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

THE GREATE DAILY CIRC ULé ATION OF ANY PAP Ry SEATTLE, WASH., TUES ATION RIN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST > 1918. 4 PRICI ONE CENT [i’*Sezauem VOLUME 20 _UNFREP SR wi YAY, APRIL 2 > PRESS ARS BRITISH HUN SUB BASE! ‘ADMITS MURDER | erren, sABcoce ia) EXTRA! i The British navy, in its challenge to the German high seas fleet, is becoming increasingly daring. Following the destruction of enemy armed trawlers in the Cattegat, April 15, 600 miles from an English base, the British early today raided the destroyer and submarine bases at Ostend and Zeebrugge, bombarding the harbor defenses and sinking five concrete-filled ships in the channels. The measure of courage necessary for this operation is evident from the fact that the shore batteries in these He did he contribute to the Red Cross. He does not believe in the war. That is why he circulated Suspected “Murder Plant” the “Kingdom News,” the unloyal pamphlet of Pastor Chief Commits Suicide Russell's followers. in Prison Cell } You see, Herman G. Babcock is a “conscientious Cipectars WIFE AND GIRL ARE HELD He so told Assistant Attorney General Reames. Oh, that conscience! DETROIT, April 23.—After con When the United States entered the war, Bab- ls gedaan, ine Mark wea cock searched his conscience, and helped organize maid, after entic the new shipbuilding firm of Meacham & Babcock. had bbcode 4 Belgian ports are known to be among the most (tiptoe in He searched his conscience, and accepted $8,000,- “murder plant” af Hoyal ae the world, and the ships, to have accomplished the desired 000 of war contracts from the United States nitted suicide in his here blockade, must have been sunk well inshore. ih, Mavs eater es. this afternoon Hobson’s Feat Is Repeated When English Send Their Own: His conscience did not permit him to subscribe Schmidt crawled under an tron to the Liberty Loan as an individual, tho his firm bed. lifted It. und dropped on hie Ships to Bottom to Create Blockade; Sailors Put Up head. His skull was crushed bought some. His conscience did not permit him to ff SR oh emanate aie da Hard Fight to Gain Objective. help the greatest humanitarian organization in the —A murder plant where girls world, the Red Cross. were enticed and slangitered for . wh money and other valuables: iain We Semertonce net: ethos. Hermga. 9! Se exces noo wcteren me LONDON, April 23. —There is every reason to believe A} CK, ar s 2D der, ier cal o a ib 4 cove he wiay in ie nt ” money out of the war. And it does not bother him of Helmuth Schmidt, his wife ithe entrance to the Brug es canal was blocked, Sir Erici and their It-year-old daughter, cit Gertrude. iuded a erematory, Gees, first lord of the ies siadealter, declared in the houset ess of the blockading process. GOD PITY SUCH A CONSCIENCE! where bodies of victi © dispose Geddes has thus figuratively struck Von Capelle twice waet, poica think.” "°*\@f commons today in referring to a naval raid on in the face with his glove within little more than a week,'— oo i > | honpenasa, te. heldooek ‘2s | submarine bases this morning. without drawing a response. more than a year ago, was merely uv per’ Aa All indications point toward a deliberate attempt by the one of the sacrifices, authorities are “Our casualties were heavy. One British d estroy British to goad the Germans into a sea fight of more or less bicun Servet wee caeerimedias oe major proportions, in which the enemy high seas fleet would vortiaecetl mons!“ and two motor boats were sunk and two launches are: be opposed by a combined British and American squadron. Gruesome Discovery ” On land minor actions continued yesterday afternoon | A charred bone, resembling a hu missing, he reported. a | | Iman pelvis, and a few reddish and last night in various sectors along the west front, with | the allies taking the initiative. Another raid on the yeti canavae Sa gab wiry Myr sny thre A the British sailors, forming storming parties, fought along: can positions north of St. Mihiel Monday, in which the| smut nome Mur seintscn 4 side the Zeebrugge mole for an hour during the naval | auburn hair Americans repulsed the enemy with artillery fire and then} ais ae j oz,swree wwcte« ont paid on the German submarine bases in Belgium. promptly made a successful counter raid, , was reported. the an al BATTLESHIPS GIVE AID The British forces, the admiralty said, consisted only of “auxiliary vessels” and six obsolete cruisers, five of which constituted the blockading fleet, in addition to the “covering . Ships.” These latter, however, may well have been armored r battle cruisers, with heavy armament, as they performed ? same role as the artillery in an infantry advance. Lying well off shore, they undoubtedly laid down a “bar- rage” with their big guns, while the lighter craft crept ler the very noses of the harbor defenses to insure the | quantities been | Sch BRITISH DRIVE HUNS | The first convention ever called in America to consider !the control and cure of the so-called social evil convened ! at 1032 Henry building Tuesday, when state, federal and BACK AROUND ALBERT “ officials answered a summons issued by Mayor Hanson. | “Hypocris mug prudery, quackery and bunk have is % had their sea Hanson told those assembled, “and the WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, April |; splntene zie. any n on? . *—British forces advanced 250 yards on a Lanett yard time has come when sober-minded men and women * front south of Aveluy wood Monday night, pushing the can gather together and try to work out a partial solution, : rn iver " of a problem which by neglect and false modesty has been Sogn get gy Rae Ancre river. Aveluy wood is two| allowed to remain hidden until it has extended into the very vitals of our family and social life.” ' An effort will be made to have the state and govern- |< dt | ment follow the lead of Seattle, in attempting to quarantine; 5 and treat men and women afflicted with vice diseases, ry jov, Lister, Lieut. Col Peter ¢ ! i f the and Dr. J. 8. McBride, | ‘he thous on this sub: pie: t It is for 5 Beat missioner of health, were | 0°" 18 8 ’ ernie BS g those on the program. shah thee : “ Initial steps toward establishing 1 |) . * | deep, strong sane mane tate ins on for ha Herman G. Babcock, § tle ship SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.—Ram Nation ij ents will be builder, whose firm has an $8,000,000 ©. Jay r Singh, defendant in the Hindu re. ~ “An old submarine, filled with explosives, was blown up beside the Zeebrugge mole,” Geddes said. " — “Storming demolition parties from the Vindictive and) _ Daffodil fought alongside the mole, inflicting great dam- : age. : “While the storming parties fought alongside the mole, block ships entered the harbor and accomplished i _ Smite wa = satel | LONDON, April 23.—An enemy ¢ - , stroyer was torpedoed and two of our block: pe gir] was mur} ‘Foch Is Given ships were blown up in the entrance to le ‘Sax and that) Absolute Power | brugge harbor,” Sir Eric Geddes, first lord BA} j on West Front} of the admiralty, declared in the house of} fe ate ety like have (|; COMmons today in announcing the British, rzreed to give Gen. Foch abso ! naval raid on Ostend and Zeebrugge this’ — as usual, capped) that others eking th nay find lute power o' wat ¢ has ‘eebn : Hanson talked plainly. He recited | Pt ae ine tecture by Dr. Peterkin, | ANA York with |) “which wil morning. a volt plot trials here, shot and killed scotia aoc fee ewday \ng’s program will in He, sothe Jewett and an elaborate |} 4M: ’ eee “It is too early to say whether our object i es tg Chandra, chief defendant, in| iect of the problem. len “Some of the 3 Problenia te “LOOKS BAD,” R T was attained at Ostend. Only volunteers the court room at noon today ast ici i i ay “tith| U.S. Marshal Holohan shot and) “" er a i. BRITON SA Ys 200, 000 0 ae oe oe art torney | Kcilled Singh Lee |IRISH PLAN TO KILL DRAFT IN ONE- DAY STRIKE DUBLIN In the coun |, American Goes to Death With Pile of Enemy } April 23 of a fighting ENGLAND’S SEAMEN OR ATER CHALLENGE TEUTONS demonstration for electoral reforms at Budapest yesterday, it was learn.) LONDON, April 23.—British naval] not prevent the exit of the Spanish ed here today forces, in a daring raid on the Ger. brug which was sunk in the battle Five thousand marched to the of July 3, 1898, but it took a fore Palace club ng. “A bi 1 a you invested in Liberty loan ir. Babcock?” asked Reacnes. I have not,” Babcock replied. “M ubscribed, but I have not nto men today funter's speech at thelr annual din- ine bases at Ostend and most place in the annals of American reine end newspaper ae n of Dr. Da Sark and wattle wakk-taitant tia e early this morning blew | naval history men 4 ed t ant “LOOKS GOOD, ae | Similar demonstrations were con-|up five concrete 1 ships in the ns 1 ducted in variou towns Sunday channels to block . gress of ¢ “ven the Tri stint. mens BRITON SAYS vrei Von Sesilee SM ih Le cake sel “ HUNS EXECUTE ehees took boron ing ceding tou cabiegram from the}! soxpon. Apill a8-—""he, enae-| would pe renored co Pomnd German destroyer and submarine) 24 BELGIANS t of the offenders can be Commissioner KR today me 4 morally, as w He ght lke a tiger—ac. | pre battle and the destruction of) BT AIG PRAISES jing, wit -asonable e of AMSTERDAM, April be si ae an ang to ce || Sate antes eae tating wie ||have, enormous rexerven capabie 6 MEROIC WORK + OF HIS TROOPS | 10s 21 fo after the cure has taken|{ an empty rifle when struck from j/ meeting any — strain,” Winston illary vessels and six ol Teutons Aghast at Vast Losses ' on West Front |’ gians, tried last week on of espionage, were sentenced by the Germans, it was in the care Churehill, minister of munitions, de nd reformation of|) behind,” Ropers son said. ) Iress to the American | yg. pon THE HAGUE, April 22~The Ger.| (8? Wayward bo girl a ¥our faith is well lated in} oe in nA ireey to! @ April 23.—One hundred | bre learned here today, Seven were exe- man 1 great Should Not Hesitate have the @mdurance of the Eng. || ‘We are able to arm ard equip|And two enemy divisions (1.224.000; “Five ships tilled: with rete, cuted within an hour after sentence “ an a Pd 5 i ‘ be mnie lish, the ct ie of the Preich and any Ameri ans sent temporarily to | me n) ha ¢ nen plea! hh wen. patible sedibeeh Gasued belay Wea ea : ' } the the belongs to Ameri. | eprve WoC UE) i) abe ariel Alpe since. baron#) ne exploit: of the. Jeitish wna: elgians who were executed obituarie should be secured fram |, “48% #0n6 S{aiot attest our; OF bur allies’ powers [Mite “arebal Hale reported. in & | recalls thatiot deut, Miohmone died singing the national anthem, for the purpose of carr ~~ | to continue the war at maximum ca-|"e8UmMe of the German offensive to-|son Hobson, of the United Stat of Wast pact! |day, Many of them were used two! navy, who took the old steamer nmonwesith | RAID BUTLER HOTEL 0 harbor at n As an example five days of t frontier town of Hentheim had 67 Juring the first offensive, the small | on th rk. The st great a ¢ Among them was the curate of, Abbe ‘Aras Moon, A nun was among those sen- » heavy blows | tenced.— saurer ot the | dead and Gronay had 21 to henttate in taking the Tead im this} ° u GERMANY HOLDS SEVEN meat mal mee | uae ck corporation made polic ‘ 5 ed with a gallant batteries. | Bentheim and Gronau are ated the Dutch frontier. I r a population of 2,500 before the war ‘They're Pioneers p. in the led the | P Aigne, William Kell t the, Carbeth and Myrtle Hurs U. S. NAVAL PRISONERS | WASHINGTON, April 23 many holds seven Acer 4 for the gov Hobson and hi pall band were | “ALL GOES WELL, “ SAYS paptured, but w treated with} PREMIER CLEMENCEAU marked courtesy by Admiral Cervera annot be too highly p ring the di The comma especially com: tributs m News, the cite oe | wt 1 the with 4 derly conduct. Alen five from the armed guard | mended th the Thirty First, | and his staff, who were outspoken in PARIS, April 23.—"All goes well, ilar the claims of the Invest in the THIRD LIB. the co! a ire of vi 1 $20 and costs and Kellogg steamer Cantona and two | Third c ‘iy First and their admiration of the Americans’ | very well,” T “lemeneeau de» Finished are being re ERTY LOAN sense released The cases against from the destroyer Jacob Jone ec: | Twenty fifth diy detailing dis: bravery clared on re om the front teived by the police, la ———-——___—_—__——.x| Gathered under this roof are @| women were continued, jretuy Daniels announced today, tinguished services. The sinking of the Merrimac did today. '