The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 13, 1919, Page 1

BRST U.S. SEIZE Tides in Seattle THURSDAY as VOLUME 22. NO. 221. —— TO ME DANA SLEETH @ THE seared old maid of newspaperdom SeapHERE was a feller T | eee em te bus along the road, and along came an- other fellow, who like hard luck, and the last aid: ‘Say, mister, can you “gare me four-bits” and the other “faked up and he said: ‘I've got a car myself.’ | The garage man sprang that on y to while the time as Iwas watching him give aid to the family faithful fliv bd it ien't euch a joke, at that when they charge from yhour up for work that three ago they charged 75 cents ‘beur for, the owner of a car Ras passed its prime needs all that a lot of folks have ea starting to buy cars before their milk bill. ly alot of folks are dis- that automobiles do not , and that even a fg not s0 cheap a vehicle to as a street car. Jour faithful strap in the car. ty hopeful young workers ‘Me werape up the first payment ian anto and start out the world Mt. discover in a few months fires wear out, and that re- mt + do keep stealing dollars, and a yfesline and ofl are not as ‘Ds as they once seemed, And wm they find that if they meet ‘auto payments they can’t af fo ride in the car, and if they ‘they soon won't have any car in, because the dealer will back. about that time the baby sick Of mother has to have a dollars’ worth of den. ; for a dentist these fa no humbie asker; and then far goes back for delinquent or is sold for two-thirds Mt cont in the spring. “ee JENERALLY the average G | family will find it wiser to defer the auto buying Until it gets a home paid for; or, at least, gets an 44 $15 in a savings bank you can figure that at the } with the b possible mk, take it year in and year out, per sto will cost you 10 cents a tte the first mile, or the first SEN Bet ¥ou keep an auto, and using it, and take things as Mey come, and at the end of three /® five years figure it out cents will be found a low av ites considering depreciation, in taxes and repairs. et Stford 10 cents a mile a the going your family will Piire ¢ you get an auto? He, go to Point in ee A| ‘That the man who was | | ibuisvi Nov. 13. preventing from inter- | g H & Taylor and the com pan y Walter Evans in ct court temporarily firras trorn Mfoacriptions to the Red|the L. W. W Tee fund continued tear @ headquarters Thurs. \y.\rade of ex-service men Row has passed the $40,000 |the enraged crowd, ‘Was reported, Brown- distillers, by United day. The in-|ment of justice here. ldistrict, but is going unheeded, ac-| frees the two| operation of|be “Brick” Smith, - yogl of the war-time | leader, but Sepgetigntion disclosed ‘ad RECO TO FRIDAY NOV. 14 Fiest Lew Tide ts am Le om Bit Mish Tide a m,. 120 ‘oonead Low Vite $208 pom. 6 second Nigh Tide am, Bt tt entered as Becond Clase Matter May %, 1899, at the Postoffics at Beattie, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 8, 1879 } (EDITORIAL) this morning crawled out from under the \bed and, finding the burglar safe in the clutch | of the patrolman, shrieked: “Naughty, bad/| burglar! Naughty, bad cop!” The P.-I. ghost, haunted, cellar-inhabiting | |old dame, “now under new management, and with an entirely new set of banker bondhold- jers,” declaims that The Star was Bolshevik be- fore there were any Bolsheviks, and that labor| in Washington is I. W. W. and that it told you so, and isn’t it awful! | Which is about what one would expect of a \silly old maid. * * & * * & * * & OR more than twenty years The Star has made the} fight for Americanism and only during the past four years, and then only at intervals, has The Star been sup- ported in this fight by the other two Seattle papers. | In the old days when the narrow, bigoted crew in high |business sought to rule or ruin Seattle, The Star fought |them just as it fought the “rough-necked” reds when they sought to rule or ruin Seattle. Twenty years ago The Star was fighting against anarchy with the same vigor it has displayed during the past year. Nineteen years ago and eighteen years ago and every year since the has been continued—and the while Seattle has been and moulded into the present broad-mind- years ago The 3 a crooked city administration, . winning y and cleaning the city of gambling, grafters and crooks and un-Americanism at fair-dealing American city that it is. So, too, and alone, The Star fought against the warped un-American principle which permitted a few rich men to jbuy the senatorship from a corrupted legislature. Nat- jurally the P.-I. could not support The Star then because jone of the persistent rich bidders happened to own it. Nine years ago The Star fought a crooked realty dealer who victimized the poor and ignorant, thereby making| anarchists of them, while the other paper accepted the | crook’s advertising and defended his methods. Eight years ago The Star fought an unfit judge, forced} him from the bench for un-American methods, and all the time, even up to the hour of his final surrender and confes- sion, he was championed by the other papers. Seven years ago The Star alone defeated the most dam- |nably un-American steal ever attempted upon this city when | the other papers in conjunction sired the notorious Harbor \Island waterfront grab. | * * * * * * * * * | ND during the past four years what is the record of j the Seattle newspapers? What paper was it that be-| jcause of party politics failed to give the American adminis- tration that full and unqualified support demanded from all |true Americans? | And what paper was it that for petty personal dislike of | | Senator Lamping fought his measure designed to give our |ex-service men a square American deal? And in the crisis last February, when Americanism was given the acid test, The Star stood on its American rights and, backed by every member of its staff, printed a news- | paper, what did the other papers do? | + * * + + + * * cd And while we are speaking about Ameri- 'eanism and patriotism and ideals of journal- ism, the P.-I. may wish to make a few re- marks anent that special thirty thousand jdollar Japanese edition it is preparing to) \launch upon this American city. And in conclusion, if the old dame of many lownerships has anything else up her ed lor under her bed that will explain her pos tion on the American-Japanese question may ‘we not ask that she at this time bring it \forth, or if perchance she wishes to make lany further comparisons of records with The| Star may we not express our earnest desire |to accommodate? Everest Lynched, Not ‘Brick’ Smith |" man ILLINOIS MINERS SLOW 1 Dale’ H TO START WORK AGAIN x-service n | ST. LOUIS, Nov. 13 vutrage, was We ‘| Iilinois miners showed little inclina an I. W. W., was the sta t!tion to return to work today. The made Thursday by Forrest D. Sim:| caer rescinding the strike call has mons, agent in charge of the depart:| on received generally thruout the | was saved by the legionaries, but Armistice he had A ers | al ng, mill employe at Bend Orsgon in jail for statements |later taken from the county jail and| Southern | and tons of propaganda seized, police | raids, ordered by Mayor Fitzgerald, | oun thought to| Fiverest was at | agitator and | cording to advices reaching here NIZES JUGO-SLAVIA true identity. ROME, Nov, 13 Keverest wan at first thought to| officially récognized the new govern hail when the “wob-|ment of Jugo-slavia, it fired from ambush on the pa-| nounced today. The Serbia Pursued by | ment soon will appoint a representa he sent four| tive to the holy see, it was also an bullets into the body of Hubbard. He nounced, blies” |rested in the last 48 hours, |ngents say 18 of the “reds” are aliens |and an attempt to deport them will The holy see has | be made. was an-|been arrested n-|hours by th seized 200 onary literature in raids on I, W. SEATTLE, WASH, THVRSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1919. aout RecoRDS |WARRANTS OUT FOR ARREST OF EDITORS Federal warrants for the seizure of the Union Rec- ord, official organ of the Seattle Central Labor council, Sixth and Union st., and the arrest of E. B. Ault and _ other editors of the publication were issued at noon to- day by Robert E. Saunders, United States district at- torney, on advice from Mitchell A. Palmer, U. S. attor- ney general. George B. Listman, Triple Alliance candidate for school director, president of the Trades Union Savings & Loan association, delegate to the Central Labor council and member of the Union Record board of control, who lives at 6211 Sixth ave. N. W., and F. A. — th Central epithe dg naar dered gate to the secretary- manager Ble tach agi association, are others for whom were ‘ T this charge tha court at Tacoma morning t Ault and others aided and abetted the massacre of world war veterans at Centralia, and have been engaged in a campaign for the overthrow of the government. “We are in dead earnest,” Saunders declared. “Treachery to the government cannot be overlooked. We are going to the limit. This is only the beginning of a sweeping movement to quash radical publications in this country.” The charges are brought under Section 3 of the fed- eral espionage act. This section is aimed directly at sabotage, Saunders said. Editorials published in the Union Record on No- vember 11 and 12 are cited in the complaint against Ault, Listman and Rust as being particularly offens- ive. One of these editoriials, written after the coal strike, urged workers at the polls at the coming elec- tion to “kick into the discard the present governing class.” The other was entitled, “Don’t Shoot in the Dark,” and concerned the Centralia massacre. A warrant for the arrest of Walker C. Smith, editor of the International Weekly, published at the offices of the Equity Printing corm pany, 1910 Seventh ave., was issued charging him with violation of the espion- age act, and the ‘ett office ordered searched. IN MANY JAILS = Several hundred alleged radi. cals are in jail today in the prin- cipal cities of the Northwest, ac- cording to reports received here, The “round-up” of 1. W. W. mem- bers and seizure of anarchistic literature is being vigorously pushed, as a result of the Cen- tralia massacre, today. Police and American Legion’ members are co-operating in raids on 1. W. W. headquarters, With 37 alleged “reds” in Jail here following the Centralia massa. WASHINGTON, Novy. 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W, W. have during the past 26 pacoma py | rs at Astoria, Oregon, | ds of alleged revolu Former # toni, died here today, vZEUNION RECORD On the Issue of Americanism There Can Be No Compromise The Seattle Star CENTS Late Edition Per Year, by Mail $6.00 to $3.00 Tonight and Friday rain; SU; moderate easterly gales ~ ARMED “REDS” OPEN FIRE ON BRIDGE GUARD: Centralia Cutrage Is Followed by Cowardly Attempt to Shoot Down Civilian at 3:30 a. m.; Posse in Pursuit _ Weather Forecast: By Ralph Benjamin Staff Correspondent CENTRALIA, Nov. 13.—(Special to The Star.)—Armed reds are still at large in the vicinity of Centralia ready to shoot from am- bush men who fought for the United States government during the world war. At 3:30 a. m. today an unknown man fired upon George Paxton, who was stationed on guard duty ata bridge between Centralia and fled by 5 Saunders in the federal | zens was conducted in true Wild Weat 'HINES TO REPLY TO RAILWAY MEN, | style, 13.—A re quest for an increase of 60 cents for Jan eighthour day is the chief pro | posal now before Rail Director Hines |from the trainmen’s and conductors’ opened conferences | Hines today was expected to give and yesterday he is understood to have made offers Before discussing wage adjust ments with two of the rail unions to. day, Hines will discuss overtime with brother Chehalis. Five shots were fired, and one bul- let is said to have pierced Paxton’s clothing. He was not wounded. ; i The attempt to kill the guard was the a direct firing on Centralia civilians since Tuesday, phen four ed by alleged Legion men were murdered and five injured I. W. W.’s who shot from absush into the Armistice parade. ‘The body of the man who was that reigned as the sun set, caused lynched Tuesday night, following the massacre of American Legion members during their Armistice day parade, was dragged thru the streets of the city last night. The body was taken to the jail and placed in a cell in full view of 30 al- leged I. W. W. prisoners who will be charged with conspiring to murder former soldiers who fought in France The sight was intended as an ob- ject lesson not only for the prison- ers huddled in their cells, but to all men who fail to respect the men who fought for the United States. Riddled with bullet holes, the neck cut by the rope, and sodden after its hours in the Chehalis river, it was a terrible object lesson to the prison- ers. The body, variously of “Brick” Smith and Wesley or Earnest Everest, will be taken some time today in a motor truck to a lot at the outskirts of the city and thrown into a trench, without burial service Undertakers here have per- sistently refused to touch it Identify Lynched Man An inquest was held over the re- mains of the lynched man yesterday | evening on the river bank at the spot where it was pulled out of the stream, ‘The verdict was that the “deceased came to his death by gunshot wounds and strangulation cauged by persons unknown.” Chief of Police B, A. Hughes said this morning that the lynched man's name was Wesley Everetts, accord- ing to his best information. He retts was one of the I, W. W. in the state. officials said the man had been known in Centralia as Ernest Bveretts A raid on a local poolroom last night by a posse of 50 armed citi- known as that day for the joint funeral services. Capt. David Livingston, day who saw the shooting. They will be called to the second inquest over the man hanged from the Chehalis river bridge Tuesday night, and will be asked if they recognize the man or can tell what part he played in the attack on the marchers. May Be Identified Late Wednesday evening a detach« ment from the city jail brought the man's body to the jail, where it was kept for the night. Undertakers have refused to bury the body, and until Wednesday evening Coroner Living: ston declared he would not take charge of it. The first step in the identification of the dead man was made by Amer. ican Legion men when an old couple who operate a small rooming house said the man registered at their place a few weeks ago as Ernest Everetts, They would not produce their register, It is now stated by |the police that the man is not “Brick” Smith, the Seattle red. Detectives John Majerus and Fred More than 100 men in the big |hall were lined up against the wall, their hands over their heads, while members of the posse searched them. |) a of ‘Tacoma, who came to Cen- e 16 arrested none 1s 8M) tralia to obtain Bertillon records of n, Russians, Finns and Aus | ay the I. W. W.’s held in jail on sus- ~ among those held. All| nicion, said they recognized the dea@ those arrested are accused of being | man as a red agitator who had been “ped ticket” men of the I. W. W.|in Tacoma recently. Children Off Streets Night Is Quiet What the sheriff's office believed! Altho the Tacoma guardsmen at to be one of the most important ar-|the police station under command of rests yet made is that of William) Lieut. Pritchard increased their vigi+ }ance during the night and kept the crowds back from the jail, there R. Haynes, who was taken this morn: ing at the logging camp of the Bast fern Railway & Lumber Co,, 15 miles| were no outbreaks, east of here Haynes is said to be a “red ticket” man of the I, W. W., and is alleged to be one of three men who were posted on Seminary ridge, and who fired into the parade as it passed down Tower ave, Tuesday afternoon. More posses are working today in) the Mendota district, where some important arrests Were made Wed A tense quiet here Wednesday gave color to the rumor that trouble was expected. Legion posses continued to an early hour Thursday to search the woods for the fugitive I. W. W.'s wanted in connection with the Armistice day murders. A posse of 40 went to a farm near here lastnight RDI Nov. (De larquista Teresa Ber-| Hughes ordered all children off the) jardi, sister of Foreign Minister Tit-| streets after dark Wednesday night. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TEN) nesday afternoon | aslencapriietittidneetannesiinniiand That region is suspected of being a hot bed of radicalism By proclamation, Chief of Additional news on Cen tralia situation on pages 9 and 10. Police ‘This, and the strange. strained quiet!