The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 19, 1917, Page 1

PLAYING WITH FIRE .. -. LL" US have no gunmen in Seattle! The Because these men owe their jobs and their allegiance to private concerns, and cannot, by any stretch of the imagination, be presumed to be unprejudiced worst element of danger in the strike situae in their police duties, The Star advises Mayor Gill to rescind their police powers at once. tion today is the presence of armed men, It may cost the taxpayers several thousand dollars for the appointment of spe- clothed with police powers who are on the cial policemen who will owe their ENTIRE allegiance to the city, but it will be 9 worth it. payroll of the private companies which have It may be the means of preventing unnecessary bloodshed. Certainly, there will be less likelihood of pulling the trigger unnecessarily. picked them for duty. Seattle was narrowly saved calamitous results when an armed guard on an With these men serving as special police- express wagon fired into a crowd Tuesday afternoon and wounded two men who were not even involved in the strike. It was narrowly saved from the horrors of men, the city sits on top of a smoldering vol. bloodshed and murder when armed guards yesterday afternoon pressed guns to cano the heads of several men. , One hundred men have been named by the express companies and 75 men by Men with police powers must be directly an- the traction company to act as special guards. They have been furnished with guns, and, during the strike, police authority has been conferred upon them by the swerable to the police department. e It is play- ing with fire to permit any other situation. The Seattle Star | Detetaatettsisssiosssscssssssississtssssesicsltssssssssectsessss. LAST EDITION # DO YOUR BIT Everyone is expected to do his or her bit in this psrtissstsssissisy S Might as well smile while you walk; you have to walk, anyway, good weather for it. Fair tonight and Friday. crisis. You autoists can help by bringing a load ee eee reenine: | GREATEST DAILY ¢ CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN “PACIFIC NORTHWEST } VOLUME 19 ERMANS TRY TO SZKE.0955¥-7 BOTHER, HER COMPANY HASN'T MEN YET ‘AL D.R. FRANCIS, 4 TO ATTEMPT TO RUN CAR \scheduled in superior court, for a receivership of the traction c pany, the request of: James Duncan, of the Seattle 'tral Labor council, to umion men that they urge a Fre-= By United Pree Leased Wire Direct to The Star ceiver for the Ta coain Traction company, and the failure of the. Nae is ce Mie Bg ttl oom company here to obtain sufficient strikebreakers to operate cars American Ambassador David was re dispatch received by the Exchange Telegraph cor SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1917. ONE CENT - | ver the kill were the outstanding features of the car strike Thursday. The resolution of the city council passed late Wednesd ted in a pany from r a oa favoring a receivership of the company, greatly complicated ) detained. situation, according to Duncan. Whether the reference to Francis being “en route home”| | “This is a strike of Tacoma and Seattle employes of the refers to his having been on his Petrograd from| ? |Sound Traction, Light & Power Co.,” he said Thursday. some point in Russia or en route to the United States, is] { Z « ™ 'want to make peace jointly, and the appointment of a receiver ‘ Rot > patete A gl see 1 Rebeiee ia se will make it difficult for us to settle the Tacoma end of the strike. P dsid Sweden. 1 er Vyatka the pr A 4 For this reason, I have asked Tacoma union men to start a move- ] i ee name, in tie exstern part fully 700 y 4 ment to place the Tacoma branch of the company in the same po- eeeerant fr hoe - sition as that of the Seattle branch. “This will make a joint settlement, in ithe event both applica- tions for receivership are granted, easier.” ¢ Caldwell fe in!the oc ny.” President A. W.|is not taken to kindly by either side, rnative writ of Leonard declined to discuss the| “The company is willing to arbie ted by Judge city’s move. trate, but not to submit to arbitra. will either The suggestion of President A. J. tion by an organization,” said Leon= n 24 hours, or Rhodes, of the Chamber of Com Contin lly ap e and Commercial Club, that Conte lifferences be- —_ —— and its em ge _ Bx by the King ADVERTISING MANAGER'S riotic service DAILY TALK | SEATTLE TO KNOW DRAFT RESULT BY NOON ON FRIDAY BY WEBB MILLER espondent WASHINGTON, ‘July 19.—At 9:30 a. m. in room 226 of the senate _building,| mate a cencnchine iver will t po! Miss Mytilene Dougherty, of 2156 Sixth ave. W., and (below) Rhodes’ Suggestion Spurned a snapshot taken of her on her way downtown yesterday on roller p00" SUGGES ION Uline ne skates was no reason [ a receivership of Miss Mytilene Dougherty, of 2156 Sixth ave. W., should worry . , over the strike! Yenterday Mis gherty wanted to go downtown to a picture show. There w no cars running. Jitney drivers do not frequent 4 the top of Queen Anne hill, where Miss Doughtery lives. She was Bargain Fri lay simply bound to see that picture show A boy next door ¢ a pair of roller skates. Miss Dougherty Tomorrow will be right up to the borrowed them. And skated all the way downtown HEN LAB high standard which has been set “TL caused a lot of attention,” rts Miss Dougherty, “on the way oF wins 8 best stores. Full news n wy . America’s great lottery to determine the or-| der in which her men are to respond to saad BD taown. I caught an auto home, so didn’t have to kate up the till oday'’s Star, of course— ee ce on PROBE OF EXPRESS CO, GUARDS. ss:siriussc- rg “<rhis announcement. was made questions, Owing to the demand CITY AND RENTON LINES MAY i] Bartel A Doe Biocon rae e capitol ortly afte for quiet while the drawings are| i ‘ i th TT eeace, follow nea ¥ ate mited number of Orders authorizing the ap the mayor Investigate the char. Movie News and Ads. . Page i, ca tol by Provost sha p will b wed within the pointment of 25 extra perma |! acters of the special policemen Woodhouse-¢ unbaum, Page General Crowder. Room sociation wires nent policemen to go on the who are employed as guards by =, ‘The Rhod os Teich the fateful event is » connected up outside the} 1 city payroll and to work under the express companies in the Fraser Paterson Co Page be nittee chamber A the direction of Chief of Po strike now being conducted by Frederick & Nelson... Page Prager or ede At Numbers Transfers between Division A out, almost continuous service lice Beckingham were issued the express drivers. Bon Marche ...,... " edd hy ni je { With arrangements being whip. | of the municipal line and the ake petk semanas Ss | Hy pyr val Thurasay pers Approximately 100 special | p. §.—There’s an ad about n. Crowde ng, followin: i | : . : weaker and ores. ester pert pied ein ren ae rb pieced Tacoma, Renton & Southern thru the heart of the city will ainde th the Gusinas oootion of | SUArge: perned: by the express | Indianola Beach summer homes play ene au ven on s ie argent dle 2 Rawr a line may be issued during the be possible. The two lines the city Wednesday as are | ean hoe Ly olibelog Ri hes a page 4 ty vie might find sposed o deta . o rr J \@ or a | id of considerable interest thes drawing are now complete, numbers at this time, so that there strike, Chairman Oliver T eye at Fourth ave, and Pine sult of the strike situation. mayor, with full | police pow ceca € hese announcem i ay be no doubt in the mind of Erickson, of the council public | The new patrolmen wd dt ere, They ‘have been used ) numbers, man as to how soon he may| # utilities committee, Thursday pointed from a list of 31 e ial. | In protesting: the atelvenreans | —— and who » to respond to the colors Sed. | afternoon took the matter up A queer sort of butter Is obtained| bles certified by the city civi ing drivers on the wagons (rye FASTEST Fy 7 r eflection wi - 3 R. & S. officials and, if in Trinidad, where cows and cream| service commission. | | GROWING PAPER ficial tal : A moment's reflection will with §. R. 1 followed a | against attacks by members of IN THE NORTHWEST: that the whole 10,000,000 @| possible, a working agreement are scarce ‘ Tl ls butter is the ' Tih, aetlon, alae ste) levied sa the: UNIen, cand taba: Under she Mean th inde - “- ” "bd i] be formed. own fat of a bird called the| demand by the | paneer ne (Continued on page 0) Berar Sree ANT ae “if the plan can be worked hare | Council Wednesday night that (Continued on Page 10) 1 is a pore dioneed Mii! eT CON RN esa SG A MEMO eh ac IS SS SEL Rh ie ee ee ee [i ) ee ee : ? rying to h :) J « Ss y Se . } When, where and how will drawings be conducted to)numbers? What is Washington’s quota of men? jtrying to get the cantonments built for use by esl ' di hi h der select service? These numbers are now posted according to exemption Seven thousand two hundred and ninety-six Who will pass on the questions of exemptions? <sia-sicopgiaad what men will be first chosen under | dieteiet main. lobby of the county-city building Will the number of men who have volunteered be sub- Exemption boards named for each district based upon The drav ll begin Friday morning. Numt "| Co these saad vour number |tracted from quotas announced by the war department for) one board for each 30,000 population Il be drawn, one at a time, until 1 How i is it possible to learn who has been drawn and the | each state? How many will Seattle have to supply for the first f all registered men have been drawn. Men will be called order in which they have been drawn? No, they already have been subtracted by the war de-| select service army? ; » the colors in the order in which numbers are drawn Name nd numbers of those drawn will be posted in| partment The estimate for Seattle is 1,747; for all of Ning county, What is a serial number? the county-city building “Th ey have learned their How many men are wanted for the first select service including Seattle, 2,146. : It is t “ umber put t 1 erial numbers in advance can learn the order in which they |army? How many men will be called before exemption boards each diste 1 ha ' ect ely will be called by watching the newspapers, which will pub Six hundred and ecighty-seven thousand before Seattle's quota is filled : from one up to the highest number of cards in each h the numbers as they are drawn on the day of the draw When will those accepted be sent to army cantonments? lhe estimate is 3,494, on the basis that only 1 per cent Probably not until October, altho the government. is {Continued on Page 7.) saps can Seattle and King county men learn their serial ing AAARAR AAD ADAP PLP PIPL LD PLD DPR PP DEPP PPP PLS “THOSE LETTERS, 'P. S. 1, L & P,,’ ON MY CAP,” SAID A STRIKING CAR CONDUCTOR TODAY, “STAND FOR: ‘POOR SHOW TO LIVE AND PROSPER’” qoneamandaiingi,....