The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 13, 1918, Page 1

MAYOR WRITES HOT NOTE TO COUNCIL MORE THAN 70,000 PAID COPIES DAILY vol UME 20 POWER FIGHT IS JUST BEGINNING, SAYS HANSON Flays Opponents of Skagit, and Pleads for Co- operation WANTS “ELECTRIC CITY” Mayor Hansen sent to the city ncil fer Ws consideration y afternoon an appeal to weigh with the utmost care its decision with regard to the Skagit power site. He set forth in sledge-hammer style the evi dence in favor of the site, and mashed at the men he says are talking against it in the interest of the private owners of other sites for sale to the city, or for Stone-Webster interests, His appeal followed a statement n ¢ by Counciiman Cotterill in alf of himself and Councilmen and Hesketh, unfavorable to evelopment of the Skagit be Bolton immedia river site. The fight for real development of our light and power is just begin ning,” said Mayor Hanson Monday “It will be a hard, long str While the mayor was p his appeal to the council ti r Skagit with City and Light Superin to filing it with t This step was be ne taken to protect the city, as its cvation rights expire May 15.| of the use of the lower or Dimock secured by Corporation Counsel Cald-| well last January ne was scheduled to consider Skagit river site late Monday. ie merits for delay were expected. Mayor Hanson pointed out Seattle compete with Tacoma and nd on power rates, or lose in Flays Opponents to the councilfMayor now, ail engineers whe are employed by y for expert advice, say ‘the is the largest, best. safest and cheapest water power offered the city of Seattle ‘The men who have tried to dis credit Skagit power site from its incep are attorneys acting ax salexmen real estate profiteers and the paid engineers of other} power who desire to sell their partiet site to the city of Seattle and last not least, the Stone ‘Webster interests, who do not want us to secure any power site, but if we hate to have one, their desire is/ for us to pay some pri¥ate profiteer & million or so dollars for his rights the poorest and most ex pensive and smallest power site avail-| able, in order that they may con tinue to dominate the electric power | and light field in Seattle Says Cost Low “Objection to the size of the Skagit m but th fully Skagit project has been stating that ¢ built und r accordi the figu private Jews horse-power ors have care nit w this imstances at men any pla similar and th cont will a ent ar no con too | Sect free no wonder man ‘GREGORY SAYS LYNCHINGS WILL HURT SAMMIES Would Give Huns Excuse for Atrocitious Treatment of American Captives NOT PATRIOTIC, HE SAYS RY MILTON BONNER Special Staff Dispateh WASHINGTON, May 15.—"He who In the name of patriotism takes part in a lynching violence He also tynehes the laws of the land. And while falsely wrapping the American flag around himself, he strikes a deadly blow at our American boys taken prisoner by mans. The kaiser's men wo want no better excuse to abuse our soldiers than mob outrages to German enemy aliens in America. Their record of treat ment of French, Belgian and English prisoners indicates what reprisals they would inflict.” So declared " w ; ney general of day He tense earnentness, becaun to the dang: spoke ¢ We are in t reasons in the world,” general continued German war machine for the best | reasons in the world. We abhor the atrocities the Ger mans have committed. We put our selves out of court If our people also commit atrocities. “Almost invariably a mob claims that It acta in the cause of Ju But not infrequently its leaders are inspired by against the individual The ex softer the department of ju teeting our boys at ur people at home. Within the last few days congress has enacted laws which give the de partment of justice much needed power. When all we could do to the noted Von Rintelen was to give personal enmity ane made the front and thim a brief jail sentence and fine for trying to have ships blown up, you can see the necessity of adequate new legislation. But that is only one phase of our work. There is a bigger side, the day enemy aliens. rm to our country and are taken detention camps nere are people who think such ved to be German epi These r martial | people we send to be t been caught When to Intern them BEFORE nim to intern ¥ NOT mea the alien crime equently re r interning them t six puch THE SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, IN THE MAY 13, 1918 PACIFIC NORTHWE The Seattle Star GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER 1 “ eather Forecast PRICE APALDADADADALA DDL ADDL LPL NIGHT EDITION Kiverwh EIN} in Seattle ONE CENT IN THICK OF BATTLE ER CONTRADICTS STORY PUBLISHED IN PER AT OTTAWA ng infir ct—a honor t in prote bmerged Fr fe .. Mibeaa ||!!! USS TEUTONS, ») i N i Doping ‘His Bitters HEX WAKE up! < ont eane Ce | MEXICANS ARE DIGGING TRENCHES © But Official BY L. LERCH yt WASHINGTON, Ma Here's oti Mexico's answ € Germa down sanneon Says to the Mexican German Science Is Now Backing Polygamy Demand M solenuif und for been f Panama It's Merely rights “Precautionary” ps are being sent to the border to stop smuggling raids, "0 which cer of successive crop are caused by the ir people, due to two failures i THAT Ot T PLACES HES, ¥ BEE t this ha SIX TO YARD, LENINE AFRAID RUSSIANS WILL START REVOLT jen raided 4511 VESSELS" PASS SAFE THRU SUBMARINE ZONE PAP M ¢ some ar | DIVER WARFARE FAILURE, SAYS FOE SOCIALIST AM, Ma 3 After U. S. LABOR MEN DODGE TORPEDO MILWAUKEE, Ma man torpedo bare Amer ‘ CAPELLE SA YS ! WASHINGTON, May 13.—American forces in France are actively in battle now AROUND ee and will be used regularly in future, Secre- neral « | tary of War Baker announced this afternoon. xtatement t vent from IS HINDENBURG | } DEAD? TEUTONS }, || DECLARE HE TS }| ‘The statement attributed to the { LONDON, May shal Von Hin burg’s place jenburg is dead. is to take Von 13. ac. ved explain drive. Von Germar at Gen PRARARARARAAARARAAAALAAS TEUTONS FLEE WHEN YANKEES | RAID TRENCHES ° BY Unite FRANK J a Pr With THE TAYLOR rresy AMERICAN ndent ARMY IN LORRAINE, May 12 —Information gleaned from Ger. man operations American fronts, thinning of the en cause of the dri resources from Pi of mar opposite the indicates a nemy lines, be. son German jeardy 26 \power 1A tor Badonv « former er er) Field Mar- } Hinden { three - LORD READING DOUBTS REPORT ON U, S. ARMY, WASHINGTON, May 13— Doubt as to the accuracy of the statement attributed to the Beit ish war cabinet that American troops are to be held back until their force reaches powerful © strength, was expressed here to — day by Lord Reading, British statement by the ame his belief that ne nt had been made the knowledge of the prime ster or the war cabinet,” follows 1 expressions of greatest surprise: among army men here today as to | the reported new change in the mille ‘tary policy of the allies. Reading's statement, Cosel British cabinet to the effect that the allies are so confident that, having }| been given the choice of a smallim- mediate American army for defense. or waiting until they are reinforced by a complete, powerful, self-sup- porting army, they have chosen the latter is diametrically opposed to all information received by me from the British war cabinet and to all the requests which I have been asked by them to make to the U. S. adminige tration “I am quite in the dark as te the origin of the statement. At present all I can say is that 7 am convinced that the document has not been issued with the knowledge of the prime minis ter or the war cabinet.” Nothing is known at the war de partment concerning the British statement. This was stated semie officially here today Some of als suggested that such change ‘YY might have come vere” without knowl edge of it reaching the war depart ment yet Some thought that American offle ere were dissatisfied with about | were not fu! Jand decided ficient to he | time being Comes as Surprise in view of the sh and French ts for American aid was a eur 1 The brigading plan was to only as an emergency As it involved sacrifice of can pride pleased with the plan lied strength was the Teutons for the The announcement ly cause the fact that the process had been under time, with at least a American forces in fficials here believed Amere ly fighting with the Brit- French would not be re brigading way for some portion of the Europe ans 9 and ning the gamy in Ger Ar the specta anger and for 5 which the end me SUBS ARE O. K. specia naval offensive val of ganized for time blows at o Enemy Americar | change + | to affec majority “| eran in plan was believed those forces—a great the troops now in hb had not yet been in the fighting of the domination of the Stone We' (Continued on page 9) FRENCH CAPTURE IMPORTANT HILL ARMIES French a rthwe b t only n the following fre WESTERN UNION IGNORES RULING, UNION MEN SAY We e OREGON CONVICT ,ESCAPES PRISON; ELUDES GUARDS | ALEM, Or bad mar whic n Scarce erman planes, over} Cooma Report pad sau at | Says Yanks to Form Reserves WASHINGTON, May 13.—Cana- |dian announcement that the entente American army only it becom 2 powerful unit today no indication of n plans for brigading the Americans with the allies, and thus y the identity of the Unite In ence of othe Is main- silence as to the significance statement. As Baker was ex- back from inspecting Camp Charlotte, N. C., today, some explanation was expected. The ng factor in the publish+ ed Canadian statement was its sus premely confident air. It showed @ by Foch, that of resist: with the fewest pos: yielding when necessary, x a strong reserve. 1 out that Germany ull, and that now (Continued on page 5) ron arr aviator LLIED wus LKEree hould be k "HUNGER RIOTS IN PETROGRAD :: Vertraat were | inment fan tmen implant Inthe] | “Two women vera UT ALIANS STOP 2 moins aco taituin ence sft Peto g bee wig we So cie hae rewin nia ATTACK BY FOE |rsosues “etna” Sour] set ts, shed ty te AT MONTE CORNO fees alg tried | t ROME, May 1 er at. 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A nt of the bar CORRESPONDENT SEES ROMANOFFS IN PRISON RICH, Ma t of the retire avy ordnance shout the foe rhe trated the Ger of Nomeny (between tors of Toul and prought back prison ‘omer new strategy dispute ove: arbitration of with the for folk Mona nh refuse forced and hour sponde Crimea the rre e Corn, Carlo, the Master which has re « nine-hour A number uptured Monte taking 100 pris caatie orm | eek ist week calmed tain ''ASKS DEATH FOR 11 MEN ACCUSED |, OF LEADING MOB), ILL has it is estimate was ation demands for creased pay igned up | Whalen where form ian fam manofts ar guarded ne armed k in the Lune urprise # (south 0} house appropria rig They are lier mittee this morning b: opol with Rharrette, actir the new scale, plate glass windows and ly in vocal demonstra. nterned in the pubs afety building made known Sat- at midnight that they were de- of nicotine denied them, rhreats of a police detail to turn the fire hose on the women quieted them, 1X MONTHS are Convicted of 1t 4 | « gang of moon: | cape = ndulging f tt had ther preven eir ¢ tarted county LONDON was May 1 last night in th Somme valley sector and betweer Locon and the Nieppe forest Field Marshal Haig reported today. arich, eit Nicholas, refusing chief of police that heh x months in the nothing to sa and to pay a| The | waid, coun i first wife municipat | ter active lay Mon su explained rom the ited railroad the da perior court © second marrige ont in irous the officer of the law] force a lot of people to return to the morning in King situation, (United States, the the corresponde leg ville, April 6. Yakima coun’ fine of $1,000. population proGerman, jail is very unfriendly to investigate