The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 31, 1919, Page 1

as Pe | } > Today The Star we are ae thnimMnKS Tides in Seattle THURSDAY JULY 31 00 p. m., 11.7 ft. Second High Tide 2:29 pom, 21 ft ILSON TACKLES FOOD COST a Ye 1 & Ld Ee! as? 3353 * Back Tonight IGTON, July 31.—At mid government controlled tele- . | Chinese FRIDAY AUGUST t Mtl a m, 9.1 ft. Second Low Tide 4:33 p.m, 6.2 ft Second High Tide 2:51 p.m, 96 ft anese as for the white man to ha ve de-stepping the issue will not do it. ‘hat of the morrow? cussion—that is most needex An American Paper That Fights for Americanism The Seattle Star Bntered as Second Clase Matter May 8, 1899, at the Postoffice at Beattie, Wash., under the Act of Congress March 8, 1879 —_> SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1919, Pacific coast problem} Will silence make Silence. will abet it. LATE EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Por Year, by Mail, $6.00 to $9.00 Tonight and Friday, ral gentle northwesterly wi Weather Forecast: CIVIC PROBE OF 40 Villistas Are Killed in Battle GALVESTON, Tex, July 31.— Forty Villistas were killed, 11 taken Prisoners and many wounded in a battle between Carranza cavalry and ‘Villistas, under command of Pancho Villa, near Lag Vegas, on the state Mine between Durango and Chihua- hua, Mexico, yesterday. ‘This information was contained in an official cablegram from Mexico City to the Mexican conaul here to day. ‘The federal forces used an air- piane and machine guns to great ad- vantage, the cablegram said. Villa escaped into the mountaing of Du- rango with the remnants of his forces. California Chinese Boycott Japanese BAN FRANCISCO, July 31.—The boycott against Japanese as « result of the Shantung award » | has epread from the Orient to the United States. The Young Chi- nese membership in California is everywhere boycotting Japanese merchants, following a series of talks by Chinese students of the University of California. Shipping Board Men Nominated WASHINGTON, July 31—Nomi- nations of John Barton Payne, Chi- cago; H. N. Robinson, Los Angeles, and Thomas E. Scott, New London, Conn., to be members of the ship- ping board, were ordered favorably reported by the senate commerce committee today, MRS. MOONEY COMES TO AID HER HUSBAND Rena Mooney, wife of Tom Moo- ney, was scheduled to arrive in Se- attle Thursday afternoon to continue her fight to obtain her husband's re- lease from prison, where he is serv- ing a life term for alleged complicity in the San Francisco preparedness parade bomb outrages. She will speak at 8 p. m. Thursday, in room 201 Labor temple. Friday and Sat. urday nights she will speak at the Labor Temple Annex, Fifth ave. and University st. MFS. Mooney comes to Seattle under auspices of the Cen- tral Labor counefl's Mooney Defense committee, a An overloaded motor car is almost as safe as an unloaded gun. Profiteers sult Cabinet Regarding - High Cost of Living R. R. ENGINEERS SEE HIM Sales to the public thru the postal service of the army's surplus food stores, now in progresa, will result in only a temporary drop in living costs, according to economic experts here tuday. Therefore, placing of this food on the market will not check the campaign, rapidly gather- img momentium in the capital, to permanently reduce prices, it was in- dicated: The various investigations of in- dustries here are attracting ‘wide- spread attention, judging from the number of letters from all parts of the country, received by chairmen of the committees, Scope of the investigation ap- (CONT'D ON PAGE FOUR) TO SELL ARMY FOOD BY MAIL Supplies Will Be Sold Con- sumers Thru Parcel Post WASHINGTON, July 31.—Ap- proximately 341,000,000 pounds of surplus army foodstuffs are now offered to consumers over the coun- try by the government and will be sold direct thru the parcel post. Price lists covering all of the surplus supplies will be sent thru the mails to the postmasters of the nation by Secretary Baker, The postmasters and mail carriers will act as salesmen for the govern- ment. They will explain to the citi- zens the prices of commodities and explain methods of obtaining them. Secretary Baker explains the food will be sold for the same price the government paid for it. The pur- chaser will be required to pay the Parcel postage from the point of storage nearest the point of pur- chase. The total value of the food on sale amounts to $120,500,000. Of this amount, the greatest surplus exists in the corned beef supply, amounting to $24,000,000. Canned vegetables and bacon, costing $23,000,000, are next, while the government has a supply of hash worth $10,000,000. The roast beef and frozen meat and poultry supply is valued at $40,- 600,000. The decision to sell the foodstuffs was reached after a resolution to dis- pose of the property passed the house Wednesday. Plans were being formulated by the Mutual Business club and Americal Legion committeemen united movement to s Vice Behind It? en Editor Star: It would be in- teresting to know just how much the Seattle vice ring is respons- ible for the present opposition to the operation of hotels by the Japanese. About two years ago, when the former prosecuting attorney began his attack on Seattle hotels for violation of the red light law, a few Japan- ese were caught in the meshes of the law, and in order to save themselves from deportation they turned state's evidence, making it very easy for the state to win its cases. As will be remembered, most of the cases never came to trial, the hotel owners ccopting judg: ment at the state's terms. Since then the underworld has been afraid of the Japanese. One agent for many places that had for @ long time been rented for illegal purposes, remarked, “This is the first time that a Jap ever double-crossed me.” At the present time the cleanest part of the business rection of the city is that part in which the Japanese operate most of the hotels. The gradual extension of Japanese hotel business spells disaster to the vice ring. Hence the possible connection. And the writer happens to know that this connection is more than a possibility. ‘That there must be some rea son for this agitation that does not appear on the surface ts patent to any unprejudiced man who read your editorial on the front page of The Star of today, Every truthful statement is, in effect, a commendation of Jap- anese, enterprise. May I point out a few of the statements that are without foundation? “They ... hold down wages.” Untrue. “Japanized the Sacra- mento Valley.” A California canard.’ “Multiplying five times as fast as whites.” UOntrue. “Must absolutely control this Coast.” Ridiculous, unless The Star means to say that the white race is rapidly degener- ating and does not propose to propagate. “Own or operate the city public market.” Untrue be cause of a discriminatory reg: ulation, onehalf of the hum- bers are reserved for “white” producers. Where do you get “operation of the city market?” Permit me to say that I deep ly regret the attitude The Star tudy Japanese frank discussion of the problem, and tion. A special committee named Legion was called at 1012 Green building, to meet at 3 p.. fe taking. Just what is to be wained by an antiJapanese agi tation in Seattle at this time, I fail to see. The Star did val- fant service for this community during our recent clean-up and it ts painful to see it lend its columns to @ rehash of Califor nia's discredited antiJapanese agitation, especially when the real motives behind this agita- tion are so uncertain and ques- tonable, Yours sincerely, U. G. MURPHY. iy Ear eeee yan | Blames White Man | Editor Star—Please permit me to say a few words on the Japan- ese question, which Iam glad to See on the front page of your pa- ber, kou ask a very important question: “Is this a white man’s country?" If I read history right, this used to be a red man’s coun- try. How did the white man get it?—stole it. Robbery pure and simple. The white man simply came and took possession and told the red man to go onto a reservation, Am I right? Let us ask the question; What makes a white man? The color of his skin? Oh, no! It is the kind of heart that beats in his breast that makes the man, not the color of his skin. I have seen a negro with as white a heart as ever beat in the breast of a white man. What made the Indian a sav- age? The treatment he received at the hands of the white man. He was not a savage before the white man came, You admit that the Japanese are smart and very clever. That they are crowding out the whites and getting possession of hun- dreds of the very best paying ho- tels, apartment houses, stores and markets. We ought to be ashamed to ad- mit it, when we remember that it is not over 100 years since the Jap emerged from a million years of darkness and ignorance! If the white man doesn’t want the Jap. anese as neighbors, why does he sell to him? Did you ever hear of a white man refusing to sell to a Japanese if the Jap offered him his price? I never did, All the white wants is to see the color of his money The colored question doesn't belong here, but it has Jast now jumped onto the front page, alongside the Jap question, and I (CONT'D ON PAGE FOUR) JA ‘the by Thursday to enlist Seattle’s civic organizations in a penetration in the Northwest, foste to bring about an intelligent sol Mui Business club and offices ‘Miller Freeman’s presentation Japanese problem here has convi that a thoro and frank study of the romeed eget fen dyes i retary o! .Mutual Business . prised of 170 business firnis.. ‘ nc at 4 committee say is a violation of the “gent ’s” agreement, and is pi Orientals at an alarming rate. WILL ASK AID AT WASHINGTON, D. C. Not only. will congressmen from this state be enlist themselves in the movement to check Jap: the Pacific Coast, but nearly every member of both hi 3 will be asked to consider the demands made for the tion of the Japanese problem on the Coast. Steps to curtail the immigration of all Japanese will be requested to be taken by congress. A special request will be made to the public at large to discourage in every way possible the expansion of Japanese interests here. - WANT PUBLIC RECORD OF JAPANESE AGENTS Another step to be brought before the meeting Thurs- day will be consideration of urging enactment of laws which would eliminate those who act as Japanese agents, and require them to make ‘a public record of all transactions whereby Japanese secure control of corporations and prop- erties by leases. The stand taken by Senator Phelan, of California, who has opposed Japanese immigration here, will also come up for indorsement at the meeting Thursday. hee All the recommendations made by Miller Fre¢than to the Mutual Business club will be considered by the ting. They provide that steps be taken by the gove it to take up with Japan the matter of further checking Japan= ese immigration. ’ i Hines Confers on Increase of Wage WASHINGTON, July 31.—Direet= or General of Railroads Hines has. been conferring since Monday with a committee of more than 100 rep-« resentatives of railroad employes with regard to “a very substantial increase In wages to meet the rap<« idly increasing cost of Iiving,” Hines announced today. —————___________ San Franciscans Rushing for Bacon SAN FRANCISCO, July 31.—-De- mand for army bacon at 34 cents a pound was so strong when the sale to consumers thru the city govern- ment opened today that an ad ditional 50-000-pound lot was ordered purchased. The bacon is being sold to the public for 34 cents a pound. A large department store is the me- dium of distribution, handling the sales without cost to the city or consumers. A number of neighborhood organ- izations are arranging to make bulk purchases of bacon and other sur- plus army foods as they are of- fered, the goods -to be pro-rated among the members at actual cost. Do you use The authory,9f « —————% |rhyme has the you want something, the short cut to your desire is a Star Want Ad. Suppose you -Itry it. Phone Main 600. LOUISE RAND T'd like to buy a little farm, Which will a garden grow; A Star want ad will deal King Cost A Dempsey knock-out blow, want ads?