The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 19, 1918, Page 1

de a7 ne Bove — at t aboard the joy car w ott True 4 Tom Dutt Chestnut Charlie are cutting : There's a laugh In each laugh in time is wort HO, THERE, GET ABOARD GERMAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN MUTINY: At PPLE The Seattle Sta ith ‘The Star funmaker and Balmy Benny and capers every day in The of them. As “Starshells* h nine ST Dz AILY ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWE c IRCU. Le ATION OF « VOLUME 20 PRESS SERVICR TATIONS SE ATT L it WASH., SED WIRE A FR DAY, APRIL 19, S80C T.R. ISN'T OUT TO BE PRESIDENT Says Office | Hasn't “Slight-| est Attraction” for Him TO WORK FOR TRAINING BY GILSO! ON GARDNER NEW YORK, April 19.— “You know that I am telling you the truth when I say to u that I am not interested in being president of the United State Colonel Theodore Roosevelt thus declared his attitude in an interview today “The time was when I! wanted the office,” he con-| tinued. “Today I want only} t omplish certain things} nd the office as such has the slightest attraction for me. “I want to put over some things which I think the country needs Universal mifitary training, a much | ds and enlightened land and other things tending to- We economic democracy Progresmive party isques bring up to date the old Work Thru Old Parties “I am convinced that we must work thru the old parties. There ix fothing In the minor party propost tion, and I am willing to work thru the republican party organization if they are willing to work with me. I have suid this frankly to every re publican manager who has come to “If they will not, however, stand for the things I stand for, then I am thru with them and they are thru with me. It makes not a par ticle of difference to me except, as I say, that I wish to accomplish cer- tain things. Lays Off Administration “I am not in the slightest degree interested in candidates or elections except as they contribute to really tant achievernents.” ¢ colonel did not allude to the Present administration, or to the war. Something was said about the Dill to punish certain utterances or publications, supposedly obstructive to the conduct of the war. “I am determined not to be de prived of my constitutional right of free speech, whether it be critical or otherwise,” he said, “and I shall continue to do what I consider my duty, even if it should land me in Jail.” Colonel! Roozevelt is himself again. | Anyw he looks it. I found him at his old offices in the Metropolitan Magazine butlding. | Reports of his sufferings from the recent operation had led me to ex pect more of a change. ‘The colonel was rampaging around » in his customary fashion, seeing admiring callers, dictating letters for whooping up the Liberty Loan, giving directions about his mail, doing a few editorials Paring to move to new qui ther up town. falled to discover rumored lameness. colonel any of that is the good he asked well with either side,” he replied. There was no dif wo rest thentt carrying on ordinary conver aged ed ation As usual, there was a full outer gg office and finally the colonel pro-| Jes in —- that we sh for the automo. aR, He gave his Interview while we 00,000; were riding. cae ), Bka- 12,000; PRESIDENT AND BAKER 0 00; TALK OVER AIRPLANES| 7 HINGTON, April 19—That rgeanization of the she rs problem is imminent, was aa BP MAindicatea today when President Wil bass, Fe won called off his regular cabinet meeting to confer with Secre y 1 plae- f taker on the airplane “ eoaes awis, nated RELEASE PROFESSOR 94 i AND WOMAN IN COURT d CHICAGO, April 19.—The case arbor against Prof. W. I. Thomas and] or: Ure. Pearl Granger was dismissed in Prals court here today, when the] rman. city prosecutor's office failed to sub 4 stantiote charges of disorderly con gies duct against the couple been NEW Yor 19,—-Hudson Work: Maxim dec be believed work: that some of the vast amount of am. merly munition being consumed by the Germans on the went front was sup jption. piled them by the Lolsheviki. dns 'U, $, TO HAVE RUSS FREE 2,000,000 GERMANS Bolsheviki Release Teutons, and Austrians from War Internment Camps RUSS PRISONERS DIE NEW YORK, April 19.—Ger- many has less than six divisions, yssian front, ‘iclal reports becca FOR LOAN SLACKERS |Too Many Men Are Stingy With Their Dollars PLAN TO CHECK “Big” Bill Hart and Maj. Gordon |, Speak for Loan Rootin’, tootin’, shootin’ Fig Rill Hart will speak with Maj Chas. W. Gordon, of the Canadian forces ata big open meeting Fri day night o'clock at the First Preaby urch and the Ma i which capturediHelisingfors, con- sisted of about 40,000 troops. ‘The other German forces oper- ating in Russia number less than 100,000 men, it ix authoritatively * was declared between terian sonic temple for the Third Lit t many, more erty Loan. Maj. Gordon is bet and Austrian ter knowr Iph Connor, au been released { officials here de thor and “The Sky sian prisoners in Germany and Hun gary have found their way back to | their own country Thousands have died in prison camps, more than 4,000 graves be ling located at Prandenburg alone, | while others, impressed in Teuton industries, have «mall chance of be- ing repatriated. The majority Altho 43,958 people have par- chased Third Liberty Loan bonds in Seattle, they have subscribed @ total of $11,163,000. During the Second Liberty bond drive, only 21,000 took bonds, but they subscribed for $16,000,000. who have been al lowed to return are totally incap That's the situation facing Se- tated or permanently cri dis | patches state. From so which attle today. toy -See ee, Seer | ernment officials in this country slackers—income cowards! | have rec y received reports of the To speed up the drive, which has| growth of a counte | ingxed during the week, workers met movement, which t! ‘ with State Chairman J. A. Swatwell at the Masonic club Thursday night. | J. W. Spangler, of the Seattle tional bank, chairman of the Chaz ber of Commerce war council's drive, said frankly that he felt “humiliated by the faint-hearted response of Se (Continued on Page 13) HOSTILE SHELLS RUIN BEAUTIFUL CITY OF RHEIMS PARIS, April 19—Rheims is | completely in ruins, as a result of German bombardment. Dur- ing the past week 100,000 enemy shellx, including incendiary pro- jectiles, have fallen within ‘the vik power | Leaders, such General | oft, Kaledines and Alexieff inkoff, the b of emai | powerful troop organizations, reports state. These number but 40,000 at} present, but will be swelled to ten times that number whe the anti Bolshevik standard i# raised, the of. ficlals have been told. 840,000 HUNS IN NEW ARMY WASHINGTC April 19.—Ger-. many still has roximately 70 di- visions (840,000 men), which consti-} tute a fresh and comparatively un: used reserve f ne western | front, British m officials esti mated today These for the continual of fresh German troops in the fighting, it is said Make America Strong mine to Carry Burden Alone, If Need Be Whether the Huns do or don’t achieve complete success in France, their present success clearly shows that there is but one safe policy for America, this: on ary account | use city. fe send ote car sion, 20000 two wer "TO SO WORK AND PREPARE THAT SHE MAY BE |) Official War wine city In now a wilderness of f ABLE TO COMBAT GERMAN W ORLD - DOMINATION, Reports \ few ghostly remains ot houses! OF, BY AND FOR HERSELF. } | rising from the stifling fumes.| ! Rann | Streets ’ ave vanished under the This war would not end with the elimination of Britain, France and Italy. peas nate an shattered walls : Gian Is Wreek The fires of human freedom must be kept burning tho America alone must fur- | BRITISH © | ‘The Place Royales theatre and the nish the fuel. Besides, the Huns must collect the cost of war from America, di itt % =i ea “igen pee ts Pega tl ig rectly, or indirectly, since America has financed the allies. LONDON, April 19.—"Determined orice salons and the Maison de 4 i a. costly Its b: ene - gpa: asda peg peed oa Would you be free? Would you be something more than a pauper? These Seeuaee b NGVeGely and “sine: ne arched 's of the famor F i i Tathearal ube anisiae aes ete. are the questions for every American, business man and workingman, the idle rich bely we vray dons weed a mite footing | fF ling. Soon only the pillars will re/ and the dependent poor. odd ies” Field ries main. . reporte ; oa i : The American who buys a bond now can look on it as something that not he enemy is known to have suf Ine of the most historic and pic ; om ; pd he: c es from our ar turesque cities in Europe has thus only fights now but may have to fight in trying years to come, phage ‘oranges ya ae . been effaced. . *, ’ h i . Rheims had « population of over The Huns have not yet triumphed over Europe. But they’ve come so close, = raat aot ‘Suk nGeS areal It was once stronghold the danger is so great, that there is justification and reason for a psychological “Hostile attacks south of Kemmel of the Romans, and preserved much 0 the Roman architectore, Inctud change in America. We have been in the war to help others, an ideal high and vere oa Thageeel . ane tes n u ; a a est e evening also were broken up by ings be wutiful telump arch. On right. To be wise, we've got to put our thought and effort on “safety first, our artillery and machine gun fire. | he site of 1e former man fortifi 7 ’ % ‘ ‘ H “Ss 7 eations,.fine tewlevards were built more strongly than we have. There's selfishness in it and more of the practical 7 Mv different igen Kg fous sa ‘ , ‘ 72,000 men) were employed in un: | us Old Structure than idealistic, but, for all humanity ke, we cannot afford to take the risk that sucee! att sterday on the he I m lort America will not be able to stand for freedom and the independence of nations, Givenehy-Stenant anator, e " nost §=wondert , i A With the exception of mutual ar specimens of Gothic architecture in alone, if needs be. Whatever the eventuality in Europe, let us prepare, with all tillery firing, the battle sectors were the world. It was built during the 3 og, a . or 8 at. comparatively quiet on the British 18h Gentirry, It had @tacede contalr our might, for just tha Bane. A teow feiachand sad machine ing the famous “F Window nd guns were captured at different | Buy bonds and write in your diary: ‘SAFETY FIRST, FOR MY HOME,MY CHILDREN,MY COUNTRY, AND THE FREEDOM OF MEN EVERY- WHERE.” ) statues. Its portals were richly bi points,” adorned with sculpture | PARIS, April 19.—A “mutual vio lent bombardment” was reported at} stel and Mailly-Raineval today by the French war office. “In our attack there last night we machine gun ne IRISH EXHORT aoe Wie. ise oe 2,900,000 OF FIGHTING ME MORE MARINES total 650," the WASHINGTON, April 19.~The| DUE TO FIGHT ‘ 4 7 | “Our successful surprise attack rmaster general's department| WASHINGTON, April 1%-—Gen WASHIN( N, April 19.—Itallan ur successful surprise attack | troops will n start for I | north of Bezonvaux (north of Ver maring equipment for an army | Pershing has sent over a call for * d it was officially announced at the |@Un) gave Us some prisoners of 2,500,000 in the field or training | more American marines. As a 1 ! h ‘ npa by the end of 1918, it devel < oril 19 nifesto,| talien embassy here today oped today [uit the house military committes| DUBLIN, Aprit 19.—A manttesto,| ites trom Rome to Ambassador| AVIATOR SHOOTS EAGLES Eatimates for congress provide an | today voted to increase the corps from luring Irish conscription Is @ "vl) Coljere stated that forces of Gen LONDON, April 19.—Eagle hunt increase in the armed forces of a| 40,000 to 00, wo the marines inj lation of the rights of small na) Ding are to fight shoulder to shoul-| ing is a casual pastime for at least million men during the next fiscal] stations here may be sent | tions,” has been issued by a confer-| der with the British, French and/one allied aviator, Flight Capt. Mor 7s. he committee originally granted| ence of the Irish party, Sinn Fein) Americans on the plains of Picardy,|tureaux, of the French Calonika The house military committee. ‘ lurid Irish laborite leaders, T 2 army, shot two while flying near 00, but Pershing’s un increase to call led Secretary for 25,000 more. Mount Olympus. He landed, secured und returned to bis hangar which met with war department offi elals today, received a summary of the estimates Daniela to ask| manifesto exhorts the Irish people to the utmost resistance, LIANS IN FRANCE! SPOTLIGHT military camp at Beverloo, in the’ p — FRENCH WIN VICTORY — | ders NIGHT EDITION Weather Fe turday fair; ONE PRICE CE JOIN ALLIES IN WEST TO STE GERMAN ONRUS WASHINGTON, April 19.—It troops are now in France, preparing to with the allied armies. A “considerable force’”’ has been me and more probably will be sent, it was cially stated today. The advance reached France “some days ago,” stated. OUTBREAK OF TROC AMSTERDAM, April 19. 2 troops are refusing to go to the front. ports reaching here reveal further muti The latest trouble is reported at the of Limberg. Many soldiers have boat ! the reports say. German soldiers, ordered to make for the front, refused to obey the comn of their officers, it was said, insisting to do so meant only slaughter for them. Enraged by the action of the troops, icers attempted to break up the outh and bloodshed followed. The trouble i is still in progress. IN DASH ON HUN I LONDON, April 19.—While the | vere fighting on the greater part of British, aided by French re | the Lys front.” Enemy attacks were serves, are holding the Germans | repulsed from the La Bassee canal on the Flanders front, the | to Givenchy and east of St. Vi ench have gained ground Attacks south of Kemmel along the Avre southeast of | were broken down by a heavy counter at- f more than The German war office said the anders was “tie rding the French ad- Avre, the ns, » front the van claimed that “strong French attacks — northwest of Moreuil brokedown with es on of Castel. night report described Haig's se- sanguinary losses. TODAY'S WAR ANALYSIS quarter the expected assault was coming, the Germans were caught by surprise when the French swept forward on a narrow front between. Thennes and Mailly-Raineval. Blocked in the center in his Flan- drive, Von Hindenburg ¢ tinues to flail away at the northern and southern flanks of his wedge. The only result of this pressure, however, is an ever-growing enemy The French established themselves casualty list, it shown by Haig's in the outskirts of Castel, a mile official report » report south of Thennes, This is at the indicated that th assaults point of the closest approach of the are being beaten k everywhere Germans at Amiens, a distance of and that many. of them are being eight and a half miles. broken up by artillery fire before! The fighting in Flanders Thursday appeared to result from an effort by, Hindenburg to seize the strong de fensive position along the La Bassee canal, near Givenchy, so he might tablish himself firmly here and t his left flank while he push- they can get under way The French assuming a more jominant part in the western front fightin & Action Before Amiens Not only have their reserves ap-! prot neared in t force on the Flan.| ed westward toward Hazebrouck, sere battle field, but they are taking | His attempt completely failed. the initiative before Amiens ne The Ypres Retirement British, aided Foch’s blue-clad| ‘The British retirement east of soldiers, stiffened their lines in the | Ypres—the extent of which has been # north yesterday and beat back sev- | vague—now seems to have been exy eral German attacks with heavy en-/ plained by the German war office, emy losses ) Berlin announced that the British French artillery pounded the Ger-| have driven behind the Steenbeok, man positions in Picardy on a front | ‘This small stream flows into the St, the town of that from the of more than 50 miles n river at Somme to the Oise, in one of the! name, a mile east of Bixchoot, Its heaviest’ bombardments ever laid) course extends in a comparatively down by the allies | straight line between St. Jean and about three miles. Unable “WE HOLD BOCHE WAVES,” SAYS ALLIED COMMANDER MILAN, Italy, April 19.—"We the Corriere Della Ser hold the boche waves, but that is not sufficient will do some: thing more,” Gen, Foch is quoted as saying, in an interview pub: to determine from what St. Julien, lished by ra today “Our important reserves are still intact, We are satisfied with the progress of events,” we