The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 26, 1918, Page 1

FREEDOW FOR ALL ,FORKY ER ULL LEASED WIRE SERVIC NITED PRESS ASSOCIATION! mor 7 Hours i in Hail of Barrage Fi Was “No Excitement at All,” Says American of His Experience; Why French Pin Faith <n Us The American way is to GET IT DONE. that of us. That's the moral in this story by ester, noted novelist, and creator ‘allingford.” As the French expect it of us, it’s up to us to deliver. | Chester went to France especially for The Star, to tell eur readers “THE STORY OF FRANCE TODAY.” This! the serond of his stories. They are appearing daily in| ciiy exclusively in The Star. BY GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER AND LILLIAN CHESTER. ie . Copyright, 1918 1) PARIS, Feb. 26—“Say. What some blue bunting t you think of the French?” “Get to blazes down from there! |) “Fine! They're immense’ lyelied the skipper, in a justifiable | That's the regular question | ruge ‘and the enthusiastic answer, Ye when Americans meet over here. | tenant William Soand-So, and. going What is the French attitude t. leaned against the rail for long toward Americans? Confidence: ninut } Dealm confidence; a confidence as ame past by ) superior as that which they have | by n rugs and closing} in themselves! And it isn't mis- [up for the night We'll make good. That's ward, wh Pe On the steamer, coming over, “The first officer, sir.” ‘ome of the helpful souls con:| “Ww vat officer?” d and executed a counter ir) “In his room. replied’ the deck 4 to the apprehended danger | steward, and hurried away . and a member of the medical to “Blazes” Beate ef the U. 8. army, whom we) 4 heer elias nol = excellent sehall call Lieutenant Bill, was 8>°| memory. was Lieutenant Bill. He chairman of “ Noa rtion | recalled having seen the words “first is sage hige rong Re pe wan ig: | Oiteer” Over a door somewhere, and > he went prowling about the boat un ok earl. + gale The | he found that door. He knocked d immediately after “Who in blazes is there? came “Libretto committee had tld ite pre }a voice like the crack of a qun. fiminary session, and his first and)" srisutenant William SoandSo; a i question was characteristic, | _\Uouienene Ow “Well,” be smiled. producing pen) wwe in biases do you want?” - dogged me “give mea list of what) wen sir,” said Lieutenant Bill, | clearing his throat, “we're getting up ‘aa ‘They laid It before him.) ttle entertainment. and if you ‘Ben foray se ae ane, aiere | coud let us have some blue bunt i iba or wartime restrictioes, ot ke ee ee eens © went, cm pe ag | door!” selled the first officer, frantic Nee ne. ee, nnd allthey | {2% *VeFY second of bis fourhour wanted. was costumes for N tad baie eo two golden-treased he-mermaids, seve)” ecg Lieu! eral other principals, and 14 beauti-| ful wavelets of the Atlantic ocean! | chin in hoth hands. A beautiful bl Lieutenant Bill Gets Busy {sky that morning, with just a few Some five minutes later Lieuten-| pearltinted clouds moving lazily ‘ant Bill came briskly out of that|along the horizon, and the waves| fittle salon, and confidently inter: | were rolling and tumbling in a th Yiewed the six lady passengers of | sand hues of and raid the ship. He finished thom® inter white lace fringed views a sadder and a wiser man. | crests; but Lieutenant Bill saw none Such ladies as were aboard in| of these things, nor felt the tang of D these strenuous times were on no/the crisp, cool air, as it blew against frivolous errands, and they had not, | his cheeks. He was far, far away §ndividually or collectively, enough| “Good morning, Props,” we hailed broad, blue ribbon to make a fillet | him. How are the costumes com for the hair, a bow, a streamer, and | ing on? & wide billow for even one beautiful) Lieutenant Bill drew him wave of the Atlantic ocean, let alone ly back from far, far away 14. Thought on the part of Props. | sighed, and smoothed his off ear He went to the second steward, who ‘They'll be th he 4d. He gent him to thé first steward, who| smoothed the other ear, and knotted gent him to the linen steward, who| his brows. “I don't know where I'll him to the purser. | get them, but they'll be there. e purser listened Pern ce Bil Delivers ing awhile on the unfailtering de “ iis irate tion of Lieutenast Bill, and} Of —— od a oe ately mentioned the only ray of hope.| the 14 beaut es feat res Among the flags which were used) |” aoe TF gare pd ee pal gg ae for signals and salutes, there might | Sntymologin’ ana v mocle, they rer be some Sve ope on pit | eight blue fillets around their heads lag allyl gy 8 |were decked with blue bows and permission to use that, if there were | oer tn ruseened Weiee tae bib Bees, is tae cktepet” liows, and were draped in shining ee re | whit for this was a camouflaged Per a foam beneath, | sa sande 2 a proper crown cut shrugged hix shoulders proper crown cu tain is on the bridge (Continued on page 6) It was a beaut clear and io starlit night, and the sea was calmly glittering Ao diamonds from | Germans Claim Capture horizon to horizon: an « of 30,000 Russians for submarines, had any chanced to See Eth Ane, we Dae Just LIN, via London, Feb. 26—| stubborn enemy was defes entered the so-called danger zone Out on the darkened deck, where! in 4 violent battle south of PF no smokers smoked and r (Pakotf), and the town was ¢ crack of light was allowed to be 4,” the German official « We from within, went Lieute iaaleaa ands The tort Bill, and considered. Up there in the peval was captured after r Konelkowitz, the dimness the bridge, with the themselves against our force ‘They were thrown back upon the head of the skipper motionle si tted against the midnight sky town and the railroad station was capured by storm. Skipper Aroused gun| “Recent captures include three 6 To port and starboard, amidships fore were the crews. visional staff officers, 180 other of. ficers and 30,676 men in their queer night uniforms Uke goblins out of some w MEDICAL MEN LOSE OUT The French George Randolph} of eee sir.” meekly returned Liew cheerful morn. nant Bill jean ing against the aft rail with his alow. | and wore asked n, with the | oc ser laughed, and we age Neptune wore a “The cap-| crows RE! “The 0 gleam thre and and rd fan motionless In their cat esa. Equail tenant Bill at the be companionway, | 1 drove him on! Slowly he climbed the steps, On a| wudden, like the crack of a gun, | there came from out @ the cool at| medical corps are cont mosphere up above the trasctble| rate of 50 a week voigg of the nerve-strained skipper. | ¢ nnounced today, In all io in Blazes is that?” 5 lical officers have beer “Lieutenant William So-an-So,” re since the war began, and in turned Props deferentially, standing addition there b been about 4,000 ke f medical what!” rasped motion Jess stood L tom of the narrow 1 wt duty Feb. 6 the army uing at the Surgeon General WASHINGTON Dis harges of officers from tions in the reserve Baruch Succeeds Willard WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—Ber drawing a long breath, as nard aruch toda was named chair- ed bimeeif for the effort, man of the war “we're getting up a little entertain jucereding Daniel ment, 404 if you could let us have signed. ¥ | ‘One of the passengers | “What in blazes do you wan “Well, captain,” explained Lieuten Willard, who re! | nity | enlistment IN ARMY CORPS TESTS); industries board, | «: THE GREATE oa lhe — | Mise Jeasie Rothgeb, in charge of te cafeteria and dormitories at the University of Washington, who is | P*t doing her bit to boost potato week. ST_D. AILY SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1918. The Seattle Sta CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST NIGHT EDITION» Weather Vorecast: 1 fal moderate PRICE ON CAMPUS GIR, ] | The Wilson | (How Hertling Terms Puts It First ment must justice of that uch adjustments a that will be That to be bartered sovereignty a. be based upon particular ¢ are most & peace nd about fro if mere Second not to |pawns in a game, even the gri | ' j amongst She is serving potatoes in a variety of ways, and in abundance, to hun dreds of university students every day. THIS IS “POTA WEEK; EAT TO-MO FEDERAL PROBE AND SAVE _ OF 100 CASESIS TONS FROM WASTING ON FULL SWING : Have some more spuds! Take an extra helping at meal this week in place of some oth er food. It is a patriotic duty This is “potato week,” says State Food Commissioner Hebberd. For once, you're not to Hooverize. In this instance you are not to eat leas, but more. You see, | every s thin way A year ago there was a potato sho You remember how a spud used to be locked up with the family jewels. So, every one waa urged to plant potatoes last year. It was a war duty—and the farmers planted potatoes galore. In fact, they planted so many we are now overstocked ‘There are tons nd tons of mpuds "MORE MEN TO BE ADMITTED TO NAVAL CAMP ON CAMPUS A vigorous recruiting campaign an been begun for the United 1 training station on the univer campus. An office is already business, and recruits will camp is filled up since for na open for be taken un This is the first opportunit stopped, in Aug entrance into the ttle camp. Those men who are acoepted will re ceive a thoro training in all phasos of navy life, and will spend about four months at the local camp. » naval training station here in 4 to be the crack cacnp of th Many men who received early nt to Some > have since been s apid strides. since become ensigns; other have obtained a warrant officer rank, while still more are serving as chief petty officers Camp on Golf Links sated on the rolling links of the Golf club, bounde: t and sides by ngton and Lake Union, th camp ia one of the most ideally ed training grounds in the coun. These surroundings, enhanced thoro drainage system and a rigid system of cleanliness of the grounds, has also made it one of the most healthful military camps. day the camnp is alive with build activity. A site has already been 1 new medical building a heating plant, a bigger and tructures. A large force of hing the work that will to first-class shape the train ceton he Princeton whoo! for the em sailors they will expert © everything except the lunging nd rolling, which can well be poned until a later time. training he have raity went ing prepared for arm oth men in put ing ship will be Prin used as bryo wh post j now In danger of rotting. not be shipped to other an the necessary ¢ Soot The federal grand jury went Into secret session at 1030 Tues. day morning, to dispose of exact ly 100 commissioners’ cases and to investigate new matters to be presented by the United States attorney's office. Most cases involve either alles ed violation of the eaplonage law, the select draft act, the Reed amendment or statutes prohib- iting the distillation pf liquor. of the most important case laathas rand ship space is not available just now. Shall they rot? If they do, the farmers will lose a lot of money. If they lone, they won't plant potatoes again so cheer. fully. If they don’t plant spuds, | there will be another potato famine like we had last year. You wouldn't like that, would you? ‘Therefore. folks, eat. Take a second helping, and a third. The price is ie is that of the government against Restaurants have been urged to Serget. George H ynstock, former serve them in variety—and as @ free| head of the dry squad, charged with | side dish conspiring with Raleigh M. Falkner | There are many ways of fixing po-/ to the federal penal code tatoes, if housewives will use their covering the transportation of liquor. skill, he veniremen convened at 10} rane eee poo Judge Neterer's violate Jeremiah March Prisoners in Fifty-seven prisoners, ancient the ling to} ched before Th custom, were ma into | courtroom shortly ver the jury brought from the city and ce 1 Any citizen between the ages of 18| jails and the detention station and 35 In eligible to enlist. The camp |jarge number of officers and aanuill | may be reached on Kastlake or I marshals were on guard. Chief War. venna cars to 14th ave. N. F. and t Marshal Bos np is just a few blocks from 14th present fe. i ‘ The jurymen took their places at ‘TACOMA WOMAN formed them aa to thelr qualifica IS FOUND DEAD tions. A J. Barr 6, was excu! TACOMA, Feb. 26.—The body for being over 60 years. Everett Turner, assistant for the unknown apparently |a was found on of | Great Northern, also was excused on rk ren le were cashier ount of his position | No Objections there any objections to persons under Judge asked the prisoners. | wasn an woman, 40 years of age, Are Point Defiance pi the | of the 1 jury ‘oma | > Neterer There arrest ouse by Gus Ahistrom response. Peril Judge Neterer said the grand jury is of the highest importance indispensable. He told the members their duty was to individua as to the government, and cautioned them to keep all information secret He emphasized the peril which the flag is in | reasonable seditious t be he said. appointed H. R. King, president | King Bros, Co, ax foreman of jury Names of Jurors acoma amelter The"pody had ¢ ed in from the bay idently been wash and had been in and is a few hours. Wheth er a case of murder, accidental death or suicide, the police and coroner are endeavoring to determine. here wer around right ear and scratches on the hand. The woman was well dressed and wore a wedding ring on her finger, AIDS WEINBERG CASE After being aworn in, the SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 26.—The special chamber. number of indictments ag » prisoners ¥ e then handeuff. Wein! cha d with 1 led back to th cells iness parade jur are: H. R. King reduced to five to man, C. J, Beck, Andrew Sagen, as a result of the dismissal of thi Chartier, Florence Carpenter indictments pending in Judge Cab | Agnes C. Hatch, George Wilcox, H epartn nt f the superior HP «, Karl Yo Cc, W. Chand. rday, These were |ler, A. Hambach, James R. Carroll, B. dismissed on motion of Assistant Dis jates, W. A, Brady, C. L. Denny, triet Attorney Ferrari, after Judge|C. Malmo, G. A, Haskell, F. H. Bax |Cabanias refused to grant a continu: ter, G. O. Guy, G. Folsom and H. L, ance of the cases. Patrick, the water only as well the right He of t the jury re. compli men Cora anise’ ¢ court, Ia | tinuously | whist | Their forever discredited, of but that Every this power; Third volved interest and for the tion concerned, mere adjustment rival Fourth—That aspi territorial in war must be or states; and all ions shall be isfaction that can be accorded introducing new or ments of disco: be likely in time to break Europe and consequently of the world. That each part of the ase and permane: the benefit of the and not as a part of any compromise well-defined corded the utmost sat- perpetrating i and antagonism that would final the settle- essential upon likely to bring nt provinces me: are which, m sovereignty chattels and eat game, now of gene balance * _— basis. “Only connection ettlement made in- in the popula- of claims “This goal national them without old ele- the of peace sage of February 11 constitutes a small step toward rapprogchement. applied in a mutual exchange of views, thus declare with President Wilson that a ral peace can be discussed on such @ with must not only Wilson, but actually be recognized by all states and peoples. ‘I readily admit that President Wilson’s perhaps I can fundamentally agree with the four principles President Wilson's view, must be and one reservation may be made in these principles. ‘They be proposed by President has not yet been reached. There is yet no court of arbitration. “When President Wilson say chancellor is speaking to a world tribunal, I must decline this tribunal as prejudiced, joyfully as I would greet it if an impartial court of arbitration existed, and gladly as I would co-operate to realize such ideals.” the German HUN CHANCELLOR SAYS HE AGREES WITH PRES. WILSON AMSTERDAM, Feb, 26.— Chancellor Hertling, in his ad dress before the German reichs- tag, yesterday, declared lresi- den Wilson's message of Febru ary 11 contained some principles which might constitute the basis for » general peace discussion, if all the belligerents agreed to a mutual exchange of views, ac cording (o dispatches received here today readily admit that President age of February 11 ‘perhaps a small step to said the im I can fundamen four principles Wilson's view tual ex declare constitute | ward rappr 1 chance acherme! tally agree with which, in murt be applie a w jehange of thus | with Presid | peace banis. views, and can be discussed on such @ Goal Not Reached reservation onnection with th “Only one may be made They mu y be Pre but ‘ognized by all states pro: actu and powed by aliy be re reach ra has not yet be There ix yet no cour Wilson says the is apeaking to must decline t ed, joyful impartial court hen President Gernan world tribunal nal as prejud would greet it if of arbitration existe I would cooperate to trib as I ace of a wimilar feel Eng is no tra ing on the part of the er i's does not think ¢ war aims are and and Ind ce has been made world asks, ‘Isn't the gate toward a general peace But Britain, Italy and France are not ready to listen to rea They are fighting for conquest veresis no Alsace-Lorraine ques international arding recent Swiss intr determination to Ire Inasmuch with Russia : TO DEFENSE OF RUSS CAPITAL BY JOSEPH SHA! United Press Correspondent PETROGRAD, — Feb. (Night)—Despite acceptance of the German-imposed peace, bilization and rried prepara tions for the defense of Petro- grad continue. Small German detachments are re Petrograd southwest of ported toward from Pskoff (1 Workm moving miles Petrograd). battalions were quickly or and several already moving in the direction Pskoff. After the Germans advanced are of capture of Pskoff, the several stations Russians then began a counter and the city changed hands The Rus battalions are con leaving for Pskoft. garrison soldiers refuse’ to fight, but the workmen are enthusi astically joining the revolutionary ar Four thousand from the Put Hloff works and 3,000 from the Viborg and Smoiny have for an armed camp, with red flags flying As soon as the news of the capture Pskoff rived here, the # called the workmen to arms spirit is belligerent, are determined to die for the revollu tion. offensive. |weveral times remainin, sian workmen's of was nt Wilson that a general | se prin:| and they | JI declare that thought ansailing Swiss neutrality,” lor Hertling declared. we never Chancel have! and we never will think, of| pendent proletariat and annex new / “England hopes to create a de territory, increasing and rounding | off her enormous possessions, expe | “We hold the greatest exteem and cially in Africa. grativud toward Switzerland, Hol) land. neutrals | newtrulity opprexaiona “Our war aims from the be ginning have been: “Defense of the Fatherland. Intenance of territorial in- tegrity “Freedom of economic develop- ment “Even our aggressive warfare has been defensive. I aim to emphasize the latter, so there will be no mis rstanding the operation in the cast who Explains Russian Move It ts our sole aim to secure the] tinue We | war of conquest lish ourselves | Our chief | but the blood of the fallen, the ago fruits of our Ukrainian peace. |do not intend to es in Esthonia or Livonia. aim in Courlan and Lithonia is the) creation of self-determination fadministration. Our military ac ns hive far exceeded the original n Regs be fair and Rumania, we desire to the state with which the t of the success of our arms, we are now concluding peace. Regarding Poland, Germany and Austria freed her from an oppres. sive dependence for thé purpose of creating an independent state Her constitutional problem is now being discussed. The Ukraine at first produced a great un’ Poland. We hope that a compro- mise may now be reached regarding & settlement of the frontier “Germany is only demanding what is militarily indispensable. The prospect of peace with the entire east is now within reach The entente is fighting for Italy's acquisition of portions of Austri Hungary and severance of Palestine, Syria and Arabia from Turkey,” de clared Hertling pat in Scandinavia, Spain and other! statesmen win “In the fact of this policy, entente dare to represent that ave preserved their|Germany is the disturber of peace, despite temptations and) who, for world peace, must be con: | fined tn the narrowest bounds, if not | destroyed. “By @ system of lies and calumny, they untiringly endeavor to instigate jtheir own people and neutrals _ against the central empires and dim turb neutrals with the specter of German violations. World Awaits Decision “The world now stands before @ final ther our enemies to conciude peace—they |know on what terms they are to begin discussion—or they will con- their insanity in a criminal “Our people will hold out further, nies of the mutilated and the suffer ing of the people will fall upon’ the heads of those who insistently refuse to listen to the voices of reason and humanity, I can agree with Mr. Runciman (former head of the British board of agriculture), if he meant we would be nearer peace if the proper, respon- sible representatives of belligerents would meet in conclave for discus sions, This would be the way of re inoving all intentional or uninten- tional misunderstandings on many Indiv idual questions. “I'm thinking espectally of Bek gium in this connection. It has been said that we do not intend retain Belgium. But we must sufeguarded against and against utilization of Belgium ag | the jumping-off place of thee: machinations — “If, therefore, the proposal cam@ from the opposing side, for example, from the an), We should not take up tagonistic attitude, even tho a jsion might at first be unbinding.” HERTLING NOTE MOVE TO SPLIT THE ALLIES BY CARL GROAT United Press Correspondent WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 many is making a new pe: now that she has bagged section of Russia That was the meaning al experts place today conciliatory tone adopted by Hertling in his reply to Wilson. Further, of the experts saw an effort by Hertling to split the al lies, relying upon them to have dif fering to the siding with his four car- ~Ger- ce drive a goodly internation. on the more Count President some views as Wilson in four principles was regarded as indi cating his belief that a peace table seasion will not haggle over Russia long, if French, Belgian, Italian and some Balkan questions could be ad. justed. In fact, move har! it was felt that Hertling’s back to Lloyd George's initial war aims sp h, in which he practically cast Russia adrift, warn ing her that she would be left to her ands if she con. ‘ave in } ce course. Well-info slishmen in this intry have sald recently that they doubted ingland would = fight long to wrest Russian territory from a Teuton gr even tho German re- tention of it was a strong step to- on | ward formidable strengthening of German domination. Further, Italian Foreign Minister” Sonino's newspaper intimated after Lioyd George's speech that there might be little in the way of peace. if Germany restored Belgium, clear ed out of Northern France, gave Italy ‘Tremt and Trieste, and did her expanding in Russia, What President Wilson will do was something no one here could positively fathom today. That he will make some rejoinder is likely, however, But it is a question wheth- er he will yield to Hertling’s sugges tion that the other nations must ac cept and express the four cardinal Wilsonian bases. Hertling subtly appealed to the pacifists of the allied countries to join in pressure on their govern- ments for a statement coinciding with Wilson's, There can be no mistaking that Germany wants peace, but a peace advantageous to herself. She has not altered her militaristic aims, and the military party is still in power. Her acceptance of the principle of self-determination of nationalities is believed based upon the theory that she can coerce the captured Russiag provinces into sliding her way, esper cially as there is a strong Germam element in the population, Noted Military Expert, J. W. T. Mason Tells of Hertling “Peace” on Page 9. Havre government (Bek RAYS Usk