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wn Cr = = = ep) = 7 pars] = | = = = Co . = <a ee 2 _ Chr Complete Service of aj Enterprise Association. > VOLUME 21. ———— a id ecicati . * * &* #&* 8 & Pe S. He hy ton state public state entirely out service ered » the governments of cities any opportunity to Burleson has, moreover, the matter. Full Leased Wire of the United Press ssociation, telegraphers are still out of their former positions, and Burleson has given their representatives scant attention and dis- 3. He has, despite even the advice of so conservative a body as the Washing- the Newspaper —_——<— PIR APR PR PR PALA RPARPRRDAARRRRPRAPAPPA The Seattle Star THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST PPAPLA PAL ALLL A EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Per Year, by Mail, $5.00 to $9.00 1s Becomd Clase Matter Mey NO. 223 SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1918. * * & *% * service commission, raised telephone rates in this city and of proportion to the This he has done on tations of the Bell. Tele- phone company’s former attorney, prob- ably still in that corporation’s employ, and without consultation with the city this state or giving these heard in WAVY MEN CAN | LEAVE SERVICE WASHINGTON, Nov. 18-—Navy| Meh—regulars and reserves—can | Row apply for discharge from the | Ravy, Becretary Daniels declared to-| day. | For the present, men with urgent) Business calls or a desire to return) 10 school, will have the preference | fn discharges Daniels did not indicate whether he has raised the limit set a few days ago of discharge of 50,000 men Within the next month or two, CONSTANTINOPLE, Nav. 18.—] Lieut. Gen. Wilson, command eriq-chiet of t on tue Hosphorus and t Nes, to day established his headquarters at| the Britixt embassy here IF YOU WANT TO RENT, BUY OR SELL ANY- THING, SEE PAGES 10 AND i. IN THE SPRING WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—War| department authorities are giving consideration to the second phase of demobilization—-return of divisions from abroad It is estimated that tt witl be some | time in January before the! govern ment completes ita task of freeing the 1,700,000 men in this country Hence, it doubtful now if appreciable movement of troops from over there will commence is any | fore that work i# done. Intimations have been current that the department proposed to bring a few divisions home by March thus far into his Christmas, but Gen has not confide Th the public point taken ce on this New ngland division, ‘men. « a possible Christmas pres ent for the nation, is named in un official messa s as being in the rmy of occupation. This group, now reported to be ten division: may have to be increased r, and it is Mie the unity now en gaged therein will be changed from time to time, just as in battle ‘The work of freeing men tn this country will be burried as much as pomnib) SURGICAL DRESSINGS Mrs. Victor B, Rabel. chairman of the surgical dressings department of the Ped Crom. will open a public workroom at Ted Cross headquus ters, Tuesday morning. Mismanagement failed to organize the telephone branch of his department with any idea of safe- guarding public interests, appointing only Bell Telephone officials as his aids. Burleson’s entire attitude of mind is a daily affront to decent Americanism. Domineering and dictatorial, he is an autocrat in this land of democ- racy, contemptuous of right and justice. There should be no place for him in President would have He has failed to tho it was on account of that lock-out, to some extent, and was to be done them, that the government took over the control of the telegraphs and telephones. Burleson has caused, arbitrarily, 9 raise in telephone rates in the state of Washington without giving commensurate service in return. This he has done, desptte the advice of the public service bodies of this state, and only on the advice of Bell telephone officials. 1 respectfally submit that in these trying days, the atti tude of mind of Postmaster General Burleson is a menace WAR CAMPAIGN \BREAD PRICE IS STILL SHORT; =P ONE CENT On the last lap of the drive for ‘ Bread advanced 1 cent a pound, re $590,000, United War Work Cam tail price, in Seattle Morday morn paign solicitors and executives Mon ite day afternoon recan sed the bu x, Ay bi? The national food administration néss and industrial districts of the . h dvined the bakers th s city for an estimated dofieit’ot $60, | 6° MOY! ne bakers that they will * at the Postoffice at Meattle, Ween, under the Act of Congress March 6, 1978, Weather Forecast * © 8 4% YanksPush Teuton Soil (United Press Staff Correspondent) | WITH THE ADVANCING AMER- Nov, 18.—<By courier to Verdun and | Bar Le Doc) —The Third army Fe | sumed its advance Into German | territory at dawn today. When the/ march began, the left wing of the| Americans rested on the Franco- Belgian frontier, while the right wing was near the German border, lin the Mets region. | The American troops had camped during the night an evarage of near, ly ten miles within the former Ger- | man positions along the general) lines of Ecouviez, Sorbent, Goursin: | |court and Mars La Tour—a front of 50 miles. In their first day’s march the ‘Americans reclaimed nearly 600 laquare miles of Freneh territory, | Most of the towns, which had bee! \badly shot up, were dowerted by the, | Germain pays. tow, ewes betore £06 | | Amarteane reached them. The Ger- mans had not blown up any of the ‘bridges or reads | Inhabitants | The few inbabitants hailed the Americans with delight. The advance | proceeded slowly, averaging three miles an hour, ‘Today's advance is in the direction of Longwy, Briey'and Audun, all of whieh lie close to the frontier. La- borers are repairing the German built field railways. After crossing what was the advanced tone, the | roads improved and the going was fine. Give Up Big Guns | In withdrawing, the Germans aban doned quantities of guns and ammu- | nition, In aceordance with the provi sions of the armistice. At Spincourt a Cerman officer remained to turn over 42 guna, including two of 18 inch caliber, (This is the largest cal iber gun ever mentioned in any dis- patches.) He received a receipt | Th the darkness just before dawn yesterday, the First, Second, Third and Fourth divisions, composed of regulars, and the 32d (Michigan and Wisconsin) and 42d (Rainbow) divi sions started from the positions in which they had encamped on the edge of the American lines, They were preceded by a small vanguard Fast of Verdun, Maj. X. L. Ewall of Lexington, Va, commanding a bat talion of the First division, led his | men up to the line at 6:30, presented his orders to the outpost, stepped across the line and ordered, “Forward, march!” A similar procedure was ob served at other entry points. The various divisions followed eight main roads toward Luxe-nbure The vanguard of the First division occupied Etain at 6 o'tlock, Engi neers marked land mines with red flags. German telegraph lines were picked up, and within three hours the American division command was | installed in former German head-| quarters Works Smoothly | All day long th roads to Luxem. burg were crammed with marching troops flying regimental The | advance, with clock-work Iston, reached the assigned objectives early, | |and the troops went into camp | Thousands of released prisoners on} the verge of starvation streamed into the American camps, They included Advance on } BY WEBB MILLER | “ CONDEMNED MAN DENIED cember Unless Pardon Is Granted LOOKING TO PRESIDENT | The Mooney Case | July 22, 1916—Romb exploded ( $ during preparedness parade at f Stuart and Market streets, San Franciaco, killing ten and injur , ing 50. { July 26, 1916-—-Warren K. ) Billings and Kéward V. Nolan { arrested July 27, 1916—Thomas 3, Mooney and Mrs. Mooney and Israel Weinberg arrested. feptember 24, 1916-—EMlings convicted and sentenced to Ifte imprisonment. February 9, 191%—Mooney con vieted. February 24, 1917 tenced to be hanged July 25, 1917—Mrs. Mooney ac- : quitted, Mooney sen October quitted. March 1, 1918—State supreme court affirmed Mooney’s convie tion. $ August 20, 1918—Gov { 5 { 27, 1917—-Weinberg ac Stephens reprieved Mooney until Dec. 13 ) Nov. 18, 1918—U. 8, supreme ) court refused to review Mooney cave. WASHINGTON, Nov, 18.—The supreme court today declined te review the case of Thomas Moo- ney, San Francisco Inbor leader. While the court handed down no |formal opinion fn the Mooney case, | the denial was based on the fact that the court could find no federal ques- tion involved Mooney based his plea on the fact that the California supreme court re fused to ge behind the records of the lower court, which convicted on false testimony Sustains Lower Court ‘The supreme court's denial means the California supreme court is sus- tained: The only recourse that Mooney nowehas is clemency by the governor of California, who, up to this time, has refused to ac SCO, Nov. 18.—The me court to re- SAN FRANC refusal of the sup! view the Mooney case leaves Moo- ‘8 fate in the hands of Gov. Steph 18 or President Wilson. Mooney is sentenced to be hanged December 13. He was convicted of | planting a bomb which exploded dur-| vember ing the preparedness parade on July 22, 1916, killing 10 people and wound. {ing 50. Mrs, Mooney and two other defend ants, on the same charge, were ac \quitted. Discovery of alleged per Jured evidence i trial of Mooney was held by California courts aa not new trial rieved by Gov Stephens until December 13, the gov. ernor announcing that he wanted to take the case out of politics, so it would not become an issue at the No 000 jbe allowed to set their own price. | Russians, Rumanians, Italians, Bel-| vember election. Drive managers 4 Monday rding to a statement that is!«lans, French and a few British and| SE that sustained efforts during the day by Frank Rueth, secretary of | Americans. They were picked up in | 9-——— a srlawid see the quer aonecrioed |the Master Bakers’ nasociation trucks and sent to the rear || Bunk! | Returns from King county, with a This mak the price of bread 11 Every detail of the jance was asl quota of $620,000, were $560,000 Mon- | cents 4 pound to the consumer (Continued on Page Ten) i Sa He aera SESS day, this including the ¢ pd sums | ate og He a | AMSTERDAM, Nov. 18—A de of ‘shipyards and large industrial TS AIK JOB LUMBER WAGES STEADY stand “ht the. Bhihe’ paovinoss' te nis aw yet uncollected. These fig-| GF LAKES, Wages in the lumber industry will occupied by both British and Ameri- f indicate, nm gers way, that) Ray Dodge be maintained at the war-time sealc,| can troops was made today by the both county and city will be subserib: | #{tle, was one of a class of 29 chief | according to an announcement made | Cologne Gazette, The newspapers ed without extension of the time lim. | quartermasters graduated from the! by Western Washington and Oregon | professed a fear that the French it rovided hard work is productive | 4Viation officers’ r jal school at lumi n, who held a conference | would incite the populations of these denired result on the last day, | Great Lakes Us w cannot be determined until late morning of th Thi Monday night or Tuesday Patriotic weryice clubs have to dv ed $30,000 from employes th: |) rep ) out the city d when Monday's re ( porte are estimated, it is b ved thi § total will be swelled considerably. | ore Ww nolicitin: © resi: | Gant shepeloth Maygay. The first complete and graph: In dddition to the Fecanvosa for the | 1¢_ description of the terrific $60,000 deficit, war work solicitors, Sighting northwest of Verdun, and patriotic committees are Wusted| 1 which the 9int division, train. Monday in ‘collécting asgured xub-| ¢d at Camp Lewis, took a hero. scriptions pledited by farge vorpora-| !¢ part and suffered tragic tions and shipyards. | losses, is contained in a letter ws i | from ‘Lieut, Brnest K, Murray ROME, Nov 17. 4ADelayed fr of Tacoma, to his wife. compliance with the armistice pro: Lieut. Murray was with the visions, Italian troops have oceupted ers pmpany of the the main Austrian railway center B6ist Infan regiment, made and passes toward the Germany| Up principally of Tacoma, Seat- fronue~ tle, Spokane and other Wash- 4 a Saturday ' ington men. It suffered heavy losses. Lieut. Murray is the son of L.. Murray, he Tourist hotel county pioneer, He is a grad- tate of tho University of Wash- ington and at the time of his enlistment for tho First Pre- ing camp with offices in the Bank of Califor: nia building. His bride is living, during his | provinces, absence, at the home of her mother, M J. H. Donald, 3702 North 25th st., Tacoma, letter is dated October It says: Since my last letter I have led a} most strenuous ardous life, and tho now ver: quite tired and somewhat hungry (for it takes some days to catch up), I am. still 1s whole and healthy ever, thanks to marvelous and persistent | luck On the morning of September 26 FINAL PLEA ICANS TOWARD THE auen. |Mooney Must Hang in De- * * + Council Is Asked to Begin Suit Corporation Counsel Walter Meter sent a letter to the city jcouncll Monday advising the coun- jell to bring an injunction against jthe Pacific Telephone & Telegraph | company to prevent them from col- jlecting revenues in excess of their Present rates until an increase fs authorized by law. | | “Am incre@se in rates cannot be| made until 30 days after filing with! the public service commission,” de- clared Meier, “and I have been ad vised that the company intends to increase their rates on the 25th of |November. No increase can be made within 30 days unless a spe |clal order has been issued by the public service commission, and no| euch order has been made. They | | filed notice of increase on Novem- ber 6. F./ ght and Tuesday, easterly » Ton\ £ r ES * &£ & BURLESON MUST GO! (Guilty of Post: Office, Telegraph and Telephone Postmaster General Burleson must go! He is unfit to hold high, re- _ sponsible position in the government of the United States. He stands convicted today on three special counts: 1. He has mistreated and maltreated postoffice employes, exploiting them than any private profiteer, failing them decent American wages, ezar-like, frowning upon their nerican right to organize. has failed to obey the letter spirit of President Wilson’s procla Allied Capitals Are Keeping Close Tab on Events-in Teuton Nation PROCEED WITH PLANS. By United Press Leased Wwe Direct to The Star WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.-- “We are ready to call the com-|#9n pany'’s bluff,” declared Aasistagt “eae oo (Counsel. Kennedy, Mon ‘. ve are, going to # how }@wt the increlise — in oor | Tutes is not justifiable because | will not increase the present serv- ice. It will not be used for salary increases of operators, and it will |mean merely more money for the telephone company.” The city may send a delegation! to protest the increase in rates to Washington, according to Mayor Government officials are fearful lest Bolshevism in one guise or an- other shall burst forth in Germany with detrimental effects. In such an event, the assembling at the peace table would be delayed, However, those in authority here Hanson, who asserts that the serv- jee couldn't be any worse than at) present, nor did he see how an in-| | crease in rates would better it any.) PHONE RATE | | BOOST MUST COME—KOONS| | Telephone rates must be increased | in° order to insure service, declared | | Acting Postmaster General Koons in | |@ telegram to J. H. Brown, secretary | |of the public service commission of Washington, Saturday. | “The additional revenues from in-| creased rates in the state of Wash- | ington will not be used to maintain | better service elsewhere,” said Koons, | !*and I am in accord with your views that patrons should receive a doll | worth of service for each dollar paid | jand will gladly consider any com plaints.” BOCHE TROOPS _ ROT IN METZ | PARIS, Nov. 18.—German soldiers have been rioting in Metz since No- 10, according to a corre spondent of Le Matin, who went to that clty to await its restoration The French are scheduled to enter | Metz tomorrow You Can Send Gift || to Yanks Even If}, You Have No Label |, The Seattle Red Cross ‘has an nounced that the nearest ‘relative of any soldier. in France will be \§ Permitted to send a Christmas present, even if a label for tue purpose has not been received the relative, \ condition ix that a }| must be signed, stat- {| 5 The only certificate ing that no label has been re. §! |} ceived, and that as far as the )| sender knows, no parcel has been mailed to the soldier Th pac! Saturday, concerned. last date for mailing the « has been postponed til Nov. 30. Tells of Terrific Battle in Which Camp Lewis Division Took Part at 5:30 we went ove |have undoubtedly read of our First! army's Argonne and Meuse of. |fensive «north of Verdun, near | whi we have been for three | weeks). . | In the St. Mihiel offensive we were reserves and lay around in| the mud for three days, but were| not needed and did not come under | fire. We left the vicinity of that fight | were dropped about 50 kilo- from here, whence we} the top, You! jana | meters | felt the will go ahead with the conference, if wild disorder does not break out. American ideals will be spread thruout Europe soon, as an edu cative force for the peace tal Members of the committee on pub- lic information are going abroad this week. The first group will probably be headed by Edgar Sisson, who acted as special government agent in Russia. Later it is likely that George Creel will take another group over. Elimination of cable censorships will aid the dissemination of Ameri- can news and views. Hence, it is United States’ influence will be enhanced in the peace con- ference. President Wilson's Thanksgiving proclamation, just issued, pronounc- ed anew the doctrine that America was not in the war for aggressive purposes, and it is not actuated by other than altruistic motives. SAY WILHELM PLANS TO 60 BACK TO HUNS COPENHAGEN, Nov. 18.—The | workmen's and soldiers’ council of Potsdam announces it has learned that the former kaiser is planning” to return to Germany, owing to the disturbances in Holland. PARIS, Nov, 18.—The Berliner Tageblatt. declares that Wilhelny has NOT abdicated, explaining that, he only fled from the country. The newspaper points out that the act of abdication was not published. CHANCELLOR EBERT STOPS REICHSTAG WASHINGTON, Novy. 18.—Chan- cellor Ebert has dissolved the reichs- tag and will permit no sittings pend- ing convocation of the constituent as- sembly, according to diplomatic ad- vices from Berne today, Food needs in Palestine and Syria are still urgent, as allied help has not yet overcome results of Turk mis- rule, marched by night moves, spending the days concealed in billets or woods, Finally we landed right behind the lines and within range of the boche guns, He used to drop @ dozen or so shells each night, but® apparently did not want to offend us, so he never picked the spot where we were. I had heard be- fore of quiet sectors, but never had conceived of anything so lacking of hostilities as was this place, alies (Continued on page ) i b al PRR CRUE