The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 22, 1919, Page 1

The Star would have liked ,to see the ship yard strike unless the employers could have recognized the injustice of the Macy award. his they did not do essarily followed. In all fairness, it should be borne in mind that the strike ita concerns the lowest-paid averted. But that was impossible, and the walkout nee- ULL Leased Wire of the United Press Association. F OMPLETE Service of the News- paper Enterprise Association. —— a . ‘ VOLU ‘ME 2. NO. 27 o * WESTERN * * * * & * ALES MAY Veterans of . ASK SOVIET France Are DELEGATES Near Home Seattle Plans Grand Wel- come for Men of 346th Artillery Regiment Believe neshene War Coun- cil Has Reached Im- portant Agreement eI - REACH STATION 9 A. M. WOULD SOLVE PROBLEM sores The first unit of Washington's mE CRY famous 91st division will be a BY WILLIAM P home Thursday morning, instead 5 (United Press Correspe of Friday 4 PARIS, Jan. 22.—That a Meith Seattle will greet 1,300 soldiers of the Méth field artillery regi. ment at the King st. station of the Great Northern railway at 9 ed number of representatives of | the Russian soviet government | " conference & or They will arrive in four seemed certain * train loads. 2 It was learned an agree- At 10 a. m. Seattle will have a parade in their honor. At 1 the soldiers will have to leave tle for Camp Lewis demob flized. Their stay, tho brief, will be by the supreme war council in this regard. Official snnounce- ment was expected before night. The British delegation is under: | memorable. stood to have taken the lead in press. Tt in the city's first official wel B ing this solution of the difficult and fn overseas orga fi important Russian ques committee of the The original British As an anty council of defense has nounced by the United Press on Jan fF Wary 11, was for the assoc €rs to wend a special com’ investigate in ‘Thin met with American a auch an extent that the per: the proposed commission was ever discussed, the Elihu Root and William Howard Taft being men 1 plans Under the gala red, wh te and blue. cond parade to t a meal fit on served names of tioned valescent soldiers will be take Further consultation among the | there in automobiles. Others, too tll associated delegates, however, result: to go. be given good time 4 in the British presenting another | by the canteen workers of the Med plan—to invite representatives of the | Cross various Russian factions to Paris, be At the Hippodrome, following the Heving this would result in quicker dinner 1 during its sudedh le talent ir Hanson w The parades ir ill form ¢ action on a problem in which time is an imperative element. Representa tives of all Russian factions, except the soviets, aire arrived Predict Naumann First President of have of Bert L. north thenee to the { German Nation ‘Al Seattle 1 | BERLIN, Jan. 21 es "we ie | Berlin nm pers gener acinar we oe a that Herr Naumann wna’ would be the first pre new German republic The German democratic part J combination of the old progressives and liberals. Thix dispatch would in Gicate that a coalition govern-nent is prob QUT THE "EATS" SPOKANE, Ja i lery arrived he all-day stop. Senator Jones Says ‘iv sic may with re at 10 0 en route to ¢ Wilson Causing th. sis:inind to lay ve * Scarcity of Jobs \*, “looming, parrege the lx dent Wilson is responsible for unem rtillerymer e had a ployment of thousands of Americans, | ous" time com . the Senator Jones, Washingtor 5 Since their arr ‘The president, by refu re 1 been atrium rds, has coet mar Ame wor wear Fall and a hee t Haver ra the jot the would orw 4 at bot h im | SOLDIERS AND | ‘ SAILORS SITUATION WANTED ADS OLYMPIA an bee Jtlined provid f , FREE tg Bill Provides for 224 Constables Altho a bill The Star will insert re Ce Ada i free of charge itua- man of the house t tion wanted ads for r¢ s wasabiotat agciane . rned soldiers and sail . Copy may be left | 4 ; Linte at The Star office, 7th 1t ina and Union or the ¢ wr down town Classified HOMESTEADERS MEET 3ranch, located in Bar- Chief’ Seattle Homesteaders No. 686 Second ave. | Swedish ball, tor the Burpee, of installing officers, ee ET Bighth and Olive, | sian workers in the shipyards, the 60 or 70 per cent who are getting around $4.60 per day. Despite the roseate pictures that have been drawn of the shipyard worker growing weal thy, the vast majority of the men, the unskilled laborers, have had a sharp tussle with the cost of living. a Admittedly, it is a heroic struggle to 1 family on $25 to $30 a week and | The Seattle Sta THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF Enterea as Second Clase Matter May 3, 1899, at the I SEATTLE, ea 6 * * * SOLDIER IS SUSPECTED OF MURDER | Seattle Taxi Man Killed by Man in Uniform on Lonely Road Di BOY WITNESSES CRIME © murderer of Raymond “Curly"| Ostrom, driver for the Blue Taxteab company, shot and killed on the Ja burn Tuesday soldier and * present in Tacoma, local dep- ex detailed or case believe Wednesday Peastey road near A the The motive is not known. The Tacoma police and sheriffs office have been notified and are} combing the city, while Seattle de- tectives contin th In ventigntion | In the vicinity of the crime Statement a from Billy Brow © lye boy who wit hesaed the shooting from a distance ot 7 t, t the man was in unt form ¢ appearance of a unt formed at the Auburn inter urban station approximately 20 min. utes a substantiate ties declare of breath and im ¢ man was out patient, and fumed at the 10-minute wait for the interurban that carried him to Tacc He i« de od by the station agent as five fe dressed seven inches tall, in olive drab and leggings BY CYNTHIA GREY without ercoat. His hair is burn and plexion “. A woman If the great abyss between in the interurban station America and Germany is again ed the cle ‘a, impression. firmly bridged, it will be thru great souls like Mme. Schumann. Heink. The great singer is in the city today. She will appear in con cert at the Metropolitan tonight “Give my love to the people of Seattle, especially to the dear mothers who have brave boys over there, M. rt yearns for them with something that is too big for words to express.” These words were spoken to me in a brief interview in the prima donna’s little suite in the Hotel Washington. But 1 wish you might have et n her ¥ expressed t. Ther ’ the sentiment that was too big aid for words ou family again,” the ¢ “And we about The madame with great effort ponitic is why young Brown from dier’s face If this individua r mb" of th Ordered to At the wn boy was cle from “Beat I of the shor time we are one of a great liva continued. are anxious to know I inquired red, paused drew herself into a Brown fled our childrer E. Weed. 1 and trar amitte “That ud great diffi I am the riff's office in 1 police de ed» men on the case at eo about this great war « and brave; but I The murder took place about feet from the machine, a lim I will tell 1," she ntinued Ame ur, under supervision of the Blue | are ght rt wilet that 4 10 Taxi m from the of » received a telegr atte war de partment month ispense ht brea 9 x Japanese Growers Alarm Farmers in British Columbia VANCOUVER, Bh. ¢ With the war ended, British Co umbia fr r ized a drive At a “noot ia Fruit t was charged roads vf Chinese and "| Allies Will Send pnd gba ag _Mission to Poland United States, ( and = Italy nounced t proposal f problem this alter@@bn's session, that in Japanese ) rds pr toda district white farmers belrig’ furninhed nt interest Japanese are upreme eral, in Van tateme Vr made toda Three hundred Japanese have ection 20 miles out: | ride yuver during the last ree months ; officially an President W thw wettlement of the will be discussed ae | {¢ ee office at Heattle, WASH., “I Feel We Are One Family Again,” Says Madame Schumann-Heink; | Her Sons Fought on Both Sides Mme. Schu mann-Heink that is all, apparently, that MOST shipyard men have been getting It stands to the credit of the skilled mechan ics and the machinists who have been drawing the higher wages that they made common cause with the unskilled laborers, refusing a slight in crease for themse Ives, Ww hile the others were be ing denied a justifiable raise. I hey are striking to help their less fortunate ANY PAP. IN THE PACIFIC under the Aet of Con JANUARY NORTHW o March &, 1879. Wash WEDNESDAY, 99 FNERAL STRIKE THREATENED! * * &% * * * * HEROES DUE TOMORROW “TDAL WAVE eee oo OF HUMANS _ TS FEARED immigration pee and Land for People Would Avert Social Calamity |“WORLD Is RESTLESS” BY LOWELL ME (United Press aff Correspondent) Copyright by United Press. PARIS, dan T2—A tidal wave of restless humanity will swi ye wortd Wk” ee "es of Huns and Goths in the Middle Ages, unless the peace congress exercises foresight In handling the vital problem of immigration. An social calamity eTT | froomerons eo industrial and can be averted only by satisfying the peoples’ “land hunger” and elevating their social status This was the day by the which has been investiga view expressed to- gms ing condi American on | tions in Europe tae # textlens,” was the C. Howe, commis eration for the port jof New York tion | For man ica’s gratewas watched th | He > years he Ellis oming hum turntéd to F wh Rat Amer Island, and n tide ris from he ac an Sunt Southern German 1a French miss of (Continued on Pa BRITISH DON'T telling me that my youngest, George Washington, is safe He was a gunner on an American transport which was lost on the shores of France, But,"thank God. AN of the brave boys were sa his! associa who My other three gons in the United States navy are all safe, But ony be loved ones on the other side—I don't know. For months and months of anxious and waiting and prayi 4 word from therm Vu heard not on, fighting IRISH REPUBLIC ‘day morning asking that they start immediate ne: summed up the situa- LIT'S THE LOW-PAY MEN IN THE YARDS THAT WE MUST CONSIDER) they declare that is surely commendable It is highly important trom every stand- point that work in the shipyards should be re- sumed as speedily as possible. It is important to the city—and much more important to the shipyard industry itself. Surely, there must be some basis possible for agreement between the employers and employes. co-workers, and spirit PPAR PDA RA ARAL AAA RAR NIGHT EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Por Year, by Mall, $5.00 to $9.00 y. rains winds _W eather F orecast: * * & * * & + & TACOMA MEN PLAN DRASTIC MOVE; N SUCH ACTION With Tacoma labor leaders threatening a general spi of the shipyard strike in an attempt to call out all un in sympathy with the shipyard men, Bert Swain, se of the Seattle Metal Trades council, declared at noon no such move was contemplated here. “We believe the shipyard men can prove the justice « their cause without an appeal to unions which are not fected,” Swain asserted. Federal authorities, presumably the war labor bo are believed to have wired local shipyard owners Wedt with the Puget sound maritime district council of ¢: ters in order to effect a settlement. “The carpenters are not on strike,” said John C. publicity director of the council, at noon. “Our 8,000 me bers are ready to go back on the job immediately. We now trying to discover who received the wire reported have arrived in the city this morning asking the ship owners to negotiate with us.” Ince believes the wire is from the war labor before which the carpenters’ demands are now being ¢ | sidered. Shipyard employers were in ses: | — AVAST WALKOU TO AID STRIKE, sion in the Securities building Wed. Beyond the formal state of late justification issued ‘Tuesda they have nothing to say mecording to D. E. who wpolte for the body Skinner The employers, according to David Rom manag of . Skinner & 5 | Eddy h received no request s from the ral authorities to en fi nto negot ns with the carpe TACOMA, Jan. 22.—Spread of ters rs and craftsmen, thrown | shipyard strike to other trades onl ployment because of the | industries in Tacoma was a d walkout of the metal trades work: |) 05 \ men. They do not hold out hope of | POSS!DUlty today the walkout of metal ers, yesterday ard employers maintain the , they cannot there has been co: erable talk of a eral strike, possibility such action was admit @ ted by Secretary C. R. Barrett, of the Metal Trades council, who said a is one =? and my dear, av ter ul tradesmen | Guest will by with her three little ones DUBLIN, Jan, 22.—The British 4 fr headquarters | trades and cer But ien't your daughter safer’ 1! rnment 7 ohtinued Wednes Long lines of | !ndorsement the metal ti inquired. swered the mer sed up and down the stairs | Strike. i Mien evoluahin” bas breathed of ) the second floor, and inscribed| While such indorsement would aan scarosly above a whieper It wil | at yesterday's initial meet heir t in the council's records. | Necessarily mean a general sympaenll ring chac ing of the “ yo Th of tabulat n will re thetic stri is intimated 3 aid é een tie A remarkable veral da und when com-| unions affi with those cou! e pict " 1 7 1 by the will pr ndex v- | migt ,dvantage of the present « gown, and her wonderful 1 ne of the ituation to demand increased wages. hain, streaked With hase t ¢ ted with It was reported the butchers and shout ark fle motherhood © most flagrant form other unions which have lost stil pers ed. Her heart is so big that By t stem, a tr 1c. | during the past year or two Wo iinhowe: etek tamil tb Beaa-thoe kre and stood before the world to-| tivities can be d he|renew their demands uiier ulidrah 4 republic—on paper needs istance, he is in a position| The Shipwrights’ union, memb ¢ four fightir for Its duly elected representatives ' Apr t of which made a protest against t se M sn. | had reserved the right of self-deter Huna of 8 trooped | walkout yesterday, held a big Heink bh in | min to the fullest extent » the maritir s head last night, but took no offfcill the Austrian he nd & Ghveteer elected delegates to repre: the Pione building a iving in Austrt peace congress as a separ rst and James, We lay morn The famous singe ha le all te € nN ing k for direct In cases © bee dine algae: thet wan atcomplished under the} their yards had been automat th war to patriot wor et ver no of V runt French mili ¢ nm were told that undreds of ca t tary government c Pp until a settle: Metal Trades here, announced today al u ns ¢ he meet terda which | w Where yards | that there would be no strike, ae tsttar od. aside from | lasted an h and a half, passed | wer employ their} least immediately, in Portland, alfl eppeart n Red ¢ Metven: 4 ¢ e nters, the men were ordered to|the men are working under protest. bacod # pe a Griven #4 The government authorities made | 0 mon the 400, r ed pending the” war funds for other organizations. no eff n the Man t & shipyard p con- | outcome onference on Febi ‘ — aa natant House, t n Feiners pro-| tinued idle Wednesday, while ers | 17 aie haw thelr own &U to maintain |of the Metal Trades Council worked Says Ford Peace der busily at their headquarters in the NAVY YARDS NOT AFFECTED A About 2,000. pe w Collins building cond and Jame BREMERTON, Jan, 22.—The mi Party Inspired sAlvig eh ar iret w/stinod 46 laniickek: hall gees ot affected, by thesia © proceedin were ¢ etting the full machinery of the irievances of the by Hun Interests 2 ee is on slike th eed by the nae whe WASHINGTON, Jar Henr of independe wa din) Sub-comm at hear case r yards where Ford's fa peace expeditior h and Fr wher rkers were in need of reli been seeks the fall of 1 to "Get the Ro: Ch Bur ed chair: | and fu will rtheoming to 1 ng emy wf the Trenche t Christm. man ‘ont th ike beir marred by a = inspired b German and pacifist in rT pe lele jected w i of family destitution cs sas $e rest Archibald B. Stevenac to Co’ Plunkett, F Mdward 1 ‘ ore als of the Puget Sound Ma lay told the senate committee t tt r and Arthur Ge Phe tir Dist t 1 of Ca WARNS OF PLU" Tirotihir. Gabidsib ‘srepaeiGea ate a in, a shea els lan tiene santa Every shipyard striker should rT ount apr have to rt t 1 Jame t nt be ited, according to a to ¥ lor 1 »position to the walk-out, of w @ issued by City Health Hanly Opposed to claim for the righ { Nee Maniacs Reine bentiiis ner McBride ‘ination. He m travel on inwill viotien: World Le ar hasnt WY ‘Te stuteheson, dtr threatenin ! an te a aR Gees i bigs 9 a pte rf has a i#ation, is expected tr tle shortly | | from MeBride, 1916, today declared he | posed special cor thru which all avers ventilated halls would cause @ to including a world prohibitio: r members mu for jobs sk i new ad of the disease. n the league of »- | the ther than ship prepared , ‘ viso in t league of nations pro. | th wish ' ee P*!to pay Seattle shipbuilders the higt Meetings should only be held gram ard work of $25 will be: ast wages In the world, but could not | | in well-ventilated halls, accords 1 do not believe it would be to as od ouyainst an member who ing to the warning the best interests of the prohibition accepts empleyment excaps tira the, cause LO take this action,” he sald, commitics, meet the metal trades demands, the (Continued on Page 12)