The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-11-30
NORTHWEST NEWS
Mayor Gill Responsible for Seattle's
Bad Rep-Will U. S. Take -
Charge? $40
Per Quart.


Seattle has awakened to the fact
that she cannot fool with the United
States government. Some days ago
General Greene, head of the canton
ment at Camp Lewis, served notice
on the city that it was too immoral
a place for his soldiers to visit and
that unless a real clenup of the un-
desirables was made at once he
would issue an order prohibiting fur
Their visits. Mayor Gill through his
police department attempted to make
a showing which he thought might
satisfy General Greene, but Nov. %
the latter threw a bombshell into the
city by placing an embargo on Sc
attic and afterward no soldiers were
permitted to come here except by
special request and those requests
will not be granted except to soldiers
who come to visit relatives and then
only with the understanding that
they do not take any part in Seat
ties gay life. The financial loss to
Seattle will be considerable for each
week end close to a thousand sol
diers have come here for the purpose
of enjoying themselves. But the
worst phase of the situation is the
black eye which the city receives by
being posted throughout the United
States as an undesirable place for
soldiers to visit. A movement is now
on foot to do some real reforming
in the city which will include the re-
moval of the chief of police and, if
necessary, the ousting of Mayor Gill.
So long as these two are at the head
of the city administration it is gen.
orally acknowledged that the city
will have no real reform.
Enemy aliens of the United States
are going to have a hard time in
Seattle under the presidents recent
order. 1t will be almost impossible
for them to navigate about the city
without finding themselves in the
prohibited zone.
They are denied the freedom of
the waters of Puget sound within
three miles of the shore; navigable
streams are closed to them, and a
stream in which logs can be foated
comes under the head of navigable
streams in the governments classifi-
cation, and so this removes them
from the shores of Lakes Washing
ton and Union and Green lake, and
the rivers that run through the
county. They cannot bask in the
sunshine within 100 yards of any
waterfront property devoted to COM
merce or terminal points or rail-
roads or warehouses and elevators,
and, lastly, they are denied the use
of aircraft.
The government, in short, has put
its foot down on the activities of the
enemy alien, and intends to keep
him in bounds by compelling prompt
registration and system of report
ing to federal officials in the dis
erection of the attorney general. He
will be compelled to carry his regis
tration card wherever he goes, as
means of identification, and he will
be amenable to all other rules and
regulations prescribed by the attor
ney general.
Under instructions from President
Suzzallo the University of Washing
ton is working hand in hand with
the government for the purpose of
conserving the wheat supply of the
country.
Experiments in making bread with
cereals other than wheat are being
made by the home economics depart
ment of the University of Washing
ton. Barley, rye and soya bean flour,
as well as cornmeal, rice and pota-
toes, have been tried.
eve find that very good bread can
be made if 25 per cent by measure
or 20 per cent by weight of another
grain is used" said Miss E. |.
Raitt, head of the department, re-
Gently. ''These breads are very little
heavier than all-wheat bread and
really keep fresh longer. Barley is
especially good, making bread very
similar to rye"
Whisky-bad whisky at that's
selling in Seattle today for about $40
quart. You can occasionally get
quart for $3.50, but the price is
increasing all the time owing to the
scarcity of the commodity. 1t is esti-
mated that several hundred bootleg
gers are making a fine living in the
city smuggling in whisky and selling
it at these fancy prices. The So
called dry squad is doing some work
to bring bootlegging to an end, but
the general policy of the city admin
istration seems to be to let things
slide along just so long as there is
not too much of an outcry from the
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