The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 4, 1919, Page 1

TACTICS OF CONGRESS ANGER PRESIDENT AAR AAAAAY PPP LLLP PLP LPP PPP PPP PP PPP PPPS APPA Pattee An American Paper That Fights for Americanism The Seattle Star THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Matter May 2, 1899, at the Postoffice at Meattia, Wash, ander the Act of Congress Maron 8, 1678. WASH., On the issue of Americanism there can be no compromise NIGHT EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Per Year, by Mall, $5.00 to $9.00 SEATTLE, TUESDAY, MARC H 4, 1919. Tonight and moderate to Wednesday, raf fresh southerly gales VOLUME 22. Weather Forecast: VETS DEMAND ACTION PORTLAND, ous campaign to round up all L W W. and dangerous propagandists will | today by a be started soon, Chief of Police John- gon announces today be made to deport all radicals who) are not citizens ‘The campaign was prompted by the following Wicks, formerly president of the lo-| eal soviet, “Tam a first-class ‘There were many _ during the war, but they were cow | ards and would not carry out our VOTE AS A CITIZEN If you are one of those citizens who propose to vote for Proctor, Levi and Gallant today, merely because they are union men, The Star asks you as good citizens to consider these facts: FIRST: Of these three men only Proctor meas- ures anywhere near the standard which you as citizens require of your councilmen. In the ranks of union labor there are thousands of men more fit to be councilmen than either Levi or Gallant. SECOND: You are asked to support Proctor, Levi and Gallant merely because they are labor men, as against Thomson, Moore and Fitzgerald—men who have already proved themselves competent and capable councilmen and who have proved themselves satisfac- tory to all interests in Seattle. They have not repre- sented one interest or one class without regard to the welfare of all other interests and all other classes. THIRD: Can you as a union man, as an Amer- ican citizen, afford to draw this line of demarcation between candidates who happen to be union men and candidates who happen not to be union men? Can you as a good citizen square that sort of policy with one hundred per cent Americanism? FOURTH: Moore, Thomson and Fitzgerald as councilmen have given you no excuse and no reason to draw this arbitrary line against them. They have diate your interests just as faithfully as the interest of class of citizens. If you them “they are not union men ther notice to all other public officials that you expect a square deal only from those officials who happen to have union cards. You can't afford, for your own sake and for your own good, to draw thin line of dis- tinction. You can’t afford in political matters to give allegiance to union men regardless of qualifications, regardless of justice and regardless of all considera- tions that have always heretofore governed you in the matter of selecting public officials. You can’t afford to challenge all the rest of Seattle on this issue. You will remember that organized labor is an integral part of Seattle and that the welfare of Seattle as a whole will determine the welfare of union labor just as it will determine the welfare of everybody else here. The Star is talking to those union men who have always stood for decent government and for a square deal. The Star is not concerned with any other type of union men, nor with any other type of citizen, union or otherwise. Fora good many years The Star has fought polit- ical campaigns with the backing of all good citizens. The union men now in the council were put there with the backing of The Star and with the votes of citizens of Seattle, without regard to their union affiliations. Hesketh and Bolton, when elected, drew twice as many votes in this city as organized labor could muster, proving that the citizens didn’t discrim- inate against these candidate merely because they were union men. When you vote today vote as a citizen of Seattle, and consider only the welfare of Seattle—of all Seattle. PORTLAND WILL N, Y, HARBOR IS SROUND UP L.W.W. IN STRIKE GRIP March NEW YORK, March York harbor was completely ea up strike of the Marine Workers’ Affiliation, affecting prac tically all men employed on harbor and river craft around this city, 4—~A vigor New An effort will atéa | Government craft from the strike order, The rivers and bay looked deserted, with only a few small boats visible this morn ing. Ferries were halted and service on tube trains quit sympathy with the boatmen Partial service was tained under the river, ficial said Many Jersey commuters, howe were forced to cross the Hudson in launches The strikers have cept the employers’ m. statement of H. M. were exempt Sunday night revolutionist auch as me here in being main- railroad of. The largest audience int orthwest is listening— promi nd 4 day, increases of 30 per cent in the What Have | tvecetemir we You to Say? ae A STAR Want Ad will get your mes- sage over. Transient @#harge 11% cents per line refused to ac offer of a com Leaders of the men declare they cannot accept the war labor board award of an eight-hour day without a wage increase, FORD EAGLE BOATS ARE GIVEN CLEAR RECORD WASHINGTON, March 4.—The pmmitiee named to investi gate the Ford Eagle boat contracts lreported today that “no charge against either the government or the | Fora company is sustained by the rates are senate Cash rate, 9% cents per line. Lower rates on contract. that I | | FILIBUSTER 37 PLEDGED Thomle---the Man CRITICIZED TO ATTACK - Who Wobbled! | BY WILSON THE LEAGUE 14 ‘Says Group of Men in Sen- ate Have Deliberately Chosen to Embarrass IMPERIAL RAIL SYSTEM WASHINGTON, March 4—~ President Wilson, in « statement to the country today, laid upon senators who “obstructed” pas: sage of appropriation bills the full responsibility for “impaired efficiency” of the government which, he said, would result while be is in Paris. alijournment of congress ingued this state group of men in the deliberately the chomen to embar iministration, to imperil ial interests of the rail way aystem of the country and to! make arbitrary use of powers intend ed to be employed in the Interest of the peep! Confident of People “It in plainly my present duty to! a the peace conference in Paris. | “It is also my duty to be in close | eogtact with the public buminess dur- | ing A semaion of congress. 1 usust make my choice between theses two} duties, and I confidently hope that the people of the country will think am making the right chotce It is not in the interest of the right conduct of public affairs that 1 should call the congress in a ape whil impossible for me to be in Washington, be of a more pressing duty elsewhere, to cooperate with the houses. “I take it for granted that the men who have obstructed and pre. vented the passage of necessary legislation e taken all of thie Into consideration, and are willing to as sume the responsibility of the im wired efficiency of the government and the embarrassed finances of the country during the time of my en forced absence TALKFEST ENDS bSTH CONGRESS WASHINGTON, March 4.— The 65th congress died at noon today, strangled by a filibuster. As the final gavel fell in the senate, on the stroke of noon, it cut short a speech begun at 730 a. m. today, by Sherman, ittinoln, sates the transaction of all business. All roads led to the senate end of the capitol, for it was there that the filibuster raged all night long. and thru the final hours of what has been one of the most tumul tuous sessions of the American con grems It was there, Wilson. eye “use also, that President | ith a trace of anger in his and a set to his jaw—but wear ing his usual smile, at times-—signed the last-minute bills and cleaned up the business of the session He also signed the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, the pub- He land validation bill, the military academy appropriation bill, the Dis | trict of Columbia appropriation bill It} ing bills was estimated that 16,000 quit work | called and senate pension bill Legislation Doomed ‘The filibuster doomed the follow- until an extra session is The army, navy, Indian, agricul ture, sundry civil and general de ficiency bills, the $100,000,000 bill to provide farms houses for soldiers and sailors, the and water power bills ‘This was the situation lafd béfore President Wilson early today, but he (CONT'D ON PAGE TWELYR) oil leasing Mexico Decides Change Oil Law | and Pay Damages MEXICO CITY, March 4.—The Mexican government went on record today favoring payment of all just damages resulting from the rev ution, liquidation N foreign bts and amendment of the confis catory oil law. The pronouncement was made at a banquet to American | newspaper men. tobert Pesquira said he authorized by had been Luis Cabrera to state that the Me n government will pass a ofl law recognizing the right of ownership of the subsoil in erties purch: n of the new ed before pro: new constitution saint ¥ “ a The La reat Audience in the | Northwest Reads Star Want Ads | | pledged to defeat | the war | turned Members of Next Senate Join With Lodge in Re- fusal to Vote DISCUSSION IS BITTER BY L. ©. MARTIN (United Press Correspondent) ASHINGTON. Maren 4 Witeon will carry France with him the knowh 37 members ¢ t w ident Prent back to dige that ext ate are his leag tions plan in ite present fe number ix four mor o9 necessary tion of a Followtr ators, of whom som the next congress, are ple That the league constituvio present form should not be by the United States That the peace treaty, concluding should be hastened and the league proposal poxtponed until aft er the treaty ts finkehed. This was the substance of a reso lution presented by Senator Lodge at midnight In presenting the resolution, he war careful to read it so it would | be xpread on the to the deak unanimous consideration Like fant Virginia, objected. ing this, said “I now wish to read, in expl tion, the following names of bers of the 65th berseclect of the 66th, who. has been given an epportunity would have voted for this resolution Amid dead silence from the demo: crate and the packed galleries, Lodge read the names of the 3 There was a hush for after he had finished to the democratic pecting a storm of protest and con demnation from democrats—but not & word came, In a moment, Sen ator Trammell, Florida, began speak ing calmly on the general deficiency bill, the pending measure The senators and senators-elect who signed are all republicans. The (CONT'D ON PAGK TWELVE) EXTRA SESSION WILL NOT COME WASHINGTON, March dent Wilson is still pee not to call an extra session of congress despite the action of senate repub- licans, it was officially stated at the White House this morning. “The president has not changed any of his announced Intentions one fota,” Secretary Tumult) Want 42nd Men to Help Put Over the New Victory Loan WASHINGTON, March 4 tary Glass today ked Secretary Baker to hasten the return of the d nbow) division wo it partici in the Victory Loan cam palgn. The te for the division's return is now set for April 26, Glass rd with the consent He went it request for for immediate Senator Swanson Lodge, anticipat ana mem ongresx and mem A moment Every one side, ex said Seere can said Glass asked that their return be moved forward at least ten days It is planned by the treasury hold homecoming days for the vari the Rainbow di native s during the loan drive. Plans also include use of 14 members of the di vision « » speakers thruout the country |President Will | O. K. Appointments| WASHINGTON, Mareh 4 dent Wilson will sign the r pointments of A. Mitchell Palmer attorney-ceneral Jebn Skelton wilt comptroller of the reney, at Hoboken, N. J just before he George Washington, tt was officially innouriced at the White House to day, This action Is necessary cause the failed to confirm the nominations of the two men be fore adjournment Teutons Continue regiments in their ous vision ap as und eur tonight board the Koes “Anti” Movements | Mareh 4 movement in COPENHAGEN anti-government many continues unabated, despite the government's “nationalization” propaganda, it was said in dis- {ved from Rerlin today scckpted if they | This is Senator Magnus Thome, * * * SENATOR THOMLE The mysteries of the senatorial cloakroom are too deep for the uninitiated to fathom. Senator Thomle, of Everett, came to Olympia to vote for the Lamping bill—and he didn’t. But the young shipyard owner still has time to get the ear of the men who alone should count in this matter—the men who donned the uniform and were ready to lay down their lives for this country. A thousand of them met at the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ club last night. More would have been there if there had been room. Members of the American Legions of Liberty) they exposed the brazen fake and shameful disto: tion of facts that were indulged in by enemies of t Lamping bill last week in an attempt to hurt tk measure. They voted FOR the I * * mping bill last night— and voted for that ALO That is their true sentiment. That is their only sentiment with ref- erence to the soldiers’ relief measures in the legis- lature. And if Senator Thomle has been misled by any fake story published in Seattle or elsewhere that the American Legions of Liberty opposed the Lamping bill, he has today a chance to right himself, “We are not too proud to fight, but we are too proud to beg,” the message from the American Legions to Senator Thomle reads. Senator Thomle's vote can decide whether we shall tr our service men squarely or wretchedly; whether we shall give them recognition or give them charity. He Came to ‘Olympia Smiling; Today Youngest Senator of State Is Dazed---Unhappy STAR BUI tol perous, brim the AU, State Mareh 4 likable Capl- | happiest Pros He nd Ye od fellowship, | that ator in the | dier came down to | man in state politics: dazed, and bewildered ung Thomle killed the compense that very Olymp! youthful ing with « youngest state legislature the canitol six weeks ago. seat was in the bach and something funny the erything that happened I others—the — older xenators—called Senator mind that, He laughed, cast the gvote Lamping ation bill would n ¢ returned sailor an expression state's gratitude in cash, sol- the ha soldier of measure His give and ca row he saw most ev And the more eunning him “The Baby He didn't beamed, and joked. But Magnus G ‘or weeks @ group of willful politicians bitterly fought the of the Lamping bill, the longest debate wy of the passage After the histe lature In state legis and came ning dlocked, ‘There So phe eres vote Me senate feos today young Senator Thomie is the un- « ~h , who came to Olympia to vote for the Lamping bill, was steered into the senate cloakroom, and came out to vote agninst it. TO RECONSIDER LAMPING BI to Beg” Demanding, in the name ing as a “pauper bill” Fourth ave. and Cherry st., lutely their stand on soldie: state. The veterans packed the big audi torium and stood in thé rear of the hall and in adjoining rooms, strain jing forward to hear every word of the bitter arraignment of the state senate by the . The keynote of the meeting was struck by Russ Simonton, naval re. serve yeoman, who moved that the organization every means to jobtain a reconsideration of the mea | sure, | “The socalled act te abortive clared It makes pa rans and officiallys declares that soldiers and sa are mendicants | It offers alms to heroes and legalizes | thelr begging. The men and the | women of this st whowe sacrifices | will always be remembered by every man in uniform, will never approve the action of their representatives who, at the instigation of the lum | per interests, have defeated the only | measure which would give fighters | honorable passport to civilian life }and make return to the places they formerly held ‘Too Proud to Beg” j “Task t record veterans pwittsre! legislation.” he de pers of vet this organization go on and irrevocably in favor of the Lamping bill, and that officers be authorized to fight to the last ditch this attempt to de clare us beggars.” Following Simonton, many mem bers rose to speak on the resolution, and all of them supported it in ve hement language Statements read by two members of the of zation not present, who favored the Lamping bill, but who believed that the veterans’ welfare was good legislation, were bit attacked by almost every speaker, and when the vote was taken, not a single voice was raised against the Sergt. H. H coined the phrase, fight, but too proud to beg,’ which met instant favor with t Tans. and was embodied in a telegram ad dressed to Senator Thomie, of Ev erett. whose wavering defeated the bill in the senate. The telegram read absolutely act terly resolution Murray, one speaker, | “Not too proud to Text of Telegram | “American 4 ns of Liberty, having a membership of 4,002, at attle meeting Monday evening, at- tended by thousand members unanimously 8 on record oppos- ing any further appropriation on Conner bill at this time, We em:| | phatically and unanimously indorse | the Lamping bill, defeated this day, and respectfully request that you | move reconsideration in senate Tues. day, and join with senators voting in favor of it. Our sentiment is We not too proud to fight, but we & too proud to beg.’" | An attempt to obtain an explana tion of the appearance of a state ment published in a morning news paper last week, and purporting to express opposition to the Lamping bill as the opinion of the veterans ——— | Was met with the demand that the | two members who @Fere responsible for the statement, and who were ab- sent upon legion business given |an opportunity to talk in their own behalf at the meeting next Monday | j night be Civilian Cheered written by L. T. Ja was read to the meet: and was £& with applause. declared himself on record ponent of all legislation in returned and de- action of the f the civilian Seatt told the A letter, ob sen, a civilian ing. favor of men. nounced th Cleon B. a mittee of thi Red Cross senate relief | rter of veterans of work of the tion during and r a vote of conclusion of his ad | the the |the war | thanks at the | dress | A bilt now pend the leg islature. which provides an appropri stion of $10,000 for the improvement | of the Old Soldiers’ Home, at Ort ng, was unanimously indorsed by | | the’ veterans, Mrecntive before Secretary HoT. Hane fly injured ‘Mass Meeting Declares Men “Not To Proud to Fight, but Are Too Prou of the veterans of this stat that the senate reconsider the Lamping bill, and denoune the Veterans’ members of the Amesican Legions of Liberty, veterans’ ganization, meeting at the Soldiers’ Welfare act, 1,04 and Sailors’ Monday night, defined ab and sailor legislation in th over announced that at next night's meeting a statement of finances of the organization and @f ite budget would be presented i consideration. e THOMLE MAY aR | MAYNOTN OVE TO RECONSI OLYMPIA, March 4.— new soldier bill is ready some today, will move to reconsider Lamping bill.” This was the statement mage: Senator Magnus Thomle this ing. He has until the close of day's session to move reco : tion. This would mean that 1 vote could be taken Wednesday the Lamping bill, and if nl wishes, he can, with his vote, pass the Lamping bill. Senator Joe Smith, chairman the appropriations committee, sal the poll tax soldier relief bill “is ing worked out.” He is one of organization ring that ff Thomle to go back on the bill and thus defeat it. Be “Our plan,” says Smith, “ia raise $5,000,000 by a poll tax on all persons between 21 and 60, the rate of $5 each. From this we would pay back to-the fund the $500,000 appropriated to veterans’ welfare commission @! turn the rest over to the con sion to dealt out to ni cases,” be UNION CHIEFS AND M’BRIDE IN MEETI Heads of the international unions whose local members are involved _ lin the shipyard walkout, went into session shortly before noon Tues day with Henry McBride, divisional head of the labor adjustment bureau of the shipping board, at the New, Richmond hotel, Fourth ave. S. and Main st Plans for a speedy ending of the shipyard strike, and a rapid handling |of the back-to-work vote, to be pole e | ed, commencing Thursday, | der discussion. were un+ McBride, who has been in com stant communication with Dr, I, @ Marshall, federal wage mediator, hag” authority for the calling of a Puget 98 Sound shipyard wage conference, Discussion of such a conference If believed to be taking place at the meeting, which was slated to com: tinue thruout the afternoon, Train Hits Auto; Three Are Killed persons were ail nd two serious: early today when lided with a Long Electric train, he automobile ef Pacific Louis M. Libbey, W. B. Sanford and George Richards, all shipbuilde . employed at San Pedro and live in Ene arte bane ing STORM we Southeast m warnings were red displayed at 8 a, m, Tues The storm is moving rapidly ym the north Pacific ocean and will cause moderate to fresh south: easterly gales, aor TO BE WET SPRING D. ai, March $— | Let the nation be dry or wet, it's all the same to one preparedness fan, He stole 64 quarts of whisky and 14 raincoats from a box car here.