The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 15, 1919, Page 1

Su F C BE SOLVED Associated Powers to De- termine on Representa- tion at Conference BRITISH QUESTION IS UP BY LOWELL MELLETT (United Preas Corresponden) PARIS, Jan. 15.— tion for Russia at the peace con gress was expected to be defi if nitely determined upon at to a day's session of the Interallied war council. The associated powers have reach ed the obvious conclusion that dis bt cussion of world peace would be ab F® solutely futile without the vast pop lation of Russia being considered. They also are understood to realize that the Russian problem cannot be solved without the consent and co- operation of the people A program for investigation of con @tions in Russia was to be discussed today This will result a commis sion being = sent country which would report to the confer ence. Upon the report would be bas ed some program of recognition for the soviet government and other fac tions that -night send accredited agents to Versailles. Formal action was also to be taken sorend on the question of granting tion ta. the British domin- fons. This nae ORY carries out the) Jeague of nations idea, but is sienifi- | cant as bringing additional Western thought into the conference Old and New Allied America’s entrance into the war transformed the issues from Euro- pean to world-wide scope, and now tact with those of the New World Canadian and American ideals, for instance, are closely allied. Provisional agreement has already |. been reached regarding delegates for the British dominions, It only re- "pains for this agreement to be con- (Continued on Page Four) AS PEACE MEET BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS (United Press Correspondent) PARIS, Jan. 15—Three ques- fd tions dominated general discus- sion of the conference program today, as the time approached for the first full session of the peace congress—set for Satur- day. They were Wiil the session be open or secret? league of nations come up first? Will Premier Clemenceau or Presi- dent Wilson preside? of of the conferees May Be Secret Nothing could be obtained whether the conference would open or secret. As to the question what should be broached firs already is pledged to bring league of nations at the outset meets one up the Bolshevik problem probably will come next. It is understood*the st- uation in Poland and hilar ques- tions will be taken up in the gen- eral n discussion ; ) t It is agreed that Clemenceau prob- ably be given the ¢ thru diplomatic precedent. Wilson does not take precedent over Clemenceau, because he merely acts his own premier nging the dency on the ne and overcoat when he aber been addressed to of associated nations, attend the opening et for 2:30 done thru big pow- eeting it is said rincipal nations y by commit being informal. will be called erence then a# soon as the their #turlies on Report Col. House ls Much Improved i formed the United Press te He added that House expects thin @ few days, ULL Leased Wire of the United Press Association. OMPLETE Service of the News- paper Enterprise Association. Old World political ideas are in con-/| ) QUESTIONS BUZZ AWAITS OPENING Will the Bolsheviki problem or the/ Clemenceau | The} in America NEW YORK, Jan aw of the 6th field artillery from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and California, were on board the LS. cruleer St Louis, which arrived in New York harber today They were loaded dow trophies of the battlefields, gat ered just after the armistice was signed The men, all of whom trained « Camp Lewis, said led fe Ba! ear Rordeaux after a trip ere Later near Nancy On November § t were ordered to begin moving into battle. Novem ber 11 they were the eve of going into act the armistice end ed hostilities On board were 45 officers and Of this number wounded 1.254 entisted men 200 were xick « Twenty two were reported The 246th Brest f Jan pfal, exe when th (Continaed on Page Four) Will Handle Mail for Home-Comin: Soldiers at N. Western boys returning from Europe will want news of home im- mediately they land an the Atlantic influenza the trix embarked at trip home or unevent nd day out e chip ra nt coast, says Herbert Wall, secretary of the Rocky Mountain club, in New York. Wall has wired for copies of The Star, which will be placed in the hands of returning soldiers after their landing. | “May the welcome the boys of the Sunset and ist receive when | first they touch the soll for which | them that they enjoy gratitude of an appreciative nation.” jays Wall in hiv message wired to Seattle. Seattle relatives of returning men may have their letters placed in the hands of the soldiers as soon as ar- riving by addressing jeare of the Rocky Mountain club, New York TRIED TO BREAK INTO U.S, BOOZE Jay Campbell 23, and Wayland Pomeroy, 34, shipyard workers, were | arrested at 5 a. m. Wednesday, in the 1302 Post st. warehouse of the F jable Transfer Co.. where, accor: to the police, they the theft of govermnentstored whis | ky The two men are held on open charges in the city jail. ing tured These, together with a score Officer George W. Wilson minor puzzles are solved or un-|the men, both of whom were armed. solved as fast as one newspaper suc-| Campbell is alleged to have menaced ceeds another, or a correspondent] Wilson with a revolver, but wilted at sight of the patrolman's gun. Both men had flashlights and hacksaw while Pomeroy had a nucnber of keys. They are believed to have ob | tained entrance by securing an im pression of the lock and manufactur ing a duplicate key Rib Broken When Auto Hits Woman! co _Mrs aS M Spencer was struck a injured Wednesday morning at 7 o'clock, directly in front of her home, by an auto driven by Stephen Blower, Skinner & Eddy corporat employ Blower was arrested and released on his personal recognizance he explained version te lic Mrs. Spencer has a nternal injurte b and pe SOLDIERS SAILORS — ATTENTION All ex-service men are invited to use the situ ation wanted column The Star without charge ad may office the branch, | 610 Copy of your left at Star Union, be 7th downtown at Bartell’s, Second ave | and or cated STOREHOUSE? STATUS OF Artillery SOLONS GET | RUSSIA TO Men Back MESSAGE OF Just they fought and bled be evidence to| sented to us for consideration and the eternal| action than have been faced by their mail tn} were attempting | Kntered as Recond Clans Matter May 2, GOVERNOR Lister Recommends State Improvements as Part of Reconstruction Program WANTS CONSTABULARY » - ~ . * Gov LISTER RECOMMENDS Appropr of $50,0 for nument bway constry Appropriation Dyk operation in Katablishment of state con stabulary of 20 to 25 men ‘ t all w want to ” * « simultaneous forward mm ¢ reforma and improve ments thruout Washington, to in sure this state @ place of supremacy in the national peace reconstruction and readjustment program, Gov Menest Lister delivered his fourth Mensage to the 16th session of the | state legislature Wednesday after neon { land reclamation, highway im provement. state building progress monument appropria pe realized fully by « according to Gov. Li In closing his messmer. ernor addressed the follows “Greater problems a memoria tion, and unity, are rial must be AgKrension the gov legislature are now pre any previous legislature Vital to Futare “Their proper solution is of vital importance to the future of our They are enti to fullest deration, backed by the best My hope is that, with the clone under the 15, 1899, at the Postoffice at Meattla, DAY, JAN. Wash 1919, TREAT ’EM RIGHT SECRETARY Treat our soldiers and sailors right. We prom- ised that much to them when they left. We told them their dependents would get. government allotments promptly. We told them that when they returned their jobs would be waiting for them. BUT—things have not been as satisfactory in these respects—and in others—as we should have liked. And now these men are coming home—from overseas duties—from weary months in training camps in the U.S. A. And many of them are coming home penniless. Ah! There will be the smug gentlemen and the contented ladies who will moralize upon the spend- thrift habits of these boys. Spendthrifts at $30 a month, out of which they paid for Liberty Bonds, and their insurance, and dependents’ allotments, for, whether those allotments reached the dependents or not, they were deducted from the soldiers’ pay, never- theless. Spendthrifts, when they had to pay for everything they got! For it is now plain that only the Salvation Army and the Red Cross gave them anything free. Let them moralize who will, but if these men, who endured hardships and which we, in civilian life, can scarcely ii e, spent three times what they got, they would ‘have been entitled to do it. And if we have the right sort of human spark within us, we should be fired promptly by the necessity of doing something for them—immediately. We cannot wait for the various programs of reconstruction that will take many months to enact into law. The men need relief right now. Soon the Washington troops will be sailing home from France. Soon they will be in Camp Lewis to be demobilized. Not only the overseas men, but those stationed at the Naval Training Station, at Bremer- ton, at Camp Lewis, at the Vancouver barracks, and the spruce camps, will be returned to civilian life. Shall be dum into Seattle, Tacoma, Spo- $ aaamaay cattle, without iy thought of their immediate necessities? Not only would that be unjust to them, but un- wise from any viewpoint. A movement is now on to have congress appropriate enough money to allow $300 to each discharged army’and navy man. That movement should be supported enthusiastically. Every senator and representative in this state should be urged to rally to the support of such a measure. Let us all write them--at once. The sen- ators of this state are Wesley L. Jones and Miles Poindexter. The congressmen are John F. Miller, Albert Johnson, C. C. Dill, Wm. La Follette and Lynn Hadley. ! Write them in your own way, or clip the follow- ing, fill it out and send it to each of them at Wash- ington, D. C.: Dear Congressman: Believing that we should of the leginiative seaxion, the 1 keep our promises to service men, and knowing that lems Will have been met verse we all promised to treat them right, I urge you now ee, 5 emer erections: $9 ‘o do all you can to prevent their being returned home the legislature and of real and last yi ing benefit to the sta I stand penniless. I favor the movement to give every re- ready to assist to the best of my turned soldier $300 to start him in civilian life. | abilities.” Passing over the problems faced Z by the state during the war, which NGM? 656. v0 000 he ared, were minimized by the | “aplendid work” of the State net r r of Defense, organized in Ju 917 Address .... and disbanded sar J n19, Gov Lister addressed the legislature = a SS (ib cceplete development of Waal ington Wants Jobs for All dustrial unity, the assurance of | employment to man in the isfactory wages, and the elimi | ¢ those w * willing to| OLYMPIA, Jan, 15.—Every soldier) Every Washington citizen is asked work, w ‘ I r of Washington will be paid| to help in the fight to have the fed the first ste netruct by veg war service eral government appropriate $300 me bill ready | for every discharged man writ: f t pr ton tatsot nator Lamping | ing to Washington representatives ent w f r and lof King is passed. It would appro-|in congress, urging the passage of . tinuow pment | ¢ $750,000 for the purpose and) such a measure program, were ated por ‘ dorsed by the war veterans’| This the appeal of the War priation of t m . nts’ bureau of Washington Sol mended for f Colum + Joe Smith, Snohomish, and| di¢rs and Sailors, Several thousand bia I . em: | Represerrtatl Frank Cotterill,| men from overseas units are ex bractn 1 Gr Franklin, | king, will ask the legislature to me-|ed to be discharged at Camp Lewis| Adams, Whitman and Walla Walla | me e congress to pay each serv and these men must be pro th ate bi pe lace aakn 0 Base emen and give with funds in order to pre gine hier ‘iniform. 7 one of 4 jam in local labor circles ma ry ft th econstrnet measure d says association members tial steps toward land uation. | By organized labor and the on-| Under the lead of President Saun. outside of the ¢ r aeouat congres ders and Vice President Bickel, the t, has not et be bee organization i working with or suse f te ri ” ganized labor to obtiin this appro recording i » “Blackmailer!” Is priation | to assure qu Charge of Senator in Hun Probe Case * 20 KILLED, 100 TON, J De " “ oo : = | tr. meaieh STON, Jan More than a| Old-Time ‘“‘Moocher” *\* * °° ed by Broth | score ct persofia’ were belléved to| have on killed and at least 100 in-| Gets Last Hand-Out - ne: jure day by an explosion of a| Cua at Gn ‘ { Washs TT ballove him| NUKE molasses tank at the landing ng roo . : word nd wharf of the Puritan Distillers Co. € ‘ : The wharf buildin and other Kenney Admits He feet were putter! demotl hed, An-| Is Temperamental ts side, The tracks of the Boston ’ evated railway in front of the and So Won’t Work ioc) were wreekou or,” | of soldiers, were hampered by th te Kighth | mola which covered hundreds of b quar urdy in the vicinity to the h WASHLIL iTON Jan 15. Strong t pposition to the reappointment of rh i ©, John Skelton Williams an comptrol Sie hen ‘foes aid oak 3 ¥ eding t ged statements,{ler of the currency suddenly has| vauion Army for more than a year, Kenney bas “bummed” his ving. | come up in the senate, | The seattle Sta THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC Act of Ce NORTHWEST ngrem March #, 1879. MAY QUIT POST Might Be Persuaded to Re- main if Given Post as Attorney-General FINANCES AGAIN REASON BY CARL GROAT (United Press Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan, 1— There is a prospect that Seere tury of War Baker will retire from the cabinet, according to persistent rumors here today. If he does he will return to Cleve land and resume hix law practice His reason for resigning would be a financial one, say those in touch with him. Some of his friends suggest that he may be persuaded to rematn given the post of attorney aot Baker has ben under heavy ex pense while holding his place. In the Liberty Loan drives it is known that he pot only “did his bit,” but borrowed money to buy more bonds. Baker hhe been under heavy ex- to Burope to assist in winding up| war department business. It ix un-| likely he would quit before a num-| ber of contract matters are cleared | away and the army organization| bill disposed of. Incidentally, Baker ts mentioned occasionally a# a presidential posni- vice president of Hoarty, Bainbridge Colby, | the emergency fleet corporation, has reaigned. TEUTONS FAVOR WILHELM TRIAL | FOR WAR DEEDS RERNE, Jan. 15.—A German com- mission appointed to determine the! former kaiser's responsibility for the} war has officially recommended that| he be brought to trial, accord! information from Berlin today The recommendation was present by Herr Kautsky, who was ap- poin by the German governme: nt} to direct exacnination of documents | in the archives of the foreign office. “Marginal notes in the kaiser’s own handwriting on the most impor tant papers prove he was one of the principal warmakers,” Kautsky sald “It is necessary to bring him before a tribunal,” & to ed ,HAGEN, COPE Fight ing was resum yesterday dispatches from German sources said today SHARP TO quT U.S. MINISTRY? WASHINGTON, Jan officials ind! y McCormick, who resigned national committee Admin. istration that Vanc as democ chairman, will not succeed Ambas. sador Sharp at Paris, Instead he will remain as adviser to the peace commission, in his capacity trade board head While official not been made as war announcement has it is understood that Sharp has either quit or will do so. Homer Cummings, chair man of the national committe tood to be the successor of Mc Cormick in the political position ASK AERO FIELD : ON BEACON HILL s of the Acro Club of the| Northwest asked Mayor Hanson Wednesday to deed over 40 acres on Beacon Hill, on the present the city stockade, for use aerial landing field, in line with the plans under way for a trans continental mail service by air Hanson promised to investigate the proposal in conjunction with park board officials, and make a recommendation to the city council vie is un Trust site of AS an on his findings Voters Will Pass on Bridge Issue city council will hold Wriday The A spe to rnoon placing al bond iss Montlake before the electors for approval at the March election. Piers for the brid, which will} cross Lake Washington canal, have | already t installed. ‘The struc ture will be of concrete and steel, | City Engineer A. H. Dimock is| preparing un estimate of the cost, ONLY 3 STAT Y NEW TRIAL FOR TeutonBoardWants LOCAL SOLDIERS ) WM. GOTTSTEIN Ex-Kaiser on Trial RETURN TO U. S. (PPPLIPLIL PLL DLO NIGHT EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Per Year, by Mall, $5.00 to $9.00 ARE NEEDED _RATIFY B United Press Leased Wire, Direct to The CHICAGO, IIL, Jan. 15.—Thirty-three of the 36 legislatures necessary for national prohibition had tifi the national bone-dry amendment today. Colorado, lowa and Oregon were added to the list favorable votes today. The Wisconsin senate and the house have passed affirmative votes. Nebraska is expected. to join the ranks shortly. Only three more states are needed to make the Unil States dry, the amendment becoming effective one after the 36th state has ratified it. One of the 33, California, however, is facing eo action against certification of the favorable vote begun San Francisco. No state has as yet voted against the amendm altho two attempts have been made to attach referen |riders to the measure. Distillers, however, thru a rec formed organization, announced they would fight it in way possible. The states which thus far have ratified the ment are: Kentucky, Virginia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Dakota, Maryland, Montana, Arizona, Deleware, |South Dakota, Massachusetts, Georgia, Louisiana, Flo | Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Idaho, Maine, Wi | Virginia, Washington, California, Indiana, Arkansas, Illin orth Carolina, Kansas, Alabama, Colorado and Iowa, The Wisconsin state senate voted today to ratify P rohibition amendment, 20 to 18, The Wisconsin ly will vote on the amendment day. With only one dissenting vote, the Colorado se sich the ratification resolution passed by the lo ouse. The Oregon senate ratified the federal prohibitio | amendment by a unanimous vote today. The house ratie fied the Sheppard bill late yesterday, 53 to 3. The lower house of the Utah legislature today mously passed the resolution ratifying the Sheprard4 amendment. The senate is expected to take similar unan ‘mous action when it convenes at 2 p. m. SAN FRANCISCO, fornia wine growers have taken the | first step in what the liquor forces Star) Jan, 15.—Cali | the amendment, was the first step, Liquor men plan to obtain simi injunctions in each state as fast these states ratify the amendment | hope will be a legal fight that will | They will appeal to the United hold up ratification of the Sheppard | supreme court, if necessary, in an bone dry amendment tempt to prove their contention William Schult, of the Wine Grow- | the people area part of the statele ers’ association, admits that the tem-| islature, and have a right to the | porary injunction obtained yesterday, erendum to determine whether which prevented Gov. Stephens certi-| vote of the legislature expresses fying Callfornia’s favorable vote on | will of the people. LOCAL MURDER CASE TO BE TRIED AGAI William Gottstein, Seattle dealer, convicted on the realty “The court has not failed to take of | notice of the misconduct of tl charge murdering John Murray, age |fendant's counsel in the trial, ph: checker, in the woods Des|he made an unfounded attack on Moines, on October 4, been|the prosecuting attorney and the” granted a new trial by Superior| court, in his argument before the Judge Frater jury. To such an extent was thia) Judge Frater's memorandum de-| done, that the press of cision was made public We commented on the same, noon, The case will be re-set by| believes that such. unfounded at Presiding Judge Calvin 8S. Hall tacks may have, and probably did” Attorney Allen, for the defense,| have some effect on the minds’ of” his motion for a new trial on| the jury. An unconscious prejudice 1 discovery of new evidence.| may have been created in the minds He also declared, in his affidavit,| of the jury thru the actions of this that Judge Frater did not grant | attorney Gottstein a public trial, by excluding| “In order that it may not be sald many spectators from the court| that any man has been deprived of room after the influenza ban had) his liberty by this court without be been lifted. Another contention was | ing convicted after a fair trial, and that material testimony b been under such circumstances that the excludes the first trial erroneous-| jury might not in any manner Be js influenced or prejudiced against In stating his reason for granting | him, it appears as the court's duty |the new trial, the judge declares: | to grant a new trial.” SOLDIERS’, SAILORS’ COUNCILS URGED CHICAGO, Jan, 15—A refers) ry themnsetves and thell endum vote on peace conference f decisions; unrestricted passport i caged Are Taboo ; of le of the “ultra” spectrum and formation of a sol were abo at the congress todayy sailors’ council nly bona fide union men, number lutions toh tee I today at the labor ¢ T ad culled from @ on the Mooney case i 1 men from all see Frank Turco, of Seattle, w iraft. t { th ountry. The ultras ed the resolutions, declared would f a con, > ultra red— insist on their passage immediately, | were t 1 af fic hubbub even before the conference gets t With radical le ssion mos work on its primary purpose—disew ft nvention war sion of methods for the release of f xpected t Thomas Mooney red ordi Concerning the passport demar t f ad » expand the Turco said the move was made to M y debate t nd for re give internationalists freer re n lea all prisoners! traveling from one country to an-|meaning 1. W socialists ang other ers and sailors must be or rh ne was to begin today ganized after demobilization, in or consideration of ways to spend thr der to see what they fought for is | $100,000 defense fund for Thomas 2 not lost to them,” he said, ‘They | Mooney,