The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 29, 1919, Page 1

INTRUDER CLIMBS THRU WINDOW MONDAY SRrT. 29 First Low Tide 225 a om Piewt High Tide oe am, 101 tf Second Low Tite 2:4 pom, 62 ft Second High $09 p 5 eon! Tide at Tides in Seattle TURSDAY Ser 30 First Low Tide 2 ™ La tt 10.0 ft Second Low Tide An American Paper That Fights for Americanism Entered as Becond Class Matter May 3. VOLUME 22. NO. 183. ———— E APOLOGIZE to the navy, espe- cially the water de- partment. . Let no miser solon dare lay on the kiddies’ sit aaa Stes q a | hand monk. : aE DESIRE at this time to 2) arise and apologize. ow ‘We hope the fellow con- cerned sees this. It happened this way: were waiting for the afternoon Pacific train from the And we noticed a blue-coated fel- by the gate of track 3. And we asked him what time the came in, and what track it on, And he said, in a most tone; “I don’t have any to do with the train.” And then we looked at his blue closely, and saw it was ail with gilt eagles and red and wanted to get his bag- right away. ‘We suppose a chief mate, or x or water carrier, or what 2 he is, should really tote a gun, @ @ sword, or a life preserver or thing if he is going to hang @ depot gate with a blue on. jt once more, we want this dis ctly understood, we apologize. d, while we are in it, we will no favorites; we also desire to ize to the gateman. OME penurious cities have cUt expenses by disposing of their park zoos and emptied their cages of bears, monkeys and the of the menagerie. ‘We trust that no hard-hearted, penny-pinching Seattle board gets ‘@ stingy as to follow this example. Any lover of children, others ave no business being considered, ‘Who will take an hour at Woodland Park any bright Sunday afternoon “and see what bears and monkeys and guinea pigs and golden pheas- oll and ring-necked mourning mean to the kiddies will | ever grudge a penny these de- lights may cost. We might spare that hyena out 3 e ig a mangy, ill tempered, | Fheumatic old rascal, without char- deter, beauty or entertaining gifts, "But the bears and the parrots and the buffalo and the deer and the / Ponies and the monkeys—above all, monkeys—every Sunday roll Up more juvenile joy than all the Money they ever will cost could Why, that one acrobatic monkey _ that hurdles that buggy wheel for @n hour at a time, is worth as "Much as Charlie Chaplin to the Gfowds of youngsters. Charlie gets more than a million @ollars a year for making us for- Bet and keeping children happy. That monkey doesn't get anything » but a few peanuts and a chance to ‘Hratch, and who will dare say he ) tem’t worth it? By all means, may the z00 live ~ dong and prosper! y Beis Air sea | The oldest bells in the United > States hang in the Spanish cathedral (if St. Augustine, Fla. They are 1682. @ant Ad Rhymes May be left at The Star downtown classified branch located in Bar- tell’s Drug Store, 610 Second ave. 0 DEAD, 5 Gen. Leonard Wood vicinity of the court one man, Clancy, 19, other persons were wounded MARINE. INSISTS HE DID NOT KILL Lieut. William Kent said Monday . in his last interview with him, clung firmly to his orig inal story, denying that he knew Holt's bedy lay in Butterworth & Sons’ funeral parlors Monday, await- ing an autopsy. Four bullet holes are visibia Holt was shot down by an un identified assassin, who fired four shots from behind a telephone pole at West Hanford st. and Walnut ave., West Seattle, at 8:30 Saturday night, as he was on his way to the home of Mrs. Deaver, 3216 Walnut ave. Deaver’s repeated denial that he is the slayer is borne out by two cir cumstances noted by detectives. When the ambushed murderer ope: ed fire, Holt was heard to ¢ claim: “My God, Bill, what are you ing?” Deaver’s first name is Bul. George Davis, an attendant in the White House Billiard parlors in the Green building, several miles from the scene of the shooting, corrobor ates Deaver’s statement that the sergeant-major was in the pool room do. not between 9 p. m. and 10 p. m. Satur-| day. When Deaver was arrested about 11:20 o'clock in bed in his tent at 4228 Alki ave. by Detectives Bianchi and Majewski, a revolver of co iber was found under his pillow. One chamber showed traces of recent use. | He explained that he had shot at a duck near his home, Neighbors were quizzed. They did not remem- ber, they said, of having heard or HURT IN 0 Mayor Strung — Up by Rioters OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 29.—Omaha was placed under martial law shortly before) midnight last night by orders from : Maj. at Chicago. Sixteen |hundred soldiers were patrolling the streets this morning, 1,000 of them arriving from Camp Dodge early today. were placed in the negro district and in the Machine guns house and soldiers| seemed to have the situation well in hand. A negro, Will Brown, identified by Miss Agnes Loeback- | 138. as the man who had assaulted her Thursday night, was lynched and his body burned, Mayor Ed P. Smith was nearly hanged, the Douglas county courthouse was burned, | , was shot and killed, and 56) in a riot here’ Sunday night. ; Officials are fearful that race rioting will break out afresh to- night. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood tele- graphed Mayor Smith from Bis- marek, N. D, this morning that he will arrive in Omaha at 9:20 Tuea- day morfing to take personal charge of operations Wood also |maid that be has ordered additional troops from Camp Grant, Ii}, and Camp Funston, Kansas, | That a riot spirit still prevalin| |! shown from numerous street) jfights between whites and blacks. | Troops in the heart of the negro |dixtrict were fired on by negroes | just before daybreak this morning They returned the fire No one) | as injured. / Mayor Smith regained conscious | | ness this morning and was able to | sit up. Physicians were at his bed. | side constantly during the night.) | They said the mayor had been badly | beaten about the chest. | In hie delirium the mayor moaned continuously, “You shall not take 1 him.” The mayor had no comment to make this morning on last night's riots. The enraged mob burned the mayor's automobile after he had been rescued by police. : While thousands of men, women and children looked on and cheered, Brown was taken from the fourth floor of the burning courthouse after the smoke had all but over come Sheriff Clark and hix deputies, and ta o 18th and Douglas sts. & rope put around his neck and he was hanged from a telephone pole. The mob then riddled his bedy with bullets, cut it down and burned it. | Mayor Smith almost suffered the same fate when he defied the mob, His last words, mumbled while al NTINUED ON PAGE TWO) opting at a duck, One | went thru Hoit’s| n his underclothing. | | seen Deaver sh ho was one of the shooting, | r, after firing, turn wards California ave. 1 in civilian clothing t told immediately ad. “He's the man ome,” he admitted < PAGE TWO and ran © was drew | Deaver was that Holt was | who br negro, shows a number of It proves that we are It proves that, as a nat for constituted authority. the order that we have bui of effort and bloody year and democratic rule. the fear of, or respect for, It demonstrates the fac world. It gives us, in short, a f WHAT OMAHA SHOWS HE Omaha incident Sunday, with an attempted hanging of the mayor and the lynching of a spite of our boasted culture and education. It shows how easily a mob can sweep over a city and take the law into its own hands and overturn It points to the fact that men will riot, burn, pil- lage and kill unless they are watched and checked by cruel, most savage, irrational, damnable thing in the mob rule, the red terror of Russia, of Bolshevism. things. not yet fully civilized, in jon, we have small respect It up by hundreds of years s of fighting for freedom organized society and law. t that a mob is the most aint idea of the horrors of | with | Shipping Stopped The Seattle Sta 99, at the Postoffics at Beattie, SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY APPEAL T0 PRESIDENT Mayor, Waterhouse, Par- sons Ask That Shipyard Increase Stand MAY AVERT BIG STRIKE| Telegraphic protest against the reported refusal of the United States government to keep faith with Puacifle Const shipbuilders with reference to a now wage scale effective October 1 was sent Sunday afternoon to government officials at the national capital by Mayer C. B. Fitagerald, Frank Waterhouse, president of the Associated In- dustries, and Reginald H. Par- sons, president of the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club. ‘The following telegram wns sent to Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to President Wilson; Judge John Bar- ton Paine, chairman of the United States Shipping board, Washington, D. C.. and. Capt. 1.1. Anderson, vice Dresident of the Emergency Fleet corporation, Philadelphia “We understand that Emergency | Fleet corporation has issued an) order directing shipbutlders on this| coast to continue former wage scale after October ist, notwithstanding those companies last August entered | into a written agreement with repre: | sentatives of their employes making 8 cents an hour increase in wagen ef- fective October Ist Laiyng Off Men | “You may not be aware of the fact that this agreement was,urged on them by Your representative, Mr. Leatherbee, at conference in San| Francisco and approved by him in| your behalf in a written statement | jbanded to representatives of ship- building companies and employer at! that time. Employes at referendum | vote in September approved agree ment. ! “Public sentiment here, in which we fully agree, regards good faith of fleet corporation and government re. quires that an agreement so formally made and approved should not be set aside at this late date. We can- not too strongly urge tha, wo con: | sideration of general policy, how ever wise, can be regarded an more | controlling than maintenance of good faith on part of United States gov-| ernment and its representatives to-( ward labor | “We earnestly urge that you make lorder before October Ist permitting | Pacific Coast shipbuilders to comply this agreement. Aside from vital principle involved we call your attention to fact that this agreement will not afford general level of wages for reason that shipyards on this | coast are laying off men progressive ly every month, thus releasing, in of absorbing labor.” “L don't see how the government can afford to break faith with Pa (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) Offers $1,000 for Body of Husband | Seattle police have been notified by Mra, K. W. Lyen, of Ellensburg, | wife of Sergeant FE. W. Lyen, who| was drowned on September 21 In| Lake Warhington when a canoe tn myster failed to ise the body | to Great Britain WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.(United Press.)—Salling all shipping board vessels for United Kingdom porta | has been ordered suspended, because | of the British railway strike the} shipping board announced today. — | German Cannon Used to Batter Courthouse Door OMAHA, Neb,, Sept. 29.—A cap. tured German cannon, presented to the city by the war depart ment, was used by the mob to batter down the courthouse door in last night's rioting. County commissioners estimated the dam age to the courthouse at from $100,000 to $250,000 . Onder the Act of Congress March 5, 1879 CENTS Late Edition ey ee x ri Per Year. b $5.00 to Mail 9.00 es LOCAL MEN southwest of Rheims and south o the Marne on the 18th with the same Weather Forecas' 3PTEMBER 29, 1919. MAHA—FITZGERALD BACKS SHIPYARD WORKER night an warmer, gentle SHIPPING BOARD MUST PLAY FAIR Every citizen and every organization of Seattle that pos- sesses any influence that might be brought to bear upon the United States shipping board ought to assert that influence to- day by telegraph to force the shipping board to live up to the shipyard wage agreement effective October Ist, which has been signed by the workers, the yard owners, and officially approved by authorized representatives of the shipping board itself. If that board continues in its expressed determina- tion to repudiate that contract there probably will follow a shipyard strike that will mean nothing but grief and loss or perhaps catastrophe for all of us. The Star feels that this community is today at the edge of a precipice, and that one false step may cause a smash from which it would re: years to recover. The strike by all means should be averted. Briefly, here is the situation: _ The métal trades unions of Tacoma and Seattle last winter struck for an increase in pay over the so-called Macy scale. They were at once accused by the government of repudiating their own agreement. This they denied, and still deny. They contend that the agreement was made without their knowledge by officers of the international unions, and never even referred to the workers here for ratification. After a long strike of bitter memory, the men went back to work on the understanding given by Director Piez, of the emergency fleet corporation, that a wage conference should be held between the unions involved, own- ers of the yards and government authorities. Such a conference took place at Washington in March, and continued at San Francisco in July. The metal trades councils of the whole Coast were represented. The international union officers were present. The yard owners were all represented. The shipping board was represented. The oe agreed ona wage scale calling for an increase of 8c an hour, to be effective October 1, when the old agreement expired. This new scale was ratified by all parties, and was approved in writing by au- thorized ene Fase representatives. R. W. Leatherbee, who sat in the conference as a representative of Vice President Ackerson, of the emergency fleet corporation, has expressed his approval ina long letter to both es St owners and labor representa- tives, and in an official report to the fleet corporation. Now, on the eve of its going into effect, there comes an order to the various yards from the shipping board saying in effect, “Do not put this increased wage into effect. Under the president’s policy of holding all wage increases in abey- ance for the present, this agreement must be ‘set aside.” THAT IS A PLAIN DOUBLE-CROSS of both the Pacific coast ship- yard owners and the workers. It is also a rank injustice to us all. Cer- tainly the president, if informed, would not be a party to such dishonesty. If permitted to stand, the order almost certainly means a strike. Such a walkout would be disastrous to workers, to the industry, to Seattle and to the whole Coast. Hence the great urgency of this community’s de- manding emphatically today of the shipping board heads that they abide by their agreement Wednesday. If they have some urgent, imperative needs for asking the unions for new concessions, that cin be done in due time, but no such reason they conceivably may possess will excuse them for violating their contract in the meantime. The integrity of the United States government is too sacred for any shipping board or any other board to undermine. We urge every Seattle individual and every Seattle organization that can effectively assert an influence, no matter how seemingly small, to place his message on the wires today. : i . If you are an American, who believes in fair play and who wants to see stability and prosperity in our industrial life, it is up to you to demand that the shipping board recede from its autocratic stand. FOCH CAUGHT HUNS BY SURPRISE “MY THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS”, By Gen. Eric Von Ludendorff |Report More Men The Bar thra spediai’s nt-with ‘the MoCture: Newspaper | Return for Work Copyrighted, 1919, by Harp Brothers. All. rights reserved. Britain by Hutchinson & Company and the London Times:| SHARON, Pa. Sept. 29,—Officials Messrs, Selx and Bariel; in Italy by Fratelli Treves; tn Canada and |o¢ the Carnegie Steel corporation de. clared today that a large number All rights reserved for France, Heigium, Holland, Russia and the of men returned to work this morn: dinavian countries, By July 17 Marshal Foch had at- results, but between the Oureq and ing. Two blast furnaces of the tacked without success on the battle- | the —_ he had won considerable | <oi+ works at Farrell are now in | “7 y ground, ; tg Bic es of Champagne, in the Foret de|FFon ss about halfway be {fun operation and the Ble omni and 1a Montague de Rheims, between the | tween the Aisne and the Marne. Here |*" mills have nearly a full quota} suthwest of Rheims) and the| troops of the American first and sec. |°f ™? nd also south of the Marne;/ond divisions and French Moroccan land had continued the offensive | division were the assaulting forces.) The United States now controls After a short and sharp artillery | (CONT'D ON PAGE SEVEN) 24.8 per cent of the steam tonnage of the world BEATS GIRL WHEN SHE - SCREAMS! ‘Awakened When Stranger’s Fingers Tighten on Her Throat; Father to Aid HER ASSAILANT ESCAPES Seattle police are hunting for an unidentified thug who into Freeda Irving’s room at her home, 1520 13th ave. S., at 6 am. Monday, and choked her as she lay asleep in her bed. The girl, who is only 18, was awakened by the man’s fingers tight- — ening about her neck. She strudgled violently, forcing the man's fingers from her throat. She immediately screamed and he began beating her in the face. Her father, who was asleep in an- other room, heard the girl's screams and ran into the room just in time to see the man drop from the win- dow, He immediately called the police. Motorcycle Officer Fred Mills rushed to the home and a care- ful search thruout the neighborhood faield to reveal any suspicious char- acters. The girl was so frightened she was unable to remember what her assail- ant looked like. Officer Mills said the thug got a sawhorse from the rear of the houso and climbed thru the window. The police believe the thug was one who was acquainted with the district. Miss Irving declared she had been in the habit of leaving the window open during the night for fresh air, BETHLEHEM MEN SLOW TO STRIKE Less Than 20 Per Cent of Workers Quit Jobs The steel workers’ attempt to extend the nation-wide strike to the Bethlehem Steel Co. appar- ently failed. today. Reports | Employes at Sparrow's Point, Md., plant voted overwhelmingly yester. day against joining the strike, and the plant was in operation today. Aside from the apparent initial |failure of the Bethlehem Steel Co. jstrike, the steel workers appeared to be losing ground in their fight for unionization of the United States Steel corporation and its subsidi- aries, In the all-important Pittsburg district, reports indicated an increas- jing number of men returning to work. The Carnegie Steel Co, was particularly optimistic. The situa- jtion in the Ohio, Iilinois and Gary jareas showed little change. | Announcement was made at the White House today that the “round | table” conference, which was expect: Jed to take up the steel strike, will be held October 6, despite President Wilson's illness. SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa., Sept. 29.—(United Press.)}—Less than 20 per cent of the workers responded to the strike call at the Bethlehem steel plant this morning. There was no picket- ing in the vicinity of the steel plant, One man on picket duty was ar rested on a charge of “interfering with men going to work.” The police say he is not an employe of the steel company and is regarded as a rad- eal. Mounted police, including many ex- soldiers in uniform of the United States army, carrying pistols, kept every one mo’ Whenever more than three men gathered the group was promptly dispersed. Superintendent Davies stated con- ditions within the plant were nearly normal crawled thru an open window