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

sie) Yor 19, LEAS b VOLUME 1 | at Hand ier Is Not Yet Ready to Lay Down British Arms _ TALKS IN LOWER HOUSE! LONDO! Feb. | 12.—"The war mast go on,” Premier Lioyd George fold the house of commons today. | “There is no real peace meaning, | either in Hertling’s or Czernin's| statements,” he said. “There is no word in regard to) Belgium or Poland, or the rights of France or Italy } “In the absence of anything def. limite. it is our duty to go on with war.” In reply to former Premier As quith’s request for further informa. Mion regarding the Versailles confer “@hee, Lioyd George said: “It is impossible to aay anything | ing the decisions reached siving information te the Asquith, at te today, asked for on regarding the in heen some just and sone iticiem of our military and ip.” declared Asquith, ut ‘the nation’s confidence is un vig geld the people look with dis. Bpon any proposition to clothe | war council with execu: | functions. je asked if any charges had been in the status or functions of Marsha! Haig and Gen. Robert: | OU CAN HELP MAKE SEATTLE LOTS BLOSSO Help to make Seattle a city | Unele Sam has recommended that every available piece of idle | land in the country be planted | in vegetables or foodstuffs of 4 b some sort. 40, How about that vacant lot of or ours? ‘ If you are not going to till it Own yourself, lend it to somebody that who will transform it into a until This appeal has been made by Town. County Welfare Commissioner S Callaghan, who is getting plans under way for gardens on va cant lots and other unused | land. | The parcels of land do not have| to be large. A 50-foot lot, 100 feet, deep, is large enough for a garden; to be cared for by one man. When| Necessary, the county welfare com-| Missioner furnishes seed potatoes) and other seed for the gardens, altho| last year the majority of the vacant} lot gardeners supplied their own need | ; In the city, when thesplots are! large enough, the city will plough | the land. Councilman Bolton, at a Meeting of the city afternoon counell Mond nce to 4 presented an ordin ) provide funds for this and the council acted favora nown vide funds for this ploughing. oalead street department supplies as| ams and ploughs as it thes’ has available, and when necessary with outside teams and ploughs to augment their own, Last year wood often as many aa six teams a day| teed were used. | If you have a plece of land that steel you are not going to use, and you| fare willing to permit somebody who in deserving and can use the plot No to good advantage to plant it in , No. garden truck, send your name and ry my and the location of the land © the county are commissioner, | ning in the county-city building. In this 75. Way; the person wanting to use land | re located nearest the land you offer illow will be told of your offer and will | LA a in touch with you. m the same way, if you want to set Jant a garden on such a piece of| cant land, and you know of a plot in your neighborhood, phone or i. call upon the county welfare com: missioner and he will get you in touch with the owner of the land Cc Congressman John ¥. Miller has written to The Star saying that he is prepared to wend weed to thone wending bim requests, He should be at Washington, D. C. FREEDOM ALL EYER PRESS | that | burg’s magnificent IS YOUR LOT WORKING or tilling of soil benefits it. ED WIRP ASSOC Ar to whom a garden Write, phone or call on the County Welfare Commi. would mean much. SEATTLE, WASH., ion, County-City Bldg. TheSeattle Star . THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1918. 'HE PACIFIC | NORTHWEST If you own a lot, and it is vacant, why not let somebody use it for a garden? There are many persons in Seattle and King county You can do a kind deed, and a patriotic one at this time, if you have such a piece of land, no matter how small, and are willing to permit some deserving person to plant and cultivate it. Incidentally, it will aid the land, Main 5900. Some deserving one will be found to cultivate the lot. ther ly orecast onal rain PRICI ESCAPES DEATH oo * 8#© #8 # | “War Must Go O , Lloyd eee Tells Commons NIGHT nea age PARAL CENT. ONE ° Ein Seattle | U.S. Guns Defy Hun Artillery | Terrific Duel Is on Between) American and Teuton Armies MAY PRESAGE ATTACK | United Press Correspondent WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE, Feb. 11. | —{Delayed.)—American and Ger- | man artillery engaged in a tor- | rifie duel tonight. At the time this dispatch is written, the big } guns were still banging away Correspondents did not know just what action was occurring. But the infantry wanted artil- lerying—and they got it The horizon in the vicinity of | the American front » iy broke out in » saw rib- bon of flame at 7 p. m. as the borhe guns began cer. tain of our pesitions. I happened to be visiting headquarters and was taining with with the | the colonel. ‘The telephone rang. the | C= ied Airy bu colonel answered. and repeated 4 mysterious figures, “H-72-B9." BA conference at Vernailles.| MS the nuneraix down on a vote | For. him An Urgent Cail Seizing another telephone, he de manded connection with certain bat tery positions, and repeated the nu merals to them with seemingly unin: | telligible instructions. j “It's urgent,” he said, just betere ringing off. Two minutes Iater the American | guns set the sky ablaze, venting their fury against the boche bat tories, Whole sprays and clusters of varicolored rockets and star shelis | shot up from the enemy trenches in | & manner that indicated excitement | in that direction. The signals and revealing lights hovered over No Man's Land, cast ing a weird glare.over the tangle of weeds and wire. The horizon danc- ed and writhed with giant caterpll- | lars as the Samnties loaded and fired | their big guns from mouflaged | concealments along the countryside. Occasional flashes of flame show: | ed where the enemy shelle were! bursting, tho the shell explosions were indistinguishable from the gun bia ts in the _roaring din INCOME TAX MEN AT CANTONMENT PUZZLED Staff Correspondent CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma Feb. 12 ~Just hoy many “borderline” sol- diers there are in camp who will have to pay income the government com figure the cost of their food and clothing as part of their income, pur officers here today | It was agreed by many of the income tax officers working with the tax collectors in the barracks that there are hundreds of men who would not hi to pay the tax if the government's ruling was! |changed but thus far there has| nm no attempt to calculate the number. WILHELM SAYS GERMAN | ARMY AND HINDENBURG |, HIS PEACE DELEGATES BERNE, Feb, 12.—The kaiser wired Marshal Hindenburg | “Russia's readiness to withdraw the war was due Hinden- | victories.” of this, he said, Hinden- | burg the German army the real “peace delegates.” The kaiser also wi congratu lations Emperor Karl and the sultan. today from to Because d are if Linéoln seus And- stretching , ! wikebe out his gnarled hands He ecked us to uphold the State, Ns there 2 man among ho would not hasten to the eae pled e his) faith and fate? nds bl ai | Stend» Ay (Copyright WAR CRISIS 1S DUE, DECLARES ENGLISH KING LONDON, Feb. 12.—"The struggle in which we are engaged reached a critical stage, demanding more than ever our united energies and resources, « George de clared, in opening parliament today The aims for which my allies and net © contending forth by my government in a state ment which received approval from my people thruout the empire, and provides a fair basis for. settlement of the struggle I have summoned representatives of my we Indian em im in order that 1 pon the dominions and my a further session of the cabinet again receive questions of moment common interests of the empire. ‘Our statement provides for re plishment of national rights and international e,” the king said with regard to Britain's war alms. ‘The German government, how ever, ignored our just demands for restitution of wrongs committed and | guarantees against their unprovoked repetition. vs all] 7’ 1 2b. § Wilson stends where™Lincoln deeds: m inwesT His Cavs: gk ipa 1see fast through for ALL* ° | LINCOLN’S MEMORY HONORED HERE TODAY Lincoln's birthday was being ob served Tuesday by Seattle banks and many leading business houses, which is good AP Fre-ahrh Fen VO OS | A) i 4 4 B 2 ~ 2 ioe) ty 918, by the Newspaper Enterprise Association) [POLICE PROBING _ CASE; HOUSE b | graver social disturb: _ Austria ® Wants | P er street stop on electric, urbe | and rurban lines thru t Under the skip stop, you either | toh every other car—or w to ' the next corner. If you're on |War’s Ruin and Deaths Are) rr ctopm between home and Terrifying Monarchy’s |} °*ice | Hungry People a 4\APPROVE WILSON PLAN Iced Fowl | (EDITOR'S NOTE—The following | dispatch reveals conditions behind Count Czernin’s speech, to which President Wilson replied yesterday. This is the second of the series of | dispatches by Wm. Philip Simms, re- 2 | vealing actual conditions in the cen tral empires.) BY WM. PH (Copyright 1918, by CH, Switzeriand, workers, before takir tools, following the did these three things Laid down conditions forcing Foreign Minister Czernin to ad- here to the Wilsonian program. SIMMS United Press) Feb. 12 recer “Peace alm, day and night.” Formed a permanent commit. tee to maintain a watch on the government and force it to keep its promixes. The same causes wh the strike unchained other continue is pomsib The © opposed dreams Jany day Austrians want pe to dying for p f conquest t | and} PLAN “ “SKIP “STOPS” TO. erneve CAR SERVICE stops woon on Seattle From oi To save fuel and be ( service, according to Uni } dispatches, the fuel administra tion today was considering order Prices Go Skyward Angers Food Adminis- tration. Agents Seattle prices on cold storage fowl of all sorts jumped, Tues- day, from 50 to 100 per cent. 1 ‘old storage poultry brokers, | following publication, Monday, | of an order by the United States | food administration, prohibiting | the sale of fresh fowl between now and April 30, sent quota- tions soaring sky-high. Action of Seattle Brokers ATIONS ARE DOUBLI “To Intern = Alleged — Washington Orders Arrest y by Civil Instead of Mili- tary Authorities i |WAS BORN IN GERMANY, | )] { The fate of Helmuth Ritter, former sergeant-at-arms at Camp Lewis, who was arrested Novem | ber 12 as a German spy suspect was determined Tuesday, whem United States Attorney Clay Al- len was authorized by the atter- ney general to arrest Ritter, es the case in the ha of the civil instead of the n | authorities, and is the first step ward internment Ritter has been held in. the county jail. Since his arrest he been facing either possible ton by the military aut apy, oF. ees This ple His arrest was kept secret untl vary 5. He was charged with served in the German army, of ing deserted the United States on the Mexican border, and of ing communicated with G agents in various parts of the Disappearence of important P has been laid to him by ae fictals. He Took Maps Wilson Plan Winning Cold storage spring chicken, 19 Army authorities at Camp I know for a fact that an Austrian| climbed from 22 cents to a neWleay that they have not been official, now in Switzerland, declared | perch at 32 cents a polund. Fat! ricjatly notified of the intention Austria in ready to accept President | ducks also took 10-cent increase.|/tne civil authorities to arrest Ri Wilson's peace terms. |soing from 23 cents to 33 cents per | ter However, they declare @ a | The Austrian rulers are afraid of| pound. Hens under four pounds} wren his arrest is made, he the future, expecially if the war con-| sold, last week, at 18 cents, but not] ye immedis discharged from the: |tinues. They already had to| now id storage . profiteers/i4the Un States infantry, 5 back down to avoid trouble. want Py cents for every pound of/ which he was a sergeant major Bey ew Hungarian party! small hen, And for hens over four|the time of bis detention in thee plans a arate Hungarian army.| pounds the price on Tuesday Was) ,uard house by the military authors Karolyi party refuses to join the | marked at 33 cents, It used to be—| ities on No bee it wants The Tisza nt party because ndent Hungary in undecided | The Czechs are suspicious toward | Germany and have asked appoint ment of an Austro-Hungarian coun cll to watch their interests in the | peace conference. |" ‘The pan-Germans are equally sus |picious of their neighbors and are | calling each other names. | | Rut the masses of the country feel the ery of ‘oth peoples is a peace Bolshevik government is foe and growing in Austr: 10) | the same for a ad (Continued on page TRAIN BILL closed in honor of the anniversary All federal offices were closed, in-| cluding the postoffice, from which ¢ delivery was m General TACOMA, Feb. 12.—The police | ivery and parcel post windows | | wale apa eowured | Are at a loxs today to account for | coln day banquet of the| motive for persistent attacks | WASHINGTON, D. n’s Republican club, Ma-| upon Patrick Ma JUniversal military training a) wonic Temple, Tuesday evening, will| mobile driver, which ¢ fergie theadipe isac gett a the 16 nual Lincoln dinner o! ed today by Se ew, Inc he 16th annual Lincol r Of! earty today in the dynarmiting of | ngay by Benet nl the organization, It is expected that) his home Bis eed paciet hor ar Heder the dinner will be largest ever held) ‘The explosion tore out the side of| ject to registration and draft ha aggeesi and made a large hole in|” Retween 19 and 21 registrants | ground but did not injure any| «nail be given military t > pepe FEAR YOUNG ARMY MAN as Mathieson was not occupying | ger rules to be prescribed by the BODE ies the tiers: |president, and no registrant shall MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED ral weeks ago Mathieson was! ie drafted into active military. ser Alig hes set upon by unknown assailants and |, Ihe is 21 PORTLAND, Feb. .12—City and | severely beaten, being unconactous| °° UU! he Is county officials are today investigat:|for hours. Shortly afterward his ; Ing the disappearance of Lieut. C.| new automobile was stolen and burn-| PROHIBITIONISTS IN K. Twohy, who was last seen at-/ed up, Mathieson says he has no tending a party at a house boat Sat urday night | ‘The fact that two rough looking men were seen loitering around dur ing the evening caused the police to work on the theory that the young officer may have been felled and robbed and his body thrown into the river Divers and grapplers have thus far been unable to find the body in | the river idea as to the identity of his enemy “FAIRLY COMFORTABLE” W YORK, Feb. 12.—Col Roosavelt passed a “fairly comfort able night,” it was reported at the hospital Late last night Doctors Martin nd Buel, the attending physicians, announced that — the colonel had not improved during lthe previous 24 hours | CONVENTION TODAY State members of the prohibition party asaembled in Seattle Tuesday to decide whether or not to join the new national party ‘ hey will fight for rules to make man, woman and child a mem of the application and | on payment of $1, and to choose di | ors by mail ballot ber party on sonvention will be held in Ar » hall, Arcade building | as long ago as Monday | All these fowl are frozen | And State Food Hebberd’s statement, Monday, pr vents brokers from saying that the 22 cents. Administrator the time under arrest camp authorities, that he important military papers and ile employed in the division: It ter the was a was 7 maps Fag pea of cold storage fowl. | adjutant’s office, in charge of Owe |The state administrator declared | poing suiinniae that the reason for the order was the | fact that there is a surplus of co It was mi | indirectly alleged that a | be responsible for held he storage fowl here. 4 the dynamiting of a troop Dee movernment order provides |thru information he was diam pm peeh ton : aoe pe sold until) i have furnished German spiea | i Po a tayo ~<oinld hme aa, | Working in this country, i [Writ frean stock they have on band;| "Since his arrest, he has been deg i ay Soares Sy rer tained in the 36ist guard house i | Chairman Godwin, of the state |the camp. ' administration price publishing | when th attention. new pri ces wer uesday outrageous. not warran his ine increases to that the ‘The are ed,” he said. “I shall consult with State Food Administrator Cha Hebberd, who is now in Seattle what action shall be taken to pre vent this price boosting. Something | will have to be done Chairman Godwin said that it w ntly the intention of the natio: the prict nittec tion will b evic al administration to le fixing to the local com He said that some | take n. | AUSTRIAN FISHERMEN | MUST BE REGISTERE All Austrian aliene nemies en | ployed in the canning and fishing istry in Alaskan waters must t | registered with the office District Attorney Clay cording to announcement ay | ployers who desire to empl | Austrians must furnish the offic with the names of their | companies | They furnish a list | Austrians they employ also must The health department will hav two new autos if an ordinance troduced by Councilman Monday's council Hanna respective in- at |GERMAN PEACE “|” PINCERS NOW AFTER RUMANIA WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. — The state department today officially aim nounced that Germany served an ak timatum on Rumania, demanding immediate peace, and that the Ru- manian cabinet has resigned. nm. | (What Would Lincoln Have Answered? The Star: It is time horities of Seattle to the way property Seattle are holding up people of the city. I live in an apartment owned and controlled by Henry Broder- * Jick & Co, and since the last of yber the rent my three= room apartment has been rais= ed follows: $42.50, $45.00, $47.50 and it is now $55.00. Not one new fixture n added. We are honest working girls who work hard six days every sk for our living, and to us this se like an outrage, A p| mn. Editor for the owners of of has be w ms RENTON MAN TO KILL KAISER; SAYS SO HIMSELF; ASKS REWARD BY A STAR REPORTER | Editor The Star: How much | is the reward for the kaiser's | neck? | am # man who is will | ing to sacrifice his ability for j | | humanity if there is red blood among the people to fulfill their promise. You may call on the people as to how much they will pay for the kaiser’s neck, There are many persons who think it is impossible for any man to come near the kaiser. It in not. Of course, one has to know how and have the means to do so, I can get near any king or kaiser. Three times within one day I was within three feet of the czar, the hardest of all to approach. Of course, I intend to keep my secret to myself B, SKOHIELOFF, Renton, Wash, handed me the The city editor | above letter, which had come in the mail a few minutes before. ind him!” commanded the C. E. * somewhere in Renton.” Easy,” thought I, as the Renton bound car gathered momentum. “Lv- lerybody in town will know the man{in turn reported the officials of the! who's going to kill the kaise first man met on the street was stopped “I've been here nigh on to 30 years, but I never heard of any man by the name of Sky--Shok—like what you said,” he replied to the question Nor did Jesse Storey, the postmas ter know him If he's going to kill the kaise » my eyes open for him, but never seen him yet,” was his answer. Never Used Phones “Nobody like that on our payrolls,” ve | Renton mine, the Briquet company th Seattle Car Manufacturir Co. and the local brickyards. “Never had a call for a name like that before,” said Miss Audrey Lan lich, lady-of- the-telephone. "Might try Mr. Anderson, who lives over three blocks down the railroad tracks, and in the little gray house to the left.” In 10 minutes | was knocking on the door of « little gray house to the left Mr, Anderson live here?” ‘No; Mr. Johnuon lives here,” kaomd aver hear of B, Skohieloff?” Five minutes and 1 was knocking at the door of another little gray house to the left Yes, This is Anderson, No; nev rd of Skohieloff. Try Kiwados, the alley Neither the front nor back door of Kiwados would open to my knock Thus ended that Then church societies and ex-bar rooms were questioned as to what in the way of Skohieloft th wld pro- duce, Neither produced anything, PF t queries as to what he ha The town marshal cer, soft drink establishments, cery men, the city hospita inhabitants and Renton in! . Russia the truant offi gro: abitants person cannot rent a room in a hotel at any location, as they are being held for transients, The Four-Minute Men of the |] city are speaking this week on a|] taking care of the new people i[ who are coming to Seattle, but they might better speak on tale ing care of the people who have lived for years and who have their earnings here, he spent n at random were int Ta If this continu what do Nothing doing they expect poeple to do? How Any one who will kill the kaiser is|f/can we be decent and live? int ing. Do you know him? Tip I am appealing to you as T us off if you do. In the meantizne, there is a disap | pointed city editor in Seattle, and |B. Skohieloft | ton.” “somewhere in Ren- know The Star is not afraid to print facts and I will swear that every word I have said ig true, A GIRL. | "|