The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 16, 1918, Page 1

= GERMANS WOULD SEND FOOD COMMISSION TO U. S. PPL LPL LLLP PPL PPL LPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP Full Leased Wire of the United Press Association. Complete Service of Enterprise Association. the Newspaper Botered as Second Clase Matter May % 18) ———— — VOLUME 21. NO, 222 SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1% 1918. TO RELEASE 20 YANKS IN TWO W The Seattle Star THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHW. at the Postoffice at Beattie, Wasn., under the Act of Congress MM ST 1878. oh ® Per Year, b NIGHT EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE bY Mall, $5.00 to $9.00 E Weather Forecast: Tonight and Sunday, rain; moderate southwesterly wind. ——————— SEND PRESIDENT PLEA OF HUNGER * _ LONDON, Nov. 16.—(1:10 p. m.)—Germany wants to send a delegation to the United States to plead Anglo-Turkish armistice—that Ger side, according to a wireless dispatch received from for food, permission immediately to America governmen Germany and the necessity of taking steps for | of foodstuffs. ety x to lay t the conditions of emphasized his anxiety for an immediate at The Hague. Not Worrying About tarving to Death "She can take care | Derself. What we aré worrying | is the ‘little allies,’ who have under the German yoke. They faced by famine. We must give help and lose no time in doing | Administrator Hoover declared that Germany was not faced by star and that as soon as the Watertight blockade was relaxed she | could get all the food that is needed. | “Our only interest in Germany is| to get together on a stable basis so) she can pay the money she owen to! France and Belgium,” said Hoover. | ‘When asked if there was any pos sibility of the Lever act, which pro Wits the use of foodstuffs for the @anufacture of beer after Dec. 1, being teacinded, Hoover replied in ve. issued the following state: | ‘Meet explaining his mission abroad __ Is Perplexing Problem “Lam going to Europe to discuss | tie further food measures that must De organized as a result of the end ‘Of hostilities. The food problem in ig one of extreme complex Of their 420,000,000 people, | Russia, Hungary and Denmark-— comprising 40,000,000, have sufficient food supplies % last until next har. vest without imports. Some must have Immediate relief. “We will have a qurplus of some’ 18,000,000 to 20,000,000 tonn of food, if we are economical, so that the situation can be handled if this and other amaller surpluses in the world can be transported. Relax Blockades “There is a great problem in the situation of the enemy people— about 90,000,000. This problem is not one of going to their relief. It is a problem of relaxing the water-tight blockade, which continues thru the armistice, sufficiently so that they may secure for themselves the bare necessities that will give stable gov- ernment “Uniess anarchy can be put down and stability be obtained In these en- emy states, there will be nobody to make peace with and nobody to pay the bill to France and Belgium for the fearful destruction that has been done “I would certainiy approach this with mixed feelings, having been long a witness to the robbery of food from women and children, and the destruction of millions of tons of food at sea and to the misery under which the millions amongst the biggest of the allies have suffered under the German yoke. “Justice requires that government be established that is able to make up | for wrongs done, and it cannot be ac | complished thru the spread of an- archy. Famine is the mother of an- WMaetically only three areas—South archy.” Big Deficit Facing War FundCampaign With all of its facilities and en- @rgies concentrated for a final su Preme effort, the United War Work | G@mpaign Saturday launched a va ety of expediencies calculated to| swell the fund for the seven benefi-| fat associations to the desired quota, The drive ends Monday Saturday, Salvation Army girls automobile trucks containing stoves with real fires, started cook ing and #etting doughnuts at vari Us downtown vantage points, The doughnuts sold for as high as $5 ach, no definite price being ob- tained, and went like “hot cakes.” stores with subscription slot carried appeals to the peo- Die downtown, while an army of ap- Pfoximately 1,500 solicitors operated in the elty districts. A fast foot-| game was held at the Unt- Yersity af Washington at 230 p ™, with admissions in aid of the Committees and sub-commit ees worked feverishly completing the quotas assigned business estab- ments, A complete, Of detailed collection Marted ut the ¥, was Saturday eration. systematic network full in op- Deficit of $125,000 Despite hard work for the major Portion of the week, however, the Fesults are not reassuring, drive am oa Saturday ty noon | ¥, Seattle had subscribed $955,000 of its $540,000 quota, while| the state subscriptions on a $1, quota were but $884,000, J . chairman of the drive, “ye that the workers will Sin their Sunday inbors facing an | eficit of $126,000, “The war work solicitors will be able to succeed only by a hearty and sympathetic co-operation on the part of the public, Chairman Pinkham said. “We hope that this co-operation will be forthcoming.” Reports Saturday show that in dustrial workers have contributed generously, while big business men and capitalists are tardy, says Cxairman J. E. Pinkham, who has instructed his assistants to at once check up on those deficient and compel them to render an account ing. A number of national corpora- tions with branches in Seattle, such as the Standard O11 company, with first a $7,500 and then a $5,000 sub scription, have responded liberally Sunday Last Day Sunday will be the day of great est effort, when 6,000 men and women solicitors will comb the residence districts with sealed lard pails inviting subscriptions. Peo ple should not make the work of these solicitors hard, as they are devoting the day usually given over to rest to active labor in behalf of a cause that must be put thru, say drive managers. A determined at- tempt to womplete state, city and county quotas will be made Sun day. Hugo Haase Sa Was Against War CHICAGO, Nov. 16,—Hugo Haase, minister of foreign affairs in the new German government, was against the war and predicted a be-| change In internal affairs five years | ago, according to August Haase, of Chicago, brother of the minister. Armistice e a olation Yesterday, The Star suggested a Victory monument to |be placed in some conspicuous downtown square to com- _____.- jm | Memorate the heroic part of Washingtonians in the army By United Press Leased Wire 7 ‘ , 5 Direct te The Stor and navy to bring about Freedom for All, Forever. — | “Fine idea,” declared many citizens. RERLIN, via London, 16. | in ‘ i P . Foreign Secretary Solf has sent the But here is a little improvement on it, | following wireless to Secretary Lan J, Titus, president of the Chauncey Wright Co. “There | sing: is only one statue of Liberty now in the world. It holds “Pulfillment of clause 19 of the its torch aloft in the harbor of New York, on the Atlantic sick daiudine chats Seis able Joe Let our victory monument or triumphal arch take mediately—will cause severe hard.|the form of a Liberty statue on the Pacific side, in the | ships. jharbor of Puget sound.” Bk gro e85 ie ee can | And Titus wants to start the ball rolling with a sub- tion, Cormeen tema orphan Neos scription, in behalf of the Chauncey Wright Restaurants Co., tals should be compelled to close. of $500. tan napoleon ae for the Chri" Dy PLL. Austin, of the United Dentists, telephoned a subscription of $50 for the Victory monument. | Nov said Hazen “The German government requests | the president to intervene in favor of |German ctvilians remaining in Tur-| key.” " . | Washington. Turkey Following | “If such a monument can be erected on the triangle at Out Provisions of |Second and Yesler, you may put my name down for $100. Surrender Papers | — obi hii When Boys Return Home contained in an official statement, as follows ij “In order to-~recure bye a with the armistiow terms, ‘Turk | ish government will carry out in complete evacuation of | Vilayet, surrender af e!! NEW YORK, Nov, 16.—When the boys come home they will be so artillery ammunition and “govern | tired of everything military that it behooves the girls to lay aside all ment supplies above nermal neeils || those cute little semiuniforms and warlike paraphernalia, if they |for the units. The town of Mosul |! wish to resume diplomatic relations. jshall be cleared by November 15. | ‘That was the opinion expressed today by the leading modistes along and British political officers shall be|| Firth avenue and in other New York style centers, appointed to contro! the admintatra. | ‘This does not mean a return to extreme fashions and extravagant | tion of the gendarmerie. display so prevalent before the war, however. “In the Caucasus and Northwest There will be little letting down of the bars of feminine frivolities ern Persia, all territory shall be | and no letting down of the short skirt, evacuated and Turkish forces shall) While the necessity for conservation of materials is expected to ae [be withdrawn behind the prewar || crease gradually, the idea was advanced that, because of its comfort | frontier and the tnereasing popularity of silk stockings, the short skirt has “In Syria and Silicia, all forces || come to stay. So that great national question is settled. Not only will military styles become passe, according to the de- signers, but all mannish fashions will be abandoned in favor of things typleally feminine. This will have a psychological effect on women's work, it was said. An one modiste put it: “The women must clothe themselves in lovely gowns and lingerte, so they may feel a new impetus to take up shall be withdrawn west of the Lo zanti by December 15. Demobilize the womanly tasks they temporarily laid aside to help the men in the war.” | M | the Mosul tion shall immediately follow. Too forces in Northern Syria and along the railway as far as Missi shall surrender all their artillery, ma chine guna and ammunition by Noy 15 “In Arabia, the difficulty of corn: munitating with the commanders in the hinterland is being overcome.” | | Teutons Won't Get | | Food for Nothing! WASHINGTON, Nov. 16—Ger | many will ultimately have to pay for any food she obtains from the United States or the allies. | ‘This assurance was given author | | tativery this afternoon, after it had | been suggested to this governent that | the Impression was growing that free relief was contemplated No reason is seen here for receiv ing the German delegation to discuss | food matters, Cut out this review of the week's news and mail it to soldiers, sailors or other Seattleites away from home } CUT HERE The Seattle Star Veekly News Letter for Men in Service SEATTLE, Wash., SATURDAY, NOV. 16, 1918 No. 6. Frank Hall, land statute expert. | in Seattle. Fred C. Brown, republican, elected Prosecuting attorney, defeating Dr. Edwin J. Brown, democrat, by 61 Alen | Votes. Bane neem, be tried by Ger- choo « »|man people first,” says Mayor Han- schools tn Camp Lewls to | son, in answer to New York World's auery. Alonzo at sea fro Night LONDON, Nov. 16.—(440 p. m)—| be started by ‘The German command, in a wireless to the allied command proposed to- day that an addition be made to the armistice, providing a “safety zone” of 10 kilometers (644 miles) between the Germans and the allied and Unit ed States troops who are following up the evacuation. White bread co! ler a year's enforced absenc Lady attending Levy's Orpheum | eee rouge puff instead of powder pu mi u int © celebrators seriously |& brilliant rede nt Paints her nose ‘hree bogs Monday. |hurt in auto smash | Mayor Hanson appoints committ Fin ban lifted and masks discard-| of 71 prominent Beattie mon on ee ed after five weeks’ epidemic, © natruction committee to hand's ace problema. Archie Murray fined $2,000 tor|™ ° 8. Judge Neterer, | bootlegeing by f | | Twenty-five Pr % ltima brought to Seattle fc | Seattle shows to capacity | audiences after weeks’ shut- down. | | SPOKANE, Nov. 16.—If the tele phone company here insists on |charging the 26-cent inc a telephone rates, effective this week, it may find itself witn at of ita patronage cut off De The city council today authorized two citizens to circulate petitions by which signers agree to pay University of Washington plays Firat football game of season, oppos- ing the naval base hospital eleven from Bremerton. burial. five K. M. McManus, arrested while drunk, threw bottle of cholee Hquor | out of patrol wagon on way to eity White's pec {Jal say police. 18 exes In oid) . “Agnes,” Crawford mailard duck, lays stump Spruce men quitting jobs at rate of 500 a day; government ahut-d of airplane ‘production stopa work in lumber campea. Ice hockey to get under way In January, says Frank Patrick, league president Seattle celebrates peace with « re gigantic all-day parade Monday, abandoned by Washington food ad-|after all-night” pro m down ministrator. town Sunday night than the old $2 rate, and If the com Goy, Lister ering here nlcnning |..Tem stacks of hot cake pany insists, to otder their phones sgraneien pa ring here planning | away by Rube Waldron, ca a dhisinnii p r, to first ten customers | disconnected December 1 — fis: tc one h, eal a sara . | ¥. M._C._A. athletion get under |" i rene way under “Doc” Wella, after five weeks layoff Purchase. of wheat substitutes given ro- on Mre was too | by Supe jton of t Lillian Te Teuteberg's name tonic; changed to West Judge Hall on applica- former Mra. Teuteberg. ted iiding, on third Nineteen men a charged floor of Collina b {with gambling Mrs. Clarke, guests for hou money over t in $17 to The Sta landiady, fi old sing and turns »baceo fund; sent during the week Ladyburs used to fight aphid peat in Washington grain fields by Game Warden Darwin Left at The Star Downtown Branch, 610 Second Ave., Up to.11 A. M., will assure inser- tion in all regular editions of The Star. tball team defeats Seattio shipyard workers prom- fourth straight jised work for future by shipbutld- ing apaniee to spike rumor that |ahipbullding was to let up in Se- attle. Alaskan waters soon, aceordin| | Commerce Red: ships ordered | pose. Camp Lewis fe Camp Perry, ; win for the ‘soldiers Leo Shaw, famous billiard player, fancy shot exhibitions at Sibley's parlors to be charted Secretary of two $400,000 for that pur- to eld; built Japanese still is raided by teder- al officers, Moonshiners used rice to manufacture booze. Aasimackopoulus, wife of laborer, poses a8 widow in flir- tation thru the mails with Harry Scott and gets $50 for a trousséau, but is discovered and lands in jail Judge John B. Gordon reappointed police judge, Has tried 200,000 canes in 14 years’ service, with only 12 decision reversals by higher | courts, x Mrs. Mae | A Statue of Liberty Peace Meet in Puget Sound Harbor to Convene ) This Month || By United Press Leased Wire jt Direct to The Star dt SB S67 ] | | WASHINGTON, Nov, 16.—Pre-| | Uminary seasions of the peace con: | | ference will begin at Versailles or | Parts late this month, French cables | today reported. Regulations govern delibera tions around peace table, and ques-| tions of general parliamentary prob- Jems will be taken up, it was stated. | It was also suggested that inter-al | lied problems will threshed out and decided upon at the preliminary deliberations. be | LONDON, Nov. 16-—That Presi dent Wilson will attend the peace RUSHING PLANS TO RETURN MEN 30,000 PER DAY ~ DISPATCH FROM | (By United Press Leased Wire, Direct to The Star) CARL D. GROAT Bi. * ind WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—Demobilization orders issued will care for the discharge ig men within the next two weeks in this country. the machinery develops, the army can discharge 30,000 men a day. These facts developed press conference today. from Chief of Staff March’s No more troops will be seit overseas, March announced. And P. O. Lancaster, Leschi hotel, says the Victory | conterence is a practical certainty, March has ordered Pershing to return to the United States, |Monument idea should appeal to every loyal American in| the mvening News declared. The @8 800n as transports are available, all casual, convalescent, [newspaper attributed the informa sick and wounded, before the steady flow of the larger | ton to Col. House. PARIS, Nov. 16.—The final trim- |mings of the war are being put on | taster than anybody had hoped. While the Germans are apparently making every effort to expedite thelr evacuation, workmen are busy at) Versailies, arranging the palace for | the peace conference. The Hall of Mirrors, where the principal seasion will be held, is being decorated. It i» propowed to lodge | the delegates tn the Grand Trianon, | which was built for Mme. De Mainte- | |non, morganatic wife of Louis XIV Versailles in a favorite place for | the sicning of peace treaties. Great | Britain and the American colonies | ratified their peace there September | 3, 1783 | On the same day, Great Britain, | France and Spain signed a treaty re | storing certain colonial possessions to the French. Preliminaries of the treaty ending the Franco-Prussian war were accepted there February 26, 1871 Public interest in the announce: ment by the newspapers that Presi dent Wilson is coming ia shown by | the almost daily rumors that he will| arrive in a few days. Disorder Delays Albert in Brussels LONDO! Yov, 16—46:40 p. m) King Albert's entry into Brussels has been postponed, on account of the disorders there, it was announced here today. | Owing to pillaging and destruction |of property in the city by German soldiers, allied military action may be necessary, it was stated. 412:10 entered PARIS, Nov. 16. Belgian outposts this morning POLICE RESCUE _ DESERTED GIRL Deserted by her parents, and left to stand in the rain and cold with in sufficient clothing, waiting for them to return from a moving picture show from which they did not return. ittle Martha Swedmark, aged 10, was picked up in a semi-frozen condition at First ave. and Pike st. Saturday, at 2 a. mm. after having remained there since 8 p. m. Friday. The little girl is now in charge of | the police matron, while the police jare conlucting an investigation of |the alleged action of her parents, who live at 4723 Tenth ave. N. EB. At police headquarters, Martha is | alleged to have said: “Mother and | father are mean to me all the time; | I guess they don't like me any more.” | Pp. m)— Brussels MAY LIFT CAMP LEWIS BAN SOON TACOMA, Nov, 16.—If health con- | Aitions remain favorable, as at pres: | ent, the quarantine that has been in effect at Camp Lewis for several weeks will be lifted Monday next, it was announced at camp headquar ters today Influenza cases, both in ‘Tacoma and at the cantonment, have dwindled to such an extent that all danger from the disease is thought to be past PAY YOUR TAXES John A, Bennett, county treasurer, warned Saturday that all last half payments of the 1917 taxes not paid on or before November 30, will be come delinquent. Interest on de ferred payments will be at the rate of 12 per cent bodies begins. Demobilization orders already out contemplate demobilizing in this order: First, development battalions, in number containing 98,199 men; sec ond, conscientious objectors not under sentence; third, spruce pro- ducers;fourth, central schools for officers; fifth, U. 8. guard, 135,000 on paper; sixth, railroad troops; sev- enth, depot brigades; eighth, men in replacement camps, and ninth, men in combat divisions, Wil Take Time March said there are 1,700,000 men in the United States camps, and that it will take some time to mus ter them out, as physical examina- tions must be made and records sent to the war risk and other bureaus. The orders already issued take care of 200,000, who, March sald, should be out within the next two weeks In making the demobilizations the war department is taking into count the needs of a regular army for the fu Men will be offered an opportun ity to reenlist. The war depart- ment will ask congress that every man properly discharged shall get one month's pay as a ‘bonus. All discharged soldiers can wear their uniforms three months after duty en. This is to meet the prob. of supplying civilian clothing. To Dismiss Officers As for officers, the department is making provision to take care of such as wish to go to the regular army accept commissions in the Others will be dis- y stand. Orders ha been staff corps to keep up their dis- charges of officers step by step with the reduction of the line. Plan Celebrations The return of the divisions from abroad is “not yet settled,” further than the department proposes to re turn men to camp nearest their home territory for mustering out For instan the New England men would go to Camp Devins. Parades will be held, and in the case of New England men the near. est big city, Boston, will be the place selected for the celebration The department ordered Pershing to cable uncoded the names of all killed and wounded Americans up to November 11. Gen. Pershing re- plied he would expedite this The First and Second -American army lines at the time the armis: tice was signed covered 52 miles. Gen. March said the “perform- ance of the American army had Teached the highest point of mili tary excellence” when the war ended. lem or issued to all To Retain Camps March indicated that several of the large camps would be retained under a program now being form ulated for a large permanent army. ‘The camps to be retained, however, have not been selected, The order of returning divisions from France will be left entirely to Gen, Pershing’s judgment Meanwhile, regular army units will be stationed at the various camps in this country to keep the camps in order for the returning troops. Arrangements are being made to use all Atlantic coast points for re- ceiving the returning expeditionary forces and the troops will be put in at the ports near their home ‘sta tions, The ports to be used will be Boston, New York, Baltimore, Newport News Charleston, It is possible others will be utilized also, To Greet Rainbow Men Plans are being made to give the Rainbow division a special recep- and that Philadelphia, | tion in this country, and it is prob- able that because of the fact that troops from every state are in it, the division will make a tour of the country, the Woevre; 91st division billeted November 5, after action in Flan ders; 79th division {n action as late as November 9; 173rd infantry brie gade did not reach the lines. On October 16, total American prisoners captured by the Germans | numbered .5,738. Gen. March could |give no figures on the number of |Germans captured by Pershing’s |men, but he said that large num- |bers of prisoners captured by the | English and French troops had jbeen turned over to the American | forces. NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—Herbert Hoover and Edward N. Hurley sail for Europe today on the White Star liner Olympic, Hoover is going over to take charge of the huge task of feeding hungry millions in war-devas- tated countries, | Hurley's mission is to arrange for |the homeward voyage of America’s | troops overseas. GOVERNMENT STUDIES | PROBLEMS OF PEACE | WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—Whil> !Germany continues its efforts to force an early peace conference, this | Fovernment is giving serious | thought to selection of peace dele- gates and to consideration of the | peace terms, along with current | problems of reconstruction. The whole subject of peace and reconstruction is closely interwoven in the government's considerations. It finds itself almost without a framework of reconstruction. Hence, | there is some disposition to hasten the peace solution so that the re- |construction problem will be the more quickly clarified. Germany has wirelessed another of her series of peace proposals for quick assembling of delegates, and for a change of armistice terms. She pointed to the imminence of | hunger as the reason for an early peace session, and argued hardships would be caused by the provision for retiring Germans from Turkey. This government is giving serious thought to the feeding of the cen- tral empires, but does not propose to be hurried into a peace session |by the Teuton pleas. YANKS HELD BY ‘GERMANS FLOCK TOU, S. FRONT WITH THE AMERICAN AR- MIES IN FRANCE, Nov, 16.— (9:40 a, m.}—Hundreds of Ameri- can prisoners released by the Germans are pouring into our lines. Many walked 24 hours in freezing weather, with but little food. They said the Germans evacuated and left them to their own resources, The ar- rivals include troops from Texas, Ohio, Mlinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, California and Washington, None of the men had overcoats, and they wore a motley collection of clothing. Some, who wore German uniforms, had been working at saws mills and on farms, ,