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

Tides Wee High Water 2:2T a m ILO tt in Low Water | Ist Low Water Satam Fim eade mm aT Bed High Water tut igh High Water Pott Am AA | toee em TAT Water ays tat Lew | tet Lowe 623 Rm LT att A Seattle sarennar | Int Tigh Water eam An American Paper That Fights for Americanisr- e Seattle Sta THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Mutered as Second Class Maticr May 9, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wabh, under the Act of Congress March 8, 1879, SE NIGHT EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Per Year, by Mail, $5.00 to $9.00 ATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1919. Tonight and Satu Weather Forecast VOLUME 22. NO. 82 WHY? Why are American boys held in France at $30 a month to work on roads? Two Star readers write letters tell- ing why; The Star replies editorially. Tuesday The Star printed a first page editorial entitled: “Why? It asked: “Why are our boys who went to fight Germany now being held in nce to construct roads for $30 a month?” The Star has received two letters which seek to tell why ivate L. Cartwright, former member of the Canadian expeditionary force, and Shorrock, member of the school board. They are from} »|SHIP STRIKE NOT LIKEL increasing southeas “They’re Lady Devil Dogs!” Only Girl Marines in Seattle LIFELESS Below are their letters, and also The Star’s reply: (ie Carib Later_ Dear Editor: I read your account of @ mother’s wounds and grief at her son's pathetic plight d in a foreign land to build roads In the mud @ rain at a soldier's pay. Truly a fearful price to ay for @ place among the chosen of a nation’s man- it not oceur to her and the nine hundred and | | Mr. Shorrock’s Letter Editor The Star: I appreciate the spirit in which your article entitied “Why?” on the frént page of ‘The Star of March 25, was written. I think, however, | you have scarcely taken into account the terrible state in which the devastated region of France and Belgium still ls. 1 presume that th jerman prisoners are to | @ large extent engaged in this reconstruction work, other weeping mothers in Seattle that their | f looks at least selfish if not actually maudlin in Of those acres of ttle wooden crosses over of France? ‘ Must the ranks of merely dead stand for in 2 ‘They would have thanked God for a chance roads in only the mud and rain. Is it nothing WNéither this woman's son nor any woman's son mt to to fight Germans alone. He went to We his country as it chose—not as he chose—and : orders. And if that entails building roads ithe “mud and rain,” he might find some encour it fn reflecting upon the meaning, in terms ‘of te homes, of those “crosses.” fought their fight in time of bitter fear And died not knowing how the day had gone.” eourse he wants to get back and out of it. So few hundred of “crocks,” “unfit-for-further-mil- men, of our little army who sailed from port last spring. But the naughty Hun u and the boat turned around on the second mit and the men went “up the line” and most of never come back. fn its fight for Simon-pure Americanism your on can find mgre vital needs to champion it of the soldier Paiting to come home. ‘ones who are already back? believe it. I don’t believe there are a thou- sttle mothers in anguish over their sons’ “slav- France at thirty dollars a month.” Not with four hundred thousand sons of France dead What | and I see no reason why prisoners held even in Eng land should rift be sent over to France to complete this work and to complete in thoroly In connection, therefore, with your demand that U. 8. soldiers be returned home and not be kept over there for work of this kind, should be an equal demand that the work be done by German prisoners so that Belgium and France may be restored as speedily as possible to something like their normal condition, We have, I fear, very little idea of the terrible con- ition existing there and something must of necessity be done, and to a substantial extent, to help in the work of restoration, and we should be ready to/do our share. Yours truly E. SHORROCK. that an ideal of justice might endure. I think the women who bore the doughboys are made of better | stuff. I would like to tell such as do feel like weeping of another mother's thoughts when she told me of six bonnie sons and a good husband who had all “merely died” in the service of their country, “They are all gone," she said, “but I'm proud and somehow glad for that. Proud that I had so many to give and they #0 ready to go. For xo many women over the world had no son to go out and defend them, and mine could| serve them, too.” Let us be as big as the rest of humanity and get away from such provincial selfishness, It is the stuff that wars are made of } 1am, sir, one of the seventy-five thousand. | PTE. L. CARTWRIGHT, EXC. EF. | Note: Seventy-five thousand American boys were in| the various branches of the British forces prior to America’s entering the war, according to estimates. The Star’s Reply Star appreciates the warm sentiment rence and Belgium which pts the above letters. It cannot, how- + agree with the conclusions of the ‘With all due respect to Private Cartwright ‘man who saw his duty early in the war did it ok ty rpg repeat his warning “inst a “selfish, if not actually a maudlin” e million, four hundred thousand sons mee dead,” we are told. ose heart is so leaden that it will not ith sympathy? y gave their all—FIGHTING against y. They paid the supreme price to their country against a foreign h fought their fight” to save the of France, and its national integrity, e safety of civilization. d our Yanks went overseas to make the sind of a fight, to make the same sac- if need be. neither the dead who sleep in fields nor those who survived #htmare of war, offered to make preme sacrifice for anything less ous than their country’s safety and did not offer their youth, their their precious years—to build in peace time at $30 a month. Nor right for us to expect it of them. fe do not expect any such sacrifice of F men and women when we have work at the city hall for our city govern- nt, or at Olympia for our state govern- at, or at Washington, D. C., for our na- mal government. Yo American of sane mind would i lage | | TODAY to build roads in the United | States at even five times $30 a month. | Such an idea would be abominable, for- eign to American ideals. Yet we have permitted it in France. Whatever our duty to rebuild France, Belgium, or any other devastated country may be, it is a national duty. It is not fair to shift the entire burden of it upon the shoulders of our Yanks alone. To do that is to be “selfish” against our Yanks and shows only “maudlin sentiment” toward France. Surely, our boys in France—and those in American camps, too—are fully as much en- titled now to pursue their individual careers as are the $1-a-year men, who resigned after the armistice was signed. More so, because they had offered more to their country. They are entitled to every consideration possible—and The Star is pledged to do all! in its power to be of service to them, and! to all who stood ready to die for Amer The Star wants “those who are ady back” employed at better jobs than they had | before. It wants them all granted a boffus | understood to hav! to tide them over the period of readjust-| ment from military to civilian life. It has) championed and it will continue to champion every cause of benefit to our service men. That is why it cannot be content to strive for better jobs only for the men “who are already back.” It is also striving, and it will continue to strive, for better jobs for the American boys who are now in France, slaving at $30 a month on purely civilian work. The Star repeats its demand: OUR SOLDIERS IN. EUROPE MUST RE RETURNED HOME IM- MEDIATELY, | [leas week, star ; |kressors are sald to have been threat: | |) “Lady Devil Doge’ That's what they are. United States Marin To the right id Private Ethel M. Pepin. When Uncle Sam called for typewriters, these two were accepted from 450 girls who tried to enlist hea jartera, 101 Yesier way. thru the manual of arms, and physical exercises, they just got their new spring uniforms yesterday. T,OOOITALIANS BUTTERWORTH Phe only ones in Seattle, toot Corpx--and stationed in Seattle! First Class Private Grace L. Gordon is seen on the left Lady The The Lady Devil Dogs are subject to rules and regulations, just like the men, go They've enlisted for four years, —Cress-Dale Photo Roth regular members of the Devil Dogs to attack marine » stationed down at recruiting And here's a little secret GIRL IS NOT YET | SEIZE RAILWAY GETS NEW TRIAL) READY FOR PLEA Report Bolshevik Army in Jury Fails to Agree on Fate Asks Another Extension of Galicia Moving Rapidly (@y United Preas Leased Wire, | Direct to The Star) BERNE, March 28.—Bolshevik | forces penetrating Eastern Ga- u are advancing so rapidly tha? Austria is threatened, ac- cording to advices received here today. The important oil region of Galicia is said to have been completely occupied. of Undertaker Failing to reach a verdict aft- er 13 hours’ deliberation, during which it was twice recalled and advised by the judge, the jury in the trial of G. M. Bu 's accused undertaker, was dis- charged at midnight Thursday. The case will be retried in mid- summer, during the May term of court. It is probable that, in the new trial, the 43-count indictment will stand, as the jury failed to return an instructed verdict of not guilty on 26 counts. altho ordered to do so by Judge Neterer. Fifteen counts were originally ordered dropped, The ZURICH, March 28.—Seven thousand Italian troops have oc- cupied — Stublweissenburg — and Raab, taking over a part of the Vienna-Budapest railway, ac- cording to dispatches received here today (Stuhiwelssenburg is only 35 miles southwest of Budapest and Raab is 67 miles northwest). Two Ramanian army corps are sald to have crossed the frontier of Eastern Galicia, PARIS, March 28.—The Echo |dict for conviction or acquittal on | the remaining two counts, charging | the defrauding of the parents of dead ance of this. Thursday afternoon was one jsuspense for the defendant. From |the nature of Judge Neterer‘s in de Paris sald today it is rumored | structions to the jury during the that Premier Lenine and War | morning session, a speedy verdict Minister Trotsky have sent a | was ¢ 1, But as the day wore United States, ask- * was no indication of the ing that country to recognize | jury arriving at a decision the Russian Bolsheviki govern | Await Decision ment, PARIS, March 28.—News re ceived here from Budapest via Switzerland today, indicates that the Hungarian : soviet govern- ment, fearful of being cut off fromthe Russians without help, is taking drastic measures to safeguard its position, The Hun ad is reported to hav mediate relatives and friends, mained in the courtroom until mid- night, the corridors outside, (CONT'D ON PAGE THIRTEEN) Politicians Up in mmissioner a meats| y, Trans. | UO8 A Four prominent 1 to appear before grand jury today when resumed its investigation | municipal graft which a ELES, Cal., March politicians ° the county the jury f alleged dy has ened with the most severe penalties. The socialization commissioner is reed immedi ate closing of all shops, except food, drug, tobacco and stationery stores. Infractions of this decree, according to the dispatches, will be punishable by death. Official circles in Hungary are said to be deeply disappointed over the failure of the Russian soviets to |\YON RN etiam Humphrevs, nd immediate military relief, 5 Ham Humphreys, Pgeverhd reports have been receiv: | S14 to be the mayor's close ad- ed that Russian Bolshevik forces are | Ver: successfully invading Galicia, for the | purpose of piveiacn er |“TOTES” HUN HELMET os Hay are ae tt WITH SKULL INSIDE pest.) | i | JOHNSTOWN, Pa. Mareh 28 Sergt, Frank F. Rogers, relating his sided at the Barker hotel, died at the | war experiences, tells of picking up city hospital at 1a, m. Thursday,|a German helmet on a battlefield from injuries received in a motor-|and carrying it around for two days ycle accident at Rainier ave, College st, Tuesday night, r |, 1. Woodman, They are Warren 1. Williams, former city prosecutor; Owen Me- Aleer, member of the board of pub- lic works; Tom Hughes, former campaign manager for Mayor Mra, Mary Wourmnest, 28, who re: jury was Instructed to return a ver- | | | | jher plea to the charge of placing/| Butterworth, with his wife and im-| possessed a normal mind re /after she Los Angeles Case! Time Today Attorneys for Ruth ‘Garrison, confessed slayer of Mrs, Grace Storrs, announced at noon Friday that they would ask for another extension of time to prepare her plea when she appears for ar raignment before Judge Tallman at 1:30 today on first degree murder charges, “We have .not definitely decided what course will take Thomas Askren, defense “For that reason we are asking for an extension of time until Tuesday.” When arraigned last day, the girl was granted a week to prepare we said attorney. strychnine in the fruit cocktail that sailors, using the mails in further-|,ijjeq Mrs, Grace Storrs, the wife of /8¢Tously, by falling walls and chim- | Miss Garrison's “affinity,” Dudley M. | ®°¥* Storrs, It was expected that the defense | attorneys would eventually enter a plea of “not guilty,” and plead in sanity for the girl Attorneys for the state have taken steps to combat ‘a plea of insanity They have the report of Dr. Donald A. Nicholson, alienist, that the girl the day confessed ‘The defense contention, it was pre: save for an occasional stroll in | dicted, would be that Ruth Garrison Attorneys jis not guilty because she was “men- Tucker, Gregory and Sutton, for the | tally irresponsible” when the crime was committed. Trotsky Reports Galician Success} COPENHAGE Minister Trotsky wireless statement revolution, in Galicia h way, a Vienna dispa Mareh 28.—War s announced in a that the is ge ch reported «1 in the indictment of Mayor | today. Tho uprising started in Drohobycz, south of Lemberg, the statement said, and is spreading rapidly to the surrounding districts. Polish troops in Lemberg are alleged to have Joined the revolution and declared a general strike, Proclaim Revolt Thruout Galicia PARIS; March 28.—Revolutionary troops In Bessarabla and Ukrainia ining forces, according to un- official advices recelved here to- day. 4 Workmen's and soldiers’ councils in Lemburg are said to have pro- and| before being aware that the top of | claimed @ revolution effective thru- @ German's akull was sticking in it. | out Galicia, FIND MAN MUSTG EASTE IN PARK SANC |Thomas B. McMartin, 62,| yote of Local Unic | Found Early Today With | First Be Approved by Bullet Wound in Head | Internationals _ } ieee pia |LONELINESS IS CAUSE!tHis seEMS pg Loneliness and wi = and worry over ae vote business affairs of recent years are believed to have been the complete their motives for the suicide of Thos. night in the Pacific coast B. McMartin, 62, prominent Seat- coastwide tle attorney, with offices at 1207 Alaska building, whose body was found seated on a bench conceal- ed in the shrubbery at Lincoin park, 10th ave. and Pine st., at 6:15 a. m. Friday. George Parsons, 1627 13th ave., dis- covered the body and notified the po lice. | Local Metal Trades. McMartin was well dressed, wear- | Cials, however, say that ing a black overcoat and a blue serge | G0ubt that the strike will suit. A 22-caliber automatip pistol | Teeardiess of the vote of | was lying on the ground beside the |@"4 file, unless internatt |bedy. Behind the right ear was | Hon is given tiny hole showing the entrahce of | “Constitute Vote” [the bullet. i | Their understanding is Note Is Found agreement to take a | A note found in one of his pockets | called for a “‘constitut asked that his body be cremated. which means international # According to Deputy Coroner | and without which a strike | Frank Koepfli, who arrived at the | difficult to finance. |scene a few moments after the dix | No new word has b | covery, of the body, the suicide was by Seattle officials from committed during the early hours of |ingten, D. C., |the morning. probably before dawn, | telegram from, Tacoma According to Attorney Edward delegates, reporting | Brady, a friend of McMartin, with of-| the wage scale co | fices in the Alaska building, McMar-| Shipyard owners and | tin was at one time one of the most | #80 4 letter from the d Prominent Jawyers in’ Sioux Fails, |S &m account |s8. D, came to Washington about Were Tread at }10 or ears ago, living at Belling- | Metal Trades ham for a short time, and then mov-| "ght. The telegram said? > ing to Seattle, Still in Conference — | A son, Thomas B. McMartin, jr.,a| “still in conference with captain in the marine corps, station-| Have as yet gained very iit ed at the marine encampment at | vantage Quantico, Va., is the only known liv ing relative. A will, dated March 26, and given to A. E. Griffin, another attorney in the Alaska building, and a friend of Jong standing, names Griffin as ex- | ecutor of the estate and leaves all to his son, | Wife Is Dead turtin's wife died some time | when war was declared his to join the marines. Left alone and without many friends, the old is believed to have become a} |prey to loneliness, Decreasing prac- tice is believed to have been another motive for the suicide, The body is at the county morgue. | No arrangements have been made |for the funeral, Attorney Griffin wired Capt. MeMartin of the death of | his father y morning. The strike vote has ¢ | anizations outside Seattle coma, according to word the Tacoma Metal ‘Trades | Fifty unions voted for @ while 17 opposed it. Eight | did not vote, the reports |sults doubtful; may | ington, that the workers have been | continuance of the Macy October 1, a 44-hour week cifie coast conference in | determine wages and cond er that date, if the men Wi deavor to speed up. ‘The delegates still exp | that some agreement may ed at the conference. Tbe delegates reported letter that Charles Pies, 4 general of the Emergency | poration, had appeared conference several Aland: that no increase in wages granted, and that any 125 Autos Burned | wourt mean fewer ships } : jand cancellation of more in $300,000 Blaze) They also reported that SACRAMENTO, March 28.—More | national officers, look upots than 125 automobiles were burned | Bolshevist and an automobile body factory and | two residences were .completely de- CITY T0 TAKE | stroyed in a $300,000 blaze here early Traction Property Will | Turned Over at Midi |today, Six firemen were injured, one CRUISER BRINGS TROOPS | NEW YORK, March 28,—The cruiser St. Louis, with 1,364 officers d men, arrived here today. On| rd were the First, Second and Third battalions, of the 148th in- | fantry ers company and a The Star aims to please the kiddies as well as the grown-ups. The names of 25 kid- | dies, winners in the “Pollyanna” contest, will be announced to- morrow. Next week, we have another stunt for school chil- dren, The Star is a paper for the home. Have it délivered there. It costs ‘12 cents a week by carrier boy in the c'ty, 50 cents a month in the country. Out- side the carrier zone, it is $1.50 for three months by mail, $2.75 for six months, and $5.00 for a year. ‘Traction company p rth will be turned over to the government for municipal tion at midnight Monday. This was the pounce made by President A. W. ard, of the Puget Sound Ti tion, Light & Power Co, today, “Only a few minor details negotiations remain, and they cleared up this afternoon,” sald. A representative of the tt the corporation will arrive from, ton Saturday, with releases for property mortgages, Signs Up Bonds Acting Mayor W. D. Lane have the $15,000,000 municipal all signed in the next 24 hours, pead to turn over in exchange for a Gil, sale. Bie ‘The council yesterday authort Corporation Counsel Meier to stipulation to have the gi court “remittitur,” legalt transaction, immediately down, thus clearing away all gal red tape entanglements, Want to Co-operate — Superintendent Thomas Mi of the utilities, is ready to | new responsibilities. An | with the street car men's wage scales will be reached late today. ig “We want to co-operate city, and expect to-settle ou ences in short .” sal