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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14


Six weeks have passed since the
combined drive OF the German and
Bavarian crown princes was checked
on both sides OF the Somme. and COM
paratively little ground has been
won by Won Arnim and Won Quasi
on the Lys during the past four
weeks.
Yet today more than $50 German
divisions q 500 900 mem have been
used on these two battle fronts. and
Hindenburg's promise TO Germany
OF quick decision has gone by the
board
The allies. fighting as one army
and under a single commander. not
only have frustrated the enemy's
plans. but have forced an almost
complete overhauling OF his entire
army. and have necessitated a brand
new start.
Hindenburg. obviously forced to
scrap his original plans, has brought
new leaders TO the West front, in
cluding Mackenzen. and. according
to reports. is concentrating the Ger
man empires total output OF brain.
muscle and material
Meantime. the lines are curiously
inactive, altho the battle field has
been unusually dry. Today. however.
a cold autunnal drizzle was drench-
ing the area The airmen scarcely
left their perches Frequently the
artillery on one side or both cuts
loose in n spasm OF shelling. but soon
Quiets down.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14
FACE PROBLEM
OF FINANCING
BIG SITE NOW

The attitude ~ the capital Is
SUES committee for the Twelfth
FEDERAL Reserve district. at San
Francisco. upon the eity's pro
posaI 10 issue IS. 900 utility
bonds for the construction Of an
addition to the city's power and
light system, loomed up Tuesday
as the next vital point 10 be
cleared up In the development OF
the SkaEit river site.
Action by the city council Monday
afternoon in practically putting IT.
self in favor OF the Skagit site II the
bids for the first unit OF development
show the engineers claims OF eco
nomicai development correct brings
the project up to financing. tele-
gram TO Mayor Hanson from the
capital issues committee indicates
that they do not want the city to
send n committee 10 present person
ally the clty's case.
The telegram was having the ef-
feet Tuesday OF delaying the de-
parture OF Mayor Hanson. Corpora
ton Counsel Caldwell and Council
man Fitzgerald. authorized by reso-
luton OF the council TO appear be
fore the committee at san Francisco.
He Wants Ia 60
But the attitude reflected in the
telegram is all the more reason why
We ought to 60 said Councilman
Fitzgerald. ITS my opinion the
committee is going to turn US down. q"
Opposition worked up by enemies
OF the city's plan OF development is
expected TO crop out at san Fran
cisco and Washington. d {.
Mayor Hanson was absent from
his office. but Councilman Fitzger-
aid carried his argument TO Corpo-
ration Counsel Caldwell. urging that
they follow up their written argu-
ments TO the committee. Mayor
Hanson sent Monday night wire
TO the committee. saying. IF you
deem this information insufficient to
warrant approval and recommenda-
tion TO Washington. we want TO
come to san Francisco for per.
sonal hearing
The cit, council placed itself
Monday i'm position TO forward
its petition for a permit to de-
velop the Skagit river power site,
10 the L. :. department Of the
interior. Corporation Counsel
Caldwell was requested to pre-
pare AN ordinance directing the
board Of public works to call for
bids for the construction OF
power plant on the Skagit river.
and also requesting him To draw
up resolutions declaring lis adop-
ton of the Skagit river aS
source OF power supply. The or
dinancc and resolution are count
ed on 10 show the government
bona fide desire 10 develop the
Sl,agii.
The motions adopted by the coun.
ell. sitting as a committee OF the
whole and later approved as a com
mittee report to the council, were
made with reservations on the part
of number OF members AS not
meaning final acceptance of the
Skagit project
The argument that won thN day
for the motions was that the city
could reject all bids submitted and
back out entirely IL the project is
later decided against Conservatism
marked the attitude OF Councilmen
Bolton. Erickson and Fitzgerald, and
Councilman Cotterill was more open
ly opposed Councilmen liesketh
and Haas maintained silence during
the prolonged discussion Council.
man Thomson led the action in Ia
vor of the Skagit site. lie was back.
ed by Councilman Moore ana Coun'
Continued ON page 1Q
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14
LITTLE ACTION
ON WEST FRONT,
HAlC REPORTS

LONDON. May ii.-"Hostile artii-
lery was active last night in the
Somme and Ancre sectors, Field
Marshal Haig reported today.
AN enemy party attacking post
west OF Merville was repuised with
loss
I'VE carried out n successful raid
northeast OF Robecq last night. We
took some prisoners and suffered no
casualties.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14

I,NRED andB a
considerable
to
es imed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14

REDDfSG cal. May 1.-THE
highest wind known In i,odding last
night ripped shingles from roofs ana
shook foundations Of houses "hich
never have wayered before a storm.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14
Hurry Up
Drafted
: Force
Will Be on Firing Line BY Americans viii Keep Bat
Summer Officials Ting With French and
Predict British
GO FROM ALL THE CAMPS FINE FIGHTING FORCE

Thousands of men nj Camp
Lewis, including many called In
the last two draft incrcments.
viii soon be on their way to
France.
This was pointed out In United
Press Dispatches from Washing.
ton Tuesday. stating that men
would be rushed from all canton.
nneuts. 80 rapid has the move
meut of American troops across
the Atlantic become that soldiers
who had no hope OF active sery-
i~e within six or eight months
wnD perhaps be on the firing lin.
this summer.
After two or three months cle-
a9eutsry training. these new So
lected mon win he given their
finishing touches within sound
Of the encmy's guns. and even
under firr. II the need for men -
gf7ite. Reports from canton
menfs. army officers said today.
tell Of an aeceleration in the
training work under good wealth
er conditions.
Muscles hard and spirits high. the
men OF the stst division. now at
Camp Lewis. are eager TO BE- of.
They want 10 fight now. They've
been fed up" on the theory of war
fare. and they feel their might.
Day in and dag out they're put thru
the paccs-not just close order driii.
ing.
Nodded by Veterans
Crizzled sergeants from the French
and British armies. highly special.
lzed officers. loaned by the allies.
and from the American arny--men
who know the game that's being
played in France--have nodded the
3ist division.
Trenches ziEzaR thru the graveily
prairies south OF Tacoma.
There men. In biackened glasses.
that turn the day into night for
them. crawl and sap. grenade and
sns. spray machine gun fire. parry
and thrust
Away beyond rumbles the artil-
lery batteries are drop shells into
Nisqually flats.
Men from the cattle ranges. az the
renount depot. break and train thou
sands OF horses that may some day
go streaming into Germany
They're the "BackbOne'
The infantry has absorbed the
great majority Of the men sent to
Camp Lewis.
These fellows. with the blue hat
cords. are the backbone OF the army.
It's for them that the big guns
boom. All other specialized units
are organized To support the dough
boys" who. after all. must in the last
analysis fight man to man. hand 70
hand for supremacy over the Hun.
Many chap who was stab5ing at
an ink bottle in civilian life Is stab.
bing today at bull's-eyes painted on
stuffed burlap.
Mastery 81 the bayOnet has been
accomplished after months OF strenu-
Gus application.
rsuads Of infantry. under special
Instructors. go yelling leaping. over
shell craters of a make believe No
fdan's Land. toward theoretical Ger
mans.
Jaws clinched. eyes cleaning. they
charge up an incline and then leap
into the air. coming down with the
cold steel directed At the burIap
buil's-eye. "Over there" they'll leap
toward crouching Germans.
Regular sleeping hours. plain food.
strenuous exercise and an ever grow
ing spirit Of victory has made sol
diers Of civilians
They're ready to go
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14
THEY'RE GOING
TO SELL WHISKY
HERE TOMORROW

Who wants to purchase 633 quarts
of Canadian rye whisky, bottled IN
bond II years ago. or Gs8 quarts OF
gurgiy. bubbling Scotch. One at a
time, please.
order Of Judge Cushman. the
hqass will be auctioned "Wednesday
morning. at II O'Clock. at the Third
ave. entrance of the federal building.
All purchasers viii Leave addresses
A1A~sons In wet states, TO whom the
iasor must be shipped.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14

TO Bear
Brunt
Bi J. W. r. MASON
[ nii~d Press War Expert

Indications now make " ciear
that Grn- Per>hing's forces are
not 90 be hcld back simply n
reserves. while the british and
French troops bcsr the brunt of
the fighting ON the West front.
The main hope % the allies for a
victory OVER Won iiindenburR rests
on the coming offensive strength %
the American armies in France.
There can be little hops for a posi-
tive victory. however. in the brigad-
ior OF American units with the al
lies.
The brigaiing process was adopted
a. an urgent defensive necessity,
With no indication that u was to bc
a permanent method OF using the
Americans In France. When the fun
force of Americas military strength
begins 10 b. fel, In France. there viii
b. far too many troops under Cen.
Pcrshing for the brigadinE process TO
b. continued for al the troops a, the
same time.
Pine Offensive Force
a. ~ Af"tANstN ANfNtHe1ets ~ FAtAFNFH
tho Americans TO save Amiens and
the channel ports. every plan for
their future offensive must b. held
up. But Il is highly improbable that
any circumstances except those of
the utmost urgency win persuade
Gen. Foch 20 exhaust tho Americans
for defensive purposes.
There is no other force of fighters
left In the world that contains such
splendid offensive material as the
Americans This is because America
"a the only firstclass power left that
stlil has it, young men intact. and II
is the youths in the twsniics who
make the best offensive soldiers.
The brigading is only preliminary
to the real thing. and the real thing
will come when there are enough
Americans in France for an often
sive on gigantic scale.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14

Inspector Bannick Of the police de-
peHfnsnt and captains ana ser
Esants. together with County Prose.
Iuung Attorney Lundin. will appear
Ipettiay evening before the ciVil
service board - tell an ihey know
ABOUT TIE alleged irregularities IN
NE conduct of police examinations.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14

better that he hadn't SO they
may pass down no such ex-
ample to posterity. Missed?
Not even by his dog.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14

leave much money behind
them. But they are missed
when they go by HUMAN
BEINGS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14
Was "FeSl Up"

Dlsmukes. who shutters. was asked
by "A major II he had got enough.
Major" he replied I'm ffffed
up for today
II was Dismukes who got" three.
Another raiding party, composed
~ several officers and men. pene
ira,od the German lines IN a daylight
nortie. They we're exploring the 70
sitions when they suddenly found
Themselves surrounded by the
bochcs.
The Americans cut loose and a
free for all shooting match followed.
tho Yankees rctreating as they fired
one private dropped into a shell
hole. emptyinE his automatic into
the Germans and holding them off
while comrades reached safety
Obtaining reinforcemcnts. they re
cnga ged the Germans. who were now
numerous. They executed their mis-
sion successfully The Americans
brought back the body Of a German.
together with number of papers,
containing valuable military in
formation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14

THE days work
l. is done. AS they
leave the shipyards
for home, you can
h a r | y recognize
them. Their faces
are black from the
SCOT a nd t h e
smoke. Their hands
are gnarled. Blu t
the warmth of hu-
m a n sympathy
lights their eyes.
T h ey are Fred
Richards and Bob
Chambers, the men
who originated the
idea Of a big war
fund at the Skin
ner & Eddy plant.
Men of the Rich
ards and Chambers
kind do not usually
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14
BY WM. PHILIP SIMMS

rifcd PFcNN tOfftS SDoHdtHf
WITH THE BRITISH AR
MIEs IN FRANCE, May Is
While the German high COM
mand is completing preparations
for the third and perhaps the
biggest thrust OF all. n sinister
silence spreads along the battle
lines
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14
THREE MEN-AND A DOG

U w A RD r.
~ RADCLIFFE, of
New York, wealthy
re tired business
man, deceased, be-
queathed a palatial
apartment and a
four-fgure b a n k
balance to his fox
terrier. Edward r.
Radcliffe. The kind
that takes from
[ n G mouths o !
babes and feeds to
the stomachs 0 f
dogs. The kind for
w hic h soldiers
bleed to death be-
cause First Aid
Supplies fall short.
We do not know
whether he had Off
spring, but 'twere
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14
Yanks Successful

The three privateS who
conducted a successful day.
light raid on the German
trenches got six Ger
mans. The raiders were
John DiSmukeS Of Nash
Vile and Harry Couch and
John Mccain Of Blrming-
ham, Ala.
Tho three souihcrners hunted up
the chaplain today. The first one.
showing his gun stock. snid.
Chaplain. there's thr~,-one
for me and two for you"
Tn. second showed hfs gun
stock and >aidt
One h mine and one il
yours"
The third had only one.
Chaplain" he said. 'as sure's
I'm alive III get one for you"
The adventure. a meagcr account
% which was received early today.
was executed as follows.
The Boch~s Ran
Dlamukes. Couch and Mccain. de
torrnlned "a get German sniper
from a stronghold where he had
becn endaur.ring the Americans.
made themselves camouflagcd suits
and crossed No Mans Land.
Arriving At the stronghold they
found an officer and several men.
Their fret shots dropped the officer
and they got three more. tho Others
running up a communicating trench.
The three douEhboys then retreat
81. Two of them. arriving In the
American trenches. discovered that
their comrade WAS missing. They
organized a rescue party and found
him. They are now the pride OF the
unit
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14
AUSTRIA TURNS DOWN KAISER
Get Boche for Me- Said ChaplaGias Ysmks Did

NE. of accounted
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-14

: Muscles hard and spirits high. the
men Of the stst division. now at
Camp Lewis. are eager 10 BE- Off.
They want 10 fight now. They've
been fed up" on the theory Of war
fare. and they feel their might.
Day in and dag out they're put thru
the paecs-not just close order drill.
Ing.
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Continued ON page Ia
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q WILL THE SOUTH STAND BY THE DOGS q
! !: :: OR BY THE SOLDIERS? !: ;:

vigorously The Wilmington IN. a.
star says that the leading dailv and
weekly papers of Georgia and the
Georgians are learning something
about the sheep raising sadaptabilities
and the once great sheep industry
OF Georgia which floufished half
century ago. During the decades be-
fore and following the Civil war
period the southern states were SUE
cessful producers of sheep and wool
But the south gradually turned to
cotton and became cursed with the
one-crop mania, which together with
the growing increase of wandering
cur dogs soon forced sheep owners
to dispose of what was left of once
profitable flocks
Agitation on this question by the
press and business and other organi-,
cations Of the country is beginning
to show results. Typical of what is
being accomplished is cited in the
accompanying excerpts from leading
papers in several southern states
The Virginia Pilot Of Norfolk, in an
editorial entitled Exterminate the
Cur gives the following:
H. p Baker, member of the
House of Delegates from Cumber-
land county, in letter to the Rich
mond Times-Dispatch, makes decla-
ration that he is prepared to sacri-
flee all future prospects for election
to any office, by introducing a dog
bill that will effectively rid Virginia
Of its plague of ours. The gentleman
from Cumberland shows himself en-
dowed with the courage of the Spart-
ans and the wisdom of the Athenians
The canine pest has been a sore af-
Fiction to the commonwealth for de-
cades. OF late the curse of the
vagrant mongrel has assumed the
proportion of a real plague. The loss
of property incident to the dog evi!
one that is obstructive of the de
velopment and conservation of our
resources Sheep raising is under.
taken at the peril of destruction by
the ravenous breed that ranges the
countryside without restraint Herds
4 of cattle are beset by the snarling
enemies. Barn yards are pillaged by
the hungry four footed thieves.
In these times of food shortage
the canine hordes become doubly
serious. They destroy a considerable
amount OF the necessities of life
They consuma -~~~>-ef q S;-s> -~>--4.~--s--s--~
lnos oonsu li11ces. TIE cost to yir.
ginia amounts to millions annually.
Sticky and unreasonable sentiment
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mo world is facing a desperate
aaf shortage, our own peop'e are
~ ssorine because OF the ever decreas-
,nnlv Of meat and steadily in
~ sinq prices. Wool has mcreas-
nr;ce enormously and there is
g Of an actual wool famine
p aaen 70 properly clothe our soldiers.
LII protect them from death due to
ao,d weather and the lack Oh WOODEN
elofhes combined
''a mis- situation could be Changed to
mazing extent for good by rais-
no more sheep; but sheep raising
"a dog raising are diametricaify
annosed. One or the other must
W W. way. Shall we keep on main
sa;ning 250OO,Oo0 dogs, most OF which
- worse than useless, to consume
annually hundreds OF millions OF
5 aoIlars worth of food and at the same
.,,no 70 make increased sheep pro-
drction impossible? The pnmber OF
~hoan in the country as compared
E.,th wears ago has decreased over
r;lling dogs steadily increases.
Il mas seemed impossible to pass
and enforce adequate dog laws i'll
the states. For this reason the
Manufacturers Record has urged a
mar fax bv congress of from So to
Is q head on dogs. This would soon
decrease the supply Of worthless
sheep killing dogs, while the owners
q net dogs and valuable dogs could
we'll afford 10 pay the war tax.
The question faces US squarely:
DO we prefer dogs to humanity?
Shall our soldiers freeze and die
60, lack Of wool because the nation
dare not antagoniZe the voters who
owo the millions OF worthless dogs
shall our own people and the allies
starve for meat because. as a nation
wa discouraged sheep growing in
order to curry favor with the poor
owners of millions of mongrel ours
and the rich who might object to a
war tax?
Dogs or sheep, which?
No state can adequately protect
because the dogs pay no attention
70 state lines in their chase of sheep
Rut the states can make star
while waiting on congress. Dog
should be taxed, and their owners
should be liable for at least quad
ruple the value of every sheep killed
because the killing of single sheel
Injuries the whole flock and discouf
ages the industry. ,s,,,t,try
The papers thrQuGl7fe matter very
are now. 49,
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mas protected the existence OF these
costly ana dangerous public enemies
Tor generations. But it is time that
reason assert itself The state
should shake off the useless burden
that il now carries. Necessity. pub
lie safety. public welfare, ard public
health demand that the dog menace
be muzzled before il devours us"
The Houston (Tex.) Post makes
the following editorial comment on
the sentiment expressed by GOV
Dorsey Of Georgia in recent speech
when he said: I'VE like dogs better
than sheep"
Texas is in the same boat. Tex
as people like dogs better than
sheep And so long as they do. just
so long viii Texas lose the millions
OF dollars that the sheep industry
would make in this state under
proper conditions.
There are 25,oO0,Ooo dogs in the
United States. OF these fully 10000
600 are worthless and worse--they
are real threat to the communities
which permit them.
But the same food that supports
a dog will support a hog And the
hog will not kill sheep
There was a time when Texas
prairies supported S,0000000 sheep.
Texas farms could today support
that number. And there is no more
profitable industry known to man.
But the sheep killing dog is allow
ed to roam over the state-and no
farmer will buy more sheep when
his flock has once been killed by
some wandering cur
"A special session of the Texas
legislature may be an expensive in
yestment but if it were possible TO
do away with the sheepkilling dogs
of Texas by law, such an expenditure
would be the most profitable and
the most patriotic Investment this
state could make"
The Nashville Tennesseean, writ
ing on dogs and the sheep industry
Tennessee should be well to the
front in the matter of raising sheep
but she is not She will never have
her rightiul place in this valuable
industry until we learn to like the
sheep better than we like the dog"
Continuing, the Tennesseean says:
The various farmers organiza
tons throughout the country should
make unanimous demand on their
state legislatures, or if need be, on
the congress of the United States,
for laws that will protect the sheep
of the country.
There are many farmers who pre-
| fer their dogs to sheep, even though
] the dog may not be able to produce
| more than one possum or coon a
year These farp<rs are~- tsse~ ones
| who haze. ,-haer( responsible for the
fmure OF every attempt yet made to
secure dog laws that are adequate
to protect this lucrative industry of
sheep raising.
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Give us a law that will assure the
famer who invests in sheep that
wien he lies down to sleep at night
he will awaken to find his flock
SAT- and sound instead of torn and
ruined by the ravages OF ours that
should not be allowed to run at
large
c. Wade of Cornelia. Ga, writing
to the Atlanta Constitution on the
question of bringing sheep from the
west into the south. says that several
years ago an attempt was made to
interest some western sheep produc.
cps to bring their sheep south for
Che winter, but 1t was a failure be-
cause the sheep men who made the
trip found that AT every house or
cabin in the country which they
passed they were greeted with large
packs of dogs of all sorts loudly pro-
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claimed their domination OF every
vacant acre that might be used for
sheep pasturage. When these west
ern men found that this was a
sample of rural conditions all over
Georgia. that no law had ever been
passed. such as prevails in Canada
and every sheep state of the north.
providing for dog tax license and
county fund to pay the owner OF
sheep massacreed by the stray and
unruly dogs. they simply returned
home, and it must be said right here
that no experienced sheep men will
try this business until protected.
1T seems impossible to elect
legislature in Georgia of sufficient
stamina to enact laws that will move
our state up on a plane of equality
with those that are foremost in
sheep raising and live stock general.
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~. There is no question about Geor-
gia being a very desirable state for
sheep raising and all live stock bust
ness, especially north Georgia where
land is cheap and grass Is plentifpi
There are thousands of acfSs "a
land for sale here at almost nominal
prices and its value is kept down
by derelict legislation caring for
dogs instead OF sheep and children"
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A JOB HE CAN'T Los

We'll, at last Jim's got steady
job" ,a- 49,,
THAT so?. .~1rxT ~
Yes. he's been drafted >SiM
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ON FILE

Did you order ton Of cOale"
Il did not ] put my request for
one respectfully on file,'