The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 18, 1919, Page 2

PAGE 2 THE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1919. Unjust ‘Court-Martial Attitude by Gen. Johnston Investigated;Maj. H.M. Caldwell Calls Him‘Erratic’ Sensational Ohatkes Of tyranhous/after the Morale officer at the The court then reduced Brown courtsmartial by Maj, Gen. William|camp had received about 50 com-|from sergeant to private, fined him H. Johnston, whe” commanding }Plainté against Capt. Raeder, The $50 and sentenced him to two Camp Lewis, were @isclosed Friday} morale officer summoned Brown | months’ Imprisonment by Major Hugh M. Caldwell, for-jand questioned him a& to what he “The sentence of Brown was not merly camp judge advocate under) knew about Capt. Radder, He told that of the court which heard the Gen, Johnston, now practicing Ww) What he had heart. testimony, Preis Caldwell mys in in Seattle, Caldwell fil three} 7he remarks that Brown had mado | lt report, “but of the Lage oe who charges With the war ore carried to Gen, Johnston. He HA Wxpressed to me his d ~_-4 thra Senators Poindexter And ChaM-|at once started investigating. He bate: a By Me iy te derlain July 19, An Investig | turned the case over to Maj, Cald- tion of the general's conduct War!well, camp advocate general, and The third charge Caldwefl brought made by Col, A. U. Loeb, of the left it to him whether Brown should | Wa* “that General Johnston caused weatern department of war, at San} be reprimanded or tried. ~ pong bes bs Saletied br wk ng his instructions von eee has returned to fan}cqe a, Caldwell and his assistant! aid this that It might appear he Francisco, and his teport ls prob-| ot vist Drcwn te aimnnly rooetmand, (Had been lenient and the court se- ably now in the hands of the ebief | o4 for his remarks, which had been | Y°re.” Of staff in Washington, D. C. pal Brown's dischatge War held up Gen Johuston was. relieved at] Made 1m answer to questions bY thé)iw, inonthe While Re paid the fine Camp Lewis by Maj. Gen. Morrieén| Gen. Johnaton infuriated when [Out of bis pay of $62 & month. He about Sept, 1, and was reduced tO} Re heard Caldweill's report. He haled| #4 an allotment, insurance and the rank of colonel. It te belteved) Maj. Caldwell, Capt. Harmeling and|t4berty bond. Caldwell's charges had domething to/the moral officer “on the carpet,” “General Erratic” bP cameo They all agreed that Brown should) wgicaking mildly, I would say ‘TRS fret chutes aguttiot “Cen. Hel be fries. - that the general is erratic,” cays Johnston was that “he deliberately | “This man will be tried.” the eR | Caldwell in his letter to Senators did a gross injustice to. former | #Fél Ws reported to have said. Poindexter and Chamberlain; “that Orders Imprhoament his ego has destroyed his Judgment; ‘The second charge against the gen-|that his idea of impressing his au therity, upon @ subordinate in to in- adit him. “He may put the feat of God that court found|inte their hearts, but he ‘alto pute the first charge and/ hate for the gefernl, aad th some, and did not/fog al things military.” om m, he iC) & the ‘ge hag record back to court, dt le | ed Col. Loeb on Fecen' be Any a Camp Lewis, Me notified |[Bermeant Reyee (. Brown, Whose Unjust posed. ae! to Pp : . m LA CERES = rn een FOURTH NEAR PIKE NOW SHOWING HERE i A BIG BOAT-RACING ROMANCE! A Yale-Harvard college play, showing many | actual scenes of the annual classic, the ’varsity race on the river, with the long trains and the cheering thousands on the banks— Court-martial May Have Led to Removal “By his erratic and tyrannical conduct at Camp Lewis he demor- alized whatever morale was left after the armistice was signed. # an instance of General John [Caldwell that this was the purpose of bis stay at the camp. It thought that Gen, Johnston was Heved in order that testimony could jbe secured, which might be with- jpera for feat of the general, were | ston's ideas, the latter part of May. he still in command. 1919, whm the camp was demobilized Browh has since been discharged |to about 3,000 men, he issued an and t@ working for the Otis Bie-| order requiring all officers to sleep yater Co. Me is livitig at the|in camp five nights a week. A per. Richetteu apartments, 1788 Belmont | eonne! adjutant requested permiasion ave. Caldwell wan discharged on) to sleep with his family, saying he June 18, and is practicing law, with| had « very sick child and highly offices at 17 Alaska building. Upon | fervous wife. He told the adjutant B F 1 EF, the resignation of Mayor Hanson, he | that ‘such excuges were childish; the A : < = 4x 5 4 ALA eh a! rt . : recet doen not officer Have you any faith in Spiritualism? received three of sight aaeays Sr toe Sl ts = 3 Can the departed converse with the living? ne Viad levedion ‘bteos ‘yy ervivOd ir] sit bo Mid Yor uty the tints ‘Gay, Am %. ‘ ae we . He succeeded Gen. Folts,| officer's first duty is to hie coun- : Star recently pri rmously inter- Tho tka boeeseded Cen. Coreewe, the | 77 , ; . andr fat mdse hoo ngigameaid Se i ee SBS ek “a. Have you ever felt the influence of one who is dead? sireo donee Gores to sunge| Wt GiehSne tteciske Bi uoaaae Of course it is mach easier to scoff than to believe, , wo be tna sien’ Sus hed noting ts but whatever yotr beliefs, the picture now here is | ery ere soe te ee 4 H Washington I toMt him that ‘as tong | Major Caldwell handled the prose. as the war department kept men of | cution of all offenders againat mill- reeerve might be under men It’s the REAL THING! Walsh was given’ ils 3 iit tre } | i nt oom 4 8am vard! Monday—University of Washington and attract the same crowds and get |eaah in hand. Otherwise a little service and a few conveniences will be necensary. But Uncle Sam might throw in a ttle more service ghd still not be doing all he might the fotka who folled in their billions and their sona or ggg hia recent Uttle war excur: ion, ERNEST P. RUSSELL on the V in a superb accompaniment to all pictures, SUGAR STILL _|HEIRLOOMS IN [Covere Suxies STRUCK B SHORT Nery) THEVES’ LOOT stasis: ©: ore Laura Rush, Conktin hotel, 8¢/face and a possible Cash and Jewelry Remain Virginia st., reported Saturday morn. | skull Saturday when be Waal ry oo ee Ftd cag ae entered jed down by an automg e ing stolen: by P. H. Rerick, Untouched After Theft “One pair of blue silk pajainas| Fourth ave. and Jacks with hand-made lace, one white silk} Rerick told the police envelope with spider web yoke, one! Austrian stepped in fie Plain white silk bloomers, one white/car before he had tite} silk cofset cover with lace yoke, one|his brakes. Rerick O14 rose Japanese robe, hand-em-} Hospital physicians by @ broldered combination, and two silk |take an X-ray of the + grocerten ina salt meate carried Eleven Cents Declared Fair away ind each day is quite a Gonalderable item in the city’s bill Price to Consumer — : of fare. — Priceless heirlooms, handed down Prices Are Low Housewives of BSoattlc are stit|from days of the American revolu- And the crowd’ gets thicker, the;Complaining bitterly of the @ugar| tion, clothitig, #hoes ahd other wear- lines longer, the demand keenor ag|*hortage, according to Misu Rthel|!ng apparel, were stolen from the the days pass. Dean, secretary of ‘the fair price| ome of Charles B. Blake, manager It's the price; bacon at 20 cents,|Committee. While thero are severat|% the Bolcom Canal Lumber Co.,| skirts.” head to determine the beans at ¢ cents, prunes, fiour,|*hiploads en route to Beattie. from | #216 W. 88th ast., between 1 and 5/ ‘When tast seen Miller was still| injuries, tinned beef, corned meats, tomatoes, | 840 Francisco, fruit for canning is|P.m. Friday. blushing. corn, CR b> gg discounts; these |*Polling in Seattle kitchens. wine eT ae Hap rte A of Lato prices bring the thousands without! “The fair price committee “sd | eA prone advertising, without service, without| Weeks ago suggested it ete hee nearly 100 years. They i «|Ex-Soldier Faces Oe ate cee ‘much of anything but actual discom:| pound as a fair price for sugar,” said Jet dlewhaped got with pearis, a f R Unieed States ucungy fort for the patrons. Miss Dean. “The price of sugar may | TeMCent sold brooch set with Charge of Robbery | ‘ever scourge 1s now g There really ts no need to hurry|Have advanced slightly for the re.| Pearls and three Jet pendants und'a) pf ‘genuts, 26, returned soldier, | “ated from the earth, #0, because the big government ware. |tailer since then, but a profit of | ¢t rine eet with pearls, was charged with robbery in supe- houses down there-one of them ts|more than one and one-quarter cents|_ The thieves overlooked a $60 I4D-| rior court Saturday. Police say he 1,100 feet long—are crammed with |per pound is profiteering.” erty bond, several valuable articles hag been identified by seven stores, [of Jewelry and two purses Uberally jas the map who rot the ‘Golaen. attr last for Ri tnast STRIKER nrg with ae ae Rule market, at Fremont, of $49.50, 5 everybody will have purses were ‘a chance, doubtless, to shop in com- Ss PLAN TO Gotober 15. Achuls is said to be suf: ir etre Se tie oe Cae. 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They were married May experiee we believe the present sales. | Committee of the Muster Builders'| when he escaped, Guard O. » 1915, at Battleford, Canada. She Man facilities could be doubled, or | #s0clation, Saturday, “we are going ported. “4 accuses him of refusing to furnish tripled, and the burdensome painful] @head with our work,” ; emecintchaihadnaactatinistiaststetine hér With clothes, and says he kept wait be more nearly eliminated. Strike of buliding tradesmen|4 @einine Th Dees Net Afteet| her with her nose to the grindstone! Need ‘Mote Room started September 2. Peca oof itn tonto: laxative of. | 00 that ah erugige end ‘When the clothing and blanket 4 ng fc Lae nVE Houo QUr bist 2 is her at- ‘ HENRY stocke aré put On male, some other| Millions of black crows have been| without. cart nerroumaden’ ee Needs no jatredes i patfons of the Wilke |. anges ae omy i# splendid work depots must be opened. or the situ:|invading Ireland and destroying | fnsing in the be tmpealin Ineurly ‘built of the harvest. GHovurs signature on the box ava, tomobilea, $2,086 OF sh Se Maj. Gen, William . featuring a masterly production of New York’s great- est revel—the New Year’s Eve celebration—a scene you will remember six months. Beauty, luxury, drama, SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 31 artists under Reginald Dunn, playing “Madam But- terfly” and Drigo’s ‘Reconciliation,” polka. sa 3 (“Salut a Pesth” MALOTTE on the WURLITZER ) Schubert's Serenade : oer “Carmen,” id selection CONCERT—1:30 SUNDAY “I Am ’ Mountains” (Popular Song) ation will