The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 27, 1920, Page 13

Soldier Goes to Sleep and| Wakes to Find Himself in Cell for Bigamy SAN QUENTIN, Cal, Feb. 27.—In the case of Fred M. Hope, serving a term for bigamy, prison officials here @re confronted with one af the Strangest dramas ever attributed to @efense now becoming common. Hope—convict No, 32,410-—eays he Went to sleep in March, 1918, aa a Private in the army, to awake a few @ays ago as a prisoner accused of having two wives, neither of which he professes to know AMNESIA VICTIM OR CLEVER ACTOR Hope is either the innocent vic | tim of amnesia, brought on, as he gays, by an accident while a soldier Qn the Philippines, or he is one of the most clever actors ever brought » to the notice of prison offick Not by the flicker the twitch of « muscle fray any sign « | tnexpectedly 3 Rose Lair Hope , at Sar F F Quentin the other day. Rose Lair gays she was married to Hope in Redwood City lees than two years fan eyelid or @id Hope be q ) gays. Only after he had been in formed that he faced his first wife did Hope show any sigt of interest. And oficials were no nearer a so of the question than before. . Theresa Rabello, Portuguese girl, who say: married Hope in San Francisco, yet been presented to her forget to prove or disprove . If Thereen Rabello can wears a lit- @ skull fracture the army in the RROS BOTH BOTHER BISBEE TRIAL Bitter Feeling o of Opposing | Factions More in Evidence TOMBSTONE. Ariz, Feb. 27—As attorneys in the Bisbee deportation ease swung into the final stage of jury picking today, the nervous tedious business began to tell They were unable to see th in a racket that resembles a yard blues” belonging to some prospector, camp- 1) ed in Tough st, in front of the court house. brayed thruout th rning ) in competition with the je of a ) turkey in an adjoining yard. ‘The bitter feeling that this trial has been rmore in evidence. That the prosecution will make a humor to of the} b up, under constant guard court bailiff, as soon as evidenc gins, was clearly indicated toda ithe county attorney's office. This action will be the sequel of a series of pungent questions Deputy County Attorney Roark has heen firing at talesmen the past few days. He has been asking “Did an tell you to try to get on this Jur, and “Who toid you jow to disqualify yourself?’ These and similar questions car- ' led intimations of seemingly sinis- | ter nature. With the fourth week of the trial | w, believe it to be an ‘nreasmnable | Jog health ending today, completion of the jury seemed in sight. jury will be completed before the end of next week. Once yesterday the box was filled| with 24 men. Then phystclans no- tified the court that W. L. Lythe was influenza to serve, and iis place be \ Henry Richards, farmer, several miles from Bishee, who had never heard of the deportations until summoned as a juror, was examined | further today It is understood the defense will ttempt to impeach at least two} leumen, and that the prosecution | the same intention regarding one more a Amnesia, that, brain lapse and crtme| But it's all news to Hope, or so he! then only one of curiosity “So you're one of my wives. But with a kindly smile. And strain of four weeks spent in this/ ‘arm Half a dozen burros,| underlies strong effort to have the jury locked | Observers felt the) the work of selecting a man to fill) living | EAU CLAIRE, Wis.—feven per-| ital ms burt in train collision near | added, will succeed Sir Aukland av|the ultimatum i» | | 4 SEATTLE, Wives Strangers to “Armes Bigans WILSON'S INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE SOON Labor’s loss in wages. dees Capital's loss in productivity. . Total for capital and tabor. New York Labor loss . Capital loss Pennsylvana— Labor loss . Capital loss . Ohio— Labor loss Capital loss Tilinois. Labor oat Capital loss Indiana— Labor lows .. Capital loss West Virginia— Labor loam . Capital loss Washing Labor lone Capita! loss i Been Hit by LONDON, Feb, 27.—The appalling cost of strikes and lockouts is shown in British figures for 1919 An average of about 2,000,000 working days a month were lost thru strikes and lockouts in the first |futt year of peace. / 1 Taking $5 as an average’ wage, this means that British workers lost $600,000 every working day Jast year, | or $180,000,000 thru strikes and lock jouts. Adding lost markets and un- filled contracts to actual loss of products, it is much greater. |i that largely by arbitration— obtained increases in wages amount ing to about $10,000,000 a week; and Five and a half millions secured reductions in hours totaling more than 36,000,000 hours a week Brighter still, for Britain, jever-broadening conviction Is the among NEW YORK DEMOCRATS START FIGHT AGAINST | FEDERAL PROHIBITION) ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 27.—The|interference with the rights of the unofficial state democratic conven- tion late yesterday adopted mousty the platform as presented to it by its platform committee Adoption of the platform put the 2» York demonrats as opposed to ‘obibition tra a constitutional advocated ratification of the peace treaty and the League of E and tavornd general en frarchisement of women The conventim unanimously afopted the slats, naming four dele gates at large nd cour to the national conv n. Kaen quartet contains two women The convention adopted a revels tion establishing the unit rule for ew York delegates at the natal vention and then adjourned | With regard to prohthition, the nietiorm says “We are unaicervh'y opposed to |prehibition by federal amendment unani jamendment, GEDDES TAKES POST IN U. S. | | LONDON, Feb. 27. }tearned definitely that Sir Geddes lus been offered and accept It has been lea the post of British ambassador | to the United States, the Telegraph sald today. Official announcement, paper #aid, only awaits word from Washington that Geddes will he | persona grata in the American cap: Robert Thorne, the newspaper the news- esident of the board of trade, THE BIGGEST LOSSES ESTIMATED BY STATES aes 100,000,000- ‘Both America a lers, On the other side, the workers A bright side of the 1919 record| Six million British working people | allers.otes | Aukland | OOPERATION SPIRIT RESULT OF STRIKES WHAT STRIKES COST U. S. IN 1919: -8 723,478,200 « 1,366,267,450 $1,999,825,750 + .$100,000,000 + 300,000,000—$400,000,000 . 110,000,000 213,000,000— 223,000,000 40,000,000 140,000,000 90,000,000 175,000,000— 268,000,000 -. 65,000,000 . 109,000,000— 165,000,000 900.000 .000-— 60, 110, 176,000,000 90 000 908 125,000,000. 715,000,000 England Have Huge Losses workers, employers and the pubic that the machinery for settling die putes peaceably must be lmproved and used. Employers and labor, both touchy | to public opinion, enter 1920 tn a! spirit of co-operation, seldom evi denced in Britain inet year. Unemployment ts rapidly decreas! ing as Britain gets back to peace | time work. On the one side, pod ployera are widely accepting the “partner” attitude toward the work fiaunt the threat of a strike” lens frequently Nationalization of mines and raft ways is the big labor fight for 1920 It is beginning now. But t no talk of a strike. Leaders tarlly have pledged themse of all to wage thelr campa methods that do not incur terrible “lightning cost states as guaracteed by the corset | tution. We feel that the recent actment was the imposition of ide of an active mfoority against the wistes of the groat majo) American peop! ‘We, there Gectare fer it speedy repeal, ond, to the end mar the personal liberty of the people ot our state may ho tha ‘ty safeguard. | ed until such time as this repeal |may be bronght about, we declare the right of our state in the exercine of its sovereign power to so con strue the concurrest clause of the | gf] j1 amendment as to be tn aecord | Ih with the liberal views of our pee i | ple" | | The platform also indorsed the ad-| | ministration of Governcr Smith ef |New York and criticized Unt States Senator Wad«worth | York, for opposing nuffre we equal gratulates: Pron steady The document ce | ident Wilson on his recovery MARTIAL LAW RULES HAVANA BY LEE J. SMITS HAVANA, Feb. Martial law |is in foree in this city and wil efforts |of the government to bring to terms | the striking dock workers Lie been | vain. |, For weeks the general ai | been set far “tomorrow.” Information at the s been that in 24 hours would be turning in HH. pathetic strikes had been, ang the center of the cam 1 by Electric ike has has wheel . Sym: ranged n was loyen pany, of the Havana BY HARRY B. HUN ) indorsement of the 17 members ot Gustrial tangle, however, the con- and does not question the right toy It will Loahbeicg for a national ou », | the conference. It will outline new |ference has been unable to formu strike dustrial tribunal and ee S. B | The most specific FecOMMEN-| the relationship of employers and | section. right to m open ¢ ery for prcprn dations, pointing toward in-|employes may be restored to a In general termes it will pas he r lecide, a tot and arbitration would dustrial harmony, that have|™ere personal basis than now exists that the development of the hur edt Cibo an he tie pe jarge industries and deve tionship i# the most important m hin when the final report of the oe both al and lab industrial conference is an- each other and toward the er t nounced, probably, some time | Public that has itn recent yea - largely on lowt sight of, within a n shop or indu | before March 1. | The conference, by President Wilson in Wash- ington, December 1, to frame) the report will present specif ny When unanimous vote could a program by which relations |Tommendations, not gener eralities that the machiner CONT PRAM not be secured, decision could, by * | thon mt will enent in detail justment to be presented in d r ne machiner ment eft tt of capital and labor could be gengn ana. ape one " mer 4 design and specifications for ma ta founded. wo <2 hat decision would have harmonized, and the welfare) chinery of adjustment which it will It is admitted that if this ma. outlined y state foree of & unanimous decision by of the public be protected, is| recommend to be set up to weave | chinery Is to be effective there must | ment of the conference in De- the boatd. The national now drafting the report. |industrial harmony from the woof | be a sincere effort for mutual under- cember, which followed ly a consis of nine members, Present expertations cee tant the |e ennttal and the warp of labor. | xtanding—which today te largely | pian presented by 8 y of Labor |representing employers, ‘ont. wa ae gene lt 04 n touching on the human ele r ognizes labor's Wilson to the round table conference and the public, would constitute @ iments involved in our present in- elatm that labor is not a commodity | last fall ' board of-appeal ‘When a Man Thinks - } WASH., FRIDAY, “FEBRUARY 27, 1920. the rect interest 1 other than the pu en equally from “, employes and Decision would be only — by unanimous vote, MAKES SPECIFIC convened | RECOMMENDATIONS: For most part, 1t may be stated fare. 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