The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 10, 1918, Page 1

MORE THAN 70,000 PAID COPIES DAILY THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION PD WIRE SERVIC PR SS ASSOC 10) SE. SATTL Kk, Ww ASH., FULL Le _ UNITE Be __ VOLUME 20 oe 8 8 8 ®@ The Seattle Sta OF ANY PAPER IN THE 10, ‘MONDAY 1918, NIGHT cooler tonight PACIFIC NORTHWEST Wenther Forecast: T moderate wenter EDITION fair; winds. ‘onight and Tuesda a No ) Peace for Two Years Is Prediction at War Front COREY Is | The Handwriting on the ‘Wall | Teena =. a ye St ne & & Sugar Ship Torpedoed Off Virginia Coast; Hear Gunfire at Jersey NVENT NEW SUB CHASER NEWPORT, R. L., June ome explosions at buildings here this afternoon. There were heavy shocks and deep rumblings. LEWES, Del, June 10.—A sugar ship was torpedoed and sunk off the Virginia capes at 10 o'clock today, according to a pilot who arrived here this after- RRM ANTIC CITY, N. J., June dune 10.— secret methods of operating against the German coastal - boat raiders were understood to be im effect today. Mapped out operations sec tion, with the advice of the naval/ board, these plans have been com-| municated to Rear Admiral Cameron Winslow. He spent the week-end) ferring with Admiral Henson,! f of operations, and left last) nAnt for Atlantic ports to assist in unifying and directing the new pa trol efforts. ALL HANDS ARE RESCUED FROM DIVER ATTACK AN ATLANTIC PORT. June 10.- ‘The captain and 17 members of the crew of the S. S Pinar Del Rio, sunk by a submarine last Saturda arrived here today on a fruit liner. | This accounts for all hands These 18 men were picked up off the Jersey coast Saturday night | when a flare they sent up was ob served by the liner’s skipper. They id their vemel was destroyed by | ' The “Ground Hog’ Must Go the landlords have put pric eson them that are out of reach of the shipbuilder and other war wv orkers. Apartments that rented for Unless sharp, drastic and RAPID action is taken by the national government, jointly with local authorities, the few people who. own the places a PS t gun fire off Maryland i} where the many must live will $25 before are generally $40 to ’ LABOR STARTS | sabotage the job of winning the $45 now. Houses that were _ CONVENTION IN |f war. $25 before are in many cases as j ST. PAUL TODAY | fe Brodeleh aad the Bronx high as $50. That means about two weeks’ pay for the man who earns $100 a month. It is intolerable. City authorities and state au- thorities have been either asleep ST. PAUL, Minn., June 10.—Amer-| fean union labor opened its “win the} war” meeting today, when delegates | to the 28th convention of the Amert-| can Federation of Labor went into| session here. Ordinary labor trou-| Dies were buried under patriotic dis cussions of securing maximum pro districts of New York, RENT STRIKES are in _ progress now. In Seattle, the Chamber of fet uy the government waal) Commerce, Labor council, and or without means of enforcing ie theese OF the opening addresses the Metal Trades have wrestled decent conditions There were ear! hinta of federa . with the problem without mate- v It is therefore up to congress rial success. to act—for it is a grave national problem. Great Britain was face to face with the ground hogs, early in the war—and she vanquished them. Uncle must do the same. “GROUND HOG” GO. tion polities when it was whispered | Secretary Frank Morrison w opposed. for reelection. The graphical union is expected to nom nate its secretary, J. W. Hays, for the place. The elections will be held near the clone of the two weeks’ ses: | sion. e The ground hog is interfer- ing with the nation’s war work. The proof of it is that in Seattle there are a great number of houses vacant today, altho the demand for housing ts enor- mous. They are vacant because ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY | TO BE LISTED SOON} WASHINGTON 10.—Publt- | eation of a list of industrial plants, | MUST June showing which are considered essen: | tial-or nones ix imminent. it} was rned the fuel administra Soneeneenel tion today ants on the “white ! said WANT AUTO DRIVERS TESTED BY POLICE AINDON, June 10 A serious re very auto driver in Seattle will 4 , be required to pass exte e auto WA NGTON, dane 10.— snembers of the Seattle le Com: volt has broken out among the Aus driving tests before a police permit| That President Wilson and See. | mercial graphers’ union, and of trian troops on the East front, ac will be jasued, if the plana submittea| retary of Labor Wilson have | advisory committee men of the labor cording to an undated dispatch from to Chief Warren by Chamber of| successfully acted fo avert @ | counciis of the city, presented Mon-| Kieff, received from Moscow today Commerce committeemen Monday| strike of | comn I telegra- | day to Henry M. White, Seattle rep high offi United States de- letter for trans phers was indicated cial circles today. ase approved. resentative of the Appalled b: | partment of Jabor the recent death lint from accidents, the civilian obser Pending formal announcement of | Mission to President Wilxo SERVE 25 YEARS } an. etl steps to eliminate|the solution reached, no elaboration |ing the hope that his in SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Ju . aunt ed drivers, the statement was forthcoming. | may prevent the ni reckless, or untrained drivers, they | of the statement wa Bee Nan tae Saat Gani) tive Beaten man’ haa ty ive eee st noon The national war labor board, at) "7 5° (0 UN OD ine poten eral court-martial here for refusing SOLDIER KILLS SELF a meeting scheduled for Wednesday | confidence in the president in uphold. '0 wear the uniform of the army in Chicago, is expecte® to discuns| ing the right he has recognized for’ ™ * they claimed to be “con ACOMA, June 10. — “Sandy” rex to force the telegraph |iabor to organize, It was drafted, *clentious objectors,” were sentenced A, a colored soldier, who cam nies to recognize the right Of | aiong the lines of resolut dopted ;t0 life imprisonment, it was an-| cs mp Lewis from Colorac | workers to organize into unions, one| saturday night at a meeting of the | NeUNced here today. The command his life as the result, th of the principles set forth in Prest | joint committees, which aldo consid. 1M Officer in each instance red say, of a love affair, by drinking car-|dent Wilson's proclamation creating | cred asking the Central Labor coun-| the sen » to 26 years. bolic acid in a rooming house on K.| the board |cil to submit to vote of all affiliated 25th st | n0 the board does not counte-| unions the question of a sympathet- rison declared before the convention | F m siannevateikes hd vaericnia in that It | jc strike, of the American Federation ~ La be HRT must back up this principle _ |bor that government ownership of i 2 = bie -mel Me Word from 8t. Paul today an. | telegraphs is‘certain on account of | will keep the Hun A committee of the ijocked-out| nounced that Secretary Frank Mor-| present labor difficulties, canceled TELEGRAPH STRIKE | FAST MUTINY: BLOOD ON BAYONET, | SLOGAN Lieut. Zech, Seattle Man, Writes Graphic Descrip- tion of Yanks in Action “GET A BOCHE” THE CRY! “Blood on your bayonet!” “Get a boche!™ “Do unto the boche as he dors unto you, but do it first!” ‘He sure the devil is dead!” “If you have any doubt, give it to him again’ The «pirit of fire of the American soldier that the the world of his thed in th American sec promines to scorch Hun and ck barbariam | kann the orn in France, contained in a letter from a Seattle officer, Int Lt. Luke Zech, to Justice John HB. Wright whone court he formerly served as clerk The letter discloses the American soldier at the front. winning th OT miration of the French pollu ar British Tommy, doing hin w war bloody determ that to the ne alo kives patches fre nt where operating, and boding ill for boche when once he begins the great a tie din he | push. The Americans are so sincere their work that « made that they do not take enough prisoners to even get infornation, and that in very necemmary.” writes Lieut. Zech Let me tell you that this in a bell of a war, and you can Make your peace with your God, be Cause the chances are that you will meet Him on the wide if you should be so unfortu to fall into the hands of the ¢ in complaint haa been When a German war der, he will always got an they are the only o show him any mer cans and English wil him or give him cold steel. The French have asked « who will The y Amer! ta that the Americans be pernitted to fight alongs them, and, believe me, the Americans want no better partners In our sector they do not call the land between the American and Ger man trenches ‘N s Land Zech wrote. “We fer it our and every r to mee what the Huns are doing « the time British Show Pep The first American troops in the (Continued on page. 4) YANKEES BREAK FOE ATTACK IN MARNE DISTRICT : WASHINGTON, June 10— Repulse Sunday of another Ger. man attack northwest of Cha teau Thierry was reported today in Gen. Pershing’s report Northwest of Chateau Thierry the my made a fresh attack during night on poxidions in the vi ot Bouresches,” the atetement ‘The attack, which was preceded | by artillery preparation ind accom panied by ma gun fire, broke down with emy. In this there was lively artillery fighting On the Marne the day was marked by decreased artillery activ ity losses to the » and TEDDY INDISPOSED, BUT WILL MAKE HIS SPEECH! ST. LOUIS, June 10—Col. Roose velt was slightly Indixposed and re nained in his room here today. It was understood he suffered from a slight attack of erysipelas. His speech here tonight has not been While trying to res a young woman bather who had beyond her depth in a swift nt. Emmett 1. Allen was drowned in the Clackamas river Leonard Bayless, also a member of the party, succeeded in saving the gir The Catérpillars have entered th world conflict on the side of Ger many Millions of reserves are already moving upon Seattle, laying waste an they go. I, Crawlabout Greenbelly, Caterpil lar, Minister of War reported to ldressed a vast assemblage of }countrymen Sunday, in reports reaching here via Ballard today Hordes of Caterpillars clung to the branches of trees and to shrubbery to listen to the famous diplomat, He urged the Caterpillars to war and in Picardy | SUBS RENEW ATTACK Allies Not ot Ready for Negotiations Until U.S. Army Arrives in Full Force. BY C. C. LYON Staff Correspondent of The Star, With Pershing’s Army Peace seems to be a long way off just now. After watching for some weeks at close range the great battle now raging on the western front, my belief is that | hostilities will go on for another year; possibly two. Here are a few of the outstanding features of the pres- ent military situation: | 1, The military party in Germany continues to dominate, absolutely, |{ Editor's Note—C, C. Lyon, who thelr government and the conduct of { was with General Pershing’s their war Until the allies score a crushing military victory, Germany will doubtless remain obstinate for «| peace settlement that calls for in| demnitics territorial annexationa, the subjugation of weaker peoples |” mercial advantages army along the Somme, as staff | correspondent of The Star, ar- rived in New York today from “over there.” the allies are certain to make. It| and unfalr co will be a number of months before The allies are now, with the the Americans are here in sufficient . ; numbers to justify such a “push. The “morale of the ilies Prepare for Long houses are keeping the allied popula tions from hunger, while there dire suffering in the Teutonic triew War, Is Suzzallo Warning in Speech! The United States must pre. pare her defenses for a three or fous-year war, Dr. Henry Sur zallo, president of the University of Washington and head of the state council of defense, told county chairmen of war savings commitiors at their conference | at the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ club | Monday morning. The national war savings program | On the other hand, Germany| would appear to have reasons for not | wanting to stop the war now. The coming of the Americans in sach | large numbers, of course, is a real) menace to German hopes of a great | victory, but, balanced | * the fact at she has and Rumania out of the pect of staving off military ainet th t Russi With starvation among its civilian y a-| was praised by Dr. Suzzallo as the| tion, the German military dictater: greatest agent for education alona| ship unc ptedly figures that its ar | lines of economy that the country) has ever seen. He stressed tne| necessity for economy and conserva miex can cope with any opposition ip the field. | 4. It does not appear that the al-| on in all departments of business jes are able to score a complete mil-| and the home itary victory over Germany. This! President Wilson has proclaaimed would imply the breaking of the Ger-| Jane 28 War Savings Day, and all! man line in the west. To convince | people in the country are asked to Germany she was licked it would be| call at their voting place and desig nece ry to push her back across nate the amount they will pledge in her own borders wr savings for the ensuing year. | The “crushing victory” over! ‘Talks by Daniel Kelleher, state di Germany will likely come only after | rector, and W. 8. Peachy pointed out America has from one to two million | ways of efficient selling. Director yonets in the line, and has turned | Kelleher has just returned from a the weight of numb #0 overwhelm. conference of the na | war sav ingly in the allies’ favor that Ger-| {ngs committee in New York, Wash-| many cannot withstand the offensive ington, D. C., and Virginia. eet te oe BOLSHEVIKI RULE IS | NEARING ITS DOOM, Bhaplen. who in the Caucasus, aiming to unite) at erinis with the Germans, who are | advancing from the north With masked cunning, by friendly | ot penetrating the aching | notes thru German Ambassador Mir-| Steckhete bach, Germany is gradually ap-| From this neutra cabled today | proaching the heart of Russia, in or-| the following p tigpats™ on | der to pierce it at the desirable mo- | and It is still impossible to foretell im. mediate developments, but it is cer: | tain the brief respite is nearing its end, however much he Bolsheviki | seek to lengthen it. The Bolsheviki | themselves admit | “Already a Corpse” | “We are already & corpse, but | there is no one to bury us.” The Bolsheviki regime, due to | methods of violence similar to the | old caarism, in an effort to preserve | itself, is universally hated. The pro-| | letarint are leaving the Bolshevikt| masse All factory workers in} H SHAPLEN United Press Correspondent STOCKHOLM, June 10.—The counter revolutionary movement in ia is growing. The Bol sheviki are living their last days. Uniess the present regime is overthrown by the combined ef forts of other revolationary democratic parties, there will be er revolution of the mon- BY 40: etrograd have organized. Their supporters in Moscow | conference dreams are a united dem and Petrogtad similar to that’ | gcratic front, abrogation of the! which triumphed in Ukraine, Brest Litovsk treaty, and formation by bour oropadsky, aided the geolsie and cadets, is ruling Ukraine (Continued on page 10) and has virtually restored the old regime, Mannerheim in Fintand,| se ee saanctt 1h tai Don reeions| TOUNG MEN MAY) |have triumphed in like snanner | ar way, the provinces of | ENLIST FOR WAR) In a simi the Baltic region have been occu-| WASHINGTON, June 10.—U nder| pied, while the provinces of Pskoff a new ruling made by the provost | and Minsk are under banner of | narshal .general, hich was an Austro-German imperialism nounced today, the 2l-year-old regis issia is threate by foreign] trants may voluntarily enlist in the |imperialists on the north, west and] navy or marine corps, after securing The Turks are again advanc-! permission from their local board. | south PLANTO CIRCLE a Teutons Hoped to Cut Off Huge Force of French — and Americans RESERVES BLOCK PUSH LONDON, Sune | 10.—Nine hen- dred and forty-one ie have been inflicted by German — alr raids on allied hospitals in the past three weeks, J. L. Mac- Pherson, under-secretary of the admiralty, announced in the house of commons today. Bi WITH THE FRENCH MIES IN THE FIELD, Jane 18. —The present drive on the Mont- didier-Noyon front, according te — military critics, constitutes the northern arm of a vast enecir. ” cling project almed against Paris. ‘This movement, starting from Avre, the region of Montdidler, being pushed southward as far possible towards the capital, coordinate with a southern en ing ck from Chateau Thierry, thus seeking to envelop the Ameri- can and French troops between | Montdidier and Chateau Thierry. The Germans still have a’ mint mum of about 50 unengaged bebe | fons (600,000 men) for thelr p effort. The determined resistance of the French, who are holding the emy on the wings and only ting comparatively slight in the center, has gained fi time to enable the allies—for first time since the original drive if March—to bring up reserves befi an appreciable amount of was lost. The Germans began Sunday's tack with ten divisions (120,000 but suffered such heavy losses were forced to engage other ions before night. The German staff apparently is ob stinately convinced that the Oise valley offers the most likely oppor: tunity for advancing towards Paris, Sunday's attack launched by Gem Von Huber, followed the same which characterized the boches’ pre ceding offensive effort. They f an initial gain thru a surprise at” tack. German infantry men fees to the assault in successive waves, ~ Despite the Huns’ efforts at se crecy and their use of gas, French artillery was able to maintain @ counter preparation thruout the em emy bombardment : ‘The desperate efforts with which | the Germans launched their new ag sault is indicative of their realization of the absolute necessity of ending) the war before America's a é strength is intervened 'NEW EFFORT BY ENEMY FAILS TO; MAKE BIG GAIN PARIS, June 10.—The new German drive between Mont- | didier and oyon slowed down © ’ before the French resistance yea. * terday evening and last night, | the French communique indies’ | Gains of about a mile were made} — by the enemy in the center and the | _ allied left wing in comparison with | _ the initial penetration of three miles, Ms Simultaneously American and] | French troops advanced again north- west of Chateau-Thierry, taking 260] | prisoners and 30 machine guns. “The German rush continued last 4 evening and last night,” today’s re | port said “On the left wing, several violent 7 attacks were broken up by French ie fire. Courcelles-Ehbadelles was taken and retaken several times and final ly was held by the French, “On the right, the French held south and east of Ville, three miles southwest of Noyon, taking 600 prig | oners. “In the center, new German, forces made slight progress, reaching the southern outskirts of Cuvilly, eight. miles southwest of Montdidier, Res sons-Sur-Matz wood and Bellinglise chateau, four miles south of. 4 signy. es n> ommend REFUSE UNIFORM, DECLARE WAR ON SEATTLE! MOBILIZATION IS ON! | I. Crawlabout Greenbelly, Caterpillar War Minister, Stirs Hordes to Advance on cust ycited a recent attack of Representa \tive- Inspector of Horticulture for King county, Alexander Galbraith, who recommended arsenate spray on ed barrage crawlers. uevival Stuff the multiple-le The time for action is here Greenbelly is reported to have shout “a ed. “We will not tolerate spineless pacifism or weakness of any sort | We must fight—fight for our very |}. Crawlabout Greenbelly, Caterpitiar exist 1 We are going to fight! Minister of War Greenbelly stated how friendly re lations had been broken off with Seat tle and King Inspector Galbraith's ultimatum, and | county on receipt of! pointed out the necessity of striking | arsenate the first decisive blow, before the spray artillery of the em emy was brought into action, After Iron Crosses “Caterpillars! Eat! Bat and an | stroy! at glory shall be ours,"* said ¢ ly. “When Kaiser Wik] imperial ruler of Germany, | comes marching over in regal trie | umph following a victory achieved © { thru our assistance, he will decorate all of us with the iron cross! “But we must hasten, or our cause will be retarded, if not lost. Ourem (Continucd em page ress Bes