The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 12, 1919, Page 2

PAGE 56 years] the homefu this store's extitaordinary ered make your selvction NOW an into next year —let us help you! “service to so you cn corofartably keep paying @ small amount each month thie store is Santa Claus to thousands of gift givers each year Talking Machine Store: THE SEATTLE STAR | Continued From Page One NO WED, DEAD, 5 WOUNDED IN PARADE OUTRAGE 16) the I, W. W. and eltizens oppomed to |} that organization for several weeks DAY 12, 1919. rnisher! oe nae it wan wtated. The I, W, W. opened shooting © their hall three weeks ago, and ptart ‘The entire American Legion Hneled holding meetings. wae ordered “about — fa and} Ividence that has reached the oharged the 1, W. W. hall and roem-/hands of Assistant Attorney Gen Ing house erul Christensen indicates the alleged Berk! Ti. Hamilton, recemtly | plot inetuded George Scace, retur Machary: from the alr servies,| War veteran, as one of the “marked rushed the I W. W. hall and edt) men. nered four men in a room in the} Another bit of evidence lea in back of the rooming house next door He said as he dashed thru the 1, W. W. hall he saw a rifle and empty cartridges om the floor Leaped Thre Windows The back windows had been broken by the I, W. W's who jumped thru im their Might “E thought it was some kink of a celebration in honor of armistice until the order came to ‘about fe and even then I did not realize what | had taken place until I saw the men shooting from the windows and the soldiers wounded and dead in the street,” said Sergt. Hamilton. ‘The four men cornered in the room | yy, were arrested by Robert Jackson, | night patrol chief, He maid they had | the invective hurled at Lieut. Scales, retiring commander of the leeal American Legion pest, by the aged woman proprietor of the Roderick | hotel, acromm the street from I W |W. headquarters. Screaming in her rage, @ short Ume after the shooting, the woman wald that Seales and “his mung” had planned to raid the hotel, and that | "the boys" had got the soldiers in revenge. “You are marked and you thank your lucky star that you are living today, Sealer whe in re ported to bh ald The arrest of the two boys, Jim aird and Dewey Lamb, who were taken to the county jail in Chehalin, it advantages are ready for you «i start paying @ little each month | } U. S, OFFICIALS ~ PROBE KILLINGS WASHINGTON, Nov, tthe f Centralia Declares gud Reds ‘Assembled for “Battle” CENTRALIA, Nov. 12.—(Special to The Star.) “Wobblies” from the surrounding country were sum- moned to Centralia to battle with American Legion u : : | department of justices veterans on Armistice Day, according to Mayor T, C. started? a investigation of wy Rogers, of Centralia. attack of 1. WoW. m | — Sn ~* oo) | # parade of former United og | soldiers at Centralia, Wash. in | whieh four of the service men “Word had been sent out thru this locality by radicals to congregate in Centralia,” he said, “and we have information which justifies the conclusion were killed. that their massacre was premeditated. It is not marty sévielé seks true that the assassins fired in self-defense. They were that the parade was fed gar shot from a stairway, and without warning, as the it pa wed the 1. W. W. all geome American Legion veterans paraded down the street. pod a that a sea the four At least four men fired on the veterans. No one nd ether gireons hae vous knows how many Reds were armed for the occasion. The carly information wag tke Many threw away their guns aid the Sakeg 4 mentary, and | iurticn : According to Lewis County Prosecutor Herman agents in the Northwest way tae Allen, the “Reds” planned to assassinate Warren gi gf ‘hem (0 Wea Grimm, commander of the American Legion post Coming on the heels of the here; Arthur McElfresh, veteran; Capt. David Liv- ingston, overseas veteran and William Scales, vet- ment ind-up of reds, the der ery nigniticant haat wan ¢ eran of the Spanish-American war and the World depertetnt ee War. Grimm and McElfresh were killed. James leak tho atta on nae Lamb, alleged I. W. W. now held in the Chehalis jail, Aftais, and that it was not a Part Of a phe to mansacre Armistice day marge all over the country, * B LERFILES LP RP ERE SS RERERS. is alleged to have made a confession, according to Prosecutor Allen. However, no final eo |formed, in the absence of ful wan the result of information given) information & pistol that had been fired once.|by 4 hotel clerk, who declared he| Washington | j rt al er most attractive in the Northwest— | pin? se sian iy tet ote thong ate ver) Waren nm was baewn ont | — |& Bicker, 24; James Motnernay, 94, an4 | erans dengue us eten” Ue Gee 0 Gl, |FEDERAL AGENTS ora — J.C. Morgan, 18° Bicker held the | ‘Tom Lassiter, who was arrested on! fleet, powerful man, who played end 0 VELL REDS PROBE R vad cordial IPT gun as Jackson entered the room, he | suspicion, Iw agent for a radleallfor four years under Coach Gilmour | ADICALS me a. © walt hark SUPERIOR maid paper here. He in maid to be an 1. Doble, He was rated one of the T Two agents of the i joo bo etractive ICTOR Later Sohn Pinnd, whose hand) Ww. W. agitator. His place was raid | best men in the country at receiving ‘a | Justice in Seattle were a - aiiaciiaels ‘awa intense ae was sald to have been cut when heled for L. W. W. literature recently.| forward panses | bes Se ee | tralia "immediately Seana prea i las gay RECORD leaped from the window of the! Mrs. A. McAllister, who rented Dialed ths hats vlan be cc: EVERETT, Nov. 12-—Kart Faulk: | 1A tthe murder vn eat at service await you 2 VICE 1, W. W, hall, was arrested by Amer | hall to the I. W. W., was taken Int0| nis way by working nights in the|ner Post, American Legion, dis (our epesuakes Gaal ambush of —immediately accessible, lo SERVICE fean Legion men custody after the shooting. She sald! county assessor'n office. He was| patched the following telegram to|noincen Ops Perc ‘an cated on main floor Police officers prevented the mob|ahe had a « revolver fF protec:|raimd in Centralia, and won his first! yamen Hogan, ita Gabieato. to’ tua |C-mmamaei ine pce bape. that had gathered from tynehing the | tlon. It was confiscated: athletic laurels as a high school stu- | “ 4 : Thee wth ec poor Ann | q have you these tusical four men arrested in the rooming | Guard on Daty dent there, After graduating in law, | American Legion convention in Min-) | 1% Wo) iit! tragedy wit by houne. MLieut. Col, Harry G. Windsor, of |he opened offices In Centralia. | neapolia, Tusedlay night: | of uncovering violations of the tee. \ gems Db your home? The suapecte picked wp by the me’ |the National Guard, is in charge of| ‘The three Grimm brothers were all 4 “We call your attention to the ter-| eral statutes Ww roigll : celal deputies during Baht AM bthe guarding of the city.’ Four de-jmembers of Sigma Nu fraternity. | rible out: on American L “The diste —siance over this list, cut it out for reference and now held in jail for investigation @Fe: | menments of Co. ¥., ‘Tacoma, which bn ih | membera seGuatralia. Uap avery af-| hae erome acute,” sald pod come te our record demonstrating rooms and Frank Kisling, 04; 0, C. Bland, 36:| strived here ‘Tuesday evening, are 2 |fort to expedite pansage of legisia-| “Hut the moment thelr manifests listem to these beautiful records! Miko Sheehan, 60; Ray Bicker. 24: | guarding tho viaduct, jail and pubtio| BRAZIL RATIFIES TREATY | 110) ‘for deportation of criminals, | tions take onan color of ’ ' Geo. Juroatch, 27; James Melnermey:|butldings. They are under the com-| RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 12—The | enemies of our country and foreign: | agains: the federal government fp , “Sdeste Fideies™ (with “Walt Etude.” Piano solo 34; Robt. Anderson, J. ©. Mor |mand of Capt. Thomas Shurtleff and! nrasitian senate ratified the peacelers who afe Net satisfied with the | will be dealt with by the U pf ; chorus and chimes), mung by | by Alfred Cortot; Red Seal wan, 18; Frank Heaton, 18; Pat Meld. !iieuts. Howard Wright and &ltreaty late yesterday faltad Staleh:O¢ Aimericn.” | $e oeetiom + go ‘ eR re McCormack; Red Seal Victor | victae fecord No. 74585 48; Erick Logdquist, 33 Oren Ander | pritchard, About 60 guardsmen are) —————- sf eu le vs rf Recent No T4436 Price son, 38; John Lamb, 40; Stanley/on duty $1.50. Price SS Hewett, William Onthund, ui: ‘American Legion men and eympe-| ; “Open Eaton “On Wings of Seng.” Vio- Harry Wittiams, 30, and Tom Laset-|ithizers have been flocking to Cen 7 ” _ by ng Maes te a ad ter, 43 | trata since the shooting. and now < Ret Seal Victar| '" cote by dnacha Meigen: Attorney Arrested it is extimated more than 1,000 vet ie. Wittens Red Seal Vietor Recor No. Fimer ¥. Smith, attorney who has|erans are under the direction of 4s tr #30. T4S8R Price $1.50, defended the 1. W. W.'s here, was|Corporal Charlies Mitchell, looking “La Traviata” (One of Whom I Dreamed”), sung by Galll-Curet; Re@ Seal Victor 7454. Price played by Senith’s Orchestra; doublefaced i%inch Victor Record No. 15490 Price $1.35. L. SCHOENFELD & SONS Second Ave. at Pine St. Established 1864 STANDARD FURNITURE CO. thrown into the efty jail and kept In| for 1 WwW. Ww. & weparate cell. He ix said to have| Two nurses nent from Tacoma la drawn « gun when the deputies went |Teemday to care for Dale Hubbard, after b jerrived after Hubbard died. The centering of the fire on the! Newspaper photographers who Centratia veterans in maid by Ameri.|Were found in Centralia were can Lexion men to indicate that the |CoMPered and their cameras taken f. W. W's intended to kilt three or | °*8% Photographers who attempt four of the men who have taken an | to take pictures of the noene when active part in fighting the reda here ick” Smith war taken from the bags and thelr plates spotled to kill Lieut. Comlere, Lieut. Grimm, | ® Capt. David Livingstone, former commander of Company M and mar “Carmen” (Prelude to Act D, played by the Phiindel- pia Symphony Orchestra: Red Seal Victor Record No. S48T2. Price $1.50. —— “Gen. Preshing March” and “Repesa Kend March,” played by the Victor Band; Record No. 14607. eed “Sharpehooters’ March” and “Ciribiribin,” om the sc 8 W. W. hall were burned, after the! cordioh&, played by Guido ahal of the parade; MeBifresh and/iicsce” was to be removed Wednes Detro; inch doublefaced Mubberd day | Im the pockets of ome of the I. W. |W. organizers arrested during the night was found a copy of the Lum bermen’s Industrial Bulletin, an I W. W. paper, in which wan a notice Columbia Record No, 984. Price S5e. ———— “Tm Forever Blowing Bubbles,” by Seivin's Novet- The 1. W. W. ball ls badly gutted where it waa set atire by the mob, PLOT HATCHED cordion, ty Orchestra, and “Yearn- lealling all the members ef the Cen Diero; ’ an Pn Ao ing.” Medley Fox Trot by tralia red organization to a vB ah Columbia Record No. 1152. | Smith's Orchestra; 1¢inch here last Sunday. It is believed by doubiefaced fecord = No. the police that the shooting was/ 18603. Price SSe. planned Sunday. | Medley a. Held & Meeting | Centralia Shooting Result of Old Trouble Centralia and Chehalis 1 WwW. W.! locals was held Tuesday, according [to the poties, and at that time the| high-powered rifles, with which the | princi shooting was done, were emuggicd| CENTRALIA, Nov. 12—That the into the buildings, whence came the cowardly shooting from ambush of bullets |four exservics men Tudaday after: Dewultory firing of the members noon was planned by the “red” ele of the legion followed a terrific crarh | ment almost two years ago, wax the of glass, which may have been @ pre | statement of citizens here today. The arranged signal, The firing a necond |furtive resentment which Tuenday later developed Into a regular volley. | flamed into yellow-hearted action was The windows of the building in|the result of a kind of guerilla war which the gunmen were stationed |fare that has been carried on for had been previously opened. The| months between the American citi- riflemen were some distance Inside, | rena of Centralia and the alinking for they couldn't be seen forces of anarchy and diseased the. The front rank of paraders was | orien. om Loreiet.” by Prince's Or. chestra, doublefaced 10-inch Cotumbia Record No. 1152. Price Se. TACOMA 1. Sebecntetd & Sons 101-111 South 11th St. . . Legislation to ee Eliminate Reds WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—The shooting at Centralia resulted to- day in demands from American |] Legion posts for immediate legis lation to rid the country of revo lationuries. Such a mensage was received by Representative Johnson, of Washington, from the Centralia post, and read to the house. Johnson, in reply, declared that “the deaths will arouse the loyal Stirred by reports of the Centralia omtrage, Police Chief Warren took | ‘ery precaution Tuesday night to} vafeguard marchers in Seattle Ar-| railatice Duy parade at $ p. m, } Every patrolman in Seattle was held in reserve at potice headquarters | with the exception of sufficient men | to patrol the downtown districts. | Special details of riflemen, shotgun | squads and a machine gun platoon | were stationed at headquarters. City detectives and a force of po- licemen 1m plain clothes kept pace | with the parade, and scanned the roofs and windows of bufldings. Chief Warren, accompanied by Spe-/ clal Investigator Ludwig Frank and Mobert Warren, rode in an automo- bile at the head of tre parade, fol- jowed by @ platoon of policemen. tise in years has done.” ‘The country most be purged of seditionistea aud revolutionists to the fast one, war, the quicker the better, John son said. “History wilh record heroes as among the first to fall in an attempt at armed revolw tion against the United States, and for which every man who has been preaching syndicaliam and Class hatred ix responsible. in an attempt at revolution with bullets and rifles that these en emies of law and order have been desiring for years. “We, of the Pacific Northwest, have long seen it coming. We have been patient, have avoided bloodshed under every provocn- tion, only to see these young men murdered.” Chief Says Four Reds Who Fired Are Identified CENTRALIA, Wash. Nov, 12. —{United Prems.)—Chiet of Police A. ©. Hughes told the United Press thie morning that four of the 19 alleged I, W. W. prisoners in the city jail have been positive. ly identified as among those who were in the I. W. W. headquar. ters at the time of yesterday's Portland Police / | | | have lof the I, W. W. at Centralia. people of the countey ax nothing }} and ff thie meane these || This Arrest 60 I. W. W. | PORTLAND, Nov, 12.—Police here 60 men, said to have | been present at meetings where pro. | tests were made against persecution | ‘The arrests were made upon an| jorder of Mayor Baker. The men 'SMITH DEFIANT WHEN CAPTURED “| mubjected to a galling enfilading fire from three siden. | Vice men and reds in Centralia in the A marksman, who opened fire |iast few month have engendered in. from Seminary Hill, at least half a|tonse feeling, and while there were mile away, apparently rested his rifle|no overt acta on the part of over a stump and deliberately fired. |1. Ww. W fou? 2030 cartridges later being Numerous clashes betwoon ex.ser the it was known for a long time in the camp of the veterans that ' | found at the spot. & plot of some kind was being con ' Cut Rope Soavenirs templated by the reds, | CENTRALIA, Nov. 12—~<Gpe- When the battle started, Date|* The first open trouble occurred in | etal)—"Birick” Smith, focal see- | Hubbard headed @ party of veterans | April, 1918, when marchers in a Red - W. W. whe [who gave chase to “Brick” Smith,|Crom parade raided the I. W. W. | after fatally | said to have been firing from one/hall and removed a phonograph, | of the IL. W. W. hall windows. Ac-| which was later auctioned off for the cording to the veterans, they cor-| benefit of the Red Cross Later in nered Smith near the Chehalis river |the evening the newsstand of Tom and attempted to crawl up on him. | Lassiter, an agent for various revo- ‘d exposed his body and Smith |lutionary publications, was raided | goa yi bs eres nye cto tan eh the Legion Men “Marked” jbody. As Hubbard fell forward on | . A the srdund, the 1. W. W. sent four] nave teen found em anid to more shots into hii. Hubbard was) 00° 0'0 date to thie an night, is jtaken to the hospital, where faint | *Neved to date to this time } > jhope was held out for his recovery,|_ 1ssiter was later deported by citi jhe sneered 40 ahead and hang but he died at 11 o'clock Tucaday | 2™* of Centralia. He went to Olym me. You haven't nerve enough.” | night \pla, but was allowed to return to He was then saved by William! smith was not locked in a ell, but pmo poke! gee Pacer - ” siter, an avowed «yndicalist, has °ed | was in the main corridor of the jail prisoner! when the city lights suddenly went |@en Intensely bitter at the men out about 9 o'clock. Fourteen men | Whom he believed responsible for his Then toward midnight, when all| forced their way thru the mob in pon he deportation f jeity lights suddenly went out,!front of the jail, broke the door, took | |! pea i# connection with the I. W | Smith was dragged from the city, Smith away and hanged him to the! i om Age violations of the law, jail. Guards were helpless. The| Chehalis river bridge. beomanniy Sip thee oe ney mats OI mi om by de " x b: ne bar of Centralia, a |door had been broken down, Go After Campers | opie ies seena tate ee | Smith Fights Captors When taken from the jail “Brick” Silently the iynching party|Smith ts said to have dec | bustied their victim into an auto-| n't care what you do. Ih mobile and sped toward the Che | ™Y duty halis river bridge. Not a word| Souvenir hunters cut away most was spoken, When taken from|0f the rope and pulled the body up the auto "Smith struggled and)? the bridge during the night. After | tought. vainly the veterans put the attackers to A rope was placed around his|fisht it was reported several armed neck, and tied to the bridge. Then hiro pt lao rl going over the hill Smith was dropped. As he hung} © ever the river, five shot reng out ee were oent after them, but His body was riddied with butiets. | y were not found ‘The body hung from the bridge Chief of Police Cusac of Olympia turned soldier and former Uni- versity of Washington student, tried vainly to break away from the enraged citizens who lynehed him last night. He was defiant when first | tured. cap. As the enraged comrades of the murdered veterans surroundec him | Seales, war veteran, who ind the mob to turn their over to the police. was his offices were located, and later e# offices in the Centralia agency of a radical paper, Men prominent in business and professional life of Centralia have taken active part in the efforta to cleanse the city of the anti. American element “Bill” Grimm Told of Tragedy While : says that an expedition plans to go c a ° for say Crotraia: undertakers | to Ninqually to round up @ party of on Football Field charge of the body. I. W. W. reported camped at the| “Bill” Grimm, star left tackle on river and accosted auto parties, He the University of Washington foot- notified Sheriff Gifford of Thurston Capture Follows Chase ball team, was in gridiron uniform | Smith's capture after the man.| County, who said he would go after |and practicing with the Purple and ae oe son ee as 4 ibe gead co Rom tyes sel EP re followed an exciting chase. | the men. Gold squad on Denny field when no- ial, 60; . eee eee eum wit ee |He was seen running from the 1.|_ It is estimated by witnesses the|tified that his brother, Warren Koy Bicker, 24, and 1. C, Mor: || Their neroly Investt:| ww. headquarters, automatic re.|I. W. W. fired 150 shots, Not one|Grimm, had been shot down In'taa sa Bog et acide. ‘ies | aed volver in hand Returned soldiers *%0t wae fired in answer, as the vet tralia. Wakunbiden ua ue ands br Ai - fave chase, dodging behind tele. TNs v re unarmed. Sporting| He was informed of tho tragedy Putian Seskeen abt thembverw phone posts, as Smith fired, He &00ds houses, however, opened their|by a fraternity brother, Lloyd Siakeansiory pave , "| ran to the river tank, and took {490s at onco and supplied the vet-|Dysart, who ts also a Centralia eae Hughes said that at 9:20 this morning, reports from the bedside of Bari Watt, one of the injured ex-service men, were encouraging and that it Is believed he will re cover. ‘The police chief stated the of Turn to page 9 for additional news of Cen- tralia tragedy. 1 i| ficials, with the aid of the state lane ¢ militiamen, now have the situa we ae ere. tion well under control. (Took tort Ww. GhOvESS on the box. 30, \\ Gerda. wahted ae Acer erans with arms and ammunition. | | Herman Allen, prosecuting + attor- 1] egg Mubbard closed in, mith ‘ney, summoned ‘Frank P, Christen. | | fired four shots thru Hubbard's 'ton’ chict necion ) || breast. One of Smith's shots had to Centralia. tormsaorney Keneral, veteran and university student. Dysart had received a long distance phone message from Centralia ask- ing him to break the news, tralin immediately after the| After a brief telephone convers: | re Dees , 4 ersn~ || Previously wounded Emery Cole- shooting. Christensen took charge of} tion with his mother in Centralia, Og} man, one of the pursuers. After/assembling the evidence and. will | shooting Hubbard, Smith was sud FecOe Melo, |denly overpowered by Howard Bar. accompanied — by stay here several days preparing the| Dysart, hurried to Centralia in an née, ‘eaadhas ‘candenla ones {cases taainst the I. W. W., He said | automobile, , “i urned soldier. he may return later to take part {i ¢ " P was a few minutes Inter that Smiti |the trial. t in| ‘The three Grimm brothers, “Polly, Warren and “Bill,” have all been was rescued Dy Scales, football stars at the University of ‘Trouble has been brewing between | | eve the L. W. 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