The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 15, 1919, Page 1

NORTHERN BANK PAYS DIVIDEND Seattle mail carriers Friday delivered a welcome message to depositors who lost money when the Northern Bank and Trust Co. collapsed in 1917. Postcards, sent out by Bank Commissioner Louis H. Moore, told the depositors to bring their examiner's certificates of deposit to 223 White building and receive a 10 per cent dividend. Only one dividend has previously been paid. That was for 20 per cent, more than a year ago. “There may be another 10 per cent dividend later on if we can clear up litiga- tion involving $70,000 holdings of the bank in Canada,” said Special Bank Ex- aminer R. A. Langley today. Langley said that considerable real estate remained among the defunct bank’s assets, and that when it is converted into cash, depositors will get another nibble. LATE EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Per Year, by Mall An American Paper That Fights for Americanism Tides in Seattle S16 pom, 120 $052 p ae te 20-F Rotered an Becond Class Matter May 8, 1899, at the Postoffics at Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 9, 1879 Weather Forecast —————— + Tonight and Saturday, fair, warm ted + er; moderate northeasterly winds TO RAID SEATTLE FOOD HOGS JAP PENETRATIONF@:RAL Accits PLAN 10 states. Colorado, like the Pacific coast, is now in the grip of the yellow menace. | SEIZE HOARD ED ST | | Not only are the sugar-beet districts affected, but the Japanese also control 85 per cent | 4 ‘ ‘ cae | of the melon output. They outbid the white man for land, but will live in the poorest | Federal action against food hoarders in Seattle within | shacks. As in King county and in the Puyallup valley, their women and children work hours was predicted at the federal building today. the fields. | United States Attorney Robert C. Saunders, officially on In the Puyallup valley in this state they control 22,000 acres. They ship 75 per cent of |V2cation,-returned to his offices and went into conference, beh the garden truck into Tacoma. They control 56 hotels and lodging houses in that city, \closed doors, with Assistant United States Attorney F. R. Conwi and ate reaching out for the laundries, and the dyeing and cleaning places. jand_ Forrest B. Simmons, special agent in the department In the White River valley of King county, they control 85 per cent of the dairying— iustice, which has been assembling data on food in storage h and 85 per cent of the land. In 1909, there were one Jap and 100 whites in the O’Brien gute conference ended shortly before noon. : school. Now there are 45 whites and 40 - “ Bia ML fy7 | AR What will it be in the next 10 years? Today, this is the situation: Plabeers ywoyrem:spaines 50 000 000 FOOD * * * *€ * 9 9 government program against) ¥* * & * * * ee 8 *& |food profiteers,” said District | Colorado In King County Rp yet ry: SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1919. HE is a_ brave mother to raise her brood in the paths of man’s civi- lization; but human nature runs in very strange streaks--and one wonders why sign painters can’t *- * &% | Attorney Saunders. “There are undoubtedly as many| food profiteers in the West-| ern district of Washington, | |proportionately, as any other locality. Our policy will be | In Tacoma Eighteen million eggs, alleged J She is a regular mountain quail, with high plumed hat, and the neat yish blue coat and all, and somehow she hatched and raised her brood {ma bit of brush @ block square in the heart of the frequently mountain quail, like grouse, loves the wilderness and the city life has no attractions for them. A brave mother she is; we hope she brings her brood safely thru. and escapes the alley cats, and the air gun brigade, and emigrates with her family to the real wild wood and lives happily ever after- ward. EAR Des Moines there is a@ nut house The countryside is won dering and worrying about it. Passing auto ists slow up and make comment Picnickers peer at it thru the ‘woods and marvel. It is an exact duplicate of a squirrel coop You know one of those affairs jwith a square house and a big round wheel, where Mr. Squirrel spends his time busily; without ever getting anywhere but ‘round and ‘round It is built of long slabs, cut from fir logs, with the bark left on, and how anytning but a 20-foot snake could dwell in it with convenience is a mystery It is not a concession or a re sort attraction; it is tucked away in the woods by the highway, and evidently for private consumption miy. Nobody has seen the nut, or the ut’s accompanying squirrel that is ing to dwell in the cage, and everybody ix wondering. Strange what streaks human nature runs in and how much good mergy is misspent Two things have always been to &@ mystery. One is why the illustrator never Feads what he trying to il lustrate; compare the pictures with the text in any magazine story and you will see what we mean The other is why sign painters can't spell. Sometime we are going to make @ collection of Seattle signs; it will be @ joke book that will be really funny Ana can apell a three-lettered word a as one with the in it Today we maw a ne @ butcher shop that “Fresh POWK ¢ BUN, in a langy spells the same thing does, anything may hay And frequently doe » sign painter min at gilt when t sign writer gets busy Colorado's attempt to stem the influx, which has reached an alarming state, even as far eastward as the Rocky mountain states, by the proposed enactment of state laws pro- hibiting the sale or rental of land to Japs, Is shown in a recent article by George Frederick Stratton in the “Country Gentle Stratton declares that the Japs have so thoroly invaded the cantaloupe growing field that growers believe the famous strain of Rocky Ford melons will disappear, because of the lax and money grabbing methods of the dapanese. He declares 85 per cent of the melons raised in Col- orado are grown by the Japs, and that they are allowing the fruit to degenerate. A recent attempt to against the Japs failed by Raise 85 Per Cent Colorado he quotes W. D. | Colorado, as follows |said Mr. Palmer have no association And } far more closely than our own ©! er |15 per cent of the erc men, of course do nothing. Th price, contract with th |and there's nothing for jfall in line. We h to say our assoc Japs fix big ux to do bt jot one we about the word “L had he eas. Not or Stratton continues | considerable | the they great sugar-beet distri are at some Jas much acreage as the | Penmaes but, that (CONT'D ON PAGE operati are FIFTEEN) Committee on Immigration to Act on Jap Case Demands for congress: of the attle fonal in Japanese sit and the state contained in pa by the civic held under aus Mutual Business resolutions mans meeting club here have been migration house of repre This today in entative was th 4 telegram from Rep Albert chairman of the re Johnson. immigra Secretary Mutual house tion committee, by Frank Kannair of the Business elub telegram in reference situation in Se been received and before the committee which hopes to find a method to improve the situation,” Johnson wired 0 the Japanese legisiate a slight |° | vote, and he believes a further at-| In bringing forth the situation in Palmer, “Kighty-five percent of the whole melon crop is now raised by Japs," altho they at least as far|/ found that in 1909 there were one Jap and 100 whites at- ag. We Kntw—they Go. act povcsagee tending the O’Brien school, while in 1919 there are era white|be lucky if they can boast of one-half breed by 1929. tion can the dealers selling end of the ard 4 ubout the Jarge influx|day Saturday. |of Japs into Colorado, especially in|think that it where | won't permit to be a citizen, can instruct those who are citi- points, white per cent of the White dairymen and produce growers of the White river valley, who have survived the Japa- nese invasion of the fertile stretch of valley land | ilying between Orillia and Kent, are preparing) |to make their last stand against the ever-increas- ling intruders. | | The few remaining white men are making arrangements to circulate petitions among the land owners pledging them to refrain from _re- inewing or making any further leases to the | Japanese. Statistics gathered by Emmett Cochran, a returned soldier who is operating a dairy near O’Brien, show that 85 |per cent of the dairying of King county is controlled by Japanese. /9,000 miich cows in King county. Of this number it may be safe to say that 6,000 of these cows are to be found in this valley. |the land. School Japanized “T checked over the school statistics of the district and According to the dope, the whites will When asked what became of the whites, Cochran de- clared they had been deliberately driven out of the valle) by the encroaching Japs. “The Japanese have their own school here,” continued Cochran, “where the Orientals attend after the white school closes in the afternoon. They attend their own school all It is under the direction of a Japanese. 1 is odd that a man whom the United States zens. Have Own Association “The Japanese have their own saw mill, cheese factory, co-operative stores, both at Auburn and Kent, and their own dairy association. They deal entirely with their color. When a Jap gets hold of a dollar he spends it among his countrymen. It is the last time a white man sees it. When he gets five of them he ships the gold piece home “They underlive and over-rent us. explanation of the exodus of the whites from this valley. sn’t a white owner here but who admits he hates to ap come in. jut what am I to do?’ he will ask. ‘If everyone would refuse to rent to them it would be all right. I can’t stand out Alone when they offer more money than a white renter.’ “This a sample of what one meets. I'll show you what we have to compete against and then you will see why the young men of the valley are leaving the land where they were born and raised for jobs in the city.” Cochran led to a dairy farm upon which sat a once home-like farmhouse. It was a wallow. Dirt and disorder reigned. A flock of little, slant-eyed. Orientals infested the living rooms. They appeared to be all about the same age. In the cowyard the proprietor and his wife, clad in joveralls, were working 50-50, juggling immense milk cans, Cochran stalled something about wanting to cut the jJap’s grain. The Jap, in his proverbial meekness, likewise (CONT D ON PAGE Fit d “According to figures obtained recently by the King | tempt to exclude them from farming |County Dairymen’s association,” said Cochran, “there are will be made at the next legislature. The Japanese have control of 85 per cent of them,| one of the big cantaloupe growers in| Which means, too, that they control about 85 per cent of 15 | ry That is the simple} TACOMA, ‘Aug. 14. —Japanese control more than 22,000 acres of the best agricultural land in the Puyallup valley, and are extend. ing their grip in this garden spot of Western Washington, it was revealed at the county assessor's office Thursday, The Japanese holdings extend from Tacoma thru the entire length of the val ley, according to Deputy Assess. or A.W. Carr, who assessed the Japanese holdings. h of the land is held by Japs under 50- year leases, “In and near Tacoma, in the edge of this best farming land, the Japanese are in the major- ity,” declared Carr, “The Japs have extended their control until immense areas of excellent soil for truck gardening are in their grip. And the Japs are making immense profits, too, They are marketing large quantities of green corn in Tacoma and near- by cities, and in Seattle, and keeping the price at 5 centes an ear, the highest rate it has ever brought, Ship 75 Per Cent Japs ship at least 75 garden truck in to Tacoma ney are in absolute market Japs also | inroads in the of the Puyallup Japar rry-growing ey Tacoma reached its high point cently, but only one of th hostelries been 1 Donnelly terms of th 1 to hire in th ho lease Pierce county aud lodging hou | | $1,5 than the for a number of the other hotels according to real esta ers who handled the transactions, case ause refi the property to permit the 1 county audi how Japanese number of Tacoma laundri that Jap control of the cleaning establishments is growing It was also shown that 20 of Taco. ure leasing ma lJ uptown j ti after gaining lower end of the ¢fty | Have M | Fred § a rt his Acros ey Supply Pflaum, deputy work he has continually | dicate which has its he ttle, and which appears to be sup ) pl with unlimited funds. | were is every indication |serted, “that the Japs are profiteer ir on foods right here Sor |are outrageous had @ regular trust here," in Tacoma per cent control of the are making great district * control of the hotels of the Japs are white men to man- t the Japs have Tacoma hotels * of the cheaper Japs offered from $1,000 to market value but failed to gain control in every ¥ owners rs records also | a large ; 4 ‘and| Stade stuff and is paying 58 to 61 dyeing and Wholesalers paid from ed by y is to move control of the he as of the prices they are charging | Sugar price It looks as if they! ment ies to carry out the orders of | Attorney General Palmer. It is obvious that raids in the near future would not be sur-| prising.” Officials refused to discuss details of their contemplated jaction. | It was understood about the federal building that the government's legal staff was considering evidence already obtained by department justice operatives. That, while one morith ago every cold storage house in Se- attle was filled to the brim and refused to take any more goods, prices were continually on the up grade on the pretense of be- ing unable to*buy from San Francisco, is the charge made to The Star by an investigator of Western ave, creamery houses. “The government today re ports a surplus of 40,000,000 pounds over last year this date,” continued The Star's in- form: Abou! cold sto house in Seattle full and refused to take more goods. And yet the entire month of July held here at from 53 to 5 best butter in time. July cents and 2 cents inside of 10 days. butter you will find that during | butter was | cents, The cubes was selling at 48 to 49 cents in Oregon at the same | Panne Then came a raise of 3 cents What of to be held in storage here, will be seized here today by the Unit- ed States marshal, District At- torney Hensley’s office an nounced today. CHICAGO, Aug. 15.—A raid on hoarded sugar stocks in Chi- cago will take place this after- noon, Assistant United States Attorney Milroy announced to- day. The raid was to follow that of Milroy’s department yester- day, when large quantities of butter were taken. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.— Search for owners of more than $50,000,000 worth of food hoard- ed in New York city is being made today by the federal trade commission and the United States district attorney, it was learned today. As soon as the hoarders are discovered, the investigators will be ordered to start work in anoth- er city, it was said here today at the federal trade commission's of- fice. The senate today ordered an in VAST SEIZURE OF MEATS DUE 2,420,000 Pounds Are St | ed in Ohio, Says Gover | jecute the packers. | Yestigation into alleged profiteering in coal and into charges of conspir days ago, most every | "CY, to, Keep up prices was! adopted pets merce committee | re Frelinghuysen today without the senat debate, nterstat to make quiry. The senat ed to on Attorne: od | more sweeping er resolution, al com: | in-|takable evidence not only of will General | hou amendments to | dis: At the beginning of the month of | ™M#ke the war-time food control act!been shipped from Chicago to Cleve! re was quoted at 53 % COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 15.— Governor Cox of Ohio today asked United States Attorney General Palmer to seize 2420, 000 pounds of meats stored in Ohio by several big Chicago packers on the charge of “wil — ful violation and even defiance of the law.” « Cox said the meat was owned by Swift & Co. Morris & Co, Wilson @ Co. and Brant & Co. The governem urged Palmer to take action diately (to seize the meat and to prom In addition, 33 affidavits charging 23 different Ohio persons with violations of the state. cold storage act were signed and— sent out for service, Is Willful Violation “Our investigation shows unt violation and even defiance of law he part of the large packing | particularly but we hay vered that food supplies ha’ land, returning again to Chicago — This legislation, declared by Palm-|and re-shipped back to Cleveland. to be essential to the running} “To what extent this process hae reason can be given for this action |W Of profiteers in food and cloth: |been carried on we do not yet know, At the same time that every cooler |i: has met with opposition in the but it is manifestly the part of = city was full? reason given by the | big « on Western ave. } that t San their Why they t to buy from 8 cisco when their own coo! jfull that they refused mo for storage? ess they raised ve Now the creamery men are trying to hold up t give of butter in take second grade stock, That's not so, The public Jcents for it 46 to 50 cents for this same stock “Merchants of Seattle have been than is being paid in any other city ne United States. » only Way to halt the increas (CONT'D ON PAGE FLPTEEN) ; county| Wholesale Grocers reported Thursday that in} ies the traces of a Japanese syn-| Iquarters in ANCISCO, grocers here today jal indi that they have felt criticisms directed at them as possible factors in high costs. A broad denial that they have profi teered and a specific showing on were included in a state today by their attorney, Robert Edelson, SAN F Aug, should Fran: | f ‘ re so | Hn goods attle that ‘the people | want the best goods and refuse to | eration amendments to the food con trol bill proposed by is buying the second | eral Palmer | agrictultural three | * was} 7 unable to buy from | 1 | Tecommends today false standards and | tion on proposed legislation aimed at Of this state evidence now in as @ reason for the high price | profiteering in food vote | wrangling ‘ | nouncea paying 6 to 7 cents more for butter | wid the ed if | member: | exempt farmers, profiteering. committee. ators, led by Smith, South C; 1d other democrat resi t ns. Senator Kenyon and others are completely broken Delay Action on Law Several | policy members, attorney general's | Ohio are | that sly backing Palmer, and par framed and shaped by & ago packers for the double pure: of deceiving the authorities i Illinois and keeping ties off the market in deficiency and higher might come together. “In behalf of the T not only ch pos nec Public inte urge upon you to The senate agriculture committee |this food at once, but suggest postponed until Tuesday ac and clothing The committee The committee had decided on today, but after Chairman ¢ a rence of the ndment would were taken today gestion Gronna proposed serted. had under consid Attorney Gen associa a protracted | first instance the law of supply and an- He » defeat All Senators Harrison, | Mississippl, and Capper, Kansas, con curred in Gronna’s su n amendment to leners, livestock . a | producers and co-operative Deny Profiteering) tions trom proposed penalties for : He declared the farm 8 would oppose the Palmer amend ment sunless this safeguard is in | ‘ ~ | || CINCINNATI DEFEATS "| N. Y., 4 to 3—Game by Innings, Page 22. t you receive from the autho upon which I believe criminal pre ecution can be had against the ecutive heads of the large packing porations, who certainly are tee sible for the artful and unlawe — practice of destroying in the demand and consumers,”” then defrauding the ATTENTION, RHYMESTERS Names of winners in this week's Want Ad Rhyme Contest will appear in Saturday’s Star. Also announcement of new contest. WATCH