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

boom x) and Burch Editor The Star A appeared recently in TI gard to two former atory } tence at the disciplinary barracks, | | ing it, a citizen of Tacoma ad-/ $25 Pressed to the commanding at Fort Stevens, where the men/| Oregon were tried, a letter, in which stated: rs is partly self-explanatory. “Il was at Fort the construction division, and I re member the circumstances of case quite well, Only my the |€ ins from the enclosed clipping. t “To explain my interest in ease, will say that the paper which | Star in re-| deserters. ® named|Buroh at Detroit, Mich Confer and Burch, pow serving sen-| August 6, 1918, and Confer at Oak of orders, and Confer four tim: f “I am inclosing herewith a clip-|the same offense Ping from a local newspaper which| November §, |ing the guard, whom they Stevens at the/dound and gagged, and thraatened time the incident referred to took/with death if he made an outery place, and for many months previ:/They were again apprehended ous, as a civilian employe of Cap-| Portland, tain Burton, under the authority of) police 1918, memory apprehension of it differs in almost every detail |eral, the/then tried on joint charges acoma Citizen’and Army Officer Defend Confer Court-Martial lays were dropped from the rolls as They were apprehended, on or about and, Cal, on or about May 9, 1918. Aleatras, California. The tone of/It was alleged that before appre the article tends to excite sympath ension these men committed a for the prisoners and to create the series of crime such as passing impression that they were tnnocent| worthless checks, robbery, eto, the Of any serious offense. After read:|tota! amount involved belng about ) Up n apprehension they officer| were both returned to Fort Stevens, While awaiting trial Burch he} was twice convicted of disobedience of eaped on power apourely They e 1918, after ov in Oregon, by the military on or about November 12 and returned to Fort Stevens, regon, Upon notification of their the commanding | gen: wostern departmont, ordered hem to be put ih trons, ‘They were (two time charges each for desertion in Published this has been mak: alof war, for assault, ond attempt to habit of printing such stuff, taking | escape. Upon conviction thereof every possible chance to rap the/each was sentenced to be dishonor Methods of the army and navy, the ie. conduct of the war, and the present government. From the manner in| oe ee doning and glossing over men’s crimes, and the sobby thy with the treatment them, you can see that it looks like|¥ & deliberate attempt to stir up an-| | tagonism against the government. | Taken in connection with other! of As He Remembers It i» “Tt ts not my place to defend the! army courtmartial system. My/ only interest in this case is that " am positive that the article as it ap-|, ably at hard labor for the term of his "which the article ts written, the con-| have the absence i) mpa-|months during a accorded |army Brticles it looks even more lke {t.| appears that the original article was found guilty. discharged and to be confined natural life, A death sentence might been legally awarded. The desertion covered soine Ume when our was preparing actively for war and when our soldiers were be mg sent to the front racticable, From the facts ae stated above it > fast as based on misinformation as to the offenses of which the men were MM. T. HODGES, Brigadier General, U. 8. Army. The above letter was written at he suggestion of the editor of The pears is a misstatement of 3 er Crise ts ane wor Bae |Star, The editor offered to publish my memory is that the men were a any statement the war department the hot for @ much or any officers desired to make in 2 hetagpipecama rll avpelivtis contection with the Confer and if Burch case. Have. Also, as I remember it, they! nese boye—and they were boys] lured their guard to the old officer building and a » tacked himy tying him™ with wire! that caused strangulation of the blood in arms and legs, causing him pw agony. 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The boys got into a scrape early in their | Dlowse’ were stolen by them. military career, and one scrape led “Now, what I would like to do,is/to another. Now they must spend te get an authentic account of the|their young manhood, their prime of ite, and their old age behind bars. ‘The Star does not care to quarre! the sanctimonious Tacoma at officer Fort We have him sized up for And because it is the army of its present un that} sentences that are cut: Nor is The Star alone in this There are scores of news| We do not expect to elicit the sup port of such smug gentlemen as “Tacoma Citizen,” who is @robably one of those who would throttle any attempt for a greater and broader democracy; who probably viewed with alarm our direct election of senators, our direct primary symeess) our social betterments. What the Issue Is His quarrel in the Confer and Burch case is that the boys stole more than The Star mentioned. Let us admit it. 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Friday afternoon Lane and J. J. Adamack, and by RB. C employes Drayage Co. ‘There were no marks of violence on the body. Deputy Coroner How ard MeDonald believes the Chinese died a week ago. An inquest will be held to determine the cause of death. “Cheese” Man Must Dig Up $500 Fine Nick Makus was fined $500 by Jus- tice Otis W. Brinker for unlawful liquor possession Friday. When deputies raided his farm near Sno- qualmie, Makus is said to have made a rush for a gun which was near the still. A short battle ensued. Makus pleaded that it was a cheese farm and not a moonshiners’ rendeevous. FIRE DOES $20 DAMAGE Fire damaged a one-story house occupied by J. P. Hison at 7035 16th lave, N. EK. early Saturday morning |" to the extent of $20. The fire was caused by a heated stove pipe igniting the shingles on the roof. The fire department put out the flames The Coal Supply ‘This year’s coal production is already short, being 354,991,000 tons to date, is against 456,302,000 tons this time last year. Less coal will be needed this year than last, since munitions and other wartime industries have shut down. During the strike it is expected that 147,000 anthracite miners will continue producing. Opera. tors expeet over 200,000 non-union bituminous miners to stay at work. of the Eyres & cosas | HAA- WITH THS SLICK SCHEME T'LL WAGER MY SUNDAY SPECS | I ORDERED BEEF But Tit BE KNOW WHAT | FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS ip I TLL Jes CLIMG IN THIS OL SPUD SACK AN’ LAY IN TH’ ROAD LEAVIN’ A DOLLAR BLL STICK OUT AS BAIT, AN’ HE'LL STOP " GAT OUT, THINKIN’ yrs a BAG OF HONEY AN ae \ ~—ew ee | i 1, 1919. Danny Should Not Have Told Where He Got the Kite WHAT tcor!! BEEF OR MUTTON? —e You CALL THIS |] TH DIFFERENCE? WHO MADE Ir ar Yonp A PLUG OF VIRGINIA FUDGE, AN’ WHERE THERE'S A PLUG OF TOBACCO, You'LL FIND TH’ CONSTABLE, WITHIN, CHEWING DISTANCE ~ YEP ~~ | be —By ALLMAN witYou THEN WHATS ABOUT IT? Shantung Proves Sore Boil on Japan’s Neck; Boycott SAN FRANCISCO, ov, 1.—Shan ng, “the boll on Japan's neck,” and |the most irritating point at issue in ‘the League of Nations debate, may ‘be relinquished by Japan within the ext 60 days. China's boycott, threatening Japan lwith the loss of millions annually, has apparently turned the trick, after protests, threats and cajolery failed. | The merchants and manufacturers of Japan can not afford to lose their best customer, even for a 68-year lease on a rich peningula! This is the startling announcement brought to this country a few days since by L, G. Ruggles, prominent ew York export and import man, after 18 months in China. | The statements made by Mr. Rug: ‘gles are said by other prominent Américans—notably Dr, Paul Reinseh, former minister to China— to correctly describe the indicated ative to the Shantung question, Mr. Ruggles has traveled the Far Bast widely, speaks Chinese fluently conditions in the Far East today, rel- | and has discussed ipternational af- “big with fairs ina's men The United States, he says, has no conception of the indignation aroused in China over the international agree- |ment whereby the concessions for |merly owned by Germany on the ntung peninsula were deeded over many of lease, One Japanese syndicate has lost upward of 5,000,000 yen a month during the three months the boycott has been in force; and the resentment in China is growing by the minute, “Just before I left China, some three weeks ago, the indications were that Japan had about decided to ‘chuck’ the whole Shantung business, jin an effort to gaye her trade face with her biggest custédmer! “Upon receipt of the news that the Chinese delegation to the peace con- ference had tacitly accepted the de- jeision regarding Shantung,” contin: t *| which had been ued Mr. Ruggles, “every Chinese business house in Shanghai and Hongkong closed its doors for a week as @ protest against the deal! “As the news spread thruout the republic the same thing was done In other cities, and antiJapanese boy- cotts began to evidence themselves wherever they were worth while, Boycott Jap Boats “A case in point is that of a line new Japanese river steamers established on the Yangtse and Hoang-Ho rivers, all but supplanting a line of old Eng- lish vessels which had been doing business there for many years, “When the news of the Shantung decision reached China, the Japa- nese line was promptly abandoned |by the Chinese shfppers and travel- ing public, with the result that the old English boats, inferior in every way to the Japanese line, are now crowded with freight and passengers | while the latter ply up and down the rivers in ballast, shunned by the en- ot tire populace!” In order to supply the markets By DUDLEY BURROWS , |republic is not asking for outside May Force, Nipponese Hand which have been affected by the boycott, says Mr, Ruggles, industries are springing up all over China. The | help to make its boycott “stick"”— it 1s preparing to supply, within itself, the vast output of goods for merly purchased from Japan! It's Awakening China “The Shantung bargain,” says foreign-trade merchant, “is waking | China more effectively than a cen- tury of proselyting! Japan doesn't want China to wake up quite so fast! She Is like a circus-proprietor with # particularly profitable elephant on his hands—if the elephant wakes up to a knowledge of his own strength and ability to forage for himself, good-bye circus!” : Mr. Ruggles explained that China felt bady over the part which Amer ica and England had played in the Shantung proceedings; but said that those two peoples stood “aces up” with the Chinaman as compared with the Japanese, “Chine simply will not stand for USE OF WorRRyIN’ | the powers to which her vast Y the| Indorse Increase ™ clared, “and the other powers will well to make some other ment regarding tho peninsula soon as possible. Only then China permit herself to be exploited and elevated to the position r and resources entitle her, in School Taxes: Resolutions indorsing movements looking to the increase of the state |per capita education tax from 3 per child to $20 per child, tn city and county districts, were adopt ed here Friday by the executive com- mittee of the Washington s' ; branch of the National Congress Mothers’ and Parent-Teachers ations. eg HOT LUNCH FOR 1,393 SCHO MADISON, Wis, Nov. 1.—Of 6,601 rural schools in Wise the Shantung agreement,” he do-| pupila ‘ 1,898 serve hot lunch at neon to _ /’ :