The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 20, 1918, Page 1

een can RE Epi” ey EE, RPge ere Fund erans to 0 of the $750,000 a dinner afeteria, and in Wilson eo navy, to erect various 19.—~ A hut t of $12, neement® nization: vith the M. H. A. 1g rootn, mn, and L between | did all 70 ‘im AYOR GILL SNOWED UNDER BY 15,000 VOTES” FREEDOW FOR A , FOREY VA ER RE VOLUME 19 B8P.bP AUST e *« @ “Have you finished? ASED WIRE SERVICE USS ASSOCLATIONS: SEATTLE, WASH., WEL asked the officer. * - © ©) 22") “I have finished,” returned Papa Guillemont, huskily, and, saluting again, prepared to slide down in his corner and die. France. “No,” said the officer; “but wait here. If the Germans come, you may die fighting. It is for es, my officer,” agreed Papa Guillemont, and into him came at that moment something stronger than the strength of life itself, the thing which made the army of this land the marvel of the world. ¥_PAPE SSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1918 The Seattle Star ATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF . RIN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST NIGHT EDITION Tonight and Thur woutherly winds Weather Vorecast fair ute CUT e # # IT WAS THE SPIRIT OF FRANCE. * * * PRIC The foregoing is one of many dramatic incidents reported in the series of articles on “France as She s Today,” written by George Randolph Chester, the famous author of These vivid stories will begin in The Star Monday. Chester, called the greatest reporter in the world, is reporting the greatest story of all time. “Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford.” Don’t miss his articles. There will be approximately 20 of them. Dle Hanson | Gets 42 Per Cent Vote + —* ¢ Complete official returns, announced by Assistant Comptroller James Agnew Wednesday morning wing results: show the + 28,241 -11,738 eee 3,667 sees 3,240 -740 +0 +25,475 -17.021 -15,337 14,751 CORPORATION Caldwell, Hugh M. ..... Casey, John T. .. TREASURER F Hanson, receiving 42 per cent ‘of the total vote, and James E. Brad who received 20 per cent of the were nominated in Tuesday's * THE HANSON VOTE The Hanson vote shows the following: Got 42 per cent of the total for mayor. d Gill by 15,120 and Brad ford by 11,505. Got 3,484 votes more than Gill and Bradford t ‘. Got 3,781 more votes than Gill, | Horr, Murphy, Griffiths and | France combined. Got 66 votes more than Brad- ford, Horr, Murphy, Griffiths and France combined. ‘Was only 40% votes short of having as many votes as Gill, Bradford and Horr together. Was only 283 votes short of as many votes as Bradford, Gill and Murphy combined. Led in every precinct in the city except one. Vbrimaries for mayor. Mayor Gill, ‘funning a poor third, was elimin- “ated The total vote was approximately 54,500 Iph A. Horr nosed out John F Murphy for fourth place by a scant Margin, while Austin E. Griffiths fan sixth, and C. J. France seventh try Bolton led the ticket for council and seems asured of reelec o-* tion. Bolton's vote and Ole Han- son's ran almost identical in precinct after precinct. Bolton is a former president of the Central Labor coun cil, who was bitterly denounced by | Mayor Gill three years ago, when he first ran for the council. With Bolton, those nominated for the council were Will H. Hanna, Roland W. Cotterill, A. F. Haas, E L. Blaine, and C. Allen Dale. Of the six, three are to be elected on March 5. Bolton, Hanna and Haas are seeking re-election. | F. Cotterill, who ran third yesterday, is secretary of the Seattle park |board at present. Blaine and Dale | are ex-councilmen. Hugh M. Caldwell proved an easy winner over his opponent, John T. | Casey, but because the charter re- | quires the two high men to contest in the finals, the same two cand} dates wil! again have to be balloted on two weeks from now. Harry W. Carroll, for comptroller, nd Ed L. Terry, for treasurer, are \assured of reelection, having no op- | ponents. ‘The results of the mayoralty nom. | inations were apparent with the very earliest returns. Tho the polls closed \at $ o'clock, The Star was able to (Continued on page ten) | | Glen Hale, 23, was arrested by a city detective Tuesday on suspicio of being a draft deserter. It in al leged that he registered, but failed to respond to his call for military | wervice. A Letter From Hanson to The Star To The Star: I write to express my sincere appreciation of your support of my candidacy for mayor. Side by side we have fought for the rights of all mankind, for better pay and better conditions for those who toil. I pride myself that I have supported The Star in every campaign it has made for the general welfs c of the people of Seattle, for municipal ownership in the beginning, and for the protection, the improvement and the extension of our municipal utilities as they have developed. I stand with you now for the building of a municipal road to serve the ship workers, for the bonds to double the capacity of the tubercular hospital, and for all other good and progressive measures needed to aid our city. Finally, we both stand for ‘rom turmoil, incompetency, vice, . Propaganda has no place in this free country. united Seattle, for a Seattle free disloyalty and treason, The I. W. Seattle must be made an effective unit in the government's war program. Standing for a greater and better Seattle, and all that it im- plies, I again thank you. OLE HANSON. ARE YOU SPENDING LESS THA EROS RY Roland WELLS TRIAL CENTERS UPON DRAFT MEETING Federal prosecutors in the Hulet | tried to bring out the fact that a meeting held last May in the Epler block was called for the purpose of opposing the conscription law. the defense en- deavored to point out thru cross-ex amination of witnesses that the| meeting wan called to discuss the| high cost of living and to protest the enactment of the conscription law and not its enforcement. Clarence L. Reames, special as sistant attorney general, called five witnesses to the stand in an effort | to establish the charges of seditious conspiracy. Guards at Door Guarda were placed at the door At the meeting in the Epler building and every one present was identified personally, according to witnennses. ‘They said both Wells and Sam Sad ler were present. G. M. Welty, city Nght inspector, textified he went to the -necting as delegate from the Central Labor council, to consider a demonstration against the high cost of living. On cromsezamination, Judge W. R Rell, defense attorney, tried to bring out that precautions were taken ®© as not to be interrupted by row: dies. “Waa this before the Pigott plant was Wrecked?” he asked. Welty laughed and «aid it was long before Bell then said that before the meet ing the socialist headquarters had | been wrecked by rowdies. | Discussed Living Cost “Precautions were taken becaune | of fear of being interfered with by| rowdies, the government or anybody cise,” said Welty. “I took a great deal of interest, because I thought I hadn't ought to be there.” He said the high const of living was Aiscumed after the other matters James A. Duncan, secrtary of the Central Labor council, said that at a meeting April 30, in the Good Eats cafeteria, Wells declined to prepare an anticonscription circular, saying he did not have time, but agreed to see to the printing. Stepped Into Line Duncan said there was no sugges tion of the use of force in opposing the draft law at either the cafeteria meeting or the Central Labor coun ell meeting on May 23, at which a resolution by Wells, protesting against the enactment of the draft | law and importation of coolie labor | was adopted. “Not one word or one suggestion would be stood for,” he said. “We | (Continued on page ten) THIRD LIBERTY LOAN | MAY COME IN APRIL) WASHI TON, Feb, 20.—Sub- | normal economic and business con- ditions, brought about by a variety | ot war developments, [have caused postponement of the | third Liberty loan until April 1 or later. the loan when finally plac- ed for sale will bear 4% per cent| interest appeared probable today. | DRAFT CRIME FUGITIVES | MAY HAVE ESCAPED) EL PASO, Feb. 20.-Mormons ar- | | riving here today report having seen | three Americans, believed to be Tom and John Powers and Tom Sissons, | arate evaders and alleged murderers | tof three Arizona officers, in Mexico, | near the Sierra Madres. | The Powers brothers and Sissons are charged with the murder of Sher iff McBride and two deputies when the officers attempted to arrest them for evading the draft | FRENCH REPULSE ENEMY PARIS, Feb, 20.—Violet cannon- ading curred in the Butte du Mes nil sector, of the Champagne region, in the Vosges, the French offi cial communique stated today Enemy raids failed in Quincy wood and northwest of Courey and Vau | quois unforesee | American artillery has aided the | French infantry at Butte du Mesnil | EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA | KILLS 2,000 PEOPLE| | TOKIO, Feb, 20.—Two thou- sand persons were killed or in- Jured in an earthquake which practically destroyed the Chinese city of Swatew, according to message from Hongkong. (EAitorian Congratulations, Seattle! * = Husba SANTA ROSA, Cal, Feb. 20. ! When he rushed into his burn: ing home in response to the frantic entreaties of hin wife to try to save some baby clothes, Yell W. Butler, 35, was burned to death early today Butler and his wife woke short ly after midnight to find their home ablaze. Mra. Butler, in delicate health, started for her father’s house, a short distance away Then she remembered her baby clothes, on which she had been working patiently nd Dies in Burning Home Trying to Save Baby Clothes | ————2 weeks Please save the baby clothes,” she entreated her husband. Butler entered the burning house. He found an inside door locked. While trying to force it open he was overcome by amoke. Mrs. Butler summoned her f: ther. No sooner had help arrived than the roof caved in with a crash, burying RButier in the flames. His body was burned to & crisp, The Butlers lived on a ranch in the Alexander valley, north east of Healdsburg STORM BREAKS — IN SENATE ON WAR CONTROL; BY L. C. MARTIN United Press Staff Correspondent | WASH i, Feb. 20.—The} long expected storm over granting | President Wilson any further gen blanket day in the senate war powers broke to Senator Under. eral wood, Alabama, in a speech on the | railroad control bill, declared “While send abroad to fight to make the world| safe for must lose aight of keeping Am cratic. We know democracy can never be safe in the hands of an autocratic government, when power is placed in the hands of a man and the country is governed by m and not by laws, See Danger Ahead “Our country possesses checks to| keep us from autocratic n and mob despotism, provided congress will uphold and maintain th: reign powers of the people, but| when congress reaches the point) where it is prepared to abandon con: stitutional limitations and surrender & government of law for a govern ment by a man, then danger is ahead for the people of the United States.” Applying this warning, Underwood declared congress should not confer general powers on the president to make rules for conduct of the rail roads under government control, but define, specify and limit his powers Demand Efficiency The speed necessary in the begin: ning of the war is no longer essen. , he asserted, now that pressing war needs have been met “The time is come when we have opportunity to consider efficiency and not thrust ill-considered laws upon the people,” he said, “The time has come when we should pause and consider for, with all that we our soldiers | democracy, we not ica demo | um, congress has to its credit, it has made some mistakes, thru its gener: oxity and patriotism, in endeavoring to respond at once to the demands made upon it.” CONGRESS HEARS NEW FIGHT ON PROHIBITION WASHI ‘ON, Feb. 20,—Na tional prohibition faced today an un- expected obstacle. Charging that the national prohi bition amendment was not constitu tionally passed by congress, Repre sentative McLemore, of Texas, in troduced a resolution demanding a review of the house vote by the ju diclary committee McLemore baned his contention on the fact that the amendment passed by a two-thirds vote of thor present. The constitution provides that amendments must have “a two: thirds vote of both houses.” MeLe. more erprets this to mean two- thirds of all members. only ; London Papers Approve Lloyd George Policy LONDON, Feb. 20. London morn ing papers agr today that the inet crisis resulting from the Ver. sailles conferen has subsided. Only the Post and the News continue their hortility toward Lioyd George, alleging the control of the British arm. has been divided. ‘The country will agree this is no for party criticism eclared the Express. “The premier’s explan ation is clear and comprehensive. The war is the only thing that mat “Sheriffettes” on Duty at Training Camps WASHINGTON, five deputy scouting work around t training camps for the protection of young girls, the women's war work division of the committee on public informa tion announced today. Their work is chiefly concerned with girls who are attracted to the amps by the uniforms, girl resi dents of towns nearby, who are working around the camps, and girls who arrived to take jobs and who are without funds, VILLA CAPTURES TOWNS EL PASO, Feb, 20,—Jiminez and La Luz have been captured by Fran- cisco Villa and his band of 4,000 ban- dits, according to word received here today. ALL RUSSIANS | DEMAND FIGHT AGAINST HUNS BY JOSEPH SHAPLEN United Press Correspondent PETROGRAD, Feb. 19—De layed)—Demobilization of the Russian army and fleet has been stopped, it was announced at noon today. The Russian troops have been ordered to resist the German advance, and to evacuate their ponitions only when necessary, destroying property as they fall back. Preparations have been made for & stubborn defense of Petrograd. The entire preas urges the government to fight. The Tsarskoe-Selo wireless; station today picked up Prince Leo-| pold’s address, ordering the German | advance against Russia, in which he declared “We want no annexations or con-| tributions, but restoration of order. Russia in the center of anarchy. The contagion is spreading into Europe. Civilized Europe understands the Jermans are defending order in Eu- rope.” ALLIED LEADERS WATCH RUSSIAN: DEVELOPMENTS LONDON, Feb. 20.—Developments in the eastern theatre were awaited | with eagernes by allied diplomatic | and military experts today. The) latest report from Berlin declared | the German forces were advancing in Russia on a front extending from Riga to Luck, a distance of 400 miles. The former city has been in the hands of the Germans since their last big drive. The latter town was occupied by Gen. Linsingen yester- day without opposition. The statement made Lenine and Trotaky, declaring the people's commissaries had bee! forced to declare their “willingnes to sign the peace dictated by the| central powers, was the basis of con bie speculation here. This Hingness” might indicate a dis position to evade a definite show- down with Germany as long as ponnible TROTSKY SAYS GERMANS REDUCED INDEMNITY LONDON, Feb, 20.—Foreign Min. inter Trotsky, speaking before the central executive committee of the | pan-soviet last Thursday, announced the Germans at Brest-Litovsk re duced the indemnity they asked of Russia from $4,000,000,000 to $1,500. 000,000, according to a Petrograd dis. atch dated February 15. MUST BE SHOWN ABOUT | RUSS PEACE PROMISES LONDON, Feb. 20.— n. Hoft- mann, leader of the German milt- tarists at the recent Brest-Litovsk | peace confe wants proof of Russia's willingness ede to/ the German terms, according to a wireless from Petrograd today. | In acknowledging receipt of the people's commissaries’ wireless message yesterday, signed “Lenine and Trotsky,” in which it was de clared the Bolsheviki had bi en} forced willingness” to] sign a peace Hoffmann [acc ared he desired to see the orig- inal signatures. They are being forwarded to Dvinsk. } Hoffmann said the Russian fer had handed to the man government, but ‘a wire message cannot be regarded as an official document.” | “I request authentication of the writing,” Hoffman said, “It must be sent to headquarters at Dvinsk.” The Rolsheviki, in announcing they were sending the signatures, | requested a prompt reply. |BERLIN REPORTS 12 MILE GAIN IN RUSSIA BERLIN, Via London, Feb, “We have advanced (about 12% miles) beyond our pre- vious positions on the Riga-Pi | wrad railway,” the German war of- fice announced today. “From Dvinsk we pressed on to the northeast and east beyond Luck, | Marching on Revno, we took 2,500 | prisoners, several hundred machine guns and much rolling stock,” the statement said, Feeble resistance near ‘was soon broken.” public by Itseem ee | fon is destined to take an ever-grow: | g | domina | due to the attitude of the metal work- War’s Course — May Change Any Minute BY J. W. T. MASON a, «(Written for the United Press) _. NEW YORK, Feb, 20.—Europe has suddenly become ~ filled with tense crises that may at any moment change ~ the complexion of the war. The relations between Germany and Austria are strained as they have been at no other time since the war began. The contending forces along the west front are on the tip of expectancy for their delivery of a giant blow, The allies themselves are just passing thru the es of a critical situation concerning the authority of ersailles war council. ; Russia's internal situation of growing confusion that may turn out to be the greatest crisis of all. At no previous pertod in the war has there been #o intense a feeling of general suspense as now exists. It in naif an instinetive belief had be- gun to circulate that the early days of spring were preparing the ground for civilization’s supreme crisis. ‘The critical situation in Russia, which is the most spectacular for the moment, must be judged with extreme caution. The “willingness” of the Bolsheviki to sign a German peace and the announced intention of Lenine and Trotsky to “reply” to the German demands, are coupled with definite statements from the/ United Press correspondent in Pe. trograd that demobilization of the army and navy has been stopped, and that orders have been givea to fesist the German advance. After the moral victory won by the Bolsheviki at Brest-Litovsk, the present new peace program so sud: denly announced may turn out to be a temporary measure, dictated by & crisis within the Bolshevik circle of leaders, that has no lasting sig nificance But whether this be true or not, Von Hindenburg can put no trust in the permanence of any peace signed | at Petrograd while the war con-! tinues in the west. FATE OF WORLD TOBE SETTLED. BY ONE BATTLE a BY WILLIAM PHILIP stIMMs- 4 ited Press Correspondent ® WITH THE BRITISH AR Huns The Germans will use tanks Hke the British for the first time. Some of these will be equipped with mor tars; others with machine guns. They | will move almost four miles an hour. U.S. ASSUMES - |. 3°30 Se MORE CONTROL jaa will last long. Its infantry IN WAR PLANS} will be driven forwaré with unprece- dented ferocity—German fashion— BY ROBERT J. BENDER | United Press Correspondent after a few hours of intense shelling. WASHINGTON Feb. 20. All pieces, from trench mortars to 42centimeter guns, will smash against the British. The attack prob bly will center in the Cambrai re ing leadership in war affairs. This! gion, altho synchronized blows are was the interpretation placed today | expected along the front ‘ in many quarters on the announce Rely on Gas Shells ment of Lloyd George that the Ver-| ‘The Germans probably will play sailles supreme war council had! their trench mortars on the barbed been formulated mainly under the wire entanglements and front sup stimulus of a letter from America.| port trenches. They will use their The position of the United States | heavy guns on battery positions, rear as storehouse and treasury for the| guards, railways, suspected concem allies, as well as the reservoir of re-! trations and rear approaches gener serve man power, gives her a grow-| ally, ing direction of the war. | A heavy percentage of gas shells While the Versailles plan is for| will be used everywhere. High ox+ unity of action, the American stamp | plosives will be used against works, on affairs is likely to be more pre-| Then, in endless waves, the Germans nt in the future, especially | will be driven like cattle thru the after we have placed a large army | holes they will hope to have torn. in the field. The plan announced) Like sharpers doping the workout by Lioyd George is regarded of race horses, the German officers complishing a unity of military con-! are telling their men of the infalll- trol, which had been lacking. | bility of the scheme. Already, President Wilson has as-| German Troops Doubtful sumed diplomatic leadership. His! Nevertheless, the troops are doubt- expressions in war aims of this /| ful country have been closely followed! Impressions outlined in my Swiss and indorsed by all the ropean patches are borne out by state= leaders. | ments made here by prisoners—un- | fulfilled pan-German promises of | peace, plus the certainty of defeat s soon as America adds the full 5 | Weight of its force, mean Germany MEN T0 STRIKE .:: do or die now. The Germans undoubtedly will fight like tigers. The whole future | of the world probably will be decided. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Feb, 20—-|The Britons and their allies know Ten thousand metal workers will this, and will act accordingly. strike tonight as a protest against re: fusal of operators here to grant them an eight-hour day with nine hours’ pay, according to reports. The Central Iron and Foundry Co. announced its plant at Ressemer would close for an indefinite perio Amer. as ac. KUEHLMANN’S GOING TO PROTECT RUSS NATION | AMSTERDAM, Feb, 20—Ger- }many will not allow Finland, Lithuania and Ukraine to be ruin- ed by Bolsheviki excesses,” For- eign Minister Kuehimann declared in the reichs yesterday, accord- ing to dispatches received here to= day. “We will see what effect the now military plans will have upom, Russia.” ers. William Herkenrath, for the past 35 years a resident of Seattle, died at his home, 913 Third ave. W., Monday. He is survived by two. children, his mother, six brothers and three sisters, YOU MAKE? READ THRIFT LETTERS ON PAGE 5 TODAY ;