The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 26, 1918, Page 1

FREEDOW FOR ALL FOREVER FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS VOLUME 19 MILE OF DOCKS AND MUCH WAR } PROPERTY BURN IE | Government Investigating Report That Foe Agents Plan General Destruction NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—Seven United; States depot quartermaster’s warehouses and nearly a mile of municipal docks in Newark, N. J., were destroyed by fire today. The storehouses were empty. _ New York fire boats saved the plant of the Submarine Boat corporation, working on government ship contracts, from the flames. Twenty-five secret service men ‘were rushed to the scene to round up sus-) spies. |*ropAY's MYSTERIOUS FIRES * (Aitrataioed of coal near the Sub- Seven quartermaster’s ware Boat Corporation plant t fire. Several heaps of coal) THE THINGS ARE ANYTHING n TTLE, WASH., VY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC SATURDAY, JA UARY 26, 1918. * BRING ON tue ) KeTcaup! Bur BLUSSFUL WITH THE OF RICE FORCE THIS 1S A GOOD ONE Cost ME A NICKEL CAMPAIGN CIGAR — NIT MARIE COULD one SEE now! — oO | the shipyards also ignited. | Rousse and municipal docks ‘ ‘One of the burned docks waa in the| | burned at Newark. Submarine | “@ubmarine Boat Corporation prop-| | Boat Corporation plant men- 1] erty. Flames menaced two big ship| | "ced. Conflagration foftowed | | ed Gor ocenpioted. | | spy rumors. “Damage north || ec * &@ & & Soldiers used dynamite to demolish | sataner trees ie Suse cnte| | "wenenonee rare com ||, §y BOARD SAYS “PRETTY SOFT,” SAYS ship docks at the! pote ag we burned; quartermaster’s pier blazi 200,000. Sager estes “ox tess «>| LABOR LEADER © PRISONER SENTENCED ‘Oil barges which had been frozen) Drydock Company plant, near Against the dock spilled oi! on frozen cont themes Damage | “ 99 (Continued on pave 8) inet” B00 a TO THIRTY DAYS OF EASE ve ee & Mr. Joe Ambrose, late of Washing: |worrying the son of sunny Italy ts 50. grant Havana between hie lips, have one today, Deputy Sheriff a United Presse Correspondent cronsed his knees, placed his thumbs | Hughes says, because Monday medium WASHINGTON, Jan. 26— | firmly in the arm-holen of his vent,|hair-cutting and shave day at the IN NUMEROUS FIRES WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—A mys| fied to stand guard at vital plants Prious letter, warning President| Whether the would-be spies were | forewarned or not is not known, but Prison of = nation-wide plot to de-| .. any rates the alleged plot did not Sroy docks and war plants, is being | bear fruit on the date originally set. Weed in connection with a probe of| The fact that big fires broke out @eastrous fires which have broken | today almost simultaneously at New-| But at different points today. jark, Buffalo and Baltimore, destroy- | . ‘The letter declared the plot was to | ing hundreds of thousands of dollars | Be into effect January 22. It was in property, leads officers to suspect r com- Bead and discussed at the cabinet | that there is a widespread movement| 1 00. Meeting January 15, and later porn afield to concentrate enemy action | str Suards at different points were noti-)on America’s war plants We HIRES WRECK TWO MARYLAND PLANTS; MILLION IN DAMAGE BALTIMORE, Jan. 26.—State and 1 authorities are co-operating y in an investigation of the fires @rat at the same time during the t wrecked two big plants, work- on government contracta The Cella Milla, in Howard county, Bnd the H. W. Smith Dry Dock f@ompany’s plant, at Curtis Creek, Were destroyed, the damage reach- fm 41,000,000. Two men were ar- Pested, but later released. More ar- fests are expected. There was indi- @ation of incendiarism. FIRE DESTROYS ELECTRIC PLANT BUFFALO, N. Y¥., Jan. 26—Fire 9f suspicious origin today destroyed the piant of the Westinghouse Elec- tric & Manufacturing Company, en the on suspicion of being implicated in starting a fire which swept munici-| pal docks, United States quarternas ter's warehouses, and menaced the Submarine Boat Corporation's plant. Damage in the fire was estimated at $500,000 this afternoon, much low er than had been expected Candidates Smile for Star-Liberty Movie Weekly) ‘The smiling, hopeful faces of the mayoralty candidates will be thrown on the -notion picture screen at the Liberty next week as the chief attraction of The Star-Liberty Weekly. jon nia ten) and n day. President Wilson today began an open fight to save Thomas Mooney, the San Francisco preparedness parade bomb crime, July 22, 1916, by making public a report of his special investigating committee. the life of convicted of The case is one of the most t has iken a st, rio basery life |@ Kearching inquir Mooney and the eve and following th Franc t dubio mends the preside: governor and people of California a/ new trial for Mooney if the Califor supre an appeal from Mooney’s di ce, im, plainly | Was the victim of a “frameup” dramatic in the legal history of this country, becanse of its grave local and international aspects. resulted in nd disorders ting about the American in Petrograd, threats upon of American Ambassador widespread thruout the Francis, and disquietude thruout the | labor world. With a formal report before him, delivered by committee, | Labor Wilson, took his first steps toward securing retrial for Mooney. The commission's report, & special investigating headed by Secretary of the president today based on into the trial of ts leading up to bomb outrage in nade public to iaco, was intimates that Mooney us testimony. It recom t urge upon the me court refuses to grant | h sen the lower court by the state su posed by upheld preme court. World Protests ‘The president's attention waa first falling a loss of $200,000. The plant called to the Mooney case when $s said to be working night and day They are all there, and you | nsstings of protest sprang up in equipment for the signal corps. can take your choice of the | Russia and the Western states. From PRINGFIELD, IL, Jan. 26—| seven of ‘em—Ole Hanson, Aus- the protest spread to the en Tetanus and Anthrax germs on a) tin K. Griffiths, James FE. Brad- | tire country, until it had gathered bit of German newspaper were| fora c. J. France, Hi Gill, John [omentum from many sources found in the center of a cotton roll “ whose opposition to violence is un Prepared for use in France and re-| Murphy and Ralph Horr questioned and whose devotion to our ceived at local Red Cross headquar Besides the political smiles, |cause in (he war is unstinted. ters, Federal authorities are inves-| the film will show Dr. J. 8. Me- “The liberal sentiment of Russia figating today to ascertain the| fride, originator of the munici- | 4nd this country was aroused,” the pal fish market, and 2,000 mar. commission “reported, “because the itish Liner keteers clamoring for their turn | ¢ircumstancea of Mooney's prosecu- a h im on to purchase fish on opening day tion, in the light of his history, led i eri A cougar killed at Kirkland |to the belief that the terrible and syst Am ron, and displayed on Second ave. sacred instruments of criminal jus * Port; Fear Spies| ‘wii “ie another — interesting | tice were consciously or unconscious AN ATLANTIC PORT, Jan. 26-—- elimpae. ly made use of against labor by ita ny Fire broke out here early today in UNDER QUARANTINE| Oscar Collins, colored, alleged boas of the south-of-Yesler district, will stay in quarantine in the public il was stored. Rumors of a py plot were circulated. shortly after it# discovery. rol shortly after its discovery. wee Collins alleged that he was being held unlawfully without having been given a trial, NEW YORK, Jan. 26.—Twenty- three men were detained by secret errvice agents at Port Newark today, nies in far beyond the confin and California can be counted on to the °. War is ARREST 23 MEN: AS wfuparior. Judge Gilliam dented fis | a» rater FIRE SPY SUSPECTS) potition. for a writ of habeas corpus ert Bes processes of law be tempered by the fire of our own devotion to them at home.” 1 an industrial conflict.” the hold of a large British liner. The COLLINS MUST STAY | be Just disposition of the Mooney case, the commission believes, is fire was confined to a forward hold, lett, oe ee ee of California, wider implications of the fought with moral, as well | al, said the re are in this to vindi moral claims of unstained These claims must resources,” based | and remarked contentedly, “Pretty | note? | The aforementioned Mr. Ambrose was this morning the guest of the| | King county commissioners. With the grand jury and Judge Mackin-| tosh, he agrees that a rat-infested, unhealthy jail is not a nice place in which to be confined for 30 days. | Ambrose doesn’t put it Just that way, tho, He sayw: “That jail, she ees one tough joint.” Judge Mackintosh sentenced Am brose to spend 30 days in the county »mmission’s office Friday, because the grand jury had reported that the ounty jail was not a fit place for human confinement. Ambrose plead ed guilty to a charge of stealing $3 | frot a fellow-roomer at the White ar lodging house, 617 Dearborn st Joe is getting more attention today than he has had in a long time, too, At his heels, never permitting him to get lonesome, there is always a dep- uty sheriff. He Dined Out Signor Ambrose That is, he dined out | id I like it? You betcha lifet |he said today. “But this morning I | had to walk to jail for break When interviewed for The tar this morning, Mister Ambrose od \a picture of content. He was smok ing a fat clear. This cigar—did a politician give it to me? I think not IT bought him | with my own 5 cents, | “Sure, T like it here.“Why shouldn't [it be better than a jail? Ain't this | supposed to be a gentlemen's offi Yeaterday res tauranted lool Don't I have a regular bed to sleep jon? Nothing to worry me, either. Sure, I'm happy.” Wants Hair Cut ‘The only thing that seems to be MOONEY HAPPY; DANCES JIG IN HIS BARE FEET SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 26.—Thos J, Moone prisoner in the county Jail, Jumped out of his bed and & on the United cuted a dance in his bare fer cold jail floor today when Preas representative brought him the news of the report on the Mooney case by the federal comgmin sion Th Fickert,” @ prisoner, | to her. Jes a wonderful man dent,” he added. Mooney iasued a which he sald, in part: ot only myself, but all the de fendants, and our friends, were con fident from the start of our vindica tion, if our case received impartial investigation, If I get another trial before an impartial jury, with hon est evidence Instead of perjury, Tam absolutely certain that there will be an even speedier acquittal than in the Weinberg trial.” submarined also news, president has he shouted to his wife, when he broke the our prest atatesnent in ¢ | says, waiting for trial | um. | early | lasting from county jail wait and let it grow till then. As yet, had to sit thru a session of the coun: ty com=nissioners, but he says they won't bother him “You see, I ain't got a lot of edu cation,” he says, “and maybe I can learn something if I Usten to ‘em. No, they won't keep don'ta sleep much me awake. during the day.” soft for the new Things are pretty occupant of the commission's sanc tum. Whether he's to dine in jail or in the commissioners’ office has not cided, The sheriff may de cide that, ike the men in the county lockup, he has to be fed in the room he's confined in Has Laundry Done He used to do his own washing He was in the jail two months, he But now it is planned to have his laundry done for him. And, oh! the office force of the county commissioners are a cheerful been ¢ lot! They like their new boarder not! P. P. Bliss, clerk of the com mission, was anything but blissful to day, when he opened his office and found Signor Ambrose, seated in the back row of benches in the auditort blowing smoke rings thought, fully at the ceiling and reading the news of the day In fact, the county commissioners wer sore that they decided to try an Ambrose removed by court or’ h .. Commissioner Ramsay was in con ence with Prosecutor Lundin Saturday afternoon, to see if something couldn't be done to re fe move the unwelcome priso: mn the golden oak benches of the com: missioners’ office. But no use! Prosecutor Lundin said it would take him until Mon¢ to find out what kind of a course to steer So it looks as tho Mr. Ambrose would spend Sunday as guest of the county commissioners. START PROBE ON U. S..MEX. BATTLE EL PASO, Tex., Jan, 26.—A rigid military investigation is under way, following a battle betw U. & and Carranza border patrols 10 p.m, Friday until early this morning. More than 500 shots were exchang. ed during the battle, in which Pri. vate Harry Lyon, Company H, 64th infantry, was shot thru the Up, and one Carranza soldier killed. Several Carranza soldiers are re- ported wounded. troops The Sound Tractio Light | & Pow has started Installation of a new heating process at the com: pany’s plant, on Western ave, ‘The new system will cost about $50,000, is | So Joe will just have to| the prisoner de luxe hasn't | The Seattle Star GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF A NORTHWEST FIRE BUGS BUSY | * #&# & D WOMAN IN POOL OF BLOOD > AND ENJOYING, HIMSELF HOW MANY LUMPS OF SUGAR IN Your, SOnrey sie! | FEDERAL NET TIGHTENS ON | _ ENEMY PLOTS Investigation of secret code | messages found in the shoes of Matthew Krulke, a spy suspect heid Friday on his arrival from | Yokohama on the wail Maru, | | ts expected by federal agents to result in the arrest of men in Se attle alleged to be connected with | Krulke. Federal agents were busy Satur day morning obtaining evic and trying to decipher two code messages taken from Krulke. U, 8. Attorney Clay Allen said the two papers said to be written in a se- cret code have not been translated. Officials are working on the theory | that Krulke is an enemy agent. His| arrest was considered so important that he was rushed immediately to the detention station for investiga tion. Several important papers were found on Krulke. Some were con- cealed in his shoes. Krulke says he is an American, but | officials doubt this, He has made two round trips between Seattle and Yokohama since June. MAXIM GORKY HIT BY SHOT BY JOS, SHAPLEN PETROGRAD, Jan jorky, famous novelist, wounded by a stray shot today Gorky’s friends did not say exactly how the Russian writer happened to be struck by the bullet. Maxim Gorky's real name is Alick sel Maximovitch Pieshkov. He was born in Nijni March 14, 1868, of humble nd as a boy was a peddier, scull seistant and apprentice. He visited the United States in 1916. Gorky has | written a score or more novels |is a social revolutionary FAKED WAY AS SOLDIER; NOW | FACES PRISON | TACOMA, Jan, 26 Superior Judge Card is expected to pronounce sentence today on Charles Turpin, | 17, who, dressed in the uniform of | the famous Princess regiment, and claiming to be a Vimy Ridge | ded guilty yesterday to | forged checks on a | nk in Vancouver, Seattle, Butte and ‘Tacoma ‘The boy walks on the loss of a le alleged exper! ‘utches, due to and in relating his son the European front, gained ready sympathy and credenc | He stopped at the best hotels, pay. ing his billy with spurious checks. He wan arrested at Butte and brought back to Tacoma He con. feased to Judge Card that he is not Ja Canadian soldier and has never been abroad. He was formerly an inmate of the i Monroe, Wash., reformatory, ¥ | was convinced it was a case of sul- |WHAT’S TO BECOME NIGHT EDITION Weather Forecast t and Sunday, prob ably fair; wterly winds — — y iverywhere NT in Seattle WAS IT SUICIDE ATTEMPT OR A MURDER CASE Couldn’t Have Shot Herself, Says) Physician, While Detective Ten« nant Holds to Other View Mrs. Lester Joiea: 6 9261 1 57th ve. S., shot soma time Friday night or early Saturday morning, lies at the point of death in the city hospital today. She was found, partly dressed, on her bed in a pool of blood at 6:30 Saturday morning by her husband. Dr. J. L. Hutchinson, 9256 57th ave. S., who fi notified the police, declares that the 38-caliber re found beside the bed could not have inflicted the in her forehead if fired by herself. Captain of Detectives Charles Tennant, after b closeted with the husband and son of the woman, clares it a clear case of suicide. The woman was covered by her husband when he walked into the room. He immediately called his step-son, Willard 18, and dispatched him to the nearest physician, D J. L. Hutchinson. At 8:10 Dr. Hutchinson notified the city ho to send an ambulance, as a woman had been shot. in ap ‘This gave rise to a rumor that the woman had been muréered, which | VATICAN SEES ambulance, “made his report on) reeaching the scene. Was in Ill Health The stepfather declared to ahaa Tennant that when he first told the| youth that his mother was hurt be but after investigating both husband | and son separately, Tennant said he, "ited Press Correspondent | ROME, Jan. 26.—The Vaticam cide. day counted Count Czernin’ Both told the police that Mrs. {as another positive step Jones was in ill health, and that she | Peace. had often “wished she was dead, In official circies, the many p the family had a separate bedroom |4nd President Wilson's aims werw and the revolver used was the one| pointed out as evidence of the grade the woman was in the habit of keep-| Ual building of a basic structure On ing under her pillow, according to| Which peace might later be erected, ~ the husband and son That there should be omissions Boy Appears and revolutions was to be them and ran down the street. At | The Italian press comment, hows |) 10:30, however, he appeared at the ever, reflected the view of Italian of 7 city hospital and asked to see his | ficialdom—that there was no ; mother. He was immediately taken | ine or sincere desire for peace to Be” into custody. He declared that he |found in either Czernin’s or Hert had left to go to the hospital, as he | ling’s speeches. was ever found dead he would fin “Tho we support you, there is @ 7 a note of explanation in his ¢oat | Mmit.” Under this construction, Vate | pocket. ‘This was missing and police ican officials held the address would © were searching the house Saturday ss the pan-Germans for such an explanation. ver, they pointed out the speech was made under more SEATTLE SERGEANT was corrected when Motorcycle Of- replied, “I know it.” He was ques-| CZERNIN TA and told the boy not to worry “if|0f agreement between the speech expected, When the police first put according to Vatican officials. Their knew his mother was being taken, It was the Vatican opinion F Count Czernin, especially, a ‘The youth sid that about a year|the German people in his a {normal and more natural politiosll ficer Davis, who accompanied the tioned on this point at headquarters, | BY JOHN H. HEARLY anything happens to me.” Each of|the Austro-Hungarian stats pearance at the house the boy saw attitude was distinctly optimistic. there. ago his mother told him that if she | Warning Germans circumstances than that of Hi and therefore should be adjudged the ~ more important. WASHINGTON, Jan, 26.—Eleven | deaths from natural causes were | aepied to the war department today | SCHEIDEMANN APPEALS [ty Gen. Pershing. Among them! FOR PEACE TO COME |"“Gorp. Clary Osborne, McKeesport, | BEFORE SPRING FIGHTS” Pa.; Private Arbie W. McClafflin, | , Via Amsterdam, Jan, 26) — Racine, Wis; Sergt. Wilson N. Aus: | Aepeaieg for peace before spring tin, 383 Kinnear place. Ue; Pri-| to save the world from further blood+ ate George J. Joy, Horatiok, Miss.,|shed, Philip Scheidemann, majority and Private R. J. Leinard, Orland, | socialist leader, today addressed the cal Austria Ready for Peace With Russ, | Says News Report chstag, criticising Von Hertling’s ly to Pre: i he demanded. No! “Would that We still must t America.” Recalling t the kaiser had been LONDON, Jan. 26.—An exchang telegraph dispatch from Petrograd, | 0P¢nly insulted in the streets of Vie jdated Friday and received here to- | enna, he declared: day, asserts that Austria has declar- ‘Our interests demand that we be — led her readiness to conclude a sep-| freed from Austrian peace efforts, arate peace with Russia, without| They will manage to make us loge Germany. jour last friend, ‘The message declared Austria “ac-| “A complete and honorable reine cepts the democratic program, ex. | Statement of Belgium is our duty, us to save the world bloodshed in the spring. “The feeling among our people will | be most serious if you allow the Rus- | sian negotiations to break up. In OF STOCK OF BOOZE) tte event of disappointment in our Western front hopes, what then, if What's to become of R. G. Stevens’ | not a catastrophe?” a, $10,000 stock of liquore seized by the pt ate dry squad Thursday? REGISTER TONIGHT “I think it ought to be returned,” said Judge Gordon, “as the supreme! You can register for the munieipal court has already ruled that Stevens | elections at the county-city mulling a is entitled to keep it night The city attorney protested, and| “We'll stay open as long as the was given seven days to prepare his | crowd comes,” says Chief Registra _ legal objections, ton Clerk Gaines, cept the paragraph relating to self. determination of the peoples.” | iat