The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 21, 1918, Page 1

a | | | FREEDON | FOR ALL , FOREVER, ie __ VOLUME 19° __ UNITE: D WIRE SERVICE “PRESS ASSOCIATIONS funsLose in Fierce Combat Aerial “Cavalry” Clashes in) Clouds; Explosives Are Dropped ; BRITISHERS CONFIDENT | SIMMS BY WM. PHILIP Btaff Correspondent WITH THE BRITISH AR | MIES IN THE FIELD, Feb. 21. heal “cavalry” has been successful and busy during the = | ing preparations for the Ger | man offensive. | Thirty-five German planes have! in the past three controlled, a total of 54 “quietused” by the Britishers, of whom only 10 are missing. despite the severest and | almost unending fighting day and night. Alr Is Filled While Hindenburg and Ludendorft are poring over the details of their ‘The British air men have dropped Inge quantities of explosives on Billets, ammunition dumps, raitway stations and aerodromes in northern ‘They attacked enemy quar. fers from just above the roofs, ma- marching columns, dis ‘s Land. The ice in shell holes fs sufficiently strong to support the death-grappling men. The Britishers are in fine fettle, ‘Rot nervous, and ready whenever Hindenburg starts. While this may happen any day, the Germans may try to surprise the allies by a sud- don a omer attempt to produce & state of “nerves” by further delay. GERMAN SPIES ARE ROUTED IN FRENCH TOWN) PARIS, Feb. 21.— A formidabte | German spy organization, the object | ef which was to create insurrections in France while the German offen give was in full swing, has been dis) cevered in St. Etienne, it was an- nounced today. ‘The organization is said to have| been directed by a German barkeep- er. Many arrests have been made, including a draughtsman in a St Etienne arms factory, who was con- Mected with recent strikes. | ROBERT WARREN f Private Robert F. Warren of Seat tle, first included among the list of Yictims of the Tuscania sinking, reported safe. ; f The Schwager-Nettleton company, | 4 F where he worked as bookkeeper, | Jast night received a message say- F ing that Warren has been officially f reported saved from the Tuscania, but details were lacking. ’ In early reports, Warren was in- ¢luded in the unaccounted for and 1 fl was finally listed as a victim, with i five other Western Washington men His mother, Mrs. Julia Warren, and sister live at the Ravenna apart-| | ments, 1734 Terry. | +; LABOR COUNCIL BACKS WILSON AND CABINET Resolutions pledging support to President Wilson and his officers and condemning the Chamberlain 4 bill calling for the formation of a cabinet, were adopted by the S ie d . a -— ee tral Labor Council af its weekly meeting Wednesday i EMANDS |.W.W. PAPERS TILLAMOOK, Ore., Feb. 21.—De- mand for the return of incendiary | Mterature confiscated when an I. W. W. was arrested for attempting or ganization work at local lumber camp was made today b: H. Lib. by, Portland attorney, who states he Ww. Ww. is counsel for the I DRAFT MEN LEAVE eal exemption board No. 6)! ich handles nearly all out-of town istered men, will send away about | volunteers for mobilization Friday. | k's enlistment thru the board. SIMPSON IS CANDIDATE oma TELD, Ore. Feb. 21 Cal. L. J. Simpson today announced} Siieae an @ candidate for the repub- | ican nomination for governor, and Qenight will open his campaign. | IMMENSE FINANCE BILL Playwright Picks Him as Winner George M. Cohan Who? George Randolph Chester, au thor of the “Get-Rich-Quick Wall- ingford” stories. In fact, the fa mous American actor and play wright dramatized these stories of Chester's because he realized they were actual transcripts of American 1 thester is a real REPORT Taking a tip an, The Star THE GREATEST REPORT. ER IN THE WORLD TODAY and has sent him to report THE GREATEST STORY IN THE WORLD TODAY The i the ad 1918, supporting with bicod, courage and treasure the bat- tle line that is defeating the purpose of the Hun to rule the world by force of might. Chester is now in Paris. His stories are already on the way, part of them having already ar rived in America. Their publica- tion will begin Monday in this newspaper. They chronicle the most important part of this war the story of the human element at crises behind the military op- erations, | DO NOT MISS THEM! | THEY ARE DRAMA—HIS- TORY IN THE MAKING! END TESTIMONY | IN WELLS CASE Testimony in the trial of Hulet M. W Sam Sadler and the Pass brothers, charged with sedi- tious conspiracy, was concluded | shortly and both sides rested their case. | U. & District Judge Jeremiah | Neterer then called the prosecut- ors and defense attorneys to the bench for consultation, after which court was adjourned. Following final arguments, after lunch, the case was to go to the jury late this afternoon. | Prosecutor Clarence L. Reames| and Judge W. R. Bell, defense attor. | hed just before the yver the introducti closed. transcript showing the ¢ aminati New York officials 8) of Joe Pass b (Continued on page Lawyers Cannot Aid Drafted Men Staff Correspondent CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, Feb. 21.| —Drafted men cannot be aided in obtaining discharge by civilian law yers. “The government has the facili-| ties and will fully protect the rights of any soldier claiming discharge from the army,” uid Maj. Eugene West, camp judge te, to mem. bers of an investigating committee of the Tacoma Bar association ‘The committee investignted |charges made against several Ta }coma lawyers by Maj. West’ that they had received undue fees for al leged assistance to enlisted men seeking a way out of th The committee exoner the | men, claiming that they ¢ paid for helping the men while their claims pended before local boards. REPORTED TO SENATE! WASHINGTON, Feb, 21—~The senate finance committee today re ported the $500,000,000 finance cor. n bill. The bill has been ma and some portions | porat terlally of it rewrit GERMAN F LONDO raid by New Zealand today, in the neighborhood of Poly: gon wood, in which a few Germans A successful | troops early | Field Marshal Haig “Near Klesquires the ley was activ report state enemy's ar evening,” Col, ©. Dercie, French army phys clan, now in this country, carries nears of 97 wounds, and still has 10 fragments of shell in his body. NO BREAK before noon Thursday, | 2 | approaching | of mine THE U.S. SEIZES ALL SALMON Francis Is Ready to Escape Diplomats in Russia Prepare to Flee as Germans Approach IS FEARED 1 SHAPLEN PETROGRAD, Feb. 20.—(De- layed.) — American Ambassador Francis and the allied envoys at noon today were preparing for a quick departure from Petrograd. They were overwhelmed by the sudden new and Trotsky willingness” to sign the German-dictated peace. They declared, however, that even a separate peace would 4 mean a break between Rus- and the allies. Premier Lenine waa the chief ad of the wireless sent out from r ussia’s willing: German peace. Four Lenine’ omiminsarios while four opposed him. The opinion prevails that Potro-| fate will be decided in a fort- . night. a stormy members of the left created neene in the (Continued on page 8) | ALLENBY NEARS JERICHO, FAMED AS BIBLE TOWN Feb. 21.—Gen. Alienby‘s anced to within four miles ho yesterday, it was officially announced today. “Despite rains we advanced 3% miles thru a difficult country on a front 7% milena wide, east of Jerusa lem." Jericho, mituated 14 miles northeast of Jerusalem, ia famed in Biblical alstory for having been taken by Joshua's hosts. ‘The legend says the walle fell after Joshua's forces had marched 13 times around the blowing thelr trumpets. SLAYS WIFE AND SHOOTS SELF IN CROWDED STREET Los ANC Feb. 21—Don Van Dusen, 25, a traveling salesman, today shot and killed his wife, Anna, 21, in the heart of the city, and then killed himself. Two men, H. P. Jackson and J. R. Minter, saw the tragedy. They were a street corner when they saw Van Dusen raise the gun and fire five shots point blank at his wife. She fell to the sidewalk dead, a bullet thru her heart. kson and Minter started in pur- of Van Dusen, who ran a block thru the drizzling rain, and, aa they were about to overtake him, Van Duse d the revolver to his head and d the trigger. He fell dead. ce are attempting to establish city, \* motive for the tragedy. | URGES ADOPTION OF UNIVERSAL TRAINING CHICAGO, Feb. 21—Urging a perman! training and a definite program | for this war, Gov. Frank O. Lowden, tod ed the Con- wrens of National Service here “Adoption of th two policies w would shatte hope of the the war-weary Form and the governors of eight states are expect- ed to address the congress, whone 1,500 delegates will formulate plans to educate the American people con- cerning war problems and the new responsibilities of citizenship GERMANS TAKE 9,000 RUSS AS. AS PRISONERS BERLIN, via London, Feb, 21— “Pressin tward from Dvinsk and Rovno (a front of more than 400 miles), we have cleared the country | and taken prisoner a general, sever divisional commanders, 425 offi cers 700 men,” the German war office declared today SEATTLE’S STREET CAR BANDIT BUSY AGAIN For the fourth time in as many weeks, Seattle's busy little street car is much larger than the average | were taken, was reported today by| holdup busied himself again Wednes day night. He stopped a Fauntleroy car at the suburban end of the line, and relieved Conductor D, Rodgers of $27 company money and $10 of his reonal coin The description of the robber tal lies with that given by other street car men whoshave been held up in the past few weeks. supported, ort | executive | t policy of universal milt-| central empires that we may become |“ TheSeattleStar . GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF . , THURSDAY, Y SEATTLE, WASH ‘SHE? SHOOT DOWN 35 GERMAN AIRPLANES | PAPER IN THE NORTHWEST FE BRU ARY 2 PACIFIC , 1918, ’S VETERAN AMONG 75 GIRLS IN OVERALLS HOLDING WAR SECTOR Miss Kurah 3 |work on government contracts ling Co.'s plant, Conne jradio apparatus for 250 ships. |eame to Seattle eight Overalled women are firmly en-| overalls in great! trenched in Seattle industrica. About 75 are now holding a sector of the war industries district, cap- tured by a few of their sisters six months ago. They are doing men's and boys’ at the Kilbourne . Clark Manufactur icut mt. and} is furnishing | my own machine. I'm making trun: nion pins now, and the work must be very accurate. My bons said this | {a a regular machinist’s job.” Miss Malone lives with her chum, Ada Greer, who operates the next |machine, Her mother ts in Nash ville, Ran Turret Lathes ‘The girls run turret lathes, punch preases and power drills, wind arma | tur and make mica condensers. They are paid from $10 to $14 per week. Some work night shifts Miss Margaret Houts works from East Waterway, whic The veteran of the campaign is | Mise Furah Malone, a pretty 19-year. } old Irish girl, from Nashville. She} months ao, | and went to work two months later. “1'm the oldest girl on a machine,” | 4 to 12:30 at night, on the same ma-| Miss Malone told a Star reporter.|chine used by Miss Malone on the “They put me on a week before any|day shift. She i» the sole support of the’ others. I had never seen alof her mother. Her brother, a pri machine shop before and never wore | vate in the 100th aero squadron, Is overalls. ‘This is my first job. amon the Tuscania'’s survivors. Likes the Work Mrs, Houts as yet has received no “I_love the work, and wearing| allotment from the government. BRADFORD MEN ORGANIZE FOR THE CAMPAIGN | Headquarters Opened in the Postal Telegraph Building and Meetings Planned |HIS FOURTH CITY RACE, Organization of supporters of James 1, Bradford, candidate for mayor, is now under way. His cam paign committee plans to have him address a number of meetings at | school houses, A mass meeting at the Dreamland Saturday night has been arranged. It will begin at 7:45. Headquarters have been estab- shed by the Bradford campaign |committee in the Postal Telegraph building. Yesterday he addressed meetings at the Good Hats cafeteria |and the Labe At the for | mer place, he spoke before the © Prison Reform club. At the latter place, he received the unanimous in. doreenent of the Central Labor Counell, ‘This is the fourth time Bradford | |ran for city office, He ran for cor | poration counsel three times, being | elected twice. He was opposed by labor in two campaigns, when the) municipal ownership, pro }and labor forées joined in be! the candidacy of E. J. Brown for corporation counsel in 1912 and in }1914. In 1916, Bradford was sup- ported by a portion of the labor ele- ment. Fores Corporation Following that campaign, Brad |ford became progressive candidate | for governor When the war was declared, Brad. ford and Otto A. organized a hipbuilding cor They re- d everal con we ation. fleet vessels. pty from the| prices fixed by the government. The government to build war emergency | government, it is sald, intends to wolze =) “rish Republic” Has Amba: sador Ww YORK, Feb. 21.—The “Irish Republic” is going to open an embassy in Washington, with an ambassador, and will fly the flag of the republic that was put down after a few days’ bat- tle by the British two years ago. The embasty was made poss! ble as the result of a meeting held here, in which $2,000 was subscribed to maintain it, among the contributors being the Rol sheviki club of New York, which ats ‘DR. E. J. BROWN date Against Bradford to Show Record 6 $10 TO TALK AT BALLARD , The Irish ambassador will be | | rit Yo oxalic pie keh Ole Hanson supporters will ten stated he would pay an offi hold an eriganiintion wetting ta cial visit to Pr mt Wilson his office, 210 New York block, upon his arrivel in Washington Friday night at 8 o'clock to establish the embassy. Tonight, at Eagles’ hall, Bal lard, at 8 o'clock, Ole Hans T. |Girl Refuses to Dr. KE. J. Brown, Rep. W. Christensen and H. V. Bohtke, Salute the Flag) Vii sdiress’ a, public meeting, a eb. 21.—Six-| it will be the begi teen-year-old Stewart was sus:| the final lap of the city pended from the girls’ high school| paign. today because sh ed to salute De. Biewn the flag with the other students. | ", ato hen y! Dr. Brown was the labor candidate 1 am a socialist, and it Is against) |i Municipal ownership candi my bélef to salu flag,” de: clared the girl “I back my daughter's action. her belief has come thru my teach- ings,” was the statement of the girl's mother any 1912 and in 1914 against Jame ‘Ani | ©: Bradford, for corporation counsel |who was then supported by the | forces opposed to labor and muni! pal ownership. a socialist, bh ame within a slight WHAT? DANCE HALLS [tie maser Mew IN TACOMA? YEA, YEA), ii, rent, Manson today the TACOMA, Feb. 21.—After having|clared that he will rei been arrested Wednesday on &| primaries, from making any per charge of maintaining nuisances, | sonal campaign. proprietors of the American, Liberty] “The truth is all I ask,” sald Ole and Lowenna dance halls are out on $500 bail, DUTCH BUTCHERS STRIKE] THE HAGUE, Feb, 21.—The buteh- ers in Holland are on strike, because the prices of cattle will not allow them a profit at the maximum retail “All my life I have fought for labor. I never employed @ nonunion worker on any house. | Yet yesterday some one called me Jup asking me if it were true t @ house I constructed in West Sent tle r was put up by non uaton 1 do not own any house in West Seattle in the first place, and, in the second place, I have, for (Continued on page 3) Hanson today, all cattle. "PRIC E ONE ‘CENT NT _EY*seruiee “This week I've been setting up! OLE HANSON AND' ‘SPEAK TONIGHT Municipal Ownership Candi- | Altho Brown ran as| ». | New York, today reported for duty NIGHT EDITION ~ Canned Supply Is Held for the Army and Navy All Brands Are Commandeered Exe cept Poor Grade of “Chums”; No Sales to Private Consumer The canned salmon supply of the Pacific Nortel west was commandeered today ty the government. Orders were sent to all local packing companies by Salmon Administrator Ed B. Deming at Bellingham — \for holdig all canned salmon for army and navy use. | Prices will be fixed later. The order covers every sized case or can of salm= = on and all grades and varieties, except the “Chum,” or |poorest grade. All Northwest and Alaskan canneries are affected. Preceding the order, Deming sent requests from Bek lingham to all packers and canners, asking an immedite report on the amount of salmon on hand, stating fi government desired it for the army and navy. Shortly after the information was telegraphed, order was flashed from Bellingham, ordering all salmon in the warehouses of canners and packers held for the use of the fighting forces. The method of price fixing H&s not been outfined | as yet. by Deming. ‘ This ‘order means that canned salmon is now off the market, and no new sales to retailers are being” made today. Sales that have already been made will be filled. The government will permit them to LN livered. \ Consumers will, be :able to buy only such ui livered stock and that which is now on hand at stores. As soon as the order of the food; j administration was received at the | various offices of Northwest can neries here, Seattle managers at once issued the necessary instruc-/ | tlonsto comply with the request. AN available salmon remaining un- sold in warehouses thruout the city | was thus “sewed up” to await fur- | ther instructions from the govern. ment. | Could Not Fill Order Previous to the issuance of the or- der to commandeer the present sup- ply, the government is said to have sought 200,000 cases of salmon from the Northwest for army use, and j that the order could not be filled. | After that the decision to com mandeer was made “We have received the notice to hold all our salmon supply for the § Elihu Root Warns America Against — Peace Talk Da CHICAGO, Feb, 21,—Urging ica not to be shaken from war p arations by peace talk and citi “poor Russia's present as a warning, Elihu Root today ad ” dressed a stirring letter to the Con- ~ gress of National Service, in opening, session here “The Bolsheviki," Root “were very eloquent about a without annexations and ind tes. They filled the minds of Russian peasants with these to such an extent that they st fighting and stopped making mui government,” said W. & Hoopes, t0ns. When they got ‘te Brent: Seattle manager of the salmon de pee Asahi aene: that Germany |partment of the Apex Co. “In our peace. intention of making such | instructions, no time limit: was given. We are now holding all _, she wanted the Baltic provinces of Russia and she desires to them. We must beware of anyt! in the remotest degree approaching that.” grades, with the exception of chum pending further word from the food administration. “I understand the government | wanted 300,000 cases of salmon for ov teeta teas: Chop Trains Off |". Ee Smal, of the Kelley-curke! NN. Y.-Chicago Run R. E. Small, of the Kelley-Clarke | WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Thray Co., stated today that his firm had |received the order commandeering passenger service between New York |the salmon supply and that the in- and Chicago will soon be limited to structions had been followed out one fast y. day and “We are holding up all our stock night, it was officially stated today for further instructions from the government,” said Small. “Salmon, with the exception of chum, men- tioned in the dispatch from the food administration, is now off the mar. | ket here and thru the Northwest. I cannot say just how much salmon the order will tle up.” at the railroad gdministration offices here. This marks the inauguration of @ nation-wide clipping of fast ger service between practically all — the big cities. Surv were being made today by the railroad administration to deter= H. J. Tillman, of the San Juan mine exact passenger conditions at Co., said his company had received ail points, what service may be lop no word of the order to hold up the! ped, what conditions must first be alk | salmon supply | tered to permit of the sweeping curs | eee which eventually will some, What line will be used for the re- | | EMBARGO ON LAKE COAL | ‘ FOR TWO DAKOTAS been ter to Kenional Director Smith, WASHINGTON, Feb, 21.—An pack pers It wen State ae embargo against BhIDment Ot ee et ne ee an Lon bituminous coal to North and South | Seen the two cities, four leaving ten. | 2 “ minals at the same time. None, ac- Dakota, except for public utility re ordi to Diré M a - Jauiremente, is being prepared, the |Crdine to Dirketor McAdoo, carta fuel administration announced today. |* * complement of passengers. By shutting off lake shipments, the Py Re yakotas will be required to draw on| SEATTLE MAN BURNED | the surplus from Montana and Wyo-| FIGHTING HOME FIRE ming, thus releasing the dock supply | for Illinois and Eastern centers. Endeavoring to put out a fire in — |his home Wednesday morning, W, | M. Shird, 2732 Commodore way, wae | | Mayor Mitchel Reports severely burned about the neck and | for Aviation Duty chest.” Damage to the property: BAN DIEGO, C sb, 21-—For. Owned by D. C. Patterson, Hogue {mer Mayor John wth Mitchel, of | building, was but slight, at the North Island army aviation sta HARRY LAUDER ILL; DOES” ioe has the rank of major and join-| NOT SPEAK AT LEWIS ed the corps in New York, immediate: | Staff Correspondent ly after his defeat for re-election. cAMP LEW 18, Tacoma, Feb, 21. so Harry Lauder was indispos: RIDICULES “SUCCESSES” |e te ait noc speak to the solders et Lewi | ZURICH, Feb, 21—Commenting on | “2m? 1ewie the German movement against Rus: | COPS” WILL DANC DANCE sia, copies of the Mannheim Velks Stimme, received here, say All policemen have big, big— rmany's successes in the F They will be nimble-footed enough against a non-existent enemy's demo-| Friday night, however, when the an. bilized army are grotesque and un-|nual ball for the Relief troops.” held, in the Masonic st worthy of heroic