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

im @ 7a Sh 7h] i 288 @ TALY REJECTS TEUTON PEACE OFFER SELECTED MEN A list of those who will be called to the colors from Seattle districts under the new select service regulations ts printed today in The Star, on page 4, The Seattle Sta THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION SERVIC CIATION VOLUME 20 && ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST THU RSDAY “MARC Hl Consider for a minute the amazing case of Mr. Seco and Mr. Cos. Mr. Seco obtains a formal, legal contract to do certain work for Mr. Cos. He is to re- ceive a certain pay. The contract is to run for a certain period. Mr. Seco agrees to do so and so for Mr. Cos, if the latter in turn will give the former a monopoly of the busi- ness. So the bargain, well understood by both parties, is signed and sealed, and lived up to implicitly by Mr. Cos. * * « . But after a time Mr. Seco comes to the conclusion that his profits aren’t as large as he wishes and he gets sick of his own agree- ment. So, he says, I'll just break the contract so far as it binds ME. But, of course, | want it to remain binding on Mr. Cos. 1 will be freed of all the onerous duties | am obligated to render him. But he will have to continue to give me a monopoly of his business, and at a higher rate of pay, to boot. Mr. Cos, not being a fool, of course, won't listen to such an infamous offer: Now suppose that Mr. Seco went to a com- mittee of typical Seattle business men and laid the case before them. What would they say? They'd call him a rascal, of course, and refuse to listen to his crooked proposal. Suppose he’d go to a committee of labor- ing men, or doctors, or army officers, or private soldiers, or ministers, or bartenders, or chauffeurs. Any such committee would indignantly tell him he hadn’t a foot to stand on and that if he expected Mr. Cos to be bound by his agreement, that he, Mr. Seco, must live up to his. They'd think him a yellow cur to propose such duplicity. BUT, Seattle people, suppose now that Mr. Seco, instead, went to a committee of nine lawyers and laid his case before them. What do you suppose THAT committee would say? Would it pass on a question of business honor as any other committee of citizens would do, or would the question of business honor at once become “an involved legal question” which might be juggled like a magician’s deck of cards? * * = Well, for the answer to those questions, wait and see. Because the case of Mr. Seco, H §= often known as the Seattle Electric COmpany, H §= against Mr. Cos, our old friend the City Of | Seattle, is about to be heard by the supreme | court. | Can a contract be smashed all to | smithereens by one party and still be held | binding on the other? - | It’s an involved legal question that our | nine infallible Olympia minds are about to | grapple with. Canadian .fimateur Champs to Play ere for Smoke Fund A series of two ice hockey con the section will be awarded to fests for the amateur champion the team finishing with the larg ship of the Pacific Northwest, er number of goals for the two between the Ames shipbuiiders, | games winners of the Seattle amateur The Towers are expecting a league pennant, and the Towers, turnout of 3,500 people in Van ditto of Vancouver, has been ar: couver, where the ranged games are almost as popula the professional,” said th manager Thursday. we can hold our e ‘The first game is to be ataged fn the Arena here, next Monday night | It is part of the agreement | that all the re penses for the game here shall d up as well.” Be turned over to the soldiers’ |OYVER RUSS LAND ‘smoke fund, This was insisted SY 408, SHAPLEN mn by the Vancouver team. The ss ; . ya Selene refused to play the United Press Correspondent series unless the receipts above dot in the Canadian city, the there going to a Canw dian war fund tory, The second game is set for a week from Friday night, in Van. couver. The championship of tion of the province of Volin. fifth article by Wife,” Author of “Confessions “permissions” potiu jed one,” cable, on bundies—souvenirs of bat coming home, and th he is going back to the trenches Evian tion in Germany to Lenine’s co plunder pact Russian rights—with the Teutons. He prolonged the meetings at Brest Stovsk as he laid the foundation of | © his last play. Lenine let him work to the PETROGRAD, March 20.—(Night.)| penses were turned over to @ |. Serious differences have broken triotic fund, The same will b© | ot between Austria and the Ukrain fan rada over the division of terri acording to authoritative div tches from Kieff, received here to-| day. Austria has demanded a por FRENCH POILU DOES HOMAGE TO RED CROSS: Author of “Confessions” Tells of Her Recent Investigation WORK IS EXPLAINED! (EDITOR'S NOTE: This ts the Idah MeGlone Gib. son, author of “Confessions of a describing the work of the Red Cross in France.) BY IDAH McGLONE GIBSON Copyright, 1918, Somebody is always asking me when they find that I have been “Everywhere in France with the Red Cross”: “What do they think of us over there?” 1 must answer to that: “We have got our work cnt out for us if we line up to what the French people think of us. I met no French poilu that did not salute the Cross of Crimson on the front of my hat. The Red Cross is to him what Gen. Pershing called it, ‘The First Great Contingent of the Ameri can Army, and he treats ‘Le Croix Rouge Americaine’ ac cordingt, One crows to admire the French jpolla aa no other #0 | so simple-minded and sincere. When I saw the first poilus getting } out of the trains at Paris on their I immediately realized | how apt was some wits’ definition of/ It was not the literal “beard Bae is not always appli something to hamg-¢hinge ! Gh Somes pleat pollu coming or going to the front for he always has innumerable cups and pans hanging to bis bac besides his 70 poum ment, while his pockets buike, and his armas are full of all sorta if he m to eat Meets Poilu I personally met the pollu my sec ond diy in Paris, when I started for where I was to see the re patriates returning to France 9 o'clock in the evening, and I found it impos My train left Paris a to get a taxi to take me t ion, and #0 I tried the “m I knew I could not depend upon Freneh to get me very far, con sequently I was rather nervous I took my seat across from a «plen did y with « thing on his bac t the kite stove and nu (Continued on Pag Five) Trotsky Revolt Plan Betrayed by an BY ROBERT J. BENDER United Preas Correspondent (Copyright, 1918, by the United Press) | pany WASHINGTON, March 21.— The bold effort of Leon Trotsky, former Bolshevik commissary for foreign affairs, to launch in the Teuton nations a revolution which would save the Russian democracy, has just been unfold ed in all its dramatic details to the United States government It is the ry of Trotsky's “trump card” in world diplomacy —which failed becau Lenine, his coleader, “tipped off” his hand. Trotsky staked his all on a revolu He refused to yield nel for a separate ject surrender nd he sought ut the German mili were informed of BY NORMA ABRAMS | It takes a lot of worn clothing to te here wnat | AUSTRIA GREEDY | make 40 tons. Yet 40 tons is what the Red Cross committee for Belgian relief has been asked to collect in Se | attle. Clothing is pouring into the head quarters at 90 University st tables are piled high with warm suits for men and women, At end of the room are still greater stacks of warm, useful things for | children In huge boxes at one side are the , sort flannel things for ba’ ‘caps of eiderdown, in blue and pink|of them have BATTLE IN WEST BEGINS { MORE POWER! a Wife” jer, He is | British naval forces. lers. of war equip | about 20 m “STRIKE HARD, SHOOT STRAIGHT,” BAKER TELLS YANKS ON REVIEW “RF vi S. FERGUSON Considerable firing was reported | jin the Messines sector. (Messines ia ¥ eae |in Belgium, six miles south of Ypres,” YANKS SHATTER TEUTON TRENCH | Claims Germany Asks for Peace Nieuwsblad Van call the underground rail American troops in the Lunev ed between Germar pus bundles of unwieldly size| trenches late toda rman defenses | of the First divi from the trenches, march 1 nelination for peace. HOLLAND IS DUE FOR SUB ATTACK ZURICH, March expect that submart clusion of an u ) French | bardment him to participated in ainst autocracy Sammies Confident German raids, gas ports as the result of taking ships by the allies and officially stated Their swinging in Berlin today nds will be compelled Fase vice ane ner U, $. AEROPLANES ARE clashes in cloudland GENS. BELL AND WOOD RETURN FROM FRANCE have coms Well, reviewing is game is more than Pershing, briefly ficers, said he was »wing in the trenc ¢| gured well for the future Trotsky launchéd broadcast his ap: pe al to the German people and motor cars were \ Leonard Wood and Maj to surmount the plateau. Baker and the others wal uphill thru the mud. Was Thrilling Sight The troops were drawn up The bands struck up with a ¢ arade of the first aboard a French liner 1, it was stated, has practica It never saw the light It was suppress among the soldiers ed everywhere. found its way the American front PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL FOR RAILWAY CONTROL Wilson today signed the « [trol of the operation of roads of the country for the duration of the war it was the cause or not ‘TROTSKY CALLS | trenches in F e Was at first in followed shortly warning of thelr There was not © he expected. saw his effort fall the great respor company {n front s |—War Minister Trotsky, addressing | Champagne region, early today, was mules, hauling vote the base of which to the officers, everything | in fighting trim e after line pass sercetary with After the review Will) the officers, saying eat the point of the ¥ 1 to Petrograd, Jed for immediate creation of a large} ymRLIN, via London, March 21.— ubmitted to Germ s who had been in the front | 5¢ humiliated, resi, appeal to Germany Baker addressed authori: | advice to give you program. | (Continued on Page Five) aid for service. tiny socks and bootees fill a ne by the clerks from the » under the direction of Mrs. Wednesday afternoon 4 and in mourn. ut still there is room for more quarters. Under her 40 tons has not Give Up Baby Things Babies’ clothes brought to the com: arm, she carr was a brnad new baby's vest, 4 underwear which had not been worn With an apologetic air, to the weman in charge. am sorry it is #0 little. 1e mammoth storeroc lect stores of clothing left lis in the city 01 » garments have pared by the loving hands of women whose babies ved for years, ly say that thes they could part with them Long r most as large as her own wee self, is easy to send things for whieh nother r baby in All the clothing is not cast off by Hundreds of the ments to be packed are new purchased by works in the ¢ h woman wh ver the whole world, nas come to give precious| w ex, Little NIGHT EDITION Weather Forecast; Tonight and Friday, rain; trong southeasterly gales, PRIC E ONE CE NT T in "Reacts Keep Up Fierce Struggle MAKE INDIGNANT REPLY TINE iS ; NEW YORK, ™ hw Pro posals for peace have been made by Germany and Austria to Italy, according to a dispatch published in Il Progresso Italo- Americano today. The dispatch, which is from the Rome correspondent of the newspa per, says “IT am ab n from a t propos: to give you informa authoritative source BY WM. PHILIP SIMMS *| United Press Correspondent ment, which WITH THE BRITISH nantly rejected them, altho| ARMIES IN FRANCE, quite alluring.” Ae March 21.—The enemy ' is reported advancing at the Scarpe river and St. Quentin. Its infantry FRENCH COAST has penetrated the Brit- | ish front line north of | Lampicourt and Louvral. Cater, it was reported the ¢ ms were - LONDON, March 21.—Two en. | serma! ad: pine ae serped vancing on St. Quentin coo ore batlevall ts ae been ridge on the edge of the made by rectly to ou has indi they wer sunk in action off Dunkirk, the Cambrai salient, and also British admiralty announced to- thru the Gauche wood, ow. ; in the same sector and The German warships were bom- barding Dunkirk this morning when| thru the Brick fields, they were attacked by French and| mear Croisille-Sur-Vil- No allied vessels were sunk, altho a British destroyer was damaged. It) wry THE BRITISH ARMIES: was brought safely into harbor. IN FRANCE, March 21—The G Two British and three French “a rane Jextroyers participated in the en. heavy Sonny 3 gagement Dunkirk is on the French west of th ere the front lines touch th ans began a Searpe river to the right flank he British armies south of St. | This is a distance of about 50 miles nea an air line, and comprises nearly 75 miles of front and about 35 miles north of the Searpe.) DIE IN SMA H P, At 4a. m. the enemy began bom. barding with gas shells the Fleur WASHINGTON, March 21.—One paix and Armentieres sectors. (Are | eenoer and three enli men were eres is six miles south of Mes at least 10 injured when and Fle x is four miles” jestroyer Manley collided south of Armentieres.) man-of-war March 29, This bombardment was still under d today way at 6 a.m. ley ex Thus, along almost the whole of a urred the British front cannonading began nd both vessels were damaged. to rumble and speed up. but at the 7 early hour of cabling, no further Ge 9 LENROOT GIVEN _ iis wore svaiiauiew © WISCONSIN VOTE 05 vein‘ srowing toverah, sen 108 ». tho unofficial returns, from all Sides, while the battle in the air hag on | never ceased rh the with a Brit the navy A depth c! ploded when the collision c ple counties, compiled by the Mad Journal (ic ist), indicate that Frenzied Air Fights irvine L. Lenroot has captured the| The Germans have made particu- senator al nomination by a margin larly frenzied attempts to prevent of 1,960 votes oo: (the allies from flying over their The count gives Lenroot 69,227 ile making the most and Thompson, La Follette candi efforts to reconnoiter the date, 67,267 ition of forces. This has resulted in amazing: NOW BEING RUSHED ants J.comcint tris uspatehy the WASHINGTON, March 21.—The | steel U. S, by the last of August. will| This, the first day of spring, is ted more than double the | Slightly foggy, but promises fine ttle v planes. now in use | Weather num By thes d and France. tviation officials declared today. | It is regarded as significant that ag While admitting that the aero-|the German high command, accord: a Copenhagen dispatch Tues- i plane program is two months behind ing the original schedule and contending | day, invited neutral correspondents that the United States’ plans have to go to the west front to see the t overadvertised, the officials Start of the “grand offensive.” They 4 teda vast work has been done. | were te have left on this ship yes+ . terday - 308 Spain PARIS, March 21.—-Intense un- BY JOSEPH SHAPLEN ceasing German bombardment along Mress Correspondent | ce : ‘ the northeast and southeast sectors OGRAD, March 20.—(Night.) of the French front, and in the the Moscow soviet, today, received | roported by the French war office, the wildest applause when he plead-| Russian army | Artillerying has been renewed in full mines eaten force in Briad sectors of the west d War Savings Stamps are in- | | front, the German war office report-» vestments, Be wise. Invest. | 'ed today. Austro-Hungarian forces a - %_are participating i human lives |filled with good serviceable clothing, The writer stated that her brother . had died recently in Seattle, and that it was } wish that his clothing wish that s¢ snight gi the relief of Belgium, gium or in France might have them.| Sacrifices are bringing to the store Gave Own Dresses room at University st. and First A diminutive brown-eyed miss, ave, better clothing and in greater barely tall enough to reach the latch |quantity than has been obtained be- upon the door, with a package al-|fore, but still more must come, It things to sav One moth years old, brought th outgrown dresses, “For althere is no longer use, but to set co,” she lisped aside that from which it is not sim- All the way from New York came ple to part, is in reality doing one's a letter yesterday directing the com. bit. If you eannot take your share mittee to a certain address where we of clothing to 90 University st. take ere told they might obtain a trunk |it to the nearest fire station, gave her