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France and Her Lesson.
Exit Autocrat, Enter Germ.
In the Newsboy's Pocket.
Watch the Socialists.
NATIONAL
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By ARTHUR BRISBANE.
(CopyrlEht. 1919.)
How does this impress you in the
way of French socialism, paternal
ism, and anarchy all rolled into
one? The authorities in Paris,
under Clemenceau's orders, will
sell food directly to the people at
the lowest possible prices, fixed
not by profiteers but by govern
ment. And Clemenceau gives
orders to begin at once tearing
down the old fortifications of Paris,
useless now. This will give work
to the unemployed.
As you read the news, rapidly,
your mind works with the minds
of millions of others. And this
daily work of all the minds of a
nation, concentrated on the same
facts, is what slowly builds up na
tional intelligence and better gov
ernment. The newspaper is val-1
uable In proportion to the accuracy
and honesty with which it gathers,
publishes, and comments on the
news.
Here the Government has been
selling horses and mules, 45,000 of
them, far below cost and value to
get rid of them.
Why not put them to work on
drainage, irrigation, canal, and
road work? That would give work
to the idle, keep farmers busy
profitably, and use .Government
property today for the benefit of
America in the future.
Suppose France owned our vast
Government lands, swamps need
ing drainage, deserts that irriga
tion would make fertile, can you
imagine how Clemenceau, and
others, enlightened by revolution,
would hasten to .start draining and
irrigation to provide .work now,
and good farm homes later, for
their soldiers? We cannot expect in
America all the intelligence shown
by government in France, for
French statesmen have had their
lesson. Ours have not had it.
Policemen searched newsboys
celling souvenirs to soldiers at
Camp Hills. They were horrified
to find one hoy, Louis Feshman,
with sixteen hundred dollars in his
pockets, others with more than two
hundred dollars each. The boys
had done nothing dishonest, un
less it was to charge too big a
profit on the souvenirs they were
selling. They were ordered to sell
nothing except newspapers. The
soldiers must he protected.
wnat surprises those same
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policemen might find if they went J
3hrowdxsemeTKdtintherinan-
.SI JSil Ii. 1
t uisuMct, wnere souvenirs in.
taer. way of oil shares, copper
shiifee on1 nViut. wfHl i-imnf-n? '
t"""""! WVU1... ptbliWlJ JJHUH.U
.documents are sold.
AWTitt ?e ! fll&n-ol -f r .--'U,... 1
to sell a ten-cent souvenir for j
twenty-five cents and quite legal
for a hroker to peddle absolutely
worthless' pieces of paper for fifty
dollars or more each? What about
protecting the public?
This country is not paying suf
ficient attention to the interna
tional socialist conference at
Berne, in Switzerland. European
socialism is not like the Ameri
can brand. In America it is a
minor disturbance that occasional
ly calls meetings, tries to parade
with a red flag, and is beaten back
into obscurity by the police.
In Europe it is a force greater
than any other at this moment.
Germany is ruled by 1L It is the
controlling force in France and
Italy, and a great power In Eng
land. It may prove in the long run
that the talking now done at Berne
by international socialist delegates
will have more real effect on the
world's future than the talk at the
big international conference in
Paris.
Bernard Shaw is surprised to
learn that there are Rip Van
Winkle editors in America who do
not know that the war is over. He
should not be surprised. There
are many that do not even know
that the civil war Is over.
London scientists announce that
they have Isolated and identified
the bacillus that causes Spanish
influenza, his brother that causes
trench fever, and other bacilli that
cause nephritis, mumps, measles,
and typhus.
This means that a plan for iden
tifying disease germs has been de
vised that applies to many diseases.
If this be true, the announcement
is more important to the future
welfare of the earth than all the
deliberations by socialists at Berne
and statesmen in Paris put to
i
gether.
and long-range gun. It is the in
visible enemy seen only through
the microscope and oftener invisible
with tho strongest glass. The
Kaiser in four years did not Kill
half as many as did the influenza
germ In one year. And the tiny
comma-shaped cholera bacillus has
killed ten times as many men as
all the worms armies throughout
all history.
Our Stone Age ancestors fought
the mammoth and hairy rhin
oceros. Our fight is with things too
small to he seen and infinitely :
more deadly. wnon that germ ,
fight is over, fighting won't be
ended. There will still be the fight '
acainst human selfishness, alwavs
wanting more than it can use and
, .. .
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army ana dynamite, ins big fleet r: :t rr: ," ' V " ;r,ti.;" Y.Y, I which is
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NLiMBER 11,069.
LASKEY SAYS
VKE IN
S COMPLEI
"The police haTe done excel
lent work in the investigation
in the Chinese murder case.
They haTe ample evidence to
hold the mca now detained in
connection with the murder of
Br. Wong and his secretaries.'
This statement was made to The
Times last night by United
States District Attorney John E.
laskey.
The police trap in the .triple Chi
nese murder, which has been jnysti-
IN
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lying wasmngron lor more intra
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week, is practically ready to spnmj.''
Ttr: !.: f., lim.w ln Inni. nmnt. i
muuu " ; b i"'-
rised arrests are scheduled to be
made and the police will name the
; men they believe cold-bloodedly mur-
dered the & Chinese educators,
:Ur. Theodore ,T. wong, . n. usie,
and Ben Sen Wu, a week ago last
Wednesday, at the 2023 Kalorama
' road home.
Ziang Sung Wan, a young man of
many aliases, and his brother, T. I.
Van, are known to be the only police
suspects in the case. Both brothers
have been held in custody by the .
police since the murder was discov-'
ered. Although no charge has been i
nlaced against them thev have been '
held ImdaVd a wStoiS .
hotel in the downtown section. Both
i men realize tneir preaicamenu
Neither has summoned a lawyer.
They have no friends, as far as can
'be learned, in Washington.
; Kept In Seclusion.
! From the moment that Wan was
i taken from the Union Station to the
hotel at 6 o'clock a week ago last
! night, he has been permitted to see
no human being except members of
' the Police Department. So neccs
' sary did the police believe secrecy
as to the whereabouts of the suspect
ed young Chinese student, that they
appealed to the newspapers not to
name the hotel where they were
housed. They wanted to be free to
examine "Wan and to continue their
investigations without interruptions.
Since the brother. Van, was brought
back last Monday night, he, too, has
been kept in the same strict seclu
sion. Day and nlsht an officer has
lowed access to the rooms.
Although they hav? been questioned
again and again, usually at midnight
I and in the early morning houis, they
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FAIRFAX ("OT'RTHOUSi: A .1 . Feb.
it. Another suspr-t in the assault on
!be asked to identify liim tomorrow. '
The man was brousht from Orance.
Va.. yesterday by Sheriff J. Robort
Allison in response to a telegram
from officials of that county.
The man was arrested ivhiin imttir.
NEW SUSPECT HELD
N ATTACK ON G
ing at the railway station therr. HpifitinK law continue
is said to answer the description of 0lncr excuse.
the tramp who committed the second Mr- KMchin said that if the aver-
attack upon Miss Garrett, pvn to alaRe profits of the corporation for the
i&rgc scar on uie lorehead. He
Claims to nave just neen released
from the Canadian army and to have
discarded his uniform, but has noth
ing with which to prove his identity.
to lift czkch blockade
parls. Feb. n. The Blockade
Council announces that the blockade
eainst .Czecho-siovaiu wlii :Je
n"e.d . Immodlaiely This action is
1 S"",?r& h h,v? b!ockail
Ion neutrals who have ben thim nf.
rtPd bv the war " T
Publishofl -very eveolnff (IncludJntr 8nndy
ir?v?cX?Kht'
ASKS IMPEACHMENT
OFLANDIS, ENEMY
OFWRKTWATCH
Because Judge Landis
in Chicago, ordered a wit
ness to remove his wrist1 t
watch, Senator Thomas
urged his impeachment
for the exercise of "arbi
trary power,' ' in the Sen
ate yesterday afternoon:
HOUSE PASSE
.
Wiih only 23 dissenting vote?, thfa
House last night passed the 56,000,
COO.00O revenue-bill the greatest In
the history of the world, and which
vill affect almost every individual In
the country. The vote was 310 for th&
bill, 11 against, and 12 voted "pres
ent." The House action Jeaves only the
Senate ratification of the conference
report before the bill is ready Tor the
President's signature.
TllA .f. 41l-.. .,
i ji? Hsm on me conrerencc re-
port was one by Mississippi Congress
men on the, child-labor amendment,
w,,ich taxes profits from the products
of ch"d labor- The flsht wa lost on
a to recommlt the bill by Con-
fTMB Vcnab,e of IIppI. l
to 15.
Venable and Humphreys, of Missis
sippi, declared the child-labor amend
ment was unconstitutional and an un
warranted assumption of State police
power by the Federal Government.
On the flnal roll call four Missis
sippi Congressmen voted against the
bill.
Calls It "Chnmber o Horror."
Congressman Moore of Pennsylva
nia, Republican member of the Ways
and Means Committee, called the
measure "a financial chamber of hor
rors," but voted for it.
Concerning the alleged propaganda
to defeat the bill, Kitchin said:
"If this propaganda had succeeded,
the war profiteers of the United
States would have been saved ?l,7O0,
000,000 in taxes. If any man votes
against this bill on the ground that
th" taxes it levies are too high, he
will be voting to take from the peo
ple's pockets $1,700,000,000 and give
it to the war profiteers, who alreadv
have made billions upon billions in
addition to the tremendous profitb
they had already piled up before the
war.
"He would be votins to irive thn
United States Steel Corporation $16!5,-
O00.000 which is the difference De. j
tween the taxes they will have to pay
under this bill and what they woula
have had to pay under the existing
law.
"He would be voting to give the
Standard Oil Company $20,000,000 out;
of their profits. j
"He would be votinc to sive thu '
I Bethlehem Steel Corporation ?1U,-
I 000.000.
"He would be oting to eive the
meat packing companies the
packing combine, $20.000,00o,
the diiference between th
taxes l,hiS- fctU1 Icv.u " them IV"d the
taxes levied on them under the ex
isting law.
"No man undr the existing con
ditions can afford to vote .i gainst this
bill with the idea of letting the ex
ile must get an
tnrce years prior to tne war were
deducted, together with all the taxes
they have been required to pay during
the war. "they will still have net
profits of ? 12,000.000.000 in their pock
fts, at least, a wt gain of between
ten and twrlve billions.
The speech of Chairman Kitchin, of
the House AVays and Means Commit
tee, in opening up the debate was
lurgeiy a protest against the recom
mendations of former Sectutary of
the Treasury McAdoo and President
irontlnued on Page ". Column 5)
REVENUE
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WASHINGTON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9,
MI HERE
10 IRK OUT
DETAILS EOR
EAN FLIGHT
An airplane flight across the At
lantic will be attempted soon by
United States navy fliers.
Orders today disclosed the fact liy,
the assignment of Commander John
! T. Towers, one of the foremost naval
i aviators, to the project. He isiiolje
I ln nhorcrn nf fho rivotnnmint nf
plans and the assembly of material
and 'personnel for the proposed
trans-Atlantic flight," acocrdlng to
the orders.
The naw for more than a year has
considered the'planVfeasible, and late
last summer a. trial was tde at-
tempted but it was delayed on ac
count of the necessities; of using all
machines and pilots for war work.
To Start From Halifax.
The flight probably will start from
Halifax, as it was planned to start tht-
flight last year there, this being the
closest point to Europe.
The navy's new monster flying boat,
theN. C. L.. which recently carried
fifty persons, probably will be used
in the attempt, because It can carry
such large amounts of gasoline, fuel,
and other supplies. It has three Lib
erty motors and Is the largest flying
machine in the world. Every test of
thje boat has been successful. Sleep
ing compartments for three men are
provided in the boat. It carries a
crew of two or three pilots, three me
chanics, and a radio operator.
Naval aviation exports believe the
most feasible plan to cross the At
lantic by air would be to string a
fleet of destroyers and supply ships
along the entire route, and send two
or three planes together to avoid the
danger of losing one. The destroy
ers could come to the rescue of a
disabled plane, as could one of the
escort planes. Communication could
be maintained by radio.
Thirty-nix Hour to Crona.
Thirty to thirty-six hours flying
time, it is estimated, will be required
to make the trip, and this experts be
lieve necessitates at least one atjp
In mid-ocean. This would also ic
licve the terrific strain on the r-ilots.
Aerial navigation has been fo per
fected during the war that theio ia
little danger of the planes gc-Uing
much off the course, it was stated.
The compass is their main reliance
for direction.
Keen rivalry has arisen bctweon
the Britifeh and the Americans to ob
tain the honor of making the first
transoceanic flight, and it is known
that Ihe navy Is making every effort
to beat the Britons to it.
If the flight Ih made It will be ail
American, it was pointed out. Liberty
motors will undoubtedly be used, and
ery parl "
b "made in j
of the machine; used will
America."
7 KILLED IN m
PLANT EXPLOSION
.MADlO.Y. AVI.. Feb. 1. hevn per
sons are dead, three missing and fif
teen injured as a remit of an ex
plosion in the city gas plant at
Plattfvllle. AVis., fifty miles from'
here, yisterday. '
Pirn cwinr 1 vli tmainKv ViIa..Lc? v.,f I
Is now undei control.
BOY, EPILEPTIC, BURNS TO
DEATH IN GRATE FIRE
ASHEAULLE. N C, Feb 9. The
nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mr. Hen
ry Shands, while in an epileptic fit
yeKicraay afternoon, rcu in an onen
- - - -" wiii" i
graif lire ana was Durneu to death
before the mother could reach him. j
Tho screams of the boy attracted I
neighbors, who turned In the flr
alarm, but he was dead before as.it-'
hii. i'imiiii amvr
FEWCHANGES
N
LEAGUE AR
PARIS, Feb. 9. The League of
Nations committee practically com
pleted the entire constitution at its
meeting yeserday, it is announced.
Redrafting, necessitated by several
changes, will delay its completion
until the middle of this week, how
ever. Lord Cecil, of Great Britain; Pre
mier Venizelos, of Greece; Senator
Bourgeois, of France, and Paul Hy
mans, of Belgium, were appointed aa
a drafting committee.
The next meeting of the committee
jwllkbe iield at 10:30 Monday morn
ing.
Official Statement;
The following official statement was
issued yesterday;
"Tho committee on the League of
Nations met at the Crillon Hotel at
10:30 o'clock this morning, and it was
marked by the same accord of view
that had characterized the previous
sessions.
"At the end of this meeting the
committee finds itself nearlng tho
end of Its task. The committee re
ferred for discussion and clarifica
tion a few' matters to a drafting
committee. These points, however,
still are to be referred back to the
main committee. At the same time '
certain points, vhlch were previ- J
ously accepted, may be reopened for
discussion before the league of na-'
tions committee makes its report to!
tho peace conference. I
'11. Rlcci Busati has been named !
to represent the Italian delegation
on the secretariat.
"The committee will meet again at
tho Hotel Crillon on Monday morn
ing at 30:30 o'clock.
"On Sunday afternoon the draft
ing committee (above referred to)
will meet at the office of Lord Robert
(Continued on Page 21, Column 8.)
E
E
FOE ASKS POLES
BERLIN, Feb. 8 (via London. Feb. 9).
The Prussian government has
opened peace negotiations with the
Polos, demanding the immediate evac
uation of Poson by Polish troops and
the demobilization of the Polish army.
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BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Feb. j.Eigh
persons were drowned when a motor
launch capsized on AA'arrior river at
a point two miles from the Alabama.
Power Company's plant at Gorgas.
Ala., late yesterday afternoon.
The launch, which, it is reported
was overloaded, turned turtle while
rounding a sharp bend in thn rivet.
'CONFESSES SHE BURNED
HER BABY IN BONFIRE
ASHBVILLn, N C. Feb. 9. Jessie
Robinson, negress, under arrest here,
has confessed she cut up and burned
the body of her .baby, born January
28. In a bonfire in the rear of tho
residence where for five years sho
Las been wonting as a servant. Por
.,.. . r 1m Hfil,s'a hrw1, AtA ... i..
iiuiia ul n .wrf . wuj um uul uurn
and tho woman scattered them in
back lots of several hounes. and chll-
dron found the pieces. Tho woman is
beimr held without bail. She savs
the child died anl she was too poor
0 lurr 'I.
RULES F
TO RE M
VACUAT
ON
EIGHT HN AS
AUNCH CAPSIZES
1919.
'LIAR IS MAYER'S
ANSWER TO
HENEY
NEW YORK. Fab. 0. Levy
Mayer, counsel for Armour & Co.,
,l&st night denounced as "an In
famous lie" the charge 'of Francis
J. Heney before the Senate Agri
cultural Committee yesterday that
Mayer attempted to "buy him off"
by offering Heney "more business
than he could handle."
"The charge of Heney, made
during my absence In New York,
is an infamous lie," Mr. Mayer
said. "He says that tho attempt
was made by me at an open ses
sion of the committee. Next Mon
day It will be two weeks since. I
was before the committee. Why
did not Heney then get up and im
mediately tell of this Imaginary
offer?
"The ,lie is tbo transparent. It
is very clumsy Hennas for many
months -attacked the honesty and
Integrity of every one of the nve
big packers, and all' of their law
yers. Now in desperation he re
sorts to still anotherjHIe.
"Some days ago the committee
asked me to appear next Monday
to discu5S. the constitutionality of
tho pending bill. I will then ap
pear and have more to say."
HUTU
BERLIN, Feb. S. via London, Feb.
9. A new constitution of Germany
will be accepted by the National As
sembly at Weimar today, according to
the Berliner Tageblatt.
The report of a preliminary draft
binding the various state govern
Glocko in commenting upon the peace
ted to tho assembly and was ratified
yesterday without discussion.
"Our hopo is in President Wilson."
said the German newspaper Groesse
as "tho Empire." Representatives
outlook, adding:
"President Wilson's confidence in
German honesty' during the peace
conference is essential."
This paper advocated the speedy
abolition of the council system.
The first draft of the new German
constitution refers to the federation
as "The Empire." Representatives j
of the entente at Paris, in pressing
for the severest terms for Germany.
have mentioned that the reformation I
in Germany is only camouflage to j
hide the purpose of establishing a i
great empire which shall still be a
menace to the world's peace.
Sour of the Provision.
Here arc the leading provision of
the first draft:
"The president must be at least
thirty-four years old and haY been a
German subject for at least ten
years; he shall be ejected for a term
(Continued on Page 3, Column G.)
B
F
Complete demobilization of the Ger
man naval forces has been ordered by
the Weimar government, a Swis
diplomatic dispatch announces.
Only a few detachments engaged In
sneelal work nnd some volunteer or
ganizations will remain In service, tti
was stated. The government plans to
provide civilian employment for all of
the sailors.
RKRMAX SOCIALISTS LEAD.
BERNE.. Feb. . The Socialist con- :
gress here is closing with a complete j
victory for the German represents.- j
Ives. The British and French dele-1
gates capitulated to &U i the fie
inaods of -:tho &exsac&
OR GERMANY
UP I0DA!
HO
UZA1N
NAW ODD
1,500 AH MEN ARE
BEN HELD READY TO
CHECK ANY DISORDER
My Fight Is Against
Russian Methods
In America
By OLE HANSEN,
Mayor of Seattle.
Two years ago1510Qtf work
ing men were employed in the
' industries of Seattle. There are
noeSv-T'uhions: have
admitted to their, ranks under
the stress of war conditions
every Bolshevik and I. W. W,.
who desire to join. Those men
have secured control of many
labor orgaizations. The conser
vative members have shown
their yellow streak by allowing
the foes of organized- govern
ment to run their union and
their affairs.
When the shipyard strike Avas
called the men went out unwill
ingly in most instances, al
though there is a feeling that
the lower paid men were not
getting sufficient wage when
figured on the present cost of
living.
Then the radicals, having read
of the revolution it Petro
grad, tried to duplicate the
initial steps of the same here.
The city government told them
to go to hell, that all things
would run as long as there was
a government, and made no
concessions to the revolution
ists. They closed down the news
paper plants through fear of in
jury of the employes of news
papers. Business, always cow
ardly, hunted its hole for a little
time until I announced that all
people would he protected to the
last man and that we had 1,500
men armed with rifles to kill on
sight any one that caused dis
order. On Friday I notified the strike
committee that at 8 o'clock Sat
urday morning everything would
operate. Everything i9 activity
in Seattle now.
Gathered here are hundreds
and thousands of Russian Bol
sheviki, who have arrived here
during the past two years.
These scoundrels want to take
possession of our American Gov
ernment and try to duplicate the
anarcliy of Russia.
The seat of goA'ernment is the
city hall.' We sworo in 1,000
extra police and hold in reserve
citizens armed with rifles and
shotguns. 1 gave orders to shoot
on sight any disturber of the
peace. They know from the ex
perience they had at the riot
a few weeks ago that we meant
business, and believe me, we did.
I wanted a show down. If
there Is a majority of these fel
lows in the United States, I don't
want to live here. They told me
the troops wore disloyal and
would not help us. I told them
that was a lie. but even if it was
so. wo would fight until we were
dead before we even allowed
them to turn oci os 8-casdter
fewer ljsfc&, w-u .
PRICE THREE CENTS.
SEATTLE, Feb. 9. Encouraged
by the determined stand of Mayor
Ole Haason, business here was re-
jsumed to a slight extent today. -
Hasson declared early that the
strike was broken, but labor leaders
asserted that labor's solidarity had
not been affected,
i f At least two municipal street cars,
heavily guarded, left the barns
trips through the cir. A few res
taurants opened. 4f few small stores
yesterday did a li&e business.
Mayor Hanses issued a vigorous
statement in which he decdared radi-
f tSaVTabor men had tried to duplicate,
.in Seattle, the Russian revolution.
told Them To MGe To- Hell.,
"The city government told them t
go to hell." Hanson said. Bust
ness always cowardly, hunted its
hole for a little time: until I announc
ed that all people would be protected
to the last man and that we had 1,509
men' armed with rifles to kill on.
sight any one that caused disorder."
Maj. Oen. John P. Morrison, com
manding the Western department of
the United States army, arrived In
Seattle this afternoon. He immedi
ately went into conference with.
Mavnr TTjinsnn and Kidra.l officials
relative to action to be taken in case
J tho general strike continues.
( Mayor. Hanson's threat that the cltr
would operate industries unless th
' BVfiiDathetic strike ivas called off
j by 8 a. m. Saturday, had caused some
anxiety, but the day passed without
disturbance or any unusual dem
onstration. The mayor declared "everything 1
activity in Seattle."
"Every municipal car is running;
Our light plant never has shut dowa.
one minute."
"Gathered here are hundreds and
thousands of Russian bolshevikl, who
have arrived here during the last two
years," Hanson said. "These scoun
drels want to take possession of our
American Government and try to du
plicate the anarchy of Russia."
Although local newspapers were cir
culated here that left the press three"
hours after Hanson's statement vu
issued, they did not publish It.
Labor leaders Deride Statement.
Labor leaders termed Hanson's
statement "flamboyant" and "rldlcs
lous." They offered data to back their eon-t
tention that the bolshevik! and I. AV.
AY. have no voice in the councils its
Seattle labor.
"The general strike is not conduct
ed by Bolsheviki." said E. B. Ault,
publisher of tho Union Record. "The
I. W. W. have no voice in the coun
cils of the strike commltte. On tho
contrary, every attempt of the I. AV.
AV. to distribute propaganda has been,
checked promptly by labor's own pc
lice department."
Ault said that for sixteen days bc
fore the general strike was called the
shipyard workers had been oat, and
that not one of them had been arret
ed. The general strike wm called
Thursday, and In the following twent-ty-four
hours, he said, thirty-two ar
rests were made. In the next twenty-four
hours fourteen men were
booked, but not one of them had any
connection with the strike.
Tells or Strikers' Police.
Ault outlined the policing system
devised by the strikers to keep ordsr
in their own ranks.
"Labor's police department Is head
ed by former officers of the United
States army and navy, and in the
forco are many discharged soldiers."
j he said. "These policemen carry no
clubs nor firearms. Moral suasion i
! used, and the orderly condition o
Seattle's streets today bears test!-
money to the efficiency of the
t weapon."
The general strike was called Isj
i sympathy with 30.000 striking ship
i workers who would not accept the!
' Macy award.
This award was drawn up by it
committee of three- Two oZ the
members, represented the Shipping
Board and the American Federation
, of Labor. The third was appointed
oy rrestdent Wilson
Director General Piex oC the Ship
ping Board .baa refused to deal wjtk
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