The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 16, 1918, Page 11

TEUTONS BUI MONSTER Ry EDWARD M. THIERRY N, B. A. Staff Correspondent BERLIN, Dec. 16.—Germany ts super. Zeppelins for tie flight, have visited the inn outaide Berlin at Stanked. 1 been told by Ferdinand director of the Zeppelin works a¢ Friedrichshaven, a se- 0 unrevsaled—that on long distance flight in Zeppelin few in Bulgaria to in Egypt, and return, 4 distance of 1,050 miles, in 96 this flicht the Zeppelin carried of 22 men and % tons of able meters (87,634 cubic and medicine intended for ¢ of Gen. n Bast Africa. Zeppelin received a wireless Berlin when {t was above Khar. ordering its return because ¢ that Lettow-Vorbeck had qaptured, It turned back with: ing. machine had a gas space of Rew super-Zeppelin which is Dullding bas a gas capacity of cubic meters, Tt will have nine engines and eight propeliers. ITLANTIC ZEPPELIN FEET IN LENGTH It will be more than 500 feet in ie a ‘Ths super Zeppelin will cost near- Jy $1,000,000. Tt will have a carrying capacity of WILSON PRAISE FRANCE IN TAL ON WAR WRONG Continued From Page One | the people of France. Many own people have been them- witnesses of the sufferings. were the more deeply moved of the war because manner in which they “We ‘ie them, our imagination ‘with the whole picture of what and Belgium in particular experienced. the United States entered ‘war, therefore, they entered it only because they were moved conviction that the purposes of empires were wrong and be resisted by men everywhere loved liberty and the right, but Decause the illicit ambitions they were entertaining and @ to realize had led to the which shocked our hearts =—" as they offended our prin- _ “Hearts Were Moved” Fesolutions was formed be- We knew how profoundly great of right were affected, but at hearts moved also with our reso- ations. “Tou have been exceedingly gener- fein what you have been gractous tmeugh to say about sne—generous lerpreted with real in- the motives and resolution of the people of the United States. “Whatever influence I exercise, .. authority I speak with, I from them. I know what they lave thought, I know what they have and when I have spoken I know was in their minds, it been delightful to nee how the and purposes of free men | responded. “We have merely established our AIRSHIP MAKES LONG TRIP jot and water and provisions The first machine for the trane atlantic service is to be completed For maintenance of the in July. service planned, eight active ma- ehines and four in reserve will be required. | As soon as the Inter: tion ts clarified, it tional situa. in proposed to } | catabiieh the service with a hangar in New York. Rasch admitted that the Zeppeline had not been much of a success in | war, even from the German view: | Point The nation never had more than six in active duty at one time \ cident. | Rasch exploded rumors that plans, were made for the bombing of Amer. | He} Lettow-Vorbeck, | S@id that such @ project was never ica from airships last summer. contemplated, because {t was too dan- Berous and because of the small bomb capacity, Germany is making the tran formation from war to peace-time Production with astonishing speed, | Particularly in the commercialization | Of airplanes and airships. | Tt & planned to use the samo Planes whi | don for passenger and freight and Postal flights, encompassing Europe. | I was permitted to elimb into the | Kiguntic airplane which last summer bombed Paris, Its guna and ite bombing apparatus are now being re- moved, and it is being prepared for long distance commercial flights. It has a wing spread of 143 feet tee length fromm nose to tail ie @ little ; more than half its breadth. FIVE ENGINES DROVE PARIS BOMBING PLANE Five engines, cach of 2,000 herse- power, turn its five propellers. It was equipped with #iz machine guns and carried « ton of bombs, Its crew consisted of eight men, a commander, two pilots, a wireless | operator, four mechanicians doubling | as gunners. | Tt carried an eight-hour supply of petrol, but had extra tanks for a Téhour fight. It had a speed of $1 miles an hour and flew at an alti: The distance from Jambolj to Khar. toum ts 515 miles. A super Zeppelin 1,030 miles, tude of 15,000 fret. The weight of the machine {s nine tons, and it is capable of carrying five tons more. The -nachine was known as the Staaken by the Germans, instead of the Gotha, as the allies believed. It is possible to walk about the cabin of this huge machine while it is fying, and to walk over the wings from the cabin to the immense en- gine bodies, suspended between the wings on either side. The wings are equipped with mar- fgbt to the full fellowship of these Peeples here and thruout the world tho reverence right of genuine y and justice, jour welcome to Paria T shall al- Myer remember as one of the unique 824 inspiring experiences of -ny 44. While I feel that you are honor- WE the people of the United States in By person, I shall nevertheless carry ™me avery keen personal gratifi- Gtion in looking back upon these Bamorable days. Permit me to you from a full heart. ou have made me feel very teh at home here, not merely by ie delightful warmth of your wel- mM, but also by the manner in Shieh you have made me realize to {@ utmost the intimate community | “thought and ideals which charac- ple and the great na- © the honor for the Arion Mithouard, president of the Meipal council of Paris, address- WG President Wilson, said have the honor in the presence @ the president of the republic, to Wisent to you the municipal council Paris, whose inters ter I am in ing the chief of the great na- SS whose aid, arriving so oppor Mily, brought us victory, and the it man whose conscience taat his policy and whose diplom- g tae made of loyait rning to Mrs. Wilson, Mithouard aia: Patame, Paris is intir hap PPAN is touched that you, who accompanied the president, Wife been good enough to add to Gceasion the charm and the of your presence MWe have long been a On and of the wise re of your ae activity you have shown by fide of your illustrious husband nothing strikes #0 much at the ad t ople of Paria as to hited to know thone who Ma¥e already conferr by their Mean. Thus Paris, by my voice ims you and lays at your feet, » the homage 4 Sts respect.” tide an, of its grati i velous parachute contrivances, and specific spots are thinly covered, en- abling a man to jump thru, forcing the tearing away of the rolled up parachute. “The airship is better than the air- plane for commerce,” Rasch declares. “It requires less power to the pas- wenger than the big planes.” Three thousand workmen were employed in the big factory an: it t 20, shot down or destroyed by! bombed Paria and Lon-| THE SEATTLE | | ‘SCHOOLS FOR AN Students from Seattle grade and “@y Courier to Nancy,)—"The Ameri cans lacked nicalities of | Nigh echoois should make the most of motern warfare, but jthelr vacation opportunities in the! they knew how to go ahead—they | | renidential districts, in their homes knew too well.” 'apd outdoore—but they should not That is the opinion of Col. Von | come downtown to theatres, dances, | Steibel, chief of staff of the enemy jor to work. 27th division, which fought and was ‘This is the advice of City Health beaten by the Americans in the Ar | Coxumissioner J. 8. McBride Mon. gonne. day, following the declaration of a| Von Steibel, who is attached to the two-week Christmas vacation for German bridgehead commisaion, din studenta by the echeo!l board Mon- cussed freely with the United Presa da: correspondent the phases of the Ar No employer or department store gonne break thru. | manager should employ high school| “The Americans were too reckless students released for vacation dur-| in too much of a hurry to get things jing the Christmas rush, when the done,” he said. | influenza menace in congestion cen-| “For instance, in attacking our |ters will be at its height, Dr. Mc-| machine guns—which are the best in Bride says. the world—they utilised no scien Children released from school will tific means. It seemed to us that be benefited by exercise in the form the only way they knew to ¢lim of openair recreation, he declared,/inate a machine gun nest wae to provided they are warmly dressed. keep coming until they got it. That | Fresh air should be obtained at all rather discouraging to the umes. morale of our gunners, They knew | People are urged to do their that if they stayed long they would Christmas shopping early in the | be killed or captured. morning, and with as iitUe friction, “We have no doubt that American as possible, | intervention won the We could | ‘There were seven influenza deaths | have beaten the other allies, but the land 120 new cases for Sunday and constant stream of Americans, | the interval ending at noon Monday. young and enthusiastic, overwhelm: [It is believed this number will be| ed us | swelled considerably before night. “The Americans are good oppo Youngsters who trudged off to, nents and fair fighters classes Monday didn't have to stay.| Von Steibel declared the German ‘They were told to go home and re - rags pads, main until after New Year's day, The whole matter was put up to Health Commissioner McBride, who ruled, after consultation with Med | {cal Director Brown, of the schools, | that {t would be best to close down because of the influensa situation. | Dr. Ira C. Brown issued a state ) ment, urging that children be kept / warm, and specially that their feet } be kept dry. 5 been noticed that children } contracted disease show a ) t 4 Must Have a Card to Be Admitted tc Christmas Party Children or parents of children ; entitled to attend the Red Cross Christmas eve celebration at the { Armory are urged to apply at the | Red Cross headquarters at Fourth | and University and obtain cards. } Admission to the entertainment ( ’ he said, “of having bodies | chilled from exposure. It in neces sary to have fresh air and the body warm and not subjected to cold, | damp air “There is nothing alarming in the situation, and this action is taken in | the hope that children will be better protected, and it is believed they will be if parents keep them at home, I shall also recommend to the board to establish $0 vaccine stations in as will be by card only, and in order not to disappoint the child who wishes to attend it is absolutely neceasary to obtain the card be fore the day of the program, | Every child who has a father or a ) near relative in the service should be the guest of the Red Cross at the big celebration set for the day before Christmas. TAR--MONDAY LD ZEPPELIN FOR FLIGHT TO AMERICA i” ____ AMERICAN VIE “Dy —~!' GAINING POWER perience in the tech | hangars in war time. When I visited many schools, where all who may de the plant, I saw 1,500 workmen pre-| 40, may be inoculated with serum paring the planes for the resumption | without charge. It is within my of commerce by Germany. | knowledge that serum is a great pro | tection, having had experience in two TO HEAR | institutions where children were vac AUXILIARY cinated immediately after the out MAYOR SPEAK TONIGHT | brea. and there was not @ single TT | child who contracted the disease that ‘The Personal Service Aswociation| aq been vaccinated, and the epi for Battery B, Supply and Headquar-| demic was immediately terminated ters companies, and all the balance| i+ will also be recommended that of 63rd regiment, C. A. C., will meet} oniidren be encouraged to play in Monday evening in the council the schod! srounde and that super chamber on the second floor of | visors be provi is in done to county-eity building. Mayor Hanson! ontertain children, and keep them will address the association on “Aft-| away from undenirable locations.” er-the-War Land Problems,” having | st aaa in mind the attitude of the state and iven ow “ {ederal governments toward the re-| According to, by edn peok d turning soldiers, The association, at| 4. iment, it costa almost three its last meeting, resolved to petition | ee ak Prog Phage yale be the government ‘0 Prevent hele | soldier today ae it did in the Spanish ve r i fhe comt in 1898 wa 2.81 country's servier, instead of putting) &" hay Mow He ia 43 a money price on their equipment. = WELLS-FARGO MUST PAY WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—The state of Nevada today finally won ity fight to force the Weills-Fargo Express Co, to pay taxes under the} tate law. The supreme court af-| firmed decisions against the com-; pany by Nevada courts, Quetations UNION BOND COMPANY 686 First Ave. fe. American Toys Now | Replace Hun-Made | NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Commit tees of the toy manufacturers of the United States will report at the annual convention of the associa tion that American manufacturers have succeeded to the trade former jly held by Germany. Sessions will be held for two days beginning Wednesda t 700 New York stores lare displaying the German made goods sold here” signs of the | American Defense society 'HUN ORE SUPPLY | CUT TWO-THIRDS | METZ, Dec, 16,—-According to Ger man estimates, the Lorraine basin was the source of 2,000,000,000 tons of the 2.840,000,000 of ore esti mated as “in sight” before the war and for 500,000,000 of the 1,900,000, 900 tons estimated as “probable fu ture reserves.” Loss of Alaace and Lorraine therefore reduces Ger resources to a third of r volume many's ore the prewa REX BEACH BLINDED LOS ANGELES, Deo, 16.—Rex Beach, author, is confined to his room in the Beverly Hills hotel, near here, suffering from a recurrence of snow blindness, which he suffered while in Alaska several years Dec WASHING ron 16.-Horsex and mules were among the “food | stuffs" removed today from the war |trade board's expert conservation | | list. “CALL FOR HERR HOHENZOLLERN!” Ve MF, EMBER 16, 1918 bat —L/ | | | | MIGHT AS | WELL “TAKE, TH CLOWN | PRINCE TOO SHERIFF, FLU CLOSES ALL YANKS KNEW TOO WELL HOWTO FIGHT, GERMAN COLONEL SAYS army could have held out for months {if internal conditions had not inter fered. but, material would | downfall | great general number of sooner or later, lack of have He asserted that Ludendorft is a but that he made a fundamental mistakes, such as the Verdun attack He inquired cageriy about the ef \tecta of German artillery fire. also «wanted to know what the oughbeys thought of the German | ind abil brought its THRUOUT EUROPE BY ROBERT J. BENDER United Pres uff Correspondent PAI 16.—President Wilson han in the allied leaders his donire get dow “ As noon an ponsit The president and Premior Clemer anged ideas on the course of in a conference yesterda tood the American dele in favor of the prelimin ing conducted by Wil and resentative each from France Italy and Great Britain ‘This body would formulate a series of proporals which would be mub: nitted to open con of the full ations of all t ente bel- ligerents for debate prior to drafting the final treaty me of the entente representa tives, It Is reported, favor having the full delegations of America, Great Britain, Mrance Italy, and one reprenentative of w up the treaty and submit it to the other entente belligerents for signature It in understood that the question of the voting powers of the respec tive nations will be one of the big problems for which no definite plan has yet been devised. Wilson Gets Busy Wilson i» continuing to work hard between festivities, A private direct telephone line connects his room with Col. House ‘ In a conference yesterday, in which House, Clemenceau, Henry White and Herbert Hoover participated, ar ments were made for the fullest publicity thruout the world concern- Ing America’s position The conviction is growing that public opinion in swinging more and more into line bebind American views. This conviction is borne out by press comment here and reports from other allied and neutral coun- tries The city in greatly impressed by the simplicity with which the presi dent placed a wreath on La Fayette's erdve. He was accompanied only by Brig. Gen. Marts, a French aide and & pecret wervice man. Attached to the wreath was his personal card, on which he wroe “For the Great La Fa jow Servant of Liberty.” A number of aged nuns who hap- From a pened to be in the cemetery were fumed by Wilson's un- d appearance. They were the ative witnesses of the simple nony The street celebrations in Wilson's honor continued yesterday and Hight. The last President, accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, Admiral Caynor and secret service men, attended the American Presbyterian church, and in the afternoon went to a church of Mra, Wilson's denomination-—the American Women Arrive on Line of Rhine River BY WEEE MILLEK 1 Preax Correspondent) WITH ‘THI A RIC : ACROSS THE RHINE, Dee, 15.—(F Courter t ancy—The fire, Amer ey numbered 72, and were at ached to evaguation hospita "0 heir arrival ttracted conmwiderable » from townspeople. Some of girls walked to the river, where rossing. The doughboys spied and cored them Included in the party are nine gir from the Presbyterian unit of Chica Ko, half a dozen from New York cit and state, and @ number from Cleve 4, Kansas City and other Middle tern cities While the First was crossing th Rhine, ten wounded Americana re leased from ¢ rman hosptials arri ed on the east bank. opposite Cot lena. Am they limped across, the were greeted b ells of welcome from the doughboy» ROLL CALI ANCHOR TO WINDWARD STOCKHOLM, Dec. 16.—Trotsky. right bower to nine in the Bol shevik government, is said to be ar excellent aviator and to keep two airplanes constantly ready for serv ice near him. Holy Trinity The president also made a brief call during the afternoon on Pres dent and Mme. Poincare, at Palais de Elysee, PARIS, Dec, 16.-—Preaident Wilson motored this morning to Vernailies where the peace treaty will be signed. He briefly inspected the pal ace and park. * On the way to Versailles, the pres dent's car was showered with Nowers by children. Rain began to fall when the party was returning, but no Ip convenience was experienced. Thornas Nelson Page, ambassador the to Italy, and Mrs. Page, were the Wilsons’ guests at luncheon in the Murat pals President Poincare and his wife h a cavalry escort, conducted President and. Mrs. Wilson to the Ifotel de Ville for the official recep. ‘Tremendous throngs cheered them along the route. Following the Wilson a « sented with a scroll, declaring his citizenship. The president of the council, on behalf of the city, then presented Mra. Wilson with @ brooch composed of an olive branch encrust ed with diamonds, superimbosred on which were six white enameled peace doves At 3:20 p. m., the president and Col. House were to visit: Premier Clemeficeau, at the foreign office, to repay the latter's call, and resume the informal conferences: King Victor Emmanuel of Italy will all at the Murat palace Thursday ceremonies making itizen of Pariayhe was pre | 11 Prohibition Man Pleads Guilty to Shipping Booze | NCOUVER, B.C. I 1 Yakima Ready for Irrigation Meeting gton Tri and will 4 enentatives from The K aad all quarters tas High Line of 3 to the Yakima valley, lered. Pro mend the irrigation district law of land settle om per Crap Shooters hv Nabbed in Tacoma TACOMA, I 16.—Nine persons arrested at Tacoma hotel late Saturday night, for drinking and shooting craps on the bed in one ot 1 rooms, are out on bail to ging from $25 to $100 each There were five men and four wony the party, Raspberries Still Are Still Growing Mon berries in December home o 74th st My ared today, and proved. it by playing a branch of red berries. day, r en in Mayor and Council Prepare Statement Mayor Hanson and the city council n preparation of a state- ment outlining the situation in the street car purchase negotiations from their viewpoint. It will not be com- pleted uni) Tuesd: CLOSING ORDER WILL NOT ELIMINATE TOLO ‘otwithstanding the closing of the schools, Franklin high will put out the school paper, Tolo, F plapned. Students are » come down to the achool for opies, or send postage and bave them mailed. | ceperpenamnaiatiiennasntinatie STATE W BREED RABBITS TACOMA, Dec. 16.—A rabbit breed ing department is to be established at the Western Washington experi- ment station at Puyallup, under the direction of Frank Arms, who hes begun the construction of modern | rabbit hutches \N Make this a Red Cross Christmas ro) Put your flag in your window The happiest, merriest Christmas the world ever knew is almost here. But in the rejoicings of peace and freedom there .is one note of seriousness that America must not forget —there is misery and distress and sickness all over the world. Relief must be given. The work of the Red Cross MUST go on. And to carry on, the Red Cross MUST have the support of your membership. jou the Red Cross ~all you need is a heart anda doller THIS SMACK PPRIENDS OF CONTRIBUTED BY HE RED CROSS Wear your Button Will you be wear ing your member- sbip button when the boys come home? 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