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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1917
Page
1
In a stirring call to duty Seattle vows it has exceeded its Liberty Loan quota by 5 million dollars, joining state efforts that outpaced targets. The piece celebrates past war drives and shifts focus to Food Pledge Week, urging continued national resolve against Germany.
Governor Lister plans a probe into Seattle gas rate increases with the Public Service Commission under scrutiny. City officials and the Seattle council urged action, while King County Democrats hear calls for reforms and even recalls amidst accusations the commission favored the traction and gas firms over citizens.
Maj. Gen. Greene warns Seattle and Camp Lewis against a powerful vice network involving 2,300 to 2,500 women, bootleggers, and gamblers. He says troops will be banned from visiting Seattle unless the evil is crushed, and notes efforts to extend activities to Tacoma were stopped. The address drew 3,000 at the First Presbyterian Church.
A Seattle food conservation week starts with Hoover cards placed in hundreds of homes and a house to house effort. The Four Minute Men will speak at the Metropolitan theatre and Miss Mary F. Rausch will share recipes and tips on saving.
Incomplete returns suggest Seattle has oversubscribed its second Liberty loan allotment by five million dollars. Campaign Manager George W. Allen stated local banks were still receiving funds.
Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons that thirteen million people have crossed the seas during three years of war with only about fifteen hundred lost. He praised the navy for safeguarding transport of 25 million tons of explosives and 51 million tons of coal.
The Star of Seattle expresses deepest thanks from the State Committee for Washington for donating three full pages of advertising to the second Liberty Loan publicity drive. The Star is praised for its wide columns and strong support, earning formal resolutions of appreciation and placement on the Honor Roll.
Rome reports Italy has strong defensive lines and Gen. Cadorna can halt the German Austrian advance after Gorizia's fall and the capture of 100000. Authorities say prudent withdrawals are shaping positions more formidable for an eventual offensive defense.
London dispatch reports Italian front worsening as Austrian and German forces push Austro German troops threaten rout. British and Allied papers press for immediate aid while noting early miscalculations by the enemy and lingering faith in General Cadorna's leadership amid growing mutinous sentiment.
Herbert B. Bigelow pacifist leader and pastor of the People's church in Cincinnati was kidnapped in Lawrence Kentucky by a group in 21 cars. He was stripped beaten and dipped in crude oil before being released. The incident points to an oath bound organization pledged to punish pacifists and those opposing government war policy. Bigelow, president of the Ohio constitutional convention, was en route to a socialist meeting with associates Edward Cantrell and Vernon Rose when seized. Police traced the kidnappers to Latonia as part of the pursuit.
In Rome on October 29 the Minister of the Interior Orlado was believed to have formed a new Italian cabinet with a formal announcement withheld pending final steps.
On October 29 government aid was sought to prevent a threatened strike of Pacific Coast telephone operators. Telegrams from Senator Phelan of California and Gavin McNab asked the president's mediation commission to visit San Francisco to attempt an adjustment. The strike had been called for October 31.
Denver reports a temperature 2 below zero, the coldest in 49 years, as a four inch snowfall disrupts streetcar and vehicle traffic this morning in the West.
Seattle police officials rebut Gen. Greene's claim of 2,200 immoral women, noting the possibility of 300 or 400 and labeling 2,300 as absurd. The ex-officer C. Z. Mullen, once with Seattle police, warned as untrustworthy after federal grand jury indictments related to a Hillingsley case.
Greene argues Seattle must curb vice to keep soldiers healthy and ready. The Star's Camp Lewis health probe suggests tens of thousands of troops nationwide could be ill from vice. The issue is framed as a military necessity, not morality, with Seattle and Mayor Gill pressed to act or risk hampering national defense.
At Camp Lewis on November 11 a wild west show will feature more than 100 riders from the 348th field artillery all Montana men with past Pendleton and Cheyenne round up experience. Capt. George Brager leads the event with exhibitions including wild horses breaking Cossack riding horse races dogging and other cattleman arts. Admission funds will be used for a mess fund and related needs.
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