The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 2, 1918, Page 1

| gue Full Leased Wire of the United Press Association, Complete Service of the Newspaper Pa _Enterprise Association. of New Problems Modified Private Control of Railways Suggested tip Pres- ident in Message—Heroism of U. S. Troops Is Praised —Republicans Are Silent. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 nator Sherman, Ill., announced today that he will in troduce a resolution tomorrow declaring the presidency vacant for the remainder of President Wilson's term and providing that the vice president shall assume the duties at once. and powers of the offic: BY ROBERT J. BENDER % ba \ ec Coreen Wilson’s Reasons WASHINGTON, Dee. 2.—ie- : caring that present government for Attending the al agencies can mdie the row tine problems of readjustment, Peace Conference Presklert Wilson today said the aa oe weit Ngan thief need of the country is de oe geen A Yelopment of its railways, bigh- Er ays ada Ag ht ig woo otg oy ethernet roads. be the ide the untry “new element of policy” is |{ = ge exam ? en ately necessary, he sai 15 ay : , eam: ta 3 Be public service release of oe oe or salmanes tater 8 protection of stockholders ) lap aes pe upon het. ; #1 frankly turn to you for coun- t= we hg ait Binet" aryl i” be said, at which republicans pt yee © goed what Be the joint congrese session hear } they ffered their life's blood fe him, laughed § to obtain, I can think of o Practically every republican sat!) call to service which would ( ff when the democrats rose in a |} transcend thi v to cheer the president's state Democratic members and large ad age that “it is now my duty to play H groups In th lh part making good” the heered iples which American sol |) ‘acaba mitienensttilanateatiiial offered their life's far-reaching changes which have modified private |been wrought in the life of our the nation’s railroada|nation and of the world. Ned and greater public| You have yourselves witnessed these as I have, It ts too . soon ames them; and we who Outlines His Polley stand in the midst of them and ar In his annual message to a joint | part of them are less qualified than fasion, opening the short term of | men ther generation will be Dibe “reconstruction congress” today. | to mean, or eve the president out thie and other | w Measures as his policy of readjust ment ure unmistakable and At the same t explained his a sense, part of th Peace trip to Europe as one that it} ness with which it Was his “duty” to mai To state ther ‘May I not hope.” he said. “that! sta, for egial i'the delicate tasks I shall have to) scutive ‘artists perform * * * I may have the en ¢ them and). couragerent and the added strength | ,.. and deter e st Goal Waibainened Reviews Troop Movements the © would be completed) 4, year we ‘tn’ Bont 14091 said, the American 1,950,512 erage of 162 businesarn 1 his “quick int |$49° cach’ mor Mar Pe tativ in ad with his re | oss rising cat 45.9: Adjustment og: Reg na Sr any in August 9,570 and theme of “reconstruction, bh ull tember 267,43 ed, none had emerged as Me guet movement. of he belle would work better than be tore took place acre Present constituted government | POTS Po awed by : pemaeies ‘i ment 1 supplies and carriec President Woodrow Wilson's cticdy. dataere of Meech before congress today is as Scum Wi rarage follow « ‘ ner t strange and nfinitely ¢ ’ Gentlemen of the Congress a 1 last before you to fulfm| I & ; ota ‘ ¥ men my cons utlonal a to giv to 420 bel a . 4 the s from time to . time the stat q| English tr the as been so crowded | Orkney Islan with great events, great processes| Praises United States Industries and great alts that I cannot I need not tell be hope to give you an adequate ple- | of this ere , toin ture of its transactions, or of the | material. Weems ——$——- It is not Inv 1 at ba . . of ft lay a st ting i President’s Ship of the industries of the country, and of all its productive Is Ready for Sea sirisiis sine thorn mei NEW YOE The trans | effective in result, m 1 1 Bort George Wa enind tied up| unant-nous in purpe 1 eff &t Pier 4, Hoboken, today, ready to| than any other great belligerent had take aboard President Wilson, hi#| been able to effect Suesta and delegates to the peace| We profited b ne experience of Onference. The big wl, under !the nations which had already beer CMVvoy, is expected to sail for Eu-| en 4 for nearly three years in the rope tomorr early Wednesday. | exigent and exacting busine heir Byery cor sible ia being ar-|eyery resource and every effect Fanged for lentia proficiency taxed to the utmont Naval cooks » ot be required to! We were their pur t we learr Cater to thom, as a crew of 59 cull-| ed quickly and acted with a prompt haty expert om loners, bakers | ness and a readiness that justify our and waiters from a famous hotel| great pride that were able to have been put aboard serve the world with unparalleled en The peace delegites and other | ergy and quick accomplishment fests are expected to board the Warriors Stood the Test seor ge n before 3 o'clock Tueada hour she ia sched But it is not the pby 1 neale a Bled to stearn out to Gravenend bay | eze¢ utive ficlency ¢ oss &nd anchor, aw the president ipply, equipment and t at The battle Pennsylvania, fi I would dwell upon, but thg the fag of ral Henry T,| and quality of the officer 1 men Mayo, wii 1 from Brooklyn | we sent over and of the sailors Mavy yard to meet the el, with |kept the seas, and the spirit of the aN escort of f Per ap de.| nation that stood behind them é stroyers oldiers or ra ever prove ade deck. ‘Thena have er rey with more splendid irage Medecorated ind refurniahed for the|and achievement when put to the trip, ‘They ‘ “me “1 MODs, playing at | in directing the great processe and on 1 occ h the war was pushed irresisti The Broo} navy yard band will| bi ward to the final triumph may play when th Washington | thoughts with the story of what our SOters the harbor of Brest, which is|men did © be on December 11 or 12. | their r suct wn t tm manded, ve our A. curs’d we were a PPP PPP an Hooe PD OP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPL APA e Seattle Sta GREATE. FINAL T DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Wor Feen,'s nd Clans M May 3, 1899, at the Postoffion at Moattle, Wash, under the Act of Congrom March & SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1918. Weather Foreca Proud of United States’ Pighter + I am proud to be ay we man The me umphant bat the fellow coun of such al of us who fat home the war conid not have the gnflant men who nm thelr oppertur ‘wise; but for cnany a long shall think oudselves “ac not there, and hold hes hoot ortunate each w for vantages What we all with the deepest gratitude is that our men went in force into the line of battle just at the moment, when the whole thome days go with their favorite shall you thank God graves mber with what feats he did th for critical fate of the world seemed to hang in the balance, strength into the ranks of free. tide that back, ys back, never © central empir at 1 no iquidatk And thr and threw min time to turn and sweep struggle—turn it once for henceforth back for their their fresh the whole of the fatefal all, “0 it was back, rth ms in f great An Inspirin The p m, t the thor \ Praises Nation's Workers t They have but d t ent. Thruout i ' 1 ids American Women wens touched; tt for « their action 1 pur 1 ent Their contribution t esult ls beyond appraisal. hely ofGicers understood the grim yr They TYPOS OPPOSE — s Readjustment Program woman's suffrage existing ’assage of to effect se of government agencies evar Immediate resumption of development of public works to provide employment for returning Ratification of the Colombian treaty to improve pan-Americ relations, Immediate busines recon. soldier nn determination of taxes for 1918, 1919 and lifting as much of the tax burden from as government needs will permit. ° Priority of distribution of American raw to war-stricken nations. Complete consummation of the three-year naval program Leaves of railroads’ future to but against return to pre-war conditions of railroad control unmodified. Urges railroad control question be studied by congress to quickly remove doubt of their future. Reclamation of arid, swamp and cut-over land. Peace, based upon international justice, not mere- ly domestic safety PLOT TO RESTORE KAISER IS BARED ma- ter determination recommend congress, ' Marabal Mackensen, ( icans more than now—while any Yon Bloehn and Von Arnim thing is Mable to happen in Ger Von Bohlen, head of the Krupp | many wor and Prince Von Bulow ‘The role of the United States. hich was decisive in the war, is BY WM. PHILIP SIMs equally important in preparations for United Press Correspondent peace,” declares the Temps PARIS, Dec That Germany Ie Nothing can be done before Pres arrying a murprive up her sleeve fe | ident Wilson arrives. The rp nt the contention here. conversations in London are not d A coup d'etat is not regarded as | tomatic. Proof of this can be found m probable. in the faet that Marshal Foch, and The decree of abticat not Foreign Minister Pichon, ac 4 ry. Many believe companied Premier Clemenceau.” JOYOUS CHEERS GREET YANKS AS SHIP DOCKS MOONEY STRIKE _ ATTHIS TIME worker are NEW YORK, Dee. igh ywn th for both th ing the first load of Moc nad it) troops to come home from Ku ‘ rope since the war ended, the against 5 f ‘4 big Cunard liner Mauretania emerged from the chill fogs ecr t r that shrouded the lower bay to 1 ler 1 Helpers’ union, t« day, received a vocifer wel ‘ Kis ‘cpeniaitine Abatene 40 come and docked at ber 1th st pier Ther he 4 tr tly the Fr 7 be x A n at ad en trair r : f new England, were tr ferred ome in t n or nd th I Islas ty, where they en 1 ar ot You’ on doth |’ r oting im still in progress and T T ' 1 any 1 reso 1 1 that inasmuch as ed there was no need for undue haste hat the American Wed eration of Labor should be request . ed take the n Dbl see coe Naa cadens ire a united front any gen 4 chi wea eral strike action 4 : A. Duneca etary the nt Lab Monda at with th eption of 1 raphieal unior al la bor orgar t 1 for the Loon str i lar that th f the typperaphical men | wa t 4 ‘ wan wa th tr that) with wirel f Laces f greet had t carried other | ing Mayor Hylar and ther city or rints e ficial ub tt Duncan stated that the A. F. of who went w L. would never call a general atrike | dior r t to because it had no power to dc me, Th lex dougtiboy und that the ision was entir were. thoroly. fr ina ‘ in the hands of the different union ont interested 1 t arra nts had been made to. satisfy ha Jed a new luster to the an. | thelr appetite nal Ame r manhood Often anc 1s was the query, Urges Woman Suffrage ou w gone dry yet? ¢ *eibut - ect Ne York {s proud of ery ake them the equaln of [ON of you,” was the first wiretes eniigioal aaahie ae he recting of Mayor Hylan to the vy a on th equals in | S0ldlers, “and ‘weleomes you with every field of. practical work its warmest welcome enter whether for themselves And then came the reply, the or for their country first message of returning Amert These great days of comple ted | ca troops to the folks at home; , (Continued on Page Nine) When do we eat?’ LONDON, Dec. 2—A plot to re-yonly a bluff for ieners gederdinend ‘ests Kaiser has been discov | rabble: | The Fankers and workmen | a and soldiers are fighting among wad frustrated in Terlin, th) themselves, and Berlin admits there | iam correspondent of The are no masters of the situation we wired totay. Scores are A high authority declared to the arrest. The conspiracy was United Prem today that the United «d thru a telephone leak States must stand by the allies ng ¢ conspirators were | that Europeans never nebded Amer ‘ PRESIDENT ASKS FO UPPORT OF NATIO YANKS HO we) WAR THREAT IN SOUTH AMERICA .. IS INCREASING Troops Occupy ‘400 Square @vaaseie: Miles of Teuton Terri- tory on March INHABITANTS ARE SILENT BY WEBB MILLER ted Pr Correspondent) | WITH THE AMERICANS IN| | PRUSSIA, Dec. 1—4Via Nancy, | Wn Dec, 2)—The Third army today | # occupied 100 square miles of Ger- || BY Om Wicd Press Leased Wire | : . 7 ' Direct to The Stor man territory, including scores of yy — — towns and villages WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—War The Americans encountered little, on the South Amer an went hostility from the inhabitants, While| ceaet le threatened unless the United States or concerted pow hundreds lined the streets in Trevew, ers intervene in the Peru-Chile there was absolute silence as the| dispute, according to Latin- ured th infantry of the Fifth divi Ameriean diplomats Lacan Lat : rom Lima and San- nion marched in and occupied the| ¢st advices fi . syhigs os tingo verified reports of mobili hs zation at both capitals The band was playing and regt I the Chilean embassy and tal flage flying ax the regiment the Peruvian legation admitted that) undoubtedly a crisis was kt hand _he most serious aspect, diplo mats said, was the evidence that ut tempts are being made to form al ances that might throw the entire continent into war. ° ung thruithe principal street, led ane} 2 Col. Henry Hunt, The peapte} stood staring curiously or followed quietly behind the Americans. The #treeta were patrolled by deputies of the jocal workmen's and soldiers’ | Tyisjatches announcing the recall council, who wore white arm bands/o- the Brazilian minister to Peru! GAG carried sitive, were held to be without logical Five hours before the official | Wore, alt entry into Treves, an American |/HUOCOD: ontioned a lineup of train arrived at the Treves station. Brazil, Bolivia nd ru against It was composed of a captured loco | Cie, Argentine and Mexico. It was motive and cars and was in charge s etemak ie. Ea Pe Of the 88th engincers | that Bolivia and Argen They left Verdun and cromed the ate eon canal frontier simultaneously with the b troops. They made the trip without wneral diplomatic view was incident, and reported that all tracks Seelanah on: torelhg +050 were intact and the crews working os ietilis abont! aiblten iced as specified in the arniiotice ty regarding th occupied Streets Are Filled provinces of Tacna-Arica When I entered Treves, hundreds| 1¢ is declared she feels certain her of civilians were crowded at the st&|retention of the territory will not tion, staring at the in. The streets be upheld at the peace table were filled with + people. | France and that has all to wit Many discharged soldiers were|and nothing to lose in a brisk ‘con mingling with the crow Street | rict that might har te’ be sor e continued, several cars| cloud the r iss’ volved. passing thru the marching col wi, tiated Peaes te abi to mel With a band playing American! pounce today official verification of marching airs, the Americans swung jt, exclusive report. several weeks up the principal A hush fell/ags that Peru will positively make on the city as people were | tormal fon to the peace ¢ strange et lid not talk.| ference of her demands for a fairly even among anol vens conducted plebescite in Tacna-Arica Policemen, appomted by the local workmen and soldiers, ai A in clear ting streets. The 4 oy moatty looked ne t ht nor eft, but marched quietly to the bar racks. The commandant had arran: for furnishing of we and for commanting the! LONDON, Dec British Second | the First division, | army troops have advanced int ympany of t ou foil th of nearly 1 wes. All the other] oi. the” Atneridans ‘ou thele “4 8. with the exception of the| "0, the northern extremity xth infantry, skirted the towr cera anit During the march thru the city arch bells t and American air planes circled overhead. Both the Police Nab Seven Germans and Americans main in Gambling Raid (Continued on page 11) on men were arrested for gam bling and released on $50 bail each Monday m arrest took & 4 floor, in an office several sets of dice playing and poker ¢ , and $44 Reduction to a peace footing of the 13th naval dsitr wa tarted ‘te lid <i bs bint eir “ona in attle Monday, with the begin ane ete aa iN ws: E a ning of the demobilization of 20 per |Campt W. F. Guinn cent of the enlisted personnel of | 34 } aren Y; 46 pers the University of Washing n nava)| man; Ke. > = ad ms y 4 training station ‘The demobiliza Lewis, 36, ¢ ork A. ¢ T Witt t » order were re ived Saturday clerk, and John Steven hd er Washington Loaded Revolver Orders from Washington for the in Deserted Auto demobilization of the Bremerton navy yard men may be received at H H My’ dime according to ‘Rear ag| — 18 Puzzling Police miral J. H. Glennon, in charge. Police are myatified Monday over According to Commander Miller | the covery of an auto with a Freeman, of the naval training loade revolver rear seat, in tion, the men will be reles at front the Pontius school at N the average of 100 a day at first, |66th st, Sunday afternoon. Inve the work ressing as rapidly as|tigation of the license number has possible He estimates that 4,000 | the apparent of out of t 5,500 men at camp will ow G, R. Guthrie t 17 be affected avenna boulevard, who, however Announcements from Gen, Mareh | Cann be located The police are at Washington are to th effect | holding the car, while an investiga that many containing Wash. | Uen ts under way ington men are scheduled to return shortly FAMOUS FRENCHMAN IS Among these are the 63rd and 69th coast artillery and 146th field DEAD OF PNEUMONIA} artillery. ‘The 63rd and 69th con-| PARIS, D mune tain approximatelyy 1,000 Washing |tand, famous Frene avaiauie | ion men, and went overseas a year|died of pneumonia at 1:30 p.m ago. \today. TWO CENTS * SLACKERS IN MOONEY SENDS QUERY TO WHITE HOUSE PARA ADR ADAP DPD LPP PPP PPP DPPC EDITION IN SEATTLE y Mail, $5.00 to $9.00 rain; t : winds ng herly Mooney Wants to Know | What Wilson Meant by Wire to Stephens URGES quick ANSWER United Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star | x-- — es | SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2. —Thomas J. Mooney, in a tek jegram today to President ~#) Wilson, called on the pres! {dent to state before leaving for Europe “exactly” what he meant when he asked Governor Stephens to com- mute Mooney’s sentence. ey's telegram stated he equest “because of a desire not to unjustly criticize any one. | Backers of Mouney's defense have i ntly urged a new trial for | the man convicted of murdering one of the Preparedness bomb victims. The text of the president's appeal to | Governor Stephens was a disap- | pofntment to them because it did not | call for a new trial | Mooney's nessage ends “But if you feel that justice is done me in this case by commuting made | my death sentence to life imprison- ment, there is no other alternative left me arid my defense but to con- tinue our efforts ainst comrmuta- tion and injustice and for real dem- ocracy and ju Mooney declares the prospect of life imprisonment “gives me greater pain and grie | death awaite than if I knew certain me. _ WAR SAVINGS | TO BE NAMED In answer to an editorial published | Saturday, in which The Star asked airman Clarke, of the War Sav- ings committee to name the promi- [nent Seattle business houses which failed to subscribe for $1,000 of stamps, Chairman Clarke issu » list of Seat- houses which have come it subscriptions. They ated according to their | us bu |thru with 1 be f bus “Those fisting which | purchase $1,000 worth have will r 1 can obviously amps and ng from the Clarke's letter follow Star: I am in re. request for a list of prominent. bus’ firms’ and indi- who have failed to produce $1,000 subscriptions to War as the situation de- man seg they should. uirman Editor pipt of your viduals as many Savings Stamps n view of the splendid help you are giving this committee, I regret that I cannot consider it within my province to give you such names. I am, however ing you a list Mf $1,000 subscriptions as they ap ron our records, as such records necessarily open to the public. While there are inany conspicu- ous cases of firms and individuals who have clearly not taken as many limit subscriptions as they are able, I believe that they will do so when they fully realize that Seattle's W. S. S. quota is over one-fourth of the Fourth Liberty Loan quota, and that, owing to the legal limit of $1,000 (face value) for each firm or individual, Seattle will fail unless | those who have the means make ag many limit subscriptions as the law allows. Fa of prosperous citizens to | do this spells responsibility for Seat- tle's failure. the time is short and the honor roll must grow rapidly from now on Very truly yours. c. H. CLARKE ( y Chairman," The slackers must be named, They WILL be named The names of se NOT on the honor roll, if they able to bu quota, are the slacker Their names will be unnounced rly A difference of six and halt inches between Trish and British railway gauges is likely to kill pro posals for tunnel or in ferries between Ireland and England, i j