The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 15, 1918, Page 1

RARARN PAA P>PPAPDDADPDDAD DDD 1 6 Att cannot enlist in the army or the navy, nor can all take an active part in the war program by directly assisting in the building of ships, or in other | le direct lines of war activity, but the war savings plan gives to all—men, women and children—an opportunity to help in the war by investing to the | 4 f full degree of their ability in our War Savings Stamps. ” From Gov. Lister’s proclamation setting aside next v eulessabae March 20, as “War Savings Stamp” Day. { i ov. The Seattle Star w2 est. Tea r n pig re liad! GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST & VOLUME 20 [ut bares WIRE SRRvicn SEATTLE, WASH., DAY, MARCH 15, 1918. [ PRICE ONE ADMITS SHE STOLE NEW STRIKEIS SEVEN POWER “6 ” Sear | ousMAneTD Author of “Confessions of a Wife,” Back Had Lost Four of AUSTRIAN CITIES CITY'S RoARD & YOM France, Writes Human Side of War Her Own by Death yo ing ogy March 15.— Seven power plant bids, rang 1 A new strike is under way in hid of $2 fe TAC « , ‘ ‘ Austria, it was ‘learned here to- rad ae a bid of tn 008 on : TACOMA, March 15.—Hilda Custer, charged with kid- tay. Be a perce adl gate hy te, . Ag o ‘ paping. the 6-day-old Deal baby, late Wednesday evening in Austrian = workers on o | 297 o her plant om acoma, confessed to Police M n Mrs. € y Northwestern railroad, the Fer- the same site, were opened by of Deta 5 A » Police Matron Mrs. Codd and Captain nam Nort na Ghee reads ihe Meath of cane eae Wed ) ectives Strickland a few minutes before noon today. have struck, according to the | day morning | This is her story, as she told it: Lokal Angeiger of Berlin 7 dae : i “T have had four babies since my marriage, but all died, that contras em ent Is growing. MOSt| tory y * * en ae , either at birth or premature. I have wanted a child more ~ e nt re act; be than I wanted anything else in the world. And I also feared militia ordered the striker = Athens neogyeers piace sat t that my husband would lose his love for me if I did not have to return, but they . Her oes iy aaa a eaeoees ae te ‘ a baby. Four days ago I gave birth to a child, unbeknownst | ; to my husband, because I feared it would be dead, which it are for the con-/ 7 : was. si pot ga . Leagdrargy t riv i “About a week ago I read a story in the newspapers 1 . 5 Gakeate oO “a v about a woman who gave birth to twins and then died. An Alas! We Weep! ‘ q 1 ' 7 ; " : idea obsessed me. It didn't seem fair that those children Onions Are Down which ) F should be motherless and me childless, so, as long as there BAN FRANCIBCO, March ames Se Beattie. ¢ vid ‘ . ‘ f were so many in that family, I planned to take one.” Inions, onc * pelle nse : x : ~~) E *, W. Custer, husband of the woman, was in ignorance J humming t t . plant wierenk anaine ‘: 4 Ry » of the whole affair. He, of course, was aware that there Galy for kings, fell from ths & type that it offers to build % f ; was to be an addition to their family soon. At the time his ati ' ‘ 5 ins cede market : A : *. | wife applied for a position as nurse for the twins, she pound. A year a 1% 7 : - od ge oye 4 * her husband she was going to visit friends for a few days. cents to persuade an onion owner vt - bore 4 sl . Ae ‘ So, when she came home with the baby, telling him it had fo part with a pound : : 1 | : a | |been born at her friend’s house, he believed her, and sum- moned a doctor. 900 population, only four miles north | of the bids of Vienna m Then followed the arrest. SAMMIES TAKE | he same plant, using wenden “esenni? ’ 5 ] Mr. Custer is employed at the Tacoma docks as a long= . ig aaa 1 ’ $ ‘ shorem . OVER MILE OF iiss: .82c coc a 4 "HUMAN MIND IN BALANCE, AND TEUTON FRONT j::':'s.'"20 S02") PERHAPS ONLY BABY’S CRY BY FRED S. FERGUSON “Der sks komish tna ’ CAN SAVE IT, SAYS CYNTHIA! © United Prese Correspon MB hn WITH THE AMERICAN cal | deren suet te a MY IN FRANCE, March 15.— ’ ’ - BY CYNTHIA GREY which will endeavor to solve mee American troops now occupy [oi 7. Peers : »y boy was kidnaped {| problem. a, first German trenches. IG thds wore 2 . 4 5 ate Wednesday The kidnaped baby war the [They consist of two kilometers, ay lle te . * b ve ° ng ppearanc ¢ 6-da i baby re Deal, “re than a mile, of front line 6108 South G ‘acoma. The positions in the Badonvillier re | ‘°°0°"* | ‘ e mother died at the birth of the gion, on the Luneville front 7 oe ” nished the only clu twine and were removed to The positions were occupied | oe : . Late Thured ¢ ! home of their aged grand- broad daylight by the Amer: * af! % = 4 . \ found at the f the nui ts, Mr. and Mrs, William er German evacuation. The German/| °° » » lowe | who had given her name as fg, who lve néar the Deal we later forced a withdrawal.) 9°" “4 s a * Mrs. Wag t who is rea home but the Sammies nes nd now | | ' . ace ly Mra. F. \ r. Asare Wanders Barefooted firmly hold the pc . h a ae ' » sabe sult, Mr 1 Mrs. Custer spent It was then that Mrs. Custer, been reconstructed, automatic rifl is “ er night in ail. Today lias “Wagner.” applied for a have been installed and th TF 1 confessed guilt ' uon and was em- fully defen The boches are pl fensive g: they are « has been made ap raids. In expe the enemy «i What pe re ploy led Mra. © t t a r ed late yesterday, le ¢ - r id the police that " pol e ad given birth te 1 sane wom , complete identifi- lay such su plans? cauon of the child by its father It develops that Mrs, Custer and grandparents disclaimed her positions a to the dies gave birth ¢ baby eight tatement. After having been the rear lines “ ; “0 . . days ago that ; and au put to bed in a ward at the hos- Sniping Increases thorities say this affected her pital last night, Mrs. Custer Considerable # = de mind. Woman has been know wrenched two iron bars from @ especia 2 7 a4 to steal, rot . 7 t window and made her escape, The Samm! ; 3 4 N e ‘ ung, and it has She wandered about barefooted tent in th Dry Leaders Want ‘ ; digg neo Ls 8 and scantily clad und! Meee ading back and forth t Daniels to Close 3 4 ant upreme emotion taken to the police station ity ineres i fe tiew: perssianibte to state that Chicago’s Saloons Bim srt ae oo. AE ; ’ n insanity Yesterday when the poll the troops in the Lune . r CHICAGO. Mar steric ‘ound Mrs. ter cuddling the who made a raid with t t an r r Deal baby she was apparently are from Ohio. human | to quite ca sane pad The former famous at t en ness Howeve sina s state of semi-con- patches, is an ex-baseball cat vo 0. close the The author of the “Confessions of a Wife” and the “LEFT-OVER OLD LADY.” A beautiful story of pathos from | arm* ached to fondle a little one, | solousness. Is a human mind jn looks different in a gas mask and sor : the war front. Don’t miss it | an’s child to satisfy that Qn y the Ult | tin hat n tatior Six months or so you contributed to a hundred mil-|nitaries, foreign and domestic, philosophies, the new in in-| | eee te “pack” Gots, forme us * told by the com-|tion dollar Red Cross fund. Some six weeks hence, you will vention, progress and novelties in all sorts of human under- Sostan -E ‘ates eratembacad ts catian asd sotto r¥ have a chance to contribute to a similar Red Cross fund takings. Reliable, deep, attractive, those eyes Ss Sch me This ‘YOUNG MOTHER - oe i wo give withaut knomiig here four moniy gice andl. Sat in Netipemnent oabien Yum care going to, ve with taal; bomme Sohwene, This ||") 7 2 iam meee tg leaguer - " eemeniy. Chas __tee ape t tr ms Idah McGlone Gibson, the woman—skilled correspond. OBWHGO, NS eee cede a catches with wml ta : : ed wa, how it helps, is not hel and it may even be ha urmful, and eyes of Idah MeGlone Gibson, th a cillec Ee menses bie dindievina Oo. N OUR Ohio regiment made at the Chicago Dry Federation 80 We are publishing a series of articles by Idah McGlone ent, brilliant writer, entertaining artist, maybe, but after |} \ Soa" pr Stacy ‘Weather han writ ST RY I Cc RT A Gerr log is now the mascot| offices toda Gibson, who has followed your money to stricken Europe all, woman, feeling, sympathizing, knowing, your fireside |{ ten to Fuel Administra’ ¢ recnqmber: the ae his cruelty, In my effort to be hap. of an American company on the| and, with her own eyes, seen what it has done friend, and lovable field, urging that he sug. 5 American soldierg that they nick || py I buried each unkindness as seom Toul front. He deserted the boche 3 e x iain “4 med my fur coat and snuggled that baby close,” an sol trenches at night and ca over to 20, 000 KILLED Most of our readers are somewhat familiar with the opened my fur coat a nug at baby se, rs ance: a0 . ies * “a : rem s ‘’ “The Confes- she writes of a poor French orphan turned back, with hun-|§ (2¢" £2" very Ume they as possible, and 1 cannot bring them iinieecen lines with tail wag work of Idah McGlone Gibson. As author of A As Possible, } : IN TURKEST AN } of a Wife,” she has endeared herself to thousands dreds of others, by the Huns, to Evian. Do you see what tage rable “aadon ‘Guest ging. He is be fed and petted sions a amp and the Sammies are teaching him} PETROGRAD, March 1 of Star readers. Thru her eyes our readers have we mean? If is now Idah McGlone Gibson, with all suffering searching cross-examination of her English a en ee 2 ’ who is writing. TOWNLEY AND GILBERT husbana’s iawyer in her divorce suit h te" often seen the big events of the world, for those eyes have re- humanity, “snuggled close, Find Fever Louse from the civil war, wh br ‘ ta rand” British, tors out in Turkestar twe ported the results of great voyages, interviews with big dig The first article will appear tomorrow _| MUST GO BEFORE COURT Fr a care const ae American and 7 r March 1 A Juient ears nd of deb mre of ener the lspatchen "received here” olay. EN ECT JAPAN |CASUALTY LISTS |(—— EARLY MORNING | 22°25" 22h ott ttt Saye he ae a front 4 communicated by or aA TO MAKE ENTRY MAY BE ISSUED TOD AY ALKLCAR 1S HIT. |Senrernct waar the! hip tad beat weed gaa i? sicsrsag al nicig: INTO SIBERIA WITH ADDRESSES BY O-W. FREIGHT assist tie true bits ‘returned | she said, resented the intrus . on ee ; sel ite against A. iC. Townley and Joseph third member into the fami orotate F oy age sea, ng north of “ BY RALPH H. TURNER WASHINGTON, March 15.—The collision between an inbound | Gilbert, officers of the National Non-| The husband, Jchn Quient, expert had charge of the research peopled largely J TOKIO, rch 1 panese | American fea Uist soon will be I h S ¢ Alki street car and an Oregon-Wash: | partisan league, and certified their | accountant, sat silent immov: Seventy-two enlisted Tartare of Mongolian 6 interventior Siberia is bellev- | issued onty on twive a month nthe Star ton railroad freight train, Friday | cases to the state supreme court able thruout the rec Appear cane volunteered as experimentation ed merely to be a question of fr er ¥ ldresses of v morning, at 1:20, in which the motor- | sy are charged with clrevlating | ance was made by him to conga subjects, permitting themec © AVIATION DELAY | time. Ail indications and the mo | tin is Features of Interest man and conductor narrowly excap: | pamphlet said to oppose the war) 4 peg $15,000 in commun: bitten by all varietic tre belief, tho Acting Secretary of War Crowell i car wa and tending to discourage enlis Pies cite etseses'c oc} ES UNDER PROBE , (2 neat ie tae oe ER ill raped ag a Paes ee ae big tic he | eee : nul 2 y PATELA, METWHEN AUR HIACOTG |The acriuont curred at he ral. BIG U. §, ARSENAL IS Ladendor(t ae 1 ent the brighte , Ameri ree t A nd U. Ss. OFFICERS AND mores « aviatic r t ntion, 1 1 or the vation oto cireaetia the CORPORAL DON STEWART || Spx t. A string of empty | THREATENED BY FIRE AStSTRIN DAM. Sareh present daily system of names with-| Kx-Cub of Star Writes cars was backing over the K MEN GET WAR MEDALS | toaay cs ine main revelation of the| It was learned today that Japan | out addresses TWO MORE PESTS ¢ Mba ie AN one (rial | ens olcae Srinta a ine qpu the | rere eee enna BY FRED 8, FERGUSON first joint session of the war council|intends to mediate between North| It is said that the bi-monthly ts-| », Get ted of "as Page uarely into the path of the train, | &f ™ ; ithe must : 8 United Press Correspondent and senate military committee South. China, unifying all fac-|suance with addreasea would not tur. | =veret? iy . ccording to Motorman P, Pratt,| months have t d destruction | be ar on the west front, WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY| Aas a result of the slown of the | tions to sneet the Russian crisis. nish the Germans with any informa CAM WIS COMEDY , | 1617 W. 79th st. there was no signal | OF the United St ‘ 1 here, ster ( ee laa de- | FRANCE, March 15—Col. Doug program, the war counc tion as to identity of the units A Comic by Groh Page 7) given as warning that a train was | containing supplies va at over an interview in the Cologne IN FRANCE, March 1 Dou progr t , 00,000, it became known today Itung, according to Soni hur, Capt: Thomas Hand government agencies ar At present, military men hold that . Approaching. J. Clancy, signal man — iw Bas a getanba ‘te ig the ‘Miauion 19, clase JAPAN WAITING the addresses tend to ald the enemy 9 we coset Page 6/1014 Howard ave. N., asserts that he Chiet Pan that ho} here today € Amer ne ; e situation Poem by Cooke laid th 8 warn found heavy b ed about the The situation on the west front © been 4 th the Fr 1 to get ON RUSS PEACE ' ‘ Bally te NEHA GREYS LE the waving of a fed flag in manner as to] is much more favorable toward tay Croix de Guerre, for gallantry in ac cial probing commission is at on public information disagrees with — CYNTHIA ' . a red flag ow , y | VASHINGTON, March 1 mat vluw abi Interesting E 81° No one was injured, ‘The-car wan | det tling water © arsenal | Ludendorff said on. pan's nm 1 in Siberia ay acne One ompty at the time, with the excep.| Was sald to have been poorly] “We are stronger than the enemy ASKS BIG FUND TO AID | writes rove hatter =n. Page 5] 1 of the crew Pesca sath pres in rat tens materia, 0 | Conductor Plumb, 1722 Queen Esther Cleveland eds { iermantenine plunderpact for! |N BOOSTING WAR WORK iraclthN, MAN TAS BABY says that he did not ob} WOMAN FIGHTING TRIAL | field Marshal Hindenburg, in an W aver To | Ft ir yntrol Case. ..Page 12) nterview with the same newspaper, n, first thru Sir Robert Cecil WASHINGTON, March 15.-—To| Faces crams iehe aaa ey < E frat thru Bir Robert Cecil) et uring the focal yeur 1918| “GOODBYE, U.OF Ww" _| ON BLACKMAIL CHARGE rire “he itera pase ad ir ar wo pegun du “Hello, F o,” § js Pag 4 ra ATLANTA, Ga are 5.--The 7. 54 . English Army Officer |\':",'s comet che,cont ine cremamtey Yor, "att howe | ae prone By Cot free *| CLUBMAN KILLS SELF sca any of sh int turn 1 Eth and the, Dean, ate y ip rg 1 today asked congress for an cx N WEAR GAY ¢ | SAN FRANCISCO, March 15. | Hirsch, charged with attempting to |!" need of protection and they mus§ b In Paris, Says Chester ge 10) Gcor ‘ a prominent. ettort $500,000 trom < Mayer isn ek toe support of Germany LONDON, March 15.—The marriage of Mies Esther Cleveland The money is to be devoted to in F elu t himself thru the head Candler 1 blackmail, saw both) 7 ae W. 8. B. Bonanadet, D. 8. O., of the Coldstr waa BERLIN, via London, March 1 tensive etforta to inerense food pro-, A wooden soled, zine protected early today in his hotel room, He sides battling every inch of the way The room of A, S Bell, at the emnized in Westminster Abbey Thursday. The br daughter | Bachmatech, in Ukraine, ba tuation, eduaste farmers and nssiat| shoe, designed for use in the truck! died instantly. He left a note to| That th would go to the jury | Verne Apartments, 1718 Minor ave, of Grover Cleveland, fort president of the United . Capt. occupied by German troops, the Bi in insuring an adeqpate farm laber| patch or garden, may be found of; Mrs, Schneider, saying he had lost | and Mrs, Hirsch know her fate be-' was entered some Ume Bosanquet is the won of Sir Albert Bosanquet, lin war office announced today, | supply, [service for soldiers in trenches, 4 §5,000 and could net replace it, fore night was the general belief, night and $15 ing, is in the web of the la peared today to hinge on what fol R an soviet’s action on Iled inter tra appropriation of $19,730,893