The Seattle star. [volume], March 15, 1919, Image 1

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TWO BILLIONS PAID!
Today We Introduce Our New
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II in a little playlet called Wedlocked, by Leo.
The better you know them, the better you
will like them.
Today they join the Duffs, and Kvcrett True,
and Balmy Benny, and our other funmakcrs, to
help make
The Bigger, Better, Brighter Seattle Star.
Situation in Ireland Serious,
States Lord Mayor of Dublin
BV RALPH OH <•»»
(Vnltwl HUiff Corrp*i">n<lrnt.>
ICopyriKht. 19»».by thp United I'ifiw)
KKW YORK, Mwrh IS.—htrr-
M>rinc prnttblr Moody revolu
tion, thf one public offlrliil In
b lluMin who h«i thf <onfkl.iKi
of all fnrllon* I* lr>ln K l<» mill'-
thr rartam Irish polill<;il H«*-
mrctl* In wmw' form <if <»loni;il
homr rnlr.
Thiit man Im l»ur<-nc« O'Nell, lord
mayor of I'ublln. H« wan recently
inaugurated for hi* third t'Tin Thin
In ontMual, a* cuntorn lonn "K" < s "
cm] that the lord mayor could
serve hut one t<vin. t
Altho I went to the mansion
kou*< to Interview o*Neft. Jum| be
fore leaving Dublin, a fortnight ago,
J noon found that I wa« being in
tervlcwed Instead
"Is America against uw?" he asked
HOMES
FOR SALE
City Homes, Country
Homos, Suburban Homes,
One Thousand Dollar
Homes, Five Thousand
J)ollar Homes, Ten Thou
sand Dollar Homes.
You cm find juxt the
ho "it you want,. Turn to
i the CUinxifir'l pages.
immediately, "That'* the only in
I ran put on the failure
of l*r»»wld«*T»t VV'ilmon to ar-knowledge
the invitation to eome to Ireland,
which was extended to him on be
half of the government."
When a*ke<l to give his view of
condition:* In Ireland, he said:
Hit nation Serlou*
"The situation 1m most wrlou*.
Thf* fueling* of th'- people ar«'
stirred by the continual pres«*tice
here of thouiapdM of noldler*. No-
Ixwly known what will happen, and
WILL EXECUTE
MAN WHO SHOT
FRENCH CHIEF
I'AKIH, March 15 Kmll Cottln.
Under *entenc«* of death for shooting
Premier Cle*nenceau, probably will
be exeeuted within 15 day*, It wan
announced today.
The young anarchiftt wan convict
Ed and aentemed lat" yesterday,
after a trial (anting but a few ho urn.
ll** wan pal* and nervoua. but de
flared during bin examination that
had ho e neaped, he might hflvo made
another attempt on the prenlcr'n
life.
Ife admitted he wan "filled with
emotion" th#- day of the nhooiing,
Haying that only a lunatic would
have failed to nhow emotion at Hiu-h
time, "especially aa I what
wan coming to me afterward."
A Kf< " crowd :ithml' fl tin* trl-il.
which tM'(an Nhortly nft»r noon,
i Cot tin wim In rhiir£i; ot four rcpub
rli< in gu.irdii.
An American Paper That Fights for Americanism
thf greatest daily circulation of as y papeii /.v rut-: pacific southwest
I.i m H»c«n«f (.'ls mi Mmy i, fill, ml ih» m HmIIIi, W m*u , wider <ti«- Art «if Marrh », 1(79.
everjbody f«*ar* th». worst
"The military rule la never* Men
?»r" arretted an<) im primmed. often
without trial. Nearly 100 are In
Kngllnh prisons. (fteporti have since
i»een received in thl* country that
tin' prisoners wrw r^l^smcft.)
"America, we ere hoping, will u<M
her influence to help um better our
condition. Itut If the Americana
have loftt their sympathy for tw, 1
don't know what will happen."
In ;»pp« ar am *•. O'Neil In not of
all what Imagination picture* the
wearer of the gold chain of a loihl
mayor*# offien. if#- |m mhmll and
tblrk wt, not big and pompou*. He
«p"flk* with a nllght munleal brogti«-
and there Im m continual look of
wearine** In bin eye*. Ill* friend*
way he work* longer bourn than any
man In Dublin. Mr wornetlm»»« make*
•lppolntment* hn early on 7 a rn
VlfritorM are not Infrequent at tin*
manaion hoime at night after dinner,
to See
O'Nell 1* credited with having
mad-' the t>ifc yellow ina anion houae
"the only tn v boUdlm? In Dublin "
"My |K>f*itton lium been rtlffli tilt |n»
• Mi 1 " I had to plense ho many ele
mem*." he mild. "My Job ha* been
one off 'injuring oil on troubbd
(t'c.NT'h ns I'A(IK rotTRTKIBN)
Korean Troubles
Reported Quieted
W'AHJI IN'iTON. M'iircli 11. <'<»n
-firmiilon of unofficial reportn re-
Harding a movement In Korea for
Independence h»n been Riven the
itate department. l>lnor{lern n-nult
ed when %% Koroann, mostly *tu
dent*, circulated an appeal for Inde
IH'ndenco and ntaged a parade.
HrnalJ |on.< at Ufa lentil ted, tha ad
vice* M ild.
I VITLK. WASH.. SATI'IiDAV. MAKCII 15. l'.lltl
LANE SEEMS
CHOICE OF
COUNCIL
City Dads Caucus This Aft
ernoon on Reorganiza
tion of the Body
IT MAY BE 5 TO 4 VOTE
Councilman W. D Lane probably
will be ch(MN»n president «»f the city
council Tbi« Iwrtm# apparent to
day. after a ranv.**« of eounrllmvn
who went Into mucua Haturday sift
erniH/n to r«>nrianlli* commit lee* and
tlwt Umt chief for the coming coun
cil year.
T H Bolton. the present roundl
prealdent. in not **ektng reelection,
but ha* lined up *a a barker of
Formal election of the pre*J
dent and new committee heed* will
he held Monday
l«ane. who opposed Mayor llan
•oni vlgoroua proeerutlon of the
j deal whereby the city acquire* the
traction Itnai, la supported In hie
'umlkUi'V by Council men O. II Kr-
Erickson W. H Moore, a. w, Cotterill
mm 4 T. H. Bolton Tb» other council
men are urging C. B. Fitzgerald fur
roifn*tt rireetdent f **** *"*'
Krlck*on. who <h>|xnNl the trac
(lon deal, together with Lane, in
•poking reelection a* chairman of
the ut Utile* committee, which will
have charge of the operation of the
j traction aynbrn under the municipal
J regime The city utilities committee
' atao will have aupervtalon over the
j city a f 'i.OOQ.oftO power plant, to l>e
erected off the Skagit river
SHIPYARD MEN
TO AIR PLAINTS
AT JOINT MEET
Keattle and TftCOtOA Metal Tthclm
rounollfi will hold a Joint mwting In
Tacoma Saturday night to dlactift*
alleged unfair pnrtlcw used by
shipyard owner** against the men re
turning to work after the *trfk«*.
One thou*and men have walked
I out In Keattle on the claim that
condition]! existing when the ship
yard strike wa* called January 21
have not been re*tored. Notice*
ihi*t«*d In come of the yard* are
jmm id to prohibit the entrance of
j bu*ine*M agent* during working
j hour* and the e*tabll*hment of the
j «hop *teward *y*tem, *u« h a* ha*
developed In Kngland.
Davftd Hodger*, general manager
of the Hklnner A Eddy plant, to
gether with other yard owners, d"
eta re* that the men are being rein
suited on the same term* exintlng
before the strike, and that no dl*
crimination Is l>etng *hown against
men known to l»e active In the
union* Yard owners state that they
do not anticipate any serious trou
ble.
The Hklnner A ICddy plant, with
the largest payroll of any shipyard
on the Coast, I* reported to In- suf
fering lews from friction between the
management and worker* than any
other yard. A few worker* have left
thl* plant, according to l>avld Htnlg
*rs, general manager, but the disaf
fection does not seem to he general
Fifty out of the fifi riveting Rangs
have left the .1 K. Ihithle yard. ae
fordlnK to tho worker*. The Amp*
plant I* »hy 600 men. who were rein
gtated, an orrilrtK to the name c*tl
miit**, aim) done to 100 men have laid
down their tool* In the Todd repair
*hop*. Thf Henttle North Pacific
worker* also are protesting, and a
number have quit their slnee
belntf reinstated. Tuesday morning.
Moore Hurpiiaea
Councilman William Hickman
Moore'* position In th« council con*
*ll tut!•* one of th«* *urprl*e* of the
reorganization. • Moore, who was
counted on to vote for Fitzgerald,
and thua ln*ure the defeat of Lane.
Is declared by Kit/nerald supporter*
to have hacked down from hi* prevl
ou* Mtand and *wun« over to the
Lane camp.
H'ormal voting on thf council and
comlulltew changes Will I'D made
Monday.
iikmoiiii.l/.K I,II0,:IM(1
WAHHINOTON. March Ift lif
mobilization of thf American army
now stands at 1.419.JW1. thf office of
thf chief of staff announced today.
The 14 star • ci vice t\»K of the Uni
versity Presfjytarlan church will be
demobilized at a special service to
Uc held Hui|dii> lllght.
Yanks Are
Watching
Villistas
KI, I'AHC), March IS -Amtrlcsin
cavalrymen are wntrhini the inov"
wnln of Vllllntai iu n»«« the bordtr
fnim HaoHlU, N W . who captured
ltu« k Ipcmwr. OiotUw Indian f«*re
mail of an AmthOllKDWnMl ranch In
Mexico
Huperlntemtant H V.
of (hf Warren eatate. Thrw <»uk»
Mich., i.wfu-r of th« ranch, la
r«»{mrt«l to be n«d> lo pay $&,000 d*
imimlist by Ihe bandit* for of
HgMncr and l»n M«xlCflDi atao h"ld
raptive.
Twkst l*foi* Bian<«r haa been lib
ffaN by payment of a ranaom
Thf cavalry |ittroi ii alao on ilm
lookout to prevent amucgling of urn
munition to the Vllliftm while Ihty
•19 mar the border
FRENCH AGAIN
EXPRESS FAITH
IN PRESIDENT
n\ niu.iAM fwiiP «**»
tUWIM " PfJfff" •^Wfwwtwwiietifl
PA Hl*. March of
the attacks to which he ha* been
»uhj«rfrfl by certain Atwrrtitn*
wh'>*« politics are exag-grratrd na
ttonallsm, President Wilson comes
bark to u« dearer to our heart* tlwii
ever."
This MDltrtM* from the pen «»f
Aurlcede WalCr, editor of the NrN
Midi, itlla In a nutshell the obvious
opinion of the avvmit Frenchman
Thun President Wilson enter* the
third phase of the (WNftltar »tat us of
his relatione aUli the French people
Whose Utln temperament haa Riven
full sway to thetr emotion* In the
pa*t three 1 month*
When Wilson arrived In December
everybody lauded hi* wnw of June
tlce, but many feared hi* scheme for
the league of nation* wa* too t'to
plan. However, he wa* considered
the world'* super-thinker and wa*
applauded.
latter the lesgue ftp|»earwl to lie
practical. but rnnny feared that name
wnw of Justice they had prataed
might lead him to be over-lenient
with Germany. Hla popularity de*
creased
Today the French admit the neee*
*lt\ of feeding Germany out of sheer
aelf protection, while they demand
formation of the league a* the only
m«an* for an I vat lon of the world.
Wilson** principle* have won out
to vuch a degree that the French
pre** dally defend* him from the at
tack* of some of hi* own country
men.
The Temp* *ay* the French "re
joice at President WllNon'i return"
and flie Iliberie declare* "the
of the people serve n* a reminder to
President Wilson that Pari* 1* faith
ful to her friends.**
BAKER DUE AT
LEWIS SUNDAY
CAMP Lewis March 1' \ tele
gram received Friday at camp head
quarters from Newton D. Baker, sec*
retary of war, stated that he and
Gen. Peyton C. March, chief of staff,
would arrive here Sunday to witness
the demobilization of troop*.
In arcorduncr with thl*. men will
be illsrharued Sutulay who would
ordinarily hf» relr.tflwd from aervice
Monday. Uaker will aoe the proeeas
of demobilization In every st/iK«'.
Ho f.»r nothing else I* on the pro
Rrnm for the entertainment of the
■ecretary of war.
Secretary llukcr and (Jen. March
are expected to reach San Krnncleco
Tuesday mornlnpf. In continuation of
their Western tour. They will leave
that city Tueaday afternoon. accord-
Inf? to an announcement today.
N. Y, STRIKE IS
COMING TO END
NEW Vol tlv, March 15 The
strike dwindled ripldly today, as thf
boat owners nut thf men's demands
for an fight hour day and higher
pay. and operation* wore resumed.
According to the entlln *te of I'i'sl
dent Italahunty. of the Marine
Workers' affiliation, 4men were
Htlll on strike. This Is about 30 |irr
cent of tho number that originally
quit.
BIG RUSH ON
INCOME TAX
RETURNS
Many Stand in Line All Day
to Get Under the
Wire
MIDNIGHT LAST CHANCE
« \NHIN(iTO\, March 15.
\t*|Mrt«%inial« l> S! .000,000.0(10 In
fe«lerai Income taxe* will lie In
the haiHU of rrienue collector*
tonight, tri'Mun official* ex
poet.
\ltho payment I*
believad certain. It dam not
inran th* e«n eminent a 111 have
thai mini In It* coffer*. Tbei^e
uere in art 1 llum 5h00.000.000 In
irrivMio certificate* of Iml btc«l
ne-,% Untied, with the prl% liege of
reiletnplkNt In tax payment*.
Maii), and |»rrlui|h all. of tlir*e
a 111 he turned hack to the treas
ury, m*cording to offlrillv
"If jrott luive riiletl out Pace t
of the u< Hi >lmtl, |Om on to the
< iJ Out
"flight tbl* wa> ftir ftm*e imo
h*\e an.l nworvt,"
|i<> wan a nix foot aoldier In a tiny
Ofrri'eiif cap. Kike a |>ort In the
at or in, he loomed ut» In the crowded
hallway* near the revenue col
lector'* office In the Keoeral build-
In# Saturday morning ami pointed
out the deviou* n»ut«« to the no
tariff*' and the c.udiler'a de*kn.
Bven the manly compilation of
aweurlnji did not relieve the bored
look of Heuttle'a breadwinner* a*
they ptooil In line, for they knew
thl* waa the laat day to pay their
Income ui and wa* i:iim de
termination on every countenance,
lielnff the laat day, the place waa
crowded all day.
The ornlnou* alienee around the
dc*k* finally ejected a myatifted
quentlon from a portly newcomer.
"Well, where do we iwtfwr
A well-droaiwsd elderly woman turn
ed around ahfcrpty and leveled " gold
lorgnette.
Numerous Question*
"Two thouwand. If married. one
thou*an«l. If you are Mingle, not con
siderlng exemption*." became a cer
emony with the deputy who stood
in the outer hall, and hia frown
deep*--ma! each time he said It.
"My hu«band worked ho many
places last year, I can't tell just
how much he made," complained a
slight little woman. pu sailing over a
work wheel ut one of the table*.
A man In working clothe* pjiehed
hi* way up to the deputy in high
excitement
"Hay, bo**, can't I turn this In
next week? Oot to make a train."
"Go ahead, but you'll have to pay
50 per cent penalty if you don't
leave your work *heet here now.
You can pay your return Monday,**
The crowd looked on sympathetic*
ally, a* the mxin juiused dejectedly,
then fell back Into the line*.
"Ah don't have to fill till* out, do
I? Ah don't make any thin'." A
colored gemmun queried, timorously.
"Well, what do you live on?" de
m inded the deputy.
"Oh, Ah'* been workln* for the
railroad, *ah! Hut Ah don't have
no Income, 'cause Ah don't nave
anythln'." •
Many a tired countenance lighted
up hopefully when the deputy an
nounced at Intervals:
"Office open until 1U o'clock to
night,"
FOUR MEN DIE;
TRAIN HITS CAR
RIODONDO lIKACir, C'al., March
15. Kour men were killed early to
day, when a Hedondinbound Pacific
lOlectrlc train from El
struck an automobile in whieli five
employes of tho l/os Angeles Ship
building company were bound for
work. The fifth member of the
party ma\ die *
UNDER ARREST AFTER
SEARCH OF TWO YEARS
SAN KItANCIHCO, March 15.-
Hought for two yearn oy Idaho offl
corn on n swindle charge, .1 amen
Jtarrls Is held hy local police today,
pending fMradltlnh. Harris was ar
rested while attending a boxing bout
last night, a policeman near the
ringside recognising him an a much
nought man.
NIGHT EDITION f fV
TWO CENTS IN
SEATTLE j; || Iy
i>, i * f#
WORLD LEAGAE
IS INCLUDED IN
PEACE TREATY
(ily ( i itcd l*rr*M Wire, iHrrrt to The Ntarj
SIM YORK, March l r >. —The plenary council at Paris
has definitely decided that the league of nations is to be
IMirt of the peace treaty. Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary tc
President Wilson, announced today. He declared the presi
dent had so cabled him.
Secretary Tumulty's statement was made with ref
erence to reports that the league would not be included in
the peace treaty.
Tumulty's statement was:
"1 cabled direct to the president, asking him if there
wi any truth in these reports, and I am this morning in
receipt of a cable from the president, stating that the
plenary council has positively decided the league is to be
par' of the peace treaty; that there is absolutely no truth
in uny report to the contrary." '
Huns at Peak of Power
Year Ago; Now Crushed
l!\ FKfcl) S. 1 KK4.I HON
(United Preen Staff Corre*j>ondent)
PA It IS. March 15.—One > «ir
a|o t'ttlajr |he world waited in
Anticipation of the laum liinu of
German.*'* master offensive of
the war On March !t the blow
wHn struck.
Today the final u<»rk of the
peace settlement waft well under
nay, the terms cf which will
bring Germany militarily to her
knees.
No greater picture of the triumph
of right over might could be pre
sent* d than the contrast of the presi
dent of the world's greatest democ
racy riding thru the streets of Parle
today, on his way.to the i*»aeo de
liberations. and these same streets
a year ago
A brilliant moon will bathe the
boulevards and beautiful Champs
Klysscc with silvery light tonight. A
year ago the same brilliance would
meant terror and destruction,
as the German airplanes were above.
Sirens shrieked, the streets became
deserted, and the city seemed scarce
ly to breathe.
Tonight laughing crowds will
throng the streets. Hundreds of
children played in the Champs Elya
see this afternoon, beneath the
w heels of long lines of German guns,
which a year ago were hurling
death In support of autocracy's last
assault.
Final Conditions
In Germany, hunger and revolu
tion have taken the place of Junkcr
doni. Allied at Hrussela
have presented final conditions to
Germany, by which she Is forced to
turn over her great merchant fleet
a« payment for food from the lar
ders of her enemies.
Complete the picture. Part of theae
aliipa will be used to carry home
those thousands of American fijeht
em which the general staff assured
the German* would never reach
these shores. A year uko America
In France meant a scant four-mile
line in the midHt of the mud north*
went of Toul. which whs held by th«f
First division. What America in
DANIELS READY
TO LEAVE U. S,
NI'.W YIMIK, March 15. Secretary
Daniel* (-alls for France on th« 9
transport I.evlatlmn, which is sched
uled to depart from Hoboken at 5
p. m. today.
Daniels' purpose In going abroad
|h to study naval devices which have
formerly been secret but which as
a result of the ending of the war are
now available for Ills Insertion.
On the eve of sallini, Daniels
Joined llomer S. Cummin**, chair
man of the democratic national com
mittee, In an attack on the repub
licans for opposition to the league
of nations. They spoke lit the Na
tional Democratic club.
The speeches were believed by
some political obfervera to signify
pructiciil acceptance of the league as
a 11)20 campaign issue.
r<>niKtii .in<l Sunday, mlo;
m l. r ,to il> winda
France now rwan«t is written in
terms of Cbat«*au Thierry, the Veale,
CiDtigny, St. Mihlel and the Aw
gonne.
Hut even more significant in the
fact that now all Europeans turn to
America an the arbiter.
In the final negotiations to cote*
ahe stands out as the only disinter
ested party. Delegates come to the
American representatives to present
arguments and claims, expecting to
get from them an unbiased "pinion.
As the committees are winding up
their work of final recommendations,
the word every delegation was.*
"We are now waiting for President
Wilson."
Numerous questions are awaiting
hi?* final word. For instance, the
matter of the disposition of the Ger
man fleet will be presented to htm
for his opinion. With France and
Italy desiring a portion of those ves
sels. it in apparent that a disagree
ment also has developed between na
val and civilian representatives on
other delegations.
The stage h is been set for speed
ing the work of bringing about
peace. If all moves on schedule, the.
treaty will be ready and the Ger
mans summoned 011 the anniversary
«»f the very day when they began
their last desperate attempt to con*
quer the world.
$5,000,000 PAYMENT
CHICAGO. March 15.—A taxpayer
today handed Internal Revenue Col
lector Smietank a check for $5,000.-
000 as first payment on his income
tax. The name of the payer was
not divulged.
jj Turn to Page
■ f? I>r. Crane's dully editorial;
w v) Webster's dully cartoon;
■ letters to the editor; editori
■ «ls, observations and humor
ig oils comments.
■ A lied Tinio Story for the
A kiddies; Cynthia firey's
■ letters; Confessions of a Krlde,
J and other Interesting articles
g especially for women.
Q lUpley's cartoon and sport
K t' article, with nil the intcr
e ting sport news of the day.
PI And that funny little strip of
5 "Cat Tales."
8"" - Mr. and Mrs. Tom Duff,
F.verett True and Balmy
■ Benny.
9 Leo's comic entitled "Wed
■ locked." which makes Its inl-
Jj tin 1 appearance in The Star
H today, together with