The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 24, 1918, Page 10

BY E. ¢ N. WASHINGTON, Dee. 24 will die of starvation ings 1919! Five children, million will die f men, of those months years of war. GERMANY MUST ADMIT DEFEAT, BARTHA STATES as BY FRANK J. TAYLOR United Press Correspondent RERLIN, Dec. 23.——If the allies expect to indermr Germany t immediately so t down to work Emil Bartha, clared in an i ed Press today Rartha said t eh or Vinced Germany was to Blame for the war, it would be an wise for the entente trangle its debtors.” “Germany must have soon declared I mans must a t > get and food, so they can go to work and 7 ir debts , ly, I was convinced from = the start that Germany was guilt of starting the war. I possess no @ocumentary evidence, but I am cer zz. tain Germany inspired Austrian note to Serbia. We e demanded ; Publication of the secret documents i of the militarists, but the most im mediate problems are peace and de mobilization. “We realize the danger of Bilization as the result of P attitude. We believe, however, the allies wouki take care of Poland If we were defenseless “Purthermore, if Germany were de fenseless the allies would be able to Reduce their armies of occupation nd thus save millions of dollars a F month, both to themselves and to us. “It ts to the entente’s interest to do this as well as ours Lecause it would be unwise for them to stran, their q debtors. “Germany needs supplies and credit from America and the s We have no cotton, no leather very little othe w" materials Hons of our people are hungry. is a dark hour for Germany 1 GERMAN BAN IN U. SIS LIFTED ; j } q WASHINGTON, ' f t lies and Mil It Dec. 24.—Free this country Present from German ailen 4 dom of movement in was the Christmas President Wilson to enemies. Twenty Teutons in this country were abol- ished by the justice department, at , President Wilsons order Those interned, however, will be \ i : f | held until the peace treaty is signed { i war-time restrictions About 1,300 Germans, barred from the nation’s capital during the war, ‘Will now be allowed to return BRIG. GEN. HAYDEN WILL COME TO LEWIS i WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Brig. i] Gen. John L. Hayden, formerly cgi '@ onel commanding the coast defenses of Puget Sound, on arrival in the United States from service with the American expeditionary forces will be assigned for command at Camp artillery brigade. Lewis, in charge of the 13th field TACOMA, Dec, 24—Mrs. George Waldencamp was burned to death } when a kerosene lamp upset in her j 4 home here Mond: Besides her hus | band, who is ill with pneumonia in a ij Tacoma hospital, Mra. Waldencamp | is survived by a 14-year-old son / i { i | The Dough Boy Says: ‘To buy bread that isn’t like buying an orange with- out a skin H Good Show Coming f This week there , a } big show being staged in i f h i diers. Her p tunity to sh i ation f The waxed p used by up-t protects the bre well from A WIS 30Y ker—Sa a} ta job for my boy; h Why him made a spector? don't you treet in- A. Correspondent women -h month! As many huntan beings will perish of hunger were killed THE SEATTLE STAR RODGERS Twenty million human be-| 4 in the first four months of 1) and children, principally WW Up in each & died of wounds in four Death toll of war was five m Famine death toll in four years of war was 20,000,000, Four die ome of starvation to every battle or TEN MILLIONS DOOMED TO STARVE IN RUSSIA Ww ra famine horror was ax r compared to the death roll famine, pr 1 administrath can do,” official food administratio: 110,000,000 human be rth half of Russia wi} starve to death, Food cannot be gotten to them. Terrible fami On are sure in, Poland, § I and Finland. Next to northern Armenia will experience conditions Some food will be sent into Poland Re ri 1 and Serbia, and the ath rol! will be kept jown, but it in estimated that in these countries and Armenia more than 5,000,000 will starve ENGLAND, FRANCE, ITALY ARE SAFE Halt of a's prewar popula tion alre has died of starvation asserts the food administration, and fourth of Poland has died of fam ine. Superhuman efforts will be made to get food to them now, to alive. ong ago were mad: 4, France and Italy Yj They can be ore Uf Uf easily reached. The food administration has well laid plans for feeding Belgium, Ru mania and Greece, and will exert it self to get food to the Cx Jugo- Slave and peoples of the disrupted dual monarchy Hungary will not feel hunger,-for | Hungary, with Denmark, Scandi navia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Turkey | and southern Russia are fairly well he BEING LIFTED equipped for winter. No American}, WASHINGTON, Dec food atta oe tuaain jing relaxation of Blas on oa the| cit « GERMANY 18 BETTER sup.|**Port of foodstuffs, fodders and | prep poo lag t ahex th ) WITH FOOD THAN 1" eed to Latin America was announced | hole 6 baxin ¢ masonry TBORS. IN AUSTRIA, RUS. |®% the war trade board today that * water FAMINE CONDITIONS |+ ODlY wheat, wheat flour, corn, cof- | and ipa PREVAIL UNLESS AMER. |: Sugar, butter, cheeno, eggs, lin- | plant. to relieve the pressu ICA AIDS. seed meal and cottonseed meal re-| might arise from the Cedar hy toed Mimeibistration has |main on the export conservation Kiet, | Teservoir flood, cutting back to its and any of these may be obtained in| *ource, after breaking thru the mn up hope of saving the 20,000,- from hunger deaths, and w concentrate efforts in keeping star bank of t Snoqualmie val and devas Monday | certain quantities thru official chan basin ne’ vation out of countries which can be|- Cocoanut meal can be imported in| Dosens of fam ing in the reached with shipping factlities jany quantity. Restrictions on quality Ylley are hom ¥, wutfer But, to keep more millions from|@24 fixing of maximum prices of |!" already from adequate starving.” warns the food adminis.|Tubber importation» are eliminated ing. food or or, thelr tratie is absolutely necessary | Sugar and glycerine substitutes will | mes torn from their £ that the Unted States increase food | b¢ removed from the conservation list |274 carried swirling in tream exports from 12,000,000 tons of last | January 1 “Already, bus reds of foodcarrving | American Girl Is . of the | Innc States to get supplies from our food | Given coration _ eet gg ay i. . we ~ . way. surplus. And we hold 60 per cent} ee tea; tly tela all a of the food food surpius of the world Viscountess Harcourt, formerly Mixx! People living in the va were ere Burns, New York, was deco-| roused by the efforta of Charles . by. the king recently with the Moore night watehman the North | Grand Cross of the British emptre| tend Lumber company’s Edgewick r distinguished service in the | plant, who tied open the mill wt | American and British Red Cross.|and hastened to warn valley rest Viscountess Harcourt was in charge | dents when he saw the north bank of two American hospitals, Ameri-4 giving away can Red Croas ital 21 at Paign- | ‘rhe cause of the break is believed CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—Cross-examin-| to, Devonshire, and No, 22 at Lan- ‘to be the recent enormous pressure ation of J. Louis Engdahl, editor of ter ¢ to which the north bank was sub the American Socialist, was to con m game jected in a test to determine the seal tinue today at the trial of Engdatt| Set Piper Funeral ing of the basin. | The h in a nilelong bank, w dike of loose deposits, gave way un der the continued strain of the food ing of the reservoir, Seeping thru a and four other socialist leaders here. Yesterday's government barrage centered about the editor's activities, alleged to have been propaganda, to} | for Christmas Day MUSKEGON, Mich, Dee. 24, rangements were made toda: lor discourage enlistment, to halt the| ending the history of Milo H. Pipbr.|a thousand points, the water weak nation’s war efforts. The former insurance agent, @rrest-)ened sealing, and at the crucial mo Engdahl exhibited letters from|¢d on a charge of murdering Misa | ment. under enormous pressure, the Senators Borah and Gronna and/| Frieda Weichman, will be buried entire bank gave way and the reser Congresemen Hillyard and Dill tend-| Christmas day, volr waters rolled down the valley ing to show that they opposed too! Ay coron er’s jury last night found | approximately 1,000 feet lower liberal an interpretation of the es-| th Piper took his own life by} Warning of an impending break pionage aet | strangling himself in his,cell was made W. C. Weeks, of the The letters read from the stand by | forth Bend Lumber Co., to the city rn office, Sunday, Weeks Engdabl declared certain editorials) J, §, C. OF C. AT TAMPICO within 24 published by the socialist party not| says. The break occurred } to be in violation of the law | WASHINGTON, Dec, 24.—Organ- | hours of the warning. « ization of an American Chamber of| Warning of the break was conve | Commerce at Tampico, the Mexican! eq by the steady rising of Hox A port, Is announced in a dispatch | creek, fed by reservoir leaks, run to the Latin-American bureau of the| ning by Edgewick. Noting that the | department of commerce today water in the creek was rising at the } rate of a foot ry two min A Christmas rally was held at the | soore, n watchman, dashed to b Co.« plant Monday|warn Edgewick residents that the the Foremen’s association | dan was about to break yard. President Duthie wy Mo. ueceeded in rousing all the gold wateh and chain and a| occupants @f the valley before the nerrywood humidor jam gave with a splintering crash BACK TO DAYS jeveral tardy persons were ¢ OF B. ARBARISM President H. F. Alexander, of the s mass of water and debris, 4 | Pacific Steamship Co., is the com: | 1 desperate fight to attain the |Pany’s Santa. Ho will give each] nd on which t | married man and woman a turkey,| panions had taken refuge \" men cigars, and girls and sin-| The flood was held for several rae. | tle women candy. | moments by the m&in North Bend things, | Sie wats ‘ anitary bread | $$ _~ a aK Europe’s Zone of Starvation tious housewife—in the | teresta of her family’s he will demand progressive to be congratu wrapping their many E TO COM- PLAIN I want to complain husband co: Kle one of the made out of it." niries in black, | and Bohemia, show wh | to death this winter. The United States aid will prev north Russia, Armenia, 000,000 huma countries shown in Serk Austria, 1 doomed to stury white are those where The regions practically self-sustain “Nobody Lutte Me!” WZ oPin, SMS af 4d ip Le, | STARVATION PERIL ENGULFS MANY MILUONS THRUOUT EUROPE WINTER FAMINE IS | NETTING DREAD TOLL ev ¢ ’ o " © HA rm MR WE gy ae ie ae) tte foomunln boeur / Y Uf fliff, Y A YM ‘EXPORT BANIS RUSH REPAIRS TO STOP DAM FLOOD sumber enabling ene t company clamber to paso sine instances rining asx high the wa ter as the armpits, A moment later the mill was on ite way, am roaring mass of Umbers and water aWept over the ground where a few moments before scores peoples were On @ high knoll, upward af 60 peo ple watched their homes torn up and carried away But three residences built on elevations, escaped. A bor fire was built on th knoll, around which the survivors huddled for warmth Bince 1914, $155 9.27 han beer expended by the city in spaling the A porous sforth bank have be y engir new n declared a muc It is noe Bra: Button on Policeman’s Coat Stops Foe Bullet DETROIT, Dec 24.—Patrolman Walter Ruthenberg today values a far more than anything brass button The button saved his © chased a suspect on the man sud discharged ree caliber rev point blank at the officer's heart, The bullet struck the button and glanced off. Ruthenberg was knocked out, but only momentarily The quarry was captured. to an alley y turned an wh a r Revolution Maker Is Declared Sane NEW YORK, Dec. 24,—Bilis 0. whore personal revolution, set Friday, Dec. 13 postponed nm account of rain, is out of Belle hospital, having been pro: nounced sane Jones pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct and the magia t sald he would give the defend A suspended sentence i f waa URPHEUM THIRD ~ AND ~ MADISON CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS RIGHT _ DECLARES RUSS | REDS RESTORE - NATION'S ODER Now PLAYING THIS WEEK vasa: ois, Sabensabieets by seeing the largest uld have been no ‘terror’ in Mos and best musical ang © have been no executions in comedy show in the 600,000 in Red Army Presents His Own “The ¥ 1 arm become a real ned force, with a new! spirit itionary and nationalist en yin ite ranks It has rifles, ma leny has a chance against it It nee Beptember and petty bour ne over » Hols » past few the fsa i Md ih of the affai every village in x montha Ago would many friends, now f only a very few. These are cnostly t —_ ore WITH THE Scores White 7 Where the Wh : THIRTY Bolshevikt termpc on a peale the Red guards never dreamed of us will need port of foreign Bolsheviki would certain to get a majority in a nt a sembly, but they prefer a soviet gov ernment. This ix frankly clase rul — in h the prope owners have i an go . y rule it te a Nights (Sundays irs Was before the last re Se eee na form ac 2,100 Seats ....35¢ Matinees (Except Mon. and Thurs) 2,100 § veg Be VAST REVENUE — — JACK CLIFTON CONTINUOUS The Swede Verformance Comedian CHRISTMAS WASHINGT rec, =A $10, 000,000,000 re bill ts in confer ence betweer per and the house 000 in 1920, was pasned by the senate last night 3 hours of debate. Seattle’s Future and Yours In Seattle the foundation has been laid upon which anf enduring industrial and commercial prosperity is being built, You can be one of the factors in our city’s development, as your individual Success will contribute toward the general ff progress, As look to the futurelf it is import ¢ the right bank luded a nts ir ffecting the District bia, a levy on cumpalgn and a 10 per cent levy over $ on bone ot Ce ar xpenditures tax on nner you nd a mor c reed soldiers 1 sail ing connec 4 to use your bank [The » today started a series of three-day recesses ta last until the . | end of the holidays, The house a = Leg on ta ity recess plan into ef- | oerete ee fect k of & quorum. Lewis Soldiers t to Sing at Tacoma TACOMA, Dec, 24—A chorus of Camp Lewis soldiers, under the eadership of J. H. Lyons, will open he program at ‘Tacoma’s com munity Christmas tree in. Wright) — — park tonight Striking electrical ana patna adel WA T ADS BRING RESULTS dreds of lights. ALL NIGHT AT Dreamland Tonight 50 Chickens Given Away Admission 25c Includes 4 Dance Tickets Every One Welcome Christmas Dinner De Luxe _ One Dollar Per Cover he New Year RESERVATIONS AT ONC Our initial charge will be Past performances have shown in “GOOD TIMES.” Picture S EVE. There will be no over- must be made One Dollar per chair. what we have to es yourself NEW YEAR’ crowding—all seats will be reserved. Our entire orchestra will be there at 8 p. m. Every night between Christmas and New Year there will be something doing at t The Tavern Cafe