The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 13, 1919, Page 9

(EBON GHIEFS | | WANT ACTION ating of Executive Heads Hurriedly Called ; + ns | cutive committee of for congres vening in | ith the exe america n Lesion massacre the special | (paterence® of committed was} Wednesday and a full rep} emia waa expected despite the! get_noticn Meme for the murder of the four was to be fixed at the! fa ind action taken to pre any possible recurrence tatives of local posts of} m met bave Wednesday, oe authorities to enforce sedi! awe, and promised moral and) j support of the legion in effort to crush anarchy and/ WwW. > of the four veterans by} ‘of the I. W. W. was de as “the most traitorous! damnable act ever perpetrated”) 1. W. W. should be crushed/ fer of existence, declared the reso pan adopted confer committee that gt Weinesday consisted of Wilh] fe M Ingle and P. P. Marion,| post; H. H. Nuzum, H. C. Gite and J. R. Dean, Elmer Noble | pe G. M. Parmiee, J. E. Quigley FW. Filiott, Seattle post; 4 Sigurdson and Cyrus Hangum, 7 7. Cochran post ERMAN “RED I$ ARRESTED Np, Ore, Nov. 12— Kleiner, 42 German, was gqested at his home here last night ig the police, under the direction of WWam Bryon, chief agent of the of justice. ‘Agreat quantity of anarchistic was seized. “Bieiner is secretary of the German of a “red” political organtza- alied the Labor Communist “Aeteteation is alleged to have held at the Kieiner home fot- the Centralia massacre Tues- Kleiner was released this further investiga over the attack on legion at Centralia, Wash. meeting of the legion has/ for tonight to discuss ac. radicalism. qxecutive committee of the ie ‘8 meeting last night, adopt- declaring: “It is possi- probable that service men of in defense of themselves the intent to protect the and proven institutions gerernment in America, may Recessary to take physical ac- the government does not sup- the propagandists of radical- WWERS, PROTECT TE GHILOREN FROM ‘AU, COLDS AND GRIP Victims in Centralia Massacre and Headquar 1—Warren Grimm, eral months with the Ameriean forces tn He came back condemning bitterly the Bolshevik hatred for him here was Grimm rule and the I. W. W. intensified, say Centralians. torney and former University football star. He is said to have for death, 2—Dale Hubbard, overseas veteran, who served regiment. in France with an engineer Meutenant who served sev AY, NOV. 13, 1919. LEGION MOURNS. DEAD MEMBERS Message of Condolence Sent Families of Slain ters of Their Murderers | Rewolutions of condolence to te | reaved families of the four veterans murdered by I, W. W. at Centralia! Armistice day were ordered sent by Seattle post, American Legion, at a! meeting in Veterans’ hall, 1616% Third ave, Wednesday night | Altho pentiment favoring immedi ate action on the massacre was displayed at the meeting, it was de cided to leave all orders for active} steps to the state executive com mittee conference Thursday Comrade 8, I. Chadwick, local at torney, was named port representa tive at the funeral of the slain men| in Centralia Saturday, Several rpe-| cial cars have been tered to make the trip by the legion, and Adjutant HM. C, Cutler, Noble post,| Soldiers’ and Sailors’ club, is mak: | ing reservations, Chadwick's appointment came after he had told of serving with| Warren ©. Grimm, one of the mur dered men, in Siberia, Chadwick wat also a fellow of} Grimm's at the university } “After eight months’ service in |Siberia, Grimm returned home,” Chadwick sald, “to live out his life sin peace under the laws of his Jeountry. “But Tuesday the Inws failed him. | Today his wife and baby mourn for the father they will see no more.| But he and the other three have jnot died in vain. The Pacific| }Northwest {# two years more ad: vanced today than it was Tuesday jmorning, and the people have been roured to the true and Jinenace of the 1. W. W proponents.” OUSTLW.W:S, SPOKANE URGES SPOKANE, Nov. 1%.—By unant-| mous vote the American Legion here last night adopted resolutions to be} sent to city and county authorities) demanding that every 1. W. W. be immediately driven from the city Hundreds of ex-service men were | Present at an indignation meeting [when open war was declared on the | | “wobblies.” | | clon has offered ¢ collegion sininter and its the services the anthor- | ities to do the work | In the meantime proy }in the city who let bull 1. W. W. have been warned to close | | them up and employment agencies to }cease securing labor from them. Enactment of a syndicalism law, | |similar to the one in effect in this contempt for the I. W. W. Hoe, too, was marked |, hened deportation | for death. He was in the lead as marshal of lawn were requested the day, however, and altho he rushed into the svernment in resolu-| thick of the fight as soon as the shooting start | ed, he was unscathed. He ts an American Le gion leader and is active in the campaign against the LW. W. 6&—C. D. Cunningham, special prosecutor, pointed by the Lewis county commissioner handle the case against the reds accused of mur tate, and stren and immigrat of the fedora |tions adopted A resolution that no executive | cleme: be granted to anyone con-| sieted of the shooting at Centralia was unanimoualy adopted ‘ong speeches marked the meet ¢, but it wan decided that the Siberia was an at of Washington been “marked” | > He has been instrumental in fighting the 1. W. W. propa ganda here, it ts said. He has been active in American Legion affaira, Hubbard was married three weeks ago in California. 3—Arthur McElfresh, just back from France, He ts an old Co. M man. He served with the Second Washington infantry on the Mexican bor der and went overseas with the 16let infantry He is said to have been marked specially by the Lw.w 4—Lieut. leader. He A. F. Comiere, American Legion has been active in the campaign to dering four American Legion men here Tuesday He marched in the fatal parade and ts an Amert can Legion man. He will anvist Prosecuting At torney Herman Allen 7—Howard Parner, with Dale Hubbard, chased the 4 known as “Brick” Smith into Chehalis river after the shooting. Hubbard peered around a stump and was shot down by the red, who then deliberately poured five shots into the veteran's prostrate body. Barner rushed the red slayer, knocked him down, disarmed him, American Legion man who W. W. gunman a trap near the Ain trould be given a chance to out the radicals before any jon would be taken REDS ARRESTED NSBURG, Pa, Nov. 13.— Twenty alleged “reds” taken in raids in the vicinity of Monessen, Pa., are being held In the county jail here! er $20,000 bail each FRASER-PATERSON Co... ___ SECOND AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET ° For Friday ‘An Important Coat Sale Another Shipment of + New Smart to be sold at — $30.15 —75 Coats secured at extraordinary advantage, offering unquestionable values. Materials of silvertone, vel- our, plush and kersey cloth. In navy, taupe, black, brown, Burgundy, rein- deer and Pekin blue. —With large convertible collars of seal, coney and some with self collars. Other trimming effects are worked out in buttons and strappings. —Coets, Third Floor. it Size 27 by 54 Inches At $1.95 Each —There are six dozen of these attractive, economical and sani- tary rugs to be placed on sale Friday at $1.95 each. In a very good assortment of _ stencil borders. 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Wo | NEW 13.—Demand “rede” held here for trial on criminal anarchy charges is made by the Law and Order union in a letter to the senate judiciary committee, “The law passed by congress spo cifically provides such acts are acts | of treason, and punishable by death.” | the letter reads. It also contained a | protest against the “loose manner” in which the department of justice is leonducting the campaign against Bolshevists, anarchists and tors.” Hearing on the cases of Larkin, Irish agitator, and Benja min Gitlow, formmer New York a# semblyman, was scheduled to con tionue today. Evidence has been obtained of pub: lication of 16,000 copies of the “Rev olutionary Age,” containing the com munist manifesto urging overthrow of the government. Larkin and Git low are specifically charged with editing, publishing and distributing this communist organ. ‘Twenty-three other alleged revolu tlonists taken in raids by the Lusk legislative committee and charged with criminal anarchy, were to have their first hearing today. ‘Attorneys for the communists an- tionality of the state criminal an- archy law. '46 Alleged Reds Taken in Tacoma TACOMA, Nov, 13.—A total of 46 alleged I, W. W. have been arrested by the local police during the past 36 hours. Nearly all were arrested after the closing of the I. W. W- hall here yesterday. They are held pending investigation by federal authorities oe D, Ore, Nov. 18.—Albert ide waihere ‘ot a mill here, is in jail today because he is alleged to have said that the massacre of ‘American Legion members at Cen tralia “served them Just right for monkeying with the 1, Ww. Wo" | and held him has often de W. arrested confessed Comiere was marked for death in the attack on him at point blank range by a red who is now “To hell with them,” Comiere, as he goes about his business. former commander served overseas with the 161st infantry, He declares openly his | that the death penalty be sought for | “tral- | 4 James | nounced they would base their de- | fenve on an attack on the constitu SB. W. Bub turned from service three me woun: in the leg by the red Center photograph—Scene on street where the 1. W. W's attacked the American Legion march ers. Thin she the I, W. W. hall in the Rod erick hotel butlding, with the ashes of burned furniture and literature littering the A porch that extended across the second story also wan destroyed by the counter attack on the reds Most, of the firing was from the two upper win dows on the right LECIONAIRES IN CAMPAIGN. It is reported . Lieut. were fired at says street infantry. He and won | “Red” Literature Taken at Astoria ASTORIA, Ore, Nov. 13.—Two| hundred pounds of “red” literature, | which was found in the I. W. W.| headquarters here, was solzed by | sanened i never L embe “ ine nigh ee” ™*™*"*) Ave Battling for Program of Americanization The former soldiers battered down the door of the place, and after goth: | ering all of the anarchistic pamph leta sight, burned them in the street, where police and members the legion warmed their hands ov the fire MASSACRE HIS TEXT Centpalla's massacre and the duty | of citiZens at the present hour was|'™ the subject of an address by former | ? 8. Senator Samuel H. Piles at the Young Men's Republican club | ‘ weekly luncheon Thursday noon at ves cafeteria BY L. R. BLANCHARD (United Press Staff Correspondent) MINNEAPOLIS, Nov, 13.—The| American Legion today begins bat: | © its program of Americani nd the welfare of veterans of world war. The j th newly chosen executtve com: 0 meet today to draw 1 ffect the D'Oler, Pennsylvania nas the first national com: | r of the American Legion, He na close contest with Hanford | MeNider, Iowa's greatest individual es of the war. der asked the convention to make D’Olier's election | unanimous. O officers elected | were: Firat Vice Commander, Joyce 3. Lewis, Long Prairie, Minn., a m commander, Allen! ; Neb, from the ; third viee commander, Alden Chambers, Masnachusetts, from | the navy; fifth vice commander, William B, Follett, Oregon, from the , army | The logion, as a result of the first convention, will put into operation a! | commission on Americanization, and | will establish legislative patrols at | proper jot measures to promote | Americanism, radicalism, promote better feeling between labor | ee, | and capital, and restrict immigration, | From Piles Sesa for Bree Trial Treatment. 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