The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 3, 1918, Page 4

Thee a eaadlereieppeintne aniateincpeinaraieap~etaieininrnmrngionecapasi-anetiomepeanlsinanmntiensdeareraeameesmreereiageeneareeaet eae — STAR—WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1918. PAGE 4 “Workers of America—YOU have as much, if not MORE, at stake ' than any other group of citizens—do all that it is within your POWER to do, for the common cause of DEMOCRACY and FREEDOM the world over!” —samue! Gompers, President American Federation of Labor. ferker : . yy. oe, ni Is Aygerican Labor LOYAL in this war? “We call your attention to the possibility of recruiting destruction All the WORLD knows that it is—and Germany knows it better than — Oe eee ee : o Potsdam gang EXPECT American labor to be loyal? On February 23, following, the same general staff sent out still an- other notice to German ambassadors, ministers, and consuls, which reads: No, it did not—the Potsdam gang had looked for American labor to “There have been established within the territory of the country K, to show YELLOW, to be PLAYED FOR SUCKERS by German where you are, special bureaus for the organization of propaganda in the . ,.as the Russians were—and the kaiser and his minions are countries that are in the war coalition against Germany. The propa-™ wiully disgusted and disappointed with American Labor for having ganda will have for its object to propagate social upheavals, accompa- filed to come thru. nied by yeayne revolutionary a, 7 nove and Right after the first defeat at the Marne, the German imperial staff civil war, as well as an agitation in favor of disarmament and the cessa- Gast notice to the kaiser’s trusties here and there that “special mili- tion of the present bloody war. credits” had been opened age te ee hg Beene : Get this LAST PARAGRAPH into your systems, fellows: ee oe 2nd the UNITED: wnich funds “The propaganda will have for its object to PROPAGATE SOCIAL e to be used “in unlimited proportions for the purpose of destroying eo ape. ‘- epee wes hyd mE ay Aras f dings, factories, supplies and provisions.” UPHEAVALS, ACCOMPANIED BY STRIKES, revolutionary explosions, : : SEPARATION movements, and civil war—as well as AN AGITATION in “While trying to bring about strikes,” the instructions read, “it is favor of DISARMAMENT—and the CESSATION OF THIS BLOODY necessary to take steps for the sabotage of motors and machinery, for VAR.” the destruction of vessels paw igi y Mati ——. = bs sei = What a FLOOD OF LIGHT this lets in on things that have happened " eee tietiering oantere aa Vase supetiea aa pan att pre and that are TRYING to happen in this country and elsewhere! 8 food. ; What an INTRICATE PATH is this path of the Hun! “Special agents, put at your disposition, will furnish you with the By THESE signs ye shall know him—and his agents! necessary materials for provoking explosions and fires; also a list of per- Keep your EYES open—boys! sons who will act as destruction agents. Stick to the middle of the ROAD--and get out the WORK! One of On January 15, 1915, the same German imperial staff sent another these days the world shall be FREE--and then you who STOOD BY THE order to its military agents in the United States—which ran as follows: JOB when your country needed you will come into your own! The firms and individuals listed below represent practically every branch of Seattle’s great industries: Savings Bank and Trust Central Coal Co, Great Western Smelting & Refining Lindenberger Packing Co. Puget Sound Navigation Co, Stimson, C. D. City Light Dept. Co. Lippy, T. 8. P ry. Struve, F. K. City Messenger & Transfer Co. Green, Joshua, Lowman, J. D. t Clemmer, Jas. Q. Griffin & Co, MacDougall-Southwick Co. K Cho Ito & Co. Groceteria Stores Co. Marine Engine Works. ii o. Cobb, C. H. Grote-Rankin Co, The. Martin, F. J. n-American Bank, Thea, % Columbia Salmon Co. Hanson, Ole. Meacham & Babcock Shipbuilding Ce. 8 © Bros. & Co. nie ings & Trust Ce, Commercial Boiler Works. Heffernan Engine Works. Mehihorn, August. dr. t Engine Works 8 » Inc. } Cooper, Frank B. Hendricks Manufacturing Co, Metropolitan Building Co. t Steel Co. Mills, * Cox, A. H., Co, Henry, H. C, ‘ Mitsui & Co, ‘ S Bank. Crane Co. Hofius Steel & Equipment Co. Morphy, John. Si Co, alworth| M, Crescent Manufacturing Co. D. N ‘ 8 ashington ie ae * Davis, John, & Co. E. C. N Se tion & Dry Dock Co. as otel, Thi Dexter Horton National Bank, Tha American Commission Ca. Natio 8 a - Duthie, J, F.. Co. 8. A. Netth Ss Works. ate Eldridge Buick Co N 8 1 Bank. bilo Dept. 00s, Anpeme Elliott Bay Shipbuilding Co. N e Co, Seattle Rainier Valley Railway Ca Wellington Coal Co. First National Bank. , . A. N ings Bank. Portland Cement Association. Sloan Shipbuilders Corporation, Westerman Iron Works, Fraser-Paterson Co. Kinnear, G., Co, Northwestern Frult Exchange. Puget Mill Co. Smith, © J. Western Smelting & P-—cr Ca Frederick & Nelson. Kristoferson, A., Inc, Northwestern Mutual Fire Assa Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Ca. Standard Furniture Co, White Co, Galbraith, Bacon & Co., Ine Lang Manufacturing Ce, Nut House, The, Puget Sound Traction, Light and State Bank of Seattle. Whiton Hardware Co. Gottstein, M. A., Co, Leonard, A. W. Oldham, Robi Co, Power Stetson-Koss Machine Works, Yokohama Specio Bank,