The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 12, 1919, Page 10

. WATE FREED OF PLAN ARRESTS |WORLD TRUST IS ‘ MURDER CHARGE Found Not Guilty of Officials Ready to Round Up Slaying Sailor | Agitators BY JAMES T. KOLBERT (United Prow Staff Correspondent) 1 WINNI . Man, June If | Probable general of the strike here was seen to day, In an announcement by « | high military Intelligence officer that several important arrests of | alleged agitators and makers” may be expected Saturday. | The statement ling several | officials of al Declare Wall Street Plan Means Higher Prices x“ x Continued From Page One x statemen disintegration in w league of nations as a medium thru that Wall street wants the which its world financing plan may carried out with a guarantee “trouble by apa League for Profit? Senators asserted that the be profits for was made league sessions secret can used to create branches of the the money barons by declaring nec ernment here. It was hinted the i era gras Jarastic deportation law enacted at |@aity exists tn some cou | Ottawa last week has been awaited | American financial aid j by antistrike leaders before begin: | hey are preparing to use the [ning an offensive against undesir S \ on on testimony free! | ns, aid to be at work here. | ak Investigation mony y Fear of swed rioting led city |in speeches soon to be delivered | Frederick Hansen | officials today to abandon their pro |the senate in opposition to the | posed attempt to resume street car | jeague, faeet wallty” was the verdict | ooovice. The announcement was The league's friends today eaid i oes eo | made following reports that strikers | tne jeak inquiry showed clearty that States district court try. | would “strenuously oppose” resUMP | Roran® charge that New York tn Frederick Hansen, first mate | tion t ta having “peculiar interest . 7 | Strike leaders sald today eet see the schooner Edward R. West, ete cal Herd cuteanet in the peace treaty had obtained it | workers at the Ford autor hy ne of throwing overboard | opting plant will walk out t was groundless, and that the bring te ‘second mate, Charies Han- | ight - , tne of the text to this country by y. | HP. Davison, partner of J, 2 rned - C id today the mil oe Bee verdict, was cote Parone tees = ioe oe woe Morgan and head of the Interna me . atlen 0 receives ° arm Ps ee eee _ faunas weleck Wednesday motor car and numerous machine | tonal Red ¢ was eat after the Jury had deliber. fins No confirmation of the re- | Proper nted 35 minutes. port was available. The foreign relations committer ‘ Ost and Edward and)” tt is an open secret that intel. | today at @ special meeting took up Aho, members of the crew of! tigence office have been working |the Knox resolution for a “reserva | West. accused Hansen of strik-| quietly for several days, gathering tion” on the league of nations = Hon the back of the head evidence against undesirables. Tu Knox planned to point out to the Ba Knocking him overboard on the | day's riots will hasten action, it was | committee that administratior of May 31, 1918, while the ‘Was roundig Cape Horn on| to Durban, South Africa. for the defense, Attorney 8. Martin, asserted it was for Karl Aho, the sole Of the alleged assault, to declared. At least eight men will be | charges that his measure prosecuted immediately, an official|to separate the treaty and « sac of league of nations are untrue Strike leaders do not minimize this|Knox maintains that separation of danger, but assert they are prepared | the two Involves amendment of the for any court action. They insisted treaty, which would require it to be @ plan venant stated that he was with | masters, between whom the trouble feet of Hannen when Han settlement. originally began, bad broken “diplo- ene. ae a and fell oo nga 1 g,| Matic” relations. Officials of the “ ces deent = wy Fallroad brotherhood admitted their POLICE OFFICER DIES negotiations for a settlement wore here by Deputy Marshal | at q standstill, The citizens commit: | Tobey. He came to Seattle) tee of 1,000 predicted the strike | completed. Waltrip has beer? ser QUARANTINED HOUSE iouriy 1 tor some time i from yy thon, ft. Mra. L. H. 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Best Gold Crown... .. $5.00 Best Porcelain Crown. $5.00 Best Bridgework ..... $5.00 Best Plate ...........$10.00 Painless Extracting .... .50c DR. J. T. WILSON 810’, FIRST AVENUE Opposite Colman Bldg. Phone: Elliott 1833 ng the course of the y is are saving money and time. Are you Instruments REMEMBER: To obey Sterilized that ever insistent im- pulse today will save you money. they were law-abiding submitted again to the peace con-, Who granted permission to sell tag ‘witnessed the act, because he| From outside appearances today. | ference. His plan, he said, will not| We are demanding that Ole Hanson the opposite side of a deck-|the strike was still in a deadlock. | entail this, and will, therefore, not| break the law, and he won't do this Humber. Hansen, on the wit-| Metal workers and the {rom | Geigy the operation of the peace| “The mayor has granted permis AFTER LONG ILLNESS, ty from | Funeral arrangements for Jense Sie ectered bio eure | al atc lead neon — | Waltrip, local police officer, who! . acer} special} * died at Providence hospital at a — ICHARGE WOMAN LEFT = |™. Thursday, ave not yet been Death was) | was scheduled to be held in Dream-| THE SEATTLE STAR—THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1919. LABOR COUNCIL IN WINNIPEG SENATE CHARGE TO DEFY MAYOR " Mooney Tag Day Sale Voted Despite Refusal »- - * Continued From Page One ” _ oe f Mayor ¢ n permit t t ¢ Hanson that we be giv observe a tag day permit Labor A to hold a ta than Saturday, June The renolution was #lgned by J. ¢.| Mundy, A. Ki. Miller, J. 8, Prentice, | Gladys Small, A. 8. Haffmaster, PH |Mennett, Ed Moore Foal, | Charles D, Johnson, J. Pearl, T. ¥. Gallagher xier, Tom Kean,J. A R. McCorkle, Perey May fey, Anton De Lawrence Mor gan and Wil Anders he vote for the resolution was 42 to 30 Would Ful Jails Perey May and the our not later such a in denied, we Central inten eouncl! clare Louis Do: Stevenson, J.| W. M, Cof. roe am ©, delegate trom the long shoremen, declared that “the Jails should be Miled if necessary “We don't want to « but if we have to go there to for Mooney,” Mays declared, “we should be only too glad to fill both the city and county jails I don't love the jails, even if they were built by labor,” Tom Egan, det emate of the barbers, na but I'm willing to go there to sell tags for Mooney Frank Turco, chinist; Charley acting secre tary of the Counell, and ©. B. Ault | Opposed the sale of tags, declaring it | would lay the councfl Mable to erim inal prosecution black«mith and ma “We shouldn't break the law,” Her man Rose. ther delegate, declared but we should change the law. I detying authority we will be doing what our enemies want us to do.” "It has been shown that there ts a law aguinst the sale of tags,” J. A McCorkle, one of the delegates, maid, “and it has been violated by mayors | | mion to sell tags to one organization and refused it to another Fr. B |Cufford, of the shipyard laborers, | stated. “Wo have been tnaultad. We should go ahead and sell the tage and if anyone is arrested we can call every worker in Seattle out on an jother general strike” Other delegates were tn favor of/ tenting the law, and claimed it was| Rot constitutional One delegate introduced himself as | about to speak on “The Death of Ole | Hanson,” but after the chair had| ruled that the council should not In dulge in such a discussion, he ex plained that he meant the political death. Hoe was granted the Noor. | Charley Doyle, business agent of | the council and acting secretary dur ing the absence of James Duncan, announced that a dance for Mooney | land on the night of June 27, “I do not know whether permis sion for the dance will be granted.” Doyle annerted, “but I have exerted all my efforts to secure it | Doyle also produced a letter sent) | to the mayor. It had been torn up [and retarned without answer | SEATTLE SYMPHONY | ORCHESTRA | John Spargur, Conductor LAST CONCERT OF PRIN EASON | Masonic Temple Auditorium TONIGHT At 8:30 Sharp Season's Artistic Event A Remarkable Program, Featuring Schubert's Unfinished Symphony in B Minor. Two Assisting Artistes LUCILE C. JOHNSON HARPIST WINIFRED LUGRIN FAHEY SOPRANO Seata Sherman Music House, T5¢ War Tax at & to Clay's $2, No | Music Pupils With Credentials From Teachers, Half-Price. |Labor Delegates Reject the | can flag, and ” "She Says Japanese Silk Is Booming ” Wiss Helen Schwartz Japan will now furnish those dainty silk things ve, ac cording to Miss Helen Schwartz, New York fashion designer, who has just returned from a trip to the Ortent. French fashions and American ideas will be combined with the art and craft of Japan. NO CAUCUS AT COUNCIL GALL Plan; May Meet Anyway Attempts to have the Central La bor cownel! call a caucus of the Seat Ue delegates to the St Federation of labor meeting, which Opens Mon day in Rellingham, failed Wednesday night when the uncll, by a vote of 16 to 1 refused to over-ride the de cision of Ed Levi, preaiding officer Dave Lav & delegate, offered the motion for a caucus x that it be scheduled for Thursday night. | Levi ared the motion out of order | and Levine lost his appeal from the airs decision, It was intimated | that a cauc would be held in spite of the cou s action. This was the only action taken by the council re garding the state convention. Defending himself against charges from Portal Inepector J. F. Swenson. Willam McNally, council delegate from the Postal Clerks’ union, de clared he was opposed to the use of force in accomplishing reforms and Prociatmed his Americaniam Denies All Charges McNally had been charged with be ing & Holshevik, a radical advocate of & policy against the government. He was alwo accused of being a member of the I. W. W. The council ap polr ed a committee to investigate the charges. In his anewer McNally dectared he in an American citizen, knows no other flag but the Ameri- asserted he only op- posed the government as Senator Poindexter and Senator Johnson had done. He declared he did not circu late revolutionary Iterature at the time of the general strike, but denied the right of postal officials to say what he should read or have in his pomexsion. He said he was not an 1. W. W.. but membership tn that or. ganization was not a crime, as shown by the Bruce case, The council adopted a resolution In troduced by the Janitors’ union not to| take employing firms off the unfair | list until they were 100 per cent unionized, Louis Nast, Retail Clerks’ delegate, opposed the resolution, de- | claring some firms employed Jap anene, who could not be taken into the union Will Take Japanese M. J. Kennedy of the janitors op poned permitting Japanese to join the! unions, declaring white men can not mpete with them. “We don't > ank want any Japanese in nnedy said, “any more wanted in the ship. our union,” than they yards. We anene because he is a Japanese. can't help it with him.” m Coffey, Hod Carriers’ dele- Id Kennedy to send the Jap ese to his union and he would see taken in, are are not against the Jap | | But, we can't compete | y were Continue Censor Suit The council was informed that the suit for a restraining order prohibit ing Chief of Police Warren from cen soring the Equity Printing com pany's publications will not be dropped. "Warren has pulled men off, and it is no lon: censored,” said Tom Egan, delegate, “but the case {s not fin-| iximd. We want to find out what the | powers of the police chief are. We ure going to get a precedent ests lished The Russian committees in notified the council a mass meeting will be h Friday 13 at Fourth ave und Lenora to com memorate the death of Ft Luxem burg, German spartacan leader, who was killed in Berlin in a purported Attempt to escape from government police. ,AUTOMOBILE DRIVER INJURED IN SMASHUP Thornton Goldshy, 1164% 15th ave, N., was seriously injured at 11 p. m, Wednesday when the auto| he was driving crashed into a one-| man street car at Sixth ave. and Pike st. and rebou into another Auto belonging to C. B. Rhodes, 985 FE. Howe st. that was parked near the curbing. Goldsby’ machine was | badly damaged. He was taken to] his home by Carl Sheurman 17th ave, He was bruised and shak up and it is believed several ribs were fractured, STATE LABOR TO DECIDE FUTURE POLITICAL POLICY MAY ORGANIZE A NEW PARTY Indications Point Toward Important Decision Soon ‘The one prediction that can be made with a fair degree of cer tainty about the Washington State Federation of Labor con vention, which opens in Belling ham next Monday, is this rganized labor of the state will enter polities In the midat of boiling bitterness of factional fights and the contest of so-called radicals and conservatives for control, there is one subject or which leaders of all factions appar ently agree—tha come fom the tate fed zort power in the political flel procedure labor party mer with erely an alignment of interests on a definite progr fought out on t ham conve floor of t nd 25 Delegates One of the proposals which appears to be ripest for action is a political amalgamation of the state federatic the powerful ratlw » welfa league componed of railwa brotherhoods, and the farmers’ or ganizations President William Short of the State day t have Federation of Labor stated to at the rallwaymen’s representatives at ham during the convention read act in the event the federation favors the lineup. Representatiy present grange and farmers’ also are expected to be present The railway brotherhoods known to have been active bu up their league organization tt the state during the last nd are ready to put up @ powerful front “Time Has Come” In yearns past the A. F. en of the union year of Ll. and the state federation have studs ously avoided throwing their weight into politics, altho the attempt ha been made year after year to change this policy ‘ow, however, even the more con servative union men in the state are saying that “the time has come Never before has organized labor had such an opportunity, and we may not have ft again.” mid President Short. “We can not afford to mins A. L. Dickson, secretary of the Ta coma Central Labor council and one of the leaders in the general strike in Tacoma, voiced practically the same opinion “What the organized labor move ments needs now more than anything else is united political action,” he ald. LABOR OPPOSES DRYS IN NATION Votes Overwhelmingly in Favor of Beers and Wines ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. June 12, {United Press.)—~The American Federation of Labor yesterday after- noon adopted a resolution expressing disapproval of war-time prohibition The vote, by delegations, was 26,475 to 4,005 Samuel Gompera, president of the A. F. of Ls, declared he was unalterably opposed to absolute pro- a. For the first time in my life.” Gompers said, “I am apprehensive for the future of our country. a man has done more than myself to Inculeate temperance into the work- ere of America. But temperance and absolute prohibition are two entirely different things. There are two el ements in the United States which constitute a menace to liberty, These are the overrich, who do not know where to spend their money, and the downtrodden poor, who seek solace in drink ‘The average American workman is temperate.” Mra, Rena Mooney, wife of Tom Mooney idressed the convention. making an appeal for labor's support in her husband's efforts to get a new trial She declared he did not want a pardon, but wanted a complete re- | hearing. Mooney was convicted of complicity in a bomb gutrage in San Francisco, in 1916, and is under a life sentence. Mrs. Mooney’s address was re cetved with much applause SUE TO STOP. SEWER WORK Property Owners Charge It Would Endanger Health Injunction p to prevent the city of attle from extending a north of Rainier in Superior Judge court Thursday by A. Pritchard and the Lower Investment company ntion of the plaintiffs the sewer extension will depreciate property in the vicinity and menace the health the residents. The defendants, beside the city are the Puget Sound Bridge and | Dredge company and the J. A. Me Karhern company, Ine T h already started pile driving he proposed extension, or fall-off, is to extend 600 feet over the lake, and empty without fillers, a large quan tity of Rainier valley sewera In iddition to the refuse menacing the health of the people in the vicinity the unsightly structure would make the property in the vicinity unattrac tive, Pritchard's complaint contends ROBBERY 1S REPORTED The Public Market Transfer and torage Co., 1904 Pike place, was robbed the night of June 10 of a brown leathe ha Mg containing $50 in sh and $60 in checks he robbery was reported Thursday morning. second and University Basement Just arrived and sale Friday at, Friday Specials Handsome Congoleum art \s rugs, pretty carpet and tile pat }@ terns, specially priced for Frit }@ day. —$17.00 Oxi? size, special at eDrecceee seeeeceees $13.50 Mattresses, closely tufted, rol! edge and covered with good —$15.00, 9x10-6 size, special... quality ticking; any size. A sesececseees+ $11.75 special offering for Friday at, RD cesrcorsevcores +. 89.75 is 6x9 size, special $6.75 —Furnitare Section, e —Rug Section, Fourth Floor. Fourth Floor. —Complete stock of motor robes in both wool and plush. In the ‘woo! you may choose from solid with reversible plain backs, and brown, burgundy and black, and silver and burgundy. —Japanese Crepes, a dependab! The Special Price 65 Silk Dresses Bought at a Special Price Plush robes in colors to harmonize with interior decorations of your car; colors as follows: Gray and black, blue and black, blue Priced from $7.50 to $50.00. Japanese Crepes Fraser-Paterson Co. Phone Main 7100 go on each $12.50 —These dresses were bought from a manu- facturer at a very ex- ceptional price which enables us to offer them at such a re- markably low price. —Every one of them is perfect and all late styles and would or- dinarily sell for much more than we ask for them Friday. —They are in taffe- tas and taffeta and georgette combina- tions; ruffled tunic and draped skirts; georgette sleeves, etc. Colors are navy, gray, tan, taupe, Pe- kin and copen. Mattresses Special Friday, Each $9.75 Full 40-pound pure cotton felt colors, reversible plaids, or plaids brown and black, blue and brown ~Bedding Section, Second Floor, Comforts, $3.95 je | —Good quality cotton filed | | } | | | |@ cotton fabric for waists, dresses, | comforts, very lofty and |$ outing wear and children's gar-| warm; covered with silkoline |@ ments, in plain colors of light, | in soft colors of blue, pink medium and dark blue, pink, | and yellow; full double bed | rose, green, yellow and helio; 30 | size. A splendid value at, $7 inches wide; priced at, yard B0@ | each W.......... +++. 83.95 je ‘SAY WIRES ARE in Telegraph Strike NEW YORK, June sides apparently satis raphers strike York was ‘Traffic | Union 2.—With both the telez New situation in today. Western unchanged officials at the stated there was no interfer- ence with business; that conditions were normal, At the Postal, it was that | vice president, would make a state ieee after he had had time to sur announced Edward Reynolds, vey the situation, The last utterances from strike | s here were to the effect that more than 1,000 operators were on |strike in New York and that | number ld be Increased. | pickets were on duty before the Postal and Western Union main ffices yesterday were not on duty | this morning. w who B. F. Shrimpton, secretary of the Eastern division of broker teleg- raphers, said today that a special meeting would be called for to- night or tomorrow to vote on the proposition of a sympathetic strike in aid of the striking commercial operators, CHICAGO, June 12. — (United ‘That allied divisions of tel s may join the nationwide of key men was indicated here today by messa. received by President J. Konenkamp of ‘ommercial Teleg of America, operator aphers Union from the eastern broker division saying the men had voted to go out on sympathetic strike We broker operators also were understood by Konenkamp to b idering a walk out Konenkamp said until a is reached the Western division and the official facts are placed b | fore him for consideration he can tern cons sympathet 1 decision by not decide whether he will give his | approval | Chief Operator B. T. Jones, of the Western Union, said of the 166 op —Wash Goods Section, | Second Floor. | NEARLY NORMAL |Both Sides Seem Satisfied] —Bedding Section, Indianapolis Men Ordered to Return | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jane 12.— | Hezekiah Everoad, president of the | local telegraphers’ union, announced today he has ordered those men in Indianapolis who responded to the Ul for @ nationwide strike to return to work, He said “The odds against us here are too great.” Everoad said a few had left the { Western Union and five men walked out of the Postal office yesterday The Western Union strongly denied this, and the Postal, while admitting it yesterday, denied that any one left the keys. Operators Seeking | Help From Congress | WASHINGTON, June 12—(nited Press.)—Striking telegraph operat: ors today were seeking the aid of congress in their fight against the two telegraph companies and Post- master General Burleson, A delegation of strikers was to call Senator Watson, of Indiana, to urge that he press his resolution for an investigation of the wire adminis- tration, While Postmaster General Burle- son and r officials here were aiting developments in the strike fore making any further comment or taking any action, the local situa tion was unchanged, Western Union and Postal officials declared, while | union officials claimed the ranks of the strikers were growing stronger | erators reported out in the United |States at noon yesterday, many have returned He described the jsituation as “practically normal.” | Postal officials refused to make 1 statement, saying no figures were available. | ¢. | Collins, general superintend- jent of the Central division, Postal Telegraph Co., early today said serv. jice was greatly improved thruout the system, He said 15 mon of the Chicago office who walked out yea terday returned today ¢ Collins said he the men w | did not know why ¢ striking—that no de! mands had been placed before com pany officials President Konenkamp said all de- }mands had been given to Postmaster General Burleson, “the only man who has jurisdiction in the case.” He said officials of the two telegraph companies can do nothing,