The Seattle star. [volume], December 30, 1918, Image 1

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CLEMENCEAU DOESNT ACCEPT ALL OF PEACE TERMS
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FULL Leased Wire of the United
Press Association.
COMPLETE Service of the New*
paper Enterprise Association.
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VOLUME
"US. NEGLECTS SOLDIERS"
rtuodawJkgc Ztr mate. gouzL etvKcSS.
PREMIER IS
HOPING FOR
FINAL UNITY
Says Conferences Will Have
to Start Again if Agree
ment Fails
DEMANDS VINDICATION
f Dispatch From John
J De Gandt
I (By I'tltnl Prm Imjml Wire
Direct to The HUri
F.UIIS. Dor. W—"l would be
If I mM I iirwd with
MM WUma on all point*."
IM* fVuwx cm dwUrrd In
ritakf tbr rhunbrr of depo
WUwm'i Mnw are
■I lk> mm as thow of a man
•baa* eaaatry has bm 4na»
MM far |mr r«n mm* which,
tl Mtiea. Mil be i ialuni"
nTteJIM" tmcimiwA U»t ITM.
tnt wwa i.—«i atulated .btm on
Ma atatiMint to Premier Lloyd
Oaargt that ha would h*v« no ob-
Jadta to the British rwt rendering
Dm mm* service in tba future that
It dM la thM war.
dam msao wiprninl confidence
tat the alßea wookl enter the peace
Mniw In the sam* uitltM spirit
fltty displayed In lh« war.
Ha aatd the present conversations
Iliall ii allied leader* arc rltally lm
partact aa they will have to begin
Wr again. If no agreement la
At the conclusion of hla ijieffh.
Ua Chamber puanl a vote of confl
Mm la hla government JM to *l.
"I remain faithful to the countries
aWUi have defended Kninre with
M armies and ntvln," Clemen
«aa Mid.
Demands Vindication
Trance has a right to vindication
I* fIM wrongs she has suffered I
*■ aat divulge my Ideas as to thews
•Mmtlons at this time, however
It !• possihl" some of them may
M« to be sacrificed. The pear*
SMMnarles will ha submitted to
M Chamber for confirmation.
"Tresldent Wilson came to
fcrape to defend several prln
I would be l>lng If I said
I agreed with President Wilson
•a all paints. He said to roe: 'I
i try to convince you, and
prfcaps yon will convince roe."
"Pretaier Lloyd fieorge «id to me
M day 'l»o you admit that, with
••t the British fleet you could not
P*« continued the war?' I replied,
)&•-' Lloyd Oeorg«- continued
Ikea under these conditions, would
m be disposal to do anything to
ua from rendering the same
•Wee'* I replied. 'No '
"1 recounted to President Wilson
M conversation He congratulated
on my loyalty to Great Rrltain.
•flag that each of the aliiecji nations
*%fct retain Its own viewpoint on
M fixation.
This was the beginning of the
Mltimtlons which must be regard
•laa vital, because if no agreement
hiaached everything must be begun
<1 #»«r
Pleads for I nlty
"*I am sure that great nations like
®f»at Britain, the United Htates.
IWy and France should fly to help
••• another when one la attacked,
""i* War was fought under this splr
*• *nd in this spirit we will go to
kn pea/. ' onference. Nothing must
•Mrav after the war the four
•*at nations, which the war united.
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Upwards of a
Quarter Million
Pairs of Eyes Are
Looking.
Paint a little word picture
if what you want, and put
It In the classified adver
tising rot umn* of The Htar.
Phone Main 600.
You Can Charge
It
NO. 2 S<>
Some time
a a •
Later on
• • •
Will the joy
• • •
Of giving
• • •
To the Hed Cross
• • •
Seven In Oim»
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The pleasure
• • •
Of meeting All call*
• • •
For patriotic funda
• • •
The satisfaction of buying
• • •
A load of Liberty Bonds
• • •
Be clouded
• • •
By failure to lend
• • •
Another II 23
• • •
Ur 112 30, or l<»
• • •
Or MM
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For War Savings Stamps
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When the boys
• • •
Come home
• • •
Ami eee
•• • •
One lUr missing
• • •
From HeatUa* MON'Olt fUg'
TRACTION DEAL
AGAIN DELAYED
TRACTION CO. Promises TO
MAINTAIN PROPERTY
Juat before tha cloae of Mon
day morning's oaoaion between
traction officials and the city
council. Mayor Hanaori exacted
a promloe from the ctmipany that
It would not allow its property to
deteriorate pending Its acquire
ment by the city.
The company agreed to spend
an amount on repairs aid main
tenance equal to the average
spent during the past five years.
This action by the mayor waa
taken to offset opposition to the
deal arising from counclhnen
who declared that the company
was permitting the property to
deteriorate rapidly, and would
turn It over to the city In a
dilapidated condition.
Further itrlagr In the traction deal
whereby the majority of the city
round I proposes to purrha* the rnr
lino «y*trm tor 1U,000.000 In public
utility bond*. developed Monday
morning
Councttmcn I-ane. Haan. BHckaon
i and Cotterlll. who previously refused
to vote for the bill* pledging the
'Tedlt of the city for the payment
of the traction bond*, *teadfa*tly re
flined to attend Monday morning's
special *e**lon of the council, on the
assertion that they could be of no au
di* tance
The uruion wa* attended by the
protraction deal counrllmen !{'•*
keth, Moore, Thomaon. Bolton. Kit*-
Kerald—the mayor. corporation
counnel and a»*l*tant, traction coun
w>l and Traction I»re«ldent A. W.
Leonard.
When the meeting assembled,
counsel for the traction company
brought forward a new pha*e of the
proponed deal.
"What If some third party—* tax
payer for ln*tance—iihould try and
qua*h the de« 4 thru an appeal to
the federal courts''" Attorney Howe
a*kcd.
Thin new angle of the tranitactlon
waa debated for the greater part of
the morning.
Would f'anr*» I'fnalty
The city finally agreed that In rase
of an Injunction or retraining order
being obtained by a third party, the
penalty of $4OO a day required of the
company for any delay in falling to
consummate the transfer after sign
Ing of the contract, would lie camel
ed until the matter wa« cleared of
the court*.
Thnma* Morphine, superintendent
of public utilities. Informed the meet
Ing that In event of the ileal being
concluded, the city would receive
$15,000 yearly from advertising con
tract* held by the company. Mur
phlne advocated the continuing of
the Klectrogram. company newspa
per, dlMtrlhuted to car passengers
City problem* affecting operation*
could l>e put liefore the iieople to ex
cellent advantage In this way. he a*
serted The Klectrogram. under city
management, would pay for Itself If
advertisement* were accepted, Mur
phlne said Councilman Fitzgerald
then entered a prote*t agaln*t "the
city going Into the advertl*lng busl
ne*«."
••[f we accept advertisement* for a
street car newspaper, we are making
an uiiclcßlriiWe precedent," lie dtcUu
The Seattle Star
SUBSTITUTE
FOR LEAGUE
IS OPPOSED
Wilson Tells Manchester
Audience U. S. Will Join No
Combination or Alliance
PARTNERSHIP OF RIGHT
»- a
Dispatch From Robert
J. Bender
I fatted frni I cased Wirt |
iHrrrt to The Mtae
m •
I.OMHIV, l»ec M—President
Wilson will leave IMer for (a
lal« at II o'rlnrk tomorrow. It
wan itnnounrrd today He will
make Uie trip In the steamer
Brighton and will have a natal
and aerial escort.
MANCIIF.HTF.K. Dec. M
Preaidettl Wilson May gave
warning that \i»«ri<a would
Join NO (OMBIX.Vrur* ar »w- ,
glare except a "Ua|M af na-
Hans." •
Addressing S.OOO working men In 1
Free Trade hall, he declared that
the league of nations must be a
great covenant, by which all natlona
unite "for the maintenance and trl
umph of right." The statement was
greeted by wild applause.
"The I'nlted stales has always
felt it tnuat separate Itself from
Kuropeon politico," Wilson said "It
la not Interested In Kuropeon poli
tics now. but is Interested In a
partnership of right.
"We will Join no combination of
power which la not a combination
of all of us. We are not Interested
in the pence of Kurope, but In the
peace of the world.
"The theme now befora as Is
'What Is the common Interest*'
Heretofore a partnership of Inter
ests has governed the world. This
haa broken down With Interest*
come Jealousies. There Is qply one
thing that enn bind peopl<Qalliat 1a
a common devotion to th^rlght.
"There must be no balance of
power,' The gTeat volop of hu
manity Is abroad In the work! If
any statesman resists the com
pulsion of this conscience he will
deeply regret It. We are ohaylng
no pnrtlee. but the mandateo of hu
manity."
Settlements Perpletlng
The president admitted he was not
hopeful that the Individual Items of
all the peace settlements would lie
satisfactory. He declared no man
could know Just what these settle
ments would be, but that provision
must be made for adjustment of
difficulties In the future, so that
troubles may be taken up when they
are little and not allowed to grow
big.
Having Just been made an honor
ary cltlien. the president opened hla
speech by addressing his audience
as "fellow citizens of Manchester."
Wilson declared that the spirit of
sympathy between the peoples of
America and Britain was no mere
sentiment, but a principle.
"Men give more than is demanded
from Impulse." he said "The desire
to serve comes from friendship."
Hees "Mystery Nhlp"
While en route from the Mansion |
house to the hall, the president saw
the first U-boat ever captured,
moored In the ship canal He also
saw the famous "mystery ship"
which, as the party paused by on
the liner Majestic, threw off It dis
guise aa a freighter, and revealed
Itself as a heavily armed warship.
The president was suffering fr>an
a slight cold, and both he and Mrs
Wilson were clad In furs.
Free Trade hall was packed with
(Continued on Page Klght)
ed. "If we're going to run advertise ,
ments In the Electrogram, we might 1
as well sell the apace on the bills sent j
out to customers of the city lighting '
department.
Councilman Moore, who presided at
Monday morning's meeting, an
nounced that final vote on the trac
tion bills could not l>o taken for sev
era I days yet
"A maaa of detail Is continually
confronting us," said Moore "Every
time we meet to talk traction, aoine |
thing new comes up We're going!
ahead as fast aa we poaslbly can."
aa. Ml
Turndnv is the lant itau mm r \ |
fjoint on War HaHnpn Mump*.
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THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Kntor*«l aa tie< on<l t'taaa Matter May t. lift, at tha iNMtofflra a! Haattla. Waah . under lh« Art of CJongraaa March l. 1179
SKATTLK, WASH., MONDAY. DKCEMBKK 30, 11>1K.
TERMINAL PLAN
IS EXPLAINED
Oov I.lster and the port commis
sioners of Seattle, Tacoma and Kver
ett were scheduled to meet Monday
afternoon to hear recommendations
of the stale public service commla
slon for glgnnllc consolidated rail
terminals to serve the ever growing
e«port trade Mayors and commer
rial representatives from all North
west cities were Invited to attend
The plan for switching terminals,
between Seattle and Tacoma, and at
a point north of Kverett. was worked
out by O. O Calderhead. public serv
Ice commission rate expert, and It
11. Thomson. Heattle engineer. The
aim Is to eliminate present freight
congestion.
The meeting to he held nt the
Majionlc cluh. President Rhode*, of
th« Oham!»er of Commerce, prenidrd.
'REDS' ATTACK
BRITISH FORCE
COPKNIfAGKV, T)or. .in Hrltls!i
forces have been landing at klga. ac
cording to advices received here to
day.
Hhortly after the lundlnjr thrro was
an outbreak. In which several Per
sons were killed and wounded. Ilol
shevlk agitators goaded th»» crowds
iiasembled outside the building where
Itrltish were conferring with govern
ment heads until a cry of "Away
with the Engtlffh" was set up. The
crowd was dispersed.
MERLIN. I>ec. British sailors
and Ksthonlan troops effected a land
ing near Narva, a Melnlngfors dis
patch to the Berllnske Tldende. re
ported today <>n Thursday, the ad
vices said, the British routed and
forced aground Bolshevik! warships,
including the Parpole, which were
discovered shelling Wulf Island.
U. S. Ship Ashore
in Bay of Biscay
IX)NIK)N, I >ec. 30. The American
steamship Tenadores is ashore on
the Isle Dleu, In the Bay of Biscay,
IJoyds reported today. Her pasaen
gers are being removed
TOKYO, Dec. 2H (I delayed.>—
Japanese reservist troops on the Hi
herian front will be reealled, the
war office aiinouuceU today
PALS!
Let's End the
Year Right!
A paltry $350,000, as compared with Scat
tic's millions in war donations and invest
ments, /tands between us and a hundred per
cent hlnor record. 'This $350,000 is our
present deficiency in war savings stamps.
Today and tomorrow are left to clean up this
amount.
We can do it —if each of us buys another
stamp or two. It's only a small amount for
each individual. Let us do it. Ihe stamps
are as good as cash, anyhow. You can con
vert them into cash whenever you want to.
You draw 4 per cent interest as long as you
hold them. 1-et us end the old year right, so
that we can start the new with a clear record.
Seattle! Let's go!
Boys Find Booze Cache and
Sell Whisky at $1 a Quart
Disquieting rumors are In the ears
of the police dry squad Monday Hut
the dry squad Is placed in the emhar
rasslng position of being unable to
act on them.
They are that a boy named Jimmy.
Willi three other small boys, found a
cache of 10 quarts of the finest old
llourhon whisky under the 14th ave.
N. W bridge, near the canal, Sun
day, and sold It.
Jimmy, who, rumor Ims It. Is the
son of a prominent Ballard church
man and citizen, and the other boys,
aged between and 12, were playing
under the bridge, when ono of them
stumbled over a burlap sack, lined
with blankets.
Realizing, in a dim way. that the
gods had l»eep kind, the four Iwys
held a luisty consultation, and one
obtained a suit case, wherein the 10
quarts were packed.
They then took It downtown, and
while thm guarded the suit cauc al
Fourth ave. and Pine st., Jimmy,
with a quart wrapped in a handker
chief and slung over his shoulder, set
out sis vendor.
Within a couple of block* he met
a man. Just nn average man. "Illst!"
said Jlm-my, "I got a quart." He dls
played It. and the man appraised it
unobtrusively, depending on the
sense of smell for final verification.
"1 want a dollar for It." Jimmy
said, and the man ripped a dollar bill
out of his vest, and, grabbing the hot
tie. vanished
Highly elated, Jimmy returned for
another bottle, and in the course of
time disposed of the entire lot at $1
per bottle. Then the four bought
candy, peanuts, popcorn, soda and
ice cream, and took in several
movies.
What particularly aggravates the
dry squad Is that the whisky was
sold at $1 a quart. Tt should bring
at least $l5, they say. But what is
to be done/
NIGHT EDITION
TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE
Weather Forecast:
SENATOR CHARGES
RETURNING YANKS
TREATED POORLY
(Ity f'nUorf I'rrtt Isra*rd Wire. Ittrect to The HtarJ
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—"America is as unprepared
today to take care of the returning soldiers as she was a
year ago to expedite their departure to France," said Sena
tor Chamberlain today on the floor of the senate.
"Clod only knows how many lives have been sacri
ficed liecause of our unpreparedness." he said. "Now that
the war has been won and our soldiers are coming back
armless, legless and eyeless, America is as unprepared to
take care of them as she was a year ago."
A score of soldiers, some with
overseas aervlce stripes on their
arms, sat In the gallerleo and Us
tened to every word aa Chamberlain
reviewed what he charged were
grave mistakes of the past with a
warning that they be not repeated In
the future.
"Now that the lid haa been lifted,
we have learned that every charge
made by Ihe military' affairs • ommlt
tee waa true." auid Chamberlain, re
~'"g la Iha I ifc— iitlganau of a
vetir ago that followed hla famous
■peer.h that stirred the country.
He then read Into the record Oen.
Pershlng'a statement to Secretary
Itaker, published In the annual re
port, tending to ahow Uiat the lack
of equipment and ordnance In the
, early daya in France waa aa great
aa had been pictured.
Keailing further from Pershing's
report. Chamberlain showed how. In
the IsitUe of 8! Mlhlel. the Ameri
cm army "waa dependent on the
French and British, both for artil
lery and aircraft.'"
Chamberlain quoted from Chaa. K
Hughes' report on the aircraft probe
oncernlng misleading statements
given the public regarding the ship
ment of American built airplanes to
France.
"Tho American p«*opl#» were l*d to
b«llfVf we were wending airplane*
abroad In quantity," said Chamber
lain. "An a matter of fact. Q*n.
I'eriihlnjr tHl* u* the firat American
puiiiadron did not crows the German
linen until August 7, 191 H."
PADEREWSKI IN
POSEN BATTLE;
ESCAPES DEATH
IX)NI)ON, l>ec. 30—Machine gun
fighting raged all Friday afternoon
In Poscn after • Ignnce Jan Pad
erewskl, the famous pianist and
Polish leader, had defied the Her
mans and caused allied and Ameri
can flags to be hoisted, according to
dispatches from Warsaw, received
here today.
Padcrewnkl wiw welcomed to
Poien with Mpeeche* by prominent
citizen* and with iwitrlotic demon
strations Ho upoke. asserting Po
land haa recovered her independence
and wilh akm in mifitreaa of her own
porta. Thereupon the German sol
denrat warned him to depart.
Instead, he and his Polish backers
hoisted the flags. Col Wade, the
Ilritish authority In the city, sup
ported I'aderewskl. The Germans
started hostilities and rioting re
sulted.
I'aderewskl was received In I'osen
with great enthusiasm. He was hail
ed by newspapers as "the represent
ative of I'ollsh interests with
president.
Ills wife declared him to be the
bearer of most vital information
from America to Polish leaders.
One hundred and thirty eight per
sons. Including women and children,
were reported killed.
COPKNHAOKN. l>ec. 29. —(Delay-
ed.! moody street fighting has
taken place In Poscn between Her
mans and Poles, dispatches reaching
here today asserted. Herman officers
fired on an allied automobile bearing
the American flag.
The Polish guard was ordered to
disperse the Hermans, who resisted.
Fighting lasted for hours. Thirty
eight women and 100 men were
killed. The Hermans were disarmed
with some resistance.
COPKNHAOKN. Dec. 30. An
American food delegate is en route
to Austria and is due to arrive in a
few days, a dispatch from Vienna
reported today. American foodstuffs
are being sent from Franco to Aua
trla, tliu advlccs state.
rw Tw. br Mall. II N u II M
HUNS PLAN TO
FORCE ALLIED
INTERVENTION
Dispatch From Frank
J. Taylor
By Unite* Prr.it Isasntl Wtre
Direct to The Star
HKKI.IN, IW. 30—The Ger
man group which favors allied
occupation of Berlin aa a po
litical coup, plana to force I hla
move by armatlng all American
and British newspaper men in
the city. Police Prefect Kichorn
warned me today.
Kichorn said the politicians In thl«
group believed arrest of the corre
spondents would draw allied troops
into the capital, thus changing the
entire complexion of the polltioU sit
uation. and probably resulting In the
overthrow of the radicals.
Condition* here are far from uta
ble yet. with the ffocialtota and
Sj>artacidea Htill utrufffclinfj for
power. In view of Vorwaeerta' call
for the muitfte* to demonstrate
a*ain«t "terrorism," the Spartacidea
called for rival demonntrationa.
Further disorders, with some cas
ualties, were reported today from
Dresden. There waa also said to
be some plundering in Hamburg. In
Kssen. 20.000 factory workers were
on strike.
A doxen casualties were reported
to have occurred yesterday on the
streets of I'osen. In fighting between
the Poles and Germans. The Berlin
newspaper declares the disorders
were precipitate,! by arrival of Ig
nace Paderewskl. who la expected to
be president of the Polish republic.
GOVERNMENT OF
HUNS IN DOUBT
IjONDON, Dec, 30—All independ
ent socialists have retired from the
German government, which now con
sists entirely of majority socialists,
according to a dispatch received
from Ilerlin today.
This is in direct contradiction to
previous dispatches, which declared
the Kl»ert Scheidemann coalition min
istry had been overthrown and that
a new cabinet would be formed by
Karl laiebnecht and George Ixnlfr
bour, extreme radicals.
The majority socialists, of which
Philip Scheidemann is leader, are
comparatively conservative and sup
ported the old government thruout
the war.
COPENHAGEN. I>ec. 30—As the
result of riots and general disorder
in Herlln, it is declared the govern
ment Is considering abandoning tho
city to the Spartacides and estab
lishing headquarters elsewhere, re
ports from Berlin declare.
Yankees at Front
Make Complaints on
Y. M. C. A. Affairs
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
OF OCCU PATION, I >ec. 28 (l>elay
ed.V News of the investigation to
be made into the affairs of the Y.
M. (\ A. as Connected with the
Anierican army was received here
today with gratification by soldier*.
For months there have boon per
sistent complaints thruout the ad
vanced y.ono. Soldiers are glad to
see the affairs aired to determine
whether the complaints are Justified
or the result of unavoidable ooudi-
Uoiuj.