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swat Kings Fight for Mother Ryther Kids at Arena Tonight
PEPPERY PERFORMERS ALL TUNED FOR GONG AT STAR SMOKER
DISAPPOINTING
Wilson's speech to the senate yesterday was dis
appointing because it dealt entirely in generalities,
f llie people of the United States are willing to back
the president in an intelligent way, but he seems to
aspect that support without taking them Into his
' •confidence. He tells, them the league of nations is
a splendid thing. Bat tie does net tell them why.
He tells them it reduces the war peril. But he does
not 1 say how. He does not inform them why Shan
tung was given Japan, but he talks of "disinterested
and just" decisions. He talks of a world settlement
—and every nation is prepared to increase the size
of its army and navy. He speaks of throwing safe
guards around the rights of "radical, religious and
national minorities," but he. is pathetically remiss,
in pointing out what these safeguards are. He speaks
of labor's recognition in the peace treaty—and Burle
son is on hand to mock his very words. He declares
the treaty would be a scrap of paper without the
league—and yet a separate alliance is formed be
tween Great Britain, FYance and the United States.
Sentimentally, the people of the United States
are for the league—if it is the kind of league Wilson
says it is. But mere assertion does not prove the
case. If the president is to get genuine popular
approval, he must he more specific.
SEEK TWO WOMEN IR
RYAN MURDER CASE
Pnpaljr Mi T- are searching
tar tw» MM haltered to be lm
illcato4 In the Murder of Thom
as Ryan, rent «r driver. whoee
m4j«u found in the duwamish
River June 30. Search for the
women began shortly after the
ureal of Arthur Ferron, an In<B
«n. at Yakima on Thuradfcr, who
la held aa a suspect In the case,
according to Sheriff John String
er. Officers are working on the
theory that two women aided in
the crime, and were In Ryan'*
automobile the night ef the mur
der, June 2t.
It Is known that a dark-eomple*
ioned man arranged to hire Ryan's
car; that the stranger entered the car
and drove away, after directing Ryan
and Haying that he intended to pick
up two women passenger*. Prelim
inary negotiations took place in front
at the fruit stand of Dominick Scoz
zafava, 209 Vi Yesler way.
r Hcoaosafava watched the proceed
ings carefully. He knew Ryan, and
feared that the dark complexloned
man might be plotting robbery. The
fruit stand man even advised Ryan
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES That Settled the Matter.
not to make the trip.
Ryan was auspicious of the man,
and after the man hired the car.
made the statement that he would
not allow him to ait in the rear seat
Ryan and the alleged murderer
drove away and are believed to have
picked up nvo women. The man
seen to hire the car that evening
was a small man, and would have
had a difficult time overcoming
Ryan, and even hauling his body to
the place he did. after Ryan had
been killed, according to the sheriff's
theory.
After the women were in the auto
and the drive had s&rted, Ryan is
believed to have been thrown off his
guard by the presence of the women
and to have permitted the man to
get in the back seat. If would have
been an easy matter for the man.
aided by the women, to have over
come Ryan and killed him.
Women Seen
The car was taken to near Mc-
Cleary and burned. The man board
ed an auto bus anft. went to Olympia.
The following morning, two wom
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The Seattle Star
Dirigible
Is bearing
Home Port
UJNDOji, Mr 11—<lnltad
PnHMm Ilr ministry mm
iim m it«ie p.
■, OrMnrkk wie' ftilH a. «*•
N«w Terli Umn, the British dlr-
Irfhle H-SI wtrwtawed bar po
tion at 41 north latitude and
M M west longitude. 8I» report
ed that she had consumed halt
her fuel supply. The position Is
about 1,500 miles out from Mlne
ola. and 600 miles east of 81.
John, N. F.
NEW YORK. July ll,—(Vnlled
Pre**.)— Bowling along at M
knots an hour, the British dir
igible R-.lt was believed to be
more than half way across the
Atlantic on her return voyage
to Scotland, early today.
The latest report received by the |
radio naval station her#* showed the ;
airship more than 1.000 miles # out i
from her starting point, Mlneola, I
L. 1., at 11 p. m Greenwich time
(7 p m. New York time) Her posi
tion at that hour wis given aa 42.1t
nor*h latitude and 11.40 west tongi
tude.
"Speeding at 60 knots for blighty."
she wirelessed. "All's well."
■lust before lenvtng Roosevelt field
at midnight Wednesday. Major Scott,
oommander, expressed confldenre
that the R-S4 would make the 3,200
miles in 70 hours. If her present
speed is maintained, she will ac
complish the trip in nearer 60. She
Is taking the "southern route," with
the prevailing winds directly at her
back.
Right members of the crrw, left j
behind at Roosevelt, field to make
room for 450 gallons of additional I
fuel, will return to Scotland by
steamer with the detachment which
assisted American officers and men
in preparing for the R-34's landing
here.
Denver Car Strike
Nearing End Today
PKNVKR. Col., .luly 11.— Kesiimp
tlon of streel car service here by to
night, after nearly four days' tie-up.
appears probable. The striking mo
tormen. conductors and linemen
were to-decide In muss meeting here
today whether to accept an agree
ment reached between the city ad
ministration and the tramway com
pany.
It sometimes happen* that when a
man takes a reit he taken something
that he Isn't justly entitled to.
An American Paper That Fights for Americanism
*l6ftUr«<l m Bfronrt CUM I * Matter May 1. »t th» roiitoffic* at 8«at»l«, W«*h . under th»» Art of ConKr»iis Mtrrh 3. 1871
I Fresh from gay old Broadway, the
1 "Chin Chin" chorus girls will har-
I monise, the famous clown band, un
| der Lou (Jould's direction, will pour
forth saxaphone jazz: the Ame«
j quartet, from Levy's Orpheum. will
[ warble, and Police I#ieut. Carr will
| wield the baton for the police band.
The show starts when the police
i hand, with Mother Ryther and her
j kiddies, in automobijes, parades up
Second ave to University St., and
I thence to the scene of the big affair,
| the Arena.
Then, at 8:30 o'clock sharp. !>an
! Salt will enter the ring and start
' the fistic mixes.
From then on. fast, furious bat
! ties will Is* served up with music,
j dancing and feature stunts sand-
I wiched in between
The Arena was donated by the Met
ropolltan building Co.
Bud Ridley, Bremerton bantam
j weight, scheduled to meet Frankie
SEATTLE, WASH.. FRIDAY, JtJLY 11. 1919.
Here in the nmnkrr hill tonight, and Mother Ryther. with
wn of the uHB» Wim will fght (of. (lirfi to right) billy Wright,
nick sugar dailey .Mother ryther and *«nie of bn- Mi, frankie
Murphy, jimmy Mid Matty Matthews.
* * * * * * *
Here's Smoker Program
I p. m.—Mother Rylher, with her flock of klddlm, pworW by Chief
. of Police Warren, honor guard of officer*, and Pollcraien'a Rand, parade
l on Second Ave. from the Pobllr Safety building lo the Arena.
| SUM p. m.—(loni sounds for first bout. Ilcrc'n * ll*t of the bout*:
IJoyd Madden v*. Rilly Wright; Truvle Oavi* v*. Jimmy Storey;
j Young Hector t*. Harry William*: Frank I'antley v«. Frankle Murphy: Joe
I Harrahan vs. The Portland Kid; Krnle flalley v*. Rattling Purdy: Matty
I Mitttm t*. Nick Sugar; Kly Caaton v*. Stanley l-'itigerald; Kddir
i Jackaoai va. Irving (ileaaon; Ramey Lu*tlg v*. Kddir Murray.
Between bout* the famoaa Chin Chin clown jazt band, wllh I on
| Gould. will perform. Other specialty acta will Include: lloxing hout be
j tween Dot Clifford and Babe llarri*. for choru* girl title; Chin Chin
I choru* aperlalty and Ante* quartet.
The big final event will be Ihe award of automobile*, by Chief War
) ren and Mother Ryther, to booatern (or the home fund.
It's gonna be one Rle-i-o-rious fete of swat, symphony
and syncopation at The Star's smoker tonight in the
Arena to raise the cash to furnish the new Mother Ryther
home for kiddies.
Boxers will slam each other around the squared circle,
dancers will tip their tootsies across the canvas ring cov
ering, singers will carol lustily whilst one clown jazz
band and one squad of fearless musical policemen blare
forth sweet melody.
Murphy, will be unable to box as
he left for Idaho Thursday, accord
in* to a telegram received here this
morning. Prank Pantley. former S.
A. C. boxer, will take Ridley's place
on the bill tonight.
Prise Bout* Hearty
Lloyd Madden, pride of the ship
yards, will tackle Billy Wright in
the premier bout of the
evening, and Young Hector, of
Bremerton, l.s wt to mix it with
Ilarry Williams. In the other big
bout Jimmy Storey will box Travie
Davis, of Kverett.
There's a bt«r section of fine seats
set aside for the ladles, and It's a
card they cm n't afford to miss. The
program is clean but pepful.
Tickets are going fast, according
to reports from ticket sales head
quarters. Pasteboards are on sale
until G o'clock at Brown & llulen's.
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Fleet May
Come Here
on Sept. 17
Fourteen drnadnaughts and nix
cruisers, rompritting the Pacific
Owl, are eiptctin) to arrive 1b Heat
tie under command of Admiral Hutch
Rodman, -Heptember 17, according to
a wire received by the Cham her of
Commerce from IU Washington rep
resentative. Harry J. Brown. Friday
morning
The fleet's Itinerary ha* not been
completed, but the date September
17 has been tentatively net us the
day on which the ships will steam
Into elliott bay.
The length of stay of the fleet
will be determined later, probably by
Admiral Itodmnn after he arrives
here The navy department Is now
working out details and expects to
have complete information within u
week.
I Charlie Chaplin
1 Mourns Death of. !
First-Born Son !
I I,OH ANGELES, July 11.— J
) While thousands laughed at «
[ Charlie Chaplin's antics on the (
movie screen today, tbe king of 1
i mirth was bitterly mourning the t 1
\ death of his ft rat born son—the J
i babe born to Chaplin and his <
I wife, Mildred Harris Chaplin.
Death came to the child 72 t
' hours after birth.
\ Chaplin hail been told by phy- J
\ si clan* the child could not live,
[ and for the last 48 hours of the \
1 ttube's life the famous comedian (
i never left the nursery. \
I
TO OPEN TRADE
WITH GERMANY
WASHINGTON, July 11. - (United
Press.) —Trade relations with Ger
many will be resumed at once. Act
Ing Secretary of State Polk an
nounced today. Formal announce
ment will be made to the world
within 4S hours, Polk said. German
merchant vessels will then be free
to enter ports of the world.
LIBKItTY BONDS Ql OTED
NKW TO UK, .July 11— Liberty bond
quotation* today: $99.34: fir»t 4'a
I'M It. second 4w. s'.»;! rirnt 4V».
*f • 10. aerond 4 m. $94.12; third 4
$9.i.04, fourth 4' 4 «, $94.16; Victory 3\,'a
$lOO 04: Victory 4-Va. $99
First picture of the sign
ing of the peace treaty was
brought to the United
States by the R-34, the
first dirigible to cross the
Atlantic. A Star cor
respondent put this news
paper "scoop" over. See
it on page 23.
B)J POP
LATE EDITION
TWO CENTS IN I|||||l j
SEATTLE milF 1
r.r T«.. nr mmi. IK>« to dm I
SHIP BOARD PROBEr I
dies MYSTERIOUSIy
Information that F. A. Dowsey, special ageßHß|
of the U. S. Goverrment who was found dead in
Securities Building at 11:40 a. m., May 2, was nuraw|
dered and did not die from apoplexy as was reporitftfH
has reached Seattle. Dowsey was a special
the government on a secret mission that involvea raspH
liberty, it is alleged, of a number of prominent
on the Pacific Coast who had dealings with the U.
Emergency Fleet Corporation. >:
Downey was found dead in the
lavatory of the Securities building
by O. H. Douglas, disbursing clerk
in the disbursing office of the
Emergency Fleet corporation. Dow
sey had left John Y. Richardson,
traveling auditor for the Emergency
Fleet, 20 minutes before. Downey
was at work checking up figures of
the shipping board on one of the
most important investigations of the
government Into war activities.
The body of the secret service man
was found with the head projecting
frorA under one of the doors of the
lavatory.
As Douglas entered, two men who
were in the place left hurriedly. As
the opening of the spring door hid
th» body from view. Douglas was
unaware of its presence until he
started to leave the room. The cor
oner was immediately notified and
performed an autopsy, and a verdict,
at the special request of government
officials In Seattle, of apoplexy, was
returned.
Declare It .Murder
The body was taken to Bonney-
Watson's parlors, at Broadway and
PACKERS PLAN
TRUST, CHARGE
WASHINGTON, July 11.— (Unit
<d Press.) —The "big five" moat
packers will soon exercise a power
ful domination over the nation's
food supply* and international con
trol of meat products unless con
Kress takfs immediate steps to fore
stall these aim*, the federal trade
commission today reported to Pres
ident Wilson.
"An approaching packer domina
tion of all Important foods in this
country and an international con
trol of meat products with foreign
companies, seems a certainty unless
fundamental action is taken to pre
vent it." says, the report, which is
part one of the commission's In
vestigation of the meat industry.
"A fair consideration of the course
the five packers Armour. Morris,
Swift. Wilson and Cudahy have fol
lowed, and the position they have
already reached, must lend to the
conclusion that they threaten the
freedom of the market of the coun
try's food industries and of the by
product Industries linked there
with."
The commission claims the pack
ers are fast obtaining their dom
ination by manufacturing or dealing
in 77, r t commodities, largely products,
and by gaining control of T62 other
companies, many of which are pub
lic utility corporations.
"The 'big five,' jointly or separate
ly. wield a controlling interest in
574 companies, a minority Interest in
95 others, and an undetermined In
terest in 9.1." Ihe report said.
"The history of lite packers'
growth is interwoven with illegal
combinations, rebates and with un
disclosed control of corporations.
The commission urges full publicity
of corporate ownership of all indus
tries.
"As to devices for secret control,
there does not exist adequate law.
In its absence, unfair competition
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Tonisht and Friday, fairs
Brntic Wf»tTly wind*.
Olive and from there shipped to , SI
New York. •* f,y|
Dr. DMntr, a prominent physi
cian of Greatneck. L. 1., brother of ; ;;|i
the dead government operative, to- j
«ether with James Downey, of the . | i
new firm of Downey £ Parsons, M ' , ' .<■
Broadway. New York, and two oth- 1 "
er reputable physicians, requested j 1 <
the county coroner of New York to,
perform a post mortem iff <
tion. It was there found that Dorr-
sey had been murdered by a power- t I
ful blow on the head. An open ; \|
wound, about four inches from the •'*' *
right eye. inflicted before death. wu
said to have been the cause of death.
Arrests Expected Soon
The wheels of justice were im
mediately p U t Into motion and
three government secret service inen |
dispatched to Seattle to Investigate. *"3
It Is believed that the men who ffl
committed the crime will be under
arrest with 48 hours.
The fact that. Dowsey waa on a
mission of the utmost importance
to the Kovernment, and one that,
it Is saldt would have sent aome
of the most prominent men of the
Pacific ,to Ule penitentiary.
leads (he gtmMiAent operatives to
believe th*t twfejfciwas murdered
before lie could inform the gov
jernment of the result of his In
j vestig&tions.
Skull Not Broken
The blow that i« said to have
caused Dowser's death was dealt
by a powerful hand and penetrated
to the skull but made no fracture,
according to the report. The front
part of the head was puffed by
blood from a ruptured artery. The
coroners cooperation with govern
ment officials In keeping the affair
silent by i.-suln/r a verdict of apo
plexy, was In the Interests of Jus
tice.
: Dowsey is said to have been In
I ihe government service for 22 years,
jit is believed that he is manager
jof the New York bureau of the
secret service. He Has one of the
most important secret service men
|in the government service.
Life Was Threatened
That he had no personal enemlea
in Seattle with the exception of those
he made while in the performance of
his duty is vouched for by govern
ment men. He was a stranger In Se
attle, hut at the time, of his death
had been here for several months.
According to James Dowsey, the
lawyer brother of the murdered man.
threats had been mfuie against Dow
sey's life, either In New York or in
Seattle.. At any rale. Dowsey feared
that he might be murdered at any
time by agents of the men against
whom he was fighting.
Search for Slayers
When the news of Dowsey'*
murder reached Washington. D. i\.
secret service men In Seattle were
immediately placed on the scent
and search begun for the two men
seen in tile lavatory \>y Douglas.
NKW YOKK. July 11.—More
than 100 government ship* were
tied up In New York harbor to
day, when union firemen, water
tenders and oilers went on
strike. It was stated by officer*
of the 1 nited States shipping
board.