The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 7, 1919, Page 1

| BRITAIN DECIDES TO QUIT WAR IN RUSSIA j INRON, Jan. ie-The British government has decided to abandon the war against Russia, the Evening Star declared today, on high authority. . ff mb KOR LAS PPD PLD DD DRA I ID AA ALS ULL Leased Wire of the United F ics Renesetion NIGHT EDITION _ | C= = of the News- TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE ; THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Sete ee aa Potered as Hecond Class Matter May %, 1899, at the Postoffice at Meattle, Wash, under the Act of Congress March §, 1879. WASH., TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1919. : ‘Weather Forecast: |BERLIN IN CIVIL night a tinued ec VOLUME 21, NO. 266 SEAT, SIMPLE CONFAB BUSINESS IS H ALTED No Pomp to Attend Last Formal Sessions to Begin Rites in Honor of Dis- Next Week; Preliminaries icieinelisnanbabiie tinguished American Are Now On ial on LONDON, Jan. 7.—Civil war has Nitin out in Berlin be- tween Spartacus and government forces, according to dispatches received here today. Liebknecht, Rosa Luxemburg and the two Russian Bolshevik envoys, Adolph Joffe and Karl Radek, are re- ported to be directing the Spartacus operations from the central police station. BY FRED 8. FE (United Press Staff PARIS, Jan. 7.—The death knell of secret diplomacy is expected to be sounded when the formal peace deliberations of the associated pow ers open next week ‘The feeling was growing among officials today that these ses which probably will start at Vers les January 12 or 14, should be open to the press of the world. Since the allied nations have agreed th secret diplomacy must be abolished it was felt that the American atti tude that this is the time to put the principle into effect, should receive ready endorsement by other delega fit. 50, ng, OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Jan. 7.—Mes- und sages expressing grief at the death of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, and ex- tending sympathy to his widow, were received today from President Wl- gon, King George, President Poincare and Premier Lioyd George. President Wilson's cable, dated Monday, January 6, said Pray ac cept my heartfelt sympathy on the ral 9c, ok 4 @ath of your distinguished husband. be ek. COPENHAGEN, Jan. 7..—Women supporters of both factions are participating in the street fighting in Berlin, according to a Berlin dispatch filed last night and received by the Politiken today. Thousands of workingmen are engaged in the conflict, which ne the fews of which has shocked me very much. “WOODROW WILSON Mrs. Richard Derby, formerly Ethel Roosevelt, the former presi- dent's daughter, was to reach here ith today. Other members of the family | (yy. have already arrived. r. h d hi + f 1 il ke The sessions at Versailles are ex as assumed the proportions of civil war. Services Simple pected to be symbol of the new era : The fighting was preceded by counter demonstrations, in which a great proportion of the population joined. The rival ele- ments bore placards with the legends, “Down with the govern- Tt was learned that funeral ser- of- open diplomacy and abolition of vices, to be conducted by Rev. G. E. | secret treaties. While the Ver Talmadge, will be even more simple conferences will “mark the official than first announced, unless there is| opening of the negotiations toward mn, 4 & radical change of plans of the ar- peace, the actual opening, so far as ” “ec . ” ke felgementa discusnion 6 concerned, began with ment” and “Down with the Spartacus. iC~ There will be no eulogy and no President Wilson's return to Paris) The Spartacusians then massed in the Tiergarten and Zoo- ‘logical garden. Shots were fired and the fighting began. The Spartacusians seized all telegraph offices. Shops are said to be closed and business at a standstill. music. The body of Col. Roosevelt | today. les in his home, Sagamore Hill, Delegates Arriving where it will remain until 12:45 to-| ‘The Serbian, Greek, Polish, Chi- Z morrow, when employes of his e4-|nese and other smaller delegations | a tate, gardeners and hands, will bear! are already here. Lord Robert Cecil, | Mt to the hearse. assistant secretary for foreign af-| An aimesphere of gloom and fairs of the British empire, .was ev | mourning pervades this little town | to arrive today, and Foreign | and oppresses the visitor the mo-| Minister Palfour will probably be ment he steps from the train. here Saturday. All delegates are ex Tt is not a fast moving town, tho pectéd to be present by Sunday. an hour and a half by rail from the The first subject for discussion city. It took quite a while for the | wit, of course, be relative to another Fealization of its loss to spread along | extension of the armistice. There is the quiet streets, but now there im| 4 possibility that some modification | MUNICH, Jan. 6.—(Delayed)—Complete anarchy ' reigns in Berlin, according to telephone messages received from the capital today. Civil war has broken out between} Spartacus and government factions. Thousands of workers| are fighting in the streets. The rattle of machine guns jcan be heard thruout the city. BOLSHEVIK ‘GROUP HAS only deep dejection and sincere) wit be made in the present terms.) & | earning. | along economic lines. The armistice | Spartacides have barricaded themselves in All Knew Him is entirely a military -natter, how- many |the public buildings and are reported to hold all the A Apparently there is no one in the | ever. | Late telephone messages said that government forces ; Serr, Wan Sees: mek cous Se se eae She groves Cee hy ¢ were planning to storm the central police station this his jean life, thes cmt <2 derstood to be inclined toward | | WANT R. R. MAN IN CABINET (Monday) afternoon. ec walked in and laid his hand upon | modifying the blockade feature of | WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Crea- | | Karl Liebknecht was reported to be personally leading | Independent Socialists Join the impetuous heart at Sagamore|the armistice. Herbert Hoover, hav tion of a secretary of railroads ithe Spartacusians. Hu. | ing establiehed that food conditions | as a member of the cabinet, 4 Liebknecht Faction in ‘They all knew the colonel. They |in some parts of Austria are desper-| with wide regulatory powers, Hundreds of persons are fleeing the city. Waging Civil War speak of him in whispers, as tho he| ate, and Germany ia so lacking in| a . will be urged by the railroad pee > ging Were their brother, asleep in the| fats as to threaten serious dia- | executives when they appear txt room, |auletude, it ie fit that greatent care | Soap ticemme Ser Jasper’ s Gregarious Instinct }| COPENHAGEN, Jan, 1—Inde The town is full of newspaper! (Continued on Page Four) | a yi fon ga . on | pendent socialists have’ joined the aacamartertaota - | ned today cerepenenta_ tnd, phovogranera Leads Him to the Slaughter} Syirccuine in we cit war now oa | » — ——— —_— A | raging in Berlin, according to dis 7 Movie or a vious C 0 A L IT | 0 N | $ in - - 9 Jasper Golmes went from his room| is alleged to have said. “But you) patches received here today. streets disconsolately looking anx 66 i iK.. ‘ Oe ee et \France and Italy Favor Next Chairman with the feeling of fellowship, com-|moner?” | spartacusians are. reported to have big flag was raised in front of the| | Quadruple Alliance as Committee Proposes U. S. asper pulled a roll of $200 out) issued the following joint proclama- | Interstate. in the Yesler hotel Monday night|™ust have money. Have you| The independent. socialists and ts agg Sg Medan Be monly defined by philosophers as| of nis pocket as evidence. The short! tion desperation, gathered there to film| WARSAW, Jan. 6—The Polish| Against League iS DEMAND OF : Ownership and Lease the gregarious instinct, strong in| man’s eyes bulged and the tall man ‘Today the final fight for the | is heart. SS SaSRset ath i the flapping banner. | government today was in control of = i 5 i pondered. revolution will be fought.” j ) feels Oudy 000 Prince Sapicha, who acted aa stage see "m Wikabos oe He quested up Yesler way and| “The subtle game would eventual- i manager for a coup ‘d'etat yester-| There was much speculation ath A tK, Jan. BY RAYMOND CLAPPER | down, and along Washington st. and| ly make the filthy lucre mine,” he President AL WOMEN (United Press Staff Correspondent) | back, and by a Greek coffee house {s labeled to have mused, “But why | among the town's folk as to how| | Wilson's return to Paris from Italy WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Govern-|he met two convivial fellows, one| waste time in shuffling the cards, d é the idea of a strictly private funeral means the opening of the final dis. protec. | ment nership of railroads, the| short, one tall when the goose is here for the pluck i nd t z i bette lice fs | for such a national figure as Col.|" yan paderewaki, who’ has|Cuasions between French statesmen | Demanding ebaeis ascahe railroads to be leased to private; The trio imbibed muddy, thick ing, and time is the essence and j Roosevelt will work out. The little], © proposed as president of the| 0M the one side, and American and | ton for Seattle, delegations of WOM | con panies, was advocated today by |Greek coffee, conversed in Greek,| secret of life, the most valuable of Episcopal church is a typical frame) pei ee oublic, left the city Sunday | British on the other, concerning the en from different sections of the| senator Cummins, Iowa republican. | and paid the Greek proprietor with | all man’s evanescent possessions? day, which had for its object the hment of a coalition minis Structure; such as you may in . attitude of the peace conference to- | ¢, te M Hanson Tues-| He will be chairman of the senate |a flourish And forthwith he is alleged to hav evenin Efforts are be made to| 4 city waited’ on Mayor Ha , i . . soi .OPENHAGEN - t ss dle Maseng hdy niche ties G6 absent tee enulitian ward the organization of the league) oo. morning interstate commerce committe: Then the tall fellow ix reported) leaped like a tiger on Jasper Golmes, |, se pig a ee dl r only 500 and the biggest church { vader direction of Sepicha, all| of nations . the Fort Law. | after March 4 to have said who striggied vainly. ‘The short|i1 i Sencis news asency of Gall ; She world would not hold those who! | dings were oct ing| The basic principles of the pro-| One delegation trem the U Pappeat| .A® Cummins outlined his plan to| “Come up to my room, fellows,and| man hurried to assist his compan-|Semioficial news agency of reo Wish to att the funeral Taakty heures ok 3 ing ceedings of the conference will ton dintric 3 og special anpem, the United Press, it provides for: | we'll have some more refreshments. | ion, and between them they tied J orn ca Digan tnt recalls ss peti. it HT It was noted that many of the! '1@ Siinet members placed under | be decided by the debates of the next | for the nddition of mous parte ues 1—Government ownership. The night's young yet per up and departed with his mo Shick ein booaeen cent ~ B Sympathy notes came from “just | (US O° gapicha then conferred with| few days in Paris This means/to the force, charging te ot ten 2—Leasing of a deren or so Jasper Golmes and the short man) Jasper, in his report to the police, “Central Berlin has been. cooupled i Plain folks.” who never saw Roose. | SF werument's military leaders, | that the present week may become trolman cov be oe 7 looms ab competing lines to private con. and the tall man repaired to room says the pair frequent Greek coffee | ca tole be sun ; rsd oa : pied. velt, but felt that they had suffered | the O tiadeled and Gen, Szeptycki critical in its influences upon the | Sauare mi saiiasinasiatincatonpasha cerns, 208, Grand hotel, where they ate| houses. They cannot survive long rarily” el (Continued on Page Four) | Gapicha, carried away by the suc-| World's future Os eos aa $—Maintenance of a dozen or {fresh fruit and had other refresh-| without Greek coffee, he believes.| “bit ious dispatches reported the ee an caaaveed to On Premier Clemenceau is holding = nl Anson visited every “Cree, 88 competing lines to operate | ments, the precise nature of which| So Chief Warren's sleuths are sit-| cortceusiane padi ‘Wott * tt generals to agree to a comp out for a new quadruple alliance to a be : soa with ir with unified terminals. |is not mentioned the police re-| ting arc ffee houses|tureau and the principal Berlin pevolution, but they induced him to|COnsist of France, Great Britain, | #pesy Bel on om Sone. tice de ‘Cabinet officer or govern. Tuesday, 9 arts of the! newspapers, including the socialist bide by his original campaign of | It and the United States, which | reese ee en ks the result reapes ment railroad administrator, or Then of the men suggested a| muddy, thick, withal pleasing fluid,| Qrean Vor ta. " A coalition government shall, in effect, challenge the cen:|Partment. As the ’ | possibly a small board to man- | little nt poker and entering it down in their ex-|°"* a coalition v rae tral powers Russia to a contest | pected tha ee . * Ass 4 age I don't know how to play poker,”| pense accounts—for they are deter oJ Becomin. a et om a tar gi hatdne acon b—Issue of al stock to | Jasper sald mined to capture the tall and short |Ebert Breaks Off ugo bec g Allfed statesmen are, in some re-| seven ¥ ss Midnnalpatrot. Co¥er equipment by government “It's a simple game,” the tall man| man, and recover the money Bilent tribute t 4 Rather Warlike) ss. incuned to follow France's| police ta em Ploy oe aan at guaranteed return of prob- | Russ_ Relations lent 0 Theodore Roose ather assiies Paria de.|men and three lieutenants Si a Bees % velt w ald by Seattle Wednes IEUME, Jan, 6.—(Delayed.)—-The . Martens at the ‘varisun. desee |. Sou ats bee Oe LONDON, Jan. 7.—That Chancel- or day when. in conformity with al seen svernment proposed to thevetory, Will tind. Ase | Gone retailed to the mayor etorion &—Opersting capital to. be < government had severed ; proclamatio aoe. Soe convention | 22 Great Britain representing one) hans tem nayor stories Of supplied by lease with larger relations with the Russian soviet is yowmngl hatte ae: | HUnEAry 8 military ni ina | Viewpoint and the Latin countries | attempted. aass eater ay Feturn in proportion to effi government “on account of Karl ] tivity and sehen ft Prag lio The Latins cannot win, turbances See eat a Cleney of managem Radek’s efforts to continue the war ! from 9:4 ies te ‘ because neither American they cha Cumm irge that congress between Germany and the entente," anger n a aabioh grey ¢ B Y lon would | 0° 1. | enact le long this line. He shite T a wireless from Berlin yesterday an- Arr ‘ made tO! veiling all Hungarian railway men ; R Elonex oe got to have more patro eal tape eanig Bipot cps TACOMA, Jan Three un WASHING Jen: Rs dal ieee na in the | Peling, ana ot Hanson sald,’ “1 aml tence committee to complete tte | KOUWD dandite, who eld Up and a nell I co Pi } beginning € ‘ convinced of that fact, )0rr rey on the railroad question be. | Tobbed the Camp Lewis Army bank m tisahebaationiat ta te set | PARIS, Jan. 7—Jos oe and after my talke with the council. | Nearings on the railroad question be-| 1¢" 41" Geloc” this morning, were| courts, which knocked out indict Reinhardt Named i secreta STOCKHOLM 7.—-Sweden | men I believe the chief will be given) ant details in his plan caught by the military police after a| ments against Edward M. Comyns W: Mi | egation be represented at the peace con: | authority to build up a greater | POTN! Getaila in hie plan. | case thru the cantonment dnd Caves es st Mal as War Minister i n tar 4 supervising director of the it earned from 4M AU | force. The partment, at sent ae ? One of th rs is believed to] THE HAGUB, Jan, 7.—Col, Rein ] oa oe ies pond so Besat . edaet Muha ane: at y advantages of government owner “ © | charged with fraudulent land deals abate BR: ‘ committee wi the r is in the inds of efficient men. “4 . be a ering the bank “4 hardt of Wurtemburg has been ap } f . ff rn 1) be repr ted, it ship and private initia Cum in th of Washington ] plenipotentiary, it was officially un-! also probably will be represented, It) Gur pe en are good, but we) ein ee ee inink we thie | the ered the cashier, a clerk pointed German minister of war, @ i ed today was said haven't got er h of them ra Tetunn i ernment own the|#P4 a leutenant, who was making Oc eens Berlin d aispatet i Announced today | ALL COUNTY FLAGS The public committee will! °7, Clas and leasing them to 1 deposit, then went back of th Toe — Sli About the Northern Bank old a special meeting Wednesday ene rite at ® quaranten re. eae and secured #300 In cash and % FLY AT HALF MAST 2 afternoon to deal with the police) py flea ‘ UR ' « ; f rotection | m Pe nhs Jumes Creeh esident ‘ ; Funds? Depositors Want to Know Sambora of “tne committee ex.|,, Cummins explained that compet: | Ive A gr cal of Seattle half There A large suite of © jlained Tuesday that they had|'n® *¥ and three clerks were in the bank H at hal i ‘ } es ' “a : > the same territory, and he is op: | 8M A : 1 pia te ' valet a aan the rthe the Henry building turned down the chief's request for | 08 ee ona) grouping, as sug-| When the robbers entere e trio } wo. eares : tained by the Broad more men last week for further con-| Posed t reglonnl BrOUD IE ie ere; drew revolvers and commanded all] CHICAGO, Jan, 7.—Final argu ' m npat BENE ane "Deees Ove Northern Trust. & aideration, and on the theory that | Keser ain pre to hold up their hands. ‘The! ments by attorneys and instructions wait te ' vrewea | ite doors, thru fallure and er and the German An the chief should have included the |“ army officer at the cake and the |to the jury were expected to end the |) I the soldier at Camp Le wis me Monda and ear a0 defunct org r mations, Dut whoo cost of the new members in his an ARING 18 CONTINU clerks Seeahed a her suns and @) igi here today, of Victor Berger, |, ‘The describing allewed’ clei fend on their deposi fos foros) cote Al tat venleriene ol ve final hearing of rt Me-|! : congressman-elect from Milwaukee, |} treatment of the men in food and | é . 1 fee b ly 4 ne a civil TAKE HIS BEST SUIT in, W Dd. mith and! ‘phe city judiciary committee Tues:|and four other socialist leaders, } otherwise, write Again, giving { 1 rh tae in. start 16 agitat ome of our money back? ond-best sult Tuesday, to report the| sion in the five-mile zone, was con-| tion for purchasing an electric tion } the proper authorities? The Star } 1 others de > again Te gaat, tan? ot HIR aM I VEN theft of a new suit of dark clothes Tuesday until January 14 } tation site on Spokane st. and the Judge Landis announced the cases |) will treat his communication con I He 7 Lwitheranas ia er 1 ite e more of our hard Fourth and Univer with a pinstripe of lighter color, U, 8. Commissioner R, W. MeClel-| completion of the Ballard sub-sta pore be given to the jury late to- |) fidential t | earned money. | Care Shell Co., Sta, 29. | from his room Monday night | Mana, | tion. day, Admnantnnnnnnnnd~ nmi