commission | would hansile and guarantee ade- | quate ferry service from the | street railway terminals to the shipyards, if suitable alternating hours could be arranged for the shifts to change in the various ny, labor representatives, pub- Hie service commissioners and others interested in the solution of future transportation problems in the city, ‘as well as those now being faced, trains to the shipyards is already up before Dtrector General McAdoo, of the national railroad. After thoro discussion of the xitu- ation. it was agreed by the repre sentatives of the various interested Parties present that Dr. Suzzallo be authorized to appoint a committee of five or seven members to confer with the officials and authorities Who are at present wrestling with the traffic problem. Dr. Suzzallo , Will act upon the motion within the “ Be Plan If the plans first offered this Morning were adopted, Seattle would have a four-track street railway sys | tem on First ave. S. This, it was ar. gued, would greatly aid in relieving Present congestion, and would be a safeguard against even greater con- gestion in that district in the future. If an elevated system proves the means of solving the problems of the future, it was argued that Eighth ave. 8. would be the most logical approach for it to the street railway terminals. While the councilmen present did not make any direct suggestions, they offered advice on several of the Propositions laid before the meeting. Offer Steamers C. EB. Remsberg of the port com-| mission stated that the commission is prepared to operate steamers be- tween the street railway terminals | and the shipyards. He declared, | however, that the time of changing | shifts at the different yards could| not be the same. By having the shifts change at different hours— overlapping—he declared, the com- mission could operate steamers which could then run first to one yard and then another. | ‘The meeting was still in session| ‘Thursday afternoon. Dr. Suzzallo, | feces Tale madr¥ BRE its chairman, declared at that time upon ige j that legislative. and financial argu- ne to the ments on the problem had not been! in dock, HMM taken up. Only the tectmical mide| first ace Of the question had been tackled. covered City Has Plan, Too re pl ns have already been completed perty. ye «for the construction of an elevated! is held syetem for Seattle by the municipal manufac railways. ‘The proposition will be to aliens. put before the voters of the city on| ving Alar March 5. ring the It im believed that intimation has| is where been given the originators of the steam train plan here, by the an-| he thorities at Washington, that this plan will not be favorably looked | ORE _ Bron because of the need for all| hs entorel Someta rolling stock to handle war 5 Of thems The plan to operate steam trains oppertec; (Continued om page 7) ‘accumu- Myrpby” TACOMA DECIDES TO PERMIT FREE BUSSES) ‘ACOMA, Jan. 24. — Tacomas) msportation problem will be re | Heved by free donation busses, al-| lowed to operate by an ordinance! city council yesterday. | re of free buswes must) obtain permits from the city clerk | and must file a $2,500 bond. No fare | is fixed. ‘The ordinance was intro: | @uced by Mayor A, V, Fawcett. " made—pons buried in the naval committee. have fallen to the lot of men. He Feels Sad “Therefore, it ts with some feeling of humiliation and sadness that I rise when my veracity haa been ques tioned, not by an ordinary citizen nor by one of my colleagues, but by the very distinguished gentleman who has the love and respect of the Amor. jean people, and who, by their eat. frage, holds the highest office in the land, and, I may say, the highest place in the world. Stands Back of Speech “A few days ago I was invited by the National Security league to deliv er an address. Among the distin guished men there were Elihu Root, Judge Alton Bi. Parker, ex-President Roosevelt, and a man who, tho born in a land now at war with is, is a foremost patriot—Julius Kahn “The 2,000 people represented ev ery walk of life, and {t was a body that for patriotism could not be ex celled “Without having had tine to pre pare an address because of multiply ing duties, I delivered an externpora- neous talk. That address, as repro duced in the New York Times, I stand fully behind. Asserting that he had no fear of revealing important information to Germany, Chamberlain said “Germany knows more about America than men right in our mill tary department. We'd better come out in the spotlight and let the rank and file know all. They would im mediately rally to the country’s sup port “The only source of information was thru the military committee's probe. There is no other way of learning the true facta “There are people out in the Weat where I come from, who feel secure as to the country’s war situation. If the fathers and mothers of those boys who are in camps and are goin to France, knew the real situation they'd sacrifice everything they had to protect the country.” Turning to the subject of the army rifles, the senator said England had stopped experiments with the field rifle, and ordered them made as fast as possible to meet the war needs “America, with only a motley col lection of army rifles on hand,” serted Chamberlain, “began experi menting and changing the Enfield rifle before she would adopt it, al tho our factories were equipped turn them out in quantities “I asked Secretary Baker how many hine guns we had pro- duced. He answered at the middie of December we had completed nine machine guns. “Think of it! to go up against the millions of Ger. many’s. “We have been in the war 10 months and we have accomplished nothing in this direction.” “I want the senate to hear that (Continued on page 7) HELD FOR AUTO THEFT Howard Stewart and Charles Smith, both under 21, were sentenced to two months in the stockade Wed nesday by Judge Gordon. The youths, in company with Alfred Anderson, who is in the custody of the juvenile court, were accused of stealing an auto owned by i C. Peet, on Janu ary 4 NINE machine guns | ! IGNORANCE IS BLISS! AUSTRIAN?) (PEOPLE = Bs be wet Fo of li N Figh | the | com here that 100 EN oO 20,00 fe co of a rese ‘DECIDE BOOZE PERMITS CANT BE ISSUED NOW system is legally dead, and can't Reed amendment, according to the decision of Superior Judge Calvin Hall, at 930 Thursday. George BR. Ford had brought a teat cane to see if the county ao- ditor couldn't be forced to issue when the postal laws were amended to prohibit shipments of booze from to force County Auditor Wardall to issue him a permit for a shi CANADIAN DRAFT ARMY rolled in the Canadian expeditionary from the draft ¢ be levied at the time of each loan is provi Washington's beore permit restored to life because of the tarism, mediately, in response to this cry for help, specific peace terms liquor permit. e ambitions Ameri acknowledge imperialistic p dent Wilson’s statement of to dry states. ord started a fight in the courts pment iquor from Idaho to Seattle uttited democratic peace to Aust result in taking from definitely overthrowing Pruss' n militarism. INE BLOWUP This is the time for a cautious, impersonal observance of events in Austria-Hungary. The happenings there nmnust be accepted at their face value as indicative of an approach- ENGULFS 1 00 ing military collapse, if the allied diplomats do their part in| assisting Austria-Hungarian democracy. EW GLASGOW, nt bodies have been taken from Allen coal shaft at the Arcadia) pany’s Stellarton collieries, near | , today, following an explosion took place in the mine while men were at work 1,8, Jan, 4.— war because the at wh allies’ strike. ROLL 25,000 IN NEW Hungary. THE PART ALLIES MUST NOW PLAY The working classes of Austria-Hungary are appealing to the allies to save them from the grip of German mili- Co-operation among the allies should be started im- An opportunity is now presented for the entente to score an unprecedented victory in diplomacy by announcing | concerning Austria-Hungary that} would guarantee the subjects of the Hapsburgs a demo- ¥ cratic peace. The last legislature passed | Great Britain and Russia unite at once in this new offensive. meee ary meaaEy, Rees Ont She Three factors have brought about the present unrest) Lioya consumers’ permit system, but thelin Austria-Hungary. permit system was given an inde First, the skilled handling of the Brest-Litovsk nego- pendent knockout by Uncle Sam Presi- third, There have been many military failures in the present army commanders have failed to realize point to launch the whole of their strength. tatesmen, and especially President Wilson, have been more accurate in their judgment of the proper time to The Not since the war began has so favorable an oppor- tunity for a major success presented itself to the entente| !*t, or#an, Vorwaerts, re diplomats as is being created by present events in Austria-| ‘TAWA, Ont., Jan 0 and 25,000 men 24,—Between | will be en N of Class 1, OF of 166 I. W. W. members in federal] to get a date MPULSORY PURCHASE! LIBERTY BONDS, PLAN, urt here to see nts are not “railroaded to prison,” according to reports today WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Compul-| One of the Bolsheviki representa- sory purchase of Liberty bonds by| tives, according to these reports, !#| WASHINGTON, Jan property owners, with the alternative | already in Chicago and two others Hugh 8. was today desig pro rata tax on all property to| are their way from San Fran: cisco, on ed in @ bill introduced by Rep: ntative Green, the Syndicalists of Italy, Australia | dent’ Wilson, + 'BOLSHEVIKI ATTEND TRIAL 166 I. W. W. IN CHICAGO been asked to send | 24. ategory A, it was stated today So far, 10,300 have reported for service, ‘This does not include men| CHICAGO, Jan, 24.—Russian Bol- and Spain have | who have enlisted under the volun-|gheviki agents will be on hand a nts to Chicago for the trial, it in| oe ee ee the opening of the conspiracy trial | **!4 Federal Judge Landis ts expected xt week for the hear that the defend-| ing of arguments on demurrers. ADVANCE COL. JOHNSON ol. Johnson, national army, jod deputy The “Red Unions” of France and| marshal general, by order of Presi tion in Vienna as reported in Unites | Aaaieis is insisting on full recogni-| precedented West front offensive, se vost Austrians Set — ew Cabinet Says Wireless Up HE CAN'T VOTE This ts what any Seattle citizen will discover on ol day who falls to take advantage of his op- while the portunity to register registration books are open. Books Close Feb. 8 The registration office ts on the first floor of the county-city build- ing. It will be kept open for your convenience until 9 o'clock at night this week. Do your duty and do it now. BRITISH LABOR VOTES SUPPORT TO GOVERNMENT a Especially should the United States and) ne iavor party convention today NOTTINGHAM, Eng., Jan. powerful support to the lition government a vote of 1,885,000 to demanding granted orKce ting by the resolution | by re} tiations by Trotsky, whereby Germany has been forced to| tt the labor party members in the second, war aims Premier Lloyd George's statement of British war aims A new declaration by these three nations, offering a Hungary, might well ermany her principal ally, and thus withdraw at government | | coalition once. Arthur Henderson ber of the war council quent appeal against resolution. He declared its would be to break up the ment’s strength and delay vent of p Germany Playing With Fire, Says Socialist Leader Jan. 24 “The n government is playing with ¢ situation is but lit from Austria's.” neidemann, leader of the so warn former mem made an elo- rs the a | tle | Philip & jerman majority social ts Jed the German authorities in a | speech before the main committe the rei « reported in th soc today 200,000 Strikers Control Vienna COPED trian 8 periencing difficulty the extremists of the cording to delayed me from Vienna, ‘The dispatches report ed 200,000 Viennese still striking, At Budapest the strike partly continues in LONDON SEEKS NEWS OF AUSTRIAN REVOLUTION LONDON, Jan. 24—Up to 10 a. | m, there was no confirmation of the | United Press Correspon¢ | Smolny Institute reports of a revolu Press dispatches, assage of the | TheSeattleStar _ THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWE. ATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1918. PLAN ELEVATED RAILROAD TO THE SHIPYARDS NIGHT EDIT probably rain; modera ‘tute is the first rumor of an actual| thru their insistence on revolutionary movement in Austria | | | | | | | ceived by | Vienna was revolution-swept OLUTION RAGES! BY JOSEPH SHAPLEN United Press Correspondent PETROGRAD, Jan. 24.—A wireless messag iby the Bolsheviki today announced a revolution if |Vienna. This dispatch was received by Smolny institut |headquarters of the Trotsky-Lenine government. It is declared the revolutionists have named a \visional cabinet. The minister of foreign affairs hag ‘made the message public. He declared the report did ne ‘give the names of the provisional ministry nor any fu |ther details than the bare mention of the revolution. The message to the Smolny insti United Preas dispatches for the past week have reported great social and economic unrest in the dual empire. The people were reported incensed at the militartst, proannexationist atti- tude of Teutonic peace delegates at Brest-Litowsk. They were reported as crying out for peace to end a war weariness constantly increasing, and manifest thru a general strike thru- out the dual monarchy. Rassian Harvest The Bolsheviki from the very first have sought. unceasingly to over- throw the Teutonic govern-nents by & movement of the people, precisely as the Russian people overthrew the mmr. They went @ step than President Wilson has urged. The Bolsheviki propaganda work- ers began sowing the seed of a social uprising tmmediately after the ar- mistice became effective on Northern front. The closest frater- nization between Russians and Aus- trians was noted everywhere. Rus- sian revolutionary literature was spread broadcast. Hungary Restive About 10 days ago Swiss reports carried rumors of a general strike movement in Emperor Karl's nation. Apparently this started in Hungary, which has always been restive under Austrian domination, and whose peo- ple are racially related to the Rus- sians. Budapest was the scene of a num- ber of demonstrations for peace. Newspapers there openly denounced German Junker leaders as endanger- SENSATIONAL STORY OF REVOLT * IS PRINTED | HAGEN, 24. — The German socialist organ, Vorwaerts, in its issue of Wednesday, received here today, printed the remarks of Dr. YWdert befor reichstag committ were sensational rumors of “st fighting at Budapest and Vienna and of the proclamation of a repub- lic at Prague” (Bohemia). According to the Vorwaerts, Ebert assailed the Germans in these words: “The whole world knew of the general strike in Austria—only the rman people did not know of it. cor Jan. German main WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Conflict- ing official reports received by the government today left authorities in doubt the true Austria as to situation in Official advices for two weeks have | shown that the movement to rising in Austria-Hungary creasing. Today the ment was try on the United Petrograd of wi 3 messages re- the Bolsheviki there that was state depart-| to get official word Press reports from Swedish press reports—perhaps jored because they came via Ger o EMPEROR KARL NOW FAVORS RESTORATION OF BELGIUM BY JOFN H. HEARLEY ROME, Jan, 24 eror Karl of on of Belgium's rights against Ger- PRICE ONE CENT further | the | “GO SLOW” IS WARNING OF PEOPLE OF AUSTRO-CERMANY r Wednesday, t uthweaterly winds verywhere in Seattle Jing all hopes of peace with ist aims. Strikes and Riots Vienna apparently joined next in — |the general unrest. A number of — | strikes were reported nearly a | ago. Food demonstrations |The general strike movement rapidly in the nation. Austria immediately clapped on rigid censorship. Her frontiers ordered closed. But even thru veil, occasional reports sifted Switzerland indicating almost plete paralysis of industry in Ame tria-Hungary. ‘ May Be Exaggerated It is possible that with the sheviki wish for a revolution tn tria-Hungary father to the the Smoiny dispatch may be m an exaggerated report of the strike movement As against t however, is the fact that such @ sage was actually received by less—indicating that some tionary force in the country have control of this system of munication. United Press dispatches fi Washington during the past days have expressed the rf government’s warning to all that the Teutonic autocrats not be above a gigantic hoax spreading broadcast the by that conditions in the central em — pires were near the breaking the scheme being thus to relax war preparations under the belief ; | President Wilson's plea to the Ger | man peoples to form a government has borne fruit. %, eet pe, N GERMAN PAPER | This resulted in rumors of Bs | fighting at Budapest and Viennaan@! of reports of proclamation of @ He} public at Prague. ‘? | “We salute the action of the Ams: | tro-Hungarian proletariat | its full power to combat efforts te prevent an early peace based on um ~ | derstanding and right.” Wednesday evening’s issue of the Vorwaerts was its first since the three-day suspension recently meted out to it by the government for printing news of unrest in Austria, jmany—reached the state department today, stating that the Austrian | strike had been stopped under an Other government reports say that citizens’ organizations, both in Ber. lin and Vienna, have recently issued public warnings to various branches of the Austro-German government counselling it to go slow in further arousing the anger of the people, That the Austro-German govern: ment has been really concerned | about the situation was proved when the dual government inserted no tices in papers commanding all pube lie officials to be civil and respectful to the public on penalty of removal ‘trom office. |man militarist efforts to prevent an | unequivocal Teutonic statement as to jthat nation before trial of an un cording to word at the Vatican