The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 10, 1918, Page 1

FREEDOM FOR ALL FOREVER, VOLUME 19 UNITED AS FIG - RNINGS ASKED DN INVESTMENT INOT MADE HERE Consumer to Pay War Tax if Company’s Plan Wins Out /EXPERTS ON THE STAND ‘That the Aeattle Lighting Co. profits to pay | ili il is ij li He z | | | } | | 7 i i i F a £ ? i 3 i f i : ; | the company ith a 10-cent-per. fan rate increase, users each a 25. @ 15-cent-per- increase. is asking § per) leged investments | 000,000 for paving pany paid noth. and which it “does not deserve to element of value in a rate abe ful arbor ae &® by-product overlooked, which is demanding high prices today The public service commissioners and the gas attorneys, were plainly confused by the testimony of the city’s expert. Dr. Bemis was preceded by An- @rew Sangster, expert accountant, sent here by him to direct a survey | of the company’s books. The fig-| ures produced by Sangster were the | basis for many of Dr. Bemis’ thrusts at the company’s demands. He pointed out how, instead of actually paving, as the books had shown, the company, in reality, laid maina before paving was set down and then entered cost of paving at $1,569,000, which it never paid for, as part of its Seattle investment. | The gas company lin (Continued on page 5) FULL LEASED WIR § HRVICH PRESS ASSOCIATIONS Capture German Dyes Hailed as Great Victory LONDON, Jan, 10.“"The moet tm portant event in the economic war” is what the Dally Mail today called the capture from the Germans of 257 ret recipes for rman dyes, which had been offered the govern ment The formulae, it was stated. will “shatter the German dye mo- nopoly." According to the Mail, British agents have been working for two years to get the formulae. ‘SUFFRAGE BILL | ™***: IS DUE FOR VOTE IN HOUSE TODAY With President’s Recom- mendation for Favorable Action, Passage Is Assured LEADERS ARE JUBILANT BY L. C. MARTIN United Press Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 10—A woman — Jeanette Rankin— Pleading the cause of equal rights for her sex as a war measure, today began the debate In the house, expected to result in passage before night of the suffrage amendment te the con- stitution. Cheered by hundreds of women, who packed the galleries, and ap plauded by enthustaste on the floor, Ming Rankin proceeded tn a calm, clear voice, and declared that votes against suffrage would lead the world to challenge America’s creed of democracy. Hers was the first speech of a de date which promises to continue un aép m It was preceeded by one of the most unusual scenes tn the house chamber's history. “How can we explain to the world,” she asked, “If the congress that voted to make the world safe for democracy, refuses to give this small measure of democracy to the women of the country? Need Woman's Energy “Today, as never before, the na tion needs its women—needs the work of their hands and their hearts and their minds. Their energy must be utilized In the most effective ser. vice they can give. Are we going to refuse these women the oppor tunity to serve in the face of their pleas—in the face of the nation’s great need?” Representative Meeker was the re publican leader for the “antis,” and Representative Clark led the demo- cratic opposttion. Gordon made a bitter attack on the amendment, declaring it was treason to representative govern- ment, and every man who votes for it should “blush for his vote.” With President Wilson supporting the s@ffrage ranks and republicans | almost solid, it if expected to get the necessary two-thirds vote. Already +} the battle to carry the senate has |. | been started by the suffragists. They will press for on immediate vote in the upper branch, and expect a com- plete victory within two months. Suffrage leaders, happy today at the sudden and tremendous impetus given their movement, predicted rati fication of the amendment by all the states by 1920. In 12 states they al ready have full suffrage, and in five enjoy partial suffrage. A complete suffrage victory would mark the second great constitutional acnendment brought about by the war. Prohibition came ax a war measure. Then the women of the country won the right to démand equal rights with the men. They brought from President Wilson, at a psycholigical moment, tion that democrats in of “justice and right.” / PORTER HELD ON CHARGE OF % souned of slashing Fannie W1l- Mama, 21, colored, about the face and | thruat with a razor, Joe Jennings, 32, colored, was arrested Thursday | orning and placed in the city jail hee charge of assault. nings, who is a porter in a bar-! shop in the Seattle hotel build. | |ton st. GIRL WITH RAZOR ing, quarreled with the Williams |girl, witnessem say, at her residence, and then attacked) 1213 Weller st., her with the razor. He ran from the butiding and was arrested at 12th ave. and Washing Gay. Mildred Smith, colored, ed the man out to the police point 10 MEET AT BREST-LATOVSK COPENHAGEN, dan. 10— Peace negotiations at Brest Litovsk will be resumed Wed- nesday, according to the Cologne Gasette todas. ! TO MEET AT STOCKHOLM PETROGRAD, Jan. 10.—Brest- TAtovak telegrams today reported indications of a satisfactory con- clusion being reached as to trans- fer of peace negotiations to neu- tral soll, presumably Stockholm. the declara- | congress | ed up its |8hould vote for suffrage on grounds) | ACCORDING TO REPORTS| by Policemen Follerich and | * *& & "BAKER SAYS U.S. ARMY BROKE ALL SPEED RECORDS Grew From Handful to Mil- lion and a Half in Few Months NO APOLOGIES WASHINGTON, Jan, 10—No army of similar size in the his tory of the world has ever been raised, equipped or trained so quickly as the present American army, Secretary Baker today told the senate military probers investigating his department Pointing to the fact thi nine months all branches army have grown from 9, ficers to 110,866 from 202,510 men to 1, men, he answered his critics with a broad outline of work ac- complished—a work which he held showed “splendid effective ness of the American people.” American accomplishments, he said, are such as to depress Ger man morale, “when the Germans realize that the American democ- racy has neither blundered nor hesitated, but has actually brought the full power of its men and resources into completely organized strength | Against thelr military machine.” When he }ment, Paker got out a long, thin cigar: and asked whether severa! ladies present objected to smoking Asmured they did not, he “lt up.” Senator Chamberiain began ques tioning Baker about the method adopted by the ordnance department. Baker replied by taking up the sub ret of rifles. “The rifle made for the American army is without doubt the best; the Springfield rifle, an modified, every: Dody agrees, is the best world.” Have All Rifles Needed Raker declared every man in a cantonment who ought to have a rifle, has one I think you are wrong about that.” mid Senator Chamberlain, “General Crozier testified that ft would be February 15 before all the men had rifles.” “I don't want to stress the point,” said Baker. “I think it's retativety unimportant.” Raker declared criticism of the ordnance department for inefficiency was not justified. “It is not inefficient to get same thing better than you started out to get. The war was not on us. it | was in Europe. We had time to make the necessary changes to get a better rifle Meanwhile, we had on hand an adequate supply of mod ern rifles for all our troops.” “You say the war was not on us,” | broke in Senator Wadsworth “It was on us to an extent that made it necessary to send men to France who had never fired a rifle.” Raker declared there always are green men in new armies “We could make about 15,000 rifles a day,” mid Weeks. “We are get ting only 7,000." “I call your attention to the fact that the war was 3,000 miles from our door,” said Baker “It makes no difference whether it was 10,000 miles or one mile away,” sald Weeks. “The fact re mains that we did not take advant | age of manufacture in this country | of a rifle which millions of Engliah jsoldiers are using satistactorily.” “Because they can't get any bet ter,” interrupted Baker. “Isn't it true they do not try to get a better | gun be we theirs was thoroly satis factory?” asked Weeks. ‘It was not thoroly satisfactory,” said Baker. “They've changed their ammunition. The enemy ts at their door. They have not time to im prove their rifle. We did.” Death Rate Lower Health in camps is rapidly tm | proving; the clothing shortage is | practically met; the death rate in | lower than in eivil life; further in. (Continued on page 5) COSSACK REVOLT DYING, PETROGRAD, Jan. 10.—Dwin | dling away of the Commack revolt was reported by the Bolsheviki to- day government armies and the guards are pursuing Gen als Dutoff and Kaledines and cir forces. | ‘The workmen and soldiers’ coun- cil announced that Rostoff had been liberated from the rebels and that the Cossacks were unanimously | against Kaledines. The Ukrainian rada announced the eleventh army had been arrested, | thi | |MASKED ROBBERS GET BUT $4 AND CHANGE Two masked men held up the night clerk at the Cherry ho tel at 609 Columbia at. ear. ly Thursday morning @ la Jesse James, They wore white handker- chief masks and made off with $4 and some small change. George Pappas, driver of a “for hire” car, was found guilty of violat ing the state bonding law in a hear. fing in Justice Otis W. Brinker's court yesterday, and was fined $15. had finished hie state | in the} NATTL , WASH., THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1918 The Seattle Star THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST soe # 8&8 8 ®@ 4 fail. be futile, | WITHOUT THE | WOMEN OF AMERICA, ‘FIFTY TO MEET IN CONFAB ON CAR TRAFFIC Definite plans for the solution of Seattle's transportation problema will be started tonight when a commit tee of 50 men meet in ecuulve new. sion with the King County Council |ot Defense in the city council cham- ders. | Representatives of every organiza. tlon interested have been invited to attend the meeting, which will not be open to the public. A closed nes sion was decided upon in order to get helpful information with a mim imum of discussion With an increase in the number of men invited, the original meeting place in a court house reom was commodious council chambers. Dr. Henry Suzzallo, chairman of the State Council for Defense, will be unable to attend the seasion, but Attorney Hagold Preston will act as chairman, are two peculiar transpor- onditions here that we must said Dr. Suzzallo, “One is an immediate emergency that redutres quick and effective action, We must find some means of handling the people who are now here and those soon to come “The other condition is more per. manent We must plan for a com tinuous growth from year to year In the population, and make sane pro- visions to handle the increase ade |quately. To do all this we must levolve some big, inclusive scheme | that will cover all points of the prob- lem.”" The Council for Defense has invited representatives from the govern ment, # county, city, port dis- | trict, ship wards and steel plants, street railway companies, the Chamber of Commerce, street railway men's union and the jitney men's organiza- thon. New light on how car service is |being supplied to war industries In |the East, where the problem Is even more acute than it is In Seattle, will be brought to the conference by Su perintendent G. A, Richardson, of the traction company, who has Just re (Continued on page &) | changed this morning to the more) FULL 1 | | | | My, We say to President Wilson that his crusade for world-wide democracy would| To Secretaries Baker and Daniels that the men of the army and navy would lack inspiration and determination. To Secretary McAdoo that his efforts to sell billions more of bonds would To congress that our war with German autocracy would be at a standstill— ‘T AND PRACTI INDORSEME Any vision of human liberty which excludes freedom of women is indecently camouflaged. Any war policy which demands of women their all and denies them| equal partnership is inconsistent, tyrannical and vicious, anything but democratic. Our democracy comes into the court of the Almighty with unclean hands; the best part of our democracy is not free and equal. Provost Guards © to Patrol Here Retween 50 and 100 soldiers—pro- vost guards—are expected to take quarters in Seattle the last of the week to wateh after the welfare of enlisted men, now that the moral quarantine Seattle has been lifted Gen. Foltz notified Chief of Police Warren Wednesday that the guards would be seat, and asked him to ar range quartpre for them. This the chief is endeavoring to do, altho room at the public safety building is at a premium. The soldiers will work with the police and will be detailed to sections of the city the soldiers gather in It is understood that soldiers en titled to passes outside the 20-mile on zone will be given them for the ask: | ing. This means that thousands of men will again pay weekly visits to Seattle, as they did before the ban was declared.® Business and hotel men were jubl lant Wednesday, following the good news which The Star was the first to give. ADMIRALTY SHAKEUP IS TO BE ANNOUNCED LONDON, Jan. 10.—England's long-expected shakeup was to be an nounced in full today Preliminary statements declared the whole naval policy hereafter will be administered by a general staff, Aiveded into three general divisions governing, home waters, overseas and trade relations. Bach department will be headed, it was stated, by naval officers of proven qualifications. ‘The change is a revolutionary one. Frontiers Closed for Troop Change BERNE, Jan. 10.—Closing of the German-Swiss and German-Holland frontiers for a month, just as an- nounced by the Germans, was taken today to presnge extensive troop transfers. No travelers or merchandise dur: ing the next month will be allowed to cross the borders. Presumably it means the switch of Teutonic troops from the ltalian to the west front, PEL, URES NIGHT EDITION Weather Forecast warmer tonight; incr Te night and Friday, rain; easing easterly winds —— PRICE ONE CENT }ivzybere * & & menators Grill War Secretary * 8 & JUGGLE Shortage Skilled Men Delay Jobs of Unskilled Men Seattle’s Shipyards are Facing Unique Situation; Government Now’Classi< fying Men. === -1/@ There will be no importation of unskilled labor into Se lattle for the shipyards or other employment until the avail {able surplus of men here is given work. \@ Married men and home men of Seattle will be given i irst chance for enlistments toil. in Uncle Sam's big army of |@ Not until several hundred men now seeking work here are employed will labor officials seek elsewhere for \ help. A scarcity of skilled men for high-grade worl shipyards is responsible for the fact that many |men have been unable to obtain quick employment. ; The government is now making a search thru the Middle est for skilled workers, and as fast as they are brought ~ AL AID OF THE ‘BULGARIA AND RUSSIA ENTER IN PEACE PACT BERNE, Jan. 10—The newspaper | Der Bund declared today that a sep. jarte peace between Russia and Bul garia had been formally kigned. | ‘The announcement was contained | |in quotations from a speech deliver ed to, the Bulgarian sobranje by Premier Radoslavoft. He read a telegram from Brest | Litovek, declaring: “The war be- tween Russia and Bulgaria ceases | Economic relations will be resumed. ) Russia recognizes Bulgaria's right to | | nominate a delegate on the interna. | | tonal Danube commission,” Radoslayoff commented that | was “the first peace concluded in the lwar, with Bulgaria's allies consent ‘ ing.” | Dispatches also said a ministery had been named by Bulgaria to pro ceed at once to Petrograd. | this | BOARD MEETS TO DECIDE VERDICT IN GILL ACTION The state board of law examin. | ors convened Thursday morning to make a final decision as to whether Mayor Hiram C. Gill, Hober B. Hoyt and Hermon 8. Frye shall be disbarred on charges of unprofessional con. duct as attorneys for the Mer- chants’ Protective corporation, The findings will be made pub- Hie by the board at 1:30 Thurs- (Continued on page 5) U-Boats Sank 21 Ships Last Week LONDON, Jan. 10.—One hospital ship, carrying wounded; 21 merchant men and four fishing vessels were the toll of the Hun U-boats for last ‘week, according to announcement of the British admiralty, | | As conditions jin, unskilled men, waiting for jobs, will be sent to the | yards, These are the chief features of the Seattle labor |problem as announced Thursday by government o who are making strenuous efforts to sort out and classify ~ a big army of men looking for work at the federal employ- ~ ment bureau, Western ave. and Union st. * All told, nearly 1,600 unskilled men are registering at the bureau, giving the line of wark they are best fitted whether a Seattle citizen, married or single, Bureau 3 cials are literally swamped with the rush of Hes ie making determined efforts to handle the work qulehip : efficiently. Today, as has been the case for more than a week, more than 500 men were waiting their turn to get registra- tion slips, while many more were counters, filling out their cards. more waited in the street as Just why the men have busy at desks and Two or three h the offices were filled. been unable to secure ’ employment was explained today by F. A. Silcox, f employment manager for this district. ‘ “The lack of skilled men is the key to the whole labor situation,” said Silcox. “We must secure a large group of skilled men for ship- yard work before the unskilled appli cants can find places under their lership. Ratio of 4 to 1 “We are now looking thru the Middle West for about 2,500 skilled workers. James A. Nash, labor agent, now at Kansas City, has about 350 skilled mechanics registered there for transfer here. They should be able to start in a short time. “One or two skilled men are needed to about every four un skilled men, and as soon as the high-grade workmen begin arriving, that ratio of unskilled men will be sent to the yards. “When we get 2,500 skilled men on the job, it will necessitate the em- ployment of about 10,000 unskilled kenen. “Until we get the skilled, we can- not employ the unskilled. That is why many men are unable to get work quickly “The men now seeking work are being classified as rapidly as possi ble, and those here now will be given preference when the industry is in a condition to use them. The men are being classified into married, single and home men sections, in order to |glve the most deserving employment first. Leaving Other Work? “While we have no rate infor- mation, we believe that a fair portion of the job seekers are leaving other work for the shipyards. Men are continually drifting in here and will be classified “When the yards are going at the full speed now requested by the gov. ernment, we believe that we will be in a position to absorb all classes of men now here, and probably more exist now, there are enough unskilled men in Seattle to fill Emmediate needs.” ‘The registration of skilled mechan: Sane treatment of men | waiting for work in the | yards was the proposal today of | men interested in thetr welfare. As it is now, the government | employment bureau is unable to | care for all the men now seek: | | img work, and many have been] | compelied to wander about dis | comfited in the rain. These men | | are now subject to call any time. The plan suggested the estab lishment of an inexpensive club- house at some central location on the water front to serve as @ waiting place pending a call to the yards. jos in the Middle West for service in shipyards here is in line with Secre- tary of Labor Wilson's statement to- day, that there is an ample supply of labor for both the army and im dustry. According to Secretary Wilson, the problem is one of adjustment, of get- tng the right men in the right place, This is what labor officials thruont the West are now doing by general | registration of workers and transfers to points where labor is needed. LAD OF 12 YEARS I$ PRAISED AS SOLDIER; WILL GET DISCHARGE WACO, Tex. Jan, 10.—Carl M, | Palmer, 12, of Sunfield, Mich., was | believed today to be Uncle Sam's | youngest soldier. Carl enlisted last summer, claiming his age at 18, | The boy's sister “spilled the bean: when she visited camp, and upon hearing praise from Captain Ho | garth, said, “And to just think he's only 12 years old.” Carl hopes his discharge won't be granted “until we get to France.” DYING MAN DENIED ENTRY TO A dying man denied attention at a Seattle hospital because of lack of accommodations! That was the discovery made Wednesday night by guests at the Leland hotel, Pike place, when they tried to send Lester Groome, age 28, dying from in- ternal hemorrhage, to a hospital. Several hospitals explained that they could not care for him because every cot was filled, ac- cording to the guests. It is said the large number of shipyard ac- cidents keep the hospitals filled. At last, the proprietor, J. Chino, Japanese, offered to send Groome to a Japanese hospital if none of the white hospitals would take him. Following his HOSPITALS fourth hemorrhage, Groome was taken in an ambulance to the Reliance hospital, 12th ave. and King st., where he died early ‘Thursday morning. Little is known of Groome, ex- cept that he worked nights as checker at the Great Northern docks and that his parents live in Halifax. He has lived at the Leland hotel two months. He was discovered in his room at 9 o'clock Wednesday night. He said he had returned from work, sick, Tuesday morning and had tried to care for him self. He had lost consciousness: by the time he was taken to the Japanese hospital. Groome’s identification. card requested that J. C. Miller ef Columbia Falls be notified.