The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 28, 1919, Page 1

i nenremennm Tides in Seattle MONDAY JULY 28 rst Low Tide st High Tide 104 fe h Tide | 5 22 tt TUESDAY JULY 29 An American Paper That Fights for Americanism The Seattle Sta LATE EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Per Year, by Mall, $5.00 to $9.08 Entered as Mecond Class Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattio, Wash., under the Act of Congress March 3, 1379 VOLUME 22. NO. 131. ee SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, JULY 28, 1919. Weather Forecast Tonight ———~-sattoriaveah and Tuesday, probably sine NES Winner of | Cross Is. - Arrested . M. Delmas Escaped From Penitentiary to Join Army; Must Now Return Possessor of the Victoria Cross for extraordinary hersism in Mesopotamia in September, 1915, claiming relationship to Delphin M. Delmas, famous Cali- fornia attorney, who was chief counsel for Harry K. Thaw dur- tng his last trial, D. M. Delmas, former bank cashier at San An- gelo, Tex., is a prisoner at the city jail. |= Delmas, who admits that he es-| “eaped from a prison farm at Hunts: | | Ville, Tex., in 1914, after serving two | "years of a five-year term, was ar a July 20 by City Detectives | iph Jones and Giles Humphrey, at/| hird ave. and Union st, as a fugi- tive from justice. But between the time of his escape “fm 1915 and his arrest in 1919, Del- mas gays he went thru the hell of ‘War and emerged with five wound enh Beabae Victoria Soeg to prove th in Armageddon. Calhoun, ¥. W. Babcock and J. J. Ryan Arlington Hotel. The Georgian and the Plaza Hotels are also owned and operated by Americans, namely, A. A. Patterson and H. E. Luts. Gaavgian Hotels Are Owned by Americans 'HeDefends Control by Japanese Real Estate Broker Here Ar- gues Against Contentions of Miller Freeman Replying to the demand of Mil- ler Freeman, secretary of the State Veterans’ Welfare Commis- sion, that Japanese be deported from the U. S., C. W, Antill, bro- ker at 226 Seaboard Bank build- ing, who handles many of the transactions whereby Japanese secure leases on hotels and apart- ment houses, today issued a statement in behalf of the Japanese, “The money the Japanese use in their transactions in this country is net government money, but is se- cured from these mutual associa- tions,” Antill declared, “Freeman said the Japanese are crowding the returned soldiers out of a chance.to get a new start,” he con- tinued. “The returned man won't go out on the farm and work like the and é (Americans) own and operate the William F. Pierce, a resident of Seattle for many years, is the owner” and manager of the Calhoun Hotel “these hotels. They are not now Japanese. ay » last man I saw | Del) J, ‘This is published in fairness te) , Nor have they been, owned by ments by F. J. Sasaki, rej the U. 8. Investment Company, Fifth ave. 8. He denies Freemai statements that all marriages be-}, tween whites and Japanese ‘are fail- ‘ures. He married a white women, he declared, and they had Ii Dily together until she h year ago, leaving him with Ofte; “The Japanese pay more money to their employes than the whites,” An- till went on to say. “In the Diller Hotel, for instance, the whites paid only $60 a month and the Japanese pay them $100 a month. They also. make satisfactory tenants, . Accord ing to the owner of the Cascade Ho- tel, the Japanese tenants there are id | very satisfactory. They keep the houses up better than the whites: “The Japanese are really t6” be credited rather than discredited. Make Good Markets Sasaki also called attention to the ships bringing cargo into this port. “Our ships carry cargoes here and take cargoes away, too,” he as- serted, “The Japanese earn money here | and speculate it,” Antill said, in| taking up the argument again, “If the Americans did the same, th would be better off. I am ready to uphold the Japanese, They are; | always clean-cut and I've yet to} ‘MURDERS GIRL; * * *% * * & * * & * % * * * & * HARLES E. HUGHES IN derate northwesterly edi + # t+ ££ & * AVOR OF LEAGU * *% & F % RESIDENT CONFERS WITH PARTY LEADERS, They’re Seattle Girls—Candidates for Queen Upper Row, left to right—Miss Helen Grace, Business District, (Photo & Merrihew); Miss Esther Potter, Queen Anne, (Photo by James & Bushs Lower Row, left to right—Hazel Carlson, Ballard; Vera Allen, Lincoln, (Photo by Long Studio); James & Bushnell). James & Mrs, ‘Seven Contestants for Royal FEARS DEATH Honors in the Big Pageant Mob Urges ‘Lynching of the} shnell); Miss Amelia Mateka, Broadway, (Photo by James 11); Miss Elsie Hartung, West Seattle, (Photo by Ada Wheeler, | SAN FRANCISCO, July 28.—The Chie nese boycott as a protest against the Shan- tung award has cut off the greater part |Japan’s rice supply and is causing a seri condition in Japan, according to Ameri arriving from Shanghai and Tokyo tod | Japanese prisons and many of the poorer people jcompelled to mix potatoes and other foodstuffs with jallotments of rice, the nation’s staple food. WASHINGTON, _Jaly ee WASHINGTON, July 2%— | cl (United Press.)—Before starting les FE. Hughes, in a letter to tor Frederick Hale, of Maine, made public today, de clared in favor of a league of nations, but maintained that cer- tain reservations and interpre- tations to the present covenant were necessary to protect Amer- ican interests, The interpretative reservations by es Were; his tour of the United President Wilson will p have a number of conferences | with democratic leaders in) bot senate and house, to advise wit him regarding important perm ing legislation. During his # sence, the house will e many committees will the senate the and of. nations debate will tinued, The president's departure | looked for about Wednesday of week, In the 10 days remainin fore the start, Wilson fs exp to make one or two visits’ % capitol to meet leaders, last Saturday was postponed, the absence of men he see While he is “on the rresident will keep in close with the situation in Wi and plans will be made to give reports of the proceedings speeches here so he may keep” own speeches up to date am same time, be in a position to administration leaders by tel To See Democrats Wilson was expected to see eral democratic congressmen No more conferences with can senators had been sched! far as could be learned. Hows 1, That any nation, after giving the two-years notice of withdrawal, shall cease to be a member of the league, despite any charge of non- fulfillment .of any international ob- ligation, providing the withdrawal would not release the power from | any debt or liability. | 2. That questions relating to im- migration or import duties, when they do not affect any international engagement, should be regarded as matters of domestic policy and not within the jurisdiction of the league. 3. That the United States, under | Article XXI. of the covenant (refer- ring to the Monroe doctrine), does not relinquish any of its traditional attitude toward purely American | questions, and that the United States | may prevent acquisition by any non- American power of any territory or control in the western hemisphere. ter i Authority for Congress 4. That the United States, under Article X. of the covenant, does not | |assume any obligation to employ its army or navy in any expedition that | there was no confirmation of is not authorized by congress. | that these conferences had been Hughes’ letter was in response to} nitely discontinued a communication from Hale, in His which the latter asked the former | sorter ik Mt eins supreme court justice for his opin-| presented stggestions for five | ion as to what reservations to the! vations to the covenant, bused Peace treaty and league covenant | former President ‘Taft's suggestio should be made, “to safeguard the | and which, it was later made ig mn, interests of the country.” |the president did not regard wii Hale said that “many of us are in| favor, favor of having the United States | bene that in doing so we do not sacrifice | he starta West. to make steal the sovereignty or traditional poli-| clear his attitude toward reser eal cles of our @ountry.” He added that | phe White House has let It be “we believe the proposed covenant | known during the last week that he — now before the sgnate does make | was against, any compromise, BAe such a sacrifice. persistent rumors that he would World Needs League agree to a program of interpretative itPheve, lacalain Heehitoy reservations, may make it expedient, ie ate ine Hughes replied, “in| it is believed, for him to put himself order to provide for the adequate de- | flatly on record. James & Capitol Hill Merrihew). (Photo by 120 FIRES ARE LEVELING TREES Vieni Will Answer Foes Wilson's speeches will be row framed in the White House, 4 | Said, and will take the form of states ments of commisison, which, in the president's opinion, make an Ameri- ean sptance of the league of na tions and the peace treaty, as they | stand, imperative. These speeches will varied to meet the verbal attacks of treaty foes in the capitol and to answer any | new objections to various clauses. According to present plans, Wilson will not have a ul train, but his with those of the secret serviee men and newspaper men, will be ate” tached to regular trains, or run as” the first or second section of regulat | trains, This will make the trip less light-hearted | expensive. Most of the speeches Wo) (CONT'D ON PAGE ‘ hly beauties to choose is job of | yageent of next Sunday will be ! corker Seattle between, MISSOULA, July 28. the coaches for a in every with seven lovely mw except South Africa. pect to come back wounded five times. ‘ounds were mere the fifth—-under my rious. “while I was in Egypt I was awarded the Victoria Cross for ‘ex: traordinary heroism. It happened on September 18, 1915. It wasn't much, War medals do not mean much when T think of the hundreds | and thousands of those brave boys who never will come back.” Writes Capt. Roosevelt “while in Egypt I met Kermit Roosevelt, the former president's son. As both of us were Yanks we! pecame very friendly. In fact while [ have been in jail here in Seattle I have written to Capt. Roosevelt to enlist his aid in help- fng moe after I am taken back to be new Hughes said he perceived no rea-| son “why these objects cannot be at tained without sacrificing the essen | tial interests of the United States,” and suggested there was a “middle ground between aloofness and inju rious commitments.” “One must take a (CONT'D ON PAGE who to number worthy tle ear, 12 se en Gra melia ther Elsie Hazel Allen Wheeler her out?” E engag SHUT OFF WATER Water will be shut off from m. to 5:30 m. Tuesday West district, by the tanks at 36th 2 cause for|and W. Myrtle st., including merry palpitation in the hearts ofjtically all the territory lying these Seattle maids. Another/of California ave. and south thought, which will appeal to other! W. Holly st. feminine hearts, is that of being| in supplied ae prac | of _ifrom Mexico City, has bee }ed upon payment of the 1 ave ‘Texas. RLS op eg fe Joutaide the police station wits “pyery man who has arr: Pitzgerald was kept, hissing and yicted always tells you that be is|Mother Sentenced lahoutioe, “Lynch him!’ “Murder not guilty, but in my case I think| : sy {himY! and “String him up!” 1 can honestly say that I was not to Year in Jai | Only then did he show any emo- guilty of the charge down there in| pypTsFIELD, Mass., July 28,—| tion. “Don't let them hang me,” he texan. At any rate, I believe that|/ mrs, Gladys C, Dunn, wife of Allan | pleaded. the one to wear the beautiful 1 pave wiped away my sins If sins) c, Dunn, on trial here for the murder| Pitegerald, who, his wife declared, tume of the queen, This is being they be, by voluntarily fighting for| of ner three-year-old son, Allan, Jr.,|1s @ mental defective, was a watch:|especially designed by Mivs Maurine freedom of the world as I did. | was sentenced to one year in the|man at a residence hotel. He had| Hiatt, and will be one of the most “I believe the people of Texas! Berkshire county house of correction |beeh arrested before on complaints | beautiful gowns ever seen in Seat will help me to a pardon after I g0| today when she unexpectedly pleaded of mothers that he bad annoyed | tle. (CONT'D ON PAGE FISTEEN) i guilty to charge of manslaughter. Ry their children. And which one will demanded, That is t of the bank at San Angelo in 1912, when “the bank failed. Delmas and three the city jail asserts that he was wieted of receiving deposits when Khe knew the bank of which he was P] cashier to be insolvent. “Delmas says he was sentenced to a term of five years at the tiary at Huntsville. The “geandal, Delmas said today, resulted | fn the impeachment | Ferguson of Texas, Ferguson hav ing been president of one of the string of banks which went under) fated. | | ¥or two years Delmas worked on| |“) the prison farm and then, he sald} . he “escaped.” _ “There are and ways of " ‘escaping’ down there,” Delmas said “I bad plenty of funds after I tescaped,'? Delmas continued. “It ‘The in America that I knew was Delphin M. “mas, the famous attorney. He trav-| eled all the way from Santa Monica | bye. As I say, it took money to travel to Europe, and, well, I got | a to Be Held Here Next Week Bia orion 9's i i : . . ere ex ee 3,000 Men Struggle to End vcs ment of international law, for | pilaf haraitiie | Slayer of Chicago Child | wher contested for the}is now being decided by the coaches} Holocaust in Forests —_| creating and maintaining or of | a exactly seven | Jinternational justice and th British ey cist the uniform|the Americans have an equal but the| the Girls' Diviion of the War Camp | 3 vs pete weeks " the firing line in France.| “hance. | CHICAGO, July 28.—Thomas |Community Service, which back-| ont., ChB cera Siaeee Mtoe. efesst 65 tae i er Twas sent to Egypt, to Meso-| “Our public markets are 00d, | Fitzgerald pleaded today to be the Di€]ing the pageant. And this method| total number of fires burning in the | sures of international co-operation pots posaine “She. Nepenese: an Sere Jof selection was their own idea, of| national forests of Montana and| Which from time to time may be | theatre of war I did not ex |They clean their goods and have perro taurere: 0 © girls from whom to select the |chosen in a democratic city asidirie 4 ‘i r “It is manifest that J " 3 « cording to a ement issued by the alive. 1 was|them ready for the table, and the| yeatold danet Wilkinson. ptr siete + City’ hen (TBO, 1000, miele who will dancel ee oinent forest service here. able effort should be m: Four of the| Whites won't do this. | freaking down atter eight hpuraremre te Queen City” her) and act on Sunday have been re-| °°)’ peat st ne ee in| 8h peace as promptly | “The statement that the Japariese jot continuous grilling, in which ap-|Self. The pageant Is to be held at|hearsing their parts for many é ‘and to bring about-e condition in heart—was se ‘ 3 ’ act furiously, The fires in the Lolo and| . this country with money {s ridic-|used, Fitzgerald told the whole|of the War Camp Community Serv-\the city pibath, of these ‘seven | ciouay> The fires tn, th b Tain und | activity ulous. They form associations! story, even taking detectives to the ice, and is part of the program to/groups was allowed to choose the! iro date 380,000,000 feet of timber after arriving here, and that's/basement in the apartment house bring working girls together for) girl from their they! nave been destroyed. Fires. have| acres, “There is a race prejudice in| building: where lived the dead girl,! One of these seven girls will be|their section of Sea The age to forest vice timber amount- California, and Vreeman is evi-jand pointed out a coal pile where/the happiest girl on earth next Sun.|sitls chosen were Miss Hele Saha OND dently trying’ to stir it up here. If|he had hidden the body. }day evening, when she mounts her| Business District; Miss of $450,000 | these people are not desirable, why| “Do you want lift throne as queen of the great|Mateka, Eroadway; . Miss Fe LEO pete . |eyed white people lease these prop-| “Sure;* he said. But his arms re |niticent setting which is being pre-|Hartung, West Seattle; Miss ; va Spr dag ere Ng, eben igi lpared on Denny Field, on the Uni-|Carison, Ballard; Miss Vera | | “We should help the Japanese.| Fitzgerald, in a signed po pee versity of Washington campus. She| Lincoln, and Mrs. Ada | The Japanese banks are here adwerted He offered the girl some| wit be urrounded by the other six|Capltol Hult, | i Lye ss her male na together U. S. Boy Released) Another Residence |country and invest it here, The|WAY and when she refused it he|they will be the center of attrac | | son eterMGhGRe Sule ay ERNIE PaLa MIDI Bae: —— Japanese are keeping it here, while|tried to lead her into his room./tion for the thousands of friends| WASHINGTON, July 26-Phitip | AAMBRONGHN, July 0am other foreigners are ‘sending their|When she screamed, he sald, he /and wpectators of the pageant, who! |naped by Mexican bandits, 30 miles | veloped today, when it was learned earnings back to their own coun- |choked her to death. |will fill the great grandstands and |) J. P. Tumuity, seerétary to Presi: releas- | that his agents have gone house- ly dent Wilson, sent the following tele 00 pesos | hunting in the vicinity of Ameron- Sunday was advised today. The Mexican] Dutch castle of Count Bentinck, dm “The president thanks you for the | #0vernment advised payment of the he hich he is now living, it is stated, telegram of July 22, supplementing | ™@"80™ | the invitation of Mayor Hanson, As | “were afrested. The prisoner : Sentenced to Prison 8 of Governor ‘when the San Angelo institution) | | today, ways fakes money to travel, you know.| to New York just to bid me good: | Surope I enlisted in the} ‘Once, in Europ | “The Japanese buy and sell, and |golden apple there were only three|4nd by the executive committee of ma My chinery of conciliation and the Balkans—in fact, I saved from the gallows—he had } potamia The Japanese keep them up better. | v4 how a democratic queen should be| Northern Idaho today were 120, ac«|*8reed upon scratches but | the Clearwater forest, is by z Mat A government furnishes Japanese in| pHed psychological methods were|the university under the auspices) weeks in seven different districts of! ae sith r is burning | which Europe can resume its normal where they secure the money. jwhere he lived and in the same| Wholesome recreation | thought most represent! burned over 861 with aam- nd to private timber | do we have them here? The mon- jasked a detective pageant of 1,000 girls, in the mag-| Potter, Queen Anne; Miss in fighting the fires. ' . : Pay Ransom to Get |Ex-Kaiser Seeking they can keep their money in this |¢amdy as she tripped thru the hall-)ay her maids of honor, and together | tries,” Thousands of persons gathered) jieachers : gram to the Chamber of Commerce the state partment |gen. © Wilhelm desires to leave thé i“ | no arrangements have been| “t tera | Asks Support of Says Italy Will | Recall U. S. Envoy) xnwofensive, Tresim gu 28,— der to burn the courthouse here | visit Seattle will be kept in mind.” || ROME, July (Delayed.)—The | American Defense society has ee to get the iron nails used in its! ‘The telegram referred to was sent! Popolo Romano said today that the | every senator to support the defen- construction was issued—February| when it was learned that President {Italian ambassador to the United|sive treaty between the @igited 1, 1691—according to papers just} Wilson would tour the country and States, Count Macehi di | , ie Cellere, | States, France and Great Bra That found, probably would visit the Northwest, would be recalled shortly, was announced here todaa, 4@ con: | WERE ECONOMIC! formulated for the possible tour of | DOVER, Det, July 28.—An_ or- the president, but the wish that he | 28, it be? AS