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CfTY MS LABOR FIMNE

WOODY WILSON

Oft* $75,000 a year (or being president of the

United States. Bud 1-isher gets the same fur

drawing Mutt and Jeff You know Wilson

earns HIS money. Watch Mutt and Jeff, on

page . of Ihe Star daily, and see if you thir.k

9 Fisher earns hit.

U. S. FACES DAMGER OF BREAK WITH GEJRMAIY

Plenty of

Jobs lor

Everyone

Federal and City Employment

Bureaus Short of

Help

LABOR FAMINE IS ON

l«m of Job* at fancy com

ponaation ir« gong bagging in

•aattla today bacauaa the am

ploy merit buraaua are u-abie

to find man and woman to fill

them,

"Wa ara facing tha greatest

labor shortage in history," de

clared Inapactor Lamranca

Wood, in charge of tha govern

mant employment atation just

across tha now footbridge at

first ava and Union at. Mon

day

' Thia la the year of promise for

tha skilled soil unakllled laborer. '

h« SSeerted

Unfilled Joba Plentiful

Ha had lust ended an unaun-eaa

fill week Satiirdav found him

' with open poeltens for more tbaa

! 50 men and women

"I've cot Jobs for 10 or 12 farm

j hand# st from 125 to IXS a month

Including 'found.'" be said. I'vat

wanted that men* for a »eek '

He aim neaxU apteral concrete

men —wheelbarrow men and ahov

elers He wants a dozen «om- n

to take piece work In a Tscoms

o*#rall factory

' And I <an use all the domestics

.1 ran *«" he tald ' I've ►t *l*ht

, or 10 pltres to fill rt|[ht now at

ty* to ISO a mouth.

' T witnt a nnrse for a" country

hospital st 140 s month

Camps Call for Men

k The logging ramps anal the turn

L h»r woods are calling for men. sn>l

V the wages are high, having reeent

■ Zlvidianred with the • idden de

■(vLn'* for rtiah lumber orders

Walla Walla employment offices.

Wood asserted ate tending 1& to

men s day to the »h»at ranches

H Ti from 25 to 40 men are being

dally to orrhard work.

(SO days, he asld, the gov

will want between SOO

Haad TtKi more men to work at the

I lV".m.nt reclamation ramp at

Keechelus.

■ "But I don t know where we're

B to find the men. ' Wood de

i ffr*'

|I city employment office

I; ran t help me because It hasn't

I men to fill its orders

I "Th're will be practically no Im

I migration for several years

I ' f'anadlan farmers are offerlni

I premiums for farm hands, snd this

I* summer will aee wagea higher

|i than ever, with no men to t :ke any

||jf but the choicest Jobs

Reporter

in'Pen'as

Prisoner

I

WALLA WALL\ \l ireh 27.

Foiio* ins discover by Warden J

i)rtiei of lila true I'hW'tUr. K. A

patera, reporler fo- the r&coma

Time*, was relesaed today from

t'i.. i ...'e penitent a'v

peter* gam*' admission to the

prison laai FrUay by e aneiin h«-

was a forger aem froi.i Pierce

county and that he been *»>'«.«

e<| to go alone to the priaon ahi-aJ

Of the papers.

He serve! three d,ay* aa a prl«-

Orer.

Ills Identity did no' Income

known until todav. '* >ei I '• sar

den became atiaplclo-i t ati.i started

tin Investigation

Petera gave his tianio a* Peter

Wilson, and deeiared on his re

lease today th.it he h*<l gathered

data for a aeries of artfelea u i pii«-

on life from flrat hand knowledge

Vfhe articles written by Petera

Ahrding condition* in the Wa-,h

atata priaon will be pub

in Tht Seattle Star.

C?EUS ARE POISONED

DDI iII.AH. Art/. . Mar h 27

Ti o off?ct»lH dla. r«*dlted in A*na

Phwia hrf-r-mfnt report* were <lr

' il iK-d i h»re U,<l»v that a number

of <1* .(iirtfl uovernment troop*

h,l-<- r,t jf'''ini I o polaotl'd wells

the V>«i»l

WHAT ONE WOMAN THINKS OF HER NEIGHBOR! TELL US, NOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOURS?

. Sill .... n

SRATT!,K l« * whole*om«, I

loldn htrtH city.

Contribution* In The

Htar* "My Neighbor" i.'onteat

pro\«* It.

frldi; afternoon The Star i

nal" the annwi'ienw it that it

*a i tfr.tnc t< *ho" H*e ( - ill'*

*h, ll»t < 11, in kuc .i i-- : 1 i

Young Mr

Clements

Is Fussed

Doesn't Like It When Report

er Calls Him From Bed

at 10 a. m.

COMES INTO MILLIONS

Harold R'chard Clementi. from a

kodak anapahot.

Young Mr. Harold Rtchard

Clementt. who will reach tht

age of '8 on April 2, *ia an

noyed Monday when called out

of bed at 10 a m. by a Star

raporter, aeeking confirmation

of the announcement that he

haa Inherited $3.000 000 from

hia grandmother In Louitvllle.

Young Mr. Clementa took tlln<

eontttdering * hetlier or not he

*hould *ef up »"d Ko t<> the phone

Me quit hia job at a downtown

department atore when he not the

new* of hia RratWmother * death

ind the d'Ulla of her will, and he

waa enjoying » long morning

*le*p

Wat Queat of a Friend

It xlioiilri h« e*plaln«>d tha'

vrung Mr. Clement* *" the g"e*t

nvpr night of on" of hi* many

voting men frl'nd* who have

nhnn n Mm even klndne** *ln--<>

the new* of hia grandmother*

cleifh h " r l""»u'*t

A* a rewrd Mr Clement* ha*

anifiii""! ">»' h * * in ~k"

.irn'ine ihem a<r<>»* the continent

In ft big automobile for a dalh up

Broad w*y.

■ Hullo." railed Mr I lenient*,

when be had flnall derided artet

10 minute* mental dchite, to an

««er the rail

llello. Clement*?

■ Thi* ia Mr Ciem nt*. what do

von want""

Mr. Clementa la Offended

■ Want to I now whether thi* an

nouncement «' our K" ,,ln * *V>oo.

000 I* eorrert."

:#»e here." vald Mr. Clement*.

I ni not Kfins to leil you a thing

(Continued on p*fle Ri

Thru a drenching rain. Moon

talneer* hli-.'-l fiom Maple Valley

Id Ren ton Hunda? N«*t Sunday

they'll wall trom Navy Yard city

to Klfood

over for ft* community aplrlt

»hy It I* * K'MXt pin'''' I' l which i

to live.

No 118IIIr-M are t" In* ment lonen

The Htm juM wtnH Irttfn till

ing about lb" nHghbora how

th<\. help t»»'■ world to l"» a he!-

Irr pl.t'" roll day.

'i ..c ' o.it< I'** j ; i*'t 1

The Seattle Star

J THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS i

VOLUME 18

PREPAREDNESS

The Acid Test of Americanism

(By the Editor of The Star)

IT ha* taken a handful of Mexican outlaw* to

-lii'W tt-. a- ;» nation, the extremity of our unpre

paredness It is fortunate for this country thai this

dramatic demonstration was given us l>y :• hand of

guerrilla* rather than by a fir«t class power

W'e could not even assume the la-k of chasing

\ ilia, because what small army wc have was scattered

in impotent -mall detachments here and there, and

because there were neither men. nor ammunition, nor

equipment for instant pursuit. Now that the pursuit

i» "ti. \meri»a mu«l be prepared, if necessary, to

pacify all Mexico and perhaps even to police the

country till orderly government can !>e established.

\\ e are d--ing lar more than chasing a bandit into the

mountains.

It i-> a very limited tlas» of people in this country

that want* war Most of u« admit war i* wrong.

Mo«t of u* know the strongest advocate* of war are

the munition manuia» turer>. who want to coin dollars

out of it.

At the s;inie time, what are we K"i"K do about

it in a peril"! of alnv-f universal warfare'

That i« the <«ue*tion that wc a* Xmericatt citizens

nut*! answer

That is the question that The Star tubmits to

those of it* reader* who have disagreed with this

paper's championship of the cause of national pre

paredness.

\\ i know thai defenselessness i* ri" bar against

aggression. .

We kn w there are dangers in preparedness

But we know al-> that there are greater dangers

in defenselessness.

When we get right down to rock bottom, this

preparedness i*«ue is the acid te*t to determine

whether the United Stale- i« a nation or ju«t a mas*

of short-sighted, wrangling, selfish localities. I*hi

test mu«t be met.

XV e are going to ha*c a military establishment.

There i* no doubt aU>ut it. Many of us don't like a

military establishment. Many of u* don't like to

carry fire insurance on a building. Hut there is no

way out a* long a* there arc fires

The idea that vast profit-seeking interests are at

the back of this military program will avail nothing.

Nor will the fact that there i* danger of this mili

tary program being used to terrorize the American

working da** be strong enough to block it.

The one fundamental fact stands out that the na

tion that proceed* in the «erene confidence that be

cause she never has been attacked *he never will be

is the nation most in danger.

If the system that make* all war* make* one

here, this nation will struggle as hard a* any other.

As long a- tlu-re are to be war*, there will be arma

ment A* long a* there i» to be armament the only

possible wisdom for this nation is to get an adequate

armament, and the best.

The argument of the pacificists who oppose pre

paredness the argument that the I'nited State- never

prepared for any war it has engaged in and there

fore should not begin to prepare now i* ridiculou*

In all our history we have not faced anything like

present condition*. 'Nor lia\e wc alone ever faced

and fought a first-class |nwer.

Every great general this country has produced

ha* complained of lack of men and shortage of ma

terial lie ha- been handicapped by the inefficiency

and the worthlessness of a great majority of Ins

troop due solely to their being untrained

\ll of our wars have been unnecessarily pro

longed, with a consequent heavier cost in life and

money, because we were never prepared for war

Had the North possessed KXI.OOO trained soldiers,

with adequate munition*, when l*ort Sumter was

fired upon, the entire history of the civil war would

have been changed It would have been a short war,

saving to the nation thousands of lives and millions

of dollars.

Adequate preparcdtie-s on the Mexican bonier

would have meant instant pur«ttit and probable cap

ture of Villa, and thus would have obviated an ex

pensive expedition and the possibility of a war with

all Mexico.

There is nothing in the idea that respect for the

opinion of the world will prevent one nation from

making an unprovoked attack on another. 1 here is

nothing in the idea that compliance with demand*-

and the desire to preserve peace i* any safeguard

against war Ihe European war has proved that.

There i- no security in the idea that link i» with

ti- and that we could get thru some way. There is

nothing in the Idea of the effectiveness of untrained

volunteers rising *o the defense of their country in

till 111 111 of its need Nullum; K"C' in warfare today

Th«* letter* at" not to he longer I

than 150 word*, and tinmen of

the neighbor* n«"-d not he men

tloned. The writer*, tho. should

rlgn their fill! name and address.

I'rof. Ktlmond S Meany,

North weal historian and one of

Ihf moat loved neighbors In til"

alatf, will Judge the Inst letter, i

SEATTLE. WASH. MONDAY, MARCH 27. 1916

Its writer will he awarded $10 by

The Star

The first mention of the plan

«na mnde Friday.

Already ii pile of letter* have

fflßf to The Star 'I hey all

radiate anrh genuine appreciation

if nil that In fine In Atnerl nn

him,ii life l hut vse nre going to

)>nt trained soldiers—and plenty of them.

Ni> quack measure* will du. There can be only

one kind of army an army made up of trained

soldier*. ,

If there is to lie a military establishment there

ran he only <>ne kind of military establishment. It

must not he an "industrial army" scheme a mili

tary establishment for the purpose of knowing how

to build macadam roads, or how to harvest the Kan

si* corn crop, or how to build Mississippi le\ees. or

how to repair motor trucks All that sort of knowl

edge it valuable, certainly, but it i» not the sort of

fundamental military knowledge nor the sort of funda

mental training that make* an army

Many person* arc trying to disguise this military

thing and put tbe dose in more palatable shape so

thev can swallow it I here t« no u->e dodging the

fait* as to what an army is, what it must be, and

what it will be. if it is to be an army at all.

Probably there is no such thing as an entirely

democratic army The only approach to democratic

idea* in an army i- in the Swiss system, thru the

fact that the officers come from the ranks If we are

to have an army, let lis fight for as many democratic

principle* •'<- nr «an get into that army, but let us

have the army.

Wc should not blind ourselves to facts, even if

they are unpleasant. There i< a party growing up

between believers in a military establishment ami its

opponents Ibis party cannot close its eyes to the

necessity of such an establishment But they do not

look at it squarely. \« a result, thev are advocating

compi tiiisc* ,md substitute* quack measures. None

of these plans should be seriously considered

The only way to prevent all these ne<essities

for a military establishment is to overturn the ex

isting system which cau*es war. I "litil it is over

turned we face, ill this country, the possibility of being

in the same position as a province, or a dependency,

of some strung military power Overturning tbe sys

tem that causes war is something entirely beyond

human power to accomplish, at present. Therefore,

if we are living in an age of war tare, as we are, it is

necessary either to submit entirely to any aggression

or to be prepared to resist.

l-tr*t, then, we must be prepared. Next, we mu*t

make our preparedness along the lines that will pre

vent making war profitable for munitions manufac

turers and others of their class. I'lie government

should manufacture the munitions. Hut even if this

is incapable of accomplishment, still we must be

prepared. Wc must get the tools, son,.- way.

If we, ;»s a people, are to continue to strive for

and advocate the things in which we believe the

thing* that mean human progress and human rights

we have got to have a country in which we can ad

vocate them and in wh can strike for them.

The richer the n stronger its defense

must be This nati' ' itest and richest, mu*t

have the greatest, an l ,t of protective weapons.

I TWO THIEVES STOLE I

Li Miss Ellieotfs Inheritance m

..r. ■

How Did /

II Back

9 = £

THE GIRL

nr() / I.XI) the answer, begin reading

* "One Million Francs,'' the complete

novel which appears in six consecutive

helpings, beginning on page 4 of The

Star today.

share with you tln* flint answer

Hint lame thru the mulls

Here It is;

Editor of The Star: I cannot

speak In the singular of neighbor,

for It must be of neighbors.

Like one laige family, clotely

united, in *ic<ne»*. health, pov

crty or wc.lth, you may depend

one cent

upon them, for never yet have I

known them to fail each other.

Alway* ready with loving hand*

to comfort the *lck, rejoice with

you in health, to aid you lovingly

and willingly when pore In need

of help, and not afraid to extend

a hearty handahake when fortune

f.ivors you.

LAST EDITION

Weatherman Salisbury can't seem to under

stand that it's time, now, to forget this chilly

business, and give us some spring For in

stance, his forecast today is "Generally fair to

night and Tuesday. WITH A LIGHT FROST

TONIGHT." Can't you warm things up a bit.

George?

WASHINGTON

ALARMED AT

THE OUTLOOK

By Robert J. Bender

WASHINGTON, March 27.—Diplomatic relation*

with Germany will probably be broken off if the gov

ernment finds that a German submarine torpedoed the

Sussex, high administration officials said today:

"The president is awaiting facts," announced the

White House. "President Wilson has asked the state

department to rush the work of gathering official re

ports. He conferred with Secretary Lansing by tele

phone today."

A fragment of bronie. such

as Is used In German torpe

does. was found in the wreck

age of the Sussex, according to

Information received here

It Is also known that a Ger

man submarine was operating

near where the Sussex ex

plosion occurred.

The state cepartment's view

is that If It is established a

submarine was responsible,

there will be no need to in

quire as to its nationality, as

neither Turkish nor Austrian

undersea boats operats in the

English channel.

The White House holds the

same view.

However, drastic steos will

await replies to requests for

further information which have

been forwarded to American

representatives.

Alt circles regard the situa

tion at most grave.

■Tirst reportt are always the

worst." said Senator Stone.

"We are still hoping that dan.

ger of a break may be cleared

away."

It has been known for weeks

that President Wilson has

been Informed that unques

tionably if he severs diplomat

ic relations, the kaiser might

declare war on the U. S

No Americans Lost

in Attack on Sussex,

Report of Embassy

BY CHAS. P. STEWART

United Prett Staff Correspondent

LONDON, March 27.—Several

Americant were injured when

a terrific explosion damaged

the British ateamer Suttex, in

the English channel, but no

United Statet citlient were

lott. the American embatty an

nounced today.

Mitt Calliope Fennell of

New York, reported killed, hat

been located in Paris. The an

nouncement confirmed the re

port that Elizabeth Baldwin

and her parents, of Philadel

phia. had been laved. They are

at Boulogne.

Twehe bodies of passengers and

sailors have been recovered. Sev

enty persons are still missing

Itoth the I'nlted States embassy

and the Prttlsh admiralty are con

tinuing their Investigations. The

French admiralty Is i>osillve the

Sussex was torpedoed.

A majority of the survivors say

ihe explosion was caused by a sub

marine attai k.

I .on don papers are in accord that

the Sussev was torpedoed, and are

speculating as to the action of the |

I'nlted Stalet.

U.S.TROOPS IN PERIL

Communication Problem Threatens

SAN ANTONIO, March 27.—

Altho Gen. Funston will not

affirm or deny reports of Car

ranzlstas openly aiding Villa,

army headquarters gave out an

Impression today that the situa

tion is graver.

Communication lines of the

advanced troops are described

by Funston as "pitifully

weak," and becoming a menace

to the expedition.

The problem of supplying the

\merloniih la n<utr Permission to

one Mexican rallrnnds is h \it»l

Your sorrow* become their Bor

row*: your happlne** their hap

Dine**.

My new home call* me to an

other town, and I am going there

with a firm determination of find

ing "heart* of gold" amongat my

new neighbors, as I know I am

leavino heie to the one who

BERLIN. March 27—Report*

that the Sussex was subma

rlned were generally disbe

lieved here today. The ad

miralty. however, hat not yet

denied the charge. Teuton

submarines operating off the

French coaat probably will not

return for day*. In the mean

time officials hoped neutrals

would not base their opinions

of the disaster on allied ver

sions of it.

The Chronicle sa d' "Obviouely

no more direct challenge wat ever

handed another nation than Ger.

many hat launched toward the

United State*. Whether the United

States picks it up or lets it lie, all

belligerents will know with a clear

nest hitherto lacking jutt where

the greatett neutral ttands."

Duplication of Mirvlvor*' list n

made It prohah'e ti ilav that the toll

of life lout might he more than 100.

George Crocker In the only Amer

ican mirvlvor at lk>ver rei>orted In

a serious condition. The others

suffered from shock.

TORPEDO «*YS VERDICT

DOVER. Eng.. March 27 — The

channel stemier Sussex

struck hy an enemy torpedo." ac

cording to the coroner's jurv \er

diet alter an Inquest on the bodies

of victims brought here

HE'S GRANDPA AGAIN

PHII.ADKI.PHIA. March L'T. Mr.

and Mrs. Francis Howes Sayre.

damhter and son-in-law of Presi

dent Wilson, were made the proud

parents of a second child by the

hlrth of a daughter yesterday. Con

gratulations were wired by i'lcsi

dent Wilson.

Mother and child are doing well,

TO COST $9,000,000?

WASHINGTON". March IT. Sec

retary Maker Saturday, in a state

ment before the house appropria

tions committee, urged an im

mediate appropriation of $!'.ooo.iiii'>

to meet the expenses of the chase

after Villa.

GEN. OTIS IMPROVES

I .OS ANGELES. March 2". — Phy

sicians attending Gen. Harrison

(!rev Otis, iditor and general man

ager of the l,os Angeles Times, re

port his condition as greatly im

proved Otis has been suffering

from n mild attack of pneumonia.

issue.

Funston emphatically denied that

VIIIh had escaped southward thru

llii- rHuKs of Americans, who used

the Mexico Northwestern railroad

lo net behind him.

lie declared VIIIh broke thru the

the Carratua lines thru the Ualiii

cora reslon.

That government action with re

anrd to lining the railroad* is Immi

nent 1* Indicated by dispatches

stating automobile trucks with

loads of fla'tg'd wheels have start

ed for the front.

come* to fill my place among

them.

Such do I find my neighbors

Rr*pectfully,

MRS. JOHN M. YOUNG.

8933 Seventh ave N. W.

Write and tell im some of the

Rood thins* about. VOl It iu'i.,li

bor.