The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 19, 1918, Page 1

TOM MOONEY PINS HOPE ON LABOR SOLIDARITY; ISSUES STATEMENT : FRANCISCO, Nov. 19.—Thomas J. Mooney issued a statement from his cell in the condemned row at San Quentin today, reiterating his belief that he will be saved from the gallows, despite the refusal of the United States supreme court to review his case. The statement follows: “The highest court of the land, the supreme court of California, the appellate court of California, and the superior court have said that a corrupt dis- trict attorney can use perjured testimony and can conceal and suppress material evidence to convict an American citizen. | “These courts have said that a citizen so con- victed is without remedy so far as judgment is concerned. Then they wonder why some workers become infected with Bolshevism. “My c is now finally out of all courts and in the hands of Governor Stephens on my petition for a pardon, which petition was filed with Gover- nor Stephens in March, 1918. “The labor movement of the entire world has petitioned President Wilson and Governor Ste- phens, protesting against the foul methods used by the Chamber of Commerce thru District Attorney Fickert. “President Wilson has three times asked Gov- ernor Stephens to make it possible for me to be tried on one of the remaining indictments against me, involving identically the same charges as the one on which I was unjustly convicted. “I have not the slightest notion what he will do, but I have confidence that it is never too late for the solidarity of labor to right the terrible wrong. | know they will. “Fraternal greetings to the organized workers everywhere, (Signed) “TOM MOONEY.” Full Leased Wire of the United Press Association. Complete Service of the Newspaper Enterprise Association. SEATTLE, ( OAKLAND ) LABOR WILL VOTE WALKOUT PLAN Seattle labor men will discuss a “Save Mooney’s life” ing meeting of the Central award is not favorably by that time. the Pacific Coast Metal convention met recently, to — the Macy award, the Seat- We Gelegates, instructed by their Weal council, took the stand that the Workers should cancel all agree- ments with the government board and deal directly with the employ- (ms. This proposal was rejected by ® majority vote of the convention, 4nd the unions were advised to ‘Swait an appeal to Washington. This course has not met with the Approval of the Seattle local of the International Molders’ union, which bas notified the employers that hereafter all men of that craft must be hired thru the business office of the moiders’ union, and that no men will be allowed to go to work for less than $7 a day. Employers claim that this action fs in violation of the Macy award, but the union men declare that they have never recognized the jurisdic tion of that board. The employers also contend that the union has broken the agreement that all war | industry workers shall be hired thru | the U, 8. employment service. The Macy board, in ‘ward, increased the wages of mold- (ts from $5.78 to $6.40 a day. The union demand does not apply to men at present employed in the} Plants, but only to new molders who way be required s at these plants. John Wanamaker Said: “Bhow me the paper with the largest audience, and througn it I can invariably depend upon reaching ALL classes.” The Star has the largest aud- fence, not only in Seattle, but in the entire Northwest, Star want ads will sell Fords oF Plerce-Arrows; $1,000 homes OF $10,000 homes. TRY IT. + Phone Main 600 You can the want ad ed. have its recent} strike as a weal order of business at the Wednesday even- Labor council, in the Labor | Announcement to this effect was made Tuesday by | James Duncan, secretary of the council. Loca! labor heads have been in close touch for the past || fw weeks with the Mooney Defense league, at San On several occasions, delegates to the Seattle Central Labor council | and other organiza- tons on the Coast. that labor organizations will save her to hang Tom for something he did not do. I still have faith In labor,” she said. “I don't believe the work- lingmen of this country will allow it | “Labor is his court of last resort, and I feel that somehow, some way, the organized workers will bring answer President Wilson's appeal for | his life. I can’t give up hope yet.” Mooney is sentenced to be hanged December 13. GEN, PETAIN IS NOW MARSHAL PARIS, Nov, 19—Gen. Henri Philippe Petain, commander in-chief of the French armies, has been ap- | pointed marshal of France, it was| announced today. Petain was a colonel at the begin-| ning of the war. He distinguished | himself during the retreat from Charleroi. He was in command of the French | armies that opposed the German | drive toward Verdun in February }and March, 1916. In May, 1916, he was appointed | |to command the French line be tween Soisson and Verdun, | made chief of staff April 29, 1917, and became commander-in-chief on May 14, of the same year. He is) 60 years old. | Guard,” German Soe geoessc.ce COUNTY QUOTA | Pressure to bear on Gov. Stephens to | Tuesday. | | working Tuesday | scribed early Tuesday, according to! He was | to '“Don’t Want Red | the The Seattle Sta THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Watered as Second Clan Matter May % oe SEATTLE, Ww ASH., Mi UESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1918. at the Postoffice at Meattic, Wash. under the Act ef Congress Maroh 6, 1679. NIGHT EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Per Year, by Mail, Weather Forecast: $5.00 to $8.00 Tonight and Wednesday, rain; gentle easterly winds. STR Huns Plan { New Trick, Is Charge |British Paper | “Says There Is Evidence of Ger- man Plotting WOULD THWART ALLIES) United Press Leased ma Direct to The Star LONDON, Nov. 19—The Express | said today: | “There is evidence of a plot to trick | the allies, create a new German fed- eration, stronger than the former em: | pire, foment revolutions in Holland | and Switzerland, which would be added to the federation, then fo- ment revolutions in countrics, and possibly in Bweden. Mventually FRENCH DEMAND BILL’S STATUS PARIS, Nov. 19.—French news papers insist that more light be thrown on the status of Wm. Hohen. zollern. “It is certainly revolting to see this man adapting himself to a | purely political abdication.” says L'Intransigeant. “It is also revolt |ing to find Holland offering facili. | tes to an ex-kaiser, who thus in ad mirably placed to conduct intrigue.” The Temps insists that the affair needs clearing up. It points out that Prince Max of Baden did not state the kaiser had abdicated, but that he had “decided to abdicate.” IS REACHED IN UNITED DRIVE King county is “over the top” | with {t# $620,000 war work quota With the counties going strong, | |assuring the completion of the state| quota of $1,705,000, drive managers | and solicitors for the city are to obtain reports from industrial — establishments whose pledged subscriptions are in eluded in the estimated totals that} established Seattle's quota up to a| deficit of leas than $20,000 | This deficit could have been sub: J. E. Pinkham, King county ehair-) man, but for the fact that it must) come from certain delinquent | parties who are expected to re- establish themselves before Tuesday night. An estimate of $140,000 pledged by industrial establishments | remains to be collected before Wed. nesday night, and until this money ts actually obtained, Seattle cannot be said to have subseribed her quo ta, says Pinkham. Reports of State Chairman Chas W. Wilcox Tuesday indicate that with 16 vut of 39 counties over-| subscribed, 11 more are scheduled | complete their quotas before | |‘Tuesday night, and the remainder to be safely “over the top” before | Wednesday night, when the cam- paign closes. This will subscribe) and very obably over-subscribe state quota of $1,705,000, ac-| |cording to Chairman Wilcox Therefore, state, county and ety! have by Wednesday night Chancellor Says! (i sivwcrived their respective and| AMSTERDAM, Nov. 19.—"If the enemy sees that anarchy prevails, | |collective quotas, according to the! estimate of drive managers he will dictate peace conditions that} One of the last features in the will destroy German economic life.” | raising of money for the war work Chancellor Ebert declared, in an ad-| drive will be an all-night dance at} dreas to the workmen and soldiers|the Dreamland pavilion Tuesday, at the reichstag, a Berlin dispatch|the entire proceeds going to the! reported today. rund. The use of the hall and at | “We do not want a ‘Red Guard’ | tendant expenses are donated by Democracy will march on only if its| Manager Joseph Schermer. The | | head is untouched.” |admission is 55 cents, this covering | ‘According to the Vossinche Zeitung, | Ebert stated that the constituent as | sembly would be summoned as soon | |as possible after the election, to be | | held in January. | According to the Poet Tasso, car- | rier pigeons were employed for the |transmiasion of messages during the siege of Jerusalem in 1099. the entire expenses of the evening.| |FRANK WALSH QUITS | WAR LABOR BOARD WASHINGTON, Nov, 19.—Frank P, Walsh, jotmt chairman ‘a the na | tional war labor board, tendered his | resignation to President Wilson, the United States. To postoffice employes, he is known as czar; auto- cratic, intolerant, domineering. To the telegraphers, who were locked out be- cause of union affiliation, he has been sneering, insult- ing, and unjust. They are still without their jobs. To the public, he has been a sore spot; exorbitant telephone rates without decent service in return are due today to Albert S. Burleson. Time and again has Burleson shocked the Ameri- can idea of fairness, He has underpaid mail carriers. He has denied them and the telegraphers the Ameri- can right to organize. He has named to the important posts in the telephone department tools of the Bell Tele- phone trust—and upon their advice, and their advice only, has the latest boost in rates come about. Burleson does not fit in American public affairs. He has the autocratic ideas of a Romanoff or a Hohen- zollern. Let's kick him out of office by making our pro- test against him unanimous. Sign this petition and mail it to President Wilson: To President Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir; Because I am deeply interested as an Ameri- can in the welfare of our country, I hereby call your atten- tion to the undemocratic and dictatorial control of public af- fairs by Postmaster General Burleson, and respectfully peti- tion that he be dismissed from public service. Postmaster Géneral Burleson has been y of underpaying postoffice employes attempting block union He has failed to reinstate the locked-out telegraph employ: tho it was on account of that lock-out, to some extent, ve. because justice was to be done them, that the government of the United States took over the control of the telegraphs and telephones. Burleson has sed, arbitrarily, « raise in telephone rates in the state of Washington without giving commensurate service in retarn. This he has done, despite the advice of the public service bodies of this state, and only on the advice of Bell telephone officials, I respectfully submit that in these trying days, the atti- tude of mind of Postmaster General Burleson is a menaco to free Americanism, Name This is Albert S. Burleson, postmaster general of TO ALLIS |German Battleships Leave Kiel En Route to Sur- render Point batah ond COPENHAGEN, Nov. 19.—In leave until Wednesday morning and would surrender Thureday morning. ‘The ships named in the above dispatch are only a portion of those to be turned over to the allies. Ae | iB WASHINGTON, Nov. | disposition of German battle craft lordered turned over to the associat |ed governments will be left to the | peace conference. This fact devel- |oped at the navy office today. The information disposed of an impreasion in some quarters that a | division of the spoils had been set-| | ted on. It is recalled in this con- |Mrs. Wilson to” Accompany . Unites Prose Leseed wi 19.—The | President to Attend PeaceMeet Him on Journey to Europe |S CHOOSING DELEGATES| ‘WASHINGTON, 0 America’s ideals for a lasting peace will be propounded at the great pence conference by President Wilson in person. Sweeping aaide all precedents, the Preuifent‘has Announced he wilt sail Nov. actively participate in the conclave at Versailles. With him will go Mrs. Wilson and Admiral Cary T. Grayson, his personal physician. Secretary Tu- |multy probably will remain on this side to assist Vice President Mar- shall in conducting the executive duties if Marshall is left responsible for them. In regard to the visit to Europe, the White House issued the follow- ing announcement: “The president expecta to sail for France immediately after the open- ing of the regular session of con- gress, for the purpose of taking part in the discussion and settle ment of the main features of the |nection that Germany had to “sur- term “surrender” connection with major craft. Benson at Conference miral Benson, operations, will probably remain at Versailles thruout the peace confer- ence. =. Benson had a voice in the determ- ination of what ports the German battleships should be sent to, but it was said today there were no rec- jommendations for interning any in American ports. What disposition shall be made of American naval ships now abroad is not fully determined be possible as soon as the German ships are dismantled or interned What portion of the American ships can be returned home or as signed to other duty is a question yet to be decided The Atlantic fleet is mainty sta. | tioned in Yorkton harbor, Va. This |far no orders to shift it have been given. HOOVER WILL G0 TO BERLIN BY JOHN DE GANDT v. P. PARIS, Noy, 19.—That Herbert | Hoover will go to Berlin within two | weeks to study the German food sit- | uation first hand, was the belief ex-| pressed here today. The plea of the Germans that Jeontinuance of the blockade will! cause great hardship owing to the |food shortage is expected to be |thoroly investigated by competent |allied authorities under Hoover's di- rection, Should the blockade be lifted, it is pointed out, the entire food distribu- tion system of the world would be | disrupted, as the Germans would be }enabled to go into the open market and bid against the allied and neu |tral countries, | Aside from military consideration, continuance of the blockade is |deemed necessary as a guarantee |that Germany will take her place | ie the food line Arrested Leaving | Clothing Window F. Barber, Austrian, 33, was ar rested early Tuesday as he was| emerging from the smashed plate | | glass window of the establishment of Friedman and Wolfson, 800 First ave. Arresting officers say he had | {a coat, hat and six pairs of socks. | He ts held in the city Jail on an open charge. ee |render” all her submarines, but the| was not used in| Possible for him to remain thruout It developed also today that Ad-| Outset is American chief of | | Relaxation of the guard line will! |who has shown sympathy with his treaty of peace, “It is not likely that {t will be |the seasions of the formal peace | conference, but his presence at the necessary in order to obviate the manifest disadvantages of discussion by cable in determin. ing the greater outlines of the final treaty about which he must neces- sarily be consulted. He will, of course, be accompanied by delegates |who will sit as representatives of jthe United States thruout the con- ference. “The names of the delegates will be presently announced.” Only unlooked-for developments | in Central Europe will now change | the plan to have the peace confer-| ence in mid-December, and the do- mestic situation here is expected to| raise no obstacle in the path of the president's plan to attend. While the president will be un- able to sit in at the entire confer-| ence, he will participate in the dis-| jcussion and settlement of the main features of the peace treaty. ‘Thereafter he will turn the con- duct of America's part in the con-| clave over to the United States | delegates, who will accompany him. | The president is giving much| thought to the personnel of the delegation. He would prefer to have it made up largely from his own official family—members of his cabinet—of whom those most influ- ential in assisting him to shape the foreign policies of the government have been Secretaries Lansing, | Baker and Houston. There will be one republican, at least, in the delegation. It is point ed out by the president's advisers that he must select a republican | foreign principles of peace, which have been adopted by the allies also as theirs. The conspicuous republicans who (Continued on Page Twelve) Austria Holding Karl in Castle; Food Is Scarce LONDON, Nov. 19.—Former Em- peror Kar] is virtually imprisoned in Eckartsau castle, according to a Vienna dispatch to the Times, The present food situation in Austria is said to be bad. It is stated there is practically no bread, meat or margarine. Austrian aristocrats and govern- ment officials have not suffered from the war, according to the dis- patoh. None of them served in the; army, all of the officers being fur- nished by the middle classes. Enormous profiteering is charged. Butter is selling at $1,500 a barrel, Many profiteers have become mil- Uonaires, |-—— for France early in December to | “#@ | Nov. BIG STORES OF SUPPLIES TAKEN OVER Allied Prisoners Are Lib- erated as Advance Into Germany Proceeds SAARBURG IS ENTERED | United Press Leased Wire} Direct to The Star WIENS W SEGA i. PARIS, Nov. 19 (2:10 a. m)}— aged reached the | i announced today. “Large quantities of war .na- terials and “allied prisoners have “We entered Saarburg, and Morhange, and reached the proximity of the Rhine between a point north of Neu Briesach an¢ the Swiss frontier.” (Neu Briegach is a mile and a halt west of the Rhine and is 30 miles north of the junction of the Frencli, German and Swiss frontiers.) BELGIAN TROOPS NEAR ANTWERP HAVRE, Nov. 19.—“We haie reached the line from Baesrode to Alost,” the Belgian war office az;- nounced today. “Our cavalry has advanced from Brussels toward Malines (midway way between Brussels and Antwerp). “Munition depots were exploded at three rail stations in Brussels, setting fire to the station buildings.” YANKS NEARING RHINE REGION BY WEBB MILLER WITH THE AMERICANS AD- VANCING TOWARD THE RHINE, 18 (10:30 p. m.)—The Amer- ican Third army, advancing with machinelike precision, had completed the second lap of its march toward the Rhine tonight. It halted on a general line 15 kilo- meters (more than nine miles) ahead of the positions occupted last night. So far as can be observed, the Ger- mans are carrying out the terms of the armistice. Today they surren- dered millions of dollars’ worth of materials, guns and ammunition. At several places they turned huge am-. munition dumps over intact. At Bouligny several hundred care loads of lumber, cement and steal | rails and 22 guns fell into the hands of the Americans. Give Up Many Guns At Longy hundreds of cars, scores of engines, 3,500 machine guns, thou- sands of rifles and various other ma- terial were surrendered. At many other points scenes. Most of the towns are undamaged or only slightly so, The German withdrawal continues far ahead of the Americans, only a few enemy officers remaining to surrender mu- nitions, guns and supplies, Then these retired under a white flag. The advancing Americans entered (Continued on page 9) Government Bans Non-essentials in Export Trade WASHINGTON, Nov, 19.—The railroad administration, in conjunc- tion with the war department, has clamped the lid on exports which are held to be non-essential in re construction work, Announcement was made by the rajlroad administration today that hereafter no permit will be issued for immediate overseas movements unless the commodity is shown to be of a character which will aid in rebuilding the war-torn sections of Europe, 1 there were similar |