The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 23, 1918, Page 1

eee SEE THIS GAME Hockey fans who attend Monday night's contest in the Arena between the winners of the Seattle and Vancouver amateur leagues will not only seo some fast skating, but Will help swell Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund, as all receipts above expenses are to be turned over to it FUL —_ VOLUME 20 UME THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER WASH., SATURDAY, MARCH | 23, 1918. ’ British Are Determined English Labor Leaders, in Seattle, Plead for Unity of Purpose in Struggle Against Prussianism The allies are fighting for tational existence. There is no sign of weakening in any part of Eng- She is determined to win. American labor and American capital must gether and agree upon a tolerant policy that sha vent all strikes and labor disputes during the war. These are the outstanding features of the message brought to Seattle Saturday trom English labor by} Charles Duncan, labor member in parliament, and Wili-| iam Mosses, general secretary of the United Pattern-| makers Union of England. The two are members of the British labor commis-| land. get to- i r pre. n to the United States. ‘The visitors. who will be the city’s! guests until Sunday evening. arrived Tacoma at 10:45 a. m.. with wely. president of the Inter. Boot and Shoeworkers’ un represents the American bagel of Labor. were the guests of the Asso- ciated Collegiate alumnae at a lunch- Labor Men of England Will Speak Sunday } Seattle will have an opportuni ty to hear of England's labor situ: { eon at the Washington Annex, and) ation Sunday afternoon, when | at 6:30 p. m. were to be entertained { Charles Duncan, M. P, and Wm. } at a public dinner at the Arcade|{ Mosses, J.P, members of the building prepared by the Women’s) British, labor commission to / Commercial Club. America, speak at the Masonic { The big meeting of their visit will |) temple, Harvard ave. and Pine st. ( be Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p. m. at ‘The commissioners will talk un. { the Masonic Temple, Harvard ave. } der the auspices of the Central || and Pine st Labor council, and every one is ) No Weakening invited. ‘There is no admission. { The meeting will p.m. The visitors Commissioner Mosses told of con begin at 2:30 ditions in Great Britain, and, as he had found them in America. shortly are accompanied after his arrival in the morning by International President Collis | P “There is no sign of weakening in,} Lovely, of the boot and shoe e English industry,” he said. “In no|) Workers, who is the representa tive of President Gompern, of the part of England is there an indica American Federation of Labor. tion that peace without victory would be considered. We have lost our enthusiasm, just as you will lose yours, but we have gained in we have shifted and trained men un 3 | determination and nothing can ¢j1 thousands in other trades at the| | [| shake us from our resolution to! outset of the war are now turning | win. out the things England must have Trouble Exaggerated for battle. Labor troubles in England have Women Working been greatly exaggerated by both great majority of the work the English and American press, English munitions factories said Mosses. are women—trained by the govern “It is true that we have had/ment before they are placed in the sporadic strikes and labor troubles | factories.” isolated instances,” he said, “but! ‘The commissioners are enthusias under an agreement between the | tic over tie attitude of American la government and the heads of the | hor towards the war. | “The ers in | unions making war munitions.| «American labor, American every } strikes are settled in their initial|/poay in my opinion, ts solid,” de-| } stages.” clared Mosses. “It pleases us great Such an agreement is needed in|iy and especially the enthusiamn of | America, in his opinion |the women. They are making the| “Labor here,” he declared, “must | sacrifices as they should, and aa the , resolve on no strikes and no dit-| women of all allies have done. It is " putes while the war lasts. It must | spiendid.” find some method consistent with) while not presuming to suggest | American institutions to peacefully | that America follow the lead of Eng | f mettle ail disagreements, and, last.) jand, Monses said that the “national j and perhaps as important as the oth- | jimitation” of intoxicating liquor had 4 er two, it must throw aside the pol-| done a great amount of good in Eng fey of one man in one industry | land, There is a shortage of man pow er among the allies. As long as la-| bor is not exploited by its employ ers, the unions should permit the transfer of men from one industry to another, as they may be needed “We have found in England that there is nowhere near the number of Dry Effects Good “It's a question I don’t care to en | ter very deeply,” he said: “but I am free to say that the limiting of our| | public houses to the sale of liquor to two hours in the morning and two hours in the our efficiency afternoon has boosted | hundreds of per cent “PARIS BOMBARDMENT” HOAX there was no development on the | west front to cause WASHINGTON, March 23.—Wild beware of hoaxes and German prop- aganda. formed of a rumor that Paris # being bombarded by long-range ‘edton pieces, Gen, March, acting chief of staff, declared that such a feat by the German general staff was beyond the bounds of reason Not only did he feel that the Ger- mans could not have advanced #0 rapidly (the general staff laughed at be idea of any gun carrying 62 {les ax reported), but that the Brit fish and French would see that they did not advance in the future was 4 distinct air of confid about the war department in the sit uation ‘That stated, show that the battle is pro gressing satisfactorily in every militar, authorities hi ard as “angi and impossible eports thafMPatis ix being bom dd by Gerthan hea lery No gun can carry 6® miles,” they said. It is suggested that the raid explained the “bombardment.” The idea of a gun reported to car ry a 240-millimeter “distinetly unique.” ARMISTICE POSTPONED | BERLIN, via London, March | The Rumanian armistice has been | prolonged three days, the German indicated | war office amnounced today, official reports to Win War |GOVERNMENT IS tle boys, 80 they started on their own | progress today as a result of Coroner ay Watson and Jack Bailey, all 16,|torney Hoyne and alarm or send were picked up in a rowboat by the | doctors are co-op air | Cinctr the m shell 62 miles | ment te was regarded by authorities here as | real | with Thrift Stamps. a HALT the HUN! i BUY U.S.GOVERNMENT BONDS THIRD LIBERTY LOAN The above poster is one of the official government art productions made by famous American artists for the third Liberty loan drive. It is published for the first time in The Star today. wee a oe * “The Germans have broken thru the British defensive system. This is the word flashed from the battle zone by Field Mar- shal Haig today. With German troops pouring thru that break, the task of every soldier and every civilian in allied lands is to HALT THE |HUN. Every one of us at home must begin planning today to dedicate \our dollars to Third Liberty Loan bonds—to halt the Hun. |BAKER VISITS KING ALBERT LONDON, March 23.—Secretary | Baker visited the Belgian front Fri |day and had a long talk with King | | Albert, it was announced today News Features of Interest feere to Be Shown Sunday | AFTER I. W. W.’S CHICAGO, lL, Mareh The government renewed charges of disloyalty, revolutionary activity ite sabotage and on the part « the Bary oF Ole Hanson buying and help cisco, are among the thi shown in The Weekly, opening Sunday Liberty theatre w. W papers. [THREE WEST SEATTLE petition for return of these Thantinace it the |Ambassador Page |ITALIANS REPORT were too much for three West Seat-| grand jury indictments were by the Italian war office today ‘a committee of | Miles east of Venice, where the Ital- ing if the probe. | !an line touches the Adriatic, reports circulated thru been any one “up in the air,” was the war| police patrol boat Halibut, after be-|1n each suspect case, injured today brought sharp recommenda- department advice. ling missing from home since Thurs-| workmen, for whom the state com: tions from officers and embassies to Gen. Pershing’s reports, it was day morning. | pensation laws provide a $200 oper- |RUSSIANS WANT SIBERIAN PLAN ' ation fee, were operated on before | death. REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE | BY JOS. SHAPLEN eee Hoffman, who intimated | “ J neapo PETROGRAD, March {Night.) BARRED FROM U. S. MAIL|“ poison trust” was responsible.) rig soviet commissarion tonight out that de: followed un. nt directed Foreign Minister Tehecherin WASHINGTOD 28,—The ; hecessary administration of cyanide heche MoAlester Real 1 oxchange, of /of potassium, and was followed by | f° make pr ring Res pad lied ig atl, » Flore & Me-| collection of insurance money as| and and Japan regarding Japanese mobilization to occupy Siberia. The military commission, headed by War Minister Trotsky, is consid- ering plans for defense. A Oklahom ils by the postoffice for alleged fraudulent | a from joe as operating fees IRISH PARLIAMENT estate operations in Indian | oe adaa een en MEMBER ARRESTED) wirn vue American ar — | LONDON, March 23. L. Ginnell, MIBS IN FRAD %, March 4 . y|member of parliament from West:| Four members of meric Let your money work for you | |meath, was arrested in Kilkenny, trol captured a lone man, who oe: Ireland, today, charged with inciting ,cupled a listening post in the Toul people to “enter the lands.” sector, * ermans Claim 25,000 Prisoners SE RR ROOT ein 0) The Seattle star ) THE PACIFIC 200,000 LOST 1 Battle Raging | area of any battle front by concen- There has been considerable raid-|in pinching off the Cambria sal and artillerying on the Belgian | as yet, which is the principal purpos I, W. W. in @ petition filed with Fed-| ing sell thrift stamps; kiddies in on eral Judge Landis here today for an| the North Broadway district |. 0 pounding order to retain pape: eating spuds to help con 2. impounding order to retain pap re ee” wee gece tx front, in conjunction with the pres-|of their attack | seized in the wholesale I. W. We) ot itn a Baie 4 jent drive on the British lines | | raids on September 5, 1917. This re] harture of the Seattle he | esha quest by the artment of justice Ien's apectal train. for LONDON, March 23.—-Secretary was a counter move against an 1.| * Baker has arrived in London He/that the St was met at the station by American | was ordered by Hindenburg so that| solid mass skilled workers to make cnunitions| America must decide the issue for “ sy | ne Versailles council has no that we thought we had, and today herself | BOYS TURN “PIRATES” | “POISON TRUST, LIVELY ENCOUNTERS unacr ie command a reserve aee| PEACE,” SAY GERMANS MILITARY MEN L Fifteen Men on a Dead Man's | SAYS CORONER| ROME, March 23 Lively ex. | comp pes dy British nent COPEN JHAG EN, March 23. —German newspapers, a AUGHING AT agape dd ieee cheers id See penae med adhe ae bape Se tthe Labonte north or hn emergency at any part of the|ceived here today declare the present battle on the eaten 4 in| Miles south of Trient, were reported | West front Pa-| tion that th cru Hoffman's investigation of an al- trol encounters occurred on Folina | needed by the British. But if sudden | before peace,’ Friday night George Booth, Fred-|teged poise ' island, east of Cava Zuccherina, 15 | danger should threaten any part of a rida: n leged poison trust here. State's At st ay ay there is this force | Germany only needs to hold a short time to obtain vie- NIGHT EDITION Weather Forecast: Tonight a moder NORTHWE bevery# in Seattle ONE ‘CENT PRICE for Supremacy WASHINGTON, March 23. —According to official esti- mates of the casualties occurring thus far in the ¢ \West front battle, more than 200,000 men have been’ killed, wounded or captured in the two days of fighting. British estimates place the German loss at 150,000 men. nothing official has come from the front throwing a definite li on the British losses, they are estimated at approximately hi those of the Germans—between 75, 000 and 100,000 men. | | | \forces have ‘eden 25,000 eeleeuitits 400 cannon and 300 m eerheeg guns, the Berlin war office announced today. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS United Press Correspondent WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN THE FIELD, March —Between 60 to 90 German divisions, approximately 1,000,008 men, are opposite the battle front. The British withdrawal need cause no panic. The army cor manders are confident. All is working out smoothly. strong. RESERVES ARE GERMANS BREAK READY TOAID IN EMERGENCY ».. The new battle positions LONDON, March 23.—The Germans have bre thru oo British defensive system, west of St. Q Marshal Haig reported today. “id The Britch fre falling back in good order to |viously prepared positions. ‘Powerful hostile with a great weight of infantry and artillery broke lour defensive system west of St. Quentin yesterday, the statement said. “Heavy fighting continued on the whole bai front until a late hour last night. | “West of St. Quentin we are falling back in good) order across the devastated area to prepared position further west. “On the northern portion of the battle front BY J. W. T. MASON | United Press Correspondent | NEW YORK, March 23.—The | British retirement west of St. Quentin is not an alsrining aymptom. St. QGentin marks the south- ern end of the Hindenburg line, and is one of the natural strate gic points where the Germans might concentrate their attack to improve their defensive posi- tions south of Cambrai. It in possible to devastate a large The entire | trating enough fire on it obliterated, h xyatem can be hold our position. thus destroying the shelters of the “Very heavy fighting, with fresh hostile forces, opposing forces and compel a liberal progressing. ” COE a Can Concentrate ‘HUN AVIATORS BOMB PARIS—NO SHELLS FIRED This is what apparently has hap- PARIS, March 23.—Paris was raided by enemy pened in the St. Quentin area. No belligerent has enough munitions, forces today, it was officially announced. There were eral victims. however, to engage in 80 extrava ga astation over a wide front Elsewhere the British line is hold Jing, and give assurance of perma nent stability. The principal fact is : the enormous slaughter of Germans | thay he present operations make in: The Paris air raid is probably an explanation of a ru evitl It would even be strategic-|that Paris is being bombarded by 240 millimeter (914-i ally ae while for the British | shells from a distance of 62 miles. |rmakeone'it by thia means Hinderr| FRENCH AID B' RITISH IN APPALLING SLAUGHTER burg could be enticed into continuing | the killing of his men. ] ‘The Germans have not succeeded | t | LONDON, March 23.—French forces to the right of |the British lines are engaged in bitter fighting, dispatches |from the British front declare. The slaughter at Roisellincourt is appalling. Every available gun has been concentrated against the | small gain at St. Quentin is \of secondary importance to the oper ations west of Cambrai. It may be} Quentin concentration| Th |a trifling victory might be shown to) |the German people in place of the| Jexpected Cambrai success “FINAL BATTLE BEFORE There is yet no indica |front is final and decisive. special reserves are} They characterize it as the “last exertion of strength the British front, under the supreme allied command to| tory,” it was declared. “The army leaders probably inten@ | come to the rescue. | the enemy to bleed to death before the final attack.” oa [FIGHTING GROWS) Bullecourt is three niles north-| 7EUT MORE DESPERATE wo rscnst ns se oo | HUGE, SUPPLIES PHILIP SIMMS | half miles east of Croiselles. respondent All these points are approximately; AMSTERDAM. March 33—=Giaie United Press ne ae aes : sith ge Peper Sp in British lines, as they were before aah gp posi, ondents pings fighting Js reported on the British | the attack, indicating that in canes | ere oe the Gere ow front in numerous places, At Bulle j binges at least, the Germans have front, according to dispatches Tee court, Ronssoy; Vaucelette and | Made little progress led here today. Lagnicourt, among others, the _ ‘They declare the number of Ger: fighting is very hot AMSTERDAM, March 23.—Mem-|man airplanes has been ine bers of the an reichstag stood ten-fold, and describe huge tanks 3 president expressed poison gas and batteries of fh while its vice re projectors), Lagnicourt is 12 miles west of ‘ambrai and seven miles northe: house's thanks to the arny. of Rapaume. x 4 .; | Ronesoy is 15 miles south of Cam |i nore a du More War News on Page 4 tin, i