The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 1, 1919, Page 1

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Rntered as Becond Class Matter May 2, PIII PPR PR PRL PRR PRR PISA PSP RRA APSARA PRPS The Seattle Sta T DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PA At the Postoffice at Beattie, 1899, 8 A’ TTL E, WASH., Wash, under the Act of ¢ SATURDAY, FE BR UA PER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWE ST 1879. ‘ongress March NIGHT TWO CENT Per Year, by Lamp ng bi contempl I z rea EDITION S IN SEATTLE Mal RY 1, 1919. RA 2S Sears FRANCE URGED TO JOIN PLAN’ | OF EVACUATION BY LOWELL MELLETT United Press Staff Correspondent i PARIS, Feb. 1.—The United States, sup-| The British, # their intentions. |) WISH LEADER Bamber of things, he said. Sir Hor. ‘fm artived on the Adriatic las ight. _ Asked if he had come to the Unit fat would be necessary, as every body understood the situation. " ftudy agricultural conditions. Inow, I always have been interested _ fi American agriculture,” he said. Nations Dehated by Supreme Wat fall nations?” LEGISLATORS OLYMPIA, Feb. 1 are deserted today Yy all the lawmakers and attach keft for Seattie aboard the steame: p Il, at § a. m., TOURING U. S. NEW YORK, Feb. 1.—Sir Horace Plunkett, Irish leader, started on 4 | tour of the United States today to) @tain first-hand information on a it 4 States to agitate for the Irish question, he said he did not think “lam simply going out West to You i Noticing a newspaper headline Nading “Self Determination of Small r Connell,” Plunkett said, with a smile, “I wonder if Ireland is one of those ON WAY HERE Legislative Practical a r for Seattle, p Where they will inspect the public “mg and Lake Washington canal “They Will go to the Moore theatre q Y afternoon tained at dinner Attade building the Cham Th re expected Teach Seattic about 11:30 a be enter the Masonic Japanese Ask No li Discriminations & TOKYO, Jan 31.—4(Delayed.) j nese statesmen and publicivts ¥y decided to call a national mas | Métting, which shall demand tha the league of nations abollsh all rac } minations, | ooo EET Investments Many opportunities to | | Make a profitable in- | Vestment in a substan- | tial business. In Monday’s Star, un der Business Opportuni- ties, there will be offer- ed for sale: Hotels Grocery Stores General Merchandise | Cigar bc Garages Machine hops Restaurants Stores | SEE MONDAY’S STAR t | Stipulates Withdrawal While in fact, are understood to be planning of their own troops by March, whether the United and France take similar action or not. British military officials are expected to hold that drawal is urgent, as Archangel soon will be ice-locked exit will then be impossible. the proposal but have not given any intimation sine} dines of the American prov) The French are con- | no offictal response has been received to the wireless invita tion of the associated powers, Ameri can agen representatives American delegation nine and Tehitcherin ts conferring with Lenine's have informed the that both Le are amenable to the plan for holding a joint con ference, their only stipulation being withdrawal of all allied troops from Russian held. A com: is the fact that War [sky and pose any the allied presence revotutior sit, but t Unoffici ceived that discussed soviets | delegatio: its agents strength the meet rather than Trotak soil before the meeting is feature, howeve Minister Tre some of his supporters op proposal for withdrawal of 4 forces, holding that their in Russia serves to increase nary spirit, not only in Rus- n other countries. ial reports have been re the proposal has been ata conference of the n Moscow, The American m has been advised by that Lenine’s political is sufficient to dominate ng and carry out his plans plicating Famous Chinese WASH matic m terio Ch nese educ The m their home cirel police were Leader and Two Students Slain INGTON, Feb. 1—Diplo- as well as the capi aroused today over th murder of three high inese belonging to the- Chi 1 ational mission. who were found dead in were Wong, director nd framer of the " for China and C. Haile, both Wong and student praity Whether robber of whether the outcome of some strange Orient feud hae not been determined, The three had been dead probably since | Wednesday igns of were found. A » body. Dr lect other t basen 13 A susemble ‘of British indictment #a ing room ein a se locality, and the » found in the utomobile Men Indicted CHICAGO, Feb, 1.—Thirteen offi erg of the Pan Motor company, St Cloud, Minn, were indicted by the federal grand jury here today on charges of conspiracy and use of the mails to defraud. The indictment charges th Pan Motor company misrep ted its equipment and production and dis posed of about $5,000,000 worth of stock in the concern. Advertined as producing motor cars and truck the # the comp few any merely machines Admiral Beatty to Make Visit in U. S. LONDON, ¥ 1.—-Admiral Beat ty, commander ae of the Brit leh nav will visit America after the grand fleet in demobilized, according the Paris correspondent of the London Times. He is expected to| accompany @ fleet of several types warships | France, ANXIOUS TO ~ RUSH WORK; President Plans Return to” United States Within Two Weeks by Great Britain, has submitted to SECOND TRIP DOUBTFUL a proposal for immediate with- drawal of all troops from Russia, it was from authoritative sources today. is move was made in conformity with ial information obtained by Ameri- ts that Premier Lenine and Foreign Tchitcherin will accept the pro- for a joint conference at Prinkipos,, the allied forces are first with-' BY ROBERT J. BENDER (United Press Correspor the United Press) PARIS, Feb. 1—The peace conference has developed #0 marked a tendency to accept practical application of the 14 principles, and to speed up ite work, the belief was expressed today that President Wilson may find a second trip to France unnecessary. Whether the president will return after hin departure for the United States, two weeks hence, is known to depend only upon disposition of the most important problems in | re Interim, but also ‘upon the trend of the conferees’ policy after he has withdrawn from the councils and thetr inclination to work along the (Copyright, 1919, by Just six weeks after his arrival in| Somebody framed it on me. the president felt confident tofay that the pivotal victories had already been won, and that future ac tion of the conference would be in strict adherence to the ‘broad princt ples included in the armistice terms. Within a few days the delegates will have accomplished the framing of a constitution for the league of na na, in conformity with the princt ples of no annexations, the president believes. ‘This, In his opinion, wilt be one of the most vital accomplish ments of the peace settlement. Harrying Details Wilson is advocating «ystematiza tion of the peace work to the ut most, of all details. The plan for reference of each great problem to a special committee is now known to have been adopted largely at his wu tion It developed today that he also is urging that more committees be ere ated to take care of the lesser ques tions, leaving the peace bureau free to center {ts attention on only the broader lines of settlement and to make decisions on the findin f the committees, With all these committees func tioning simultaneously, a pace could be maintained that would bring the signing of the treaty sev oral weeks nearer than was believed possible Th for ten h pre ing were Despite licy of his intensive work yure a day is telling on the The last few ¢ dur he fought consistently polle of spoliation. particularly trying the fact and harder than he assumed office, the pres! dent continues to urge a “hurry up and find means for earrying ident which at the ys working any time he ts longer at policy it out WORLD LEAGUE WON'T AFFECT PANAMA CANAL BY FRED 8, FERGUSON (United Press Correspondent) PARIS, Feb, L—The usual plenary session was postponed rmit the peace bur ction on the frame ague of nations Pre nt Wil conferred with Lord Smuts until, late late nig ng the American plan for ie of nations with their re outlines, that the whole proposition may be put in shape for presentation th ace congress next week The belief was expressed in cer tain quarters that demonstration of practicability of the league a evidence in several recent decisions |by the bureau would hasten agree ment on the details of its makeup The German onial question wa virts rettled in accordance with the principles of the league Speculation as to whether the Philippines and the Panama canal will be considered in the (nternat alization of colonial p anions waterways was ended today, when it was authoritatively stated that neither would both are strictly from dispute, be American and free brought up, as | jury ' in order to hurry the handling | Dietz Faces WIN FIGHT Yankees Is US. Charge With POLES ! Discharged Pay United Press Leased Wire iy United .Press Leased Were Direct to The Star — Direct to The Star | nacninieanipanannifian ail POKANE, Feb. 1 wied! — Launch Attacks on + WASHINGTON, ‘eb. 1.—Demob (Lene @tar) Diets, Pullman Pi ilization has passed the million ease ad ts manMare) Several Points Along mark. ‘There have been discharged Island marine foot: ch, stands! indicted today by the federal grand here on a charge of false reg istration draft under the Witnennes knew Dietz as boy tentified his mother's hair flaxen and that his father wp with a strong German accent The father was a former of Baraboo, Wis was that Diets was not claimed to be but of ¢ for who wan ke sheriff ntention Indian in & queation. ntage. A made by naire, aim rman p exemption Dietz, based on his alleged Indian origin. Several weeks ago J. C. Argall, of @ local draft board, brought the Dietz exemption claim into the limelight with a vigorous attack on the spirit of & man who would accept the government's bounty an Indian then claim exempuon This put the department of juatice on the case and their investigations brought the {i The arrest of Diets had not been reported today, but it was under stood be was in Califorua. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1-~"There’s nothing to it; it's a personal affair, I'm being persecuted and they’ re trying to kill me in the public eye.” That waa the statement of William ("Lone Star") Dietz today, when in- formed by the United Preas that he had been indicted In Spokane on charge of making a false draft reg istration. Dietz is here appearing in the movies. VALLEJO, Cal, Feb. 1—"I be eve the charges aguinst “Lone Star’ Dieta are wrong,” said Maj. C. C Hiner today, Riner, who ix post ad- jutant at Mare Island, worked close ly with Dietz while the latter had charge ot athleticn there. RESCUE TROOPS ON U. S. VESSEL LONDON, Feb. 1.—-The American transport Narragansett, en route from Havre to Southampton, ran ashore off Wembridge point. The troops were taken off by car ferries Several craft left Southampton and Portsmouth today to assist in float- ing the transport. The Narragansett is a steel steam- er of 3,359 tons, built at Wilmington, Del, in 1913, and is registered a | Portland, Me. 1,702 91ST MEN DIE IN BATTLE TON, Feb. 1—In an * battle deaths for vari divisions, Chief of Staff nouncing t ous army March today state at the Slat (Wild West") division lost men. The First division lost and the 32nd division lost Deaths in several other divisions ran up above 2,000 Huge Loss Claims of Americans Are Checked in Mexico WASHINGTON, Feb, 1.—Amert can losses thru revolution and bor der banditry in Mexico are being passed upon and datha estab lished by the indemnity commission of the Carranza government at Mex ieo Cl it was at the Mexican embasi More than 40,000 separate claims mounting to ,000,000, ha filed with the commission by cans and foreigners, covering entire revolutionary period, it tated Governor Lister Now Improving OLYMPIA, Feb, 1.—-Gov, Lister was able to sit up in bed today, and according to his physician, is very much improved. He sent for House Hill 122, creating a commission to relieve returned soldiers and sailors who may be sick or without jobs, and probably will sign it some time today Resolutions providing for imme diate erection of temporary school structures aggregating penditure wert voard Friday, $75,000 passed by the school | East Frontier , CAPTURE THREE TOWNS from American camps and from the | overseas force: 61,237 officer announced today Total of men ordered for demob- | ization is 1,396,000, including 1,243 952,411 and men Py -—— - | 000 in the United States, Total re By United Press Leased Wire || turned from overseas now im 15 Direct to The Star | Honorable discharge of 33 general »- . | officers, so an to keep pace with de ZURICH, Feb. 1—German troops) mobilization, has been or¢ have Gttaeted: the: Poten. at several) March, ‘The regulars return to their points along the eastern frontier, | popular rank in the army éstablish irunthal, Wunshein and according to dispatches A great quan- capturing Gromnamokli received here today tity of artillery and machine guns| was seized. Workmen in Bremen Stage New Revolt Chief of Staff March | MAY AVERT STRIKE! WILSON IS ‘Lone Star’ HUN TROOPS Big Army of MEETINGS AT CAPITAL AND HERE NOW ON Hope of settling the shipyard strike and preventing general walkout of union men here next week ap- At the same time that word was received on the coast that the Macy board and 000 ing for the purpose of considering a raise of the low- pay men to $5.50 a day, council would meet this afternoon at 3 o'clock. It is shipping board are meet- it was also announced that red by the strike conference committee of the Metal Trades ment, while the National Guard of- | believed that the industrial relations committee, of which Judge Donworth is chairman, has submitted a proposi- fleers ar Officers now total 10 extablishment, country have inte the regular army. Nearly 2,500 officers ordered from Washington since the k to civil life, into went b ping the reserve while 4,293 in this | | | | have been NHAGEN, Feb. 1.—Work-| armistice, men have revolted in Bremen and| March dincloned official figures of have decided to defend the city | the 35th division casualties as: Kill against government troops, which|d In action, 596; died of wounds, are marching from Herlin, accord.| 217; missing in en $08; prison ing to dispatches received here to-|@rs, 112. Total, 1,733 day, Hard fighting is expeotod. Fifteen divisions had greater cas- Czech Forces Win : in Polish Battle AMSTERDAM, Feb. 1—Cuscho forces have occupied Bastern Silesia, | which forms a part of Austria, after heavy fighting with the Poles, ac cording to a Vienna dispatch to the Cologee ¥ Volks Zeitung. VIENNA SHOPS ARE PILLAGED VIENNA, Jan. 31.—(Delayed)— The entire police force was called lout today to suppress a mob of thousands of unemployed, who were pillaging: shops while marching on/| the reichsrath butiding, Many ar- rests were made and the marchers by communist speakers, who urged | them not to pay rent until they had been given work, At a masa meeting held for the purpose of indorsing the league of nations, resolutions were passed in favor of neutralization of German | Austria and German Bohemia un-| der protection of the allies Labor Legislation Being Discussed at | p Peace Bureau Meet}: AR Feb, 1.—International la bor legislation was formally taken up today, when the special commit- tee handling that portion of the peace settlement went into seasion ut the French ministry of labor of fices shortly before noon. It was announced the committee on reparation and damages will meet at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at the French ministry of finance offices. Final determination of the pro submitted to the exe for ratification was pd to be reached at the next meeting of this committee scheduled for 4:30 p. m, Tuesday Consider Charges of Enlisted Men Against Officer A : | rs > ROCKFORD, Til, Feb. 1.—Brig Strike at Frisco 7.‘ ay autaraay: hnea Gen. C, H. Barth, commanding at) gan FRANCISCO, Feb. 1—-One| postponed it until some time next Camp nt, today considered, with | tnousand boiler makers working in| Pes. Capt A. Smith, intelligence de-| shops outside of shipyards, struck to-| arrangements are now being made partment, @ mass of evidence wath | aay, ‘Ten plants had been tled up| for the payment of strike benefits ered by enlisted men against Lieut. | a+’ noon at Metal Trades headquarters, Sup- | Wiley H. Dohner, nding to show The strike was called in defiance | port of the international unions and | he accepted bribes from enlisted | of the order of the Iron Trades coun-| q complete registration of all work men for se th discharge, | oi) jast night, that the men stay on! ers must be finished first. Strike and that he at the company | the job. pay will run from $7.50 to $10, mess several weeks without reim The Iron Trades council will not) joilermakers will receive the latter | bursing the mess fund. | aid the strikers and will t steps | figure. Socialists Win Prussian Votes| BERLIN, 4.1 majority dispersed. The people were incited | ualties than the 25th (KansasMis-|USly stated that the matter was ba nouri); 27 divisions had more casual ties than the 92nd division and 24 More’than the 98rd division. Answering stories that conditions at Brest are bad, March maid the food is the best. and the health re ports are extraordinarily good. | Board walks have been installed, tents floored, but the mud ty in: evitable, from the nature of the cli- mate, he maid HALF MILLION RAIL WORKERS _ PLAN WALKOUT LONDON, Feb, 1.—Nearly half a million railway workers will strike | next week unless the government in- |tervenes, the United Press was in- formed by labor leaders today. Such a strike would completely paralyze transportation in Great Britain and | Ireland The walkout would affect more than 400,000 manual workers, includ. |ing trainmen, engineers and switch |men, and over 70,000 clerks, includ ing telegraphers. The manual workers demand equal representation with employers: on all railway managing boards and a wage advance of ten shillings ($2.50) a week. | ‘The clerks want joint control of all promotions and shorter hours, the day workers asking a 36-hour week and the night workers a 34 hour week The manuel workers, who are now | controlled by the stewards,” which are generally regarded as con stituting a soviet form of manage- ment, have dy issued an ulti matum that they will strike Febru ary 9, unless their demands are granted, The clerks, who are still represented by their regular unions, are said to be pre next week, however. If the clerks walk out, it seemed certain that the manual workers would take advantage of this to set the date of their own strike ahead and would quit with the clerks, 1,000 Men Go on “shop alre the Boilermakers’ union from the council, it was pre vo The men are demanding the Macy award terms and back pay under the Macy agreement to August applied for transfer | «d to walk out | to a settlement. “06 trom. the domestic tion to both the strikers and the ship owners, looking ae enone ne tS This proposition, if it has actually been submitted, |will undoubtedly come up before this afternoon’s con- ference. News that the Macy and shipping boards are conferring on the North west situation, altho they had previ cloned book so far as they were con- cerned, came by wire to O. S. Lar- son, of Tacoma, chairman of the) community labor board of that city, | and was in reply to his wired recom- mendations that the scale of the $4.60 men be raised to $5.50. Action by the government boards Suzzallo, of the University of Wash- | ington, at Olympia yesterday, that such a raise could be obtained thru government officials, provided the strikers would agree in writing to go ;back to work when that is done. Neither the Suzzallo statement nor the wire to Larson intimated that the higher-priced men also would get a raise. The industrial relations commit tee concluded its twoday session late Friday night. President Wil- | Mam Short, of the State Federation | of Labor, and President R. L. Proc tor, of the Central Labor council, represented the organized the state. A. E. Miller and S. L. Boddy, of the Metal Trades council, spoke for the strikers, Dr. M. A. Matthews, Judge George Donworth |and J. W. Spangler are the other members of the committee. Sub-Committee Meets Judge George Donworth, chair- man, said Saturday morning that there would be no further meetings | of his committee today “One of our sub-committees meeting, but we have not arranged for further meetings of the entire body,” Donworth said. “It is not yet considered advisable to give out a mt concerning our libera- he asserted, Secretary Swain and other Metal Trades officials, declared that they possessed no knowledwe of the change of front disp yed by the | Macy adjustment board and the fleet corporation “If their figuring on raising the laborers’ wages to $5. we know nothing of it here,” Swain asserted. | Neither had strike offic | ceived news of Dr. Suzzallo's inten } tion of approaching the federal au- thorities with proposal to have the men go back to the shipyards with an increase in pay for the low waged workers. Postpone Tag Day Wives and daughters of the ship: City electrical workers have pass- ed a resolution asking that they be exempted from the proposed general | strike, Altho willing to contribute to strike | funds, city electrical workers declare would be quite in harmony with the | statement made by President Henry | labor of | is | WEB PRESSMEN VOTE TO-QUIT _ LABOR COUNCIL j The Pressmen's union has no- 47" ee “Central Labor Council: |clal meeting of this organization, held this evening to discuss the present labor situation, this union voted unanimousty to withdraw our support and delegates from your |council. In our opinion, the policy | being pursued by your body is a det- riment to organized labor and tends to break down conditions which we |have been years building up. ies PRESSMEN’S UNION, No. At a spe “T. H. SHROSBREE, “J. W. GILLETT, Secy. Pres. according to a clause in the resolus tion, Street car men are balloting today on the proposed walkout Leon Green, head of the Electrical Workers’ union, said Saturday that the city light employes were break: ing faith with their union, which has already voted for the walkout. Grocery stores, whose owners are members of the Retail Grocers’ as- sociation, will re: m open, even if their employes walk out. The as sociation has declared that each member will conduct his business, even if unaided, but cannot promise to make deliveries |__Interest in strike and labor jeles Saturday centers around cir. the strike plans meeting, which will be the hela in Labor Sunday, starting at § a. mi. Three officers from each of the 60 or so | unions which have already voted for the walkout, will attend. Complete plans for the feeding of the strikers will be one of the subjects discussed, | Labor men expect that an executive strike committee will probably be jappointed to have charge of all de- tails, once a settled strike policy is jarrived at. temple all day TROOPS PATROL GLASGOW ZONE BELFAST, Feb, 1.—Premier Lloyd George, telegraphing from Paris to- day, informed Arthur Devlin, Irish leader, that he would decline to in- \tervene in the Belfast strikes, | “Iam in complete agreement with | Chancellor Bonar Law that the same considerations which apply to Glas gow apply equally to Belfast,” the socialists won a plurality in Sunday’ Sead tate ietlGnd tk GARTER |that publicly owned utilities, such as| Premier declared, eotisall _ D ‘The attitude of the government as sractically complete returns made the city light and power department, i bhi today. ‘The femilta 40now? AVIATION MUSEUM IS and the municipal street railway, | Previously announ) is that the Pstadority socialists, Catholics, OPENED BY THE FRENCH should continue in operation, even if! strikers and emplo: should settle 87; democrats, 61; ¢ vatives, 41; Lto The Star by N, , a) | other business is closed down. Sym. | thelr ore ef et ee independent socialists, 24; Stressman- , Feb, 1.—The F in-|Dathy existing sot gry ee wal sé, 18; minor partion, 7 | etvice has decided to build an| Would be alienated if lights were} | . as we a ret Neer anilsbie at's Leng Phe nL | furne 1 off, the electrical workers sane om tev lores on pont z sapwe é le’'s waterfront have entere nto a HOTEL MAN IS DEAD | ux, France, where machines of | ®58¢rt jurisdictional fight over the question REDDING, Cal., > LeHenry| the Wilbur Wri ‘erber and San: | Street Car Men Ballot of cargo loading | Clinesehmidt, 71, most widely) tos-Dumont typ nd the airplanes| Business agents and unton offictals| A list aystem, declared to simplify known hotel man in northern gli fornia, died today at the Tempk hotel. flown by Guynem the of a , Feneck and Boyeau will be yut on exhibit, French ace should be required to give up their |pay while the workers from whom | mney derive their income are idle, the handling of freight, resulted day in a walkout of the loadin crews, t i x 4 i i a bttnasbins aa ere ar ae cael _scenmereet esnceemiiecsesacbet oc has Rc ca el rl EC