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

a ° mak 6 An American Paper That Fights for Americanism t Tides in Seattle CENTS : | TheSeattleStar 2:= MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1919. TVORUME 22. NO. 165. ) ae ___ SEATTLE, WASH. UDENDORFF BARES ENEMY WAR SECRETS oa” ” The Seattle Star today publishes the first chapter of General Erich ; von Ludendorff’s historic book on the German side of the war. One in- PROMISE FULL stallment will be published daily in The Star for approximately 100 days. Ludendorff's book is appearing in leading newspapers thruout the world. E It reveals the thoughts and actions of the dictator of military Germany during the last two years of the war. Lord Mortheliffe and the McClure Newspaper Syndicate of New York paid Ludendorff $500,000 for daily BEFORE NIGHT publication rights. The Star obtained exclusive rights for Seattle and vi- cinity. Do not miss a single installment of this close-up historic document. BOTH SIDES OF GAS STRIKE * * &* * & + * * * HH | _ Seattleites Beating Gas Strike aren? e H SE DO “Responsibility for ending the gas strike rests w pas ping By GEN. ERICH _VON LUDEN ea arr ee the shoulders of Superintendent S. R. Hutchinson. The The United States declared war on us on April 5, 1917. The collapse, strike can be ended by paying an increase of approxi- of Russia, the success of our submarine campaign and the desire to a i Bee day, and Dcaarhege api bey use their forces to combat the U-boats must have been factors in their ie Ghith 12 nesses tenitd in ike REE decision. On February 3 America had broken off diplomatic relations) yards for the same classes of work. The lowest of thether it w, vo hee » men are receiving approximately $4 a day and the iwith us, and I doubt whether it would have been possible to come to} iithest are receiving approximately $6 a day. ie terms with her in the meantime without disturbing the basis upon; 250 men struck because they were not given a he ;which the-submarine campaign was being conducted. | They are asking their American right to bargain eql- | bes ‘ a r eh \ lectively. Mr. Hutehinson is misleading the pul The attempt on the part of our foreign office to establish militaty re-| when he says he was not warned. T cannot red Hations with Mexico strengthened public opinion against us in the) 4 settlement will be reached.”—Statement of John Von re ‘ ; : , 3 Carnop, ber of the conf ommitt resent United States. In spite of my warnings, the foreign office had used inc eis aeikieas Pascqniarence Soils ae an antiquated and easily decipherable secret code. | aioe : ‘pie ; | “The Seattle Lighting company's entire effort. at Soon after America’s declaration of war the whole world was ranged against) the Sneath tite in extatlishing bod’ maintaining nor= jus, only a few states, including the Argentine and Chili, preserving their neu-| mal and continuous service. As far as the strike is con- jtrality in face of enemy pressure. The American declaration of war included, cerned I don’t know yet what it is all about. We have all the states of the quadruple alliance, with the exception of Bulgaria, where| 0 statement to make concerning negotiations. As far ae wielind POSSI ANIA 1825 : ryt ne % . Ger.| a8 I know the cause of the strike was my refusal to the Ame rican represe ntative -agevepeed ? + 0m _ ve = Sofia. The Ger-| fisten to A. E. Miller, who said he was speaking for the man government failed to secure his recall thru the Bulgarian government,| employes. Miller said he wanted me to look over @ ribution upon us later on. the employ of the company. I refused to consider the cle " : : contract. The working conditions of the men and their (Dominic I. Murphy, the American consul general at Sofia, exercised great| wages were not affected at all, as far as I understaad influence with the government in the days preceding the Bulgarian surrender Miller.’—Statement of S._R. Hutchinson, superin- and helped greatly in bringing about the decision.) | tendent of the Seattle Lighting Co. Ludendorff Says He Was Not Surprised Seattle will be able to cook supper by gas. the U. S. Joined War Against Germany This was the welcome announcement made at — It was not a matter of surprise to me that the United States joined the ranks of our noon Monday by S R Hutchinson superin- a ? ial 6. , enemies. I had reckoned upon their doing so, provided the balance of war continued in our favor, even if the unrestricted submarine campaign had never been opened. As far back/tendent of the Seattle Lighting Co.--the first = | the spring of 1915 an American correspondent on the eastern front had expressed sws to this effect, and they certainly did not reflect his own personal opinion alone. real note of optimism that had issued from the rave had fae a n eran in tir of gest an she now vine us a a! ies company’s offices since 60,000 customers were events taking place in Europe thru the glasses of entente propaganda, strengthened by}, : . Creas-Dale photo. |her ties of blood with England. The German-American population had little influence. cut off suddenly and without warning without the bacon. (Below) Mre./To appeal to their loyal hen Gres hols and Mra, Pwing collebor-| adoption, as we did for a time, was clumsy and bound to produce an unfavorable effect. I s Ate We ¢ in the preparation of @ par-| have not been able to get a clear account of the attitude of the Irish section of the popu- meal last Saturday. makir ffee and | ticularly rt 4 morsel. & lation. The oppression of this unfortunate country left the United States cold. “ j ; on an impromptu back| of M N Wilson's reply to the kaiser’s letter of the autumn of 1914, in which the latter ap-| A full force of men are stoking coke into vetoes dag Mg prongs n for y pealed to America’s sense of justice with regard to the Belgian atrocities, gave food for|every one of our ovens at our six plants thru- ee Matied ze se og gotat pes thought. America was led by economivy interests even more and more to the side of the out the city,” Hutchinson announced. But the er McNamee, of + Slat sits and coffee over entente, for England had surrendered to her the position she had hithertto enjoyed as the sa “% iy tare has a ne 86 Fre Sah first capitalistic power of the world. The entente was deeply in America’s debt, and|strike was not ended and apparently the end their defeat would have involved her in heavy loss. {was not yet in sight. D BONDS an Open Door Thru Hollan | FIRES; WETS HOUSES/rants where only gas is used as fuel resumed PRINTER BACK The attitude of the United States in regard to the ques-| ,, . biased i $ GIVEN GREAT on oe the eanply of munitions left no doubt about their} ef omar pt. S—Residents | HUSINESS Monday morning and pulled down the kerosene lamp dame cate i tn, ne Gnd Naesiaimee: brousee atirot one-sided conception of neutrality. England's monstrous| the tw ential rain whieh [Sign “Closed--No Gas” which had adorned their ‘ e@ cra lady by as ery down-|front doors Sunday. Simultaneously with the ‘ a came violations of international law at sea were only possible as | fell her aft downtown business district te a» end toda 6 publica long as America connived at ety a a (ag shag ee a tows. building were er-withe tha f Sa we > eh tion of the usual’ edit at the foreign office several years before the war I was assured resuit that the upper stories were | {iS ico s ‘ ‘ Saturday or Sunday night | risnes RECEPTION er Matciea’ Wid: Haver? Tages: tO UGH. TARR, We lsiesl Ga nicest tie rece first noticeable flow of gas, housewives in every by thieves who stole approx-_,,! ‘ reckoned with certainty on unlimited imports thru Holland. | “8* ®t'ributed to a cloudburst art of the city resumed the customa smi PI reckone ) t noon, The| downsp | Many forest fires are believed to imately $15,000 in stocks‘ a evenin HOBOKEN, N. J, Sept. 8— | AS a matter of fact, the Auarieas severeroent yd ha have been extinguished by the rain.|and Over a weak flame, that slowly grew under- 2 curt ay: : er edccduainead) thakitie (arn The Leviathan, with Gen. Per |tually raise objections to the arbitrary methods of English} . | pod peat Sil oe eee ey tos tne imune.| abing aboard, docked bere at 815° |nayal warfare... ‘The American note of protest on March 30,|TWO ARE HURT WHEN neath cold pots end pans, began the prepara- * erty bonds, $15 in war sav- | aiat pissy ch he dl cause dumm Mie nes 1915, was couched in serious language. It asserted in un-| AUTO STRIKES TRUCK tion of Monday’s breakfast. Ings stamps, $50 in postage |‘ 4 ° aoe pace rere snres Jequivocal terms that the so-called British blockade was “an| | Rn, akties hake Sen | Promises Service had be After his Ahan stamps and personal papers, and shook hands with Secretary {almost unqualified denial of the sovereign rights of the na- I ETGA Seok: es. Sauk te teat ee enealeoe . fighting off his | Baker: tions now at peace,” and continued with the warning that) tay and t ed back to his of- i Ito tolerate England’s procedure in this respect would be to sion with a ¢ assume “an attitude of unneutrality to the present enemies | {i ligt ae peice eg yd Als titin the |of Great Britain which would be obviously inconsistent With | jye Monday p Americans {the solemn obligations of this (the U. S. A.) government} who fought in France.” lin the present circumstances.” Iy | fluid we ers w nds of burn ter a time it r another and a Masonic ring. The safe of the Rustad Heating & Ph mbing Co., 315 2nd ave. S., was pried open and stocks taken. The!+ Your steel cabinets at the ‘arbitration Mather | Pe Mutual Life Insurance Co., 4 Pir cacthad. > | aurea Seattle will hi ous service wi normal, continu- iS hours, said | Hutchinson this morning. , ons, Full service in the business see- near Dearborn st. Mrs. {with blistering hands and fraying | on was promised for the noon hour Alf was removed to the city lcervee kant wp thale' Work 1nd) the wish mishtly reduced service during the after ecident occurred at Seventh | This declaration was perfectly plain. A second American t that the so-|" ur must be con-} rto her home, Gre a broken hand mains began to fill and a some. near normal flow was re. hours, they anks emptied | # Sept. 8—United| es hs sing landed at the|note of November 5, 1915, emphasized the “"lealled blockade of March 11 of the y rges Keonomy le public can help the using’ gas for meals and where Jsumed. It would RETURNS TO PRACTICE knew, t ill the ¥ ASQ Sta ¢ former method taweaae Otanttesin' ¢ arofora Both protests were! ald has resumed | by th « Necessities only, until normal condi+ 459 Stuart building, were f the seale com lis Braces sidered ineffective and the refore Alte ae i ed est : ay re or shave a stiint Mhutebinnens ae tions are reached," declared Hutch Morced open and the Liberty |" ted I nigh ae a ‘ ntl ne bluntly rejected by England The United States govern Harrie andttw ples days and nights, 2 | Ano ssatata: neve euch arc . ti ‘ ‘ighes nancall distric Y accepte: » rebuff. According to its own verdict, med in July, | hor uly Monday morning ‘o complaints have been reoel bonds and stamps, and a ‘he result « anding F iH district|ment accepted the “am per hn has eb a ointed first | tumbled into bed for two hours'_rest. | from the hospitals today,’* he eons ing val rey “| the unic wa windows seek: lits attitude to Germany for nearly two years was unneutral.| Uoiiiant United States district at. | Ho bed amsembled alhateur crete of | Hnu he Woapltals . have iam ring valued at $50 stolen. af Any ee eee cor) ‘The opinion of the German ambassador, Count Bernstorff, | jorney and later lawyer member of | volunteer stokers and said he was|Yery considerate and we are giving adjustment | mander echoed to the! N: t x “ONT 3 ' 4NO arrests have been made. heights of the skys rapers, (CONT'D ON PAGH ELEVEN) the state industrial commission, practically eertain the emergency | (CONT'D ON PAGE FIVE) which 4 \ i I scale which is approximately the same as paid in % ‘ altho I requested them several times todo so. This failure brought heavy ret-| blanket contract for the work done by all the men in for the country of their birth as against the country of their! enough gas to finish preparation of the evening By ff,