The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 28, 1919, Page 1

Z RESIGNS JOB —ces |, An VOL UME NO. BIG NEWS DIRECT TO YOU FROM THE 91ST DIVISION IN FRANCE EXTRA PHILADELPHIA, -Chas. Piez, —., a. ker of the Emergency Fleet cor- poration, announced today he will resign that office May 1 ————— | He announced also the gov- ernment | cancelled 15 John F. Ryan, eT eee MM ship contracts at. the Hog Island yards. LUMBER M : FIGHT C:TY HEALTH |Real Reason for Pushing the | Road Bill Thru Water- shed Is Secret What's aylor's bill to permit t road thru the Cedar ¢ the ent, is with the 91st (“Wild West”) division, now at La Ferte Bern- ard, near Paris. Ryan has been _visiting with our boys, and in a series of newsy articles he will tell Star readers all about this famous division—what our boys are do- ing now, how they are living, what they are thi » and what they did in the two big, de- cisive battles in which they took part. Ryan’s first story will be in The Star tomorrow. They will follow | daily thereafter. SIDENT FO _ (LODGE SCORES PART AGAIN | WORLD LEAGUE ONWEDNESDAY — PLANIN TALK Denny ROGERT 2. BENDER =| WASHINGTON, Feb, 38.—Pres - yt Ue nid ee rose | ident Wilson's league of nations cov 7 * ig ¥ lenant calle the American people President Wilson will sail for (away from Washington's doctrines France on the George Washing- (to those of Trotsky, Senator Lodge ton next Wednesday morning, it ("epublican, asserted In a speech to the senate today wae officially announced today. Critictam of the proposed constitu On his return journey to resume! tion, Lodge said, however, does not fF hhis duties at the peace table the pres-|extend to all plans for a league of E> Sdent will be accompanied again by | Pations. | Mrs. Wilson, Admiral Grayson and) “Everybody b ‘other members of his immediate par. t9 Take it imp ty who made the original trip CD. Nytheage sealysins limes 4 ‘Tuesday night he will «peak at the t Metropolitan opera house in New * York in a final appeal to the country ° for support of the league of nations. ‘™* Brom the opera hous i go Girectly to the steamer orze Wash ington, spending the aboard Which sail the next morning To See Grandson Why t house 20 ancious to pass i doupies |the menace to Beattiy's health? Why is it that a lobbyist for the {na in Olympia stated yesterday that ithe rest of the state didn't “give a damn about the health of Beattie,” and the road was going thrut Why are King county Ingislatora) 0 ansions to put the “deal” thru? And what i the Beall What 4 the real reason contemplated road? Engineers, etty, county and state, dectare it is not e4- sential. The district is sporscly pop- |ulated. There is no, vital demand, lnor even any great demand for tt | The dill is coming up tonight | to Olympia, & you can, and do what | you can to stop the attempted pol- | |aoning of Seattle's water. Oe OLYMPIA, Feb, 28.—Government and municipal health officials have hurried to the «tate capitol to try and block the Taylor bill, which they say would endanger the water supply of half a million péople in Seattle roads and bridges committee tonight Senator How 4 Taylor whose r operatic xtend into the »- | Cedar river w hed, forced the bill thru the senate last Monday. It would give county commissioners power to condemn roads thru the Jeapite the fact that oner McBride has such attempts for futare, any one is against perma nent peace if it can be obtained among all the nations of mankind will follow any man and vote ¢ which in my hor 1 make for watershed. mainte years Health Commissioner McBride, Maj. De Valin, of the U. 8. public health service, and Dre. D. A. Nich 8. Burns, of the King al society, arrived here et that red for a co! nations er mechanic * Lumber © 1, has ar Paris residence Being understood home has been se bri across which empties into the sa nitar on Commission to Ask Independence for ra ry Says Luz °: A —. m of from the Ph ” the next month tr govern depende accordi ot FI y drafted and the re and ie river just below t nt McMickle «aid that ther jumber workmen in the watershed examined or given t alth authorities, Therefore, he it doesn’t do an rrive PESSOA IS CANDIDATE FOR BRAZIL PRESIDENT RIO DE JANEIRO, the th officials opposing ¢ bill are prepared to show that water sometimes remain ~BSRD ARTILLERY My CAMP fl MILLS ru ESDA oter w ar Bsvars volving | | tior 0 ee councilmen also ha the fate of nine Ments to the bonds for bridgé It i the polls lay lesday AMP be propositions, | 1 a hospital, and a franchise. that every registered voter to vill b 1 till 8 p.m. If you voted |‘ ion last November you are entitled to i even if you failed to in the pri 3 go. If you failed to vote last Nover |) ber, but have registered since then, you are qualified to vote | ,), ‘Tuesday. \quara and fe of ) ir og The p A «in the general ¢ 4 vote next Tuesd Maries two wee ote in y ee weeks’ ef ar nm a CE RE The SeattleS THE GRE Rntered as Become Clase Matter May 9, 1809, at the Postoffice at Beattie, Wash, ender the Act of Congress March 4, VETS EXPOSE FAK for the They will appear before the house “" needless humiliation. It will permit these men to collect , the term of their actual service during the war. And it will | “; permit them to use that money without any philanthropic “ly. Not as a loan to be repaid. Not as charity. - AS EMERGENCY FLEET HEAD American Paper That Fights for Americanism NiGHT EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Per Your, by Mall, $5.00 to $9.00 ATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST _SBATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1919. ‘Tonight and @aturda southerly winds, probably rein; # r changing to in ree Ww eather Forecast: Give Them Square Deal, Not Charity Men who fought for this country do not want charity— ‘and they cunt a2 not to be forced to accept it. That is the principle behind the Lamping bill. : ng Just yesterday the Red Cross appealed to The Star to)” “pio tory, as it appeared, carried headlines: “Ameri pa the people to DONATE clothes of all kinds—shoes, ae oa ¥ pets, Composed of Returned Veterans of ear, shirts, coats—for our war veterans. ent yer - s' “Resolution d for relief — he Stas refused PP apr mich aa wae wenn Indore" . ( The Star refuses to be a party to begging charity for : Pansy: poe the Fagen eeepc = argued the men who wore the American uniform. It cannot be- srpoed it, declaring that they oat wae ae aoa lieve that this great and wealthy state wants its returned Million dollars added to the welfare commission's appre ~ soldiers to depend upon donations. _ The truth of the case is that the American Legion of — What these men are entitled to is PAY—not alms. eee ENE ee er ey. Se The Lamping bill provides that—pay for services ren- ithe publicly eameitseb Pg op —— za dered. Let us not worry about what the federal govern-| grout fs gaing to pag, ox Cast pabee bos pay, the men, as a! bonus. No matter how much they will be given, it will ,, ; es ner ane See men who stood ready to ive their all to the country. ATTACK UPON THE LAMPING BILL A last-minute attempt to injure the Lamping bill ‘thru a fake story in a morning paper, was today exposed. |tions declaring in FAVOR of the Lenin bill, and |ing that the veterans have time and agajn taken along that line. resented yesterday to Secretary Hanover of the can Legion. He did not act on it. He called for am of the board of control of the Legion. ho made the-sntel ardeat- Sight forces Lannie’ « |who t for They gave up positions and homes to enter the service. inciudes Car! Crosson, Maj. Maurice Thompson, Louis Now, when they return, many of them need cash to ‘Hall "Only three of these met ‘yosterday——AND = e again. They need cash—not charity. And Dining Mitt Ernie se ey |The ° Bi hs ak 'y decided to put the matter to a vote of the member: later or a week later. They need it at once, [at a mass meeting to be held Monday at the Soldiers! lors’ clu record attendance is expect ere | Every established veterans’ organization in Seatt!l e |sbout 4,000 members of the Legion, and a bigger hall n ave to be secured. An endorsement of the Lamping bi knows that. That is why EVERY one of them has passed |Wii‘without doubt be voted at that mecting, resolutions urging the of the Lamping measure. | 7 ‘oming as an eleventh-hour attack upon the m The Star challenges any statement that the rank and) “Rapp such — hand circumstances, the ny story 1 ti st tment t t file of ANY veterans’ organization is opposed to paying)" °°" ° "etment among veterans today. A resolution against the Lamping bill was my |grave, Louis Hubbs, Harold Foran, Ed Millburn, Dr. ¥ need it immediately upon Not a month | Seagrave, Foran and Dr. Hall attended the me The Lamping bill comes up in the senate this aff service men a cash lump sum, as provided by the Lam.- | aise tia wed ty aan ping bil. The men—the vast majority of them—want the | measure and have asked for it. And they have asked for the real Lamping bill—not for| any camouflaged “poll tax” proposition that may or may not be collected; that may or may not be constitutional. Nor have they asked for any charity experts or “wel- farers” to diagnose their cases before they can get a ticket for a meal or a discarded garment, as the veterans’ wel- “ fare commission bill necessarily provides. The Lamping bill proposes to save many returned men A statement was issued today mmittee of al ganizations false any pd the States, did eo at greot persenst and financial loss at a time when this st 8 more than usually pro: because of the war, an¢ se of the se > curity and protection vouchsafed aid fighting foreés, as no more than recompense that, id a portion of that state government, © greatly, and aratively small f the war. measure that the recogniaés the returned veteran, financial aim against 4 nt, now due §7 d unpaid, for a definite service” “Py dered to this state, and as ved our unquati- nt. If this be all wages are e muc lat the tone h sur. - their pay from this state at the rate of $10 per month for Certainly the national govern- ment should make and the per » neglect of its guardians to quiz them at every step. The money is going to be theirs—entirely and complete- But as compensation. That’s the American, broad-minded way of treating our men. And genuine Americans, in and out of the legislature, WANT them treated that way. All others don’t count. Allies Consider Wilson and Taft Decision on Russ Will Make Talks ge 2ace Problems NEW Y William "W q " Hanson Improves After Ulcerated Tooth Is Remov ed at his ft th an ul dQ tooth whose determined rate © prove t yellow?" eparation, Pichon said was known what able to pay | and of was by an > vernment that when it of Mpiru {amount Germany will be | nation,