The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 20, 1918, Page 1

' MORE THAN 70,000 PAID COPIES DAILY ad ARR Ree REPORTED OFF EAS The Seattle Sta THE GREATE ‘T DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST T COAST NIGHT Weather Forecast showers; moder ‘ EDITION Tonight and Tuesday, terly winds. ate nouthwer FULL LI UNITED VOLUME 20 D WIRE HSS ASSOCIATIONS SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, MAY 20, 1918. SERVICE PRICE ONE CENT Everwhere in Seattle EDRIVE IS 1 ON! CALL SOUNDED ‘The traffic cop raised a hand and scowled, as a bewildered au- tomobilist slammed on the brakes. “You have no Red Cross tag Red Cross war fund campaign. which started off with a rush here Monday | morning. | ‘The community seemed attuned to the call for mercy. Committees of 600 workers struck out for the big at 9 a.m. This dis| trict's quota is $500,000 | At 12:20 the solicitors gathered at! the Arena to report progress. Re-| sulta were scheduled upon a big blackboard, and the afternoon's cam- tactics arranged upon Frank Waterhouse, in New York. | ‘ired a $5,000 subscription, and the) owing telegram. | “Red Cross opens here with won. | derful enthusiasm. Seattle, to which the attention of the country is now | Fd herself by the liberality of her sub | scription. We surely should give or more, they are expected to choose » chairman to collect “one day's pay” and turn it over (Continued on Page Seven) King of ‘Potlatch Is Arrested; Fine Goes to Red Cross Edgar L. Webster, insurance man, who was king of Seattle's first Pot- latch celebration, was arrested today for “jaywalking.” He might have escaped, but for George Sample, manager of Foster) the billboarders. Sample! it would be a good joke on Webster, and called the attention to the “jay: The officer made good and| pinched him on the spot. But Web ster didn't go to jail. He proposed that every “jaywalk er” arrested today be fined 50 cents for the benefit of the Red Cross. ‘The idea was adopted “CHOKE SEVEN SEAS | WITH U. S. SHIPPING”) sw YORK, May 20.—“Fifty| ‘4 ships of major size in June” is the| f Bainbridge Colby, United hipping commissioner, today e are going to choke the seven seas with American shipping.” JAPAN’S DESTROYERS AID ON MEDITERRANEAN TOKIO, May 19—The fleet of Jap Anese destroyers co-operating with allied navai forces in the Mediter Tanean has been more actively en-| recently than ever before, says Says a statement issued here. | IRS E R | POURS FOR R. R. MEN, SAYS SUPREME COURT) WASHINGTON, May 20--Rail road employes dispatching trains or} working at signal towers cannot! work more than nine hours in any 24 hours, the supreme court today tt ttt $4 +444 47 4 re /,/ ,: BZ - a ei ) a a) \ adisgrn™ Qo Ss o Q After the hot assault, or hard, heroic stand, Hark!. some one calls to you from No Man’s Land. Just a friend of yours and mine, a suffering soldier-man; No, you cannot reach him—but the Red Cro ss can. —EDMUND VANCE COOKE. * * | q There, in the mud and blood, the soldier calls to you. Do youhear? Then answer. There, risking shot and shell, braving the inferno of enemy fire, the Red Cross goes to lend aid and comfort to the wounded and the needy. * + From there comes the call to you--to give what you can to the Red Cross. Do you hear the call? Then Answer. eet ttt ett tt tt tt FATTER FEL B ttt tt ttt t+ ++ AUSTRIA TOWN IN UPROAR ZURICH, May 20.—A state of siege has been declared in Prague, following fighting and street demonstrations against Germany, according ‘to a dispatch from that city. Processions of Czechs and | Jugo-Slavs paraded, shout- ing: | “Long live Wilson! Long live Lloyd George! Long live | Clemenceau!” The occasion was a celebra- | tion of the inauguration of | the national theatre. The police and military garrison have been rein- | forced. |DUAL MONARCHY NEARING DOOM LONDON, May 20.—Disrup- thon of the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy is at hand. Dispatches from Budapest, Vienna and other points in Austria and Hun as well as from Berlin, indicate ty that Emperor Karl is sitting which threatents at any moment to break tion Despite all that Kaiser Wilhelm and the imperial advisers can do to prevent it, the common people of the dual monarchy are rapidly approach ing the point where the smallest provocation will bring about a revo lation. The Slavs of Southern Europe are dying of starvation and penury. They have suffered nearly four years an the vassals of Germany without realizing any of the grandiloquent promixes made by their emperor and Kainer Wilhelm. They want free- dom. Vien dispatches admit that the political situation is most desperate. Food riots are common. Austria cannot feed her own people, much lean the Magyars of Hungary. She has turned to Germany for heip, ask Ing Berlin to ration some of the na- tions of Hungary But Berlin, too, is hungry. is the food to come from? Absolute famine before the first of July now megaces ail of Austria Hungary. the threat of revolution, that is be- lieved to be delaying the Austrian of. fensive against Italy. The Teutonic inhabitants of Aus trian begin to realize that the mon. archy is doomed, and are starting to flutter under the protecting wings of jermany TRAWLER TAKES SUB AND CREW PARIS, May 20.—The trawler All ly sank a German submarine, captur, ed the commander and liberated the ~aptain and crew of a Spanish sail. | | | jap vessel who had been taken pris. i a dispatch from Toul said to Where day UKRAINE TOWNS ARE IN FLAMES MOSCOW via London, May 20. | Towns and villages in Ukraine are in | Mames SUMMARY OF By United Press 1 FR ‘This is the 1,387th day of the war, and the Gist day of the big offensive. AMERICAN FRONT-—Maj, Raoul Lufberry, of the American aviation corps, former member of the Lafay ette Escadrille, was killed by a ma | fight over the American lines Sun. day morning. His from his machine and was recovered body dropped in the American front line The official communique issued | from American headquarters Sunday said that all fronts occupied by American troops quiet, save | for mutual aeria American aviators brought down two hostile Field Marshal cannon BRITISH FRONT Haig reported that hostile ading increased considerably last {night from Albert northward to | Buequoy It is in this sector that army authorities believe the major J assault by the Germans will be at tempted Haig raid in the Albert sector and the re. | pulse of a German raid north of | Hinges, the southern portion of the | Planders front wm Philip Simms cabled that German prisoners admit their air planes are poorly constructed and of inferior material, many of them col |lapsing in midair, This has led to heavy casualties in the German ay jation training camps. also reports a successful into full erup It is this, together with | chine gun bullet during a running! NAVY IS PROBING RUMOR WASHINGTON, Mi 20— Reports that a h sub- marine has been seen along the Atlantic coast caused @ — thrill of excitement here to —" d ports from various points have bombarded the navy department and the ru- mors that a German U-boat |had reached the United | States coast line became pere' | sistent. | While there has been jofficial verification of rumors, a strict watch for the alleged enemy craft is kept and an investigation o| |the reports is on. . LUFBERRY ; ' DIES OVER | WITH THE AMERICAN MIES IN LORRAINE, May | —Maj. Raoul He was struck by a machine bullet during a running fell from. his monoplane. fell in the American front line was recovered, Lufverry spent his youth in Haven, Conn. d | he was adopted by a family | ges, France. He ran away at 13 wandered about the world. In Asia he met the aviator, Pourpe, who trained him as his sistant. When he followed Porpe into French aviation corps, at the |break of the war, Lufberry f that he was recoognized as an ican citizen. He became a leuti |before he was transferred to American army. LITTLE ACTION 1S REPORTED ON WESTERN FRONT LONDON, May 20.—“Our troops conducted a successful raid in Albert — | sector yesterday, taking a few pris joners,.” Marshal Haig reported today. — “An attempted enemy raid on | |Hinges was repulsed with heavy — losses. “Hostile artillery fire increased considerably last night on the Albert — Bucquoy front.” WITH THE AMERICAN AR MIES IN FRANCE, May 20.—The American official report issued last night says: Aside from mutual aerial activity, the day was quiet on all fronts held by our troops, “Our aviators brought down twe hostile planes.” WAR EVENT SNCH FRONT vabled that the Germans have con centrated 1,680,000 men, including: 1,120,000 infantrymen, of their best divisions, on the west front from the North sea to the Otse, in prepar- | ation for resuming their offensive. Of these 984,000 are in the front line | And 696,000 are in reserve, Henry Wood — BRITISH announced German tory which — previc | bases in Flan NAVY-—The admiralty the majority of the and submarine craft operated from , has been locked in Bruges, obviously as a result of the blocking of the harbors of Os, tend and Zeebrugge by the sinking * of concrete-filled ships. | IRELAND—Dublin dispatches re | clare that Ireland is normal, follow- ing the discovery of the alleged pro- German Sinn Fein revolutionary plot. One hundred and fifty arrests | are said to have been made, includ | ing all the principal leaders of the Sinn Fein. | A dispatch from Holyhead, Eng. |announced the arrival of 46 Sinn Fein prisoners, including Fdward Devalera, their leader, aboard a Brit- ish warship, Seventy others were | expected’ today | AUSTRIA—Prague declared under | martial law, following street fight ing and demonstrations by Czechs and Jugo-Slavs, who are agitating for separation from the dual mon- | archy Crowds cheered for Presi: ldent Wilson and Premiers Lioyd | George and Clemenceau.