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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17
Dutch Leaders to
Make Peace Plans

THE HAGUE. April 1.-THE
Dutch socialist leader. Troelstra.
left for Stockholm today TO pariici.
pate in the socialists conference ~
peace" Camille Huntsmans. perma.
nent secretary OF the international
socialists bureau. left today. also
for Stockholm. announcing that he
would work for peace on the basis
OF President Wilson's declarations
and Russian Minister OF Justice
kerensky's recent utteranceH.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17

ly. They explained the Australian
crawl and the trudgeon stroke.
Never heard of 'em before.
A fleshy father essayed dive
from the board and came belly.
Hopper" He rose to the surface.
blowing like an aged walrus.
was conscious believe we all
were, tho we did not talk about it
that terrible thing had happened.
Our relations with our sons had be.
come reversed in a moment. Where
as. they had admired our strength
and skill (fictltions). we now ad.
mired their strength and skin.
Whereas they had come TO us for
advice and instruction. We now sat
et their feet. asking TO be told how
to swim.
Thrt is an awful thing TO happen
10 a father!
But ! would not, could not, will.
ingly submit to this changed rela-
ton. | would show my son I could
swim! ! would swim across the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17

TO take the course. the physical e1.
animation eliminated IS. A Girl
cannot be even n nurses aid II she
has fiat feet. an unreliable heart,
or is under weight. Her physical
history" as shown BY the uniyer.
sIiy's gymnasium record. must be
satisfactory.
Part OF Monday afternoons les.
son required two girls 10 lift n
third bodily out OF bed. carry her
some distance and lay her on an
other bed without jarring her. The
girls take turns being nurses and
patients. Lightweight patients are
In demand for this stunt.
Miss iiortense Marion and Miss
Mary Void. graduates OF the Seat.
tie General hospital. are instruc.
tors.
Dean OF Women Ethel Coldwell
is enthusiastic about the new
course "A knowledge OF practical
nursing Is one OF the most valuable
things a woman can have" she
says, "shether she ever becomes
a nurse or not"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17

had supposed was a good
swimmer. No one ever taught me
to swim. taught myself to swim.
When ! was very young played
hockey and went swimming in n
place We called Flat Rock" be-
cause there WAS a fiat rock In II.
The water was waist-deep on the
rock. Then you stepped off the
rock into deep water. | stepped off
the rock--and swan. had TO.
Nobody told me how TO swim
correctly. | didn't know there was
correct way. ] Just swan. !
could dive. too. And float And
swim under water. And crack
rocks. And muddy other boys. And
tie clothes In hard knots.
According 10 the unscientific
standards OF my day was efficient
Five little boys sat on the edge
sf the natatorium tank. looking like
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17

from over-eating and insufficient
exercise. whereas | have physical
imperfections which defy the art
OF my tailor 10 hide.
To be frank. ! am very thin, n
little round-shouldered. somewhat
flat-chested and have small,
tho protuberant. stomach. Also,
my legs are a trine bowed.
But In the eyes Of our sons this
neiohbor and were terrible fol.
lows, Of prodIgIous strength, and
eScelIing In all the manly sportA
my father" said my son, can
lick your father"
Tho neighbor's boy said /
couldn't neither. and that his
father could lick me with one hand
tied behind his back.
And" said my son. you ought
to see my father swim"
SWIM scoffed the neighbor's =
boy. My father can swim a mile" ="
my FATHER" SAID MY BOY.
LYING CALMLY, CAN SWIM 10
MILES"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17
100 GOODS AT U-W
LEARN TO BECOME
WAR NURSE AIDS

" students and professors.
whose daily drills make the
campus Of the University Of
Washington wariike. ever have
to 90 70 the front. and are
wounded. u 10 possible that the
nurses aid who will help make
them comfortable In the field
hospital may be . university
girl.
While the men drill. an even 100
girls work each afternoon in the
basement OF the Home Economics
building. learning from graduate
nurses how 10 make beds scientific.
ally; how TO raise patient with.
out hurting him. how 10 improvise
a back-rest out OF chair turned
upside down. how to keep him
from sliding out OF bed when, az
ls necessary In the case OF certain
wounds, the bed is raised at an
angle OF nearly s5 degrees: and all
the other kinks that distinguish the
attendant who knows how from the
one who doesn't.
Out OF the i5s girls who wanted
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17
n. W. wheat TO Be
RUSHED TO ALLIES

PORTLAND. April 17--One hun
dred carloads OF wheat a day for the
next two months will he rushed
from the three Northwest states TO
the Atlantic seaboard for shipment
to the allies. Railroads. co-operat-
ing with the shippers. AT the sugges-
ton. 1t is said. OF the American and
British Eovorpments. will give the
grain shipments the right OF way
across the continent.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17
BRITISH MISSION
MOVES SECRETLY

WASHINGTON. April IT,
Where Great Britaln's high com
missloners are or when they will
arrive ia a mystery TO the state de-
partment today.
II was stated officially this fore
noon that the department had no
word as TO their whereabouts. but
1t was keeping touch on the pros
pectlye visitors.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17

ly afraid TO hold back. physically
afraid 10 go forward. My sons eyes
We're on me. He had Dragged about
me. ! remembered: My father can
swim 10 miles,"
Afraid to get your head wet.
dad?" he yelled at me.
| could not stand that. flung
forward. ! struck out. ! kicked. |
can truthfully say II was swimming
OF kind. A punk kind.
There was look In my boy e
face that do not like 10 remem-
Der. There was horror in II. and
difilluslonment. didn't know why
until another boy laughed jeerlngly
and shouted.
"Looky, He swims dog fashion,"
Why, doggone 1t. we all swan dog
10. Ill 4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17
WnITLOCK IN PARIS

PARIS. April Minister Brand
Whitlook. envoy To Belgium, arriv-
ed today. He was met at the Care
Lyon by Ambassador Sharpe and
number Of French officials. Whit.
lock will remain here few days
before departing TO Havre, where
the Belgian government now has
its temporary capital
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17

erwards rhe Verona came IN.
The crowd on the forward deck
was singing. Just as the boat drew
in 10 the dock there was one shot.
then two. and then the boat listed.
Il saw one man on the boat shot.
He threw up HIS hands and fell into
the water. ! saw ono man on the
dock shoot. but cant say whether
the shot came first from the dock
or the boat. There was man on
the float (klatawa slip) who fired
number OF times into tho boat.
There also was firing from the
north side of the east warehouse. F."
The crossexamlnation OF Hans
Roberts. who was examined Mon
day afternoon. was postponed. the
witness falling to answer the call
of his name.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17
STRIKES TIE Up
DEnllm FACTORIES
nv JOHN cRANpENs

hliFd ~. FfsN Eerfrep0rnsnf
bEiildN. via London. April "A
general strike. fomcnied by extreme
socialists. as protest against the
reduction Ia tn. bread ration. effec.
tive Sunday. fixrled out today. Only
n few factories we're forcoi 10 sus-
pend by the strike.
On tho streets few hundred agi.
tatoTs and demonatrators for the
strike paraded undisturbed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17
Write TO Bolton to
Have Poor Folks
Lots Plowed Free

Following a conference between
Public Welfare Commissioner Cal.
laghan. Councilman Bolton. and
ether officials, IL was decided TO.
day that the $500 voted by the city
for plowing purposes be expended
e. aid the poor who cannot afford
10 have heir lots plowed other.
wise. All who come under that
classification. are urged 10 write 10
Councilman Hurry Bolton. giving
name. address. the lot and hloc,,
number OF the place you plan 10
convert into a garden. and. IL pos
sible. also YOUR telephone number.
THE FUNERAL OF Mrs. T.. l..
Brackett. 60. who died at the family
home. sl2 n. 10Th st. Sunday. was
held at Christ church, f. 47th and
Brooklyn ave. this morning.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17

the case OF Thomas Tracy,
charged with the murder OF
Deputy Sheriff jefferson Beard,
that the deputies wno fired on
the Verona. November 5. were
armed with rifles.
This is denied by the state.
This r. tho story he told:
With my father. I'd Thompson.
and my cousin. Ed Thompson, we
went to the corner OF Hewitt and
Wetmore ave. We expected 20 at.
tend the advertised I. W. w. meet.
ing. but there WIS nobody there, go
ve went down to the dock to see II
the crowd was waiting there for the
boat.
Expected Trouble
We were stopped in front Of
the American Tug Boat office by
"a man who wore a deputy's star.
He said: What are you doing7'
Ny father replied: It's Sunday !;
loafing. He asked US where we
worked and then he said: You
can't go on the dock unless you
want to get your head shot off. We
expect trouble
Before We left that place we
saw two automobiles with depu.
ties In them drive up. There were
about a dozen long.bsrreled guns
In the machines. They were rifles
and they started to pass them out
to the deputies.
Crowd Was Singing
Then the three OF us went down
70 the beach and a few minutes IN
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17
GREATEST drive
OF HISTORY IS ON
.aglo-French Generals Hurl 5000, 900 Men
at German Line, Threatening Five Key
Positions.

LONDON, April 1.-THE greatest offensive of
the greatest OF wars on today
Over front OF nearly 10 miles AngloFrench
forces driving with all the strength and energy
carefully conserved thru months of winter preparation
Key points TO the much vaunted Hndenburg line
were struck at so savagely by the great FancoBrtish
drive today that their continuation in the enemy's
hands much longer seems impossible.
Three Cities May Fall Soon
OF the five Lens La Fere and ST. Quentin may
fall TO the allied onslaught at almost any hour. Cam
brai and Laon are less closely enveloped but the
menace of the drive was none the less potent.
Gen. Haigs report tells of another successful thrust
TO the south of Cambria, around Epehy aimed at L.
Cateet, II miles south of Cambria.
The Paris official statement more than confirmed
the most sanguine hopes of in the joint Of
fensive entertained here.
Counter Attacks Are Repulsed
Gen. Nivelle reported separate German attempt
at ALLIES TO stem the French forward rush at Laon
Allies lies just seven miles to the south of Laon. The
counter attack was repulSed by the French.
Again Gen. Vivele'S forces whStood another
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17
Five Boys Swim Like
Five Young Frogs

There is tragedy in the naked
body OF a man who has passed his
physical prime. There are little
pads Of fat whore no fat should be.
and little hollows that were not
there when the man was 81.
Five fathers--some, fat like my
neighbor boys father. and some
skinny, like me-stepped gingerly
into the tank at the shallow end
My son was disappointed. He
hoped to see me plunge boldly into
deep water.
Five fathers crept forward, moral
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17
U-b0AT Turks
OFF new YORK
Germans Fire First Shot of
War at u. S. Destroyer;
Torpedo Narrowly Misses
It's Work.

WASHINGTON, April 17.-Cermany
fired the first shot of the war against
America today-and it missed.
| Official information reached the navy
department shortly after noon that the
United States destroyer Smith was fired
upon by a German submarine at $3.50 a. m.
The torpedo launched by the U-boat
the submarine but the enemy ship submerged
and escaped.
TELL OF WARS FIRST CLASH
Announcing the first engagement of the
war, the navy department this afternoon Is
sued the following bulletin:
Reports from Fire Island lightship to
navy stations at Boston and at New York
that at about $3.50 a. m, the 18th, an enemy
submarine was sighted by the u. S. S. Smith,
running apparently submerged. The sub
marine fired a torpedo at the Smith, which
missed her by 80 yards. Wake Of the tor
pedo was plainly seen crossing the bows.
Submarine disappeared" ~.
NAVY DEPARTMENT SCOOPED =
The navy department had not heard
about the clash until press reports brought
word of it.
Immediately Lieut. Commander Bel
KNAPP, navy censor, got the New York navy
yard on long distance and asked details.
New York, too, was ignorant OF the incident
but at once communicated with Fire island,
from which the original report to Charles
town had been made by relay to the scout
cruiser Chester.
A few minutes later the lightship, 35
miles off Sandy Hook, flashed back the story
to the New York yard, which at once noti-
fed Belknap.
FIRST ATTACK BY U-BOAT
The submarines efforts to sink the de-
stroyer were the first definite evidence of the
oft-repeated rumors that German U-boats
lurked off our coasts.
The fact that the Fire Island lightship
conveyed the original report led to the be-
lief that the German boat was not far distant
from New York city, inasmuch as the light
ship is only 35 miles beyond Sandy Hook,
the outer portal of New York's harbor.
While, for military reasons, the navy
does not say what is being done about hunt
ing the submarine, it is assumed a redoubled
CONTINUED IN page to)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17
UR SKINNY CITY EDITOR GOES IN SWIMMING WITH HIS SON

hood who arc fallen idols.
1t is very sad. We really
ought not to have accepted
our sons invitation to a
splash party at the Luna
park natatorium Monday
night.
You see. these sons of ours are
members OF the boys department
Of the Y. NJ. G. A. In age they
range from 10 TO IL. They wanted
to show off their aquatic skill 10
their dads. so, on Monday night.
we all went over to West Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17

deep end OF the tank. Surely mar
who can swim 10 miles can cross |
swimming tank!
! started. The first two yards
were easy. labored on.
was within yard Of tho op-
posite side when a strange
thing happened. | could only
splash! could not progress.
Panic seized me. ! opened
my mouth to shout, and swaI-
lowed pint Of water. re-
viewed a sinful life and won
dered II II hurt to die.
Then ! joined flock OF pink
camels with purple wings. We
allehted on a railroad trestie.
The trestle broke, and dropped
Into raging flood from which
was rescued by sardonic cow
which said. In a voice strangely
like my sons: Easy, dadi
Don't get excited"
MY SON HAD SAVED Hls
FATHER FROM DRoWNlNols
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17

five frogs. What fine bodies they
hadl Not developed, Of course. but
1.-THE and vibrant, giving promise of
strong manhood,
Five little boys, looking still more
like five frogs, popped into the
tank. with five splashes. and invited
us-their fathers--to join them.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17
ITALIANS ACTIVE

ROME. April 17--Italy may be
starting an offensive. timed TO
catch the Teutons when they are
direly In need OF men TO withstand
the great Franco-British push on
the western front. Adyices received
here from Switzerland today re-
ported the Italian artillery ex.
tremcly active on the Isonzo front.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17
Overhears Son
Braa About His Dad

IT was only the other day. while
was moving the lawn. that I
heard my son quarelIng with a
neighbor's son.
happen TO know that this par
ticular neighbor is fat and pudgy
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17
ADVERTISING MANAGERS
DAILY TALK
Service

is a big principle Of mod
ern business. Newspaper
advertising is an advanced
form of service. The Star
brings to you every day-to
your home-the best news
from Seattle's best stores
opportunities to save
money-Style news - all
about fabrics, prices, etc.
Are you reading the ads as
carefully as they deserve'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17

PASSED RIFLES TO
CITIZEN DEPUTIES

Confirming the stories Of the
tragedy told by other defense
witnesses, Robert Thompson.
mill worker Of Everett. on the
1tsnd in Judge RoosId's court.
sesdsy morning. testified In
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17
Boys Show Fathers
How It's Done

Then they showed us how to
swim--these little shavers Taught
us fallen idols how to swim proper-l
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17
BULGARIAN TURK
BREAK IS REPORTED

PARIS, April IA report
received here today declared
that Turkey and Bulgaria have
formally broken of with the
u. s.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17
By the City Editor
AM a fallen

me with a troubled and
questioning contempt.
There are. ] suspect, five
fathers in our neighbor-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17

Floyd ~.
RAIDER. er-
pert on larm-@z
ing. King
county agrrcnlfar-
Isl. has prepared a
series Of articles on
ho70 10 make that
back lot Of yours
productive.
Wnch for the
first article IN The
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-17

x1AG FASTEST GROWING PAPER
IN THE NORTHWEST
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This is denied by the

Then the three of us went down
d the beach and n few minutes AFT
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-12
e Machine You Will Eventually Buy

The test Of a typewriter is it's
speed, accuracy and durability.
For twelve consecutive years the
International Typewriter Trophy
Record has been made on the
UNDERWOOD.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-24

Army, the Campaign Clock" syS-
tenn for recording the progress Ox
Liberty Bond sales was inauguraSeq
in each tactical division within tnS
continental limits Of the Un1SeQ
States. The clocks were displayed
outside division headquarters ana
changed Immediately after break
fast each day to show the total Bnu"
scriptions up to midnight OF the dSy
before. Division Commanders were
instructed to forward q daily tele-
graphic report to the Adjuta1f~
General OF the Army showing the
total subscriptions of their divisions,
and they also furnished each feg1-
mental and separate battalion COM
mandery a list showing the tota!
daily subscriptions of each regiment
and separate battalion in the divar
sion.
Immediately before dismissal OF
companies at retreat roll call each
day the total subscriptions, COM
pany by company, were read aloud
in such manner that each enlisted
man might know the standing Of his
company as compared with other
companies in his battalion and reg
iment. At the same time, the total
subscriptions of each regiment or
the division were read to the en-
listed men,,
Lieut.<Col. II. M. Lord Of the
Quartermaster's Corps was, by or
der of Secretary Baker, placed in
charge OF the Army Liberty Loan
Campaign, in which work he has
been assisted by Major Thomas l..
Smith, U. 8. A., and Mr.. r. @.
Cholmeley-Jones, Of the American
Review of Reviews. New York City.
Secretary Baker in a statement
made public to Colonel Lord gave
his personal endorsement TO the Lib
erty Loan Campaign in the Army in
the following words:
II ann glad that 1t has been pos
sible to arrange matters so that
these splendid men who constitute
our military forces, whether at
home or abroad, may have ample
opportunities @ purchasing the Sec
ond Liberty Lean Bonds. It is o
magnificent tribute to the fine spirit
of our fighting forces when they mot
only choose to lend their minds and
bodies in support of their environ.
ment and its principles Of democ-
racy, but are actually helping to d
nance their own campaign and that
< of their allies by the purchasing Of
these bonds.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-24
PETAIN AT CLOSE RANCE

Tnose OF Uncle Sans boys ALREADY
over There" find endless inte~sss
In comparing officers and men Of he 81
french army with those who - -
tne U. s. A. label. General Pefsfn
Tor instance. successor to the sreas
Sonre. is described as a man Of trs.
mendous energy, but one who q
never hurried-in this resemhlin@
General Leonard Wood. @
furthermore, Petain HASN'T a a.
ticle Of military consciou.rapsssl :
according to Charles H. Grastv wSo
has closely observed him. viii; ~
General Pershing stands like = ste4.
ue. General Petafn is just an ordi-
narily erect, middle-ased man wasr-
ing the plainest kind of 9 unkforma
ana with a good, wholesomh faco
which is much plumper than his
pictures indicate. NevertheYean ~ ~
mas an expression which gives notfeS
to all that no liberties may be tal~~S
IA single glance tells that.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-24

man, and civilian employee, includ-
Ing also the members of the Marine
Corps or other United States force
attached to the Army, will be
reached and his services utilized In
this patriotic movement"
To accomplish this object both
the War and Treasury Departments
actively co-operated and Secretary
OF the Treasury McAdoo COMMUNE
Gated with the officers of the twelve
Federal Reserve districts asking the
cooperation of their local Liberty
Bond Committees. These commit
tees and the military officers in
charge of the various camps, posts
and environments worked together
In the arrangement of the special
programs in the camps.
The order which formally
launched the Liberty Loan Cam
Daign in the Army directed Division
Commanders to assemble their bril-
gade, regimental, and separate bat
talon commanders and give them a
complete outline of the plan and
policy to be carried out In obtaining
subscriptions.
"At this time the commissioned,
enlisted and civilian personnel of
the Army should have impressed on
them not only the importance OF
safeguarding the interest of them
selves and their dependents by in
vestment in Liberty Bonds" read
the Order, "but the greater in1por-
lance of showing the people or the
United States and the warning ma
tions OF the world, both cur Allies
and our adversaries, how unreserv-
eddy the personnel OF the American
Army thus support the principles OF
democracy. In turn the company
commanders will be assembled by
their immediate commanding off,
GERS and in each instance will be in
structed how to carry out the plan
and policy herein outlined"
An officer was designated for duty
in connection with the Liberty Loan
at each department Headquarters.
and in each tactical division, coast
= artillery district, and separate bril-
gade and for the personnel OF each
War Department bureau In Wash
ington. At recruiting stations, de-
pots, and arsenals, the commanding
officer designated suitable officers.
enlisted men, or civilian employees
for the duty.
Campaign Clocks Tell Results
To stimulate friendly competition
between the various units of the