The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 27, 1919, Page 1

If Chief Warren does not immediately remove his cop censors from the Equity printing shop, the mayor should---and at once. is no reason why the city, as a whole, should be made ridiculous. There isn’t the remotest chance that the officious chief can sustain his position in court. American; too completely Prusso-Bolshevism. Acting Mayor Lane is head of the city government. | Warren’s boss. Tides in Seattle TURSDAY WEDNESDAY May 27 May 28 2.tgt ts™ Tee, iat High Tide " 2 Tide 11:00 pm. 66 ft If the chief won’t act, MAYOR LANE MUST. An American Paper That Fights for Americanism eSeattle Star Kntered as Second Class Matter May 3 FLEET COMING T 1899, at the Postottios at Beattin, Wash SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, MAY 27, _ 1919. wader the Act of Congress Maron 8, 1879 Just because Warren happens to have a fathead idea, It is too utterly un- He is Chief LATE EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Per Year, by Mall, $5.00 to $9.00 Tonight and Wednesday, rain; moderate ‘southwesterly winds Weather Forecast: * NC-4 IS NOW NEARING LISBON HAWKER WILL TRY SEA FLIGHT AGAIN LONDON, May 27.—(By United Press.)—Harry Hawker will make another attempt to fly the Dally News today. members of the Aero club who are) to greet Hawker upon his arrival in London this evening. The automobile procession wilt | pass slowly from the railway station | jto the Aero club. All the Australian soldiers in London will line the route. Many bands are to be in line Last night when Mra. Hawker wit neased ‘motion pictures of her hus- band at Newfoundland, traffic was delayed for an hour by crowds which | thronged to cheer her and throw’ her p igel * by Dispatches from the north told of the triumphal march from Thurso, the little town where the aviators | landed. There were cheering crowds WASHINGTON. May 27.—(United | @t all stations tn the highlands, Goenn Read, in the| When their train pulled into In- ‘seaplane NC-4, left Ponta del Yérness, they were greeted by Pro-| at 6:18, Washington time, this | Yost Macdonald ; on the 800-mile flight to! 7 . the navy department offi-/®sain.” he said. “I hope that after ‘hee ‘announced today. ja mated cet you'll win the prize.” ter dinner with the provost Recetas to miter ch ttn Hawker appeared on the balcony of station ship No. 8 at|th@ hotel and thanked the crowd, ‘ which blocked the streets, calling for 6 o'clock this morning, Washing: 517. z as time. ‘This news, flashed to the navy 4) partment, revealed that the NC-4 thas passed the halfway mark on _ her journey from Ponta del Gada to " Lisbon, after four hours and 58 min utes, and should reach continental chad about 4 o'clock, Washington Hawker arrived, were even more In. sistent. When Hawker left the train he was seized, elevated to the shoulders of a cluster of men and borne in triumph thru the streets to his hotel, while people struggled to shake his hand. Preparations were started for an aviation carnival at Hendon airdrome Saturday and Sunday, in honor of Hawker and Grieve, Many famous pilots are expected to do tricks in the alr. Hawker will be aerial capers Thurso, where the a paid them high honors them an enthusiastic they started for London the leg to the continent is being ‘flown with the same crew which started from America. | To insure the safety of the flyers, “the navy has distributed 14 destroy ‘ers along the route from Ponta del Gada to Lisbon, approximately 50 tical miles apart. Navy officials figure that the NC4, if she continues her present rate of speed, will reach her contl- mental destination at 4:14 p. m,, a Washington time, this afternoon Commander Read passed the fourth station ship at 1254, Green wich meridian time (3:54 a, m., Wash- ington time), according to later word to the navy department. Station ship No. 4 is over 200 miles out. The NC-4 paswed station ship No. 5 at 9:35, "Washington time, the navy department was advised ‘At 10:05 the NC-4 passed station ship No. 6, which is approximately * 300 miles from Ponta del Gada. tors landed, and gave send-off when The pro attention to the fact that In landing from their historic voyage they Kitchener departed from when he left on the trip that resulted in his death at sea Officers of the British warship from the Mary, dec sel was astounded at th pearance of an airpla They had been at #ea Danish tramp steamer jared the crew of that ves- sudden ap n midocean more than 26 BY W. R. HARGRAVES PONTA DEL GADA, May 27. —The NC-4 took the air, bound for Lisbon at 10:20 a. m., Green wich time, today. Lieut, Commander Read and his original crew were in the seaplane’s cockpit when she began the final leg of her flight to the European mainland. ‘A tremendous cheer went up from the crowds on the shore when the NC-4 taxied to the jump-off and left the water. Guns boomed on the bells were ringing in the little Por tuguese town ‘Weather conditions were excel The sky was cloud flecked and a fa vorable breeze prevailed Reports from destroyers stationed between Tonta del Gada and Lisbon {ndleated perfect weather conditions | shore and ent ‘The Duke of Athol will head 200) “I'm glad you have lived to fly The crowds at Edinburgh, where | today | asked to perform | vost, meeting them at the pler, called | stepped on the same dock that Lord} which removed Hawker and Grieve |p days and knew nothing of the flight baving started. Hawker told the commander of the destroyer that hin engine began to heat when he was aboyt from Sopwith encountered a heavy rain storm. About dawn Hawker decided he must land. for ships, saw the Mary, and came down near her. Grieve said they were 200 miles off jaa course, owing to the clouds, making it impossible to take their bearings After leaving Newfoundland, Hawker said be ran into a fog, climb- ed and lost sight of the sea. The sky was clear for the first four | hours, then came a storm with squalls. At that time Hawker was flying at 15,000 feet ‘SHERIFF TO GET | SPEED CHASERS | asks Commissioners; Says) Would Reduce Mishaps Sheriff Jack Stringer may have four motor-mounted depu- to scour the highways of King county for violators of the speed and safety laws. Request made by the six motoreycle deputies was favor ably received by the county commis. sioners Tuesday and they intimated authority will be expected soon for the purchase of the gasoline steeds and employment of the speed-chas- ers It has come to a point where I says Stringer. “If motor: ists knew that perhaps just around the next curve a mounted speed cop was waiting for them, they would | be a little leas reckless in burning up the macadam. I believe we can re duce the number of accidents on the | county roads by putting these men lout with orders to arrest every vio- liator of the law they find.” Luxury Tax Repeal Favored in House WASHINGTON, May 27 (Unite he house ways and means today ordered a favor- on the resolution re so-called luxury taxes, action was taken on bills re- ing the tax on soft drinks. | Both democrats and republicans |supported the proposal to end the tax | Press.) committee able report ing the |No |luxury “The Day of Days” five hours continued all night. Meanwhile, the He searched the sea | t least four motorcycle Opposition to the selective draft was a part of the LW. W. Program, it developed from evi dence addueed Tuesday, the sev- enth day of the trisl of James Bruce, 1. W. W. organizer, who is charged with criminal anar chy. Evidence presented by the state Monday, over the violent protest of | counsel for defense, revealed, accord ing to the contention of the prose- cuter, that the I. W. W. also advo- cated murder and arson as a part of | their activities in California and else- where While the state succeeded in plac- ing before the jury what it terma ev-| idence that the I. W. W. perilously approached treason in voicing oppo- | } sition to the selective draft, F. Vanderveer, chief counsel for the | | defense, scored a point for the de-| fendant Tuesday morning, when he Propose Medal of Honor If Yankees . Complete Flight WASHINGTON, May 37.— (United Press.)—Awarding of the congressional medal of honor to Lieut. Com. Read and the crew of the NC-4 In the event of their succesetul speedy action on the resolution in the naval committee and may take it to the house Moor as soon as the filers reach Portugal. DEADLOCK ON AT WINNIPEG No Settlement in Sight of Two Weeks’ Strike BY JAMES T, KOLBERT | (United Press Staff Correspondent) WINNIPEG, May 27.—No set- tlement had been reached today im the general strike that has paralyzed this city for near. ly two weeks, About 2@ postal employes re turned to work. The military, office and telephone buildings. The militia and regulars are kept sheriff for | succeeded in introducing tn evidence | under arms, ready for instant call. | 22,650 signatures by June 13. If the signatures are obtained, Washington state voters will deter mine at the polls, next fall, whether or not this state concurs in the ac tion of the last legislature when it ratified the federal prohibition | | amendment to the constitution. The | referendum is known as “Referen- | dum No, 14.” “We're going to get the tures,” said Attorney John F. phy, representing the California | Grape Growers’ association, when he returned from Olympia Tuesday | Refuses to Worry George D. Conger, signa Mur. | But superin: a copy of the housing commiasion of | There was no disorder, and the usual | tendent of the Washington State An. California report on conditions | | which led up to the riot on the Durst | ranch, August 3, 1914, district attorney, a deputy sheriff and two hop-pickers were slain, Van |derveer read the entire report to the |Jury. It comprised 39 closely typed pages. Reads Red Paper Over Vanderveer's protest, an edi- torial from Solidarity, of May 12, 1917, voiced the objection to the se |lective draft: “The selective draft, as outlined by the government at Washington, is the rankest, rawest, \crudest piece of work that waa ever attempted to be put over in the inter ests of bik business, under the lying | mask of ‘patriotism.’ The newspa-| | per-mad war hysteria is dragging its | | slimy length all over the land, leav: ing behind it a trail of horror, in. nity and suicide.” | Over the violent protest of coun sel for the defense, the state suc: jeeeded Monday in placing before | the jury which will decide the fate jof James Bruce, I, W. W. or |ganizer, facing a charge of erim:| inal anarchy before Supertor Judge Walter M. French, evidence which |revealed the I. W. W. as advocat ing murder and arson, according to the interpretation placed on it by |Proseouting Attorney Fred C. Brown | ‘Thru the medium of Elbert (Continued on Page 16) British Labor Chief | | to See Gompers| NEW YORK, May (By United | Pross.)—Expecting to have impor tant conferences with Samuel Gom- | pers, president of the American Fed: | eration of Labor, J. H, Thomas, Prit- ish labor leader, has arrived in the United States, reaching here yester day aboard a transatlantic liner, Re- construction in the United States will | be observed by him The British leader will visit an| | American health resort for a rest be- fore leaving for Canada | that calm prevailed After a day of excitement yester. | strike settled down to an apparent deadlock again today Strike leaders announced them selves determined to stick it ont The Citizens’ league, composed of the employers, announced a similar | poliey. A. J. Andrews, attorney for the | league, said the employers will make no concessions to the strikers, and they were prepared to keep their plants closed until such time as the workers announce their will ingness to return. TORONTO, May 27.—Labor lead ers today declared 45,000 members of 51 unions will walk out in a gen eral strike at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning if the metal workers’ dis pute is not settled. Civic employes’ union officers de clare that their participation de pends on the ability of the strike committees to recruit the works employes ‘The street railway men will not quit until every possible means have been taken to effect a settlement leaders said Alberta, May 27 has been form 8 caused by CALGARY, citizens’ commit ed here to meet conditi by the general strike declared unions yesterday Municipal off! response to the strike not. general pss than were out, it was said Street railway men, ers de rier was 1,600 men teamaters. |bakers and municipal employes re~ Some flour mill shopmen and men walked fused to strike. employes, rallroad other scattered union out VANCOUVER, B. C., May (By United Press,)—Altho it was admitted today that the strikes spreading thru Canada may penetrate Vancouver, there were no symptoms of an imme diate strike here water | in which a|day, which several times threatened | can get the signatures. to burst Into a blaze of violence, the| if they lared the | ison ti-Saloon league, refuses to worry He says he does not believe the wets | And even could, he does not believe that the state would refuse to ratify | the national amendment. WOMAN LEAVES ® STRANGE NOTE il at Postoffice, Leaves as Ambulance Comes With a note supposed to be a farewell letter for a clue, police are searching for Vivian Ber. nard, who was found in a dazed condition in the corrider of the postoffice Tuesday morning, and who disappeared after she had handed the note to a woman clerk in the postal building, A city hospital ambulance was dispatched in response to a call from the postoffice, but fou gone, A second call w ice heaquarters, and atroiman Fred Mills an¢ man A. V. Obistrom were assigned The note was delivered to them It was written on blue stationery On one side was the address, Ameri can Savings bank, Second and Mad safe deposit 2228. On the re se side was the message Am leaving my bank $50 in cash, 1 the woman dat toreycle Patrol book and “VIVIAN “Give them “Give my ring to my cousin, Bauer, 30th and Madison.” The woman appeared to when the call was sent to th hospital, No one was found wh witnessed her departure. Police are inclined to seout the suicide theory, and believe that the | woman thought herself to be about to die and left the note as a last will and testament. BERNARD. Elsie COAST Great Britain Suspends Building Plan, Daniels Tells gressmen; He Recommends U. Abandon “Big N Navy” Idea WASHINGTON, May 27.—(United Press.) Pacific fleet is being organized to include practically half the navy’s fighting craft, Seeretary Daniels tol the house naval committee this afternoon. Plans will be finished by July 1, and the newly or- ganized fleet will move into the Pacific this summer, |Daniels added. Creation of two major fleets has been impossible : in the past, owing to the small size of the na ‘ |war needs, he explained. Both Atlantic and \fleets will be in command of an admiral. WASHINGTON, May 27.—(United. Press.) —Abandon- ment of the big navy program was recommended to the house naval affairs committee today by Secretary of the Navy Daniels. The United States should show its faith in the league lof nations covenant by eliminating the program submitted — to the last congress, which would make the American navy |second to none, Daniels said. In asking elimination of the house program, he recom- ;mended to the last congress, Daniels added, “We shall still have the regular three-year program.” Daniels urged that the 1916 building program be pushed thru. Whether, for the completion of the present three-year program, a composite ship, combining battleship and cruiser in ey shall be built, Daniels said may be decided to- morrow, Daniels said the navy officers were a unit on equipping the first-class fighting ship with twelve 16-inch guns. The present three-year program authorizes 10 capital ships—four battleships and six cruisers. Contracts for two of the battleships have been awarded and the others will be let soon, Daniels said. Four of the cruisers have been contracted for and the remaining two will be built at the Philadelphia navy yard. Britain has suspended all) work looking toward /Still have navy Plans of the | Program. ‘Since I asked for the large ine build crease, the pvenant has been drafted and agreed to and I have the utmost confidence in it. It ts the most momentous document in two thousand years of the world's history, and with its aims of dis- armament and lasting peace We cennot, in good faith, now strive have the greatest navy in the, world Daniels also Great the regular three-year construction increasing her British were to three more nponite but siting settled warships in the Daniels said these allow until peace que tions are Speaking Of naval plans of other British, plan small ns desire only for the Mediter peans besides the D ning to ships and a few small craft French nly a said the build few to revealed that the numb of men the United States ust keep in France and Germany » enforce the peace terms has not been determined airplane, the initiated the lenge ovenant and the new era “we ought!” poe to show our faith and confidence in| gicated, this great document, which by 20 nations Daniels said secretary ine is looked upon as the is Il ereatest weapon of the future, and four-| «hile the submarine will probably [fifths of the world, by mot at this! ne discredited, altho there is strong t authoring any large creases in naval construction. “Therefore, 1 recommend the climination of the program I urged at the last congress. ‘| sentiment against this move on | the part of some nations. Many a friend in need is allowed: We shall to remain in that position,