The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 4, 1919, Page 1

MONDAY ave, 4 First Lew Tide °° m, La ft Tide ~ Tide Tides in Seattle TURSDAY ava, 5 First Low Tide } Te am. Le tt ‘Piret High Tide HFINAL-LATEST-EDITION An American Paper That Fights for Americanism TWO CENTS }2at pom. ant Lew Tide m, Ta tt eo p ent Second High Tide| Second Abad Bom, en Mh te p Batered as Becond Class Matter y 8, 1899, at the Postoffice at Beattie, Wash., ender the Act of Congress March 8, 1979 eSeattle Star IN SEATTLE Por Year, oy Mati, $8.00 to $9.08 VOLUME 22. NO. 187. “SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1919. <—> ONE: WEEK Profiteering FROM TODAY MONDAY, AUGUST 11TH q “I had no conception of the depth TALK PAYMENT METHOD i Charging that Japanese | brokers and hogs i a tak ahead Addie lig: Westie i Po if i! a rt 3 | | | Lg “stalls in either the Westlake ‘or| Properties. the Pike street markets will be Hull explained that the original old from there. Mayor Hanson has|Ments and then proceeded to boost rentals. Wm have to wake the decom” | “The situation has reached an of. When the Japanese question came “THREATENS to the t, Hy “Many of these men, I find, have leased rooming houses the and apartments and then ze sub-leased at a profit. whom sub- =| U.S. GOVERNMENT ei Ta for be * nd on until the rentor tc | COPyFight, 1919, by the United Press)| peace to these states, but they himself a FARIA Ang. (—Nitetal Le have not even answered, and ive rental all be- nine, prime a Bet continue to war upon us, helping shevik government In mere. Denekin and Kolchak, plunder. cause of selfish rent-hogs. fm the firnt bona fide interview ing thy Murman and Archangel make an increased ae he has ever granted, asserts regions, and devastating, expe- the personal properties thes: cially in Bastern Siberia, where houses on a basis of the The first RBelshevik political the Russian peasants offer the n derived, and later I will as- alm is to drive Americans and Most heroic resistance to the » ‘In this way I can the depanme frem Niberta. brigands of capitalistic Japan assessment on every sub met reform, is the and America. lease and thus reach the intermedi- program “Our further economic aim is alate leasee who has been sitting to organize the | ingle fraternal union of workers|back and drawing money, simply and tollers of all countries, without exception, Japan and the United States included.” Question: “Under what conditions would you conclude peace. with Kolchak and Mannerheim?” Anwwer: “They have been exposed many times. For example, William Bullitt conducted negotiations with us and with me personally in Moscow, in the name of the United States—also in our letter to Nansen. It is not our fault if the United States and other governments fear to publish these documents and conceal the truth from the people, “Pay All Debts” playing the role of a parasite. Hits Parasites "T know this will make me un- popular, but rent boosting has got to stop. The state law will not al low me to increase the assessment on real estate only on the even year, 80 I will not be able to reach the owners of properties who ‘lease their buildings and sanction this rent-boosting. I'll get these men next year and I'll get them good. In regard to the Japanese situa- to reach the public markets. ‘The health authorities, after in- Vestigating the foodstuffs, announce that the commodities are in first |elass condition and fit for consump tion. IT STRIKES ME == “Hop Onto a Yesler Way Car ona Hop Off at Leschi BY EDWARD BING (United Press Staff Correspondent) BUDAPEST, Aug, 1.—Premier Le- nine, the master Boishevist, today gave his first bona fide interview. He replied by wireless to my ques- tions, wirelesred to Moscow from Budapest. Lenine prefaced his re- piles with the statement: “I answer the quesuons put to me under. the condition that the an- astounded at the inroads the Ori- entals had made into the busine: + affairs of Seattle. “I had no conception,” he sald, “of the depth and magnitude of Joss swers will be published without al- 7 Fete which Dec Cook | Dark Pavilion,” Chirped the| eration or mutilation in the United| “I will remina you of one of our| ‘hel digging. Why, they oe as - . States. fundamental conditions—we are| entered our fleld trom banker Trio. A bootbiack. It isn't only the Teady to pay all debts to France and other states, provided there will be real peace, namely, peace signed for. mally and confirmed by the govern ments of England, France, the Unit- Condemns U. 8. and Japan ed Staten, Japan and Italy, since Answer: (CONT'D ON PAGE FOUR) “With reference to the United me States and Japan, our first political! ¢onTINUE MILK CONTROL aime are to repel their shameless,/ 1 ONDON, Aug. 1.—The govern: Following are the questions and answers, as tranamitted Question: “What is your political attitude to. ward the United States and Japan?” “DON’T WEAR AN OREGON BOOT DUR- ING THE SUMMER- TIME,” ANDY URGED. ordinary laborer they are affect- “Ing, but the business man, as well. s “I find that they form stock com- panies and obtain the protective shield of a white agent by giving him a share in the organization. Their methods of business are often times flagrant. “The Japanese may be good citl- The Person, he Admitted, who is the Bell Cow of This Pepful Band, is None Other than Abie Brashem. to the Side of Man’s Nature. On the Authority of No Less An “Let Able Gear Your Pedals to the Was,” Joe Appeated. C, Grey, Our Hurt agro bandit like invast f - Heart Halter, I Haye It that the| “Abie’s Band Can Make a Gor- “Come On Out and Buy a prea siieee oat) ts conte Rus! ment will continue the control of] sens; I'm not combating them from geous Gilder out of an Elephant,””| Few Miley of Syneopation for | cs iealints milk, owing to the possibility of in-]¢hat point of view. But it Is a case Andy Remarked, Looking at Me| 85 Cents,""/ Invited the Jazz- “Many times we have offerea | Adequate supplies during the au-|o¢ whether or not we want this jn an Appraising sort of Way. berry Person, he being the (0 nN ==! tumn and winter. Northwest for the Americans, or do Mercenary Third of the Gob Good on —_= = ————— | we want to lower the bars and see Mazurka,|_ 1 Overiooked the Silent Insult and) Trio. enema the state Japanized.” . Allemande, Nickel | “stened. ae I'm Not Flooey in the Filbert The King county assessment rots Quiver, Minuet, Bolero, Gavot, not} 7, ttave Heard Andy Tell | “WHEN DOES THE DIZZY \when 1 State that Able and ls New Want Ad show a $15,000,000 increae ‘over 1918, | IN nad AS he q iq is ie fo Mention that Raggy ts, mae Avhe "Pick ben Lav |DANCE FUNCTION?" 1 Covey of Jazz Terriers Teased a 5 grea Which Synchronizes With Synco- 12 years. The totals. of real and Rhyme Contest Down the Best Fiddle Barrage Lot of Dances Out of Me. | | Dated “ _ personal properties in Seattle for i Syacepation. in This Sector. fan ea ee Pesta In Fact, I Stayed There Until the | 1919 are $229,106,911, as comparca to But There are Three | to stave yicard soo Tell 1t,| Gob meet .Wresenag! Sasted.: th9s See Particulars on A total of $218.225.364 for 1818 ‘o lave Oe . * >a s Outside municipa’ lem tot A ee Widely-known Ex-Gobs |Abie’s Harmony Highhallx Make es OR I Had Such a Tickle- Classified Page 196 hs (haulitat 86060.200, or tant in our Fair Hamlet Who ~ Blind to See and the Lame and Fr I FELL Fi toeish Time that I'm | store ‘tw one ‘ot ‘the’ ‘pre win. {|208.9 The county total ed 996.989.516 NMalt to Cavert. . a) ad a 4 for 1919 and $83,467,2: for Insist that They Can | Going out There Again {| ire inst week: Khamh flatiedi Go oaainaiae (ol Tomorrow Night. And Every Tuesday Night, for That Matter, So Long as} Andy and His Pals Keep Abie and His Trained Saxa- phone Chained Up. BY MRS, OSCAR OLSON I'm out of a job and money, too, And e’en the sun has sunk from view; But look! A Star want ad appears, And puts to rout my doubting fears. To Have Heard dazzberry Barck Tell It, Abie's dare Juleps Put the Crutch Maker I Went Out There Last Tuesday Night as the Guest on the Red Ink Side of the |of “The Liberty Lads Tues- wa Ledger. day Tickletoe Club,” as the | een Gobs J. “where Ia this Dance ‘obs Dub Themselves. | Thing?” I Demanded. public service corporations, The $15,000,000 net increase is assessed valuation of King county property, the bulk of the increase being in per- sonal valuation in merchandising, manufacturing and in hotels and apartment houses. The board of equalization, which Person in Seattle to Shake a Flossy Hoof. anes, EX-GOBS ARF, E UNDER THE NAMES OF ‘DERSON, JOE BUCHSER JAZZBERIY BARK. ~ Compel the Most Staid | Did These Birds Make & and i | hawe entheved cur fold from banker te bootie lant mk we i THE SEATTLE ima |} affecting, but the business man, as well.”—From interview with Patty wes |} Nection with campaign against rent hogs. Weather Forecast: Tonight and Tuesday, probably showers; gentle south to west wind ASSESSOR HULL CLAMPING PINCERS ON CITY RENT HOGS! Lease Holders Will Be Hit by Increase in Assessments of their (Japanese) digging. Why, they | ordinary laborer th F County Assessor Hull in con- have inflated the cost of living in Seattle general County.Assessor F..W. Hull struck straight from the shoulder Mon- id attempt to put a stop to extortion by makjng an increased assessment on the lessees’ personal owners were not so much to blame as the men who had leased the apart- state,” he said, “far more alarming, in fact, than citizens of Seattle are aware immediately put several investigators at work digging up the data on the CONGRESSMEN WILL: GET JAPANESE DATA gation. Miller Freeman, of the Veterans’ ‘Welfare Commission, expects to ar- range an early conference with Congressman Albert Johnson, chair- man of the house immigration committee, who heads the govern- ment investigators. Freeman. met with Frank E. Kan-air, secretary of the Mutual Business club, Monday, to discuss a plan of action fn their: effort to bring the Japanese question im- mediately before congress. They will urge state and federal legis- lation to curb immigration of Japa- tion in Seattle, Hull said he wasa/nese. Ask Attorney General The committee appointed by the Mutual Business club to make a survey of the Japanese) problem here and urge immediate solution, has asked Attorney General Thomp- fon to report on state laws which were designed to prohibit aliens from gaining ownership of prop- erty and holding majority stock fn corporations. The business men say these laws are not being applied to Japanese, who are rapidly gain- ing an astounding financial grip in the community, “Governor Hart should take an immediate stand on this question," said Miller Freeman Monday. ‘‘And the attorney general should lose no time in enforcing the laws that are on the books. Not only should all Present statutes be enforced, but they should be strengthened at the first opportunity if we are going to attempt to solve the Japanese problem here."’ Wo Viberty Bonds Quoted | ee ee et NEW YORK, Avg. quotations toda: met Monday morning, was composed of Claud Ramsay, chairman, and Commissioners Tom Dobson and L, Cc. Smith; County Assessor F. W. Hull and County Treasurer W. A. Gaines. The city council will elect @ member Monday afternoon, EIGHT KILLED IN EXPLOSION Army Arsenal Powder. Mag- ; azines Blow Up ! NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Aug. 4.—(United_ Press.)—Eight persons | are believed to have been killed and ; 25 injured in an explosion at the Raritan army arsenal in Metuchen, near here. - Three magazines are reported to, have blown up when fire, which | resulted from an explosion in a box car, reached them. Twenty-five beds have been prepared at a hosp tal to receive the wounded Residents of the section, fearing other explosions, are said to be flee- ing. Judge Says Hang Leaders of Mob CHICAGO, “ Aug. 4. — (United Press.)—Mob rule is best punished by hanging, Judge Robert E. Crowe told a special grand jury here to day. The jury is to conduct an in- vestigation into the race riots of last week. “Do not discriminate between whites and blacks,” the judge ad- vised the jurors. “There is an an- archistic condition in Chicago, and what you are to do is to crush it.” | Price of Milk Is Boosted for City) The price of milk in Seattle was advanced to 15 cents a quart and 9 cents a pint Monday. The l-cent price boost, the dairymen alleged, was due to a recent increase in the Price condensaries are paying for milk direct from the farms. The‘ high cost of feed also is said to be partially responsible for the price increase, altho this is the season of the year when most of the dairy ‘s,| herds are grazing, % DAUGHTER IS A GIRL LONDON, Aug. 4.—At 7 o'clock in the morning of the seventh day of July, the seventh month, Mrs. Basil Clarke, of Dulwich, seventh child of the late George Cambon, gave birth to her seventh child, a daughter. Her other six children are boys, ‘ i ee eee - } C