The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 8, 1919, Page 1

Aug. 8.—(United Press.) President WASHINGTON, ram of legislation to cope with the high cost of living: 1, Extension of the Lever food control act to peace Wilson today proposed to congress the following definite! of life. foodstuffs, Federal licensing of fuel, clothing and other indisputable necessaries Enactment of a law regulating cold storage. “PRICES CRIMINAL”---WILSON| “unconscionable profits.” {and selling profit 4, Passage of the bill now pending for control of se 6. Definite provision for a penalty for profiteering. leurity issues. 7. Provision for marking on the package the price all corporations engaged in| 5. Provision of adequate funds for government agen-|paid to the producer of all goods to be shipped in inter- time and broadening of its anti-hoarding provisions to cover! inter-state commerce, with specific regulations to preventicies to enable them to give full publicity to retailers’ costs'state commerce. wee Tides in Seattle | Second Low Tide 1010 pom, TO tt An American Paper That Fights for Americanism The SeattlesS Hntered as Second Clara Matter May 3, 1899, at the Postofficw at Geattle, Wash, under the Act of Congress March 8, 1879 LATE EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Per Year, vy Mail, $9.00 to $9.08 VOLUME 22. NO. 141. r | | QUARE DEAL —Says Captain Turner usands of American boys, fired by the enthusi- |; ich swept the nation at the outbreak of the) lunteered to fight Germany and were hustled |} Mexican border. have been there since the war outbreak, and still there, stalking thru the blistering sand, railroad bridges, watching the border. ‘these thousands of Yankee soldiers are mad—| the way thru. They're mad because they be- Pthey have not been given a square Sr | ed States army officials have made a mi: blunder wir policy of treating United States border troops. T of unfair treatment of American volun- } on the border were made today by Capt. Charles mér, Everett officer, formerly attached to the aviation tion, signal corps. SCHARGE APPLICATIONS ‘ALLY TURNED DOWN t dsmen along the border may apply for discharge the army, but the general order under which a mil- mem have been released from the army doesn’t apply them, to Capt. Turner. Applications for dis- are jy always turned down. Eight men of the Eighth mounted engineers at Fort applied for disc! recently, he says. them. Their officers turned them down. ¥ eX 4 of the army. THEY WERE ARRESTED AND iROV INTO THE GUARD HOUSE FOR DARING 0 MAKE SUCH AN APPEAL. | And, disheartened, sullen, suspicious, hundreds of sol- are taking the only course to get back for a short at their homes—re-enlisting for one year. They can’t) ve oa they can re-enlist, and re-enlistment carries a y leave. 'S NOT TO BLAME, YS CAPT. TURNER “The boys down there are not to blame,” Capt. Turner “They are fine young men, and all of them wanted! ‘fp Washington, Oregon and California. They got) ‘Youth, # it the Germans. Most of them volunteered. Many the army with all the fire and enthusiasm of American | vk ‘But they’re different now. “There’s a great big feel 1 Tr their hearts that they haven’t had a square deal.| | know thousands of men are being discharged all thru| th / a ern districts. But—they can’t get out of the lf it | Hq ASKED DISCHARGE: d SENT TO GUARD HOUSE ¥ “Fj ne : | or Eight of the men of the Eighth mounted engineers, j men who volunteered for the war, asked their local offi- i for discharge. They were refused, and, because they | the Jobs waiting, telegraphed the adjutant general of oa : in (as Did they get out? They did not! They landed | guard house. That's what they got.” | ' Capt. Turner served in the engi ° A Mer eaten during the Spanish-|dare not shoot. They have to dodge im war. When President Wil hen « come pt exico, And Be SF felt the waritke spirit urge him, re on the border’ seallze ' . He tried to get into the first off hru. They | ie ans camp at the Presidio, | se< S ne eaaaica io pac ; | He wax appointec he | the mteers th tha nd 0nd Presidio ele a fs sae t ements odes TMU RGA’ Was: commilnsinned een | prohibiting releases from | tain of the lssioned a cap-| the arm But they can’t help it | signal corps lation se I know that there are dozens of | | November 8, 191 Altho he " . ust to ft WAS a line officer, trained for over ere re-entiating for « gerodh one ve Me Gt ttty. he accepted transter tol they nen coe Sa en Sly hell qT aartice division at Vancouver bar-|hole and go hi “phey enlisted for Ay teks and served most of the ses th A peer ff 5 i & logging he time in the period of the war. The army ee, when hee won't discharge them, but it offers 3 ean: border en ®| them a chance to re-enlist for a year a Wi tneeabe © verved on the| If they don't sign up again, they stay a erpagd of the law en-|right there. If they sign, it’s only | d SBtire border, he carn "7 a Negroes Good Men fe “ith conditions in nearly every arms “In Nogales there are two | Dost. “PY! negro regiments—good men, too. | But there isn’t a sign of a clab , a canteen, or anything for men, There's a little M. building at the camp two. Calls It Plain Het “You believe me, lean border iy just lust plain helit’* Meclated. “The heat ix something Deople in Washington can't even » There in nothing for the| wervice on the © do but to patronize. This is cau 4 Mi cand and year tr! the des-| a mighty | grave —discont Guard. But they (CONT'D ON PAGE BLEED ) ) 5 5 ) } 5 5 President Strikes at High Costs President Wilson Said to Congress: Methods by which some of the present high prices are produced are criminal, Existing laws ate inadequate. There will be no real prices until there ix peace The world is on the operating table without anaesthetic. All that can be done to re strain profiteering until peace comes must be makeshift. Wheat shipments will be con- trotied and limited so as to lower flour prices in America, Surplus stocks of in { { t { food and hands Food supplies are greater and Gh gt ES prosecu' ao Ree’ WASHINGTON, Aug. congress on the high costs of lving as follows: Gentlemen of the Congress: upon you with all the persuasive force of which T am capable the gislative measure which would be most effective in controlling it and bringing it down. The prices the people of this country are paying for every- thing that it is necessary for them to use in order to live are not justified by « shortage in supply, either present or pros- nd in many cases ALLY AND DELIB CREATED by vie ERATELY CREATED by vi- cious practices which ought im They constitute a burden upon us w cause we know JAPAN FLIR | 5.—Presl- | ident Wilson introduced his speech to} | 1 have sought this opportunity to ad-| Good jobs| gress you because it is clearly my) €N,|guty to call your attention to the| ss plain Americans, they appealed by wire to the adjutant | present cost of living and to urge! h is the more unbearable be-| that it is wilfully imposed by those who have the! power and that it ean, by vigorous} public action, be greatly lightened ual conditions of supply and de mand. Some Already Criminal of the methods by pric produced are al Some which are ready some of them crimi nal, a who emp wi i against ave yet beer th law dealt with at e particulars r; the prices 1 at the resour tory, in the fo in the restau . in the elty are familiar lage. The likely, ha in whieh 4 land made to square with the act-| | omething is done, to push prices and rents and the whole cost of living higher and yet higher, in a vicious cycle to which there is no | logical or natural end With the increase in the prices of the necessaries of life come de mands for increases in wages—de mands which are justified, if there be no other means of enabling men | to live t n the increase of wages | there fe closely an increare in the price of the product ich those producers have bee rded the in crease—not a pre nate increase, for the manufactu dor not con te If with that, but an in greater than the nd for which the often times hardly more uKe, added co; than an . fairs westerly RIED WITH HUN PUT OUT FEELERS TO KAISER DURING WAR, SAYS VON TIRPITZ BY KARL H. VON WEIGAND Staff Correspondent of The New York Sun (Copyrighted, 1919, All Rights Reserved) BERLIN (Via Paris), Aug. 8.—Admiral Von Tirpitz, former minister of marine in the imperial German “THE SEATTLE STAR—FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1919. Weather Forecast. cabinet, who has written a book in which he disclaims responsibility for the unrestricted submarine warfare \ that intensified the wrath of the world against Germany and caused America to enter the war, expresses the belief in his publication that Japan could have been won to Germany’s side in the first or second year of the \|war had it not been for what he describes as blundering German diplomacy. In the same breath, however, he | severely condemns England for enlisting Ja allied cause. af In regard to Japan, Admiral Von Tirpitz was informed |from various sources that Germany made loans to that ,country between 1905 and 1914, and he believes an agree- ;ment between the two nations could have been reached. } : Diplomacy Failed ~ “I am convinced,” he says, “that Japan put out feelers toward us, but our diplomacy either didn’t understand or else feared to excite Anglo-Saxon feeling.” He contends that Japan could have ended the war with a gesture in 1915 and even in 1916. “Perhaps,” he says, “Japan could have given the war a turn in our favor.” This apparently was based on his supposition that Ger- many had reached an understanding with Russia, and that the next proper move was to seek an agreement with Japan, |He writes this in his book despite his statement to me in November, 1914, that “Germany would never abandon the white race.” Von Tirpitz then denounces England for bringing Japan into the war, and goes on to describe the Japanese love of power. | “Would Like Everything” “They are a primitive people,” he says, “and for that reason would like everything.. But now that they have a leading place in the Far East it would be madness for them to break with America over the South Sea Islands, or the question of racial honor. China will probably remain the chief point of friction between Japan and America, as China will not allow herself to be robbed further of her markets.” He concludes this subject with: “The future of all the great non-Anglo-Saxon powers is problematical.” _ The disappearance of the German navy, Admiral Von Tirpitz contends, has robbed other small navies of their life- power, holding that their importance and independence lay in their capacity to form an alliance against the British navy. “The maintenance of balance of sea power now rests wholly and alone with the American navy,” he says. “I do not believe there is serious antagonism between the Amer- BANDITS TAKE [SENATE ORDERS $100,000 HAUL) MEXICAN PROBE Masked Robbers Loot Frisco Jewelry Store SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8.— Two men robbed the Morgan Jewelry Co.'s store, on Market st., of $100,000 worth of jewelry | shortly after it opened this morn- ing. Both men were armed and one was masked. Entering as clerks were taking the window display Jewels from the safe, they forced the floor back of the pan’s support to the vor te som Guarded Secret of Lost Race in Central America Revealed in Jack London's Last Novel ACK LONDON’S last novel, which is to receive its first publication in The Star beginning August 11, takes its readers into Central American fastnesses where the Mayas guard the secret of a lost race. It deals with a treasure search, with the adven- tures of a young millionaire who finds a bride on a mysterious island and with the machinations of a Wall street enemy of the young man’s father. It will be followed from day to day with breathless interest because it is written in Jack London’s most fasci- nating, most stirring style. Why the name, “Hearts of Three” Well, there are Francis Morgan, the beautiful Leonica, and Henry Morgan, descendants of the buccaneer; that is why. Tell your friends to watch for the first appearance of this last novel of the famous American adventure writer. Phone Main 600 if you are not receiving The Star regularly. > Demand Report on Killing of Americans WASHINGTON, Aug. senate today ordered an sti gation of the Mexican situation and @ report on “what measures should be taken to prevent currence” of events which caused deaths of American: damage to their property. The resolution gives the commit- tee broad powers to go into the Killing of Americans, the destruc tion and confiseation of property and the collection of claims since the retirement of President Diag, A report of findings, with any COUNCIL MAY VOTE $50,000 — clerks to lie down on the counter, Then | TO ESTABLISH CITY MARKET “If Seattle wants to break the {meats, produce and other perish-;say what the opinion of the entir n hs they seized the display cases and | recommendations thought neces food combine, I've fixed it so jabte supplie The ordinance, as it/city council is escaped. | sary, is to be laid before the she ; so howe ene warded, provides for the poiane fuld that the sale of the Pere issih ta lei ss tay Giese oe This ts the declaration of As floating of $60, hi pul PM ole ; | tomobile in waiting near by adopted. sistant Corporation Counsel T, Jutility bonds for the financing of|lake markets was progressing satis | _ 0m : x : es ; J. L. Kennedy Friday morning [such a market if the council sees/factorily and that the enttire stock| WATER SHUT OFF when he finished an ordinance [fit to start one. Personally, 1 think |awould probably be gone by Monday. | Water will be shut off Friday, Au to be introduced at the special {this is the opportunity everyone Sell Supply First | vy gust 8, between 9 a m. and 4 p. m meeting of the clty council Fri |has been looking for | W | ca the Setioatna seeieiin Alb day afternoon, The question of “ He would not say whether or not] Ww “ west of 59th ave. S. W. whether or not the city will Lane Favors It an effort would be made to acquire . W., 68d ave. & W., Jew Jo , » 6 create a public market of its | Kennedy also completed an ordi-|additional supplies of army food New Want Ad Rhyme in tees mn the “dintvial own will be taken up. [nance enibling the elty to take $60,| stuffs until the present supply had/| Contest announced Satur- || west of 5S. W.. between ennedy id that the counci!/000 from the general fund to pay) been sole A yh + || W. Hudson vy. Holly st to the methods of legalizing such a food, which it is nbw selling, pro . le tpt Mech pon gi Pigtel s week’s contest will be an- |) g——______.__ viding such a measure is necessary icler oO Aare ne week end BnOp- 8 market ; 1 itiit. is merely a temporary instru. ping crowds, the city’s “Surplus |] nounced. iberty Bonds Quoted a ‘ ed one for them and i ; : line then, ‘avart es bebo thrbegid oF iectul chance|ment, Kennedy explained, and will| Food Sate” ¥ livelier than ever | La certainly otters & wom probably never be needed Friday morn a crack at these food profit-|Preba o po eq| Sanitary Ins John R. Didon| A) said Kennedy Acting Mayor Taine announced) anounced the receipts for Thursday | 424's, $84.20; soco 26; third 44's state statutes will permit| Friday morning he favored a mu-| $94.84; fourth 4's, $93.82; Victory 1% se, he the city but was unable to to sell eggs, butter, fresh|nicipal market, (CONT'D ON PAGE BLEVEN) $99.98,