The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 18, 1919, Page 1

Tides in Seattle PRIVAY | SATURDAY JULY 18 JULY 19 First Low Tide m, 34 First High Tide tt 9:00 am . An American Paper That Fights for Americanism =22:) TheSeattleStar Entered as Second Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash., under the Act of Congresn March 3, 1879 09 VOLUME Ss NO. 128. = SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1919. IAY BUY ARMY FOOD HERE: MORE MEN ARE BEING RUSHED TO FIGHT FIRE ‘SPOKANE, July 18.—With 30,000 acres of forest reduced to smouldering ashes, several ranches burned out and thou- sands of men fighting flames, forest fires within a 50-mile ra- dius of this city were reported eo ee ea zi! a I i f A change in the wind late yester- day saved thousands of acres by backfiring a score of blazes, accord- ing to forest rangers and supervisor: nt with |The cold night also helped check the Cascade | spread of the flames. Bi sth Only one fire—that on Blue lake, east of Priest river—is reported out try from several di-|o¢ control today. About 50 men are nd going in to fight this blaze, q é t 34 covering about 5,000 acres in the Kel- section and | logg district, are moving very slowly today, due to the shift in the wind.| furnishing the equip) The wind last night backfired blazes | the army fire fighters. in many places, according to Ranger | _ Fear is expressed that Idaho may | Rowe of the Kellogg district. A) duplication of the disas-| slight wind is blowing against the | in 1910, which started | fires, retarding their progress this numerous small fires and | morning. Both state and the Pend Oreille| Protective association are fighting| the Blue lake fire, which is lapping | 400 acres east of Priest river. “Out of control. Fifty men gone in| to fight it,” was Forest Supervisor | Flint’s report from Newport on the| Blue lake fire. In this section, too, | the wind had stopped the flames on er fires, Flint said. res in Western Montana and Northern Idaho are still raging, men- acing several towns and millions of feet of timber, as well as valuable ranches. St. Regis and Alberton, Mont., are in danger. Forest service reports state that flames leaped out of con-| trol and that the towns are threat-| ened on three sides. | i DELAY HEARING IN BOOZE CASE Scarcity of available men to fight} Twelve Indicted Men to the flames is a serious handicap. The | Plead Next Tuesday jadvisability of asking for soldiers to| jaid in fire fighting is being consid- The dozen widely known men | cred. who were indicted July 12 for al- leged complicity in the disappear- ance of a large quantity of Ranches Destroyed | Bands of fire fighters are being | rushed to the scenes of the various) |and submitted a MINERS TO FIGHT FOR SHORT DAY Six Hours and Nationaliza- tion Will Be Demanded, Says District Chief RETURNS FROM EUROPE “The American miners are aft- er the six-hour day and the na- tionalization of mines.” Robert |. Harlan, it of this dis- trict of the United Mine Work- ers, declared on his return here from Europe, Friday morning, “and that is going to be the big fight at the coming convention of the miners to be held in Cleve- land, September 9.” Harlan has been in Europe in the) interests of the fuel administration, and while there conferred with Pres- ident Wilson and other members of the peace conference. With 8. Cad- dy, member of the miners’ interna- tional board, Ne arrived in Seattle Friday. . British Made Demand “The British miners demanded the 6hour day, the nationalization of mines and a flat 30 per cent| increase in wages last January. The nationalization of mines insisted on was the abolition of the employer, and the establishment by the gov: ernment of control by a committee| of miners and government repre-| sentatives | “Pv @ T-tol, the miners voted to/ strike. Lloyd George called the} miners in to No, 10 Downing street! and told them to withhold the strike! as he was going to create a com mission to Investigate the coal min- ing industry. “The committee formed consisted of equal representation from the miners, the government and the em: ployers. Three reports were made. The miners reported in favor of all their demands, The employers re. Ported in favor of a 7-hourday and a 15 per ‘cent increase in wages,| and the government reported for a/ Thour day, 20 per cent increase, proposal that the| 6hour day be granted in 1920, Favor National Plan “The government report declared that the present system of private/ ownership stands condemned. They | suggested that either nationalization | be substituted, or that a system of | fires, One thousand head of sheep have been burned, several ranches | destroyed and about 15,000 acres of | forest, crop land and grazing ground | | burned. | e’ciock. Alberton, a division point on the! ‘The arraignments were set for | Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail- 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, but | way, is threatened by the Nigger hill| Judge Tallman consented to a post-|forest fire. The fire has come over | | ponement at the request of counsel) the crest of Nigger hill and now | | for several of the defendants. threatens to engulf the town, A fire} | Those who will be arraigned next | line has been thrown about the town Tuesday are: Superior Judge Clay |and volunteer fire fighters are mak- | Allen, W. W. Conner, former speaker | ing heroic efforts to save it. | of the state house of representatives;| St. Regis is entirely surrounded by | "Charles G. Heifner, former demo-| flames, according to a message re- | Feratic state chairman; Dr. J. H.| ceived here. St. Regis is west of | Lyons, physician-surgeon: Dr. Fred CONT'D ON PAGE FOURTEEN) | erick G. Nichols, proprietor of a hos- ee tal at Riverton; Samuel A. Martin, “ Seattle’s Bread Highest Priced realty dealer; Oscar M. Springer, chief clerk of the superior court on West Coast PORTLAND, Ore., July 18. George Gau, superior court bailiff, and Deputy Sheriffs Stewart Camp- City Attorney LaRoche promised today to investigate the charge Roy Murdock, Fred A. Brown | a Matt Starwich. Following the arraignments, to | * hich each defendant is expected to enter a plea of not guilty, Judge Tall- || that an announced increase of one man will set the cases for trial, prob- || cent in the price of a pound loaf ably late in November. |] Of bread results from an illegal combination of bakers. Bread will be advanced to 11 cents here Seattle is the only major city on the coast now paying 11 cents for MAYOR TO TALK Mayor Ole Hanson has been asked| to be the principal speaker at the a Lpound loaf. Ten cents is paid in San Francisco, Spokane, Bu- gene, Salem and Tacoma whisky from the county-city building on the night of June 4 will be arraigned before Presid- ing Judge Boyd J. Tallman next Tuesday afternoon at | \Daylight Measure | Is Again Pressed WASHINGTON, July 18.—(United Repeal of th fifteenth annual picnic of the King Ceunty Veterans’ association, in Woodland park on Thursday, July| at _ Six-Year-Old Boy Rescued After Eleven Days’ Torture in Swamp) SPRING GROVE, IL, July 18.— (United Aerts ae aie: ace Att chirp was heard. T ss escent Missy tonk ita eacad Pe chirp, they came wizened by starvation, awoke today | , object—a naked, skelete in a soft bed instead of swamp hum-| mite whose scarred head looked huge mock, which was his couch during | upon the wasted body, Harry's voice he 11 days he spent alone in the! was spent with that last chirp and he Be ods sank into # coma which lasted until © ‘he boy wandered from home July | today, when he awoke with his moth 46. His méther, Mrs, F, C. Lewiton, | er’s arms about him afters 10 days, was reconciled par-| Doctors say the boy will recover tially to his death. The woods had|He was too weak today to tell what been searched from end to end, | happened in hig 11-day torture, aited their work when a faint bird — | fact ‘| (Continued on Page Twenty-three) | Prohibition Rot, Gompers Declares) LONDON, July 18, — (United| Prews).—-Samuel Gompers, president | CHEER UP! Senator W. L. Jones Loses His Teeth, But Regains His Bite ., United States Senator Wesley L. Jones is the unhappy proprietor of a set of false teeth. This is not secret. A lot of people saw them Thursday noon. Senator Jones exhibited the false molars, in fact, to a large and enthusiastic gather- ing of fearless young politicians who foregathered at a mecting of the Young Men’s Republican club. The senator did not enjoy the exhibition nearly 30 much as his audience, but the fact remains that the gentle- man from Washington jettisoned his next-to-nature bicuspids, albeit he did not mean to reveal their presence. Senator Jones was in the midst of a league of nations speech and an impassioned attack on the democratic admin- istration, and hitting on all 12 cylinders, when the steering gear went wrong. In other words, the senator's false teeth ry ae from his mouth and cascaded to the table in front of him. Surprised, but not stampeded, Col. J. M. Hawthorne, democratic warhorse and erstwhile candidate for congress, avenged the administration by yelling: + “Put ’em They Want the Governor to Chute the Parachute, by Heck EUGENE, Ore., July 18,—That Lane county is taking Governor Olcott's aeronautic activities seriously is evinced by the fact that the county fair board has extended the governor an. invita- tion to make a parachute jump for the amusement of the crowd here next fall. The fair board believes the event would be a good draw- ing card and all that delays the announcement of the fea- ture is the consent of the thrill producer himself. “We are counting on your well known nerve and audacity to prompt you to accept this invitation,” the board states in its message. No word has been received as yet from the governor. This Car Headed for piipraionten sci ion 100,000 MEN LOCKED OUT IN CHICAGO Millions in Building Con- tracts Tied Up by Action of Employers MEN ASKED INCREASE CHICAGO, duly 18—(United Press.}—One hundred thousand ing and street construction workers were locked out here to- day on orders of the Carpenter Contractors’ association and the Building Construction Empleyers’ association, following refusal of 80,000 of the men to return to work, The men asked a flat increase of 20 cents an hour. The employers agreed to grant them 12% cents more than they were getting. An ultima- tum was issued last night, giving the nm until § a, m, today to resume ~"Wwhen-no men vhour the lockout’ issued. The lockout ties up more than $50,- 000,000 worth of building and street work in Chicago. Dozens of projects were pending. The daily loss to the |men thrown out of work was esti- | mated at $600,000. | | have a membership of 1,700 contrac. tors in the Chicago district. Two! thousand letters were mailed to the | ing them of the lockout, Says Men to Stick N. Nockels, secretary of Chicago Federation of Labor, clared the builders will not go back | to work until their demands are granted in full, He said their wants would be supplied by contributions | from other labor unions and from the public in general The last general lockout in Chicago occurred in 1899, when 30,000 men were out 13 months The possible extent of the lockout was realized when it was stated that 50,000 other workers in gravel pits, the | | | | The two employers’ associations | employers and union agents notify-| | | de- | VAST AREA SWEPT BY FLAMES: AAR LATE EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Per Year, by Mall, $5.00 to $9.00 Tonight and Saturday, fair and warmer; gentle northerly winds Weather Forecast: BIG STOCK OF SURPLUS HELD BY U. S. HER Thousands of pounds of surplus army foodstuffs, are being offered for sale by the war department, stored in Seattle, according to a letter received by May Ole Hanson from Lieut. Col. James H. Como, Q. M. deputy zone supply officer, with headquarters in this ei In a letter answering the mayor’s inquiries as to he the city should proceed to bid for the supplies being offe A the government to municipalities for resale at 1. Como lists quantities of meat and other provisi declared surplus and on hand in this district. Follow his instructions, the mayor has written to Maj. Fred Thompson, Q. M._C., surplus property division, Fort M 0 San Francisco, for further information. Heth re) Ly! et Food Surplus Here EXPE “The office of the deputy zone i it ia) ” supply officer has on hand in Seattle the following surplus supplies,” Col. Delegate at Fri Concessions Offe OM WFIORS 6 age Eorty.anoweind pounds ue Bacon?$,544 pounds of corned beef in Indicating that of an important nature six-pound cans; 7,704 cans tomatoes, and 2,496 cartons of hominy, fine. ing the coast wide te strike were due before “There are also the following, which may be declared in part sur- plus at any time: “Bacon, issue, im 12-Ib. cans; night, a telegram from R, Fuller, Seattle representative t¢ the San Francisco wage ca ence, reached local union corned beef hash in two-pound cans; hard bread in half-pound cartons, quarters early Friday. The wire follows: dry beans, baked beans, tomatoes in 2%-pound cans, prunes in boxes, | “Held conference with pal Some concessions. Julia O’Cot eyaporated milk, cucumber pickles, wires from Washington, Has h vinegar, canned cherries, canned corn | ing before wire board Friday, and canned peas. ity rights of workers agreed to. Cou “The city/ of Seattle will be fur. nished with calls for bids as soon as ditions there extremely favorable: satisfactory settlement. You. wi they are received at any time at this office.” have something to work on by |day. Hold still until you hear Mayor Asks How In his letter to the zone supply of- ficer in San Francisco, Mayor Han- son writes: “My attention has been called to the fact that the United States army will shortly offer for sale large quan. Uties of surplus food stuffs. “The city of Seattle is a prospec tive purchaser. I am therefore de- sirous of obtaining from you the | | Livery Stable, B’gosh In an effort to avoid a collision with another machine when the brakes on her car failed to work, Mrs. Veria Pow- ell, 820 Fairview ave., drove the ma- chine thru the front door of the Manly stables at Western ave. and Lenora st., Thursday afternoon, 48, 1110 24th ave., who was in front of | the stables, was knocked down, “Hey, this is no garage,” Webster was taken to the pacified and his injuries dressed. little damage and Mrs. Powell the ei ause of the accident as the failure of her brakes to |lumber yards and cement mills may be thrown out of work if the lockout continues for a week or longer period, Many men will continue at work under independent ntractors, ac} cording to William Brim, president of the district council of carpenters, | Brim returned today from In dianapolis where he was conferring with heads of the national council regarding the probabilities of a lock-| out order. He said he was assured every assistance from the national council, “This is not a lockout but strike,” Brim said. “Independent | contractors have not offered us any assistance in the matter, Men will| Morgan Webster, yelled Webster. city hospital where he was | The machine suffered was unhurt, She explained} of the American Federation of Labor,| work properly as she was coming down the steep grade on | arriving at Southampton on the| Mauretania, declared regarding | American prohibition that “it is all| ret to think you can compel a coun try to be dry.” It was a physical im possibility, he said Speaking of Ireland, Gompers’ sald | America had only good will for Eng: | nd, but the general feeling was | that the Irish question should be set tled, because the league of nations provided for self-determination | “Surely the British will satisfy the claims of the Irish in a manner make them as grateful as the domin. | ions,” Gompers said | to! | Press). ling plan was again attached as a | rider to the agricultural appropria house | tion bill by the agricultural committee today, This action was taken despite that President Wilson has « ready vetoed the bill once be of the daylight saving repeal Administration foes appeared de termined to force the agricultural ap: | ation measure and_ the D repeal | it before President Wils again The new bill differs from the one | Ir vetoed in that it exempts from the r al the standard time | zones which were established in the} original daylight savings act LIBERTY BONDS QUOT NEW YORK quotations t $90 nd 4'e, # fourth 44 'Vietory 4%'s, 18.-TAberty *e, $90.46 bona first 4's Firat 41%4'm, $96.14; | third 44's, $94.90 Victory 3%», $100; Lenora st. Carey Didn’t Hear the Judge That First Time “If Ile ing “Quit fi pinched, “Pay a p By swiftly. Carey understood that ful dayuignt sav-| When We Parked on Fifth Ave. The lov formerly stood by day on the stretch of | reet on F’ eneca 8 they are ge yer, merchant, ete., sought frantically| i iday mor . For morning when early Friday Yesterday a party of berry pickers | aise through the house and put} three other guardians of the peace and tranquility stood | guard and shooed the festive motoris HEIRS SEEK LAND HELD BY CHURCH ADAMS, Mass., July 19 guinst the First Congres tional church of Trey, N. Y., and its board of trustees has been entered in the supreme court by Arthur G, Sher: ry of this city and other heirs of John Sherry around Police Judge John B. Gordon today. Carey, whom Patrolman continue : contractors.” work under independent | || Haig Explains His Speech on the War; Meant No Offense LONDON, July 18.—Field Mar. shal Haig's failure to mention the Americans in his recent New Castle ch “certainly was not due to any of appreciation of their work,” he declared in a state ment last night. “I was speaking personally, as t you go, will you quit hang-| poolrooms?” demanded| E.| had| what?” M. Legate demanded spe fine of $10,” said the judge | plums and quantities of the different articles which will be offered on the Patific Coast, and would thank you to fur. nish me with such a list, and advice as to about what time these articles will be offered and the method of payment this city would be expected to meet. I do not believe this city is in a position pay cash, Is it possible for us to arrange terms on what we might buy? WOMEN WILL SELL FRUITS Homekeepers’ League Has Carload on Way Here A carload of fruit, including 500 boxes of peaches, 200 crates of apri- cots and a big shipment of peach apples will be new public market established by the Home Keepers’ league at Second ave. and Virginia st. Monday Word was received Friday by Mrs. I. E. Moses, chairman of the vice |league, and chairman of the market committee, that the fruit is on its way Here from Yakima, The market one Britisher to another, on the subject of our own part in the war,” Haig said. “I pointed out the “fficulty of the situation and how greatly the le at home helped the army. I had no oe- || casion to mention the Americans, || because my re ‘ences were to the middle part of the war, particular ly 1917—one of the most eritical periods—before the Americans ar. rived, ly. Gone, Gone, Are the Days ng line of automobiles that | ifth ave., between Union and | | stand there no more, Alas,\ | one, and many a doctor, law-| | | rning for a place to leave the} the lid was clamped on tight | Sergeant A. J. Wilkes and} Says Ex-Kaiser Planning Return PAIRS, July 18.—(United Press. a substitute can be accepted | trial of the former kaiser, \to an opinion filed with the council! for | ording | | of five by a committee of allied legal WINNERS In this week’s Want Ad]! Mita | Rhyme Contest will be an- | Popolo Italia stated toda that the | . By phoning, Ta Jex-kaiser had obtained permission nounced Saturday. , Watch || trom. the German government to-re-| the Classified Section. | turn to Germany and live on one of his estates, under police surveillance. | experts today. ¥, July 16,—(Delayed.)}—~The | helpers will space has been obtained free of cha by the women, and voluntee; handle the sale. es announced prices will be below present retail prices, the plan being to sell as nearly cost as pos- sible This the first produce handled by the league. BIG ARMY TANK IS _ HERE FOR DISPLAY The new army tank which has been assigned to Seattle to help the army recruiting officers, arrived in the O-W. yards Friday morning. The tank operators will tune up the monster's engine and soon the big battler will be seen rolling thru Seattle streets. Mayor Hanson will y chauffeur to the tank when it parades up Second ave, Saturday. SAYS DUTCH WON’T SURRENDER KAISER BERLIN, July 16.—-(Delayed,)— The Borsen Zeitung stated today it had learned from a reliable source that Holland will deliver the ex kaiser only on his own request, is sold at al Mrs. | here.—R. W. Fuller.” Urge Great Strike ce | A copy of the telegram which was | Sent out by the strike executive com: mittee in San Francisco reached local headquarters Friday. It follow: “To J. P. Noonan; Inasmuch as | Postmaster General Burleson has | given the brotherhood a definite an- | swer inthe matter of retroactive to the employes of the Pacific phone & Telegraph Compa matter reverted to a fight against the postal authorities instead of the tele phone company. We therefore ree quest that you put the nation-wide | strike vote into effect not later than July 21—Signed, Francisco strike executive committee. James Duncan, secretary | Central | j of the abor Council, addressed the | Strikers at a joint meeting Thursday | afternoon, The largest donation given the girls Thursday was a check for $50 by the Hub Clothing Company, Appoint Delegates i In response to a call for a confer= ence to settle the phone strike im | Seattle, issued Thursday by Dr. Mark |A. Matthews, of the First Presby= church, the joint executive i | terian jcommittee of the strikers, in special meeting Friday morning, appointed John Mulinix, B. Weeks and Blanche Johnson as their represen’ tatives. The mecting will not be held om Friday, however, owing to the strikers’ pienic taking place at Schmitz park. About 1,000 Seattle jand Tacoma strikers are in attend= | ance. | L. MeNally, district commercial | superintendent, stated Friday morn= jing that Divisions Plant Supt. W. Dy |Moore and Division ‘Traffic Supt. |W. D. Corcoran, of Portland, were jnot in Seattle, as had previously been announced, but that they were |ready to appear and attend any con= | ference called by Dr. Matthews. “L believe that the strike can be settled within 24 hours after com- pany and union representatives meet,” declared Dr. Matthews, “There is not such a great deal of difference now between the strikers’ demands and the company’s concessions, “My plan of self-government for the girls has met with favor by the _ two superintendents, The plan provide for a committee of | girls to settle all minor grievane | a committee of five girls to care for larger matters and a committee of seven, made up of girls and company officials to discuss the more import- ant features such as Wages hours" =