The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 27, 1919, Page 1

SAYS WAR-TORN NERVES MADE URDER WIFEY Tides in Seattle MONDAY ocT, 8 Firet Low Tide 1219 am, —0 First High Te, ht am, Second 1 1:05 p.m Second High sal pom, } TURSDAY ocT, ts First Low Tide 18 pm, ? Entered as Beoond Cla oo Matter May 2, , At the Postoffics at Seattle, On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise Wash., under the Act of Congress March 3, 18 CENTS Late Edition Per Year. b; $5.00 to Mail 9.00 By) VOLUME ENO. SEATTLE, WASH., MONDA Y, OCTOBER 27, 1919. Tonight and Tuescday, warmer _and rain; gentle southerly winds Weather Forecast. WILS ON VETOES PROHIBITION MEASURE WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 27-—President Wilson today vetoed the prohibition act to enforce both the war-time lawand constitutional amendment. ond oil R. EDITOR: I know that you will forgive an unlet tered man like me for writing to you, but I know if you would give word, it would go a long way the public. All the papers are ting us to do all we can to stop “flu.” Just let the government a hand, and let all heads of lies have one quart of whisky @ month, and it will be good “flu.” Yours, J. H. GREEN eee OW, that imn't half as crazy aa it sounds. Last winter, when Portland hospitals were filled 4 with flu victims, and @ dead wagons were the busiest in the city, one of the big tals conferred with the mayor secured from him an order on dry squad enabling the purses all the confiscated whis- ‘ ‘appears to be di- on “the pen ot nick in cases, but lay opining abides whisky and quinine specific; ‘usually the quinine is not con- really essential. the laymen are quite ; we understand that spir- of ammonia, or camphor, or serves equally well; 4, peach sundaes, especially the added war tax, raise & of righteous indignation that well serve the flu sufferer. ‘We fear that Mr. Green's pro- | their stocks confiscated have ar- | rafigements that keep much of the in the proper trade chan- Certainly, at $20 a quart, should not be potred into a 5 OF, so We surmise, the of- mind frequently works, as goes into the sewer, and flows on First avenue. eee ND she had on a won- derful blue velvet she had that sult when she was married.” *I don’t think so, for it was cut ‘Rae the narrow style. | *It was made over, I'm sure, for hasn't bought a new thing— even a hat—in three years.” ‘We caught that on the fly, as it from two perfect 36s, who discussing a mutual friend. From which we surmise that !t a disgrace to wear anything ever before; we wish ma had un- that, way back in our th, when dad’s Prince Albert our main reliance, with the it that our new fall suit every on showed somewhere about it _ VETERAN SAYS Whether James M. Smith, 44, returned Canadian soldier, | became so inoculated with the blood lust while fighting in Flanders, that he deliberately killed his girl wife, Helen, | 20, shot her mother, Mrs. Thomas McMahon, and then tried | |to end his own life, will be decided in the trial of Smith, | pee opened in Superior Judge John S. Jurey’s court Mon-| y. Smith is charged with the first degree murder of his wife at the home of her mother, February 8. His lawyer, Jake! ( Kalina, contends Smith’s senses were so numbed by shock jin France that he was insane when he did the shooting. | | The state, represented by John D. Carmody, will try to prove that Smith’s deed was a deliberate one and will in- |troduce threatening letters to back up their case. The jury was picked Monday Much time was spent in challenging jurors. The first witness for the state was Mrs. Thomas McMahon, | the mother of the dead girl, Mrs. McMahon Was shot by Smith at the time her daughter was killed, Smith ‘at the Patterson hon, 17, met Smith tn Victoria in September, 1916. He was then 41, and just back from France. She fell in love with him. Later they were married. A baby was born in December, 1917. Martial troubles developed and Helen ieft him in July, 1918. She came to her mother, tn Seattle, and had Smith prosecuted for non-sup- port. He followed in the fall. Story of Shooting Smith did not, see his wife often. He brooded over their estrangement, and inaisted that her mother was poisoning her daughter's mind against him, On February 2 Smith went to 3534 Hudson st. where his wife and moth erin-law were living. His wife had wens employment, but was home for! «we» haven't the names of all sled an . o - They conversed in “commonplace | witnesses yet,” said Patterson. “Un: manner,” according to the prosecut ju then we are not in @ position to} or's version, Then the young wife| file an information.” —_ to rasan to _ — one | Patterson joined with Captain «| © returned soldier is alleged to om amie have suddenty whipped out a gun,| Detectives Tennant Monday in nl and, after instantly killing his wife, | they term a ed lips” policy re- fired two shots that struck Mra. Mo: | garding the state's case. Mahon and then turned the gun on! Tennant ien't himeelf. Pein Mrs. McMahon and Smith “gg agentes om They now face each other in| 0. .* hestly Depaty Prosecutor Patterson said Monday it would be several days before the state is ready to file the regulation information in superior court charging Willlam Fay Ealy and his mother, Mrs. Anna Nemitz, with the murder a week ago of Mrs. Elizabeth Bryan. Until the Information is filed, he said, the two prisoners will remain in the city jail, where they have been held since Thurs. | day on a Justice court warrant, mying anything and that, cesme tol om id Patterson hand until the and his mother are brought to trial. We don't want to give them six months or more to figure out a ibi on “our evidence Crawford E. White tor i i Mrs. Nemitz and declares Due With Rains, Mrs, Nemits 9 ._drclares Says Salisbury | cnain or Jack Frost took another hiteh jain lent “ in his belt early Mond morning abeolutely and brought his waist measure ment down to 23. the case. recov ered | court. ne boy Warmer Weather cireumstantial ly went to Saturday and to the vault day « few hours prior posit on Sun JOHNSON LOSES | IN SENATE VOTE Mam to ‘to Treaty Killed | During Morning Session WASHINGTON, Oct. By a vote of 38 to 40, the senate to- day defeated the Johnson (Call- fornia) amendment to the peace treaty to equalize voting strength within the League of Nations. ‘The vote came unexpectedly at the request of after Senator Hite istration leader, declared he ie The individual householder will not only be affectett by a short: age of fuel, in case of a coal strike, but in many other ways, All Industry depending upon coal will, in time, have to cease. Rafiroad transportation will have to cease In a very short Ume. Steamers will be tied to their ports for want of coal when the accumulated supply is gone. It is estimated that few cities have more than two weeks’ sup. plies of food in storage. This means that a coal strike, tying _Up railroads and ships, will Refuses to Set WHAT COAL STRIKE MEANS | stuffs to prevent famine. It will mean that the old kero- sene lamp will come back into Use, as gas will be an unsupplt- able commodity, Electric juice, largely the pro- duct of water power in Seattle, will, to some measure, remain on the job here, but in the East and most other places, where it is dependent upon coal, it will also go out of business In short, a national coal strike will ‘more nearly parlyze all in- dustry and threaten starvation, than any other single strike, | necessitate a stocking up of food- | | | | | | | } MINERS WILL NOT CALL OFF STRIKE —SAYS |_ SPRINGFIELD, IIl., Oct. 27.—(U : Press.)—Nothing ‘but government pressure ito force coal mine operators to give the de- — |mands of the miners “just consideration” jcan avert the threatened coal strike on Nov. |1, Acting President John L. Lewis of the |United Mine Workers of America declared |in a statement issued at his home here Tho he has not been officially notified of irre | Wilson's statement of Saturday, Lewis declared “positively astounded at the president’s action.” “The president's action is without Precedent,” ‘Lewis declared, “and in #0 far as I know, without warrant of law. The president is ill-advised ‘when he says the Washington agree it has not expired. It expired 11. . Whether er not our hip is In harmony with the of the organization's ‘perhaps be more clear- ly revealed by the manner in which they would respond to a strike call. «“I thank God we have a coun- try where men may strike. May the power of my government mever be used to throttle and crush the efforts of the toilers pete abt A their material welfare ate the standing of their citizenship.” The miners’ head declared that un- leas the official text of the presi- dent's statement differs from the newspaper accounts he will not chagge his position relative to the strike. Lewis declared the executive board conference at Indianapolis would consider any new developments in the strike situation that might arise between now and that time. In reply to a question as to | whether the executive board had the power to call off the strike, Lewis answered in the affirmative, but re- iterated “blame lies with the opera- (CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN) GOVERNMENT IS READY TO ACT Will Protect Public in Case Coal Strike Comes WASHINGTON, Oct, 27.— While awaiting the miners’ an- swer to the request for with- drawal of the coal strike order, government officials today were Will Recruit Army of Cutt if Miners Go on Strike PASSAGE On the west slope of Seattle hill, it is estimated that there are at Jeast 100,000 cords of wood ready for ax and saw. To the north of Green Lake and ajong the right of way of the Ey- erett interurban, even a greater quantity of wood and stumpage is a available, according to city officials, — At the suggestion of City Comp troller Harry W. Carroll, an ordi nance will be drawn this week, em powering the city of Seattle to en- gage in wood cutting on a wholesale scale, in the event the coal mines of the nation are tied up by striking — coal miners, Mayor Approves Carroll's suggestion, which will be ready for action by the city council, Trial for Allen Despite request for the early trial of Judge Clay Allen made by Attor- ey John C, Higgins Monday, A. W. Frater refused to set the trial| because of a clogged calendar, ‘The case may not come up for trial until Judge Allen has been ac- contingent upon the strike, was re ceived with approval by Mayor Fits gerald and members of the city coun cil, who appeared at the county-city building Monday. ~ “The city not only should go inte the wood-cutting business, but it will be forced to do so if the coal miners go on strike,” Mayor Fitzgerald said. “There is plenty of available stand high light where the re- Mamped Prince Albert had lost its Gfintine sheen and splendor. nd if a woman feels as sadly a hat two months out of style | we did over those home-con- suitettes, no wonder some try to marry ese e- Which is but another way of saying that the mercury descend ed to 33 degrees Monday morning, a single degree f real Mon tana weather, and a couple of de grees more crimpy than charae- terized Seattle's climate on Satur day. But, hist! Official “| would ask for unanimous con- sent to vote at 1:30 p. m. I see no reason why we cannot ready to act to protect public in- terests in case the strike is called. There are several openings thru which the government may step into the coal controversy. The present contract, which is to der of Mra. Bryan,” said “and they put much strees on the fact that Ealy denies these visite. ” Caneb’ @ As a mattergf fact the vault rec-| have @ vote right now,” Lodge de ords themseltes, which were report.| “l@red, and the roll was called with ed to have t of | ut further delay the visits, do not uly, Republicans voting against the was the amen nt were: Colt, Edge, Kel loge «, McCumber, MeNary, Ww INGTON, Oct, President Wilson today vetoed the national prohibition act passed by congress to enforce both wartime and constitutional Judge show that EF Weather than December. ERHAPS we didn't hear aright; we didn't have the nerve to inquire fur- ther; but as the fuel dealer told us, we gath- ered that dry slab wood today “worth” $6.75 for a half ord load And if slab wells for $13.50 a then dry fir wood should sell about $20 a cord, and if fir Wood sells for thai in this town winter, a lot of folkd will do ite a bit of shivering, coal strike Me no coal strike; because coal Seually keeps right up with wood price. Apparently it is doing + stad we paid $14.45 for a ton of with three or four chunks of Slate in it, and not many years ago that sort of stuff could be bought for $4.50. That Seattle, in the heart of a forest, with tena of thousands of of wood rotting even within the city limits, must pay the pres- brigand prices it does have to Pay, indicates that several things need fixing. And yelling about them doesn't sem to help every Sunday we notice More folks gathering driftwood cramming the filvver with units. And that does help. is enough hard, dry wood half a mile of beach within 20 Grive of Seattle to keep smith George N. Salisbury whom there is no more persistent weather prognosticator ext nt, asserts in bold type that we for rain Monday night. That means warmer weather, opines the weatherwright Progressive? They Will Say They Are | Young of atminster | | Presbyterian chureh as their lelogan “Be Progress so they] will give a progressive supper lruesday night. Hach course will be served in a different home, in different part of town. Autos will lcarry the 120 progressives from soup to nuts |be at the homes |shields, Mra. Jo Mrs, Alexander M 8. Clingan. people Mrs. L, Boyd, ers and Mrs. of 0 Jr, s. winter. A few erosscut saws, a few trailers, and a few hours’ exer- cise by a few thousand flivver- blessed families would get a lot of us farther than all the ordinances the council may pass between now and next July. Don't judge a man by the charac-jand his mother, ter given him by his next door |learn neighbor. Kating stations will | George | Mrs. Bryan Buried White said he would give Capt Tennant a day or two more te wind up his investigation, “Then I'm going to ask that both my clients be admitted to bail,” he | Funeral services for Mrs. |were held privately Sunday was buried in Mt. Pleasant tery. Her husband, Georg Bryan and friends from Puyallup jattended the services Kaly and his mother spent @ quiet Sunday in the city jail, Two} lreligious services held there jduring the Ealy showed some | jinterest in the morning service but did not leave bis bunk at the later Jone Mrs, Nemitz slept most of the day, Neither had visitors, There Are Others | the first time since | Kaly was permitted \ cig ets he wished. He |man The floor of his covered with the stubs, jat the end of the day bee stubs were found in Mrs, Bry- |an’s room in the P' hotel, it is! \said, when it was searched by Capt iti men, his ar. all the} emoked | | cell was it is said, Several cig For rest “If this is |White, “it's |dence they true,” said Attorney the only tangible evi-| have against the boy so far as I can And Waly, of course, is not} the only cigaret smoker in Seattle.” | have given the United States a num | dominions of Great Nel Sterling. Gore was the only democrat who voted for the amendment, Immediately after the defeat of the amendment, Senator Johnson (Call fornia) introduced a second amend ment which seeks to accomplish the same object as hia first one. A number of senators were absent when the roll was called, no advance notice of the vote having been is-| sue The final result, not n changed, sentees were paired with taking opposite positions. The Johnson amendment however, would as all ab- senatérs nave bi ‘would of votes in the league equal to y any other power. Moses amendment, which is would bar any colonies or Britain voting when a dispute in which England is concerned is before the leagu | Several democratic senators, in cluding Phelan, California; Smith, Georgia, and Ashurst, Arizona, en tered the chamber after the vote on the Johnson amendment was taken, and protested that they had been taken unawares by the sudden vote and asked permission to state their | attitude on the question, At least half a dozen senators) were attending a Roosevelt memorial meeting in another part of the city when the vote was takep- The now up, quitted of unlawful possession of in and will be tried for having liquor with intent to dis toxicating lquor, pose of it Want a Job? Read the Classified Want a Home? Read the Classified Want a Farm? Read the Classified Want Anything? Read the Classified prohibition. The president vetoed the bill because of that part of the legis. ation which refers to wartime prohibition, | that part of the legislation with ref. erence to wartime prohibition,” said the president in a statement ad dressed to the house explaining his | veto. | “It has to do with the enforcement of an act which was passed by rea son of the emergencies of the war, and whose objects have been satis- | fied in the demobilization of the army and the navy, and whose repeal already sought at the hands Salvation Army Autos to Be Given Away on Friday | The Salvation Army autos will be |given away under the auspices of the Elks Friday noon at Second ave. and Pike st Originally it was planned to give them away Tuesday noon, but owing |to the fact that some of the neces- sary arrangements were delayed, the big event had to be postponed. “I object to and cannot approve of | run until the end of the war, or un- til April 1, 1920, was made with the sanction of the fuel administration, a government agency. This was point. ed out specifically to the miners son in his warning to the miners Saturday as indicating the govern- ment considered the proposed strike unlawful. | The food contro} law also gives the government opportunity. to take a hand in the strike thru its provisions making it illegal to interfere with production, and allowing the govern ment to take over a mine to insure continued production, Even without this law, officials here point out, the supreme court's broad definition of war powers would give the government plenty of lati- tude for action. In passing on vari- ous war laws, the supreme court de: clared that the government had the power to do almost anything in the interest of the nation’s existence. When the two sides of the coal controversy finally get together to discuss matters, it is expected that government officials will not allow negotiations to drag. Miners, in pre- viously refusing to call off their} strike, say that prolonging negotia- tions was the aim of the operators. While preparing plans for a new industrial conference, to take up the industrial situation in its broad as- ing and fallen timber within the city limits to supply Seattle for weeks after the coal supply is ex+ hausted. “With the cold snap * already upon us, the supply of coal now available will run short distressing- ly soon after November 1, the date set for the nation-wide strike of coal miners. If the strike is de= clared and is a drawn-out fight, it goes without saying that Seattle will undergo actual suffering from lack of heat. Mobilize Wood Cutters “The plan of Comptroller Carroll to prepare for an emergency by mobilizing a vast army of wood- cutters so that Seattle will not be without warmth and heat for cooks ing purposes has my unqualified indorsement. I shall do what F can to make municipal wood cut- ting popular if the occasion arises."* City Councilman William Hick- man Moore voiced enthusiastic ap- proval of the plan, “I believe the city should prepare for what appears to be a coal (CONTINUED ON“ PAGE TEN) pects, offictals her today believe — that a rescinding of the coal strike would go a long way, pward — threats of further | ‘ouble ately 7