The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 14, 1919, Page 1

An American Paper That Fights for Americanism 4 e Seattle Sta Rntered as Second Class Matter May %, 1899, at the Postoffice at Ronttie, Wash, under the Act of ¢ Tides in Seattle SATURDAY SUNDAY JUNK Lt JUNE ty Virst Low Tide Low Tide ; | f VOLUME 22. NO.97. | ete <a ; é SEATTLE, _ WASIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 1M, 1919. cov. LISTER IS DEAD RDER IS DELEGATES HUNT FOR JUMP OFF SENT OUT READY FOR MURDERER § | Governor Lister | | FOR TRIP BY CHIEF ASSEMBLY OF WOMAN OVER SEA aued nese Capt. Alcock, Lieut. Brown Start Non-Stop Flight in Vickers Airplane / Miss Julia O'Connor In- State Federation of Labor|Police Seek Unidentified structs “Hello” Operators Meeting Opens at Bel- Bandit Who Shot Girl ) to Quit Work lingham Monday at Party ade FOLLOW HAWKER ROUTE | SEATTLE IS ON THE LIST HOTELS ARE CONGESTED ARREST TWO WITNESSES ST. JOHNS, N. F, dune 11— (United Press—Olt ¢ t ® ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June BELLINGHAM, June M— Helen Smith, M4, who was nited Pr 7 ME oaa9, {BAU nited Press.)—Julia O'Con Delegates from every part of the shot earty Saturday morning by ees Mesiaanaiinel a0 . head of the telephone opera- state are arriving here today for an unidentified man dering a Ireland, the British Vickers air. Bey the 18th annual convention of the party at 1600 Seattle bivd. died plane left St. Johns at 1213 p. State Federation of Labor, which on the operating table at the m, today, New York time, The ee in Liberty hall Monday city hospital at —_ am, Miss machine, with Captain Jobn a * Smith = regaine consciousness Al kh t William M. Short, president of for a short while Saturday morn pee ae wae wa ae there, effective Wednesday. the federation, arrived on the ing. Her condition was deemed ground afier a run of 180 yards Miss O'Connor, who is a delegate) Scene carty this afternoon, and strong enough fer the opera to the labor convention here, said) immediately began making plans tion, but she was too weakened q janie strike was called in sympathy © set things in smooth working by loss of blood from the bullet the electrical workers who are der. Short was confident of the wound. The bullet penetrated Eeiaduted to strike Mocday. he as- { on the right side and came out _perted a nation-wide telephone opera.| fighting for, and expressed the pears “3 tors’ strike went be called next, if) bee et pa } Lila Wayne, 2, and William Eo settlement is reached. wou! og ewig ne sia Short ntrnl ficuee in Relke, 45, who were with Mies Smith e saying nr tare out the fot. | 4 § pba Be bares 5 wigan and three men responsible for the | labor organization, and will be the! Killing, are Rel In the’ city “fal on target of factions that are openly open charges.oEngetk®, ae the cus ! Local Operators fighting to inject new blood into the tody of detectives, left the jail for f, offices of the federation. He in being the scene of the crime Receive Message | |eovo for tne presiiency vy Tom) | Woman Tella Story putty. Russell, Tacoma boilermaker uestioned by Chief of Detective ane ot to seal t waco yang | Charles Perry Taylor, secretary of |Charies Tennant, the Wayne air @gators’ union, refused to make || the federation, who will be opposed admitted that all in the party had any statement Saturday morning | 2Y L. W. Buck, Seattle barber, for|been drinking. Asked about the The plane swept north of the city and disappeared over the sea in a northeasterly direction. At the start. the Vickers seudded close to the ground. then rone grad: junily to an altitude of 1,000 feet | A crowd of enectators gave At oc jand his navigator, Lieut |Brown, Royat Air Force, » atan’ as 'thetr plane hopped off, The streets {quickly filled ax people ran out i their houses and out of the shops to wee the aviators starting for Ire land. All points of vantage were thronged with Newfoundianders, who watched the plane as it grew smaller and amaller over the wi ocean, and finally expans 1 out of ag mera had |) Fe-tlection, arrived here earlier in the |whooting she said epee og ieaaved: trom Sane O'Con- week and has been whipping things It was the smaller man of the 25 UP ENC” into shape to get a fiying start Mon-| party who did the shooting. It was . Pee Tide rans st terly wind. eee Oe he etonal Tl tay not the man called ‘Dut He ITH the death of Governor Ernest Lister, fetch will ps y help the avia : ‘ fe : ms i over ne st part of their perilous Mini rn cat: Seeoutices pean oe ee ee, a a sincere, clean, American has passed Rae : ' Meets in the Labor Temple to- The first days of the convention drawer. She hesitated for a mo ie sas @ay.”’ she declared, *' to consider || Will be taken up with routine busi-/ment and he yelled at her, ‘Open from public life in Washington. low generally the cour Re ‘J et ni r o shoot yo Just @ contents of the telegram ness, and the big fight fs not expe that drawer or I h r ‘ 4 nee today’s meeting we yo ed to start until about Wednesday or then he fired and Helen fell to the Ernest Lister was twice elected governor e asibly Thursday. An wnusual peers «erat eperad Cental. on Foes 20) She admitted that she had only by the independent, party-free voters of known the Smith girl for about « which operated successfully wide rang preliminar week. She had never » any of Washington. . ra ina MFrancisco, Oakland and Spokane: ‘ j ri : y i ray Across. | “This will be your instructions sil (Continued on Page lic service, deep sympathy, and a certain hard, a pial t ikg eens | TCLS orth Fast, selopoce py uncompromising strong-headedness that some- Mail, which it was hoped would be employ of the Pacific Telephone PF ‘ elivered at the London postoffice. & Telegraph company will be ef MAY BACK OUT times loosed storms of criticism at his head, er Hue an the grroiace faut be Mective Wednesday, June 18, at 7 Po Poe . * » Eietevta it ‘ore the sta clock, Pacitic time. Proceed to| Westerners Seek Revision characterized Governor Lister's life. gece Te SneS fake action necessary to place this ae $ herder in effect. Advise open meet of A. F. of L. Policies OF CENSOR SUIT Governor Lister was not #- startling, spec- ings of all operators be held to in HORDE OF BOYS lorm them of this action. Give wide 7 : 7 tacular executive, but rather a careful, consci- blicity. Strike is ca fer the BY ALVIN E. JOHNSON : ( Press S orrespondent.) | a: ' . , s public servant. H y, efficiency [purpose of lending support to male pauper — mdent) City Would Let Chief Fight NHOUS. DUNC ABEYSNY... onesty, efficiency AT FLKS PICNIC @lectric workers; also to establish and economy were the ideals he tried to at- Fight to bargain collectively, wipe | 14—Radieal leaders of the left Case Alone laid out by Hawker, this being the most t route from Newfoundland land The Vickers was equipped with a e sme alge ae Taga clocoahon tara wads ai the offices directly under his control. stat yy a ae back - of Labor convention have made ai tain in th $ ) 2 : . Pwaucty wee their determination ‘ ee meee oe ba ‘ iy nia mary 3, improve working conditions|’ CLM i ico their fight for He © Commanree Tied Oy A He typifies clean politics, as distinguished Thousands of Y Youths Gath- ) generally. A department represent sistant Corporation Counsel ative is on way to the Coast.” a drastic revision of what they : . ‘tt ib from the ward-heeler’s product of a generation er at Woodland Park Miss O'Cr---- declared the West.) term “the aristocracy of labor Robert Evans is affirmed by > ern telephone operators had already af the superior court, the city ago. His splendid family life, and his own open, Fa ge le i ee eg codeine ao ec hte | will make its exit from the straightforward manner—both toward friend Every known brand of boy, from uthorization. If no settlement ts | Pl both policies Of Equity Print Shop-Cop Cen ; lad, 9 pling, youth, minor Feached, she said, the strike will the federation admin hip case and Police and foe—made many of his most bitter polit- b. urchin, younglin spread gradually, the New England the convention started oP sorship ea a 5 ! callant, boiled into states being the last affected dent Gompers and Ch War E to ical enemies his close personal admirers, Saturday morning —— right wing have repeat declared suit brought by the turday morning ¢ tolahevism to be non-existent with printing company Governor Lister was a plain man, strong Ene ae in the ranks of organized labor,| The last 5 ieee Fin Seattle, They’ wer TAG COMMITTEE many broadsides against radicalism jan answer passed yen in heart. hi been aria fied terda when Attorney F 8 o'clock §& ecretary of Labor W. B, Wilson Jem the grour People of this commonwealth will bow Ph Stie's atonke.of Gompers other headliners, have ci 1 not be made a ‘. ; nerica unloaded itself at th repeatedly warned against “insidious | jirty to the suit and is not t down in tribute to the high worth of this are the tice: bor Seah —_— jag area hevists ' winiied ' American. Alvin Henning, of 739 N, 66th » Will Ask Permission From) \vestern delezater, lea by Jan No ar wan filed," mands, of playful cubs, “who. ware Mayor Hanson ind, Portland, Ore., declare their |/van™ | | ee with the tects re he anon policies are identical to those of the |, 4) ane dicate | As the crowd mushroomed into .y British trade unions er tte | ry ortions, eve t big Tw e " vlarming r n ig Members of the Mooney de “Cry Bolshevism” m rie Pudiipowe : the Big Brothers EF fense committee of the Central When they can't answer our ar-| ant with regurd to his po ton taped in astonishment. ‘The boys | Labor Council will meet Satur- | guimenty with t cry Bolhe- bin, the matter, were leno Vr rally poured)into Woodland park : ight in the Labor Temple to - Cand me lsaee F ds, and soon the big Be mm oe phen ogee ald ba ar : and Mma- | chief (United Press Correspondent) — and that the enemy will be given fi thre. Hare SNS | Cove Ses Oe meting permission for a nets Fol ster aaig The suit grew out yne 14—The Paris | days in which to reach a decision, It HA ground began to echo and re RU Tots tax sale from Mayor | "Te ’ _ lof patroimen at the nt of the Paris edi- is the understanding in the hi Soha c with pep knees | Srend oF Hameon. ‘The Central Laber bnoa eps ivable end ox |'DS company’s plant Daily Mall, | American quarters that this Gules, ound, Secket, Samene, 48, oGt. ase saat Weadbisade seyret pil “matter print will inclu a 0 Me ngs , } Sheviggl one iaihes peaeh. Toes acy of ca ke complete char h had issued an ultimatu |renunciation of the armistice, pro.|as a combined vociferstion of tumult athe soak tor pateerity tor | ommuts tance jock the | mans, | vided for in the original terms of the | blare, hilarity and nilwiloo. It ine cal 6 Mf denied to attempt | tic vorrnetinat ence ate revocation | document See GiswiOuy StEhe -ConpoEeance at | sale of Mooney tags on down |inent Nels agg thay ale ES atin ‘balsa 18, ere Peue axis. wahabpy Poy: 00 the dit toon streets in defiance of the |. ly tilt , from hia Eastern king | Polish troops across ) Ey rig route Waa aren ed rnin P the cop censors were removed was the little chap who was ¢ ever sicoson's stand in the mat-|ment W Mack I Chief Warren, June %. The P, June t1.—Saturday, STAR COMICS apie, Hib ark be win Pit tatement that he a " t yerTmann, Su rine Ath agp page 5. on i ‘ he reiterates the statemen hat he | impendin trike there The righ L a y A ther, and NOT mbied up Brin grant no permission to the bor | wits reftunt te vote for ite supieet| MAY NOT RAIN AT } sewlthin a week Ger |] 2 2Gt want tp lose that Hoe clean, white a 5 oh he fines Jay that within a ow jer ch ive the kiddie ip Big Gye or the tag wale und Gompers requested that the res ony grouch, or give the i ‘s unhappy cou was like ees ain 1 will say I have no au-|olution be sent back to the ALL, SAYS PROPHET any's answer will be known— 1 rood time, don't miss this ght RotaaS Ray Gosan of white thority to change the laws of the|tee for reconsideration Sun versus showers—take your will either accept or reject Star feature, Sey inyon stopped his duties treaty. Dr JR ; egard to tag sale ne \ ick! ‘That's what otr official revined pew | : the boys into th Xe city with regard to tag sa th of the deleg lett. for | pick pone Pedro, sai of herding oye into their proper | mayor said. “If the Reds up there| Washington today 'to participate in| weatheramith thinks about Satur ne perio b lockade council | _ Sinse lang encugh to une diplomacy | hnt to defy the law, they will have|the demonstration to be heid there | day's climate here in Seattle, “Mod ber tee bi des pepe oo RAIL LINES KE! ee the mother, ‘She saw the light , 6 consequences, There| against probibitio erately good chance to squeeze thru) of the ‘ 1 coast o perk, 1 as tha a tice ae croseture for} he ee ieeut aioe ee eee ere) Wit be undertaken against Ger WINNIPEG, June and eft the park Then it was that | eo fe eee hater ry e vss mrs eases fuses to | threats of railroad men to tie up| the boy's face radiated and sein | them, und that I» to appear before! If a woman refases to ee Sane Soe | goew for Munday, too heron train service, little Interruption was/ed with a pristine brilliance, He Bh the city council and b ote me the) @ week > Maine te te” Denauee © re oticed » today. Officials | ripped off the offending white collar i ' a will be lor es, The re 6 fewe hia was based on the assumption | n | | ounell secure a change in the city’s|atraid her husband wil! be lonesome | | Yes, Thelma, there would be fewer) | This was based on, Fon cook USHER Genk tise vine lecertthy both Leek with a em to sell the but because #he is afraid he won't| divorces in this vale of tears ere no rep! both ¢ i eamnrtts Thane: to: pall. Cnetr ‘be. ; [were more good cooks proposals will be submitted Monds put, (Continued on Page 20) IC OAST PHONE GIRLS TO STRIKE WEDNESDA {breakdown in the East a year ago, and did not recover completely. On i return to,Olympia he was under LATE EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Per Year, by Mall, $5.00 to $9.09 We athe or I orecast: Passes Away. Here After Governor Ernest Lister died at 8:30 o’clock Sat- | urday morning at the Swedish hospital. in Seattle, after a long struggle to regain his health following his collapse during the legislative session in Olymp last January. Gradually sinking during the four days, the governor suffered a severe relap late Friday afternoon, and it became evident the was near. During the night he rallied again and a peared to be resting Saturday morning, when again failed and death came quietly without his covering consciousness. Mrs. Lister, Miss Florence Lister, his daughter, John Lister, his son, were at the bedside when death ¢ The governor's temperature dropped Friday to 9! his pulse subsided from 135. to 128, .His ; gradually reached the crisis and his family was calles ¢ his bedside. , Funeral arrangements have not been made, but: governor's body was taken to Tacoma late Saturday, he will probably be laid to eee in the aaa ra — The governor 4 a nervous | some months, but during the legislative session in January he collapsed and was taken to the Western State hospital, at Steilacoom, where he was placed un: | ler the constant care of Dr. W. N ee * Keller. He showed marked im- |mportant Witnesses Will proveme ra time and was taken | | Put Under Bonds DR. SUZZALLO’S Bey TRIBUTE | Final preparations for grand jury sessions that will “I think that one of the great vestigate the courthouse governors of the state has scandal were being passed away,.’’ declared Dr under a cloak of secrecy by Henry Suzzallo of the University Prosecuting attorney's office Sat- of Washington, when he learned urday. of Governor Lister's death Prosecuting Attorney Fred C. I doubt very much whether Brown, Special Prosecutor John es Lister would have been B. Hart and Theodore H. Patter- brought to this untimely end, son, deputy — prosecutor, but for his tremendous devotion refused to divulge the tm to the state and nation during | {re of their activities, altho cha! ei aenienaais when questioned Deputy Prose kaa a sande wghmpaeibel cutor Patterson admitted that al mind, he had had been privately summoned upward of a score of persons nd interrogated, with the view ray apr ie of determining whether they <n should be subpoenaed as wit- nesses, and that voluntary infor- n was constantly coming und careful judic mecity fe nous decision large vision and was a Sp 4 remarka' overn shall fe his loss not citizen but as a co employe of the state oner C. C. Tiffin, acting as” All miss him as deeply || sheriff, otftai ral subpoenas to serve on important witnesses, and each will be placed under bonds of not less than $5,000. Beyond admit- ting that he would attempt to serve Olympia, but grew worse and was|the subpoenas Saturday, Coroner transferred to the Swedish hospital Tiffin refuse to commite himself. here to make his final battle for) “r¢ it gets in the wind, the bind ie nbrea opp are may take flight,” he said a cad poreinhs + es he Constables and court attaches, to- ner with the city detective de- him | partment, increased their efforts Saturday, carrying search warrants Worked as Moulder all over the city in an attempt to Governor Lister worked as an iron discover some of the missing whisky moulder, carried a union card, and| and secure evidence to lay before the later a manufacturer nd bank | erand ju Their reports were not director, before he became the state's | made public, chief executive With the arrest of Eddie Metadorf Born in Halifax, England, 48 y and A. M. Frankfurt, at Third ave, ago, he came to the Uni and Pike st., Friday night, the first the age of 14, and settle to prevent further flight of ma, Wash. There he ns believed to have been ine trade, at the same time attending] volved in the disappearance of whise back to the governor's mansion in turned fre the gover thought it possible to restore partially to health his businésy college ky from the county-city building He first headed the Lister Con-| was made at the instance of Prose- struotion Co. and later the Lister|cuting Attorney Fred ©. Brown. Manufacturing Co., for wood prod: | They are held at the city Jail on open ucts, and was « director in the Scan-| charges dinavian-American bank, From 1894 he men under arrest are believed to 1896 he sat in the Tacoma city Brown to have knowledge as to council, and the next year became a disposition of some of the booze, ey will xamined by the grand jury, which will be drawn next Mon day morning r nA . Metzdorf, who, with Frankfurt, Wets Flocking was arrested by City © Detectives Into Washington /*"°s Peom and b. J. Motennan, es hs flashed into unpleasant notice if WASHINGTON, June 14.—Thou-| connection with the trial of the Iai sands of delegates to a monster anti-! Mayor Hiram C, Gill, Chiet of Polos dry demonstrat poure int) Charles kingham and four Washington today. Gharite Beckinghan 500; Sa Headed by Samuel Gompers, pres: |)" witness for the defense, ident of the American Federation of | Sag nee (or, the Getenag Lubor, the protesting throng is to | sensational testimony. this afternoon, Speakers t will a nd that congress revoke the! It sometimes happens that when hibition against the use of beer girl rejects a young man's i“ and light wines, he celebrates his lucky escape, — > (Continued on Page 20)