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The Seattle StarTHE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS
VOLUME 19 SEATTLE, WASH . WEDNESDAY. APRIL 11. 1917. ONE cENrro r.vx-';rr
LAST EDITION
"Tonight and Thursday, »hower»,"aaya the weather man, but don't letthat Interfere with your attendingthe maee meeting at the Tivolf the-tre Thureday noon, for conscriptionof wealth at well at men.
BRITISH SMASH ON TO VICTORYUo a BEGINS GREATEST TOOD DRIVE" OF WAIPRESIDENTLEADS IN
- WORKRati Heads Promise Help in
lTlnsporting Food to theAllies
SEEK LARGER CROPS
BY ROBERT J. BENDERVatt+4 V*r«« *tafT
WASHINGTON. April 11.?The Krfa ' "food drive" ofthe United Slate* was on ir.
full blast todayRailroad official* and all
go\ eminent departments wereworking to the immediate etuiof mobilizing foodstuffs forthis country and her allies.
President \Vtl*>>n and Ohair-y i Penman of the United
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» shipping hoard complet| irn- for the prompt con-Bp,! :tion of 1.000 vessel* toTranspvrt the supplies to en-tente ports.
Co-operation with the ententerovemmenta toward safely deliverIn* the necessities *a« planned indefkil
May Exempt Farm Labor
While meana of putting undermltivation thousands of a< re* ofI'nuied land were being worked
rut. the president conferred with
rrember* of con*res* relating to
method* of securing farm laborInvestigation Into the feasibility
ii( exempting all farmer*, farm la
borar* and other* engaged In till!nj[ the soil. «u aaked In a resolu-tion introduced today. Other provision* sutgested that the roußctlof national defence Inquire Intothe advisability of appointing acommittee on agricultural defense,to organize the farm labor to In-crease the production of crop*.
?Speed Up" la Order
"Speed tip" wa* the word passed*!on* the Iln«v The pre*!dent went
to the capitol and conferred forhour with Demo« ratlc Floor
Reader K;t«*hin. -mphattlalnK the?red for action on the war mea*
yes pending In congress.the house adjourn
/ mtil Krldav after receiving the
'**orable comfelttee report on the
i 1 bond is*ne bill With.'>( lV«/vri, h>n of eongressional detJjK... the arnr bill, other mlllUrvind naval buslne»s went forward
rapidly. Bid* w«re opeoed for theJjkt,»tructlon of 3S SO©-ton subma-
rine*. the largest *uch order everriven b> this go . eminent l'n< e»
-anged from $1.250.000 to
each.
ADVERTISING MANAGERSDAILY TALK
If the ChoicestBargains of a Big
Store
could be brought toyour home for your se-lection , you wouldthink it pretty fine.That is manifestly im-
possible. but the sameeffect is accomplishedbv the ads in The Star,
livery day they bringyou complete detailsof the most importantevents ? the choicestbargains of Seattle'slive, progressive busi-ness institutions. Tocash in, all you needto do is read them,then ACT.
THE FASTEST GROWING PAPERIN THE NORTHWEST
UDH AT nCT RHQTnW? Staff Writers for Star Hunt Sea Wolf*Dv//\l V*rr DvJ 1 Vfll. With Navy Men in Chaser and Aeroplane
{Doubtless the first item in the American prosecution of the war against (iermany will he the crushing ofGermany's lawless submarine warfare on the high seas. To fell its readers exactly how this campaign is to be con-ducted. The Star sent Staff Correspondents Kerby and Duckworth to Boston and Marblehead to take part in theFIRST official joint maneuvers of submarine-/ /lasers and hydro-aeroplanes in Massachusetts bay. Their stones
with the most remarkable action pictures to come so far in the war, follow.?EDITOR THE STAR >
\u25a0V F M KERBYBOSTON. Max*. April II
With a *wIrl of water
under stem and a aoft purr ofenalne* that sre*r In a mo-ment Into a *teady. inten*l»ethrob. we »wut<* away from
lli* pier and headed Into theAtlantlr
1 «a« starting out to bunt at'-boat'
Th# first newspaper manaboard the flrat ' chaser" to be
caliel Into i>ar*lce by the I'nlt-ed State* navy!
I vaa ah«>ard the *ea wasp
Lynv until a few hours before
owned by N P A . er. Itoaton>acht*man. and built by himfor the Massachusetts navalmilitia, but no* painted witha euat of hattlmhlp (ray. commlsv'oned In the I'nlted State*army and attached to 'he flratnaval patrol operating from
Charleston navy yard'
I had been picked up at (ha
Hnaton Yacbt club. It hadtaken Ju-t HKVfN MIMTKS\NI) THIRTY SECOND# forthe t.yu* to make theTWKI.VK MILK FUN fromthe navy yard to tba club pier
You had better put on thoseollakin* and a 'toil'vwlfr,"'saidKti*lgti Arthur Blake of the I'.M naval r«»rrf, her commander. "It I* going to pretty dirtyout*W**
"
We »frf now heading dtrect-It Info the northea«t. ioni»»h»r»to the north I kne* «a« Mar-blehead. where my roll*-**'!*,Ihickworth. wa* to perform hi*[>art In the »ar game by goingup In \u25a0> seaplane from the Mar-blehead naval fl>luk I .sac
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MAY CONSCRIPTALL IN EXCESS
OF $25,000BY HARRY B HUNT
WASHINGTON. D. C- April
>I.?Coracrlption of Incomes
over an amount sufficient to
provide every reasonable want
will be seriously considered by
congress a* a principal method
of raising revenue to carry on
effective war against Germany.
There Is a growing belief evident
In iongre*« that at such a time no
man ehould etpect or ne*ir« to f*'
ten hi* own b*nk account. for
with Ihe whole energy of the na
tion turned toward the oae work of
war, all Income whether It I* the
workman'" daily v.age or the cap-
italist'* dividend contM directhor indirectly from work of waging
war t'nder these condition*, riany
c'ei lure, the man of Independent orlarge income must, like the soldierwho give* his peraonal service andrisk* hi* very life to fight, subordlnat«> hi* own private welfare to
the welfare and strength of hi* naHon.
Differ at to AmountAt Ju*t what point the conscrip-
tion i f wome should begin. therej-< a « lii' difference of opinion, Con-gressman Cromer of Ohio put* It
low a* 00 That fi, urn. litdeclare provide a livelihoodfor any man and hi* family, and allabove n com fortah I* livelihood, lio
av*. fciionld, In time of nar. be
converted to the nation'* u*e.
Few member*, however, woulda a ree to r ronarrlntlon of Incomeho fir down the *cale. A majorityprobably a 111 agree to a rudlcal In
crea*" In the tax on Ijicotue* itn.OOO. the rate of Increase mount
Inr on Income* over lio.noo.but without reachlne ronarrlpMon?f incomes until they r»a<b at least$2.',.000. more prohibit ¥'>0,000
THE QUARTERLY meeting ofthe Catholic Melterment league willi,e held Wednesday evening In t.haleague * lie idquartera In the lloatonbloc'"
War ConferencesWith Allies PlannedWASHINGTON. April 11 ?
A "aartea of war conference*"will be held from time to time
between the United State* and
the entente allies. both in thiacountry and abroad, it wai
learned today.These will have to oo with
initial co-operation betweenEngland, France and the United State* toward safeguardingshipments of foodatuff* andother aupplica to entente porta.
Aa the war proceed* the con-ference* will take an evenbroader acope, providing mean*
of phyaical co-operation on alarge acale. It i* believed.
MASS MEETING TODISCUSS WAfei TAX
Wartime food aupply controlby the government and pro-posed meaaura* to pay ex-penses of the war by taxing
Incomea will be discussed atthe cltizena' mass meeting atthe Tlvoli theatre, First ave.and Madison St., Thursdaynoon.Hev. Hugh fi. ftoa*. pa-tor of the
First Congregational church, wlltalk on "l.e*«on* to lie l.eame I
From the Experiencea of the AlliesIn the Matter of Food Control and?he Mobilization of Wealth for WarPurposex."
Other *peaker* will be Mayor
0111, James K. Bradford, former corporatlon counsel, Mra. TliomtuCrahan, president of the Women'*Federated Club* of Seattle, and arepreaentative of the Central I.alxirCouncil, not yet named
The theatre lia* been donated by
the management. wnlle the Commonwealth flub will be In charge ofarrangement ?<
Termato Was "Wet"
Kd Termato, ,lnpane*e hell boy
at the New Cecil hotel, arrested Wednesday morning by Hergt
V. K. Putnam and <>ffly«y C. Vllarvev, of the dry *i]uad. after, Itt* alleged, they had purchased adrink wtUi marked money.
7 BILLION BONDBILL IS READY
TO FINANCE WAR
Correspondent Kerby In the iul»-marine chaser Lynx. The arrowpoints to Kerby.
WASHINGTON. April 11? .
Majority Leader Kitchin todayintroduced In the houw theadmlnletratlon bond bill, au-
thorising the laeue of ?i.000,000000 in bonda and 12,000,000.000In treaaury certificate*Kltrhln Introduced the record-
breaking bill after a meeting of thewaya and meana committee, alwhich the meaaure waa approvedunanlmoualy.
The hill *111 lie reported favorably ami will be p»aned In the hotmenot later than Krldav The tiondHwill bear per cent Interest and 1are offered at par for public anb Jacrlptlon.
Three billion will he used to buy ]3'4 per cent bonda of allied gov '
ernmenU The bond bill «100 au-thorized an additional laaue of |f!3,-f»4r».4«0. to redeem a 3 per cent loanof l!>08 to I!MK, which mature* Ai»-Ktiat 1. Ifllß.
NO MORE RECRUITSIN COAST ARTILLERYRecruiting It the Coast artillery
Inllltla coins Will -.top immediately.
Orders were received In Seittlefront the war department Wedne*da> mornln*. t-lllng local officersto bei?ln training the men alreadyrecruited and not take more greenmen.
When the word reached Seattle,Ibe local contingent* only lackeda total of INO men of being at wacstrength
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EXPLAINS AD FUND
W . <. T. r. Worker
Got 4 Booze Permits( liaraln* lax management, the W
C T I' ha* *tatlotied two womenwat< her* In the county auditor'* offloe A ' *|K>tter for the oritanlra
; tlon obtained four permit* In nn#
jhour from different clerk* In theoffice, and under different name*
lit l» rlnlmndI Ihe rMef claim of the aaaociatlon
la that an oath la not required of! ihoae who apply for |>ertiill*.
t'onntv Auditor Wardnll declare*|thai the art of alKnltiK the i>ermitlihtnk la In fart an oath, and that Ifthe form and ceremony «ere requir-
ed, the office would he unable to
keep |«re mlfh the demands for per-mit*
If tli«* W. 0 T. t\ Uncr** of any
repenting. II I* ll» fluty to n*p»r
out warrant* for the arrrat of therepeater*, anil In thta matter ourolflce will «i-operate and will wel-come the auMMatire of tho W. C.T I'," nay* Mr, Wardall.
RABBI WISE BOOSTSWHEELWRIGHT FOR
JAPANESE POSTWASHINGTON. April II Ilabbl
Wise, of New York, today recom-mended to Secretary Ijmslng ap-(Ointment of Wm D. Wheelwrightof Portland, Ore . aa ambassadorto Japan to succeed AmbassadorUuthrle.
Widow Wins $8,000in Suit Against N. P.
Mrs Clara Hall, widow of JamesHall, an engineer, killed last falltit Cle Klum on a Northern Pa-cific engine, was awarded $S,onoby a Jury In Judge Alston's courtWednesday morning
$278,000,000 ARMYBILL IS PASSED
The publicity appropriation ofthe Inst legislature, which will en-able Washington to cooperate with
Itrlllsli Columbia and Oregon In anational advertising campaign, wasixplained h> Becretnr> of Stste
T. M. I low ell at a "good roads"luncheon of t'lC Seattle Ad club
held al the Hon Marche Tuesday,
\u25a0 Y J H DUCKWORTHMAKMI.KHKAD.Maas. April
11. ?Why seaplane* play suchan lmt>ortdnt part In antl-sub-marlne warfare Is now clear tome.
I haw Just returned from alone flight over the Atlantlrocean after taklnK part In prac-tice operation*. In coo(>eratlotiwith a mosquito fleet. Hgain»t
a I'boat My pilot wa* Clif-ford U Webster of the avia-tion aquad. tenth deck dl-vision, n*\almilitia
I now tinderatand why It lathat a np#rl«| type of fighter,
ateady of D»rvf and aure offv», I* required for thl* ad-venturoua and hazardoua work.I reallr»-, tix' why neaplanf*are railed in* "eve* of thefleet."* for fi mi a lofty aerialperrh I have a*-en laid belowme vaat expanaea of «ati>r andlong atrelriiri of ronit line a*
on a map.It wa« not a good day fur fly-
ing Tli«* anemometer atop
the hi* hangs' at the lliirges*Co. plant told that there wan aso-mile wind blowtsg.
The Htirget,« I>iinne aeagolng
aircraft *a» g«ntlv lifted hy ahlg i rane and awung out of It*floating hangar ;ind loweredInto the water *nd towed tothe landing Mage They gaveme a heavy fur-lin«>d leather):ie|>et. i pair of fleece-linedlingerie*-a gauntleta, a woolen<ap and goggle*.
"Turn on the two awitrheaunder the hood, plrtM "
I did.Standing up. Webater (are themotor * couple of turna, andlhe ensile commenced to rour
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GUARDS WITHDEPENDENTS TO
BE DISMISSEDAll National Guardsman thru-
out the nation who have de-pendent! will be dlachargedfrom aervice. "whether theywi»h the discharge or not."
Thia order wat aent out bythe war department today.
It mean* that the adjutantgeneral's office will be givenauthority to remove men whohave wive*, children or motheridepending on them
WASHINGTON. April 11 Thearm> appropriation hill, carryingHboul $.'7R,uon,fHio for the raalntenance of the regular army, passed|the senate today.
As*l*tant Adjutant tJeneral I. I.Bollw had not tecelvod ordersWednenday morning, but wasanxlouH for tliem lo reach Seattle
"Practically all of the men wluidependents have been clcaned outof the Infantry. I don't believe thisorder will affect more than a doz-en.'' he said, "but there are prob-ably 60 or more auch men in thecoaat artillery."
Strict watch, he said, had beenkept to prevent this class of r"
crults from enlisting, but death ormarriage after eullstment had automntlcally established dependency ofdome.
"These orders will she us a freehand In make discharges in the inleresta of Justice," he said, 'Vliereheretofore we haven't had the au-thority. "
Officers, who receive Rood salat lea. are not Included In the order.
The war department, in the ordera. states thai careful InvettLiga-tlon of each case should lie made toprevent slackers from escapingservice
THIS WONT KEEP HIMThanks must take the place of
dollars for Hugh M. Caldwell, cor-poration counsel, lie spent $;>u Inlegislative activities for the city
donti at Olympia during the lastsession of the legislature which he
did not Itemize The city council.If it acts on the Judiciary commit-tee recommendation, while expressIng lis thanks for hla services, will
i not refund the money.
HAIG GUNS BLOWAWAYOPPOSmiMCanadians Capture Ridge, Taking Prisoners,
Guns and Ammunition After TerrificBombardment.
BY WILLIAMPHILIP SIMMSMiaff «*<»rr» >«r , t>ndrf,t
WITH TllF. BRITISH ARMIES AFIELD, April 11.?Field Marshal Hair's crimp in the (ierman line readied adepth of five miles east of Arras today.
With this sweep forward, the strength of the Britishjffensive increases with each battering of the enemy Ko<._
The push today was pressing along the entire 50 milesW'?attle front. j
The British line now menaces the (ierman grip on thfltI-ens-Arras-Douai coal field.
The depth of this penetration points at actual breaking of
Ithe < ierman line
The ( anadians' hold on Virny ridge, of bloody memory,grows stronger each hour, despite desperate efforts of the
jenemy to dislodge them. Counter attack after counter attack: was repulsed during the and today.
Thru the whole forest covering the northern slope of theidge today British patrols were actively pressing on. From
flic plain beyond the ridge the Germans feverishly servedtheir guns, directing shell* at all part- of the forest in thehojK' of checking the onward rush. r
('n the blood-soaked crest of V'imy ridge alone, it wase-tablished by count today that the Canadians had taken al-
i most .'/<OO prisone r-., including 72 officers and 23 guns. In-cluded in this number were nine Kuns °f heavy caliber. Thebooty from the defeated < iermans also included 70 machineguns and about 40 trench mortar-.
Kl-ewheie along ihe Hup where<???11. Ilalg smashed his men forward,three rori«K of British troops took7,2! M prisoner*. Including 170 offi-cer* The.v also seized 88 Runs. IStrench mortars and 84 machinegun*.
KYom ihe top of Vimy ridge, nowattained and firmly held, the Britishwere stetnatically clearing putsnipers in villages farther ahead (Mlhe lower slopes. The steady pound*ing of field run* searching out such
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ARGENTINE CALLS U. S. WARWITH GERMANY JUSTIFIABLE
BY CHARLES P. STEWARTI nltof] Pirn Mtftff «*orr» «|. «iu!r ;
because It was due to violations ofed by the rules of Internationaldefinite «ains of civilization."BUENOS AIRES. April 11.?
Argentina today formally "rec-ognized the justice" of Amer-ica's declaration of a state ofwar against Germany, but an-nounced Her strict continuanceas a neutral.
BRAZILIANS BLABOF GERMAN BREAK
The announcement showed clear-ly that while Argentina maintainedher present status as a neutral, shehAd not decided as yet on a futurecourse.
RIO UK JANKIRO. April 11.?General public reloiclng greeteduiinouncenv ni today of Uracil'sformal severance of relations withGermany. In many circles, how-ever, the view was expressed thatthe republic should go further andactually enter the war.
The formal decree announcingArgentina's i»olicy contained thisstatement:
In view of the causes which In-duced the I'nlted States to declaredwar ihc Argentina government rec-ognizes the justice of this decisionprinciples of neutrality, consecrat-
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASH-ington's 15 pa*t presidents will beremembered at a general assemblyto be held in Meany hall, on theuniversity campus. Friday morning.
BRITISH BREAK HINDENBURG LINE
If the Germans are driven from the "Hlndenburg line." according to
ally report*, their next stand is to be on a line closely paralleling thtFranco-Belgian border. In the foothills of the Ardennes mountain*This would mean giving up about half the territory In Franc* that »»
mains In German hand*. The new. shorter line from Lille to Verdun I*
shown on this map, together with the supposed "Hlndenburg !ln*."which the Germans are now defending. That the "Hlndenburg line"has already been pierced east of Arras seem* certain from today'* ifporta