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

Our Veteran It would be a thousand imes more of an insult NOT to pay them. Every veteran’s organization ha: An insult, indeed. They want this measure. y want pa ed while in the service. And no matter what the cost-——they should have it. Senator Myers aptly told why. They have gone to the front. They have given up homes and jobs. They have suffered. What have we at home done? We bought a few Liberty bonds and War Saving stamps? Yes, but that was an investment. compared to the sacrifices of the men? OF ae ail i well be ca end to pas 0s an a heead We gave nothing. We contributed to the Red Cross? Yes. Speaking against the Lamping bill, hokas Comes & their services. If it is an insult to pay them a bonus, it was an insult to pay them the paltry $30 a month which they sked for it. They feel keenly the need of it. They do not want to depend on charity when they are discharged. — But what is that Now the time has come when we must show that we are not slackers. If the Lamping bill, which the veterans demand and should have as a matter of right, will cost the The Star has nothing against the Welfare bill. Let no one be deceived by senatorial camouflage. On the issue of Americanism there can be no compromise The state did not know anything about it. An American Paper That Fights for Americanism e Seattle Sta THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Raterea oo Govend Class Matter May 2, 1 Ot tho Festettie at Sestii, Week, ender the Act of Congress Maree & 1670, SEATTL E, WASH., SATURDAY, MARCH 1, » 3819. Weather Forecast: -state money, let it. Until it costs us so much that it REALLY HURTS, we shall have given up but little in appreciation of their services. Senator Coman fools no one by his sophistry and mock indignation at “insulting” the men by pay’ “political.”” At the expense of right and justice, at the expense of our heroes, there are those who are playing ‘ ‘politics’ of a cheap, shameful kind. It was apparent when the Veterans’ Welfare bill was rushed thru. The legislators knew little about it. | It was “railroaded” thru because it was thought by the leaders that it would help kill the Lamping bill. But it. cannot take the place of the Lamping measure because it does NOT offer the men any pay for services. If the Lamping bill dies, it will be because politics killed it. NIGHT ng them a small portion of what they are entitled. The game in Olympia is Nor did the veterans. — EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Per Year, by Tonight and & southeasterly, Mail, $5.00 to $9.08 nd nhifting to ‘s NO VOTE ON LAMPING BILI +- £ + & i91ST SENDS PLEA TO FRIEND: ould Like to Come West as Unit £ and Not Be Broken Up in the East) What about our vild_ West” division—the 91st?) are our boys doing? How are they living? When me expect to sail? hat are their particular pies in France and ? vder'g are their views a be cepend What have | it to say Star sent John F. PE ane es her of its Paris staff,| te Bernard, headquarters a meng division, to answer i others. Here is his first aah v It is ke first direct word from the boys over there to their kin) d friends in Seattle. | Ryan’: Bad story will be followed by others. Watch them The Star. BY JOHN F. RYAN ' | (Staff Reporter for The Star.) | LA FERTE BERNARD, France, March 1.—Get your arches ready. The fighting men of the “Wild | division will be home soon. re a final parade before the home fos obably not as a divisional unit, however. " The Sist came from Belgium into this pelpatiaa| the first of the year. Originally they were scheduled | embark for the States on February 20. Then the eciting | was postponed till “after March 1.” Exact information cannot be obtained here or at G. H.| However, the men are betting they'll be home by April. SINGLE HOME TOWN REVIEW LIKELY UNLESS DEMANDED The division comes from such a large and scattered itory—eight different Western states, Alaska and Ha- it a single home town review seems unlikely to be unless the folks on the Coast demand it loud enough | be heard in Washington. it’s a big problem,” Maj. Gen. Johnston said. “tt | n’t seem fair that the people of New York, Chicago and big Eastern cities acl sie entire divisions in review the people of the Pacific Coast be denied that privilege. “It’s a transportation problem that’s up to the war de-| tment. To give everybody a chance to see the boys, the! ion would have to travel to, say, San Francisco, Port- d, Seattle and Salt Lake City. “It looks to me as if the division will be split up at New ‘ork, units from the various states traveling to certain ities for reviews and mustering-out. The same thing prob-| ® “Wyomin on-stop schedule. ok the towns of Very, Epinonville, Ivoiry, Eclisfontaine| j,2 will happen to the 3,000 ‘replacements’ we added to the} just after the Argonne offensive. They were 84th/| ion men, from Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois and Ohio.” ESTERNERS WALLOPED THE HUN | ‘TWO GREAT CAMPAIGNS -came down here to find out what this vast crew of i irecn doing in the war. i i} x From Ryan’s Personal Letter to the Editor of The Star The following is part of @ personal letter fromm Correspondent Jonn F. Ryan to the editor of The Seattle Star “Lt came back to Paris to cable you the articles you requested about the Slst division because the French telephone pone ren con- tinuew rotten and there is much better service ‘thawat La Ferfe Bernard, To cover the various units and pick out Washington men as you requested would have been almost impossible, However, 1 Yound a number of them, despite the fact that The division is scattered over a territory 20 miles long by 10 wide. “It was absolutely impossible to get actual casualties at division headquarters, and I was unable to get the special information you requested concerning certain Seattle men reported killed. “General Johnstone, in command of the division, however, sald he didn't believe the losses of the 9st were out of proportion. The general also told me that the division is now up to fll war strength, @ trifle under 27,000 men, “The division did no police duty in Belgium, leaving a week after the armistice was signed to go to Dunkirk, where they re mained until the end of December, waiting fdr cars to take them to La Ferte Bernard, By the way, it was here that Sergeant Paul E. Parker, of Seattle, a member of the 316th field signal battalion, was killed. After having gone thru the heavy fighting in the Argonne and haying been cited for bravery, he was killed in @ collision between a motoreycle and an army truck. He died of these injuries in a hospital and not from wounds, as was incorrectly reported in the casualty list. “Col. Driscoll, mentioned in the articles, made. a remark about the ‘big political factor’ the men of the Sist will be back home— Fepresenting the ‘entire Weeat" “As far ax I could learn there isn't any disposal so far toward organization along this line; nor for that matter was there any marked expression of opinion for republicans or democrats. My ideas are in line with the mention Bechtel made in a letter he showed me the other day. The soldiers generally, as far as I can see, don't seem to take seriously the talk they see in newspapers here about the Pershing presidential boom, But they—men in the ist and others I've met everywhere—certainly are dead sore on the prohibition amendment They take the attitude that the ‘politicians «lipped one over’ while they were away. I'm going to send you some stuff along this line, for your information at least, inawmuch as this discontent does exist because of the ability to get wines and beer here “I told you in a previous letter I had grabbed aff an apartment to try to reduce expenses. I'm cured! Moving beck to the hotel. A Paris apartment is a snare and @ delusion—and cold ay the North Pole. Details when I have more time. Sending expense account in another letter, Sincerely, Trade ‘With Reds practically | nations—the United States, England |and France. As a result of an order issued by fi native sons, cowboys, frontiersmen, woodsmen— | the federal reserve board, which tem "Alaskans, Mexicans, Hawaiians and Orientals— | porarily suspended exportation or| | importation of Russian rubles, There’s no mystery about the accomplishments of thal Hodis Wellete santniecser nad Baas | cial transactions with that part of They walloped the Hun in two great campaigns—in the |r 0 Forest and in Belgium. They were in the St. cut ott. lih el scrap, too, or rather they were all set to jump into But they didn’t have a fair chance there—it was over ickly. The record of the 91st in the Argonne and in Belgium worthy of immemorial place in the archives of Washing-| pees California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana and What the 91st did to help win the war is indelibly writ-| n in five official citytions—praise by the commanding erals of an American army, a French army, an Ameri-|No Law Against army corps and two French army corps. ISTICE FOUND THEM WITHIN '‘RIKING DISTANCE OF BRUSSELS ing Canada, have a jy measure outlined, Without the privilege of exchange, | Coding to the official figures give wignments of supplies will be | OUt today by Chief of Staff March. | and better. }ly must © that denatured WASHINGTON, jing with Bolahevist Russia has been France and Great Britain, SPOKANE, and Sheriff Reid are stumped today | over the \Louisiana . Senator Barred by France, Assures F avorable England and U. S. March 1,—Trad-| WAS ator HINGTON, Mareh 1 Gay, Louislana; | today nounced his support of the suffrage resolution, terday by Senator ~Sen- an woman arred by three great Jones, N. M resolution at this session, if an op | portunity can be found to bring it | up, Senator Jones said A joint resolution, proposing woman's suffrage amendment to the constitution was favorably re ported today by the house commit tee on woman suffra 7,354,000 Gave Up Lives in the War WASHINGTON, March 1 million, three hundred and fifty-four thousand men died in the war, ac of ja under Bolshevik control is| inelud- | ed coincidental with the United States in the it was explained. Russia paid the heaviest pr with 1,700,000 deaths, while ¢ | many was second, France third « the United States last among herent’ power ded and intercourse practical: | Drinking “This” Snowslide Blocks yg SA 8 sa Milwaukee Tracks SPOKANE, March 1,—Snow ig six |feet deep on the Montana divide discovery Gil Hansen | when beat by alcohol, Vote on Suffrage! introduced yes: | Gay's support insures passage of the | from the coast artillery to the reg- | Albert. | training | Russell Seven | tillery jand two obsolete The 91st cut its allotted space thru the Argonne on a) ed with sugar, makes good Jag ma-|and the fall is continuing steadily, | Gesnes. These were eight glorious days, from September October 4 In Belgium the 91st—with the 37th, the onl¥ American | 2 visions fighting with the Belgians and ‘the French on King | (CONT'D ON PAGE EIGHT) The men from the “wild and woolly” | ‘et! The bottle from which Gil poured | utiles 4 “I guess there's no law against|a stift breeze in drinking puzzled-like. 12 inches having fallen in 24 hours Snowslides are feared on the rail- was plainly marked! roads, A slide covered the tracks a -that heating it|of the Milwaukee road at Briyson, | Mont,, and held up westbound traf- t What). the: ldept tla, tor. two hound gestenday. Heavy snow i# being driven before Spokane today. Reid, | Street cars are maintaining their schedules with difficulty. alcohol was sippl ved. it,” sald Sherift Al Wanted “Action” When War Began; and Uncle Sam Landed Him in erence as War Ended med eae || | Al Lawrence, Former Office Boy of The Star. It is an excellent joke on Albert ex Star office put Albert smiles a wry smile when you mention it., He got home from the Lawrence, bey, war yesterday Albert was so anxious to see “ac tion” that he got himself transferred ular army shortly after the United States declared Germany. Albert was 17 then. They made war on an artillery man of} They sent him traipsing all} over the country, getting intensive He enlisted May 8, 1917, « shifted him from Fort Lawtor near Cheyenne, where they him to the 83rd field ar- and gave him wooden guns cannon to drill attache with Albert and his fellows got better They went to Camp] For The Best Buys in Houses The Best Buys in Automobiles Turn to the Want Ads j and turned around, and sailed right | Brest two days before the armistice | lhe says. \ly scientific bath Just the same, to} | ‘a | Fremont, Palo Alto, California, in the spring, and drilled and drilled. Perfect Drill Then they went to Fort Sill, Okla- homa, id drilled some more Th drilled and practiced with French and they staged a “school of | it in the hills which cost the nment a cool million dollars. was, Albert says, a perfect duplication of war conditions. An| entire brigade—the EKighth field ar. tillery—took part. They destroyed and captured miles of theoretical Hun trenches, | Then they went to Camp Mills, | N. Y. ‘They were 100 per cent per fect. They were ready, It had taken them a year and al half, but they felt the time was not ill spent At Last They Sailed And, on October 28, 1918, they saiféd for France on the Mongolia. Emulating the king of France, | Whose military achievement is cele- | brated in verse, they sailed across, | back again, That is to say, they landed at| was signed. at the Huns, When they weren't | acting as a guard of honor for Presi dent Wilson, they were working as stevedores, Nevertheless, They didn’t fire a shot | Albert had nearly | two months in France, arriving No- |} vember 9 and embarking for the re- turn voyage January 4, on the Presi- dent Grant. At Camp Mills again, they exam: Ined Albert for cootles, finding none, But they gave him a high: make sure, and sent him to Knox, Kentucky, where he wi tered out February 17, service man $10 a month, | pulse of the state, j innuendo that it | for your conacience, .| period of years, DEBATE BITTER; EXPECT DECISIOR THIS AFTERNOO OLYMPIA, March 1.—Debate on, fe was resumed at 11 o'clock this 7 on in ents of the measure declared the bill. w down by a majority of three. At 12:20 the sevate recessed until 2p. m. Senator E. Ben Johnson, of Spo- kane, opened the Saturday debate for the bill. “I am not thinking so much about what taxpayers will say,” he said. “I'm wondering what the soldiers will say if we fail them.” He was followed by Senator Peter Iverson, Paulsbo, who declared, |The voice of the people is speaking | today from all over the state to| show gratitude to returning sol- diers.” Senator Fred Loomis, Aberdeen, followed with an attack on the bill, saying, “It will do more harm than good,” Rockwell, of King, declared he was “amazed at this display of American ingratitude.” “You who oppose this bill are men of wealth. Of course, your sons don’t need this bill. But there are thousands of boys who need this small sum. Let's not talk taxes, Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, lest we forget the days at Chateau Thierry.” Senators Coman of Spokane, Kuy- kendall of Pomeroy and French of Vancouver fought the measure Fri- day. Open Debate Lamping of Seattle, who introduc- ed the bill, opened the debate, and was supported by Judd of Chehalis and Myers of Davenport during yes- terday afternoon's session. Galleries were packed. Members from the house crowded onto the! floor. Lamping made a straightforward | presentation of the demand for the legislation, which would give each for the the actual agreed to an Judd to sub-| time he served during | period of war. He amendment made by tract $60 from the maximum allot- | ment, because congress has enacted | $60 reward to each man. The poll x bill, to raise $5,000,000 to give Jeach man $100 was indefinitely post-| poned on motion of Taylor of Kisg. Draw by Vets “I want the senate to feel the “and know of the thousands of let- ters that are not only asking—but demanding—passage of this bill.” He explained it was drawn by war veterans, and that the “greatest falsehood in this fight had been the ‘yas presented for political gain,” “No Pocketbook Affair” “I hope you will not look at this as & pocketbook matter but a subject We have cam- ouflaged millions in appropriations as soldier benefits—here is an oppor- | tunity to enact a direct benefit. “You who bought Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps did nothing in this war—you simply made a dutiful investment, Forget about your income taxes—the boys who left $100 and $200 jobs to go to war at $30 a month paid the real income taxes. “There will probably be 50,000 re- |turned soldiers and sailors and ma- rines come back to their home state. This half a mill levy would raise $5,000,000, to be extended over a It is my opinion that we only need to actually raise Lamping said, | $3,500,000. The average state would probably be about $60, “The boys are coming Hs will meet them with parades, it is suggested we help them little cash, the legislative cried: ‘Economy! Put on tl omy brakes!’ “There are hundreds of out jobs, clothes or a change of Thousands will come home br health. Do you want them | Of course not; and they do to. You know you wo for money. Yet you want to these boys with a pat on | tell them they are heroes, | them on the streets broke.” |. He said the boys: want a | to relax from aiactnline, friends, mothers, “Who wants these boys to fe the state doesn't give a finger for them?" he asked. Lamping read dozens of letters, petitions, many from paying institutions, urging of the bill. He explained pr Acting Gov. Hart had bankers and big newspaper \ ers together for conference, @ | gram of publicity was worked & help defeat the measure. Kuykendall, an attorney, the bill, declared that “no d taxpayers of Seattle would be to have the measure passed, the solders would spend theit there, “It's the natural outfitting jhe said. “We owe the boys we can never repay—but not |has asked for a paltry bit of There are 40 societies in § |look after soldiers. The welfare commisison has sul funds, and I'm willing to vote $1,000,000 nore, The conditl |returned soldiers has been 3 ated. We should not be swept ur feet, I have a son in the’ ice—but a monetary reward rob his glory of its luster. them everything but money!” He declared the. Lamping Bill | unconstitutional, “a sham camouflage, illogical and selfish. “The boys, deep in their are not asking for it. The outside of centers where the |would be spent are not asking # it. Let's not be stampeded. D of this measure will be appro the sound and sensible people of (CONT'D ON PAGE FOUR) ARMED TO THE TEETH, YOUNG BANDIT CAU Armed with a 38caliber ret Herbert Madson, 9 years old, | captured near his father’s at 2418 Boylston ave, N., late ~-according to Officer B. W. “I'my a bad man,” Herbert rege have said, Offiter Morris reprimanded and escorted him hozne, ARRIVE IN VANCOUVER © VANCOU » BL .Sy After spending the night tes, where they were forced to because; of a severe si Thursday afternoon, W. BE. president of the Boeing p and Aviator Eddie Hub the flight Friday 1, ‘ in the Canadian clty at aa a Bic 3