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

betaine steel REPORT CHANCELLOR EBERT RESIGNS AAA ARR AL LLLP APPL PAPAL PAPAL PPP PAPAL LAA PAARL AALAPALAALAAL AA FUL Leased Wire of the United Press Association. " Pgaeaniny Service of the News- paper Enterprise Association. VOLUME 21. NO. 250 ———$—$_— SEATTLI WASH., THU LATEST PICTU HE Versailles Peace Conference has an all-winter talking job ahead of it. Starting in January, it will talk fast if it calls “time” by/June There are 19 major problems to talk to a finish, and nobody knows how many minor ones to talk to death: @.) Punishment of William the Devil and his chief as sistants. 2.) Constitution of an Purpose. @) Creation of a League of Nationa. (4) Abolition of conscription in Europe. ) Limitation of military and naval establishments (6) Reparation, financial and territorial, by Germany (7) Germany's future trade relations with the civilized world we om) ao) a a2 aa) an as) a6) at as) aa) international court for the “Freedom of the seas.” Denmark's claim to North Schleswig The Russian problem Limits of the new Poland Limits of the new JugoSlavia. Future of Palestine Future of Constantinople and Turkey. ‘The claims of Japan Return of Italia Irredenta to Italy Future of Albania. Future of Armenia. Status of Bulgaria and Greece. Here is the latest action picture of Woodrow Wilson, taken s few days before he left for France. It is one of the best “speaking likenesses” ever taken TACOMA STRIKE "TIES UP POWER left in darkness and without pow SEES JURY SYSTEM for many of its largest industries tonight. Electrical workers employed by the | heity went on strike in a body at 8) fe'dlock this morning in all the city’s jsub-stations, the power plant at La WORKERS ASK LODGE AROUSED ALL WORKERS IN “FORCHANGEIN. BY FLEET YARN 1,153 FIRMSIN Lodge today demanded that the sec: | Every employe in 1 now in Paria, inform | senate whether the peace dele- | | firms has joined the TF Senator | retary of state | 63 Seattle d Crown. Rut even this fine record does not put Seattle “over the top” in the The old system of choosing the names that go into federal jury boxes, under direction of one re- publican and one democrat eom- | missioner, should be revised in | of the United States are advo * the destruction of all surren-| dered German battleships, as report ed ins cable this mornin roll call campaign. and on all power lines. | the interests of Justice, according ‘The resolution, asking for the in-| ADproximately 100,000 new mem leh? city is making efforts to fill) 1) an uppeal made by the Ship | formation, further demands that the| bers have enrolled. But Seattle is Pe erikers’ places ; | yard Laborers, Riggers and Fast | secretary of state, if the report ix|Pledged to xign up 200,000 new ‘The decision of the’electricians to| (oo union 38A2 to Federal t, show “by what authority|™members. Every real American ts Strike was reached at a meeting of! SUG0, Netorer, to the peace conter-| expected to be a unit in this great Be unions of the International! ‘m, aintinctions between repub-| ice are demanding the destruction | organization Brotherhood of Electrical Workers], ° "Cana qemocratic parties have be- |r enemy property in part surren.| ‘The house-to-house roll call, under last night, as the result of the city’s | oe anerticial in compar with | dered to the United Stat direction of the Councils of Patriotic Pefumal to grant their wage demands | Ven a isions of our society,” the . Service, begins Thursday night and Of $7.20 a da | workers Geclar é f , |laste thru the week fs eae eee" that the two jury com-| EASTMAN FOR COMMISSION Frederick & Nelson employ tala YOR CAMP ee: | missioners not only be appointed| WASHINGTON, Dec. 19—Nom-|1,120 strong, sent in a complet leis thoceend HS Sa wn ‘ake a from different parties, but that “they |ination of Jos, B. Eastman ibe Lan ane gra — Ao do tye ony the schools of Portland today by that | be of different economic classes, one | lic as member of tho inters ate bers o Ge bers gi gt rie Many puplia, each pupil having been| to represent the class of Industrial | commerce commission bye shag ely oe, asked 40 donate one apple. The fruit workers, the largest class in our | the senate today. memberships Wil be boxed and sent as a Christ. | civilization.” “Moreover, we request,” says the |{ Mas gift to the soldiers at Camp Lewis. Are You Looking for an nity to Get Into iness for Yourself? Maybe You Want a GARBAGE ora GROCERY STORE ora VULCANIZING SHOP ora TAURANT ora CIGAR STAND it ih BUSINESS ora REPAIK SHOP or a ROOMING HOUSE RE! TRANSF! ora CABARET Turn to the Classified Page and Look Under “Business Opportunities” memorial, “that in choosing this |} commissioner you pick merely |} someone who happens by chance to |) work wit nands, but one who in|) onacious 1 1 to the class as a whole—even a not working you would republican or @ do in choosing a RE OF WILSON MAKING SPEECH Wilson and the-nyer" PROBLEM OF Mere Woman Is “Exposed” | Does She Dash Into Her Duds Glibly and Catch a Car? Ah, Me! The Seattle Sta THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash, under the Act of Congress March &, IMBER 19, 1918. Y, DE NIGHT 1879. EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Per Tear, by Mail, $6.00 to $9.08 Weather Forecast: OPPOSE NEW RUSS EXPEDITION Talk Peace ‘President Is Scheduled to. Return the Call of Marshal Foch 'TO GREET ITALY KING BY ROBERT J. BENDER United Press Correspondent PARIS, Dec. 19.—-Preaident Wi son and Premier Clemenceau began an importint conference at Murat | palace this morning. It is believed & closer understanding between the French and the United States re-| | garding details of the peace pact will be reached. At the conclusion of the confer Jence the president was scheduled to! |return Marshal Foch's call | Miss Margaret Wilson, who is ex pected to resume her tour of Amer jean military camps tomorrow, has | anked to be sent to the mont isolated localities, As a result, she probably will sing in Gondecourt, on Christ mas day, while the president ta ad dreansing the doughboys at American headquarters. | President Wilson and President) Poincare attended the Marshal Joffre at the French acad emy. They sat among the members ‘Their wives occupied the presidential box. The Wilsons will entertain Foreign Minister and M:ne. Pichon | at luncheon tomorrow. eception te There are two Gondecourts in the zone. One is 18 milos east | REACHES PARIS BY HENRY Woop | (United Press Correspondent) PARIS, Dec, 19.—-King Victor | Emmanuel of Italy arrived in Paris at 3:10 o'clock this afternoon. | The Italian official party included | | the king, Queen Elena, Crown Prince | Humbert, Premier Orlando, Foreign | Minister Sonnino and other minis | ters, | SEATTLE WOMAN KILLED BY AUTO SANTA MONICA, Cal, Dec. 19 E. J. Peabody, New York broker, is |at Iberty today, after having meen at Iberty after having been Mobile collision in which Mra Alice L. Von Tobel, of Seattle, wax killed, late Monday. The coroner's jury | found the accident unavoidable | Premier Romanones to See President MADRID, Dec. 19.—In response tl @ request from President Wilson for @ conference, Premier Romanones and officials of the foreign office have left for Paris. B their | return they will also confer with Premiers Lioyd George, Clemenceau | and Orlando. | Toronto Police | | Win Their Strike | TORONTO, Ont, Dee 19.*To ronto police strike may end today The » commissioners resolution declaring their willingness instate the diamiseed officials of p union and to recognize side « 4 passed a] an “in anization. England is using paper envelopes | which can be turned inside out and made to do service a second time democrat "It By PEARL DOBLE MARSHALL | a consider yourself unable to et meayr ee mize the class differences which| I suffered a terrific shock | ( been recognized b: at four| morning when I read a story by preside then we request 1, at | Blaine erne in the Saturday Eve h « east, to adopt the methoda | ning Post y b ger Bade nd direct that| I was enjoying the story as much jarvjom from among the tax-payers, |ing street car at a few minutes be | or, far better, from the ting fore a. ™. Th I me t r prot man’s real in hia coun. | graph having to do with Annie, the| since a man's rea in hi c 1, as follows joes not consist in the property | heroine, as ERE he owns, but in his existence as a From her bureau drawer : e na citizen.” foamed a mass of palely pink a pg eo She chose e softest and ‘The workers believe that federal| erie. She chose the softest an ‘yee “under present conditions, are| frothiest and donned it dain juries, under Prvexclusively of citi.| *** ‘Then she drew on the smart ie po 2 ly tailored little frock. ** * Laat zens who have grasped the capital: | istic viewpoint, but have little com prehension of the viewpoint of the | of all she let down her hair. It rippled in yellow waves to her " | “ . She wound the long a p re abst § conscientious laboring man. The re wi ' _ ‘ coniney point out, Is % deplorable| coll deftiy in a modish colffure, ie of trust by the people in the pulling (B out over her she as pink crowning it with @ courts of our land.” little THEN critically toque of blue feathers she powdered her face and dashed some car mine on her lips That tonishing paragraph athless. My first thought it had been written by a man © sure I consulted the byline. 1 that I was mistaken. For surely” no man was ever named “Blaine But I felt that something was wrong somewhere—I still f it jaime” is one of those mas aspiring women-creatures who doesn't care what particular garment her heroine gets into first, or intimate shut else paragraph For one thing, wide, no woman in the wide world ever dressed in the (Continued on page 11) | | arrive: jmilitary pla | Presid BOLSHEVIKI INCREASING Rumors are current in London today that a vast allied expedition is being planned to enter Rus and crush the} Bolsheviki, who are making increased progress in their fighting campaign. The Russian problem has again come to the fore as an important question in allied discussioris and the opinion| of President Wilson on this subject will be sought when he s in London soon after Christmas. The reports in London assert that the allies plan to act this present winter, make a move on Petrograd and thwart Bolshevik: domination. British newspapers are emphasizing these reports and generally seem to oppose what is said to be a governmental n. Conflicting reports are cabled today as to the strength of the Reds in Germany. One dispatch claims that Chancellor Ebert has resigned as a result of the waning influence of the government and the growing! forces of the Reds. On the other hand, it is also reported the soldiers and workmen have upheld Ebert and are planning vigorous ac- tion against the Liebknecht group. | British Editors Condemn Allied Invasion of Russia BY LOWELL MELLETT |ingly warm discussion regarding the (United Press Correspondent) j allies’ Russian policy. It is practi¢nl- LONDON, Dec. 19%-—-London In-|ty certain his counsel will be sought tends to eclipse Paris’ welcotne to|in this regard. és lent Wilson in the sacne degree | It is alnost equally certain he will that its population exceeds that of he urged to define in more detail his southeast sb | the French capital |attitude concerning freedom of the While great numbers of organiza: | seas and enlarge on his plan for the tions, political and non-political, al-|teagne of nations. | ready have considered separate dem-| Beneath the surface of social at onstrations in Wilson's honor, it 44 tention to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson in believed they will ultinm low |the form of parades, banquets, the example provided by and | memorials and genéra), felicitations, | combine fn one big celebraton. it ts ek t, therefore, much of the The government, of course, will! preliminary work in the peace con-| provide the president with every off: | terence will be transacted here, cial attention, but it is London's mil Renewed interest in the Rus- lions who will furnish the real wel-| sian problem is the outgrowth come of persistent rumors that a | Wilson's visit, however, will De) great allied expedition is planned much nore than a holiday, since he! will arrive in the midst of an increas (Continued on page &) | Britain abd America May Form Defensive Alliance BY J. W. T. MASON | two coalitions of nations seek to hold | (Written fi or the United Press) each other in equilibrium. NEW YORK, Dec, 19.—If the | ‘The Hun Threat league of nations is not created When America was hesitating by the peace conference, the | rout entering the war, it was a cam United States ultimately prob | Fon threat in Berlin that, if Ameri ably will be compelled to enter | MON Titi ted to Germany's defeat, ational coalition to : seth ve ; Pa fate 92 Seen : German statesmanship would in fu-| erento © balance * ee ed taver years work for an alliance with | able to American interests. A return to America’s former pol impos ture Russia and Japan, aimed against the United States. ley of « saagetd be ar ri vew | Blocked from expanding westward, | bie, because the United States no 5 would s turn to the ny a subtle and relent rai adhe semen: has in Germay eventually would seek with lens European enemy to dominate the Pacific. IMances are the outcome ¢ f in a 1 ent Nations do not} It is such a threat as this that | refertion for one another, but be-|ance to restore the balance of pow- ts to er. Often a sufficient check against | so pretentious a design is the knowl: | edge that a counter alliance exists. interes common have mutual against a cause they » safeguarded ore only alternative to a league of| If, however, the blow eventually ie Me oe return to the Old World! fails, the counter alliance springs in whereby to instant pensive action. policy of balance of power Report Russ Reds Gaining and German Reds Losing in Power PA 19.—The Spartacus) der states where the {tes in Berlin appears t o have been | withdrawing a Zurich dispatch said to Germans are ‘The allied policy regarding Russian | checke rations is becom! my import. | i cha n Contrary views are held by al-| It decid by the workme military experts and civillan| been upheld by the, we ne groups concerning the cou the sowie aston. awe! owers of allies are to pursue. They range | from extensi . to crush the Dec. 19.—Street | withdrawal from Russia. naig. The The situation in Siberia re sud to | hex 2 of the military effort | arl Liebknecht Karl Li ni olsheviki to complete | COPENHAGEN fighting 1# reported in Dan military and civil prisons been opened ~ ( Delayed.) also is ming unstable as military chiefs | d each other in chaotic fashion. onditions in northern Russia are ned by a veil of silence, but the have sere Dec, 18 BER J eo}. | Mlled operations there appear to have The national workmen's and sol-|) eas there appe | diers’ council has received propos | ‘us that the “German republic” elect! STOCKHOLM, Dec. 19.—Bolshevik president Sunday. Prompt action, | forces are advancing into the former t pr nointed out, 1s necessary to give | Rugsian province of Esthonia, along the allies guarantees that Germany | 4 wide front. the Esthonian war min will have a representative govern: | ister reported in a cable received ment when the peace conference be-| here today gins The Bolsheviks, who are reinforced - by Lettish troops, have reached a LONIX Dec. 19.—The Bolshe-| point 20 miles south of Dorpat. Aft: | vika are gaining power in Russia, it}er the Germans evacuated Wesen is inéloated in recent dispatches. | berg on Friday, the Esthonians also ‘This is particularly true & @&e bor-| fell back from that town. | Tonight and Friday. fting rain; strong yuth weat wind Thousands Cheer Haig and Staff Leaders of British Armies Are Given Triumphal Entry Into London ARE WELCOMED BY KING | By United Press Leased Wire | Direct to The Btar o—— LONDON, Dee, 19.—Hundreds of thousands of persons joined in & tremendous ovation to the British army chiefs who arrived here today to visit King George. When Marshal Haig, accompanied by Generals Rawlinson, Plummer, yng, Birdwood and Horne, left the train at Charing Cross they were surrounded by a cheering, yelling mass of humanity that blocked their progress to the waiting automobiles. Many American soldiers and sailors participated. The potice finally cleared a way and the famous military leaders started on a triumphal procession thru the Strand, Pall Mall and Picca- dilly to Buckingham palace. The streets were decorated with al- Ned flags. Accompanying the mill- tary party were the duke of Con- naught, Premier Lioyd George and other members of the cabinet who had met them at the station. At the palace, Haig and his party were guests of the king at luncheon. AMERONGEN, Holland, Dec. 19. —The former kaiser has been con- fined to his bed since Sunday as the result of a chill and an affection of gar, it was learned today. A Specialist is attending; him. BERLIN, Dee) 18.—(Delayed)— Maximilian Harden, writing in his newspaper Zukunft, demands that the former kaiser betried. PERU CONSUL SHOOTS SELF SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19.—Lais F. Calderon, Peruvian consul to San Francisco, shot and killed himself in his rooms here, today. Cause for the action is unknown. EBERT RESIGNS? PARIS, Dec. 19.—Le Journal says it understands Chancellor Ebert has resigned. Hun Guards Kill American Aviator After Armistice COPENHAC Dec. 19.—Murder of a young American aviator by Ger- man prison guards, after the armis- tice was signed, was reported today. “A young American aviator named Coheeny, who was a prisoner in a camp near Stralsun, went outside the barbed wire inclosure about 7 Be m. of December 5,” a British officer declared during an interview lished in the Koebenhaven. “The German guards promptly shot him dead, despite the fact the armistice had been signed. Coheeny was 27 years old Long-Range Gun Inventor Taken ESSEN, Dec, 18.—(Delayed.)—Herr Brausenberger, inventor of the long- range gun that shelled Paris, is one of the three leading directors of the Krupp works who have been arrest- ed by the soviets. Rumanian Troops Arouse Hungarians AMSTERDAM, Dec. 19.—Three battalions of Rumanian troops have | crossed the Narsch river and entered Hungary, it was reported in patches here today. The Hunga protested, but offered no resi PASHITCH DECLINES TO FORM SERBIAN CABINET dis- PAR Dec. 19.—Nicholas Pas- hitch has declined to accept the rbian premiership, and the regent has summoned the ties to participate new ministry, according to received here today aders of all par- in formation of @ advices 1 Tr Express announced today that R. E, Pro thero, president of the board of ag: riculture. will resign { i ea BURR I 4 — 5) Saeco Ne 2 RG REN A ETE RR