The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 17, 1919, Page 1

MAYOR I ETERMINED Tides in Seattle FRIDAY oct, 1 First Low Tide 02 a mm, First Wigh Tide a feeble chuckle to catch a thief Tong been an axiom. We are setting to catch cops, thus the equation to years, watching Sificers, we have be- Our police xystem was their talents out- 5 Officers wear out Balt - soles chasing anywhere, usually. Sy would it be the thieves to nab the half the police to half efficient, ° op knows nothing foe €FOOk’s mind works, All about how a cop's | and we would get SME for our taxes, hardly finds mental ex- "3 to’ keep him from a Merely dodging against fellow: me Would be kept resource- would oecasion- of its valuables. We must have thieves are part of the it their various and fo nome proper revolve in & Move about in on their own | Wiest Migh Tide 1a fe) U2 oom. 88 et || Wiret Lew Tide Td a mf | THE MASK DROPS ] SATURDAY ocr, The following editorial, translated from the Japanese, ap- Geared in the New World, a Japanese newspaper published in n ncisco. is The editorial points with derision to the efforts of Western legislators to halt the encroachments of the yellow race. Speaking to his own ip a the wily Jap drops the mask of smiling suavity which he wears in the presence of white men, exults in-his Prussian arrogance of race, and bares his con- b wel for the blind and sentimental people of the United Let the editorial speak for itself: “We should advance and not recede. To stop is to retreat. er in war or business this holds true. While we push ebayer eed X Speriy bas no chance to form plans. We ve a. ; Never curse aman. determined spirit will crush a rock, we also say. Thesé maxims are suitable for the present situation. ' . “We who are here in America, where so many anti-Japan- ese parties exist, must have this sort of determination. What can Phelan do? What can Inman do? Both are but ordinary men. Their ability is nothing unusual. Their influence is only that of a crowd. “When we of the Yamoto race rise with a mighty resolve, their opposition will be as futile as an attempt to sweep the sea with a broom. “It is only because there is so much fear and anxiety on the of.us Japanese that they think they can undertake such ig things. “Even if photograph marriages should be prohibited, we cannot be stopped from leaving our descendants on this American continent. Even if not a single Japanese woman comes, it is not possible to prevent the seed of our great Yam- oto race from being sown on the American continent by mar- riages with Americans, with French, with Indians and with negroes; especially since there are already 100,000 Japanese here and 5,000 children are born annually. “Phelan and Inman cannot stop this great force. What stu- pidity! What ignorance of a mighty force! “Again let us consider the land law. Supposing that the ideas of Phelan and Inman were carried out, and we Japanese were prohibited from owning or cultivating land. We could find some way to continue farming and make a good living as producers. If we cannot conveniently do so in California we shall go to other states and devise some plan. Even the laws of California are not forever unchangeable. “The day will come when the real strength of the Japa- nese will make a clean sweep of all laws. “Even the kaiser’s empire was destroyed when its time came. What can Phelan and Inman, whose influence is less than a drop in the great ocean of world tendency, do to stop the forward movement of our Yamoto race? “We will say: ‘Let there be a hundred or a thousand anti- Japanese movements; let laws be made; let laws be amended. Foolish agitators will have their day; wise ones will some time raise their voices. All these are temporary, but our great racial activities are eternal. All we have to do is to stand firm on the single point of justice, unite our strength and move for- ward energetically in various quarters of the business world.’ ” * * * * The Prussian war lords drank to “Der Tag,” the day of vic- tory they were to achieve by the shining sword; the Japs drink to The Day, but it is a day which they plan to reach by busi- ness machinations, by the use of coolie labor and “blackjack” commercial associations, and by the unlimited breeding of a prélific race. And there are still people who do not believe in the existence of a Japanese Peril! SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1919. SWAMPEDBY COMPLAINTS OF TENANTS city council to consider an emer- gency ordinance to curb the rent hog in held. early next week, Mayor Fitzgerald will present a maas of evi- dence against rent hogs. Paranthet- ically, it may be stated that the may- or has on hand a young truck of complaints in writing. ” ? Gaylight of publict: the remedy to whip the rent into line,” Mayor Fitegerald Friday, “Under the terma of the ordinance aa it i» being drawn by Assistant Corporation Counsel Kennedy, it will be possible for the city council to flush out the rent profiteers and show who ix responsible for pyra miding profits to the distress of ten- ante who already have their backs to the wall. Wit Push It Thro “I am going to do everything in my power to push this ordinance thru, Some good citizens have ad- vised me that such an ordinance will have no standing in court, but I be- Heve ‘pitiless publicity’ and the fin- ger of shame wili have its effect. Certain it is that the rent hog must be squelched. The leake speculator must be hogtied. “Lam convinced that many Japa. nese are behind high rents, working thru white men as agents. It is thin class of residents—-the white man playing the Jap's game—that I would like to see piiloried. Time to Act “From what I have heard, I am convinced that the city council will pass the rent hog ordinance next | week, That will give us plenty of time to test it out before November 1, the date set for further profiteer. ing in rents by scores of apartment house and hotel managements,” Nifmerous anonymous letters, abusing the mayor for his attitude against the rent profiteer, are gently eased into the mayoralty waste bas- ket every day, “The man who writes an anony- mous letter is generally a coward,” | he declared. ROB POLICEMAN SF PEARL HANDLED GUN Police Officer Failing reported Fri. day that some one had stolen his pearl-handied revolver Thursday while the lockers in the essembly rooms were being moved upstairs to new quarters, ' Says Yankees Will Go Into Lithuania WASHINGTON, Oct, 17,—Sending a brigade of American troops. to Lithuania has been determined upon, Senator McCormick, Mlinois, declared in the senate today. He said he had his information “on reliable author- ity,” but gave no details, Brother Warren Will Take Flock to Hear “Friend” More than 500 members of the Seattle police force are busy pol- || ishing their high silk hats and pressing their white neckties, since Chief of Police Warren re ceived the following invitation from the Rev, Mark A. Matthews Friday: “My Dear Brother: I want you to please bring the members of the Seattle police force to services next Sunday evening. I am going to talk on “The Uncaught Thief,’ and shall endeavor to make the subject an interesting one. I'm going to tell the pollee a few ‘The rapacious rent hog and his | tar (2 OT AFTER RENT HOG TO PUSH ORDINANCE THRU On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromisé The SeattlesS Rntered as Second Class Matter May 2, 1899, at the Postoffice at Beattie, Wash., under the Act of Congress March 3, CENTS Late Edition Per Year. b: Mail $5.00 to $9.00 Is Col WASHINGTON, the Swedish border. -_ ne RY? oa tebe 8K. y, probabl: Weather Forecast. fi7?!"Modtrate westeny winds lapsing! Oct.. 17. — (United Press.)—-Petrograd and Kronstadt are re- ported fallen, according to a state depart- ment dispatch today from consul sources on The dispatch gave no details, but said that Gen. Yudenitch’s army was reported to have captured the two cities. LONDON, Oct. 17.—(United Press.)—Petrograd has fallen to the forces of Gen. Yudenitch, commander of the i Russian northwestern army, it was reported here today, in When the special meeting of the | advices from Helsingfors. At the same time reports received here said that Kronstadt, the great Bolsheviki naval base, had capitulated to the British fleet after an intense bom- bardment which lasted all of yesterday. The reported capture of Petro- grad was celebrated by Russians in Helsingfors, but there was no of- ficial confirma’ of the fall, Gen. Yudepitch's. foress..eaptured Gat- china Tuesday night. Gatchina is 30 miles from Petrograd, Tt is retiably reported from Reval, Copenhagen and Stockholm that Yudenitch has occupied Kratnoye- selo and Trarakoeselo, 14 miles from Petrograd. At a meeting October 6, accord- ing to Helsingfors advices, the Dol- shevik leaders decided to evacuate Petrograd on account of lack of discipline in the army, The com- munist troops were withdrawn im- mediately and workmen were or- dered to leave the city. ‘The British sea attack on Kron- stadt, it is stated, was directed bay. Windows in nnish villages were shattered by the concussion the bombardment caused, é It was stated at the admiralty to- day that no information had been re- ceived of the reported capture of Kronstadt. Admiralty officials said they were inclined to doubt the re- port. 600,000 “Red” Soldiers Fighting Along vast fronts, approximating more than 1,218 miles, armies esti- mated at 600,000 men are battling in a desperate effort to overthrow the Bolshevik forces, From the White sea to the Caspian there are also un- interrupted lines where half a dozen nationalities are closing in upon the strongholds of the soviet regime. Bolshevik armies, estimated at be-| tween 500,000 and 600,000 in strength, are fighting in the last ditch. Appar- ently they are crumbling swiftly. Stupendous Fighting The fighting is proceeding on a scale of distances unprecedented in| history. At two points the anti-soviet forces are deeply penetrating the Bol shevik country, while a stupendous circle of armies is enclosing all of Western Russia and gradually draw ing in toward Moscow. With remarkable speed Gen. Dene- kin is pushing a huge wedge in the plains of Southwestern Russia toward Moscow, while 500 miles to the north Gen, Yudenitch has reached Gatchina, the gate to Petro- grad, Along hundreds of miles of other fronts various armies are advancing on the other side of the circle. Seven hundred to a thousand miles away, Admiral Kolchak’s Siberian armies have recovered from recent Bolshe- vik blows and have renewed their advance. Conflicting interests and a lack of news make the situation most ob- |scure, but an expert of the war office |supplied the United Press with the \general outline today, These armies |are in the field: Murman Army Gains The North Russian army held the Murman and Archangel regions, and operating on fronts of approximate: ly 200 or 300 miles, has an estimated strength of between 26,000 and 50,- 000 men, Within the past three days it has beén advancing along the Vologda railway to the south, Further south the Finnish army ts astride Lake Ladoga on a front of from 50 to 70 miles, 40 tailes north of Petrograd. Owing to conflicting interests, it is standing still, altho officials here believe the Finns are capable of capturing Petrograd with some aid, things, and defend them, and help them, and bless them. “Your affectionate friend, “MARK A, MATTHEWS.” To the east of Petrograd, from the Gulf of Finland to the Dwina river, is General Yudenitch’s group, (CONT'D ON PAGE BLEVEN) in Last Ditch MILLER GIVEN HIS FREEDOM Released From Jail Follow- ing Report of Coroner of the mysterious death of his wife while on a launch trip across Lake Washington, is today at Mberty. He was released at 10 Pp. m. Thursday night on orders from Deputy Prosecutor T. H. Patterson, after Dr. C, C. Tiffin, county coroner, had reported that, in his opinion, Mrs, Bertha Elmor Miller camo to her death Monday by drowning. Prof. Wijliam M, Dehn, of the | state university, completed an analy- sis of the stomach of the dead wo- man Thursday night, and reported no trace of poison, “Mrs, Miller did not die from poi- son,” says Coroner Tiffin, “and my original verdict of drowning is vert- fied.” There was little water on the lungs of Mra. Miller, the coroner reports, and this accounts for the rapid rise of the body, which was found two days after death. “Altho some minor points are not |cleared up,” says Prosecutor Patter- |son, “there are no grounds for a charge against Miller, This much we know: He accused his wife of using morphine, and she denied it. To prove it, she agreed to go to Lake- side sanitarium, and submit to the drug cure, “There were on their way there, when the drowning occurred, Miller says he did not see her go over- board, but felt the boat lurch, She either committed suicide or fell over, he says. There are no marks of violence on the body and, as she died by drowning, Miller's story is borne out. His story has been verified in practically all details,” “I have nothing to say,” Miller's terse words, when released from the county jail Thursday night. The analysis of the body of Mrs. Miller is not absolutely completed, says the coroner, but it has reached a stage where he feels sure in an- nouncing his findings. Patterson stated today that he had information obtained from a friend of Mrs. Miller indicating that the dead woman had confided to this friend a vague plan to ond her earthly troubles by suicide, Bolshevik Rule J0HND,JR, pore ec BARGAININ (Written for the United Press) (Copyright, 1919, by the United Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 17—I - believe in the principle of repre- sentation In industry, which in- cludes the right to organize and to bargain collectively, embodied The resolution is intended 9a recognition of the manhood of employe and of his right to be and treated as a human being not a# a machine, a mere name the payroll, a cog in the wheel, mere hand. I hope this princi will be endorsed by the delegates the conference, ait 5 st were | | results from lack of ability or will- ingness on the and capital to bitrarily to dictate the terms on which it alone will co-operate. Surely it is not consistent for us, as Americans, to demand democ- racy in government and practice autocracy in Industry, Cannot we, however, unite in the adoption of the principle of repre- sentation and the agreement to make every effort to. secure the in- dorsement and acceptance of this principle by all chambers of com- merce, industrial and commercial bodies and all organizations of la- bor? . Such action, I feel confident, would be overwhelmingly backed by public opinion and cordially ap- proved by the federal government. It does not seem to me that it is the function of this body to under- take to determine for industry at large what form representation shall take. Once having adopted the principle of representation, it is obviously wise that the method. to be employed should be left in each specific instance to be determined by the parties at interest. But adoption of the idea of rep- resentation is essential to develop- ment of the new spirit between the pe ties of industry which we seek to bring into being. BY RALPH F. COUCH, United Press Staff Correspondent. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—The in- dustrial conference this afternoon debated a substitute to the resolu- tion endorsing collective bargaining. The substitute, offered by Chair man Wheeler of the delegates repre- senting capital, would reserve to em- ployers the right to refuse to deal with organized labor and their repre sentatives. WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—Recog- nition of the right of collective bar- gaining seemed likely to be indorsed as the basic principle of the nation’s future of industrial relations today as delegates assembled for the morning session of the national in- (CONT'D ON PAGE ELEVEN) “I Want What I Want When I Want It” The above is the first line in next week’s Want Ad Rhyme Contest. Con- test ends Friday noon, October 24th, Winners in this week's contest will be announced Satur- day. Watch! ‘