The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 8, 1919, Page 9

IPOSE PLAN TO |Actor Hero Is |JAPANESE DENY|J ao ere cee ee oe ap et THE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1919. IMPORT COOLIES Candidate for MANOA CHARGES Not Want Orientals to| “Relieve Farm Labor” | | Nov, & | CRAM TO, of State Jordan Fangements for his pr state of Ore Hin order to see what th those states in reg lof immigrating Chir ‘this country in order gity of farm lat @an’s plan would be to petition Bean to deport the (mported Chinese Taborers if they werked In any other industries than farmimng. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. §.—-Class dng the employment of Chinese coolic Tabor for farms as the worst form of @conomic slavery, officers of the Btate Federation of Labor today vis @rously denounce tary of State Jordan's plan for the importation of Chinese cooties as a solution for the farm labor problem “We couldn't under any circum Stances agree to the admission of use of any form of Asiatic labor. “Daniel C. Murphy, president of the Btate Federation of Labor, told the United Press today “Recently Secretary of State Jor came to me with proposal Chinese coolie labor be admitted work on the farms, But I cer ly didn’t admit that his plan pht work. “There is no necessity Orientals, and we ¢ here,” Murphy said Paul Scharrenburg, secretary of state federation, who has re from Washington, where he as a member of the labor P in the industrial conference, the Jordan plan with the t Roman slavery. | “The proposition ts unthinkable in Nh times. unless we wish to re to the days of serfitiom, such were known in the Roman em he sald. to relh for admit not want “The California labor federation Deen Ming everything to boycott e labor that can be done law We surely shall continue to/ @ny plans for admitting Chi labor into the United | —Willlam J. | i) , Gail = Nfl 4} fa DiamondM edal at lota of things like that happened in France. ee * *‘Snothing Another candidate for the title of AVashington's Bravest Soldier’ advanced te in Sergeant Leonard N. Vant 18th of the croix de guerre, pedal and the wished service cro. fends of the sergeant in Elmer IN Post, No, 1, American Legion nt with pride to Van nell's exploits in the work! war Vannell, who was a vaudeville actor when the great war broke, won his three medals in two herole incidents. As @ member of the 11st infantry, on the night of October 27, 1918, Vannell organized an army of hia own in the St. Mihiel sector, France, ‘There were only seven doughboys in Sergeant Vannell's lit tle army but the little hand swept into a German trench and used the Huns’ own machine guns on the occupants, capturing 28 of the en emy, two light machine guns and three heavy guns, This action, Vannell’s citation reads, required “bravery of a high order under fire."* * On November 1918, Vannel! crawled into a shell hole, rescued a wounded officer and carried him 300 yards under hot fire. Two min utes after he left the shell hole with his wounded officer a high ex- plosive shell dropped into it, A few minutes after this Vannell was permanently by wounds in his left arm and left ' He was discharged April v9. was ave distinguished coveted dis wearer service . “Snothing at all; lots of things Ike that happened in France,"’ Van- nell says. Coates, former vice president of this | state's Federation of Labor, sald to day he was “opposed to the Importa. | tlon of any cheap labor, whether Chi nese, Japanese or otherwise. “If they are admitted there surely will be an attempt made to keep them,” he said. “Amertean labor has raised the #andard of living, and it wilt be endangered if cheap labor 4 imported” Th Ul 07 aah ice Mae incident | dinabted | “fil i Say Wireless “Lanes Were Not Wilfully Held FRANCISCO, On SAN (United Nov that Siberia Preas.) en the of the held the disabled wireless operator Maru wilfully wireless while a American ship in @ rough sea was trying to thin establish communications with omat, {tr Steamship company) ates the Siberia Maru In @ letter addressed to the radio inspector at the United States cus tom house here, the T. K, K, man ager says the steamship Manoa, which was towing the disat ship, did not advise the Siberia Maru operators of the true situation until 3:30 p, October Statements were out when the Manoa docked and declared they were thwarted by the powerful Si eria Maru wireless from to ¢ nor 24 mn as the recel ve was they anys apparent was denied today by yo Kiven Kaisha (Ortental which oper m given here October “As ne Siberia Maru op- that the disabled sending It ts advice towing a discontinued the letter that the Manoa Were at fault in nm eying the information sooner of exact conditions. reventing” and only flashes the |beria Maru caught until the after hoon of October 24, according to the letter, Such flashes are com mon, it saya The lettér says the wireless sta jtion on the Siberia Maru was a public onfe, in charge of an Imperial Japanese government wireless oper ator erators Manoa ateamer mes: very of the con th “Pleane atop’ 8 CHICAGO.-A “Lowden for Presi dent” organization has been formed in Ttinota with 1,000 Republicans as boosters, Governor Lowden's con sent, the boosters declare, hasn't been asked but they mean to “put him over.” The Lord loveth = cheerful giver, and so does every man, woman and [AL nAL UN h Ny iK —IT STARTS RIGHT NOW! BUT DON’T WAIT TO TELL ANYONE! BECAUSE IT’S A SECRET! -MADGE ENNEDY Says It’s Strictly Confidential’ We might say, however, that it’s the snappiest, peppiest, most all together enjoyable picture Miss Kennedy has evet made. And you'll agree that’s going some. showing of her latest success! Its the first operators | apanese Wireless ‘Hogs’ Prevent S.O.S. From American Ship) 8AN of the FRANCISCO, Nov, 8.—-"THoge | auch ts the niekname now fastened upon Japanese vensels in the Pacific, American mariners, whose wire loss #yatems are repeatedly mussled by the Japanese habit of have resolved to “At T:20 p ator of the | succemaful | Francisco and kept this p.m m. the wireless oper beria Maru was in munication with up until 9:30 Disregard 8, 0. 8. “At 940 p atarted and stop, Aiare we had a until 6:10 nen chat end the} with m. he would appe to tr the 24th nly reason that he was Siberia Maru. — | @t@Frupted was that we managed to |aot a service measage thru to Hureka, After Hureka stopped | working with the Siberia Maru the Japanese operator would not keep out “All our calling for the tug proved unclean At 3:36 p. m, of the 24th we | managed to get into communication with the tug Tatoosh, Operator on the Siberia Maru started his Inter- fering by uselemsly calling the San Francisco station From 6:26 p again continually called the San Francisco station, making any prob able communication with the tug im, that U. &. radio! namit, wired Washington mplaints of the outrage, perpetrated | Major Inapector, sheat bitter latont “air hog” by the big Jap liner, With her great five-ckilowatt wire lows, the Siberia Maru for three days prevented a frantic oO, 8." sent by the imperiled American freighter Diablo, from reaching shor The Diablo had broken was rolling in heavy seas. Ambassador's ail” ‘The air lines, clogged by 150 pe sonal messages forwarded for K Shidehara, new Japanese ambassador to the United States, were dumb to the Diablo's plea for help. | When the liner Manoa, which was towing her, asked for 10 minutes of clear air, the Jap operators retorted Shidehara's messages must be sent first Carrying highest powered ap. paratus on the Pacific, on which they | | “chatter night after night, | the years have | been Pacific | A. B Dillon. : meanag wh and “Dogs In Mange the “The San Franciaco station did verything posnible to keep the Jap nese operater quiet by refusing to work with him, but that did not stop | him he ¥ regulations, It ts a ‘dog in the manger’ proponition with them, If they can't work they will not allow J any one else to.” | WILHELM’S PICTURE OFFENDS IN SCHOOL| steadily Japanese ships for described pests by mariners When a Jap lner ts within 1,000 miles of bk may ur Officials, no other vease! within 700 miles can get & word In edgewine. Scores of complaints telling of nar row escapes from disaster have gone to Washington without avail They Want the Air “Hither the Japanese are ignorant | of international law, or they wilfully) ENGRLIN, Nov. §.—Evidently a disregard it,” says Major Dillon. the result of the recent protest of “It looks like high-handed indif-|the school children at Grieifawald ference to the rights of vessela in|and Stettin against the removal of | distress, Our government stations |Hohengzoliern portraits from the Ger. &t Seattle and Honolulu are repeated. |™man schools, the ministry of ‘public ly crippled. This is an international | worship has notified the school au matter and I have urged our author | thorities that only the portraits of | ities at Washington to act.” the exkainer and the excrown Japamene operators do w San} m. the Siberia Maru | about international rules and| | not | | | | | The log of the Manoa tells the| Prince are to be removed from the! tale “At 548 p. we picked up Diablo and took were to tow the tug Tatoosh, wh from San Fran [school rooma m. on the 22nd inet, | sonalities the disabled steamer | portance her in tow. We| tablished, such as Hindenburg, Wed. Diablo until the/@ingen, the submarine commander hh had been sent|¥bho sank the cruisers Hogue, Abou sco, picked us up, | Kir and Cressy; Frederick the Great. The portraits of per whose worth and .im ave been hintorically eo» to remain. Many ® woman keeps a dark |mecret in a bottle labeled * “hair r dye Realty News|... Realty Market Lively, Says Halloran | | “After @ temporary full in the market, real estate in again getting into high gear,” said William Hal loran, manager of the real estate de-| partment of Carter, MacDonald & Miller, Inc. “There ix a dintinct in-| crease in the demand for good va-| feant lots suitabie for home buikting. | [Thin office has recently sold several jfine lots in the Queen Anne district to prominent purchasers, for the G. Kinnear Company, and in all cases the buyers announce their intentions | to build fine homes. | | “The smaller class of homes is| jfinding ready gale. People of mod: | erate means, with but a few hundred dollars each, can obtain good places on attractive terms, as the real em | uM wae MEVELLE THE MAN HUNT UNA SHIRLEY PALACE HIP Continuous 1 te 11 ru as Vaudeville SBA suonm GIRLS” —— is Pook 4 non ture Mhetop: IT ANDERSON tn “COMMON Showing reaults of de rnorenTy* alixing women under eo nation- Russian soviet government Week Starting WEDNESDAY NOV. A GLITTERING GORGEOUS GATHERING OF GOLDEN GOWNS AND LIGHT, LACY, ALLURING LINGERIE, DAINTY AND ATTRACTIVE, IN THE SEASON'S SENSATIONAL SUCCESS AND HER PERFECT “36” CHORUS BOOK BY FRED DE G and the old kaiser, are to be allowed SPECIAL AUG “FLO-FLO” OR Soldiers Coming Here Are Jobless | Joba paying a living wage could not be found for 600 exservice men [by the state veterans’ welfare com- mission during October, according to the monthly report of M. P. Good: ner, director of the commission. Twelve offices of the commission placed 3,614 men in jobs. “Hundreds of men have come to | Washitigton attracted by reports of |bigh wages and short hours,” said \Goodner Thursday. “As a conse- quence we bave found rplus’ of te contract is now readily accepted | by nearly all sellers. Tho acre tract} for suburban garden is likewine the} solution of many a man's problem: and these are commanding the at tention of thoughtful buyers. “Rental conditions are still acute ‘and income properties are Invariably | proving valuable as investments, aa} there is no sign of abatement in the ery for living and business quar ters.” i} SEATTLES ST Burien District Grows Fast That hundreds of Seattle people} fare anxious and willing to get away from the rent problem ix evidenced | by the great ess shown by the ‘project pf J. W. Wheeler, of the firm of West & Wheeler, who purchased 1,680 lots on the Lake Burten car line at 16th ave. 8. W. and Hender json st. He started in at once to im- prove and sell. The district has un- dergone a transformation during the ‘past 13 months. The community ts growing so fast that one portable school after another is being put up| mmodate the children property is on the car line, has sidewaiks and elty water. soil is good and the gardens sh for themselves, The property Is sold very easy terms. jew Lake Goodfellow Boosts Southwest Seattle Regarding the realty situation in| Southwest Seattle, Mr. H. A. Ggod-| fellow says “The physical character and loca tion of this district make it an ide: home center, My firm has bee dealing in West Side property for years and in that time have se the district turn from a wildern to @ prosperous community. ‘Thirty fifth ave. 8. W., which only a few years ago was a country road, is now a paved boulevard 90 feet in width, connecting Seattle's great in dustrials district “With the city lim: ita, “My firm has always catered the family of small means, who cu buy only on monthly payments. We find that a three or four-room house with a tract of ground large enough to permit the raising of sufficient garden truck to supply the family | needs, is very much in demand.” to Te inthe eo! lta chances were quite THE FLORENCE UPSTAIRS STORE, Second and Unto: PHOT O PLAY ONE WEEK—STARTING TODAY MR. & MRS. CARTER DeHAVEN In a Two-reel Home-life Comedy “AFTER THE BAWL” The house was a wreck, but the baby simply must be amused! RESAC MUSIC BY SILVIO HEIN PRICES: NIGHTS, Se TO $2.00 MAT, SAT., 50c TO $1.50 PLUS WAR TAX SEATS ON SALE SUNDAY MENTED CHESTRA \Retains ‘Seaetine: Victim Confesses Strike Is Called) He Helped Robbers Because the United Dye Works, LEN. Nov. 8—At 1315 Eighth ave.. is alleged to insist = A. Rs on the employment gf a Japanese driver, a strike has been called against it, and the American drivers withdrawn. “If it must become a choice be- tween Japanese and union men,” one } of the directors of the concern ts al- | leged to have stated, “we are for the | Japanese.” ny Sey [labor in almost all of the cities in the state. “I’m in terrible trouble,” said she. _“Of course you are, you’re mar- ried,” said he. They thought it was a mock mar- riage, but it turned out to be real! THE FUNNIEST, MOST ORIGINAL, AND MOST HUMAN STAR IN MOTION PICTURES— LING WILL ROGERS ALMOST A HUSBAND From the Story, “Old Ebenezer,” by Opie Read GUTERSON’S ORCHESTRA CONCERT NUMBERS .. Leoncavallo “Pagliacci” “Something,” from “Firefly