The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 26, 1919, Page 1

The Melville is a naval HB of 7,150 tons. She was built in 1915. She joined new Pacific fleet soon after her return from the Azores, where she was on duty duril the flights of the naval airplanes to Europe. She i is now on her way to the Pacific. COLON, July 26.—Reports were received here today that an explosion occurred in e boiler room of the U. S. S. Melville yesterday, resulting in 10 casualties, including e dead and five injured. Ss oe , Tides in Seattle SATURDAY JULY 26 _ First High Tide , 10.9 tt rt High Tide m, 118 ft Second Low Tide FT m, 6.4 ft | SUNDAY | JULY a First Migh Tide X 10,7 ft Piest Low Tide 12:29 am, —LT te Second High Tide 6:49 p 1 tt An American Paper That Fights for Americanism e Seattle Star Entered as Sécond Class Matter May 8, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash., under the Act of Congress March 3, 197) TWO CE Per Year, by Matt, LATE EDITION NTS IN SEATTLE $5.00 to $9.09 VOLUME 22. NO. 130. Bea SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1919, Weather Foreca: Sst: JEPORT JAPANE AYS BURLESON IS “TRUST” LACKEY RATES OF SAYS New phone rates announ ph company in San “affect Seattle or the state F. L. peony district commercial superintendent. The increased phone rates which go into effect in Ore- ton and California Saturday tate since March 1, 1919, dec! A decision granted by the supreme court of the United Ss several weeks ago upheld the ruling for new rates “made by Postmaster General “were not announced at ci use of the threatened phone strike. “In the state of Washington the public service commis- upheld the decision of Burleson and did not depend on “supreme court’s ruling. ris. July 26—“It appears that‘ after taking OFFICIAL ced by the Pacific Telephone Francisco Saturday will not of Washington, according to have been collected in this lared McNally. Burleson early in 1919. The that time, declared McNally, e of the Bell telephone trust, Burleson pays no atten- to either the s' ” declared J, H. Brown, service” corti commission or the of ‘Sa rate increase, said to affect ; coast, had been ordered by the postmaster ONE COMPANY | RAISES RATES 0 nces Increase of 20 to 25 Per Cent SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.— cent, following announcement f last ‘night by the company. _ The increase, the company said, is | result of increased wages grant: | the operators and linemen, as a} It of the recent strike. Postmas: ‘ter General Burleson has approved | ‘the rates, which increase individual : iness, measured service and pri: | ‘Wate exchanges from $17.50 for 780 Messages to $15 for 540 message, and | extra calls from 1% to 2% cents) ‘each, Corresponding increases were | "made in rates for coin box service. That such rates will continue in California at least four months after federal control ceases was an- Mounced today by the state railroad commission. Before any reduction can be then made, a hearing must be held and the situation reviewed. ORDERHAYWOOD OUT ON BONDS W.W. Leader to Gain Re- lease From Prison CHICAGO, July 26, — (United Press.)—Orders for the relear of| ‘WwW. D. (Big Bill) Haywood, I. W. W. leader, from Fort Leavenworth prison were issued here today by | the clerk of the circuit court of appeals following approval of bonds offered. Haywood obtained his selease} pending hearing of arguments for al new trial. A cotal of $53,400 worth| of property and Liberty bonds were eduled to cover his bonds o $15,000. Twenty-seven thousand, | five hundred dollars were furnished | by William B. Lloyd, millionaire Chicago socialist. “We have received no word what- ever from Burleson, and probably will not receive any,” Brown serted. “The Washington commis- sion has written and wired to Bur- leson time and again, but he caim- ly refuses to answer. He does just exactly as he pleases, The recent decision of the United States supreme court holds he has the power, and he is using it. He won't even accept advice or help. “Burleson announced some time ago he had given up control of the companies, but, we have not been able to get word from him as to what that means. The public serv- ice commission has been asked by many small companies as to the meaning of Burleson’s statement, We ask Burleson and he won't tell, Nobody seems to know. Only the | Bell Telephone trust, which has |been guaranteed a fat return, knows. “We have written the phone companies that Burleson is the only man who can tell them anything. The little companies, many of them, could get along with- | out a rate increase, if Burleson will | let them alone, but, he is just as | autocratic as he was in the Postal telegraph case. Soaked Twice Here? “The Washington granted the phone rate increase early this year, because the com pany said it needed the money to| | Pay wage increases, but it objected | to penalizing Washington phone | users to make up deficits in other | | Coast states. We are informed that little tele- commission California and Oregon rejected 7 phone rate boost. That means ton, that this state is soaked twice, once. doesn't know anything about this | new rate boost. It has received no| word. That may mean most any thing. Burleson is boss, and we have neither information nor con nection with Burleson or his depart: | ment.” The Washington commission grant- ed phone rate increases effect {February that averaged 20 per cent, | Burleson being represented at the) hearings by the phone company’s at- torneys, who declared the rate boosts | would affect the entire country. At| that time, Burleson asked the com- mission to take charge, but since that time relations have been broken oft. According to Seattle phone com. | pany officers, no word has been re- cetved here of a telephone rate in ve in U. S. Issues Vast Credits to Allies! WASHINGTON, July 26.—The| united States now holds $9,616,400, 927.65 worth of I. O. U.'s of the al-| ar ‘This total was reached today when | a new loan was made to France for | $157,549,000. France alone now owes | the United States $3,010,026,800, the treasury department announced. |Would End Canada Reciprocity Bill! WASHINGTON, July 26.—Repeal of the Canadian reciprocity act will be asked by the house ways and means committee, Chairman Ford- ney, Michigan, stated today. ISS ZOE BECKLEY, who has joined: The Seattle Star staff and is writing the “Romances of a Summer Girl.” This series, as refreshing as a dip in the lake, will start in Monday’s Star. Miss Beckley’s stories deal with the romantic adventures of a business girl who decides to go out and “Hunt for a Husband.” Don’t miss this. Cruel Cop lool es sete toes : ee Takes All lo Out of This Little Party Seek Evidence in Probe of Cruelty) WASHINGTON, July —First: hand information of alleged prison camps near Paris will be such atrocities when land next week, The committee will begin Tuesday to hear testimony of Lieut. Frank (Hard Boiled”) Smith and others now | | abuses to prisoners, Foch Asks 150,0 000 Troops in Silesia} PARIS, July 26—Marshal Foch recommended to the council of five today ‘that the allies maintain 150,- 000 troops as an army of occupation | His recom: | mendation further provided for 6,000 | in the Rhine district. | American troops in upper Silesia, |Bulgar Delegates Arrive in Paris PARIS, July 26,—The Bulgarian peace delegation arrived here to- day. Terms of the Bulgarian treaty are practically completed, it is understood. NEW YORK. July 26.—Gertrude Hoffman, dancer, returned to her home here today, after an absence of three days. She was visiting a sister and forgot to tell her hus- uuelties | this new increase affects washice. | penctioes upon American soldiers in| to the terraqueous globe was that a H. Markuson, 32, gaily rolled Jalong in his gasoline go-cart Friday |night, humming the latest popular song. Markuson was going to a jparty. He'd tell the world, he would; but what he wouldn't warble lease of home-made Budweiser re while the other states are only hit | S0Usht by the house committee in-| clined in the tonneau of his ma | vestigating “But, the Washington commission | those members. visit Governor's I*|qrew up in front of his destination, |chine. With a clashing of gears he alighted and started to trundle the) jaforesaid case into the house, Just then the eagle eye of Police W. F. Donlan lit on Markuson’s |serving court-martial sentences for | i¢1:ppenheimer, “As you were,” shouted the min- Jion of the law. Markuson stopped. plained that the party harmless and liquid-les jcourse, for a few atibe Iso to except, of of home He ex said the sergeant. “Guess you'd better come with me.’ Markuson deposited $100 at the police station for his appearance in | court, ire, along Mrs. Rena Mooney Predicts Surprise BUTTE, Mont.,, July 26.—Further developments at Washington that will be of a surprise nature and that | will free her husband were hinted at \by Mrs, Mooney on her arrival here She said her interview with Secre- tary to the President Tumulty re- cently in Washington was “highly! $ satisfactory.” -|for a be} MEXICANS SEIZE AMERICAN BOY Is Held for Ransom on the Threat of Death WASHINGTON, July Philip | Thompson, 14-year-old son of John West Thompson, an American citi- zen, was kidnaped last ‘Thursday at Thompson ranch, 30 miles out of Mex partment was advised today. | The bandits holding the boy ransom of 1,500 pesos, and | threaten to kill him unless the mon- ey is forthcoming, the advices stated. Urgent representations have been }made to the Mexican government, | the state department s maul Tirpitz Can’t Take Ex-Kaiser’s Place | PARIS, of |five, it was learned today, has |notified Admiral Von — ‘irpitz, former German minister of marine, that his substitution for the ex- kaiser in assuming guilt for war is impossible and cannot be considered Tirpitz was told he could testify in behalf of the former emperor if jhe was willing to take the risk of incriminating himself, July. 26.—The council LIBERTY BONDS QUOTED NEW YORK 26.—Liberty bi quotations tod , $99.50; first 4 $24.10; second 4's, $93.00; first 4%" $94.00; second 4% "m, $94.00; third 44's, $95.08; fourth 4% 3.92; Victory 3%'s, $99.90; Victory 4% % July 3G ‘0 City, by bandits, the state de- | the | sion. @ Best farming lands Freeman. q sa} pations. lation here. hotels, and by leasing land |Japanese violate the spirit of Friday by Miller fare commission. “Japanese controlled 218 Freeman, se | said, “while, at the same ti | hotels. Congress.” was made ‘in reply to Arima, editor of ay North American Times, local Jap- anese daily, who eriticised the vet erans’ welfare commission for ure: | ing“Testrictive immigration against the Japanese, Shutting Out Returned Service Men | “With 47 per cent of the hotels in| their control, they install white man- | agers and clerks, and seek to camou- flage the real ownership,” Freeman declares, | “In Tacoma, this condition also| exists, The Donnelly hotel and) others are in Japanese hands. | “Practically all the best farming | lands in the vicinity of Seattle are in the hands of the Japanese—a con: | dition true of nearly all the best farming land adjacent to all the cities of the Pacific coast. “The law forbids foreigners to| own land, and the spirit of the law fs to prevent them from realizing the profits of our agricultural acre: | age. Yet these Japanese come here, lease the land, cultivate it, the cream. So the spirit of the law and the ‘gentleman's agreement’ is} violated. ” \ “The free city market, established by the city for the benefit of all the people, is controlled by Japanese. They are establishing many commis sion houses and within a short time will have virtually a monopoly of | both the production and of farm products. | They are buying grocery stores. restaurants, garages,':dye works, | junk shops and many other busi-| nesses | “As a typical junk dealer, a friend |of mine, said the other day: ‘Well, what are you goin’ to do about it? |'The Japanese just runs us out of | business. He comes around, as how much we want for our busines: |and when we name our price—what | do you think, he buys without an |; argument.’ 1 } “And it goes. The Japanese | gets the money, buys the business, Jand the white man can’t compete {with him | “My attention was attracted to this state of affairs in my relations with this commission dealing with | aiding the returned man to return to civilian life. We are finding the he does not need financial assistance, except for temporary needs, But he does want an opportunity “By gaining control of the Japar crowding |turning veterans out of | get a new start Thousands ( so | business, our a chance is re. to ming on the general opinion nese problem was led ‘gentleman's | was thought that this agreement had practically |checked Japanese immigration. It rumored that a great many » were leaving this country. “Yet, during the fiseal year, end- ing July 30, 1919, there was admit: ted, thru the port of Seattle, 5,170 | Japanese, Passports are issued by | | Japan to anyone who says he is not | ja laborer, and ‘ean show he is not | liable to be a charge on this coun- | After arriving here the Jap-| san engage in any line of labor | siness without restriction. This is not a racial question. “It has b |that the solved bs agreement.’ It try anese or t It ability, industry and frugality of qg Our “free public city market” is now a @ Japanese crowding out returned soldiers and sailors in many occu- @ Japanese workday is @ Japanese birth rate large; means inevitabble domination of popu That by getting control cording to the state hotel inspectors’ Among the Japanese-owned hotels, ithe state inspector, are the New Cecil, Georgian, Plaza, Ar- lington, Diller, Victoria, New Standard, egies Right and | will | litical | desire @ Forty-seven per cent of the hotels are in Japanese control, Miller Freeman, secretary of the State Veterans’ Welfare Commis- are in hands of Japanese. 15 to 18 hours a day. of 47 per cent of Seattle’s| when forbidden to own it,| the “gentleman's agreement” | \between the United States and Japan, was the charge made| cretary of the veterans’ wel-| hotels here on April 1, ac- report,” Freeman me, whites owned only 281 according to Japanese Control 218 Hotels Here Japanese control 218 hotels in Seattle—more than 47 per cent. The whites control 281 hotels here—about 53 per cent. This is the report of the state hotel inspector, who asserts the Japanese control, in addition to scores of small hostelries in the south end of town, the following better known hotels: The New Cecil, Georgian, Plaza, Arlington, Diller, Victoria, New Standard, Calhoun, Right, and Congress. ‘The hotel inspector also reports the rumor that Japanese control the Washington Annex. 5 these people is an admitted fact. Yet, while our own peop | ing to-work out a scheme of shorter anese come here and work 15 to 18 | hours a day “If we are successful in getting | better working conditions, it is our} own affair, but we cannot get them in the of the terrific. economic pressure the Japanese are exerting among us in many lines of. business and thdustry Whites Must face of the Pacific t, White pe asing to move here from | Eventually the whites | to go elsewhere to | Go { ¢ Jap-| “In the flow of anese to th ple ar the E st be forced make a living. “Included in our admission during the fiscal year ending June 30, were 1,862 females. These women will each bear from six to ten children— all of whom will become citizens. Evidence of this statement is shown in th sramento valley, where the birth rate of the ese is five |times that of the whites hus, the Japanese will eventual: | ly hold the balance of power in polities on the Pacific coast. They | | will vote solid, and will control po- | affairs Japan retains control of her peo- everywher notwithstanding | they may be accepted as citi- | the countries of their adop. that zens by tion. The tact is, this community has been led to believe that the immi gration question had been solved by the ‘gentleman's agreement.’ In our to build up trade relations | with the Japanese, we exhibited a friendly attitude toward them. They | have misinterpreted this as a wel- | come to our land. | “The Japanese cannot be ‘assim- | lated, Once a Japanese, always a apanese, Our’ mixed marr s failares all—provo this. ‘I is and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. Oil. and-water will not mix, “That the supersedirig of the white | by the Japanese is more than theory, is shown in. California and Hawaii As surely they have gained the upper hand there, with their overwhelming birth rate, they will gain it here.” “It is my personal citizen, that the time is view, a has ‘ar ‘ived am for a white man’s Pacific coast. lieati [sen DEMANDED BY SECRETARY VETERANS’ COMMISSIO says @ Spirit of “gentlemen’s agreement” is being violated, according to Not only should further immigration of Japanese be stopped, he but those now here, who cannot be citizens, should be deported. a Japanese institution. Sees Menace in Miller Freeman, former Di of legislature, now secretary St Veterans’ Welfare Commission, and take| hours and higher wages, the Jap-| pioneer of Seattle, well known jlisher and business man, who ul |the deportation of Japanese, | I am for the Japanese on their side of the fence. I not only favor stopping all further immigration, but believe this government should ap- proach Japan with the view to worke ing out a gradual s em of deportas tion of old Japanese now here.” © John Chaloner Is Pronounced Sane NEW YORK, July 26.—John Arm: strong C author of “Who! Looney today declared sane by rd of the New York supreme court, As a result Thomas Sherman will be removed as administrator of his affairs, for the decision also de clared Chaloner competent to man- age his business interests, involys ing an annual income of $150,000, | Governor Olcott Now “Air” Pilot PORTLAND, Ore., Friends of Gov. Olcott ¢ day that he is the first state execus | tive to pilot an airy ‘The governor, who flew here with an army aviator yesterday, had com« plete charge of the machine for part e trip—until his “signals” got |Collier’s | Weekly Is Sold to Crowell Co. NEW YORK, July 26.—Collier’s | Weekly changed hands today under a contract by which the Crowell Pubs lishing company becomes owner of the ly as well as all other pub- issued by P. F, Collier & |Report Austrian Minister Resigns 26.—Foreign Mints. ; of Austria has resigned, reports from Vienna today said, Dr. Karl Renner, chancellor and head of the Austrian peace delegation, has as« is purely an economic problem. ‘The !for plain speech on this question. I | sumed the added responsibility of for \ | cal eign secretary,