The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 1, 1918, Page 1

Patt MORE THAN 70,000 PAID COPIES DAILY _ NOL UME 20. NO. 111 Conferencef Closes in Deadlock layor Hanson Sends Word to Company Outlining City’s Peace Terms ASKS REPLY BY MONDAY A written ultimatum to the traction company is going forth from Mayor Hanson's office late Saturday afternoon, following a lengthy conference between city officials, who met Traction Pres- ident W. A. Leonard Saturday morning. Mayor Hanson said Saturday noon that the traction com- pany’s reply would be placed be fore the city conncil Monday aft- ernoon, when a definite agree ment between the two interests is expected. He declined to com- ment on the possibility of a 6- cent fare being introduced. Here are terms understood to be embodied in the city’s final proposal to the Stone-Webster interests The traction company to be re leased from its paving obligations. Company to be permitted a charge of 1 cent for transfers. Universal transfer exchange privi- leges. Common user rights on company’s and city’s tracks. Skip-stops to speed service interchange of idle cars. Interchange of power Children to be released from school at hours which will not cause con gestion, this to be effected by ar. rangement with the school board. The Chief Difficulty Mayor Hanson said that the prin cipal difficulty in effecting a settle ment was due to the company’s not being aware of the wages it would have to pay during the coming year. It was difficult to estimate earnings or the necessity of increasing fares when wage costs could not be deter- mined. MOVIE ACTORS ARE “WORKERS” WASHINGTON, July 6—Under a ruling on the “work or fight” regula tion made today by Colonel Warren head of the appeals section of the provost marshal general's office, all movie actors, all musicians connect ed with the production or presenta- tion 6 performances and all neces sary skilled stage workers will be considered in “effective” industries, There is no change in the original ruling as to base! 1 players McAdoo’s Health Improves in West MERCED, Cal., July 6 of the Treasury McAdoo, McAdoo and Assist Railways Oxcar Price, were en route from Merced to Lake Tahoe today having concluded a two weeks ing in the Yosemite. They will re. main at Tahoe for several days be fore returning East McAdoo is gradually recovering from the throat trouble which forced his vacation. $4,000,000 SUITS IN BISBEE DEPORTATION TOMBSTONE, Ariz., July 6 Secretary with Mrs. t Director of out Dam ge suits aggregating $4,000,000 were filed in the superior court of Cochise county here today against firms al leged to have been active in deporta tion of 1,200 alleged I. W. W. from Bisbee The suits have near! » deported men as Fourth of July Is Reflected in Coming Movies The Star ing Sunday at the 1 atre, show tart Aberty the celebrating t Volunteer the Fourth « park, hand gr march throwir and tug-of-war. Hut at Camp and Mr Camp Lewt Hanson leading down Second ave ' of the Fourth. a i ? fi the a Alki, } ? i i ? { ASSOCIATIONS WIRE SERVICE UNITED PRESS FULL LEASED I en | The seattle Star ULTIMATUM SENT TO THE TRACTION CO, THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Ex-Mayor Mitchel He There either patriot, and ward was fine, was “ifs in civilian no or heelers and bipatasiatiie “but or in milit a man who fought against political profiteers civic against the influence of the Hun. young American. his Americanism, He true in ry life. was a as well aggressive, inefficiency, as Active, honest, mayor of the greatest city in the world at the age of 34, he was.a fine example of America’s oppor- tunities, for grant. active military American fields of Europe, carrying the bloodthirsty Hun. service. he was the grandchild of an Irish emi- He gave his life to his country. It is the Mitchel type of true which is today represented on the battle- He died in terror into the hearts of FEAR 100 ARE DEAD IN RIVER TRAGEDY 4 Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star PEORIA, Ui, July 6.—Sixty four bodies had been removed from the wrecked steamer Co- lumbia late this afternoon. Tele phone messages indicated that If more bodies had been located by divers. By Uw PEORIA, IL, July 6—Profes- sional divers late today will search the submerged decks and salons of the excursion steamer Columbia, which struck a sand bank in a fog and sank In the Miinois river near Peoria short ly after midnight today, with 593 persons aboard. Thirty-three bodies had been recovered early today, of which 26 had been identified, and it seemed certain that many more lie between the decks of the ves- sel. Nearly 100 persons were un- accounted for. Judge Jesse Black, chairman of the Red Cross at Pekin, Ill, the home of a majority of the victims. believes the death toll was between 60 and 7 A coroner's jury was impaneled to investigate the disaster at once. Search for Victims Scores of small boats were circling about the wreck at searching for victims, Many survivors, some of them in a pitiable condition from injuries and exposure, were taken to Pekin in automobiles. Sobbing crowds thronged the three undertaking establishments in Pekin where the bodies were removed fc half crazed by grief rushed from one noor Lack Signatures for Initiatives OLYMPIA, July 6—No initt atives will go on the ballot this year as a result of the failure to obtain sufficient signatures. Time for final filing ended at 5 p. m. Friday The non-partisan municipal ma measure, prev fish with traps. bill to picketing during strikes were among those which failed of signatures. election bill, Second Camp to Open on Campus Monday, July 8 Hun! they scramble scores of young ah! Get the Yelling wildly out of the trenck men will make repeated dashes into Man's Land at the commissioned officers’ training camp at the ersit ng the next two k And among clear barbed-wire entanglements first eral business men. second civilian military men and young to enter the army Two weeks’ under Perry includes as second unt du to the will be The for business who expect open Mond training ¥ rection Capt. P. 3 manding. The instructi t ‘onet drill thr camp men will intensive the di grenade and wing ean m ox aphore signalin will he Le and 1 phases of army ture ‘en by milit ario ur authoritie work a Fund Drive Will Close on July 13 da aturda the tobacco fund drive will Th 20 p exact hour of closing will at 7 m. A public meeting will be hejd at over the litte morg to rarching for loved « Crowds Are Hysterical Half the population of Pekin hur ried to Wesley at daybreak and gath ered in hysterical crowds the river bank. Several women ¢ lapsed. Soldiers from military amps near Pekin were sent to Wee ley and Pekin to preserve order Heartfending ecenen were enacted as each body was brought ashore Franti people struggled to view the corpses. Exfforta were being made to check the surviving persons whom tickets for the excursion had been sold. Coroner Clary held that not more than ished, but were had certain belief per the others (Continued on page 10) SIX MISSING IN U, S, SHIP LOSS WASHINGTON members of the crew are missing as the result of the torpedoing of the U. S transport Covington while in zone on her way home ly all hope for rescue of ad been the w Practic the six men given up today The Covington was hit by a tor. pedo Monday evening, but did not sink until the following day. The submarine was not sighted and is be Heved to have been frightened away by the esence of the destroyers surrounding the transport fleet of which the Covington was one The navy department, in ite re port, intimates that a number of the crew have been injured and are be ing treated in French hospitals The Covington ts the firet Ameri can transport to t¢ sunk while in convoy CANADA TROOP SHIP IS SUNK! BOSTON, July 6.—It in reported that the Canadian troop ship City of Vienna had been wrecked off the At ntlc coast. Seven hundred Cana dian troops aboard the ship were taken off safely by an American patrol boat which had to run thru ad fog to effect the rescue British Patrols Capture Teutons LONDON, July 6.—Hostile artit lery fire at Villers-Bretonneux was by Field Marshal Haig to We took prisoners in a patrol en counter in the ment said on of Ypres,” the reg sta AVIATOR GEORGE ROE IS HELD AS PRISONER WASHINGTON, July 6 The naval department was today advised by Admiral Sims that Ensign Geo Roe, of Scituate, Ma aviation pi lot in the na has been captured by the Germans, and is imprisoned it Camp Landshut, the German in ternment camp for aviators fi $40,000 uncements were made today by ver Hazen J, Titus ty tonight we expect to be almost top,” he said. red as Reeond ¢ tase Matter May ttle, Wa Act of Congress March 5 NIGHT Weather Forecast moderate EDITION and Sunday, fair; winds, Tonight westerly AVEDA, 4 JULY oa 1918, U.S.Camp. Famous Political Leader Meets End in 500-Foot Plunge at Lake Charles HELD RANK OF MAJOR LAKE CHARLES, La., duly 6, While flying scout airplane at Gerstner Field, here, shortly be fore 8 o'clock this morning, Maj. dobn Purrey Mitchel, former mayor of New York city, was in stantly killed when his machine fell 300 feet. | Maj. Mitchel was an officer in the tion section of the ® and had been training Mt Mit fell with the wreckage of hin mach neide the Gerstner field het the field stat. | et able to offer an explanation of the accident. An in-| ventign wan ordered. They ox ted to make a detailed statement N. Y. MOURNS MITCHEL NEW YORK, July 6—Word was received here today that former| Mayor John Purroy Mitchel, of New Y who entered the aviation serv ce with the rank of major, after his term of of expired, January 1 wan killed in an aeroplane accident at Gerstner Field Charles, La The city hall flag was placed at half mast when Mitchel’s death was confirmed Mayor Hylan issued the following statement The news of the death of John rroy Mitchel in a great personal ock to me. My sincere sympathy «out to Mra, Mitchel in this, her reat bereavement “Proper stepa will be taken by th officialn of the city and public to pay every reapect to the late mayor Mayor Hylan sent the following BY L. ©. MARTIN message to the five borough presi United Press Correspondent dents of fighting stock direct all and from and from the two ti WASHINGTON, July 6.—Presi dent Wilson today clashed with the senate on the question of passing the measure empowering him to seize the nation’s communication lines be fore congress recessed While Senator Martin, democratic floor leader, wan sending a letter to the president, stating “it was abso- lutely impossible for the senate to act on the resolution before recess,” & presidential messenger was en route to Martin with another letter from the president, urging the ac Uon before the senate leaves At the same time, the president authorized the statement at the White House that he was keenly anxious for the senate to act now. I am profoundly sorry to hear of the death of Maj. Mitchel. He came and did not fear die. I differed with him as to the manner of administering public affairs, but I certainly admired his fighting proclivitie As a mark of respect 1 flags, for which be half-masted building in the city in Fordham, N. Y., July 19, 1879, the son of Capt. James Mary Mitchel. He graduated Columbia university in 1899 New York law school years later April 3, 1909, he married Miss daughter of Franklin D to to him, I he hin lif public He was born on On live Child ‘ Martin announced that present Child, of Boston,” plans are to recess congress late to- Mitchel's first public office was as| aay until August 12, | The recess (Continued on page 5) resolution has been prepared. Senator Borah sharply criticised the plan to recess tonight and leave the telegraph resolution unacted upon FIXED AT $2.40 WASHINGTON, July 6.—The WANT FILIPINOS house today unexpectedly sustained an amendment to the agricultural bill to fix the price of wheat at $2.40 a bushel They Have an Ole was and children. The vote was 150 to 106. This is a compromise with the sen ate, which has thr times insisted on an amnendment for $2.50 wheat. July 6 with LOS ANGELF Mexican bord Filipino troops forces Guarding \ division will not only re now there for duty, but will have : ficial effect upon thé Mexicans, in Portland, Allso according to Brig. Gen. Thomas L. PORTLAND, July 6 Ole Hanson | Hartigan, who in here today arrested here today. He was| As the island forces all speak d with non-support of his wife Spanish and have highest ideals of | patriotiam, their influence upon Mex the of lieve more welcome white har; Police are holdiiag Hanson pend. jicans would be far Feaching. ing the arrival SF an officer from ein Ke home. This Ie not the GIRL QUITS TAX! JOB WILL BE MAIL CARRIER POs )| Miss Alpha J. Rudd, 2609 Eighth ) First Official J ave., has transferred her energies , f from driving taxi, to carrying mail 5 VU. S. War Film at ; for Uncle Sam, She fa th ond woman to be put temporarily on a Met on July 15; mail route in Seattle, The skirted } ‘The United States government }| carrier will make the rounds of the ) will present, at the Metropolitan {| Green building and adjacent blocks ) theatre, commencing July 15, the sca ( first official American war film, § entitled "Pershing’s Crusaders.” || SHOOTS SON- IN-LAW Thin feature picture is produced ) idvawned (by the. koverri@ent AND KILLS HIMSELF} There are no private interests in SAN I NCISCO, July 6. Mar olved, and all proceeds therefor sani Posateri early today shot and go to the United State 1 probably fa ly wounded his son-in. ment Inw, Michael Rinella, and then shot ‘The aim of this picture is to hit }| himself in the head, Relatives said the Hun propaganda in the solar {| the shooting followed a quarrel over Rinella’s decision to move out of his | plexus. j father-in-law's house, | bill creating a department of tele-| phone and telegraph to manage rail roads and telegraph or telephone lines owned, operated or controlled by the government. Lewis’ bill 80 creates a new cabinet position—se retary of transportation and graph, who is to have supervisi rail and water transportation and o telegraphs and telephones | ast Former Mayor of New York, John Purray Mitchel, killed in airplane fall. | SENATE BALKING ON WIRE SEIZURE BILL Senator Martin, replying, declared passage of the resolution is not nec onmary He said President Wilson has authority to take over the lines if the necessity exists WASHINGTO! July 6—By a vote of 221 to 4, government control of the telegraph, telephone, radio and cable lines of the country was approved here last evening by the house. The resolution goes to the senate today. President Wilson has expressed his willingness for final enactment of the measure to be post poned until after the midsummer va cation WIRE STRIKE GOES IN EFFECT 4 A. M. MONDAY Members of the Seattle local of the Commercial Telegraphers’ union will strike at 4 a, m. Monda All members of the union will at tend a special open meeting in the Labor temple Sunday evening, to perfect plans for the walkout. West ern union employes are particularly invited to this meeting. J. J, Rohan, deputy international vice president, will have charge of the strike h A number of West ern Union employes will go out declares. Members of the union known as such, have been working in the Western Union offi purpose of securing the methods used by to combat the union, Rohan Cabinet Member to Run Wires and R. R. WASHINGTON, July 6.—Senator Lewis of Illinois today introduced a un information on this company according to |Sun Rising i ' in the West?’ have ws that the sun is rising in the west is coming aboard a liner from the Bast A courier, special to The Star, is bringing word of one of the greatest onomical phenomena The messenger should be here by -Moniay. Wate h Monday's Star. he | for the | PRICE = in > Everwhere ttle ONE to Plan, Other Make the Break Alone ruse INTERVENE iT | ONCE IS PLAN OF WARBO If President Wilson Refuses Allied Powers | (By United Press Leased Wire, Direct to The Star) WASHINGTON, been since July 3—and allied cur in it. Should he refuse, the possibility is held out today Great Britain, France, Italy on the recommendations of th Already British, French, rines—have landed at Vladivostok Russia, both military and economic, recommended by the inter-allied war council and The council report is in the hands of President Wil July 6.—Immediate intervention — has been urgent “ei diplomats believe he will and Japan may “go it e war council. Japanese—and American 1 it developed today. tensibly they went ashore following the battle Bolsheviki and Czecho-Slovaks Sunday, to protect the al i" org h 500 Dalmatian troops, formerly - vith them are 2, ma‘ and now under the Italian zen. Foch. oners of war in Ru | awaiting orders from People Are Glad ‘This allied gathering has provoked the greatest enthusiasm in Eastern Siberia. Russian townspeople in and near Vladivostok decorated their houses with allied flags and staged enthusiastic celebrations, the cables ray This reception, coupled with de- mands of the anti-Bolshevik factions and the inter-allied council, led diplo- mats here today to take the position |that America must yield. Details of the Bolshevik-Czech bat- tle at Viadivostok indicate that the defeat of the Reds was decisive. A fortnight ago, the Czechs, acting at the behest of the allies, issued an ul timatum to the Red Guards to cease arming German prisoners of war. ‘The demand was unheeded. At 10:30 o'clock on the morning of June 30 the Czechs attacked 600 Surrender Six hundred Bolshevik sailors sur- rende: The rest of the garrison took refuge in a blockhouse. Two hours’ bombard-nent forced them to capitulate, those not surrendering re- treating to the westward along the railroad Most of those who escaped are be- lieved to have been Germans. Ac cording to advices here, both Great Britain and France expect to land several thousand troops in Siberia. Italy for the present will sented by the Dalmatians, while the Czecho-Slovaks will represent the Balkans Just what part Japan and China will play will be announced after the presi dent gives his decision as to the atti- | tude of the United States. Diplomats, however, are inclined to believe that Japan's army of 500, 000 and China's potential army of nearly a million will be used to the best advantage. SLOVAKS HOLD FIRM GRIP ON VLADIVOSTOK TOKIO, July 6. ‘The Czecho-Slovak forces, which Saturday captured Vladivostok, have established a com- missariat for Siberia. Fifteen thousand Cyechs entered Viadivostok Saturday, — captured soviet headquarters and occupied the national bank, municipal offic the railway station, and seized a quan. tity of ammunition, Resistance was light. The Czechs lost three killed nd 155 wound aalties of the soviet forces were 51 killed and 159 wounded British, Japanese and Chinese troops and Ame: Marines were landed to main! Just enough Americans were land ed to guard the American consulate ‘Call Conference at White House! WASHINGTON, July 6.—Momen. tous decisions in respect to the inter allied war council's uw r econom fe and military aid, for Russia were believed in the making this af noon at an impor the White House. Daniels and Lansing; Chief of Staff March and Admiral Benson, chief of | | | will naval operations, responded. be repre- | has not been learned. This | f 251,000 YANKS NOW IN BA LINE IN FRA WASHINGTON, Jaly 6.—Twe! dred and fifty-one thousand Ame can troops are on the battle France, senate military ¢ members were told at the meeting with the war council. Til is approximately one-fourth ef forces sent abroad to date. ENEMY ADMITS LONDON, July 6.—The war office admits the Hamel, which was taken by tralian: Berlin, however, claims repulse 4 the Australian attack north of Somme. Field Marshal Haig’s night ment said the number of taken in the Somme operations increased to 1,500. The Italians com. tinued successful local both on the lower Piave and in mountain region U.S. REPULSES Pa HUNS NEAR TOUL PARIS, July 6. -American troopa on the Toul front and in the Vosges — erman raids, the — region repulsed French war office announced today, — “In the American sector at (on the Tou! front) and in the Vosges, man raids were repulsed, thei. mmunique said ‘French detachments penetrated _ the German lines and took prisoners | in Le Chaume wood MARCH NAMES VAUX HEROES © WASHINGTON, Ninth and 23rd 12th, 15th and 17th field pe | were the units responsible for the American success at Vaux, Chief of Staff March stated today in hie weekly War summary, July infantry “ond Oe ‘These units formed part of the see. ~ ond division under Maj. Gen, Omar Bundy. Gen. March made this fact publio — Jong with the statement that hays ing embarked 1,000,000 men, we are: now goit ter He renewed the Germans his prediction that are preparing for am sault in force oe | A THRIFT STAMP keep the Hun aided by Americans, suly'« ie % the second million, — ‘