The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 27, 1918, Page 1

))RUSSIAN BOLSHEVIKI DRIVE MEN INTO ARMY ULL Leased Wire of the United Press Association. j | COMLETE Service of the News- paper Enterprise Association. NO. 257 —_—— ee VOLUME 21. ALLIE —————_— NOTE—The Star does not know the author of the following Tetter. It was written in beautiful script in the hand of a woman. Tho she says it was not written for publication, we feel the letter belongs to the public. We ask her forgiveness for publishing it, but it is too fine a thing to keep to ourselves.—Editor, Editor The Star, Dear Sir: For the past two years I have made a practice of saving all the daily papers, and from time to time I go thru a pile and clip out items of war and various other things that would be interesting in a scrapbook. Today was my day for doing this duty and quite a pile had accumulated on top of my desk. I was busily scanning the headlines and clipping away when I feached your issue of September. On the front page was the beading, “Star Liberty Beli Ringer No. 1." and underneath, in bold type, “My Son.” For some unaccountable reason I had failed to read that article, and as I read it today an icy hand clutched at my heart. How ‘imilar, in some points, to my own sad story oe WENTY-FIVE years ago last June 29th, or on that day in 1893, my s0n was born, and I was the proude mother in the world. It mattered not that my feet had pred down into the icy waters of Old Jordan, and remained there for nearly 80 ‘ours, to bring forth my man child. My heart throbbed with jay as his little head nestled against my breast Lesa than a year later the father was taken away from me, ‘and I was left alone with my son. I wa: e young and inex Perienced, but within my heart were the all-absorbing emotions of . and to the best of my ability I brow; up my son to young manhood. When he was just 1% he wanted to enlist in the navy. I wanted to have him wait a while and take a chance on getting in at Annapolis. But he was impatient of delay, so I signed his pa- pets and he left me, for the first time in’ his life T knew then that things would never be the same again between us. E went to the Great Lakes training station, and from there to the Aulantic Coast, to go aboard the U. 5. 8. Minhesota, was promoted rapidly, and at the end of his four yeas shipped over, being transferred to the dreadnought Oklahoma, He was advanced time and again, and when war was declared . being one of the first to volunteer. year before, or during the summer of 1916. something Me prompted me to make an effort to get back East and At that time I was working in the office of « raft & large Montana town, and my services entitled me @ it to New York city and spent two delightful weeks with But during ali that time I had a premonition that I would HEN he took me to the Penn. station to put me on the train I could not keep back the tears. He guyed me property, laughing at my tears, and I, hurt to the heart, said: “Don't laugh at mother’s tears, son, for this may be the last Ume you will ever see me.” And he stili laughed and said: “For shame on my brave little mother. Why, honey, in another two years I'm thru with the navy, then I'm coming out West, and we will be together forever and Gay afterwards.” ‘Those were the last words I ever heard him utter, and te my dying day, I'll never forget them. I Gike R. T. FR. the father) knew that that was our last visit, our last words. Y¥ SON died last Christmas day in service. By blue star has turned to gold. But I'm glad that he was willing to die, that others might live, and I feel that I did not suffer in vain in t PRR PDP PDP PDR RD AR RAR ARRAS \Thomas 4. Mooney. jhas answered another cry from her children THE GR Entered as Becond Clase Matter SEATTLE, WASH., FRI May 3, 1899, at the Has Lots of Fight Left Yet! )labor causes, who has set herself the task of securing a new trial for e Seattle Sta tATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAP. Postoffie NIGHT TWO CENTS RIN THE PACIFIC NORTHWES EDITION IN SEATTLE Por Year, by Mail, $5.00 to $0.00 at Moattlo, Wash, under the Act of Congress March #, 1879 DAY, DECEMBER 27, 1918. S ASKED BY HUN CHIEF TO FIGHT REDS es grr, gl ee” Ar “Mother of Wretches” Battles for Mooney | the courts do to him is as big as civilization. |°) Ninety-yeak-old Mary Jones, whose Mary Jones, “mother of wretches, Thia time it's to right the wrongs | life has been a battle and a march, |that labor feels in the case of Tom Mooney, sentenced to life imprison. | ment carries in her features the traces of the years spent in mothering the op- pressed, Hut the imprint of bitter struggles and of terrible pletures has in San Quentin after a trial t has drawn international critt- EY that American troops will not be/ | IS FACING MENACE BERLIN, Dec. 24.—(Delayed)—An alliance between Germany and the allies to defeat Bolshevism was proposed by Dr. W. S. Solf, former German foreign secretary, in an interview with the United Press today. Solf declared the spread of Bolshevism is the greatest menace in the world today and that the victorious allied countries are in as much danger from its influence as Germany and Russia. | “The allies must forget that Germany is their enemy,” M | said nop thal pe ete at epee great Purpose of ore Yanks eh, ie worl rom the ul consequences 0: Ol | ® ‘ e to Siberia, Is Report Ww “Germany has two kinds of revolution. The South German revolution is a development of old democratic tra- \ditions, the fruits of which will soon ripen into the estab- INGTON, lied military in Russia for policing, but no in tervention, was today given se rious thought here and abroad. jlishment of a stable government. “The North German revolution is adopting the methods and shows the influence of the Russian Bolsheviki. The scenes we see every day in Berlin, Hamburg, Dresden and the industrial centers of Westphalia and the Rhineland |find their analogy in Moscow and Petrograd. commercial and industrial machine is the most simple, anyway. “Personally, I believe Bolshevien im not only the greatest menace con: fronting Germany and Russia, bat is The disposition re is equaily menacing to all adjacent/as a religion in politicaly sickened | large-scn n lest. that |Sountries, and once Bolshevixm has | Russia, but in the Western countries should develop into war, The whole | developed power in Germany, it will its developments are merely along problem, however, is likely to crys | * 1 all over the world like the | materialistic lines. tallize, now that President Wilson | Ost contagious of diseases, It must, “The most devilish of the ideas Le nine has given birth to is the sol has consulted with British leaders. | be the aim and duty of all the pow diers’ and workmen's council, which Rumors have been current here |¢r# to fight this universal enemy, that another American division M immediately disorganizes every de- More Dangerous Outside cent and sound organization and de would be sent, with four allied di- | “Bolshevism in even nore danger- | stroyn discipline. visions, to increane the forces in Russia, These stories lack confirma. Ou outside of Russia than In that! “We have seen ite work in Ger- many. I am sure Bolshevism has tion. | country, where it originated. Russia Same ere made to|is & huge country, itving under sim-| prepared its groundwork in France the and Italy, the same as it has in Fin- Tt in rich in re with a general declaration sources, self supporting, and its food, | Jand and Lithuania.” fp weing admftiatration's at-| ple conditions. withdrawn from Russia until that country has been restored to some: thing resembling stability ‘Thus far, however, the administra: | tion han refushd steadily to commit | itwelf to any declaration further than Women Joining Revolt of - Mutinous German Seamen that the “situation is unchanged.” | | Force Men Into Army | _ PARIS, Dec. 27—The Teuton | sition of the sailors and their women | ‘The Russian ‘Bolsheviki have| Bolsheviki' have occupied the (to orders transferring the men to courts in Essen, ejetcing all the Judges, according to » Zurich | dispatch received by Le Journal today. The dispatches said the German press is becoming more pessimistic regarding the new re- volt, coastal cities, and the efforts of the Spartacides to overthrow the Ebert Scheidemann government The Spartacides, under the leader. ship of Karl Liebknecht, have an- nounced their intention of forcing the present ministry to resign. The dispatch said they continue in pos- session of the Vorwaerts plant, from sweethearts of the mutinous sail- (which they are issuing the “Red ors have seized rifles and joined | Vorwaerts.” The building is defend in defense of the royal palace [ed by 18 machine guns and an ar against the loyal guard, accord. | -nored car. ing to a dispatch filed in Berlin A portion of the palace was still Wednesday night and received | neid by the sailors, while the govern hy the Exprens today. ment troops held the remainder. It Altho the sailors have technically | was believed that Ebert, fearing the surrendered, they refuse to leave the | sudden growth in power of the Spar. drawn into the army 500,000 citizens, | most of whom fear for their lives | thru violence or starvation if they | | refuse to join. State department advices today gave this information, adding there | was a considerable number of Aus-| | trian prisoners and Chinese work: | snen in the “Red” army | Food is reported extremely scarce in both Petrograd and Moscow, and army membership is about the only | chance for many citizens to obtain Jeven slight susten: Workers who loaded a Swedish steamer at Petrograd were reported |by a Swedish captain to be emaciat |ed, weak, and so hungry that they LONDON, Dec, 27,—Wives and “Bolshevism is accepted practically | giving him birth, altho now I'm a lonely, heartbroken war mother I'm not writing this for publication, only R. T. F letter ‘opened up a fountain within me that had to have an avenue of escape, and I impose on you 4 your time, for which I crave forgiveness. I wrote once befor nd sign, as I did then. “JUST ANOTHER WAR MOTHER.” not taken from her that remarkabl beauty of benevolence that glows in eye and cheek | “The world ts all right,” said. | “Its heart is in the right place. But 80 few people know what's going on. They have to be educated, And so,” cism upon the prosecution methods, flother,” pleaded 550,000 of her) Minois Federation of Labor children, “go out to California and see what you can do. There's something} frightfully wrong with the legal| machinery that can permit a man to lord Cecil Says England Wil Urge Nations’ League = be sent to the penitentiary without | she concluded, “I have to be a teach-| @ fair trial.” eras well ax mother to my wretches.” | It's Her Life Work | + | All her life Mot Jones has been anxwering such calls from the men/|@ 5 and women who toil And so this silver-haired, pink- cheeked, blue d matriarch of the masses packed her carpet bag and took the first train for Californ for a new} She presented her appea STOCKHOLM, Dec, 27.—Allied in- | | city, and have announced they will continue to support Chancellor | Ebert, who permits them to renain. “The city is on the verge of an-| archy, and fighting is expected to Press reports of the attempt to kill | continue,” the dispatch said. Gen. Semenoff, the anti-Bolshevik| Two distinct conflicts are now un ader, were cofirmed by dispatches, | der way in the city—the armed oppo! A hand grenade was thrown at him, but he was not seriously wound- od. stole garbage. ‘The important cities of Odessa and Kieff are in danger of capture by the Bolsheviki, according to other ad vices. near Omsk LVOFF URGES BY FRANK J. TAYLOR ! Press Correspondent | tacides, would halt the attack against the sailors and seek to enlist them on his side Many of them have already openly declared their loyalty to the chan cellor, in view of his disposition to defer enforcement of the orders transferring them. ’ ‘ nasmevir ueeiine © worst Hohenzollern Palace Is Shattered by Artillery Despite the close range, many of the shells went wide and damaged Wilson and | Britishers in Session | BY ROBERT J. BENDER (United Press Correspondent) LONDON, Dec. 27.—fireat strides toward amicable settle | ment of highly important peace | Preliminaries were made today, | when President Wilson, Premier | Laeyd George and Foreign Secre- | tary Balfour conferred at Buck- ingham palace. This was the distinct understand- ing at the conclusion of the conver- sation. President Wilson met the | British leaders in his apartment. The session lasted an hour and a half. ‘The president is known to have “g&t down to cases” with the pre- mier, Before Wilson returns to Paris, each wil! know the other's views on such vital questions as freedom of the seas, indemnities, the Russian situation, disarmament, con- scription and the league Of nations. The league of nattons purposely is named last, since the steady swerv- ing of British governmental opinion | during the last ten days in favor of a definite league organization appar- jently has left little to be desired from Wilson's standpoint. | __The United Press is able to an- nounee that Lord Cecil's interview | with Lowell Mellett regarding the | league of nations embodies the views | of the British cabinet. It is equaliy | certain that the plans, as outlined to Mellett, were presented to Wilson to- | day for consideration. | During the conferences a large |crowd stood outside in the rain. | Among them was Viscount Grey | President Wilson unveiled a por- trait of George Washington in the | | Downing street offices after the luncheon, Mrs. Wilson was the guest of Lady Reading at a hincheon As the president and the British ministers came down the steps of the palace, shortly after noon, they were in high good humor. They departed at once for Downing street, where they lunched with other British statesmen and Acnerican Ambassa- dor Davis. President Wilson approached the | conferences with the greatest confi- | dence that a thoro understanding on the basic principles of the peace set- tlement would be reached. ‘The length of his stay in England would be determined exactly by the pre ress made in this direction. He is expected to make the frank- lest exposition of his views in his onversations” with the British pub | lic, particularly in his speech at Man- |chester, the great industrial center That the world need expect no de- parture from the formula he has drawn up was indicated in his speech to the American soldiers Wednesday, in which he said “If we did not insist upon the high purpose which we have accomplish- (Continued on Page Ten) U. S. Socialists | Plan Delegation To Swiss Meeting CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—American so- cialists hope to have a delegation at the international socialists’ congress at Luzerne, Switzerland, next month, it was announced today Adolph Gerner, national secretary of the socialist party, on trial here charged with esptonag t viola- tions, said passports would be re- quested of Washington for at least three delogate Resides Gerner, those mentioned as delegates were: John W. Work, Mil- wauk James O° New York; Prof ott Nearing, Chica and James Maurer, Pennsylvania Cold Wave Knocks Down “Flu” Lists WASHINGTON Dec 27 The cold wave sweeping the western and northern sections of the country brought a great improvement in the influen: situation, public health service officers announced today Latest reports show fewer s in the districts visited by cold weather than for several weeks, | Mooney trial ‘ on ee Phe | tervention In Russia, pursued to ita | N IRLIN, Dec. 2 Heavy casual. j other buildings. Flying debris killed 5, ‘ ve Stephens. Failing of results from the | jogical end, ¢ produce grea 3 — | and injured civilians a ome 50 , Ns y nt | the league to materialize 5 : ala er of des, Boris Ls ells exploded at a considerable dis- | United Press Correspor Investigation in government cir-|Mooney’s death sentence to life im-| yinoft declared in a note to. Presi BY HENRY Woop bystanders who gathered to witness | tance from the target. The palace LONDON, nin = poe Raper that Cecil is speaking | P' ats nt she c i ati, swede dent Wilson on behalf of the soviet| qmnited Press Staff Correspondent | es tt ke on the oo? ML pelhod, itoate yam badly nee area ; not only is willing but | British government's mind garry the chey'<e * ay or government 5 ye ‘edie oo. | mutiny sailors defended oldiers stormed and captured por. @termined that the peace con. | UUNN ke . hind as | "What the great men of the nation,|” ‘The note, which became public to- sicnatine iceman oreclea to themselves against government! tions of the palace following the shall organize a permanent “Now fwe know the horror of|and the organized working manhood | day, was sent to Wilson in London,| jmmediate allied intervention, |‘T°PS: A great number of sailors | bombardment, but were unable to of nations before its ad- naid A ar from now |of the nation failed to accomplish in| gimuitaneously with a communica Pri Lvoff, first Russian pre. and soldiers also were killed or! penetrate the royal stab’ in which ent. | glamour may return. We}thia ¢ the force of universal) tion directed to the American, Brit atures tes tewetatlon,. éo- wounded : the sailors were firmly entrenched Lord Robert Cecil, foremost Brit ard against this possibility.” | motherhood which she embodies may |jgh, French, Italian and Japanese] Clared In an in waa the A battery of millimeter field! ‘The crowd seemed to be divided in Mth authority on this subject, made Outlines Foundation | achieve, believes the grand old wom-| embassies here, offering to open con: barn Fs po! gga | pieces was brought up by the sol-|its sympathies, but it was unani fis clear in an interview with the) yy, the following provisions |an of the labor world. | versations regarding peace with the] 110 suggested that the Unites during the night and artillery | mous in its enjoyment of the spec _ Uhited Press today as the necessary foundations of the| In behalf of the Illinois Federation, | Bolshevik, States and Japan should furnish the | directed at the palace at inter-|tacle of the former kaiser's abode Cecil said he had never entertain: | pague Mother Jones is empowered to carry Litvinoff is understood to have} ° city 0 : vent thruout the day ‘crumbling before artillery fire @ any notion of the peace delegates | the contest to the highest tribunal of | suggested that the discussions in-|, m of the a * sébit oecketarta e contest to | ly appreciate the disinclina D Mimply giving the league of nations| First a p Hse + ne tariat. {the nation #hould Gov. Stephens re-| clude boundaries, payments of debts, | "1 fully nee» ie pe rom nin . G Mea their blessing and leaving the| Second—A fixed place of meeting. | > fl ‘ Imining and economic concessions | VON Of Rh - : pleasing and uso hia influence mining 7 years of to intervene in far QIErMaNn oa se F Gtalls to be worked out in the fu-| Third—Period{ea! meetings ‘Commutation of sentence she char purchase of seeds and agri ae aunt ae tee Caliah anak is ys | aiser Ce} : fare. On the contrary, he wants no| ‘These meetings must include work-| acterized ax a cheap evasion of an ral_ implements derstand that, unless the Bolsheviks | R build F d B ——— - ing members, men really entitled to} joue that he has become worldwide In his note to Wilson, Litvinoft po - voce bs ah ota thes e rance an eigium : speak for the peoples of their coun An wane that Mooney. ts regarded | declared that the Holsheviki aro at-/ Are Sonduired, the propgalle ity) LONDON, Dec, 27.—Shooting the) “the main reason being that. the a j.mlobetate op iue eaitvates | “We want no charity,” she [in which Sil Perr valid the “ked| Peace. Only we who have Just come| against world peace would be letting! “The others responsible are the 4 | Meetings must be held at least) ,aiq after interviewing the gov- opportunities vet and did not pre.| from Russia realize the extent of the| them off too easily, in the opinion| crown prince, Admiral Von ‘Tirpitz a . jonce a year | ernor, “We only want justice, | Terror’ followed wie ldanger, which the allies and neu-|of Richard Barth, socialist member | and Gen, Faikenstein (Falenhayn?) 4 wna Piece Pourth--5¢, 38 , eaeeptins, Sha Se “Mooney is nothing, but what | cede allied intervention, thalg @o not yet appreciate. lof the man government |and Gen, Falkenstein (Falkenhayn?) ‘ war shall be possible until it to dis-| - ——— i a alicsesetonaibiaeias> |The best puhishment would be to vere." cussed, either at the periodical meet: | “Quicker, the Better’ make them Belgium and| In direct contravention to opinions fo} an ing or at a mecting especially called nl f “The quicker the allies intervene,| Northern Fr in an| recently expressed by other German 3 | for the purpowe Four days are left—o iy our. the smaller will be the necessary ex-| interview with — the corre: | officials rth declared that free 4 As early in the new Those things are the vital} “ d peditionary force. Two hundred thou-| gpondent of the Expre ahi? GF the sean.te: “noneenaioal.* S Year as possible, take the | things.” Cecil said. “Of course am} Friday. Saturday, Monday an sand men would be sufficient now to| “personally, I believe the war|and that the league of nations is | first Step ton ord neoudr I recently outlined, the ue must) ’ : e . . put down the Bolsheviks, while by | originated in Berlin,” said Barth, impossible, unt it is socialized, first step to rquir- | rave non-contentiotin as well ps con T ] f hich th ty wpring a vastly larger force would be} IRS: HB es “a6 fig title to a piece of |tentioun features. It must. have uesday are left in whi 1s Cl joa be land A d ; | Property. Make a New bre purposes than merely pre-| =» to make good on its War Savings “Should the allies feel that gen ra! 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