The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 25, 1918, Page 1

ULL Leased Wire of the United Press Association. paper Enterprise Association. panei Ne Service of the News- peromrvorceeconhnhenmcnnditin The Seattle Star ‘T DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST eo, Wash, under the Act of Congress March §, 1879, THE GREATE Rntered an te A Class Matter May 9, 1899, at the Postotf 191! SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER: 25, CITY ENJOYS CHRISTMAS Thousands of Service Kid- dies Entertained at the Armory; Given Gifts POOR ARE CARED FOR A Christmas of more significance than any in the history of the world, since the! original day, 1918 years ago, dawned Wednesday, when Seat- tle, with the rest of the world, of fered thanks for peace and promise of better things in the era coming. But while, in many lands, suffer- ing was prevalent Christmas, Seattle Was more fortunate. The needy and destitute were cared for. Those to whom fortu had been kind lent every energy to helt their less fortunate brothers to happ: The Red Cross, backed by gen erous business organizations, distrib uted presents and entertained thou sands of “service” kiddies at a mon. ster Christmas eve celebration and thankfest at the Armory The Armory celebration was the most successful held in Seattle cording to Red Cross officials, under whose supervision the children were entertained Wagner's Band Plays Dozens of surprise booths stationed around the walls of the huge brick edifice, where candies cookies, dolls, surprise packages and toys of every description were hand ed out. Wagner's band, stationed in the north end of the Armory. played appropriate selections A giant Christmas tree, lighted with alternating colored electric bulbs, stood in the wert center of the Armory, near the “Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe” booth, A long line of children passed before “Treasure Island.” where surprise gifts were distributed. Anton Deb kin, the “Chief Nut.” maintained a peoth near the entrance, where packages of nuts of all varieties were handed out. Hazen Titus, restaurant man, distributed thou sands of cookies. He was the “Jack Horner” of the party Sing Carols ‘The most beautiful event of the celebration, which lasted from 1 to 10 p. m., was the singing of carols by a huge chorus on the stage at the north end of the Armory. At the close of the evening the Armory was darkened, save the Christmas tree, and a strange white light, supposed to be shed by a star. The Red Cross found its supplies becoming exhausted early in the (Continued on Page Five) — Merry Christmas — ROBBER THEORY IN MURDER CASE What the police regard as confir. mation of the murder of Daniel A Collins, 46, Seattle salesman, by Al- bert Schroer, 32,.0f Walsenberg, Col orado, developed with the identifica tion of one of the three watches carried by Schroer as Collins’ prop erty. The identification was made by G. F. Collins, brother of the mur dered man ‘This points to the theory of rob- bery, but does not shed additional light on the mystery of Schroer’s suicide, immediately after. The po- lice do not believe that a burglar even forced to kill a man, would at tempt self-destruction. They hold that there is a deeper motive Since Schroer’s body was distov ered swinging from an apple tree in a back yard in Tacoma Monday morning, 24 hours after the murder of Collins in the Diller hotel, Seattle detectives have been pursuing inves: tigations as to Collins’ relations with women and the difficulties these might have invotved him tn. ‘The one important fact they have as yet failed to substantiate, is whether Schroer and Collins knew each other, or of each other. If this burglary theory will recording to city de develops, the be discarded tectives The fact that Schroer is alleged to have struck Collins several vicious blows with a revolver while the lat ter was lying in bed asleep, points motive of revenge and pre meditated murder, the police say ‘Thirty dollars in cash and other val uables were unmolested. If the mo tive were revenge, the police are at xccount for Schroer’s tak to the a loss to ing the watch Merry Christmas HE'S LUCKY AVIATOR wv YORK, Dee A huge arm airplane from Mineola crashed to the ground in Cyorss hilla, Brook Altho it was com ed, the aviator es- lyn, early today pletely caped unh PEACE TIME TO REVIEW U. 5. FLEET | TOMORROW Daniels and March to Wel- come Battle Division of Dreadnoughts “ARE EQUAL TO ANY” By United Press Leased Direct to The Star | » a WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—Tomer- row part of the fleet that helped keep the seas «afe will pass in grand review at New York. Secretary of the Navy Daniels was to leave here this afternoon to participate in it With him will be Chief of Staff March The ships are due in onight from erseas, but will lle outside the har bor until tomorrow Before feaving, Da red that the ships come back as victors In welcoming home the powerful dreadnoughts.” he said, “the Amert: | can people will greet the officers and men with pride and congratulations These powerful the equal of any in the world, in co-operation with the powerful British fleet, gave such predominance of sea power in the North sea that the German fleet dared not inv de by coming out and offering battle,” | Greetings to the grand fleet were | Wirelessed by Secfetary Danieix Voicing the sentiments of the whole world, which ls proud of the achievements of the American navy, | 1 wend Christmas greetings with con- \gratulations upon high achieve ments,” Daniels said. “AN in the navy wil! celebrate thir | Christmas with knowledge of the ap- precintion of the American people for the part they bore in bringing ‘TVeece on Earth’ thia Christmas day | “The navy never so well deserved the confidence of the people and It never posseamed it in #o large a measure. It is anchored in the af fection of all Americans. This! thought must give happiness to all in the service. My good wishes for & happy Christmas to all in the navy and to who are near and dear to them. | — Merry Christmas — BAKER IS SANTA’ TO WAR KIDDIES WASHINGTON, Dee. 25.—Secre-| tary Baker played Santa Claus here| this afternoon for children of men in ships service. This wan the secretary's! jmain plan today. A huge Christmas, tree on the capitol grounds was loaded with Christmas gifts, distrib- uted by the war secretary } With many of the cabinet absent from the capital, the city spent a| | quiet holiday. | » — Merry Christmas — |Piez May Succeed | Hurley as Chief | of Shipping Work! BY T. A. JOHNSTONE | WASHINGTON, D. C., Dee. Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the United States shipping board and president of the Emergency Fleet corporation, is expected to resign both positions when he returns from abroad, in about a month | In so d¥ing, he will follow the ex-| jample of John D. Ryan, Charles M. | Schwab, and other business men | who gave up private business af-| fairs to serve the government for| the duration of war. | Gossip about shipping board of-| fices names only one man as a likely successor to Hurley as commander | of America’s merchant marine fleet He i# Charles Piez, vice president | |and general manager of the Emerg lency Fleét: corporation | Piez is diready serving as director | general of the fleet corporation in| | succession to Charles M. Schwab. — Merry Christmas — Loses His Hands; | Is Given $15,000 SPOKANE, Dec, 25.—While install ling a transformer at Burke, Idaho, last r, for the Washington Power Co., John Anderson came in eontact | with a live wire and Jost both hands | Today he is the recipient of $15,000 jas a present from the company, in whose care he has been sire din abled. He did not bring suit, and the money was accepted on advice of counsel — Merry Christmas Predicts Economic Ruin in Germany| COPENHAGEN, Dec, 25.—Mayor | essler of Nuremburg predicts an| ‘alleled economic breakdown tn | Germany within a few weeks, ac-| | cording to a dispatch from there. and on earth peace, good will toward men. LUKE 2:14 ¢ And lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. * “When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. . . . There is, this Christmas day, another star shining in the East. It, too, is the star of peace and good will; the star of hope and promise. It, too, has beckoned to the wise men of the world and has guided them to the spot where the young child of peace lies. Darkness and clouds of war have been swept aside and have disappeared from our horizon. The death and desolation of bloody conflict now are but a memory, a thing which happened, and, God granting! may never happen again. Mists of sorrow and suffering are dissolved before the warm rays of a peaceful sun. Smiles are coming back to the face of mankind, and hatreds are leaving his heart. For unto us is born a new era, a new age, a new PEACE! The young life of this child of peace France, and there the star of our hopes ness into the uttermost recesses of the world. This difference is to be noted: The wise men of today are not coming to the cradle of peace to destroy the child; they come not to bear it away to Herod. They come to give of their life, their brain, their power, that the child of peace may live everlastingly. So they sit at the peace table, these great, wise men of today, from Amer- ica, from Europe, from Asia, from the four corners of the world. What they do and say and think will shape the future of mankind, the happiness of human beings, the progress of civilization. There are Wilson and Lloyd George, Orlando and Clemenceau, and with them sit in council others of all races, nations, creeds and colors. For this peace is to be the product of world thought, world effort and world ambition. It is not a peace for any one nation, or for any one group of nations. It is to be peace for all. The weightiest problems of human history are bearing down upon the shoulders of these wise men there, bending over the manger cradle of the child of peace, and the prayers of a world go out from God- worshipping souls this day for divine guidance of human brains through the labyrinth they must pa that the fruits of their labors may be peace as ever- lasting as it must be universal. Confidently do we anticipate sucha peace from the hands of the world’s wise men gathered together in France. And as confidently do we believe that there will follow “good will toward men.” No peace without good will could last long, nor would it deserve life. There MUST be good will toward men. It is needful that we also place some emphasis upon that last word. They must be MEN. Peace does not bring good will toward human brutes, human murder- ers, inhuman hearts. There will never be an era of good will toward the fiends a civilized world crushed back on the field of battle. They are without the pale of good will. They and their offspring, must become ME real human beings, with human souls and human hearts, ere thay may. share in the good will of mankind, The star of hope promises much, even the regeneration of the brutish foe we fought, for it promises— “On earth peace, good will toward men.” life, a new day— is coming into being over there in shines, striking its beaming bright- TROOPS GET GIFT BOXES FROM HOME Santa Reviews American Forces Along the Rhine | and Thru France ALL MEN CELEBRATING BY WEBB M (United Press Btaff ¢ AMERICAN HEADQUAR | TERS IN GERMANY, Dee | Santa Claus reviewed the Ameri- can armies in France and Ger many today. The jolly old a found the two million men in condition and fairly bursting with the Christmas spirit addition to th arrange ments that had p 1 them with the material for ance of the holiday, the fact that their mander-in-chief, the addressing them jat Langres, made the notable in the history of th can expedifonary forces Until the last moment 0,000 men | day. Dintribution b practically every m membrances from hor See Vaudeville More than 200 ¥. MC. A |Knights of Columbus entertainers were scattered thru the bridgehead area today, organizing concerts and vaudeville shows. = Except for the patrp! at the edge lof the bridgehead, discipline was re | taxed. The doughboys were permit- ted to fraternize with the Germans and many gifts were exchanged by the two nationalities The men found particular delight in giving presents to the German | children | Every company had own Christmas tree, with some doughboy or officer playing the role of Santa Claus. The regular rations were supplemented by ducks, geese and chickens. In the billeting areas the enter tainments and feasts natorally were more elaborate than in the occupted territories, owing to the fact t French villagers contributed to the festivities | The 1 Cross gave | ners and dances to the officers and men in Paris | — Merry Christmas — |“We'd Like to Be Home,” Is Message | of A. E. F. Soldiers AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN GERMANY, Dec, 25.—Gen. Jo seph Dickman, commanding the Third army, today sent the following Christmas greeting to America, on behalf of the men of the army of oc- cupation, thru the United Press “Iam sure all the officers and chen join in hearty greetings of good | cheer to their relatives and friends in the United States. We are sorry to miss Christmas at home, but we hope the Americans who spend Christmas at home will feel we have accomplished our daty over here. “We ha' hope for and fair pros pects of an early return home. We | feet the government is doing every thing to expedite our re. turn.” ” | — Merry Christmas — |Roosevelt Is Out of Hospital Today large special din NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—Col. Theo dore Roosevelt left Roosevelt hos: pital this morning for his home at Oyster Bay, where he will take Christmas dinner with his family Roosevelt has been in the hospital |for the past seven weeks, suffering |from inflammatory rheumatism. — Merry Christma: ther Forecast: NING HOME U. S. NAVAL HEROES ARE RETUR NIGHT EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Por Year, vy Mail, $5.00 to $9.00 DOUGHBOYS ENTERTAIN PRESIDENT Wilson Spends Christmas With Troops at Chau- mont Base ENJOYS XMAS “CHOW” BY ROBERT J. BENDER United Press Correspondent CHAUMONT, Dee. dent Wilson spent Christmas in the heart of America’s military organization in France. For the first time an American executive assumed the actual role of com manderinchiel of the United States army in foreign territory After passing thru the Marne battles of 1914 « special train during the president arrived at Amert arly today As he stepped from the train French and American guards of honor snapped to attention, and on American band played “The Star Spangled Ban Among those who greeted him at jon were Gen, Pershing, Gen French commander in this the mayor and the prefect of Rousing Reception The president and his party were driven thru the quaint old streets to the Hotel de Ville. He was. given a rousing —welcon by doughboys, polius and civilians as he passed thru the beflagged streets. From a struggling village built up Around the centuries-old cathedral, Chaumont has become the chief American city in Hurope. Its archi- tectural beauty has been somewhat murred by the rough wooden bulld- ings which have sprung up every- where to house the American mill- machinery, but these were more lens successfully hidden under a amouflage of flags and bunting. he president, after a brief recep- |tion at the Hotel de Ville, left for |Langres to review and address the troops. From there he went to Mon- tigny-Le-Roi, headquarters of the |} 36th (New England) division, and |helped the doughboys eat their Christmas “chow.” ‘ouring thru the billeting areas, the president found cleanliness and |order everywhere, The villages were lished up,” and the natives, car- rying flags and dressed in their Sun- day best, were on hand to greet him Returning to Chaumont, the presi- dent reviewed the headquarters gar- rison. The troops were drawn up in the big courtyard, about which the army executive buildings stand. Wil- |son’s automobile circled the court- yard, then sped up the broad boule- vard to Gen. Pershing’s chateau. The president will leave for London at 6 p.m. — Merry Christmas — ‘URGES WORLD LEAGUE START LONDON, Dec, 25:—Solid founda- tions for the league of nations must be laid at the outset of the peace conference or trouble may be experi- enced in organizing the league, de- clares the Paris correspondent of the Time | “Common sense begins to assert itself, and the truth is recognized,” says the correspondent. “Unless the | solid foundations for the league of | nations are laid at the outset of the conference by agreement among the allies, themselves, the league may be hard to attain, and harder to main | tain,” | — Merry Christmas — |3,000 to Attend Rome Reception, for Wilson ROME, Dec. 2 Three thousand s— persons are expected to attend the WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.—Cotter | official reception to President Wilson | Bride, prominent Washingtonian and in the capitol building. The p friend of former Secretary of State | dent will be given the freedom o Bryan, died here today city President Wilson } a \ Sends Holiday . . ‘ Greeting to American People | 1 WASHINGTON, Dec, 25.—-President Wilson, from France, sent to § { the American people today the following Christmas message ) I hope that it will cheer the people at home to know that I find ( ) their boys over here in fine form and in fine spirits, esteemed by all | , those with whom they have been associated in the war and trusted ) wherever they go; and they will also, I am sure, be cheered by. the } knowledge of the fact that thruout the great nati with whom we S nave been associated in this war, public opinion strongly s s all ( \} proposals for a just and lasting peace and a close co-operation of the { }) self-governing sles of the world in making that pe secure after | }) ius present settlements are formulated. Nothing could canstitute a |} more acceptable Christmas reassurance than the sentiments which I 4 |\ find everywhere prevalent.” | y