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ich gs ‘it~ e y . 4 , | —— MEET Lon NEW y MEMBER OF OUR souk Se en ACCREDITED CORRESPONDENT os ca > RUSSIA—Land of Bolshevism! SIBERIA—Scene of Mystery! Into these twin regions of dense ignorance and eternal terror, an American girl reporter, one of the ablest of American newspaperwomen, is penetrating amd to obtain exclusive news of the happenings © there FOR THE STAR. She is Miss Peggy (Henrietta) Hull. She knows full well— That her mission is one of gravest danger; That correspondents on thé western front have not undergone half the risks she is pre- pared to run; That many a man has quailed before a lesser task. * But Miss Hull’s experience as correspondent with the American army in Mexico and in France fit her well for this perilous and important commission. Gen. Pershing once said to her: “In my opinion you are better qualified than the majority of correspondents attached to the ex- pedition, to write for the American people the story of their army in France. Gen. March, chief of staff, once wrote to her: “T have always admired your pluck in beating out the men correspondents in getting news; and you will always have my best wishes wherever you go.” Miss Hull’s news articles will appear in this city EXCLUSIV IN THE STAR WATCH FOR THEM! Once a Year Sol Has Obsession | to Eat Human Flesh; Was Eeating |___ Wife When Police Arrested Han SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8.— The man was held for observ: t pan tion rt + Mra. Maimi was #0 badly ht em i Kain that medica attention court rfered pear i wife, who was lyin f r th her arm bad | nd part of her cheek _ The body of Eimer Elmquist Frightens Police whose age is estimated by the po He turned a f face uponythe Sfas page tebe - Pagar naa members of the fire station at Pier No. w Filmquist was drowned the appeared shea ibber How Elmquist ¥ ihe ae pt Nn police have not yet determined, Ar Ms, } her hus [investigation is in progress band, « the spark bel nade its appear An employment bureau Shee ab oa year, and that |ed by the University Yc dy terror for | Christian Association Kaimi de- | more than 80 univers f hipyards and busine 1 uilivan work from 4 p. m. to Mare ty plac the four-hour shift. against Kaims. | GIRL REPORTER BRAVES HARDSHIPS OF RUSSIA mai Miss Pegey Hull in her official uniform as a war correspond- ent. She wears the sleeve-band of an accredited correspondent, the chevron given to who have spent six months with the army in France, and the ribbon of those who saw service with ( { \ THE MI 4 VOLI KILLED ON TREETS on Ability to Muster Large Army Against Reds ROME, Jan. &—A truce has been declared between the gov- ernment forces and the Lieb- Knecht element, according to dispateh filed in Bertin yester: day and received toaay, The dispatch said the truce will continue while the rival fac tions discuss the government's demands tha the Spartacans evacuate all government build- ings and surrender Police Presi- dent Eichorn. The Spartacans will be represented at the con- ferences by their partiamentary delegates, while Ebert's minis ters will act as the government's delegates. COPENHA om that followers except soldiers, evacuate all public bufldings and surrender Police President Eichorn, Berlin dis patches reported today, According to other reports, the revolt has spread to Mannheim. where Spartacans raided a social | ‘democrat meeting, #mashed the fur | milure and atlermpled to-wreck. the, loffices. The rioters were dispersed. disarm all th The Spartacans still control the portoffice and other a een buildings, and have frustr tempts of the government for etforts to retake the Spandau arsenal ac,- cording to reports from various |sources. The Spartacans, it was said, have placed machine guns in | the windows of buildings opposite the newspaper offices they have been unable to seize and are pre venting their publication. Gain Access to Arms Several hundred persons were killed in Monday's fighting, the dis patches said. Twenty Spartacana and three soldiers were killed in an attack on Chancellor Ebert's palace alone. The Spartacans are reported to have seized the great Spandau arsenal, giving them access to the biggest supplies of arms and ammu nition in the Berlin district. During the fighting in the streets, bombs were dropped and machine Sane spires from the windows of stored and office buildings, while movie operators photographed the scenes from exposed positions Spartacan troops commanded by | Police President Eichorn have seized |the royal stables, where mutinous sailors recently held out against | government guards for several days Other Spartacans are reported to have attacke the residence of Herr Ernst, who has been appointed to | succeed Eichorn Chancellor Ebert has issued a proclamation appealing for co-opera tion against “the terrorism men and criminals.” F upon the soldiers and workmen to defend the republic 8.—The gov: forces COPENHAC Jan ernment concentrated great of troops Berlin Mond night, planning to enter the city at daybreak Tuesday and crush K pnecht's rebellion, according rlin advices received thru various outside GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ntered as Hecond Ch Matter May 3, SEATTLE, 1899, at the Postoffice at Meattle, Wash WASH., ANY PAPER IN TH WE DNESDAY, JANI EB PACIFI JORTHWEST dor the Act of Congress March 8, 1 ARY 8, 1919. LENINE ARRESTED BY TROTSKY Per Tear, by Mail, $6.00 to $9.00 idy; Thursday i eanterly TRUCE IN BERLIN SO DIECLAINES ONIE INEPORT: FIGHTING MAY BE ON HUNDREDS U. S. FLA FORCED DOWN Ebert Government Relying Berlin Rioters Threaten the Building When Flag Is Raised for Protection By 30) GRAUDENZ (United Preax Staff Correspondent) BERLIN, Jan, 7.—{Night.)—Rot forced Gen. Harries’ to haul jdown the American flag which was | rained over the Adion hotel to pro | tect « © officials, toda withir Harrie mission, } &@ measure American an flag as When the t the Am of protection flag was raised the crowd went wild and threatened (o storm the hotel unless it was lowered. This was | finally done. were killed in reauited from a Scores of persons the rioting whieh on yenterday morning between al processions of Spartacan and government demonat . Mot guns and cars armed with machine manned & 4 shooting wildly, T jade could be heard thruout the nallorn thru the street fun city. | Raising vu. S. Flag Was ‘““Injudicious’ | WASHINGTON, Jan. A threritins bere dicious the } a 2 er JURY GETS THE | BERGER CASE ‘Court Says Right Exists to Express Opinion in Good Faith on War CHICAGO, Sahs 8 against Victor Berger, elect from Milwaukee, and four #0: clalist co-defendants, charged with expionage act violations, went to the jury here at 11 a. m. today. In his instructions to the jury, Judge Landis declared the defend. ants had a right to entertain, pub- lish, speak and write their views on |the war from economical, political and religious standpoints, #0 jong |as they did not attempt or conspire to interfere with the military and naval operations of the government. Bad Faith Is Key “If you find these men guilty,” told the ju acted in distoyaity | The case congressman. he “you must find they d faith and encouraged | incited opposition to or the operation of laws for the con-| ¢ the re can leas there is war duct “ be no conspiracy un taken in carry- oti ing ¢ r * against the govern- ment. There ix no conspiracy un mM or more of the defendants kK pert nd then it must be shown the third 1 in carrying out plans of the other two. The espionage act was passed to pre hindrances to the success | ful operation of the If the de- | fendants acted with a common pur. war « toda | pose of co-operation in hindering Marshal Von Hindenburg!/the war and the a ney is was reported to h » arrived from | Pr by an open action y must German military headquarters and | be found ¢ t it was assumed he would direct the} There can be no substantive attack on the Spartacans charges accepted. There must be —— active co-operation proved GENEVA, Jan, §.—The Spartacides | Use Common Sense jhave seized the reichsbank in Berlin,| 1ndis instructed the jury to dis it was reported here today egard the opinion of postoffice au thorities in Washington in. barring BASLE, Jan. 8.—An entire di- | Sclalist papers from the maile } | vision with artillery a When you go into that room chine guns, is marching on Ber aid the court, pointing to the jur lin and Potsdam to put down — deliberating room, “take your com the Spartacan revolt, according | 0" Sense with you, ‘This is a situ ation for which there is a motive to advices received from Germ sources: today. PARIS, Jan. 8.—Ten tho fire arms were distributed among the Spartacans in Berlin yesterda cording to a Ba dispatel ed Midi today patch said the ar PRANKFOI 4 Copenhagen Jar (Delayed)—-All a ble military for will be employed to crush the Spartacus uprising in at a Joint conference of the central workmen's and soldiers’ council and the German cabinet, held at Chan cellor Ebert's palace toda Ebert, addressing the rioters Mon lay, said The government is determined to nd the right free tand or f for the future Legislators Hold Meeting 6:30 p. m.| King count stat gislators | wilt assemble at Bird's ¢ ria at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to hold th final public meeting to consider pro A plan to take the appointive power out of the governor's hands and place it with a will ed 1 commission Richard Dobbir study of this plan «d in Wisconsin indorsed b board, an who ha Nellie will present logis the public entatives welfare f fuel hing laws they want ad state wels pted The publ nvited Only two governors have been re jelected in Washington * Mary Pickford Down With “Flu” x i Los Pickfo: hore ANGELES, a} fined suffering influenza in severe, but early that r expe T. R. LAID TO FINAL REST Taft Cries at Grave; Cere- monies Brief and Simple OYSTER BAY, Jan. §.—Theo- dore Roosevelt was buried to day. He rests on the crest of a strep hill, abowe Long Island sound—a spot selected by him- self, The pallbearers bore his flag draped coffin on their shoulders up the hillside, their feet stip. ping and sliding in the muddy snow, and he was consigned to the earth with the simple ritual of the Episcopal church, spoken Jan, %—-Mary to her home Her i) today re nens orta, were ments were serious 1 develop | by the Rev. G. KE. Talmadge. | Vice President Marshall, repre. senting President Wilson; Mayor | Hylan, of New York; former Preai-| dent Taft, Gov. Smith, of New | York; a congressional committee and | other notables were at the grave aide. Taft Weeps Taft waa deeply affected. Fe Wept as the casket sank slowly into | the last resting place of all that is | mortal of Col. Rooreveit Mra. Roosevelt did not leave her room, but Capt, Archibald Roosevelt and many others of the family were at the cemetery, Outside the circle of officials and relatives, a great crowd stood, hats off. The guards tried to keep them out, but they climbed the fences and to within a respectful the grave. There was an absolute lack of any military touch. There was nothing to indicate that an ex-president and former commanderinchief of the approached distance of army and navy of the United States | was being buried. It was like the funeral of a country gentleman, well-beloved of his neighbors. A guard will be maintained at the cemetery for several days. This will consist of three enlisted men of the army, commanded by Lieut. C. T Reynolds, @ personal friend of the Roosevelt family Capt. Archie Roosevelt, wearing his decorations, stood at the head of the grave. Three hundred wreaths and scores | | of big floral pieces were stacked up jat the gates, ready to be about the mound later In the Roosevelt plot there | room for only one more grave. The | Mearest grave ie an unmarked one. There wag little emotion. The low | voice of the minister and the rattle | Of earth on the casket at the words in the ritual rth to earth, ashes to ashes, and dust to dust.” were the only sounds that broke the oppres sive stiliness After the relatives and the minis ter had left, the others entered their automobiles and drove away, and the crowd slowly disperse Almost immediately laborers be fan shoveling dirt into the grave. Theodore Roosevelt was buried The funeral procession from the (Continued on Page Seven) CITY FIZZLES ON PROGRAM Seattle fell down on her scheduled m of tribute to ex-President elt, Wednesday morning Mayor Hanson had proclaimed a five-minute ation of all activi at which time the fun pedestrians gene continued their down town rush. A few municipal motormen cars—but they we At the city hi ceased we while de heads 1 employes sto: Superior court judges, feder and Chamber of Commerce employ ved the spirit of the ove small stores stopped busir ly attle’s fizzled, obs M But ge tribute |Whew! Flies 172 Miles Per Hour axion CLEVELAND, Jan, 8 Sprin ger, aviator, accompante : Me chanic Ernest Longchamp, yester da tablished a new world record for speed when he flew from Dayton minutes. The average speed wa 1472 miles an hour, placed | BIG FOU TO MEET FIRST American, British, Italian and French Statesmen to Confer Thursday BY ROBERT J. BENDER (United Press Staff spondent) | PARIS, Jan, 8—American, Brit iwh, Italian and French statesmen | will hold their first joint meeting to. morrow, It officially announced today The conference, which will be in the f will be attended Lann Lord ¢ Premier” Or eign Soninno, Premiet Foreign Minister| ur, Orlando and Soninino will arrive tonight. The others are al ready here. PARIS, Jan. §.—Premier Clemen- cean and President Wilson were be-| today to be approaching some | tanding regarding their an power and the lea | thor | The two leaders certainly had an opportunity to exchange views in | this matter as a result of their unex- pected eting late last evening in the offices of Col. Houge. Great tn- |terest is attached to this mecting, and is was the first time Clemenceau | Proceedings in Court Delaying Bank Payment ‘There is sufficient money ava another dividend the defunct to di to depositors in rthern Bank & Trust company, whose doors closed two y according to J bank examiner. annot be declared, how naye, 8 ag0, HL Edwards, state “because in legal instigated by depos- itors, which must go thru the ) ) , ) ) > ) ) 5 Edwards ) ) ) } courts first, with the guarantee mon pedings, of the available fund When these cases are disposed of @ dividend will be declared.” wards, while refusing to #0 state definitely, intimates that in several months depositors may receive another 20 per cent divi- dend. = EX-MAYOR H.C.GILL =; IS DEAD Picturesque “Character Dies | | at Age of 52; Mayor | Three Times ‘The funeral of Hiram Charies Gill, former mayor of Seattle, Jand Wilson had mot since the for- mers fyank declaration in favor of retentién of the balance of power, | and the latter's <imultanesous state- | ment in Manchester that this ancient institution must give way to the |league of nations Divergence Slight | American circles have all along held the opinion that the divergence in Clemenceau's and Wilson's views was more apparent than real, and that both were working toward the | same end, only along different chan- nels. ‘The meeting took place in the Hotel Crillorf at dusk, the president walk- ing from the Murat palace to the hotel in a drizzle of rain. He was accompanied only by secret service | men, and was wholly unrecognized | by the public. Clemenceau had gone | to the hotel to see Col. House. While! |the meeting was wholly unplanned, it is believed to have anticipated by | only a few hours a scheduled confer- ence between the two leaders. The president feels that his trips to England and Italy have fully pre pared him for the important confer. ences with allied Jeaders scheduled for the weekend. The first confer ence of delegates of the “big four” | nations—the United States, England, France and Italy—is scheduled for tomorrow The latest plan, however, is for the individual conferences among the 4 sociated powers to continue for ten fortnight, after which America, ( Britain, France and Italy will begin their formal sittings together, at which such questions as representation of the central powers, ! days or Russia and the tral nations at the general peace is will be taken up The allied conference would then develop by calling in m, Portu gal and other small members of the ansociated powers, until the confer. ence was comple Hopes for Early League ident Wilson til = b formation.of th of na the purpe tating rapid clearing up of dependent Pres for early of fa question ne course, for formation of the leag believed to have re d favorable consideration, was titution of a nucleus of the jeague from the followe ship. of allied belligerents, to \ proffer of member governing nations, with ment of jetion of ‘age Seven) simu the (Continued on F nnn ) Anyhow, It Must ) Have Given Bill a Bit of a Scare AMSTERDAM, Jan. 8 armed automobile Two containing 12 arrived at Amerongen night, and a to see the it wa master und gave cupants of prevented from plans, After wutomobiles de { cw late Sunday rand was made immedia ay. The learned te burge ume ou ders that automobiles carrying parley out. thelr some ted One re that the Germany to ald W d today was from { a plot § ( utomobiles came d that it wa Im to escape. Anot! um cars from 1 um, and that th f new paper co who wanted an inte: who died shortly after 3 p. m. Tuesday of pneumonia at his home, 7713 Wilson ave., will be tails, however, | time and place, will not be de- | termined until late today. “Participation of the municipal | government in the funeral of former Mayor Gill depends on plans which have not yet been determined,” said) Mayor Hanson Wednesday noon. | “If the funeral is public, the coun- cil and possibly department headg| will pay their last respects at the services.” | Councilman Robert Hesketh com- municated with the Gill family Wed nesday and was told that no decision | had been reached as to whether the funeral should be public or private, Ex Mayor Gill's death came rather abruptly Tuesday, after it was be- leved he had rallied against influen- | za complications that developed Jan uary 4 and resulted in pneumonia. | The former executive had been ill since December Immediate members of the family | and a family friend, Mrs. George A. Sample, were at the bedside when the end came. Dr. U. C. Bates, Gill's physician, could not respond when notified that Gill was dying, and City | Health Commissioner J. 8, McBride, | j@ friend of the former mayor for 12 years, was hurrying to the sick man | when death ca The passing of Gill brings to a close a character generally recogniz. <1 as unique in the political life of | Seattle. Three Times Mayor Three times mayor of Seattle, Gill, who is survived by a widow, two sons, two brothers and four sisters, started life here in a very humble way waiter in a waterfront res taurant. This was while he was awaiting a chance to engage in thi practice of law, for which express purpose he came to Seattle in 1889.1 He w duate of the University of Wisconsin Following, he di nographic work in the law off of G. A.C. Rochester, J. Ham Lewis and L. C. Gilnan for three years, then opened his own law was alway office Thereafter he} associated with politics. | Centering his activities in the Third ward, he subsequently repre sented this district in the city coun cil, He became a student of munici pally owned utilities and taxation, joined the National Guard of Wash ington for eight ye and 1896 was married to Miss Maude M Keene. He was in politics for nearly As mayor, Gill's life was a storm of controversy. FE n 1910 after serving in the city council for ten years, he aroused instant antag: onism by openly declaring he fa vored a wide-open city, appointing Charles W. Wappenstein as police chief, and, according to indigpant accusations, conducting Seattle like 4 dance hall town in Al A re. call movement automatically sprun; into being, with George W. Dilling as candidate, who was elected over Gill in 1912, In 1914, Gill asked for another | chance,” declaring he had discarded | | Commissioner NEW RUSS DICTATOR ON JOB? Premier Was Accused ot Forming Coalition With Radical Minority COPENHAGEN, Jan. 8. —tLeon Trotsky, Bolshe- viki war minister, has been | proclaimed dictator and has \arrested Nicholai Lenine on a charge of forming a coali- tion with the Mensheviks (radical minority), accord- jing to a Moscow dispatch received P mas 5 by the Goth- WARSAW AGAIN UNDER ORDER WARSAW, Jan. 6.—(Delayed)— Order has been fully restored in War- saw, following Prince Sapichaq'’s coup for establishment of a coalition government. The return of Ignace Jan Paderew- ski, who left the city a few hours be- fore the prince's revolt, is anxiously awaited. Every effort will be made te have him accept the coalition, The kidnaped cabinet members | who were arrested on Sapichaq’s or- ders, and later could not be found, were located today in a gymnasium, under heavy guard. They were re- AMBASSADOR IN ITALY MAY QUIT PARIS, Jan. §&—Thomas Nelson Page, American ambassador to Italy, is tired out by the strain of the war, and will retire within a short time, it was reported in political circles here | today. Thomas Nelson Page, famous as an author before his appointment to his present post in 1913, was born in Oakland county, Virginia, April 23, 1853. SIN FEINERS TO CALL ASSEMBLY DUBLIN, Jan. 8. — Twenty-nine Sinn Feiners, members of parlia- ment, under leadership of Count Plunkett, met yesterday and decided to call a constituent assembly, in- viting the members of all constitu- encies without regard te party, it was learned today, DR, MATTHEWS PANS NEW BILL Mark A, Matthews, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, sent a communication to the city council Wednesday morning demanding repeai of the resolu- tion passed recently by the coun- cil limiting the powers of the health commissioner. The resolution was passed by a 6-1 vote on introduction by Couneil man Oliver T. Erickson, | Matthews declares in his message to the council that it is “ridiculous to invest the health commissidner's powers in a body of laymen.” He described the resolution as the work ding cults.” sage of the limitation res prevents Health Commis: McBride from instituting a flu ban or taking other radical meas- ures in the interest of public health without first getting the consent of the council The olution sioner Matthews asserts the resolution “strikes at the health, happine nid life of the city Increased her than curbed power ould be given McBride, he declares. communication will go before council Monday The the his old policies, and would conform | to the public view He was again pista hee wority, and, |Chas. Sulzer Loses during his term of between 1914 and 1916, won measure | Seat as Delegate (Continued on Page Twelve) | WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—Chas, TACOMA, Jan, & The number of ed by th ativ rees granted Tacoma congre Alaska, 1918 exceeds those of the The vote was 2241 64 ear by 40 per cent, court] James Wickersha Iner's res show. Men obtained 222 de-| publican opponent, wa: ted in his and women 405. place, NIGHT EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE