The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 19, 1919, Page 20

Veteran Leaves Farewell _ Message; Then Disappears | “Darling Sweetheart: ‘This 1 am doing is a coward's to do, my mind TROUBLE T YET ENDED to Pro- Settlement Order is wandering so, (ood. “i and God protect you—I can't. “‘P. S—Inclosed fi twe checks, This is all T have.” This note, which Daniel Miller, 36 mailed to his wife at his home in Ta coma, at 1914 S, M st. search to be made by both Seattle and Tacoma police, who believe Mil ler may have taken his own life. Miller disappeared from his home Thursday. Miller, discharged only recently from the quartermaster corps, had been the Tacoma representative for the Ace Products Co., of Seattle. L. G. Burns, manager of the company, said Friday that Miller was a good agent and his accounts were tn per- fect order, He could give no reason for Miller's disappearance. Jacob Fix, 7057 Ninth ave., Mrs, Miller's brother, is helping the police in their search. The police believe Miller's mind ‘was unbalanced, and that he was suffering from some severe mental strain. Uncertain if he has com- mitted suicide, they are combing the two cities for trace of him. ‘The only other word of MMer was two checks he left for his wife in the same envelope that contained the farewell measage. Tacoma Girls Will Protest New Order TACOMA, July 19.—The Tacoma telephone strike committee today ‘was preparing messages to be sent to international officers, strongly against the conditions of settlement of the strike, as well as the order to return to work. “We are dead against the orders tn Tacoma.” said Chairman Rankin, of the strike committee. “Altho we have not received official copies of the order or of the agreement here, from what we can learn {t gives us -| nothing more than what we gould have had when the strike was called.” 3:15 Sunday. Arrange meeting for girls and men Sunday evening. Pay no attention to other telegrams. Notify all Washington locals of con- ditions. —FULLER.” Locals Are Notified Telegrams were immediately dis- patched to all unions in the state of ‘Washington, notifying them of the strike outlook. The telegrams stat- ed the possibility of the Seattle local defying the international officers and remaining out on strike until all their demands are granted. Outside unions were asked to send represen- tatives to Seattle to attend the mass meeting Sunday. Union leaders announced Saturday EX-CROWN PRINCESS TO VISIT EXILED HUSBAND THE HAGUE, July 19—It is re German is causing a/ [THE GREAT AMERICAN QUESTION AND ANSWER! White Pants and Shirt Waist Gone Ooh, Ia, la! Ze white panties! Someone crashed thru the rear door of the Snowflake laundry, N, Broadway, at a late hour Friday night and emerged with two pair of summer flannel breeches. They also made away with a pink shirtweaiat. Someone will play tennis now with- out his inexpressibies. ASSERT AUTOMOBILE CRASHES AVOIDABLE In the week ending July 18 there were 194 accidents, according to the figures compiled by the Careful Drivers’ club. One person was killed, four injured sériously and 13 slightly injured. There were 26 ac cidents Friday with one fatality. Most of these accidents, according to the club, were avoidable and ‘were due to negligence on the part of the drivers. NEED LANDING FIELD Enlensburg and Yakima are nego tiating for airplaning landing fields and Seattle must acquire a landing site soon, according to Lieut. Ru- Golph I. Ehrlichman of the army fiy- ing corps, who is touring the North- west in the recruiting campaign. No Trouble in ————0t Ratifying Treaty, Says Hitchc - -k BY L. C. MARTIN United Preas Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 19.—Prest+ dent Wilson's position on reserva tions to the peace treaty was the subject of @ warm dispute among senators. ‘Those who want reservations de clared the president has indicated to recent callers that he might be willing to accept explanatory er in terpretative reservations, Administration senators reptied that he is unalterably opposed to reservations of any sort. ~ But it was considered significant that following @ conference with the President last night at the capitol, Senator Hitchcock, administration spokesman, said: “The whole question now is the form and the wording of the reso lution of ratification. There is no longer any danger of amendment of the treaty, It will be ratified with- out the dotting of an ‘i’ or the crossing of a ‘t’ so far as the text is concerned.” Hitchoock said he and the presi: dent discussed the interpretative and explanatory reservations among oth- METROPOLITAN STARTING pe THE OLIVER MOROSCO PRESENTS LEO CARRILLO “LOMBARDI WITH GRACE VALENTINE AND THE ORIGINAL NEW YORK CAST TIP Nights........... ‘Wednesday Mat. (best seats). —IN THE SPEED, FUN AND FASHION SHOW BY FREDERIC AND FANNY HATTON TD” —This is one of the best attractions that will be seen here Leo Carrillo, Grace Valentine and the orig- final New York cast intact. Suggest you obtain seats for the early part of the week and avoid being disap- pointed. SUNDAY NIGHT er things. But he insistec .¢ pres ident is standing pat against all reservations. His reference to the wording of the resolution of ratifi- cation was taken in some quarters, however, to indicate there might be some concessions to those demand ing reservations in the form of a mild explanatory clause in the reso- Jution, ‘That the president has been search- torial callers, to learn just how little they can be satisfied with in the way of reservations, was the statement to- day of one senator who visited the White House yesterday. “My opinion is that the president is trying to find the lowest price for which he can get the necessary votes for ratification,” said the senator. Wilson himself let it be known fol- lowing his talk with Hitchcock at the capitol that he thinks “clarifying of councji” is all that is needed to insure acceptance of the league and the treaty. CAN YOU TAME WILD WOMEN? The Reporter Doesn't Know; Wally Fiddled It themselves at Beatriz for the first dance. I didn’t see the scene, of course, being outside with ® bunch of folk, but it seems that no GEO, T. HOOD, Mgr. Metropolitan. --50¢ to $2.00 Matinee, Saturday.................50¢ to $1.50 Plos War Tax sooner had the eager horde erected a human cofferdam around her than she just naturally up and fainted. ‘The bird in the window was com- pelled to admit to me later that “Wally” was there like the domesti- cated barnyard fowl which quacks. Made It Easy “He has just picked Beatriz up,and fs carrying her toward fresh air!” builetined my informant from his perch. “He's a big guy and he is making it without trouble.” Later Beatriz opened her eyes and was taken to her room at the Hotel New Washington, I know that much first hand, because I was outside and so was the ambulance, But judging from the blare of music and the happy shouts and laughter, the cascading streams of serpentine paper, the colored lights and everything, it was a large even- ing. Mayor Hanson was there; his police chief, Joel Warren, was there, and s0 was J. A. Koerpel, chairman of, the finance committee. J. A. wore a worried look until the dough began to roll in in thick chunks. It cost. 7,000 fish to stage the ball be- fore it opened, it was told. Cost Much Cash ‘The bird in the window who kept me posted so faithfully even volun- teered the information that it cost the finance committee 1,000 iron men to tease Wally away from Sunny California. And, of course, Bill Drummond, director of the entire works, was there, Joe Muller of the Palace Hip blazed forth in a brand new tuxedo and so did Jack David and Frank Steffy, only Frank's scen- ery was full dress. The place was all cluttered up with a complete stock of press agents, film salesmen, gentlemanly man- agers, “Misa Spokane” (Margaret Motie), George Olson, the attorney; Pat Mahoney, the demon chauffeur; Monte Brown, the baldest publisher in King county; Denny Gleason, than a <u For oy Horlicks The ORIGINAL Malted Milk | A Notritious Diet for All Ages Quick Lunch at Home 'or Office Avaid Imitations and Substitutes , ing the minds of his republican sena- THIRD —A ND ~MADISON. THE COOLEST THEATRE IN THE CITY OH BOY! THEY’RE HERE NEXT WEEK—STARTING SUNDAY WITH A CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE RED HEADED FRISCO SHIMMIE ANCERS DEMONSTRATING THE “COOTIE TICKLE” AND “BARBARY COAST SHIMMIE” TOGETHER WITH LEW WHITE «THAT POPULAR HEBREW COMEDIAN AND A LARGE CAST OF FUN AND MUSICAL FAVORITES—IN “IS SHE MY WIFE?” Two Hours of Fun, 35C ror SUNDAY ADULTS—KIDDIES Music and Girls i5c whom there is no better announcer extant; striking telephone girls, girls who weren't striking, as well as the entire population of Film Row, in- cluding, of course, Sadie, the cham- pion inspector of Film Row, and the entire personnel of the “Chin Chin” musical comedy now playing at the Metropolitan theatre. Atcording to the bird in the win- dow, it wag a full-grown and happy evening. It probably was. I wish I could have geined entrance to the Screen Ball to see for myself. Oh, yes, I almost forgot to add that Wally Reid paralyzed every- body by demonstrating his prow- ess with the fiddle, He led the or- chestra fittingly in “Can You Tame wild Women?" And Beatriz Michelena? Why, oh, why does she bury that golden voice of hers in the tomb of canned drama! She pulled an old-timer last night but every note rang true like gold fresh from the mint. Community Sings at Parks Sunday ‘Three community sings, in connec- tion with the band concerts in as many parks, will be held Sunday afternoon. At Woodland Park, Adams’ Band will play, while T, H. J. Ryan will be song leader. Miss Florence V. Orr, dramatic mezzo-soprano, will sing as the solo of the program, “The Holy. City.” J. D. Trehorne will be song leader at Alki Point, where Carabba's Band |} will play. ‘These two programs will be held from 2 until 5 o'clock. Two evening concerts from 7 until 9 o'clock will be held. At Volunteer park, Wagner's band will play and a community sing will be led by Francis Russell, At Alki beach the navy recruiting band will play. ‘The navy band plays also at Woodland Park tonight. CHICAGO, July 19.—It looked like a bomb; it was marked “bomb,” but Tony Nero thought he'd make sure. It felt like one, he admitted. Three fingers gone, PLAN TO GREET SWISS MINISTER Dr. Sulzer Scheduled to AT- rive Here Swiss residents of Seattle were planning a celebration in honor of Dr, Hans Sulzer, Swiss minister to the United States, who was sched- uled to arrive in this city Saturday. ‘The envoy was met by a delegation headed by S, J. Wettrick, consul for Switzerland in Seattle, and the for- eign trade bureau of the Chamber of Commerce had planned many things for his entertainment while here. ‘When appointed Swiss minister to this country in 1917, Dr. Sulzer was head of one of the largest manufac- turing concerns in Switzerland. RUPTURED? 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French Labor Men Call Off Strike PARIS, July 19.—(United Press.) —French labor leaders today official- ly called off the strike scheduled for July 21, Their action was taken after the chamber of deputies voted lack of confidence in M, Boret, food min- ister, which the laborites considered |recognition of their protest against |the high cost of living. Government efforts of general amnesty and de- mobilization also influenced their | decision, i