The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 21, 1918, Page 1

u a i I | a 4). J MAIN FLEET OF FOE SURRENDERS TODAY FRENCHMEN ENTER HUNGARIAN CAPITAL Full Leased Wire of the United Press Association. Complete Service of the Ni Enterprise Association, The Seattle Sta THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST at the Postoffice Central Council Unanimous in Support of Sweep- ing Action WILL DEMAND JUSTICE! —————# BAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21.— Jeige Franklin A. Griffin, before | whom Thamas J. Mooney was con wieted, bas written Gov. Stephens, | ‘wking the governor to grant Mooney | | | i : f t i ! | ue HL | i f i [ i : Aid i! 42338 i ; ? iis z uff j i i & be without power to relieve him. | the shoulders of the chief ex-| . then, rests this great respon- | riffin concludes his letter “that right and justice new trial for Thomas J order that these facts, #0 and of such importance to his guilt or innocence, ble to him at the time of | , May be presented to « jury | consideration and determination.” | Amid scenes of the utmost ex- | _ Gtement, the Central Labor coun- a8 z the The delegates decided to appeal to Gov. Wiliam D. Stephens, of Califor- Mt, to grant a new trial or freedom | for y, and to call for a general | Mrike if this request is not met by December 9. The resolutions declared that Moo- | Rey had been convicted by perjured | evidence, that all legal processes to| Secure a fair trial had been exhaust-| ‘4, that President Wilson had made unsuccessful attempts to se-| Sure justice, and that defects in the | laws of California made it impossible | t Tight the wrong that had been fommitted by the court. They fore urged the governor to in- .. Debate Is Hot ‘The debate was one of the biggest | that the council has ever held. De Bate at times was heated, and there Were repeated clashes between the fonservatives and the radicals, but it came to a vote on the main the labor men of all factions {Continued on Page Nine) CLEMENCEAU AND FOCH ELECTED TO ACADEMY) PARIS, Nov. 21-~Marshal Foch | and r Clemenceau were unant- | Mously elected by acclamation to the | Freneh academy today. They were | a. instead of being obliged to| membership. a a POINDEXTER TO | hope will end all insurgency, includes lite FS i : i en ae and stert rounded by multifariom maps, for waeb The ba Tonya hav vdgaee hed ‘will be amuse | “dopet” strategy an easily ment parks, encase an old Doc Byers, the chemistry the aneesers | wizard at the university, used to an masks, meve the pawns on the chess tection | beard—eh, what shall become of | ‘The | him now? | ‘We may convert we big guns | into impressive monuments. We may popularize the peri | scope by adapting it to the re | quirements of our highly com. | civilized life, using it to | | PLANES TO CARRY MAIL WIRELEM FO! COMMERCE. rirurs TOR HUNTMT If this is the last war, he is the last war expert, also. Local Labor Asks Wilson to Dismiss Kaiser Burleson }| BE PRESIDENT Lk on, BY L. C. MARTIN Burleson from public service by Se- WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—Com.|*ttle organized labor | plete harmony in senate republican An enthusiastic demonstration on} ranks was forecast today. Will H.| the floor of the Central Labor Coun- Hays. chairman ot the Fragacner peed cil Wednesday night accompanied mittee, was to confer w' republican - e pe athe gprs ine aS ts approval of the motion presented by | Mpettogether” Pir agp | the City and County Public Service This peace program, which leaders | Union The resolutions committee was in- the nomination of Senator Poindex- | structed to immediately draft the re ter, of Washington, a progressive, as | quest to President Wilson. Action president pro tem. of the senate, and | was based on Burleson’s failure to the placing of Norris, Cucnmins,|obtain justice for postoffice em-| Kenyon and other progressives at | ployes, locked-out telegraphers, and the head of important committees, | his policy of control of the telephone | but keeps Penrose as finance chair. | and telegraph. Under the proposed plan, republic-| ans also would eee hin tba WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-—Sen batitute for the mgd sen gg . | ator Selden H. Spencer, of Missouri, selecting committee c hairmen, wit | was sworn in today to fill the unex. sone Sneee ee: | pired term of the late Senator Stone. RENTERS CALL MASS MEETING Mayor Hanson and the entire city council will turn out to a mass pro- test meeting against “rent hogs” in the Press club auditorium, 1316 Fifth ave., Friday, at 8 p. m. N. A. Havercamp, president of the Anti-Rent Profiteering league, issued invitations to the mayor and council Have you a mes- sage for the bank- er? Do you want to speak to the merchant? Have you something to say to the work- AIRPLANE MAIL PLANS INCLUDE TERMINAL HERE Seattle Is being officially consider. ed as the northern terminus of a Se attle-Sacramento serial mail service. Capt. A. D. Penney, post adjutant at Mather Field, Sacramento, Cal, has sent wires to cities thruout Cal. |ifornia, Oregon and Washington, in quiring for information concerning suitable landing sites for aerial mai) planes. A tentative route will be submit ted to the postal authorities shortly. Dispatches from Washington, D C., announce that army aviators will commence a series in the country Friday. The flights | will be under the supervision of the war department. Both locally and nationally, Seat: tle has long been considered an ideal | terminus for an aerial mail service. | The government at one time had under consideration a plan which would make this city the western terminal of a cross-continent service. Should both tentative plans ma- ture, Seattle will be connected with both the Southern coast cities and the Eastern states thru aerial mail service. The university campus was sug. gested several weeks ago as a prac- tical landing site, on which to erect hangars. : U.S, AS KS FOR SATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1918. \today. ‘ of trig flights between the principal cities at Beattie, Wash, under the Act of Congress March 8, 1878. NIGHT EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Por Year, by Mall, $5.09 to 59.00 Weather Forecast: Tonight and Friday, moderate easterly rain; gales. 400 Allied Warships, PEACE MEET BUDAPEST in World’s Greatest Armada, Steam Out) 9 PREMIER NOW WAITS to Meet Beaten Foe LONDON, Nov. 21.—(12:20 p. m.)— The German fleet has surrendered to the Grand fleet, the British admiralty announced The American battle squadron and French cruisers and destroyers participated lin the ceremony. Four hundred allied vessels—the biggest fleet ever assembled—are reported to have Pre. if he cannot leave, however, met the Germans. The allied fleet inchided |: vor sin until the end of | December. five American dreadnaughts. President -Witeon will: make his | The admiralty made the following announcement British Elections on Decem- ber 28 May Delay Lloyd George WILSON DATE CHANGED BY ROBERT J. BENDER (United Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Nov, 21.—Con- vening of the peace conference is ‘now virtually up to Lloyd George. | The British election is December 28. |If the premier feels he can leave England before that date, the peace conference should get under way by the middle of December, it is said if he cannot leave, however, | sailing arrangements accordingly. ¢) Details of Wilson's trip are near | completion. It ts likely Mrs, Wilson Will be the only woman on the jour surrendering for i ee The correspondents will not be a ‘The surrender is understood to bave-taken.place st Mee Oe prea. ventas, 9c a point 60 milés east of | May Isle is just off entrance to the Firth of | 2h orainalty we, Pow may be |Forth, on the Scottish coast. delayed—and tho personnel of the "The German fleet followed the prescribed plan in| Pun gues ‘mein '0 be sn \surrendering, with the exception of one ship, which Ue), 2 Dovtcy. a pot = Prams The total number of which surrendered was|the president will make two trips ast yA 22 dio oon salle yyy ae ond when the peace agreement is ready for final signature. British Crews Stood Ready to \Fire as Teuton Divers Yielded | BY DON CHAMBERLAIN —_ U-boat. | They did not hesitate, proceeding ABOARD THE BRITISH |. cording to instructions thru a lane | Conditions. Strong pressure from lof British destroyers, toward the | Neutrals urging lifting of the allied |harbor. ‘The only exchange of com. | Dlockade, is pouring in to the pres- munication was when the cruiser | ©nt inter-allied ee i Dragon signaled submarines to| It was held possiblo that the sane ‘out the Deank Guebunber. | wreat treaty might be divided into ith j Tal | two or more sections, the first to " = wid pry sin prvorusl were | COVer matters of immediate import | inctuded in the 1 rt. Small | *™°° and the others demanding boats with movie operators drew It is proposed to clear up first | those questions which will enable be- quickly as possible normal trade a 5 ‘The four Pritieh cruisers and ac companying destroyers, which con- | a = | gtituted the reception committee, had | alongside the submarines, The Ger-| aye peeneel gpl “aged er | cleared their decks for action in case | mans laughed and waved their hats | D0? 7 at the operators. When the U-boats came to anchor, |. the British transferred the German | ** ° crews, together with their bread and | With pore yp lrag weeds joor bod potato rations, aboard a merchant. | POF and go after ne ian at aes Sn aaa et hark | 18 this connection, it was pointed to Kiel, the Drago escorting them. |CUt that the sooner Germany re ‘The Drago was to accompany the |sumes her trade, the quicker she merchantman as far as this morn-|¥!!! have money available for paying eager off the tremendous indemnities she The surrender caused no excite. | ™USt sive ment, the only thing in the way of| — _— Barty a celebration being a blowing of a re to the si ma a it was held yous was to have occurred at 7:30| siren in Harwich, ee ee, ee ae and its la. m., but the British reached the| ‘The officers and men of the Brit oe $4 ahead se he *'eeee, | designated place ahead of time and/|ish ships were quiet, the general at-| °UId be amone i Seemaens passed beyond. After they had/titude being that the German sur-|*° panes. of. progressed about five miles—36 miles | render was so contemptible it was an ee ee ; ? Harwich—they encountered the | nothing to crow about. bee a. MIDARIAN SOW: phe Roseeab hte PB st introduced by Louis Marshall, Ne sara York lawyer, asked Secretary of the Germans attempted any treach lery. The gunners were at their sta | tions ready to fire at a second’s no- | tice when the U-boats began to ap pear singly thru the for. “There They Are” | Harry Foster, a signal man, be side whom I was standing on the lower bridge of the Danale, sighted the leading submarine thru his glasses, shouting, “There they are!” According to achedule, the rendez This, it was held likely here, would na to permit Germany to set forth the peace conference. The new Rus- *By J. W. T. Mason || | United Press War Expert | a4 is | sian government is preparing an out line of its desires at the peace table and is planning to send representa. é tives. The Russian situation offers forces tn ‘Galicia, and hee, gutabin-| eg ime mont vexing problem in ed 9 claim to Lemberg and the fa-| = rmmnine conference. |mous fortress of Przemysl by right) | of conquest. NEW YORK, Nov altho, the | Sse icedalit 6 ta EA NO SECRECY, is great war itself has ended, tWO) onterence being held while war! other wars are continuing in EU-| continues, During the congress of | |rope and show no present indica | Vienna at the conclusion of the Na- |tion of ending before the Opening | iojeonic wars, Napoleon escaped jot the peace conference. The HAN’ | trom Iiba. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS over conflicts are between Poland! Wnie the final operations, term- (United Press Correspondent) jand Ukraine, in Hastern Gallcls | inating in Waterloo, were being) PARIS, Nov. 21.—While Versailles Jand between the Bolsheviki and the|conducted, the peace delegates at|is making its toilet for the peace allies in the Archangel region.| Vienna continued their delibera-| conference, the problem of secrecy or | The conflicting demands of Po-|tions. They failed, however, to fix|NO secrecy, censorship or no censor- land and Ukraine to the eastern|the security of the European states | Ship, is taking on great importance. area of Galicia! including Lemberg, |and Europe's subsequent wars have| Senator Borah’s statement that ev |the capital, have passed beyond the|all been traced to the Inefficiency |¢rything must be under the eyes of possibility of a settlement by mu-/and selfishness of the Vienna nego- the public is receiving much com jtual consent An army from | tiators. | ment, especially as it is understood | that Wilson has the same sentiments, It is pointed out that the American censorship has been abolished, and “No Capitalistic Peace nts and neutrals to resume as/ | longer and more deliberate action, to | , [State Lansing to safeguard Jewish | interests In Rumania today. | ‘The question probably will arise at | |Force of 8,000 Frenchmen Enter Hungarian City on Sunday RAIL HEADS ARE HELD Pay United Press Leased Wire jl Direct to The Star 21.—The LONDON, French occupied Budapest, cap- ital of Hungary, on Sunday, it was announced here today. Nov. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—French troops occupying Budapest, the Hungarian capital, included a de | vision of 8,000 men, while two other | divisions are to hold important rail | heads, according to official diplo matic dispatches from Berne. Occupation of Budapest by the French is undoubtedly in compliance with the provisions of the Austrian armistice, which included the right of occupying all strategic centers im Austria-Hungary. S ‘ AT “REDS” LONDON, Nov. 21.—Heavy figh® Monday and Tuesday, is reported by the war office. The Bolsheviki attacked the allies on the front and flank Monday, penetrating several villages and foro ing their way to the Canadian bat tery positions, where they were held, American and British infantry then counter attacked, throwing the em emy back with heavy losses. The fighting was resumed Tue» day, the Bolsheviki being beaten with great casualties. ‘SOUTH RUSSIA 1S IN TURMOIL VIENNA, via London, Nov. 21.— | Bitter fighting is reported to be um der way between Ukrainians and Poles thruout Southern Russia, The principal battles are being fought for possession of Lemberg, |which is now being held by the (Ukrainians. Fighting is also going +on at Kolomea, Przemys! and Stani» { lau. Przentys! is 50 cniles west of Lem berg. Stanislau is 75 miles southeast of Lemberg. Kolomea is 15 miles southeast of Stanislau. CZECHS FIGHT ___TEUTON FORCE ZURICH, Nov. 21.—Field Marshal Von Mackensen's troops engaged in a battle with Czech soldiers Sunday, ac cording to the Pester Journal. The Czechs insisted on disarming the Germans, who were retreating. The Czechs then tore up the railway, preventing Von Mackensen's further movement. SAYS WILLIE TO _ STAY ON ISLAND AMSTERDAM, Nov. 21.—The Han- deisblad says the former crown prince will be interned on the island of Wieringen, in the Zuyder Zee. A small house is said to have been rent- ed there for him and his attendants, The island of Wieringen is about six miles long and has a population | of 9,000, ‘200 ARE DEAD __ IN EXPLOSION Py early in the week, with the result ingman? $ the British newspapers are permitted] AMSTERDAM, Nov. 21.—Two that Hanson and the council accept $| to publish what is not allowed in| hundred persons were killed by an ed in a body. All classes read The : S | e ° France. factory at Cologne, “Rent profiteering is getting Star; otherwise it could 3 WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—The Will Satisf | ab Yr” It is how urged that there be an a eetne eer 2 pidgin te worse and worse in Seattle, instead not have the largest audi. @ | War department has cabled Gen, Per- inter-allied agreement concerning | to induce the workmen to strike, it of better,” declared Havercamp ence in the Northwest. « $|shing. ordering him to send quickly what shall be published about the was announced by the Taglische Thursday. “The federal fair rents @ names of incoming prisoners, with a| So declares J. R. Clynes, British | National City Bank of New York,| peace negotiations, Rundschau today. commission is doing good work, but Tell about your proposi- @ | statement of their condition, food controller, An interview with| writes interestingly on the peace| Opinion generally inclines toward pe Dat. ART MES its powers are confined to shipyard tion with a Want Ad. $| While awaiting thin information, | him, written ‘exclusively for The| outlook. On page 6, Richard | secrecy, on the ground that the Ger- PRINTERS CALL STRIKE workers and their families, We need zi . $ the state department will do nothing | Star and the Newspaper Interprise| Spillane, editor of Commerce and|mans will exploit to the fullest ex-| ROCHESTER, N. ¥., Nov. 2t.— some power that will relieve the rest PHONE MAIN 600 @ by way of following England's course | association, will appear tomorrow. | Finance, begins his series of recon: | tent the slightest lack of harmony. | Daily newspapers were not printed of the population.” You Can Have It Charged $|—"tfying Germany she can expect | Today, on page 4, George A. Vander. | struction articles. Watch The Star| However, many declare the Wilson-| here Wednesday as a result of a Landlords and tenants alike are @ no food relief while prisoners are! lip, head of the greatest financial dally for the big, worthwhile fea-/tan policy of open diplomacy ought to| strike called Tuesday night by the invited to Friday's meeting. wecccccccvcccoosoos badly treatet institution in the United States, the | tures, begin at Versailles Allied Printing Trades Council. \ scatterer hy ee