The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 20, 1918, Page 1

pp AAA ADD F C ULL Leased Wire of the United Press Association. OMPLETE Service of the News- paper Enterprise Association. THE GREATEST DAILY Entered an Be ond Clans Matter 1 os VOLUME 21. NO, 251 CIRCULATION OF SEATTLE " the Postoffice at Seattle, WASH, FRIDAY , DECE MBER 20, at Wash, the 1918. WSSINSSWVSS) PA ARARARAR AAR AAA AAA AAA AAA AAA | The Seattle sta ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC f Congress WSSIWSSIWs5) NIGHT Por Year, by NORTHWE. + TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO ANSWER THE ROLL CALL +} EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Mail, $6.00 to $9.00 aturday rrtheasterly win? probah « Tonight fair R FIRE (WSSIWSSIWSS) STIFF J MUNICIPAL ELECTION LOOMING AHEAD LET’S ALL CHASE HIM! HE shipyard laborers, riggers and fasteners raise a decidedly important issue in their memorial to Judge Neterer, asking for a more democratic method of selecting jurors in the federal court. As compared with the county court method, federal system is indeed arbitrary. In the county courts, every taxpayer's name is placed on the jury rolls, and by lottery the estimated number of veniremen are selected. From this list of veniremen; a second list is chosen by lottery to obtain the estimated numer of jurors for the month. From the monthly list, the lottery method is again used to choose the jurors in each case. In the federal court, however, a jury commissioner and the clerk start the selections by picking any names they want from among the taxpayers of the district. They thus arbitrarily pick 300 names or so, the Labor Men FIGHT WITH File for Council SERB FORCE ©" Councilmen Moore, Pica ald and Thomson Seek- ing Re-Election Presaging a warm manicipal campaign, filings for three coun- cilmanic places began this morn- ing with @ rush. In the first hour, the three councilmen whose terms are uD two Labor candidates, amd an em- ploye of the city lighting depart- ment entered the race. Old Enemies Clash When Bulgarians Fire Into | Serbian Group SEVERAL MEN KILLED nited Press Leased Wire _Diwect to The Star | ee” | AFFAIRS IN SHIP PLANT - ARE PROBED © Mismanagement and Ex- " travagance Charged by i | Investigators of Yard } ‘TREMENDOUS SALARIES ers | mace | By United Press Leased Wire it Direct to The &tar ARN Rie RALLIES PN EN * out of which the various venires are selected by || ATHENS, Dec. 19.—|_ The first to file was RL. Proctor.|. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.— | lot “4 % president of the Central Labor coun Gross mismanagement and ex- : lottery. (Delayed.)——Several CAS-|citl, and secretary of the district | travagaave permented affairs of oe |i) By asking for a more democratic method of choos- alti °c ‘ , draft board. Councilmen C. B. Fitz-| the American cor- by ey f vd 4 ualties occurred in a clash! geraia, RH. Thomson and W. H.| poration in building the great 4 ing the federal jurors, by asking that from the very between Bulgarian and | Moore followed Hog Island ship yards at Phila- | inception of the work the lottery method should be The next to file for the council, delphia, according to findings of ‘ 4 ed, The S d b 4 | Serbian soldiers near Krou-} was Chas. H. Gallant, a clerk in the| department of justice investigat- el pursued, je Star does not, by any means, assume I S | city ght department, and 8. T. Levi,; ors made public at the White # that either the clerk or the jury commissioner has jsova, a dispatch from Seres| Seaiees. manage: of the, Waltege| mae ges aft. i ii abused his power in the past, jreported today. Wibasidec the stectipn..ct three coua:}iibed selpmameinioiens wae aan { Granting they have been as fair as is humanly || The Bulgarians are said | cibaen. 4 corporation counsel is to be| for examination by a board of ex- a . | elected, to fill out the term of former | Perts int® the corporation's expendi- d possible, the system nevertheless smacks of too much |ito have fired into a ZTOUP | Corperation Counsel Caldwell, who tures. ‘The in ere are G. Car. | autocrac; less honest hands, even capable, to join the army. roll Todd and Mary Hyman, assist: | | y. In b 7 it is Serbian soldiers, wound-| Waiter Meier, who is now fining! ast attorney general if We quité easily, of crookedness. le h | the place, having been elected by-t! The report says officials of the cor- | Judge Neterer will do well, in the opinion of The fo three. L Spy Setectl, to, the oaly, one. Wey joie | Pockeees aienpies. 0s Sustey:: Sear | . ; , . t they } Star, to give this matter full, broad-minded attentién, mo cararent returned iti three couneiimen ranning my for jthe fire, inflicting many.|for reeiéction, and two labor candi-| #Peed. : Iti § y dates already in the field, the cam- i sey also soraee ‘ate ( i eit oz ake = | casua ies, paign to come looms up as one of | them a second contract, the Unit bi ak | shippit board had waived | >) —ROLL CALL |e tree daan contests in recent years, | States pping has served several |@2¥ alleged mismanagement claim, | 5 Bt i \y I ] | la | ¥ | taeona ts in the council. Councilmen | But the increase from $21,000,000, j Sa S | Thomson and Moore are just finish.| the first estimate of cost of the | ling their first term. | yards, to $61,000,000 was not ac- | i } Moore is a former mayor of Seattle | Counted for to the full satisfaction in ussia ista en MEET PRESIDEN and Thomson was city engineer for | Of the investigators, says the report. Poe c " 19 years. No Explanation i ; | -ROLL CALL — “Such discrepancy must be due to i LONDON, Dec. 20—The Pall | midia Suibtasonbtal wadieaio dae BY J. W. T. MASON | Bastern front, } | some fundamental miscalculation in i Written for the United Press | Can't Crash Ri Mall Gazette announced today | |th the original estimates to super- i i ain e itely decid- | vening conditions, including enlarge- H I F T FE T | NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—Influ-} Rapsia cannot be conquered. At| ‘hat !t has been defini! ment of u . ios of plans, to mismanagement | HA AIL 0 URNISH HEA Jences are being exerted on the al-/great cost the allies and America, ¢@ President Wilson will come | |in operation or to a combination of q lied nations to send a strong army Might bring about the overthrow of here December 26. | these factors,” the report continues. | —- Lenine and Trotaky, but Russia, in “A discrepancy of this magnitude i ’ o Be | | Into Russia to overthrow the Hol-| ssaa of being crushed, would be| PARIS, Dec. 20.—Italian leaders| Traction officials and members of| would seem to call for a clear ex- i {} I 5 heviki and establish a more mod-| ; : t te form of government at Petro. | Milled with a vengeful desire against | went into conference with President |the city council were slated to go| planation from the corporation but u | DO TRUIESE | rod cc eae the Western democracies that soon-| Wilson today. into conference on the traction deal | this has not been furnished.” 4 Intervention in the internal af.| 0 Of later would lead to new con-| premier Orlando and Foreign Sec- Br Friday In ten specific charges, the in- {| | basne’ ne atau thonhe caer eabemiag | leetary Sonnino called at the Murat| 4 Special meeting has been an-| vestigators tell the story of how 1 airs 0 marti Good government is highly de-| rus t 11 o'clock, and were closet. | MOUNCed for two afternoons in suc- | $61,000,000 was expended in building { 5 for the purpose of E rmggioeks the «rable for Russia, but self-govern-|ht with the president for some time, |Cession, but Was postponed each|the big plant; they reveal how the i is { funds of investors in Russian ©) ment is better. The Russians can-| Andre Tardieu, commissioner of WM. Owing to delay in completion | government paid “two to three times |} Doctors and nurses every: || CUrities. sed Staten ham conatatent./ROt be taught self-government by! Franco-American relations, will po.f the four traction ordinances | as much per shipway at Hog Island” i where are overtaxed in the fight || i 7 refused to. permit. Burepean|#? advancing army demanding re-|to the. palace to arrange for the| "hereby the city undertakes to pur-|as for building other yards which |} against the flu. (| yy refu 0 perm! Purepean | payment of debts final details for the reception to the | CDaS€ the car lines for $15,000,000 in| were constructed under like con- ' Apartment house owners who fail They need the help of every {| A decline of influenza, with the | financiers to collect debts by war Fivery great nation has to go thru foreign diplomatic pee; padetéent public utility bonds tracts and under similar conditions. i to stpply their tenants yore ie person in the community in pre- ( saaresigcen le oe and oc egy se - ying Bo age ce hed . the fiery ordeal of self-instruction.| of the neonate and a counaittes from : agg 2085-705 fl ail cal Trac- | imployets were brought from the rt wate a e cases Oo iday, was al of policy ade 2 ne papi f jon Presiden na ‘ ants of sub-ct acto #4 tlie ane; comer. of ‘the henita "“seusted thie toler for the }) the health department offices. Fri-/ the case of Russia, it is highly Russia emerge from the semi-| that body | Sabre fir. the- traction ctlsnad 9 ae 1 eee net ore: 0S | a ache perry oor al TT. da totals will be low, it im eati-| probable the Rumianx would be|O@tbaric state of the late caar only! ‘The reception will be held at 5:30) 4 Senferanoe ta Weiner H department. against this plague! | ne agpantin Ay tomes : by fighting her own battle for ser-| this afternoo @ preliminary conference in Meier's | greatly increased salaries, according 4 This is the effect of am ordinance These are the things you can {|Mated. Thursday's totals were 12/driven into an eventual alliance! (0) afternoon. office Friday morning, at which it| to evidence gathered by the investi- : r “Mt Hanson and!) do to help: {| deaths and 178 cases. with Germany a: President Wilson will return King| was declared that the inventory| gators. So many men were hired : Hl Meee ites eer serine 3H Keep body and clothing clean. {| Influenza figures have been fluctu-| Certain chancellors of Europe jummemenenas:.® se omens: SOR Vietor Emmanuel's call and will be/ taken of traction property (outside| that the éffect was an “organized bi i ee — Keep the body warm and dry. {| 4¢ing uncertainly for the last week, | have made blunder after blunder In on Ma marl gt At snd ky ie Dis Kuest at dinner tonight at the | of real estate holdings) included 8,000 | riot” and the entire organization was dia iteed Pet laints of {llness i ‘Avoid overheated, dusty, ill. }| according to City Health Commis: |thetr dealings with Russia, The pis aii ening Of | Italian embassy |items, Each of these items is filed| disrupted with unsatisfactory labor #4) — vaya sear: tints k, peneiinesd conta sioner J. 8. McBride, but a general | most absurd of these’ misjudgments | ee : The president plans to visit Lon-|on a separate card. As these are | conditions resulting. Alleged to be due to improp ) rd er ggrenamm decline has been noticed. This, how-|was the conviction they expressed | ‘ations that have paswed thru/don immediately after Christmas. | under constant change—quantities| In some cases, the report says, the ia ing aré reaching the offices of the Avoid crowds as =nu ye " r the ordeal themselves should be : | : al toskamer, 1) alate, {)ever. is no cause for relaxation, |jast spring that the only way to| \ it, ii y AN lg ROLL CALL of oil, grease and supplies—the cor-| payrolls were so overloaded that } Mayor.ahd the health commissioner, Walk in the open air when {| ‘hich would allow the disease to re-| win the war was for America to| Willing to give time for the birth portion counsel agreed that it would (Continued on Page Twelve) a Eee DOSS G2 CORIEOSTNS Sel) dethay. eomitions permit }) sume headway within 48 hours |wend a vast body of troops into| ‘Foes of @ new democracy be impossible to list them in the or ~ROLL CALL i fous colds thru lack of heat. accord.|} weather conditions permit. {| Dr. MoBride says the public con-| Russia and fight Germany on the ROLL CALL | dinance Fd ing to McBride, and in a weakened |) : : ‘ Je, wholesome | tinues to be lax in health matters, in Ss | ROLL CALL iu } easy prey to Infiuenz | 7 wn closely, (| laxity, he attributes at least half o' | uu Corporation Counsel Meier, busy |} ec aie siggy engl ped {) the daily average of between & OU, $ CETS NEW | q ; hen in doubt, go to bed anc ' ‘ With traction officials Friday, was)) () 15 deaths and 100 and ) cases : en : GEpected to start final draft on the|} Send for your ee {| These figures are not alarming st VIENNA, Dec. 19.—(Delayed.) ine ord ; Saturday for presen |) Beep vive and sleeping rooms {| womparison to others, but the fact | Austrian officials who shared the BY CARL D. GROAT tatio ‘ esi \ well ventilated } that ten people and more are ei AMSTERDAM, Dec. 20.—Striker: responsibility for starting the war R Pp a ste Cael mae n to the council void chills. STE ec. 20.—f ers ; 4 ed Press Sta! ‘orresponden’ %i mi Keep warm. Avoid chill larty dying of. influenan ever. oa * 3 may be punished dhain: Gh: th Shatihe -Tiakene “ Counciimen say the ordinance will), A voiq gneezers and coughers {) My a bute the public to an cee WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 Ger.| Were attacked by troops during a/""'\’ yin has beon introduced in the|Ofticla sot the Seattle Lighting | WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The al- a | ase without a dissenting vote A hae teas 3 , A ; riot In Boltrop, it was reported in| chamber of deputies providing for in.|C&, 4% company) and union repre-|ties and the United States hare 9 “Alte consideration and) ™), isinfectants on your {| i@tion of the fact that a virulent | many has addressed to the state de! 5 aiapatch received here today. No sentatives again went into confer-|monious in the peace preliminaries, | id t Use good disinfectants on y dixeane that must be stamped out is| partment another appeal for Ameri “ nd prosecution of army | ence Friday <norning, in an effort to . Saventi gai i have come to the | handkerchiefs. Ask your drug- {! sii in our midst, Dr. McBride says. | can ald tain were gree leaders and subordinate 1 m the state Gepartment assured’ Cotas 7a i eonclusion t the council should|! gist or doctor about this point. itn, doctor points out that the| ‘The tiepartment ia not making the} Boltrop tx in Westphalia, 50 mile settle differences concerning pay| ‘This word was given to counteract | Pass an ordinance on account of the) you can use menthol, cinnamon 4! health department cannot do this,| message public, inasmuch as it con jRorth of Cologne COPENHAGEN, Dec. 20 T rare yg una clos-| German propaganda, which seeks to } 4 i Prevailing health conditions in Seat-|) i) or camphor nor can the community in general] tains no new facts | ROLL CALI Austrian national council has decided| Wwe hope for a settlement today,” | Ut the nations by discord. While — [% @ i the managers and|) press warml {| accomplish it The general feeling here is that! ROM, Dec. 20.—Relations be-| to confiscate all the crown lands, ac-| said C.K. Poe, attorney for the pas Oe. president has done ‘compara- |] i! partment houses to} Avoid exceanen }| “It is a matter for the individual | the message is part of the German, tween the Italians and Croats are|cording to dispatches recet here| company, just before going into cah- | Cyet st tie re ae) eet ne: ‘| Maintain a te rature of not less|; Change underclothing fre entirel Dr. McBri¢ s. “Those | propags designed to stir up a! growing more strained, according to | today ee i been met with extreme cordiality than a certain number of degrees,” |) quently (| who have lowered their vitality thru|faise sympathy for the Teuton na-|the Fiume corrospondent of the The imperial castle will be convert _ ong Ri gedl Ss peggy hee It is admitted that certain differ. ee: 3 MeBride said Treat a “common cold” as s00n (| og sness are the first to cateh | tion Tribuna ed into @ children's home. MAG: wlan thenckapan to cut car ike Siice ce fa sco! tyenee ue / | “Complaint after complaint comes |) ax you discover it » transmit it to oth te Breton: eerie =: © state department believes tha i 1 t ‘ ” os . such will be the honest es - 0 our office, wherein folks claim to!) Keep a supply of clean hand a at a low pitch a oan tha ontaome of the canta i ae} ) ¢ n the ¢ ~}| ed. pend ne vhich would prevail in coup. have become ill thru lack of proper |) kerchiefs handy ndividual in th ity ference ¥ ip rygths waar ; ve 1 t @ pe 0 keep ith varied Interests ft. It in opinion that this is Spread the gospel of preven /) should make it 4 point to keep in } Doe, Gas Manager 8. R. Hutchin-| © A . a, Stovines ung katte depart. } tion among your friends {} good health. I have pointed out 5 ee wry fers gp ek ROLL CALL Ment to soe to it that normal, rea |} Keep your nose and throat {|how to do this day after day, I {or the Central Labor -werein| Baruch Called to : 4 . ) worayed and disinfected every {| observance of the regulations and Ales i ised | | ere ccamort ta the! way, O6)) om tax your doctor or drug- \|methods T have outtined should ren-) Our istrict court has a Jury | district in which the court is ® held, aualitied by the court. And when A Nema pn Ae | Paris by Wilson lk Warmth must be provided or the|, Qy. | ak Pood dixinfectant to §/er an individual immune to influ.|commiasioner, J. W. Frerich, and|and must be a member of the prin-| final number of the names of qual é | wane N, De f buliding should be closed by order os for the purpose \\enza-—or any other: disease.” a clerk, Mr. F, M. Harshberger, as| cipal political party in the district| ified jurors are at the clerk's d British Workmen 7: setae iTO. Dec. 20.—Answer ie Sf the board of health. It may be|} Use for 5 ROLL CALL the statute provides, to select in which the court is held, opposing | posal, accoiding to the pleasure ng the summons of President 4 { Mat the pe of the bill for the |'m~~~~-~T CALL — and petit jurors for the term. that to which the clerk may belong.| the court, these names are put ir Give Support to pashah ana hier skpimace ei o5 ls oo firet offer ” a fine, but if : { the commissioner and clerk are This provision was made to secure| another: box placed in the custod: 4 war industries be and Var lk f Persisted in. it seems to me that it Flu Deaths Number } Santa Claus Has —_§ jwinioa ny the district judy furore trea: frocn potitioal, bias Ge thaclark (hw wuaaioa noe pte League of Nations |Cormick, read of the war iG Will be nece © the build 000, 00- . . there are more than o The length of a clerk's term rests| Picked from remain iv a sealed box LONDON, De 0.—Workmen of | Regge! cocmepennp ay eydgiey 1] . wal 6, 0 Estimate |; Joined Profiteers | pointment is made by th with the pinamtte Gé-the cout. Thin| The) lox iwith the anion Gr thet Britain will demand that the| 17° cal ae wan ha teste — lf il Already the health department haa | LONDON, Dec ; Six bg { Santa Claus has joined the { trict judge. is also true of the jury commissioner. | qualified is called the “working” box, | league of nations be made the most |i, an advisory capacity H a checked up on a long list of a | persons have tage songs “worl |\) Teane ride bebo }| ‘Tho statute governing the ap:| Names of jurors may be od | is criminal cases come up in| important subject at the peace con. ‘ ep Becapip es! lk } Ments and found that heating con-|and pneumonia thruou m , He will be a real holdup man \) voiement of a jury commissioner] py the jury commissioner 1 clerk| court 12 jurors are oi at a| ference. — ed ska — if ditions R menace to public) in thre poco ss uconnent Ji As dey gg a OE SI a makes no limitation on the num-| independent of each other. ‘The stat: | time in court session to try 0) »s.| To force British delegates into! SIX-CENT FARE LEGAL \t j health, | Times adios haus vais 5 hristma x » he 8re ther of commissioners appointed. | ute provides this right. Natnes may| 1°, M. Ilarshberger, clerk, says he| line on this question) the workmen ‘Hi ; ROLL CALL Maver, since tie biack death BES} rple dig deep for } rut the general practice of appoint-| he taken from any recognized official | selets his names from ths taxpay.| thru the trades union congress and IN MISSOURI CITIES I j SIL , meen agen. Ves he wee ‘ Hh eye ta ‘ Boas *’ ‘ing one jury commissioner and_one | jisting of citizens. list frome all the counties in the| the labor party, will ingfate a great! JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Dee, 20 } a K O'LOUGHLIN IS Por oe } per come higter nam last year. {/108,0°%, "Scisee gurors, te cuuervea | "Ene minimum ‘number of namea| Northern division of the Western ds-| public campaign eben ennai trg rie DEAD OF INFLUENZA ‘arse Yaar Coa!) Holly wreaths are welling In Dro- }/ 11 our district federal court selected for the jury box {a 300, Un-| trict of Wasitington. Harahberger is| Demonstrations advocating the] ¢cent street car fare for KansaéCity | ON, Dec. 20,.—A “Cape Coc portion ers way rey claim f alifications of i jury commis-| der order of the court, the clerk] ce repuolicen, and Frerien is the| league of nations will held in/and St. Louis. The court's decision 1B iF ifiah on the) c im price is due to} Qu: 1 BOSTON, Dec. 20.—Francia (Silk) ust plain codfish, 1s i thet in esti vith nd cost of § sioner are in brief; He must have| mixes them up and draws out the| democrat. Harshberger says ames | London Glasgow Manchester, | upholds the public service commis } O'Loughitn, American jeague umpire, to Paris for President : weatelt’t the acarelty. of tr in aN good standing among his fellow} riames of 40 or 60 jurors to be qual are chosen tree from party affilia-| Birmingham, Newcastle, Cardiff,|sion in making changes in rates of ee ied here torn from pneumonia, fo) w Ye ea The taht weig ati let ce ape ai [citizens; must be a resident of the| ified. Those men are summoned and | tions as provided in the statute. Leeds and Bristol public utilities, pe lowing influenza, [ed 24 pounds. } fi ®