The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 31, 1919, Page 1

JLICE CAPTURE ALLEGED AUTO BANDI} ITY TAKES OVER STREET CAR SYSTEM TODA An American Paper That Fights for Americanism. e Seattle Star THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 1899, at the Posjoffiee at Meattle, Wash, under the Act of Congress March §, 1879 919 Tides in Seattle NIGHT EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE by Mail, MONDAY Ist High Water 4:94 pm. tnd Low Water 10:41 pom. Per Tear, $5.00 to $9.00 Entered as fecond Clans Matter May 5, SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, MARCH 81, 1 Tonight and Tuesday, fair; ‘Tuesday morning; light north IDENTIFY READY FOR MAN HELD MUNICIPAL AS THIEF OPERATION Officers Take Suspect in Turn Over $15,000,000 in " ics the’ name of a new Star] REPORT JAP! u'é fF C Stolen Car After Long Chase For two weeks the police have | police believe they have at at the point of a gun. | were active almost every night day as one of the auto bandits, the caught one of the pair He wan identified by Capt. C. Ralley, of the Abbotsford a” your own— ‘nm backyard or on a nearby vacent have nice fresh vegetables all during the summer and every day, a deginning today, in The Star. day” will teach you gardening, for it is the TRUE aerronee family. OT CALL HKE APRIL turn of Shipyard y Delegates be no shipyard strike it 1. fact that metal trades tbave voting on the ‘qeastwide strike proposition last week, no immediate E templated. re of the vote will not be until Tuesday night, at Of the Metal Trades coun- Se east during the last week len to Portland to be of- d by committees of ¢ Coast District council. meantime, local metal are awaiting the re turday, that ‘Setion be taken before their Declared O. K N FRANCISCO, March 31— Htinion deicgates attending the ftom conferences of ship- | interests have telegraphed izations here that the} ces agreed on the Saturday | iiday, the employers being | ported gatisfied to grant the vaca- ‘beginning in April. ic CITY, N. J., March} skirta have cut down ‘s stride so it now. takes her | to walk @ block, board: | ‘cops estimate, TAGOMA UNIONS IN CLOSE VOTE Seven Against, Six for Ship- yard Strike on April 1 TACOMA, March 31.—Results of last week's referendum vote on a coast-wide strike for April 1 show seven Tacoma metal trades unions against the proposed walkout, six in favor and four not voting. The Botlermakers’ ballot {s still out, The voting will not affect the coast shipyard situation, as the pro- posed April 1 strike has been post- poned indefinitely. Metal trades officers expected that a final count would show. the total of individual votes of the union membership in favor of the proponed strike, as the unions with the largest membership have been pro-strike. TROOPS TO PAY FULL RAIL FARE WASHINGTON, March 31.—Land grant railroads are entitled to full fare for transportation of discharged soldiers, military prisoners, rejected volunteers or retired and furloughed soldiers, the supreme court decided today in a suit between the govern. ment and the Union Pacific ratiroad. These classes of soldiers do not come within the definition of trips which, according to grants, the rat) road was obliged to carry at reduced fare, | They wore soldiers’ uniforma and| | With the arrest Sunday night of; Ray Hayes, and his identification to | lenat | nm. jhave been ma rt | “put to bed." the; ments, 11th ave. and Fir st, ax the |long to the Puget Sound Traction, man who held him up at 8:30 on/ Light and Power compary and will Bonds to Stone-Webster This Afternoon {MAY BE FAKE SOLDIER RELEASE ALL MORTGAGES barn thruout the city will manned by a crew in the of the city of Seattle. More than that—each foot of ral, each yard of wire, cach car Itself—in fact, every bit of Stone Webster traction equipment within the city, will have become the property of the city, For tonight, when the final runs and the big cars y will cease to be the night of March 24, at 10th ave. | become a part of the greatest. munico- 24, was positive. The police are in- Vestigating Hayes’ activities and rec ord in Seattle. Two Missionaries Killed in Korea SEOUL, Korea, March 25.—(De- layed.)—Two American missionaries were killed and one hurt when the Fusan express struck their automo- bile. Rev, P, 8. Crane and Mrs. Eugente Bell were instantly killed, and Rev. Knox was seriously hurt, Rev. Bell, husband of the dead woman, and a pioneer missionary, was uninjured, . Americans Says Incited Rioting TOKIO, March 25,—(Delayed.)— Charges that Americans were active in inciting the Korean riots are made by travelers and_Y. M. C. A. workers in Siberia, Bccording to Nippodempo news agency dis- | patches. The travelers are reported |to be men engaged in investigating economic and import conditions in the Orient. Fine Butchers for Adulterating Food Heavy finen were imposed on the proprietors of five meat markets Sat- urday by Justice of the Peace Otis W. Brinker, for selling adulterated food. The dealers were H. K, Seif- fert, A. L. Carrick, J. R, Evans, A. Freedman, J. Sersert and O. A. Bor- gen, $250 each, Freeman's fine be- ing reduced to $200 because of miti- gating circumstances. SLEEPING SICKNESS VICTIM PORTLAND, March 31.—The first case of sleeping sickness in Portland proved fatal Sunday, when Mrs, Ma- mie Hatal, 25, died. The victim was | the colored wife of a Japanese, She |had been asleep for 12 days, “"Tenshun” Soldiers, Sailors and Marines: You are urged to attend a “jazz” blowout @ be given by the Amer- Legion of Liberty, at the Soi- and ‘Sailors’ club, Fourth | and Cherry st., Monday, at (8 p.m. Toe dancers, song birds, } # Janz band and other features, ipal street railway aystem in the ith the turning over of the deed 40 fl all incumbrances. The city council this afternoon met to pasa upon the salary pared by Thomas F. M missioner of public w whose department all the way lines will be operated. also must officially employ all (CONT'D ON PAGE TWO) Will Meet Ships on the Pacific SAN FRANCISCO, March 31. Operation of 4 seaplane fleet be tween San Francisco and incom ing and outgoing tranapacific and coastwise shipping, carrying be- lated passengers to departing ves- sels and rushing to shore import- ant messages, time-pressed pas- sengers, ete., from incoming lin- ers, is to be instituted here. John Wilder, head of a launch and towboat concern, today an- nounced that plans for the serv. ice have been prepared by H. E. Christenson, former Canadian army flyer. It contemplates the airships going as far as 200 miles out to meet the vessels. RUMANIA WILL EQUIP TROOP LONDON, March 31,—The British government has authorized credits for Rumania sufficient to equip an army of 151,000 men, it was an- nounced today. The Rumanians are at present fighting the Bolsheviki in the Ukraine and are reported to be marching into Hungary and Bessa- rabia, where soviet governments have been established, ALLIED ARMIES MIGHT ATTACK LONDON, March 31.—The Even- ing News today said it rellably informed that in the event of Ger- man refusal to sign the peace treaty, Marshal Foch has, been authorized to order a general advance by the allied armies along the Rhine, * Lal xe kk & * *& & Worried? Not Any More! Can Sleep Late Tuesday Ho, ham! Nothing to worry about! After six years spent in fathering Seattle's street railway lines, A. W. Leonard, president of the Puget Sound Tractiog, Light & Power Co., will take a deep breath late Monday, when he turng over his somewhat obstreperous charge to the tender solicitude of the city elders. “Now for a little fishing and some golf,” is his most immediate plan, now that street car strikes, the jit- ney situation, the shortage of con- ductors and the hundred other re sponsibilities of a manager of a atreet railway system no longer con- front him, The last twa years have been especially busy ones with the trac- tion company president. President Leonard will maintain hig offices on the 10th floor of the Stuart building, and continue to look after the direct interests of the trac: tion company, Incidentally, he will keep an eye on a venture, which, he says, is the biggest municipal under- SHIP IN DANGER OFF EAST COAST WASHINGTON, March 31-—-The steamship North Pines is in distress 300 miles east of Cape Hatteras, ad- vices to the navy department stated today. The vessel is badly disabled and has asked for immediate aid, the dispatch said. The tender Cypress has been sent from Charleston, 8. C. The North Pines i¢ a shipping board vessel of 4,500 tons deadweight ELECTORAL REFORM PASSED March 24,—(Delayed.»— electoral reform bill, which previous. ly passed the house of representa- tives, The measure now becomes a law. taking ever launched in the United Btates. “The municipal management can do many things that the lines under private ownership could not do, al! making for a more efficient service,” he said, Monday. “At the present time, the biggest question is to keep up service on long hauls.” On April 1, 1895, 24 years from the day on which he will give over the management of the street car line in Seattle, President Leonard entered the employ of the Stone & Webster corporation as an account- ant with the Edison Electric Illum- inating company, at Brockton, Mass. Later he was transferred to Min- Neapolis, where he was identified with the General Electric company. In October, six years ago, he came to Seattle as vice president and gen- eral manager of the Puget Sound Traction company, Upon the death of Jacob Furth, he became president of the main company, and vice prest- dent of the subsidiary companies in this district. DEBS DENIED NEW HEARING WASHINGTON, March 31.—The supreme court today denied Eugene V. Debs’ application for a rehearing of his conviction under the expion. age act. The court, several weeks ago, affirmed Debs’ conviction and sentence to ten years in the pent. tentiary for utterances in a speech at Canton, Ohio. The ruling today cuts off for Debs any further hope of freeing himeelf thru the courts. He must now either serve his sentence or de- pend upon executive clemency. WASHINGTON, March 31.—As- signment of parts of the famous 35th division (Missourt and Kansas) to early convoy was announced by the war department today, CRANTED LANE ON THE CO WASHINGTON, March 31.—The state 4 ment today asked the American embassy at for a full report on the alleged Mexican conce: land in Lower Saornis to Ja ag interest 13 prominent and there is Ukelihood of a showdown—in friend- ly diplomatic fashion—on all three. Mexican Question Mexico has suddenly injected her- self into the situation, according to advices here, by granting conces- sions to a Japanese corporation to (CONTD ON PAGE TWO) “REDS” ATTACK FRENCH TROOPS PARIS, March 31.—Reports were feceived here today that Hungarian soviet forces in Transylvania neutral zone attacked French troops, captur- ing 350. Later the Hungarians were said to have agreed to liberate the prisoners, Says Japan Has No Selfish Interests LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 31.— Baron Shimaro Goto, leading Jag. anese statesman, and former foreign minister, denied today that Japan has any selfish interests to serve at the peace conference. “Japan has no interests at the peace conference other than those common to the other allied nations, and to the peace and amity of the world,” he declared, Baron Goto heads a party of Jap- anese leaders here studying Amert- can industrial systems, Says England and U. S. Get Control TOKIO, March 23.—(Delayed.)— The Nippon Dempo News Agency tonight delivered reports from sev- eral sources that information had been received stating that America and England have advanced loans of $50,000,000 each to the Omsk gov- ernment. In return, say the reports, Ameri- cans will have control of coveted interests in Kamchatka and Eng- land will be given special rights in Turkestan. : COSSACKS IN RETREAT LONDON, March 31,—Cossack forces, in retreat before the Bolshe- viki, have given up half of their hard won Don territory, according to a dispatch dated March 17, received | by the Times from Ekaterinodar. ‘The Cossacks are now holding the line of the Donets river, Aexic ests sistent with the ica’s national policies. can attitude, he said, due to a difference Americans and Japanese: constituted Bolshevism. qed fy Wilson's action, according to & expressed in certain official will eliminate much of the con sial matter that» has peace conference to practically ing time in the past few days, Many allied representatives, said, do not appreciate that @ ment in the United States, permit prolongation of the, di sion, owing to America’s dealt get its soldiers home from speedily as possible. Things must come to a head ly, according to the imp |tained by American jafter a conversation with the dent yesterday, . The president frankly many peace problems, and wanted to get American home ag rapidly as possible, iterated that the league of covenant is not delaying the pi settlement, but indicated | ti reparations question has b pered deliberations during week, 4s aN tye » When you think of : think of The