The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 7, 1919, Page 1

‘3 ity oth, P the R-34's officers to visit the air- _ ship late today. MONDAY Tides in Seattle TURSDAY Tide 10.4 tt Low Tide | Second sitih. Tide 4:09 p.m, O68 fe Low Tide r tt An American Paper That Fights for Americanism The seattle Star TACOMA WORKERS STAGE MOONEY STRIKE Per Year LATE EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE by Mall, $5.00 to $9.00 Fntered as Second Clase Matter May 8, 9, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wasn., ander the Act of Congress Maren #. 1 VOLUME 22, NO. 113. EER c SEATTL E, WASH., MONDAY, JUL La 7, 1919. fate Toute onary wind ROUND UP | * * * & British Dirigible R-34 Planning -Off Tuesday Morning Return Jum WINNER IN SEA FLIGHT Giant Dirigible Lands Sately on U. S. Soil After Voy- age of 3,130 Miles o— CROSSES IN 108 HOURS, BY W. R. HARGRAVES ({nitea Pres Staff Correspondent) | - AIRSHIP Is | E. Chariton, attache of the British air ministry at Washington. He added that the airship probably would precede its homeward flight by a circle over New York city at a low altitude. The return trip, Charl- | ton said, is expected to be made in) mueh faster time than the west-| ward voyage, since the R-34 will be | aided, rather than retarded, by the prevailing winds. American army and naval officials inspected the airship this afternoon. Chariton also said that Mrs. Wm. G. McAdoo and Mrs. Francis Sayre, daughters of President Wilson, were expected to accept the invitation of | The attempt of the R-34 to antict- pate her official start tomorrow by trying to break away from her moor- ings before noon today, when high temperature expanded her gas, failed to cause any alarm, Charlton char-| acterized the action as merely “un-| sightly.” At no time was the craft) fn actual danger of getting away, he said. More tHan 800 men assisted in ald- ing the R34 to effect a landing yes- terday and they remained on duty all night, in relays of 250. This system | will continue. | ‘The R-34 completed its landing at) Roosevelt field at 9:53 yesterday morning, following a flight officially | set at 3,130 miles in 108 hours and 12 minutes. Major Scott estimated, | however, that because of the devious course followed she covered fully 3,200 miles, making -her ,average speed 29% knots an hour. The big airship arrived here under | her own power, largely thru a lucky shift in the direction of the wind. She | encountemed stiff head winds and an electrical storm over the Bay of Fun dy late Saturday, and was running | short of fuel. Major Scott decided to | run for Boston and asked the U nited | States navy to send aid. Early. day, however, the wind suddenly shifted while the craft was north of Cape Cod, and Major Scott a ag to attempt to make Montauk, LL He sent a wireless message to | ae effect and mechanics were rushed te Montauk from Roosevelt | field. The R-34 reached Montauk at} 7 a. m., but the wind still held fine "D ON PAGE ELEVEN) Uy, This ay? coat. £ Bi, ing out ‘bs keep up 7 ‘Mother Ryther Smoker Tickets on Sale Tuesday Tickets for The Star’s smoker at the Arena Fri- day night for Mother Ryther will be on sale Tuesday at Brown & Hulen’s billiard hall Ballargeon bfiilding; ard’s cigar stand, ave. and Yesler & Smith, 706 First Green's cigar store, ave. Travie Davis, Everett welter- weight; Billy Wright, Lloyd Madden, Bob Harper, Joe Harra han, Frankie Murphy, Ely Cas- ton and Nick Sugar are among some of the boxers who have of- fered their services to fight for Mother Ryther Friday, Watch The Star for other an- nouncements of the smoker. Remember the date—Friday— July 11—at the Arena. to be staged Joe Diz. Occidental Battersby ave., and 406 Third ISTRIERS HOPE HOPE EARLY VICTORY 1 Believe Washington Confer- ence to End Tieup Confident that the conference now under way in Washington, D. C., between government of- ficilals and international chiefs of the phone workers will result in granting of the union de mands, local strike leaders re- ported no changes in the tele phone strike situation here Mon- day, the ninth day of the Seat- tle tieup. The conference in Washington be- gan Saturday, when Postmaster General Burleson ordered Assistant Postmaster General John C. Koons to meet J. P. Noonan, president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Joins Conference Miss Julia O'Connor, international head of the phone girls, joined the |conference Sunday. Koons is man from whom union leaders re- cently succeeded able terms in the settlement of the New England phone strike, Reports reaching local union head | quarters indicate that the retroactive feature which the strikers demand to be included in their settlement terms is proving the only stumbling block in the Washington conference. Striking telephone girls will give a benefit dance at Dreamland Tues- day, July 15. “{ am gratified at the support giv- en the gis by our fellow unjonists FRISCO EXPECTS. END OF STRIKE tlement Soon to Come “| LOST MY LITTLE PUPPY DOG” Can you write three more lines with the above that will jin gle? Of course you can! E The Star's Want Ad Rhyme Con test. Win the Cash See the show at the Clemmer theatre. Ttead the rules of contest on Clas: sified Page line prize. | en: SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.—Confi dent that a settlement will be reached tomorrow in the coast-wide telephone workers’ strike, the central strike committee is today expecting momentarily from Washington terms of the settlement as approved by the postoffice department. These will be submitted to the strikers at mags meetings tomorrow fo eptance or The compromise follows a consid eration of the offers here on the Coast by a committee representing | the union's international officers, the postoffice department and tele phone company heads. This confer- was held in Washington, and is unofficially reported to have de cided upon the basic $6 a day as electrical workers’ wage, and $12 to $19 a week, the maximum reached in |four years, for telephone operators, with retroactive pay since January 1 Coast union representatives are | ready, they report, to reject the com promise if it does not provide for retroactive pay and simultaneous ex | piration of the avveements with both | operators and electrical workers, the | in getting favor- | Believe Terms ms of Phone Set-|: Most famous of movie heroes in boy eyes, William S. (Bill) Hart, is writing a series of articles especially for the boys who read The Star. Every boy knows Bill Hart. ‘Watch for his stories. | P. S.—Boys between the ages of 20 and 60 will find them interesting, too. ‘Murderer of Sweetheart Confident U. S. Senator | New Will Help Defense LOS ANGELES, July 7. ry 8. New, confidently borer od | United States Senator Harry 8. | fused to believe New's story as to |the girl's condition, some saying |they have positive knowledge that New, of Indiana, who, he claims, | she was in normal health two weeks is his father, to come fo his as- | ago. sistance, pleaded with the police i (os You Jonese: 3,000 QUIT ‘ON WAY 0 rival! He’s draped up for an even- (ade pocketbook is looking thinner every day. The Star. This paper has obtained the publication rights for this fa- ™mous comic. They Re Run Poor Old Pa eae WILL T Keeping Up With the Joneses| is Pa in his claw-hammer with Ma, who is trying to with the Joneses in society. can “keep up with the and Pa, too, by watching Watch for Pa’s ar- TODD YARD Maior Carroll a | Council to Tacoma Shipyard Workers} President Join in Monday Demon- ? | stration for Mooney attest vanehas Munday te have le the city council invite Eamonn HOOT THOSE WHO WORK De Valera, president of the Irish republic, to visit Seattle as the TACOMA, July 7.—The first | | | | city’s guest soon and explain | conditions in Ireland, A resolu- big demonstration in the Mooney | strike in Tacoma came at7 a.m. | tion calling on Mayor Ole Han- fotos. wee. yg shipyard work- was son to extend President De Val- invitation, the Tedd Steel Carroll. If the resolution Is adopted, Mayor on first strike call, The workers, all carrying their) lunch pails, got as faras 11th and A/ sts., where the municipal cars leave for the yards, and then stopped after the Tacoma Mooney defense commit | tee had started a demonstration. . Workers who braved the crowd and went to work were hooted, The Todd yards at 9 o'clock report- ed that 50 per cent of the workers were on the job and that the gates Were closed to the remainder ‘There was much grumbling among many of the workers. The report went broadcast that as the result of | Honed in Valera, who is in the East and ex- pects to leave for the Pacific coast soon. Maj. Carroll, who has just re- |turned from overseas service, pre- | dicted that the resolution would pass | the council with little opposition. Ireland Like Colonies The resolution follows: “Whereas, The people of Ireland, having for centuries suffered the) long catalog of wrongs and oppres- | |sions set out in the American Dec- llaration of Independence; having, like the American colonies, peti- vain for the redress of Hanson will make arrangements. |tor ‘the reception of President De{row in the United States and about Asks City | Invite Irish | to Speak Here ) these wrongs, and having, like those colonists, finally and reluctantly |come to the conclusion that nothing but final separation from England jeould secure to them the natural |rights of man, and | claimed Ireland to be a free and in- dependent republic and organized a | government with Eamonn De Val \era, a native of the United States, |as the president of the Irish repub- lic; and, “Whereas, President De’ Valéra’ ta | “Resolved, By the city council of the city of Seattle, that Eamonn De | Valera be requested to visit this city ‘and address its people upon the con- ‘dition of affairs in Ireland; be it fur- } ther “Resolved, That the be requested to communicate to President De Valera this invita-/ | tion from the city of Seattle, and to | make arrangements for the proper [reception of the distinguished so- | journer.” |the strike action the Todd Construcy) tion & Drydock company would close | down the big plant for 60 days and| after that reopen on an “open | shop” basis. | Todd yards, altho it was stated that the gates had been closed. | } halie ¢ | SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.—Halt} | a million workers are on strike thru out the nation today in protest for a retrial for Thomas Mooney, accord ing to the International Workers'|40e Wwiteon were complete. tods |league. Selig Schuberg, of the 4 venthe ‘ ¢| \Weneue, reports painters, custom tall:|HoboKen school children will gree |the nation's chief executive tomor- : aes Ww out on the ors and glass workers are out on the | 0 afternoon when he steps from fiveday strike. Originally, it was sport Ge ashingt expected 14 Unions’ would walk out |‘ transport George Washington NEW YORK, July 7.—Final pre) arations for the reception of Prest-/ today to be allowed to see the CHICAGO, July 7.—(United Press.) 7 i ? dead body of Miss Frieda Lesser, | —Mrs, Lulu Pe mother of Har-| 2¢Fe 49 the protest BARD Ace eet Me Reps A | the pretty girl whom he admits | -y s. New, held at Los Angeles, Cal,,| Thousands are out in Chicago, and) oo ang senwne avian killing in dark Topango canyon | charged with the murder. of Miss|™ore are joining them hourly, the hers 9% ; <t Friday night, 24 hours before | frieda Lesser, was en route to the| league reports. Mrs. Thomas Mooney | Vice President Marshall, Secre they were to be married, leoast today to be at her son's side,|!% holding a number of meetings | tary Baker and Secretary Danlels He will be permitted to view the| She passed thru Chicago last night. | Which are bringing out still more | together with other members of the remains of his dead sweetheart a8| ire Burger was quoted as saying | Mer to the strikers’ ranks, it is Smut ta iva ee of ended and soon as the inquest, which is sched-| senator New of Indiana was the con-|*t#ted. Peoria, Butte and Tacoma | their, tami ies, Will ‘0 down the bay uled for tomorrow, is over, the P0-jresseq wlayer’s father. She said she| Workers are staging effective demon vi he RA conuanE, oh npayivabita lice si and the ator have been separated | “trations, according to the league ae e the presidentia nervousness character. the Increasing for 18 years. She refused comment last 24) further on New’s denial that they ized w's attitude in | Following his arrival in New York |the president will deliver a short School Children Will This could not be confirmed at the | Greet President When He Arrives Tomorrow BUTTERWORTH | BEFORE JURY | Two Business Men Called by) | Booze Probers Two widely known business men of Seattle were summoned, Report Hindenburg Will tify in Defense of Fo WILHELM SEEMS LONDON, July 1 U ed Press.) __ Andrew Bot Law, spokesman for the ernment, house of commons today tl no formal representations ha yet been made to 0 with regard to extradition the former kaiser. ed, however, that steps ° being taken in that d Field Marshal | may be brought to London to t ‘a|in defense of the former kaiser, Daily Sketch reported today. It also was said that a U-boat captains and the | Edith Cavell and therefore pro-| On Saturday he sawed | thousandth tree, striving to his ambition of 100,000 befor Guards at the castle grow busy today keeping off King George has not-yet the alleged offer of surrender ff | Wilhelm’s sons, to be tried in father’s stead, The Rotterdam o | the Daily News declared the Dutch hope for Ameri port if they the ex-kaiser, on the grounds of sitions asylum for exiles, e Dutch prince consort,’ at Berne, was interviewed by 4 Daily News correspondent, quoted as sayin; “We have given our hosplt and cannot meddle in these thi Germany has signed an und |to deliver the former emperor, j Germany makes demands on us, | will be obliged to yield.” It was expected today that government will be bombarded questions in the house of con this afternoon, with regard to trial from French and American so} indicating George's announcement was a com-_ Monday afternoon, before the grand jury delving into the mystery of the disappearance of 864 quarts of whisky from the county-city building on the night of June 4. plete surprise, | parliament and public, In the meantime, | versy | pediency {I Daisie! i | yet passed between Holland and the {allies with regard to extradition. If | they had, he said, he wanted to know the results. PARIS, The first Lioyd statement would be brought to trial was gained here today from semi-official sources, week of the big four's conference the itish premier remarked: I suppose there is no objection to a trial of the kaiser in London?” The premier looked about the table, Nobody were taken and nothing was written _ with regard to the decision, it wag explained, Dutch Government THE Press,)}—The Dutch government flat+ y refuses to issue a position demand | kaiser, believe such a demand is to be pected, not be legal. a It is not expected here that extra-|; dition will weathersmith | treaties and the Dutch law forbid took a ¢lant at the meteorological | *Uch action, and the government haa stated frequently that it will act | cording to lay and treaty. [aim $98.82) 4\'s, LO German Emperor announced in | Ames He Von Hin to were, of London ina few ‘The former kaiser undisturbed Sunday y i cision to bring him to trial, ing to the Amerongen co of the Daily Mail. He spent the day the kaiserin, reading perio | the castle grounds, mayor | He's is ¥ refuse Trial Queries Due of the ex-emperor. that Premier have stirred up both a warm contro- was developing over the ex: of the trial. Sir Henry announced today he would whether communications had 7.—(United Press,)— explanation of Premier George's authority for the that the former kaiser July is stated that during the last objected, but no minutes Refuses Statement HAG July 7—United statement on in the event the allies extradition of the former ‘The press and public do note for, in their view, it wot be . granted, as Duteh LIBERTY BONDS QUOTED NEW YORK, Jury 7, first 4% $94.24; third 4 |hours, and fears are entertained by ere evel ‘ ve sub) re pestis, Aid TORS. 619s ee eo ee aug | WaTE, eveE, TOA TIOM | speech at Carnegie hall, He will)" answer to subpoenas served on | cider Wor that sean ‘ard is be.| Mts. Burger declared she had| then take the 5 o'clock train for|them by Deputy Coroner T. Frank Tae neld in his cell night and day, | Dleaded with her son to give up Miss | Washington. He will reach the| Koepfli, Gilbert M. Butterworth, un | Reports that he tad attempted to| Lesser, but.he had refused. She said} Jeapital about 10 o'clock tomorrow | dertaker, and W. L. Eaton, a mem i y she knew little of the girl or her| jist, ber of the automobile firm of Eaton beat out his brains against the apy fami | & Campbell, reported to Grand Jury | or the cell yesterday were oes tice “ | Bailiff J. J. Burns at 1:30 o'clock the police, who were with | ABOARD U. 8. §S, GEORGE] Monday afternoon. | out the day Half of Building Laborers | wasninaTon’ suly 6.—(Delayed.) | With the recall of Frank Camp-| ‘One statement which may have a| ite in Ti (By wireless to the United Press.) | bell, clenk in Superior Judge Clay | | striking influence on the outcome of Quit; No Big Tieup President Wilson's message to} Allen's court, as a witness, the grand | | the case was made by New yester- | congress was practically completed| jury resumed its work Monday morn {aay in his story. Detectives, after | | With onty 250 men of the Building | today. Primarily, it is expected to. ing, after a vacation of four days f an hour's close questioning of 5 Laborers’ union out on strike, and be a report to congress of what has| Campbell was tn the grand jury ew, announced he shot Miss Les: | | sporadic one-man strikes in other in-| been done in Paris, together with a|room all of Monday morning. Two ser, not because she refused to be | d \dustries, the Mooney strike sched- broad analysis of the world situa-|policemen and a former deputy come a nap itiaad and proposed to un-} PARIS, July 7.—A dispateh from} yied to take effect Monday did not|tion following the conclusion of|sheriff sat on the — “mourners’ jdergo an illegal operation, but be-| Constantinople to the Agence Radio| assume serious proportions in Seat: | peace |bench” awaiting their turns to give jcause she had refus a oe ery vey | reported today that the Bolshevikt | tie | The president probably will ex.| testimony | His ais ¢ pana Ay he ogee forces have recaptured Tashkent) Aitho other unions, which had| pain the guarantees of permanent|, The Monday session marks the | [day morning, however, still gives the | (capital of Russian an), exe-| originally voted for the strike, Te-|peace which has been. exacted, aa|Peeinning of the third week of the | | motive of the murder his alleged de- | cuting 6,000 of the inhabitants scinded their former action, the|well as the manner in which’ the| Jury's labors. When the jury ad-| | sire to Breyer: he stain ¥ ne h inert | A brother of Alexander Kerensky,| building laborers adhered to their de-| continued blockade. assures Ger-|Journed last Wednesday afternoon, | Operation. on 9 Aig cca? of the BI!) former Russian premier, was among|cision until Sunday night, when a many's observance of the terms im-| it had not yet finished gathering whom, he intended to marry those executed, the dispatch said |Special meeting was called, and the | nosed at Versailles | testimony from men and women who If New persists {n the elimination si °, as far 4 he jo as cc : | were known to have been in the of the first motive for the crime, the havenoh steep Shc: perso} be The | n is rae believed ae measage | county-city building on he Higher Man’ of the 's condit nO arehiie af abo will outline economic factors neces: ie , le K efts. | Loge i a ot the sic cond! jon, 4 Germans to Talk union has a membership of @bout) ree canine ee rean business men t,| the Wholesal ray theft sa ne de ed more to 500. anid It is believed that the work of the | satisfy relatives than as a material Treaty This Weelkk | stany of the members of the union | consider grand jury probably will not be fin- |; point tp the case BASLE, July .—-(Delayed.)—Ac-| 1d not agree with the action of call ished before two weeks, or possibly | Miss Lesser's mother, several oth-|corging, to the Frankfort. Zeitung | ins off the strike, and did not report) WASHINGTON, July 7.—(United| three shall have passed | elatives and numerous friends Te-|the peace treaty will be submitted f™ Work Monday morning, Press.)—President. Wilson will pre to the German. national assembly|, Officials of the union estimated | sent the league of nations covenant and the géneral public," declared |for ratification the middie of this| that about half the memba pila thera the. pases treaty: ta) By aeet ten \Fair and ‘ieee Miss May Duffy, business agent of | weck ° Kk : sion of the senate alone at 12:15 p.m. | i" ear i return to work until Wednesday | Thursday, it was announced today at the local, Monday. "So far we have| ‘The Prussian government is ne-/morning. As the strike will Iast|the White House, ‘There had been| Tuesday’s Prophecy | Pity f “ st tLanee ‘| gotiating wath the Wein cabinet] only two days, it is thought that no|somne talk of him advising a join.|. When our official and we expect to come th Y-|to give autono to Silesia, sald] efto: be made v4 a1 igi. colon! be wat ue wae ‘ld / effort will be made to get the men | session of the house and senate, but | eae, . 7 ea ects ° jto return to work this will not be done. The senate ana {4#ta piled up during the night by | ‘The strike investigation commit:| ‘Transportation at Hamburg is re| None of the shipyard unions is out | not the house has the power to ratify Jold George W. Weather, he mur- tee of the Chamber of Commerce| ported to be completely demoralized|on strike, according to announce-| the treaty. | mured those delightful words, “Fair! and Commercial club will completelag @ result of the railroad strike, | ment made at the Metal Trades coun any 1 EEE 2 jand warmer, All of which refers its report on the causes and con {cil headquarters Monday morning, /to the weather we may expect Tues-| quotations today: 3 lditions of the local strike by ‘Tues: but there are numerous one-man| An optimist is a man who thinks | day. Same goes for Monday, to day, according to William Reist A skeptic is a man who doubts his |sympathetic strikes thruout tbe! his neighbors are almost as good as'the weatherwright asserted this chairman of the committee lown fish stories. himself, morning. 4's, tory 43's, $99.98, % $94.24; Victory 3%4 a