The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 23, 1919, Page 16

SOLDIER KILLED STEALING BOOZE Medical Corps Sergeant) Shoots Night Prowler ASTORIA, Ore., July 23.—Private Wimer J. Backlund, of the coast Brtillery unit stationed here, was hot and instantly killed last night @ sergeant of the medical de Machment, during the attempted heft of a demijohn of alcohol, ac mording to post officials here. WBacktund and a companion, it ts : , entered the infirmary with Bee intections of stealing the demi- They were making away With the alcohol when the sergeant ‘PNnight duty awoke, called to them halt and on their refusal, fired. bullet entered under Back- d's armpit, passing thru the! The body is at the hospital | = Neither Backlund’s companion | lor the medical sergeant’s names | : e been revealed. According to| ethics the sergeant will be d and acquitted and then trans- ed to another army post. Backlund was a previous service m, serving on his second enlist- and was said to have just | Teleased from the guard- ENIN PRISON "URGE RELEASE urrection Breaks Out in Disciplinary Barracks ORT LEAVENWORTH, Kas., 23.—"Free us!" continued to be he demand today of striking ex-sol- | I. W. W. and conscientious ob- in the insurrection at the dis- barracks here which began ve “soviet” demanded a general am- before the men returned to! . The committee representing mutinous prisoners also demand. that their request for freedom be d before President Wilson. far no violence has been report- “The situation is still tense. Hun- ‘of troops, guns loaded and bay- ets fixed, surround the prison eventualities. ndant Rice has wired the) @jutant general of the army at Washington details of the prisoners’ a uN but has not referred them President Wilson. “Bince release of 113 conscentious on full pay and with honor- ‘le discharge, some months ago, fale of prison inmates has d, officials said. This resulted t strikes” and organization general prisoners’ conference. call the organization a so- THIEF GETS RING diamond ring in a Tiffany set- Mg, Valued at $150, and a lavallier ued at $70, comprised the loot of who entered the apartment R. F. Moorehead, of the San apartments. Entrance was Kk UNLAWFUL To KEEP Booze STORED IN YOUR CELLAR Mays. | THE SEATTLE STAR SAFETY FIRST DRY BILL NOW UP TO SENATE Search of Homes Clause to Cause Much Discussion WASHINGTON, July 23.—(Unit- ed Press.)—The prohibition en- forcement bill passed by the house yesterday went to a sub-commit- tee of the senate. Chairman Sterling of this com- mittee declared he would oppose any attempt to change the pro- vision which says that liquor con- taining one-half of one per cent alcohol is intoxicating and Ilegal. Search of homes and seizure of “private stocks” will probably cause protracted arguments as some senators fear the house meas- ure is too severe. by jimmying a side window. There was little hope that the Ba RUBBER SOLE TENNIS OXFORDS Yankee Engineers on Way From North BREST, July 23.—The first bat- talion of the 310th American engi- neers reached here yesterday from Archangel. The 310th engineers are from the 86th division, Michigan and Wis- consin National Guard. WANT U. S. CONTROL SALT LAKE CITY, July 23.—A resolution favoring placing control of the public domain in the hands of the department of agriculture was passed late yesterday by a meeting of stockmen from 13 Western states. bill will be reported to the senate for action before the end of August, if then. The senate is not expected to take up prohibition un- til the peace treaty Is disposed of. Spinsters are not partial to ad- ages. THE BON MARCHE RGAIN BASEMEN Come to the Bargain Basement FIRST _ That’s the money-saving method—come here first—then if you don’t find just what you want you'll have plenty of time to go elsewhere and pay the regular price. 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His plan has been “treat ‘em rough.” He's treated them very rough. Scores have been executed by firing squads. Noske was military governor of Kiel before he was moved to Ber- lin. Clemenceau Wins Confidence Vote | PARIS, July 23.—Premler Clem- |]\enceau’s government has weather- led another storm today, having re- |ceived a vote of confidence, 272 to 181, in the chamber of deputies late yesterday. Ascending the tribune himself during interruptions by socialist members, the premier declared he was eager to finish the work of peace, but he desired to receive the country’s opinion in new elections, | “It is harder to make peace than jit is to war,” he sald. “It ts ;a matter of confidence. I have ob- tained all that France could desire, jand many things France could not | hope for.” | Clemenceau asserted his oppon- ents expected pre-war conditions to prevail on the very day peace | was signed | BREMERTON BANKER IS DECLARED GUILTY E. Thomas, former presi- the First National Bank of | Bremerton, was found guilty by a jury in Federal Judge Neterer’s court Tuesday night of wilful misappro- | priation of over $8,000 of the bank's |} | funds. The case went to the jury at 5 | 8. Mar- | tin, while F ssistant | Unitea district attorney, | handled the case for the government n after had drank two full glasses of loganberry juice Many a poor man has nothing but money | He Treats Hun Bolshes Rough | ION ETAL TRADES. WANT MEETING | Ask Labor Council to Call, Big Gathering to ask neil to hold « sim! urth ave. speakers at t by the police the sovereignty of Russia munication stated, “and th displayed and the speeche were not of an unlawful character Police Attacked protest was termed “an act of lawlessness by the up of the meeting to be rage Jon the 60,000 union men of Seattle, | and that they should not be used as | so many cattle by a brutalized police | The invasion th to bel * and declared the breakin “an o} Henry tn which he n or death” declaration, followed by a| statement th berty should be 4 for the workers here,” 1 the communication. After it had been moved to indorse the communication, J. A the machinists, secretar: Mooney defense committee, it didn't go far enough. He sug that a protest mass meeting be called. James nt of the nted Stew Martin, presi ers’ union, re tion, and fire flew when | to know if the Meta i | Trades council was in sympathy with | | the I, W. W., and speaking directly t, asked him if he had a} rd. jumped to his feet at this | , and the two delegates en- | | gaged in a torrid debate, Stewart | refused to tell if he carried an I. W.} W. card. Meeting Opposed Other delegates, while favoring the right of “free speech and peaceful | jassemblage,” and condemning “ex cessive bal] and cruel punishment, spoke against a protest meeting. “It is not unusual for us to be banged on the head,” said Fred Nel: | son, of the bollermakers, “but it Is cruel, We should hold a meeting on the identical spot where the police | rioted Monday night.” W. R. Bailey, of the patternmak- | ers, did not favor adopting any more | “paper resolutions.” “This organization has been shot | to pieces by gas," Bailey said. ‘The | rank and file is not so interested in what happened at Occidental and Washington last night as they are in getting more wages.” “The breaking up of the meeting would be condemned in any vote taken of the men in the shipyards,” J. Von Carnop, of the machinists, declared | “The action of the police last night is what makes ‘wobblies,''* James King, of the painters, as-| serted. ‘They didn’t arrest the speakers. ‘They simply started in with their bat and anybody that | got in the way got hit. Action | brings like action, and when the| police use brute force they are only breeding revolution. If the police get away with this stuff we will lose all our liberty.’* Strike Proposed A mass meeting was then sug- gested, and it was also moved that a| Fequest be sent to the Central Labor | council to call a 24-hour general strike if this meeting was interfered | with, | None of these recommendations | carried and Fred Nelson introduced a resolution which called for refer- ring of the matter to a committee to draw up a suitable resolution | to ask the Central Labor council to hold a mass meeting at Fourth | ave, and Virginia gt. at a date to| be set by the centra body. This was carried, | J. Von Carnop of the machinists, | F, B, Clifford of the shipyard la- borers, and Fred Counter of the bollermakers were appointed on the committee Tacoma Ship Men Talk New Strike MA, J y 2 Talk of an-| 1 strike was rs in the general strike, the result of 225 blacksmiths employed in the miths who on the job” since eft their positions claimed they had have | been last yesterday, been locked out. | Hun Officers Who | Betrayed Germany | Brought to U. S. 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