The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 3, 1918, Page 1

MORE THAN 70,000 PAID COPIES DAILY THE G R ATE 7 _vol UME 20 UNTTRr FULL LEASED DY WIRE SPRVICH RS ASSOCIATIONS DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER | 1 _SE ATTL E, WASH Fr RIDAY, , MAY & : BY MILTON BONNER WASHINGTON, May 3—As law-makers, the United States tors are good dentists. They know how to pull the teeth out of laws. ‘The recent War Finance Cor. poration bill is a striking case in point. As originally drafted, it was provided that in order to safeguard the public security end defense, the Wor Finance Corporation was to investigate and license or refuse to license the sale of securities; and that no firm or corporation was sell or offer for sale any se curities the par value of which exceeded $100,/00, except in ac- cordance with the rules laid down by the War Finance Cor- peration. Ut provided a fine of $5,000 or four years in prison or both. That fine and prison sentence CONSTITUTED TEETH. As drawn, 5 Dill was the greatest thing for suppression of wildcat stocks Proposed in this country. It mt that the War Finance Cor “poration could effectually squelch meres fake | fake promoter in the country |--provided his $100,060 | Then the bill went into the sen atorial mill, When it came out after | the first mangling it provided a pen jalty of $1,000 fine instead of $5,000 land one year in prison instead of jfour Then the bill went back into the hopper some more. *When the sen atory and the congressmen finally got thru with it, the section provid jing penalties for violation of the | jconsing provision had been entirely | kitted. | There is nothing in the act as it now stands that provides any pen jalty for the wildeat | 1 asked @ treasury official about | the situation and he summed it up | thuswise: “The only power the capital iasues | committee will have when it refuses [to Heense a stock promotion will be 4 moral force. Legitimate banks and bond and stock firms, who do bust ness with the committee. will course, not have anything to do with offering was over the stock issued ip defiance of the oul year order, “Under the law as passed. wildeat promoter can virtually tell the committee to go to thunder.” TELEGRAPHERS ~ MARK TIME AS. | RCE GOES EAST ‘Twe hundred union telegra- a... out by the Postal ‘estern Union companies, Teac time Friday while their view president, (Chas. Rice sped toward Washington, D. C., fe present the workers’ case to the war labor board. ‘High officials of the telegraph _ @ompanies who have taken drastic action against employes who sought to organize are scheduled to appear Before that body in Washington next | ‘Wednesday and explain their action. i The workers, wearing red. white and biue coat lapel ribbons, and maintaining the stand that they are ready to return to-work at any time. and are opposed to a strike, have de- cided to devote their time, pending an adjustment, to selling Liberty R. R. WORKERS TO GET LARGE WAGE BOOST WASHINGTON, May 3.—Recom- Mending millions in wage increases for the men who man America’s rail- Toad system, the railway wa, as : port to Director General McAdoo. The wage board, headed by Secre- tary of the Interior Lane, has been working for many weeks on the re-| at port. Hearings were held both with the employes and railroad managers to to determine a fair basin of increase er Virtually all railroad employes are | affected by the wage Increases. The workers based their demand on the mounting cost of living and asked increases ranging from 30 to 32 3 per cent. It is understood the ik hourd’s report, if accepted by Secre tary McAdoo, will mean total wage payments of approximately a quar ep of a billion dollars annually. SERIOUS SHORTAGE IN STEEL WASHINGTON, May 3 sho! Serious | War work, it was learned authorita lively today, and officials are taking Steps to provide ste Projectiles oth ments, ax well as Di Adoo's railroad demands. r war require or Gen, Me and ad- | fastment board has completed its re- | ages in all forms of steel are! developing under heavy pressure of | for ship plates, | Want 10,000 More Seattle has piled up ap jm Liberty Bonds and War Savings stamps. Telegraph company officials, on the other hand, are preparing to con- tinue their fight against union work- men. Two floors in the Butler ho- tel have been rented to house im ported workers. A passage way to company headquarters has been ar ranged thru the Railway Exchange building. “We are not interfering with the placing of others in the positions held by union members,” Internation al Vice President J. F. Campbell of the Commercial Telegraphers’ union, repeated today. “We want govern ment business handied with dispatch, land feel confident Uncle Sam will | back our right to organize.” “The men brought here places of those locked out, brought against their will belong to the union “The company is trying to cre late the impression that violence is contemplated. Thir is ridicuious | No one will be miviested | “Of course if the war labor board at Washington acts adversely and refuses to back us up in our right to organize, then the | will certainly strike. evidently believes Seattle a good place to make a fight. Well, it’s good « from a union stand point, because the men are determ ined to gain the right to bargain collectively.” Campbell declared that Union officials in the East had sent | tetegrarms to all managers stating that “the national war labor board are Many ‘The company a | has instructed us to cease discharg-) pending the hearing. ing employes: we will disregard Confidentially these orders.” | Local officials, Campbell said, “are) forced to fake statements that ser vice is being given as usu “They would be discharged if they didn't,” he said, “and must t orders from vy York.” 5 are : ' “itor ‘The Star; I am a 4 4 in your city, In my 4 4 ing | have heard many of po the Four Minute men, now speak ing in the theatres. Y i Not only did I heat one of the best speeches I have ever heard last night at the Coliseum, but the direct result of the speaker's efforts was surprising, and his Plan and plea was founded on an article in your paper. The speaker was Mr. Heifner, of your city. He held in his hand & copy of your paper and read the article about President Wil son, who, after buying all the Ail bonds he felt he could afford, Was going to buy one more bond and pay for it, down $5 per month: The speaker made a strong Dien, saying he would personally HERE’S IDEA FOR FOUR MINUTE SPEAKERS president in buying an extra bond, and asked ail those in the audience who felt the same way, and would go tomorrow buy one more bond, to stand up. While I have subscribed twice, I could not refuse such a slight sacrifice as this proposed plan would entail, #0 I stood up, and today I have another bond and over 100 others stood up, and I feel sure they, too, will buy, Now, if this speaker could swell Seattle subscriptions over $5,000 with a fourminute talk, what could all these Four Minute men do these closing days of the big drive? Your paper gave the speaker the idea, he presented it well. Why not advocate it? Yours truly, F. W, HERON join the to fi] telegraphers | | transport is | Western | the | the pay of’ the men | new estimate in nearly Loan ‘Subscribers partment is laying the foundation } i] |LARGER NUMBER | J ALLIES TO. 250,000 ARE CALLED IN DRAF T TODAY PULL TEETH IN WILDCAT: LAW ORDER ISSUED | FOR LARGEST QUOTA SO FAR More Than 2,000,000 Men To Be in Service By July 1 |BAKER GIVES FIGURES WASHINGTON, May 3— | America’s great army expansion program was set in motion to day, The largest single draft call of the war—for approxi mately 250,000 men—will be sent out by Provost Marshal Gen, Crowder today. A mpecial call for 12,000 skilled me chanion will be issued tonight Mobilisation orders for 6,000 more | artisans from every state in the un: fon were telegraphed today | Meantime Secretary of War Baker, | Chief of Staff March and kn array of army officers appeared before the house mi ry committee today to lotails of the vast army ap propriations asked for the next fis The first item presented was for Under the ort extimate about $1,000,000,000 | asked for this purpose, but the double that | inat * amount } The original figure was based on two million men, indicating the de for 4,000,000 under arms by July |, 1919, the end of the fiscal year. Amerion's fighting men.en July 1 will total 2.300,000-—400,000 than originally planned. In developing this fact today, See- retary Beker, Gen. March and others revenled that approximately 1,820 000 men are in the service now, in dicating that 478,000 more will be culled to camp between now and June 30 Of the gigantic $15,000,000,000 ap propriation estimate compiled $11 000,000,000 is set aside for the quar termaster’s corpa and ordnance. More than a billion will go for build ing railroads and for training camp/ facilities In France Proposed aircraft production will call for approximately $1,500,000,000. The war department official dis: closed that it is planned to increase the present camp capacity fully 40 per cent by extensions at the prew ent National Guard and national army cantonments, National Guard tent camps will be rebuilt like the cantonments, OF TROOPS WILL GO THIS MONTH | BY CARL D. GROAT United Preas Correspondent | WASHINGTON, May 3.—May movements of American troops to fill the gaps abroad will ex. ceed the record of April, it was stated officially today. While the voluntary censorship pre vents any extensive dealing in | figures, it may be said that the April, mark exceeded original | promises by a considerable num: | ber of thousands. tonnage for troop | Added Britiah already in the service FIRE VOLLEY ON 3RD AVE! A volley of shots rang out at Third ave. and Pike st. at 10 a, m. Friday It was followed promptly by the strains of a bugle that melted into the distance A crowd = rapidly Then uniformed mari in among the bew!lder What was the big ide United States marines want to bacco for the men over in France who are fighting Germans They're going to give a per formance at the Liberty at 9:20 m. Saturday for Our Boys in France Tobacco fund. They want So they fired inded the bugles ¢ up the rest of us. Th they sold tickets oh he Unbeliever.” a great war drama, which shows what marine service did for an American, will be exhibited. Marines will speak, and marines will appeal for re crults, They are after 40,000 of them J. Von Herberg of the Greater Theatres company has th tre, film, and servi employes for the smoke show. Have you bought a ticket? When you see a marine, buy one And be on 9:30 a. m axsembled filtered civilians hand Send the Saturday at kiddies, too. NATION SHY ON LOAN]. BURNING! In the harbor in which have anchored so many millions of men and women seeking new homes in a land where all human beings are free and equal and possessed of the same inalienable rights, there is « statue dedicated to liberty, and there is an arm raised high into the heavens and in the hand is grasped the blazing torch of liberty. It is hard for us to believe that this most won- derful of all man-made lights may be darkened. But there is an enemy of liberty—our enemy— who would sacrifice millions of lives of German work- men to extinguish forever this light of liberty. That enemy is the war party of Germany, led by Wilhelm Hohenzollern. “If the German invading force were equipped and ready for transporting the moment the battle fleet is dispatched, under average conditions, these corps could begin operations on American soil within four weeks.” That was written 17 years ago by a war expert of the German general staff. The German invading force NOW IS EQUIPPED AND READY FOR TRANSPORTATION. Only two things detain these invading corps—the trenches of the allies in northern France, and the undefeated British fleet. The kaiser does not believe that these will detain him always. He now is paying heavy in German lives to break thru those allied lines. If he does— and the British fleet is defeated— “Some months after we finish our work in Europe we will take New York and probably Wash- ington and hold them for some time.” So threatened Count Von Goetzen, a personal friend of the kaiser. That, fellow Americans, is the kaiser’s hope. But he cannot fire one single shot at the light in the hand of the Goddess of Liberty as long as we to- gether with the Brftish and French are fighting the Huns in France. To fight OVER THERE we must haye men. We must have food and guns and ammunition for those men. We must have ships to carry these te our men. To do all this the government must have money. Every dollar helps. Every bond we buy helps. There is left to us but one more day after today in which to help. This Third Liberty scribed. For thousands of our boys—American, British, French, Canadian (they’re all fighting for us)—there is but one more day of life. Tomorrow they will make the greatest sacrifice man can make—THEY WILL GIVE THEIR LIVES! It will be their last day TO GIVE. It will be our last day TO LEND, Loan must be over-sub- PAYSSE REAPPOINTED THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Mayor Hanson Friday morning ap-| Norway by the United States, i Marines will stage sham battles WASHINGTON, May 3.—-Witl on Kirst ave,, between Pike and | two day# more to go in the Thir | winted A, A. Paysse port warden Pine sts, Saturday at noon, 44 Liberty Loan campaign, the natio: | leclaring that Paysse had won the p.m, and 8 p,m early today was $162,000,000 shor | ippointment of the minimum quota, in building up his department, thru merit and effort} With certain badly ties. The Seattle Star CALLAGHAN'S CASE WILL GET | TO JURY FRIDAY, James Wood Takes Stand as Defense Witness; De- nies Grocery Graft FORGERIES ADMITTED The fate of Jamen J gh charity — commissio chorged with grafting on fu for the poor, will be in the hands of the jury late Friday Testimony was completed, the Jury arguments begun Fridey morning A. Wood, editor Crier, who, the had been Kroceries by © Calla er instructed and of the state main y supplied | _— took Town tained, with the witne lavin ! phatic der After iden cerien. ifying two ste of gro third, | anh and refusal to Wood said he paid at the store of Lester Wood admitted friend of Callagh had helped him get his present pow tion, The groceries were purchased, he waid, in large quantities to save 16 per cent One bill totaled $° ndoifo. was a clone but denied he the other more than $100, he | John F. Murphy, former district |attorney and mayoralty candidate, | Was not called ax a witness to deny that he had told Gandolfo to leave |fown during the grand jury probe | Of his alleged connections with Cal | laghan | Judge Frater instructed ‘the jury to carefully weigh the creibility of | the witnesses They Forged, Too Prosecuting Attorney Frank Hel well nddrensed the jury for less than an hopr in bis argument for convic tion With painstaking care, he went! over the forged and fictidious orders, | commenting on the Inx system of business procedure. which was in use| county welfare department “Callaghan has testified that many ‘of the women whom he aided thru | jorders ismued in fictitious names were too proud to accept charity,” Helsell said. “They were not too | proud to commit forgeries.” | Called It Absurd Helsell pooh-poohed the explana tion given for the groceries delivered to James A, Wood, pointing out that the articles upon the list identified were not such as would have been ordered by a man who expected to pay the bill himself Why didn't he take his orders to | Gandolfo’s store himself, Why did he give them to Callaghan?" Wood testified that specified brands in his | quired the price before of the goods. With 15 minutes left before the noon recess, Attorney John E. Dore| began the ument for the defense he had not order or in the delivery | with the st nent You st be convinced, both the official laxity and personal dis-| honesty of the defendant, before you can find him guilty Going instantly to the testimon: of Lester Gandolfo, the state's ch | witnexs, Dore re "1 to the con-| | flicting evidence given by that wit ness, and his émp Hunter “In Gandolfo an honest man to| be believed?” asked Dore He has testified that he bought five tires and charged them to Cal laghan’s account, to be paid later by charity orders The tire sale: of them we! and paid for by Call his employe, Genz. Hunt swore that be had been paid for two livery at Call ns home.” Naghan was upon the witness stand Thursday from shortly after 9 | a.m, until 4:30 in the afternoon, | Callaghan Keeps Cool exception of two hours, was al) taken up grueling crossexamination ed by Chief Deputy rm Frank Helsell. Question after question wy at the accused officer, with jdent Intention of pnfusing nduct secutor Me eri: him if possible. The witness remained cool and deliberate, answering questions slowly and with deliberation. Many | times he asked to be shown the records introduced in evidence in order to refresh his memory as to the transactions of his office Karly Thu afternoon the room full of spectators who have fol lowed the trial closely since its be ginning y, were startled by Callaghan's admission of the forged (Continued on ‘TRADE AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH NORWAY | WASHINGTON, May What is lealled the most important trade agreement the United States has yet |wigned, as a result of the war, has been entered into with Norway | The agreement signed here Tues |day provides for the rationing of! re-| ‘on: | Ingland needed commodi turn for which Norway Unue to supply France and EF [AUSTRIAN TROUBLE © j from starvatio: NIGHT EDITION ‘Tonight and Saturday, prob southerly winds, Weather Forecast moe ably rain rate Foe Loses Hill; Allies’ Make Gai WASHINGTON, May 3.—Allied vention in Russia is very near, according re Russian, British, French and Japanese opin- ion here today. In the past month sentiment has shifted and official Washington has “changed its. mand to enter on «™ mind,” it was stated. The form of interven- \tion is causing the only delay. PARIS, May 3.—The capture of an im- portant hill and wood in the Amiens re was reported by the French war o |today. “Between Hailles and Castel we tured Hill 32,” the communique said. (( is a mile south of Hailles, where Ame troops are fighting on the west bank of t Avre.) “On the edge of the Avre we nui mood, with 100 prisoners, including four cers. “Our patrols brought back prisoners the Woevre and Lorraine regions.” LONDON, May 3—French | troops made “an appreciable ad- | vance in Hangard wood and oc- cupied Baune wood, southwest of Mallly-Raineval,” the French war office announced in its night official report. Cnly the usual was reported elsewhere. shal Haig reported the repulse of nemy raid near Hebuterne, in Aibert sector. The German war office the occupation of Sebastopol, |cipal city of the Crimean penit lin Russia, without opposition. ” artillery activity | garding the West front, Berlin sa Field Mar. | “The situation is unchanged.” GROWING SERIO ZURICH, May 3.—The Austro-Hungarian situation | serious,” it is stated in dispatches received here today. M. Karole has gone to Vienna to organize the workers, and others against Baron Burian and Count Tisza. * The German nationals are demanding that Premier Vou Seidler resign. Recent dispatches declared that Von Seidler had ie \signed for the second time. His first resignation is to have been refused by Emperor Karl. UNREST GROWS [4.5 27erCtAts “IN STATES OF | 2U6.tn.ausrara ENEMY POWERS BY ROBERT J. BENDER WASHINGTOD May 3.—The state department, keeping closest tab: on Austrian internal affairs, believes BY IW. T. SON United Press War Expert NEW YOR! May 3.—Serious internal difficulties of the cen- there is a chance of a serious explo sion within Emperor Charles’ do tral powers are following the stoppage of Von Hindenburg's | main That this will radically affect the offensive along the West front. Food, political and dynastic prob war, or that there is a chance now of Austria's dropping out, is not com lems have accumulating in Germany and Austria-Hungary while | sidered in the official calculations, the world has had its attention fixed | Af AIG’S TROOPS Sad experience with diplomacy—and trickery—has made the authorities here wary of over optimism as to where Austria stands. been lon the military events in Picardy | and Flanders GET ADVANTAGE ~— In both Austria and Prussia, de fraiios nth oot "pa IN LOCAL RAIDS political reforms are reaching a dis. LONDON, May 3.—Raids and local quieting « The fighting, in which the British had sted inte e united against | te advantage, together with mutual ny extension of democracy, and are | C&nnonading, were reported by Field | Marshal Haig today j resolved to continue the struggle for Local fighting in the neighbor- their own privileges, regardless of consequi Compromise golu- | 200d of Villers-Bretonneux (Acniens tions, are not probable. front) resulted in our advantage last At the same time, disorders as a} "ght," Haig said result of food shorta re announc:{ “In successful raids south of Ams ed in Germany, while the Austro-|T@% &nd east of St. Venant we took Hungarian government has been | !0 Prisoners and five machine guns forced to seize the private food stores | “Artillery was mutually active last of the peasants to keep the cities |M/ght between Givenchy and the | Nieppe forest, and in the neighbor. In Ukraine, widely ertain source of food | heralded as hood of Locre.” |supply for the central powers, tt 97 farmers are burning their crops | WASHINGTON HAS 215 rather than submit to the ruthless ON THE HONOR ROLL N FRANCISCO, May 3.-—-The the pro-Germans have | honor flag total for the Twelfth fed- seizures ordered by the tary At Vienna rman mili begun a boycott of Emperor Karl, be: | eral district jumped to 1,240 at noon cause he is showing a smal spirit | today. The flags were distributed ag of independence, and does not con. | follows fess to a belief in the omnipotence of | Northern California 414, Oregon the Hohengollerns. ‘The young em: | 251, Washington 215, Southern Cali- ror's position would be carious |fornia 138, Nevada 59, Arizona 58, if Germany were to win the war, Inj Idaho 87, Utah 15 and Alaska eight, San Franciseo's total subscription at noon tods Was $55,193,200, repres individual subserip- that event Karl might be compelled to abdicate, so that a puppet more agreeable to Germany could be put on the throne at Vienna. 8 senting 45, dons, Austrian — : cb