The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 12, 1919, Page 1

EMAND U.S. ACT IN JAP CASE INA APR PRR RRR PAAR An American Paper That Fights for Americanism The SeattleS Entered as Second Class Matter May 2, 1899, at the Mm Tides in Seattle WEDNESDAY ALG. 1a TURSDAY AUG, 12 Fiest Low Tide First High Tide . nm 4 Seo ow Tide ‘ . ‘ LATE EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE $5.00 to First Low Tide Virst Meh Tide Second Low Tide Second High Tide Second High Tide tofties at Meattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March &, 1879 VOLUME 22. NO. Ah A eC SA 144. r 12, 1919. i SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, AUGU CES HERE GOING U FEDERAL ACTIVITY ~ HAVING NO EFFECT FAIR PRICE COMMITTEE MEETS The first meeting of the re-created King County Fair Price com mittee was called by Assistant Food Administrator B.C. Beck Tues day morning. These who attended Tuesday were: Carson R. Stong Thomas W. Nash, J. W. Godwin, Effie I. Raitt, J. Vernon Hopkins, F. A. Baxter and A. E, MacCulskey. A letter was sent to J. C Mundy, president of the Central Labor council, requesting him to ap point two members to represent organized labor. Price lists will be issued twice weekly. | slid a |. Altho reports from Washington, D. C., indicate food prices are decreasing slightly in some Eastern cities, the federal plans to combat the high cost of liv-| ™ ing have not affected Seattle. Prices of bacon, hams and other meats, groceries of all kinds, canned goods, clanging jvegetables and fruits have not been affected, and |dealers predict prices will go up soon. HIS is the zero hour of Amer- icanism and we should stand for 100 per cent Americanism. This republic was founded for Americans, not for Japanese, who are un-American. We want this land as a heritage to poster- ity, and it should not be handed over to the yellow race.—State- ment by Attorney Jack Sullivan, vice chairman of the American legion. T the Coliseum the hefty matron Hbegged for tinsel, while the orchestra ‘\tlrew away pearls. Sateen question is concrete and acute and should not be hushed. The Japanese are rais- ing a force which is irresistible and working toward the ulti- mate displacement of the whites. oe * * * Australia had the same problem. But she decided that Australia was for the Aus- tralians, and the Japanese were excluded.—Statement of Miller Freeman, _ publisher, former member of the legislature. Civic Mass Meeting j WHILE THERE IS ; on his Bread advanced 1 cent a loaf Tuesday. fp end selsed the dangiing Best Eastern bacon is selling at the almost uniform them together with /Price of 70 cents, while the local bacon brings from 55 to 65 cents. Eastern hams are selling at 50 cents a pound, wire around and (with the local ham at 45 cents. break. hovered over |. “The sale of surplus xovernment jing,” declared C, H. Berg, manager =f. things, und [bacon and canned goods has not|"There is no prospect of lower, | ‘arms kept darting in jlowered prices @ cent,” it was an-/ prices. We can't help it.” : | a “ beyond the nounced at the Pure Food Shop. Northwest Meat Co. Pike St. Pub | se bs - Con . 1 . ti ti of J itu ti + ‘miesing it, in the Pike st. public market. “The rola ager yo raps $s conte a HILE there is time, the United | gressional investigation the apanese situation in Se- jcustomers are all kicking about the prices, but they are going up. | There's no indication at all of (he slightest price cut.” cents for light, side bacon. No prices have gone down because of federal action, and higher prices are pre iattle and the state of Washington was demanded of Congress- States must settle the Japancee man Albert Johnson, chairman of the house immigration commit- status in this country peaceably. To This sentiment also was ex-| dicted. “The city sale of government . tee, in resolutions passed at the mass meeting of civic organiza- } by other public marke next door, has not al vacillate and to delay means catas- ee, i r r a ee ee et cer orimetiona he D Mite : tions held in Fine Arts hall, 1213 Fourth ave., Monday night. p pss trophe and war. To stand firm today uN f yn ee ee eS ee ey eed akan tie te Pues . tJ % Approximately 250 attended the mass meeting, which was the garden truck stalls, slightly| Pure Food Shop, F —while the menace o apanese con € r he boosted the price of string beans, | Market—Hest bacon, 10 cents; local Spry ge thig Pa called by the Mutual Business cslub. Practically every civic or- pore aaagere Meme fetere thane | borg ll Adar yp > agitate tas trol is still in its beginning—means an anization in the community was represented. The object of the or cele ettuce, dishes and| said Miss B. A. Fo! ustomers . ; BS Tdlice “Tet aie tedue | sre Kicking, bu we eat hele te Mea amicable end of the problem. Ls on in the community was repres: je mass meeting was to discuss the rapid increase of Japanese pop- ulation in the Pacific Northwest. The resolution, as passed, demands that Congress- | the government bacon sale and the talk about the high cost of living have not made a bit of difference Rrices are terrible.” tions were found | Visiting 22 markets and grocery jay morning, a Star re- 4 the following prices Australia and Canada prove that. Australia and Canada have decided that their resources, their businesses, their lands, Meat Co, 1522 Fifth| Pacific Meat Co., Pike St., between re P ' airms se j. j ave, Eastern bacon, 70 cents; local|Thint and Fourth Aves —Bacon and their opportunities, are for white men only. man Albert Johnson, chairman oo house immigra- | § ¥ foacee, DU erent Mamtern: ate 66) er ae hah cook of ving: Australia and Canada, having found out tion committeee, “as soon as possible, appoint a sub cents; local ham nts; lower t hig peer : : : : committee of the immigration committee, to investi- of 7m, CEATIRD IE cssheggan Riggio Meine what Oriental invasion means, have raised the te taint ii Hi fe noe = 5. s i iite ah Government toed iar nate jen may fo up, nay clerks barriers, and raised them high, and made gate fairly and impartially, yet thoroly, the Japanese Hien Gbsiaat high coat c¢ ving: ron First. Second and Third them tight situation in the Northwest, and particularly in the | ‘Stone's Market ave. an in prices. Cot ee : : state of Washington. | | vt ot Stee Weed 06. st Crees eg agreed nt lpr And — = dj st cordial relations be- ” “And that his attention be called to the records of the|} To begin reading Sd bs GH ovtrient toed anie cs | oa to avence ta: petoe tween Eng and and Japan hat th i-J immigration department as to the admission of Japanese,|} Jack London’s rN gland rr ale Fruit dealers report lMght ship. But there is no suggestion t at the anti-. ap- including picture brides, in the last five years, their pos-| Tact Ni i | Berg & Raybould, Liberty mar. | ments feet maa pay sur am anese laws of Australia or of Canada will session of hotels, groceries, markets and other places of over, ket, First ave. and Pike st, best | UP and predic seh bri business. Ty ” “ this season ring war. siness. : Beas Se be EARTS OF omayier pre ag ened be ber? Commission men on Western ave Nor will they. “And that the committee do its investigating in Se- a : 0 p THREE cents; best ham, 48 cents; local|Feport grocers buying little butter The sooner this country adopts the policy: attle to solidify public opinion. The first installment ae ham, 45 cents. “Prices have not| nd waiting a price cut ( ; 7 ” th ill The meeting lasted until after mid-) alien receives protection here and { is reprinted in today’s yap aaa been affected by the government| Butchers declared beef selling at ‘America for the white race,” the sooner wi night, Tt was marked by hot debate. | prospers under this fag, it's hie|} Star along with the hey'a play o tune,” was | *<t!0P against the high cost of liv-! most reasonable prices enduring relations be established between the The Japanese a ot the issue was duty to fight for it second insteliment " os rt defended by Rev. U. G. Murphy, for = . bi - 2 he Sattas creteats | ; a United States and 0. hich f mer missionary in Japan, Murphy| Mu # Sas Be Asleep ; TURN TO PAGE 4 | * + = ri - “We should be fair in his discus: j oast, whic aces was asked if he was receiving money a seu: Semen. vraws, Eastern Prices Falling, sata unless the Pacific const which faces iru sted nr Tae atcrsrs ncn and" a tr a | | ears | apanese sa y received “some money” from them he Germans started propaganda : aed wered ° : ; “ and we we op. Le 0 ae thoughts ee hin, | Sa $ Washington Report nation, we will blunder along, as we have been “Attorney General L. 1. Thompson ht and we were asleep. Let's not feo have been an awful | y | anaes Pre doing, until the explosion comes. Mt ake pais tt dio. dieaanend.. GOV Anyone wno criticises an honest |Row applying for citizenship be de. 6 and then. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12— SHINGTON, ug. 2— A raat m ‘ al pre ve discussion of this question Is derelict! nied it and that the state laws deal- ne fake are born fat-witted, | President Wilson today asked Wholesale food dealers have be- Certainly those slack wits who would beni . iy rai ie sn sha taie lee w/in his duty to our comrades who ing with their control of property be i wither understanding of the | congress for authority to use gun to make big reduetlons In porarily profit from the immigration of the ent. ‘He failed to forward the state. neP, in Flanders flelds and is not! rtorced, If present laws, are. lny erty ¥ fe ol et . . Fy upholding the p ciples ie ‘ough ss 7 ee te Sonire for | aiid retinas wal Seok woatt: pales aos ha ceveniaees Japanese driven out of awakened California ing ag Rn 9 perl Oy mateo pa TS uphna” ney TOUBHE! adequate, new laws should be passed. gtd Te, in her home wallow— | ery and for an appropriation of | reports showed today. should not determine the policy of this city or ainvpienee thecmeciogs PES pecbbatmentn teed: iid Hite hsahialbhl ‘Sakeadns fe mea her home circle—this $175,000 for the work. With the campaign to reduce state. At the beginning of tt ler Freeman, secretary of the| “Australia had the same problem, “lady” doubtless is sar: the high cost of living in full . Jack Sullivan, local attor Veterans’ Welfare commission, on But she decided that Australia was person. swing, comparison of quotations Vos chalfman Of the American: ie | tt Japane se question were called | ro. the Australians and the Japanese another reason why of July 28 with those of August =| gion, was named as chairman for and Freeman responded were excluded. mation of dubs. 11 showed a marked deeline, ic ein Wick tk Sictad i which set in after the attack on “This is Americanism,” the zero hour Sullivan said, in “This question is concrete and “Let the government go to Japan with a view to working out amica- applauded the ly as it did the bit of thing that fol- unjustified prices began. Potatoes have been cut from 40 a barrel « Jul ble arrangements for withdrawal of Japanese now here.” Aliens who do business under false I taking the chai and we should IN ST. JOHNS BURGLARS GET $5,000. cents to $3 ism. This repu was > —_-~ ST. “JOHNS, N. ¥, Aus: 12 eg for Americ not for Jap pretenses should be exposed was the PATRO| (United Preas.)—The Prince of #9 su > Apiaead anese, who sentiment voiced by Frank Cotterill, LMAN CATCHES Wales stepped on Newfoundland psc eh secretary of the Building Trades j | h " tor , and it should not be bs : | council 0 ON FIRE ESCAPE soil shortly after noon today Ne aains bt aiken | tes ina’ pane of cine an On want ta gelled ” I've recommended that all immi-! “The people who aid aliens in gain: Ray Merriy), 2 | prince landed at the govern Remy the pan wi i i peas the| Station be stopped; that Japanese (CONT'D ON PAGE TWO) ton il, 23, laborer, and Ver- he r window, burglars {the ground bene the window ar r a Stem, 28, 0 salesman, were ar.|MeMt Pier from a cutter from t paymaster’s office | George B fact that he was aking as an ex * which he rand r a \ member of the r Sullivan showed irned man was not get 3 yrtunity because of by Patrolmen Ship Mon with rican le how the re cruiser pught him from NEWARK, Ny dent Over the * Againut the pe “been called for y dominion nics F ra 5 Jay Sail, pending in and city official The lock ¢ a ; ment I into the the was forced with a hy _ pot ihe : tell e Dragon and its escort, t) driver and the is ca Pe! ek a i teamed slowly up the ir The made : : teeny , Waltelal “ : ., , ‘ nen of out in full, ' sented Ww pe ern please ite ai SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. —‘TI am _ not considering ‘dace . greet-jon Ju mp: r 24 or th ek ending ayt: Syace e pr 3 vall a special s Ss indent Over aft in gala at they * id pow" its : : ‘ay th "Day af - ae wet adn 1 poate fron will not be ab p the benefits | the proposal an call a pecial ses ion oH the ris pes te Starving Fa il eee ee totalled fi comparlsor — workers, but had re ' notifie! of whe due them rnment turns|deal with the Asiatic question or any other problem,” sai M the mi y; ‘booming of gun ‘ vnige sained in the paymaster’s of- |! it on the | farm lands extishters. | Governor Stephens here today. ‘other Ends Life } sens tt r one EE HS DES) ties wen. | Augie ha Al ‘ie Lacuna Ab Aeaee HENS te: Wand His attention had been called to a telegram sent him t iter chee neing met on eve hand by Japs 7 Aug. 12 by the Fourteen Counties Protective association asking a " x He had checks was | ment on the ov. | three no change special session to consider the Asiatic question. Khe wale sp Hy ; pal ons were limited to or ante stopped ae) Hoe ieee,” F ei apr Nea ‘This ma ull right in Japan, but) not vet received the telegram. , , ° tia lanked n and fru that | was disc Ree ree va ree oe bach ay; | It how The telegram was signed by Van Bernard, president of 4 t , MPP ie i ail nT AIG Wea, wont, bt aval wet ene iun-|the association, and declared that the appeal for the spe- - ” ‘ wk ‘ei 50 paym W.; on 59th ave Ww ive. S.| teered during ned/cial session was made in behalf of the “coming generation.” ‘ eee i op ) cent W. and Beach: Drive to be instructe bak for. Sxamp=| Legislation affecting the Asiatic question and con- : " t permitted in the} a carrier of Tiincek ana Te eomrelnas of dtth of Be W., between Wi dud: [aneuldn't:have soilsted because: they, Cernig the welfare of California was termed of “vital im- of peated oe nee gO, dante "fom the floor and the contents miss-| son and W. Holly st could not become citizens, When an’ portance. jon of the streets,