The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 7, 1918, Page 1

HAVE YOU COOKE BOOK? nid ram Vance Cooke, in beok form Why not p his verses, which Areerica’s: most popular poet fs now writing for The Star are worthy of th make a € appear reg " beat place in your tibrary of your own? Ci The Star The SeattleS ILATION OF THE GREATEST DAILY CIR SEATTLE, WASH, HUNS D Main Begins Defense in Trial for Murder Ts SUB MENACE GROWS CRITICAL WASHINGTON, March 7— Due chiefly to lack of tonnage, America is falling behind in grain shipment to the allies, at the rate of 5,000,000 bushels a month. ‘The situation is giving food admin istration officials concern now that the question of rail movement of foodxtutts being #0 Meat shipments are reduced to make way for wheat, troops and supplies. The submarine continues to wreak havoc in shipping. ar! French ‘Hate t-That Is Why They Battle So So Grimly The days of the German bully reins da reins are numbered, and he knows it, A writes George Randolph Chester | briskly along in this, the tenth story of the [on her arm; a on FRANCE TO- a push er, the world’s dog life It will be August before many of tilt the shipyards are running full as some of the Eastern plants under construction. ( t coast it is estimated th Il see the plants going at imum. Official figures show the Jul a max that England 000 tons ved da bright cling eyed old an step turdy peasant gir cart; a be st enough to the restful ™m stories, and wife and collaborator, Lil- er, went to France to story of FRANCE TO- DAY exclusively for The Star and other members of the Newspaper Enterprise Associ ion. The Chester articles are xclusive in The Star. “ BY beach sunlight, fat-breasted on like corks; @ azily In the alr and sea 4, cart and dog, hills and bends a se fathomlens, fleck blue GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER AND LILLIAN CHESTER (Copyright, 1918) March 7.—Roses grow in| In the shelter where summer ‘can once more it with bright blossoms cluster and abgve all and beach and winding r old woman, girl and boy roses and - green-clad white chateaux, there rene sky, deep, with only here there a of fleecy cloud to make the more On. a PARIS, the south of France. of the green hills, hides until she spread her fairy world, and deck colors, the gay against garder iver quaint trellises he very wayside white chateaux,| him that he might enjoy its bound “erooted and yellow-roofed, amid| less wealth, and live in peace and ir oddly mingled palms and, p pines. Along the road the tiniest of horses, drawing the gauntest and tallest of carts, comes plodding patiently, its bells tinkling, and its driver, a wide-cheeked fellow with & pipe in his mouth and a pepper mint stripe across the end of his muffler, sits in drowsy content, the! blue und walls and clamber beautiful worlc and nod from| beautiful! And to think thi 1 this gl to man But what is that new move~ ment on the road among the hills? Something gray big. red wagon other, a long procession of them Ambulances, for up in the (Continued on Page Siz) pa hills drafted men \plete the organization of the army. Berlin Has Food Enough for the Daschund, Anyhow ‘Evidence of State Is Brief Witness Who Testified He Saw Main Enter Swayne’s Store Is Contradicted CHARACTER IS PRAISED CHEHALIS, March 7.—The MainSwayne murder trial is drawing to its close today, but interest continues unabated, and another large crowd filled the courtroom at the opening The state formally rested its case late yesterday to the evi dent surprise of the jury and spectators. The defense opened today with the introduction of » group of prominent King county and of for the state, who that he had seen Main enter the Swayne store on afternoon of the murder, b: umony of W Peters, ¢ gineer of Chehalis Peters “presented a map, which showed a diagram and distances in jthe vicinity of Hodge's hore and Swayne's store. Barred Vision The map showed tance of 1% declared yesterday the the tem en there was a dis place stood wher nays he r of the Age bh boughs reac ar has been estimated as high as! ¢ but the best now ind the Main had 1 ast three during nd that t 4 tool an ax th Ford Is Making “Flivver Tanks” DETR March Her ry Ford toda Ford official the report Wednesday Samuel White, Attorney Allen in t tion of Oscar KR. Main, charged Fred H. Swayne armored fighting bus probably @ machine gun operator The tankettes are ¢ prove effective is killers for the government STREET CAR HELD | UP BY TWO MEN. inbound street conductor two “street-way-men” at S. and Horton st. at 1:15 Thursday und Phielen relieved amount varying between $24 and $320 in good old frontier style. now in general use carrying only a driver and rd n of a skirmis Fo! pushing constructio submarine umstantia (Continued on Page | CALIFORNIA WETS NOW ATTACK ‘STAND-UP BAR’ FRANCISCO, March 7.—The Lup” bar is tottering. Her Californians must sit down to drink their booze if the wet federation has its way The wet federation today initiative petition: tavern Seven) car held up by| First ave, An Phielen was morning was of after un Three passengers on the car’ wit PaHternts but not ¢ on a description of the newsed the robbery, were moleste) for a system and to cireulate bill to substitute the for the wellknown mahogany foot-rall combination: CADET FLYER KILLED FORT WORTH March 7 Cadet Burton Hurlbert, 19, of the Foyal Flying corps, stationed Benbrook field, near here, was killed early today when his airplane f Hurlbert’s father Ont. could agr hold-up 800,000 MEN TO BE CALLED DURING 1918! WASHINGTON, March 7.—About 800,000 men or will be called in the draft during the present No addi tional divisions will be created, The will be used to com: ‘Texas, year, it has been learned THURSDAY, prepared 1 lives in aig | NIGHT Weather Voreenst moderate 4 ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST MARCH 7, 1918. PR >| WHERE ARE WE AT? Beginning tomorrow, The Star will publish a series of articles by our Washington correspondent, Harry B. Hunt, on the exact status of Uncle Sam’s war business. These articles are purely informative, solely the prod- uct of many hours’ digging by our reliable representative at the capital. It is important and exact informa- tion as to what Uncle Sam had to do, what he did and how. It is information to which the people who must sacrifice and give for “Free- dom For All Forever” are entitled. You want to know what your money, your wheat, your sugar, your meat, your war work have done. Read this information. It is unbiased and in shape to be easily understood. It is not opinion, official or otherwise. It is facts and figures of record which will not be impeached. NEUTRALS GROW | MORE WEARY OF HUN BARBARITY WASHINGTON, March sing month n the wa swinging to ntry ~jiU, S, ATTITUDE -HALT'S JAPAN'S : ‘SIBERIAN MOVE BY CARL D. GROAT ed Press Correspondent Peer reeede "WASHINGTON, March America’s position toward Jap- anese intervention in Siberia has halted, temporarily at least, the ALLY FORCE NOW ssc. cms. SAYS MINISTER = LONDON, Mar ' Hunchbacks New Fight for Kaiser NEW YORK, March 7 kaixer now has a regiment hunchbacks. tendent Critte can who h studying in today that ¢ stad were forced to the Ae answered Ger of the Teuton masters and the sinkings of the high ed by the America EDITION lverywhere n_ Seattle ICE ONE CENT RAFT SLAVS! Will Send Russians to Franee German Commanders Seize Conscripts to Fight Allies at Western Front THREATEN EXECUTION BY JOSEPH SHAPLEN United Press Correspondent tAD, March 6,—(Night) arriving from cities German forces ° forming @ _ ripts under pa declare the G corps of Russi German comm: sent to the The Russians a threatened with execution if they refuse to join this corps RUSS STUDENTS ‘REVOLT AGAINST THE BOLSHEVIKI BY JOSEPH SHAPLEN United Press Correspondent PETROGRAD, March (Night)—A conspiracy of ste dents and officers to overthrow the Bolshevik government re sulted in a raid on a house near the Winter palace. Six students were shot. German troops, after raiding Rada government forces in the occupation of Kieff moved toward Zhitomir, 100 miles west of Kieff, in Vothynia. Gen. Petleur, leading a revoluté ary detachment, sought to cut off the Russians from the central prov- inces. At Konotop, 150 miles north- east of Kieff, in the province of Cher- f, heavy forces of revolutionary ms defeated Petleur. con French RUSS THREATEN | REPRISALS FOR | HUN MASSACRES BY JOSEPH SHAPLEN United Press Correspondent AD, March 6.—(Night) and hanged 200 at Yurieff without s from Esthonia re Iny institute today. ldren’s bodies were ver, they said. M Trotsky was tify the German and Ba ials that continuation of outrages would result ation of 160 barons and held as hostages near thonian offic the Germar and ¢ Pskoff whers, ;. DANGER LOOMS visions f perhap ur Au remembering the Fast, would ¢ prese and owe r, that be brought up GERMANY NOW DEPORTS cele BOYS FROM BELGIUM s7t.us eoversmen: mar auomn, pport the German peace WASHINGTON, Marc r ven tho t is enorm Apt » accord WAGE INCREASE IS ASSURED IN PACKING HOUSES CHICAGO, Maret rease for 100,000 packing ho Latin-Amer ‘0 be at th nning of TIMBER WAGES ARE ANNOUNCED BY COL. DISQUE MNTLAND, Mareh . to 55 cents an hour will be the m: spruce and fir in and Washington the maximum wage in the figh e tas pact, ¢ hildren under S yea le in the Mons d boys of i and 16 ent into Germany wage in the a, ¥ Justri nd 40 cents is for unskilled labor belts of the two states, according to 1 statement issued today b « P. Disque, head of the spruce n of the signal corp: ut 300 years have Destruction of of Oregor been A wage in white pine ing aw here was assured when their tinue ubmitted finally today Arbitra DRYS WILL CO-OPERATE ,, Sure 3. & WITH NATIONAL PARTY CHICAGO, Mareh 7 ists and the new national party co-operate in the fight for dry 1 lation, but prohibitionists, will not improvements in lose their identity as an organization been! ‘This is the di n of delegates employes | who are leaving for their homes to stated } cents a packers to give Disque was recently empow by both willing increase on the present 10-hour Pr rohibition: | Sh haG. Seu Attorney Frank final rebuttal this aded for the full demands of $1.00 a day advance and inaugura tion of the eight-hour working day in the industry | ‘These we n of the P. Walsh morning eight-hour Northwest the lumber industry A number of employe timber camp conditions have made thru the and Col. Disque. day Authority to pay higher than the | - to older employes is | 5g to aid operators, the bitrator, to the excepting » practically saues remaining for the the pack: uaion’s other union ry iad oe - only s having a demands ‘ognition. nlKo provided b: Disque in eliminating shifting of employes from one camp to another Municipal Bathing Suits to Be Less ee | porttaxn, Maren 70 |BARKER TELLS ing to the shortage of wool and MEN TO HURRY | | the government's need for that article, the bathing suits worn At a mass meeting, of Portlanders for the coming | men, Thursday noon, at the season are to be abbreviated son-MePonald yard Dan Kellaher, city commission: | Barker, of Los Angeles, told the men al prominent » need of rushing the work they and a number of news ed in will constitute the aking a tour of the North before which the new be t ried. Wellaher a delicate subject,” but he thought he could handle it Mareh 7 working conditions ob: fir and indus: | d Washington dur effective te The same working Patter Thomas spruce by er society women, ame reeulations at the suggestion of | white pine manufacturers paper inen, | committee, 000 | will st} said it was Government — reports 4 suits ff winter wheat sow acre in history, but under condi Uons not as favorable as last voor department of meeting Thursday was er the auspices of the King county council of defensa FOR AMERICANS IN PETROGRAD BY JOSEPH SHAPLEN rrespondent March 7,—Amert- Fran wiring sda to the Norwegian en ged the latter to afford on to Americans in the commissariat of and his staff for Perm, of that name, iz to irs, Francis da je Petrograd of peace with ssian government valuables from the reign office is mov- Novgorod, capital of the that 375 miles Germany s remov ing to Nijn province of east of Mos. Women name children tinue aged and ine their exodus onchbrujeviteh, Pronchian have been nsive triumvirate, pr Pravada, support- Aine “Junker y ban- n of de- ition and restor= sie regime. A Rute nsive now would af rs an excuse for com- of the revo- a dete g its rea stroy revo ing the sian « ford th pleting lution Peace is unfortunate, but does not matter, as the struggle against imperialism continues under chang- ed forms.” MOSCOW SOVIET VOTES TO RATIFY HUN PEACE BY JO SHAPLEN United Press Correspondent PETROGRAD, March 6.—(Night) ‘The Moscow soviet voted over+ whelmingly to ratify the peace terms with rmany following a visit pica Zinovieff and others. punter Wu the destruction FRANCIS WILL PROBABLY STAY IN VOLOGDA VASHINGT.ON, March 7.—Ambase sador Francis cabled from Vologda, under date of March 4, that local of- ls had provided the Siamese and silian ministers with a club. house for embassy quarters, He ‘mentioned no ane for moving east ward.