The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-12


No mail can be sent from this
country 20 Germany. Austria. Hun
gary. Bulgaria. Turkey or lnxom-
burg Tn. ban extends Ia tho lat
ter countries because they can BE-
reached only thru Germany. All
postal employees leaves OF absence.
except for sickness or military
duty. hav. been cancelled because
90 the rush OF work occaSioncd BY
III. declaration OF war
The kiss fought the civil war.
aud lt's the kids who are going 20
fight this one. said r. " Hall.
veteran in the s3rd Ohio. Company
ID. who lives at 30 Stewart 81
Don't underestimate tho boys" he
said. Some day va viii b, Just as
proud OF tue boys Of II ~ We are
OF tho boys OF 81 and 's6."
Representatives of patriotic and
rrtsrnal orders %, Seattle win
meet at tho Press club theatr.
Tuesday night. 20 form local
council OF patriotic scryic. to han.
die war problems here.
A meeting 20 organize n Red
Cross auxiliary will b. held next
Tuesday morning. AZ 10 o'clock. at
the Kirkland Congrc ga,ional
church.
Alfred F1sk. II. son OF Republican
Leader T. T.. Flax. OF Mason coun.
~. had his appendix removed. so
he could enlist in the engineering
corps Of the regular army.
Twenty eight L. OF ". lns,ruc.
tors have Joined tho faculty com.
pauy epd viii drill one hour daily
The company was formed By Capt.
W. T. Pstten. because their duties
prevent the faculty men from at
tending the reserve officers school.
Recruiting officers are plnnlng
yellow ribbons on the coa,A OF the
long line OF men Who are applicants
for marriage licenses Mt tho Cook
county. Illinois. courthouse. II To-
charged that Chicago men ara
choosing marriage as Lesser evil
than war.
Joy dvclls In tho hearts OF IL OF
Washington's naval militia Officers.
who were rejected when the militia
was called to coiors because OF
slight physical defects. kilograms
received last night Indicate that tho
navy department will waive techni.
callties and permit the men 20 a..
sumo their duties as officers OF tho
navy.
The Seattle public library II saw.
ing magazines. and these will be
distributed by the state Y. VI. G. A.
and the Boy Scouts TO the Washing.
ton troops now under arms.
Applications continue 10 come I'm
for enlistment in the naval militia.
which automatically went out o
existence with the mobilization or.
der. Not even stragglers-thoso
who were at distant points when
the naval militia call came. and
could not get here sooner--are ac.
cepted. Many OF them are Joining
the navy
Ugo PaRano. former member OF
the aviation corps OF the Italian
army. left for Philadelphia We'd.
nesday evening. TO bo assigned 10
the flying service for the United
States. He is the first Seattle man
to be accepted. the government be.
ing slow to accept new men for the
aviation corps.
Much Of the patriotism shown by
foreigners resident In the United
states f. due to the efforts of the
American Bible society. declares
DR. A. Wesley Nell. Of San Fran.
cisco. Cost representative OF the
society. VINO spoke at the meeting
~ the Seattle district intensive
campaign OF the Methodist church.
held In the First Methodist church
here Wednesday.
Chief ~ Police Buckingham has
ordered hia men 10 enforce the reg
ulatlon Or the federal government
IN amateur wireless stations. Com.
mandpnt COoutz has ordarad n n ata