The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 3, 1916, Page 1

When the Brown Man Comes Without Warning’ AST Friday The Star called attention to the realness of the L Japanese menace to our national safety in our present state of unpreparedness, and urged a specific remedy—better coast defenses That this problem Is challenging the attention of the East, as well as of the West, and that it is no jingolst bugaboo, is indicated by the appearance In the New York Tribune of an article headed, “When the Brown Man Comes Without Warning,” in which a similar message is voleed. The Tribune accompanies ite article with a statement that i accuracy “Is vouched for by a ranking officer in the United Stat army and a ranking officer in the United States navy.” It says: It Is assumed that we could send our Atlantic fleet, or a portion of it, thru the Panama canal around South America in time to decide a naval war with Japan. It is very questionable if the patriotic Japa- nese living in the Panama canal zone would allow our ships to pass thru the canal when it is possible to prevent them doing so. A small amount of dynamite could create such a slide—even before we should have knowledge of the contemplated innocent Japanese naval maneu- ver—that the canal would be blocked for months. If we attempt to send our Atlantic fleet around Cape Horn those battleships must be accompanied by supply ships. Even tho we have fighting make 21 knots, the fleet together. It could travel no faster lo separate it Pacific at a time And ‘even if Inited State The national debt per and that of the lt The cost of feeding 4 twelfth of the cost of feeding American. The feeding cost of an American soldier i cents a day, that of a Japanese two cents And the Japanese sacrifice ountry Japanese merchants and mer gladly pay large in of the army and navy than the slowest ship | to allow a few ships to enter would be the height of folly. all were kept together, the fleeter ships of the Japanese navy could speed in to the advance column, destroy the vanguard and retreat iin; and our ships would be unable follow because of their slower speed. nited State the to is common knowledge to the world that @ policy of Japan is always to strike quickly and without warning. Without doubt, her warships will be brought together in such a way as to allay suspicion, osten- sibly for a maneuver; and will be half way across the Pacific before we shall have the slightest inkling of the fact that Japan is planning an immediate attack. SHAKESPEARE! Notice the flags and bunting about the _city hall? That’s because the boys up there are old tilikums of Bill Shakespeare. They admit it to a Star man. See page 5. What chances have we in our present state of prepa With wonderful business sagacity we assert that Japan cannot afford another war. This is the greatest of all fallacies. The Balkan states are probably the poorest states In the world Yet Montenegro and Serbia have been able to play a remark able part in three wars within five years. . It is true that the Japanese national debt is one- eighth their entire wealth, but their national debt per capita is less than the per capita debt of the ingly and support The Japanese are a marvelous, courageous, ious, proud people. They may be slightly smaller in body than we, but equipment, ability and endurance count today in war, not stature. The Seattle Star 3.20" : THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS VOLUME 19 WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1916. ONE. CENT ambi vessels that can would have to be held Since Erastus Brainerd’s willing to go to Chicago as a republican delegate, he has caused a certain flip-flopper in national politics serious loss of sleep. But Salisbury says: “Fair tonight and Thursday.” OX TRAINS AND NEW Congress Takes Up Manly’ s Income Tax Dodging Charges INQUIRY OF EVASIONS BY Alc aT AN) ‘PRESIDENT’ OF |U. $. TROOPS TO Be ’Em Sue,” Exclaims Mayor, After His Police Wrecking Crew Smashes Drug FRELAND KILLED, STAY INMEXIGO ‘tore; Says He'll Stand Behind His Chief One Other Are Ex- Reach Agreement in Con- ecuted ference SECY. BIRRELL QUITS|U. S. TO USE RAILROAD BY E. T. CONKLE AVERAGE WAGE OF WORKING MAN IS GIVEN BIG BOOST ' Pay Increases Thruout Nation Ef- fective. May.1. Total..$5,368,872! Monthly; Half Million Men Affect-| ed by Strikes at Same Time. NEW YORK, May 3.—Mr. American Laboring Man fs starting the month of May drawing down a daily increase in wages of $204,616. Statistics gathered by the United Press today show that wage In- creases affecting 692,500 workers, and totaling $5,368,872 monthly or 904,423,464 a year, went Into effect May 1. # At the same time, strikes, lockouts and labor troubles, impending _ er in force, will affect 508,100 workers. Foremost in the wage increases which became effective May 1 were those granted by the United States Steel Corporation——250,000 men, at & monthly increase in the payroll of $1,660,000, a further boost to the Bethlehem Steel Co. employes affecting 24,000 men and adding $170,000 to the monthly payroll; Pittsburg district coal miners, 40,000 men, boost- ing the monthly pay roll $215,000. The eight-hour day is the rock upon which the workers and em- ployers have split {n most of the impending or pending strikes. The crisis in the demand of 175.000 anthracite coal miners asking Tecognition of the unfon may come t week A lockout is momentarily expected in the closed shop dispute of New York cloak makers, affecting 200,000 workers Muntioins work in and around Pittsburg, including those in the Westinghouse plant, are planning to force an eight-hour day, possibly by a strike which would involve at least 70,000. In the Western mine centers wages have been boosted again. Min- @fs are 80 scarce in the Telluride district of Colorado that the authort- ties are appealing for help. EL PASO, May 3.-—-American troops are to remain In Mexico according to an agr ment reached by War Mini Alvaro Obregon and Gen. Hugh Scott, chief of staff of the Unit army, after a confer ng The agreement was reached at midnight. jen, Funston, elim the conference, stro’ lobby during the m: Funston was rep clashed with Obregon first conference. Can Use Railroad ranted permission to have full use of orthw rm RR yerate ax full Pershing stated re. the government has been cheated out of $320,000,008 annually on the income tax, hae drawn the attention of congress. Manly'¢ articies will cont! in The Star for some time. They show conclu- | sively how many multi-m as other rich men, abled to make false repor comes with impunity, because ‘stem the light of publicity te {nated ‘| uit from Ee * 4 # the be rted to durin have the & for Obregon the expedit |the Mexican and promised to as is possible with Gen and his forces, it was | ably. In-return Scott is ported to have set on the presence Chihuahua, Scott's concessions are definitely known, however. It is belleved the war department will shortly give out the program | agreed upon | The conclusions of the conferees will not be effective, however, until | This is how the Interior of the Stewart Street pharmacy they are ratified by the American |tice had got thru wrecking the place. Show case! WASHINGTON, May McAdoo is furnish con- statement $320,- being annually m the treas- income tax frauds sions, 3 directed gress showing 000,000 i withheld Secretary to with a unofficially re-| a 60-day Mmit in| whether of troops fro not ury by and eva in a resolu- tion offered today by Rep. Keating of Colorado. McAdoo asked he has not recommended looked Wednesday morning after the po- is why shelving, and eoda fountain fixtures crumbied before UPWARD TENDENCY OF WAGES NOW BEING FELT IN SEATTLE Wage increases have been given the laboring men who have gone| from Seattle to work in the lumber camps and on the farms of the Pa eific Northwest Altho many of the industrial workers have not yet received in-| Creates in their pay, great numbers have been added to pay rolls The shingle weavers and water front workers are so confident that | the day for increases has arrived that they are bringing pressure to bear upon thelr employers The foliowing tabl shows increases which have already been be- stowed by employers are now In effect: Wages One Month Class of Work— Ago. Agricultura! jaborers . see+++s825 a month (These wages are paid In addition to board.) Lumber camp laborers . $2 a day Fallers $3 a day... Buckers $2.75 a day. Raliroad truckers 15¢ an hour The figures were estimated by W. D. fomm{asioner. Because several mont Present period of prospe Coast, according to Jam Wages Today. . $2.50 » day - $3.25-$3.50 a day $3.00 a day .20¢ an hour Lyman, assistant city labor are required for the full measure of the to sweep from the Kast to the Pacific Duncan, secretary of the Central Labor coun cil, union workers have not yet received wage increases, Conditions are rapidly adjusting themselves, he says, but are not Augustine Birrell LONDON, May Announe ment that P. H, Pearce, James Connolly and one other Irish rebel leader had been executed was made by Premier Asquith in the house of commons to- day just a moment after the resignation of Augustine Bir- rell, chief secretary for Ire- land, had been made public Asquith stated that the three men shot to death by a firing squad had signed the proclamation announcing the establishment of an Irish re public. This statement eliminated the possibility of Sir Roger Casement being the third man killed, as his name was not at- tached to the proclamation, The awiftness of the govern- ment’s action was a surprise, There had been no previous announce- Yet normal in some classes of work. Manufacturers are employing 15,761 men and women in Seattle, etclusive of the building t | Tt is estimated the spend approximately $13,624,000 in wages Guring 1916 | The ir an dustry is devel b and bounds. The F ‘oast St is employing 8¢ Youngstown 4nd work with a monthly 5 roll of more than $75,000 eet ct | a 45,000 MUNITION WORKERS ON STRIKE IN PITTSBURG PITTSBURG, May 3. Keo'e Rocks, five thousand munitions A general walkout of 12,000 | Ors are on strike here tod there before night is in pros. The First cavairy reached pect, unless the management im fers of yesterday's riot at closes its plant before that time Martial law has not been de- clared, but it is virtually in ef- fect ving eap men at Forty work y struck | same time several employes of the ei Car plant, at Mo- | by ment of a court-martial Pirrell’s resignation had been ex | pected abinet newspa He was forced from the heavy fire from the pers and public It is understood the re of Gen, Friend and t tary Nathan will follow All rebels are being great rapidity It ls believed who fought In leniently treated PARLIAMENT GETS CONSCRIPTION BILL LONDON, May Premier Asquith today introduced in the house of commons the govern ment’s bill providing for gen eral compulsory military serv- Ice. ignations ler Secre tried with that the the ranks will be rebels | and Mexican governments EARLY CLEANUP OF | MEXICO IN SIGHT | | BY CARL D. GROAT U. P. Staff Correspondent | An ear-| ly termination campaign in Mexico is what th © Scott-Obr gon meeting means, It is believed | here today | Hampered heretofore by the ne lcessity of maintaining strong com- | munication lines {n almost parallel | rows, Gen, Pershing has not had| |the free rein desired | | ‘The use of the Mexican North-| western railroad granted by War| Minister Obregon means that ft will be utilized by troops in trail ing Villistas The only thing remaining is Car ranza’s O. K iis, {t In belleved, will be given agreement for an established base at Colonia Dublan means the | | present base will be moved north | ward eight miles. | In effect, this agreement is what Gen. Scott's original orders sought | Americans will patrol Northern | {Mexico while Carranzistas chase the Villistas southward. A short, quick cleanup is {n prospect PASTORS PROTEST | BATHING PARADE | SANTA MONICA, May 3.— Ministers of the Bay district will meet here today to con sider a protest againat the an. nual “bathing girlie’ parade next Sunday at Venice under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce and Venice trustees. T, R. CLUB TO MEET elt in Ar will sp will Vomen's Rooseyv aturday at 3 p, t James A. Haight | Madame Grace ‘Men and women invited, meets all uk ising. | ude Towers the fire axes In the hands of the blindpig raiders, * + # BF Mayor Gill will enter the | “Men in the ¢ ring against bootleggers and dered to } defend in court the action of | place, how the police in breaking up booze Last nig an and fixtures in drug stores mobile out in led He made the announcement eer, and two barrels in the store Wednesday, after he had learn. that ed that attorneys for the Stew. | “ed « art Street pharmacy, wrecked by the police Tuesday night, were preparing to sue for dam ages. “There are going to be a lot more drug stores broken up as long as they are a public nui- sance,” said the mayor, “I'm going to be Chief Beckingham's legal adviser, The best way for a druggist to keep his fix tures intact is to obey the law.” Orders from Mayor Gill to Chief Becckingham, and from the chief to his blindpig detail, were carried out Tues day night when the fixtures and stock of the Stewart Street pharmacy were broken into a million pieces. With axes borrowed from the fire department, five men, who went thru glass show ca shelving, and soda fountain fix- tures, mede Carrie Nation look like a piker their fa * ® } ‘artment were or | watching the auto with ad evident ust whisk been emp been boot since the first year, We weren't going to sm come in here and make n joke of this law Says Fixtures Were Sold orge FP. Vanderveer, who hrs been attorney for the Billingsley brothers, immediately announced after the wrecking, that a bill of ale had been made out to W. M Hazlett for the fixtures April 13 Hazlett says he will the city for damages. He claims amount to $ The consider ale of the been $850 Hazlett lives at 1918 Fourth ave. and came to Seattle a few months ago from Aberdeen. At one time HE WAS ASLEEP! Why y boldly { the let the an oF sue that the damages ation in the alleged fixtures is said to have final pla n dealin brothe and store, which has! Lord with bootlegging arly every week the | tirw nt of the year Promised He Wouldn't “Chea “IT gave them every chance t world to be on the squa id Chief Beckingham place a week ago. of trick b Then 1 place » po ung Eden the ng le 1, Se of the First f the Admiralty, the day of his wedding Why ery think he had committed suicide taking poison Furthermore, did his fiancee, a true British patriot, sell me of fortifica tion te Phe 1 all orite drug nnected asleey asleep een on did ¢ one by with We | and ling an why me. rade uncovere plac Bini lan we leared up t DOC Ib down to hend talk. | TOR not! The St Street store. | 4 The way he said {t gave me rea son to believe him. Anyway thought I'd give him the chance. quar He promi cheat’ at the ould ur beginnin wart y,) Youlwek-thik $1:50 ‘poon by E. W. Hornung| Star for six cents. novel rhe lar in * to the president that all income tax returns be made public in order that fraud may be checked. Keating said he based his resolw tion on charges made by Basil M. anly. former chief investigator of Industrial Relations commis- sion * he lived says, he brothers. They ran drug stores there Charge Wholesale Traffic at they claim is an ex of Nquor wholesal by bold bootlegs Manly, in a published statement, > many new drug|declared that more than $400,000,- established by }000 should be received annually in- into the|stead of $80,000,000 actually new dry | collected | The resolution lice raided a drug store at | $15,000,000,000 5 First ave, T night, and, after finding whisky and beer, ar rested J. A. Albert. He was ar-| $3,000 rested and rele $150 bail, | more $ BRAINERD ENTERS | CONVENTION FIGHT rec - * * in Oklahoma, knew olice p wh tem cit jonals who ¢ state to try and bea t the asks was paid and salaries during 1914, to whether in wages $500,000,- men receiving more whether than —$800,000,000 yearly the $8,000 exemption ts re- as income from fees; wheth- ),000,000 ts received as income ownership of property and conduct of business above the 0 exemp whether incomes d by persons subject to in- come tax total $20,866,000 and | whether, with all proper dedue- tions, the figure should be $14,500, ased on fon et Throwing his het into. the ring for a place on the Washington del to the republican conven tion as a delogate-at-large, Hrastus Brainerd Wednesday created a fu-| In f excitement among repub- lican politicians Brainerd entry a definit Bone, ite-at egation introducing his ating said You may resolution, rore ¢ Ke discount Manly's race |charges 50 per cent and still have to}a sum make 1 other to be | frauds heretofore pe ated seem insignificant Three hundred dollars ),000 into the oppositi which ure con We Bone 1 democrat As the rey cted to go nonpartisanship, from democracy will be him by party The ght 1s to come off at North Yakima Saturda wa and twenty mil represents the income wor ho have IZZY KAUFMAN WILL NOT REMAIN HERE Kau He ot 6 labored every lican convention is on record Bone flip-flop | to republicanism used as argument against the strong partisans of i ingme day in the exp agatnst | Pitcher fror obtained baseball ner, will 3 Izy ° ° 5 WATER SHUT ORF NOTICE Water off on Orca t f d Ss. te nee t 46 and in the district and Junea Rainier ave. to 48th Thursday, May 4, to 5 p.m ¥ ' league D m go for a cash conside a trade Cy Neighbors, outfiel who tha signed by Seatt! arrived in town this morning vetween Orcas st un 1 let 1 t., from ation o ave, So. from 9 a p won m. veen