The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 8, 1918, Page 1

Dan with joon hich MORE 70,000 PAID COPIES DAILY THAN The Seattle Sta E GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST VOL UME FULL LEASED WIKM SERVICR _UNTITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS Francis J. Reaching Own Prices There is danger to the country, in spite of federal Probes and war-time demands for the operation of in- | dustry along democratic lines, that the giant packing | interests of the United tSates will gain control of all |! the food products of the nation. The packers, already cheese, butter, every substitute for meats under w Avre ris the Prench war office south of Amiens fro’ announced toda prisoners taken west of Montdidier and in the region of Hangard terre, Thennes and Grivesnes. American troo; are officiall re ported operating west of Montdidie and in the regions of Hangard En Santerre and Thennes i, May 8.—British troops vanced their lines between Somme and the Ancre taking several prisoners, Field Marshal Haig reported today. Hostile can Ronading occurred in Flanders dur ing the night Enemy artillery fire increased thin Moraing on the northern portion of the Flanders front “As the result of successful minor Operations, we advanced our line a little between the Somme and the Ancre, taking several prisoners,” the statement said. (It was on thia front that the Australians adv lines on a mile front Sunday night and Monday morning.) “Between Locon and YP" southern portion of the ont), and im the neighborhood of Bt. Julien (northeast of Ypres), hos Hillery was active last night . me enemy artillery inereased Mivity in the Meteren and Kemmel 7 wettors early this morning U. S. SOLDIERS IN FRANCE CAN’T VOTE WASHINGTON, May §% —Ameri ean soldiers in France will not be permitted to vote in the coming elec tions, the war department has de anced their Robecq (on landers in Seattle, Tells of | Growing Danger Says Big Packing ‘Compani Out in Fish wad Vege- | table Lines; Gobbling Rivals, Fixing eggs, leather, concentrated stock foods, and fertilizers, are reaching out for fish, canned fruits and vegetables and This is the warning given Wednesday in Seattle by Francis J. Heney, noted graft prosecutor and investigator, whose latest work has been to probe the alleged combina- tian of the big packers of the countr. German attacks were repulsed and| Heney, | ies Are in contro! of beef, mutton, poultry, oleomargarine, and staple food products. Heney Tived in Seattie to take a deposition in connection with a suit to test the validity of patents beid by Swift & Co. on a peach peeling de Vice which would reduce the cost of ) canning peaches by from $4 to 86 « ton, it im claimed, and make all the / small canners of the conntry pay | tributé in royalties He represerits {the ‘amai!l canners of California in the’ suit Washington canners interested in the outcome of the | case | Mlustrating the grasping of the packers for food control, Héney cited the investment of $2,000,000 last Jan | Wary in Puget sound fishing by Wi) son & Co, one of the”Big Five” in packing circles. He Can't Talk 5 Concerning th® probable ultimate ? result of the probe of the packing im } + % % * * * |} dustry, which he guided, and the } BY THE EDITOR manner in which the investigation Was met by the packers, Heney said jhe was free to express an opin Some years ago Bor- ple and gold sweatered }ion If facial expressions can be leski, Whitman college forms would — crunch | taken as any indication. Was apparent that everything in the <p abating Pe backfield man, was the down over his. Often, in investigation has not gone as he effulgent star of Pacific fact, the pass would not could wish Northwest football. The even reach him, but TA tnvestigats on hea thown two season that he came into would be intercepted in | that five big ih soso sh his ascendancy the Walla mid-air by some Wash- |in control of all the yards at the big Walla college expected ington man that Dobie [shipping centers. Second. that these confidently to capture had coached to be in that [avs aoe # are in agreement ax to from the University of particular place at that Sunatedis of ‘tins tencive ‘ace ox trp Pid Washington (Gil Dobie particular time. each shall buy. The percentage coach) the conference Borleski couldn't dis —— at the different yards, but it championship. play his wonderful kick works out in the same proportions . sense every » as the Armour. Swift Morris } Much was said and ing, bec ause “y 4 wont | Packing companies had in 1902, when written of the mighty he bt to kic our Ipecing sgconeee, 7" * | toe, the amazing speed, Pr five U: Fem oan Made Shippers Lose the keen brain, the lead- ved ate if ; ade “i 1) “Hep 54 pi : va ership, the craft of this ae Fe be i i instance, at Fort Worth our i . streak, jagged runs down investigation showed that switt and) STidiron king. And, truth = ye ed because Armour were but four head of cattle to tell, Borleski meas- : e he wasn't permitted to apart in their purchases for 1916, out } ured up to the hero-wor- ; ‘ of more than 300,000 head received. chins o Wes & wanda stand up when running At Denver they were working ¢ ; ship. He wa was in order. In fact, 6-50 basis, too, but were abw Finally, it came Whit Borleski scarcely got a head apart, Phil Armour exy man’s turn to meet Do- i oo ae } na letter we read, written'to ies eleven (om the: unk yard away from hi Arn that the equipment of ae a he} id Many th backfield position during pla was xo inefficient that it w 5 versity field. Many thou- that game difficult to with their «hare. | sands gathered to see the After’ this lapse -of | At Kanaas City, from records we East Side marvel gash ae 24 | took from Swift & C¢ up the well-trained but years I can't recall the that where a shipper nent a car to} UP bisa in exact score that day, but 2 not individually brilliant ooo oon Sitterent points to } 1 tes it doubtless was about Shey 4 Cid ahinenene aad cence FF 5 tae 20 to 0 for Washington, grams to their r - 5 Well, to be brief, this avorite Dobie average. various | to} is about what happened: ene : watch out f 3 Every time Borleski re- I recite all this history made the si ceived the ball, anywhere to expre: about what shipments but that to the point thes wanted him to ship to. Are Still Independent from three to eight pur- gems to have ha appened, ‘The packers admitted a pool for 1 & ten-year period, from 1492 to 1902 E i Then the National Packing Co, wax DUDLEY FIELD MALON } Mayor Hanson Pans forzned, with directors from each of TELEGRAPHERS’ ATTY. |; f ' the big packing concerns i § in Chicago, ontenriy tr rein’g¢| WASHINGTON, May &—Dunwy } Telegraph Companies | their own concerns. And the Field Malone, former collector of the |? in Wire to Senator } chases of the packers, we find, port of New York, has,baen retained!s “The telegraph companies don't ) the same today as when the as attorney by the Telegraphers’ un realize this is the United ( Packing Co. was dissolved, in 1912 not Germany leattle packers, ‘we found, t fon, ‘The war labor board, whiely in|) Bitten and not Germany.” maintained their independ no|to pasn on the difficultion between |) ot ee ne wiey L. Jones far, but tt would be but a matter of | the Western Union and Postal com |) by Mayor Hanson, who Wedne time before they were absorbed or met at 10/) day took up the cause of the 200 } panies and their employe 1 locked-out operators here y'clock this morning \ a e: : e action of the telegraph { companies in locking out their op here i# un-American and put out of business Wilson & Co. bought out Spokane competition in 5 1902 e ; Heney's report to the federal trade ; coctntiagic G.uew being writen ty Jememsee Merrigg, a here te unvAmerican and } White Woman Here ) Tie workers nere » | Basil Manly, who wrote the famous Walsh commiasion report on the Col : } iy awaiting word from Washing orado coal mine investigation Kumagicht Kodame, Japanese where the will be edited by him soon Ella B, Ward came all the way from holding it anxious and war labor board 1s (Basil Manly has been one of The | Lone Beach, Cal.. Wednesday to be ¢ Star's Washington correspondents married The ¢ for the last two years) alifornia forbic Heney confirmed the report that MArriawe Hoense (0 CONSTANTINE STRICKEN he will be « candidate for governor ;* White woman. They secured PARIS May &—King Constantine poveten Covnanens Soe set of Greece ix not expected to live, The of California at the next election. He left Seattle for Camp Lewin Wednes. |day afternoon, where he will visit ' Calitornia men in the national army. county auditor Wednesday morning. |? ier iw seriously {il at Zurich, Switz erland, according to a dispateh from Buy thas Thrift Stamp today! the Zurich Temps. SEATTLE, WASH., Something Has Happened } RUMANIA CEDES LAND IN ) COMSTOCK AT WORK WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1918, PLAN TO CORNER U.S.FOOD | Huns Ready to Start New Drive ‘HEAVY GUNS OF | YANKS SHATTER ENEMY TRAINS. BY FRED S. FERGUSON United Press Correspondent WITH E AMERICAN ARMY IN PICABDY, May 6— The American artillery thruout | the night was pounding the Ger man positions at Cantigny, Cour- tamanche, Fontaine Sous Montdid jer, Mesnil-St. Georges, and all roads and woods in the vicinity. extremly heavy fire Framicourt wood Under the Cantigny the been torn up by high explosives Enemy supply trains were subjected ells, The sky wan ht of the Ameri he guns replied against organizations lent observ | French airplanes how German in flocks The front is now and conditions early stages were no shelters and mer tion er over the a nea of mud the re are similar to when t were of the war 5 mud holes railway connect Amiens, Mesni nile and a half the main hig ot ay i of Montdidier connecting Montdidier with Br Aine Sous Montdidier mile th of Mesnil-st ore: Can tigny ix a mile w and slightly | north of Fontaine-Sous-Montdidier Framicourt is a small village a mile jand a half east of Canugny, and about mitway between Cantigny and Courtemanche ‘CHIEF WARREN MAKES REPORT ON EXAM LEAK Chief of Pe Warren Tuesday {turned over a report to the civil (| servic commission of information compiled by him regarding aleged leaks in the commission's office that only on a ghastly, ter- resulted in members of the force se rible scale, to the w } psaihting ee known and much adver- So far as I am conc 4 tem tised Mr. Hindenburg in quit of the matter,” the chief said Flanders. His third drive v ae eon ee has come to a_grind- Por Gc hane tak te, ing, staggering halt, and to the commission to now we are informed he n the com: is preparing for a brand the cables have been mia re making that very plain nccording to Se ary G But at the same time they have been signifi- | Charles Dalton cantly silent as to e ly what has taken 7 Expected to Get Callaghan’s Job It is very evident that something terrific has ment of the appointment jen Dalto’ partner of struck Mr. Hindenburg ex:Gov. McBr ate: sala and that he hasn't recov- fare commissic Jame: ered yet. Whether Mr J, Callaghan t Haig did this, or whether 8 dhe the quiet-mannered Mr ita fae Foch did it, and to what s underst extent the eminent Hun ed for. the gentleman was laid out, Seago the referee and water- carriers and sideline ob- NIGHT RIDERS TIE MAN servers do not indicate TO TREE IN COURTYARD But it is quite certain, SAN RAFAEL, Cal, Ma at least, that the world Henry Zang ative of Switzerland today is a much better ypbcenls Shout Capt AM, ei ba place in which to live wal h og r Mined Rae dares oF than it was a couple of a croms, He said masked night weeks back, riders had his hair and threatened him with more serious in ~~ jury if he made any more pro-Ger man remarks PLAN INCREASE PEACE WITH TEUTONS OF RAIL RATES ZURICH Ma 8 The peace treaty just signed by Rumania with TO MEET LOSS entral powers provides for the) wagHINGTON, May §.—Increanes ceding of Southern udja to Bul and peskenger: rates karla, and the ruling of Northern Do joing pianned by the railroad admin pEnaye , ly, COMMISSION, ‘tration to meet a deficit. which papaing tinal Ressee \ threatens to reach $800,000,000 for Dobrudy sg Be Rs Rate increases are made necessary beune \ dogg brag oneal 4 it is said, by the vastly great fuel and ‘on the north ar bill, estimated at from $50,000,000 to the Danube, It ie an area OF L00t $75,000,000 annually, and an increase wauare miles and a population of /1n the payroll of over $250,000,000 a year DEMAND CIVILIAN HEAD WITH POLICE AGAIN FOR ORDNANCE DEPT. Rrother dr 1 officers have| WASHINGTON, May &—Appoint started a subser ist toh ment of a civilian head of the ord fray the legal expenses incur by nance department is being strongly Hergt. George Comstock, who has ured in many quarters, Coinctdent been rate whisky graft with a thoro investigation Secretary charges by the federal grand jury Raker is making into the ordnance and for “a Schwab production is Wed: situation, the der scheduled to go to “pep up" ordnance | increasing. to work Comstock ret nesday noon and on duty in the residence section. caring weather has enabled | NIGHT EDITION Tonight and Weather Foreenst Thured nettied weather; probably rain; moderate werterly winds __PRICE 2 ON E CENT Svgeaae 2212, 000 Foes on West Front Await — | Orders to Attack Haig’s Australians Dash Forward for Gain on Somme—Violent Artillery _ Duel Rages in Amiens District: — Enemy Reconstructs Roads The Germans are all primed for a re- |sumption of their West front offensive on a large scale, it was intimated today in a United Press dispatch from the British front. — The dispatch described the completion” of enemy preparations, including the recon- struction of roads, railways and bridges, the concentration of artillery and the massing of refitted and rested troops, including many new divisions. The dispatch said that about 130 enemy |divisions, or 1,560,000 men, are in the line, | with 76 divisions, of 912,000 men, in reserve. | Field Marsal Haig reported increased activity by the | German artillery in the Meteren and Kemmel sectors, early | this morning. Kemmel, which was taken by the Germaae several days ago at a frightful cost of lives, is about five miles south and slightly west of Ypres. Meteren is six miles southwest of Kemmel. The only infantry action mentioned by Haig was an- other slight British advance between the Somme and the Ancre. A United Press dispatch from the American front in Picardy reported a terrific bombardment of several towns and roads west of Montdidier, held by the Germans, last night. In retaliation, the Germans were shelling the Amencan rear areas. The Americans were wallowing in mud as the result of several days’ rainfall, but the weather has cleared. HINDENBURG GROOMS ARMIES FOR BATTLE BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS United Preas Correspondent WITH THE BRITISH AR- MIES IN FRANCE, May &.— Hindenburg appears about ready | remainder, which is in reserve, about 60 were drawn out of recent battles, Of these, aboug 40 are rested and re fitted sufficieMly to be ready for ac tion elsewhere in the line Twenty-five divisions have taken to strike again, unless the signs no part in the offensive. Adding to of the times are wholly deceit- the above between 15 and 20 divis- ful ions in reserve, one arrives at the From various sources the st machinery ys, br t is known probable total of more than 80 fair- composed of ly fresh divisions which are now pre airdromes, paring to strike . = 1 artil entra Hindenburg presumably is much tions stand ready, while great ar-/in the same position now as on mies of troops, refitted and refresh March 21, with two important quali- ed, await the pull of the trigger to fications—his troops then were whbk the catapult which will hurl them ly fresh and doped with the infalli- nto the fray bility of the German plans, and had My personal computation shows the advantage of a long winter of that of 206 enem antry divisions, preparation in machinery, whereas 72,000 men, on the West front,ithe new drive must be undertaken about 120 are naw in the GERMAN CLAIMS $717,500, 000 BATTLE PLUNDER May 8 ine, Of the with men doubting their own abtlttye ENGLAND'S MEN FORCE TEUTONS TO GIVE GROUND Ger WITH THE BRITISH AR- MIES IN FRANCE Australian troops have advane- ed again north of the Somme, WASHINGTON * now feeding her people of allies’ booty captured in t asi six months—in payment for lives sacrificed S osonainie official dispatches, One advance, west of Morlancourt, he German government haa midway between Albert and the Som- authorized the dissemination of the) Me, was to the depth of 300 yards announcement that her captures dur- 0n a 500-yard front. ‘The other was ing the past six months, thus far tab-, Northeast of Sailly-Le-Sec, on the ulated, show $717,500,000 worth of, north bank of the Somme, three plunder miles south and west of Morlancourt, 500 yards deep, on a front of 600 yards Another Attack The Australians first made a feint with a heavy bombardment in anoth- er portion of the sector between the Somme and the Ancre. Then they attacked simultaneously on the two fronts where they made advances. The enemy put up a tremendous machine gun and shrap ArraAge, but the Australians held on The battlefield today is deluged with sunshing and war planes are flying about fn swarms Certain, Says British Mission WASHINGTON May §& Heavy rain drenching Flanders has co operated with the harrassjng fire of block the German British war mission guns to ared today The West front situation is “en: tirely satisfactory, as we are holding und strength : positions all along the line.” th fon unced We ) that another Kreat attack will NO TIME FOR PEACE, --MINISTER PICHON May &.--Foreign Minister Pichon confirmed Clemenceau’s ment to th committee that this is no time for any possible peace or serious pro- | posals of peace. ann t not PARIS, th every near fut led into thinking, by number of small operations and jsuccessful raids, that the situation | had settled down into the old station- ary tench warfare phase again. Germans in | might be om the