The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 8, 1919, Page 1

Rs karte ie On the issue of AY Americanism SS there can be no compromise 299 VOLUME NO. 13 as STRIKE END IS COMING, STATE Metal Trades Council to An- nounce Result of Back-to- Work Vote Tonight } WORKERS CONFIDENT’ In expectation of a vote favor- ing the return of Seattle's 30,000 strikers to the shipyards, union leaders Saturday started work en plans to prevent the men going back in a mad scramble. Some strike chiefs even talked of keeping the result of the vote secret until the time had arrived when the return of the men could be carried out as an order- ly demonstration of the solidar- ity of the unions. However, it is we. Pretty certain the result of the - Vote will be known tonight. EVERETT TRUE’S tt hasn't But back on the job now been feeling well lately he's back and bis umbretia is aa ca as See page 4 and enjoy Mr comic True and the othe features. MORE STRIKES: THREATEN CITY’ ring on Se ter thru whom the anion leaders would negotiate with the yard owners on the manner in whieh the plants would resume opera- tions. Special meetings of the min} affiliated with es council be bh night and Sunday to re r of the counci committee. Re shipyar Janu ‘Three strikes are appe whi . phone ‘* labor horizon, elty’® laundri Saturday 4 cotve the Vote canvass! Opening of which have ary 21 is expe Numerous complaints made by back-towork enth that the voting hours announced t their unions were shortened without Motice, At the Lat evening a large & congregated in the cor loudly proclaimed their that the ballot boxes had beer ed and removed two hours before p. m.. the time deciar - been set for the termination of the ballot Complaints al Many bollermakers that not. permitted to vote on the tion of going back to work ballot taken at the Armory Tioors were closed to voters @. m., altho the entire da ® have been given over to the they ged. At least one union. operating engineers, continue on strike effect was polled ple Friday timent, h sweepingly the struggle A. BE. Miller and 16 the metal trades union either Saturday or early for Washington, D. C., to take in the conference, which w wage adjustment machin fective in the shipyards of the co Local union leaders att conference have str for the onditions in such mar feisions will be subjec Bae rank and file of the rker PREACHER MUST SERVE 99 YEARS IN PRISON DALLAS, Tex., h Francis Berry, eted inal assault will not hang for hix Judge Se last fagsens the death sentenced to 99 prison ie Berry was chap! H ehildren, & charit tn since fay wage dem: « of trom mine to ¢ shone db: unless ‘oust Postmaster were Burleson meets with a commit orkers ot of thene in unle Frida strike 5,000 BOATMEN BACK AT WORK YORK ballot, the ba A bal eral ser NEW thousand in other he next wee part t to the Strike and Potato ong de Case for Courts refused to Ion VOR ALASKA An American Paper That Fights for Americanism heSeattle slar THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Rotered as Mecond Class Matter May 8, 1899, at the Fostottion at Beattie, Wash, wader the Act of Congress March & SEATTL E, WASH., WAR TOOK HUGE TOLL OF YANKS i March Gives List of Killed, Wounded, Missing and | Prisoners in War ARMY STAYS AT 509,000) WASHINGTON, March &— ‘The war department will hold an 509,909 until congress provides otherwise, Chief of Staff Mareh anounced today This army will not be y circumstanc he permanent mi not get along reduced un March stated. *« law outtio with a small asked by the bit » the strength partment in the military which failed to pass cone The tot American battle thes during the war were 240,197, March announced. Americans who took part in action against the enemy | jin France pumbered 1,390,000, he al canua) divistor 4429 i 1 12, number ' Casualties of 91st \ Vere 5, 838 Troops ah 10 BOOST GAR OPERATION i) Will Oven Bide on New Building at “U” the t * RISKS LIFE TO © SAVE HER MATE _ FROM FLAMES on thelr Ball Olive ard home lay undeterminec ved by the flames, pha her blanket. k do when «he found the were bl Phe for at the home of a ver, € naw rth T total dabmag tered. house contents Mr Jobn Oliver a o itt edb from her r wrap © window eat thr im to 1 valued at WILSON WALKS MILES ON DECK RY CARL D PRES! ool WOMAN P CAL IFORNIA’S HOUSE in thy HAN u HEADS “ ppointed + Fort T 6 Trespo indent) CS OVER “SATU RDAY, MARCH 8, tte Tied the Cow Outside—-No Bull tand, led over pound. WILL DEPORT as br a beat fd STOWAWAYS Ww young Eng YORK, Maret ishwomen Liver b transport Lou from Brest, were t island away at imm ‘om the aa 1 th names a f the 1 w mat Ke of one omen els’ used fo: 1 pe J that the ¢ in und were on Da days or to E Display Revolver UR t 1a, It Liverpool the hidder unt in Waiting Room Aare 1879, 1919, AIR BOMBS HURLED ON NUTINEERS Berlin General Strike Is Call- ed Off in Official Compromise NIGHT Per Year, by Weather F orecast: Indians Approve League Plan in Western Pow-Wow BAN ( .. Cal. M ithered at th wion last night ceremonial and placed th ul on the rue of 1 r stamp of approv Chief Sta Sioux RECOGNIZE THE SOVIETS } BY PRANK 4 BERLIN, March 7 p. m)— The general strike was called off by its leaders this afternoon Work will be resumed Me romise with the TAYLOR Wr leaders. parte of the At thiv hour were battling northe hind ec walle’ of tern wectic bblestone print paper. They were holding off @ ¢astly wuperior govern ment fore, The Alexanderplats had Teen Witterea wiitl it resembled a front line viltng Many Are Killed The eerstrasoe with, dead and wounded Weeré without medical was unoff the fighting has resulted in the kill! of 400 and wounding of 500, mo bet Covernment K strewn latter It The ntion. 1 that atte ols dropped fx of the ri arp be-on the roc ed by t huge bor stables, © The remainder arrived g3n0 10 REACH CITY THURSDAY officer artil 1,000 and left Approximately 63rd Coas Central lines; from m to St taken brought it wilt t eat Northern on two Everett in entertainment the 63rd on and the representing welfare rvice the minittec oldie imittee and the F unization, an giment sailors ronal auxiliary of that next Fri pe any done in returning promises wek will far e that has yet line of troops ome thing been the welcoming Murder Appeal Is Set for March 25 ul of William Gottst Seat ler last N n set for March 25, b Attorney 1C. Br jottet y Prose own, Fri ed with kil cker Moines, on Ben W. Olcott Is Oregon Governor M h 8 tT Ww ry oF aah tov the Withy of and EM, Or ten th in the presence the supreme court Messenger ed of $63,200 Mar Milton nger for the stock inge firm of L. M, Prince & Co. robbed of more than $50,000 in Liberty bo nd other urities, making a total of $63,200, in a hold esterday afternoon Bank n had done in helping af the work battles enition white man "» AGREEMENT ON FOOD FOR FOE SOON TO COME BY FRED 8, FERGUSON United Prem Staff < PARIS, March & war council, discussing the of supriying food to the today, creement Wy Monday believed that certain would be made to relieve on resulting from the an and allied nic commissions at Spa. erences already have ap- for feeding the peop! dismembered Austria, whereby will be lifted. This prin extended to Germany adoption of directing the supreme council to carry out the that coun- eme problem enemy nr conces- the dons conf ved plans slockad: be ion of revictualling in the armistice. tive sources it m now being dis- ich the Germans to buy food, provides mission for the export trade, p ties as Ke in sul of which they have ul supply. The money thus ved will be applied on food pay- comm establish: German of of neu- gold assets The wry latter method would be per- last resort, if money means proved in- ufficient mated that Ger- ny has $5) 1,000 in gold. he French are understood to have atively agreed to « plan, but insisted thi first the financing of Germany should be undertaken by Americ tak ¢ long term notes in payment for food, This the ed to consider It is an loan Americans refu Says Allies Will Hold Conference With Hun Leaders ARIS, March 8.—L'Intransigeant ted today that the first plenary conference with th man delegates will be held in Versailles before the end of this month. » general conference will take preliminary jerman plenipoten: Hed in for an in about March ary auhasads forecasted the would be c pnferen tiar formal wh held after will be Gornindmetvian : Republic Heralded March 8—The special commission of the Austrian national assembly has unanimously ratified the government's to declare formally that the German-Austrian repubjican government is an inte gral part of the German republic, a Vienna dispatch announced today, Immigration Ben Is Johnson Plan WASHINGTON, March 8.—Repre Albert of Wash ington, who has ted as next chairman of the immigration committee, today announced la reintroduce the f im: migration exclusion bill early in the next Johnson also favors adding to the bill a provision for depertation of | aliens, Who turned back their first pe the draft law. sentative Johnson, been house ‘our-year session papers to esc Ww N Gen Gen. the « ASHINGT March §. to Brig. Johnson, whom ss of the ‘aft, has from th and will | retorn to his business interests. Was expected to} Ger- | ALTIES 240,197) EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE 00 to $9.00 inday, rain: gentle terly drifting to wei Refusal of Germans to Give. Vessels for Allied Use, Arouses Diplomats } DEBATE FOOD QUESTION WASHINGTON, Merch Germany's refusal to turn her merchant ships for ment of American troops, <a aroused In the abscnce of details, of als here know only that Ger — has broken the contract — iais signed with Chale — f the United States shipping board, and other allied First, her internal condition, Ucularly regarding fod, such that the” present is afraid to turn over for fear of giving the ery of protest. | “Seoond, the strong sail cils at Germany's ports may served notice on their that the ships would not jess they were manned by Gé sailors (not pre ac Germany y old. yiekery growing in England at the d shipping troops home, has hitch [nto a program of t thousands of tons of shipping to Great Britain, as well as) United States, for troop thus aggravating the unrest, In all events, it is held here her action is timed to end, if ble, the allied delay in sending | stuffs irito Germany. To meet any situation which arise out of the present problem most of the States government will ne President Wilson is on his Secretary Lansing is already Secretary Daniels will be there in a couple of weeks; Secretary B arrive in France probably b middie of April, and Chi |} Hurley, of the shipping board, jul expected to sail about the same tim Baker Food Admin Hoover is on the spot. | British Want Ships The British will want thelr ow ships—more than ever now—for transport of their colonial and do minion troops. So far as A was planned to reach a rate of 250. 0) {000 men a month by the end of April, when all of the eight German iiners promised would have been i |commission. As refitted by this gow. — ernment they would have had ® capacity of 50,000 to 60,000 troops @ month In case the ships are not turned to th ies the war depart- ment will try to make up the loss |thru @ re-allocation of tonnage, new carrying food for the relief commis: sion, When it seemed certain the German ships would be available, @ \number of transports were converted into ea carriers to meet the emergency demand for food abroad, New Credits Are | | Extended by U. S. : to Ally Nations | WASHI ¥ Py Me United Sta nment yesterday gave further financial aid to four | European powers. A credit of $18,000,000 was estate lished for the Czecho-Slovaks; $40. 000,000 for the Bi for the French | the Ite alians. | tot lof $8,841 7,000 loaned to the alli of the authorized $10, #00) 1,000,000. Prussian Diet to. Convene Next Week BERNE, March § -~ A Wolff lagency dispatch filed in Berlin Thursday and received here today mnounced that the Prussian diet would open next week, This was pted as proof of the govern- ment’s confidence that the revolu- j tion had failed Maeterlinck Weds Parisian Actress YORK, March 8.—Maurice , famous " Belgian play: S years old, has married Mule, Renee Dahon, popular Parisian | actress, ears old, at Nice, accord- ing to word received here be. ts over NEW Ma | wright, Hi