The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 24, 1919, Page 11

Second Section The SeattleStar ==» | SEATTLE, WASH., MOND AY, NOVEMBER 24, 1919. PROPAGANDA BATTERIES WRECKED MORALE OF GERMAN Ludendorff Tells of Disastrous Effect of Allied Press Campaign | Americans hardly need be ro that propaganda was one “gi the war weapons which Ger. gany, in preparation for war, gerked out with her boasted i The world was flood. ‘a with the outgivings of her bureaus her diplomats and various organizations created ‘every neutral land and even in lands to turn every event account for Germany's bene- the battle of ideas, It was only thru the insistence of Lord Northeliffe that Great Britain finally organized her propaganda forces as thoroly as her military forces, The other allies followed suit. They not only met the Ger- mans in the world outside, but they invaded Germany itself. With what disastrous effect the batteries of truth were turned against the house of Hohenzol tern and the junker militarists Is eloquently set forth by Luden- | | | allied nations were much to seo the power lying in “MY THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS” By Gen. Eric Von Ludendorff od by The Star thru spectal arrangement with the McClure paper Copyright: 1993, by per and Brothers All rights reserved. e¢ in Great Britain by Hutchinson & Company and the London Times ain by Messrs Seix and Martel; in Maly by Fratelli Treves: to canada Ail rights reserved for France, Belgium, Holland, Russie and ian countries German people, at home and of the United States, and altho the the line, has suffered and endured im the four long years of war, war has deeply disturbed and in- the sentiments of the people the whole national morale. Dlockade pf extermination and ton, and the enemy prope which have operated in close tion in the fight against the | race and the German peo- were a heavy burden, and a bur that grew ever heavier as the lasted. The blockade worked ly. Propaganda, which had | fruitful soll at home, now im 1917) turned its attention Hy to the men at the front, who t the reat representative body of the em piré, rested on @ more democratic basis than that of many other coun tries, GERMANS READY TO LISTEN more directly at breaking up the |unity of the German empire, and at separating Germany from her rul ing house, and her dynasties and governments from their people; this was revolution pure and simple. The propagandists were clever tn understanding the effects of such | phrases as “peace of understanding,” ‘disarmament the war,” and propaganda began “ieague of nations,” and so on, on ly to undermine our spirits, the peaceful and unpolitical German te shake the belief in ultimate people. It was only too ready to . The eminently Justified long: follow, in conscious or unconscious for peace began to assume forms self-deception, this attractive but de- bordered on weakness, dividing ceptive phantaam 4 and depressing the morale| In this connection the propagand- padi [eae Sener anae the panes of Os world ous weeds grew in this soil. had been disturbed by German plans German sentiment, all patriotism. ‘oe dominion, fell, too, on fruit- In plain fact, the German govern. ment in the post-Biamarck period had .|beyond the maintenance of peace, -|Save perhaps that it atmed at in creasing the colonial possessions of the country. It scarcely thought of world polities or policy; it had no clear conception why it made its ‘way 1870-71, a life of constant preference of the apparent over the real, of judg- ing by externals, we have no doubt overestimated our own strength, and thought too little of the forces that were working against us. We ex tended over the world, without hav- ing firm footing In Europe. After gaining Alsace-Lorraine, and estab Ushing the empire, the German was i fi a i i i of this development, and re course could not be proph- One thing, however, was abso- certain, that we could not) it as idle spectators. hing had now been achieved | the starvation blockade; we broken thru it in Rumania. No knew whether we would ever another chance to break thru, ‘how we would use it. | the enemy propaganda we|ful aim from the desire for world like a rabbit before a make. It| mastery. ‘exceptionally clever and worked| The maintenance of peace was a ma very large scale. Its sugges-|great object. Just as we could only lie had a strong effect on the| win a war of defense by attacking, #0 it worked well together with|we could only keep peace by clear E ‘actual campaigning, and was un-|and strong policy, carried on on well ous as to the means it used. | defined principles. This our politics did not succeed in Our people, on the other hand, aim- ed at an equal place in peaceful com petition. Preoccupied with business |and political doctrines, it did not bes nda. | us; even those who had hitherto been had itself opposed to one another combined the phrase “Prussian militar. In other ways we show- im.” altho this very Prussian mill-| ed ourselves uncertain and irresolute, the spirit of unselfish loyalty, — this, too, brought us no friends. lWesurrender of the individual to the| Many Germans felt grave agxiety limception of the state, had created |in this position, and gave sharp ex i and achieved for Germany | pression to their fears in all direc fiificent development. People | tions. In contrast to their govern tunessential phenomena for;ment, they had far-secing ideas essence of militarism, and failed|These utterances were, however, HW appreciate the national strength | merely those of private persons, and [itich rested therein. It should not|had no more importance or meaning Have been resixted, but encouraged. |for us than corresponding statements high of: 8 of the govern-|had in other countries. This habit ‘used the word reproachfully to|of speaking out was not changed dur during the war, so that one can/|ing the war. The war aims of the iMrdiy blame the many who thought! governments and peoples of the en ey were acting wisely in turning|tente were always more far-reaching “militariam,” even ff they |than the dreams of individual Ger. not tell clearly the meaning of|mans. We know this now to our cost. Word, ‘True, many a man knew| CAME INTO WORLD Well what the end of such a|TOO SOON Was; authority was at stake. ENTE’S AIM AS SURE, The entente knew quite well the th of this “Prussian militar. ” It knew why it fought against Tt knew, too, what it was doing it stirred up the Germans| their officers, in the last re- the supporters of the power of State. It acted with sure aim it worked against Prussia in any, when it attacked the or, the symbol of our unity, it railed against the Crown 6, and promised our people the of Heaven if it should once Hd of its imperial house and its dynastion om the enemy propaganda 1 also, The army and the Were to be robbed of their con- in the supreme army com- met the belief in ultimate victory eal’, shattered, and faith was to te. ed in the man who strove strong resistance to the en- Plans for world dominion demand ja strong national feeling. This, in spite of the foundation of the pire in 1871, we have never achieved. Our government in the post Bismarck period did nothing to culti it the contrary, we lost it as w lost our strength of will. If our political thought we have remained too “fed and ha ained too deep in political divisions: ¢ Into the world too soon | without any national sentiment, and on, re} of foreign influences, we have never found the true level between thinking nationally and thinking internation. ally, between our domestic and our external interests. Contrary to the arguments of the enemy propaganda, no dream of world mastery, no “nationalism” of the German government endangered the peace before 1914, or have pre vented its conclusion during the war After all, propaganda did not set out to tell the truth, but merely to break down the determination and the fighting spirit of the German people. and to spread views that would serve ites own ends, At last it found the catchword of the “right of self-determination.” A problem seemingly based on a most acceptable truism, but, in truth, not hy he f Working on our democratic sen- the enemy propaganda suc- in bringing our form of gov- into discredit in Germany the whole world as being altho our emperor had fame power as the president i [effect on Germany The enemy propaganda aimed ever! had no great political aim whatever | know that other peoples would find| it difficult to distinguish this peace | | in our sense of world-citizenship, born | the world are ac cused by Ludendorff in the next | Installment of having aided in | the propaganda which did so much to upset the German morale. He also bears testimony to the big part America took in the battle of minds, which he found as impurtant as the con- ficts on the battlefield, He vents his scorn on the German Bourgeoisie for helping in the dis- semination of pleas against Ger- man autocracy spread by the entente. mn ——* to be solved with oppression when, as ig so often the nation alities are mixed. The phrase fitted the case of Austria-Hungary better | than it fitted us, but it also had ite and in the long run, in the interpretation given to it by fear and hatred, it was des tined to work us grave injury thru it | mans. | WORKED FOR |THE REVOLUTION | In the last stages of the war, and quite gpenly from the beginning of 1918 onward, propaganda worked ever more clearly for the social revo lution, side by side with the political revolution, The war was painted as [being waged by the upper ten thou sand at the expense of the workers and the victory of Germany as the workers’ misfortune. | ‘The enemy propaganda, and Bol [shevinm, which aimed at a world revolution, were working for the same ends in Germany. England | gave China opium, our enemies gave us the revolution, and we accepted | the poison and distributed it, as the | Chinese distribute opium. While the enemy propaganda. was | doing tncerasing harm to the German people and the army and navy, it [also succeeded In maintaining the de | termination to fight in its own coun |tries and armies, and against us in neutral countries, Responsibility for the war, the Bel. sian atrocities, the ill-treatment of prisoners, our political immorality and treachery, our mendacity and brutality, the arbitrary government of Prussianized Germany, the en- slavement of the German people, were, all these reproaches, cleverty mvented. for the purposes of the campaign of Hes against us, and had the greatest effect all over the world. AMERICANS FOUGHT A CRUSADE Side by side with these, the catch words of the fight for democracy against militarism, autocracy and the Junker, of the war for civilization and for the freedom of the .xmalier na- tions, and other phrases of the sort in ideal guise, of infinite effect on men who do not see too clearly, The yea opinion of the world was with- m thelr power. For the American soldiers the war became, as it were, a crusade against us, In the neutral countries we were subjected to a sort of moral blockade. The way to the soul of the neutrals was barred to us. We had not the means to open it We alone did wrong; everything that the entente did was morally right and the obvi ous course to follow. Germany was the world-oppressor, and the policy of the entente, and that alone, was |pursulng true moral aims, at once | freeing the world and making it hap- |Pler. In neutral countries, which now must know the truth, wo lost ail credit, while that of the enemy |Tose to great heights. We had, it is true, our friends, but they had no | weight. Similar work was done in the coun. | tries allied to us. The object wag to separate us from our allies, ENGLAND AS PROPAGANDIST Propaganda was an old and power ful weapon in England's hands. The East India company had striking success with it in the conquest of |India. They set up schools in Eng: |land. England was the only country that long ago had employed | weapon of politics and war with a jelear vision, and on a really large scale in the service of its national world-encircling* policy. “To threaten foreign countries with the aid of revolution has for many y | said Ristnarck 60 years ago. thinking of the speech of Canning on December 12, 1826, in which that prime minister threatened in a pub |i witting of the house of commons |that England controlled the winds of Aeolus, and could at any time unchain the powers of revolution “If we,” he said, “take part in a war, we shall see gathered under our standards all the restless and |watisfied, whether with or without |cause, of any country with whom we | in conflict. | He (Canning, in dealing with the pro. {posal to make war against Spain on the side of Portugal, said (If into that war this country shal) be compelled to enter, we shall enter |into it with a sincere and anxious de- sire to mitigate rather than exasper- te—and to mingle only in the con flict of arms, and not in the more fatal conflict of opinions. But |much fear that this country, however earnestly she may endeavor to avoid jit, could not, in such case, avoid seeing ranked under her banners all the restless and dissatisfied of any nation with which she might come into conflict.” | (The reference to the winds of Aeolus comes somewhat later in the |speoch, and is unconnected with any suggestion for encouraging revolu- \tlon In enemy countries.) | Even before the war careful wateh- lers had clearly observed the propa- | gandist activities of our present en mies, They were then already work- ing systematically against us, It was mainly their propaganda that England and France had to thank for the success of thelr policy of un- thia| * been the policy of England,” | din- | | right of voting for the reichstag, the |the construction given to it by Ger | in working | BY RALPH H. TURNER MEXICO CITY, Nov, 23.—(De- layed.}—-The Mexican public ap- parently is keenly interested in the case of William ©. Jenkins, American consular agent, prisoned in Puebla on a tectmical charge of false declarations, but it is not highly excited, either re While realizing that the American note, demanding Jenkins’ release, leaves no doubt as to its meaning, the public generally seems to view it as only one of the many emphatic notes from the United States—con | stituting no new feature in Mexican: American relations, But there are some persons who hold the opinion jthat, with peace nearing conclusion, |turn its attention to Mexico. Officials Dodging The official attitude here seems to |be a preference for keeping the in- cident local, rather than permitting it to become an international issue. |sentiment that the case rests with the state judiciary, and that the fed | tervene. Extreme nationalistic elements even take the view that the Amert- can note im interference in the ju dicial administration. On the con trary, American circles here contend that any difficulty involving consular lor diplomatic agents, should be |handled by the federal, rather than | the state courts. Only one newspaper—of secondary |standing—commenta on the affair, |the others obviously awaiting pub Heation of the reply to the American |note. There is no indication when | this will be made. Many Mexicans ask why Jenkins does not afford himaelf of the op portunity to furnish bail, hinting that he is seeking “martyrdom Second Secretary Hanna, of the American embassy, is now in Puebla collecting — evi for Jenkins against testimony of the peons tha they saw him on his estate during | the period he is alleged to have been |in the hands of his bandit abductors | EXPECT MEXICO REPLY | WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov, 24 | United Press.)—Mexico’s reply to the American note demanding release of | William ©. Jenkins, United States consular agent, Imprisoned at Puebla, is expected to be placed before Sec retary Lansing today or norrow, it was learned at the state department today. It was reported that the Mexican dermining our position in the world Tho disarmament proposals of the ezar were their handiwork, and well adapted to the undiseriminating credibility of many circles’ in Ger many. The wide distribution in the English world was also part of the same work, It would have been bet ter if it had never been written We were to be cut off from the world by Reuter (the great Mnglish news agency). Our political leaders apparently failed to observe the in- | fluence of the present entente coun- tries on the press of the world, altho | their attention was drawn to it often enough. They also did not see the effect of the little groups of French culture in the capitals of neutral countries on opinion @m those voun- tries. 4 U.S. WARNING FAI TO EXC! the United States is in @ position to| | This is illustrated y the expressed | eral government has no right to in-| TE MEXICO lease of Jenkina would be refused on (United Press Staff Correspondent.) | the ground that he ts alleged to have | conspired with anti-Carranza rebels | This government, however, still be leven the Mexicana will release Jen- kine and possibly make an apology, it was learned. At the Mexican embassy, after re- ceipt of messages from Mexico City, which were mid to have a bearing on the Jenkinn cane, it was declared that no crisis existed a: that none would develop from this episode. PUBLIC LANDS TOBE LEASED A bill hanging fire before congress |for the past several years is about to become law, This ts the measure providing for the leasing of government lands |bearing oil, coal, gas, sodium and rock phosphates, Its earliest and most ardent advo- cates have been the mining and oft interesta. Its principal opponents have been those who insisted that the bill would give large mining and ofl companies the right to skim the cream off public lands, mineral resources which yight- fully should be conserved for future America. , ‘These lands were withdrawn from public entry by Presidents Roosevelt Jand Taft, to save those minerals for future needs. The bill provides for what ts suid |to be a nominal rental. While merely leases the lands, its opponents charge that the effect will be to per- mit private exploiters to “skim the cream” of natural resources They further charge that this bill is the entering wedge by which the onservation policy of Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot will be shattered On the other hand, it 1s pointed out that the bill will greatly increase pro- ston of coal, gas, fertilizers and especially oll and phosphates This will mean a larger supply of gasoline for automobiles and a larger supply of fertilizers for | lands Farmers’ organizations asked con- greqs to amend the bill prohibiting | the export of phosphates, thus keep- ing at home, for greater food produc |tion, a mineral sorely seeded by an |impoverished soil. ‘There is an enormous demand in rope for phosphates, and this has kept the priee far above normal. This | § in itself, farmers say, has made the cost of food production excessively | high. /PEACOCK THRONE IS NOW FOR SALE The Peacock throne which Is of: fered for sale by the financially em- |barrassed ‘Turkish government is | not, according to an English archae- | ologist, the famous throne of Delhi, | which it is reported to be, The Turks cannot have captured and | held for nearly 200 years the Delhi | throne, as on the last occasion when they fought Nadir Shah, who had looted it from Delhi, they suffered a defeat at his hands, and far from becoming the possessors of the far-| famed throne, they were forced to sue for an inglorious peace, LS 25 DANCERS ARE answer would be evasive and that re-| | it farming | VICTIMS IN FIRE Are Trapped When Flames Sweep Village Hall VILLA PLATTE, La, Nov, 24—A list of 25 persons, chiefly women and girls, is the death toll here today of ja fire that swept @ dance hall here | Saturday night during a village cele- bration, The charred wreckage of the building Is being searched for further victims, Many of the dancers were crushed |during a panic in which part of the jcrowd was jammed on a stairway. |Bables in a nursery were thrown bodily to the arms of rescuers tn the streets, Several couples escaped by climbing out of windows to the roof of an adjoining building. ‘The fire started in a grocery store | and spread quickly around the dance | hall. S. F. SHIPYARDS “ARE OPEN AGAIN [Have Been Closed Since the First of October | SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24.—San | Francisco bay shipyards opened their gates today for the first time since | October 1. They opened on an open- | shop basis. ‘The employers asserted over 11,000 The |men had registered for work. union heads claimed these’men were, | for the most part, common laborers, Jand that the absence of skilled ma- chinists would so cripple the yards |that nothing could be accomplished. | ‘The strike was called when the jemployers refused to grant the men Jan increase of & cents an héur over |the Macy award. | A great number of former em- | ployes of the yards have left the city or are engaged in other industries, it ts said. |WELCOME EMPLOYES WHO WENT TO FIGHT More than 300 members of the Civil Service league, who dropped their work for the uniform during the war welcomed at a reception and the Collins pl&yfield house night Pita tribute to the and women, The program included a number by Lonnie Barth on the saxap! illusions, by Glenn Jester, of the fire department, and Mrs. Jester; classic dances by Miss Maud McKelvey, and yoeal numbers by Monte Carter's Oak quartet. Fred P. Matthys, commit teo clerk of the city council, was mas- ter of ceremonies, PORT TOWNSEND MAN 1S BURNED TO DEATH PORT TOWNSEND, Noy. 24. Frank Conner was burned to death in a fire that swept his cottage here yesterday, Conner had retired from a seafaring life ja few years ago, were glowing return rvice men Face Gra BY RAYMOND CLAPPER United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, D. C., 4 A crowded docket will confront cor es in regular nes xrews, which conve: sion one week from today, In od are the German treaty and the league of nations, the Lodge resolu tion Meclaring the war ended, half n other treaties growing out of the war, the Mexican situation and many reconstruction questions. Domestic matters pressing for at tention include return of the rail roads, development of the merchant leg iniatic to stamp out reorganization of the urmy on @ peace basis, establishment of the naval policy, tariff legislation, development of public lands and natural resources, encouragement of ization and appropriation of several billions of to run the government thr the fiscal year beginning July 20 In addition to this program. kreasmen must participate in the po: litical campaign which will get under | way soon after the Christmas hol |days. One-third of the senate and the entire house of representatives must stand for reelection. Domestic questions facing the ses |sion, which it meets next Monday, |shaped up as follows RAILROADS—President Wilson is expected to return the railroads to private owners January 1, Legiala- ltion must be ready to govern their \operation under private control. The house hax passed the Esch bill. Th Cummins bill, containing the anti clause, which the house re » up in the senate tm at the opening of th sen ne, pvisrn, Amert n dollars con: | ly The two houses are far apart! adjust their) and long negotiations differences are probable. If a law leannot be put thru by January 1, |temporary measures probably will be passed to continue government guar- anteed earnings under private contro! until permanent legislation is enact led. ‘The Plumb plan for control of |the railroads largely by | themselves, appeared to be dead for the present. Anti-Bolshevik Bills AMERICANIZATION AND BOL- SHEVISM—Scores of bills have been introduced in both houses aimed at “reg agitation and Bolshevism.” Most are Jn committee. The senate has pending, however, one reported out with thé approval of the judiciary committee, by Senator Sterling. of |South Dakota, designed to punish sending of bombs thru the mails and writing or circulation of radical liter- ature advocating violent overthrow |of the government Bills to deport radical aliens and |to require all immigrants to learn rival, are pending. Several Ameri- canization bille are also pending, some appropriating federal funds in co-operation with states and private employers to provide teaching of English to non-English speaking workingmen. Naturalization laws probably will be made more strict. APPROPRIATIONS—Thirteen reg- ular appropriation bills must be passed before July 1 to run the gov- year, These include the bills for the army, department of agriculture, Dis- |triet of Columbia, Indian appropria- tion, navy, sundry civil expenses, postoffices and post roads, fortifica- tions, judicial and executive expen- ses and general deficiencies diplo- matic and consular appropriations, pensions and the military academy at West Point. Appropriations for the current year totalled $7,250,000,000, but slight reductions are expected HIGH COST OF LIVING—Several high cost of living measures passed the last session, but an extension of the Lever act will be considered soon after congress convenes, A bill for regulation of cold storage, which has passed the house, will come up in the senate, and numerous | investigations still pending will prob- ably result in further definite pro: posals to reduce the cost of living. Bills to regulate the meat packing industry will be pressed. National Defense Policy ARMY AND NAVY—Complete new peace time policies for national de- fense are yet to be worked out. Mili- |tary committees of ‘both houses are jconsidering universal service, the size of the peace army and encour. Jagement of aviation, Naval com- |mittees will have to decide whether the United States will rely on heavy dreadnaughts, combined with light land swift cruisers, or on the new composite ship, combining the weight of the dreadnaught with the speed of the cruiser. The size of the navy will also have to be decided upon. Indications are that if the league of nations is finally rejected, the ad- ministration will urge a large army and navy. | TARIFF—No general tariff legis- | lation is expected until economic con- ditions return to normal. Several | bills for protection of special in- | dustries, such as coal tar, chemical \glassware and pearl buttons, have passed the house with little prospect |of passing the senate. Higher tar- iffs have been approved by the house j}On tungsten, zinc and magnesite ores. Repeal of the luxury taxes |failed in the house, but repeal of the Canadian reciprocity act was agreed to by the lower body. LABOR With elections approach- ing there is expected to be much talk about labor, Anti-strike legisla. tion, proposed in the Cummins rail- road bill, will be bitterly fought in the senate, The house already has votedd own such a proposal, Maritime Legislation MERCHANT MARINE—Efforts to keep America among the foremost maritime nations will be made thru legislation to encourage shipbuilding, protect coastwise trade against for. eign competition and to keep Amer- employes | Higlish within five years after ar-| jernment thru the following fiscal) tNext Congress Will ve Problems is under Amertean registry. Legislation to continue the shipping board as an advisory and co-ordinating agency is pending. PUBLIC LAND POLICY—Millions lying buried in rich ofl, ind phosphates deposits on public lands may be uncovered thru legislation to permit leasing and de- velopment of these lands. Water power sites of great industrial value also may be turned over to private corporations for development under government control if pending bilis are passed, TURNED SOLDIERS, SAIL- AND MARINES—Proposals for tra bonus, changing of war risk insurance arrangements and rehab- ilitation of wounded soldiers, sailors and marines hav been made in large numbers in both houses. Ef- forts to pass some of these will be ade iean-built of dollars FOUR DIE IN AUTO PLUNGE Car Falls Over Cliff Near San Francisco | SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24—Au- thorities questioned H. B. Brandt to- day as to his part in the automobile cident yesterday, when the ma- chine driven by Charles M. Belshaw plunged 400 feet down Pedro moun- | ta near Half Moon Bay, 40 miles m here. shaw and Mrs. Belshaw and thelr guests, Mr. and Mra J. D, Sher- wood, of Spokane, were killed, W. ‘T. Hess, an attorney, said he saw Brand't machine collide with Belshaw's. Belshaw had been active in polities for years and had a wide acquaintance. Sherwood was owner of the Sher- wood block, in Spokane. The two men were classmates at Harvard. SPOKANE, Nov. 24.—J. D. Sher- wood, pioneer Spokane capitalist and clubman, came to Spokane in 1883, immediately after his gradu- ation from Harvard college. He was associated with other Spokane men in the organization of the Washington Water Power com- pany. The ol4 Washington buflding, built by Sherwood in 1889, just be- | fore the fire, was the tallest building at that time and occupied the pres- ent site of a modern block on River- side ave. Sherwood was a member of the Spokane club, University club and Harvard club here and of the Bo- hemian and Family clubs of San - Francisco. LETTS DEFEAT RUSS-GERMANS Capture Mitau in Desperate Fighting LONDON, Nov. 24.—Lettish forces succeeded in capturing Mitau from Russo-German forces November 21, after six hours’ desperate fighting, according to a Lettish press bureau announcement quoted in dispatches from Copenhagen today. The Letts entered the town from the north and ) northwest at 5 o’clock in the morn- ing, the dispatch said. At 11 o'clock at night, according to the dispatch, fighting continued to the south of Mitau, the Russo-German forces re- treating toward Lithuania, T SUSPECTS IN CENTRALIA JAIL Posse Makes Search. of the Logging Camps CENTRALIA, Nov, 24.—Seven | suspects are in jail here today, fol- lowing the raid of a posse of 75 men Saturday thru Thurston county log- ging camps. A message had been received by Legion men stating that there were 100 I, W. W. in the camps and defying the Legion t@ get them. Nearly 500 men were rounded up and the seven under as rest sifted from that number. WATCHMAN SHOT BY GUARD IS IMPROVED Andrew Boyle, 32, watchman at Pier 1 for the Canadian Pacific Railway Co., who was shot Friday night while he is said to have been escaping from Customs Inspector H. BE. Morris, was resting easily Monday at the city hospital. Boyle is alleged to have resisted search at the dock and to have had ja bottle of Canadian whisky in his |possession. He will be turned over jto the federal authorities to face lcharges of trying to sriuggle whisky into this country. THETA XI INITIATES Upsilon chapter of Theta Xi fra- ternity initiated eight candidates Saturday night at a banquet in the Louis room of the hotel New Wash- ington, Those initiated were Harold Dodge, Roland Sisler, Elbert Jones, Walter Larson, Harold Watson, Reynold Fredland, Fred Lauden and Louis Friberg.