The Seattle star. [volume], October 03, 1917, Page 6, Image 6

About The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947

Image provided by: Washington State Library; Olympia, WA

                
Can You 'Imagine Our Seattle Soldiers Committing the Loot of Louvain?
WHAT is the real lesson of the atrocities Germany
has committed in the war ?
Do they prove that Germans arc a different species
of human beings?
This would do violence to the observations which
nearly all broad-minded men have reached, who have
come into contact with many breeds of men.
Scientists, travelers and just plain tolk are pretty
well agreed that in his own home, in normal surround
ings the average man of one clime or race is very much
like the man of any other breed. Certainly the war has
proved that in the primitive qualities of courage, en
durance and loyalty the rank and tile of the combatant
races are verv much alike.
Relying on these facts, the defenders of German
crime have continued to whisper, "Oh. all soldiers are
alike. If the allies had been on German soil they would
have done just as badly."
THE SEATTLE STAR
IMT M»alk *»■ *»•' rtlM •«.
wkmukh or irmrit woavw—T ia*«ta ar
Tflrir.pk Newt *rnhf Ih# l«Mr4 »*r«M
En t trod at toaftlo, Poitoffl<* a* S* M«»i»r
By m*lL out of city. Il<- p#r month up to • iwoa.: • «uoa 11.99. jr»ar IS |o
H> «ar r 1 «-r < tty. lit m Ullk
t'Mfcltafcr* Molly ay Ta# «ior lUbloa «• I'fcoa# •••
9uehmmm* I
JUDGE JUREY, PLEASE ANSWER
Tom Thorsen, one of the men who went on strike .it
the Seattle shipyards, was the first man in Seattle to apply
for Second Liberty Loan Bonds. He bought $700 worth and
paid cash. Thorsen is still an alien, lie has not yet ac
quired American citizenship
We wonder if Judge Jurey, of the superior court,
would refuse naturalization papers to Thorsen on the ground
that he is "not fit to be a citizen" because he went on strike
at this time, as the very learned jurist declared recently in
the case of Edwin Conrad Strom, who went on strike with
the ship carpenters.
OBSERVATIONS
KAISER IS to make Von Hindenburg a prince Anybody In Ger
many having prlncoly title duo th«m had betur collect now
OUR IDEA of eaay money: Paying $30,000 to a Chicago lawyer
to work for Germany.
WE ARE all aa God made ua. and often tlmee a great deal worse.
—Cervantes.
IF HERBERT HOOVER doe* half what the food bill la dealgned
to do—watch out for Hoover for prealdent. Such popularity!
FOR ONE word a man la often deemed to be wiie, and for one
word he la often deemed to be foolish—Confucius
ONE OF the hopeful aigna in Germany la that the socialists are
panning the Pan German agitation.
PRESIDENT WILSON flaea the price of steel. practically cutting
th« existing prices In two. Immediately steel stocks gain two pomte
In Wall at. Even Wall St. Isnt afraid of socialistic policies in war
tlmaa. Eh?
BONAR LAW, chancellor of tha British exchequer, frankly atates
that without United States hslp the alliea would now be in desperate
•trait*. Bonar la referring to our fighting dollars. Walt till our fighting
boy* cut loo**, old mani
ROTTEN BEEF for our boys In the Spanish war was bad. but
rotten ammunition for our boya in Franca la murder. It turns out that
Pershing's men got those faulty primers because our notorious old
ordnance board waa atill aticklng to defective formulae that private
manufacturers had dlacarded long ago. How long will Secretary Baker
put up with that old ordnance board?
A Berlin newspaper report* that
the paper clothes worn In Germany
give great aatl*factlon. being Juat
aa good aa cotton or wool, except
when It ralna. Why don't they
wear clothea made of blotting pa
per when It ralna?
• a •
"The Long and Short of It"
He leaned far out of the win
dow
Aa the train pulled "for the
front,"
t So he got the kltaes and other
aweeta
Aimed at the little runt
♦
• • •
why not rar. a rt Turnstile?
Oar daaghtar Belle, n«,w Mrs. A. M
Frost. larrruxl the popvlatloii «f Ta
*>T •mall hah? girl 4ml t !1.
ThU make* oar sluh pawlrhlM T»>
alway* had Iraahia le raanl aar ililMrra
aarf It the generation hM|w anut
la* an feel, we will have la pal lham in
a earral and ran Ihrai thra the rhata la
ftawl tha Mmhff—t natrian (Or.) TlmM
a a a
Heard In a Street Car
"What'a this c&melflajj that the
French have sprung on the Ger
man*'""
"I don't quite get It myself."
"The British certainly are glvln'
'em a pounding around Ipers."
"They *ure are. They'll be
marching Into Lily pretty *oon "
• • •
Bvery now and then you meet a
rich man's son who needs the
fresh heir cure.
• a •
It's against the law to show a
movie In Tokyo that make* fun of
a policeman Evidently they never
had any trouble with woman slug
gers In Tokyo.
• • »
A Cleveland bigamist had to eat
alx meal* a day to fool hi* two
wive*. The way of the tranagreMor
SAFE, GENTLE REMEDY
CLEANSES YOUR KIDNEYS
For cantuii#* GOLD MEDAL,
Haarlem Oil has been a standard ,
household remedy for kidney, llvr,
bladder and stomach trouble, and nil I
diseancs r'.nnw ted with tb*» urinary
organs. The kidney* and bladder
ere the moat Important organs of
the body. They tt.ru the filter*, th"
purifier* of your blood. If the
poisons which enter your system
through the blood and Moma* h nrf
not entirely thrown out by thf* kid
ney* and bladder, you »ire ooomed
th( , p|fmin<'ii', nervous-j
ne*g, despondency, backache, *tom
•ch trouble, headache. pain In loina
and lowt- r abdom* n. Kail - «ton< *
gravel, difficulty when urlnatlns
cloudy «nd bloody urine, rheumx
ti*m. latlra and 111mhupo, nil unrn
Vou to look after your kidney* and
Madder fJOI At MKIMb Haarlem
Oil ''»i-nul»k urn what you need.
They ar»- not a "patent medicine,"
•»or a "new discovery.'' J-'or 2001
When Will the
War End? A Man
Figures It Out
When will the war end* We all
want to know, and w|*h we did
know. Hot Mr. A. J. E Fish doea
know, and here l* how be work* It
oaf
Th word kaiser ha* all letter*
He gin with the letter ' h". If I* the
11th In the alphabet, put the II
before 6. and It equals lit; so with
the other letter*, thua —KAISKK:
11C
Ifi
M
1M
M
ll<
CM
Now, then. *avi Mr. Fish, read
the 13th chapter of Revelations,
the «th, sth and 18th verse*, and
you will he atartled to find the el
act date of the ending of the war
—Ladies Home Journal
la hard.
Rut what kind of an excuse did
he make for being out all night?
a a e
The kal*er promise* to evacuate
Belgium If
The Chicago packer* promise to
cut the price of meat If—
The coal operators will send u*
plenty of coal If —
We'll vote for Anna Louise
Strong for mayor If—
No, on aecond thought, we won't
even vote for her If.
• • •
And If the war were to end right
now, who'd wear all the sweater*
the girl* are knitting"
"The girl* who are knlttlnr
them," answer* the fellow next to
my desk, "They're going to wear
them anyway."
• • a
FA Mr.
He's al war* In tha pahllr a/a.
Tlia neaar In tha <l«ll,
Tha whala war 1,1 lanka aa he *a*a l,>_
Ma waara a pair »r aqiiaakr altnaa
j years they have a standard
j household remedy They are the
pure, original Imported Haarlem Oil
your great - grandmother uhH Kn d
" r " perfectly harml<** The heal
ing, soothing ol! *<,»k* into the |
and lining of the kidney* and thru
the bladder, driving out the potson
ou« g;rm». New life. f r e*h atren*th
' ,n 'l health will riifjm n< you »*r»ri
tlnue the treatment When com-
Pl' I V re*t or ed to your mmiijil vigor
continue tiiktng a <np*til»« <n two
I each day; they will ke«»p you In
condition and prevent a return of
tb' di*«-a«e
ho not dfldy n minute I>*lays
are #rp'w| H ||y dangerou* in kidney
.and bladder trouble All druutfiNtM
>•"11 OOf,f> Hnarlem oil
''apMiile* They will refund t
i rnon ey if not no reprenent er| In
three size*. H' tt led package* Auk
for the original Imported (JOIAj
l| MKbAIi. Accept no subatltutes.
This is a slander on the living heroes of every
army except the German, liven the Turkish fighting
man has a better record. It is also a slander on the dead
of our American armies of the Revolution and the Civil
war.
No such outrages as the German crimes were
recorded in any American war, by either side.
liven in the track of Sherman's march across
Georgia, today there is not a tradition of anything like
the hellish things which marked the German tide thru
Belgium. In the South African war there was not one
instance of a British soldier even insulting a black or
white woman.
Ihe Germans in 1870 did not do such things in
France. To match the atrocities of 1914-1917,1 C M4-Ioi7, one
must travel back to the massacres and rapine of the
religious wars of the 16th and 17th centuries.
The answer to the whole anomaly is very simple
Will End of World Come After the War?
Star's Religious Writer Interprets Biblical Prophecies of Christ's Second Coming
War ha-, brought the widespread belief among religious
thinkers tliat the I.NP OF TIIK WORLD is at hand.
{!] They mt the worldwide conflagration .1* the first Mage
in the final catastrophe that they helieve will end all things j
earthly.
f Recognizing this widespread feeling as a matter of news,|
The Star asked its religious editor, the Rev Charles Stelzle:
{I "Is there biblical basis for the widespread belief that the
end of the world is at hand?"
Or Stel/le says there is NOT and he gi\es his reasons |
.for believing there is not.
1J! Kead what he writes, and see whether you agree with
him:
By Rev. Charles Stelzle
(Religious Editor of tho Star)
I am aakad "l« there Biblical
baala for tho wldaapraad bollof
that th* end of
th* world it at
handT"
I know that
many people b*
Have ther* la
Tb»y point to
certain prophe
cies In th* (tibia
that Juat hefore
th* mil there
ahall l»« "wars
and rumors of
war*." pyclotiea.
flree, revolutlone
and upheaval* of
every kind.
* J
■tvie rev
CM** tTCt.li,
There i* no doubt that the
world t f»e<ng ono of in* grr*t**t
catastrophies In ita history, and no
ono d*r«* prophesy how otcnelv*
It will bo.
Th«* study of history <to*-a m>«
h<>lp ua much In Incrvrotlnc the
• Una of thr times, for In Ihla In
slanco It cannot lw» said thai hi*
tory rep'aia tt »clf" Tlmr« n»**r
yet ha* !>«•«« n an"»nd of the world '
Analysis of the War Moves
By J. W. T. Mason
Germany's submarine menace Is
now bein* concentrated aaalnst
American military supply ahl| •
A submarine base ha* probably
been established off the French
coast, tn the American tranaport
lane.
There I* no real derreaae in total
ally submarine ainklnts America
ran onlr fulfill her xlgan'lc n
qulrement* In France by depend-
In* on hrr own shipping and mak
ing the lasue with Germany per
aenal.
This I* the Interpretation of the
submarine situation today, a* ex
pressed In an Interview with the
l'nlted Pre** by lord Northcliffe,
the moat eoniitrtirtlire war critic
any belligerent nation haa pro
duced
"The mo*t urgent new* that haa
crossed the Atlantic since I ar
rived In this country, at the be
ginning of June." Lord Northcliffe
•aid. "I* the official *iaienienl of
Sir Joseph Maclay. the British
controller of shipping, to th«- effect
that 'unless the l'nlted Stale* face*
the shipping problem and con
struct* millions of ton* of shipping
annually, the military efffwt* will
be crippled from the start'
"This la the aolemn warning
of Sir Joseph himself. It has
passed the censor and is the
first real note of alarm of the
aerlousneta of tha submarine
•Inking*.
"The writing on the wall
should arouse every thinking
American to the greatest prob
lem the world haa ever faced
—the transport aeroia 3.000
milee of water of the new
American army, which already
amounti to more than a million
men; ita cannon*, ahella, loco
motive*. railway tracks, muni
tion planta, aeroplanes, observ
ation balloon*, hospital*, am
bulance convoys, doctora.
nuraea. machine guna, butch
ers, baker*, shoemaker*, men
of every trade, clothing, horae*.
mule*, fodder, bookkeepers,
complete telephone and tele
graph equipment*, with oper
atora running into thousands.
"Now, Sir Joseph Maclay, a*
British Shipping controller,
plainly *ayt that unlets tlx
million of ton* of shipping I*
built in the United Statea
yearly, you will not be able to
transport thoie vital need*
"The whole system of puhllßhlng
the flKurew of submarine sinking
by the allies I* misleading. and I
have protested agalnet It ever since
It was adopted.
"I do not hell#*vp that nny prog
ress has boon made In stopping
submarine r!#'prorlatlon».
"Last week wo worn told official
ly that the Huhmarlne sinkings of
British ships were Iho lighted
slncp thf policy of ruthlcsHiicHS
commenced Within ft f«w hours,
cables flushed the news lhaf th*»
linking of French ships over the
Kfttno pnrlod wen* fho heaviest yet
recorded.
"Is, other words, It is probable
that part of the submarine force of
Germany that In fighting the great
eßt naval battle of the world off
STAR—WEDNESDAY. OCT. 3. 1917. PAGE 6
i nere ara tnr«e aourree irom
which we may k-i llitht upon thla
moil Important auhject; flrat. from
the Bible; ee~ond, from (ho
CHURCH and third, from Our
OWN REASON
Naturally. the Hlble hte a great
deal to eay about Ola "end of the
world. ' and fortunately, It la |>o*
•Ible for the •(•mir man to under
atand what the Hlble moan*
Th« aacrata of God art not
aiwaya iovaalad to tha "wtaa
man and tha prudent"—Ood haa
aomatlmaa "r*v*aled tham unto
babaa "
l'|ion on# ocraelon. Jeeua public*
ly thanked U'*l for tha fan
It la I'f'i't.b!) true. a- »omr noted
Mi:.lr tii(l*nt* hat a «ald. Ihnt ron
(ualon ha» rleen In Iha nilnda of
niitnr baraua* man bava failed to
diatlmtuUh l>etween "the end of
tha »'>r!d" and "Iha END OI" TIIK
AGK."
Tha hlatory of the world may bo
divided Into certain greal i>erloda,
or age a Kach of theae agee h»*
ended In a greal cataatropbe- like
the south coast of Ireland, waa »ent
lo the French coast to atop the ar
rival of urgent neceaaltlea from
America for your daily growing
army.
"Remember that th* army
that I* principally menaced by
the German policy of operating
off the coaat of Franc* I* th*
American army.
"Ar» you getting the alt million
ton* of at)l|-a a year that >our con
• roller of uhlptrinx «fatea to be Hi*
minimum neceaalty to make auc
cr«»ftil what he truly deacrlbea »»
your xreateat military effort"*
'The problem I* nlmoi< entirety
<»n American problem The atop
!>•*•> of food aupnllea from thla
country to Oreat Ilritaln mould be
trylnx. but not fatal
"It li vital that, hand In hand
with the equipment of the aplendtd
youtiK men now florkltiß to your
cantonment*, uauat rlae an army of
American ship builder The men
who build the ahlpa In Great Brit
ain regard themaelvea. and rlxhtly.
an performing equal aervlce with
the men who face death In the
trenches
"When«T«r you aet eyea on one
of your fine younx soldiers. aend
thla thought counting thru yonr
brain 'All hi* aacrlflce w||| be In
vain If you cannot give him food,
the arms and the houalng he will
require In France, every ounce of
which haa to be trannported arro««
the submarine zone •
"I.et me urge and urge you again
thit the incrcaaed alnkln** of the
French ahlpa are *lgnlf|cant, and
what la aimed at by the German*
la the ruin of your effort to supply
your own men with everything they
need In France."
We Render an Exceptional
Service In
COLLECTIONS
TRUSTS
GENERAL BANKING
GUARDIAN
TRUST AND SAVINGS
BANK
Car. rirat Ave. ■< CalaaMa It.
REDUCED RATES TO
CALIFORNIA
Klmt <*Ihhh. Third.
Hun Kranclum 114.00 $12.00
f,o* An«Hr« rr»rt*.s2l M> 117.50
Fan I Mr,.,, ill.H
n. n. "( rlllA" dnllinn OHtthfr 10th.
'J "oil *<*rvlr#, In rgn outdid# a
roomn and unmir i>n«*«»d m#»nln Kv
rry « f..r i>iin«•»r.•« Full
particular* m <Mty TlrkM Offlc*.
THE McCORMICK LINE
l„# ( kfrir It. I'hono ISIIIatt >M|
and doubly damning to the ruling caste in Prussia, |
All soldiers are very much alike, but ARMIES and I
OFFICERS are not.
Anv army contains a percentage of men who will,
if not held by rigid discipline, perpetrate outrages of the
blackest kind.
F.very city, every village, every countryside has
individuals of the same sort.
Hut every army in the world today and for 300;
years back, except the German army, has been con
trolled by a set of officers and a system of discipline,
which l\eld such troops in check and kept them under
the control of the decent majority.
The fact that the German army, with its iron disci
pline, did not do so, proves that the German crimes were
DELIBERATELY ENCOURAGED, and ORDERED by
the government thru its officer class.
That is the real lesson of the German atrocities.;
Thla It a reproduction of a picture flrat prlntad In a book callad "Forty Future Wonders of Scriptural Prophecy," publlahed In 18M.
It portraye a graat earthquake. accompanied by darkening of tha aun, moon and atara and awful tarror thruout tha world. According
to tha old book, thla caUatropha la due about 192*.
the flood, for ejample
It la wall to rtmimbtr that moat
of tha prophoclea about "the end
of the world" are baaad upon the
aecond coming of Jesus. and the
prophecies concerning hie second
coming are juet at literal *t thoae
that had to do with hla flrat com
Ing.
There are *<>n>rihlng like ft
erenrew In the \'ew
alone, to the aecond coming of
<"h flat
All lllble atudenta agree that
Je*u* l» coming again, but there I*
a great difference of opinion among
there aa to when he la coming
•Some liiatet thai the world will
become worae and worn*. and thai
Jenie will appear to uaher In the
thouaand yeara of the millennium
during which i>eace and rlfhteoua
neaa ahall prevail
Other* believe that the church
will become reaponalble for eet
: ting up the millennium, and at the
C'IXMIK of thla Ihouaand year le
rlod, Jeaua will come to call the
: world to Judgment
K»r the largeat number of Hlble
! atudenta have the latter opinion,
altbo many evangellata and Itlhle
5 -Drops" f
Gives Quick Relief to
Rheumatic
Sufferers
J. W Mason, Port Allen. La.
writ** I wan atrlrkm with
rheumatism wh « h paral> *ed mv
right arm I purt-htiH n bottle
of your A Drop*' nod u®*d II
ftocordlni to 4lr*rtlona. and h*-
fore ! had u**d half th* hottl*
I a* entirely r*ll**ed ami could
u** my arm the aam# a* *v*r I
ran't rollwl word* rnnugh to
pral** it a* I would Ilk'' I wlah
tverj vufferoi wouM giv* u a
thorouch trial
V. M Morrrll. Point Caaw*ll.
N f',. writ** "I >.a«l rheumatlnni
no had that 1 could not ral** my
arm at ■11 nmi ■ • uM not ilnp foi
p«ln. hut on* hottl* of your '5-
l»roi»* r*llev*d m*. I thank you
for putting your wonderful m*«U
ein* within th* r*ach of *uff*r
liik humanity at a prlc* that all
«an pay. You arc at llbarty to
ii** my nam* for th* b*n*fit of
oth*r* who *uff*r «* I did "
"6-I»rop*" ha* prov*n it* valu*
! for many yeera pant and th*
t*atlmony of th <»*r who hav*
It and found relief th*
j torture and affonltlnir pain*
i aii**d hy rh*umat l*rn I* th*
h**t *vld*nco of It* r*markahl*
power.
"ft-Pron*" 1* now aold hy th*
Ira ding nruffjrlM* In every part
of th* United Stato* and t'anada
pn C C A Hat tie
P Kr-P. will be mailed free,
m If you will nrlto fa
THe Swanson Company .
Newark, Oklo.
—THE—
BANK OF CALIFORNIA
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
1 OF SAN FRANCISCO
A NATIONAL BANK
Hraikar •! Federal lU*m i * B**k
Hapllal u4 Nipl*e
$16,800,000.00
SEATTLE BRANCH
Ave.
r. C. WAONTCR Ma«a«*r
ÜBO T ■ WHIT* ... Ami Mr
jetudmta believe Jesus may com*
TODAY.
If tb« thousand-year period of
the millennium l« to be takrn liter
ally. then the opinion of the "pout
mlllennlallate thoae who believe
(hat Jenua will coma AFTKK the
millennium -oomiiela tin to way
(bat Je«u» cannot roine for at leaat
one thousand years for no one
would agree. In view of the terrl
Me war now prevailing, that we,
I H \\\\
Mobilizing for the War
Your Uncle Sam is getting ready to fight.
All over the country, hundreds of thousands of artisans are busy with war
preparations, Great warships are sliding off the ways; navy yards and arsenals
are working night and day; great mobilization camps are springing up as if by
magic; everywhere the vast resources of the Nation are being gathered together
for war.
All over the Hell telephone system, thousands of employes are busily en
gaged in all branches of telephone activity, to keep pace with the extraordinary
telephone needs of the Nation Kverywhere poles are being set and wires strung,
central office equipment increased, new long-distance lines constructed between
important point* and telephone facilities increased.
The greater and more varied the Government's war activities bccome, the
greater will be the demands upon the Bell system for service. With the in
creased Government requirements, there will be greater demands for commer
cial service.
The scarcity of material and labor have set definite limits to the amount
of new construction, and the needs of the individual must be subordinated to
those of the Nation.
It is going to be harder to supply new telephones, extension telephones and
to put up wire to new telephone stations, because of the vast amount of tele
phone equipment devoted to the service of the Government, and because the
Hell organization has Contributed heavily to the draft, and many of our tech
nically trained men have voluntarily joined the colors.
When you use the telephone, we ask you to remember the patriotic service
we are rendering the Government, the extraordinary conditions we are facing,
and to help us maintain good service by a conservative use of your telephone
and equipment. j
®THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE if&%
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
They teach that the German government, and its mili
tary system, are different from all other government}
and all other military systems. For enduring such*
system the German people and the ficrman private sol
diers must bear full blame.
In that sense all soldiers are not alike.
We can hardly imagine the clean-minded and inde
pendent young fellow* now gathered at American lake
committing any such acts as the loot of Louvain, even
if their officers told them to.
Military discipline in the American, French and
British armies has well defined limits, because Amcrw
cans and their allies are not reared to believe that any
set of men on God'a earth has any divine righu.
ANh THAT IS THE REAL DIFFERENCE BE
TWEEN THE SOLDIERS Ol THE FIGHTING
ARMIES—A DIFFERENCE WHICH EXPLAINS
i ATROCITIES AM) EVERYTHING ELSE.
bare entered the millennium period.
On th* other hand. If th*
"pre-millennialists —thoae who
believe Jeaua will come BE
FORE th* millennium—«r* to
be b*ll*v*d, It loofca very much
at If Jetut might com* AT
ANY MOMENT to etttbllth
hie Kingdom upon earth.
For they believe that juat the
kind of thlnga now happening will
j precede hla coming to earth.
. But thU would not ba "the «M
of the world" —ft would b* "til
*nd of the a*«," accordlnj to tta
"pre-millennlaliiiU."
IN ANY CASK, WHETHER THI
"PRK-MILLENNIALIBTB" Atl
RIGHT OR THE "POSTMILLE*
NIALIHTS," THE END OF THI
WORLD, WITH THE JITXIMEXT
THAT 18 FINALLY TO COM,
MT'ST BE AT LEAST 1,000
YEARS DISTANT.