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KICK IN’ THE WAR IS OVER BUT THE BOYS IN FRANCE HAVE BIG JOB ON HAND YET, Full Leased Wire of the United Press Association. Complete Service of the , And so Have We at | 'Home. Our Task Now Is | to Be True to Yanks } { Newspaper Enterprise Association. —— VOLUME 21. {nto Our Pockets for War WASH., CIFIC NORTHWE. The Seattle Stal THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE P Batered as Second Clase Matter May & 1899, at the Postoffice at Geattle, Ween, ender the Act of Congress March $, 187 COSGROVE ASKS LAW TO CURB RENT HOGS NIGHT EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Per Year, by Mail, $6.00 to $9.00 $ Te TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1918. Savings Stamps. ONG lines of tin-hatted Yanks L are filing into Germany today Great Meets of motor truck with supplies, are steadily trail | jag the olivedrab hosts, in a never: procession. Fer American soldiers must police , Weet of the Rhine, in a with the armistice that the guns of the World War, | France and Great Rritain have borne | the beunt of war, and their soldiers a SSNS ‘These things must be xept in mind poy, because it is a natural tendency fe return to the easy life we knew defore the war. ‘We've thrashed the kaiser, hurrah! But our boys won't come home to us Tey have done the thing we sent | them to Europe to do. Shall we de “gert them now? supplies must still go over geas to the great army of occupation. ‘There are big bills to pay. Where Conditio Unless rental agents learn to | establish fair rents, they will | sooner or later find their busi- | regulated by legisiative ac- | ‘This was the warning and prediction sounded by Howard G. Cosgrove, chairman of the United States Pair Rentals com mission, in an exhaustive person- al report issued Tuesday. Legislative action should also be taken immediately to eliminate the professional lodging house specu Mator, he urges. Created to protect shipyard work ers from profiteering landlords, this body has lowered rents in 161 cases, while in only 25 instances did the commission find itself justified in sustaining Incressex asked. Cosgrove also points out the unfitness of many places. for human habitation, and urges that these shacks be torn down. Commission Observations A few extracts from the report “Rental agencies of the city should take notice that thru competition | M ewry grownup and every in Seattle would invest fm & war savings stamp before 1, there would be no hirnili deficit when Uncle Sam begins | up here at the end of the) Row there is a shortage of that must be made up in ~purchases.. this and next Gommitteemen have estimated strong tug. with everybody would put Seattle back on roll. L everybody won't buy a war stamp ‘fe the loyal ones must ake up | the shortage by purchasing as many RMmpe ax they can afford. tant and im- ' will find | for them | ) by legistative | Tear Down Shacks | of accounting shacks should be torn down | State should prohibit | the further building of them. A should be devtard to aid the ‘man of little means to live in prop | er quarters. It is impossible to ex | pect families living in shacks, such | as we hav> visited, to either remain or become good citizens. | “The, legislature of the state| should pass legislation @eaigned to! eliminate the profeasional lodging bouse speculator.” | Live Under Street “People have been found living in| quarters below the street level, with- leut adequate light or sanitation, and reports of these have been:nade to the city health offictals. | “The commimion, upon complaint, @iscovered what was called a hotel annex. It was a large basement in a building built back from the street, _jover a ravine, which ravine, in the summer, is the home of many thou sand happy, mirthful frogs. To en: | ter the basement, one descended from street level and followed along | the wall of the building, and entered | at a point about 75 feet above the bottom of the ravine. A large base- ment had a little area, which seemed to be used as a hotel lobby. “There was the eusual counter and key rack, also a small table covered with ancient papers and magazines. Around the lobby were the hotel rooms. These were built in this base ment room by making thin board partitions, inclosing small stalls just | chair. There was not enough room in any of these stalls for the usual | operation of a broom, unless the cot and chair be first removed. Over each of these rooms ran a ceiling of (WSSIWSS) Shocking ‘Slum of ‘without it. “railoy Wvaromet Mowe nar 1918. and eye large enough for a cot bed and a) ns Here, chicken wire. If a lodger should hap- | pen to have the ‘flu’ and should sneeze, he would immediately waft | the ‘flu’ into the castle of every other | lodger. For this elaborate and pala tial abode the hotel guest was requir ed to pay $3 per week. The commis’ HE FLAYS ATTY. FICK sion found great difficulty in deter mining whether the rental should be 50 cents or $1, or nothing. “Almont every lessee expects to) make not only his living, but to pay | for his furniture and equipment in either one or two years. Trouble With Leases “Our tPoubles are not so many} with apartment house owners. They are chiefly with lexsees, When housing space became scarce in Seat tle, the professional landlord or land. lady, who is usually a speculator in lodging house leases, went Into the business on a large lessees, knowing the great demand and the short suppiy, were willing to pay, and did pay, for furniture and equipment, sometimes double and treble its actaal value, and in addi- tion, If pressed, were willing to pay &@ bonus to a grasping landlord who| the year. 1918, . , jo rent wan ed The changes in some instances happened do often that the first the apartment houses and hotelware held under lease by Japancer. have been willing to pay any sum ment without pected not only & proper rental, an additional amount to -neet the ex- orbitant price paid for the furniture and by way of house or saying hotel. that mt they acon Mooney Sentence scale. ‘These | tlon Tonight and Wednm tonight; moderate sout rain: warmer asterly winds, Weather Forecast: GANG RULE’ Says U.S. Officer “DENSMORE Reaffirms the Mooney Frame-up Charge Charges of widespread corrup- tion in the city of San Francisco were made Tuesday morning, shortly after his arrival in Sent- tle, by John B, Densmore, the that ey cane a ag ed who in the tool of interesta higher Mp, | becersen a Se bas a body guard of burly bullies, | costumed Almatiane and ix pacreundod by Cimrepacatsic |i front of the famous Ninth Cen-| war, in which Peru and Bolivia were | Untens | Knowledge the tenant would have|men whom we charge with fixing | tury cathedral, that he had a new landlord would B®! juries to convict innocent =nen and when he received a new notice of iN-| tren deepdyed criminals. “It in difficult,” More, “for the people of Seattle tol tary into Strasbourg ‘today, follow. | ste the difficulty, #0 an to avoid ac Tealize how rotten things are in San! ing the actual occupation of French | tual warfare Francinco, director general of the United Staten employment service. Since last June, Densmore said, he has been conducting an investigation! The Alsatians are dolighted with in San Francisco on Dehalf of the! the French ideas of constructive op federal government, and i | the course of this genera! investiga the federal t was in agents came acroas convincing evidence of gros corruption in the prosecuon of the High power and authori. would not consent to the assigmenent | t¥ in the city are completely in the| any halted by the population. hands of a pang U have | ¢spreaston samothers face. oh, Oxman Jury “Fixed” At this time a large percentage of) “The jury that freed Oxman froon the charge of perjury in the Mooney case, for instance, wax fixed abso- | lutely, We have xpecific evidence of |Wune in in the handling | @%ked to get any kind of an apart-|an attempt to frame up a witness #008 | against Mra. Mooney, And if our in size. ae eae | oe | vestigation had been started at the ‘o nant PMY) time the Mooney trial was on, we but} would undoubtediy have made gome |™OeLorraine bas provided me with interesting disclosures. “The investigation has revealed |Dle almest unadimousiy are French the atmosphere that prevails in Fick-| ®t heart. ert's office, and by analogy we can / [learn something of the circumstances in which the Mooney trial waa con ducted." of ae wT | “enamore produced : xapoet ot conversations, . revealed by dict thin YS | shone, between San, Arancisco of SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26.— Seventeen days yet to go waters | Tom Moonry hangs. All other de velopments in the were dwarfed before that fact to day. When Mooney hangs, the Hot shevik element in America will make him {ts martyr and will make & great play to win union labor over to Bolshevik methods. This fact was undisputed today. Union labor, fearing this develop- ment, is making every effort to save Mooney, altho’ Mooney styles himself as “labor agitator” rather | | val tion, phone able Used New Invention “The evidence of wholesale corrup- Ive, lke to listen a than ‘wiser. eldest: strument installed i . “4 Fickert's none, and Union ‘leaders insist their efforts while Fickert was to save Mooney are based upon a desire to see justice done rather) than merely to save one of their) number. Many expect Governor Stephens to act..granting a conditional par- don which would allow Mooney an-| other trial for murder on one of the nine indictments springing from the! preparedness parade bombing, July (Continued on Page Seven) One thounand hot cakes eaten tn 45 minutes by Yank soldiers at Paria Y. M. C. A. club. Is your word to Uncle Sam good? ‘Then prove it Keep your war sav- (WSSIWSS) A Spromise not kept is-worse than |P© promice at all. Mak i egood your | War savings pledge. PERSHING LEAGUE |) STANDS A CHANCE ) ) COLUMBIA, ©., Nov. 26—It ap Dears likely | Repubtican league, incorporation pe _ Bets for which were filed yesterday _ ‘Wapers.” which were filed yenterday With the secretary of stata, will be Permitted to become an Ohio-corpor- _ |. Secretary Fulton submitted the _ Gestion to Attorney McCiee. While | the law does not specifically deny tion for « political purpose, it does py any Ohyeny, kiddies! When old Sunta Claus gets busy around Christmas, | delivering all the thousands of pres- ents for the “service” boys and girls | of Seattle and vicinity, gosh! Won't he have a pack, tho? Mrs. A. 8. Taylor, vice chairman | of the Red Cross Christmas tree | committee, got old Santa on the) phone yesterday | “Did you get enough Christmas | presenta for the kiddies whose dads and uncles are Uncle Sam's sol- diers and tailors? she asked. “Yep.” maid Santa. “I've already put away 5500 dolls and toys for them. And if there are more kild'w ho want ‘o come to the Armory. | I'll hustle along right this minute some more presents.” areata up to the little boys and | little girls to be sure and get cards of admission to the armory on Christmas day. You can get these cards by calling at Red Cross head- quarters, 315 University st. or you quay apply by mail to that i rohibit the participation of Listen to Old Sant or to The Star. Be sure to give the} names of the kiddies you wish enter: | tained and their ages. Santa Claus | has to know how old they are so | that he can pick out the best pres: | ents possible. The Christmas tree is being fixed | Ar up by tie Elks some tree Resides the include ice and oranges, there will be a fine vaudeville ;rogram. Wagner's tand will play. E:very httle daughter of @ soldier will get a dremed doll, and every small son w'll get a mechanical toy off the tree. police, case, it right dixmantied ficials and certain crooks, concern ing the bribing of jurymen in declared Dens | } ALL LOYAL TO FRANCE WITH CHILE Federal Official, in Seattle, Troops Enter Strasbourg Between Rows of Gaily- Dressed Girls ERT VETERANS OF ’70 MARCH CONSULS BY FRANK J. TAYLOR (United Press Correspondent) STRASSBURG, Nov (Night) French infantry divisions are tak ing over Alsatian towns controtied by German sovieta. They are hand ling the situation in a mont credit able manner, restoring order, provid ing food for the people, and caring for refugees. eration, Dances, concerts, feten and the intermingling of soldiers and civilians are accomplishing more in the way of maintaining order than the German “verboten” signs ,ever did. ‘The formal entry of French mili troopa yesterday, was enthusiastic Marshal Petain accompaniéd parrded brightly drawn up Martial exercises were held and the Mareeillaine sung before the kaiser's palace, which was decorat e4 with Frehch and allied colors. All joined In the cetebration. French vetérans of 1870, who the troops and marched @ ith tottering steps, were given a>wonderful jon A week spent with the victorious French armies of occupation in Al couvincing evidence that the ‘This dempite the fact that for nearly $0 yemmm they have been under German control and for the last four years forbidden to use a | rapidiy singte word of French The few remaining Germans are leaving Alsaom, They are enurely out of Lorraine. Grand Duchess of Luxemburg Requests tion and official criminality that we| Aid From President gathered,” said Densmore, was made | possible by an entirely new inven. | an improvement of the dicta By the use of.an amplifying little _ electric WASHINGTON, Novg 26,—Prest- dent Wilson's intervention in behalf of the grand duchess of ‘Luxemberg She asked that he save the duchy jt |}of Luxemberg as a small, independ there. That young fellow is an electrical wizard.” Densmore charged that the prose and vice cuting attorney's department, officials league with forces of corruption, are Hoe Cites Case “One of the most. disgraceful in worthless evidence. Government Is Keeping Close Tab on Mooney WASHIN merican iTON he death Nov. government and it's going to be | close watch on disturbances growing lout of meetings convened to protest | presents, which will| against cream, candy, apples, | Thomas J. Mooney. sentence the in stances of this wai in the Baker st. a vice prosecution 150 prominent Sant Francisco men, including certain officials whose duty it is to suppress vice. men were all acquitted.” In regard to involving ‘These the Mooney case, Densmore expressed the opinion that The keeping of While officials expressed no great a meeting | | concern over the situation, the riot! precipitated in New York last night | when soldiers and saciors attacked | socialists after caused some uneasiness here. Officials view the general spirit in| there | Some of the dolls will be mere in-|the courtry as 4 natural outgrowth | As @ result, steps will ers will be old enough to wear romp-| be taken shortly, to remove, in so far all sources of possible tr. ers. All of the dolls will weather as well, as they are unbreakable. Toys | rit ing mechanical men. for the boys will be trains, automo- biles, clowns, and a host of fascinat- In @ word, it's going sensu! or 4 ~ | fants dreamed in baby clothes, Oth-|of the war pomp ble ation are expressions some localities against the shorten: | ing of labor hours with the ending tho war, of discontent Coupied with the Mooney protests in . ent free nation. The measage was referred to the Versailles councii- LONDON, Now. 26.—The grand duchess of Luxemburg has decided to take no share in the government of her country for the present, a dispatch to the Express announced today. School Children of America Erect Riley Monument When Gov. Stephens, with whom he is| GREENFIELD, Ind., Nov. 26.— er) by of thtay. asks you | personally acquainted, will grant| School children of America today 5 pada ofa arto ° e leither a pardon or a new trial honored James Whitcomb Riley war at you did not keep your | Tt is difficult to see how this can| when a monument to his memory mivings pledge? Py be denied, said Densmore, after | was unveiled in the grounds of the [WSSIWSS) 3 ? Judge Griffin's statement, to the ef-| Hancock county court house, a short | . fect that Mooney was convicted on | distance from the birthplace of the Hooaer poet. Funds for the erection of the mon- ument were contributed by school children in all parts of the nation, The Star has the larg: est daily circulation of any newspaper in the Northwest. For the truthfalness of this statement you are referred to: The Audit Bureau Circulation— (The recognized national of authority) The United States Gov- ernment Reports Or Ask Any if Our Com. petitors, Your chances of get- ting what you go after are beat when you in- form the mast people of your wants, peo: | ‘WAR BREAK | 'Hostilities | American Countries Ap- } pear Possibility WASHINGTON, Nov. %6— Hostilities between Chile and Peru appear to be a possibility. Peru bas withdrawn ber consular > /ERISCOHAS |ALSATIANS PERU NEAR | Between South; Peace of World ‘Now Threatened by the Bolsheviki DISPATCH FROM ROBERT J. BENDER (By Untted Press Leased Wire, Direct to The Star) WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—The eyes of the world today WITHDRAWN are on German soldiers returning home. Whether they aid in restoring an orderly regime or yield to the anarchistic pleadings of Dr. Karl Liebknecht, Germany's Lenine, will determine if the empire is to gain its feet or join with Russia in chaos and crime. Fear is expressed here that the German troops, return- agents from Chile, as the result of ing to barren cupboards in war-broken homes, will fall prey popular demonstrations, resulting ‘to the doctrines of Liebknecht. He, like Lenine, has taken from a revival of the dispute over! a stand against not only the imperialism of Germany, but the provinces of Tacna and Arica, which Chile took from Peru in 1883, As Peru has no minister in Chile withdrawal of her consuls constitutes a break in diplomatic relations. | It ie believed here today that the ‘United States or one of the South American nations will offer to mnedi- Tt was also regurded (as ® pomibility that Peru and Chile would carry their disputes to the ie setuement of much ("When Pari ceded to Chile, at the end of the four years’ completely defeated by Chile, a ple} end of | *Pread into other countries. bewcite was to be held at the | ten years to decide the ultimate dis | ponttion of the provinces. | The plebescite has American politics ever since. Chile vies with Argentine and Bra-|that countries should be allowed to zil in power and influener in South | settle their own internal differences America, It has an area of 259,329 |—as for instance, Mexico and Russia. square miles, and a population. of | 3,641,477. 18 and 45 are Mable for service. Itn navy conaists of one old battle. | People in Germany and Russia will ship, two armored cruisers, four pro-|be involved in an anarchistic upris: torpedo gun-|ing if German does not regain her six torpedo boats | balance, it is pointed out. tected cruisers, boat destroyers, and a mine layer, Chile had two ten big dreadnoughts | building in England at the beginning | | of the world war, but they were pur chased by the British. | Peru has an area of 722,461 square miles. standing army numbers 6,500. | tary/wervice is universal and compul- j The navy consists of one old sory. armored cruiser purchased from globe, | Was besought today Im\a telegram | trance, three protected cruisers, sev which booxted up the voice, we were |ffom the grand duchess. | to conversations Fickert’s office from the other end| from the passage of German troops of a wire that was three miles long. | (Probably meaning: deatruétion com-| BUENOS AIRE “The young inventor of that in.|™itted by them) and that he protect | peruvian foreign under |@t the peace negotiations the right jen river gunboats, one destroyer and two sulenarines, . Nov, 26.—The minixter has decid ed to withdraw all consular repre sentatives'from Chile, owing to anti Peruvian demonstration at Iquique, it was announced here today. The trouble arose over the old question of the provinces of Tacna |and Africa, which Chile took from | Peru. | Bolivia, believed to be in sym | Pathy with Peru, hopes thru its pro. |allied attitude to obtain a pacific port at the peace council. \Chilean Congress Brands Official as “Unpatriotic” | SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 26.—Sec- ship which might squelch the pres- ae the, theery that jept upheaval. tioria “would require} As to allied aid, nd definite con. ty Arita [Certain, however, if never taken |her leading cities to assist in bring: | place, and Tacna and Arica have/ing order. been the Alsace-Lorraine of South) Its regular army totals about 20,-| 000, but it has a national militia in| Presents a threat against the peace | which all able-bodied men between |4nd demérratic tranquillity of the It has a population of 4,620,201. Tts | Mili-|MOuncement of a course of action has threatened the allied world as well. | With Germany in the control of | ——— the Bolsheviki, a great portion of Eu- | rope would be in the hands of an. archiste. The problem is one giving - civilized government today the most oe a —_—— clusions have been reached | solemn thought and worry | The latest appeal of the German Bolshevism | many’s adoption ofthe government, protesting against de-| | mobilization of the German armies, is | | held to indicate that the government | of government shows no more evi- dence 6f being the ontcome of: true revolutionary spirit than the camou- |is counting on these troops to aanist jin establishing a military dictator: | flaged democratic ministry of Chane cellor Ebert. Germany appears to be too weary to do any real thinking about demo cratic regeneration. The mechanical substitution of the soviets’ administration for the previous authority of the Ebert ministry has more than character. istics of an impersonal problem in |mathematics than a vital human | experiment. True conversion to democracy is yet to come to Germany. It is im Possible to believe that a sincere Qing =the ascendency In Germany; the allied armies will be the only) immediate means of combatting its The allies might throw an armed cordon around Germany or occupy It was pointed out that President Wilson bas always taken’ the stand} Threatens Entire World But with Germany, the problem lentire wortd. Scores of millions of to the pure ideals of freedom can be made by a nation in so spiritless a fashion. ‘The Germans are evidencing no ‘The finde of ‘sich ia) coetingestion | |e than th tiencetion’ orenen would be certain to sweep to adjoin- ing nations. Hence there is the| They are suspiciously _ testing strongest urge upon this govern. | Various experiments in democracy, ment to act promptly in putting | Without giving heartfelt support to; the basic democratic principles. It is the most extraordinary pro- cedure in government juggling the world has ever seen, | probably will await developments of | ‘ edoante tae |SAYS GERMANY LIED Germany's internal troubles may them out now To this end, the associated powers are exchanging views—but any an- “hich ol Germany is hiding inan| 1 HOME FOLKS Jattempt to escape paying for its, ON CAUSE OF WAR Sega in the opinion of some off!:! 1 ovnon, Nov. 26—(11:10 a, thine Other expert observers, however, | Warning against.a kaiserite counter, | believe the revolutionary troubles to| revelution, the Berlin Vorwaerts, of be genuine. Dispatches received here from Berlin indicate that Ger- ree ae of the Ebert government many is splitting into states and ‘ that the Spartacus groupe—Bol “That gang of murderers | sheviki—are in the saddle at some | Planning to re-establish itself. points, while the Ebert-Scheidemann| The Vorwaerts made the statement clique—moderates, still holds the | in commenting on the Bavarian dis- reins in others, closures of the origin of the war. It As this disintegration proceeds it | pointed out that the German govern: jis thought the next whine from the | ment said it was ignorant of the Aus« |German people «will be one to the| trian ultimatum before it was’ délive leffect that they did not start the ered to Serbia, and that it said Vide war, the old empire that was so foul | na was exhorted to be moderate. Is dead, so.why should the people be| “The facts are,” says that paper, | forced to pay the war bills? “that Berlin incited Vienna. Wiles og helm said, “The enemy attacked ‘ua,’ Wilson Limits His | This is an infamous lie.” European Journey.\\ PRESIDENT PLANS still i ond Vice Prosident Cardenas has . a | been officialiy censured by the Chil to Six-Week Stay| “ TO-SAIL ON DEC. 3 ean congress os “urpatriotic’ be: WASHINGTON, Nov ¢—The | Way : cause-he male 2 speech before that | president, it may be stated on high ¥_ TQ PEACE MEETING body last night, expressing the hope | ost authority, will not be absert ASHINGTON. Nov. 26.—Ace | the differences with Peru could be/from the cotintry more than six |eof@ing toate plan now, President | ed wri th gay’ wear. weeks on his trip to France, includs |Ayjison will wail Yor [rance on the | A. stormy scene resulted when | ing the time requirea for sailing te | former Gert liner, George Washe Cardenas made his address. The} sn from Europe {dimton, pout ‘tagcemb=." 3. | members rowe to their feet ina body |" Messages from every nook. dnd] pre ba fanied by Mrs. | and shouted “Traitor.” ‘The meeting |egrner of France, Belgium, Btaly,!whisdn, herPprivate secretary, Miss broke up in contusion ard. the British Isles pouring bra Me and his confidential The president and first vice presi-/into the White House. urging th@xtendgraphes, @ibert, Close. ignations beesuse of Cardenas’ “un: {fhe itinera.s ie Mark wilt carey Frenen patriotic” utterances, |} One from Yord Nerthcliffe, de- |] fatim ah fi ry and” Maite Congresg req nvened ‘ater and im:| ciared he ‘inust” make the journey | Jusseram® sand Mmemoers of the mediately passed a resolutions de-| and that his coming would be mark- | american itcietstion . claring Carcenas to be “unpatriotic! eq py the greacest ovation ever ac- 3 i and unfit to carry out the duties of his office.” Tne vote was 63 to 1. | The memiers also refused to ac leept the resignations of the preai- dent and vice president. The Chil jean foreign min'rter has recalled all consular agents from Peru. 700,000 Austrians Captured by tlaly) ROME, Nov. 26.—A total of 700, 000 Austrians were taken prisoner, lit was officially announced by the Italian war office im. the chamber of deputies today § \land this morning. de plans t They are wapegted to include Sec retaries Langit and Baker and ex+ fenry White. SF¥el" will accompany the o will be a number aboard. corded a citizen or sttsesman, Herbert Hoover Reaches °F; PARIS, Nov. —Herbert d his party arrived here fro RMANCEND.RUSS PRISONERS CLASH; MILLION LACK FOOD COPENHAGEN, Nov, 26—Clash- fer with Col, ister Boret House and Food My VON BESKLER FLEES ‘es between. repatriated German*and Von Beseler, German governor gen-| Russian war prisoners in eastern eral, has fled from Poland, it was re-|Germany were reported im Gia ported in dispatches received bera, patches received here, i = COPENHAGEN, Nov. 26.—-Gen. change from militaristic ambitions ™ } Hy if

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